DCL Seminar: Prof. Behrouz Touri

Event Type: Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor: Decision and Control Laboratory, Coordinated Science Laboratory
Location: B02 Coordinated Science Laboratory
Date: November 12, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Prof. Behrouz Touri, Associate Prof., Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
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Contact: Daniel Liberzon
Email: liberzon@illinois.edu
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Title: Distributed Averaging, Infinite Flow Theory, and Random Adaptation

Abstract: This talk explores averaging dynamics, a fundamental mechanism underlying many distributed algorithms, including distributed optimization, sensing, and learning. I present the infinite flow theory framework for analyzing averaging dynamics and highlight our developments in this area - particularly an extension of the Perron-Frobenius theorem for sequences of row-stochastic matrices. I will also introduce a lifting for the averaging dynamics, referred to as random adaptation dynamics, and examine key properties of the original dynamics through this lens.

Location & Time: CSL B02, November 12, 3-4PM
Reception in CSL 154 at 2:30PM