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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Electees Explain the Impacts of Their Research

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, and Elizabeth Mynatt, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, have both been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Their interdisciplinary work encompasses how humans and computers interact and the mathematical concepts behind human systems.

2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations

The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]

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Sontag Receives IFAC Award on Non-Linear Control Systems

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, received the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee Award on Non-Linear Control Systems, which is described as the “highest distinction on nonlinear control systems research”.

2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations

The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]

Sontag Receives MURI Grant for Synthetic Biology

Distinguished University Professor Eduardo Sontag (ECE, BIOE; affiliate in Mathematics and ChE) and collaborators received a $7.5M award ($1.25M to Northeastern University) entitled “Rules of composition in synthetic biology across scales of complexity: theory and tools.”

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Sontag Awarded 2022 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, received the 2022 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award—the highest recognition in control theory and engineering in the United States.

COE Professors Selected in Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide

The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]

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Investigating the Dynamics of Biochemical Systems

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, ECE/BioE, is the PI of a $305K NSF grant for designing “New Techniques for Analyzing the Long-term Behavior of Intracellular Networks.” The project aims to develop an approach to the computer-aided analysis of biochemical networks and is based on research done in the Sontag Lab by Senior Research Scientist Muhammad Ali Al-Radhawi.

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Investigating Feedback Systems in Nature and Engineering

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), jointly appointed in bioengineering, and affiliate faculty in chemical engineering and mathematics, was awarded a $750K grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, titled “Network Motifs and Responses of Nonlinear Systems.”

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Team Led by Sznaier Awarded $7.5M by DoD for Control and Learning Enabled Verifiably Robust AI

Mario Sznaier, Dennis Picard Trustee Professor, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), is leading a multi-university team that was awarded a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Eduardo Sontag Gave Keynote Talk at 2020 European Control Conference

ECE/BioE Professor Eduardo Sontag gave the opening keynote talk on “Some Control Theory Ideas in Systems and Synthetic Biology” virtually at the 2020 European Control Conference at St Petersburg, Russia.

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In Vitro Implementation of Robust Gene Regulation in a Synthetic Biomolecular Integral Controller

ECE/BioE Professor Eduardo Sontag’s research on “in vitro implementation of robust gene regulation in a synthetic biomolecular integral controller” was published in Nature Communications.

Research from Univ. Dist. Prof. Eduardo Sontag published in PLOS Computational Biology

BioE University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag’s research has been published in Public Library of Science (PLOS) Computational Biology, a non-profit, peer-reviewed journal, entitled “Multi-modality in gene regulatory networks with slow promoter kinetics”.

Research from Univ. Dist. Prof. Eduardo Sontag published in Frontiers in Immunobiology

BioE University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag’s research entitled “Immunobiochemical Reconstruction of Influenza Lung Infection—Melanoma Skin Cancer Interactions” has been published in Frontiers in Immunology, a leading journal in its field.

Sontag to Work in Collaboration on $1.5M NSF/SRC Grant

ECE/BioE Professor Eduardo Sontag, in collaboration with Dr. Chris Voigt from MIT and Dr. Kate Adamala from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, was awarded a $1.5M three-year grant jointly funded from the National Science Foundation and Semiconductor Research Corporation for “Very Large-Scale Genetic Circuit Design Automation”.

Novel Synthetic Biology Technique Could Lead to Breakthroughs in Disease Treatment

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag developed a new technique that would give researchers the ability to control the behavior of engineered cells.

New Faculty Spotlight: Eduardo Sontag

Eduardo Sontag joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2018 as a University Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment in Bioengineering.