Coffee and Control

• ECC Special (European Control Conference 2025)

  This episode is an ECC special, where I go on a trip to theEuropean control conference and bring you with me!Connect with me and with the podcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/X: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_podBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/ References (Cool people to go look up!)ECC25 web page: https://ecc25.euca-ecc.org/Guido Carnevale: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/guido.carnevale/enLuca Furieri: https://www.lucafurieri.it/René Vidal: http://vision.jhu.edu/rvidal.htmlLisa Li: https://flyingpeach.github.io/Victor Magron: https://homepages.laas.fr/vmagron/Giacomo Como: https://www.control.lth.se/personnel-old/giacomo-como/Venanzio Cichella (safe autonomous agents): https://engineering.uiowa.edu/directory/venanzio-cichellaMaryam Kamgarpour: https://people.epfl.ch/maryam.kamgarpour?lang=enMiroslav Kristic: https://flyingv.ucsd.edu/Iasson Karafyllis: https://semfe.ntua.gr/en/faculty-members/item/16-karafyllisDaniel Nikovski: https://www.merl.com/people/nikovskiRosane Ushirobira: https://chercheurs.lille.inria.fr/~ushirobira/Michelle Chong: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/michelle-chongTimm Faulwasser: https://www.tuhh.de/ics/teampages/timm-faulwasserSeth Siriya: https://www.irt.uni-hannover.de/en/siriyaLorenzo Zino: https://lorenzozino90.wixsite.com/lzinoFrançois-Grégoire Bierwart (Koopman operators): https://researchportal.unamur.be/en/persons/fgbierwaKonstantin Zimenko (Finite-time stability analysis): https://dblp.org/pid/144/1527.htmlABB: https://global.abb/ Massimiliano D’Angelo: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KrzPm2UAAAAJ&hl=itYongduan Song (Neural network semi-plenary): https://accu.cqu.edu.cn/info/1112/3673.htmNiloufar Dabestani: https://www.trafficfluid.tuc.gr/en/people/phd-students/dabestaniAntonella Ferrara: http://sisdin.unipv.it/labsisdin/people/ferant/ferant.phpMaria Laura Delle Monache: https://ce.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/delle-monacheCarlo Novara (MPC on quantum computers): https://www.polito.it/en/staff?p=003528Daniel Hobson: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5xp9hs/mr-daniel-hobsonStefano Stramigioli: https://people.utwente.nl/s.stramigioliFrank Allgower (Event-based control): https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/press/experts/Prof.-Frank-Allgoewer/

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• Mathias Foo (River systems and biochemical control)

  In this episode I interview Dr Mathias Foo about his fascinating research on controlling river systems, implementing control systems using DNA, and gene network rewiring. Basically applying control to a bunch of different systems that you weren’t expecting. Connect with me and with the podcast!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/X: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_podBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/  ReferencesDr Mathias Foo: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/mathias_foo/ PhDPhD thesis: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=H5eLRq4AAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=H5eLRq4AAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMECNadia Bedjaoui: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-bedjaoui-39862110/Observers for leak detection in irrigation channels: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967066110001498MPC using reverse engineering paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6114363Maciejowski MPC book: https://www.amazon.com/Predictive-Control-Constraints-Jan-Maciejowski/dp/0201398230Maciejowski inverse optimal control paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474667015366180 DNA strand displacement reactionsOishi and Klavins paper: https://www.dna.caltech.edu/courses/cs191/paperscs191/Oishi2011linear.pdfDNA amplifiers: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1148532DNA Logic gates: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1132493DNA Detectors: https://www.dna.caltech.edu/Papers/Nucleation_DNA10.pdfPID control using DSD reactions: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8721529Nuno Paulino: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FKL-xegAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=aoDNA programmable gate arrays: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06484-9Theoretical DNA feedback paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/4/466DNA stability paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005109820303010SSV DNA robustness paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8619072Gomez-Uribe covalent modification cycle paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18159939/Quasi sliding-model controller paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7833853Design based on covalent modification cycle: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13036-016-0036-1PI-degradation controllers: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/staff/dgb/077972431.pdf Gene regulatory networksVoit S-system paper: https://doi.org/10.1042/bse0450029Modelling and control using S-system models: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8254368Extended S-system model for restoring circadian cycles: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41540-022-00216-xUri Alon gene regulation paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg2102Network re-wiring paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssynbio.8b00037Reverse-engineering Hill-type models paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsif.2024.08112009 Cell optimisation paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867409007120Briat antithetic integral control paper: https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S2405-4712(16)00005-3Professor Declan Bates: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/staff/dgb/Steve Brunton: https://www.youtube.com/@EigensteveControl bootcamp series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi7l8mMjYVE&list=PLMrJAkhIeNNR20Mz-VpzgfQs5zrYi085mPhysics-informed machine learning series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFW2uSd3Uo&list=PLMrJAkhIeNNQ0BaKuBKY43k4xMo6NSbBaProbability and statistics series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQqniayndb4&list=PLMrJAkhIeNNR3sNYvfgiKgcStwuPSts9V

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• Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado (Switched systems and DC networks)

  In this episode I interview Jonathan Mayo Maldonado about his work on applying the behavioural framework to modelling and controlling switched systems, as well as applying data-driven control to power systems! You can engage with the podcast onBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/ Or email me at [email protected] Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/668pbh/doctor-jonathan-mayo-maldonado PhDPhD thesis: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/383678/Switched linear differential systems: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.0308Dissipative switched linear differential systems: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/386199/1/DissipativeSLDS-Rev5.pdf DC-DC convertersPower shaping control: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344671509_Power_shaping_control_of_DC-DC_converters_with_constant_power_loadsPaolo Rapisarda’s dissipativity paper: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/271668/1/PublishedArticle.pdf  Lifted coordinates: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344800256_Nonlinear_Stabilizing_Control_Design_for_DC-DC_Converters_Using_Lifted_ModelsEpisode with Chris on Non-minimum phase ILC: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hLqV5hv5OeQO3gOE6aU9cDirect voltage control of higher-order converters paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359245867_Direct_Output-Voltage_Control_of_Non-Minimum_Phase_Higher-Order_DC-DC_ConvertersEnrique Garza Arias PhD thesis: https://repositorio.tec.mx/items/6dfd5498-d0d4-417c-9e33-afb75930710a  Data-driven controlActive and reactive power analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_7XWf96ggData-driven D-PMU paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339887346_Data-Driven_Framework_to_Model_Identification_Event_Detection_and_Topology_Change_Location_Using_D-PMUs Voltage performance index tracking paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517964 Extra questionsAdvice from a young scientist to younger scientists article:https://medium.com/@jonathanmayo_75536/advice-from-a-young-scientist-to-younger-scientists-74d9aaf2d2f2Arjan van der schafft: https://www.math.rug.nl/~arjan/index.html Johann Kolar: https://pes.ee.ethz.ch/the-institute/People/prof-kolar2.htmlKonstantinos Gatsis: https://kgatsis.github.io/

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• Paolo Rapisarda (Behavioural systems and Willems' fundamental lemma)

  In this episode I talk to Professor Paolo Rapisarda about a bunch of interesting theoretical (but very useful) aspects of control, including his work on behavioural systems theory, model reduction, Willems’ fundamental lemma, and data-driven control.You can engage with the podcast onX: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_podBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/Or email me at [email protected] Paolo Rapisarda: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x2hb9/professor-paolo-rapisarda IntroductionState maps for linear systems: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/264646/1/State_maps.pdfHarry Trentelman: https://research.rug.nl/en/persons/harry-trentelmanJan Willems: https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/smc/jwillems/PhD thesis: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/linear-differential-systems-2 Behavioural systemsEpic Jan Willems behavioural systems paper: https://skoge.folk.ntnu.no/prost/proceedings/cpc6-jan2002/willems.pdf State mapsLTV paper:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/457114/1/State_for_linear_discrete_time_varying_systems.pdfLeibnitz rule: https://www.cuemath.com/calculus/leibniz-rule/  DissipativityJan Willem’s paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/bf00276493Jan Willem’s optimal control paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1099831Quadratic differential forms: https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/S0363012996303062  BalancingSiep Weiland: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37301202100Keith Glover: https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/kg103H-infinity model order reduction: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7010851980 Moore balancing paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1102568Kalman decomposition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_decomposition Arjan van der Schaft: https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=BIPifjAAAAAJ&hl=enHamiltonian systems: https://www.unige.ch/~hairer/poly_geoint/week1.pdfPort Hamiltonianity:https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-control-081219-092250Jacqueline Scherpen: https://research.rug.nl/en/persons/jacqueline-scherpenBalancing of Port-Hamiltonian systems: https://research.rug.nl/files/2999949/2003ProcIFACWorkshopLHMNCLopezlena.pdfBalancing for non-linear systems: https://research.rug.nl/files/3318296/1993ProcECCScherpen.pdf  Fundamental lemmaIvan Markovski: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qSl_3FQAAAAJ&hl=enContinuous-time work: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016769112400238XChebychev polynomials: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChebyshevPolynomialoftheFirstKind.htmlKanat Camblibel: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aeWjKPcAAAAJ&hl=enSufficient condition modification of Willems’s lemma: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18962Experimental implementation: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12509 Data-driven controlData-driven ILC:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10384133DeePC: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.05890Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=W-vnMBwAAAAJ&hl=en Extra questionsAizerman’s conjecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizerman%27s_conjecture

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• Sabine Hauert (Swarm robotics and artificial evolution)

  In this episode I interview Professor Sabine Hauert about the super interesting work she does on the control of swarm robots, how considering nanoparticles as swarms can be used to treat cancer, and how morphogenesis can generate structure from random interactions. You can follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/),BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social) and X(https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod)for updates on episodes!You can also connect with or follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/ReferencesSabine: https://hauertlab.com/Podcasts/ TEDx talkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn1gmcs-HXUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBbYuzhxpE0http://youtube.com/watch?v=vvknnV6325Q Robot Talk: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0JWPnKQmwTQdM1K7247jkqComplexity: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nfcUpB3wesHqXP5XzSPAlEngenius: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34jert4EQGBVrQBfS4OfxW ResearchInvertebrate inspiration review paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/acc223/metaCentipede control inspiration: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171421David Garzon-Ramos: https://dgarzonramos.com/Puzzle/ Problem/mess paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22478Dario Floriano: https://people.epfl.ch/dario.floreano?lang=enManuela Veloso: https://engineering.cmu.edu/directory/bios/veloso-manuela.html PhDPhD thesis: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/dbb9fe40-930c-4e54-a5c0-10b62ebb6d1cRobot swarm video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qRuHkD5lcOnboard evolution of swarm behaviours: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aisy.201900031Supervisory control papers: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/229980063/Paper_SWARM2019.pdfMAP-elites algorithm: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_49 MorphogenesisJames Sharpe: https://www.embl.org/people/person/james-sharpe/Original paper: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.aau9178Controllability of morphogenesis: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/toward-controllable-morphogenesis-in-large-robot-swarmsControllability in control theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ControllabilitySteve Brunton controllability Gramian video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHx62HbKNAAlan Turing reaction diffusion paper: https://www.dna.caltech.edu/courses/cs191/paperscs191/turing.pdf NanoswarmsSangita Bhatia: https://ki.mit.edu/people/faculty/sangeeta-bhatiaNanoswarm papers: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4295824/John Ives: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Jonathan-Ives-fa38de81-8d34-4978-a99d-1f55efe2e0f4/Matimba Swana: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/matimba-c-swana OutreachAIhub.org: https://aihub.org/Robohub.org: https://robohub.org/Drones for 3D printing buildings: https://robohub.org/five-ways-drones-will-change-the-way-buildings-are-designed/AI environmental impact: https://aihub.org/2025/02/06/explained-generative-ais-environmental-impact/AI for drug development: https://aihub.org/2025/01/09/will-ai-revolutionize-drug-development-researchers-explain-why-it-depends-on-how-its-used/ Extra questionsRadhika Nagpal: https://www.radhikanagpal.org/Dot robots: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.13809

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