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Last month, when Artur Ekert came to speak at the John von Neumann lecture, we jumped at the chance to sit down with him. Read about what he had to say about privacy in an increasingly online world, and why wandering around can be great for science.
bit.ly/4eznW8e
Congratulations to @dorfler.bsky.social who has been given this year's RΓΆssler prize in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the fields of energy and control engineering.
@ethz.ch @ethfoundation.bsky.social
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Would you like to win the Olympics? Learn how at www.real-lab.ch/optimal-curl...
24.06.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Flyer showing that you can apply by 30.06.2025 to receive a stipend to cover the increased living costs of living in Switzerland, max. 6 months to be completed by 31.07.2026, participation in research and social activities and supervision and mentoring in your host lab.
Are you an early stage researcher looking to broaden your network and CV with a research stay in Switzerland? You have until 30th June to submit your application.
More details and application: bit.ly/4lkWwp0
Did you know that the Swiss railways are not 100% electrified yet? But they soon will be, also thanks to the help of Seraina Wurster's work: www.real-lab.ch/battery-elec...
16.06.2025 11:20 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
ποΈ New episode! Mathukumalli Vidyasagar walks us through five decades of asking (and answering) the right questions in control, learning, and applied math β from feedback systems to statistical learning, HMMs, compressed sensing, and non-convex optimization. Unmissable! ππ§
16.06.2025 06:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
Flyer for the Swiss CLOCK Summit. 2-5th September 2025 in Engelberg, switzerland. A four day workshop bring together experts from the fields of computation, learning, optimization and control with invited speakers, posters, social activities, workshops and group events.
Coming to the Swiss CLOCK Summit? Don't miss out on the chance to present your poster. The deadline for poster abstract submissions is on Sunday 15th June. You only have a short time, so get writing! β
More info: www.swissclocksummit.com
Last week our researchers enjoyed soft skills week, where they were invited to three specially designed workshops to help them to navigate their work life outside of their academic goals.
Thank you to our workshop leaders @vicentbotellasoler.bsky.social, Benjamin Sawicki and Ning Wang
Congratulations to Silvia Mastellone who has been made Chair of the IEEE CSS Outreach task force as a recognition of all her hard work and success in founding and establishing the task force.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
@spectrum.ieee.org @fhnw.ch
One for the German speakers in our followers - @dorfler.bsky.social was recently interviewed about the blackouts in Spain by @nzz.ch
www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft...
Sometimes making a big difference is more a case of making lots of small differences that add up. What if you could use control theory to make travelling by train even more energy efficient? Check out what Dimitris Kouzoupis and team are doing with their startup nuorail.
bit.ly/42WgEax
Flyer shows schedule including location (UZH BLU 003) and timetable: 16:15-17:00 Keith Moffat speaking on Electricity Markets and Zero Marginal Costs. 17:00-17:45 Kai Zhang speaking on Proactive Electricity Markets. 18:00-19:30 social gathering at the Linde Oberstrass
Come along to the Market Design & Energy Markets Workshop on May 19th 16:15-17:45 at University of Zurich. Featuring talks by NCCR Automation members Keith Moffat and Kai Zhang.
nccr-automation.ch/events/2025/...
Flyer for the lecture showing time and location
It's nearly time for the 2025 John von Neumann Lecture! Join us as Artur Ekert guides us through "Privacy for the paranoid ones - the ultimate limits of secrecy"
Tuesday 27th May, 16:00-17:15, ETH ZΓΌrich room HG F30 (Audi Max)
bit.ly/4lVYWLH
The application portal for the travel grants for the Swiss CLOCK Summit are now open! If you come from an area that is underrepresented in the controls and optimization community then apply for your chance to be sponsored to attend.
www.swissclocksummit.com/young-resear...
Start your day the right way - a new episode of the inControl podcast is out! This time host Alberto Padoan is talking to Miroslav Krstic about nonlinear adaptive control, PDEs, delays, extremum seeking, safety and neural operators for control.
www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
Work with us! A postdoc position on Control for Reliability of Electromobility Systems is open at @fhnw.ch
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
How do you boil down years of work to a three minute talk? Watch Pengbo Zhu summarise her thesis in 180 seconds and see how she is hoping to make your taxi rides better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUb...
Flyer for the NCCR Automation fellowship programme. Apply by 30.06.2025. The fellowship includes a stipend covering a six month research stay in one of our affiliated research labs.
Applications for our fellowship programme are now open! If you are an early stage researcher in a field related to automation and control theory then please apply to come and spend six months working with us.
More details and application: bit.ly/43Iuydv
Need more inspiration? bit.ly/4dKZeQL
Do you tend to over-plan things and then have no time left to actually do them? We may be able to help you out!
www.real-lab.ch/stop-overpla...
Please share: We are offering travel grants to researchers in geographical regions that are under-represented in the control community to attend the Swiss CLOCK Summit.
www.swissclocksummit.com/young-resear...
Flyer for the Swiss CLOCK Summit showing speakers and how to register
Registration is open! Secure your place at the Swiss CLOCK Summit now π
Register here: ethzurich.eventsair.com/clock25/reg/...
Or find out more about the Swiss CLOCK Summit: www.swissclocksummit.com
π Lots of data but no model? Call SoS - or Caroline GΓ€rtner. She knows how to help. www.real-lab.ch/sos-for-opti...
18.03.2025 12:37 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Sometimes, when competitors collaborate, everybody wins
We couldn't have put it better ourselves π
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Elise Cahard speaking at the Tagung
Elise Cahard speaking at the Tagung
Yesterday our Programme Manager Elise Cahard was at the Fachtagung ElektromobilitΓ€t talking about our work in the energy field, including our publication with SATW, "Future Visions and Technologies for Distribution Grid Operators"
Order your copy: nccr-automation.ch/DSO
Photos: Siobhan Powell
inControl logo with Manfred Morari's picture superimposed.
New episode of inControl! Manfred Morari traces his journey from chemical process control to IMC, robust and predictive control and MPC. From theory to real-world impact, this episode is a must-listen for any control enthusiast!
www.incontrolpodcast.com
Here comes the first text from our Fall 2024 REAL cohort. π₯³
13.02.2025 11:05 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
On this international day of women and girls in science, we want to not only celebrate the women in our consortium, but also remember that science works better when you have a diverse workforce behind it news.un.org/en/story/202...
11.02.2025 15:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm very excited to share notes on Probabilistic AI that I have been writing with @arkrause.bsky.social π₯³
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.05244
These notes aim to give a graduate-level introduction to probabilistic ML + sequential decision-making.
I'm super glad to be able to share them with all of you now!
Are you a PhD student interested in Neural Networks and Optimal Control? Join the "πππͺπ§ππ‘ πππ©π¬π€π§π π¨ ππ€π§ ππ₯π©ππ’ππ‘ πΎπ€π£π©π§π€π‘" EECI course from 31st March to 4th April at EPFL - taught by our members Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate, Danilo Saccani and Leonardo Massai
www.eeci-igsc.eu
Researcher Sophie Hall recently spoke to @delevan.bsky.social on the @wickedproblems.uk podcast about the need to democratise the algorithms in our lives. Give it a listen here π
news.wickedproblems.uk/p/elon-musk-...
