June 3, 2022, 10 am - 5 pm PST, University of California, Santa Cruz
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 4th 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.
Venue
UC Santa Cruz, Baskin Engineering, E2 180 (Baskin Events Center)
Registration
Registration is currently closed. Talks will be posted below
Talks
| Presenter | Affiliation | Title | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo/Gabe | UCSC | Welcome and logistics | |
| Zhonyu Li | UC Berkeley | Bridging Model-based Safety and Model-free Reinforcement Learning through System Identification of Low Dimensional Linear Models | |
| Samuel Pfrommer | UC Berkeley | Safe Reinforcement Learning with Chance-constrained Model Predictive Control | |
| Shreyas Kousik | Stanford University | Safe Control in Uncertain, Dynamic, Multi-Agent Scenes | |
| Anni Zhao | UC Merced | Robustness and performance of reduced order model based control design | |
| Break, Poster Sessions | |||
| Aaron Hunter | UCSC | A Distributed Control System for Resource Constrained Autonomous Vehicles | |
| Jerry Tang | UC Berkeley | Design of passively morphing drone | |
| Jay Ryan Roldan | UCSC | Suture Looping Task Pose Planner in a Constrained Surgical Environment | |
| Nan Wang | UCSC | Hybrid RRT: Motion Planning for Hybrid Dynamical Systems | |
| Lunch and Keynote Speaker Dave Powell of Stanford University | |||
| Giovanny Marquez | UCSC | Controlling cellular response with bioelectronics and feedback control | |
| Shourya Bose | UCSC | Microgrid Load Restoration: Formluation and Solution Strategies | |
| Iman Nodozi | UCSC | Neural Schrodinger Bridge for Minimum Effort Self Assembly | |
| Kimberly Chan | UC Berkeley | Automated Tuning of Generic Embedded Controllers using Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization | |
| Break, Poster Sessions | |||
| Jon Wagstaff | UCSC | Gaussian Process Kernel Selection for Performance Prediction based on Physiological Data | |
| Luis Burbano and Juanita Gomez | UCSC | Private Anomaly Detection | |
| Neelay Junnarkar | UC Berkeley | Synthesis of Stabilizing Recurrent Equilibrium Network Controllers |
Logistics
Directions: UCSC campus maps and directions. Directions to Baskin Engineering Complex.
Parking lots: Core West Structure (closest parking lot to the Engineering Building 2). Additional campus parking lots.
Parking permits: You must purchase a parking permit from the Information Kiosk located on Coolidge Drive near the main campus entrance at Bay and High Streets. A map of this location is available here. Parking permits are available at the kiosk for $10.
Food: Breakfast, lunch and coffee will be available for the workshop participants.
WiFi: eduroam
Contact
Ricardo Sanfelice (ricardo@ucsc.edu)
Gabriel Elkaim (elkaim@soe.ucsc.edu)