We are delighted to invite you to the next talk at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series:
SAFE-BY-DESIGN CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
Leveraging models and optimization for autonomous operation
Johannes Köhler | Imperial College London
- DATE: Wednesday, 18 November 2026
- TIME: 13:00–14:00
- LOCATION: CAGB 640
About the speaker
Johannes Köhler is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial College London, UK, where he leads the Autonomous Systems Group. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 2021. From 2021 to 2025, he was a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He is the recipient of the 2021 European Systems & Control PhD Thesis Award, the IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award 2022, and the Journal of Process Control Paper Award 2023. His research interests include data-driven models and predictive control under uncertainty, with applications to autonomous systems.