ECE alumnus, Yuanqiu Mo, was recently named one of five finalists for the Young Author Prize for the paper he presented at IFAC World Congress 2020 in Germany this July. Mo graduated with his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in December 2019.

About the IFAC World Congress

Following the 60 years tradition in IFAC – the International Federation of Automatic Control –, every three years, starting from 1960 in Moscow, the international automatic control community meets to exchange and discuss the most recent research findings in the broad field of systems, control, and automation. With several thousand attendees from all over the world, the IFAC World Congress is the biggest and most important meeting of this kind. This year, the memorable year 2020, Germany with its capital Berlin is proudly hosting the 21st IFAC World Congress 2020 following the motto “Automatic Control – Meeting Societal Challenges”.