Applied Math Colloquium | Kirsten Morris, Optimal controller and actuator design for partial differential equations

MC 5501 
 

Speaker

Kirsten Morris, UWaterloo

Title

Optimal controller and actuator design for partial differential equations

Abstract

Control is  be very effective in altering dynamics, and widely used in many natural and engineered systems.  One issue for systems with  spatial dependence, such as those with partial differential equation models,  is that performance depends not only on the controller, but also on its location and spatial design. Existence of concurrent optimal controller and spatial distribution has been established for several classes of partial differential equations and objectives.   Some of the theoretical  results, as well as computational challenges, will be discussed and illustrated with examples.