Workshops

Workshops will be held on Sunday, August 24th, preceding the main conference program from August 25-27, 2025. Workshop attendance is included with conference registration, except for one-day registration. It is possible to register solely for the workshops with a fee. Each workshop is limited to 60 participants. Accordingly, at registration time, it will be necessary to register for the specific workshop that you wish to attend.

Organizers:

• Shu-Xia Tang (Texas Tech University, USA)
• Mamadou Diagne (University of California San Diego, USA)
• Leobardo Camacho Solorio (Apple Inc, USA)

This full-day workshop explores recent advances at the intersection of machine learning, estimation, and control for systems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). The event brings together experts from academia and industry to address scalable and theory-grounded methods for PDE-based modeling, observer design, and real-time decision-making. The program features two thematic sessions: Learning, Control, and Decision with PDEs, and Battery Modeling and Estimation with PDEs. Topics include neural operator methods, boundary control, data-driven estimation, and multiphysics applications in mobility and energy infrastructure. The workshop provides a collaborative forum to exchange ideas and foster interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of control theory, applied mathematics, and cyber-physical systems.

Organizers: 

• Andrea L’Affilitto (Virginia Tech, USA)
• Gokhan Inhalan (Cranfield University, UK)

Sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Aerospace Controls (TCAC), this one-day workshop will present state-of-the-art research in control systems theory and its applications to solve relevant problems in aerospace engineering.  Participants will be driven through recent challenges, state-of-the-art solutions, and open problems in the general area of learning and control, trustworthy autonomy, trajectory planning, and control in the presence of constraints to name a few. The speakers will be leading faculty and researchers from the industry, government, and academia involved in some of the most exciting research and development efforts in the aerospace field. The workshop will offer opportunities for questions and answers at the end of each presentation, during two coffee breaks, a lunch break, and a final roundtable discussion with presenters, participants, and other TCAC members. With this initiative, the organizers aim to provide an open forum for discussion with major stakeholders, including researchers, engineers, companies, and practitioners interested in control, identification, and automation in aerospace applications. A list of speakers who have already agreed to contribute, their bios, and abstracts of the presented topics is provided. Three or four speakers drawn from academia, industry, and national research laboratories will be drawn upon acceptance of this proposal.

Organizer:

• Murat Dogruel, (Fenerbahçe University, Türkiye)

This workshop introduces Harmonic Control Arrays (HCA), an innovative and exceptional control methodology specifically developed for systems encountering periodic references or disturbances. The HCA block operates by decomposing the error signal into complex-valued harmonic components, controlling the harmonic components separately, composing a complex-valued outcome, and synthesizing a compensatory real control action. This enables precise tracking of periodic references and effective suppression of periodic disturbances that often limit the performance of conventional control strategies. Participants will gain a clear understanding of the theoretical foundations of HCA, engage in hands-on implementation using MATLAB/Simulink, and explore real-world applications in power electronics, mechanical systems, and time-delay, nonlinear, or chaotic system dynamics. The session will feature live simulations, case studies, and practical guidance on microcontroller implementation, making it highly relevant for both academic researchers and industry practitioners. This workshop is ideal for graduate students, researchers, engineers, and practitioners in control. A basic background in control systems and familiarity with Fourier analysis are recommended. Join us to discover how Harmonic Control Arrays can elevate your approach to periodic control challenges and unlock new possibilities for high-performance yet easy-to-implement control design.