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Technical Lead: F.L. Lewis, Ph.D. Moncrief-O’Donnell
Endowed Chair |
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Research Areas: Cooperative Control of Distributed Systems on Graphs See recent presentations below Reinforcement Learning & Approximate Dynamic Programming See recent presentations below ADP for continuous-time systems Intelligent Nonlinear Control Neural
network feedback control Hamilton Jacobi equation solution using neural networks Optimal control for nonlinear systems H-infinity (game theory) control Discrete Event Supervisory Control Intelligent Diagnostics and Prognostics Software
from sponsored research Software for UAV
Decision & Control Labs Distributed Intelligence & Autonomy Lab (DIAL) Autonomous Systems Lab (UAV helicopters and UGV) |
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RECENT
PRESENTATIONS
Optimal Adaptive Control Using Reinforcement Learning,
Opening Plenary Talk, IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Controls, Dubrovnik,
Croatia, Oct. 2012.
Novel Adaptive Control Structures by
Reinforcement Learning, Opening Plenary Talk, Int. Conf. on System Theory,
Control and Computing, Sinaia, Romania, Oct. 2012.
Reinforcement
Methods for Online Learning in Autonomous Robotic Systems, Plenary Talk,
FIRA Robo World Congress, Bristol, UK, 20 August
2012.
Cooperative
Control: Stability versus global optimality, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
2012
Cooperative
control: optimal design and Graphical Games, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
2012
Cooperative
Control: Optimal Design, Observers, distributed adaptive control, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 2011
CDC Orlando 2011 workshop
“Optimal Adaptive
Control: Online Solutions for Optimal Feedback Control and Differential Games
Using Reinforcement Learning”
Lewis
notes- MDP and reinforcement learning
Busoniu notes
Jagannathan
notes
Vrabie notes
Lewis notes- online synchronous policy
iteration
Optimal
Control and Online Game Solutions Using Approximate Dynamic Programming,
Workshop, Symp. ADP/RL, Paris, April 2011.
UTA
Workshop on Building a Successful Research program and Mentoring PhD Students,
15 October, 2010.
“Online Optimal Adaptive Control: Real-Time learning of optimal
control and zero-sum game solutions,” Plenary
Talk, Chinese Conf. Decision & Control, Xuzhou, May 2010.
"Distributed
Adaptive Control for Synchronization of Unknown Nonlinear Networked Systems,”
Invited Talk, 9th Symposium on Frontier Problems in System and Control, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, May 2010
Structural Health Monitoring for Aircraft Skin Systems, A-Star Data Storage Institute DSI, Singapore, August 2009.
Online
Learning of Optimal Controllers for Continuous-Time systems, Asian Control
Conference ASCC, Hong Kong, Aug. 2009.
Adaptive dynamic programming and reinforcement learning for control
applications, Invited Workshop, Int. Symposium on ADP/RL, Nashville, April, 2009.
Adaptive Optimal
Control, Semi-Plenary Talk, IEEE Conf. Decision & Control, Cancun, Dec.
2008
Neuro Dynamic Programming (ADP) for continuous-time systems, Int.
Conf. Intelligent Control, Shanghai, Sept. 2008
Adaptive Dynamic
Programming (ADP) for discrete-time systems, Bill Wolovich
70 BD Workshop, Cancun, Dec. 2008
Notes
on Optimal Control, Mike Athans 70th BD workshop, Oct. 2007
Adaptive
Dynamic programming for Continuous-Time systems, Mike Sain
70th BD workshop, Oct. 2007
Adaptive
Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control, plenary talk, Workshop on ADP/RL,
Hawaii, 2007.
Online Learning Design of Optimal Flight Controllers, Int. Symp. Systems and Control in Aeronautics and
Astronautics (ISSCAA 2010), Harbin, China. June 2010.
Flight
Control for UAV: helicopter platform
control and cooperative formation discrete event control, 2008
Discrete
Event Decision & Control Using a Matrix Framework, IEEE Conf.
Industrial Electronics & Applications, Singapore, June 2008.
Discrete Event
Control Framework and deadlock in Petri nets, Workshop on Petri nets and
Agile Manufacturing, Xian, June 2008.
Wireless
Sensor Network Applications in UAV Helicopters and Intelligent Diagnostics,
IDGA Military Conf, Washington DC, May 2008
Wireless
Sensor Networks: Issues, Advances, Open
Problems, CIS-RAM Conference Bangkok, June 2006
Wireless Sensor
Networks, Inst. Infocom Research & NTU,
Singapore, March 2006
Intelligent diagnostics
& prognostics for structural health monitoring, A-Star Data Storage
Institute, Singapore, Aug 2009.
Intelligent
Diagnostics & Prognostics, Fort Worth
METROCON, 2007.
INFORMATION
FOR NEW STUDENTS APPLYING – Apply through Graduate Adviser, Dept. of
Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. Students:
- Muhammad
Aurangzeb, trust-based control and structure of coalitions on graphs
- Kristian
Hengster-Movric, cooperative control systems, optimal design
- Ali
Bidram, cooperative control for electric power microgrid
- Rubayiat
Tousif, reinforcement learning for human/robot interfaces
Recent Former Ph.D. Students:
- Mohammed Abouheaf, cooperative
graphical games, reinforcement learning for power system economic dispatch
- Kyriakos Vamvoudakis, neural
networks for feedback control
- Emanuel Stingu, autonomous
aerial vehicles, helicopters
- Draguna
Vrabie, Neural Networks for Control- Approximate Dynamic Programming
for continuous-time systems
- Abhijit Das, nonlinear
autopilots for UAV helicopters
- Prasanna Ballal, Wireless
Sensor Networks
- Pritpal Dang, Man-Machine
Interface
- J. Gadewadikar, H-infinity
control, output feedback control, helicopter UAV control
- Asma
AL-Tamimi, Approximate Dynamic Programming for
discrete-time systems
- Cheng
Tao, finite horizon optimal control for nonlinear systems
- M. Abu-Khalaf, Nonlinear
Control and HJB Equation Design
- B. Borovic, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- J. Mireles, Intelligent Robot
Control, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Research
Supported by:
National Science Foundation
Army Research Office, Army National Automotive Center, TARDEC/RDECOM
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
ONR, NASA, and ARO SBIR Contracts
F.L. Lewis Professional Details-
PhD Students
Patents
Grants and Contracts
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