In 1999, the PolyX Ltd. started the new tradition of


The POLYX PRIZE for the BEST PAPER ON POLYNOMIAL METHODS


General Conditions

  1. The author(s) of the winning paper are awarded EUR 500 and a Diploma.
  2. The papers published or accepted for publication in international technical journals or conference proceedings are considered that describe
  3. The papers must be submitted to PolyX, Ltd., along with the Paper Submission Form filled in and signed.
  4. The Polynomial Toolbox 2.0 or later must be used during the research or design and must be referred to in the paper. The author or his/her employer must own a valid license of Polynomial Toolbox 2.0 or later.
  5. Depending on the number and quality of papers submitted, PolyX Ltd. reserves the right to award more papers or none.

Year 1999

In the year 1999 the competition was organized in cooperation with the European Network for Industrial Applications of Polynomial Design Methods EUROPOLY. The winning paper

Erik Frisk, Mattias Nyberg (Linkoping University, Sweden):
Using Minimal Polynomial Bases for Model-Based Fault Diagnosis,
Proceedings of the 5th European Control Conference ECC'99, August 31 - September 3 1999, Karlsruhe, Germany.

was elected by the Prize Advisory Committee and announced at the 3rd IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design ROCOND2000 conference held in Prague CZ in June 21-23, 2000.

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Year 2000

The prize for the year 2000 has been announced. Follow the link and

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Year 2001

The year 2000 call expires on March 30, 2001. On April 1, 2001, the PolyX BEST PAPER AWARD 2001 will be announced, following the same rules as the year 2000 run.


Prize Advisory Committee

Professor Vladimir Kucera, Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
Professor Huibert Kwakernaak, University of Twente, Enschede, NL
Doc. Vladimir Havlena, Ph.D., Honeywell Technology Center, Prague, CZ


eu-flag1.gif (28175 bytes) EUROPOLY is the European Community project No. CP97/7010.
For more info visit www.utia.cas.cz/europoly/ or mail to europoly@utia.cas.cz