Mario Sznaier

 
Dennis Picard Trustee Professor
Electrical and Comp. Eng. Department
Northeastern University
420 Dana Research Bldg
Boston, MA 02115

Telephone (617) 373-5364
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Vitae

Mario Sznaier received the Ingeniero Electronico and Ingeniero en Sistemas de Computacion degrees from the Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay and the MSEE and Ph.D degrees from the University of Washington. From 1991 to 1993 he was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida. In 1993 he joined the Pennsylvania State University, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997 and to Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2001. In July 2006 he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, as the Dennis Picard Trustee Professor. He has also held visiting appointments at the California Institute of Technology in 1990 and 2000 and currently holds an appointment at Penn State as Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering. His research interest include Multiobjective Robust Control; Dynamic Vision and Imaging, Control Oriented Identification, Robust Model (In)Validation and Application of Dynamical Systems Theory to Physics. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for the journal Automatica and as a member of the board of governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society.

Awards:


National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1992.
College of Engineering Outstanding (1997) and Premier (2003) Teaching Awards.


Current Research Interest:


Publications

Books:
  1. R. Sánchez Peña and M. Sznaier, Robust Systems: Theory and Applications, John Wiley, 1998.

Book Chapters:
  1. Sznaier M., and J. Cloutier, "Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Parameter Varying Systems via Receding Horizon Control Lyapunov Functions," Non Linear Model Based Predictive Control, Basil Kouvaritakis Editor, IEE Control Engineering Series, Vol 61, London, 2002.

  2. Mazzaro, C. and M. Sznaier, "Robust Identification and Model (In)Validation of LPV Systems," Perspectives in Robust Control, S. O. Reza Moheimani, Editor, Springer-Verlag (LNCIS, 268), London, 2001.

  3. Sznaier, M. and R. S. Sánchez Peña, Robust Systems, in Electrical Engineering Handbook, R. Dorf Editor, CRC Press, 1999.

  4. R. Suárez, J. Alvarez-Ramirez, M. Sznaier and C. Ibarra-Valdez, " L2-Disturbance Attenuation for Linear Systems with Bounded Controls: an ARE-Based Approach," in Control of Uncertain Systems with Bounded Inputs, S. Tarbouriech and G. Garcia, Editors, Springer-Verlag (LNCIS), London, 1997.

  5. M. Sznaier, "Set Induced Norm Based Robust Control Techniques," in Advances in Control and Dynamic Systems, C. T. Leondes Editor, Academic Press, 1993.


Refereed Journals:
  1. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "An Adaptive Controller for a One Legged Mobile Robot," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol 5, 2, April 1989, pp 253-259.

  2. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Control of Constrained Discrete Systems Using Quantized Controls," Automatica, Vol 25, 4, pp 623-628, July 1989.


  3. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Heuristically Enhanced Feedback Control of Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," Automatica, Vol 26, 3, pp 521-532, May 1990.


  4. M. Sznaier, "Comments on Robust Optimal Parametric LQ Control With Guaranteed Cost Bounds and Applications", International Journal of Control, Vol 54, 5, pp. 1309-1312, 1991.

  5. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "An Analog "Neural Net" Based Suboptimal Controller for Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," Automatica, Vol 28, 1, pp. 139-144, 1992.


  6. M. Sznaier, "Norm Based Robust Control of State-Constrained Discrete-Time Linear Systems," IEEE Transactions Autom. Contr., 37, 7, pp. 1057-1062, July 1992.


  7. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Heuristically Enhanced Feedback Control of Constrained Systems: The Minimum Time Case," Automatica, 29, 2, pp. 439-444, March 1993.


  8. M. Sznaier, "A Set Induced Norm Approach to the Robust Control of Constrained Systems," SIAM Journal Contr. Opt., May 1993, pp. 733-746.


  9. M. Sznaier, "Robust Control of Dynamic Systems using Neuromorphic Controllers: A CMAC Approach," Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, special issue on Neural Networks for Identification and Control of Dynamical Systems, 1,3, pp. 329-342, 1993.


  10. Z. Benzaid and M. Sznaier, "Constrained Controllability of Linear Impulse Differential Systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Cont., 39, 5, pp. 1064-1066, May 1994.


  11. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Rational L1 Suboptimal Compensators for Continuous-Time Systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 39, 7, pp. 1487-1492, July 1994.


  12. M. Sznaier and A. Sideris, "Feedback Control of Quantized Constrained Systems with Applications to Neuromorphic Controllers Design," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 39, 7, pp. 1497-1502, July 1994.


  13. M. Sznaier, ``Mixed l1/H¥ Controllers for SISO Discrete-Time Systems," Systems and Control Letters, 23, 3, pp. 179-186, September 1994.

  14. M. Sznaier, "An Exact Solution to SISO Mixed H2/H¥ Problems via Convex Optimization," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 39, 12, pp. 2511-2517, December 1994.

  15. M. Sznaier and H. Rotstein, "Robust Controller Design for a Constrained Flexible Structure via Mixed l¥/H¥ Optimization," International Journal of Robust and Non-Linear Control, 5, 1, pp. 53-65, February 1995.

  16. Z. Q. Wang, M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Further Results on Rational Approximations of L1 Controllers," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 40, 3, pp. 552-557, March 1995.

  17. E. Schoemig, M. Sznaier and U. L. Ly, "Mixed H2/H¥ Control of Multi-Model Plants," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 18, 3, pp 525-531, June 1995.

  18. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Persistent Disturbance Rejection via Static State Feedback," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 40, 6, pp. 1127-1131, June 1995.

  19. M. Sznaier, "A Mixed l¥ /H¥ Optimization Approach to Robust Controller Design," SIAM Journal on Optimization and Control, 33, 4, pp. 1086-1101, July 1995.


  20. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Robust Control of Constrained Systems via Convex Optimization," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 5, 6, pp. 441-460, August 1995.


  21. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "L¥/H¥ Suboptimal Controllers for Continuous-Time Systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr.,40, 11, pp 1831-1840, November 1995.


  22. Z. Q. Wang, M. Sznaier, I. Batarseh and J. Bu, "Robust Controller Design for a Series Resonant Converter," IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 32, 1, pp. 221-233, January 1996.

  23. I. Batarseh, C. Megalemos and M. Sznaier, "Small Signal Analysis of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter," IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 32, 2, pp. 702-713, April 1996.

  24. K. Hrissagis, O. Crisalle and M. Sznaier, "Robust Predictive Control Design with Guaranteed Nominal Performance," AIChE Journal, 42, 5, pp. 1293-1303, May 1996.

  25. H. Rotstein, M. Sznaier and M. Idan, "H2/ H¥ Filtering: Theory and an Aerospace Application," International Journal of Robust and Non-Linear Control, Special Issue on H¥ and Robust Estimation, 6, 4, pp. 347-366, May 1996.

  26. Z. Q. Wang and M. Sznaier, "Rational L¥-Suboptimal Controllers for SISO Continuous Time Systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 41, 9, pp.1358-1363, September 1996.

  27. Z. Q. Wang and M. Sznaier, "L¥-Optimal Control of SISO Continuous Time Systems," Automatica, 31, 1, pp.85-90, January 1997.

  28. J. Bu, M. Sznaier, Z. Q. Wang and I. Batarseh, "Robust Controller Design for a Parallel Resonant Converter using m-Synthesis," IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, 12, 5, pp. 837-853, September 1997.

  29. F. Blanchini, S. Miani and M. Sznaier, "Step Response Bounds for Time-Varying Uncertain Systems with Bounded Disturbances," Automatica,33, 12, pp. 2183-2189, December 1997.

  30. M. Sznaier and J. Bu, "Mixed l1/H¥ Control of MIMO Systems via Convex Optimization," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 43, 9, pp. 1229-1241, 1998.

  31. H. Rotstein and M. Sznaier, "An Exact Solution to General 4 Blocks Discrete-Time Mixed H2/H¥ Problems via Convex Optimization," IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 43, 10, pp 1475-1480, November 1998.

  32. P. Parrilo, M. Sznaier and R. S. Sanchez Pena, "Mixed Time/Frequency-Domain Based Robust Identification," Automatica, 34, 11, pp. 1375-1389, November 1998.

  33. P. Parrilo, R. S. Sanchez Pena and M. Sznaier, "A Parametric Extension of Robust Mixed Time Frequency Domain Robust Identification," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr, 44, 2, pp. 364-369, February 1999.

  34. M. Sznaier, R. Suarez, S. Miani and J. Alvarez, "Optimal l¥ Disturbance Attenuation and Global Stabilization of Linear Systems with Bounded Control," Int. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control, special issue on Control of Systems with Bounded Inputs, pp. 659-675, September 1999.

  35. M. Sznaier and J. Tierno, " Is set modeling of white noise a good tool for robust H2 analysis?" Automatica, 36, 2, pp. 261-267, Feb. 2000.

  36. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "A convex optimization approach to fixed-order controller design for disturbance rejection for SISO systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 45, 4, pp. 784-789, April 2000.

  37. M. Sznaier, J. Cloutier, R. Hull, D. Jacques and C. Mracek, "A Receding Horizon State Dependent Riccati Equation Approach to Suboptimal Regulation of Nonlinear Systems," AIAA J. Guidance and Control, 23, 3, pp. 399-405, May 2000.

  38. J. Bu and M. Sznaier, "A linear matrix inequality approach to synthesizing low order mixed l1/Hp controllers," Automatica, 36, 7, pp. 957-963, Jul. 2000.

  39. M. Sznaier, H. Rotstein, J. Bu and A. Sideris, "An Exact Solution to Continuous-Time Mixed H2/H¥ Problems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 45, 11, pp. 2095-2101, November 2000.

  40. M. Sznaier and Z. Q. Wang, "A Comment on L¥ Optimal Control of SSISO Continuous-Time Systems," Automatica, pp. 1923-1928, Dec. 2000.

  41. T. Inanc,, M. Sznaier, P. Parrilo, and Ricardo S. Sanchez Pena "Robust Identification with Mixed Time/Frequency-Domain Experiments and Parametric/Nonparametric Models : Theory and an Application," IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, 9, 4, pp. 608-617, 2001.


  42. C. Gentile and M. Sznaier, " An Improved Voronoi Diagram Based Neural Net for Pattern Classification," IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, 12, 5, pp. 1227-1234, Sept. 2001.

  43. M. Sznaier, T. Amishima, P. Parrilo and J. Tierno, "A Convex Approach to Robust H2 Performance Analysis," Automatica, 38, 6,pp. 957-966, June 2002.

  44. M. Sznaier, T. Amishima and T. Inanc, "H2 Control with Time Domain Constraints," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., 48, 3, pp. 355-368, March 2003.

  45. M. Sznaier, R. Suarez and J. Cloutier, "Suboptimal control of constrained nonlinear systems via receding horizon constrained control Lyapunov functions," Int. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control, 13, 3-4, pp. 247-259, March-April 2003.

  46. M. Sznaier, C. Mazzaro and O. Camps, "Worst Case Identification of Non-Schur Plants," Automatica, 39,6, pp. 1019-1025, June 2003.

  47. M. Sznaier and C. Mazzaro, "An LMI Approach to Control-Oriented Identification of LPV Systems," IEEE Trans. Autom. Contr., pp. 1619-1624, 48, 9, September 2003.

  48. C. Gentile, O. Camps and M. Sznaier, "Segmentation for Tracking in the Presence of Severe Occlusion," to appear, IEEE. Trans. Image Processing, 2003.

  49. C. M. Lagoa, X. Li and M. Sznaier, "On the design of robust controllers for arbitrary uncertainty structures," to appear, IEEE. Trans. Autom. Control, 2003.

  50. C. M. Lagoa, X. Li and M. Sznaier, "Probabilistically Constrained Linear Programs and Risk-Adjusted Controller Design," submitted to SIAM J. Optimization and Control.

  51. M. Sznaier, C. M. Lagoa and M.C. Mazzaro, " An Algorithm for Sampling Balls in H¥ with Applications to Risk-Adjusted Performance Analysis and Model (In)Validation," submitted to Automatica.

  52. M. C. Mazzaro and M. Sznaier, "Convex Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Model (In)Validation under SLTV Structured Uncertainty," submitted to IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.

Invited Papers:
  1. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Feedback Control of Constrained Systems: The Minimum Time Case," Proceedings of the 30th IEEE CDC, Brighton, U.K., pp 1730-1735.

  2. M. Sznaier, "Robust Controller Design for the Benchmark Problem Using a Mixed l¥ /H¥ Optimization Approach," Proceedings of the 1992 ACC, June 24-26, pp 2059-2060.

  3. M. Sznaier and Z. Benzaid, " Robust Control of Systems Under Mixed Time/Frequency Domain Constraints via Convex Optimization," Proceedings of the 31 IEEE CDC, Tucson, AZ, December 16-18, 1992, pp. 2617-2622.

  4. M. Sznaier, "Robust Multiobjective Control," IFAC Workshop on Robust Control, Cairns, Australia, July 11-16, 1993.

  5. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Mixed L1/ H¥ Controllers for Continuous Time Systems," Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 1613-1618.

  6. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Mixed L1/H¥ Control for MIMO Continuous-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE CDC, Orlando, Fl, Dec. 1994, pp. 2702-2707.

  7. M. Sznaier, M. Holmes and J. Bu, "Mixed H2/l1 Control with Low Order Controllers: A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach," Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., New Orleans, December 1995, pp. 1352-1356.

  8. J. Bu, M. Sznaier and M. Holmes, "A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach for Synthesizing Low Order l1 Controllers," Proc. of the 35th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 11-13 1996, pp. 1875-1880.

  9. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Persistent disturbance rejection: conservative or intractable?," Proceedings of the 1998 Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 1998, pp. 89-92.

  10. O. I Camps and M. Sznaier, "Control Issues in Active Vision: Open Problems and Some Answers," Proc. 1998 IEEE CDC, pp. 3238-3244, December 1998.

  11. M. Sznaier, B. Murphy and O. Camps, "An LPV Approach to Synthesizing Robust Active Vision Systems," Proc. 39th IEEE CDC, pp. 2545-2550, Dec. 2000.

  12. M. Sznaier and R. Suarez, "Suboptimal Control of Constrained Linear Parameter Varying Systems via Receding Horizon Control Lyapunov Functions," Proc 40th IEEE CDC, Dec. 2001.

  13. M. Barahona, Doherty, A.C.; Sznaier, M.; Mabuchi, H. and Doyle, J.C., "Finite horizon model reduction and the appearance of dissipation in Hamiltonian systems," Proceedings of the 41st IEEE CDC , pp: 4563-4568, Dec. 2002.

  14. O. Camps, C. Mazzaro, B. Murphy and M. Sznaier, "Operator Theoretic Methods for Robust Active Vision Problems," Proc. 42 IEEE CDC, to appear, Dec. 2003

  15. X. Li, M. C. Mazzaro, C. M. Lagoa and M. Sznaier, "Sampling Random Transfer Functions," Proc 42 IEEE CDC, to appear, Dec. 2003.

Refereed Conferences:
  1. M. Damborg, M. Riemer and M. Sznaier, "Systems Engineering with Data Base Support," in Electrical Engineering Symposium, IBM ACIS University Conference, pp 20-27, June 27, 1987.


  2. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Suboptimal Control of Linear Systems with State and Control Inequality Constraints," Proceedings of the 26th IEEE CDC, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 9-11, 1987, pp 761-762.


  3. M. Sznaier and M. Damborg, "Suboptimal Control of Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," abstract, SIAM Conference on Control in the 90's, San Francisco, CA, May 17-19, 1989.


  4. M. Sznaier, "Robust Control of Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," abstract, SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il, July 16-20, 1990.


  5. M. Sznaier, "Norm Based Robust Control of Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE 29th CDC, Hawaii, December 5-7, 1990, pp 1925-1930.


  6. M. Sznaier and A. Sideris, "Norm Based Optimally Robust Control of Constrained Discrete Time Linear Systems," Proceedings of the 1991 American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 23-25, pp 2710-2715.


  7. M. Sznaier and A. Sideris, "State-Space Quantization Design for the Suboptimal Control of Constrained Systems Using Neuromorphic Controllers," Proceedings of the 1991 American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 23-25, pp 6-11.


  8. M. Sznaier and A. Sideris, "Norm Based Robust Dynamic Feedback Control of Constrained Systems," Proceedings of the First IFAC Symposium on Design Methods for Control Systems, Zurich, Switzerland, September 4-6, 1991, pp. 258-263.


  9. M. Sznaier and A. Sideris, "Suboptimal Norm Based Robust Control of Constrained Systems with an H¥ Cost," Proceedings of the 30th IEEE CDC, Brighton, U.K., pp 2280-2286.


  10. M. Sznaier, "A Mixed l¥ /H¥ Optimization Approach to Robust Controller Design," Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference, June 24-26, Chicago, Il., pp 727-732.


  11. M. Sznaier, "Robust Controller Design for a Constrained Flexible Structure via Mixed l¥/H¥ Optimization, Proceedings of the First IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Dayton, OH., September 1992, pp. 271-276.


  12. M. Sznaier, "A Neural-Net Based Controller with Guaranteed Stability Margins", second SIAM conference on Control in the '90, Minneapolis, MN, September 17-19, 1992.


  13. M. Sznaier, "Robust Control of Discrete Time Systems Under Mixed Time/Frequency Domain Specifications," second SIAM conference on Control in the '90, Minneapolis, MN, September 17-19, 1992.


  14. M. Sznaier, "A Set Induced Norm Approach to the Robust Control of Constrained Systems," Proceedings of the 31 IEEE CDC, Tucson, AZ, December 16-18, 1992, pp. 2888-2893.


  15. M. Sznaier, "Robust Control of Dynamic Systems using Neuromorphic Controllers: A CMAC Approach," Proceedings of the 31 IEEE CDC, December 1992, Tucson, AZ, December 16-18, 1992, pp. 2710-2715.


  16. Z. Benzaid and M. Sznaier, "Controllability of Linear Impulse Differential Systems," Proceedings of the 31 IEEE CDC, December 1992, Tucson, AZ, December 16-18, 1992, pp. 211-212.


  17. Z. Benzaid and M. Sznaier, "Constrained Controllability of Linear Impulse Differential Systems," Proceedings of the 1993 ACC, June 2-4, San Francisco, pp. 216-220.


  18. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Rational L1 Suboptimal Compensators for Continuous-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 1993 ACC, June 2-4, San Francisco, pp. 635-639.


  19. M. Sznaier, "An (Almost) Exact Solution to SISO Mixed H2/H¥ Problems via Convex Optimization," Proceedings of the 1993 ACC, June 2-4, San Francisco, pp. 250-254.


  20. E. Schoemig, M. Sznaier and U. Loi Ly, "Minimum Control Effort State Feedback H¥ Control," Proceedings of the 1993 ACC, June 2-4, San Francisco, pp. 595-599.


  21. C. Megalemos, I. Batarseh, M. Sznaier and S. Ramaswamy, "Small Signal Analysis of the LCC-Type Parallel Resonant Converter," Proceedings of the High Frequency Power Conversion '93 Conf., Washington, DC., May 23-26, 1993.


  22. Z. Q. Wang, M. Sznaier and I. Batarseh, "Robust Control Design for a Conventional Series Resonant Converter using m-Synthesis," Proceedings of the Second IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Vancouver, BC, September 13-16, 1993, pp. 971-976.


  23. E. Schoemig, M. Sznaier and U. L. Ly, "A Time-Domain Penalty Function Approach to Mixed H2/H¥ Using Parameter Optimization Methods," Proceedings of the Second IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Vancouver, BC, September 13-16, 1993, pp. 885-890.


  24. M. Sznaier, "Mixed l1/H¥ Controllers for Discrete Time Systems," Proceedings of the the 32 IEEE CDC, San Antonio, TX, December 15-17, 1993, pp. 34-38.


  25. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "L¥/H¥ Suboptimal Controllers for Continuous-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 32 IEEE CDC, San Antonio, TX, December 15-17, 1993, pp. 2173-2178.


  26. E. Schoemig, M. Sznaier and Z. Q. Wang, "Robust State-Feedback Controllers for Systems under Mixed Time/Frequency Domain Constraints," Proceedings of the the 32 IEEE CDC, San Antonio, TX, December 15-17, 1993, pp. 2584-2589


  27. H. Rotstein, M. Sznaier and M. Idan, "H2/ H¥ Filtering: Theory and an Aerospace Application," Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 1791-1795.


  28. Z. Q. Wang, M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Further Results on Rational Approximations of L1 Controllers," Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, 2803-2808.


  29. M. Sznaier and H. Rotstein, "An Exact Solution to General 4-Blocks Discrete Time Mixed H2/H¥ Problems via Convex Optimization," Proceedings of the 1994 American Control Conference, 2251-2256.


  30. J. Bu, M. Sznaier, I. Batarseh, and Z. Q. Wang, "Robust Control Design for a Parallel Resonant Converter using m-Synthesis," Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE PESC, 289-293.


  31. M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Robust Control of Constrained Systems via Convex Optimization," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE CDC, Orlando, Fl, Dec. 1994, pp. 1012-1017.


  32. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Persistent Disturbance Rejection via Static State Feedback," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE CDC, Orlando, Fl, Dec. 1994, pp. 3159-3164.


  33. Z. Q. Wang and M. Sznaier, "L¥-Optimal Control of SISO Continuous Time Systems and Its Rational Approximations," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE CDC, Orlando, Fl, Dec. 1994, pp. 34-39.


  34. M. Sznaier "Mixed l1/H¥ Control for MIMO Discrete-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE CDC, Orlando, Fl, Dec. 1994, pp. 3187-3142.


  35. M. Sznaier and J. Bu, "A Solution of MIMO 4 Block l1 Optimal Control Problems via Convex Optimization," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 21-23, pp. 951-955.


  36. Z. Q. Wang, M. Sznaier and F. Blanchini, "Continuity Properties of L1/l1 Optimal Controllers for Plants with Stability Boundary Zeros," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 21-23, pp. 961-963.


  37. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Robust Performance of Systems with Mixed Time Varying Gains and Structured Uncertainty," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 21-23, pp. 2391-2395.


  38. K. Hrissagis, O. Crisalle and M. Sznaier, "Robust Predictive Control Design with Guaranteed Nominal Performance," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 21-23, pp. 3681-3687.


  39. R. S. Sanchez Pena and M. Sznaier, "Robust Identification with Mixed Time/Frequency Domain Experiments: Consistency and Interpolation Algorithms," Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., New Orleans, December 1995, pp. 234-236.


  40. M. Sznaier, M. Holmes and J. Bu, "Mixed H2/l1 Control with Low Order Controllers: A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach," Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., New Orleans, December 1995, pp. 1352-1356.


  41. F. Blanchini, S. Miani and M. Sznaier, "Step Response Bounds for Time-Varying Uncertain Systems with Bounded Disturbances," Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Contr., New Orleans, December 1995, pp. 3188-3193.


  42. K. Hrissagis, O. Crisalle and M. Sznaier, " An l1/H¥ Design Methodology for Robustifying Predictive Regulators with Optimal Nominal Performance," Proceedings of the 13th Int. Fed. Autom. Contr. World Congress, San Francisco, CA, June 30-July 5, 1996, Vol G, pp. 237-242.


  43. M. Sznaier and J. Bu, "On the Properties of the Solutions to Mixed l1/H¥ Control Problems," Proceedings of the 13th Int. Fed. Autom. Contr. World Congress, San Francisco, CA, June 30-July 5, 1996, Vol G, pp. 249-254.


  44. M. Sznaier, R. Suarez, S. Miani and Jose Alvarez, " Optimal l¥ Disturbance Rejection and Global Stabilization of Linear Systems with Saturating Control," Proceedings of the 13th Int. Fed. Autom. Contr. World Congress, San Francisco, CA, June 30-July 5, 1996, Vol H, pp. 155-160.


  45. J. Bu, M. Sznaier and M. Holmes, "A Linear Matrix Inequality Approach for Synthesizing Low Order l1 Controllers," Proc. of the 35th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 11-13 1996, pp. 1875-1880.


  46. P. Parrilo, M. Sznaier and R. S. Sanchez Pena, "Mixed Time/Frequency-Domain Based Robust Identification," Proc. of the 35th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 11-13 1996, pp. 4196-4201.


  47. J. Bu and M. Sznaier, "A linear matrix inequality approach to synthesizing low order mixed l1/Hp controllers," Proc. 1997 American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 4-6, 1997 pp. 515-519.

  48. M. Sznaier, T. Inanc, Ricardo S. Sanchez Pena and Pablo Parrilo, "Robust Identification with Mixed Time/Frequency-Domain Experiments: Theory and an Application," Proc. 1997 American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 4-6, 1997 pp. 600-604.

  49. P. Parrilo, R. S. Sanchez Pena and M. Sznaier, "A Parametric Extension of Robust Mixed Time Frequency Domaim Robust Identification," Proc. 1997 American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 4-6, 1997 pp. 1032-1036.

  50. M. Sznaier, H. Rotstein, J. Bu and A. Sideris, "An Exact Solution to Continuous-Time Mixed H2/H¥ Problems," Proc. 1997 American Control Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 4-6, 1997 pp. 3500-3504.

  51. J. Bu and M. Sznaier, "Robustness Analysis with Mixed Performance Objectives," Proc. 36 IEEE CDC, San Diego, CA, Dec. 10-12, 1997, pp. 446-451.

  52. F. Blanchini and M. Sznaier, "A Convex Optimization Approach to Fixed-Order Controller Design for Disturbance Rejection for SISO systems," Proc. 36 IEEE CDC, San Diego, CA, Dec. 10-12, 1997, pp. 1540-1545.

  53. T. Amishima, J. Bu and M. Sznaier, "Mixed L1/H2 controllers for continuous time systems," Proc. 1998 ACC, pp.649-654.

  54. M. Sznaier and T. Amishima, "H2 Control with Time Domain Constraints," Proc. 1998 ACC, pp. 3229-3233.

  55. M. Sznaier and C. Gentile, "A Neural Network Based Controller for Optimal Persistent Disturbance Rejection," Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Padova, Italy, July 1998, pp. 957-960.

  56. M. Sznaier, J. Cloutier, R. Hull, D. Jacques and C. Mracek, "A Receding Horizon State Dependent Riccati Equation Approach to Suboptimal Regulation of Nonlinear Systems," Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE CDC, pp. 1792-1797, December 1998.

  57. M. Sznaier, M., and J. Tierno, "Is set modeling of white noise a good tool for robust H2 analysis?", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE CDC, pp. 1183-1199, December 1998.

  58. M. Sznaier, "Receding Horizon, An Easy Way to Improve Performance in LPV Systems," Proc. of the 1999 American Control Conference, pp. 2257-2261.

  59. T. Amishima and M. Sznaier, "Mixed L1/H2 controllers for continuous time MIMO systems," Proc. of the 1999 American Control Conference, pp. 3362-3336.

  60. J. Cloutier, D. Stansbery and M. Sznaier, "On the Recoverability of Nonlinear State Feedback Laws by Extended Linearization Control Techniques," Proc. of the 1999 American Control Conference, pp. 1515-1519.

  61. C. Gentile and M. Sznaier, "Improved Voronoi Diagram Based Neural Net for Pattern Classification," Proc. Int. Joint Conf. Neural Networks, pp. 3075-3080, July 1999.

  62. M. Sznaier, T. Amishima and J. Tierno, "Robust H2 and generalized H2 Performance Analysis," Proc. of the 1999 IFAC World Congress, July 1999.

  63. M. Sznaier, M., T. Amishima, J. Tierno, and P. Parrilo, "A Convex Approach to Robust H2 Performance Analysis," Proc. 38th IEEE CDC, pp 995-1000, Dec. 1999.

  64. M. Sznaier and P. Parrilo, "On the gap between m and its upper bound for systems with repeated uncertainty blocks," Proc. 38th IEEE CDC, pp 4511-4516, Dec. 1999.

  65. T. Inanc, M. Sznaier, P. Parrilo, and Ricardo S. Sanchez Pena "Robust Identification with Mixed Time/Frequency-Domain Experiments and Parametric/Nonparametric Models : Theory and an Application," Proc. 38th IEEE CDC, pp 1940-1945, Dec. 1999.

  66. M. Sznaier, T. Inanc and O. Camps, " Robust Controller Design for Active Vision Systems," Proc. 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 2013-2017, July 2000.

  67. M. Sznaier, C. Mazzaro and T. Inanc, "An LMI approach to control oriented identification of LPV systems," Proc. 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 3682-3686, July 2000.

  68. M. Sznaier and R. Suarez, "Control of Constrained Systems using Receding Horizon Control Lyapunov Functions," Workshop on Systems with Time-Domain Constraints, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindoven, The Netherlands, September 2000.

  69. C. Lagoa, X. Li and M. Sznaier, "Application of Probabilistically Constrained Linear Programs to Risk-Adjusted Controller Design," Proc. 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 738-743, July 2001.

  70. C. Mazzaro and M. Sznaier, "An LMI Approach to Model (In)Validation of LPV Systems, Proc. 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 5052-5057, July 2001.

  71. M. Sznaier and R. Suarez, "Suboptimal Control of Constrained Linear Parameter Varying Systems via Receding Horizon Control Lyapunov Functions," Proc 40th IEEE CDC, Dec. 2001.

  72. C. Lagoa, M. Sznaier and B. Barmishm "An Algorithm for Generating Transfer Functions Uniformly Distributed over H¥ Balls," Proc 40th IEEE CDC, Dec. 2001.

  73. C. Gentile, O. Camps and M. Sznaier, "Segmentation for Tracking in the Presence of Severe Occlusion," Proc IEEE. Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Dec. 2001.

  74. M. Sznaier, A. Doherty, M. Barahona, H. Mabuchi and J. C. Doyle, "A new bound of the l2[0,T] induced norm and applications to model reduction," Proc. 2002 American Control Conference, May 2002, pp. 1180-1185.

  75. M. Sznaier, "H2 Control with Time Domain Constraints: Theory and an Application, " Proc. of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, May 2002, pp. 4881-4887.

  76. C. Gentile and M. Sznaier, " Hyperborders in the Voronoi-diagram-based neural net for pattern classification," Proceedings of IJCNN'02, pp. 2231-6, May 2002.

  77. C. Mazzaro, Sznaier, M.; Camps, O.; Soatto, S. and Bissacco, "A model (in) validation approach to gait recognition," Proc. 3D Data Processing Visualization and Transmission, Padova, Italy, June 2002, pp. 700-703.

  78. M. Sznaier and C. Mazzaro, "Open-Loop Worst Case Identification of Non-Schur Plants," Proc. of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, July 2002.

  79. B. T. Polyak, M. Sznaier, P. S. Shcherbakov and M. Halpern "Superstable Control Systems," Proc. of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, July 2002.

  80. Tamer Inanc, Mario Sznaier and Octavia I. Camps, "Synthesizing Robust Active Vision Systems: A Combined Robust Identification/m-Synthesis Approach," Proc. of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, July 2002.

  81. M. Sznaier.; Polyak, B.T.; Halpern, A.; Lagoa, C. "A superstability approach to synthesizing low order suboptimal L/sub infinity /-induced controllers for LPV systems," Proc. 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1856-61, Dec. 2002.

  82. D. K. Shim and M. Sznaier, "A Caratheodory Fejer Approach to Simultaneous Fault Detection and Isolation," Proc. 2003 American Control Conference, June 2003.

  83. M. C. Mazzaro, M. Sznaier and C. Lagoa, "A Risk Adjusted Approach to Model (In)Validation," Proc. 2003 American Control Conference, June 2003.

  84. C. M. Lagoa, X. Li and M. Sznaier, "On the design of robust controllers for arbitrary uncertainty structures," Proc 2003 American Control Conference, June 2003.

  85. O. Camps, H. Lim, C. Mazzaro and M. Sznaier, "A Caratheodory-Fejer Approach to Robust Multiframe Tracking," Proc. 2003 Int. Conf. Computer Vision (ICCV), October 2003, to appear.

  86. M. C. Mazzaro and M. Sznaier, "Convex Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Model (In)Validation under SLTV Structured Uncertainty," Proc. 42nd IEEE CDC, to appear, Dec. 2003.


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