Control Seminars
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Events for 2018
JAN
12
2018
Control Seminar
Cerebellar patients have intact feedback control that can be leveraged to improve reaching
Noah Cowan, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, LIMBS Laboratory
JAN
19
2018
Control Seminar
Compression Algorithms for Enabling High-Dimensional Motion Planning
Alex Gorodetsky, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering
JAN
26
2018
Control Seminar
Tractable Algorithms for Hybrid Systems and Differential Games
Wei Zhang, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
FEB
02
2018
Control Seminar
From Kinematic to Energetic Control of Wearable Robots for Agile Human Locomotion
Robert (Bobby) Gregg, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
FEB
09
2018
Control Seminar
Evaluating Model Predictive Control for Vehicle Powertrain Thermal Management Applications
Amey Karnik, Technical Expert in Controls Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company
FEB
16
2018
Control Seminar
Orientation Control and Consensus Using Piecewise-Continuous Sinusoids with Application to Microrobots and Small-Satellite Swarms
Jesse B. Hoagg, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Department of Mechanical Engineering
MAR
16
2018
Control Seminar
Safe Multi-Vehicle System Planning and Coordination
Ella Atkins and Hossein Rasgoftar, Professor and Research Scientist, University of Michigan Department of Aerospace Engineering
MAR
23
2018
Control Seminar
High-efficiency control system development for connected and automated class 8 trucks
Greg Shaver, Professor, Purdue University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
MAR
30
2018
Control Seminar
Control and Autonomy in the Age of Cyber-Physical Systems
Amit K. Sanyal, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
APR
06
2018
Control Seminar
Will geometric mechanics revolutionize multi-legged locomotion?
Shai Revzen, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
APR
13
2018
Control Seminar
Model-Based Development – The Prosperous Life, Evolution, and Impact of a Diesel Engine Model
Lars Eriksson, Professor, Linkoping University
MAY
18
2018
Control Seminar
Synthesis and Implementation of Distributed Supervisory Control for Discrete Event Systems: Application to Automated Manufacturing Systems
Yassine Qamsane, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan Department of Mechanical Engineering
JUN
12
2018
Control Seminar
Compositional Nonblocking Verification of Discrete Event Systems
Robi Malik, Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato
SEP
14
2018
Control Seminar
How Control Theories Were Used to Improve Energy and Safety of Automotive Systems
Huei Peng, Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SEP
21
2018
Control Seminar
Control of Automated Vehicles and Batteries
Scott Moura, Assistant Professor, University of California at Berkeley
OCT
05
2018
Control Seminar
Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems: A Retrospective and Two Recent Results on Privacy and Security
Stéphane Lafortune, Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
OCT
12
2018
Control Seminar
Peripheral vascular resistance and cardiovascular autoregulation monitoring using a wearable piezoelectric sensor assembly
Kenn Oldham, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
OCT
19
2018
Control Seminar
Physical Flow over Networks: Analysis, Control and Computation
Ketan Savla, Associate Professor, University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
OCT
26
2018
Control Seminar
Optimal Control And Estimation with Noisy Time and Communicative Actions
Andrew Lamperski, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
NOV
02
2018
Control Seminar
Wearable Robots to Induce Recovery of Motor Function after Neurological Injury
Brent Gillespie, Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering
NOV
09
2018
Control Seminar
Inverter-based Control for Low Inertia Power Systems: Scale-free Analysis, Performance Trade-offs, and Controller Design
Enrique Mallada, Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
NOV
16
2018
Control Seminar
One if by Land and Two if by Sea: A Glimpse into the Value of Information in Strategic Interactions
Vijay Subramanian, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
NOV
30
2018
Control Seminar
The Centrality of Control Theory in Robotics
Mark W. Spong, Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering and the Excellence in Education Chair, University of Texas at Dallas, School of Engineering and Computer Science
DEC
07
2018
Control Seminar
The Role of Network Structure in Controlling Complex Networks
Jorge Cortés, Professor, University of California at San Diego, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering