Invited Talks and Poster Presentations

Special Semester on Rigidity and Flexibility: Rigidity in Action (Linz, Austria), April 9, 2024
Symmetry-Forced Formation Control

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), April 1, 2024
Control & Systems Theory Seminar
Symmetry-Forced Formation Control

University of Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany), August 15, 2023
Symmetry-Forced Formation Control

University of Washington (Seattle, WA), August 3, 2023
Symmetry-Forced Formation Control

University of Washington (Seattle, WA), August 1, 2023
Formation Control: A Tutorial

University of Washington (Seattle, WA), July 26, 2023
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  New Perspectives for Network Systems Analysis

Annual Israeli Symposium for Jet Engines & Gas Turbines (Haifa, Israel), November 17, 2022
Economic Dispatch of a Single Micro Gas Turbine Under CHP Operation with Uncertain Demands

TU/e Eindhoven (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), August 23, 2022
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  New Perspectives for Network Systems Analysis

Workshop on Rigidity Theory Applied to Dynamic Systems: From Parallel Robots to Multi-Agent Formations
European Control Conference, London, UK, July 12, 2022
Symmetry Preserving Motion Coordination

University of Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany), June 7, 2022
Current Trends in Systems and Control Theory – a celebratory colloquium
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  New Perspectives for Network Systems Analysis

University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK via Zoom), April 21, 2022
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  New Perspectives for Network Systems Analysis

Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy), June 26, 2019
Formation Control Using Bearing-Only Sensing ― Theory and Implementation Challenges

Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy), June 26, 2019
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

Geometric Constraint Systems: Rigidity, Flexibility and Applications
June 12, 2019, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Rigidity Theory in Multi-Agent Coordination:  A Fundamental System Architecture

Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy), June 6, 2019
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

University of Padova (Padova, Italy), May 29, 2019
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) May 15, 2019
Formation Control Using Bearing-Only Sensing ― Theory and Implementation Challenges

SICE International Symposium on Control Systems
March 7, 2019, Kumamoto, Japan
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

IEEE Control Systems Society Kansai Chapter
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan) February 21, 2019
Formation Control Using Bearing-Only Sensing ― Theory and Implementation Challenges

Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea), February 12, 2019
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea), February 12, 2019
Graph Theory in Systems and Controls: A Tutorial

Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), January 10, 2019
Signed Nonlinear Networks:  A Passivity and Electrical Circuit Theory Approach

Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), January 8, 2019
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), November 12, 2018
Signed Nonlinear Networks:  A Passivity and Electrical Circuit Theory Approach

Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden), November 8, 2018
Signed Nonlinear Networks:  A Passivity and Electrical Circuit Theory Approach

KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden), October 19, 2018
Passivity, Monotonicity, and Network Optimization:  A New Framework for Network Systems Analysis

Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel), May 10, 2018.
A Network Optimization approach to the Analysis and Synthesis of Cooperative Control Systems

University of Colorado – Boulder (Boulder, Colorado), April 3, 2018.
Architectures of Multi-Agent Systems:  Dynamic Properties and Information Exchange Networks

Workshop on Advances in Distributed Control and Formation Control Systems, Asian Control Conference, December 17, 2017.
Formations over directed graphs and local coordinate frames

The 2nd International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SWARM),  October 30, 2017.
Sensor Modalities in Multi-Robot Coordination:  Constraints and Solutions

Rigidity Theory for Multi-agent Systems Meets Parallel Robots: Towards the Discovery of Common Models and Methods, IFAC World Congress Workshop (Toulouse, France), July 9, 2017
Rigidity theory and formation control: A Tutorial

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), June 5, 2017.
Control & Systems Theory Seminar
Fekete points, formation control, and the balancing problem

IRISA-CNRS (Rennes, France), February, 2017.
Fekete points, formation control, and the balancing problem

LAAS-CNRS (Toulouse, France), February, 2017.
Fekete points, formation control, and the balancing problem

University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands), February, 2017.
Cyclically-monotone relations and their use in passivity-based cooperative control

Symposium on Control theory and Power Engineering, IEEE ICSEE, Eilat, Israel, November 17, 2016.
Fekete points, formation control, and the balancing problem

Taxonomies of Interconnected Systems: Partial and Imperfect Information in Multi-Agent Networks, CDC Workshop, Osaka, Japan, December 14, 2015.
Bearing-based Formation Control Problems

IAAC Workshop on Motion Control Methods in Robotics
Herzeliya, Israel, November 23, 2015.
Rigidity Theory for Multi-Robot Coordination

Control Theory: A Mathematical Perspective on Cyber-Physical Systems, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Workshops, Oberwolfach, Germany, Feb. 25 2015.
Uncertain Consensus Networks: Robustness and its Connection to Effective Resistance

Tel-Aviv University (Tel-Aviv, Israel), December 29, 2014.
Distributed Negotiation Methods for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems

University of Washington, December 10, 2014.
Uncertain Consensus Networks: Robustness and its Connection to Effective Resistance

EUROAVIA :  Fly In – Technion, November 24, 2014/
Coordination and Control of Multi-Robot Systems

2nd Swedish-Israeli Control Conference, Haifa, Israel, November 11, 2014.
Uncertain Consensus Networks: Robustness and its Connection to Effective Resistance

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, September 16, 2014.
Robustness of Uncertain Consensus Networks

Taxonomies of Interconnected Systems: Topology in Distributed Robotics, IROS Workshop, September 14, 2014.
Rigidity Theory for Multi-Robot Coordination: Architectural Needs and Implementation Challenges

University of Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany), July 15, 2014.
Distributed Negotiation Methods for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems

University of Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany), July 8, 2014.
Kolloquium Technische Kybernetik Seminar Series
Control and Estimation of Multi-Agent Systems with Bearing-Only Sensing:  Rigidity Theory for SE(2)

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), June 9, 2014.
Duality and Network Theory in Cooperative-Control

Tel-Aviv University (Tel-Aviv, Israel), March 24, 2014.
On the Definiteness of the Weighted Laplacian:  Insights into Clustering and Robustness in Linear Consensus

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN), February 17, 2014.
MnDrive Seminar Series in Control and Robotics
Clustering, Robustness, and Effective Resistance in Linear Consensus Protocols

Universita del Salento (Lecce, Italy), December 5, 2013.
Distributed Negotiation Methods for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems

Osaka University (Osaka, Japan), September 18, 2013.
Duality and Network Theory in Cooperative-Control

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan), September 13, 2013.
Distributed Rigidity Maintenance with Range-Only Sensing

Jilin University (Changchun, China), September 9, 2013.
Distributed Negotiation Methods for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems

North China Electric Power University (Beijing, China), September 2, 2013.
Cycles in Consensus Networks: Performance and Design

Max Planck Institute (Tübingen, Germany), August 7, 2013.
Rigidity Theory for Multi-Agent Systems

University of Washington (Seattle, WA), December 5, 2012.
Robotics, Controls, and Mechatronics Seminar
Distributed Negotiation Methods for Multi-agent Dynamical Systems

Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), July 18, 2012.
Systems and Control Series Seminar
Formation Rigidity: Dynamic Maintenance and Optimality

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), March 21, 2012.
Networked Dynamic Systems: Theory and Application for Aerospace Systems

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), March 19, 2012.
Multi-agent Systems: Perspectives on Theory and Applications

D. Zelazo, S. Schuler, and F. Allgower, “Performance and Design of Cycles in Consensus Networks,” Control Theory: Mathematical Perspectives on Complex Networked Systems, Oberwolfach, Germany, February 2012.

M. Bürger, D. Zelazo, and F. Allgower, “Hierarchical Clustering of Dynamical Networks Using a Saddle-Point Analysis,” Control Theory: Mathematical Perspectives on Complex Networked Systems, Oberwolfach, Germany, February 2012.

M. Bürger, D. Zelazo, G. Notarstefano, and F. Allgower, “Coordination-free Optimization and Dynamic Negotiation in Peer-to-Peer Systems,” Algorithms and Dynamics Over Networks, Torino, Italy, February 8-9 2012.

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan), January 26, 2012.
Optimization as a tool for analysis: From dynamic negotiations to cluster synchronization

Osaka University (Osaka, Japan), January 16, 2012.
An Introduction to Multi-agent Systems.

University of Miami (Miami, Florida), December 8, 2011.
Optimization as a tool for analysis: From dynamic negotiations to cluster synchronization.

M. Bürger, D. Zelazo, and F. Allgower, “Hierarchical Clustering of Dynamical Networks Using Saddle-Point Analysis,” IEEE CSS/UCSB CCDC Workshop on Vistas in Control, Santa Barbara, CA, November 2011.

M. Bürger, D. Zelazo, and F. Allgower, “Hierarchical Clustering of Dynamical Networks Using Saddle-Point Analysis,” 2011 Santa Barbara Control Workshop: Decision, Dynamics and Control in Multi-Agent Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, June 2011.

M. Bürger, D. Zelazo, and F. Allgower, “A Finite-Time Dual Method for Negotiation Between Dynamical Systems,” International Conference on Simulation Technology (SimTech2011), Stuttgart, Germany, June 2011.

Tü München (Munich, Germany), August 13, 2010.
Edge-agreement: Graph-theoretic performance bounds and passivity analysis.

University of Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany), October 2, 2009.
Kolloquium Technische Kybernetic
Graph-theoretic Methods for the Analysis and Synthesis of Networked Dynamic Systems.

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel), March 24, 2008.
Control & Systems Theory Seminar
Networked Dynamic Systems