Time Presenter Group Subject (Brief)
12:00 – 12:20 Gathering, lunch picking
12:20 Nafiseh Red UBC (1) Predictive passivity filter for haptic interfaces
12:35 Ehsan Dorosti SFU Analytical and CFD modelling of

vertical axis wind turbine

12:50 Alireza Beigi SFU LQR control of vertical axis wind

turbine based on DMST

13:05 Xinxin Shang UVic  Dynamic mode decomposition based data-driven

model predictive control: Feasibility and stability

13:20 – 13:40 Break
13:40 Vijay Kumar UBC (2) AI/ML-based prediction and control

in the paper and pulp industry

13:55 Kezi Li UBC (1) Process control in laser based direct energy deposition
14:10 Tianxiang Lu UVic Sarsa-based model predictive control with

improved performance and computational complexity

14:25 Yixiu Wang UBC (3) Data-driven degradation modeling

of Lithium-ion batteries

14:40 – 15:00 Break
15:00 Binyan Xu UVic A multi-rate hierarchical fault-tolerant

adaptive model predictive control framework:

Theory and design for quadrotors

15:15 Sophie Hall UBC (5) Receding horizon games: Predictive control

in competitive environments

15:30 Victor Kovacs Martinez SFU Modelling of water transport in fuel cells (review)
15:45 Qiangqiang Mao UBC (3) Decision trees training through

gradient-based optimization

16:00 Yue Niu UBC (1) Platform oscillation reduction of

a floating offshore wind turbine