Seminar - "Controlling complex systems: challenges, opportunities and applications" Prof. Mario di Bernardo (University of Naples Federico II & Scuola Superiore Meridionale)

Thursday 21/04/2022, 15:30h, IOC seminar

Network control systems are the subject of much ongoing research but what about very large-scale systems? From large flocks of minidrones or flying insects to cellular populations and power grids, finding a way to close the loop between the microscale, where agents live, and the macroscopic properties that typically need to be controlled is a crucial open challenge for network control. Controlling a system of interest requires being able to sense, compute and actuate.
When complex systems are involved, addressing each of these ingredients requires finding new approaches. What and how many agents need to be controlled/sensed and at what scale is a question beyond the current state-of-the-art that requires a new holistic approach to modelling/analysing and controlling large scale network systems. In this talk I will give snapshots into some recent work from my group aimed at addressing the problem of combining concepts from network science, control theory and other disciplines for the solution of this class of problems. I will use some case studies from applications to motivate and illustrate the theoretical derivations giving an overview of the key challenges in the field and opportunities for further research. In particular I will talk about our recent work on using strategies to control complex systems to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and to manage and control smart grids as part of our recent project VECTORS
(https://vectors.dieti.unina.it).

For more info see https://sites.google.com/site/dibernardogroup/home

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