OPTEC Talk by A. Wills on Ultra Fast MPC, Thu 14:30
Dear OPTEC Members and Friends,
one of the world's leading experts on fast MPC, Dr. Adrian Wills from Australia,
visits OPTEC this Thursday from 11:00 on and gives a talk at 14:30, abstract below.
If you want to meet him personally, please contact Milan Vukov .
This talk is highly recommended to all OPTEC researchers from WG1.
Second, note that the early bird registration deadline of the
"Airborne Wind Energy Conference - AWEC2011",
May 24-25, Leuven,
http://www.awec2011.com, is April 10.
AWEC2011 is a unique opportunity to learn about Airborne Wind Energy at a time
when the world looks urgently for alternatives to fossil and nuclear power.
Last, you are invited to attend the
"Industry Workshop on Hierarchical and Distributed
Model Predictive Control (HD-MPC)" on 24 June, Leuven.
Early registration ends on May 15.
http://www.kuleuven.be/optec/hdmpc-ind-ws
Best regards,
Moritz Diehl
OPTEC Seminar - Adrian Wills
Thu 07 Apr 2011 14:30-15:30, ESAT 01.60
"Hardware Implementation of Model Predictive Control"
Adrian Wills, University of Newcastle, Australia
Abstract
Model predictive control (MPC) is used extensively in industry. A key reason is that MPC can offer better control performance in many practical situations due, primarily, to its ability to handle system constraints. This ability comes at the expense of having to solve an optimization problem online. In many cases, this has restricted the application of MPC to systems with relatively slow or simple dynamics. At the same time, there are a growing number of applications that require MPC to run at high speed, using low power, and on embedded hardware. Two example applications that require fast sampling are discussed in the talk. A theme of the talk is to illustrate how the MPC algorithm can be implemented in FPGA or ASIC technologies.
Biographical information
Adrian Wills was born in Orange, NSW, Australia in 1976. He received his B.E. (Elec.) degree from The university of Newcastle, Australia in May 1999 and his Ph.D. from The University of Newcastle, Australia in May 2003. His research interests include optimisation, model predictive control, and system identification.
"Airborne Wind Energy Conference - AWEC2011"
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