Christos Cassandras, PhD

Distinguished Professor (ECE, SE Appointed)

Office PHO 425
Email cgc@bu.edu
Phone (617) 353-7154
Website Christos G. Cassandras

In the News

Professor Christos Cassandras Wins 2026 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Outstanding Research Award
June 1, 2026
Professor Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Head of the Division of Systems Engineering at Boston University, has been awarded the 2026 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) Outstanding Research Award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to intelligent transportation systems, connected and automated vehicles, and smart city infrastructure. [ More ]

Publications

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Honors and Awards

Fellow, IEEE, 1996
Fellow, IFAC, 2008
Fellow, IETI, 2018
Harold Chestnut Prize, IFAC Best Control Engineering Textbook, 1999
IEEE Control Systems Technology Award, 2011
Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006
Zhu Kezhen Award, 2012
EEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2004
2014 IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge competition prize (student team led by Theodora Brisimi)
2011 IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge competition prize (student team led by Yanfeng Geng)
Lilly Fellow, 1991 – 1992
Kern Fellow, 2012
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1998-2009
Department Editor, Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 1989-Present
Editor, Automatica, 2015-present
Senior Editor, Journal of Control and Decision, 2013-Present
President, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2012
Chair Professor, Tsinghua University, 2014-present
Honorary Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2003
Honorary Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 2003
Plenary/Keynote Speaker, 36 international conferences

Classes Taught

SE/EC/ME 733 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
EK 500 Probability and Statistical Methods

Additional Affiliations

Division of Systems Engineering (Head)
Center for Information and Systems Engineering
Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative

Departments or Divisions: Electrical & Computer Engineering, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Systems Engineering

Affiliations: Administration & Staff, Energy, Sustainability & Climate, Intelligent, Autonomous & Secure Systems, Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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