Department of Control Theory

The department is primarily devoted to fundamental research in the field of control theory and systems engineering, both for linear and nonlinear systems, including chaotic systems and general systems theory. In particular:

  • Large-scale and multi-agent systems, synchronization of systems interconnected in complex networks, with nonlinearities, time-delays and possibly chaotic behaviour
  • Biological and biotechnological systems and models, including thin-layer photobioreactors modelling, control and experiments design
  • Modelling and control of mechanical systems, including walking robots, theoretical and experimental results
  • Department members

Department of control theory focuses on nonlinear systems, including chaotic systems, systems with time delays, complex networks and large scale models, including multi-agent systems and control of distributed parameter and spatially distributed systems. It uses, and develops, tools from mathematical modeling, theory of differential equation, differential geometry, linear algebra, optimization and numerical mathematics.

Original system theoretic results and approaches are then applied to more specific and practically motivated subareas, like modelling and control of biological and biotechnological systems, modelling and control of mechanical systems, including robotic walking analysis and design. In such a way, system-theoretic and control-theoretic framework serves as unifying essence of rather miscellanleous department research activities.

People

Contact

  • Pod Vodárenskou věží 4, Prague 8, Czechia
  • celikovs@utia.cas.cz
  • +420 266 052 020