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DISC courses 2011-2012
Siep Weiland
Award for Matteo Corno
VENI for Roland Toth
New appointment of Hans Zwart
MTNS 2012
EECI Graduate School
New people
PhD defences
vacancies
Next issue of the Newsletter
Welcome to the DISC Newsletter of November 2011.
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DISC Courses 2011-2012
The DISC Courses of 2011-2012 are available on our website.
This year the following courses are scheduled:
Flexible Multibody System Analysis for Control Purposes
Mathematical Models of Systems
Nonlinear Control Systems
Control and System Theory of Stochastic Systems
Model Predictive Control
Design Methods for Control Systems
Model Reduction for Control Based on Balanced Realizations
Distributed Control and Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems
Check the course program or the descriptions on the website.
On November 14 the following courses will start:
Nonlinear Control Systems
lecturers: C. De Persis and B. Jawardhana
Control and System Theory of Stochastic Systems
lecturers: J.H. van Schuppen and R.L.M. Peeters
Don't forget you have to register before you participate.
 Since last academic year we have a new course location. The courses will be taught at Hogeschool Domstad in Utrecht, location Koningsbergerstraat 9.
For details check their website
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Award for Matteo Corno
 We would like to congratulate Matteo Corno with his award that he won at the 18th IFAC World Congress in Milan, Italy. He had the ‘’Best-paper’’ prize for Control Engineering Practice, in the period 2008-2010.
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Siep Weiland
 On Friday 2 December 2011, prof.dr. Siep Weiland will give his inaugural speach.
Prior to the inaugural speach, there will be a symposium in the "Blauwe Zaal" of the Auditorium at Eindhoven University of Technology, entitled
Complexe uitdagingen
(Complex challenges)
The program of this symposium is as follows:
13:15 - 13:30 Welcome with coffee and tea
13:30 - 13:35 Welcome and introduction by chairman
prof.dr.ir. Ton Backx
Dean of the Department of Electrical Engineering, TU/e
13:35 - 14:05 Stochastic Events
prof.dr.ir. Jan C. Willems
Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
14:05 - 14:35 Controlling complexity in the lithographic industry
prof.dr. Wim Coene
Director of Research on Sensors, Metrology and Control, ASML
and Professor in Lithographic Process Control, TU/e
14:35 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 15:30 Model complexity reduction
prof.dr.ir. Jacquelien Scherpen
Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00 Inaugural talk Prof.dr. Siep Weiland
Registration for this symposium is free and can be done through the website of the Control Systems group of Eindhoven University of Technology: http://www.cs.ele.tue.nl/.
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VENI for Roland Toth
 We want to congratulate Dr. Roland Toth.
On the 12th of October he received a Veni Grant on the research proposal: Data-Driven Linear Parameter-Varying Modelling of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) systems are flexible models capable of representing nonlinear/time-varying dynamical systems in terms of a linear structure. Signal relations in this structure depend on a so-called scheduling variable, which embeds time-variance, nonlinear dynamical aspects, etc., into the behavior of the LPV model.
The LPV framework provides computationally efficient and robust control-synthesis approaches for nonlinear/time-varying systems — making it attractive to chemical process and high-tech mechatronic applications. However, systematic LPV modelling based on measured data or first-principle knowledge is still unresolved — a widely recognized shortcoming of this promising theory. Currently it is not understood how (1) to achieve an exact and low-complexity embedding of a nonlinear behavior into an LPV structure, (2) to find optimally parameterized representations of LPV behaviors, and (3) to efficiently estimate them based on measured data.
This project aims to surmount these challenges by establishing an innovative synergy between the Machine Learning (ML) and LPV frameworks to develop computationally efficient modelling approaches capable of supporting control synthesis. The emerging ML framework provides powerful data-driven approaches to facilitate learning of complicated data-relations in terms of kernels and Bayesian approaches. The flexibility of the ML framework in defining learning objectives (aim-relevant estimation) and its ability to facilitate optimal recovery of structural relationships (model structure selection, embedding of behaviour) provide novel perspectives in terms of developing dedicated LPV model learning methods to solve the limiting problems (1)-(3) of the current LPV theory.
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New appointment of Hans Zwart
 Starting the first of May I am appointed as part-time professor at the TU/e. This is a one day per week position within the chair Dynamics and Control. The other days I stay appointed as associated professor with Applied Mathematics, University of Twente. My research is at the crossroad of control theory and mathematical analysis. This implies that I do fundamental as well as more applied research. At the TU/e my research will be applied. I hope to make a contribution to the controller design for complex systems, in particular to systems modeled by partial differential equations.
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MTNS 2012
The 20th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems MTNS 2012 will be held 9-13 July 2012 at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
The MTNS2012 program includes
• plenary and semi-plenary lectures
• mini-courses
• invited sessions
• contributed talks (either as an extended abstract or a full paper)
MTNS 2012 is a prime conference in the general area of mathematical system theory. The symposium is interdisciplinary and attracts mathematicians, engineers and researchers working in any aspect of system theory and its applications. A prime objective is to explore and present the mathematical structures that underpin our understanding of networks and systems.
The scientific programme of the conference is defined by approximately 80 themes, listed on the web-page of the conference, and grouped into the following 12 main areas: Biological Systems, Communication Systems, Computing, Control and Systems Theory, Cooperative Systems, Economics and Systems Theory, Hybrid Systems, Mechanical Systems, Networked Control, Signal Processing, Stochastic Systems, Systems Inspired Mathematics.
Important Dates:
Online Submission closes: 1 February 2012
Acceptance Notification: 15th March 2012
Final submission: 30 April 2012
For detailed up-to-date information, please visit the conference website
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EECI Graduate School
The 2012 edition of the EECI Graduate School will take place from February to May 2012. This year, 18 modules are proposed, among which 15 will be held at Supélec (south of Paris, France), 2 at Istanbul (Turkey) and 1 at L'Aquila (Italy).
The deadline for advanced registration is *16th of December 2011*.
Full information is available at www.eeci-institute.eu/GSC2012
The program is available at www.eeci-institute.eu/EECI-docs2/EECI-Modules-2012.pdf
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New People
Delft University of Technology
 Name: Yue Qiu
Starting date: September 26, 2011
Function: PhD student
Email:
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Group: TUD-DCSC
Supervisor: Dr.ir. J-W van Wingerden
Project: Novel Control Scheme of System Identification and Distributed Control to Handle the Control Problems of Modern Wind Turbines and Smart Grids.
Dear all, my name is Yue Qiu and I am a new PhD Candidate within windmills group of prof. Michel Verhaegen and dr. Jan-Willem van Wingerden. The topic of my research project is to develop a novel control scheme of system identification and distributed controller to handle the control problems of modern wind turbines and smart grids. It is my honour to work with staff of DCSC and I will cherish the time of being here.
To begin with, I finished my BSc and MSc at the College of Information Science and Engineering, North-eastern University, China. During the last year of my undergraduate period, I was funded by "National University Students Innovation Foundation of China" and I did research on Static Var Component of electrical grids with distributed generation, such as wind turbines and solar cells. During my MSc period, I devote myself to the field of renewable energy, especially Wind Energy, which is vital to human society today, cause energy crisis is increasingly severe nowadays.
To continue my research after finishing MSc, I come to DCSC, TU Delft, which has a long history of modelling, identification and control of wind turbines. Now, my research interest is System Identification and Distributed Control of Large Wind Farms or smart grids. This is a completely new field and big challenge for me and I hope I can make achievements with your help in the next 4 years.
In my free time, I like to play basketball, badminton, listening to music, especially Bandari and Westlife. Also, I like reading history books and biography.
Right now, to feed myself, I am learning Chinese cooking, anybody who are interested in Chinese cooking can come to me, maybe making innovation of Chinese cooking style.
 Name: Edwin van Solingen
Starting date: October 17, 2011
Function: PhD student
Email:
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Group: TUD-DCSC
Supervisor: Dr.ir. J-W van Wingerden
Project: Integrated Design
Dear all,
Some of you have already met me in the past years. For those who didn’t, my name is Edwin van Solingen and I was born 25 years ago. I started in October as a PhD student under the supervision of prof. Michel Verhaegen and dr.ir. Jan-Willem van Wingerden. The research involves the integrated design of far large offshore wind turbines.
Before I started working as a PhD student I completed the ‘Electrical Engineering’ bachelor at EWI and the ‘Systems and Control’ master here at DCSC.
In my final year I worked on state estimation (particle filters) for hopper dredgers. Specifically, the estimation of the average grain diameter of the material that has been excavated by hopper dredgers. In my free time I play soccer (on a reasonably competitive level) for which I practice two times in the week and play a match on Sunday. Besides soccer, I also like to watch a movie, watching the grand slam tennis tournaments and off course soccer. Last but not least, I like to travel.
I hope to get to know you all better and we probably see each other soon!
University of Groningen
 Name: Desti Alkano
Starting date: September 1, 2011
Function: PhD
Email:
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Group: RUG-ITM
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. J.M.A. Scherpen
Project: Distributed Dynamic Price Mechanisms for Stable Gas Markets
Hi all,
My name is Desti Alkano. I come from Indonesia. On September 1st 2011 I started working on a work package of Energy Delta Gas Research (EDGaR) consortium project, particularly in the project of innovative smart grid solution for the new gas value chain supervised by Prof.dr.ir. J.M.A. Scherpen. I did my bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering Department at Institute of Technology Bandung (Indonesia) and I just received my M.Sc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Groningen.
University of Twente
 Name: Felix Schwenninger
Starting date: October 1, 2011
Function: PhD student
Email:
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Group: UT-AM
Supervisor: Prof.dr. H. Zwart
Project: Semigroups With an Inner Function Calculus
I'm Felix from Vienna, Austria where I did my BSc and MSc in Mathematics at the TU Wien. In the course of this I got into contact with Semigroup Theory which has accompanied my studies since then. In October I started my PhD within the MSCT-group at the UT Twente. The topic is 'Semigroups with an Inner Function Calculus'. My background is rather in Functional Analysis and pure mathematics, therefore I'm looking forward to broaden my knowledge in applied fields.
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PhD defences
Candidate: Rogier Ellenbroek
Group: RUG-ITM
Thesis: Adaptive deformable mirror - dynamics and modular control
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. M. Verhaegen
Date: November 8, 2011
Location: Aula Senaatszaal, TU Delft
Time: 15:00
Candidate: Dunstano del Puerto Flores
Group: RUG-ITM
Thesis: Dissipativity-Based Control of Nonlinear Power Systems: Applications to Harmonic Control and Power Factor Compensation
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. J.M.A. Scherpen
Date: December 5, 2011
Location: Aula Academiegebouw, Groningen
Time: 11:00
Candidate: Gert Witvoet
Group: TU/e-ME
Thesis: Feedback Control and Injection Locking of the Sawtooth Oscillation in Fusion Plasmas
Supervisor: Prof.dr.ir. M. Steinbuch
Date: December 21, 2011
Location: Eindhoven, Auditorium 5
Time: 16:00
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Vacancies
London School of Economics
The Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics offers a fully-funded PhD studentship in Mathematical Control Theory to start from 1 January 2012. The funding is for three years and covers both fees and living expenses. Research progress is assessed each year and continuing receipt of funds will depend on satisfactory academic progress. in the Department of Mathematics at LSE. For more information click here.
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Next issue of the Newsletter
The next issue of this Newsletter will appear in December 2011.
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