Adaptive Control with Quantization

Описание: Semi-plenary Lecture by Jing Zhou at ECC 2025.

Abstract:
In control engineering, information and sensing technologies are essential components of real-time measurement systems, providing variable resolution quantitative measurements in control systems, such as in electric power grid systems, intelligent transportation systems, vehicle coordination systems, and offshore mechatronics. Typically, these control systems rely on communication channels. An important aspect is to use quantization schemes with sufficient precision while maintaining low communication rates.This talk explores the challenges and advancements in quantized control, focusing on the theoretical foundations of stability analysis and the interplay between quantization and control system design. Specifically, it addresses the adaptive control of dynamic systems in the presence of uncertainties, nonlinear dynamics, and quantization. The discussion highlights how adaptive design and Lyapunov-based analysis can be applied systematically to mitigate, offering a unified and systematic framework for tackling these challenges.

Bio:
Jing Zhou is a professor and research director of the Priority Research Center of Mechatronics in the Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Norway. She received the Ph.D.degree from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2006. Dr. Zhou has holds positions as a senior research scientist at the International Research Center of Stavanger, Norway, and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Her research interests include adaptive control, nonlinear control, networked control, learning-based control, and control applications to mechatronics systems including cranes, marine vessels, oil drilling systems, robotics.

Dr. Zhou is a Fellow of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. She serves as an associate editor of several journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Systems & Control Letter. She has contributed to
numerous conferences, serving as general chair and technical program chair and is an AdCom member-at large for IEEE IES.