We will continue to hosting the plenary session and technical sessions in Spatial.Chat.  

For participants from regions where Spatial.Chat is not accessible, please use the Virtual Conference Platform (VCP) to access presentation videos and paper PDF files.  You can also contact the authors with the email link or use the Comment/Discussion Function in the VCP. 
 
VCP is operational 24/7 and can be accessed from around the world.  The full conference proceeding can also be downloaded from VCP (see FAQ).  The complete VCP service (minus live sessions) will continue to be accessible for one month after the conference, i.e. until 29 June 2021.

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ACC 2021

Daily Program

All times are in US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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Key Events

08:30 – 17:30

W10: Nonlinear Model-Based Process Control (0044)

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08:30 – 20:30

W11: Fielding Legged Robotics off the Beaten Path (0627)

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08:30 – 12:30

W1: The promises of automation and artificial intelligence in the (post) crisis of COVID-19 (107)

Zoom Access

08:30 – 12:30

W2: Cognition and Learning in Control Theory (0433)

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08:30 – 12:30

W3: Advanced big data analytics for control performance assessment in Industry 4.0 era (0019)

Zoom Access

08:30 – 17:30

W6: Workshop on Recent Advancement of Human Autonomy Interaction and Integration (0689)

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08:30 – 17:30

W7: Practical Methods for Real World Control Systems (0197)

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08:30 – 17:30

W8: Control of Distributions: Theory and Applications (0126)

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08:30 – 17:30

W9: Neurotechnologies and closed-loop control of neurodynamics (0099)

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13:30 – 17:30

W4: Smooth Fuzzy Models for Dimension Reduction in Data Driven Systems (109)

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13:30 – 17:30

W5: Secure State Estimation and Control of Networked Systems: An Unknown Input Observer Approach (0242)

Zoom Access

17:30 – 19:00

Welcome Reception

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All times are in US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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Key Events

08:45 – 09:00

2021 ACC Opening Remarks

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09:00 – 10:00

Plenary Session

“Lessons from Adaptive Control: Towards Real-Time Machine Learning”

Anuradha Annaswamy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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10:00 – 10:15

Break (See online program for details)

10:15 – 12:15

Rapid Interactive Sessions

10:15 – 12:15

Technical Sessions

12:30 – 13:30

ACC 2021 Women in Control Webinar

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13:30 – 14:30

Special Session

Diversity and Mentorship

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14:00 – 15:00

Special Session

Fundamental Research with Real-world Impact at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

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15:30 – 17:00

Special Session

Getting Funded by NSF

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Key Events

09:00 – 10:00

Plenary Session

“Formal Assurances for Autonomous Systems from Fast Reachability”

Sam Coogan
Georgia Institute of Technology

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10:00 – 10:15

Break (See online program for details)

10:15 – 12:15

Rapid Interactive Sessions

10:15 – 12:15

Technical Sessions

12:20 – 12:50

Social Event

Award Ceremony

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13:00 – 14:00

Special Session

CSS Young Professionals

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13:00 – 16:15

Special Session

Middle and High School Student & Teacher STEM Workshop

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16:30 – 17:30 

Special Session

Celebration of 20 years of NSF Workshops for High School Teachers of Math and Science

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All times are in US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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Key Events

09:00 – 10:00

Plenary Session

“The Discovery of Graceful Extensibility Reframes the Pursuit of Autonomy and Addresses the Brittleness Problem”

David Woods
Ohio State University

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10:00 – 10:15

Break (See online program for details)

10:15 – 12:15

Rapid Interactive Sessions

10:15 – 12:15

Technical Sessions

12:30 – 13:30

Special Session

Halliburton Special Session

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14:00 – 15:00

Special Session

Teaching Modeling and Controls with the MATLAB Live Editor

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15:30 – 16:30

Special Session

Overview of NSF Programs

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17:00 – 18:00

Special Session

Wiley: Exploring Your Publishing Options: Hear From the Experts

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All times are in US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Time

Key Events

09:00 – 10:00

Plenary Session

“Autonomous Control and the Future of Human Spaceflight”

Julia Badger, NASA

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10:00 – 10:15

Coffee Break (See online program for details)

10:15 – 12:15

Rapid Interactive Sessions

10:15 – 12:15

Technical Sessions

12:30 – 15:30

Special Session

More Material and More Immaterial

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16:30 – 18:00

Closing Reception

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All times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC -4

Exhibits

Please take time during the conference to visit our exhibitors through SpatialChat and the virtual conference platform.  

Breaks

Breaks will be held 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after the Plenary Session.

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Plenary Sessions

Plenary lectures will be held 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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Rapid Interactive Sessions

Rapid Interactive Sessions will be held 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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Awards Ceremony

All conference attendees are encouraged to attend the announcement of the annual ACC awards as well as the 2021 ACC Best Student Paper award on Wednesday, May 26, 12:20 PM – 12:50 PM. Come celebrate the accomplishments in our community!  Access information can be found at: https://acc2021.a2c2.org/.

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Virtual Sessions / Communication:

PaperPlaza virtual conference platform-Clickmeeting /Spatial.Chat

ACC 2021 will be hosted through the PaperPlaza virtual conference platform. Links to appropriate meeting rooms links are available through the online program found on the ACC website. 

Rapid interactive sessions and social event will be hosted through SpatialChat (https://spatial.chat/s/acc2021).  Please feel free to take advantage of the workspace for conversations and to share information.

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Closing Reception

Friday, May 28, 4:30 PM–6:00 PM. Hosted through ACC 2021 Spatial.Chat Rooms.

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About the Conference

About ACC 2021

The 2021 American Control Conference will be held online from Tuesday through Friday, May 25-28, 2021, preceded by workshops on Monday, May 24, 2021. To reduce fatigue associated with prolonged online events, the main technical program of the conference will be held between 9:00 am - 12:15 pm (US Eastern time) each day with a plenary lecture from 9-10 am followed by paper presentation sessions from 10:15 am -12:15 pm. The conference proceeding will be available for download for registered participants. Online registration is open and details regarding final file submission and the preliminary program will be posted in the next few weeks. Additional information regarding online participation and how to access online content will be posted before the conference.

ACC is the annual conference of the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), the U.S. national member organization of the International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC). National and international society co-sponsors of ACC include the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), IEEE Control Systems Society (IEEE-CSS), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), International Society of Automation (ISA), Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS), and Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM).