Workshops
Workshops
The European Control Conference offers pre-conference workshops addressing current and future topics in control systems from experts from academia, research institutes, and industry. Pre-conference workshops cover material or use presentation formats that are not found within the main conference to increase the interest for the event, enhance interaction and discussion amongst participants, and make useful connections to fields outside of control.
ECC19 workshops will be held at the conference venue June 25th, 2019, the day before the official opening of the conference. Advanced registration for pre-conference workshops can be done online via the conference registration system. Please note that workshops are: (a) subject to cancellation for lack of registrants, and (b) allow a maximum number of participants. The costs of attending a pre-conference workshop are: €100 for each full registrant; €60 for each student registrant. Conference registration is a prerequisite for registering at a pre-conference workshop.
List of workshops is reported below. For further information contact the conference Workshops Chair, prof. Jacquelien Scherpen.
Analytics for the Sharing Economy: Mathematics, Engineering and Business Perspectives
This workshop does not require payment of the fee because it is supported by the organizers institutions. Registration is required. Potential participants who are not registered to the conference can send an email at
Scheduling: June 25th, 2019. Room: P-0-Sala B. Time: 8:30-17:00.
Organizers: Emanuele Crisostomi, Haeusler Florian, Bissan Ghaddar, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Giovanni Russo, Robert Shorten.
Abstract. Consumer behavior across a spectrum of markets is experiencing a powerful and disruptive paradigm shift. Driven by many factors including: limited natural resources; an expanding middle-class; outdated business models; better informed consumers; and pressures to promote sustainable practises and reduce wastage, consumers are moving from a sole-ownership, to a shared-ownership model with guaranteed access. The terms of collaborative consumption and Sharing Economy are typically used to denote such thriving forces that are revolutionizing the current way of thinking and behaving at different levels of the society. Several shared-ownership models have been already proved world-wide to be rather successful, in different sectors of the industry, including transportation, energy, and accommodation. While the value of the sharing economy is not in question, remarkably, structured platforms and dedicated analytics to support the deployment and the design of services, under the general umbrella of Sharing Economy, are often poorly developed, with significant opportunities for improvement. The aim of this workshop is to review successful use cases of sharing systems and to explore the theory for designing effective and stable shared-economy models. The workshop also gathers researchers from different research fields, such as energy and transportation, to discuss some recent innovations and use-cases for shared-economy models.
Program.
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome and Motivation |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Session #1: Mathematics for the sharing economy
Antonio Frangioni (University of Pisa, Italy): Optimization methods: an applications oriented primer Sergio Grammatico (TU Delft, Netherlands): On distributed generalized seeking equilibria for sharing economy applications |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Session #2: Enablers
Robert Shorten (University College Dublin, Ireland): Control theory for prosumers-driven economy Emanuele Crisostomi (University of Pisa, Italy): Dimensioning strategies for sharing economy Pietro Ferraro/Robert Shorten (University College Dublin, Ireland): Distributed ledger technology for sharing economy |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-16:30 |
Session #3: Applications
Fabio Moret (DTU, Denmark): Negotiation approaches for sharing systems from pool-based to peer-to-peer Andrew Cullen (University College Dublin, Ireland): Analytics and hardware co-design for sharing economy Francesco Calabrese (Vodafone Italy): Mobile phone data and shared services Joe Naoum-Sawaya (Ivey Business School, Canada): Exploiting large scale optimization in ridesharing Vincenzo Punzo (Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy): Beyond ride-sharing algorithms: a start-up perspective |
| 16:30-17:00 | Conclusions |
Control and Networking in Cyber-physical Systems
The costs of attending this pre-conference workshop are: €100 for each full registrant; €60 for each student registrant. Workshop fee can be paid through the conference registration system.
The organizers have activated a dedicated workshop webpage at this link.
Scheduling: June 25th, 2019. Room: P-0-Sala C. Time: 8:45-17:15.
Organizers: Sandra Hirche, John S. Baras, Klaus Wehrle, Mohammad H. Mamduhi.
Abstract. Recent evolutions of communication systems facilitate faster, more reliable, higher rate, and less faulty information exchange leading to a rapid spread of cyber-physical systems with applications such as autonomous cars, smart buildings and robotics. In such networked systems heterogeneous feedback control loops are closed over a communication channel imposing real-time requirements on the communication system. In order to meet the requirements of cyber-physical applications a tight integration of communication, control and system components is needed to fully exploit their individual elasticity and mutual adjustment potential. Ultimately, this requires the joint analysis and design of communication, control and system methodologies. Motivated by these aspects, the workshop will discuss the integration of control and communication in CPS. The main topics of interest are: 1) Control architectures for network-aware CPS, 2) Communication and networking architectures in control-aware CPS, and 3) New trends of industrial, commercial, and societal applications of CPS. The full day workshop consists of invited talks of internationally renowned experts in the field and a poster session.
Program.
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome and Motivation |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Session #1
Daniel Quevedo: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Networked Estimation and Control Duarte Antunes: Consistent event-triggered control Joerg Raisch: Exploiting the superposition property of wireless communication for consensus problems in multi-agent systems |
| 11:00-11:20 | Break |
| 11:20–12:40 |
Session #2
Karl Henrik Johansson: Cyber-physical control of transport systems Sebastian Trimpe: Feedback control goes wireless: guaranteed stability over low-power multi-hop networks |
| 12:40-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-16:00 |
Session #3 James Gross: Highly reliable wireless-edge systems for closed-loop applications Chrysa Papagianni (To be confirmed) Wolfgang Kellerer: Joint optimization of control and networking in wireless cyber-physical systems |
| 16:00-17:00 | Discussion panel and future directions |
| 17:00-17:15 | Closing remarks |
Modeling, Control and Operation of Advanced Energy Storage Systems in Grid Connection
This workshop is supported by the EU project Haeolus; participation does not require payment of the fee. Registration is required. Potential participants who are not registered to the conference can send an email at [email protected]
Scheduling: June 25th, 2019. Room: P-0-Sala A. Time: 8:30-14:00.
Organizers: Luigi Glielmo, Davide Liuzza.
Abstract. Energy storage for grid applications represents the next challenging technological frontier to be broken for guaranteeing a sustainable energy system. Indeed, the main renewable energy sources, i.e., solar and wind technologies, cannot be planned with a long horizon ahead. This fact implies the consequent problem of future severe mismatches between production and consumption and inherently limits their penetration share. Energy storage technologies and their related management and control strategies are needed to compensate for grid power imbalances, provide energy backup and mitigate production fluctuations. In this workshop, two main technologies will be presented from a control engineering perspective: battery energy storage systems (BESS), for short term storage, and hydrogen based storage, for medium-term and seasonal storage. For BESS, novel distributed control approaches will be addressed to coordinate a large number of BESS geographically spread across different locations. For hydrogen based storage systems, modeling, control, diagnostic and prognostic algorithms will be presented with special emphasis to relevant ongoing projects and applications.
Program.
| 8:30 – 8:40 |
Welcome and Motivation
Luigi Glielmo |
| 8:40-10:40 |
Session #1
Alessandra Parisio: Distributed battery energy storage coordination for fast frequency response Ulrike Krewer: Dynamic modeling and state analysis of Li ion batteries Bart de Schutter: Optimal power scheduling of fuel-cell-car-based microgrids |
| 10:40-11:10 | Break |
| 11:10-12:30 |
Session #2
Project HPEM2GAS (http://hpem2gas.eu/): Alexander Flat, Hochschule Emden/Leer: High Performance PEM Electrolyzer for Cost-effective Grid Balancing Applications Project Haeolus ( www.haeolus.eu ): Davide Liuzza: Modeling of a Hydrogen Storage Wind Plant for Model Predictive Control Management Strategies Project Haeolus ( www.haeolus.eu ): Robin Roche: Predictive maintenance for wind-hydrogen plant using diagnostics and prognostics of PEM electrolysers Project Deep Purple ( www.gcesubsea.no ): Fredrik Johan Østheim: Offshore hydrogen technologies for stable, CO2-free energy production |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
New Results on Adaptive Systems Application to State Observers and Control
Due to the low number of registrations, this workshop has been cancelled. Those who registered will be contacted by the conference secretariat to arrange the reimbursement of their workshop registration fee.
Methods in Modeling and Control of Neuronal Networks in the Brain
Due to the low number of registrations, this workshop has been cancelled. Those who registered will be contacted by the conference secretariat to arrange the reimbursement of their workshop registration fee.
