The Evolution of Control Theory and Its Intersection with Machine Learning

Outline
00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Early Years
04:17 - The “Scenic Route” to Control Theory
12:44 - Sampled Data Systems
22:26 - Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) Identification
28:07 - From Distributed Systems and PDEs ...
38:59 - ... to Distributed Control of Spatially Invariant Systems
49:02 - Taming the Navier-Stokes Equations
50:55 - Advice to Future Students
1:13:12 - Coherence in Large Scale Systems
1:32:28 - On Resistive Losses in Power Systems
1:39:00 - Cochlear Instabilities
1:50:40 - Stochasticity in Feedback Loops
2:00:00 - About Linear and Nonlinear Control
2:08:14 - How to Select a Research Problem
2:14:21 - Future of Control
2:22:06 - Outro

Links
- Paper on moment-invariants and object recognition: https://tinyurl.com/26tnks3z
- Bassam’s PhD Thesis: https://tinyurl.com/3n2274dv
- Identification of linear parametrically varying systems: https://tinyurl.com/mryebhhy
- Distributed control of spatially invariant systems: https://tinyurl.com/rzszjch2
- Shift Operator: https://tinyurl.com/24fwehet
- Heat Equation: https://tinyurl.com/57rc6s7h
- Navier-Stokes Equations: https://tinyurl.com/45ktrd2e
- The impulse response of the Navier-Stokes equations: https://tinyurl.com/4vaausfn
- Non-Normal Matrix: https://tinyurl.com/58z4sph8
- Coherence in large-scale networks: https://tinyurl.com/ynm5cbay
- The Price of Synchrony: https://tinyurl.com/3svzancw
- Tinnitus: https://tinyurl.com/yc5hm549
- Cochlear Instabilities: https://tinyurl.com/fjespjbj
- Stochasticity in Feedback Loops: https://tinyurl.com/yc6aw9xt
- Koopman Operator: https://tinyurl.com/3jeu68p8
- Carleman Linearization: https://tinyurl.com/yckzrnfh
- Mamba Model: https://tinyurl.com/33h59jwj
- Spectral Factorization: https://t

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.