HYCON-EECI, Spring 2008

	An Introduction to Networked Control Systems
	17-21 March 2008

Increases in fast and inexpensive computing and communications have enabled a new generation information-rich control systems that rely on multi-threaded networked execution, distributed optimization, adaptation and learning, and contingency management in increasingly sophisticated ways. This set of lectures will provide an introduction to the theory and tools for building such systems, focusing on the so-called “networked” control systems in which the components that form the system are connected through a communication network. These lectures were developed as part of a course at Caltech on “Networked Control Systems”, first offered in Spring 2006.

Course information

• Instructor: Richard M. Murray, Caltech CDS
• Date and location: 17-21 Mar 08, Supelec (South of Paris)
• Sponsor: HYCON-EECI Graduate School on Control

Lecture Schedule

The schedule below lists the lectures that will be given as part of the course. Each lecture will last approximately 90 minutes. The individual lecture pages give an overview of the lecture and links to additional information.

Lec	Date/time	Title	Reading
1	Mon, 9:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Introduction to Networked Control Systems| Introduction to Networked Control Systems]]	NCS08, Chapter 1
2	Mon, 11:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Case Study - Autonomous Driving| Case Study - Autonomous Driving]]	JFR06
3	Mon, 14:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Embedded Systems Programming| Embedded Systems Programming]]	Spread, pthreads manuals
4	Mon, 16:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Trajectory Generation and Differential Flatness| Trajectory Generation and Differential Flatness]]	OBC08, Chapter 2
5	Tue, 9:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Optimization-Based Control| Optimization-Based Control]]
6	Tue, 11:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: State Estimation and Sensor Fusion| State Estimation and Sensor Fusion]]
9	Wed, 9:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Information Flow and Consensus| Information Flow and Consensus]]
7	Wed, 11:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Packet-Based Estimation and Control| Packet-Based Estimation and Control]]
8	Wed, 14:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Distributed Estimation and Control| Distributed Estimation and Control]]
10	Wed, 16:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Formation Control in Multi-Agent Systems| Formation Control in Multi-Agent Systems]]
11	Thu, 9:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Distributed Protocols and CCL| Distributed Protocols and CCL]]
12	Thu, 11:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Embedded Graph Grammars| Embedded Graph Grammars]]
13	Fri, 9:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Case Study - Multi-Vehicle Cooperative Control| Case Study - Multi-Vehicle Cooperative Control]]
14	Fri, 11:00	[[EECI{{{5}}}: Open problems| Open problems]]