2026 Jason L. Speyer: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	62	616	560	273	231	443	12364
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	63	1390	1328	571	531	440	12722

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development and application of advanced techniques for optimal navigation and control of a wide range of aerospace vehicles.
1985 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to deterministic and stochastic optimal control theory and applications.

Overview

Jason L. Speyer is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research largely spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with particular emphasis on Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Aerospace Engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Fault Detection and Control Systems
Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
GNSS positioning and interference
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms
Control Systems and Identification

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

Moshe Idan
Nhattrieu Duong
Mauro Pontani
Po-Ting Chen
David S. Bayard

Publications by Jason L. Speyer have appeared predominantly in the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, with four papers published there. Other venues where their work has been published include The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Discrete Mathematics Letters, Automatica, and Mechatronics.

Selected recent papers include:

Aspects of Pulsar Navigation for Deep Space Mission Applications (2020) in The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
A Note on Hyper-Plane Arrangements in R^d (2021) in Discrete Mathematics Letters
Integrated MIMO fault detection and disturbance observer-based control (2021) in Mechatronics
Laplace estimation for scalar linear systems (2022) in Automatica
Distributed Computation of a Robust Estimator Based on Cauchy Noises (2021) in 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

Throughout their career, Jason L. Speyer has received several awards and honors, such as:

Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (2016)
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2005) for the development and application of advanced techniques for optimal navigation and control of a wide range of aerospace vehicles
IEEE Fellow (1985) recognized for contributions to deterministic and stochastic optimal control theory and applications

Best Publications

Computation and transmission requirements for a decentralized linear-quadratic-Gaussian control problem

Jason Speyer

569
Citations
A stochastic analysis of a modified gain extended Kalman filter with applications to estimation with bearings only measurements

Taek Song;J. Speyer

528
Citations
Detection filter design: Spectral theory and algorithms

J. White;J. Speyer

522
Citations
New necessary conditions of optimality for control problems with state-variable inequality constraints

D.H Jacobson;M.M Lele;J.L Speyer

445
Citations
Optimization and Control of Nonlinear Systems Using the Second Variation

John V. Breakwell;Jason L. Speyer;Arthur E. Bryson

316
Citations
Observability of error States in GPS/INS integration

Sinpyo Hong;Man Hyung Lee;Ho-Hwan Chun;Sun-Hong Kwon

293
Citations
A systems theory approach to the feedback stabilization of infinitesimal and finite-amplitude disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow

Sanjay S. Joshi;Jason L. Speyer;John Kim

262
Citations
Target tracking problems subject to kinematic constraints

M. Tahk;J.L. Speyer

238
Citations
Fault-tolerant system, apparatus and method

Walton Williamson;Jason Speyer;Dale Cooper

223
Citations
Decentralized controllers for unmanned aerial vehicle formation flight

J. D. Wolfe;D. F. Chichka;J. L. Speyer

219
Citations
Robust fault detection filter design

Randal K. Douglas;Jason L. Speyer

217
Citations
Observability of an integrated GPS/INS during maneuvers

I. Rhee;M.F. Abdel-Hafez;J.L. Speyer

212
Citations
Sustained sub-laminar drag in a fully developed channel flow

Taegee Min;Sung Moon Kang;Jason L. Speyer;John Kim

194
Citations
A game theoretic fault detection filter

W.H. Chung;J.L. Speyer

194
Citations
Optimization of stochastic linear systems with additive measurement and process noise using exponential performance criteria

J. Speyer;J. Deyst;D. Jacobson

176
Citations
Optimal stochastic fault detection filter

Robert H. Chen;D.Lewis Mingori;Jason L. Speyer

155
Citations
On Modeling and Pulse Phase Estimation of X-Ray Pulsars

Amir A Emadzadeh;Jason L Speyer

150
Citations
Nonoptimality of the steady-state cruise for aircraft

Jason L. Speyer

149
Citations
A generalized Shiryayev sequential probability ratio test for change detection and isolation

D.P. Malladi;J.L. Speyer

143
Citations
Primer on optimal control theory

Jason L. Speyer;David H. Jacobson

140
Citations
An adaptive terminal guidance scheme based on an exponential cost criterion with application to homing missile guidance

Jason Speyer

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Kim University of California, Los Angeles

Min-Jea Tahk Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Jeff S. Shamma University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Steven I. Marcus University of Maryland, College Park

S. N. Balakrishnan Missouri University of Science and Technology

Debasish Ghose Indian Institute of Science

Gregory J. Pottie University of California, Los Angeles

Jeff D. Eldredge University of California, Los Angeles

Tsu-Chin Tsao University of California, Los Angeles

Ho-Hwan Chun Pusan National University

External Links

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