Dear All:
This is a reminder with regard to below 2022 April FoRCE Online Seminar:
Dr. Dimitra Panagou from the University of Michigan will give an online seminar on April 29, 12 PM EDT. To join her online seminar entitled “Fixed-Time Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Control under Uncertainty”, simply use this WebEx link:
WebEx Link: https://force.my.webex.com/force.my/j.php?MTID=m01e9f8c8488c6c4237b99909343056e9
Meeting number (access code): 2550 788 3104
Meeting password: DvfmiriZ537 (38364749 from phones and video systems)
Below you can find the abstract of this talk.
All the best,
K. Merve Dogan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, dogank@erau.edu
Tansel Yucelen, University of South Florida, yucelen@usf.edu
April 29 (12:00p Eastern Time): Fixed-Time Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Control under Uncertainty (Dr. Dimitra Panagou)
Abstract: In this talk, we will present some of our recent results and ongoing work on safety-critical control synthesis under state and time (spatiotemporal) constraints and input constraints, with some applications in multi-robot systems. The proposed framework aims to eventually develop and integrate estimation, learning and control methods towards provably-correct and computationally-efficient mission synthesis for multi-agent systems in the presence of spatiotemporal constraints and uncertainty.
Biography: Dimitra Panagou received the Diploma and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2006 and 2012, respectively. Since September 2014 she has been a faculty member with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, she was a postdoctoral research associate with the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2012-2014), a visiting research scholar with the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania (June 2013, fall 2010) and a visiting research scholar with the University of Delaware, Mechanical Engineering Department (spring 2009). Dr. Panagou's research program spans the areas of nonlinear systems and control; multi-agent systems and networks; motion and path planning; human-robot interaction; navigation, guidance, and control of aerospace vehicles. She is particularly interested in the development of provably-correct methods for the safe and secure (resilient) operation of autonomous systems in complex missions, with applications in robot/sensor networks and multi-vehicle systems (ground, marine, aerial, space). Dr. Panagou is a recipient of the NASA Early Career Faculty Award, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and a Senior Member of the IEEE and the AIAA.
