April 7, 2023, 10 am - 5 pm PST, University of California, Berkeley

5th NorCal Control Workshop

About

Theme: Current challenges and future directions in automation, systems, and controls.

Goals: Our overarching goal is to spark discussions around the following questions: What are the key challenges in the development of control and automation solutions to the complex problems of today? What are unique future opportunities and problems where control and automation would play a key role? How do we increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in our branches of engineering?

The 5th NorCal Control Workshop provides a forum to bring together university students, postdocs, and faculty, along with industry representatives, working in the broad area of systems and control. The workshop aims to share knowledge and build new connections in the Northern California region.

Prior Workshops: [2018] [2019] [2021] [2022]

Faculty Organizers
Ali Mesbah [UC Berkeley]
Somayeh Sojoudi [UC Berkeley]

Venue

UC Berkeley, Donner Lab 155

Registration


Registration is currently closed. Talks will be posted below

Talks


Presenter Affiliation Title Time
Ali/Somayeh UC Berkeley Welcome and logistics 10am-10:10am
Arwa Alanqary UC Berkeley Optimal control formulation of mobile actuation problems in mixed-autonomy traffic 10:10am-10:25am
Anni Zhao UC Merced RBFNN optimal control with model reduction and transfer learning 10:25am-10:40am
Shila Alizadehghobadi UC Merced MPC-based optimal control for estimating the ground reaction forces in stance phase of gait cycle 10:40am-10:55am
Ziye Ma UC Berkeley A lifted framework for matrix sensing to combat non-convexity 10:55am-11:10am
Break, Poster sessions 11:10am-11:25am
George Makrygiorgos UC Berkeley Towards efficient closed-loop policy search via gradient-enhanced bayesian optimization 11:25am-11:40am
Donghao Ying UC Berkeley Scalable multi-agent reinforcement learning with general utilities 11:40am-11:55am
John Alora Stanford Physics-based machine learning for control of infinite dimensional systems 11:55am-12:10pm
Lunch 12:10pm-1:10pm
Keynote lecture by Michael Jordan of UC Berkeley 1:10pm-2:00pm
Jiaming (Clark) Zha UC Berkeley Quadcopter trajectory for inertial navigation 2:00pm-2:15pm
Chen Tang UC Berkeley Social interaction modeling for interactive autonomous driving 2:15pm-2:30pm
Alexis Teter UCSC Solution of the probabilistic lambert problem 2:30pm-2:45pm
Marius Wiggert UC Berkeley Tackling Climate Change with Autonomous Seaweed Farms Hitchhiking on Ocean Currents 2:45pm-3:00pm
Break, Poster sessions 3:00pm-3:15pm
Alex Devonport UC Berkeley Stability and robustness of frequency-domain Gaussian process models 3:15pm-3:30pm
Santiago Leudo UCSC Two-player zero-sum hybrid games 3:30pm-3:45pm
Ashkan Zehfroosh UC Davis Efficient re-synthesis of control barrier function via safe exploration 3:45pm-4:00pm
Shuang Feng UC Merced Cascade-control-barrier functions 4:00pm-4:15pm
Simon Kuang UC Davis Asymptotic certificates for nonlinear system identification 4:15pm-4:30pm
Ali/Somayeh UC Berkeley Closing remarks 4:30pm-4:35pm


Logistics

Parking lots: Visitor parking is available at Lower Hearst Garage. Click here for maps, information on purchasing parking permits, and additional parking options.

Parking permits: Hourly parking permits for Lower Hearst Garage must be purchased from the ticket dispensing machine located near the entrace of the parking garage. Click here for more information.

Food: Lunch is on your own. Refreshments will be served.

WiFi: eduroam

Contact


Ali Mesbah (mesbah@berkeley.edu)
Somayeh Sojoudi (sojoudi@berkeley.edu)