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D-Index
87
Citations
51331
World Ranking
335
National Ranking
158

Joao P. Hespanha publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joao P. Hespanha sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 400 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Joao P. Hespanha D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joao P. Hespanha sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 2008 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to stability techniques for switched and hybrid systems

Overview

Joao P. Hespanha is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields and topics, emphasizing control and systems engineering alongside computer networks and communications.

The main subfields of study associated with their work include:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Molecular Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to control theory and systems analysis:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems

Frequent collaborations have involved several other researchers, including:

  • Thomas Parisini
  • Miroslav Krstić
  • Yasamin Mostofi
  • Jing Sun
  • Carolyn L. Beck

Joao P. Hespanha has contributed to a significant number of publications in notable venues, highlighting a focus on control systems and related fields. These venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joao P. Hespanha include:

  • "Forecasting COVID-19 cases based on a parameter-varying stochastic SIR model", 2021, Annual Reviews in Control
  • "Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap", 2023, Annual Reviews in Control
  • "High-precision monitoring of and feedback control over drug concentrations in the brains of freely moving rats", 2023, Science Advances
  • "A Robust Control Strategy With Perturbation Estimation for the Parrot Mambo Platform", 2020, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • "Trajectory tracking for a class of switched nonlinear systems: Application to PMSM", 2022, Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid Systems

Joao P. Hespanha has received formal recognition for contributions to the field of automatic control. Awards include:

  • Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2014
  • IEEE Fellow, 2008, for contributions to stability techniques for switched and hybrid systems

Best Publications

  • Eigenfaces vs. Fisherfaces: recognition using class specific linear projection

    P.N. Belhumeur;J.P. Hespanha;D.J. Kriegman

  • A Survey of Recent Results in Networked Control Systems

    J.P. Hespanha;P. Naghshtabrizi;Yonggang Xu

  • Stability of switched systems with average dwell-time

    J.P. Hespanha;A.S. Morse

  • Trajectory-Tracking and Path-Following of Underactuated Autonomous Vehicles With Parametric Modeling Uncertainty

    A.P. Aguiar;J.P. Hespanha

  • Uniform stability of switched linear systems: extensions of LaSalle's Invariance Principle

    J.P. Hespanha

  • Linear systems theory

    João P Hespanha

  • Stability of switched systems: a Lie-algebraic condition

    Daniel Liberzon;João P. Hespanha;A.Stephen Morse

  • Exponential stability of impulsive systems with application to uncertain sampled-data systems

    Payam Naghshtabrizi;João P. Hespanha;Andrew R. Teel

  • Lyapunov conditions for input-to-state stability of impulsive systems

    João P. Hespanha;Daniel Liberzon;Andrew R. Teel

  • Switching between stabilizing controllers

    JoãO P. Hespanha;A.Stephen Morse

  • Stabilization of nonlinear systems with limited information feedback

    D. Liberzon;J.P. Hespanha

  • Nonlinear norm-observability notions and stability of switched systems

    J.P. Hespanha;D. Liberzon;D. Angeli;E.D. Sontag

  • Overcoming the limitations of adaptive control by means of logic-based switching

    João P. Hespanha;Daniel Liberzon;A.Stephen Morse

  • Brief Hysteresis-based switching algorithms for supervisory control of uncertain systems

    JoãO P. Hespanha;Daniel Liberzon;A.Stephen Morse

  • Distributed Transmit Beamforming Using Feedback Control

    R. Mudumbai;J. Hespanha;U. Madhow;G. Barriac

  • Multiple model adaptive control. Part 2: switching

    João Hespanha;Daniel M Liberzon;A. Stephen Morse;Brian D.O. Anderson

  • Stabilization of nonholonomic integrators via logic-based switching

    João P. Hespanha;A. Stephen Morse

  • Optimal communication logics in networked control systems

    Yonggang Xu;J.P. Hespanha

  • Mistuning-Based Control Design to Improve Closed-Loop Stability Margin of Vehicular Platoons

    P. Barooah;P.G. Mehta;J.P. Hespanha

  • Towards the Control of Linear Systems with Minimum Bit-Rate

    João Hespanha;Antonio Ortega;Lavanya Vasudevan

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau
Upamanyu Madhow
Upamanyu Madhow University of California, Santa Barbara
Daniel Liberzon
Daniel Liberzon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prabir Barooah
Prabir Barooah University of Florida
Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew R. Teel
Andrew R. Teel University of California, Santa Barbara
A. Stephen Morse
A. Stephen Morse Yale University
Katia Obraczka
Katia Obraczka University of California, Santa Cruz
Francesco Bullo
Francesco Bullo University of California, Santa Barbara
Antonio M. Pascoal
Antonio M. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico

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