1972 – M.Sc., in Mechanical Engineering Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
1975 – Ph.D., in Mechanical Engineering Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Research Interests
Root Clustering.
Control of Uncertain Systems.
Dynamic Games.
Optimal Guidance.
Min-Max Control.
Guest Appointments
Res. Assoc., N.R.C., NASA Ames, Calif. (1975-1976)
Visiting Professor, U.C. Berkeley (1981-1982)
Visiting Professor, Georgia Tech. (1991-1992)
Industrial Experience
MBT – Aircraft Industries (1970/1971)
RAFAEL (1976/1977)
Public Activities
Kneset Member (1992-96)
Honors and Awards
The New England Academic Award (1989-1990)
Selected Publications
S. Gutman and G. Leitmann, "Optimal Strategies in the Neighborhood of Collision Course", AIAA J., Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 1210-1212, September 1976, Also (in Russian) J. of Rocket Technology and Cosmonautics, Vol. 14, No. 9, 1976.
S. Gutman, "On Optimal Guidance for Homing Missiles", AIAA J. of Guidance and Control, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 296-300, 1979. Also (in Russian) J. of Rocket Technology and Cosmonautics, Vol. 17, No. 10, 1979.
S. Gutman, "Uncertain Dynamical Systems – a Lyapunov Min-Max Approach", IEEE Trans. On Automatic Control, Vol. AC-24, No. 2, pp. 437-443, April 1979.
S. Gutman, M. Esh, and M. Gefen, "Simple Linear Pursuit Evasion Games", Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 83-95, 1987.
S.Gutman, “The Superiority of Canards in Homing Missiles”, IEEE Trans Aerospace & Electronics Systems, Vol.39, No.3, pp.740-746, 2003.
S. Gutman, and S. Rubinsky, “3D-Nonlinear Vector Guidance and Exo- Atmospheric Interception”, IEEE Trans. Aerospace & Electronics Systems, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 3014-3022, Oct. 2015
S. Gutman, and S. Rubinsky, “Exo-Atmospheric Thrust Vector Interception Via Time-to-Go Analysis”, J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 86-97, Jan. 2016.
S. Gutman, “Exo-Atmospheric Interception via Linear Quadratic Optimization”, J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 624-631, March 2019.
S. Gutman, “Exo-Atmospheric Interception via Linear Quadratic Optimization”, J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 624-631, March 2019.
S. Gutman, “Applied Min-Max Approach to Missile Guidance and Control”, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 209, AIAA, 2005.
תחומי מחקר
בקרה אוטומטית – יציבות מערכות בעלות חוסר ודאות (שימושים לרובוטיקה, למבנים אלסטיים ולכלי טייס), יציבות יחסית, בקרה לא ליניארית, משחקים דינמיים – בעיות רדיפה והתחמקות. הנחיה אופטימלית.