ep6 - Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics
In this episode, we delve into the extraordinary life of Norbert Wiener, the founding father of cybernetics - the science “control and communication in the animal and the machine”. Outline 00:00 - I...
17 Okt 20221h 3min
ep5 - Sean Meyn: Markov chains, networks, reinforcement learning, beekeeping and jazz
In this episode, our guest is Sean Meyn, Professor and Robert C. Pittman Eminent Scholar Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. The episode featur...
18 Aug 202253min
ep4 - Alessandro Chiuso: From system identification to computer vision and back
In this episode, our guest is Alessandro Chiuso. Alessandro is a Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padova. The episode covers several topics, including Alessa...
12 Juli 202238min
ep1 - A brief prehistory of control theory
This episode breaks the ice with a bit of the pre-history of control theory. We discuss three iconic ancestors of the science of feedback, including water clocks developed by Ktesibios, the earliest k...
16 Maj 202219min
ep2 - Florian Dörfler: Power is nothing without control
This episode features an interview with Florian Dörfler, who is an Associate Professor at the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. We discuss several topics, including his persona...
16 Maj 202223min
ep3 - Ben Recht: A tour of optimization, machine learning, and control
In this episode, our guest is Ben Recht. Ben is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. We discuss several topics, inc...
16 Maj 20221h 21min
