Research Areas

Faculty and students in CDS are active in a number of research areas. The primary theoretical areas of research include robust control, multivariable and nonlinear dynamical systems, multiscale modeling, optimal and decentralized control, system identification and estimation theory, and communications and information theory.

Applications include mixing and transport processes in fluids, cooperative control of multi-vehicle systems, networking and communication systems, biological systems, quantum measurement and control, control of nonlinear and mechanical systems, nonlinear and chaotic dynamics, mechanics, nonlinear flight dynamics for highly maneuverable aircraft, and robotics.

Selected, active multi-investigator projects:

• Software Enabled Control (DARPA)
• Institute for Quantum Information (NSF)
• Quantum Communication Networks (MURI)
• Mixed Initiative Control of Automa-teams (DARPA)
• Cooperative Control (MURI)
• Integrated Computing, Communications, and Control (AFOSR)
• Systems Biology (NIH)
• Center for Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (CIT, NSF)
• Adaptive Ocean Sampling Network (ONR)