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In this episode, we chat with Cleve Moler, a pioneer in numerical mathematics, creator of MATLAB and co-founder of MathWorks. We cover the birth of MATLAB, along with captivating stories about the origin of the iconic MathWorks logo, the enigmatic "why" command, the concept of "embarrassingly parallel computations," and the mysterious Pentium bug, among other.
Outline
00:00 - Intro
05:23 - Advice to students
05:45 - Caltech & J. Todd
07:07 - Stanford & G. Forsythe
08:27 - The MathWorks logo
11:50 - ETH Zürich & Stiefel
16:51 - Householder meetings
19:48 - LINPACK & EISPACK projects
26:10 - The birth of MATLAB
29:42 - Stanford course and the founding of Mathworks
38:40 - Embarrassingly parallel computing
39:54 - The pentium bug
43:58 - SIAM and matrix exponentials
47:19 - Future of mathematics
51:36 - Outro
Links
Cleve’s corner - https://blogs.mathworks.com/cleve/
Mathworks - https://mathworks.com/
History of Matlab - https://tinyurl.com/3dupkb7w
Datatron computer - https://tinyurl.com/4kmcw95r
J. Todd - https://tinyurl.com/2s432wzc
G. Forsythe - https://tinyurl.com/5583cfwx
MathWorks logo - https://tinyurl.com/yc4th7sk
E. Stiefel - https://tinyurl.com/ys4r2h96
J. Wilkinson - https://tinyurl.com/ye23bkdc
LINPACK - https://tinyurl.com/39d7rwxk
Computer solutions of linear algebraic systems - https://tinyurl.com/h9z7s342
Argonne Labs - https://www.anl.gov/
J. Dongarra - https://tinyurl.com/juzrw6y6
Embarrassingly parallel - https://tinyurl.com/yck38a4y
Pentium bug - https://tinyurl.com/4k7dt76p
19 dubious ways to compute the exponential of a matrix - https://tinyurl.com/yeyjy2bw
Perron-Frobenius theorem - https://tinyurl.com/fa59dv32
O. Taussky - https://tinyurl.com/ycke

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ep28 - Karl Henrik Johansson: Semper in Motu - Hybrid Systems, Wireless and Event-Based Control, Mobility, Cybersecurity, and Societal Challenges 1:29:05

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Outline 00:00 Intro 01:19 Swedish control heritage and early steps 05:21 PhD at Lund and relay feedback systems 15:40 Berkeley years 19:58 Hybrid systems 26:46 Networked control systems 30:32 Interaction with industry 34:40 Wireless control systems 40:33 Platooning in freight transport 49:27 Future of mobility 52:55 Event-based control 58:58 Cybersecurity 1:05:10 Societal-scale challenges 1:12:33 Bode lecture reflections 1:15:05 Digital futures 1:23:38 Advice for future students Links Kalle’s website: https://tinyurl.com/yc34dv2x K. J. Åstrom: https://tinyurl.com/5n9admvk PhD Thesis: https://tinyurl.com/3868a92a Relay feedback: https://tinyurl.com/3w4w9dku Fast switches in relay feedback systems: https://tinyurl.com/5dcvn79f S. Sastry: https://tinyurl.com/3f5e978z Hybrid system: https://tinyurl.com/v39up6wk Dynamical properties of hybrid automata: https://tinyurl.com/yx73x6ba Wireless Network Design for Control Systems: https://tinyurl.com/mry5cnan Cyber–Physical Control of Road Freight Transport: https://tinyurl.com/yc4yhhwu S. Shladover: https://tinyurl.com/352cfwdm An introduction to event-triggered and self-triggered control: https://tinyurl.com/37p9w8cz Distributed Event-Triggered Control for Multi-Agent Systems: https://tinyurl.com/5ddnjsrz Cyber security analysis of state estimators in electric power systems: https://tinyurl.com/2wj74spj A secure control framework for resource-limited adversaries: https://tinyurl.com/37pnehuv Control for societal-scale challenges 2030: https://tinyurl.com/yfd3v296 Digital futures: https://tinyurl.com/h3nyb2 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.…

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:14 - Early steps in control 05:36 - L1 control 17:09 - Relay feedback systems 24:32 - Agile robotic maneuvers 29:31 - Abstractions and models 41:59 - Causality 49:35 - Markets and power grids 1:00:20 - Role of network structure 1:05:03 - Data, systems, and society 1:16:17 - On writing 1:22:57 - Cascaded failures in networks 1:30:40 - Information design 1:34:29 - Data markets 1:42:27 - On economics and engineering 1:48:18 - Systems thinking for societal problems 1:58:24 - Advice to future students Links Website: https://dahleh.lids.mit.edu/ Data Nation podcast: https://tinyurl.com/2fxwxw2d S. Bhattacharyya: https://tinyurl.com/4z93f6n7 Wonham’s geometric control: https://tinyurl.com/mrxxkrv9 B. Pearson: https://tinyurl.com/3vaz9yc9 L1-optimal control: https://t.ly/NuXp8 M. Vidyasagar: https://tinyurl.com/4z3zamh6 Relay feedback systems: https://tinyurl.com/47tr23a4 J. Tsitsilkis: https://tinyurl.com/yc7jmzm6 Maneuver-based motion planning: https://tinyurl.com/bdduu2ea Nutonomy: https://tinyurl.com/426s7stv Feedback control with noisy channels: https://tinyurl.com/2yschy2s Bode’s integral: https://tinyurl.com/2s47rjmp Fundamental limits and molecular fluctuations: https://tinyurl.com/5n8k4maa Volatility of power grids: https://tinyurl.com/2vfpjfy7 Bayesian learning in social networks: https://tinyurl.com/3mk9p486 D. Acemoglu: https://tinyurl.com/3nphek9h A. Ozdaglar: https://tinyurl.com/yvdnddh9 Cascade failures in networks: https://tinyurl.com/u2ckx94v A marketplace for data: https://tinyurl.com/esvbtprb 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.…

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Outline 01:16 - Intro 02:28 - Early steps in Italy and California 13:00 - From Riemannian geometry … 17:01 - … to geometric control, robotics and locomotion 34:54 - Academic environment at Caltech 35:06 - From single robots to robotic networks 53:51 - Art gallery problem 1:01:37 - Networked and cyber-physical systems 1:21:47 - Contracting dynamics 1:33:07 - Coupled oscillators and power grids 1:47:20 - On mathematical sociology 1:56:44 - Writing and publishing 2:02:14 - About professional service 2:08:04 - Advice for future students 2:08:04 - Outro Links Francesco’s website: https://fbullo.github.io/ CSM “People in Control” interview: https://tinyurl.com/cw4s8b4n Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: https://tinyurl.com/mt59bw2n PD control on the Euclidean group: https://tinyurl.com/5xe9rtc2 Coverage control for mobile sensing networks: https://tinyurl.com/ye83duhm Voronoi tassellations: https://tinyurl.com/y7w2tux4 Art gallery problem: https://tinyurl.com/yc8h88c3 Dynamic vehicle routing for robotic systems: https://tinyurl.com/5n8c393p Distributed control of robotic networks: https://tinyurl.com/5xe6ztw3 Attack detection and identification in cyber-physical systems: https://tinyurl.com/mvm44d24 Voltage collapse in complex power grids: https://tinyurl.com/55mfdj28 Lectures on network systems: https://tinyurl.com/tbd9dhy2 Opinion dynamics and the evolution of social power in influence networks: https://tinyurl.com/2cd5v7ta Banach contraction theorem: https://tinyurl.com/2yv4jjy6 Contraction theory for dynamical systems: https://tinyurl.com/2r2pxh9p Contracting dynamics YouTube series: https://tinyurl.com/3p7nsryp Getting it write: https://tinyurl.com/yhtabw2f Hamming - You and your research: 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.…

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ep24 - Brian Douglas: Boeing, Control Videos, Resourcium, Map of Control Theory, Cartoons, Mathworks 1:46:24

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - From Boeing to Planetary Resources 08:57 - The origin of control videos 17:07 - About teaching style 20:52 - The (unnecessary?) math behind controls 26:54 - On interdisciplinarity 31:35 - How to build knowledge fast 48:32 - Resourcium 01:00:49 - The map of control theory 01:11:09 - IFAC Cartoons 01:15:35 - Fundamentals of control theory book 01:24:49 - The role of projects 01:34:27 - Future of control education 01:43:43 - Advice to future students Links Brian’s website: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian1 Boeing: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian2 Planetary resources: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian3 Khan Academy: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian4 Building Knowledge in an Interdisciplinary World: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian5 Why Models Are Essential to Digital Engineering: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian6 SysML: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian7 What Is Robust Control: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian8 Algebraic Riccati equation: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian9 Resourcium: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian10 Map of control theory: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian11 Map of mathematics: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian12 Brian’s Cartoons: https://tinyurl.com/DouglasBrian13 Fundamentals of control theory: https://engineeringmedia.com/books xkcd: https://xkcd.com/ what if?: https://xkcd.com/what-if/ Computational Control: https://www.bsaver.io/teaching argmin: https://www.argmin.net/ The Art of the Realizable: 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.…

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ep23 - Bassam Bamieh: Sampled Data Systems, PDEs, Distributed Control of Spatially Invariant Systems, Coherence, Resistive Losses, Cochlear Instabilities, and Stochasticity in Feedback Loops 2:23:12

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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://t 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.…

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ep22 - Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, Part II: Cyberphysical and hybrid systems, Contracts, Chiplets, Models of computation, Time, Innovative Ecosystems, BioBricks, Neuromorphics 1:20:16

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - Platform-based design (PBD) in biology 16:42 - Cyberphysical systems, automotive industry, hybrid systems 27:32 - Contracts in system design 34:50 - Chiplets 41:48 - About time: the tag signal model 52:15 - Neuromorphics 59:21 - Innovative ecosystems 1:07:35 - Advice to future students 1:16:26 - The role of luck Links BiKi Technologies: https://t.ly/RuaW7 R. Murray: https://t.ly/Zy_Up S. Sastry: https://t.ly/qsf44 C. Tomlin: https://t.ly/tQ0XZ Platform-based design for energy systems: https://t.ly/RJdpi State charts: https://tinyurl.com/yw69przw Contracts for system design: https://tinyurl.com/496e953k Formal methods: https://tinyurl.com/2yftcwsw Chiplets: https://tinyurl.com/mrxyswua A framework for comparing models of computation: https://tinyurl.com/2awyw3cr Category theory: https://tinyurl.com/3bbfjdv9 E. Frazzoli: https://tinyurl.com/mspckmpd A. Censi: https://tinyurl.com/5c87wuyx A mathematical theory of co-design: https://tinyurl.com/ydp6jvp8 Prophesee: https://tinyurl.com/mtf9hpfm Neuralink: https://tinyurl.com/bdcww89e Openeye: https://tinyurl.com/3vh6ydmk Epictetus: https://tinyurl.com/57ef2rud Seneca: https://tinyurl.com/f7zuyz4d F. Nietzsche: https://tinyurl.com/bd7znm4n J. P. Sartre: https://tinyurl.com/3b2zt5cr 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.…

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ep21 - Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, Part I: Classics, EDA, Logic Synthesis, SPICE, Intel x386, Cadence, Synopsis, Platform-based design 1:47:23

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - Classic Studies 06:51 - Early Steps in Berkeley between Optimization and Circuits Theory 16:04 - Back to Italy... and back to Berkeley 26:29 - The SPICE program and the interaction with IBM 33:30 - Logic Synthesis, Simulated Annealing, Timberwolf 40:57 - The Intel x386, YACR, and ESPRESSO 47:01 - The birth of Cadence and Synopsis 1:06:01 - Corsi e Ricorsi in EDA 1:30:45 - The Shift to Automotive and Platform-Based Design 1:39:06 - Outro Links Alberto’s website: https://tinyurl.com/2w8t8fza State-space approach in problem-solving optimization: https://tinyurl.com/bdcnmbhp EDA: https://tinyurl.com/3dur7yth SPICE: https://tinyurl.com/yxm56txy Logic Minimization Algorithms for VLSI Synthesis: https://tinyurl.com/49bnw3by Simulated annealing: https://tinyurl.com/mryz45pz Timberwolf: https://tinyurl.com/mvm28wnn Intel 386: https://tinyurl.com/4z7ubb55 Cadence: https://tinyurl.com/hydjj92z Synopsis: https://tinyurl.com/463vk8mk Dracula: https://tinyurl.com/kcum5v8t Corsi e ricorsi - the EDA story: https://tinyurl.com/mwar9p44 G. Vico: https://tinyurl.com/cb4mp7nz Finite state machine: https://tinyurl.com/4ckszk2n System-level design: orthogonalization of concerns and platform-based design: https://tinyurl.com/v2t4njt4 Quo Vadis, SLD? Reasoning About the Trends and Challenges of System Level Design: https://tinyurl.com/mpmmstun Remembering Richard: https://tinyurl.com/yc6rf7u3 W. Shockley: https://tinyurl.com/w3chmutt 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.…

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ep20 - Aude Billard: From Robot learning to Dexterous Manipulation and Human-Robot Interaction 1:07:57

1 year ago1:07:57

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Outline 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Early steps… in physics! 05:17 - AI in Edinburgh 08:00 - Connectionism 10:37 - Robot learning 19:02 - Imitation learning 23:00 - On pursuing a PhD 24:45 - Californian chronicles 30:10 - Modularity 33:20 - Challenges in robot learning 39:44 - Dexterous manipulation 43:52 - Dynamical systems 47:37 - Combining ML and control 51:25 - Human-robot interaction 54:24 - Safety and compliance 57:54 - Deadlines for papers 1:06:38 - Advice to future students 1:07:08 - Outro Links Aude’s lab: http://tinyurl.com/4nsx2kra Robot learning: http://tinyurl.com/2ty25t2r Connectionism: http://tinyurl.com/mrd76zfx I. Demiris: http://tinyurl.com/nhhn6ymu Hebbian learning: http://tinyurl.com/35ey7um5 DRAMA (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4fvbs867 Imitation learning: http://tinyurl.com/2af3aew4 Mirror neurons: http://tinyurl.com/4nd3sm75 G. Rizzolatti: http://tinyurl.com/5b4xfab5 Embodied cognition: http://tinyurl.com/5284kp8f A biologically inspired robotic model for learning by imitation: http://tinyurl.com/4j33nphv M. Airbib: http://tinyurl.com/3bu3y5dz Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration: http://tinyurl.com/487pm3xk Synthetic brain imaging (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38uerwk7 Catching Objects in Flight (paper): http://tinyurl.com/38d8fk9m Feasibility not optimality (video): http://tinyurl.com/mwa8b7et Learning multiple-attractors (paper): http://tinyurl.com/2j3yxwm8 On human compliance (paper): http://tinyurl.com/4vp2kmhw Deadlines for conferences: http://tinyurl.com/mpwntkty 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.…

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ep19 - Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Part II: Unveiling the Dynamics of Collective Decision-Making from Flocking Starlings to Desert Ants, Political Polarization, and the Creative Dance Between Arts and… 57:44

1 year ago57:44