Michael Malisoff's Talks


 Here are links to some of my recent conference and seminar talks and panel presentations:

2008:
  1. Remarks on Tracking and Robustness Analysis for MEM Relays, 20-minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Marcio de Queioroz) given in Stability of Nonlinear Systems-Applications Session at American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11-13, 2008.
  2. Lyapunov Functions and Robustness Analysis under Matrosov Conditions with an Application to Biological Systems, 20-minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Olivier Bernard) given in Stability of Nonlinear Systems-Applications Session at American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 11-13, 2008.
  3. Stabilization and Robustness Analysis for a Chemostat Model With Two Species, 30-minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Jerome Harmand) given in Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Biology, IV at March 2008 American Mathematical Society Spring Southeastern Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, March 28-30, 2008.
2007:
  1. Stabilization and Robustness Analysis for a Chemostat Model With Two Species and Monod Growth Rates Via a Lyapunov Approach, 20-minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Jerome Harmand) given in session Control of Biological Systems at 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 12-14, 2007.
  2. Stabilization of a Periodic Trajectory for a Chemostat with Two Species, 20-minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Jerome Harmand) given in Biochemical Reactors and Reaction Networks Session at American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007, and 30-minute talk given at Workshop on Control Theory and Mathematical Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, July 26-27, 2007. a
  3. On Input-to-State Stability for Nonlinear Systems with Delayed Feedbacks, 20 minute talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Zongli Lin) given in Lyapunov-Based Stability of Nonlinear Systems session at American Control Conference, New York, NY, July 11-13, 2007. a
  4. Further Results on Lyapunov Functions for Slowly Time-Varying Systems, 60-minute Control Theory Seminar, LSU Department of Mathematics, February 7, 2007.
  5. On the Stability of Periodic Solutions in the Perturbed Chemostat, 60-minute Control Theory Seminar, LSU Department of Mathematics, January 31, 2007.
  6. On the Stability of Periodic Solutions in the Perturbed Chemostat, 25-Minute Presentation (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Patrick De Leenheer) given at SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems in Biology I at Joint Mathematics Meetings (113th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and 90th Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America), New Orleans, LA, January 6, 2007.
2006:
  1. Lyapunov Function Constructions for Slowly Time-Varying Systems, Contributed Paper Presentation (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc) given in Stability Session at 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 13-15, 2006. #
  2. On Control-Lyapunov Functions for Hybrid Time-Varying Systems, Contributed Paper Presentation (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc) given in Nonlinear and Hybrid Control Session at 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 13-15, 2006.
  3. Stabilizing a Periodic Solution in the Chemostat: A Case Study in Tracking, Contributed Interactive Poster Presentation (based on joint work with Patrick De Leenheer and Frederic Mazenc) given in Tracking Session at 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 13-15, 2006.
  4. Postdoctoral Opportunities in Applied Mathematics, Panel Presentation at Graduate Student Meeting for Career Guidance from Faculty, LSU Department of Mathematics, October 20, 2006.
  5. Lyapunov Functions, Stabilization, and Engineering Applications, Department Colloquium, LSU Department of Mathematics, September 21, 2006.
  6. On Strict Lyapunov Functions For Rapidly Time-Varying Nonlinear Systems, Contributed Talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc and Marcio de Queiroz) given in Stability Analysis Session at 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 14-16, 2006. *
  7. On Strict Lyapunov Functions for Discrete Time, Continuous Time, and Hybrid Time-Varying Systems, Louisiana Workshop on Mathematical Control Theory (MCT'06), Baton Rouge, LA, May 16-25, 2006.
  8. Strict Lyapunov Functions for Discrete Time and Hybrid Time-Varying Systems, Invited Talk (based on joint work with Frederic Mazenc) given at International Conference on Hybrid Systems and Applications, International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, May 22-26, 2006.
2005:
  1. Further Constructions of Strict Lyapunov Functions for Time-Varying Systems, Contributed Talk (based on joint paper with Frederic Mazenc) given in sessions (a) "Stability of Nonlinear Systems I" at 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 8-10, 2005 and (b) "Control of Nonlinear Systems (Minisymposium MS5)" at Sixth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, New Orleans, LA, July 11-14, 2005.
  2. Global Stabilization for Systems Evolving on Manifolds, Invited Talk (based on joint paper with Mikhail Krichman and Eduardo Sontag) given at session "Control of Nonlinear Systems (Minisymposium MS5)" at Sixth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, New Orleans, LA, July 11-14, 2005.
  3. A Small-Gain Theorem for Monotone Systems with Multi-Valued Input-State Characteristics, Invited Talk (based on joint paper with Patrick De Leenheer) given at session "Monotone Systems and Their Applications (Minisymposium MS17)" at Sixth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, New Orleans, LA, July 11-14, 2005.
Some Earlier Talks:
  1. Further Results on the Bellman Equation for Optimal Control Problems with Exit Times and Vanishing Lagrangians:  The Case of Fuller's Problem, Contributed Talk (based on joint paper with Hector Sussmann) given by Hector Sussmann at Session "Optimal Control" at 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, December 12-15, 2000.
  2. Recent Results on Viscosity Solutions of the Bellman Equation for Optimal Control Problems with Exit Times, Invited Talk given at Special Session on Optimal Control, Calculus of Variations, and Nonsmooth Analysis, 964th American Mathematical Society Meeting, Lawrence, KS, March 30-1, 2001.
  3. Viscosity Solutions of the Bellman Equation for Exit Time Optimal Control Problems, Job Candidate Talk given at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April 9, 2001.
  4. Further Results on the Bellman Equation for Optimal Control Problems with Exit Times, Invited Talk given at Minisymposium "Nonlinear Systems and Viscosity Solutions" at Fifth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, San Diego, CA, July 11-14, 2001.
  5. Lyapunov Functions and Viscosity Solutions, Parts I-III, Systems and Control Seminars given at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, October-November 2001.
  6. Viscosity Solutions of the Bellman Equation for Infinite Horizon Optimal Control Problems with Negative Instantaneous Costs, Invited Talk given at Session "Nonsmooth Analytic Methods in Control Theory I" at 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, December 10-13, 2002.
  7. Viscosity Solutions of the Bellman Equation for Perturbed Optimal Control Problems with Exit Times, Contributed Talk given at Session "Optimization Methods in Control II" at 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, December 10-13, 2002.
  8. Remarks on Input to State Stabilization, Talk (based on joint paper with Ludovic Rifford and Eduardo Sontag) given at Louisiana Conference on Mathematical Control Theory, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April 10-13, 2003.
a Won Best Presentation Award for ACC07 session.
* Won Best Presentation Award for ACC06 session.
# Won Best Presentation Award for CDC session.

This document is under construction. Click here for my (p)reprints. Thank you for your interest in my seminar and conference presentations!

Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional