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
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering