inControl Alberto Padoan

Outline
00:00 - Intro
01:28 - Platform-based design (PBD) in biology
16:42 - Cyberphysical systems,  automotive industry,  hybrid systems
27:32 - Contracts in system design
34:50 - Chiplets
41:48 - About time: the tag signal model
52:15 - Neuromorphics
59:21 - Innovative ecosystems
1:07:35 - Advice to future students
1:16:26 - The role of luck

Links
BiKi Technologies: https://t.ly/RuaW7
R. Murray: https://t.ly/Zy_Up
S. Sastry: https://t.ly/qsf44
C. Tomlin: https://t.ly/tQ0XZ
Platform-based design for energy systems: https://t.ly/RJdpi
State charts: https://tinyurl.com/yw69przw
Contracts for system design: https://tinyurl.com/496e953k
Formal methods: https://tinyurl.com/2yftcwsw
Chiplets: https://tinyurl.com/mrxyswua
A framework for comparing models of computation: https://tinyurl.com/2awyw3cr
Category theory: https://tinyurl.com/3bbfjdv9
E. Frazzoli: https://tinyurl.com/mspckmpd
A. Censi: https://tinyurl.com/5c87wuyx
A mathematical theory of co-design: https://tinyurl.com/ydp6jvp8
Prophesee: https://tinyurl.com/mtf9hpfm
Neuralink: https://tinyurl.com/bdcww89e
Openeye: https://tinyurl.com/3vh6ydmk
Epictetus:  https://tinyurl.com/57ef2rud
Seneca: https://tinyurl.com/f7zuyz4d
F. Nietzsche: https://tinyurl.com/bd7znm4n
J. P. Sartre: https://tinyurl.com/3b2zt5cr
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This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Classic Studies
06:51 - Early Steps in Berkeley between Optimization and Circuits Theory
16:04 - Back to Italy... and back to Berkeley
26:29 - The SPICE program and the interaction with IBM
33:30 - Logic Synthesis, Simulated Annealing, Timberwolf
40:57 - The Intel x386, YACR, and ESPRESSO
47:01 - The birth of Cadence and Synopsis
1:06:01 - Corsi e Ricorsi in EDA
1:30:45 - The Shift to Automotive and Platform-Based Design
1:39:06 - Outro
Links
Alberto’s website: https://tinyurl.com/2w8t8fza
State-space approach in problem-solving optimization: https://tinyurl.com/bdcnmbhp
EDA: https://tinyurl.com/3dur7yth
SPICE: https://tinyurl.com/yxm56txy
Logic Minimization Algorithms for VLSI Synthesis: https://tinyurl.com/49bnw3by
Simulated annealing: https://tinyurl.com/mryz45pz
Timberwolf: https://tinyurl.com/mvm28wnn
Intel 386: https://tinyurl.com/4z7ubb55
Cadence: https://tinyurl.com/hydjj92z
Synopsis: https://tinyurl.com/463vk8mk
Dracula: https://tinyurl.com/kcum5v8t
Corsi e ricorsi - the EDA story: https://tinyurl.com/mwar9p44
G. Vico: https://tinyurl.com/cb4mp7nz
Finite state machine: https://tinyurl.com/4ckszk2n
System-level design: orthogonalization of concerns and platform-based design: https://tinyurl.com/v2t4njt4
Quo Vadis, SLD? Reasoning About the Trends and Challenges of System Level Design: https://tinyurl.com/mpmmstun
Remembering Richard: https://tinyurl.com/yc6rf7u3
W. Shockley: https://tinyurl.com/w3chmutt
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This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Early steps… in physics!
05:17 - AI in Edinburgh
08:00 - Connectionism
10:37 - Robot learning
19:02 - Imitation learning
23:00 - On pursuing a PhD
24:45 - Californian chronicles
30:10 - Modularity
33:20 - Challenges in robot learning
39:44 - Dexterous manipulation
43:52 - Dynamical systems
47:37 - Combining ML and control
51:25 - Human-robot interaction
54:24 - Safety and compliance
57:54 - Deadlines for papers
1:06:38 - Advice to future students
1:07:08 - Outro

Links
Aude’s lab: http://tinyurl.com/4nsx2kra
Robot learning: http://tinyurl.com/2ty25t2r
Connectionism: http://tinyurl.com/mrd76zfx
I. Demiris: http://tinyurl.com/nhhn6ymu
Hebbian learning: http://tinyurl.com/35ey7um5
DRAMA (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4fvbs867
Imitation learning: http://tinyurl.com/2af3aew4
Mirror neurons: http://tinyurl.com/4nd3sm75
G. Rizzolatti: http://tinyurl.com/5b4xfab5
Embodied cognition: http://tinyurl.com/5284kp8f
A biologically inspired robotic model for learning by imitation: http://tinyurl.com/4j33nphv
M. Airbib: http://tinyurl.com/3bu3y5dz
Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration: http://tinyurl.com/487pm3xk
Synthetic brain imaging (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38uerwk7
Catching Objects in Flight (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38d8fk9m
Feasibility not optimality (video): http://tinyurl.com/mwa8b7et
Learning multiple-attractors (paper): http://tinyurl.com/2j3yxwm8
On human compliance (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4vp2kmhw
Deadlines for conferences: http://tinyurl.com/mpwntkty
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Outline
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Starling Flock Formations
07:17 - Harvesters ants in the desert
16:54 - Decision making in the natural world and opinion dynamics 
32:08 - A geometric look at political polarization
36:50 - Control theory and dancing
53:25 - CreativeX
55:25 - On creativity
57:47 - Advice to future students
Links
Andrea Cavagna - http://tinyurl.com/uywn592j
Irene Giardina - http://tinyurl.com/4jmk2h5n
Starling Flock Networks Manage Uncertainty in Consensus at Low Cost: http://tinyurl.com/hc7wz5zp
Regulation of harvester ant foraging: http://tinyurl.com/4s7samff
Fitz-Hugh-Nagumo model: http://tinyurl.com/yer32bhs
Bistability and Resurgent Epidemics in Reinfection Models: http://tinyurl.com/2p98fhpc
SIR model: http://tinyurl.com/mrxdjvyc
Multi-agent system dynamics: Bifurcation and behavior of animal groups: http://tinyurl.com/ycx6ue2z
Fast and Flexible Multiagent Decision-Making: http://tinyurl.com/yd3azrje
A. Franci - http://tinyurl.com/5y5cn9yz
A. Bizyaeva - http://tinyurl.com/3trp7c53
M. Golubitsky - http://tinyurl.com/5ebkdtnc
I. Stewart - http://tinyurl.com/53nws9yz
Multi-agent Decision-Making Dynamics Inspired by Honeybees: http://tinyurl.com/3jxmrkvd
Nonlinear Opinion Dynamics With Tunable Sensitivity: http://tinyurl.com/33mb23tb
The Nonlinear Feedback Dynamics of Asymmetric Political Polarization: http://tinyurl.com/rjdntrbp
Flock logic: http://tinyurl.com/yyze25sz
There may be others: http://tinyurl.com/fetjhecn
Social decision-making driven by artistic explore-exploit tension:  http://tinyurl.com/4r2uxebr
Rhythmbots: http://tinyurl.com/mr3k9f43
CreativeX (Naomi's website): http://
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Outline
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Dancing and control theory
03:31 - Geometric control on Lie groups
09:14 - Underwater vehicles and geometric mechanics
18:45 - On the Hamiltonian framework
21:25 - Underwater field experiments in Monte Rey Bay
36:27 - Collective motion and coordination in animal groups
54:40 - Honeybees and bifurcation theory
1:03:36 - Outro

Links
Naomi’s website: http://tinyurl.com/j755aww5
Naomi’s PhD Thesis: http://tinyurl.com/ywkvvy7k
Lie group: http://tinyurl.com/2p83jw9s
Averaging: http://tinyurl.com/df9kmmcw
Stability of underwater vehicles: http://tinyurl.com/yxxytufx
J. Marsden: http://tinyurl.com/zvm8kktt
A. Block: http://tinyurl.com/6wc39zkd
Center of buoyancy: http://tinyurl.com/mszncamh
Controlled Lagrangians: http://tinyurl.com/22usb52e - http://tinyurl.com/ymmntvr8
Casimir function: http://tinyurl.com/yckc99mk
Monterey Bay field experiments: http://tinyurl.com/yc24adct -  http://tinyurl.com/3sd7ee39 - http://tinyurl.com/ywryjwvr
Collective motion: http://tinyurl.com/yuna5pam - http://tinyurl.com/pau74hmc - http://tinyurl.com/4p7zd5sz
Spatial patterns in coordinated groups: http://tinyurl.com/45y7hc9v-  http://tinyurl.com/5n7rm6vf
Kuramoto model: http://tinyurl.com/5eshfxha
Decision making in animal groups: http://tinyurl.com/3ybne8hn - http://tinyurl.com/283yts4y
Value-Sensitive Decision-Making in honeybees: http://tinyurl.com/2uhcwyy6
Bifurcation: http://tinyurl.com/tfr3ks7a
Singularity theory: http://tinyurl.com/4
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Acknowledgments and sponsors
This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.

Outline
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Mind the gap (metric)
03:16 - Moment problems and Nevanlinna interpolation
06:53 - “Everything relates to everything else”
11:27 - Distances between power spectra 
16:08 - Optimal mass transport and Schrödinger bridges
32:25 - Sinkhorn iteration and Wasserstein geometry
37:45 - Color of turbulence
41:38 - Thermodynamics and energy harvesting from heat baths
55:01 - Quantum mechanics
57:55 - Adjustable one-ports
1:07:20 - “Aha moments” and advice to future generations
1:12:20 - Outro
Links
Tryphon’s website: https://georgiou.eng.uci.edu/
Robustness analysis of nonlinear feedback systems: an input-output approach (paper): https://tinyurl.com/4785kxny
A topological approach to Nevanlinna–Pick interpolation (paper): https://tinyurl.com/4vudtz8c
A generalized entropy criterion for Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation with degree constraint (paper): https://tinyurl.com/39enabuc
The meaning of distances in spectral analysis, IEEE CDC plenary 2007 (slides): https://tinyurl.com/mrytp7j8
Optimal Steering of a Linear Stochastic System to a Final Probability Distribution, Part I (paper): https://tinyurl.com/2nbm3sa6
Y. Chen - https://tinyurl.com/37frfx67
M. Pavon - https://tinyurl.com/yjhbawhb
Mittag Lefler - https://tinyurl.com/29cjum7j
Stochastic control liasons (paper): https://tinyurl.com/4s8y775b
Sinkhorn iteration: https://tinyurl.com/ym5catr2
Color of turbulence (paper): https://tinyurl.com/5n77bepb
Harvesting energy from a periodic heat bath (paper): https://tinyurl.com/2vadpu93
Principles of lossless adjustable one-ports (paper): https://tinyurl.com/53v23yt4
Inerter: https://tinyurl.com/ya2bkkhw
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