Dependable Control and Decision Group

DECODE – Dependable Control and Decision Group

The DECODE (Dependable Control and Decision) group focuses on complex control systems, where coupling between subsystems, local sources of uncertainty, and structural changes can undermine reliability and generate dangerous behaviors. By leveraging tools from control theory, optimization, and machine learning, we contribute to the development of next-generation systems that are dependable, more autonomous and self adapt to changes in the internal dynamics and the surrounding environment.

The DECODE group is part of the EPFL Automatic Control Laboratory and the NCCR automation.

All software related to our publications is freely available on GitHub.

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News

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New networked operator parametrization allows unconstrained learning!

— Our paper "Unconstrained learning of networked nonlinear systems via free parametrization of stable interconnected operators" got accepted for the European Control Conference 2024 (ECC24)!

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A Neural Network Control workshop at ECC2024, Stockholm, Sweden!

— DECODE is organizing a workshop on Neural Network Control at ECC2024 in Stockholm, Sweden. 

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Machine Learning meets System Identification!

— Our collaborative paper, "Stable Linear Subspace Identification: A Machine Learning Approach", got accepted for ECC2024 (European Control Conference) in Stockholm! 

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Talk by Ran Chen

— On Thursdyay, 18/1/24, Ran Chen will give the talk "Advancing Closed-Loop Identification in Sparse Linear Systems: Insights from Controller Design through Fractional Parameterization and Sparsity Invariance". The seminar will start at 11h00 in ME C2 405. 

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Talk by Vishnu Varadan

— On Tuesday, 16/1/24, Vishnu Varadan will give the talk "Data-Driven Control Methods for Beam Wire Scanners". The seminar will start at 11h00 in ME C2 405. 

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Talk by Laura Meroi

— On Friday, 12/1/24, Laura Meroi will give the talk "Model-based vs data-driven approaches to the detection of cyber-attacks". The seminar will start at 11h00 in ME C2 405. 

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Talk by Nicolas Kirsch

— On Tuesday, 9/1/24, Nicolas Kirsch will give the talk "A Distributed Game Theoretic Approach for Optimal Battery Use in an Energy Community". The seminar will start at 11h00 in ME C2 405. 

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Talk by Sanjay Chandrasekaran on optimizing recommender systems

— On 1/12/23, Sanjay Chandrasekaran will give the talk "Optimizing recommender systems for social networks: A control-theoretic approach". The seminar will start at 11h00 in ME C2 405. 

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Welcome to Riccardo Cescon

— Riccardo has recently joined the DECODE group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome on board!

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Contact

Head of the group: Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate
Office: ME C2 398
Mail: [email protected]

Administration : Nicole Bouendin
Office : ME C2 389
Phone : +41 21 693 38 45
Fax : +41 21 693 2574
Mail : [email protected]

How to reach the DECODE group and the Laboratoire d’Automatique from the M2 metro station

Dependable Control and Decision group (DECODE)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL STI IGM SCI-STI-GFT 
ME C2 398 (Bâtiment ME) , Station 9 
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland


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