The National Science Foundation awarded a $978,870 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds research titled "CAREER: GOAL-ORIENTED VARIABLE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR EFFICIENT REDUCED-ORDER AND DATA-DRIVEN MODELING" from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2027. The research aims to develop new reduced-order and data-driven modeling techniques through goal-oriented variable transformations to enable more efficient...
This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into distributed optimization-based control of large-scale nonlinear systems with uncertainties from 2022-2025. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the award to the University of California, San Diego will advance mathematical foundations for distributed optimization algorithms robust to uncertainties. Researchers will design tracking controllers for local systems to follow optimization-derived...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $477,423 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "CAREER: NONSMOOTH CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SOCIETAL NETWORKS WITH DATA-ASSISTED FEEDBACK LOOPS: THEORY AND ALGORITHMS." The research aims to advance the analysis and synthesis of hybrid and non-smooth data-assisted controllers for multi-agent systems deployed over cyber-physical infrastructure. Specific objectives...
The University of California, San Diego will receive $603,100 from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program to develop model-free fixed-time equilibrium-seeking controllers for decision-making tasks in connected autonomous systems. The three-year project aims to advance the design and analysis of optimization algorithms that can solve decision problems in real-time using only current information, without relying on system models. The university will...
The University of California, San Diego will receive $200,000 from the National Science Foundation under a Project Grant award titled "NUMERICAL METHODS FOR NONLOCAL MODELS WITH APPLICATIONS TO MULTISCALE AND NONLINEAR SYSTEMS." The grant period runs from July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The funding will support research into numerical methods for nonlocal models and their applications to multiscale and nonlinear systems, advancing the goals of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $203,000 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will fund a collaborative research project that aims to develop a new data-driven model-free control and optimization framework to enable efficient, robust, and safe coordination of connected and automated vehicles in mixed traffic systems with human-driven...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop data-guided system-theoretic techniques for control of dynamic systems from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Specifically, the award will support research to extend the current data-guided control paradigm to nonlinear systems and networked systems through novel data-parameterized analysis and synthesis methods. The research will also examine...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $593,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds research into the dynamics of fragile interfaces as part of the NSF's mission to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research. The University of California, Santa Barbara will conduct the proposed research at its campus location in Santa Barbara,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $469,799 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University on January 1, 2022 for collaborative research titled "Nonlinear Balancing: Reduced Models and Control." The research is being conducted under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through innovative engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant supports...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $369,218 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop analytical methods for approximating the state of certain dynamical systems. The project aims to advance the understanding of quantitative aspects of the analysis of dynamical systems, with a focus on rigidity phenomena in the dynamics of group actions on structured spaces. Key research areas include...