Technical Program. Workshop on Vistas in Control. Nov 15, 2011

Session 1: Multi-agent systems and control
Chair: Francesco Bullo
08:30–09:00 Christos Cassandras
Optimization and dynamic resource allocation: from multi-agent systems to “smart parking” apps
09:00–09:30 Masayuki Fujita
Seeking optimal Nash equilibria for potential games
09:30–10:00 Wei Ren
Distributed control of networked multi-agent systems: algorithms and applications

10:00–10:45 Coffee Break & Student Poster Session


Session 2: Locomotion problems
Chair: Brad Paden
10:45–11:15 Katie Byl
Robot locomotion dynamics and control
11:15–11:45 Warren Dixon
Lyapunov based control of human skeletal muscle
11:45–12:15 Eva Kanso
Following chemical and hydrodynamic signals in animal motion

12:15–1:45 Lunch Break


Session 3: Control theory
Chair: Frank Doyle
01:45–02:15 Yutaka Yamamoto
Bezout identity over a ring of distributions
02:15–02:45 Mario Sznaier
Robust identification and model invalidation of hybrid systems
02:45–03:15 Paulo Tabuada
Event-triggered and self-triggered control

03:15–04:00 Coffee Break & Student Poster Session


Session 4: Topics in control science and technology
Chair: Richard Middleton
04:00–04:30 Elisa Franco
Analysis, design and in vitro implementation of robust molecular circuits
04:30–05:00 Murat Arcak
Synchrony and pattern formation in diffusively coupled systems
05:00–05:30 Roberto Tempo
Information-based complexity for systems and control: the probabilistic setting