Joint IFAC/IEEE CSS webinar series

The main objectives of the webinar series are to bring forward IFAC values on open science in automatic control, to reach nonlinear control researchers and practitioners in all parts of the world and to promote the latest research activities in the field of nonlinear control systems worldwide. The works to be presented are usually based on the latest achievements reported in journal papers but have not been presented at conferences.

The next webinar in this series will be given by Prof. Kirsten Morris, University of Waterloo, Canada.

Date: 10:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm Central Europe /11:00 pm Japan Time on Thursday, March 14.

Zoom: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/85794813444?pwd=WXZYQitGRWxKbTU4ZDd2YnR1d3Zwdz09

Live streaming on youtube: https://youtube.com/live/T1O0mYB-jKo?feature=share

The recorded session will be made available in the IFAC youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhW60e3yRlU

Title: Systems theory for partial differential-algebraic equations

Abstract: There are a number of applications which are modelled by partial differential-algebraic equations (PDAEs). One of practical importance is the electro-chemical model for lithium-ion cells. This model can be converted to a (nonlinear) PDE. This is not possible, or practical, in all cases. Establishing existence and uniqueness of the solutions to these equations, as well as continuous dependence on data is non-trivial. For linear systems, a decomposition of the state-space that leads to an extension of the Hille-Yosida Theorem is described. For dissipative partial differential equations the Lumer-Phillips generation theorem characterizes solvability and also boundedness of the associated dynamics. An extension of the Lumer-Phillips generation theorem to linear dissipative differential-algebraic equations is given. Examples of controller design strategies for these systems are also discussed.

The webinar is organized by Claudia Califano (vice-chair education of IFAC TC 2.3), Bayu Jayawardhana (vice-chair publication of IFAC TC 2.3), Hiroshi Ito (chair of IFAC TC 2.3 Non-linear Control Systems) and Andrea Serrani (chair of IEEE TC Nonlinear Systems and Control).

Past webinars:

Prof. Murat Arcak, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California Berkeley.
- Title: Dissipativity Tools for Convergence to Nash Equilibria in Population Games
- Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7mH-MBZYzY
Prof. Jacquelien Scherpen, Professor of Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of Groningen.
- Title: Krasovskii Passivity, Control Methods and Applications to Switching Circuits
- Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v;=fclsOlDNVMY
Prof. Dragan Nesic, Professor at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
- Title: Stability and near-optimality for dynamical systems controlled via Value Iteration
- Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022.
- Video1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9HmGq1syQ
- Video2 with the slides: https://tc.ifac-control.org/2/3/slides_nesic.mp4/view
Prof. Anders Rantzer, Professor at Automatic Control, Lund University, Sweden.
- Title: Nonlinear Optimal Control for Large-scale and Adaptive Systems
- Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX4OGsmzqX4&list;=PLLhem8_dLoaplspC5EjpThZHrpXH80gys
Prof. Miroslav Krstic, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego, USA.
- Title: Inverse Optimal Safe Control
- Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4f2nOrKlIA&list;=PLLhem8_dLoaplspC5EjpThZHrpXH80gys&index;=1
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Allgöwer, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
- Title: Data-driven MPC: From linear to nonlinear systems with guarantees
- Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GP1dmj58cw
Prof. Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Kyoto University, Japan.
- Title: Real-Time Optimization Algorithms for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems
- Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jCnOgu0tVA
Prof. Rodolphe Sepulchre, Rodolphe Sepulchre, BE/UK.
- Title: Nonlinear feedback analysis: back to the future
- Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAMy8yA-_0
Prof. Arjan van der Schaft, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Title: Port-Hamiltonian systems theory and monotonicity
- Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKMFx6y41c
Prof. Alessandro Astolfi, Imperial College London and University of Rome Tor Vergata, UK and Italy.
- Title: Pontryagin meets Bellman
- Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-BkPE2dY0
Prof. Hyungbo Shim, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Title: Coordination of heterogeneous multi-agent systems via blended dynamics theorem
- Date: Monday, February 26, 2024.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj_vzt0T3cY
Prof. Kirsten Morris, University of Waterloo, Canada.
- Title: Systems theory for partial differential-algebraic equations
- Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhW60e3yRlU