Seminar Control barrier functions for distributed systems

20 May 2026

A seminar featuring a presentation by Prof. Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos, full professor at Mälardalen University (MDU), Sweden

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • In person : Aula 2.13, Campus di Cesena, Cesena
  • Science & Technology In English

How to partecipate

Free admission subject to availability

Program

Prof. Papadopoulos conducts research in control, robotics, and real-time embedded systems. At MDU, he leads the Complex Real-Time Embedded Systems group, focusing on reliable, adaptive, and intelligent automation and cloud–edge systems through control-theoretic approaches.

Abstract
A technical, hands-on seminar on engineering provably safe collective behaviors. Fundamentals of safe sets, forward invariance, and CBF construction; distribution over networks and swarms with compositional guarantees; runtime monitoring versus synthesis under delays and topology changes.

Speakers

  • Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos

    ISA Visiting Fellow, Full Professor, Mälardalen University (MDU), Sweden