Bart De Schutter's Research Page
Research interests
- Control of discrete-event systems and hybrid systems
- Control of traffic and transportation systems
- Multi-level and multi-agent control of large-scale systems
- Control of transportation networks
- Control of intelligent infrastucture networks (water, electricity,
logistics)
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for a list of all current research activities.
Click here
for a list of all former research activities.
Current projects
- EU Cost Action "Towards autonomic road transport support systems"
- EU Network of Excellence "Highly-complex and networked control systems
(HYCON2)", 2010-2014
- "Sustainable mobility with cooperative vehicle-infrastructure
systems", funded by BSIK-NGI, 2010-2012
- "Model-based predictive control for intelligent
micro-transportation systems", funded by BSIK-NGI, 2010-2012
- EU STREP project "Hierarchical and
distributed model predictive control of large-scale systems (HD-MPC)",
2008-2011
- EU Cost Action "Real-time monitoring, surveillance and control of road
networks under adverse weather conditions"
- "Model-based predictive control for intelligent water
management - Towards real-life implementation", funded by BSIK-NGI,
2010-2012
Current PhD students and postdocs
- Le
Li: "Multi-level and multi-agent control of intelligent
infrastructures", PhD student, Dec. 2011-...
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Shuai Liu: "Distributed control of
large-scale hybrid systems", PhD student, Dec. 2011-...
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Bart Kersbergen: "Model-predictive railway traffic
management", PhD student, Aug. 2011-...
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Mohammad Hajiahmadi: "Sustainable mobility with cooperative
vehicle-infrastructure systems", PhD student, May 2011-...
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Yashar Zeinaly: "Multi-level control of large-scale logistic systems",
PhD student, Nov 2010-...
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Noortje Groot: "Multi-agent control of intelligent
infrastructures", PhD student, Dec. 2009-...
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Zhe Cong: "Intelligent traffic control",
PhD student, Oct. 2009-...
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Zulkifli Hidayat: "Distributed sensing and state estimation",
PhD student, May 2009-...
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Dang Doan: "Hierarchical and distributed model predictive control",
PhD student, Nov. 2008-...
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Samira Farahani: "Model-based control of discrete-event and hybrid
systems", PhD student, Sept. 2008-...
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Mernout Burger: "Model-based predictive control for intelligent
micro-transportation systems", Jan. 2011-Dec. 2012
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Alfredo Núñez: "Hierarchical and distributed model
predictive control", Feb. 2010-Jan. 2013
Former PhD students
- Solomon Kidane Zegeye: "Model-based traffic control for
sustainable mobility" (pdf
(3.8 MB)), PhD student, Oct. 2007-Oct. 2011 (obtained PhD
degree on Oct. 11, 2011)
- Shu Lin: "Efficient model predictive control for large-scale
urban traffic networks"
(pdf (1.4 MB)), PhD
student, Oct. 2008-Oct. 2010 (obtained PhD degree on Apr. 19,
2011)
- Jelmer van Ast: "Self-organizing moving agents for distributed
sensing and control" (pdf
(39 MB)),
Apr. 2006-June 2010 (obtained PhD degree on
Sept. 14, 2010)
- Monique van den Berg: "Integrated control of mixed traffic
networks using model predictive control"
(pdf
(3.9 MB)),
Nov. 2003-Aug. 2009, obtained PhD degree on April 22, 2010
- Alina Tarău: "Model-based control for postal
automation and baggage handling",
(pdf
(2.7 MB)),
Feb. 2006-Jan. 2010, obtained PhD degree on January
19, 2010
- Lakshmi Dhevi Baskar: "Traffic management and control in intelligent
vehicle highway systems" (pdf
(5.9 MB)),
Oct. 2005-Dec. 2009, obtained PhD degree on November
18, 2009
- Zsofia Lendek: "Reasoning under uncertainty" (pdf (1.9 MB)),
Mar. 2005-Mar. 2009, obtained PhD degree on
March 10, 2009
- Lucian Buşoniu: "Reinforcement learning in continuous
state and action
spaces", Jan. 2005-Jan. 2009, obtained PhD degree cum
laude on January 13, 2009
- Ronald van Katwijk: "Multi-agent look-ahead traffic adaptive
control" (pdf (2.8
MB)), Mar. 2004-Jan. 2008, obtained PhD degree on
January 29, 2008
- Rudy Negenborn: "Multi-agent model
predictive control with applications to power networks"
(pdf (1.9 MB)),
Jan. 2004-Dec. 2007, obtained PhD degree on December 18,
2007 (see also http://www.negenborn.net/mampc/)
- Olaf Gietelink:
"Design and validation of advanced driver
assistance systems"
(pdf (11 MB)),
Jan. 2003-Dec. 2007, obtained PhD degree on November
19, 2007
- Ion Necoara:
"Model predictive control for max-plus-linear and
piecewise-affine systems"
(pdf (1.6 MB)),
Nov. 2002-Oct. 2006, obtained PhD degree cum
laude on
October 17, 2006
- Andreas Hegyi:
"Model predictive control for integrating traffic control measures"
(pdf (2.7 MB)),
Oct. 1999-Dec. 2003, obtained PhD degree on February
3, 2004
- Tom Bellemans:
"Traffic control on motorways"
(pdf (2.4 MB)),
Sept. 1998-May 2003, obtained PhD degree on May 19,
2003
Former postdocs
- Yuping Li: "Robust model
predictive control of water networks", Jan. 2010-Sept. 2011
- Zsofia Lendek: "Reasoning under uncertainty", postdoc,
Mar. 2009-Mar. 2011
- Kateřina Staňková: "Game theoretic methods for
control of large-scale systems", Mar. 2010-Feb. 2011
- Lucian Buşoniu: "Reinforcement learning", postdoc,
Jan. 2009-Mar. 2011
- Rudy Negenborn: "Intelligent model-based predictive
control methods for flood and water management",
Jan. 2008-Dec. 2010
- Ronald van Katwijk: "Decentralized traffic control",
Feb. 2008-Dec. 2008
- Puspita Deo: "Modeling and control of transportation networks and
logistic systems", Dec. 2007-Nov. 2009
- Ion Necoara: "Model predictive control for hybrid systems", Oct.
2006-Jan. 2007
- Daniele Corona: "Control of hybrid systems",
July 2005-July 2007
- Andreas Hegyi: "Coordinated control of freeway networks",
Jan. 2004-Jan. 2005 and June 2005-May 2007
List of
publications
Acknowledgments
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Last modification: January 19, 2012.