Really enjoyed this one ๐Had a great chat with Steven Brunton (aka Eigensteve ๐ฅ). We went from DMD and Koopman to SINDy, HydroGym, and what it actually means to teach thousands of people (literally). Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! ๐
Posts by Alberto Padoan
As a student, Nyquist plots looked like abstract art. ๐ Only later did I realize they reflect one of those rare ideas where engineering intuition meets deep mathematics. The new inControl Guide toโฆ episode is a small tribute to that idea.๐๐ผ
Link: www.incontrolpodcast.com
Thanks: NCCR Automation
When did optimal control ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ begin? ๐ค In this episode, we trace the roots of this beautiful body of ideas, starting with Bernoulliโs brachistochrone problem (1696). 300 years of intellectual adventures, still unfolding... ๐
๐๏ธ New episode! Jeff Shamma (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) on gain scheduling, robustness, game theory and multi-agent learning... and some advice from both control and jiu-jitsu: โDonโt get tired.โ Unmissable!
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
Links: www.incontrolpodcast.com
New episode out ๐๏ธ This one is a bit different: we look at female influencers in control โ ideas, trajectories, some data, and why this conversation matters. Constructive feedback, criticism, and perspectives welcome ๐ฌ
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
Links: www.incontrolpodcast.com
This is just a first episode in what I hope will become a broader conversation on diversity, bias, and the human side of control โ beyond the technical aspects. Science is built by people. I hope this podcast can help give some visibility to topics that deserve open discussion.
What is feedback, really? In this episode, we retrace its prehistory, revisit Blackโs invention of the negative-feedback amplifier, and look at why feedback keeps reappearing in biology, strategy, behaviour shaping machines, organisms, and decisions.
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
We invoke โLyapunov stabilityโ so often โ but who was the man behind it? ๐ค This episode retraces his life, his 1892 thesis, and a legacy that still defines control theory. ๐
๐ฆ New episode with traffic control legend Markos Papageorgiou (Technical University of Crete). Traffic control is where every control challenge meets reality: scale, nonlinear behaviors, humans in the loop, COโ emissions, with millions of lives touched daily. Not to be missed!
๐๏ธ New episode! Cosimo takes us inside the fascinating world of soft robotics ๐ค๐ Compliance over rigidity, shape as intelligence, and why underactuation may actually be a feature โ unmissable! ๐
Loved putting this one together. A whirlwind tour through 60+ years of control theory โ from Kalman to complex systems. If you care about why controllability and observability matter, give it a listen ๐๐ง
Link: www.incontrolpodcast.com
Another giant honoring us with his presence! ๐๐ผ An episode packed with insight and hilarious anecdotes โ from feedback to learning, with a few unexpected detours along the way. Donโt miss this one! ๐ง๐
Another exciting inControl podcast episode, Anders Rantzer (Lund University) shares insights from a career at the crossroads of Russian and Western control traditions. Robustness, scalability, duality, and some timeless theorems along the way!
New episode! ๐Miroslav Krstiฤ (@KrsticUCSD) joins us to retrace a landmark journey โ from nonlinear adaptive control to backstepping for PDEs, delay compensation via predictors, extremum seeking, safety and neural operators for PDE control. A must for every control enthusiast!
๐๏ธ New episode! Manfred Morari traces his journey from chemical process control to IMC, robust and predictive control, MPC, and lessons from a career spanning ETH Zรผrich, Caltech & University of Pennsylvania. From theory to real-world impact, this episode is a must-listen for control enthusiasts! ๐๐ง
New year, new inControl podcast episode! ๐ Today, we celebrate another giant: Richard Bellman, the father of dynamic programming. ๐ ๐๐ง In this episode, I discuss his incredible journeyโfrom Brooklyn to Princeton, Los Alamos, RAND, and Stanfordโand his contributions to control theory! ๐