Thematic Program of Spring 2010: Distributed Decision-Making and Control
The thematic semester is divided into four periods with slightly different focus:
- Multi-agent coordination and estimation (Jan. 18–Feb. 19; Workshop Feb. 3–5)
- Distributed decisions via games and price mechanisms (Feb. 22–Mar. 26; Workshop Mar. 10–12)
- Adaptation and learning in autonomous systems (Apr. 6–30; Workshop Apr. 21–23)
- Distributed model predictive control and supply chains (May 3–28; Workshop May 19–21)
The objective of the thematic program is to create an environment where researchers have the opportunity to work under optimal circumstances, in the company of and in collaboration with other internationally leading scientists. The semester is devoted to a theme, Distributed Decision-Making and Control, which has attracted growing interest from several research communities during the past decade. In addition to control engineering and mathematics, this includes computer science, physics, biology and economics. Our aim is to bring together leading researchers from some of these communities to create exciting cross-fertilization and new ideas. At any particular time, there will be room for up to 10 invited researchers. A typical visit will be 2-5 weeks. In addition to the invited researchers, several postdoc- and PhD student positions are tied to the program. In the middle of each focus period, there will be a workshop of 3 days with approximately 30 invited speakers.
Scientific Committee
- Prof. Anders Rantzer, Automatic Control LTH, Lund University (Chairman)
- Prof. Vincent Blondel, Department of Mathematical Engineering, University of Louvain, Belgium.
- Prof. Sanjay Lall, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, USA
- Prof. Rodolphe Sepulchre, Dept. of EE & CS, University of Liège, Belgium
- Prof. John Tsitsiklis, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, USA
- Prof. Asuman E. Ozdaglar, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, USA
- Prof. Tim Roughgarden, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University, USA
- Prof. Jeff Shamma, School of Electr & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Prof Karl J Åström, Automatic Control LTH, Lund University
- Prof. Magnus Egerstedt, School of Electr & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Prof. Rolf Johansson, Automatic Control LTH, Lund University
- Prof. Frank Allgöwer University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Prof. Lars Grüne, Mathematical Institute, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
- Prof. Jakob Stoustrup, Section for Automation & Control, Ålborg University, Denmark
Organizing committee
- Academic staff: Johan Åkesson, Tommy Andersson, Karl-Erik Årzén, Anton Cervin, Tore Hägglund, Rolf Johansson, Anders Rantzer, Anders Robertsson.
- Administrative staff: Eva Westin