Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Early Years 04:17 - The “Scenic Route” to Control Theory 12:44 - Sampled Data Systems 22:26 - Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) Identification 28:07 - From Distributed Systems and PDEs ... 38:59 - ... to Distributed Control of Spatially Invariant Systems 49:02 - Taming the Navier-Stokes Equations 50:55 - Advice to Future Students 1:13:12 - Coherence in Large Scale Systems 1:32:28 - On Resistive Losses in Power Systems 1:39:00 - Cochlear Instabilities 1:50:40 - Stochasticity in Feedback Loops 2:00:00 - About Linear and Nonlinear Control 2:08:14 - How to Select a Research Problem 2:14:21 - Future of Control 2:22:06 - Outro Links - Paper on moment-invariants and object recognition: https://tinyurl.com/26tnks3z - Bassam’s PhD Thesis: https://tinyurl.com/3n2274dv - Identification of linear parametrically varying systems: https://tinyurl.com/mryebhhy - Distributed control of spatially invariant systems: https://tinyurl.com/rzszjch2 - Shift Operator: https://tinyurl.com/24fwehet - Heat Equation: https://tinyurl.com/57rc6s7h - Navier-Stokes Equations: https://tinyurl.com/45ktrd2e - The impulse response of the Navier-Stokes equations: https://tinyurl.com/4vaausfn - Non-Normal Matrix: https://tinyurl.com/58z4sph8 - Coherence in large-scale networks: https://tinyurl.com/ynm5cbay - The Price of Synchrony: https://tinyurl.com/3svzancw - Tinnitus: https://tinyurl.com/yc5hm549 - Cochlear Instabilities: https://tinyurl.com/fjespjbj - Stochasticity in Feedback Loops: https://tinyurl.com/yc6aw9xt - Koopman Operator: https://tinyurl.com/3jeu68p8 - Carleman Linearization: https://tinyurl.com/yckzrnfh - Mamba Model: https://tinyurl.com/33h59jwj - Spectral Factorization: https:// 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.