NEWS MERL collaborator Yuri Shimane receives IFAC Young Author Applications Paper Prize

NEWS MERL collaborator Yuri Shimane receives IFAC Young Author Applications Paper Prize
Date:

August 28, 2026
Description:

MERL collaborator and former intern Prof. Yuri Shimane received the IFAC Young Author Applications Paper Prize at the 23rd IFAC World Congress 2026, held August 23–28 in Busan, South Korea for a paper co-authored with MERL researchers.

The award recognized Prof. Shimane paper, “Scenario-Based Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit,” co-authored with Masafumi Isaji and MERL researchers Avishai Weiss and Stefano Di Cairano.

MERL congratulates Yuri and his co-authors on this recognition.
MERL Contacts:
- Stefano
  Di Cairano
- Avishai
  Weiss
Research Areas:

Control, Dynamical Systems, Optimization