Courses

International Workshops

I have attended to the following workshops:

1. A Systems and Control Perspective on Privacy, Safety, and Security in Large-Scale Cyber-Physical Systems — DISC 2017

   1. Link to the workshop page and materials: here

   2. Location and Date: NH Atlantic, The Hague, The Netherlands, July 3-6, 2017

2. Distributed and Stochastic Optimization: Theory and Applications — ECC 2016

   1. Link to the workshop page and materials: here

   2. Location and Date: Room Laugsstuen, Aalborg Congress & Culture Center, Aalborg, Denmark. June 28, 2016

3. Perspectives on Systems and Control — the Occasion of Manfred Morari's 65th Birthday and Retirement from ETH Zürich

   1. Link to the workshop page and materials: here

   2. Location and Date: Rämistrasse 101, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. May 19-20, 2016

Ph.D. Courses

The TU Delft graduate school training program requires that all the PhD candidates obtain at least 45 credits (GSC) in three different categories:

• Discipline-related skills (15 GSC)

• Transferable skills (15 GSC)

• Research skills (15 GSC)

In what follows, I provide an overview of courses that I attended during the first year of my PhD study. In summary, I completed all requirements in this regard. More details regarding the courses I followed are provided below.

Discipline-Related Skills

The courses in this category are not organized by the TU Delft graduate school. Instead, DCSC offers to its PhD candidates the possibility to attend the Dutch Institute for Systems and Control (DISC) courses as part of their PhD education program. Moreover, DISC offers a certificate at the end of the doctoral program, if the student collects 27 ECTS during PhD study with at least 14 ECTS from the DISC programs. I completed all requirements for the DISC certificate (27/27 ECTS). In particular, I have obtained from the following institutes:

• Dutch Institute for Systems and Control (DISC): 14 ECTS

• Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB): 8 ECTS

• European Graduate School on Control (EGSC): 3 ECTS

• TEMPO NMPC Spring School: 3 ECTS

Note that every 3 ECTS can be converted to 5 GSC due to the TU Delft graduate school regulations.
The list of attended courses are as follows:

1. Algorithmic Methods in Queuing Theory (LNMB)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Dr. A. Al Hanbali (University of Twente); Dr. S. Kapodistria ( Eindhoven University of Technology)

2. Cooperative Games (LNMB)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr. P.E.M. Borm (Tilburg University)

3. Algorithmic Game Theory (LNMB)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr. G. Schäfer (CWI and VU University Amsterdam)

4. Robust Optimization (LNMB)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr.ir. D. den Hertog (Tilburg University)

5. Stochastic Programming (LNMB)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr. M.H. van der Vlerk (University of Groningen)

6. Mathematical Models of Systems (DISC)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Dr. J.W. Polderman (University of Twente); Prof. dr. K. Camlibel (University of Groningen)

7. Data Assimilation in Large Scale Systems (DISC)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr.ir. A.W. Heemink (Delft University of Technology)

8. Network Dynamics (DISC)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr. M. Cao (University of Groningen); Prof. P. Frasca, University of Twente

9. Linear Matrix Inequalities for Control (DISC)

   1. Link to the course page and materials: here

   2. Lecturers: Prof.dr. S. Weiland (Eindhoven University of Technology); Dr.ir. R. Toth (Eindhoven University of Technology)

10. Distributed Parameter Systems (DISC)

    1. Link to the course page and materials: here

    2. Lecturers: Dr. H.J. Zwart (University of Twente); Dr. A.C.M. Ran (Free University)

11. The scenario approach for robust control, identification, and machine learning (EGSC-EU)

    1. Link to the course page and materials: here

    2. Lecturers: Prof. Marco C. Campi (University of Brescia); Prof. Simone Garatti (University of Politecnico di Milano)

12. Theory and Numerics for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (TEMPO-NMPC)

    1. Link to the course page and materials: here

    2. Lecturers: Prof. James B. Rawlings (University of Wisconsin); Prof. Moritz Diehl (University of Freiburg)

Transferable Skills

This category focuses on the PhD candidate's personal and professional development and the courses are organized by the TU Delft graduate school. I have taken the following courses in this category:

1. PhD Start-Up Course

2. Problem-solving and decision-making in research

3. Academic attitude and scientific reflection

4. Project management of your PhD project

5. Time Management I — first things first

6. Time Management II — Self-management to the max

7. How to survive your PhD? Regain your flow!

8. Basics of Business Model Generation

9. Workshop on knowledge utilization NWO-URSES

10. LabView Core 1 (National Instrument Training Courses)

11. Embedded Control and Monitoring using LabVIEW (National Instrument Training Courses)

Research Skills

A PhD candidate needs to gain skills during the PhD study to reach full proficiency in conducting research. The TU Delft graduate school recommends a list of the learning on the job activities as a guideline for a PhD candidate. I have gained all requirements related to this skill during the first year of my PhD study. Here is the link to the list of the learning on the job activities.

Online Courses

• Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability: link is here

• Discrete Stochastic Processes: link is here

• Linear Algebra: link is here

• Convex Optimization I (EE364a): link is here

• Convex Optimization II (EE364b): link is here