David L. Elliott

David LeRoy Elliott learned automatic control theory as a working applied mathematician at the Naval Ordnance Test Station's Underwater Ordnance Department 1955-69, and obtained his Ph.D. at UCLA with Navy support. His 1969 dissertation "Controllable nonlinear systems driven by white noise"

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was the first to apply a Lie algebra approach to stochastic dynamical systems, and his work on the geometric approach to nonlinear control systems has been foundational, including work on bilinear systems, controllability, and observability.

After UCLA he moved to Washington University, St. Louis and in 1980 became Professor in its (then) Department of Systems Science and Mathematics. Among his students were Nick Kalouptsidis (University of Athens), Dirk Aeyels (University of Gent), RenJeng Su (Portland State), Riccardo Marino (University of Rome II), and the late W. P. Dayawansa. Since 1994 he has been Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Systems.

In 1992, Elliott moved to the Institute for Systems Research. There he continues to advise doctoral students, perform research in nonlinear systems, and write.

Address:

Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Systems Research,

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; e-mail d.elliott@ieee.org

Visiting positions:

1993-1999 Senior Research Scientist, NeuroDyne, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

1987-1989 Program Director (Systems Theory) National Science Foundation, Washington DC

1986 Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Fall 1979 Visiting Associate Professor, Lefschetz Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

1969-1971 Lecturer, Department of System Science, UCLA

Summer 1969 Senior Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Professional Societies:

IEEE Control Systems Society (Life Fellow); American Mathematical Society ; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Association of America; Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society