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Astronautical Engineering Seminar

Speaker: Mehran Mesbahi, University of Washington

Talk Title: Networked Systems: Influence Geometry, Compositional Algebra, and Distributed Learning with Applications in Autonomous and Distributed Systems

Abstract: Prof. Mesbahi will explore a class of results at the interaction of systems and control, optimization, and
theory of networks that hint at the emergence of an exciting sub-discipline in system theory. In particular,
he will discuss a compositional system theory for network-of-networks, controllability properties of
diffusively coupled networks in terms of their symmetry and distributed learning and adaptation on
dynamic networks. Along the way, examples and motivations for studying such systems in the context of
human-swarm interaction as well as distributed autonomous and semi-autonomous networks will be
discussed.

Biography: Mehran Mesbahi received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from USC in 1996. He was a member of the
Guidance, Navigation, and Analysis group at JPL from 1996-2000 and an Assistant Professor of
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota from 2000-2002. He is currently a
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, and Executive Director of
Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation at the University of Washington. He was the recipient
of the NSF CAREER Award in 2001, NASA Space Act Award in 2004, UW Distinguished Teaching
Award in 2005, and UW College of Engineering Innovator Award in 2008. His research interest is
autonomous and networked aerospace systems.

Host: Dan Erwin

More Information: MesbahiSeminar-2015-04-24.pdf

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

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Dan Erwin