I. Michael Ross
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Isaac Michael Ross is a Distinguished Professor and Program Director of Control and Optimization at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He has published a highly-regarded textbook on optimal control theory[1] and seminal papers in pseudospectral optimal control theory,[2][3][4][5][6] energy-sink theory,[7][8] the optimization and deflection of near-Earth asteroids and comets,[9][10] robotics,[11][12] attitude dynamics and control,[13] orbital mechanics,[14][15][16] real-time optimal control, [17][18] unscented optimal control[19][20][21] and continuous optimization.[22][23][24] The Kang–Ross–Gong theorem,[25][26] Ross' π lemma, Ross' time constant, the Ross–Fahroo lemma, and the Ross–Fahroo pseudospectral method are all named after him.[27][28][29][30][31] According to a report published by Stanford University,[32] Ross is one of the world's top 2% of scientists.