PROGRAM
Days: Wednesday, September 11th Thursday, September 12th Friday, September 13th
Wednesday, September 11th
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08:30-09:00 Registration
Location: Foyer
09:30-11:00 Session 1A: Robotics
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 09:30 | Experimental Investigation of Multi-Agent Systems with Micro-robots (abstract) |
| 09:45 | A Spatial Sampling Algorithm for Encoding Geometric Information in Demonstrated Trajectories (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Soft Robotic Hands: Embracing Interaction with the Surrounding Environment (abstract) |
| 10:15 | Visual Action Planning with Multiple Heterogeneous Agents (abstract) |
| 10:30 | Distributed Nonlinear Rolling Horizon Techniques Applied to Air-Ground Cooperation (abstract) |
| 10:45 | Artificial fear for the control of autonomous robots (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 1B: Vehicles
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 09:30 | A Nonlinear MPC-based Adaptive Cruise Control for Electric Automotive Vehicles (abstract) |
| 09:45 | Experimental Validation of Safe MPC for Autonomous Driving in Uncertain Environments (abstract) |
| 10:00 | A Dynamic Programming approach for road traffic estimation (abstract) |
| 10:15 | Trajectory optimization of multi robot systems using opinion dynamics (abstract) |
| 10:30 | Enhancing Reinforcement Learning for Automated Driving through Virtual Lane Logic (abstract) |
| 10:45 | Systematic Modeling of a Steering Vehicle Differential Using Power-Oriented Graphs (abstract) |
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Location: Foyer
11:30-13:00 Session 2A: Applications
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 11:30 | Huber-based Unscented Kalman Smoother with application to Earth observation missions (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Control of Type 1 Diabetes (abstract) |
| 12:00 | Model Driven Design of Bacterial Communication Inhibition: from Quorum Sensing to Quorum Quenching (abstract) |
| 12:15 | A Multiphysics Framework for Bacterial Cellulose Sensor Modeling (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Tumour growth control: analysis of alternative approaches (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Joint Optimization for OFDMA Heterogeneous Networks with stochastic channel-gains (abstract) |
11:30-13:00 Session 2B: Robotics
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 11:30 | Reducing Cognitive Load through a Data-Driven Shared Control Approach for Teleoperating Robot Swarms (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Hybrid Brain Computer Interface for Robot Control (abstract) |
| 12:00 | Cobots Understanding Skills Programmed by Demonstration (abstract) PRESENTER: Isacco Zappa |
| 12:15 | Human Augmentation: Controlling Supernumerary Robotic Limbs via Body Redundancy (abstract) |
| 12:30 | Enabling Physical Interaction in the Metaverse through the Avatarm (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Robust Optimal Planning of Human-Robot Collaborative Operations (abstract) |
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Location: Foyer
14:30-16:00 Session 3A: Control theory
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 14:30 | A comparison of indirect and direct filter designs from data for LTI systems: the effect of unknown noise covariance matrices (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Anti-Windup-Like Compensator Design for Continuous-Time Systems affected by Unknown Nonlinearities and Input Saturation (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Design and Stability of Dynamical Memory Networks: From Hopfield to Firing Rate Models (abstract) |
| 15:15 | Analysis and control of synaptic complex networks operating at high dimensionality (abstract) |
| 15:30 | Observer-based residual generator for fault detection and isolation of convex sets (abstract) |
| 15:45 | Hardware In the Loop simulation of PIλDμ controller (abstract) |
14:30-16:00 Session 3B: DAuSy session
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
Analysis of dosimetric parameters of linear accelerator (abstract) |
Management and automation systems for energy management in buildings and industrial processes (abstract) PRESENTER: Zohreh Shahrouei |
Autonomous Intelligent System for Predicting Response to TACE in Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma (abstract) |
Autonomous Intelligent Systems for Polyp Detection and Segmentation in Colonoscopy (abstract) |
An Energy-aware Decision-making scheme for Mobile Robots on a Graph Map based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (abstract) |
Intelligent Systems for Predicting Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis Using Motor Evoked Potentials and Digital Twin Technology (abstract) |
Advanced control strategies with applications to sustainable bioprocesses (abstract) |
A mixed-integer charging schedule for electric vehicles with request-dependent pricing (abstract) |
An Agent-Based Model to foster Citizens’ Sustainable Behavior in the Italian City of Siena (abstract) |
Adaptive Robust Controller for handling Unknown Uncertainty of Robotic Manipulators (abstract) |
A quantitative systems biology approach to characterize advanced gastric cancer response (abstract) PRESENTER: Michela Prunella |
Robust Nonlinear Control for Induction Motor Drives Based on Adaptive Disturbance Compensation (abstract) |
Deep Reinforcement Learning Platooning Control of Non-Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles in a Mixed Traffic Environment (abstract) |
Vision-based Autonomous Navigation in Agricultural Rows (abstract) |
A control system framework for counterfactuals: an optimization-based approach (abstract) |
Recovering the governing equations of nonlinear dynamical systems by sparse identification from experimental data (abstract) |
Artificial Racing Coach: teaching humans how to maximize a racing vehicle's performance and drive at its limits (abstract) |
Multi-agent Systems Methodologies and Frameworks for Edge-AI in Smart Environments (abstract) |
Drone as a Service in Logistics: a Review of Optimization and Control Techniques (abstract) |
Chattering-free Sliding Mode Control for Position and Attitude Tracking of a Quadrotor with a Cable-Suspended Load (abstract) PRESENTER: Sara Gomiero |
Safety-driven mixed model and learning-based motion planning and control of autonomous systems (abstract) |
Human-robot co-transport of flexible materials using deformation constraints (abstract) |
Socially-Aware Opinion-Based Navigation with Oval Limit Cycles for Human-Robot Interaction (abstract) |
Mesoscopic digital control for Practical String Stability of vehicular platoons (abstract) |
ARIES: An Intelligent System for Landslide and Wildfire Risk Management (abstract) |
Enhancing Extended Kalman Filters Performance through Covariance Estimation (abstract) PRESENTER: Giorgio Manca |
Safe Reinforcement Learning-Based Voltage Control in Nonlinear Power Systems (abstract) |
Adaptive Deep Learning Controller for Nonlinear Systems with Contraction Theory (abstract) PRESENTER: Marco Perin |
A novel multiobjective optimal LQ control strategy for energy harvesting in vehicle suspension systems (abstract) |
Improved stability of carbon-nanotube electrolyte-gated field-effect transistor-based sensors (abstract) |
Optimization and Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Processes through Statistical Data Analysis (abstract) |
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Location: Foyer
16:30-18:30 Session 4A: Optimization
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 16:30 | An Adaptive Heuristic Approach to Wood Sawing Optimization (abstract) |
| 16:45 | Distributed stochastic optimization with uncertain coupling constraint (abstract) |
| 17:00 | Solve Optimal Control Problems with an hybrid Indirect/Direct method (abstract) |
| 17:15 | A control theory approach to convex optimization with inequality constraints (abstract) |
| 17:30 | Feedback Control of the Exploitation-Exploration Trade-off in Set Membership Global Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Mattia Alborghetti |
| 17:45 | Robust Variable-Horizon MPC with Adaptive Terminal Constraints (abstract) PRESENTER: Gianni Bianchini |
| 18:00 | Pseudo-Transient Continuation for Enhanced Quadratic Programming and Optimal Control (abstract) |
16:30-18:30 Session 4B: Control of energy systems
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 16:30 | Forecasting Wind Power: A Comparative Study of Parametric and Non-parametric Approaches Using Real-World Data (abstract) |
| 16:45 | Humans-in-the-Building: Getting Rid of Thermostats in Comfort-Based Energy Management Control Systems (abstract) |
| 17:00 | Optimal scheduling and real-time control of a microgrid with an electrolyzer and a fuel cell systems using a reference governor approach (abstract) |
| 17:15 | On the kite-platform interactions in offshore Airborne Wind Energy Systems: Frequency analysis and control approach (abstract) |
| 17:30 | A Game-Theoretical Control Framework for Transactive Energy Trading in Energy Communities (abstract) |
| 17:45 | A User Based HVAC System Management Through Blockchain Technology and Model Predictive Control (abstract) |
| 18:00 | Modeling and Predictive Control of District Heating Systems via Physics-Informed Recurrent Neural Networks (abstract) |
| 18:15 | A dual bisection approach to economic dispatch of generators with prohibited operating zones (abstract) |
18:30-20:00 Cocktail event
Location: Foyer
Thursday, September 12th
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09:00-10:30 Session 5A: Machine learning and control
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 09:00 | Symbolic regression for industrial applications: an NN-based approach (abstract) |
| 09:15 | On the Existence of Equilibria in Learning-Based Games (abstract) |
| 09:30 | Sample Efficient Certification of Discrete-Time Barrier Functions (abstract) |
| 09:45 | Stability of Nonexpansive Monotone Systems and Application to Recurrent Neural Networks (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Stability and constraint satisfaction in Recurrent Neural Network based Model Predictive Control (abstract) PRESENTER: Irene Schimperna |
09:00-10:30 Session 5B: Vehicles
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 09:00 | Scenario-Based Model Predictive Control for vehicle interactions in Highway setting (abstract) |
| 09:15 | Stop-and-Go Traffic Wave Attenuation: A Shared Control Approach (abstract) |
| 09:30 | Identification of Cyclists' Route Choice Criteria (abstract) |
| 09:45 | A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Route Planning of Autonomous Vehicles (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Route Optimization in Precision Agriculture Settings: a Multi-Steiner TSP Formulation (abstract) |
| 10:15 | A Distributed Online Heuristic for a Large-scale Workforce Task Assignment and Multi-Vehicle Routing Problem (abstract) |
09:00-10:30 Session 5C: Path planning
Chairs:
Location: D1.03
| 09:00 | Neural Motion Primitives for Online Time-Optimal Vehicle Trajectory Planning (abstract) |
| 09:15 | Following Zero-curvature Paths Using the Non-orthogonal Bishop Parametrization (abstract) |
| 09:30 | Autonomous Lunar Rendezvous Trajectory Planning and Control Using Nonlinear MPC and Pontryagin's Principle (abstract) |
| 09:45 | Efficient Path Planning Solutions for the Three Point Dubins Problem using Non-Smooth Optimization (abstract) |
| 10:00 | Tracking of Clothoids via Internal Model Principle (abstract) |
| 10:15 | Time-optimal speed planning under jerk constraints (abstract) |
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Location: Foyer
11:00-12:30 Session 6A: Modelling and estimation
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 11:00 | A Lasso approach to secure state estimation for cyber-physical systems (abstract)  |
| 11:15 | Negativizability: a Useful Property for Distributed State Estimation and Control in Cyber-Physical Systems (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Data-driven delay estimation in reaction-diffusion systems (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Nonlinear Data-Driven Moment Matching using RKHS (abstract) |
| 12:00 | Two novel Frameworks for Cyber-Physical Anomaly Detection in Industrial Control Systems (abstract) |
11:00-12:30 Session 6B: Control theory
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 11:00 | Distributed Control of a System of Systems via Consensus Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers: a Quadruple Tank Application (abstract) |
| 11:15 | Data-Driven Controller Tuning for MIMO Systems: A Set-Membership Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Andres Felipe Cordoba Pacheco |
| 11:30 | Modelling Sensors Degradation for Water Quality Monitoring (abstract) |
| 11:45 | An opinion dynamics model for collective risk perception (abstract) PRESENTER: Lorenzo Zino |
| 12:00 | PK-PD model identification with a Branch and Bound algorithm (abstract) |
| 12:15 | Multidimensional Opinion Dynamics with General Confidence Sets (abstract) PRESENTER: Anton Proskurnikov |
11:00-12:30 Session 6C: Control of actuators
Chairs:
Location: D1.03
| 11:00 | Control and Driving Technologies for Soft Robots based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (abstract) PRESENTER: Paolo Roberto Massenio |
| 11:15 | Adaptive Reference Governor for DC-DC Converters based on Model Predictive Control (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Model-Based Optimal Control of Modular Multilevel Converters Using Ideal Capacitor Voltages Reference (abstract) |
| 11:45 | Modeling and control of an impacting electromagnetic actuator via hybrid Lyapunov techniques (abstract) |
| 12:00 | PWM-Based Energy-Efficient Adaptive Control for Multi-Chamber Hydraulic Servo Actuators (abstract) PRESENTER: Augusto Bozza |
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Location: Foyer
14:00-15:30 Session 7A: Energy management in vehicles
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
| 14:00 | Exploiting the potential of hybrid batteries in racing: optimal sizing and energy management (abstract) |
| 14:15 | Energy Management System Based on Model Predictive Control for Battery-Powered Trains Under Catenary-Free Conditions (abstract) |
| 14:30 | Optimizing electric vehicles charging through smart energy allocation and cost-saving (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Predictive Models for Vehicle-to-Grid Available Aggregated Capacity Prediction (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Infrastructure-less UWB-based Relative Localization: an Active Approach (abstract) |
14:00-15:30 Session 7B: Computer vision and control
Chairs:
Location: D1.02
| 14:00 | Decentralized Control of UAV Swarms for Bandwidth-aware Video Surveillance using NMPC (abstract) |
| 14:15 | Online Minimization of Robot Obstruction in Eye-to-Hand Camera View (abstract) |
| 14:30 | Homography-Based Sampled-Data Visual Servoing (abstract) PRESENTER: Marco Costanzo |
| 14:45 | Deep Learning-Based Feature Extraction for Robust Visual SLAM in Challenging Indoor Environments (abstract) |
| 15:00 | Real-Time Hand Pose Extraction for Human-Computer Interaction Using Computer Vision (abstract) |
14:00-14:45 Session 7C: Education
Chairs:
Location: D1.03
| 14:00 | Recent Developments in Dynamical-System Analysis (Self-Similarity and Time-Harmonic Structures) and Educational Activities (Kids in Control) (abstract) |
| 14:15 | System identification at university with blended learning techniques and advanced assessment strategies (abstract) PRESENTER: Laura Screpanti |
| 14:30 | Innovative Solutions for Collaborative Teaching in Automatic Control: Insights from IFAC TC 9.4 (abstract) |
14:45-15:30 Session 7D: Applications
Chairs:
Location: D1.03
| 14:45 | EEG Data-Driven Control and Risk Prediction in Roundabout Maneuvers (abstract) |
| 15:00 | A Lightweight Encryption Approach for Data Confidentiality in Critical Infrastructures (abstract) |
| 15:15 | MUSAPOEM: Multi Satellite Proximity Operations for Rendezvous and Docking Missions in Earth and Moon Orbits (abstract) |
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
Location: Foyer
16:00-18:00 Session 8: Round table: Facts and myths in machine-learning-based control
Participants of round table:
- Alessandro Chiuso - Università di Padova
- Simone Formentin - Politecnico di Milano
- Matteo Saveriano - University of Trento
- Mario Zanon - IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Chairs:
Location: D0.01
Friday, September 13th
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11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Location: Foyer
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Location: Foyer