inControl
The first podcast on control theory.
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Latest Episodes
ep44 - Mario di Bernardo: From Circuits to Cells and Swarms — Control meets Complexity
Outline00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Origin story: Naples, electrical engineering, and the fascination with chaos 08:00 - What is chaos?15:00 - DC-DC converters and discontinuity-induced bifurcations 22:00 - Piecewise-smooth ...
ep43 - Steve Brunton: DMD, Koopman, SINDy, Eigensteve Channel, HydroGym, Optimization, and much more
Outline00:00 - Intro01:15 - Origin story: early path and the road to science 04:20 - On graphical visualization and aphantasia 08:08 - The interest in fluid dynamics 12:00 - Caltech, Jerry Marsden, and ...
ep42 - inControl guide to ... the Nyquist criterion
Outline00:00 – Intro04:43 – Life and background08:45 – Bell Labs13:42 – Inventing the negative feedback amplifier18:15 – Nyquist's landmark contributions20:43 – Regeneration theory27:10 – Frequency response...
ep41 - A minimal history of optimal control
Outline00:00 - Intro02:55 - Brachistochrone problem20:52 - Beginning of the calculus of variations32:00 - Principle of least action42:37 - Maximum principle1:02:35 - Dynamic programming1:11:12 - Linear quadrat...
ep40 - Jeff Shamma: gain scheduling, nonlinear control, learning & dissipativity in games, jiu-jitsu
Outline00:00 - Intro03:18 - Early days: why control, M. Athans, and IDSS12:21 - What is gain scheduling?33:37 - Paradigm shifts & the ‘90s: Minnesota → Texas → LA 42:19 - Robustness & fundamental limitations o...