ep25 - Francesco Bullo: Geometric control, robotic, networks, mathematical sociology, contraction

Outline 01:16 - Intro 02:28 - Early steps in Italy and California 13:00 - From Riemannian geometry … 17:01 - … to geometric control, robotics and locomotion 34:54 - Academic environment at Caltech 35:06 - From single robots to robotic networks 53:51 - Art gallery problem 1:01:37 - Networked and cyber-physical systems 1:21:47 - Contracting dynamics 1:33:07 - Coupled oscillators and power grids 1:47:20 - On mathematical sociology 1:56:44 - Writing and publishing 2:02:14 - About professional service 2:08:04 - Advice for future students 2:08:04 - Outro Links Francesco’s website: https://fbullo.github.io/ CSM “People in Control” interview: https://tinyurl.com/cw4s8b4n Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: https://tinyurl.com/mt59bw2n PD control on the Euclidean group: https://tinyurl.com/5xe9rtc2 Coverage control for mobile sensing networks: https://tinyurl.com/ye83duhm Voronoi tassellations: https://tinyurl.com/y7w2tux4 Art gallery problem: https://tinyurl.com/yc8h88c3 Dynamic vehicle routing for robotic systems: https://tinyurl.com/5n8c393p Distributed control of robotic networks: https://tinyurl.com/5xe6ztw3 Attack detection and identification in cyber-physical systems: https://tinyurl.com/mvm44d24 Voltage collapse in complex power grids: https://tinyurl.com/55mfdj28 Lectures on network systems: https://tinyurl.com/tbd9dhy2 Opinion dynamics and the evolution of social power in influence networks: https://tinyurl.com/2cd5v7ta Banach contraction theorem: https://tinyurl.com/2yv4jjy6 Contraction theory for dynamical systems: https://tinyurl.com/2r2pxh9p Contracting dynamics YouTube series: https://tinyurl.com/3p7nsryp Getting it write: https://tinyurl.com/yhtabw2f Hamming - You and your research: Support the Show. Podcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.