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inControl

By: Alberto Padoan
  • Summary

  • The first podcast on control theory and related topics, including feedback, decision making, artificial intelligence, robotics and much more.
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Episodes
  • ep22 - Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, Part II: Cyberphysical and hybrid systems, Contracts, Chiplets, Models of computation, Time, Innovative Ecosystems, BioBricks, Neuromorphics
    Apr 15 2024

    Outline
    00:00 - Intro
    01:28 - Platform-based design (PBD) in biology
    16:42 - Cyberphysical systems, automotive industry, hybrid systems
    27:32 - Contracts in system design
    34:50 - Chiplets
    41:48 - About time: the tag signal model
    52:15 - Neuromorphics
    59:21 - Innovative ecosystems
    1:07:35 - Advice to future students
    1:16:26 - The role of luck

    Links
    BiKi Technologies: https://t.ly/RuaW7
    R. Murray: https://t.ly/Zy_Up
    S. Sastry: https://t.ly/qsf44
    C. Tomlin: https://t.ly/tQ0XZ
    Platform-based design for energy systems: https://t.ly/RJdpi
    State charts: https://tinyurl.com/yw69przw
    Contracts for system design: https://tinyurl.com/496e953k
    Formal methods: https://tinyurl.com/2yftcwsw
    Chiplets: https://tinyurl.com/mrxyswua
    A framework for comparing models of computation: https://tinyurl.com/2awyw3cr
    Category theory: https://tinyurl.com/3bbfjdv9
    E. Frazzoli: https://tinyurl.com/mspckmpd
    A. Censi: https://tinyurl.com/5c87wuyx
    A mathematical theory of co-design: https://tinyurl.com/ydp6jvp8
    Prophesee: https://tinyurl.com/mtf9hpfm
    Neuralink: https://tinyurl.com/bdcww89e
    Openeye: https://tinyurl.com/3vh6ydmk
    Epictetus: https://tinyurl.com/57ef2rud
    Seneca: https://tinyurl.com/f7zuyz4d
    F. Nietzsche: https://tinyurl.com/bd7znm4n
    J. P. Sartre: https://tinyurl.com/3b2zt5cr

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    Podcast info
    Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/
    Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j
    Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c
    RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y
    Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6
    Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP
    Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4

    Acknowledgments and sponsors
    This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • ep21 - Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli: Classics, EDA, Logic Synthesis, SPICE, Intel x386, Cadence, Synopsis, Platform-based design
    Mar 15 2024

    Outline
    00:00 - Intro
    02:40 - Classic Studies
    06:51 - Early Steps in Berkeley between Optimization and Circuits Theory
    16:04 - Back to Italy... and back to Berkeley
    26:29 - The SPICE program and the interaction with IBM
    33:30 - Logic Synthesis, Simulated Annealing, Timberwolf
    40:57 - The Intel x386, YACR, and ESPRESSO
    47:01 - The birth of Cadence and Synopsis
    1:06:01 - Corsi e Ricorsi in EDA
    1:30:45 - The Shift to Automotive and Platform-Based Design
    1:39:06 - Outro

    Links
    Alberto’s website: https://tinyurl.com/2w8t8fza
    State-space approach in problem-solving optimization: https://tinyurl.com/bdcnmbhp
    EDA: https://tinyurl.com/3dur7yth
    SPICE: https://tinyurl.com/yxm56txy
    Logic Minimization Algorithms for VLSI Synthesis: https://tinyurl.com/49bnw3by
    Simulated annealing: https://tinyurl.com/mryz45pz
    Timberwolf: https://tinyurl.com/mvm28wnn
    Intel 386: https://tinyurl.com/4z7ubb55
    Cadence: https://tinyurl.com/hydjj92z
    Synopsis: https://tinyurl.com/463vk8mk
    Dracula: https://tinyurl.com/kcum5v8t
    Corsi e ricorsi - the EDA story: https://tinyurl.com/mwar9p44
    G. Vico: https://tinyurl.com/cb4mp7nz
    Finite state machine: https://tinyurl.com/4ckszk2n
    System-level design: orthogonalization of concerns and platform-based design: https://tinyurl.com/v2t4njt4
    Quo Vadis, SLD? Reasoning About the Trends and Challenges of System Level Design: https://tinyurl.com/mpmmstun
    Remembering Richard: https://tinyurl.com/yc6rf7u3
    W. Shockley: https://tinyurl.com/w3chmutt

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    Podcast info
    Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/
    Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j
    Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c
    RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y
    Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6
    Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP
    Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4

    Acknowledgments and sponsors
    This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • ep20 - Aude Billard: From Robot learning to Dexterous Manipulation and Human-Robot Interaction
    Feb 16 2024

    Outline
    00:00 - Intro
    00:58 - Early steps… in physics!
    05:17 - AI in Edinburgh
    08:00 - Connectionism
    10:37 - Robot learning
    19:02 - Imitation learning
    23:00 - On pursuing a PhD
    24:45 - Californian chronicles
    30:10 - Modularity
    33:20 - Challenges in robot learning
    39:44 - Dexterous manipulation
    43:52 - Dynamical systems
    47:37 - Combining ML and control
    51:25 - Human-robot interaction
    54:24 - Safety and compliance
    57:54 - Deadlines for papers
    1:06:38 - Advice to future students
    1:07:08 - Outro

    Links
    Aude’s lab: http://tinyurl.com/4nsx2kra
    Robot learning: http://tinyurl.com/2ty25t2r
    Connectionism: http://tinyurl.com/mrd76zfx
    I. Demiris: http://tinyurl.com/nhhn6ymu
    Hebbian learning: http://tinyurl.com/35ey7um5
    DRAMA (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4fvbs867
    Imitation learning: http://tinyurl.com/2af3aew4
    Mirror neurons: http://tinyurl.com/4nd3sm75
    G. Rizzolatti: http://tinyurl.com/5b4xfab5
    Embodied cognition: http://tinyurl.com/5284kp8f
    A biologically inspired robotic model for learning by imitation: http://tinyurl.com/4j33nphv
    M. Airbib: http://tinyurl.com/3bu3y5dz
    Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration: http://tinyurl.com/487pm3xk
    Synthetic brain imaging (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38uerwk7
    Catching Objects in Flight (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38d8fk9m
    Feasibility not optimality (video): http://tinyurl.com/mwa8b7et
    Learning multiple-attractors (paper): http://tinyurl.com/2j3yxwm8
    On human compliance (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4vp2kmhw
    Deadlines for conferences: http://tinyurl.com/mpwntkty

    Support the show

    Podcast info
    Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/
    Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j
    Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c
    RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y
    Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6
    Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP
    Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4

    Acknowledgments and sponsors
    This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

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    1 hr and 8 mins

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