Past Seminars

DCL Special Seminar: Prof. Mohammad Hossein Manshaei

Prof. Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

DCL Seminar: Rafal Goebel - Some Control Problems Where Convex and Set-Valued Analysis is Helpful

Rafal Goebel, Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago

DCL Seminar: Aranya Chakrabortty - Distributed Optimization Algorithms for Wide-Area Monitoring of Power Systems Using Synchrophasors

Aranya Chakrabortty, Ph.D.

DCL Seminar: Sridevi Sarma - Fragility in the Human Decision Making System: When Irrationality Hijacks Logic

Sridevi Sarma, Ph.D.

DCL Seminar: Kartik B. Ariyur - The Problem of Autonomy

Kartik B. Ariyur, Ph.D. Purdue University

Special DCL Seminar: Tembine Hamidou - Mean-Field-Type Games

Tembine Hamidou, New York University Abu Dhabi

DCL Seminar: Vijay Gupta - Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: Results and Challenges

Vijay Gupta, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

DCL Seminar: Girish Chowdhary - Differentially Constrained Machine Learning for Distributed Autonomy

Girish Chowdhary, Ph.D. University of Illinois

DCL Seminar: P. S. Krishnaprasad - Optimality in Collectives

P. S. Krishnaprasad, Ph.D. - University of Maryland

DCL Seminar: Nikhil Chopra - Secure Control of Multiagent Systems

Nikhil Chopra, Ph.D. - University of Maryland

DCL Seminar: Aristotle Arapostathis - Controlled Equilibrium Selection in Stochastically Perturbed Dynamics Under Critical Noise

Aristotle Arapostathis, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

DCL Seminar: Daniel Liberzon - Entropy and Minimal Data Rates for State Estimation and Model Detection

Daniel Liberzon, Ph.D., University of Illinois

DCL Seminar: Mattia Gazzola - Computational Design of Artificial Animals

Mattia Gazzola, Ph.D., University of Illinois

DCL Seminar: Aimy Wissa - Adaptive Wings: A Pathway Towards Birds' Superior Flight Performance

Aimy Wissa, Ph.D. - University of Illinois

DCL Seminar: Ara Nefian - From Planetary Mapping to Rover Surface Navigation

Ara Nefian, Ph.D - NASA Ames Research Center

DCL Seminar: Nora Ayanian - Multirobot Coordination from High-level Specification

Nora Ayanian, Ph.D. - University of Southern California

DCL Seminar: Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa - Analytic Left Inversion for Multivariable Input-Output Systems

Luis A. Duffaut Espinosa, Ph.D. - University of Vermont

DCL Seminar: Karl Henrik Johansson - Collaborative Road Freight Transport

Karl Henrik Johansson, Ph.D., KTH Royal Institute of Technology

DCL Seminar: Paulo Tabuada - Robust Cyber-Physical Systems: A utopia within reach

Paulo Tabuada, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

DCL Seminar: Raphaël Jungers - Path-Complete Lyapunov Techniques: When Algebra and Combinatorics meet in Control

Raphaël Jungers, Ph.D., Université catholique de Louvain

Special Seminar: Yuke Li - A Network Approach to International Relations

Yuke Li, PhD Candidate, Yale University

Joint SINE/DCL Seminar: Matthias Grossglauser - Aligning and Assembling Networks without Labels

Matthias Grossglauser, Ph.D., École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Special Seminar: Wei Chen - Cyber-physical Security in Power Systems

Wei Chen, Postdoctorate - University of California, Berkeley

DCL Seminar: Bassam Bamieh - Structured Stochastic Uncertainty in Dynamical Systems

Bassam Bamieh, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara

DCL Seminar: Wei Zhang - Game Theoretic Approaches to Coordination and Control for Cyber-Physical Systems

Wei Zhang, Ph.D., Ohio State University

DCL Seminar: Shaoshuai Mou - Distributed Algorithms for Solving Large Linear Equations and Applications

Shaoshuai Mou, Ph.D., Purdue University

DCL Seminar: Isaac Kaminer - Small UAV Autonomy: Time-Coordinated Missions

Isaac Kaminer, Ph.D., Naval PostGraduate School

DCL Seminar: Necmiye Ozay - Control Synthesis for Large Collections of Dynamical Systems with Counting Constraints

Necmiye Ozay, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

DCL Seminar: Stacy Patterson - A Framework for Analysis and Design of Robust Networked Systems

Stacy Patterson, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

DCL Seminar: Aram Galstyan - Generative Models for Multimodal Network Data

Aram Galstyan, Ph.D., Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California

DCL Seminar: Jr-Shin Li - Targeted Coordination of Dynamic Populations: Decoding and Engineering Dynamic Structures

Jr-Shin Li, Ph.D., Washington University

DCL Seminar: Enrique Mallada - Inverter-based Control for Low Inertia Power Systems: Scale-free Stability Analysis, Performance Trade-offs, and Controller Design

Enrique Mallada, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

DCL Seminar: Evangelos A. Theodorou - The Science of Autonomy: A "Happy" Symbiosis Between Learning, Control and Physics

Evangelos A. Theodorou, Ph.D, Georgia Institute of Technology

DCL Seminar: Sertac Karaman - Planning, Control and Perception for Agile Robot Navigation: Compression, Attention, and Anticipation

Sertac Karaman, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DCL Seminar: Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis - A Control Learning Framework for Smart, Secure and Efficient Cyber-Physical Autonomy

Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

DCL Seminar: James B. Rawlings - Economic Model Predictive Control for Closed-Loop Chemical Reactor Scheduling

James B. Rawlings, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

DCL Seminar: Hyungbo Shim - Blending Vector Fields by Strong Coupling for Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems and its Applications

Hyungbo Shim, Ph.D., Seoul National University, Korea

DCL Seminar: Neda Bagheri - Hybrid Models Predict Emergent Dynamics of Multiscale Cell Populations

Neda Bagheri, Ph.D., Northwestern University

DCL Seminar: Donghwan Lee - Primal-Dual Algorithm for Distributed Reinforcement Learning: Distributed GTD2

Donghwan Lee, Ph.D., University of Illinois UIUC

CSL Special Seminar: Tong Zhou - Structure Identification for Gene Regulatory Networks

Tong Zhou, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China

DCL Seminar Series: Miloš Žefran "Controlling Physical Human-Robot Interaction"

Professor Miloš Žefran - University of Illinois at Chicago

DCL Seminar Series: Liangjing Yang "Computer Vision and Robotics in Interventional Procedures: From Intra-Operative Image Mapping to Interactive Robotic Surgical Training "

Assistant Professor Liangjing Yang - Zhejiang University/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (ZJU-UIUC) Institute

DCL Seminar Series: Vivek Borkar "A variational formula for risk-sensitive control"

Vivek Borkar - IIT Bombay, Mumbai

DCL Seminar Series: Saurabh Amin "Transportation Systems Resilience: Value of Information and Capacity-Aware Control"

Associate Professor Saurabh Amin - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DCL Seminar Series: Mihailo Jovanovic "The proximal augmented Lagrangian method for nonsmooth composite optimization"

Mihailo Jovanovic, University of Southern California

DCL Seminar Series: Maxim Arnold "Evolutes of the ideal polygons"

Maxim Arnold, University of Texas at Dallas

DCL Seminar Series: Takashi Tanaka "Feedback Control with Minimum Directed Information"

Assistant Professsor Takashi Tanaka, University of Texas at Austin

DCL Seminar Series: Xudong Chen, "Structure Theory for Ensemble Control and Estimation of Nonholonomic Systems"

Assistant Professor Xudong Chen, University of Colorado, Boulder

DCL Seminar Series: Goldie Nejat "Can I be of Assistance?: Socially Assistive Robots and the Future of Healthy"

Associate Professor Goldie Nejat, University of Toronto

DCL Seminar: Erick J. Rodríguez-Seda - Cyber-Attack Resilient and Communication-Aware Networked Control Systems

Erick J. Rodríguez-Seda, Ph.D., United States Naval Academy

DCL Seminar: Elisa Franco - Programming Dynamic Behaviors in Molecular Systems and Materials

Elisa Franco, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Special Seminar: Wei (Wilbur) Shi, PhD - Distributed Optimization and Resource Allocation: Algorithms and the Mirror Relation

Wei (Wilbur) Shi, Ph.D., Princeton University

DCL Seminar: Ashutosh Nayyar - Decentralized Control Over Unreliable Communication Links

Ashutosh Nayyar, Ph.D., University of Southern California

DCL Seminar: Yongxin Chen - Optimization over Probability Measures

Yongxin Chen, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

DCL Seminar: Felipe Pait - The Barycenter Method for Direct Optimization: an Overview, with Applications to Estimation of Switched Linear Models

Felipe Pait, Ph.D., University of S Paulo, Brazil

DCL Seminar: Neil Walton - Decentralized and Reinforcement Learning Approaches to Congestion Control

Neil Walton, Ph.D., University of Manchester

Special Seminar: Abhishek Gupta - SER0: An Algorithm to Compute Strategically Equivalent Zero-Sum Game

Abhishek Gupta, The Ohio State University

DCL Seminar: Jingjin Yu - Toward Scalable and Optimal Collaborative Autonomy

Jingjin Yu, Ph.D., Rutgers University

DCL Special Seminar: Anders Rantzer - Adaptive Control - What Can We Learn?

Anders Rantzer, Ph.D., Lund University

DCL Seminar: Christopher K. Wikle - An Integration of Deep Neural Networks and Deep Hierarchical Dynamic Statistical Models for Parsimonious Spatio-Temporal Forecasting

Christopher K. Wikle, Ph.D., University of Missouri

Special Seminar: Yagiz Savas - Entropy maximization for Markov decision processes

Yagiz Savas, University of Texas at Austin

CSL Special Seminar: Udit Halder, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Udit Halder, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Christoforos Hadjicostis - Tutorial Session - 57th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing

Professor Christoforos Hadjicostis, University of Cyprus

Angelia Nedich - Tutorial Session - 57th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing

Professor Angelia Nedich, Arizona State University

DCL Seminar: Alain Bensoussan - Mean Field Approach to Stochastic Control with Partial Information

Dr. Alain Bensoussan, University of Texas at Dallas

DCL Lecture Series: Hyo-Sung Ahn, "Opinion Dynamics with Cross-Coupling Topics: Modeling and Analysis

Dr. Hyo-Sung Ahn - Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

DCL Lecture Series: Koushil Sreenath - Safety-Critical Control for Dynamic Legged and Aerial Robotics

Dr. Koushil Sreenath - University of California, Berkeley

DCL Lecture Series: Bassam Bamieh "Limits of Performance in Large-scale Networked Control Systems"

Dr. Bassam Bamieh - University of California, Santa Barbara

DCL Lecture Series: Lillian Ratliff "Learning in Stackelberg Games: An Implicit Approach with Provable Guarantees"

Dr. Lillian Ratliff - University of Washington

DCL Lecture Series: Andrew Lamperski - Some New Results of Modeling and Optimization from Streaming Data

Dr. Andrew Lamperski - University of Minnesota

Decision and Control Seminar Eugene Feinberg

Eugene Feinberg of Stony Brook University

Efficient algorithms for agile multi-contact locomotion

Ludovic Rughetti of New York University

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN THE INTERSECTION OF CONTROLS, LEARNING THEORY AND FORMAL METHODS

Ufuk Topcu of University of Texas at Austin

D&C Seminar: Extracting Information from a Strategic Sender

Ankur Kulkarni

Decision & Control: Data-Driven Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources

Prof. Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, ECE Department, UIUC

Decision and Control Fall Seminar Series: Rasoul Etesami || Duality and Stability in Complex Multiagent State-Dependent Network Dynamics

Assistant Professor Rasoul Etesami || Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) University of Illinois @ Urbana Champaign

Decision & Control Lecture Series: Fair Division of Goods, Bads, And Mixed

Rhuta Mehta Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UIUC

Decision and Control Lecture Series || Decision-Making and Learning Under Dynamic Information: Roy Dong UIUC

Research Assistant Professor Roy Dong || Electrical and Computer Engineering | The Grainger College of Engineering @ Urbana Champaign

DECISION & CONTROL LECTURE SERIES: Anish Agarwal || CAUSAL INFERENCE FOR SOCIAL AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

Anish Agarwal PhD candidate, EECS, MIT

Decision & Control: Convex analysis approach to the consensus problem

Professor Rafal Goebel, Loyola University Chicago

DECISION AND CONTROL SPECIAL SEMINAR || From Smart Cities to a Smart Future: The Role of Networks in Control & Learning Systems

Mathias Hudoba de Badyn Postdoctoral Scholar Automatic Control Laboratory

Decision & Control: Toward Fast and Accurate Robot Simulation with Multi-Contacts and Deformability

Prof. Dongjun Lee || Interactive & Networked Robotics Laboratory Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Seoul National University

Decision and Control Lecture Series: Probabilistic Approaches to Transfer Learning for Sparse and Noisy Data Environments

Moe Khalil || Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories

Decision and Control Fall Seminar Series: Vijay Subramanian || Games in Multi-Agent Dynamic Systems: Decision-Making with Compressed Information

Associate Professor Vijay Subramanian

Decision and Control Laboratory and the Illinois Institute for Data Science and Dynamical Systems || Professor Leonid Gurvits|| A Poly-time DETERMINISTIC Algorithm for Simply Exponential Approximation of the Permanent of PSD Matrices and Other Cool Quant

Professor Leonid Gurvits || The City College of New York

Decision and Control Fall Seminar Series: Mustafa Karabag || Deceptive Planning for Supervised Autonomous Agents

Mustafa Karabag UT Austin

Decision and Control Lecture Series || Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization: New Perspectives for Network Systems Analysis

Associate Professor Daniel Zelazo

Decision and Control Fall Seminar Series: Bahman Gharesifard || A geometric view of the universal approximation power of deep neural networks

Professor Bahman Gharesifard || Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles

Decision & Control: Nonlinear systems with limited data: estimation, control and synchronization

Professor. Daniel Liberzon

Decision and Control Fall Seminar Series: Alexander Stolyar || Large-scale Particle Systems With Mean-field Interaction

Professor Alexander Stolyar || University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Decision & Control: Graphons and Structural System Theory

Assistant Professor Xudong Chen || Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder

Decision and Control Seminar || Exploiting structure in analysis and design of feedback systems with learning-based components

Saber Jafarpour || postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Decision & Control Spring Lecture Series || Approximate information states for partially observable systems

Aditya Mahajan || Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University

Finding Optimal Policies while Interacting with Large Populations: An Application to Epidemic Control

Gökçe Dayanikl, Department of Statistics - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Online Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Time and Space

Assistant Professor Mohamad Kazem Shirani Faradonbeh of Southern Methodist University

The emergence of clusters in self-attention dynamics

Postdoctoral Associate, Borjan Geshkovski from MIT

Next-Generation Robot Perception: Hierarchical Representations, Certifiable Algorithms, and Self-Supervised Learning

Luca Carlone

A Distributed Algorithm for Wasserstein Proximal Operator Splitting

Associate Professor Abhishek Halder of Department of Aerospace Engineering, and in the Translational AI Center at Iowa State University

Exploiting Local Invariance for Resilient Distributed Average Consensus: Seminar with Speaker Dr. Chris Hadjicostis, University of Cyprus

Dr. Chris Hadjicostis, University of Cyprus

Lie-Poisson Neural Networks (LPNets): Data-Based Computing of Hamiltonian Systems with Symmetries: Seminar with Speaker Dr. Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta

Dr. Vakhtang Putkaradze, University of Alberta

Active Fault Detection in Static Systems

Dr. Josh Taylor, Professor New Jersey Institute of Technology