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SUMMARY:Sense\, Think\, Act: Decision and Control\, from Biology to Techno
 logy  - Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou\, Department of Engineering Sc
 ience\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20240109T140000Z
DTEND:20240109T150000Z
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CONTACT:Kimberly Cole
DESCRIPTION:Control Engineering and the principle of negative feedback hav
 e had a significant impact and enabled some of the most important advances
  in the engineering of man-made systems – from aerospace to energy. The 
 future holds significant promise in the application of control engineering
  methods and tools in other domains which suffer from unprecedented levels
  of uncertainty and data availability including biology and automation. Ne
 w feedback control methods and tools are needed to address these new chall
 enges. \n\nThis talk will first focus on the role feedback in biology in n
 atural systems but also the advantages it can offer in synthetic systems. 
 I will discuss the implementation of feedback regulation inside cells and 
 present different feedback approaches/architectures to achieve this. I wil
 l then talk about automation platforms and new ways of closing the loop\, 
 using input-output data. \n\nData-based approaches sometimes use a control
 ler in the form of a Neural Network. These have become very popular\, but 
 some neural networks are very fragile and off- the-shelf methods may not b
 e ideal in many situations. I will talk about ways to verify properties of
  Neural Networks and Neural Feedback Loops\, using sum of squares approach
 es taking advantage of sparsity. The talk will close with future research 
 directions at the crossroads of control and applications in biology and au
 tonomy. \n\nBoth seminars are hosted by Malcolm Smith\n\nWe strongly encou
 rage you to attend the seminars in person. You can also connect via Zoom:\
 n\nhttps://newnham.zoom.us/j/92544958528?pwd=YS9PcGRnbXBOcStBdStNb3E0SHN1U
 T09 Meeting ID: 925 4495 8528 Passcode: 203369\n
LOCATION:LT6 Seminar Room
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