Faculty
Sean P. Meyn
Professor
162 Coordinated Science Lab, MC-228
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 244-1782
PhD Electrical Engineering, McGill University 1987
Research Statement:
Professor Meyn's research interests have focused on control, simulation, adaptation, model reduction, and performance evaluation for complex systems. Methodological approaches are based on Meyn's research on Markov processes, stability theory, reinforcement learning, stochastic approximation, adaptive control, and optimization. Applications have ranged from communication networks to combustion in jet engines to molecular dynamics.
Research Interests:
- Systems theory
- Information theory
- Machine learning
- Simulation
- Network control and performance evaluation
- Stochastic processes and Markov processes
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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements
- Fellow, IEEE, 2001
- Fulbright Fellowship and Research Award, presented under the 1997-1998 Fulbright program in India.
- ORSA-TIMS Award "Best Research Publication in Applied Probability, June, 1994
- Australian National University Postdoctoral Fellowship - August 1987 - July 1989
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching
- Incomplete List Of Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students, UIUC, Spring, 1997
- Vice Chancellor's Teaching Scholars' Award, Fall 1994
Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research
- University of Versailles Research Professor, May 25-June 24, 1999
- Israeli research award sponsored by the Swiss Technion Society Visiting Professorship Fund.
- Fulbright Fellowship and Research Award (Presented under the 1997-1998 Fulbright program in India.)
- ORSA-TIMS "Best Publication in Applied Probability" award for book "Markov Chains and Stochastic Stability" (1994)