Monday Workshops

  • Half-Day Workshops (Morning Session)

    • W01: Implicit Bias & Microaggressions Workshop

      Note: the registration fee is waived for this Workshop, and it has limited capacity

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      Abstract: This workshop will invite participants to engage in a confidential, respectful environment in which to learn about the concept of implicit biases and they ways in which those biases operate. 

    • W02: Computation for Real World Control Systems

      Abstract: Computation is an essential component of implementing any real-world control system, but the details of how to make this work are often either left to the individual contributors to figure out or handed off to turn-key vendors.

      • Daniel Y. Abramovitch

        Agilent Technologies

  • Half Day Workshops (Afternoon Session)

    • W03: Bystander Intervention Workshop

      Note: the registration fee is waived for this Workshop, and it has limited capacity

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      Abstract: This interactive session describes different types of exclusionary behaviors that affect recruitment and retention into STEM, the academic practices and institutional structures that allow for exclusionary behaviors to persist and provides training in personal intervention strategies to protect and support targets of exclusionary behaviors. 

    • W04: Applied Category Theory for Compositional Decision Making

      Abstract: The workshop's primary objective is to create a platform for connecting various communities, fostering collaboration for the advancement of a compositional theory of decision making.
       

      • Gioele Zardini

        MIT

      • James Fairbanks

        University of Florida

      • Matthew Hale

        Georgia Tech

      • Aaron D. Ames

        Caltech

  • Full Day Workshops

    • W05: Mixed Autonomy in Transportation: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

      Abstract: Although connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies have enormous potential to enhance network mobility and sustainability in modern traffic networks, their deployment on roads shared with human vehicles requires careful consideration to avoid unintended outcomes in the resulting mixed-autonomy system.

      • Philip N. Brown

        University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

      • Bryce L. Ferguson

        Dartmouth

      • Chih-Yuan Chiu

        Georgia Tech

    • W06: Resiliency of Cyber-Physical-Human Systems

      Abstract:  Cyber-physical-human systems (CPHS) represent a class of networked humans and control systems with vast and promising applications, such as smart cities, distributed sensing and control based on Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and utility networks. Such systems are expected to provide outstanding functionalities and positively influence our life and society.

      • Michelle Chong

        Eindhoven University of Technology

      • Henrick Sanberg

        KTH Royal Institute of Technology

      • Sean Warnick

        Brigham Young University

    • W07: Advanced Battery Management: Harnessing State-of-the-Art Control and Machine Learning

      Abstract:  Battery management systems (BMS) are essential to the efficient, safe, and reliable operation of battery energy storage systems, particularly in applications such as electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and consumer electronics.

      • Ziyou Song

        University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

      • Huazhen Fang

        University of Kansas

      • Xinfan Lin

        University of California - Davis

      • Scott Moura

        University of California - Berkeley

      • Simona Onori

        Standford

    • W08: Workshop on the Interplay Between Machine Learning and Set-Based Control & Identification

      Abstract:  In recent years, learning-based control has gained significant attention for its potential to improve control design by leveraging advances in machine learning (ML) and reinforcement learning (RL). 

      • Yingying Li

        UIUC

      • Geir E. Dullerud

        UIUC

    • W09: Managerial Desicion-Making as a Control System: New Opportunities for Control Science and Engineering

      Abstract: This workshop will highlight the importance of managerial decision-making and how it can profitably be viewed as an application for control science and engineering—a challenging, fascinating, and important avenue for control scientists and engineers to exploit their expertise and to benefit society.

      • Tariq Samad

        University of Minnesota

      • Daniel Y. Abramovitch

        Agilent Technologies

      • Francesco Alessandro Cuzzola

        DataHealth srl

      • Bhagyesh Patil

        John Dere & Co.

      • Bill Tubbs

        Bill Tubbs Associates Consulting

    • W10: Data-Driven and Risk-Aware Control for Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems

      Abstract: As autonomous systems are increasingly integrated into safety-critical applications, ensuring their reliable performance under uncertainty is crucial. Traditional control methods often face difficulties balancing high performance with risk management, especially in dynamic environments with incomplete or evolving data. 

      • Binghan He

        University of Texas at San Antonio

      • Minghui Zheng

        Texas A&M

      • Mengxue Hou

        University of Notre Dame

      • Jaemin Lee

        North Carolina State University

      • Hao Su

        North Carolina State University

    • W11: Optimizing Across Scales: Multi-Fidelity, Multi-Modality, and Multi-Objective Approaches for Complex Systems

      Abstract: Given the growing ubiquity of things like autonomous vehicles, robots, and arrays of edge computing devices and sensors (collectively, known as the Internet of Things), the path forward in AI involves a progression from systems capable of addressing tasks within narrow, specialized domains—referred to as artificial narrow intelligence (ANI)—to systems with the ability to solve problems across multiple domains at or beyond human capability, known as artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI).

      • Yingke Li

        MIT

      • Chuchu Fan

        MIT

      • Fumin Zhang

        Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    • W12: Collaborative Connections: Advances in Communication-Aware Learning, Planning, Control, and Games

      Abstract:  This workshop will showcase cutting edge of research on the effect of communication constraints on learning, control, and estimation in dynamical systems. Corruption and omission of data due to communication constraint, disruption, and delay, presents a daunting challenge for real-time learning and control of complex systems due to its uncertainty, environmental dependence, and hardware limitation.

      • Dipankar Maity

        University of North Carolina at Charlotte

      • Debdipta Goswami

        The Ohio State University

    • W13: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Control: An Introduction, Opportunities and Challenges

      Abstract:  In recent years, research at the intersection of machine learning and classical engineering domains has grown exponentially. Machine learning is increasingly being utilized to develop novel data-driven approaches for modeling and controlling dynamical systems, which were traditionally dominated by physics-based models and scientific computing solvers.

      • Thomas Beckers

        Vanderbilt

      • Jan Drgona

        John Hopkins University

      • Draguna Vrabie

        Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

      • Sandra Hirche

        Technical University of Munich

      • Rolf Findeisen

        Technical University of Darmstadt

    • W14: Workshop on Formal Verification of Control with Neural Network Components

      Abstract: Neural networks are becoming more prevalent in an increasing number of safety-critical autonomy applications. It is important to ensure that these data-driven autonomous systems are safe given challenges associated with deployment in the real world.

      • Nicholas Rober

        MIT

      • Ifeoluwa Samuel Akinwande

        Stanford

      • Michael Everett

        Northeastern

      • Sydney Katz

        Stanford

      • Chelsea Rose Sidrane

        KTH Royal Institute of Technology

      • Esen Yel

        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    • W15: Capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Control Design and Decision Making

      Abstract:  Our workshop on the “Capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Control Design and Decision Making” focuses on a timely and rapidly evolving intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and control systems. Recent advancements in LLMs have significantly expanded the scope of what AI can accomplish in complex problem-solving, driving applications across domains such as coding, reasoning, mathematics, and science.

      • Bin Hu

        UIUC

      • Lianhui Qin

        University of California at San Diego

      • Peter Seiler

        University of Michigan

      • Geir E. Dullerud

        UIUC

      • Xingang Guo

        UIUC