Technical Program

The conference program is available via the Papercept site at the MTNS26-Program page. The MTNS program (PDF) booklet is now available.

Welcome Reception: Sunday, August 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Pearl Sullivan Engineering (E7) Event Space

MTNS 2026 Technical Program Monday, August 17, 2026

Plenary
09:00-10:00 MoP_PL 
MC 2065
Enhancing Closed-Loop Analysis of Neural Network-Controlled Systems Using Quadratic Abstractions

Coffee Break: 10:00-10:30 a.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
10:30-12:35 MoAM_SE1
DC 1304

Data-Driven Learning and Control with Formal Guarantees I
10:30-12:35 MoAM_SE2
MC 4058

Structure-Exploiting Methods in Control: Cones, Positivity, and Sparsity
10:30-12:35 MoAM_SE3
MC 4045

Infinite Dimensional Systems Theory
10:30-12:35 MoAM_SE4
MC 5501

Stochastic Control and Estimation

Lunch: 12:40-2:00 p.m., St. Jerome's Servery

Session Session
14:00-15:00 MoSP_SP1
MC 2065

Semi-Plenary: Relaxation of Contraction Theory in Dynamical Systems
14:00-15:00 MoSP_SP2
MC 2066

Semi-Plenary: Analysis and Control in Poroelastic Systems
with Applications to Biomedicine

Coffee Break: 3:00-3:30 p.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
15:30-17:35 MoPM_SE1
DC 1304

Data-Driven Learning and Control
with Formal Guarantees II
15:30-17:35 MoPM_SE2
MC 4058

Algebraic Systems Theory
15:30-17:35 MoPM_SE3
MC 4045

Modeling, Estimation, and Control
of Infinite-Dimensional Systems
15:30-17:35 MoPM_SE4
MC 5479

Nonlinear Systems and Control

MTNS 2026 Technical Program Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Plenary
09:00-10:00  TuP_PL
MC 2065
PTNS: Phase Theory of Networks and Systems

Coffee Break: 10:00-10:30 a.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
10:30-12:35 TuAM_SE1
MC 4058

Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems I
10:30-12:35 TuAM_SE2
MC 5417

Operator Theory for Quantum Information I
10:30-12:35 TuAM_SE3
MC 5501

Control of Distributed Parameter Systems I
10:30-12:35 TuAM_SE4
MC 5479

On the Geometry of Optimal Transport and Its Application to Physics and Control

Lunch: 12:40-2:00 p.m., St. Jerome's Servery

Session Session

14:00-15:00 TuSP_SP1
MC 2065

Semi-Plenary: Reinforcement Learning for Control: Convergence, Stability, Sample Complexity

14:00-15:00 TuSP_SP2
MC 2066

Semi-Plenary: Synthesis & Analysis Tools for Dynamic Games – Model Based, Data-Driven and Nonlinear Perspectives

Coffee Break: 3:00-3:30 p.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
15:30-17:35 TuPM_SE1
MC 4058

Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems II
15:30-17:35 TuPM_SE2
MC 5417

Operator Theory for Quantum Information II
15:30-17:35 TuPM_SE3
MC 5501

Control of Distributed Parameter Systems II
15:30-17:35 TuPM_SE4
MC 5479

Networked Control Systems

MTNS 2026 Technical Program Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Plenary
09:00-10:00 WeP_PL 
MC 2065
The Monopolist's Free Boundary Problem in the Plane: An Excursion into the Economic Value of Private Information

Coffee Break: 10:00-10:30 a.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
10:30-12:35 WeAM_SE1
MC 4021

Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems III
10:30-12:35 WeAM_SE2
MC 5417

Advances in Optimal Transport Theory and Its Applications
10:30-12:35 WeAM_SE3
MC 5501

Port-Hamiltonian Systems and Dissipativity

Lunch: 12:40-2:00 p.m., St. Jerome's Servery

Social activities on Wednesday afternoon; see Social Program for options, registration, and fees.

MTNS 2026 Technical Program Thursday, August 20, 2026

Plenary
09:00-10:00 ThP_PL 
MC 2065
Notions of Resilience in Large-Scale Networks, with Applications to Distributed Coordination, Optimization, and Learning

Coffee Break: 10:00-10:30 a.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
10:30-12:35 ThAM_SE1
MC 4058

Control and Estimation of Infinite-Dimensional Systems I
10:30-12:35 ThAM_SE2
MC 4060

Optimal Control
10:30-12:35 ThAM_SE3
MC 4064

Systems on Graphs
10:30-12:35 ThAM_SE4
MC 5501

Linear Systems

Lunch: 12:40-2:00 p.m., St. Jerome's Servery

Session Session
14:00-15:00 ThSP_SP1
MC 2065

Semi-Plenary: Finite Dimensional Feedback Controllers for Distributed Parameter Systems
14:00-15:00 ThSP_SP2
MC 2066

Semi-Plenary: Large-Scale Network Processes: Achieving Tractability Via Graph Limits

Coffee Break: 3:00-3:30 p.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
15:30-17:35 ThPM_SE1
MC 4058

Control and Estimation of Infinite-Dimensional Systems II
15:30-17:35 ThPM_SE2
MC 4060

Optimization: Theory and
Algorithms
15:30-17:35 ThPM_SE3
MC 4064

Hybrid Systems and Discrete
Event Systems

Conference Banquet: Thursday, August 20, 6:00-10:00 p.m., Federation Hall

MTNS 2026 Technical Program Friday, August 20, 2026

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
10:00-12:05 FrAM_SE1
MC 4058

Infinite-Dimensional Port-Hamiltonian Systems I
10:00-12:05 FrAM_SE2
MC 4060

Machine Learning and Control
10:00-12:05 FrAM_SE3
MC 4064

Robust and H-Infinity Control

Lunch: 12:40-2:00 p.m., St. Jerome's Servery

Session Session
14:00-15:00 FrSP_SP1
MC 2065

Semi-Plenary: Physics-Informed Neural Certificates for Stability and Control
14:00-15:00 FrSP_SP2
MC 2066

Semi-Plenary: Control by Interconnection of Irreversible Port-Hamiltonian Systems

Coffee Break: 3:00-3:30 p.m., MC 3rd floor

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
15:30-17:35 FrPM_SE1
MC 4058

Infinite-Dimensional Port-Hamiltonian Systems II
15:30-17:35 FrPM_SE2
MC 4060

Collective Dynamics and Scalability in Multi-Agent Control Systems
15:30-17:35 FrPM_SE3
MC 4064

System Identification

Farewell Reception: Friday, August 21, 6:00-8:00 p.m., M3 Atrium

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