Christopher V. Hollot Professor and Interm Department Head 215C Marcus Hall University of Massachusetts 100 Natural Resources Rd Amherst MA 01003-9292 Telephone: (413) 545-1586 email: hollot@ecs.umass.edu

B.S., West Virginia University, 1974; M.S., Syracuse University, 1980;
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1984.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Theory and Application of Feedback Control Systems (current projects include Internet congestion control, biological clocks and pilot-vehicle interactions).

AFFILIATED RESEARCH LABORATORIES:
Director, Feedback Control Laboratory. Co-director, Design and Analysis of Control Systems (DACS) research lab.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Y. Chait, C.V. Hollot, V. Misra, D. Towsley, H. Zhang and C.S. Lui, "Guaranteed Throughput using Adaptive Two-Level Coloring at the Network Edge and Preferential Dropping at the Core," IEEE Transactions on Networking, Vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 743-754, 2005
• E. Bittman, Y. Chait, C.V. Hollot, M. Harrington and H. Sielgelmann, “Is the Mammalian Circadian Clock a Resonant-Circuit Oscillator?" Society of Research on Biological Rhythms, Whistler, BC, 2004
• O. Beker, C.V. Hollot and Y. Chait, “Fundamental Properties of Reset Control Systems, Automatica, Vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 905-915, 2004.
• H. Han, C.V. Hollot, Y.Chait and V. Misra, “TCP Networks Stabilized by Buffer-Based AQMs,” 2004 IEEE Infocom, Hong Kong.
• J.S. Freudenberg, C.V. Hollot, R.H. Middleton and V. Toochinda, "Fundamental Design Limitations of the General Control Configuration," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 1355 – 1370, 2003.
• C.V. Hollot, Yong Liu, Vishal Misra and Don Towsley, "Unresponsive Flows and AQM Performance," 2003 IEEE Infocom, San Francisco.
• C.V. Hollot, V. Misra, D. Towsley and W.B. Gong, "Analysis and Design of Controllers for AQM Routers Supporting TCP Flows," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , pp. 945-959 June, 2002.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: IEEE Control Systems Society

HONORS & AWARDS: IEEE Fellow (2004), College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Award (2004), ECE Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award (1987, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004). Nominee for University's Distinguished Teaching Award (1987, 2003-2005). NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1988). Edward P. Curtis Award, Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, 1984. Eta Kappa Nu, West Virginia University, 1973. Tau Beta Pi, West Virginia University, 1973.

INSTITUTIONAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Associate Department Head (1994-1996, 2002-present). Chair, Robust Control Working Group of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) (1996-2002). Associate Editor (IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, Systems and Control Letters).

 

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