Model Predictive Control: The Impact of Computation on Control (Prof. Manfred Morari)

Speaker

Manfred Morari (Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania)

Time & Location

Aug. 30 (Fri) 3:40 PM ~ 5:30 PM / SNU Library, Kwanjeong Building, Yang Doo Suk Hall

Abstract

Since the early days of control, the complexity of control algorithms has been constrained by the hardware available for the on-line implementation. The arrival of control computers in the 1960s changed this with Model Predictive Control as the first algorithm to take advantage of the ever-growing computational resources. I will trace these developments and describe their impact on a wide range of areas from building climate control to automotive systems and power electronics. I will speculate on the future role of the control field, the potential impact of artificial intelligence, current research activities and public perception.

Biography

In 2016 Manfred Morari was appointed Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. In the prior 22 years he was a professor at ETH Zurich, from 2009 to 2012 head of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and from 1994 to 2008 head of the Automatic Control Laboratory. Before that he was the McCollum-Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Officer for Control and Dynamical Systems at the California Institute of Technology. From 1977 to 1983 he was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin. He obtained the diploma from ETH Zurich and the Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, both in chemical engineering.

Morari was president of the European Control Association 2011-2013 and General Chair of the European Control Conference in 2013.

Morari supervised more than 80 PhD students who are now professors in universities all over the world or hold positions of major responsibility in industry.

Throughout his career, Morari and his research group were striving to develop theoretically founded tools for process systems engineering, control and automation to further understanding and to impact practice. He co-authored the books “Robust Process Control” with Zafiriou (1989) and “Predictive Control for Linear and Hybrid Systems” with Borrelli and Bemporad (2017)