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This is an IFAC award to a distinguished control engineer, presented at each IFAC World Congress as a memorial to the late Giorgio Quazza, a leading Italian electrical and control engineer who served IFAC in many capacities in a most distinguished manner. The medal is awarded by the IFAC Council on the recommendation of a selection committee. A monetary prize is presented to the recipient together with the medal. Medal winners have been:

1981 Prof. John F. Coales
1984 Prof. Yakov Z. Tsypkin
1987 Prof. Karl J. Åström
1990 Prof. Petar Kokotovic
1993 Prof. Edward J. Davison
1996 Prof. Alberto Isidori
1999 Prof. Brian D.O. Anderson

The Nichols Medal recognizes outstanding contributions of an individual to design methods, software tools and instrumentation, or to significant projects resulting in major applications and advancement of control education. The spirit is captured by the name of Nathaniel Nichols, one of the pioneers of control engineering. The medal is awarded by the IFAC Council on the recommendation of a selection committee. A monetary prize is presented to the recipient together with the medal. Medal winners have been:

Established in 2000, to be first awarded at the 15th IFAC World Congress in Barcelona in 2002. This is an IFAC award to an individual, or a team of individuals, presented at each IFAC World Congress, who has made a significant contribution to industrial applications of control. The winner of the award is selected by the IFAC Council upon recommendation of a Selection Committee. A monetary prize, together with a certificate, is presented to the recipient.

The Automatica Editorial Board awards prizes for the best papers published in Automatica. At each IFAC World Congress three monetary prizes are presented to the authors of three papers selected by an Automatica Prize Awards Committee.

The prizes are given for outstanding contributions to the theory and/or practice of control engineering or control science, documented in a paper published in the IFAC Journal Automatica. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Automatica, Elsevier Science Ltd.

The Control Engineering Practice Editorial Board awards prizes for the best papers published in Control Engineering Practice. At each IFAC World Congress monetary prizes are presented to the authors of papers selected by a Control Engineering Practice Prize Awards Committee. The prizes are given for outstanding applications papers published in the IFAC journal Control Engineering Practice. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Control Engineering Practice, Elsevier Science Ltd.

This prize is awarded at each IFAC World Congress for the best paper of an author (authors) younger than 35 years.

Candidates for both of the above-mentioned prizes are nominated by a selection committee appointed by the Council. The prizes consist of a monetary prize and a certificate.

This award is presented at each IFAC World Congress for the best Control Engineering textbook in one of the official IFAC languages for which the first edition(s) occurred not later than the Congress just prior to the one at which the award is presented. It recognizes the author(s) of the textbook(s) judged to have most contributed to the education of control engineers. The candidates for the prize are nominated by a selection committee, chaired ex officio by the Control Education Committee Chairman. The books under consideration come before the committee through recommendation of the control engineering community. The prize consists of a monetary prize and a certificate.

Call for Nominations

This prize is awarded at each IFAC World Congress for the best poster paper. Candidates for this prize are nominated by a selection committee appointed by the National Organizing Committee of the Congress. The prize consists of a monetary prize funded by the Congress organizers and a certificate.

This award is presented to IFAC officials who have served and contributed substantially to IFAC in various capacities, according to a criterion set by the Council. The award consists of a certificate and a lapel pin and is presented to the candidates on the occasion of the IFAC World Congress.