Stephen P. Boyd

Stephen P. Boyd
Stephen P. Boyd
Born	California, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley;
Known for	Convex optimization techniques
Awards	1992 AACC Donald P. Eckman Award; 2012 Beale-Orchard-Hays Award; 2013 IEEE Control Systems Award; National Academy of Engineering, inducted 2014; 2014 INFORMS Saul Gass Expository Writing Award; 2016 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stanford; 2017 IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal;
	Scientific career
Fields	Control engineering; Electrical engineering;
Institutions	Stanford University
Thesis	Volterra Series: Engineering Fundamentals (1985)
Doctoral advisor	Charles A. Desoer; S. Shankar Sastry; Leon Chua;
Doctoral students	Mung Chiang

Stephen P. Boyd is an American professor and control theorist. He is the Samsung Professor of Engineering, Professor in Electrical Engineering, and professor by courtesy in Computer Science and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. He is also affiliated with Stanford's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME).

In 2014, Boyd was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to engineering design and analysis via convex optimization.