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SUMMARY:Data-driven control of hybrid systems and Chance-Constrained optim
 ization
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Raphael Jungers\, UCLouvain\, Belgium\nTitle:\nData-driv
 en control of hybrid systems and Chance-Constrained optimization\n\nAbstra
 ct:\nControl systems are increasingly complex\, often at the point that ob
 taining a model for them is out of reach. In some situations\, (parts\nof)
  the systems are proprietary\, so that the very equations that rule their 
 behaviour cannot be known. On the other hand\, the ever-growing progress i
 n hardware technologies often enables one to retrieve massive data\, e.g. 
 from embedded sensors. Because of these evolutions\, control theory is mov
 ing from a model-based towards a model-free paradigm.\n\nFor Linear Time-i
 nvariant systems\, classical results from Identification theory provide a 
 rather straightforward approach. However\, these approaches become useless
  (or at least inefficient) if one relaxes the strong assumptions they rely
  upon (linearity\, gaussian noise\, etc.).\nThis is especially the case in
  safety-critical applications\, where one needs guarantees on the performa
 nce of the obtained solution.\n\nDespite these difficulties\, one may some
 times recover firm guarantees on the behaviour of the system. This may req
 uire to change one’s point of view on the nature of the guarantees we re
 quire.  I will provide examples of such results for different control tas
 ks and different complex systems\, and will raise the question of theoreti
 cal fundamental barriers for these problems.\n\nBio:\nRaphael Jungers is a
  Professor at UCLouvain\, Belgium\, currently on sabbatical leave at Oxfor
 d University. His main interests lie in the fields of Computer Science\, G
 raph Theory\, Optimization and Control. He received a Ph.D. in Mathematica
 l Engineering from UCLouvain (2008)\, and a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics\,
  both from the Ecole Centrale Paris\, (2004)\, and from UCLouvain (2005).\
 nHe has held various invited positions\, at the Université Libre de Bruxe
 lles (2008-2009)\, at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems 
 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2010)\, at the Universi
 ty of L´Aquila (2011\, 2013\, 2016)\, and at the University of California
  Los Angeles (2016-2017).\nHe is a FNRS\, BAEF\, and Fulbright fellow. He 
 has been an Editor at large for the IEEE CDC\, Associate Editor for the IE
 EE CSS Conference Editorial Board\, and the journals NAHS (2015-2016\; Sen
 ior Editor 2023-)\, Systems and Control Letters (2016-2017)\, IEEE Transac
 tions on Automatic Control (2015-2020)\, Automatica (2020-). He was the re
 cipient of the IBM Belgium\n2009 award and a finalist of the ERCIM Cor Baa
 yen award 2011. He was the co-recipient of the SICON best paper award 2013
 -2014\, the HSCC2020 best paper award\, and an ERC 2019 laureate.\n\n 
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