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Speaker: Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy , MIT Mechanical Engineering

Talk Title: Decision and Control in Energy Cyber Physical Systems

Abstract: Any physical system with a rudimentary level of complexity includes interaction with a cyber structure that helps, monitors, predicts, or manages its function. As the level of complexity increases, this interaction between the cyber and physical components needs to be specific, systematic, nuanced, and robust. The field of study that pertains to these interactions, collectively known as
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), is an emerging topic of significant attention both nationally and
globally. Several areas in science and technology including transportation, healthcare, energy generation and distribution, and manufacturing automation are witnessing significant research activities related to CPS. Our laboratory has focused on a key area in CPS, pertaining to fundamental decision and control tools for Smart Grid, an ideal example of a physical world interacting with the
cyberworld of computations and communications through control. The challenges due to increased
penetration of renewables, combined presence of uncertainties in both the cyber and physical world,
complexities due to the simultaneous control of several applications, limited resources, and complex
platform architectures, and stringent performance specifications have led us to the development of
novel methodologies. In this talk, I will present the underpinnings of such methods in energy CPS,
examples, and recent results.

Biography: Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yale
University in 1985. She has been a member of the faculty at Yale, Boston University, and MIT where
currently she is the director of the Active Adaptive Control Laboratory and a Senior Research Scientist
in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering. Her research interests pertain to adaptive control theory and applications to aerospace
and automotive control, active control of noise in thermofluid systems, control of autonomous
systems, decision and control in smart grids, smart cities, and critical infrastructures, and codesign of
control and platform architectures in cyber physical systems.
Dr. Annaswamy has received several awards including the George Axelby and Control Systems
Magazine best paper awards from the IEEE Control Systems Society, the Presidential Young
Investigator award from the National Science Foundation, the Hans Fisher Senior Fellowship from the
Institute for Advanced Study at the Technische Universität München in 2008, and the Donald Groen
Julius Prize for 2008 from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Annaswamy is a Fellow of the
IEEE and a member of AIAA.
Dr. Annaswamy is an active member of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and the American
Automatic Control Council. She was a nominated and elected member of the CSS Board of Governors
for 1993 and 2010 to 2012, respectively. She was a Program Chair of the American Control
Conference (ACC) during 2003, General Chair of the 2008 ACC, and Program Chair for the 2nd
Virtual Control Conference on Smart Grid Technology. Currently she is the Vice President for
Conference Activities in the IEEE CSS Executive Committee.
Dr. Annaswamy is a co-editor of the IEEE CSS report on Impact of Control Technology: Overview,
Success Stories, and Research Challenges, 2011 (1st Edition) and 2014 (2nd Edition) along with Tariq
Samad. She is the project lead on the publication, “Vision for Smart Grid Controls: 2030 and Beyond,”
(Eds: A.M. Annaswamy, M. Amin, C. DeMarco and T. Samad), 2013.

Host: Alefiya Hussain and Petros Ioannou

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Alefiya Hussain