George J. Pappas
Joseph Moore Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Computer and Information Science (CIS)
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Honors and Awards: Ruberti Young Researcher Prize - 2010, Axelby Outstanding Paper Award - 2009, IEEE Fellow - 2009, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - 2004
Research Expertise: Control Systems | Robotics | Embedded Systems
George's research focuses on developing methods for the control of next-generation hierarchical and distributed systems. His research group focuses on developing analysis and design algorithms and tools for hybrid systems, which merge control systems with computing systems. Their methods have been used in developing algorithms for coordinated motion of fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles and multi-robot systems, analyzing the safety of next generation medical devices, and understanding the macroscopic behavior of biological networks.
Member of:- General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab
- Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems (PRECISE)
Education:
PhD Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences 1998 - University of California at Berkeley
MS Computer & Systems Engineering 1992 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS Computer & Systems Engineering 1991 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Recent Publications 
- Privacy-preserving release of aggregate dynamic models, Le Ny, J. | Pappas, G.J., HiCoNS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on High Confidence Networked Systems, Part of CPSWeek 2013, 2013
- Towards synthesis of platform-aware attack-resilient control systems: Extended abstract, Pajic, M. | Bezzo, N. | Weimer, J. | Alur, R. | Mangharam, R. | Michael, N. | Pappas, G.J. | Sokolsky, O. | Tabuada, P. | Weirich, S. | Lee, I., HiCoNS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on High Confidence Networked Systems, Part of CPSWeek 2013, 2013
- Bio-inspired strategy for control of viral spreading in networks, Enyioha, C. | Preciado, V. | Pappas, G., HiCoNS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on High Confidence Networked Systems, Part of CPSWeek 2013, 2013
- Topological conditions for in-network stabilization of dynamical systems, Pajic, M. | Mangharam, R. | Pappas, G.J. | Sundaram, S., IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2013
- Adaptive deployment of mobile robotic networks, Le Ny, J. | Pappas, G.J., IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2013