CONTROL SEMINAR SERIES (WINTER 2007)
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
with generous support from
Eaton,  Ford,  General Motors,  Toyota and Whirlpool Corporation

Fridays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. 1500 EECS Building


January 12:         Professor Boris Mordukhovich, Wayne State University, Department of Mathematics, ÒSuboptimal Feedback Control Design of Constrained Parabolic Systems in Uncertainty ConditionsÓ.

 (Abstract)


January 19:         Professor Joao Carlos dos Santos Basilio, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Electrical Engineering, ÒStatic Normalizing pre-compensator: the first step in the design of robust multivariable controllers using the Characteristic Locus MethodÓ.

 

 (Abstract)


January 26:         Professor Lei Yi Wang, Wayne State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ÒSystem Identification with Quantized ObservationsÓ.

 (Abstract)


February 2:         Professor Joseph Bentsman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, ÒHybrid Dynamical Systems with Controlled Discrete TransitionsÓ.

 (Abstract)


February 9:         NO SEMINAR

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February 16:       Mr. William Milam, Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Laboratory, ÒAutomotive Embedded SystemsÓ.

 (Abstract)


 

February 23:       NO SEMINAR Ð SPRING BREAK


March 2:             NO SEMINAR Ð SPRING BREAK


March 9:             Professor Richard M. Murray, California Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, ÒNetworked Control for Autonomous SystemsÓ.

 (Abstract)


March 16:           Professor Peter Caines, McGill University, Department of Electrical and Computer Science, ÒNash Certainty Equivalence in Large Population Stochastic Dynamic Games:  Connections with the Physics of Interacting Particle SystemsÓ.

 (Abstract)


March 23:           Dr. Ed Tate, General Motors, ÒStochastic Dynamic Programming for Hybrid Vehicle ControlÓ.

 (Abstract)


March 30:           Professor Ella Atkins, University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, ÒEmergency Flight Planning with a Reduced Performance EnvelopeÓ.

 (Abstract)


April 6:               Professor  Joao Pedro Hespanha, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ÒStochastic Hybrid Systems and their Applications to Networks and BiologyÓ

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April 13:             Professor Wassim M. Haddad, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering, ÒThermodynamics Ð A System Theoretic FoundationÓ.

 (Abstract)


For more information please contact:

Professor Jessy Grizzle

email:  grizzle@eecs.umich.edu

and

Professor Domitilla del Vecchio

email: ddv@eecs.umich.edu


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