Calendar of seminars

Welcome to the information page on seminars in Optimization and Systems Theory. Seminars take place on Fridays between 11.00 and 12.00 in the seminar room at Lindstedtsvägen 25, Floor 7, Room 3721, unless otherwise stated.

If you wish to receive announcements on our seminars via e-mail, please contact Marie Lundin.

In addition to the seminars listed below, student presentations of Master theses (examensarbeten) are given on a regular basis, in Swedish.

Doctoral thesis defense

• December 2, 2005, 10.00, Room F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26, KTH:
  Gianantonio Bortolin, Modelling and grey-box identification of curl and twist in paperboard manufacturing
  

Upcoming seminars

• November 24, 2005 
  Professor Joachim Rosenthal, University of Zurich Convolutional Codes and Systems over Finite Fields Click here for abstract, page 2.
  
  
• November 25, 2005
  Gianantonio Bortolin, KTH, Modelling and Grey-Box Identification of Curl and Twist in Paperboard Manufacturing
  The seminar gives a summary of Bortolin's doctoral thesis, which he will defend on Friday December 2, 2005.

Past seminars

• October 28, 2005
  Erling Andersen, Mosek ApS, From linear to conic optimization
• October 14, 2005
  Ryozo Nagamune, KTH Robust track-following control for dual-stage servo systems in hard disk drives
• September 30, 2005
  Rembert Reemtsen, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Continuous optimization of radiotherapy treatment plans
• September 23, 2005
  Jakob Björnberg, KTH and University of Cambridge, Robust model predictive control for constrained, linear systems through approximate dynamic programming
• September 2, 2005
  Ahti Salo, Helsinki University of Technology, Managing incomplete information in decision analytic models
• July 15, 2005
  Hisaya Fujioka, Kyoto University, IQC analysis for finite-horizon systems
• July 1, 2005
  Chung-Yao  Kao, The University of Melbourne,  Robust Stability Analysis of Systems with Time-Varying Delays
• June 17, 2005
  Petter Ögren, FOI, Autonomous UAV Surveillance
• June 3, 2005
  Jean-Louis Goffin, McGill University, Conic column generation
• May 27, 2005
  Daizhan Cheng, Institute of Systems Science, CAS, Semi-tensor Product of Matrix and its Applications to Logic
• May 20, 2005
  Henrik Sandberg, Lund Institute of Technology, Frequency-domain analysis of linear time-periodic systems
• May 13, 2005
  Bijoy Ghosh, Washington University, An Example of Signal Processing in the Visual Cortex
• April 1, 2005
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Numerical solution of ODEs and robust control
• January 28, 2005
  Anders Blomqvist, KTH, A well-posed approach to ARMA estimation and Hinf control synthesis
  The seminar gives a summary of Blomqvist's doctoral thesis, which he will defend on Monday February 7, 2005.
• February 4, 2005
  Bo Thidé, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), LOFAR/LOIS - A wide area sensor network in Europe for Earth and space observation
• February 8, 2005
  Michel Gevers, Université Catholique de Louvain, Identification for control: achievements and open problems
• January 14, 2005:
  Mathias Stolpe, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Design of planar articulated mechanisms using branch and bound
• December 9, 2004, 15.00-16.00:
  Mihailo Jovanovic, University of Minnesota, Distributed control of systems on lattices
• June 11, 2004:
  Yasushi Iwatani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Stability tests based on eigenvalue loci for piecewise linear systems
• June 4, 2004:
  Per Olov Lindberg, Linköping University, New fast and accurate methods for convex multicommodity flow problems
• May 14, 2004:
  Daizhan Cheng, Institute of Systems Science, CAS, China, Control of switched systems
• May 7, 2004:
  Fabio Celani, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Observers for Euler-Lagrange systems with position measurements
• April 23, 2004:
  Hisaya Fujioka, Kyoto University, H infinity feedback design and command shaping for digital servo systems
• April 2, 2004:
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, How many robots can talk at the same time?
• March 19, 2004:
  Moritz Diehl, University of Heidelberg, Real-time optimization of large scale systems
• March 12, 2004:
  Ragnar Wallin, Linköping University, Efficiently solving semidefinite programs originating from the Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov lemma using general purpose SDP solvers
• February 20, 2004
  Per-Olof Gutman, Technion, On smooth optimal control determination
  
• November 14, 2003:
  Mikael Rönnqvist, Linköping University, Optimization in forestry - some applications
• September 16, 2003, 11.00-12.00
  Yutaka Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Signal processing via sampled-data control theory
  
• September 15, 2003, 14.00-15.00
  Per-Olof Gutman, Technion, On the botanic model of plant growth with intermediate vegetative­ reproductive stage
  
• August 22, 2003
  Yinyu Ye, Stanford University, Interior point methods and applications
  
• June 16, 2003, 11.00-12.00
  Michael Friedlander, Argonne National Laboratory, An LCL algorithm for constrained optimization
  
• June 13, 2003
  Magnus Egerstedt, Georgia Institute of Technology, Autonomous formation switching for multiple mobile robots
  
• June 4, 2003 (Obs! tid)
  Antonio Bicchi, Universitā di Pisa, Quantized control systems and hybrid nonholonomy
  
• May 23, 2003
  Petter Ögren, KTH, Formation and obstacle avoidance in mobile robot control
  The seminar gives a summary of Ögren's doctoral thesis, which he will defend on Friday June 6.
• April 4, 2003
  Chung-Yao Kao, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Efficient computational algorithms for IQC analysis
• March 28, 2003
  Amol Sasane, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Time-autonomy and time-controllability with respect to Ws
• March 21, 2003
  Henrik Sandberg, Lund Institute of Technology, Balanced truncation of linear time-varying systems
• February 28, 2003
  Mathias Stolpe, KTH, Topology optimization of continuum structures
  The seminar gave a summary of the second part of Stolpe's doctoral thesis, which he defended on Friday March 7.
• February 21, 2003
  Mathias Stolpe, KTH, Topology optimization of truss structures
  The seminar gives a summary of the first part of Stolpe's doctoral thesis, which he will defend on Friday March 7.
• January 31, 2003
  Göran Sporre, KTH, On some properties of interior methods for optimization
  The seminar gave a summary of Sporre's doctoral thesis, which he defended on Monday February 17.
• December 6, 2002
  Manfred Morari, ETH, Optimal control of hybrid systems
• November 29, 2002
  Oleg Kirillov, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Overlapping of the characteristic curves and optimization of nonconservative systems
• November 22, 2002
  Maurice Heemels, Eindhoven University of Technology, Complementarity systems and other hybrid model classes - Well-posedness issues
• November 14, 2002, 10.00:
  Gianantonio Bortolin, KTH, On modelling and estimation of curl and twist in multi-ply paperboard
  The seminar was Bortolin's licentiate seminar.
• October 4, 2002, 13.00-14.00
  Bjørn Nygreen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, Optimal routing of oil and gas from wells to separators
• September 13, 2002, 14.00-15.00
  Ryozo Nagamune, KTH, Robust control with complexity constraint: A Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation approach
  The seminar gave a summary of Nagamune's doctoral thesis, which he defended on Friday September 20.
• July 19:
  Hisaya Fujioka, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Computation of frequency response gain of sampled-data systems
• May 31:
  Magnus Egerstedt, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Linguistic control of mobile robots
• May 24:
  Luigi Iannelli, Universitā degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy, Pricing techniques for network congestion control
• May 17:
  Jorge Marí, Bombardier Transportation, Västerås, Analyses of propulsion system configurations for dynamic performance at design stage
• Docent seminar, April 12, 2002:
  Ulf Jönsson, KTH, On reachability analysis of uncertain systems
• March 15, 2002:
  Mikael Prytz, KTH, On optimization in design of telecommunications networks with multicast and unicast traffic
  The seminar gives a summary of Prytz' doctoral thesis, which he defended on Thursday March 21.
• February 8, 2002:
  György Michaletzky, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Risk sensitive identification of ARMA processes
• December 14, 2001:
  Torvald Ersson, KTH, Active sensing, navigation and on-line path planning for mobile robots
  The seminar is Ersson's licentiate seminar.
• November 16, 2001:
  Henrik Rehbinder, KTH, State estimation for nonlinear robotic systems
  The seminar gave a summary of Rehbinder's doctoral thesis, which he defended at 10.00 on Tuesday November 20 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• October 16, 2001, 11.00-12.00:
  Natalia Balashevich, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Real-time optimization of control systems
• October 11, 2001, 13.15-14.15:
  Vladimir A. Yakubovich, St. Petersburg State University, Design of stabilizing controllers with system output independent of external disturbance
• October 5, 2001:
  Yulia Gel, St. Petersburg State University and Mälardalen University, The convergence analysis of the least-squares estimates for AR models of infinite order
• September 27, 2001, 13.00-14.00:
  Sven Leyffer, University of Dundee, A review of mixed integer nonlinear programming
• September 25, 2001, 11.00-12.00:
  Sven Leyffer, University of Dundee, How the Grinch solved MPECs, mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints
• August 31, 2001:
  Mikael Johansson, Stanford University, Joint optimization of wireless networks and linear systems
• June 8, 2001:
  Erik Dotzauer, Birka Energi AB, Energy system operation by Lagrangian relaxation
• June 1, 2001:
  Anders Dahlén, KTH, Identification of stochastic systems: Subspace methods and covariance extension
  The seminar gives a summary of Dahlén's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Wednesday June 6 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• May 18, 2001:
  Claudio Altafini, KTH, Modeling and control of redundant robotic chains on Riemannian manifolds
  The seminar gives a summary of Altafini's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 13.00 on Wednesday May 23 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• May 15, 2001, 11.00-12.00:
  Ilya Ioslovich, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Optimal planning of industrial investments
• May 11, 2001:
  Jörgen Blomvall, Linköping University, Optimization of financial decisions using a new stochastic programming method
  
• May 4, 2001:
  Olof Staffans, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, Finland, Well-posed linear systems
  
• April 27, 2001:
  Naomi Ehrich Leonard, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, Schooling autonomous vehicles with artificial potentials
  
• April 20, 2001:
  Johan Löf, RaySearch Laboratories, Stockholm, A framework for computation of optimal radiation therapy plans
  
• April 5, 14.00-15.00, 2001:
  Alberto Isidori, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Nonlinear output regulation with adaptive internal model
  
• March 30, 2001:
  Per Enqvist, KTH, Spectral estimation by geometric, topological and optimization methods
  The seminar gives a summary of Enqvist's doctoral thesis, which he defended at 10.00 on Friday April 6 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• March 23, 2001:
  Di Yuan, Linköping University, Optimization of internet protocol network design and routing
  
• March 16, 2001:
  Leonid Engelson, KTH, Projected dynamical systems with delays: Definition, stability and applications
  
• February 9, 2001:
  Camilla Landén, KTH, An introduction to arbitrage theory with the focus on problems related to the term structure of forwards, futures and interest rates
  
• December 15, 2000:
  Andreas Wächter, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, An interior point algorithm for large-scale nonlinear programming
• December 8, 2000:
  Jarmo Malinen, KTH, On algebraic Riccati equations
• October 13, 2000:
  Ilya Ioslovich, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Upper bounds for duals of positive linear programs with box-constrained uncertainties
• October 6, 2000:
  Anders Rantzer, Lund Institute of Technology, On stability and convergence of nonlinear systems
• October 5, 14.30-15.30, 2000:
  Alexandre Megretski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Relaxations in non-convex quadratic optimization
• September 15, 2000:
  György Michaletzky, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, On the reduced rank Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problem
• April 13, 15.00-16.00, 2000:
  Bijoy K. Ghosh, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Control and signal processing with a population of neurons
• April 11, 11.00-12.00, 2000:
  Magnus Egerstedt, KTH and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, On the control complexity of motion languages
  The research presented in the seminar is a continuation of the research in Egerstedt's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Friday April 14 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• April 7, 2000:
  Joachim Rosenthal, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Reflections on Shannon's three challenges
• April 5, 11.00-12.00, Room 3733, Lindstedtsv. 25, 2000:
  Joachim Rosenthal, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Pole placement problems, inverse eigenvalue problems and Schubert calculus
• March 31, 2000:
  Alessandro Chiuso, KTH, Geometric subspace identification and stochastic realization with inputs
• March 17, 2000:
  Anders Hansson, KTH, A primal-dual interior-point method for robust optimal control of linear discrete-time systems
• Docent seminar, March 10, 2000:
  Yishao Zhou, Stockholm University, Balanced parametrization of a class of positive real functions
• February 25, 10.00-11.00, 2000:
  Mikhail Kitaev, Nautsilus Ltd, Moscow, Controlled Markov jump processes with average cost criterion
• February 18, 2000:
  Mattias Nordin, KTH, Nonlinear backlash compensation of speed controlled elastic systems
  The seminar gives a summary of Nordin's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 13.00 on Friday February 25 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• December 17, 1999:
  Thomas Buhl, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, Topology optimization of mechanical structures
• November 26, 1999:
  Ulf Jönsson, KTH, Robustness of periodic systems
• November 12, 1999:
  Andrey Ghulchak, Lund Institute of Technology, Robust controller design via linear programming
• November 11, 15.30-16.30, 1999:
  Claudio Altafini, KTH, Motion generation and control for a kinematic mobile manipulator: a geometric framework
• November 5, 1999:
  Lars Eldén, Linköping University, Solving constrained linear algebra problems using a differential geometric approach
• October 8, 1999:
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Edge delineation, response surfaces, and optimal control
• September 24, 13.00-14.00, 1999:
  Zeljko Djurovic, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Robust Kalman filtering
• September 1, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  Yutaka Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Sampled-data control and its applications to signal processing
• August 31, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  John C. Doyle, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA, Fundamental tradeoffs in robustness of complex systems
• August 30, 14.00-15.00, 1999:
  Hector J. Sussmann, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, Generalized differentials, open mapping theorems, and transversality
• August 27, 1999:
  Alfredo Piria, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, A dual algorithm for power production planning with uncertain data and transmission network constraints
• August 20, 1999:
  Jorge Gonįalves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Global quadratic stability of limit cycles is common in relay feedback systems
• August 17, 14.00-15.00, 1999:
  Magnus Egerstedt, KTH, Behavior based robotics using hybrid automata
• June 24, 14.00-15.00, 1999:
  Stephen P. Boyd, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, Optimization over linear matrix inequalities
• June 8, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  Margaret H. Wright, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA, Primal-dual methods: theory and practice
• June 4, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  W. P. Dayawansa, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Lyapunov functions for switching systems
• June 2, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  Claude Lemaréchal, INRIA, Grenoble, Duality without tears
• May 29, 1999:
  György Michaletzky, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, Stochastic approach to Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problem
• May 27, 15.00-16.00, 1999:
  Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Algorithms for the design of networks of unmanned aerial vehicles
• May 26, 15.00-16.00, 1999:
  Jana Kosecka and Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Euclidean reconstruction and reprojection up to subgroups
• May 25, 11.00-12.00, 1999:
  Jana Kosecka and Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Multiview geometry revisited: A differential geometric approach
• April 30, 1999:
  Oleg Burdakov, Linköping University, A greedy algorithm for the optimal basis problem and its application to interpolation methods
• April 23, 1999:
  Danny C. Sorensen, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, (visiting professor at KTH, spring 1999), Krylov projection methods for model reduction
• April 16, 1999:
  Jorge Marí, Adtranz, Identification of multivariable stochastic systems in polynomial time
• December 11, 11.00-12.00, 1998:
  Zhaojun Bai, University of Kentucky, Reduced-order modeling of linear dynamical systems
• December 8, 11.00-12.00, 1998:
  Ulf Jönsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Computations in robustness analysis
• December 7, 11.00-12.00, Room 3733, 1998:
  Bertina Ho-Mock-Qai, Centre d'Etudes de la Navigation Aerienne, Toulouse, France, A nonlinear approach to robust stabilization
• December 4, 10.00-12.00, 1998:
  Jöran Petersson, Mälardalen University, Algorithms for fitting two classes of exponential sums to empirical data
  The seminar is Peterson's licentiate seminar.
• December 3, 15.00-16.00, 1998:
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Tracking, data analysis and optimal control
• October 12, 14.00-15.00, 1998::
  Roger J.-B. Wets, University of California, Davis, California, USA, Variational analysis and statistical estimation
• June 17, 13.30-14.30, 1998:
  Mattias Nordin, KTH, Switching controllers for elastic systems with backlash
• June 9, 11.00-12.00, 1998:
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Trajectory planning and smoothing splines
• May 29, 10.00-12.00, 1998:
  Anders Dahlén, KTH, What is wrong with subspace identification of time series, and what can be done instead?
  The seminar is Dahlén's licentiate seminar.
• May 18, 11.00-12.00, Room 3733, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 1998:
  Jan C. Willems, University of Groningen, A behavioral approach to robust control
• May 15, 11.00-12.00, Room 3733, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 1998:
  Ji-Guang Sun, Umeå University, Perturbation theory for algebraic Riccati equations
• May 8, 1998:
  Jorge Marí, KTH, Rational modeling of time series and applications of geometric control
  The seminar gives a summary of Marí's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Tuesday May 26 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• April 3, 1998:
  Kurt Jörnsten, Norwegian Institute of Economics and Business Administration (visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics, spring 1998), Optimal relinquishment according to the Norwegian petroleum law: A combinatorial optimization approach
• March 20, 1998:
  Jöran Petersson, Mälardalen University, How to find initial values for the least squares problem when estimating parameters in exponential sums?
• March 13, 1998:
  Yssa DeWoody, Texas Tech University, A direct approach utilizing musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to determine stress development in bone
• February 6, 1998:
  Håkan Ekblom, Luleå University of Technology, Algorithms for M-estimates
• January 30, 1998:
  Ioannis Kanellakopoulos, University of California, Los Angeles, Nonlinear and adaptive control for advanced vehicles
• December 11, 15.00-16.00, 1997:
  Ilya Ioslovich, Technion, Optimal control of rigid body reorientation: closed form solution and synthesis
• November 28, 1997:
  Michael Patriksson, Chalmers University of Technology, Adaptive sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithms for non-strictly monotone variational inequality problems
• November 21, 1997:
  Andrea Gombani, LADSEB-CNR, Padova, Italy, On a Hardy space approach to the analysis of spectral factors
• November 14, 1997:
  Brett Ninness, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, Generalised Fourier and Toeplitz results for rational orthonormal bases
• October 24, 1997:
  Vladimir A. Yakubovich, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Abstract theory of optimal control
• October 17, 1997:
  Tomas Björk, Stockholm School of Economics, Minimal realizations of forward rates
• October 10, 1997:
  Krzysztof C. Kiwiel, Systems Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, Ballstep subgradient level methods for convex optimization
• September 12, 1997:
  Andreas Nõu, KTH, Large-scale combinatorial optimization with transportation science applications
  The seminar gives a summary of Nõu's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Thursday October 9 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• August 22, 1997:
  Leonid Faybusovich, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, Jordan-algebraic generalization of the projective method
• August 15, 1997:
  Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Recent approaches for solving quadratic assignment problems
• August 14, 15.00-16.00, 1997:
  Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Global optimization approaches for the maximum clique problem on general graphs
• June 19, 14.00-15.00, 1997:
  Danny C. Sorensen, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, New approaches to large scale eigenanalysis
• June 17, 15.00-16.00, 1997:
  George Meyer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA, Guidance of nonlinear systems (second seminar)
• June 16, 11.00-12.00, 1997:
  Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Hybrid control issues in air traffic management systems
• June 13, 1997:
  Michal Piķro, Lund Institute of Technology, Robust design problems in telecommunication networks
• June 12, 14.00-15.00, 1997:
  Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, Algorithms for the design of distributed, multi-agent control systems
• June 10, 11.00-12.00, 1997:
  George Meyer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA, Guidance of nonlinear systems (first seminar)
• May 30, 1997:
  Bijoy K. Ghosh, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, A perspective view of control and visionics
• April 28, 14.00-15.00, 1997:
  Alexander L. Fradkov, Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, Discrete and continuous adaptive control of nonlinear oscillations and chaos
• April 25, 14.00-15.00, Room D41, Lindstedtsvägen 17, 1997:
  Andrey Barabanov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, Design of minimax regulators
• April 25, 1997:
  Mikael Rönnqvist, Linköping University, Production systems in forestry using operations research techniques
• April 4, 1997:
  Patrik Alfredsson, KTH, Optimization of support systems
  The seminar gives a summary of Alfredsson's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Friday April 11 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• March 21, 14.00-15.00, Room D3, Lindstedtsvägen 5, 1997:
  Jürgen Ackermann, German Aerospace Research Establishment, Wessling, Germany, A robust car driver support system
• March 21, 1997:
  Tomas Björk, Stockholm School of Economics, Some system theoretic aspects of interest rate theory
• March 18, 15.15-16.15, Room 3721, 1997:
  William B. Gragg, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Stabilization of the unitary Hessenberg QR algorithm
• March 14, 1997:
  Stefan Feltenmark, KTH, Optimization of power production
  The seminar gives a summary of Feltenmark's doctoral thesis, which he will defend at 10.00 on Thursday March 20 in the administration building, Valhallavägen 79, KTH.
• March 11, 15.00-16.00, Room 3721, 1997:
  Enrico Di Bernardo, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, A system for tracking the human body in 3D from a sequence of monocular views
• February 14, 1997:
  Geir Dahl, University of Oslo, Optimization in telecommunications
• February 7, 1997:
  Ann-Brith Strömberg, Linköping University, Ergodic, primal convergence in dual subgradient schemes for convex programming
• January 31, 1997:
  György Michaletzky, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, Maximization of the sum of heterogeneous quadratic forms
• January 24, 1997:
  Clyde F. Martin, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Control, interpolation, identification and vision

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