Transition in an editorship

It is my great pleasure to welcome Daniel Liberzon, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as the next editor for the nonlinear systems and control area within Automatica. Daniel is well known in the nonlinear systems and control field for a vast array of contributions, including his pioneering work on switched nonlinear systems. I am especially pleased that Daniel’s research profile and expertise enable this area to continue its leadership role in evaluating submissions pertaining to hybrid systems, as it has done since I became the editor for the area in 2009. Like all of the other area editors currently servingAutomatica, Daniel is known for his rigorous and visionary contributions that have helped to shape the field. With experts like Daniel in its key leadership positions, Automatica is well positioned to maintain its place among the premier control systems journals in the world. I am thrilled that Daniel is joining theAutomatica editorial board and I look forward to working with him in this capacity in the coming years.