On June 12th, 2024 at 11.00 am the seminar "Predictive Control in Cyber-physical and Distributed Systems" will take place at DEIB Conference Room "Emilio Gatti" (Building 20).

The objective of this seminar is to present a friendly introduction to predictive control and some of its current developments and challenges, especially those related to its application to CPS and distributed systems. In this regard, emphasis will be placed on coalitional control, in which the controllers are dynamically grouped into weakly coupled sets in order to improve performance while minimizing cooperation costs. The applications of this framework to the ERC project OCONTSOLAR will also be presented.

J.M. Maestre holds a PhD from the University of Seville, where he currently works as a full professor. He has held various positions at universities such as TU Delft, University of Pavia, University of Kyoto and Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the control of distributed cyber-physical systems, with a special emphasis on the integration of heterogeneous agents in the control loop. He has published over 200 journal and conference papers, co-edited several books, and led several research projects. Finally, his achievements have been recognized through several awards and honors, including the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering's medal for his contributions to the predictive control of large-scale systems.