Systems & control

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Transportation and technology concept. ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems). Mobility as a service.Telecommunication. IoT (Internet of Things). ICT (Information communication Technology).

The challenge

Many aspects of our everyday life are influenced by automation and control. These are fundamental to any system or device—mechanical or electronic—sensing changes in conditions to automatically adjust in real-time.

From air conditioners and traffic lights to smart cities and car cruise control, a well-designed control system should be robust, reliable, efficient and choose corrective actions based on available data. 

Today's society is facing a broad range of unprecedented challenges when it comes to climate change, ageing populations and the need to protect ourselves from cybersecurity issues in a digital world.

As our world continues to modernise, control system design will have transformative, real-world impacts in enabling technology to address many of these challenges.

The solution

We deliver world-class research in the areas of control theory, quantum control engineering, applied mathematics, quantum optics, machine learning and control systems engineering. Our research strengths include:

  • Estimation and control theory to improve the precision and reliability of quantum optical systems. 
  • Robust control of flexible structures and atomic force microscopy. 
  • Optimisation and distributed control of power and renewable energy systems. 
  • Distributed estimation in large scale networks. 

The impact 

We undertake fundamental research into the theory of automatic systems and control. Our team develops fundamental theories as well as novel principles and methodologies to create new opportunities in a range of control systems engineering areas. 

The Systems & Control group at UNSW Canberra is known internationally for its contributions to the quantum, robust, and stochastic control and filtering theories. Recognised as world-class, these theories have applications across power engineering, unmanned vehicles, atomic force microscopy, and quantum optics.

Related people and partners

Senior Lecturer   Sreenatha Anavatti
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Professor  Daoyi Dong
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Professor Matt Garratt
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PG Systems Engineering Coordinator Huadong Mo
PG Systems Engineering Coordinator
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Professor  Valeri Ougrinovski
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Associate Professor Hemanshu Pota
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Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering Lily (Li) Qiao
Senior Lecturer in Space Systems Engineering
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 Phi Tran
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Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Deputy Head of School - People (Acting), Electrical Engineering Discipline Coordinator, and CDF Program Coordinator Matt Woolley
Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Deputy Head of School - People (Acting), Electrical Engineering Discipline Coordinator, and CDF Program Coordinator
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Senior Research Associate Shota Yokoyama
Senior Research Associate
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Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering Hidehiro Yonezawa
Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
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