Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate
EPFL STI IGM SCI-STI-GFT
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Mission
See the webpage of the DECODE (Dependable Control and Decision) group.Publications
Infoscience publications
Recent publications
Distributionally robust infinite-horizon control: from a pool of samples to the design of dependable controllers
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2025
DOI : 10.1109/tac.2025.3560542
On the Guarantees of Minimizing Regret in Receding Horizon
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
2025
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2024.3464013
Optimal Control under Uncertainty: From Regret Minimization to Distributional Robustness
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-11090.
Dependable learning and control through Neural ODEs
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-11081.
Erratum to “Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems”
IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
2025
DOI : 10.1109/ojcsys.2025.3529361
A PAC-Bayesian Framework for Optimal Control with Stability Guarantees
2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Milan, Italy , 2024-12-16 - 2024-12-19. p. 8237 - 8244.DOI : 10.1109/cdc56724.2024.10886285.
Optimal distributed control with stability guarantees by training a network of neural closed-loop maps
2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Milan, Italy , 2024-12-16 - 2024-12-19. p. 3776 - 3781.DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886574.
Neural Distributed Controllers with Port-Hamiltonian Structures
2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Milan, Italy , 2024-12-16 - 2024-12-19. p. 8633 - 8638.DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886616.
Neural Exponential Stabilization of Control-affine Nonlinear Systems
2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Milan, Italy , 2024-12-16 - 2024-12-19. p. 8602 - 8607.DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886677.
Regret optimal control for uncertain stochastic systems
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTROL
2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.ejcon.2024.101051
Power grid parameter estimation without phase measurements: Theory and empirical validation
Electric Power Systems Research
2024
DOI : 10.1016/j.epsr.2024.110709
Hierarchical Control for Vehicle Repositioning in Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
2024
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3448300
A Coverage Control-Based Idle Vehicle Rebalancing Approach for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems
Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2024
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3375765
Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems
IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
2024
DOI : 10.1109/OJCSYS.2024.3441768
Estimation and control under uncertainty with application to power systems
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-11079.
Navigating the Loop: From Control Systems to Neural Networks and Back
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10264.
SIMBa: System Identification Methods Leveraging Backpropagation
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
2024
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3477301
Unconstrained Learning of Networked Nonlinear Systems via Free Parametrization of Stable Interconnected Operators
2024. European Control Conference , Stockholm, Sweden , 2024-06-25 - 2024-06-28. p. 651 - 656.DOI : 10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10591242.
Stable Linear Subspace Identification: A Machine Learning Approach
2024. European Control Conference , Stockholm, Sweden , 2024-06-25 - 2024-06-28. p. 3539 - 3544.DOI : 10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590843.
Distributionally Robust Infinite-horizon Control: from a pool of samples to the design of dependable controllers
2023
Data-enabled Predictive Control for Empty Vehicle Rebalancing
2023. 21st European Control Conference (ECC 23) , Bucharest, Romania , 13-16 June, 2023.DOI : 10.23919/ECC57647.2023.10178140.
Near-Optimal Design of Safe Output-Feedback Controllers From Noisy Data
Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2022.3180692
Bayesian Error-in-Variables Models for the Identification of Distribution Grids
Ieee Transactions On Smart Grid
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2022.3211546
Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks Guaranteeing Non-Vanishing Gradients by Design
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2023
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2023.3239430
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.
Maximum likelihood estimation of distribution grid topology and parameters from Smart Meter data
2023. IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exposition (Grid Edge) , San Diego, CA , Apr 10-13, 2023.DOI : 10.1109/GridEdge54130.2023.10102720.
Data-Driven Control and Optimization under Noisy and Uncertain Conditions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10304.
Safe Zeroth-Order Optimization Using Linear Programs
2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore, SINGAPORE , DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 556 - 561.Minimal regret state estimation of time-varying systems
2023. 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) , Yokohama, JAPAN , JUL 09-14, 2023. p. 2595 - 2600.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1345.
Safe Zeroth-Order Convex Optimization Using Quadratic Local Approximations
2023. 21st European Control Conference - ECC2023 , Bucharest, Romania , June 13-16, 2023.DOI : 10.23919/ECC57647.2023.10178374.
Regularization for distributionally robust state estimation and prediction
2023
DOI : 10.48550/arxiv.2304.09921
Universal Approximation Property of Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2023
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3288350
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
Neural Energy Casimir Control for Port-Hamiltonian Systems
2022. 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Cancun, Mexico , December 6-9, 2022.DOI : 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9992784.
A Unified Passivity-Based Framework for Control of Modular Islanded AC Microgrids
Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2021.3136489
Optimal Adaptive Droop Design via a Modified Relaxation of the OPF
Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2022.3183164
Robust Classification Using Contractive Hamiltonian Neural ODEs
Ieee Control Systems Letters
2022
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3186959
Empty Vehicle Repositioning for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand systems via Coverage Control
2022. the 10th symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART) , Leuven, Belgium , June 1-3 , 2022.Idle-vehicle Rebalancing Coverage Control for Ride-sourcing systems
2022. European Control Conference (ECC) , London, ENGLAND , Jul 12-15, 2022. p. 1970 - 1975.DOI : 10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838069.
Data-Driven Unknown-Input Observers and State Estimation
IEEE Control Systems Letters
2022
DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3102821
Data-driven and Safe Networked Control with Applications to Microgrids
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9185.
Identification of AC Distribution Networks With Recursive Least Squares and Optimal Design of Experiment
Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2021.3116856
Neural System Level Synthesis: Learning over All Stabilizing Policies for Nonlinear Systems
2022. 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Cancún, Mexico , December 6-9, 2022.DOI : 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9992492.
Finite-sample-based Spectral Radius Estimation and Stabilizability Test for Networked Control Systems
2022. European Control Conference (ECC) , London, ENGLAND , Jul 12-15, 2022. p. 2087 - 2092.DOI : 10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838044.
Distributed neural network control with dependability guarantees: a compositional port-Hamiltonian approach
2022. 4th Annual Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control , Stanford, California, USA , June 23-24, 2022. p. 571 - 583.Optimal control configuration in distribution network via an exact OPF relaxation method
2022. IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Cancun, MEXICO , Dec 06-09, 2022. p. 5698 - 5704.DOI : 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9993413.
Consensus-Based Current Sharing and Voltage Balancing in DC Microgrids with Exponential Loads
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
2022
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2021.3120321
Learning Robustly Safe Output Feedback Controllers from Noisy Data with Performance Guarantees
2021
Supervised model predictive control of large-scale electricity networks via clustering methods
Optimal Control Applications & Methods
2021
DOI : 10.1002/oca.2725
Bayesian Methods for the Identification of Distribution Networks
2021. 2021 IEEE 60th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Austin, Texas, USA , December 13-17, 2021. p. 3646 - 3651.DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683503.
Hierarchical Control of Islanded Microgrids with Flexible Structures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8775.
A unified framework for Hamiltonian deep neural networks
2021. Learning for Dynamics and Control , Online , June 7-8, 2021. p. 275 - 286.On Consensusability of Linear Interconnected Multi-Agent Systems and Simultaneous Stabilization
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
2021
DOI : 10.1109/TCNS.2021.3106446
A Behavioral Input-Output Parametrization of Control Policies with Suboptimality Guarantees
2021. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , ELECTR NETWORK , Dec 13-17, 2021. p. 2539 - 2544.DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683647.
Actuator Placement for Structural Controllability beyond Strong Connectivity and towards Robustness
2021. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , ELECTR NETWORK , Dec 13-17, 2021. p. 5294 - 5299.DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683002.
On Existence of Equilibria, Voltage Balancing, and Current Sharing in Consensus-Based DC Microgrids
2020. European Control Conference (ECC 20) , Saint Petersburg, Russia , May 12‑15, 2020. p. 1216 - 1223.DOI : 10.23919/ECC51009.2020.9143766.
A Passivity-Based Approach to Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrids with ZIP loads
Automatica
2020
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108770
A Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection Scheme With Application to DC Microgrids
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
2020
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2020.2982577
Suboptimal Distributed LQR Design for Physically Coupled Systems
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 11032 - 11037.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.227.
Consensusability of linear interconnected multi-agent systems
2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control - Meeting Societal Challenges , ELECTR NETWORK , Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 2915 - 2920.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.965.
Hierarchical Control in Islanded DC Microgrids With Flexible Structures
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
2020
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2020.3038495
A scalable, line-independent control design algorithm for voltage and frequency stabilization in AC islanded microgrids
Automatica
2020
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108577
Approximate Kron Reduction Methods for Electrical Networks With Applications to Plug-and-Play Control of AC Islanded Microgrids
IEEE Transactions On Control Systems Technology
2019
DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2018.2863645
Distributed Fault Detection for Interconnected Large-Scale Systems: A Scalable Plug & Play Approach
Ieee Transactions On Control Of Network Systems
2019
DOI : 10.1109/TCNS.2018.2878500
Stability Analysis of Primary Plug-and-Play and Secondary Leader-Based Controllers for DC Microgrid Clusters
Ieee Transactions On Power Systems
2019
DOI : 10.1109/TPWRS.2018.2884876
Distributed attack detection scheme for islanded DC microgrids
Future Electric Power Systems and the Energy Transition, Champéry, Switzerland, February 3-8, 2019.Passivity-based Voltage and Frequency Stabilization in AC microgrids
2019. 18th European Control Conference (ECC) , Naples, Italy , June 25-28, 2019. p. 1890 - 1895.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2019.8796119.
Plug-and-Play Fault Detection and Isolation for Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems With Stochastic Uncertainties
IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control
2019
DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2018.2811469
A Supervisory Control Structure for Voltage-Controlled Islanded DC Microgrids
2019. 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Nice, France , December 11-13, 2019. p. 6566 - 6571.DOI : 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029612.
Voltage Stabilization in MVDC Microgrids Using Passivity-Based Nonlinear Control
2018. 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Miami Beach, FL , Dec 17-19, 2018. p. 7022 - 7027.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2018.8618882.
Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection in the Secondary Control of DC Microgrids
2018. European Control Conference (ECC) , Limassol, CYPRUS , Jun 12-15, 2018. p. 351 - 356.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550549.
Distributed watermarking for secure control of microgrids under replay attacks
2018
A Passivity-Based Approach to Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrids
2018. Annual American Control Conference (ACC 2018) , Milwaukee, WI, USA , June 27-29, 2018. p. 5374 - 5379.DOI : 10.23919/ACC.2018.8431522.
Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection in the Secondary Control of DC Microgrids
2018. European Control Conference 2018 , Limassol, Cyprus . p. 344 - 349.DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550549.
Distributed watermarking for secure control of microgrids under replay attacks
2018. 7th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NECSYS) , Groningen, The Netherlands , August 27-28, 2018. p. 182 - 187.DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.12.032.
Plug-and-play design of current controllers for grid-feeding converters in DC microgrids
2017. 11th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2017) , Gold Coast, QLD, Australia , December 17-20, 2017. p. 2182 - 2187.DOI : 10.1109/ASCC.2017.8287513.
Decentralized and distributed robust control invariance for constrained linear systems
2017. 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2017) , Melbourne, Australia , December 12-15, 2017. p. 5978 - 5984.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264564.
Review on Control of DC Microgrids
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
2017
DOI : 10.1109/JESTPE.2017.2690219
A distributed attack detection method for multi-agent systems governed by consensus-based control
2017. 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2017) , Melbourne, Australia , December 12-15, 2017. p. 5961 - 5966.DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264562.
Tube-based distributed control of linear constrained systems
Automatica
2012
DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2012.08.024
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering