Conference Program

Preliminary Conference Program

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

May 24, 2021

Workshop
W10: Nonlinear Model-Based Process Control (0044)
08:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
R. Russell Rhinehart
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W11: Fielding Legged Robotics off the Beaten Path (0627)
08:30:00 ― 20:30:00 EDT
Mr. Jason Pusey, Prof. Yan Gu, Prof. Ye Zhao
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Workshop
W1: The promises of automation and artificial intelligence in the (post) crisis of COVID-19 (107)
08:30:00 ― 12:30:00 EDT
Ebrahim Navid Sadjadi
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W2: Cognition and Learning in Control Theory (0433)
08:30:00 ― 12:30:00 EDT
Pramod P. Khargonekar, Jemin George and He Bai, Nikolai Matni, Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, Aranya Chakrabortty
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W3: Advanced big data analytics for control performance assessment in Industry 4.0 era (0019)
08:30:00 ― 12:30:00 EDT
Dr Paweł D. Domański, Prof. YangQuan Chen
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W6: Workshop on Recent Advancement of Human Autonomy Interaction and Integration (0689)
08:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Neera Jain, Changliu Liu, Shaoshuai Mou, Yue Wang, Fumin Zhang, Wenlong Zhang
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W7: Practical Methods for Real World Control Systems (0197)
08:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Daniel Abramovitch, Sean Andersson, Craig Buhr
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W8: Control of Distributions: Theory and Applications (0126)
08:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Efstathios Bakolas, Yongxin Chen, Abhishek Halder, Panagiotis Tsiotras
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W9: Neurotechnologies and closed-loop control of neurodynamics (0099)
08:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Erfan Nozari, Fabio Pasqualetti, Sérgio Pequito
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Workshop
W4: Smooth Fuzzy Models for Dimension Reduction in Data Driven Systems (109)
13:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Ebrahim Navid Sadjadi, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj
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W5: Secure State Estimation and Control of Networked Systems: An Unknown Input Observer Approach (0242)
13:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Dr. Stanisław H. Żak
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Reception
Welcome Reception
17:30:00 ― 19:00:00 EDT
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May 25, 2021

Plenary
Lessons from Adaptive Control: Towards Real-time Machine Learning
09:00:00 ― 10:00:00 EDT
Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy
Break
Break
10:00:00 ― 10:15:00 EDT
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Tutorial
Tu1A15 - Bridging the Gap in Autonomous Vehicle Controls in Mixed Traffic
10:15:00 ― 12:15:00 EDT
Huei Peng, Shaobing Xu, Daniel Work, Dorsa Sadigh
Webinar
ACC 2021 Women in Control Webinar
12:30:00 ― 13:30:00 EDT
Ms. Susan K. (Kathy) Land, Dr. Bonnie Ferri
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Special Session
ACC 2021 Women in Control Webinar
12:30:00 ― 13:30:00 EDT
Ms. Susan K. (Kathy) Land, Dr. Bonnie Ferri
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Special Session
Diversity and Mentorship
13:30:00 ― 14:30:00 EDT
Dr. Martha Grover, Dr. Rafael Fierro, Dr. Andrew G. Alleyne
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Special Session
Fundamental Research with Real-world Impact at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
14:00:00 ― 15:00:00 EDT
Dr. Stefano Di Cairano, Dr. Avishai Weiss, Dr. Karl Berntorp, Dr. Rien Quirynen , Dr. Abraham Vinod, Dr. Marcel Menner
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Special Session
Getting Funded by NSF
15:30:00 ― 17:00:00 EDT
Dr. Irina Dolinskaya
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May 26, 2021

Plenary
Formal Assurances for Autonomous Systems from Fast Reachability
09:00:00 ― 10:00:00 EDT
Dr. Sam Coogan
Break
Break
10:00:00 ― 10:15:00 EDT
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Ceremony
Award Ceremony
12:20:00 ― 12:50:00 EDT
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Special Session
IEEE CSS Young Professionals
13:00:00 ― 14:00:00 EDT
Dr. Rush Patel
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Special Session
Middle and High School Student & Teacher STEM Workshop
13:00:00 ― 16:15:00 EDT
Dr. Daniel Abramovitch, Dr. Dominique Duncan, Dr. Richard Murray, Dr. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, Dr. Lucy Pao, Dr. Hamidou Tembine, Dr. Nicole Xu
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Special Session
Celebration of 20 years of NSF Workshops for High School Teachers of Math and Science
16:30:00 ― 17:30:00 EDT
Dr. Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
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May 27, 2021

Plenary
The Discovery of Graceful Extensibility Reframes the Pursuit of Autonomy and Addresses the Brittleness Problem
09:00:00 ― 10:00:00 EDT
Dr. David Woods
Break
Break
10:00:00 ― 10:15:00 EDT
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Tutorial
ThA09 - Innovation and Modern Challenges In Wind Farm Control
10:15:00 ― 12:15:00 EDT
J. W. van Wingerden, P. A. Fleming, B. M. Doekemeijer, F. Campagnolo, C. L. Bottasso, K. Dykes, A. C. Kheirabadi, R. Nagamune
Special Session
Halliburton Special Session
12:30:00 ― 13:30:00 EDT
Robert Darbe
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Special Session
Teaching Modeling and Controls with the MATLAB Live Editor
14:00:00 ― 15:00:00 EDT
Dr. Richard Hill
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Special Session
Overview of NSF Programs
15:30:00 ― 16:30:00 EDT
Dr. Irina Dolinskaya, Dr. Jordan Berg, Dr. Yueyue Fan, Dr. Robert G. Landers, Dr. Eduardo Misawa, Dr. Bob Scheidt
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Special Session
Exploring Your Publishing Options: Hear From the Experts
17:00:00 ― 18:00:00 EDT
Dr. Mike Grimble, Kruna Vukmirovic, Lauren Poplawski
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May 28, 2021

Plenary
Autonomous Control and the Future of Human Spaceflight
09:00:00 ― 10:00:00 EDT
Dr. Julia Badger
Break
Break
10:00:00 ― 10:15:00 EDT
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Tutorial
FrA17 - NSF Career Awardees - Emerging Research In Control System
10:15:00 ― 12:15:00 EDT
Matthew Hale, Siddhartha Banerjee, Takashi Tanaka, Minghui Zhu, Aranya Chakrabortty
Special Session
More Material and More Immaterial
12:30:00 ― 15:30:00 EDT
Dr. Carlos Montalvo, Dr. Ayse Tekes, Mr. Brian Douglas, Dr. John Hedengren, Dr. Eric Feron
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