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SUMMARY:Probabilistic validation of deep learning-based MPC controllers
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Sergio Lucia - TU Berlin\nAbstract:\nSolving nonlinear 
 model predictive control problems in real time is still an important chall
 enge despite of recent advances in computing hardware\, optimization algor
 ithms and tailored implementations. This challenge is even greater when un
 certainty is present due to disturbances\, unknown parameters or measureme
 nt and estimation errors. To enable the application of advanced control sc
 hemes to fast systems and on low-cost embedded hardware where exact explic
 it MPC is not possible\, recent works have proposed to approximate a compl
 ex model predictive controllers using deep learning.\n\nThis talk focuses 
 on probabilistic validation techniques that can be used to compute safe sa
 tes or general performance guarantees that can be used together with const
 raint tightening techniques. The potential of the proposed approach is dem
 onstrated with simulation results of several linear and nonlinear examples
 .\n\nBio:\nSergio Lucia obtained his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering fro
 m the University of Zaragoza in 2010 and the Dr.-Ing. degree from TU Dort
 mund in the field of optimization and automatic control in 2014. He then
  joined the Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg\, and visited the M
 assachusetts Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2016.\n\
 nSince May 2017\, he is Assistant Professor and holds the chair “Intern
 et of Things for Smart Buildings” at the TU Berlin and the Einstein Cen
 ter Digital Future. His research efforts focus on decision-making under 
 uncertainty\, distributed control\, machine learning and embedded optimiz
 ation in the framework of the Internet of Things. Applications of intere
 st include smart buildings and energy systems. Prof. Lucia is an active m
 ember of IFAC and IEEE CSS\, he is Associate Editor of the Journal of Pr
 ocess Control and currently IT Chair of the National Organizing Committee
  for the IFAC World Congress 2020.\n 
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