Title: TRUST-TECH: A Novel and Flexible Paradigm for Nonlinear Optimization and its Applications

Dr. Hsiao-Dong Chiang (M’87–SM’91–F’97) received the Ph.D. degree in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY since 1998. His current research interests include nonlinear system theory, computation, nonlinear optimization, and their practical applications. He holds 20 U.S. and overseas patents. He and his research team have published more than 450 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and received more than 12,000 citations with a H factor of 56. Chiang is Founder and President of Bigwood Systems Inc. (BSI) (founded in 1995, Ithaca, New York) and is the author of two books entitled Direct Methods for Stability Analysis of Electric Power Systems: Theoretical Foundation, BCU Methodologies, and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, 2011, and (with L. F. C. Alberto) Stability Regions of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Theory, Optimal Estimation, and Applications, Cambridge Press, 2015. He has served as an associate editor for several IEEE transactions and IEEE journals and as a board member for the IEE Japan and for Journal of Electric Machines and Power Systems.

Title: Control of Neural Networks by Weak Multiplexing

Dra. Anna Zakharova is Principal Investigator at the Collaborative Research Center SFB 910 “Control of self-organizing nonlinear systems: Theoretical methods and concepts of application”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). She leads the team “Control and Dynamics of Multilayer Networks” at TU Berlin (Berlin Institute of Technology). Her research focuses on nonlinear dynamical systems, noise-induced dynamics, control of neural networks, synchronization patterns in dynamical networks, and stochastic effects in networks with time delay.

Anna Zakharova obtained a Diploma in Physics and PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Saratov State University in Russia. In 2012 she obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Potsdam in Germany. Since then she has been a Research Associate at the Department of Theoretical Physics of TU Berlin. In 2019 she obtained the German “Habilitation” (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) from TU Berlin. Anna Zakharova has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Physical Review Letters and Physical Review E. She is a board member of the International Physics and Control Society, a member of German Physical Society (DPG), a guest associate editor for Dynamical Systems in Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. She has given over 30 invited talks and serves as program committee member and organizer of mini-symposia for various conferences, such as International Conference on Control of Self-Organizing Nonlinear Systems, DPG Spring Meeting, Dynamics Days Europe or SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems. Anna Zakharova has numerous national and international collaborations and is principal investigator of DAAD PPP Projects with India on “Chimera in Multiplex Networks” and with France on “Control of Multiscale Neural Networks”. She combines research with teaching activities and supervision of Bachelor, Master and PhD students. The spectrum of disciplines she has been teaching ranges from introductory courses, such as “Introduction to Theoretical Systems Biology” and “Mathematical Methods of Physics” to advanced courses, such as “Non-equilibrium statistics”, “Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex networks” or “Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochastic Processes”.

 

Title: Synchronization of Phase Oscillators in Complex Networked Systems

Dr. Yamir Moreno was born in 1970 in Havana, Cuba. After graduating with the highest marks in Physics at the University of Havana in 1993, he completed a Master in Physics in 1996 at the same institution. He obtained a (Summa Cum Laude) Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 2000 from the University of Zaragoza and the same year joined the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. He is a Professor of Physics at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Zaragoza and Director of the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems at the same institution.

Title: Recent trends on nonlinear dynamics and control of an emergent complex electro mechanical system from Micro and Nano structures to large space structures

Prof. Balthazar  is Full member of  Academy of sciences (ACIESP), SP, Brazil. Fellow of  CNPq-Brazilian Council for Mechanical Engineering Research Development. Member of the advisory committee Aerospace Engineering, Naval  and  Mechanical  Engineering  -CNPq. Research on Engineering Nonlinear Systems and  Phenomena. Prof. Balthazar holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, São Carlos Campus (EEUSP-São Carlos, São Paulo) and is a Lecturer at UNESP. He holds a Master’s degree from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA, São José dos Campos, SP). He completed postdoctoral degrees in Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (1994-1995) and (Visiting Professor) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (2007,2012) and at the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana, IL, USA- (2010). He recently visited: La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, (2011), Univ. (University of Akron, OH, and MIT (BOSTON), USA, (2015) and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, (2017). Prof. Balthazar also delivered Courses abroad: Warsaw (Technical University) – (2011, 2013) and Turkey (Yildiz Univ), (2012). Prof. Balthazar has given guest lectures at renowned centers such as: MIT (Boston), Moscow Academy of Sciences (Russia) and Belgrade Academy of Sciences (Servia), Kharkov National University, Ukraine, etc. Prof. Balthazar is Currently Associate Editor for South America, Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies (JVET) and Member of the Main Editorial Board of the Journal of Vibration and Control (JVC), both indexed in (Web of Sciences). He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Control (IJNDC) and is a reviewer of the main International Circulation Journals on the theme: Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Control with Engineering Applications.

Title: Controle Extremal para Sistemas Descritos por Equações Diferenciais Parciais e suas Aplicações

Dr. Tiago Roux Oliveira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981. He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in 2004, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees both in Electrical Engineering from the Graduate School and Research in Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ), in 2006 and 2010, respectively. In 2014,he was a Visiting Scholar with the University of California – San Diego (UCSD), CA, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (DETEL) and a Researcher with the Post-Graduation Program of Electronics Engineering (PEL), UERJ. His current research interests include nonlinear control theory, extremum seeking, sliding mode control/observers, time delays and boundary control for partial differential equations. He published 45 refereed Journal papers and over 100 refereed Conference papers. Dr. Oliveira has served as a member of the IFAC Technical Committees: Adaptive and Learning Systems (TC 1.2) and Control Design (TC 2.1), and the Technical Committee on Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS). In 2017, he was nominated as an Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). In 2018, he was elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member of the CSS. He was a recipient of the Bolsa Nota 10 (Highest Rank Scholarship prize) sponsored by the Brazilian Agency FAPERJ, the CAPES National Award of Best Thesis in Electrical Engineering, in 2011, and the FAPERJ Young Researcher Award, in 2012, 2015, and 2018. Prof. Tiago was the Guest Editor of the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing in the Special Issue “From Adaptive Control to Variable Structure Systems – Seeking Harmony”. He has served also as an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, the Journal of Control, Automation, and Electrical Systems, the IEEE Latin America Transactions, and Systems & Control Letters.

 

Title: Synchronization and Aplications

Dr. Hildebrando Munhoz Rodrigues holds a degree in Mathematics from the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1966), a master’s degree in the School of Engineering of São Carlos from the University of São Paulo (1970) and a doctoral degree in Mathematics from the University of São Paulo (1973). He has experience in Mathematics, focusing on Analysis, acting on the following subjects: analysis, functional analysis, linear algebra, synchronization and bifurcation. He has a relationship with USP as Senior Professor at ICMC-USP. He is a member of the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences. Received the title of ICMC-USP Emeritus Professor in 2015.