S. Shankar Sastry Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Mechanical Engineering Dean, College of Engineering 320 McLaughlin Hall mailcode: MC 1700 (510) 642-5771 fax: (510) 642-5835 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://robotics.EECS.berkeley.edu/~sastry

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1983

Research Interests

Education

1981     Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Major Awards

1977    President of India Medal

1983    IBM Faculty Development Grant

1985    NSF Presidential Young Inverstigator Award

1977    IEEE Student Best Paper Award

1990    Eckmann Award of the American Control Council

1994    M.S. (Letters), Harvard University

1994    Fellow, IEEE

1999    Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT Bombay

1999    David Marr Best Paper Prize, ICCV

2001    National Academy of Engineering

Professional Experience

1980-1982    Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1982-1984    Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

1984-1988    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California,     Berkeley

1996-1999    Director, Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

1999-2000    Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Information Technology Office, Arlington, VA

1988-present    Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

1998-present    Professor, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

2001-present    Chair, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications

G. J. Pappas, G. Lafferiere, and S. Sastry, “Hierarchical Consistent Control Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 38 (3), July 2000, pp.219-229.

Y. Ma, R. Vidal, S. Hsu and S. Sastry. Optimal Motion Estimation from Multiple Images by Normalized Epipolar Constraint. Communications in Information and Systems. Vol 1(1):51-74. January 2001.

M. Prandini, J. Hu, J. Lygeros and S. Sastry. A Probabilistic Approach to Aircraft Conflict Detection. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Vol 1(4):199-220. 2000.

J. Zhang, K.H. Johansson, J. Lygeros and S. Sastry. Zeno Hybrid Systems. Intern. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control. Vol. 11 (5): 435-451. April 2001

J.P. Aubin, J. Lygeros, M. Quincampoix, M., S. Sastry and N. Seube. A Viability Approach to Hybrid Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. January 2002.Vol 47(1):2-20.

J. Hu, M. Prandini and S. Sastry. Optimal Coordinated Maneuvers for Three Dimensional Aircraft Conflict Resolution. AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics. 2002 .Vol 25(5):888-900.

S. Kumar and S. Sastry. Biocomputation. Computing in Science and Engineering. Editorial Jan-Feb 2002. Vol 4 (1):18-19.

Y.Ma, K. Huang, R. Vidal, J. Kosecka and S. Sastry. Rank Conditions on the Multiple View Matrix. Intern. J. of Computer Vision,  2002.

Y. Ma, J. Kosecka and S. Sastry. Optimization Criteria and Geometric Algorithms for Motion and Structure Estimation. Intern. J. Computer Vision: Vol 44 (3):219-249 Sept-Oct 2001.

M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, A. Nilim and S. Sastry. Algorithms for Probabilistic Aircraft Conflict Detection. Systems and Control  Letters, 2002.