Podcast in which I interview fascinating people from within the world of control theory/ control engineering. Primarily aimed at PhD/masters students but can hopefully be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in control.
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Zehor Belkhatir (Fractional order modelling and cancer control)
Season 1 · Episode 3
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 • Duration 58:10
In this episode I talk to Dr Zehor Belkhatir about her fascinating
work using fractional order systems to model the brain, as well as how control
can be used for chemotherapy treatment.
You can follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, and X for updates on episodes!
In this episode we interview Professor Matthew Turner, professor in the Cyber Physical Systems group at the university of Southampton, about his fascinating work on aircraft control, anti-windup, Lur’e systems, and his recent research into applying techniques from control theory to the analysis of neural networks.
Chris Freeman (Iterative learning control and stroke rehabilitation)
Season 1 · Episode 1
Friday, November 1, 2024 • Duration 50:32
In this first episode, I talk to Chris Freeman, professor of applied control at the University of Southampton and expert on all things related to iterative learning control and its application in rehabilitation.
Trailer for my new control-related podcast! Epsiodes will be released on the 1st of each month.
You can check out inControl here: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/
inControl episodes tend to be realeased during the middle of the month, so you could subscribe to both!
(Please bear with me regarding the strange background noises and general awkwardness - I'm still learning how podcast making works!)
William Holderbaum (Geometric control and electroactive matter)
Season 1 · Episode 4
Sunday, February 2, 2025 • Duration 54:48
In this episode, I talk to Professor William Holderbaum about some of the many fascinating areas of research he’s involved in, including Boolean control, geometric control, and control of electroactive polymer gels—plus a lot more!
Sabine Hauert (Swarm robotics and artificial evolution)
Season 1 · Episode 5
Saturday, March 1, 2025 • Duration 54:48
In this episode I interview Professor Sabine Hauert about the super interesting work she does on the control of swarm robots, how considering nanoparticles as swarms can be used to treat cancer, and how morphogenesis can generate structure from random interactions.
You can follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/coffee_and_control_podcast/),BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/coffee-and-control.bsky.social) and X(https://x.com/coffee_ctrl_pod)for updates on episodes!
You can also connect with or follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/
Paolo Rapisarda (Behavioural systems and Willems' fundamental lemma)
Season 1 · Episode 6
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 59:39
In this episode I talk to Professor Paolo Rapisarda about a bunch of interesting theoretical (but very useful) aspects of control, including his work on behavioural systems theory, model reduction, Willems’ fundamental lemma, and data-driven control.
Epic Jan Willems behavioural systems paper: https://skoge.folk.ntnu.no/prost/proceedings/cpc6-jan2002/willems.pdf
Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado (Switched systems and DC networks)
Season 1 · Episode 7
Thursday, May 1, 2025 • Duration 01:08:54
In this episode I interview Jonathan Mayo Maldonado about his work on applying the behavioural framework to modelling and controlling switched systems, as well as applying data-driven control to power systems!
Mathias Foo (River systems and biochemical control)
Season 1 · Episode 8
Sunday, June 1, 2025 • Duration 01:10:03
In this episode I interview Dr Mathias Foo about his fascinating research on controlling river systems, implementing control systems using DNA, and gene network rewiring. Basically applying control to a bunch of different systems that you weren’t expecting.
Episode with Chris on Non-minimum phase ILC: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hLqV5hv5OeQO3gOE6aU9c
Direct voltage control of higher-order converters paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359245867_Direct_Output-Voltage_Control_of_Non-Minimum_Phase_Higher-Order_DC-DC_Converters
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