Dr. Boris Houska | OPTEC - K.U.Leuven CoE Optimization in Engineering

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Dynamic and Embedded Optimization (WG1)
Parameter and State Estimation (WG3)

Research Interests:

Robust Optimization of Dynamic Systems
Periodic Systems and Stability Optimization
Software for Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimization ( www.acadotoolkit.org )
Adjoint Based Optimization Algorithms

IT (Articles in internationally reviewed academic journals)

Houska, B., Logist, F., Van Impe, J., Diehl, M. (2012). Robust optimization of nonlinear dynamic systems with application to a jacketed tubular reactor. Journal of Process Control, accepted.

Logist, F., Vallerio, M., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2012). Multi-objective Optimal Control of Chemical Processes using ACADO Toolkit. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 27 (1), 1203-1212.

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2012). A quadratically convergent inexact SQP method for optimal control of differential algebraic equations. Optimal Control Applications & Methods, accepted.

Logist, F., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2011). Robust multi-objective optimal control of uncertain (bio)chemical processes. Chemical Engineering Science, 66 (20), 4670-4682.

Houska, B., Ferreau, H., Diehl, M. (2011). An auto-generated real-time iteration algorithm for nonlinear MPC in the microsecond range. Automatica, 47 (10), 2279-2285.

Houska, B., Ferreau, H., Diehl, M. (2011). ACADO Toolkit - An open-source framework for automatic control and dynamic optimization. Optimal Control Applications & Methods, 32 (3), 298-312.

Logist, F., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2010). Fast Pareto set generation for nonlinear optimal control problems with multiple objectives. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 42 (4), 591-603.

Ilzhoefer, A., Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2007). Nonlinear MPC of kites under varying wind conditions for a new class of large-scale wind power generators. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 17 (17), 1590-1599.

IHb (Article in academic book, internationally recognised scientific publisher)

Houska, B., Logist, F., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2012). A tutorial on numerical methods for state and parameter estimation in nonlinear dynamic systems. In: Alberer D., Hjalmarsson H., Del Re L. (Eds.), Identification for Automotive Systems. vol. 418 Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Chapt. 5 (pp. 67-88) Springer.

IC (Papers at international scientific conferences and symposia, published in full in proceedings)

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2012). Optimization of stable periodic attractors for nonlinear dynamic systems. Proc. of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design: Vol. accepted. 7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, 2012.

Sternberg-Kaletta, J., Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2012). A structure exploiting algorithm for approximate robust optimal control with application to power generating kites. Proc. of the 2012 American Control Conference: Vol. accepted. 2012 American Control Conference. Montreal, Canada, 2012.

Sternberg-Kaletta, J., Houska, B., Logist, F., Telen, D., Van Impe, J., Diehl, M. (2012). A Toolkit for efficient computation of sensitivities in approximate robust optimal control problems. Proc. of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design. IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design. Aalborg, Denmark, 2012.

Vukov, M., Van Loock, W., Houska, B., Ferreau, H., Swevers, J., Diehl, M. (2012). Experimental validation of nonlinear MPC on an overhead crane using automatic code generation. Proc. of the 2012 American Control Conference: Vol. accepted. 2012 American Control Conference. Montreal, Canada, 2012.

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2011). Robust design of linear control laws for constrained nonlinear dynamic systems. Proc. of the 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (accepted). 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Milan, Italy, 2011.

Ferreau, H., Houska, B., Geebelen, K., Diehl, M. (2011). Real-time control of a kite-model using an auto-generated nonlinear MPC algorithm. Proc. of the IFAC World Congress: Vol. 18 (1). IFAC World Congress. Milano, Italy, 28 August - 2 September 2011.

Logist, F., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2011). Robust optimal control of a biochemical reactor with multiple objectives. In Pistikopoulos, E. (Ed.), Georgiadis, M. (Ed.), Kokossis, A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 21). European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE). Chalkidiki, Greece, 29 May - 1 June 2011 (pp. 1460-1464).

Logist, F., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2010). A Toolkit for Multi-Objective Optimal Control in Bioprocess Engineering. Proceedings of the 11th symposium on Computer Applications in Biotechnology. Computer Applications in Biotechnology. Leuven (Belgium), 7-9 July 2010 (pp. 269-274).

Kopacka, M., Saerens, B., Ferreau, H., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Rohal-Ilkiv, B. (2010). Design of a MPC controller running on dSpace hardware using ACADO toolkit. Proc. of the International scientific - technical conference on process control. International Scientific–Technical Conference on Process Control. Kouty nad Desnou, Czech Republic, 7-10 June 2010.

Logist, F., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2010). A toolkit for efficiently generating Pareto sets in (bio)chemical multi-objective optimal control problems. Proceedings of the 20th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-20). 20th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-20). Ischia (Italy), June 6-9, 2010 (pp. 481-486).

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2010). Nonlinear robust optimization of uncertainty affine dynamic systems under the L-infinity norm. Proc. of the IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC 2010). IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC 2010). Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 2010.

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2010). Robustness and stability optimization of power generating kite systems in a periodic pumping mode. Proc. of the IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC 2010). IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC 2010). Yokohama, Japan, Sep. 2010.

Houska, B., Logist, F., Van Impe, J., Diehl, M. (2009). Approximate Robust Optimization of Time-Periodic Stationary States with Application to Biochemical Processes. Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Shangai (China), 2009.

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2009). Robust Nonlinear Optimal Control of Dynamic Systems with Affine Uncertainties. Proc. of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Shanghai (China), Dec. 2009 (pp. 2274-2279).

Ferreau, H., Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2009). Numerical methods for embedded optimisation and their implementation with the ACADO toolkit. In Tadeusiewicz, R. (Ed.), Ligeza, A. (Ed.), Mitkowski, W. (Ed.), Szymkat, M. (Ed.), Proc. of the 7th Conference - Computer Methods and Systems (CMS'09). 7th Conference - Computer Methods and Systems (CMS'09). Krakow, Poland, 2009 (pp. 13-29).

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2007). Optimal control for power generating kites. Proceedings of the European Control Conference. European Control Conference. Kos, Greece, 2007 (pp. CD rom).

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2006). Optimal Control of Towing Kites. Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. San Diego, 2006 (pp. 2693-2697).

IMa (Meeting abstracts, presented at international scientific conferences and symposia, published or not published in proceedings or journals)

Gillis, J., Geebelen, K., Sternberg-Kaletta, J., Gros, S., Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2012). Lyapunov based design of robust linear-feedback for time-optimal periodic quadcopter motion. Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control. Heijderbos, Heijen/Nijmegen, The Netherlands, March 27-29, 2012.

Logist, F., Telen, D., Vallerio, M., Van Erdeghem, P., Houska, B., Diehl, M., Van Impe, J. (2011). Multi-objective optimal control of dynamic industrial processes. International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making. Jyväskylä, Finland, 13-17 June 2011.

Ferreau, H., Houska, B., Diehl, M. (2010). ACADO Toolkit -- An open-source framework for Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimization. 29th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control. Heeze, The Netherlands, March 2010, 57-57.

Houska, B., Ferreau, H., Diehl, M. (2009). ACADO - An Open-Source Toolkit for Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimization. Belgian-French-German Conference on Optimization, 14-18 September 2009.

TH (Thesis)

Houska, B., Diehl, M. (sup.) (2011). Robust Optimization of Dynamic Systems (Robuuste optimalisatie van dynamische systemen), 304 pp.

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Newsflash

Two OPTEC professors have been awarded three "Gouden Krijtjes", the yearly teaching awards given by the organization of engineering students (vtk). Prof. Lombaert was awarded the prize for the best course in civil engineering, and Prof. Diehl the prizes for the best professor and the best course in mathematical engineering (where he teaches numerical optimization). They received these awards at the yearly "proffentap" where experienced students taught them how to draft beer professionally.