Colin Jones
Associate Professor
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1015 Lausanne
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Biography
Colin Jones is an associate professor in the field of optimal control, with a focus on optimization and model predictive control. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics from the University of British Columbia and later earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, where he conducted research on polyhedral computational methods for constrained control. Prof Jones has been an associate professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 2017, and has previously held positions as an assistant professor at the EPFL and a senior researcher at the ETH Zürich. In addition to his research, Colin is the director of the Robotics control and intelligent systems doctoral program at the EPFL. He has published over 200 papers and has been recognized for his work on optimal control of building networks with an ERC starting grant. Colin's current research interests include high-speed predictive control and optimization, as well as the control of green energy generation, distribution, and management.Publications
All publications are available on the EPFL infoscience portal here and on google scholar here.Research Interests
My research focuses on the development of the theory and practice of optimization-based, or model predictive control with a particular emphasis on problems arising from renewable energy challenges.Details of ongoing research can be found at la.epfl.ch
Education
BASc
Electrical engineering and mathematics
University of British Columbia
1994-2000
MASc
Electrical engineering
University of British Columbia, Canada
2000-2002
PhD
Control theory
Cambridge, UK
2002-2005
Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
2024
Data-Driven Joint Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Operation for Multiple Integrated Electricity and Heating Systems
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
2024
DOI : 10.1109/TSTE.2024.3379162
Violation-aware contextual Bayesian optimization for controller performance optimization with unmodeled constraints
Journal Of Process Control
2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.jprocont.2024.103212
Decentralized Over-the-Air Federated Learning by Second-Order Optimization Method
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
2024
DOI : 10.1109/TWC.2023.3327610
Lower Bounds on the Noiseless Worst-Case Complexity of Efficient Global Optimization
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
2024
DOI : 10.1007/s10957-024-02399-1
Data-driven adaptive building thermal controller tuning with constraints: A primal-dual contextual Bayesian optimization approach
Applied Energy
2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122493
Fusing Pre-existing Knowledge and Machine Learning for Enhanced Building Thermal Modeling and Control
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10623.
Quantifying the Unknown: Data-Driven Approaches and Applications in Energy Systems
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10542.
2023
Distributed data-driven predictive control for cooperatively smoothing mixed traffic flow
Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies
2023
DOI : 10.1016/j.trc.2023.104274
Self-triggered Control with Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes
Acm Transactions On Cyber-Physical Systems
2023
DOI : 10.1145/3597311
Towards scalable physically consistent neural networks: An application to data-driven multi-zone thermal building models
Applied Energy
2023
DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121071
Adaptive Robust Data-Driven Building Control via Bilevel Reformulation: An Experimental Result
Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2023.3259641
Feasibility analysis and preliminary design of a lunar drone service station
2023Advisor(s) : D. Rodriguez Martinez; J.-P. Kneib; C. Jones
Primal-Dual Contextual Bayesian Optimization for Control System Online Optimization with Time-Average Constraints
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore, SINGAPORE , DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 4112 - 4117.DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383653.
Physically Consistent Multiple-Step Data-Driven Predictions Using Physics-Based Filters
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2023
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3282987
Machine Learning Methods for Robust Uncertainty Quantification and Controller Approximation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9831.
Data-driven Methods for Control: from Linear to Lifting
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9798.
Computationally Efficient Reinforcement Learning: Targeted Exploration leveraging Simple Rules
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore , December 13-15, 2023.DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383956.
A Generalized Stopping Criterion for Real-Time MPC with Guaranteed Stability
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control CDC 2023 , Marina Bay Sands, Singapore , December 13-15, 2023.DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383261.
Hypergraph-Based Fast Distributed AC Power Flow Optimization
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore, SINGAPORE , DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 4572 - 4579.DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383354.
Physically Consistent Neural ODEs for Learning Multi-Physics Systems
2023. 22nd IFAC World Congress , Yokohama, Japan , July 9-14, 2023. p. 5855 - 5860.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.079.
On the Optimality and Convergence Properties of the Iterative Learning Model Predictive Controller
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2022.3148227
PIQP: A Proximal Interior-Point Quadratic Programming Solver
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore, SINGAPORE , DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 1088 - 1093.DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383915.
Stability Verification of Neural Network Controllers using Mixed-Integer Programming
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2023.3283213
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems
2023. American Control Conference (ACC) , San Diego, CA , May 31-Jun 02, 2023. p. 3735 - 3750.DOI : 10.23919/ACC55779.2023.10155901.
2022
Asynchronous decentralized adjustable robust operation for multi-area integrated electricity-gas systems considering wind power uncertainty
International Journal Of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108882
Robust Uncertainty Bounds in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces: A Convex Optimization Approach
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2022.3227907
Over-the-Air Federated Learning via Second-Order Optimization
Ieee Transactions On Wireless Communications
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TWC.2022.3185156
Data-driven distributionally robust joint chance-constrained energy management for multi-energy microgrid
Applied Energy
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119939
Uncertainty-aware Flexibility Envelope Prediction in Buildings with Controller-agnostic Battery Models
2022
Experimental data-driven model predictive control of a hospital HVAC system during regular use
Energy And Buildings
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112316
Physically Consistent Neural Networks for building thermal modeling: Theory and analysis
Applied Energy
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119806
Near-optimal Deep Reinforcement Learning Policies from Data for Zone Temperature Control
2022. 17th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) , Naples, Italy , June 27-30, 2022. p. 698 - 703.DOI : 10.1109/ICCA54724.2022.9831914.
Optimal Thrust Vector Control of an Electric Small-Scale Rocket Prototype
2022
Distributed adjustable robust optimal power-gas flow considering wind power uncertainty
International Journal Of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.107963
Feasibility analysis and preliminary design of a Lunar Reconnaissance Drone
2022Advisor(s) : D. Rodríguez-Martínez; J.-P. Kneib; C. Jones
Distributionally Robust Joint Chance-Constrained Dispatch for Integrated Transmission-Distribution Systems via Distributed Optimization
Ieee Transactions On Smart Grid
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2022.3150412
Distributed model predictive control of buildings and energy hubs
Energy And Buildings
2022
DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111806
Real-Time Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Fast Mechatronic Systems
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7699.
Scheduling Delays and Curtailment for Household Appliances With Deterministic Load Profiles Using MPC
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2022
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3183826
Real-time Nonlinear MPC Strategy with Full Vehicle Validation for Autonomous Driving
2022. American Control Conference (ACC) , Atlanta, GA , Jun 08-10, 2022. p. 1982 - 1987.DOI : 10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867514.
VABO: Violation-Aware Bayesian Optimization for Closed-Loop Control Performance Optimization with Unmodeled Constraints
2022. American Control Conference (ACC) , Atlanta, GA , Jun 08-10, 2022. p. 5288 - 5293.DOI : 10.23919/ACC53348.2022.9867298.
Communication-Efficient Stochastic Zeroth-Order Optimization for Federated Learning
Ieee Transactions On Signal Processing
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TSP.2022.3214122
Data-Driven Input Reconstruction and Experimental Validation
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2022
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3184904
Optimal Thrust Vector Control of an Electric Small-Scale Rocket Prototype
2022. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , Philadelphia, PA , May 23-27, 2022. p. 1996 - 2002.DOI : 10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9811938.
2021
Deep Reinforcement Learning for room temperature control: a black-box pipeline from data to policies
2021. CISBAT 2021 – Carbon Neutral Cities: Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era , Lausanne, Switzerland , September 8-10, 2021.DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012004.
Stochastic Optimal Control for Autonomous Driving Applications via Polynomial Chaos Expansions
2021
Towards global optimal control via Koopman lifts
Automatica
2021
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109610
Real-time Nonlinear MPC Strategy with Full Vehicle Validation for Autonomous Driving
2021
Nonlinear Data-Enabled Prediction and Control
2021. 3rd Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control , Online , June 7-8, 2021. p. 523 - 534.A Demand Response-Based Solution to Overloading in Underdeveloped Distribution Networks
Ieee Transactions On Smart Grid
2021
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2021.3079959
Resource-Aware Stochastic Self-Triggered Model Predictive Control
IEEE Control Systems Letters
2021
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3091967
Guest Editorial Model Predictive Control in Energy Conversion Systems
Ieee Transactions On Energy Conversion
2021
DOI : 10.1109/TEC.2021.3076279
Reference tracking stochastic model predictive control over unreliable channels and bounded control actions
Automatica
2021
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109512
Evaluation of advanced control strategies of electric thermal storage systems in residential building stock
Utilities Policy
2021
DOI : 10.1016/j.jup.2021.101178
Embedded PWM Predictive Control of DC-DC Power Converters Via Piecewise-Affine Neural Networks
IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society
2021
DOI : 10.1109/OJIES.2021.3058411
From System Level Synthesis to Robust Closed-loop Data-Enabled Predictive Control
2021. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , ELECTR NETWORK , Dec 13-17, 2021. p. 1478 - 1483.DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683429.
Optimization Methods for Control: From Embedded Programmable Hardware to Data-Driven Process Optimization
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10433.
2020
Resource-Aware Asynchronous Multi-Agent Coordination via Self-Triggered MPC
2020. 2020 CDC 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Jeju Island, Republic of Korea , December 14-18, 2020. p. 685 - 690.DOI : 10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9304137.
NSM Converges to a k-NN Regressor Under Loose Lipschitz Estimates
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2020
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2020.2996263
A nonlinear model predictive control scheme for sensor fault tolerance in observation processes
International Journal Of Robust And Nonlinear Control
2020
DOI : 10.1002/rnc.5104
PolyMPC: An efficient and extensible tool for real‐time nonlinear model predictive tracking and path following for fast mechatronic systems
Optimal Control Applications and Methods
2020
DOI : 10.1002/oca.2566
On Gaussian Process Based Koopman Operators
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , Berlin, Germany , July 11-17, 2020. p. 52 - 58.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.217.
A Demand Response Framework to Overcome Network Overloading in Power Distribution Networks
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 13339 - 13344.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.168.
Distributed Multi-Building Coordination for Demand Response
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 17113 - 17118.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1655.
A Neural Network Architecture to Learn Explicit MPC Controllers from Data
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 11362 - 11367.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.546.
Ancillary Services Provision Utilizing a Network of Fast-Charging Stations for Electrical Buses
Ieee Transactions On Smart Grid
2020
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2019.2927701
A Resource-Aware Approach to Self-Triggered Model Predictive Control
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 2733 - 2738.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.926.
Regularized economic model predictive control with barrier functions
Optimal Control Applications & Methods
2020
DOI : 10.1002/oca.2569
Learning Non-Parametric Models with Guarantees: A Smooth Lipschitz Regression Approach
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 965 - 970.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1265.
2019
Learning Feature Maps of the Koopman Operator: A Subspace Viewpoint
2019. The 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Nice, France , December 11th-13th 2019. p. 860 - 866.DOI : 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029189.
PolyMPC: An Efficient Tool for Embedded Model Predictive Control for Fast Mechatronic Systems
Airborne Wind Energy Conference 2019: (AWEC 2019), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, October 15-16, 2019.An Inertial Parallel and Asynchronous Forward-Backward Iteration for Distributed Convex Optimization
Journal Of Optimization Theory And Applications
2019
DOI : 10.1007/s10957-019-01542-7
Learning Non-Parametric Models with Guarantees: A Smooth Lipschitz Interpolation Approach
2019
SVR-AMA: An Asynchronous Alternating Minimization Algorithm With Variance Reduction for Model Predictive Control Applications
Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control
2019
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2018.284956
Recurrent Neural Network based MPC for Process Industries
2019. 18th European Control Conference (ECC) , Naples, ITALY , Jun 25-28, 2019. p. 1005 - 1010.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2019.8795809.
Kernel methods and Model predictive approaches for Learning and Control
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9524.
A Time Splitting Based Real-Time Iteration Scheme for Nonlinear MPC
2019. 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Nice, FRANCE , Dec 11-13, 2019. p. 2350 - 2355.DOI : 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029760.
Distributed state estimation for discrete-time linear time invariant systems: A survey
Annual Reviews In Control
2019
DOI : 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2019.08.003
System and method for operating a combination of heterogeneous energy resources for fast grid services
2019.
A Generalized Representer Theorem for Hilbert Space - Valued Functions
2019
Low-Complexity Optimization-Based Control: Design, Methods and Applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9564.
Model-based predictive control methods for distributed energy resources in smart grids.
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9264.
Manifold Learning and Optimal Control for Obstacle Avoidance in Autonomous Driving
2019
2018
Economic study of the participation of multiple energy resources in grid services markets
2018
Supplementary material for the paper: A coordinator-driven communication reduction scheme for distributed optimization using the projected gradient method
2018
A coordinator-driven communication reduction scheme for distributed optimization using the projected gradient method
2018. European Control Conference 2018 (ECC 2018) , Limassol, Cyprus , June 12-15, 2018. p. 1773 - 1778.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550278.
Provision of Ancillary Services utilizing a Network of Fast-Charging Stations for Electrical Buses
2018
Experimental Implementation of Frequency Regulation Service Using Commercial Buildings
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
2018
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2016.2597002
Active Directional Modifier Adaptation with Trust Region - Application to Energy-Harvesting Kites
2018. European Control Conference (ECC) , Limassol, CYPRUS , Jun 12-15, 2018. p. 2312 - 2317.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550509.
Use of model predictive control for short-term operating reserve using commercial buildings in the United Kingdom context
2018. 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Miami Beach, FL , Dec 17-19, 2018. p. 7308 - 7313.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2018.8619529.
Learning Proximal Operators with Gaussian Processes
2018. 56th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton) , Monticello, IL , Oct 02-05, 2018. p. 935 - 942.DOI : 10.1109/ALLERTON.2018.8635898.
Coordinated Optimization and Control for Smart Grids
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8814.
Economic Advantages of Office Buildings Providing Ancillary Services with Intraday Participation
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
2018
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2016.2632239
Distributed State Estimation and Cooperative Path-Following Under Communication Constraints
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8626.
Enhancing the dispatchability of distribution networks through utility-scale batteries and flexible demand
Energy and Buildings
2018
DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.056
Real-Time Optimization of Uncertain Process Systems via Modifier Adaptation and Gaussian Processes
2018. European Control Conference (ECC) , Limassol, CYPRUS , Jun 12-15, 2018. p. 466 - 471.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550397.
2017
Interior Point Decomposition for Multi-Agent Optimization
2017. 20th IFAC World Congress , Toulouse, France , 9-14 July, 2017. p. 233 - 238.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.039.
Solving the Infinite-horizon Constrained LQR Problem using Accelerated Dual Proximal Methods
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2017
DOI : 10.1109/Tac.2016.2594381
Real-Time Distributed Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimal Power Flow
2017. 2017 American Control Conference , Seattle, WA, USA , May 24–26, 2017.DOI : 10.23919/ACC.2017.7963469.
Dispatching active distribution networks through electrochemical storage systems and demand side management
2017. 1st IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications , Big Island, Hawaii, USA , August 27-30, 2017.DOI : 10.1109/CCTA.2017.8062629.
Predictive Control methods for Building Control and Demand Response
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7738.
On Coordinated Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods for Multi-Agent Optimization
2017. 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Melbourne, Australia , December 12-15, 2017.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264177.
Y Stability and performance verification of optimization-based controllers
Automatica
2017
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2016.12.008
An Alternating Trust Region Algorithm for Distributed Linearly Constrained Nonlinear Programs, Application to the Optimal Power Flow Problem
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
2017
DOI : 10.1007/s10957-015-0853-2
Predictive Control of Buildings for Demand Response and Ancillary Services Provision
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7897.
Technical Report: Control of Nonlinear Systems with Explicit-MPC-like Controllers
2017. The 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Melbourne, Australia , December 12-15, 2017.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264394.
On Generalized Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods with Non-uniform Complementarity Perturbations for Quadratic Programming
2017
Experimental Implementation of Frequency Regulation Services Using Commercial Buildings
2017. IEEE Manchester PowerTech , Manchester, England , June 18-22, 2017.DOI : 10.1109/PTC.2017.7980924.
Hierarchical Control of Building HVAC System for Ancillary Services Provision
2017
On turnpike and dissipativity properties of continuous-time optimal control problems
Automatica
2017
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.012
2016
Sensor Fault Tolerance in Output Feedback Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
2016. 3rd Conference on Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol) , Barcelona, SPAIN , SEP 07-09, 2016. p. 711 - 716.DOI : 10.1109/SYSTOL.2016.7739832.
Controller design and value function approximation for nonlinear dynamical systems
Automatica
2016
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2016.01.022
Accelerated ADMM based on Accelerated Douglas-Rachford Splitting
2016. European Control Conference (ECC) , Aalborg, Denmark , June 29 - July 1, 2016. p. 1952 - 1957.DOI : 10.1109/ECC.2016.7810577.
Stochastic MPC for Controlling the Average Constraint Violation for Periodic Linear System with Additive Disturbance
2016. American Control Conference , Boston, MA, USA , July 6-8, 2016.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2016.7526515.
A Parametric Nonconvex Decomposition Algorithm for Real-Time and Distributed NMPC
Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control
2016
DOI : 10.1109/Tac.2015.2426231
Continuous-time Model Predictive Control for Economic Optimization : Theory, Design, and Applications to Motion Control of Underactuated Vehicles
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6612.
Distributed synthesis and stability of cooperative distributed model predictive control for linear systems
Automatica
2016
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2016.02.009
MPC for Tracking Periodic References
IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control
2016
DOI : 10.1109/Tac.2015.2461811
Splitting Methods for Distributed Optimization and Control
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7041.
A Nonlinear Adaptive Controller for Airborne Wind Energy Systems
2016. American Control Conference (ACC) , Boston, MA, USA , July 6-8, 2016. p. 4101 - 4106.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2016.7525566.
OpenBuildNet Framework for Distributed Co-Simulation of Smart Energy Systems
2016. 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision , Phuket, Thailand , November 13-15, 2016.DOI : 10.1109/ICARCV.2016.7838701.
Decomposition Strategies for Nonconvex Problems, a Parametric Approach
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6875.
Proofs of Lemmas of the Paper Design of a Distributed Quantized Luenberger Filter for Bounded Noise
2016
Moment-sum-of-squares hierarchies for set approximation and optimal control
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7012.
2015
Providing ancillary service with commercial buildings: the Swiss perspective
2015. 9th IFAC International Symposium on AdvancedControl of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM) , Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. , June 7-10, 2015. p. 6 - 13.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.08.149.
Robust Tracking Commitment with Application to Demand Response
2015
An Optimization-based Approach to Extract Faceted Crystal Shapes from Stereoscopic Images
Computers and Chemical Engineering
2015
DOI : 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.01.016
Quantization design for distributed optimization with time-varying parameters
2015. 54rd Conference on Decision and Control , Osaka, Japan , December 15-18, 2015. p. 2037 - 2042.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402506.
Quantization Design for Distributed Optimization
2015
A two-stage stochastic programming approach to employee scheduling in retail outlets with uncertain demand
Omega-International Journal Of Management Science
2015
DOI : 10.1016/j.omega.2015.01.003
Constrained Spectrum Control
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2015
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2014.2364531
Quantization Design for Unconstrained Distributed Optimization
2015. The 2015 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA , July 1–3, 2015. p. 1229 - 1234.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2015.7170901.
Enumeration-based approach to solving parametric linear complementarity problems
Automatica
2015
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2015.09.019
An Alternating Trust Region Algorithm for Distributed Linearly Constrained Nonlinear Programs Application to the AC Optimal Power Flow
2015
Multirate sliding mode disturbance compensation for model predictive control
International Journal Of Robust And Nonlinear Control
2015
DOI : 10.1002/rnc.3244
Optimization of an Airborne Wind Energy System using Constrained Gaussian Processes with Transient Measurements
2015. Indian Control Conference , IIT Madras, Chennai , 5-7 January, 2015.A Model Predictive Control scheme with Ultimate Bound for Economic Optimization
2015. 2015 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA , July 1-3 in. p. 1653 - 1658.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2015.7170970.
Stability and Performance Verification of Optimization-based Controllers
2015
Optimization Based Control for Target Estimation and Tracking via Highly Observable Trajectories An Application to Motion Control of Autonomous Robotic Vehicles
2015. 11th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control . p. 495 - 504.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-10380-8_47.
Guaranteeing Input Tracking For Constrained Systems: Theory and Application to Demand Response
2015. 2015 American Control Conference , Chicago, Illinois, USA , July 1-3, 2015.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2015.7170741.
A virtual vehicle approach to distributed control for formation keeping of underactuated vehicles
2015. 1st Indian Control Conference (ICC 2015) , IIT Madras, Chennai, India , January 5-7, 2015.2014
Complexity Certification of the Fast Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Linear Model Predictive Control
2014
Model Predictive Control for Market-Based Demand Response Participation
2014. 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control , Cape Town, South Africa , 24-29 August 2014.On real-time robust model predictive control
Automatica
2014
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2013.11.019
Certification of fixed computation time first-order optimization-based controllers for a class of nonlinear dynamical systems
2014. American Control Conference , Portland, Oregon, USA , June 4 - 6, 2014. p. 3602 - 3608.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2014.6858719.
Flexible triangular formation keeping of marine robotic vehicles using range measurements.
2014. 19th IFAC World Congress , Cape Town, South Africa , August 2014. p. 5145 - 5150.DOI : 10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.02435.
Solving the infinite-horizon constrained LQR problem using splitting techniques
2014
An Augmented Lagrangian Coordination-Decomposition Algorithm for Solving Distributed Non-Convex Programs
2014. 2014 American Control Conference , Portland, Oregon, USA , June 4-6, 2014. p. 4312 - 4317.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2014.6858863.
Solving the infinite-horizon constrained LQR problem using splitting techniques
2014. 19th IFAC World Congress , Cape Town, South Africa . p. 2285 - 2290.DOI : 10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.00650.
Learning decision rules for energy efficient building control
Journal Of Process Control
2014
DOI : 10.1016/j.jprocont.2014.01.006
Optimal design of observable multi-agent networks: A structural system approach
2014. 2014 European Control Conference (ECC) , Strasbourg, France , June 25-27, 2014. p. 1536 - 1541.DOI : 10.1109/ECC.2014.6862577.
A parametric multi-convex splitting technique with application to real-time NMPC
2014. 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Los Angeles, California, USA , December 15-17, 2014. p. 5052 - 5057.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040178.
Stochastic Model Predictive Control for Building Climate Control
IEEE Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2014
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2013.2272178
Soft Constrained Model Predictive Control With Robust Stability Guarantees
Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control
2014
DOI : 10.1109/Tac.2014.2304371
A Parametric Non-Convex Decomposition Algorithm for Real-Time and Distributed NMPC
2014
Inexact Fast Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Distributed Model Predictive Control
2014. 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Los Angeles, California, USA , December 15-17, 2014. p. 5915 - 5921.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040315.
An Economic Model Predictive Control scheme with terminal penalty for continuous-time systems
2014. 53nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Los Angeles, CA, USA , December 15-17, 2014. p. 2728 - 2733.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2014.7039807.
Optimization of an Airborne Wind Energy System Using Constrained Gaussian Processes
2014. IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control , Antibes/Nice , 8-10 October, 2014. p. 1394 - 1399.DOI : 10.1109/CCA.2014.6981519.
Splitting methods in control
2014. 13th European Control Conference , Strasbourg, France , June 24-27 2014. p. 2478 - 2483.DOI : 10.1109/ECC.2014.6862635.
Dominant speed factors of active set methods for fast MPC
Optimal Control Applications & Methods
2014
DOI : 10.1002/oca.2140
Fast Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Model Predictive Control
2014. 19th IFAC World Congress , Cape Town, South Africa , 8-24, 2014. p. 11980 - 11986.DOI : 10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.01432.
Convex computation of the maximum controlled invariant set for polynomial control systems
Siam Journal on Control and Optimization
2014
DOI : 10.1137/130914565
2013
Trajectory-tracking and Path-following Controllers for Constrained Underactuated Vehicles using Model Predictive Control
2013. European Control Conference (ECC) . p. 1371 - 1376.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2013.6669717.
Certification Aspects of the Fast Gradient Method for Solving the Dual of Parametric Convex Programs
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research
2013
DOI : 10.1007/s00186-012-0420-7
On the selection of the most appropriate MPC problem formulation for buildings
2013. 11th REHVA World Congress CLIMA 2013 , Prague, Czech Republic , June 16-19, 2013.A Model Predictive Control Scheme with Additional Performance Index for Transient Behavior
2013. 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Florence , December 10-13, 2013. p. 5090 - 5095.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760688.
Multi-Parametric Toolbox 3.0
2013. European Control Conference , Zurich, Switzerland , July 17-19, 2013. p. 502 - 510.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2013.6669862.
Least-restrictive robust periodic model predictive control applied to room temperature regulation
Automatica
2013
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2013.05.009
Robust Distributed Model Predictive Control of Linear Systems
2013. European Control Conference , Zurich, Switzerland , July 17-19, 2013. p. 2764 - 2769.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2013.6669745.
Plug and Play Distributed Model Predictive Control Based on Distributed Invariance and Optimization
2013. 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Firenze, Italy , December, 2013. p. 5770 - 5776.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760799.
2012
Learning Near-optimal Decision Rules for Energy Efficient Building Control
2012. Conference on Decision and Control , Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 7571 - 7576.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426767.
A Set-Theoretic Method for Verifying Feasibility of a Fast Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller
Distributed Decision Making and Control; London: Springer London,2012.
p. 289 - 311.DOI : 10.1007/978-1-4471-2265-4_13.
Learning Near-optimal Decision Rules for Energy Efficient Building Control
2012. Conference on Decision and Control , Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 7571 - 7576.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426767.
Efficient Interior Point Methods for Multistage Problems Arising in Receding Horizon Control
2012. Conference on Decision and Control , Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 668 - 674.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426855.
Computational Aspects of Distributed Optimization in Model Predictive Control
2012. Conference on Decision and Control , Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 6819 - 6824.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426138.
Efficient Interior Point Methods for Multistage Problems Arising in Receding Horizon Control
2012. 2012 IEEE 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 668 - 674.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426855.
Stochastic Model Predictive Control: Controlling the Average Number of Constraint Violations
2012. 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2012) , Maui, Hawaii, USA , December 10-13, 2012. p. 4529 - 4536.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426873.
MPC for tracking periodic reference signals
2012. IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control , Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands , August 23-27.DOI : 10.3182/20120823-5-NL-3013.00067.
Distributed Synthesis and Control of Constrained Linear Systems
2012. American Control Conference , Montreal, Canada , June 27-29, 2012. p. 6017 - 6022.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2012.6314654.
Use of model predictive control and weather forecasts for energy efficient building climate control
Energy and Buildings
2012
DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.09.022
Online Thermal Control Methods for Multi-Processor Systems
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
2012
DOI : 10.1145/2390191.2390197
2011
Towards computational complexity certification for constrained mpc based on lagrange relaxation and the fast gradient method
2011. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control , Orlando, Florida , December, 2011. p. 5223 - 5229.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2011.6160931.
MPC of constrained discrete-time linear periodic systems — A framework for asynchronous control: Strong feasibility, stability and optimality via periodic invariance
Automatica
2011
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2010.10.021
A multiresolution approximation method for fast explicit model predictive control
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2011
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2011.2146990
A robust explicit nonlinear mpc controller with input-to- state stability guarantees
2011. 18th IFAC World Congress , Milano, Italy , August, 2011. p. 9284 - 9289.DOI : 10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.03495.
Input-to-state stabilization of feasible model predictive controllers for linear systems
2011. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control , Orlando, Florida , December, 2011.Learning a feasible and stabilizing explicit model predictive control law by robust optimization
2011. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control , Orlando, Florida , December, 2011. p. 513 - 519.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161258.
Alternative parameterisations for predictive control: How and why?
2011. American Control Conference , San Francisco, California, USA , June, 2011. p. 5175 - 5180.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2011.5990639.
Real-time Suboptimal Model Predictive Control Using a Combination of Explicit MPC and Online Optimization
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2011
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2011.2108450
Constrained spectrum control using MPC
2011. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control , Orlando, Florida , December, 2011. p. 1219 - 1226.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161381.
2010
Predictive power dispatch through negotiated locational pricing
2010. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe) , Gothenberg , 11-13 October 2010. p. 1 - 8.DOI : 10.1109/ISGTEUROPE.2010.5638858.
Polytopic Approximation of Explicit Model Predictive Controllers
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2010
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2010.2047437
Analysis of energy savings potentials for integrated room automation
2010. Clima - RHEVA World Congress , Antalya, Turkey , May, 2010.Energy Efficient Building Climate Control using Stochastic Model Predictive Control and Weather Predictions
2010. American Control Conference , Baltimore, MD , Jun 30-Jul 02, 2010. p. 5100 - 5105.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2010.5530680.
Optimal decision trees for point location in polytopic data sets - application to explicit MPC
2010. American Control Conference (ACC) , Baltimore, Maryland, USA , June, 2010. p. 5507 - 5512.DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2010.5530979.
Robust stability properties of soft constrained MPC
2010. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Atlanta, GA, USA , 15-17 December 2010. p. 5276 - 5282.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717488.
A Cost-Effective Atomic Force Microscope for Undergraduate Control Laboratories
IEEE Transactions on Education
2010
DOI : 10.1109/TE.2009.2021390
Increasing energy efficiency in building climate control using weather forecasts and model predictive control
2010. Clima - RHEVA World Congress , Antalya, Turkey , May, 2010.Study of model predictive control formulations for an air-to- water heat pump system
2010. 8th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings , Liege, Belgium , December, 2010.A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Scheme with Multirate Integral Sliding Mode
2010. 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (2010) , Bologna, Italy , 2010.DOI : 10.3182/20100901-3-IT-2016.00172.
Fault Tolerant Flight Control - A Survey
Fault Tolerant Flight Control; Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,2010.
p. 47 - 89.DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-11690-2_2.
Least-restrictive robust MPC of periodic affine systems with application to building climate control
2010. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Atlanta, GA, USA , 15-17 December 2010. p. 5257 - 5263.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717371.
Fast Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Via Multiresolution Function Approximation with Guaranteed Stability Nonlinear Control Systems
2010. 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (2010) , Bologna, Italy , 2010.DOI : 10.3182/20100901-3-IT-2016.00275.
2009
System identification with missing data via nuclear norm regularization
2009. European Control Conference , Budapest, Hungary , 23-26 August, 2009. p. 448 - 453.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2009.7074443.
Blocking parameterizations for improving the computational tractability of affine disturbance feedback MPC problems
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 7381 - 7386.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400609.
Bilevel programming for analysis of low-complexity control of linear systems with constraints
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 946 - 951.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400868.
A multiscale approximation scheme for explicit model predictive control with stability, feasibility, and performance guarantees
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 6327 - 6332.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400583.
Real-time input-constrained MPC using fast gradient methods
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 7387 - 7393.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400619.
Real-time MPC - Stability through robust MPC design
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 3980 - 3986.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400903.
System identification via nuclear norm regularization for simulated moving bed processes from incomplete data sets
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 4692 - 4697.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400711.
Demand Driven Employee Scheduling for Retail Outlets
2009
Model predictive control of linear periodic systems - a unified framework including control of multirate and multiplexed systems
2009. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) and 28th Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Shanghai, China , 15-18 December 2009. p. 6351 - 6358.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400284.
Approximate explicit MPC using bilevel optimization
2009. European Control Conference , Budapest, Hungary , 23-26 August, 2009. p. 2396 - 2401.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2009.7074764.
An output-sensitive algorithm for multi-parametric LCPs with sufficient matrices
Polyhedral Computation;2009.
p. 73 - 102.2008
The double description method for the approximation of explicit MPC control laws
2008. 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Cancun, Mexico , 9-11 December 2008. p. 4724 - 4730.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2008.4738794.
Real-time suboptimal model predictive control using a combination of explicit MPC and online optimization
2008. 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Cancun, Mexico , 9-11 December 2008. p. 4718 - 4723.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2008.4738813.
On Polyhedral Projection and Parametric Programming
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
2008
DOI : 10.1007/s10957-008-9384-4
A tractable approximation of chance constrained stochastic MPC based on affine disturbance feedback
2008. 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Cancun, Mexico , 9-11 December 2008. p. 4731 - 4736.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2008.4738806.
2007
Efficient point location via subdivision walking with application to explicit MPC
2007. European Control Conference , Kos, Greece , 2-5 July 2007. p. 447 - 453.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2007.7068623.
Multiparametric Linear Programming with Applications to Control
European Journal of Control
2007
DOI : 10.3166/ejc.13.152-170
Efficient evaluation of piecewise control laws defined over a large number of polyhedra
2007. European Control Conference , Kos, Greece , 2-5 July 2007. p. 2360 - 2367.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2007.7068280.
Controller complexity reduction for piecewise affine systems through safe region elimination
2007. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , New Orleans, LA, USA , 12-14 December 2007. p. 4773 - 4778.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434694.
Lexicographic perturbation for multiparametric linear programming with applications to control
Automatica
2007
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2007.03.008
2006
On the facet-to-facet property of solutions to convex parametric quadratic programs
2006. International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems , Kyoto, Japan , 2006.A logarithmic-time solution to the point location problem for parametric linear programming
Automatica
2006
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2006.07.010
Multiparametric Linear Complementarity Problems
2006. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , San Diego, CA, USA , 13-15 December 2006. p. 5687 - 5692.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2006.377797.
Reverse Search for Parametric Linear Programming
2006. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , San Diego, CA, USA , 13-15 December 2006. p. 1504 - 1509.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2006.377799.
Primal-Dual Enumeration for Multiparametric Linear Programming
Mathematical Software - ICMS 2006; Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,2006.
p. 248 - 259.DOI : 10.1007/11832225_25.
Parametric Analysis of Controllers for Constrained Linear Systems
2006. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , San Diego, CA, USA , 13-15 December 2006. p. 4514 - 4519.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2006.377502.
On the facet-to-facet property of solutions to convex parametric quadratic programs
Automatica
2006
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2006.06.026
2005
A logarithmic-time solution to the point location problem for closed-form linear MPC
2005. 16th IFAC World Congress , Prague, Czech Republic , July 4-8, 2005. p. 117 - 122.DOI : 10.3182/20050703-6-CZ-1902.00880.
Polyhedral Tools for Control
University of Cambridge, 2005.2004
Equality Set Projection: A new algorithm for the projection of polytopes in halfspace representation
2004
Computation of Voronoi Diagrams and Delaunay Triangulation via Parametric Linear Programming
2004
Conjectures on an algorithm for convex parametric quadratic programs
2004
2003
MPC fault-tolerant flight control case study: Flight 1862
2003. International Federation of Automatic Control on Safeprocess Sympoisum , Washington, DC, USA , 2003. p. 119 - 124.DOI : 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)36480-7.
Reconfigurable Flight Control
2003
2002
Consistency-based fault isolation for uncertain systems with applications to quantitative dynamic models
2002. Thirteenth International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis , 2002.2000
Haptic interface control-design issues and experiments with a planar device
2000. 2000 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , San Francisco, CA, USA . p. 789 - 794.DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844147.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering