This week, members of the SECO Lab. — Camilo García Tenorio, Pierre Denis, Ali Noura and Matheus Nunes—are attending a course on: “Reinforcement Learning and Its Implementation in Julia,” by Prof. Clemens Heitzinger from the Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien). The course is organized by the Graduate School in Systems, Optimization, Control, and Networks (SOCN) - Belgium.
Systems, Estimation, Control and Optimization Group - University of Mons (Belgium)
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Mons, Walloon Region 302 followers
Automation, Dynamic Modeling, Software Sensors, Optimizing Control, Data-driven Control, Machine Learning
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The SECO group conducts both basic and applied research in the fields of dynamical system modeling and analysis, parameter and state estimation, automatic control, and process optimization. These areas of research have handful applications in a variety of domains, and we also carry out applied research and consultancy in partnership with the industry. Regarding education, we are in charge of several courses in the Engineering Faculty of the University of Mons, both at the Bachelor and Master levels. Particularly, we are involved in the “Systems, Signals and Bioengineering” program of the Electrical Engineering Department and the “Mechatronics” program of the Mechanical Engineering Department. We are strongly committed to high-quality and innovative teaching. - Alain Vande Wouwer (SECO Group Head) - Christine Renotte (Professor) - Laurent Dewasme (Senior Researcher) - Vincent Moeyaert (Electronics Technician) - William Van Hoeck (IT Technician)
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- dynamical systems, system analysis, numerical simulation, prediction and estimation techniques, control and optimization of complex systems, Model-free optimizing control (data-driven approach and extremum seeking), Software sensors and process monitoring, Model-based predictive control, Machine learning and hybrid modeling for process control, bioprocesses (biotechnology and process analytical technology), chemical processes, material processing, energy production,, and electric and unmanned aerial vehicles
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Updates
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Last week, the PhD Student Seongheon Kim presented his new research results at the 24th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems ICCAS (2024) in Jeju, Korea. Seongheon presented his work on the “Numerical and Experimental Assessment of Distributed Model Predictive Control of Multi-Agent Circular Formation” In collaboration with Guilherme Araujo Pimentel, Prof. Yoonsoo Kim, and Prof. Alain Vande Wouwer. Congratulations on your achievements, Seongheon!!
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PhD student zahra zamanian is currently on a four-week research stay at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil, where she is collaborating with Prof. Daniel Coutinho’s team. Zahra is pursuing a joint PhD with UMONS and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, focusing on state estimation of charge and health in batteries within the framework of the ARIAC project by DigitalWallonia4.ai. Her work also extends to the control of autonomous vehicles.
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SECO Group welcomes the new PhD student, Carlos Segura Piña! Carlos received his Engineering Diploma in Chemical Engineering from UTEC (Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Peru), where he was a student of Prof. Micaela Benavides. He received his MSc in Chemical and Materials Engineering from VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium). Carlos started his PhD on the implementation of Digital Twins for viral vector production processes as part of the Gene Therapy project GT4Health, which seeks to develop viral and non-viral vectors for therapeutic solutions targeting hereditary and chronic diseases and certain types of cancer.
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PhD student Davide Carecci arrived at the SECO lab this month for a short stay of three months. Davide has now started its 3rd year of thesis at Politecnico di Milano with the group Fabbrica della Bioenergia from Prof. Gianni Ferretti and Prof. Elena Ficara. Davide's research subject is first-principle grey-box modeling, optimization, and control of bioprocesses, with a particular focus on biomethane production and microalgae cultivation. His research stay at SECO is devoted to the design of a (N)MPC scheme for biomethane optimal control. Welcome Davide!!
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PhD student Valentin Plamenov Chernev has a new publication in the Computers and Chemical Engineering Journal entitled: “Moving horizon estimation and control of a binary simulated moving bed chromatographic processes with Langmuir isotherms” achieved in collaboration with Prof. Achim Kienle and Prof. Alain Vande Wouwer https://lnkd.in/eJ6uf7rM Congratulations Valentin!
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Prof. JUAN DIEGO GIL VERGEL and Prof. José Luis Guzmán Sánchez, colleagues from the University of Almeria, Spain, visited SECO Lab this week. We had two inspiring presentation sessions: "Online Feedback Optimization: An application example for a solar membrane distillation system" presented by Juan Diego Gil and "Feedforward control for disturbance rejection problems: analysis, design, and tuning rules" presented by José Luis Guzmán. Thank you for the pleasant exchanges and the visit!
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PhD student Matheus Nunes represented SECO Lab at the 1st International Conference on Novel Photorefineries for Resource Recovery (PHOTOREFINERIES 2024). He presented the paper: “Parameter identification and sensitivity analysis of a dynamic model of Rh. capsulatus cultures” achieved with his co-authors Laurent Dewasme, M. Gilson, B. Leroy, and Alain Vande Wouwer.
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Ph.D. student Oscar Fabian Archila Cruz arrived this month at the SECO lab to continue his thesis after the first two and half years with Prof. Johannes Schiffer at BTU. His PhD thesis is in the context of the EUNICE European University program, which is in partnership with BTU University in Germany and UMONS in Belgium. Oscar's research subject is drone formation and collision avoidance algorithms, focusing on control and stability guarantees and the implementation of drone platforms for indoor and outdoor applications. Welcome, Oscar!!
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SECO Group welcomes the new PhD student, Pierre Denis! Pierre started his PhD in bioprocess modeling. His work aims to develop new methodologies for improving parameter identifiability of biochemical system models. He has a joint PhD thesis with the UMONS and the University of Manchester (UK), where he joins the Group of Prof. Constantinos Theodoropoulos #theodoropoulos_group.
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