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The approach is reliable and well understood, but it is also labor-intensive, requiring extensive linearization, controller interpolation, and lengthy re-tuning whenever the airframe or mission profile changes while its classical stability and performance guarantees hold only under restrictive assumptions.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(Incremental) Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion — (I)NDI — emerged as an attractive alternative, first as full-state NDI in the 1980s–90s and later, in its incremental form, replacing much (though not all) of the reliance on an accurate onboard model with direct sensor feedback of angular acceleration. The result is a simple, largely envelope-independent control structure that (almost) eliminates the scheduling and interpolation burden. The price, however, is the loss of the a priori robustness guarantees that gain-scheduled designs, however cumbersome, were built to provide. Robust control theory, born in the same timeframe as NDI, offers exactly those guarantees, but has traditionally lived in a separate, frequency-domain world from INDI's incremental, time-domain philosophy.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis talk shows how the two could be brought closer or even work together. We present hybrid INDI architectures combining a sensor-based and a model-based inversion core and paired with an outer loop tuned via structured synthesis therefore combining the advantages of both worlds. We then generalize this bridge through a formal duality between (I)NDI and quasi-LPV control, unifying robust analysis and synthesis across both worlds and clarifying exactly where INDI's modularity is paid for in achievable robustness. These results are validated across various aerospace applications such as aircraft, space launchers and drones.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nDr. Spilios Theodoulis is an associate professor in the Aerospace GNC cluster within the Control & Simulation (C&S) section, at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE) of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Before joining TU Delft, he spent fourteen years at the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL), where he was Deputy Head of the GNC department. He is the founder of the Aerospace dynamics and RObust Control (AEROCON) research group along with its advanced projects branch—the ∞-Lab, and also an adjunct professor at the University of Strasbourg, University of Paris-Saclay and Cranfield University teaching tensor-based flight dynamics and automatic (flight) control. He has been involved in the research and development of both civilian and defense projects with EU government agencies, industry and academia in the field of GNC for more than 20 years.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHis research interests focus on two complementary fields. First, <em>modeling and flight dynamics</em> of complex aerospace systems, including uncertainty modeling and linear/nonlinear-parameter-varying dynamics. Second, (multivariable) <em>stability and</em> <em>control</em> systems spanning from robust/nonlinear control and analysis to control theory-inspired guidance algorithms. The algorithms developed are showcased in several classes of systems (including the facilities of the AE C&S section such as SIMONA, PH-LAB, etc.) such as civil and fighter aircraft, rotorcraft, drones, hypersonic vehicles, space launchers, as well as guided systems. He maintains active collaborations with leading research institutes, including ONERA, DLR, NLR, TNO, NASA, and ESA-ESTEC; academic partners such as ISAE-SUPAERO, Cranfield University, and NYU Abu Dhabi; and industrial partners including Dassault Aviation, Airbus Defence & Space, MBDA, Indra Deimos, PLD Space, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and others.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHe is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Class of 2023), co-recipient of both <em>1-Star</em> and <em>2-Star Innovation Awards</em> (2019) from MBDA, and his students have received (some) distinctions, including the best PhD award in the area of systems and control from the University of Strasbourg (2017). He also serves on various technical committees (AIAA GNC, IFAC Aerospace, CEAS GNC) as well as on the organizing and program conference committees related to the field of GNC (AIAA SciTech, IFAC WC/ACA, EuroGNC, etc.).<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHis most daunting challenge to date though, remains the robust stabilization of his two young daughters Iris and Hera, who are constantly reminding him that nature is neither linear nor time-invariant.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n ", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-22T11:05:26", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-22T16:45:19", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "ME C2 405", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ME%20C2%20405", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "<a href=\"https://www.tudelft.nl/en/staff/s.theodoulis/\">Dr. Spilios Theodoulis, associate professor in the Aerospace GNC cluster within the Control & Simulation (C&S) section, at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE) of the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), Netherlands</a>", "organizer": "Professor <a href=\"https://people.epfl.ch/alireza.karimi\">Alireza Karimi</a>", "contact": "[email protected]", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121878/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/15/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72665, "title": "2026 UNIL/EPFL MD-PhD Retreat", "slug": "2026-unilepfl-md-phd-retreat", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/2026-unilepfl-md-phd-retreat", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33897/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33897/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33897/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-18", "end_date": "2026-11-18", "start_time": "08:45:00", "end_time": "18:00:00", "description": "<p>An annual scientific meeting organized by the Lausanne MD-PhD Commission UNIL and EPFL. Medical students interested in combining medicine and research are warmly welcome. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe retreat brings together MD-PhD students and candidates, alumni, thesis directors and faculty members. Medical students interested in pursuing an MD-PhD are warmly welcome to discover the programme and meet its community. Attendance is mandatory for students currently enrolled in the MD-PhD programme.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe programme includes research presentations and posters by doctoral students, invited talks, interactive speed coaching with UNIL/EPFL principal investigators and MD-PhD alumni, and a roundtable with senior clinical and academic leaders on clinical career pathways and support for MD-PhD graduates. Prizes will recognise the best oral presentation and the three best posters.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCoffee and croissants will be served from 08:45, with the opening at 09:00. The roundtable is scheduled from 15:00 to 16:00, followed by an apéritif and informal discussions. The event is expected to finish by 18:00, including the apéritif. The provisional programme is available below and remains subject to change.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLunch and the closing apéritif are offered. To register, please download, complete and save the registration form available below, then email it as an attachment to [email protected], indicating whether you will attend lunch and the apéritif. Before sending, please reopen the saved PDF to check that your answers have been retained.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe talks will be held in English. <br>\r\n<strong>Registration deadline: October 31, 2026</strong><br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-24T12:05:19", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-24T12:12:57", "link_label": "More info", "link_url": "https://www.unil.ch/events/1789718506023", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "Auditoire César Roux, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "Organised by the MD-PhD Commission UNIL/EPFL, with the support of EPFL and the CHUV Directorate General.", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": "https://memento.epfl.ch/public/upload/files/2026MDPhDRetreatRegistrationform.pdf", "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121917/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/318/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72674, "title": "Talent Kick - Build your startup while studying", "slug": "talent-kick-build-your-startup-while-studying", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/talent-kick-build-your-startup-while-studying", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33900/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33900/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33900/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-22", "end_date": "2026-11-22", "start_time": "11:00:00", "end_time": "12:00:00", "description": "<p>Are you a student or researcher interested in entrepreneurship? Whether you already have a technology or problem you want to explore, are looking for co-founders, or simply want to discover what building a startup could look like, Talent Kick can help you take the next step.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.talentkick.ch/\">Talent Kick</a> is a free, cross-university entrepreneurship program that supports students and researchers in exploring promising ideas and technologies, finding co-founders and developing a startup alongside their studies.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nParticipants can benefit from:\r\n</p><ul>\r\n\t<li>up to CHF 5,000 in non-dilutive funding to test and validate their ideas</li>\r\n\t<li>support to find co-founders with complementary skills</li>\r\n\t<li>individual leadership coaching and expert mentorship</li>\r\n\t<li>connections to Switzerland's entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Spring 2027 applications</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nApplications for the Spring 2027 batch are open until <strong>22 November 2026</strong>. <a href=\"https://www.talentkick.ch/apply?utm_campaign=tk_s27_partners&utm_source=email&utm_medium=link\">Learn more and apply</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Discover Talent Kick at Immersion Day</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nCurious about the program before applying? Talent Kick Immersion Day on 14 October 2026 in Zurich brings together students, researchers, founders, alumni and members of the community for a day of founder stories, discussions and networking. Application deadline: <strong>27 September 2026. </strong><a href=\"https://www.talentkick.ch/immersionday2026?utm_campaign=tk_s27_partners&utm_source=email&utm_medium=link\">Learn more about Immersion Day</a>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-25T07:44:50", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-25T07:45:20", "link_label": "Talent Kick", "link_url": "https://www.talentkick.ch/", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "", "url_place_and_room": "", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "", "organizer": "<a href=\"https://www.talentkick.ch/\">Talent Kick</a>", "contact": "<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">Cécila Molina</a>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "startup; entrepreneurship", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121927/", "category": { "id": 16, "code": "PROP", "fr_label": "Appel à proposition", "en_label": "Call for proposal", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/3/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/119/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/422/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72679, "title": "Dissipative Phase Transitions and Qubit Readout with Nonlinear Superconducting Resonators", "slug": "dissipative-phase-transitions-and-qubit-readout--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/dissipative-phase-transitions-and-qubit-readout--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33905/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33905/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33905/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-16", "end_date": "2026-10-16", "start_time": "17:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. P. Scarlino,<br>\r\nPhysics doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11801<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-25T12:20:56", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-25T12:20:57", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MXF 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Guillaume BEAULIEU</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Guillaume BEAULIEU</strong>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDPY", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121937/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72680, "title": "Novel modulators of paracrine activin signaling and their roles in mouse melanoma models", "slug": "novel-modulators-of-paracrine-activin-signaling--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/novel-modulators-of-paracrine-activin-signaling--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33906/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33906/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33906/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-12", "end_date": "2026-10-12", "start_time": "18:00:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<p>Thesis Director: Prof. D. Constam,<br>\r\nMolecular Life Sciences doctoral program<br>\r\nThesis Nr. 11085<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTo take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-25T15:00:29", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-25T15:00:31", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "SV 1717", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [], "speaker": "<strong>Olga EGOROVA</strong>", "organizer": "", "contact": "<strong>Olga EGOROVA</strong>", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "EDMS", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121939/", "category": { "id": 12, "code": "SOUTE", "fr_label": "Soutenances de thèses", "en_label": "Thesis defenses", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72681, "title": "Recent results on travelling water waves", "slug": "recent-results-on-travelling-water-waves", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/recent-results-on-travelling-water-waves", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33907/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33907/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33907/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-30", "end_date": "2026-10-30", "start_time": "14:15:00", "end_time": null, "description": "<strong>Abstract</strong><br>\r\nThe study of water waves is a classical problem at the interface of mathematics and physics. In<br>\r\nthis talk, I will consider two-dimensional travelling waves governed by the full Euler equations<br>\r\nand driven solely by gravity. I will present two recent results. First, using global bifurcation<br>\r\ntheory, we construct periodic travelling waves with arbitrary vorticity. These waves may exhibit<br>\r\ncritical layers and overhanging profiles, illustrating the rich range of phenomena permitted in the<br>\r\nwater wave problem. Second, for irrotational solitary waves, we establish a new and sharper<br>\r\nupper bound for the Froude number (a non-dimensional wave speed). The talk is based on joint<br>\r\nwork with Evgeniy Lokharu and Erik Wahlén.", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-25T15:52:26", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-28T09:40:42", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MA A1 12", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MA%20A1%2012", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Dr. Jörg Weber", "organizer": "", "contact": "B. Buffoni, SMA", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 2, "fr_label": "Public averti", "en_label": "Informed public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121940/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/1/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/6/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/7/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72685, "title": "IMX Colloquium - Towards life-inspired soft matter dynamics and functionalities", "slug": "imx-colloquium-towards-life-inspired-soft-matter-d", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-colloquium-towards-life-inspired-soft-matter-d", "visual_url": null, "visual_large_url": null, "visual_maxsize_url": null, "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-12", "end_date": "2026-10-12", "start_time": "13:15:00", "end_time": "14:15:00", "description": "<p>Biological systems have already paved several routes for bioinspired materials, e.g., for structural colours, wetting, adhesion, and mechanical properties. They have largely involved equilibrium or kinetically trapped properties. By contrast, biological systems allowing multifunctional properties are characteristically dissipatively and dynamically adaptive and incorporate homeostatic feedback mechanisms to regulate the dynamic states. They also typically use signal transduction to mediate the signal from the sensory elements to the responsive sites, unlike the classic man-made stimuli responsive materials. These concept suggest avenues towards more complex life-like functions in soft matter. Herein, optically driven hydrogel systems are presented to drive homeostatically controlled thermal oscillations and to mediate signal transduction via thermal intermediate signalling (1). On the other hand, biological magnetoreception in elasmobranch organisms involves electromagnetic induction (EMI) and suggests avenues for bioinspired electrical signal transductions. We show magnetic profile recognition of translocated magnetically encoded soft matter objects using electrical intermediate signaling by EMI and decoding the magnetic information with machine learning (2). Combination of high stiffness and promoted dynamics for self-healing has turned challenging to combine. Self-healing hydrogels, still combining high tensile stiffness close to that of skin were shown by using polymers upon nanoconfinement in 2D-nanosheet layered confinements (3). Finally, we show trainable actuations in bilayer gel actuators (4). Ever more complex responses can be created, such as mimicking the Pavlovian classical conditioning (5), all paving ways for growingly life-like functions for soft robotics and interfacing with biology.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n1. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Eklund, H. Guo, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala, Feedback-controlled hydrogels with homeostatic oscillations and dissipative signal transduction, <em>Nat. Nano</em>, <strong>17</strong>, 1303 (2022).<br>\r\n2. Z. Miao, X. Hu, K. Liu, S. Hu, G. Yan, H. Tan, O. Ikkala, Z. P. Lv, B. Peng, Bioinspired sensory transduction for magnetic profile recognition and encryption, <em>Adv. Mat.</em> <strong>38</strong> e15994 (2026).<br>\r\n3. C. Liang, V. Dudko, O. Khoruzhenko, X. Hong, Z.-P. Lv, J. Breu, O. Ikkala, H. Zhang, Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement, <em>Nat. Mater.</em> <strong>24</strong>, 599 (2025).<br>\r\n4. S. Hu, Y. Fang, C. Liang, M. Turunen, O. Ikkala, H. Zhang, Thermally trainable dual network hydrogels, <em>Nat. Commun.</em>, <strong>14</strong>, 3717 (2023).<br>\r\n5. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala, Programmable responsive hydrogels with classical conditioning algorithm, <em>Nat. 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