ep40 - Jeff Shamma: gain scheduling, nonlinear control, learning & dissipativity in games, jiu-jitsu
Notas do episódio
Outline
00:00 - Intro
03:18 - Early days: why control, M. Athans, and IDSS
12:21 - What is gain scheduling?
33:37 - Paradigm shifts & the ‘90s: Minnesota → Texas → LA
42:19 - Robustness & fundamental limitations of nonlinear systems
57:35 - Set-valued control & estimation
01:04:52 - Game theory & multi-agent control
01:28:18 - Learning & dissipativity in games & multi agent AI
01:45:03 - KAUST: building something new
01:53:33 - On human-algorithmic interaction
01:59:07 - Advice to future students: control, jiu-jitsu, and chatbots in education
2:10:02 - Outro
Links
Jeff’s website: https://tinyurl.com/52btmmz7
CSM interview: https://tinyurl.com/49wh98x7
Domain: feedbackcontrol.com
M. Athans: https://tinyurl.com/nhbw66wa
PhD thesis: https://tinyurl.com/5eyxkfm6
IDSS: https://tinyurl.com/bdenwy6d
Research on gain scheduling: https://tinyurl.com/55se8zcr
Overview of LPV systems: https://tinyurl.com/3ksff58b
Åström’s lecture: https://tinyurl.com/33mxkkfe
Necessity of the small gain theorem: https://tinyurl.com/mjn9eeb4
Sensitivity reduction for nonlinear plants: https://tinyurl.com/23tej5yp
Respect the unstable: https://tinyurl.com/3yww5eds
Differential inclusion: https://tinyurl.com/4yvc8vcc
Lectures on game theory: https://tinyurl.com/4z8hh3rn
Dynamic fictitious play: https://tinyurl.com/yc6wsxjj
Cooperative control and potential games: https://tinyurl.com/4hbmrt72
Dissipativity theory in game theory: https://tinyurl.com/3theyc7x
Population games, stable games, and passivity: https://tinyurl.com/zxwtzv6w
Game theory and control: https://tinyurl.com/yencrwm3
Higher-order uncoupled learning: https://tinyurl.com/376r5r9x
Podcast info
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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.