Outline
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Early education and PhD in control
10:35 - Non-negative linear algebra & modelling uncertainty principle
22:50 - Influence of Willems & the Frisch scheme
34:27 - Subspace identification & stochastic behavioural system theory
38:39 - Stanford experience with Golub & Kailath
53:30 - Return to Leuven: LS-SVMs, quantum information, and beyond
1:07:48 - Multilinear algebra and tensor trains
1:11:59 - Exact/approximate modelling and angles between systems
1:25:34 - Back to the roots
1:46:01 - On entrepreneurship: advice to future students
1:56:32 - Outro

Links
Bart’s website: https://www.bartdemoor.be/
Bart’s PhD Thesis: https://tinyurl.com/ryfu786h
J. Willems: https://tinyurl.com/26zcrkc6
From finite time series to linear system: https://tinyurl.com/4cvzpun6
Subspace Identification For Linear Systems: https://tinyurl.com/5n8u228k
Grassmann’s identity: https://tinyurl.com/37ey48da
L. Ljung: https://tinyurl.com/2p9k74cm
G. Golub: https://tinyurl.com/rteww7rb
The restricted singular value decomposition: https://tinyurl.com/3pzhw8p4
LS-SVMs: https://tinyurl.com/ykv7uvfv
Four qubits can be entangled in nine different ways: https://tinyurl.com/y367kkcp
High-order SVD: https://tinyurl.com/34u4p7h9
Subspace angles between ARMA models: https://tinyurl.com/29cta3rm
Exact and approximate modeling of linear systems: https://tinyurl.com/ykkbb9k4
Back to the roots: https://tinyurl.com/ym6bvs38
Resultant: https://tinyurl.com/32un7tbv
Multidimensional system: https://tinyurl.com/jswpsr2s
Macaulay resultant: https://tinyurl.com/y4skuevw
Least squares realization of LTI models is an eigenvalue problem: https://tinyurl.com/3x9dmjnk

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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.

Outline
01:16 - Intro
02:28 - Early steps in Italy and California
13:00 - From Riemannian geometry …
17:01 - … to geometric control, robotics and locomotion
34:54 - Academic environment at Caltech
35:06 - From single robots to robotic networks
53:51 - Art gallery problem
1:01:37 - Networked and cyber-physical systems
1:21:47 - Contracting dynamics
1:33:07 - Coupled oscillators and power grids
1:47:20 - On mathematical sociology
1:56:44 - Writing and publishing
2:02:14 - About professional service
2:08:04 - Advice for future students
2:08:04 - Outro

Links
Francesco’s website: https://fbullo.github.io/
CSM “People in Control” interview: https://tinyurl.com/cw4s8b4n
Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: https://tinyurl.com/mt59bw2n
PD control on the Euclidean group: https://tinyurl.com/5xe9rtc2
Coverage control for mobile sensing networks: https://tinyurl.com/ye83duhm
Voronoi tassellations: https://tinyurl.com/y7w2tux4
Art gallery problem: https://tinyurl.com/yc8h88c3
Dynamic vehicle routing for robotic systems: https://tinyurl.com/5n8c393p
Distributed control of robotic networks: https://tinyurl.com/5xe6ztw3
Attack detection and identification in cyber-physical systems: https://tinyurl.com/mvm44d24
Voltage collapse in complex power grids: https://tinyurl.com/55mfdj28
Lectures on network systems: https://tinyurl.com/tbd9dhy2
Opinion dynamics and the evolution of social power in influence networks: https://tinyurl.com/2cd5v7ta
Banach contraction theorem: https://tinyurl.com/2yv4jjy6
Contraction theory for dynamical systems: https://tinyurl.com/2r2pxh9p
Contracting dynamics YouTube series: https://tinyurl.com/3p7nsryp
Getting it write: https://tinyurl.com/yhtabw2f
Hamming - You and your research:

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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.

Outline
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - From Boeing to Planetary Resources
08:57 - The origin of control videos
17:07 - About teaching style
20:52 - The (unnecessary?) math behind controls
26:54 - On interdisciplinarity
31:35 - How to build knowledge fast
48:32 - Resourcium
01:00:49 - The map of control theory
01:11:09 - IFAC Cartoons
01:15:35 - Fundamentals of control theory book
01:24:49 - The role of projects
01:34:27 - Future of control education
01:43:43 - Advice to future students

Links
Brian’s website: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian1
Boeing: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian2
Planetary resources: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian3
Khan Academy: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian4
Building Knowledge in an Interdisciplinary World: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian5
Why Models Are Essential to Digital Engineering: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian6
SysML: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian7
What Is Robust Control: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian8
Algebraic Riccati equation: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian9
Resourcium: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian10
Map of control theory: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian11
Map of mathematics: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian12
Brian’s Cartoons: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian13
Fundamentals of control theory: https://engineeringmedia.com/books
xkcd: https://xkcd.com/
what if?: https://xkcd.com/what-if/
Computational Control: https://www.bsaver.io/teaching
argmin: https://www.argmin.net/
The Art of the Realizable:

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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.