Alberto Padoan

When did optimal control 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 begin? 🤔 In this episode, we trace the roots of this beautiful body of ideas, starting with Bernoulli’s brachistochrone problem (1696). 300 years of intellectual adventures, still unfolding... 🚀

🎙️ New episode! Jeff Shamma (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) on gain scheduling, robustness, game theory and multi-agent learning... and some advice from both control and jiu-jitsu: “Don’t get tired.” Unmissable!

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Links: www.incontrolpodcast.com

New episode out 🎙️ This one is a bit different: we look at female influencers in control — ideas, trajectories, some data, and why this conversation matters. Constructive feedback, criticism, and perspectives welcome 💬

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Links: www.incontrolpodcast.com

This is just a first episode in what I hope will become a broader conversation on diversity, bias, and the human side of control — beyond the technical aspects. Science is built by people. I hope this podcast can help give some visibility to topics that deserve open discussion.

What is feedback, really? In this episode, we retrace its prehistory, revisit Black’s invention of the negative-feedback amplifier, and look at why feedback keeps reappearing in biology, strategy, behaviour shaping machines, organisms, and decisions.

Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social

We invoke “Lyapunov stability” so often — but who was the man behind it? 🤔 This episode retraces his life, his 1892 thesis, and a legacy that still defines control theory. 🌀

🚦 New episode with traffic control legend Markos Papageorgiou (Technical University of Crete). Traffic control is where every control challenge meets reality: scale, nonlinear behaviors, humans in the loop, CO₂ emissions, with millions of lives touched daily. Not to be missed!

🎙️ New episode! Cosimo takes us inside the fascinating world of soft robotics 🤖🐙 Compliance over rigidity, shape as intelligence, and why underactuation may actually be a feature — unmissable! 😄

Loved putting this one together. A whirlwind tour through 60+ years of control theory — from Kalman to complex systems. If you care about why controllability and observability matter, give it a listen 🚀🎧

Link: www.incontrolpodcast.com

Another giant honoring us with his presence! 🙏🏼 An episode packed with insight and hilarious anecdotes — from feedback to learning, with a few unexpected detours along the way. Don’t miss this one! 🎧👇

Another exciting inControl podcast episode, Anders Rantzer (Lund University) shares insights from a career at the crossroads of Russian and Western control traditions. Robustness, scalability, duality, and some timeless theorems along the way!

New episode! 🚀Miroslav Krstić (@KrsticUCSD) joins us to retrace a landmark journey — from nonlinear adaptive control to backstepping for PDEs, delay compensation via predictors, extremum seeking, safety and neural operators for PDE control. A must for every control enthusiast!

🎙️ New episode! Manfred Morari traces his journey from chemical process control to IMC, robust and predictive control, MPC, and lessons from a career spanning ETH Zürich, Caltech & University of Pennsylvania. From theory to real-world impact, this episode is a must-listen for control enthusiasts! 🚀🎧

New year, new inControl podcast episode! 😁 Today, we celebrate another giant: Richard Bellman, the father of dynamic programming. 🔄 🚀🧠 In this episode, I discuss his incredible journey—from Brooklyn to Princeton, Los Alamos, RAND, and Stanford—and his contributions to control theory! 🚀