Dear CAST community: We are thrilled to announce that the 2022 Spring Meeting of the Texas-Wisconsin-California Control Consortium (TWCCC) will be open to the public and held virtually. The meeting will take place on Feb 21nd-22rd, 2022 at 10 am - 12 pm (Central Time). Please see the tentative agenda below. If you are interested in attending, please register here (before Feb 15th): https://forms.gle/txswP6cUbSZogCbC6 Best regards, Jim Rawlings, Victor Zavala and Michael Baldea Tentative Agenda: Monday, 2/21/2022 10:00-10:25 a.m. Central Time (CT) Speaker: Koty McAlister, UCSB Title: The robustness of nominal and stochastic MPC: A comparison 10:30-10:55 a.m. Speaker: Pratyush Kumar, UCSB Title: Hybrid process modeling using neural networks and controller design with Q-learning Discussant: James B. Rawlings, UCSB 11:00-11:25 a.m. CT Speaker: Fernando Lejarza, UT Austin Title: Closed-loop, feedback-based deterministic optimization vs. Optimization under uncertainty 11:30-11:55 a.m. Speaker: Omar Santander, UT Austin Title: Deep Learning -based MPC Discussant: Michael Baldea, UT Austin Tuesday, 2/22/2022 10:00-10:25 a.m. Central Time (CT) Speaker: Professor Styliani Avraamidou, Chemical Engineering, UW Madison Title: (TBD) 10:30-10:55 a.m. Speaker: Alex Smith, UW Madison Title: Topology and geometry applied to data analysis Discussant: Victor Zavala, UW Madison 11:00 a.m. CT Flash talks: Rawlings group: Steven Kuntz: Recent results on the turnkey MPC design problem Davide Mannini: Comparison of traditional and robust minmax MPC through process monitoring Baldea group: Xin Tang: Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of Closed-Loop Scheduling Kyeongjun Seo: Multiscale modeling and optimization of carbon capture systems Zavala group: Amy Qin: Computer Vision for Sensor Design Leo Gonzalez: Bayesian Optimization for MPC Controller Tuning 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) Wrap up: James B. Rawlings MICHAEL BALDEA, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Associate Professor, Frank A. Liddell, Jr. Centennial Fellow in Chemical Engineering Executive Editor, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research The University of Texas at Austin | McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering | Cockrell School of Engineering 200 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C0400 Austin, TX 78712 | CPE 4.466 | 512-471-1281 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | https://sites.utexas.edu/baldea/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.utexas.edu/baldea/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MWpuOpQTEQ-XsvZ_3v4-lb0xYEGwhlNef0iUHwNtCZBvZOztq1r4cnh1nSgeiD-fQcMX9jfd$> Follow us on che.utexas.edu<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.che.utexas.edu/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MWpuOpQTEQ-XsvZ_3v4-lb0xYEGwhlNef0iUHwNtCZBvZOztq1r4cnh1nSgeiD-fQSyN0fe5$> | Twitter<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/twitter.com/texasche__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MWpuOpQTEQ-XsvZ_3v4-lb0xYEGwhlNef0iUHwNtCZBvZOztq1r4cnh1nSgeiD-fQUBazQIR$> | Facebook<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.facebook.com/mckettache__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!MWpuOpQTEQ-XsvZ_3v4-lb0xYEGwhlNef0iUHwNtCZBvZOztq1r4cnh1nSgeiD-fQXG3ohxI$>