Alle afleveringen

30 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud

Hamed Rahimi Nohooji (Human-Robot Interaction and Soft Robotics)

1 november 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
Afspelen

In this episode I had a wonderful time talking with Dr Hamed Rahimi Nohooji and all about control of robotics! We discussed dealing with constraints using barrier Lyapunov functions, control considerations in human-robot interaction, control objectives for soft robotics, co-design of soft robots, wind turbine control, and a whole lot more! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://coffeecontrollinks.short.gy/cDetOw

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References:

Hamed Rahimi Nohooji: https://www.uni.lu/snt-en/people/hamed-rahimi-nohooji/

Path planning of manipulators with flexible links: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.5772/10524

Flexible robotics review: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01691864.2013.839079

Moving obstacle avoidance paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00707-012-0799-5

PhD thesis: https://coffeecontrollinks.short.gy/FBl2X0

Adaptive control for robots with joint-space constraints: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888327018301614
Control for robots with velocity constraints: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016003217306269

CLF and CBF reviews: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050921019128

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8796030

Original progressive BLF paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.06288

Learning progressive BLFs: [Under review]

Romeo Ortega inControl episode: https://coffeecontrollinks.short.gy/s5WEDs

NNs for exoskeletons review: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/14/1/16

Original paper by Nussbaum: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016769118390021X

Chen Automatica Nussbaum function paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005109818306423

Hamed’s Nussbaum function paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020025518310417

N…
Keyan Miao (Interfacing Control with Neural ODEs)

1 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
Afspelen

In this episode I got to chat with the incredibly wonderful Dr Keyan Miao about the fascinating work she’s done on neural ODEs. We discuss applying control theoretic tools to optimise neural ODEs, as well as their use for both controller and observer design. And in case that wasn’t already enough we also touch on dissipativity, Koopman operators, and reinforcement learning! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iI0swQSnNEqgGQgf7og8udRV3IBCXbbfEkLFlolGxEU/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

Join the live recording on 20th October 2026!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9X66_Wfzc

( 9:30 PDT, 12:30 ET, 16:30 UTC, 17:30 BST, 18:30 CEST)

References

Keyan Miao: https://kymiao.github.io/

Richard Vinter: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.vinter

QianXiao Li from NUS and Wei-Nan Er from Princeton: https://www.jmlr.org/papers/volume18/17-653/17-653.pdf

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40687-018-0172-y

https://ems.press/journals/jems/articles/5404458

Book on control theory/ philosophy: https://apac.ee.kntu.ac.ir/publications/books/control-systems-a-historical-and-philosophical-perspective/

Control theory/ philosophy article: https://www.numberanalytics.com/blog/control-theory-philosophical-lens-language

NCCR automation fellowship: https://nccr-automation.ch/research-fellowship

Andreas Krause: https://las.inf.ethz.ch/krausea

Steve Brunton ResNet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1UsKanMatM&t=911s

Original neural ODE paper: https://proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/paper/2018/file/69386f6bb1dfed68692a24c8686939b9-Paper.pdf

Speeding up Neural ODE training and inference: https://proceedings.mlr.press/v235/miao24a.html

Neural ODE review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950550X25000263

Review of Neural ODEs in biomedical engine…
IFAC World Congress Special

1 september 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
Afspelen

In this episode I take you with me to the 2026 IFAC World Congress in Busan, South Korea, where I got to talk to a bunch of wonderful control researchers about their work. We cover a wide range of fascinating research areas, including observer design for transportation, event-triggered control, consensus control, extremum-seeking, robotic manipulation, control education and outreach, and a whole lot more! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XE4krcWk6KgQjUUtgxKejmsTBYTermPeL9e3uVOnRJQ/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Workshops

Arun Tangirala: https://arunkt-dev.github.io/

Prem Jagadeesan: https://www.amrita.edu/faculty/prem-jagadeesan/

Paper on defining sloppiness: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282609

Tom Oomen: https://toomen.eu/

Monday

inControl podcast: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/

Live event recording: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/19954769-ep49-incontrol-ifac-2026-m-vidyasagar-h-khalil-s-boyd-so-you-want-to-write-a-classic

Selsabil Bougherara: https://www.uphf.fr/lamih/membres/bougherara_selsabil

Shengya Meng: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shengya-meng-1b299a294/

Laura Albert: https://engineering.wisc.edu/directory/profile/laura-albert/

Tuesday

Ying Tan: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/28203-ying-tan

Miroslav Krstic inControl interview: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/16954129-ep31-miroslav-krstic-nonlinear-adaptive-control-pdes-delays-extremum-seeking-safety-neural-operators-for-control

ESC paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4177053

Wednesday

Frank Park: https://me.snu.ac.kr/en/snu__professor/park-frank-chongwoo/

Talk on geometric methods for robot learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKZzlomGIY

Pritesh Patel: https://ww…
Francesca Boem (Distributed Monitoring and Attack Detection)

1 augustus 2026 · 1 uur
Afspelen

In this episode I had the pleasure of talking to the fantastic Francesca Boem about her work on monitoring networked systems, approaches to detecting faults and cyber attacks, as well as her new start-up helping to ensure the security of wireless health-tech devices! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ttf7raapfDW4_aj3mnD8mSoy704d9T9BLnJk9QXbLqM/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

Drop me an email if you’re attending IFAC WC: L.Hodgins@soton.ac.uk

References

Francesca Boem: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/65682-francesca-boem

PhD thesis: https://www.openstarts.units.it/entities/publication/c9e28dd2-a9f3-4deb-bfb9-886a8f5d1661/details

Thomas Parisini: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/t.parisini

Distributed fault detection paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6580380

Detectability of cyber attacks: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8264562

Cyber attack detection for microgrids: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9054955

Detecting covert cyber attacks: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9104026

Detecting replay attacks: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.00737

Fault-tolerant control/ active fault diagnosis: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8700304

CONTROL 2026 episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MTAxQo4PlTC0zo7OcYRB4

BLE vulnerabilities paper: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212293/1/ISCAS_2025_V4.pdf

GiancarloFerrari Tricate: https://people.epfl.ch/giancarlo.ferraritrecate

KIOS centre: https://www.kios.ucy.ac.cy/
CONTROL 2026 (ACE Network/ UKACC Conference Special)

1 juli 2026 · 50 min
Afspelen

In this episode I have the pleasure of attending the CONTROL2026 conference, and bring you along with me! This conference was the largest gatheringof control engineers in the UK recent years, co-organized by the ACE network and UK Automatic Control Council (UKACC). Join me as I explore the ACE network and some of the fabulous control engineering research taking place across theUK! Lees meer

Join the ACE network!: ⁠https://ukcontrol.org/join-ace

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1131VDAX37W9GOJ87c0PZqXt83VMds1rAdapr1HdgN3Q/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Control 2026: https://control2026.ukcontrol.org/

Conference proceedings: https://control2026.ukcontrol.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Control-2026-Proceedings-Booklet.pdf

ACE network: https://ukcontrol.org/

UKACC: https://ukacc.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/

IFAC: https://www.ifac-control.org/

Pramod Khargonekar: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/khargonekar/

Slides from his talk: https://coffeecontrollinks.short.gy/yaf5rk

Norbert Weiner: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norbert-Wiener

Automony vs automation: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-020-01004-z

InControl episode: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/11513053-ep6-norbert-wiener-and-cybernetics

Macy Conference proceedings: http://cybernetic-bookshelf.org:8083/book/2636Dartmouth conference: https://opendigitalai.org/en/the-dartmouth-conference-1956-the-big-bang-of-ai/

John McCarthy: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-McCarthy

Daniel Coca: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/danielcoca.html

EPSRC: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/

Interview with Andy Lawrence: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6BvPXw3YyoqdsvbQ573OF1

William Heath: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/staff/scse/william-heath-680178/en

Al…
Carmen Amo Alonso: Part 2 (AI Architectures and the Dynamics of Intelligence)

7 juni 2026 · 52 min
Afspelen

In the second part of my interview with the incredibly talented Carmen Amo Alonso we discuss her fascinating work at the intersection of AI and control, examining topics such as: Lees meer

Using tools from control theory to analyse and design AI systems

Controlling large language models to guarantee a particular sentiment for their output

Using vision-language-action models to control robots using language

and a whole lot more!

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ph1yaQuV_ybRM8h9rU5Uvmz9eB5Ar4HVhcBnc7b7zJ8/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

The architecture of language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApC0AWWTajU

Diffusion models: https://the-principles-of-diffusion-models.github.io/

Skip connection paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10609

Review of state-space models in AI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16899

3 Blue 1 Brown video on transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZofJX0v4M

Dynamical systems framework paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15731

Designing sequence models: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09389v1

Controlling LLM output: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15454v3

Controllability of LLMs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05637v1

Vision-language-action model paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05487v1

NARRATE: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10762

DEMONSTRATE: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12855v1

Domitilla Del Vecchio: https://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/ddv@MIT.EDU

Biomolecular feedback systems book: https://www.fbswiki.org/wiki/index.php/Biomolecular_Feedback_Systems

Mathias Foo episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G3vhRoeenTWRrEwauT0ne

inControl episodes: Mario di Bernardo: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/19167890-ep44-mario-di-bernardo-from-circuits-to-cells-and-swarms-control-meets-complexity

Mustafa Khammash: https:…
Carmen Amo Alonso: Part 1 (Distributed and Localized Model Predictive Control)

2 juni 2026 · 30 min
Afspelen

In this episode I talk to the very wonderful Carmen Amo Alonso about her (award-winning) PhD research on distributed and localised MPC. We also cover super interesting and useful concepts such as system-level synthesis and ADMM, as well as her internship working at Tesla! Lees meer

You can access the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SErvHtKoE18QzelHDUh9im6AeG3zKPWZLRoNGx5BUyg/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Carmen: https://camoalon.github.io/

JPL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

John Doyle: https://ieeecss.org/contact/john-doyle

Feedback in biological control: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9867859

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9867794

Thesis: https://thesis.caltech.edu/15262/3/Carmen_Amo_Alonso_Caltech_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Distributed localised MPC paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9939038

Professor Melanie Zeilinger: https://nccr-automation.ch/about/people/melanie-zeilinger-0

SLS for robust nonlinear optimal control: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.04943

Professor Nikolai Matni: https://nikolaimatni.github.io/

System-level synthesis tutorial: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01634

YouTube videos on DLMPC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF2Wbriy2Zg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhtuGZp8QM0&t=302s

ADMM survey paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03700

Professor James Anderson: https://www.columbia.edu/~ja3451/

Data-driven DLMCP: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9772975

Willems fundamental lemma: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/262195/1/PersistencyExcitation.pdf

Paolo Rapisarda episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/076dEw28abILPAbT5qA6aw

Implementing DLMP on GPUs: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9831839

Clubes de Ciencia: Mexico: https://clubesdeciencia.mx/

Peru: https://clubesde…
Journal Clubs (Creating reading groups that people want to be part of)

1 mei 2026 · 34 min
Afspelen

In this episode I talk to three lovely researchers all about journal clubs (AKA reading groups) – what they are, why you might want to be part of one, and how to start your own! I also give some insights from my own experiences running a (control-related) journal club, as well as a summary of three of my favourite papers we’ve read. Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19i4egf_2KEWqkp94ZW3QjRTH8PeAZz6yEix8zoSfx4k/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Al Edwards: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/62mm7y/doctor-al-edwards

Antonia Marcu: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5xk5lz/miss-antonia-marcu

Convexification for soft landing optimal control paper: http://www.larsblackmore.com/iee_tcst13.pdf

Improved soft robotic parameterisation paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8961972

KKL observer synthesis paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11655
Brian Douglas (Control Engineering in Industry)

1 april 2026 · 58 min
Afspelen

In this episode I got the opportunity to sit down with the fantastic Brian Douglas and talk about what it's like to be a control engineer in industry, common misconceptions he had, and advice for current students. We also discussed his YouTube channel, as well as a few more technical aspects of projects he's been involved with over the years! Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAyIAgd3RzVSSDmJ-As0gzJVekJG3IqU2L-1zJhuKYs/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Brian Douglas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-douglas-505b7175/

Engineering Media (Brian’s company): https://engineeringmedia.com/

Original YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq0imsn84ShAe9PBOFnoIrg

MATLAB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MATLAB

Co-design podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3upRUgZBy79tqihMy9BDsJ

Veritasium: https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium

Smarter every day: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA

Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkRober

Formal verification video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kINfn-ZYiLY

InControl episode: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/15223020-ep24-brian-douglas-boeing-control-videos-resourcium-map-of-control-theory-cartoons-mathworks
Gioele Zardini (Engineering Trade-offs and Co-design)

1 maart 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
Afspelen

In this episode I got to speak with the fantastic Gioele Zardini about his work on the co-design framework, a fascinating framework used to optimise large interconnected systems. We cover the theoretical background of this, intuition behind it, and a ton of different applications where it’s useful, as well as discussing exciting open questions in the field! Lees meer

Find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XPZr9jP4Lphskkw-SiM8h-x1kp7LROqZ243S6zA7EsY/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Gioele Zardini: https://zardini.mit.edu/

PhD thesis: https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/publication/d7c08dd5-bf96-4c1f-a744-5e751f0f44a5

PhDs in control interview: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10555200

Emilio Frazzoli: https://idsc.ethz.ch/research-frazzoli/people/person-detail.frazzoli.html

Andrea Cenci: https://nccr-automation.ch/about/people/andrea-censi

Marco Pavone: https://profiles.stanford.edu/marco-pavone

NuTonomy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuTonomy(current site: https://motional.com/)

Brad Nelson: https://msrl.ethz.ch/the-lab/team/Brad_Nelson.html

David Sacramuza: https://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/people_scaramuzza.html

Yujun Huang: https://zardini.mit.edu/people/yujun-huang/

Uncertainty in co-design paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.02766

Background refs on category theory:

David Spivak: https://dspivak.net/
Brendan Fong: http://brendanfong.com/

Gioele's work in progress book: https://storage.zuper.ai/sync/ACT4E/ACT4E/alphubel-prod/build/last/build-public/ACT4E-public.pdf

YouTube talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmAz6fEPa2o

Gioele's course: https://zardini.mit.edu/act4ed/

MIT applied category theory course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s097-applied-category-theory-january-iap-2019/

Seven sketches in compositionality: http://brendanfong.com/fong_spivak_an_invi…
Barbara Franci (Game Theory and Resource Allocation)

1 februari 2026 · 55 min
Afspelen

In this episode I have a lovely conversation with Dr Barbara Franci about her research into game theory, exploring both theoretical concepts (such as variational inequalities, forwards-backwards algorithms, and stochastic Nash equilibrium-seeking problems) and practical applications, including resource allocation, energy management, and generative adversarial networks! Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h9AbCPzzlt7ggNOGx3bK3pwSaCUo__LtYzvdJ-5wqYw/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Barbara Franci: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/b-franci

PhD thesis: https://tesidottorato.depositolegale.it/bitstream/20.500.14242/198173/1/FRANCI%20Tesi2.pdf

More background on evolutionary games: https://users.ssc.wisc.edu/~whs/teaching/805/handbook.pdf

Jeff Shamma inConctrol episode: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/18482182-ep40-jeff-shamma-gain-scheduling-nonlinear-control-learning-dissipativity-in-games-jiu-jitsu

Wisdom of a crowd paper: https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/18M1232267

Francesco Bullo: https://fbullo.github.io/

Original Galton paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/075450a0

Video on the Lagrangian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4ff0dTLTw

Useful lecture notes on these concepts: https://www.mit.edu/~gfarina/notes/

Distributed forwards-backwards paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9309063

Extragradient paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11184508

Relaxed inertial forwards-backwards paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9682905

Professor Lacra Pavel: https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/pavel-l/

Deterministic decoupling paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330888828_An_operator_splitting_approach_for_distributed_generalized_Nash_equilibria_computation

Pseudo-monotone func…
Meet the Faculty Candidates (Fascinating research from the CDC poster session)

9 januari 2026 · 26 min
Afspelen

In this bonus episode I explore the work of ten fascinating researchers that I met at the Meet the Faculty Candidates poster session at CDC last month. We cover a wide array of different areas, including data-driven methods, fault-tolerant control, biological systems, PDEs, distributed estimation and a whole lot more! Lees meer

Correction: At ~5:20 I mention that Anju was able to characterize the strategies of the two communicating entities at the Nash equilibrium - In actual fact this is a Stackelberg equilibrium (Stackelberg games involve players acting sequentially, taking either a leader or follower role)

You can view the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Tf4ORHPI5Thbs-nA9DQTSu87TKbYni9JJN2UXqn5kU/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

Links and references

Amy Strong: https://bridgeman.pratt.duke.edu/people/amy-strong

Paper on data-driven invariance: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19231

Anju Anand: https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/anjuanand

Strategic quantisation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10960399

Incorporating privacy into the objective: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.06321

Brian Block: https://mae.osu.edu/people/block.168

Control of PDE traffic flow: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.04823

Declan Jagt: https://search.asu.edu/profile/3729730

Stability analysis of coupled multivariate PDEs: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.14840

Scalar quadratic PDEs: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10384073

PIETOOLS software: https://control.asu.edu/pietools/pietools

Hamza El-Kebir: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamza-el-kebir/

Control authority degradation paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10354437

Sensor and actuator degradation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10521243

Electrosurgery paper: https://roy…
CDC special (Conference of Decision and Control 2025)

1 januari 2026 · 51 min
Afspelen

In this episode I bring my microphones with me to the conference of decision and control (CDC) where I talk to a load of interesting researchers about their recent work. Featuring discussion of a wide range of different topics, including reinforcement learning, control architecture, game theory, AI-human interaction, event-triggered control and a whole lot more! Lees meer

You can view the episode transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h6PdTd9xLTcJOGPx6TIkXOKPz_NGoS9_sA8CUvoZlx8/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

CDC web-page: https://cdc2025.ieeecss.org/

Female influencers in control: https://www.control.lth.se/external-engagement/female-influencers-in-automatic-control/

Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7VtNHI6bG8UBEoSGiAuVXNsmXSHlw8xG0LuMon2DVd0Pv0A/viewform

inControl episode: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/18361436-ep39-female-influencers-in-control

Alessandro Abate: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/alessandro.abate/

Maegan Tucker: https://maegantucker.com/

Joe Moeller: https://joe-moeller.com/

Category theory blog: https://joe-moeller.com/hi/

Rodolphe Sepulchre: https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/rs771

inControl episode: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/9HLW37

Spiking control of a snake: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02968

Neuromorphic architecture: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.11924

Raj Velichete: https://ece.illinois.edu/about/directory/grad-students/rkv4

Vijeth Hebber: https://www.vijethhebbar.com/

John Doyle: https://www.eas.caltech.edu/people/doyle

InControl episodes: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/yx0IF5https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/qtk0Le

Dimos Dimarogonas: https://people.kth.se/~dimos/

Plenary on formal verification for multi-agent systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3GSgVmxdo&t=1327s

Attacks on controlling multi-agent systems:…
IEEE NextCom (Fostering Community Within Controls Research)

27 december 2025 · 18 min
Afspelen

In this episode I talk to some wonderful members of IEEEcontrol systems society (CSS) NextCom committee about their work fostering inclusivity and belonging within CSS, as well as empowering the next generation of leaders within control. We also cover how you can be a part of this! Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/186arBxVLdcpHUCT9djgXQ7IMVvX5SLsMk0LmnzOLbRY/edit?usp=sharing

Fill in this leadership interest survey if you’d like to getinvolved: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-9qK13qYOSylyo-L-s8LvIYjd9bUmWlpd7zj2C7cxDASK-Q/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=113511961640315346198

Slack channel: https://join.slack.com/t/next-comworkspace/shared_invite/zt-3kz84ooc6-iLeTIhTKs5oMwJ8ccjTZxw(This link will time-out after a little while – if you find it’s not working you can contract me or one of the other committee members and we can add you directly!)

Links and references

NextCom webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/css-nextcom

Brooks Butler: https://sites.google.com/view/brooks-butler

Email: bbutler2@uci.edu

Anastasia Bizyaeva: https://anastasiabzv.github.io/

Email: anastasiab@cornell.edu

Phil E Paré: https://sites.google.com/view/philpare

Umar Niazi: https://sites.google.com/view/umarniazi/

Urmee Maitra: https://urmeemaitra.github.io/

Carina Veil: https://profiles.stanford.edu/carina-veil

Pio Ong: https://pioong.github.io/

Leonardo Toso: https://leotoso.github.io/

ECC episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PAlFzgSoLM6andaXEWB8e
Sophie Schirmer (Quantum Control 2: Controllability and Robustness)

1 december 2025 · 58 min
Afspelen

This month I got to interview Sophie Schirmer about herfascinating work on quantum control, including notions such as controllability and realisability, different types of quantum states (including pure, mixed, and dark states), comparison between different approaches to optimisation, and the quantum phenomena inside MRI scanners! Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0TFtckp7zEKCG0wdMHY0nySptrzbkV9ohQExa6ykGg/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Sophie’s thesis: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/63c4205b-9a0d-4622-833f-377f975c8cb3

Herschel Rabitz papers: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/334/1/160/783416/Control-of-quantum-dynamics-The-dream-is-alive?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.259.5101.1581

Control paradigms for quantum engineering: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2890

Energy landscape shaping as feedback control: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8119551

Kinematic bounds paper: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.2684

Dynamic realisability of systems that aren’t completelycontrollable: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/912046

Types of controllability: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0305-4470/35/18/309

More detail in this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0110171

Hilbert spaces: https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~hunter/book/ch6.pdf

Pure vs mixed states: https://medium.com/@emilmarinov/pure-mixed-and-entangled-quantum-states-84e8a4a8dd16

Controllability with a single actuator: https://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.0721

Dark states and their enlightenment: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.4290

Quantum gravity lecture: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/oxford-mathematics-public-lectures-carlo-rovelli-spin-networks-quantum-structure-spacetime-penroses

Incorporating encoding into q…
Carrie Weidner (Quantum Control 1: Optimisation and Application)

1 november 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Afspelen

In this month’s episode got to talk to Dr Carrie Weidner allabout controlling quantum systems! I find out what the control objective is forthese systems, how to characterise their robustness (or at least attempt to),how easy it is to apply this to practical systems, and a lot more besides. Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aixaD-P6R6jFDjS4Zp6nJ2n5ZHPfbWKYCue2v2_ZCVU/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

PhD thesis: https://jila.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/2019-03/Weidner_PhD_final.pdf

Sabine Hauert episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/65iwMh2NstKqXvfATpzfm4

Sabine episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12t_8k9LRckeGB--YVDS0XWnOeLX8sQcY3njA7jBCj1o/edit?usp=sharing

Carrie’s quantum control survey: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.00294

Sophie Shermer: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/s.schirmer/

Frank Langbein: https://langbein.org/
Edmond Jonckheere: https://ee.usc.edu/~jonckhee/

Sean O’Neil: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=250lKHEAAAAJ&hl=en

Phila Rembold: https://qusco-itn.eu/portfolio_page/phila-rembold-2/
Bases in quantum control: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.20889

Nelder-Mead optmisation: http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Nelder-Mead_algorithm#Advantages_and_disadvantageshttps://brandewinder.com/2022/03/31/breaking-down-Nelder-Mead/

Ronnie Kosloff: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview/1211067/prof-dr-ronnie-kosloff

Belavkin-Carmichael quantum filter: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0510028

Luenburg filter papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06454

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6426181

Non-Markovian systems papers: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/14/7/073023

https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09637

Christiane Koch: https://atominnen.at/empower/interviews/…
Andy Lawrence (EPSRC grant funding)

9 oktober 2025 · 53 min
Afspelen

In this episode I sit down with Dr Andy Lawrence and learn all about the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), including his top tips on successful grant applications, advice for not getting discouraged by rejected submissions, how to build successful collaborations with industry, and a lot more besides! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FxscV2YjbfeI_u26ETkA25hMwGVmJojHdV5zj7J7wyE/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Andy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-lawrence-7ab0361a/

UKRI: https://www.ukri.org/
EPSRC: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/

Standard mode open funding: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/types-of-funding-we-offer/standard-research/

New investigator awards: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/types-of-funding-we-offer/new-investigator-award/

Network grants: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/types-of-funding-we-offer/network-grants/

Travel grants: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/types-of-funding-we-offer/international-funding/overseas-travel-grants/

Program grants: https://www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/types-of-funding-we-offer/programme-grants/

Lyapunov theory: https://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/courses/cds101/fa02/caltech/mls93-lyap.pdf

Kalman filtering: https://thekalmanfilter.com/kalman-filter-explained-simply/

https://kalmanfilter.net/

Non-compressible haemorrhage funding call: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/novel-technology-for-intervening-in-non-compressible-haemorrhage/

General multidisciplinary scheme: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/ukri-cross-research-council-responsive-mode-pilot-scheme/

Details and support regarding E…
Alberto Padoan: Part 2 (Distances between behaviours and inControl podcast)

1 oktober 2025 · 54 min
Afspelen

This episode features the second part of my interview with the fantastic Alberto Padoan! Featuring discussions of data-driven modelling in a geometric/ non-linear context, how to define distances in a behavioural systems setting, and the origin story of his podcast, inControl. Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/y67vmp

Follow the podcast on linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast

Or connect with me personally: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

Alberto episode part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kwlnlQqtID1naRcyLL12O

Paolo Rapisarda: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x2hb9/professor-paolo-rapisarda

(Coffee and Control episode) https://open.spotify.com/episode/076dEw28abILPAbT5qA6aw

Persistency of excitation for autonomous systems: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7902166

Giordano Scarciotti: https://giordanoscarciotti.com/

Alessandro Astolfi: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/a.astolfi

Alessandro’s paper on moment matching: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5437314

Almost periodicity: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2022/02/16/almost-periodic-functions/

Examples of uses of polynomial matrices in behaviouralsystems context: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/linear-differential-systems-2

Conical, convex, and affine behaviours paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10383687

Jan Willems behavioural systems paper: https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/smc/jwillems/Articles/ConferenceArticles/2002/5.pdf

Ettore Fornasini: https://www.dei.unipd.it/~fornasini/

Data-driven control Stuttgart: ⁠https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/Y3ytXoAutonomous e-scooter: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/oMiusDSoft robotics: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9992740MPC control of covid outbreaks: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136757882030078X?via%3Dihub

Florian Dörfler: https://dorfler.ethz.ch/

John Ly…
Alberto Padoan: Part 1 (Moments of Systems and Model Reduction)

1 september 2025 · 1 uur
Afspelen

In this episode I sit down with the wonderful Alberto Padoan and discuss his work on model order reduction and generalising concepts from linear systems to the non-linear setting. Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/IRMql9

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

inControl podcast: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/

Andrea Marson: https://andreamarson.com/bio/

Master’s thesis: https://thesis.unipd.it/retrieve/82963fa4-bbb4-4577-9b83-b4e741a3ce20/main.pdf

Alessandro Astolfi: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/a.astolfi

Sandro Zampieri: https://automatica.dei.unipd.it/old/people/zampieri.html

inControl guide to Controllability and Observability: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/haKThe

Stieltjes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Joannes_Stieltjes

PhD thesis: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/sImTiq

Keith Glover: https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/kg103

Coffee and Control episode with Paolo Rapisarda: https://open.spotify.com/episode/076dEw28abILPAbT5qA6aw

Thesis on Krylov projectors for model reduction: https://perso.uclouvain.be/paul.vandooren/ThesisGrimme.pdf

Sylvester equations and model reduction: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377042703007143

Book on Sylvester equations: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/e7nYSQ

Jacqueline Scherpen: https://www.rug.nl/staff/j.m.a.scherpen/cv?lang=en

Alberto Isidori: https://www.diag.uniroma1.it/isidori/

Murray Wonham book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-1082-5

Basile and Marro book: https://CoffeeControlLinks.short.gy/gE3KxH

Eigenvalues/ poles of nonlinear systems: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8264032

Books on creativity:

Ernest Hemmingway quotes: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1455.Ernest_Hemingway

Dynamics of Creation (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dynamics-…
Ying Shuai Quan (Model Predictive Control and Autonomous Driving)

1 augustus 2025 · 1 uur
Afspelen

In this episode I sit down with Dr Ying Shuai Quan and getexcited about her work on adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping systems, with particular focus on applying model predictive control. Features deep-dives into various aspects of MPC, with occasional offshoots into other cool areas of control! Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ufp57VuzymcEivN3lzMaHVKgH8LgqI9BZDzgmdz2pug/edit?usp=sharing

Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/

Or you can connect with me directly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References/ cool papers to learn more

Ying’s thesis: https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/188296

Tube-based adaptive cruise control paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9992382

Motion sickness patents: (general system) https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250115255A1/en

(control and estimation) https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250128715A1/en

Tutorial on IQCs: https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84979771505

Classic LMI book: https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/lmibook/lmibook.pdf

LMIs in control book chapter: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-84800-025-4_4

Steve Brunton MPC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwodGM2eoy4&t=1s

Great review/ tutorial paper on MPC: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-021-07682-3

Review on linear fractional transformations: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/261572

Ying’s control-barrier functions paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10130631

Tutorial paper on CBFs: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10836828

Review on control barrier functions: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10836828

Using CBFs in MPC: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08400

Control Lyapunov-barrier function-based MPC: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8431468

High-order CBFs: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9516971

Neural netwo…
ECC Special (European Control Conference 2025)

1 juli 2025 · 56 min
Afspelen

This episode is an ECC special, where I go on a trip to theEuropean control conference and bring you with me! Lees meer

Connect with me and with the podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

X: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/

References (Cool people to go look up!)

ECC25 web page: https://ecc25.euca-ecc.org/

Guido Carnevale: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/guido.carnevale/en

Luca Furieri: https://www.lucafurieri.it/

René Vidal: http://vision.jhu.edu/rvidal.html

Lisa Li: https://flyingpeach.github.io/

Victor Magron: https://homepages.laas.fr/vmagron/

Giacomo Como: https://www.control.lth.se/personnel-old/giacomo-como/

Venanzio Cichella (safe autonomous agents): https://engineering.uiowa.edu/directory/venanzio-cichella

Maryam Kamgarpour: https://people.epfl.ch/maryam.kamgarpour?lang=en

Miroslav Kristic: https://flyingv.ucsd.edu/

Iasson Karafyllis: https://semfe.ntua.gr/en/faculty-members/item/16-karafyllis

Daniel Nikovski: https://www.merl.com/people/nikovski

Rosane Ushirobira: https://chercheurs.lille.inria.fr/~ushirobira/

Michelle Chong: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/michelle-chong

Timm Faulwasser: https://www.tuhh.de/ics/teampages/timm-faulwasser

Seth Siriya: https://www.irt.uni-hannover.de/en/siriya

Lorenzo Zino: https://lorenzozino90.wixsite.com/lzino

François-Grégoire Bierwart (Koopman operators): https://researchportal.unamur.be/en/persons/fgbierwa

Konstantin Zimenko (Finite-time stability analysis): https://dblp.org/pid/144/1527.html

ABB: https://global.abb/

Massimiliano D’Angelo: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KrzPm2UAAAAJ&hl=it

Yongduan Song (Neural network semi-plenary): https://accu.cqu.edu.cn/info/1112/3673.htm

Niloufar Dabestani: https://www.trafficfluid.tuc.gr/en/people/phd-students/dabestani

Antonella Ferrara: http://sisdin.unipv.it/labsisdin/people/ferant/f…
Mathias Foo (River systems and biochemical control)

1 juni 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Afspelen

In this episode I interview Dr Mathias Foo about his fascinating research on controlling river systems, implementing control systems using DNA, and gene network rewiring. Basically applying control to a bunch of different systems that you weren’t expecting. Lees meer

You can find the transcript for this episode at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWRFK20bWm64k7MCghI82eJ3-FjTt3hK0VEpQ-VE0Og/edit?usp=sharing

Connect with me and with the podcast!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

X: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/

References

Dr Mathias Foo: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/mathias_foo/

PhD

PhD thesis: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=H5eLRq4AAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=H5eLRq4AAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC

Nadia Bedjaoui: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-bedjaoui-39862110/

Observers for leak detection in irrigation channels: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967066110001498

MPC using reverse engineering paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6114363
Maciejowski MPC book: https://www.amazon.com/Predictive-Control-Constraints-Jan-Maciejowski/dp/0201398230

Maciejowski inverse optimal control paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474667015366180

DNA strand displacement reactions

Oishi and Klavins paper: https://www.dna.caltech.edu/courses/cs191/paperscs191/Oishi2011linear.pdf

DNA amplifiers: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1148532

DNA Logic gates: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1132493

DNA Detectors: https://www.dna.caltech.edu/Papers/Nucleation_DNA10.pdf

PID control using DSD reactions: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8721529

Nuno Paulino: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FKL-xegAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

DNA programmable gate arrays: https://www.natur…
Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado (Switched systems and DC networks)

1 mei 2025 · 1 uur 9 min
Afspelen

In this episode I interview Jonathan Mayo Maldonado about his work on applying the behavioural framework to modelling and controlling switched systems, as well as applying data-driven control to power systems! Lees meer

You can engage with the podcast on

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/

Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

Or email me at lhodginscontrol@gmail.com

Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/668pbh/doctor-jonathan-mayo-maldonado

PhD

PhD thesis: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/383678/

Switched linear differential systems: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.0308

Dissipative switched linear differential systems: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/386199/1/DissipativeSLDS-Rev5.pdf

DC-DC converters

Power shaping control: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344671509_Power_shaping_control_of_DC-DC_converters_with_constant_power_loads

Paolo Rapisarda’s dissipativity paper: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/271668/1/PublishedArticle.pdf

Lifted coordinates: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344800256_Nonlinear_Stabilizing_Control_Design_for_DC-DC_Converters_Using_Lifted_Models

Episode with Chris on Non-minimum phase ILC: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hLqV5hv5OeQO3gOE6aU9c

Direct voltage control of higher-order converters paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359245867_Direct_Output-Voltage_Control_of_Non-Minimum_Phase_Higher-Order_DC-DC_Converters

Enrique Garza Arias PhD thesis: https://repositorio.tec.mx/items/6dfd5498-d0d4-417c-9e33-afb75930710a

Data-driven control

Active and reactive power analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_7XWf96gg

Data-driven D-PMU paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339887346_Data-Driven_Framework_to_Model_Identification_Event_Detection_and_Topology_Change_Location_Using_D-PMUs

Voltage performance index tracking paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/documen…
Paolo Rapisarda (Behavioural systems and Willems' fundamental lemma)

1 april 2025 · 1 uur
Afspelen

In this episode I talk to Professor Paolo Rapisarda about a bunch of interesting theoretical (but very useful) aspects of control, including his work on behavioural systems theory, model reduction, Willems’ fundamental lemma, and data-driven control. Lees meer

You can find the transcript at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xosQlyCazjngvrydEdlSX917p84v4GY8Maljp5J8MQY/edit?usp=sharing

You can engage with the podcast on

X: https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/

Or email me at lhodginscontrol@gmail.com

Paolo Rapisarda: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5x2hb9/professor-paolo-rapisarda

Introduction

State maps for linear systems: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/264646/1/State_maps.pdf

Harry Trentelman: https://research.rug.nl/en/persons/harry-trentelman

Jan Willems: https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/smc/jwillems/

PhD thesis: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/linear-differential-systems-2

Behavioural systems

Epic Jan Willems behavioural systems paper: https://skoge.folk.ntnu.no/prost/proceedings/cpc6-jan2002/willems.pdf

State maps

LTV paper:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/457114/1/State_for_linear_discrete_time_varying_systems.pdf

Leibnitz rule: https://www.cuemath.com/calculus/leibniz-rule/

Dissipativity

Jan Willem’s paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/bf00276493

Jan Willem’s optimal control paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1099831

Quadratic differential forms: https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/S0363012996303062

Balancing

Siep Weiland: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37301202100

Keith Glover: https://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/kg103

H-infinity model order reduction: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/701085

1980 Moore balancing paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1102568

Kalman decomposition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_decomposition

Arjan van der Schaft: https://scho…
Sabine Hauert (Swarm robotics and artificial evolution)

1 maart 2025 · 55 min
Afspelen

In this episode I interview Professor Sabine Hauert about the super interesting work she does on the control of swarm robots, how considering nanoparticles as swarms can be used to treat cancer, and how morphogenesis can generate structure from random interactions. Lees meer

You can follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/),BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social) and X(https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod)for updates on episodes!

You can also connect with or follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/

References

Sabine: https://hauertlab.com/

Podcasts/ TEDx talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn1gmcs-HXU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBbYuzhxpE0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vvknnV6325Q

Robot Talk: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0JWPnKQmwTQdM1K7247jkq

Complexity: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nfcUpB3wesHqXP5XzSPAl

Engenius: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34jert4EQGBVrQBfS4OfxW

Research

Invertebrate inspiration review paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/acc223/meta

Centipede control inspiration: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171421

David Garzon-Ramos: https://dgarzonramos.com/

Puzzle/ Problem/mess paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22478

Dario Floriano: https://people.epfl.ch/dario.floreano?lang=en

Manuela Veloso: https://engineering.cmu.edu/directory/bios/veloso-manuela.html

PhD

PhD thesis: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/dbb9fe40-930c-4e54-a5c0-10b62ebb6d1c
Robot swarm video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qRuHkD5lc

Onboard evolution of swarm behaviours: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aisy.201900031

Supervisory control papers: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/229980063/Paper_SWARM2019.pdf

MAP-elites algorithm: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-77538-8_49

Morphogenesis

James Sharpe: https://www.embl.org/people/person/jame…
William Holderbaum (Geometric control and electroactive matter)

2 februari 2025 · 55 min
Afspelen

In this episode, I talk to Professor William Holderbaum about some of the many fascinating areas of research he’s involved in, including Boolean control, geometric control, and control of electroactive polymer gels—plus a lot more! Lees meer

Follow us for updates on new episodes:
Instagram
BlueSky
X (Twitter)

PhD research

PhD Thesis (in French)

Boolean Control Using State-Space Approach

Neural Networks for Boolean Control

PID Control of Boolean Systems

Predictive Control

Sliding Mode Control

FES work

Coffee and Control Episode with Chris Freeman

Professor Ken Hunt

FES for Paraplegic Standing

Adaptive PID

Sliding Mode Control

FES muscle fatigue papers

Chapter 5 of this Thesis

PubMed Paper 1

PubMed Paper 2

IEEE Explore Paper

Fatigue reduction with soft robotics

Geometric control

Resources for Understanding Geometric Control

Lecture Slides

YouTube Video

6D Lie Groups

Application to Spacecraft

Time-Parameterized Motion Planning

Control of RTG cranes

Optimal Control and MPC

Fuzzy Logic Control

Electroactive polymer gels

Paper 1

Paper 2

Springer Chapter

Model-Based Control of Soft Robots

Arm with Self-Control Feedback Loop
Zehor Belkhatir (Fractional order modelling and cancer control)

8 januari 2025 · 58 min
Afspelen

In this episode I talk to Dr Zehor Belkhatir about her fascinating
work using fractional order systems to model the brain, as well as how control
can be used for chemotherapy treatment. Lees meer

You can follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, and X for updates on episodes!

References

Thesis: Dr. Zehor Belkhatir's thesis explores key aspects of fractional systems in biomedical applications.

Fractional order estimation: ScienceDirect article.

Cardiovascular system ECC paper: IEEE Explore paper.

Hybrid dynamical systems: Springer chapter.

Kevin Aquino: Google Scholar profile.

Fractional differential equations textbook: Mathematics in Science and Engineering.

Fractional calculus in biomedical engineering book: Begell House publication.

Fractional Robust Control Design book: Springer book.

Fractional order Matlab toolbox: MathWorks resource.

Fractional Youla-Kucera parameterisation: (Details forthcoming).

Allen Tannenbaum: Profile.

Jeff Shamma: Profile.

Larry Norton: MSKCC Profile.

Cancer modelling (and MPC) paper: Google Scholar citation.

Impulse response cancer control: Google Scholar citation.

Optimal mass transport paper: bioRxiv abstract.
Matthew Turner (Anti-windup and aircraft control)

1 december 2024 · 1 uur
Afspelen

In this episode we interview Professor Matthew Turner, professor in the Cyber Physical Systems group at the university of Southampton, about his fascinating work on aircraft control, anti-windup, Lur’e systems, and his recent research into applying techniques from control theory to the analysis of neural networks. Lees meer

The transcript for this episode is available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r41Lcpv4MtxnqfMn8ZFfnAqiK5rlfcPZ19NQhfeqaFI/edit?usp=sharing

Contact me at: lgh1g19@soton.ac.uk

We have an Instagram now!

References:

PhD Thesis

NationalResearch Council of Canada Aerospace Research Centre

Nonlinear High Gain Feedback

LMIs in Control

AW for Model-Reference Adaptive Control

AW for ILC

Anti-Windup Review

Two-Stage Anti-Windup

Anti-Windup in Anticipation of Saturation (Zongli Lin)

Matt Turner

Chris Richards

Aizerman Conjecture

Ian Postlethwaite

Jorge Sofrony

Murray Kerr

Oliver Brieger

Circle and Popov Criterion

Khalil Nonlinear Control Book

Zames and Sakkary Gap Metric Paper

George Zames

Zames-Falb Multipliers Summary Article

O’Shear

Zames-Falb Multipliers: Don’t Panic

Early Neural Network Work (with Guido Hermann)

Additional NN Research

Ross Drummond

ReLU Network Analysis Using Lur’e Systems

Antonis Papachristodolou

Exploiting Sparsity in Neural Networks

Robust Control Paper

Malcolm Smith

Glenn Vinnicombe

Other cool neural network/ control papers

Synthesis of MPC Algorithms that Robustly Approximate Neural Networks

Shrinking Down Neural Networks Using Inspiration from Control

Designing Neural Networks that are More Robust
Chris Freeman (Iterative learning control and stroke rehabilitation)

1 november 2024 · 51 min
Afspelen

In this first episode, I talk to Chris Freeman, professor of applied control at the University of Southampton and expert on all things related to iterative learning control and its application in rehabilitation. Lees meer

The transcript for this episode is available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GYq__XkxFequ0zavy0k5fKVo_CPskZvn7VsR3o_XpL8/edit?usp=sharing

Contact Chris at ctf1@soton.ac.uk

Contact me at lgh1g19@soton.ac.uk

References:

1984 ILC paper

Early stroke rehabilitation work

RC for tremor suppression

ILC and RC design paper

Multiple model adaptive control for FES

Robust control of Hammerstein systems

Electrode array control (1)

Electrode array control (2)

FES control review paper

Thoracic pressure control paper

People Chris worked with throughout his PhD:

Paul Lewin

Eric Rogers

Jari Hatonen

David Owens

James Ratcliffe

Rehabilitation robotics folks:

Jane Burridge

Igo Krebs

Neville Hogan

Jonathan Rossiter (Cool video)

Tremor suppression:

Kevin Moore

Trish Sampson

Multiple model ILC:

Mark French

Dominic Buchstaller

Oli Brend

Abeer Al-Gburi

Electrode arrays:

Thierry Keller

FATRONIK-Tecnalia research centre

Russel Torah

Kai Yang

m.c. Schraefel

Biomedical contexts of ILC:

Mike Thompson

Rujie Sun

EDI:

Reena Pau

Dorota Sikorska

Other projects:

Haiming Liu

Rafael Mestre
Coffee and Control trailer

25 oktober 2024 · 2 min
Afspelen

Trailer for my new control-related podcast! Epsiodes will be released on the 1st of each month. Lees meer

You can check out inControl here: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/

inControl episodes tend to be realeased during the middle of the month, so you could subscribe to both!

(Please bear with me regarding the strange background noises and general awkwardness - I'm still learning how podcast making works!)

Alle afleveringen

Hamed Rahimi Nohooji (Human-Robot Interaction and Soft Robotics)

Keyan Miao (Interfacing Control with Neural ODEs)

IFAC World Congress Special

Francesca Boem (Distributed Monitoring and Attack Detection)

CONTROL 2026 (ACE Network/ UKACC Conference Special)

Carmen Amo Alonso: Part 2 (AI Architectures and the Dynamics of Intelligence)

Carmen Amo Alonso: Part 1 (Distributed and Localized Model Predictive Control)

Journal Clubs (Creating reading groups that people want to be part of)

Brian Douglas (Control Engineering in Industry)

Gioele Zardini (Engineering Trade-offs and Co-design)

Barbara Franci (Game Theory and Resource Allocation)

Meet the Faculty Candidates (Fascinating research from the CDC poster session)

CDC special (Conference of Decision and Control 2025)

IEEE NextCom (Fostering Community Within Controls Research)

Sophie Schirmer (Quantum Control 2: Controllability and Robustness)

Carrie Weidner (Quantum Control 1: Optimisation and Application)

Andy Lawrence (EPSRC grant funding)

Alberto Padoan: Part 2 (Distances between behaviours and inControl podcast)

Alberto Padoan: Part 1 (Moments of Systems and Model Reduction)

Ying Shuai Quan (Model Predictive Control and Autonomous Driving)

ECC Special (European Control Conference 2025)

Mathias Foo (River systems and biochemical control)

Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado (Switched systems and DC networks)

Paolo Rapisarda (Behavioural systems and Willems' fundamental lemma)

Sabine Hauert (Swarm robotics and artificial evolution)

William Holderbaum (Geometric control and electroactive matter)

Zehor Belkhatir (Fractional order modelling and cancer control)

Matthew Turner (Anti-windup and aircraft control)

Chris Freeman (Iterative learning control and stroke rehabilitation)

Coffee and Control trailer