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SUMMARY:Isolating Invisible Dynamics in the Design of Robust Hybrid Intern
 al Models - Lorenzo Marconi\, University of Bologna
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CONTACT:Tim Hughes
DESCRIPTION:The talk deals with the problem of output regulation for a cla
 ss of hybrid linear systems and exosystems whose state jumps periodically 
 according to a known clock. In this framework the main contribution of the
  paper is to present a general method for the systematic design of robust 
 internal model-based regulators by extending results that are known for co
 ntinuous-time systems. The internal model design procedure relies upon a n
 otion of visibility of the so-called ``hybrid steady-state generator." The
  general theory is applied to the case of robust tracking of spline-based 
 reference trajectories by showing how the latter can be thought of as bein
 g generated by hybrid linear exosystems.\n\nBisketch: Lorenzo Marconi  obt
 ained his Ph.D. degree at University of Bologna in March 1998. From 1999 h
 e has been an Assistant Professor in the same Department\, Associate Profe
 ssor since January 2005\, and Full Professor since January 2016.\nHe has h
 eld visiting positions at and collaborations with various academic/researc
 h international institutions\, such as the Washington University at St. Lo
 uis\, the Imperial College at London\, the Ohio State University at Columb
 us Ohio\, the Universite Paris-Sud\,\nthe Mittag-Leffler Institute Sweden\
 , l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris\, the University of Linz
  Austria.\nHe is co-author of more than 200 technical publications on the 
 subject of linear and nonlinear feedback design published on international
  journals\, books and conference proceedings. He is also co-author of thre
 e international monographs.\nIn 2005\, he has been awarded jointly by Else
 vier and the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for the 
 best paper published in the period 2002-2005 on ``Automatica". He is also 
 the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper 
 Award for the best paper published on the magazine in the period 2012-2013
 .\nHe was the coordinator of the European Project AIRobots (Innovative aer
 ial service robots for remote inspections by contact) funded by the Europe
 an Community within the 7th FP (Theme ICT-4-2.1) and responsible for Unive
 rsity of Bologna of the European Projects CESAR and EDIANA funded within t
 he JTI Artemis. Actually\, he is the coordinator of the European Integrate
 d Project SHERPA (Smart collaboration between Humans and ground-aErial Rob
 ots for imProving rescuing activities in Alpine environments) funded by th
 e European Community within the 7th FP.\nHis current research interests in
 clude nonlinear control\, output regulation for nonlinear systems\, contro
 l of autonomous aerial vehicles\, robust control\, fault detection and iso
 lation\, fault tolerant control.
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR5
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