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Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Early steps 02:47 - Why control? 05:20 - The move to the US 07:40 - The first journal paper 13:30 - What is backstepping? 17:08 - Grad school 25:10 - Stochastic stabilization 29:53 - The interest in PDEs 43:24 - Navier-Stokes equations 52:12 - Hyperbolic PDEs and traffic models 57:51 - Predictors for long delays 1:08:14 - Extremum seeking 1:27:14 - Safe control 1:36:30 - Interplay between machine learning and control 1:42:28 - Back to the roots: robust adaptive control 1:50:50 - On service 1:55:54 - Advice Links Miroslav’s site: https://flyingv.ucsd.edu/ [https://flyingv.ucsd.edu/] Tuning functions paper: https://tinyurl.com/yznv6r9r [https://tinyurl.com/yznv6r9r] P. Kokotović: https://tinyurl.com/mwmbm9yh [https://tinyurl.com/mwmbm9yh] Separation and swapping:  https://tinyurl.com/y4fre6t8 [https://tinyurl.com/y4fre6t8] Adaptive nonlinear stabilizers: https://tinyurl.com/4a9wmmvx [https://tinyurl.com/4a9wmmvx] KKK book: https://tinyurl.com/2kw2b4k6 [https://tinyurl.com/2kw2b4k6] Stochastic nonlinear stabilization: https://tinyurl.com/4td3537a [https://tinyurl.com/4td3537a] Follow-up with unknown covariance: https://tinyurl.com/4c4n7fd7 [https://tinyurl.com/4c4n7fd7] Boundary state feedbacks for PIDEs: https://tinyurl.com/4e9y4tdr [https://tinyurl.com/4e9y4tdr] Boundary Control of PDEs: https://tinyurl.com/d8x38bmj [https://tinyurl.com/d8x38bmj] Stabilization of Navier–Stokes systems: https://tinyurl.com/4a8cbjem [https://tinyurl.com/4a8cbjem] Traffic congestion control: https://tinyurl.com/525jphs5 [https://tinyurl.com/525jphs5] Delay compensation: https://tinyurl.com/5yz6uj9p [https://tinyurl.com/5yz6uj9p] Nonlinear predictors for long delays: https://tinyurl.com/7wvce6vy [https://tinyurl.com/7wvce6vy] Stability of extremum seeking: https://tinyurl.com/mr5cvzd3 [https://tinyurl.com/mr5cvzd3] Nash equilibrium seeking: https://tinyurl.com/yeywrysn [https://tinyurl.com/yeywrysn] Inverse optimal safety filters: https://tinyurl.com/9dkrpvkk [https://tinyurl.com/9dkrpvkk] Neural operators for PDE control: https://tinyurl.com/5yynsp7v [https://tinyurl.com/5yynsp7v] Bode lecture: https://tinyurl.com/mp92cs9u [https://tinyurl.com/mp92cs9u] CSM article: https://tinyurl.com/2av9r253 Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/] Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ [https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j [https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j] Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf] RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y [https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y] Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 [https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6] Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 [https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP [https://twitter.com/IncontrolP] Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 [https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4] Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» [https://tinyurl.com/4wywtpyf] and the IFAC Activity fund [https://tinyurl.com/yc7f293d]. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline 00:00 - Intro 03:26 - Development: ETH Zürich 07:15 - Growth: Minnesota and Wisconsin 36:16 - Productivity: Caltech 53:28 - Change: ETH Zürich 01:37:18 - Continuity: University of Pennsylvania 01:45:36 - Outro Links Manfred’s website: https://tinyurl.com/mryp38w3 [https://tinyurl.com/mryp38w3] Farewell lecture: https://tinyurl.com/2j5uxsp4 [https://tinyurl.com/2j5uxsp4] Laying the foundations: an advisor’s perspective: https://tinyurl.com/ym5e4437 [https://tinyurl.com/ym5e4437] Internal model control. A unifying review and some new results:  https://tinyurl.com/vmm7a4tk [https://tinyurl.com/vmm7a4tk] Internal model control - PID controller design: https://tinyurl.com/rup3azjm [https://tinyurl.com/rup3azjm] Robust process control: https://tinyurl.com/8uhurkub [https://tinyurl.com/8uhurkub] Robust control of ill-conditioned plants: high-purity distillation: https://tinyurl.com/5xfty34c [https://tinyurl.com/5xfty34c] Computational complexity of \mu calculation: https://tinyurl.com/24yvvcc7 [https://tinyurl.com/24yvvcc7] Robust constrained model predictive control using linear matrix inequalities: https://tinyurl.com/3pdk55kk [https://tinyurl.com/3pdk55kk] Control of systems integrating logic, dynamics, and constraints: https://tinyurl.com/489ekvsn [https://tinyurl.com/489ekvsn] The explicit linear quadratic regulator for constrained systems: https://tinyurl.com/mr2e3z83 [https://tinyurl.com/mr2e3z83] Model predictive control: https://tinyurl.com/2s4dafkd [https://tinyurl.com/2s4dafkd] Parametric programming: https://tinyurl.com/2u9vj79y [https://tinyurl.com/2u9vj79y] Embotech: https://tinyurl.com/3f99ks65 [https://tinyurl.com/3f99ks65] Embedded online optimization for model predictive control at megahertz rates: https://tinyurl.com/59z3vnb9 [https://tinyurl.com/59z3vnb9] Donoho’s “Bridge from mathematical to digital and back”: https://tinyurl.com/3f9fk73w [https://tinyurl.com/3f9fk73w] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/] Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ [https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j [https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j] Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf] RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y [https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y] Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 [https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6] Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 [https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP [https://twitter.com/IncontrolP] Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 [https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4] Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» [https://tinyurl.com/4wywtpyf] and the IFAC Activity fund [https://tinyurl.com/yc7f293d]. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:42 - Early life 10:24 - WWII, Johns Hopkins, Belleville, Madison 17:17 - Princeton 20:30 - Los Alamos 24:12 - Back to Princeton 31:01 - RAND + Stanford 42:10 - Dynamic programming 46:06 - Project matterhorn 51:00 - Back to RAND 56:14 - Curse of dimensionality 1:02:41 - Divorce and remarriage 1:08:29 - Greenglass affair 1:14:21 - USC 1:18:55 - Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions 1:22:55 - Last years 1:26:08 - Outro Links R. Bellman: https://tinyurl.com/ydkmwexy [https://tinyurl.com/ydkmwexy] C. M. Bellman: https://tinyurl.com/yfbafetj [https://tinyurl.com/yfbafetj] Dynamic programming: https://tinyurl.com/mtsuampr [https://tinyurl.com/mtsuampr] Curse of dimensionality: https://tinyurl.com/383yads8 [https://tinyurl.com/383yads8] Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation: https://tinyurl.com/muu4ckvs [https://tinyurl.com/muu4ckvs] Bellman equation: https://tinyurl.com/y8bvzztm [https://tinyurl.com/y8bvzztm] Grönwall-Bellman inequality: https://tinyurl.com/mrwdxzd8 [https://tinyurl.com/mrwdxzd8] S. Lefschetz: https://tinyurl.com/2s39nnzv [https://tinyurl.com/2s39nnzv] RAND corporation: https://tinyurl.com/4bfyhp9p [https://tinyurl.com/4bfyhp9p] Eye of the hurricane: https://tinyurl.com/bd6h84ka [https://tinyurl.com/bd6h84ka] G. Szegő: https://tinyurl.com/mrthmmvm [https://tinyurl.com/mrthmmvm] Project Matterhorn: https://tinyurl.com/5az9c3sh [https://tinyurl.com/5az9c3sh] D. Greenglass: https://tinyurl.com/p2kfp7cz [https://tinyurl.com/p2kfp7cz] Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions: https://tinyurl.com/3vkupdty [https://tinyurl.com/3vkupdty] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/] Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ [https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j [https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j] Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf] RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y [https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y] Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 [https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6] Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 [https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP [https://twitter.com/IncontrolP] Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 [https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4] Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» [https://tinyurl.com/4wywtpyf] and the IFAC Activity fund [https://tinyurl.com/yc7f293d]. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline 00:00 Intro 01:19 Swedish control heritage and early steps 05:21 PhD at Lund and relay feedback systems 15:40 Berkeley years 19:58 Hybrid systems 26:46 Networked control systems 30:32 Interaction with industry 34:40 Wireless control systems 40:33 Platooning in freight transport 49:27 Future of mobility 52:55 Event-based control 58:58 Cybersecurity 1:05:10 Societal-scale challenges 1:12:33 Bode lecture reflections 1:15:05 Digital futures 1:23:38 Advice for future students Links Kalle’s website: https://tinyurl.com/yc34dv2x [https://people.kth.se/~kallej/index.html] K. J. Åstrom: https://tinyurl.com/5n9admvk [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Johan_%C3%85str%C3%B6m] PhD Thesis: https://tinyurl.com/3868a92a [https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/files/4558587/8840256.pdf] Relay feedback: https://tinyurl.com/3w4w9dku [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relay] Fast switches in relay feedback systems: https://tinyurl.com/5dcvn79f [https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-1098(98)00160-5] S. Sastry: https://tinyurl.com/3f5e978z [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Sastry] Hybrid system: https://tinyurl.com/v39up6wk [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_system] Dynamical properties of hybrid automata: https://tinyurl.com/yx73x6ba [https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2002.806650] Wireless Network Design for Control Systems: https://tinyurl.com/mry5cnan [https://doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2017.2780114] Cyber–Physical Control of Road Freight Transport: https://tinyurl.com/yc4yhhwu [https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2015.2511446] S. Shladover: https://tinyurl.com/352cfwdm [https://its.berkeley.edu/people/steven-shladover] An introduction to event-triggered and self-triggered control: https://tinyurl.com/37p9w8cz [https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2012.6425820] Distributed Event-Triggered Control for Multi-Agent Systems: https://tinyurl.com/5ddnjsrz [https://tinyurl.com/5ddnjsrz] Cyber security analysis of state estimators in electric power systems: https://tinyurl.com/2wj74spj [https://tinyurl.com/2wj74spj] A secure control framework for resource-limited adversaries: https://tinyurl.com/37pnehuv [https://tinyurl.com/37pnehuv] Control for societal-scale challenges 2030: https://tinyurl.com/yfd3v296 [https://tinyurl.com/yfd3v296] Digital futures: https://tinyurl.com/h3nyb2 [https://tinyurl.com/h3nyb22n] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/] Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ [https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j [https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j] Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf] RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y [https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y] Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 [https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6] Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 [https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP [https://twitter.com/IncontrolP] Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 [https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4] Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» [https://tinyurl.com/4wywtpyf] and the IFAC Activity fund [https://tinyurl.com/yc7f293d]. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Early steps in control 05:36 - L1 control 17:09 - Relay feedback systems 24:32 - Agile robotic maneuvers 29:31 - Abstractions and models 41:59 - Causality 49:35 - Markets and power grids 1:00:20 - Role of network structure 1:05:03 - Data, systems, and society 1:16:17 - On writing 1:22:57 - Cascaded failures in networks 1:30:40 - Information design 1:34:29 - Data markets 1:42:27 - On economics and engineering 1:48:18 - Systems thinking for societal problems 1:58:24 - Advice to future students Links Website: https://dahleh.lids.mit.edu/ [https://dahleh.lids.mit.edu/] Data Nation podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2fxwxw2d [https://tinyurl.com/2fxwxw2d] S. Bhattacharyya: https://tinyurl.com/4z93f6n7 [https://tinyurl.com/4z93f6n7] Wonham’s geometric control: https://tinyurl.com/mrxxkrv9 [https://tinyurl.com/mrxxkrv9] B. Pearson: https://tinyurl.com/3vaz9yc9 [https://tinyurl.com/3vaz9yc9] L1-optimal control: https://t.ly/NuXp8 [https://t.ly/NuXp8] M. Vidyasagar: https://tinyurl.com/4z3zamh6 [https://tinyurl.com/4z3zamh6] Relay feedback systems: https://tinyurl.com/47tr23a4 [https://tinyurl.com/47tr23a4] J. Tsitsilkis: https://tinyurl.com/yc7jmzm6 [https://tinyurl.com/yc7jmzm6] Maneuver-based motion planning: https://tinyurl.com/bdduu2ea [https://tinyurl.com/m6a5wm7y] Nutonomy: https://tinyurl.com/426s7stv [https://tinyurl.com/426s7stv] Feedback control with noisy channels: https://tinyurl.com/2yschy2s [https://tinyurl.com/2yschy2s] Bode’s integral: https://tinyurl.com/2s47rjmp [https://tinyurl.com/2s47rjmp] Fundamental limits and molecular fluctuations: https://tinyurl.com/5n8k4maa [https://tinyurl.com/5n8k4maa] Volatility of power grids: https://tinyurl.com/2vfpjfy7 [https://tinyurl.com/2vfpjfy7] Bayesian learning in social networks: https://tinyurl.com/3mk9p486 [https://tinyurl.com/3mk9p486] D. Acemoglu: https://tinyurl.com/3nphek9h [https://tinyurl.com/3nphek9h] A. Ozdaglar: https://tinyurl.com/yvdnddh9 [https://tinyurl.com/yvdnddh9] Cascade failures in networks: https://tinyurl.com/u2ckx94v [https://tinyurl.com/u2ckx94v] A marketplace for data: https://tinyurl.com/esvbtprb [https://tinyurl.com/esvbtprb] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/] Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ [https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j [https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j] Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c [https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf] RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y [https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y] Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 [https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6] Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 [https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43] Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP [https://twitter.com/IncontrolP] Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 [https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4] Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» [https://tinyurl.com/4wywtpyf] and the IFAC Activity fund [https://tinyurl.com/yc7f293d]. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.