Talks, Conferences, Workshops & Meetings

Invited Talks & Invited Seminars

  1. 02/2026: Invited talk on “Properties of Fixed Points of Generalised Extra Gradient Methods Applied to Min-Max Problems”, SigmaOpt Workshop, Canberra, Australia, (invited by N. Dizon)
  2. 07/2025: Invited talk on “Discontinuous feedback laws for control problems involving topological obstructions”, Seminar at University of Melbourne, Australia, (invited by F. Farokhi)
  3. 05/2025: Invited talk on “Controller designs for input saturated linear systems”, Seminar at Technion – Institute of Technology, Israel, online presentation, (invited by Assistant Prof. C. Grussler)
  4. 02/2025: Invited talk on “Controller designs for input saturated linear systems”, 17. Elgersburg Workshop, Blankenburg, Germany
  5. 01/2025: Invited talk on “Orchestrating control laws for reach-and-avoid problems: Lyapunov based approaches”, MODUS Seminar, University of Bayreuth, Germany, (invited by Prof. L. Grüne)
  6. 08/2023: Invited talk on “Simultaneous Stabilization and Avoidance: Intrinsic Limitations and Controller Designs”, 44th International Summer School of Automatic Control Grenoble, France (Invited speaker; 3 hour lecture)
  7. 12/2022: Invited talk on “Controller design for input saturated linear systems: Increased estimates of the region of attraction through controller augmentations”, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil (invited by Prof. D. Coutinho)
  8. 07/2022: Invited talk on “Controller design for input saturated linear systems: Maximization of the estimated of the region of attraction”, Workshop on Emerging Controls and Adaptation with Nonlinearities, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China (Online)
  9. 06/2022: Invited talk on “A run through nonlinear control topics”, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, (invited by Prof. T. Faulwasser)
  10. 06/2022: Invited talk on “A run through nonlinear control topics”, Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systèmes, Toulouse, France, (invited by Prof. L. Zaccarian)
  11. 12/2019: Invited talk on “Robust stabilizing controllers with avoidance properties (for linear systems with nontrivial drift)”, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, (invited by Prof. L. Grüne)
  12. 11/2019: Invited talk on “Robust stabilizing controllers with avoidance properties (for linear systems with nontrivial drift)”, Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systèmes, Toulouse, France, (invited by Prof. L. Zaccarian)
  13. 08/2018: Invited talk on “Hierarchical distributed optimization and predictive control of a smart grid”, Seminar at the University of Trento, Italy
  14. 04/2018: Invited talk on “First results on obstacle avoidance controller design”, Seminar at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, (invited by Prof. L. Grüne)
  15. 04/2018: Invited talk on “First results on obstacle avoidance controller design”, Seminar at the University of Trento, Italy, (invited by Prof. L. Zaccarian)
  16. 04/2018: Invited talk on “First results on obstacle avoidance controller design”, Seminar at the Technical University Ilmenau, Germany (invited by Prof. K. Worthmann)
  17. 11/2017: Invited talk on “Lyapunov and Control Lyapunov Functions: Stability of (and Feedback design for) Nonlinear Systems”, Mathematics Colloquium (invited by Prof. V. Gaitsgory), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  18. 07/2017: Invited talk on “(Nonsmooth) Control Lyapunov Functions: Feedback design for nonlinear systems”, Seminar at the Chair of Applied Mathematics, Bayreuth, Germany
  19. 06/2017: Invited talk on “(Nonsmooth) Control Lyapunov Functions”, Seminar, Focus Period on Large-Scale and Distributed Optimization, Lund, Sweden
  20. 02/2017: Invited talk on “Feedback design for nonlinear systems using control Lyapunov functions”, 2nd workshop on dynamical systems, filtering, and control, Geelong, Australia
  21. 11/2016: Invited talk on “Hierarchical distributed optimization and predictive control of a smart grid”, invited by A/Prof. Jochen Trumpf, Australian National University (ANU), College of Engineering & Computer Science, Australia

Contributions at International Conferences

  1. 12/2024: Talk on “Robot navigation through cluttered environments: A Lyapunov based control design approach”, 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Milan, Italy
  2. 07/2023: Talk on “Capture the flag games: Observations from the 2022 Aquaticus competition”, 22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan
  3. 01/2023: Talk on “Stabilization using shifted equilibria for saturated discrete-time linear systems”, 12th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS), Canberra, Australia
  4. 12/2021: Talk on “An asymmetric stabilizer based on scheduling shifted coordinates for single-input linear systems with asymmetric saturation”, 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Austin, USA (online conference)
  5. 12/2021: Talk on “Stability of Dynamical Systems and Lyapunov-like Characterizations”, 65th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS), Newcastle, Australia (online attendance)
  6. 07/2021: Talk on “Augmented controller design for reference tracking and obstacle avoidance”, 7th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Brussels, Belgium (online conference)
  7. 03/2021: Talk on “A modular architecture for mobile robots equipped with continuous-discrete observers”, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, Kashiwa, Japan (online conference)
  8. 12/2019 Talk on “Uniting control laws: On obstacle avoidance and global stabilization of underactuated linear systems”, 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, France
  9. 06/2019: Poster on “Climate Economics on the Example of the DICE Model: An Optimal Control Perspective”, AMSI Optimise 2019, Perth, Australia
  10. 06/2019: Talk on “Model predictive control and distributed optimization in the context of smart grids”, AMSI Optimise 2019, Perth, Australia
  11. 12/2018: Talk on “Complete instability of differential inclusions using Lyapunov methods”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami, USA
  12. 12/2018: Talk on “Unsafe point avoidance in linear state feedback”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami, USA
  13. 12/2017: Talk on “Feedback Design Using Nonsmooth Control Lyapunov Functions: A Numerical Case Study for the Nonholonomic Integrator”, 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Melbourne, Australia
  14. 07/2016: Talk on “Maximal Islanding Time For Microgrids via Distributed Predictive Control”, 22nd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Minneapolis, USA
  15. 03/2016: Poster on “Distributed control and optimization with focus on microgrids with storage devices”, Joint annual meeting of DMV and GAMM, Braunschweig, Germany
  16. 12/2015: Talk on “Predictive control of a smart grid: a distributed optimization algorithm with centralized performance properties”, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Osaka, Japan
  17. 02/2015: Talk on “A Distributed Optimization Algorithm with an Application to a Smart Grid”, 51st Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference (ANZIAM), Surfers Paradise, Australia
  18. 06/2014: Talk on “Distributed Model Predictive Control for a Smart Grid Application”, 18th European Conference on Mathematics for Industry (ECMI), Taormina, Italy
  19. 03/2014: Poster on “Distributed Control of Residential Energy Systems, a Market Maker Approach”, 85th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  20. 09/2012: Talk on “Predictive Control Algorithms: Stability despite Shortened Optimization Horizons”, 15th IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Optimization, Rimini, Italy

Workshops & Meetings

  1. 04/2025: Talk on “Prying Pedestrian Surveillance-Evasion: Minimum-Time Evasion from an Agile Pursuer”, Australian Workshop on Decision and Control, University of Sydney, Australia
  2. 03/2024: Invited talk on “Robot navigation through cluttered environments: A Lyapunov based control design approach”, Workshop on Decision and Control, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  3. 03/2021: Talk on “Augmented controller design for reference tracking and obstacle avoidance”, 3rd ANR HANDY Meeting (online meeting)
  4. 05/2019: Talk on “Stabilizing controllers with avoidance properties (for underactuated linear systems)”, CARMA Seminar, Newcastle, Australia
  5. 03/2018: Talk on “Obstacle avoidance controller design”, CARMA Seminar, University of Newcastle, Australia
  6. 12/2017: Talk on “(Nonsmooth) control Lyapunov functions: Discussions on stability, instability and obstacle avoidance”, Mathematics Colloquium, CARMA Workshop on Mathematical Systems Theory and Applications, Newcastle, Australia
  7. 11/2017: Talk on “Model predictive control & distributed optimization (On the example of a smart grid)”, CARMA Retreat, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
  8. 05/2017: Talk on “(Nonsmooth) Control Lyapunov Functions: Stabilization and Destabilization of Nonlinear Systems”, CARMA Seminar, Newcastle, Australia
  9. 10/2015: Talk on “Distributed predictive control for peak shaving in electricity networks with energy storages”, GAMM Workshop on Dynamics and Control, Duisburg, Germany
  10. 03/2014: Talk on “Verteilte Modellprädiktive Regelungen für Intelligente Stromnetze”, 9th Elgersburg Workshop, Elgersburg, Germany
  11. 09/2010: Talk on “Air Traffic Tracking from Radiowave Doppler Effect”, ECMI Modelling Week, Milan, Italy