Imperial PhD Research Presentations

This is a special session of control and optimization seminar program, featuring short talks by Imperial PhD students.

14:00-14:15 Lucas Moschen (Mathematics)

Feedback Stabilisation of Mean-Field Models via Wasserstein Gradient Flows

14:15-14:30 Zhengchao Wang (Business School)

A Unified Theory of Markov Chain Assortment Optimization and Markov Decision Processes

14:30-14:45 Owen Brook (Aeronautics)

Data-Driven Stabilisation of Unstable Periodic Orbits of the Three-Body Problem

14:45 – 15:10 Coffee Break

15:10-15:25 Michael Cummins (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

A New Duality-Free Framework for Convex Optimisation with Superlinear Convergence and Effective Warm-Starting

15:25-15:40 Max Bloor (Chemical Engineering)

Gaussian Process Q-Learning for Batch Chemical Process Control

15:40-15:55 Yifan Xie (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Optimal scheduling method integrating priori expert knowledge for water distribution systems based on historical operational information tensor: A new perspective

Organizers:

Panos Parpas (Computing), Harry Zheng (Mathematics)