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SUMMARY:Talk of Prof. Kirsten Morris
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nControl can be very effective in altering dynamics.  One issue for distributed parameter systems   is that performance depends not only on the controller, but also on its location and spatial design. Integrating controller design with actuator location can lead to better performance without increased controller cost. Physical intuition does not always lead to the best choice of locations and trial and error is not effective when there are multiple sensors and actuators. Analysis is crucial.  Existence of concurrent optimal controller and spatial distribution has been established for several classes of systems and objectives. Some of these results will be discussed, illustrated with examples. Some results of the related issue of sensor location in estimation will also be discussed.\n \nBiographical Information\nProf. Kirsten Morris’ research interests are control and estimation of systems modelled by partial differential equations. Part of her research has focused on improving performance through attention to actuator location as part of controller design, and sensor location as part of estimator design.  She has written several books “Controller Design for Distributed Parameter Systems” and "Introduction to Feedback Control", and was editor of the book “Control of Flexible Structures”. She is a professor in the Applied Mathematics Department at the University of Waterloo and a member of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and also the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research. She has held visiting positions at ICASE (NASA Langley), the Fields Institute, the Institute for Mathematics & Applications, and the Institut de Mathematiques in Bordeaux. Prof. Morris served as a vice-president of the IEEE Control System Society from 2013-2016, vice-chair of the SIAM Control & Systems Theory group 2016-2017 and chair 2018-2019. She was an associate editor with the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, the SIAM Journal on Control & Optimization. She is currently an advising editor for Mathematics of Control, Signals & Systems, a member of the editorial boards of the Asian Journal of Control, editor-in-chief for the SIAM book series Advances in Design & Control and a member of the SIAM Book Committee. Prof. Morris is Fellow of IEEE, IFAC and SIAM and has received other honors in recognition in her accomplishments, including the IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award and Faculty of Mathematics Research Chair.\n 
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LOCATION:Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control, , Seminar room 2.255, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, Campus Vaihingen
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