CDS Lecture Series: Upcoming Lectures

Lecture Series

Upcoming Events

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Introduction

There has been a steady growth in the interactions between control theory and various branches of the physical and biological sciences. These interactions have been significantly influenced by the increasing role of the dynamical systems perspective in these sciences. This series of talks is designed to highlight some of the exciting developments now taking place at the forefront of research in Control and Dynamical Systems and to draw attention to some of the emerging interdisciplinary connections. In 1999, this series will include contributions by engineers, mathematicians, physicists, materials scientists and neuroscientists, exploring work ranging from algorithms for GPS, to manufacturing techniques for micro-sensors, to problems in auditory localization of interest in bio-mimetic robotics, to the design of smart actuators and sensors for control systems, based on advances in materials science, to the creation of learning algorithms for adaptive systems.

This series is supported in part by the Army Research Office under the ODDR&E MURI97 Program Grant No. DAAG55-97-1-0114 to the Center for Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures (through Harvard University).

The CDS lecture series is associated with the Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory and the Center for Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures. Please visit the listing of all previous CDS lectures.

Lecture Schedule

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Please click on speaker's name for a brief biography.

Tuesday, May 29, 2001, 2:00p.m. A.V. Williams Building, Room 2168 Host: P.S. Krishnaprasad

Asymptotic Stabilization of Relative Equilibria
Thomas Posbergh
University of Minnesota

Friday, April 13, 2001, 11:00a.m. A.V. Williams Building, Room 2460 Host: P.S. Krishnaprasad

Parameter Estimation with Vision and Range
Bijoy Ghosh
Department of Systems Science and Mathematics
Washington University

Friday, April 6, 2001, 2:00p.m. A.V. Williams Building, Room 2168 Host: P.S. Krishnaprasad and Dimitris Hristu

Control Techniques for Platoons of Underwater Vehicles
Bradley E. Bishop and Daniel J. Stilwell
United States Naval Academy

Friday, March 23, 2001, 2:00 p.m. A.V. Williams Building, Room 2328 Host: P. S. Krishnaprasad

Time Optimal Control of Quantum Systems
Navin Khaneha
Dartmouth College

Friday, November 3, 2000, 3:00pm A.V. Williams Building, Room 2120 Host: P. S. Krishnaprasad

Schooling Autonomous Vehicles with Artificial Potentials
Naomi Leonard
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University

Tuesday, October 10, 2000, 3:30pm A.V. Williams Building, Room 2460 Host: P. S. Krishnaprasad Co-host: John Jeka

Cognitive Motor Behavior Laboratory

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program

Department of Kinesiology

Using Attractor Dynamics to Generate Autonomous Robot Behavior
Gregor Schoener
Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives
Marseille, FRANCE

Friday, September 29, 2000, 4:00pm A.V. Williams Building, Room 2168 Host: P. S. Krishnaprasad

Patterns and their dynamics in catalytic CO oxidation
J. Krishnan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University

Friday, September 22, 2000, 3:00pm A.V. Williams Building, Room 2168 Host: P. S. Krishnaprasad

Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis
Gregory S. Chirikjian
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University