Damiano Varagnolo

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Professor
Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim
Office: Elektro D/B2, D233, Gløshaugen
Phone: +47 481 28 922
Email: damiano.varagnolo@ntnu.no
Skype: damianovar
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orcid: 0000-0002-4310-7938
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(some of the) given talks

A computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvous IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, August 2019, Cranfield, UK (LaTeX sources) (video)

Courses-Concepts-Graphs as a Tool to Measure the Importance of Concepts in University Programmes European Control Conference, June 2019, Naples, Italy (LaTeX sources)

AI over networks: when decisions shall be taken together NTNU Open AI labs, May 2019, Trondheim, Norway (LaTeX sources) (video)

Stein unbiased risk estimators for tuning hyperparameters of distributed regression algorithms Internal seminar, Statistics Group at NTNU, May 2019, Trondheim, Norway (LaTeX sources)

Control oriented modelling - what is it? Tech Talk at RISE SICS North, October 2018, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

WP7 status and outlook: Sendate project workshop, June 2018, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Distributed multi-agent Gaussian regression via finite-dimensional approximations: Reglermöte 2018, Stockholm, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Data-driven modelling of pelvic floor muscles dynamics: Reglermöte 2018, Stockholm, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Bayesian strategies for calibrating heteroskedastic static sensors with unknown model structures: ECC, June 2018, Limassol, Cyprus (LaTeX sources)

Activating students with IT tools: guest lecture at the Pedagogical Course 2 @ LTU, April 2018, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

Flipped classrooms and peer instructions - a hands-on seminar: Pedagogik på trekvarten @ LTU, January 2018, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

Statistical bounds for Gaussian regression algorithms based on Karhunen-Loève expansions: 56th CDC, December 2017, Melbourne, Australia (LaTeX sources)

Application-oriented input design for room occupancy estimation algorithms: 56th CDC, December 2017, Melbourne, Australia (LaTeX sources)

Qualitative modeling of pressure vs. pain relations in women suffering from dyspareunia: IFAC World Congress, July 2017, Toulouse, France (LaTeX sources) (video)

Energy savings in data centers: A framework for modelling and control of servers’ cooling: IFAC World Congress, July 2017, Toulouse, France (LaTeX sources)

Green power project: final meeting, June 2017, Boden, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Datacenters control: challenges and opportunities: popular science seminars @ Vetenskapens Hus, April 2017, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

Solving ill-posed estimation problems through regularization: a brief introduction with examples: Mathematics and its Applications Seminars, February 2017, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX & Matlab sources) (video)

How I do presentations: assignment for LTU's pedagogical course, November 2016, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

Newton-Raphson Consensus: a distributed convex optimization scheme for networks with asynchronous and lossy communications: Department of Electrical Engineering, November 2016, Linköping, Sweden (LaTeX sources) (video)

Analysis of Newton-Raphson Consensus for multi-agent convex optimization under asynchronous and lossy communications: 54th CDC, December 2015, Osaka, Japan (LaTeX sources) (video)

Data centers control: challenges and opportunities: 11th CASE, August 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Auto-tuning procedures for distributed nonparametric regression algorithms: European Control Conference, July 2015, Linz, Austria (LaTeX sources)

How to make our cities greener with mathematics: popular science seminars @ Vetenskapens Hus, April 2015, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

DISIRE H2020 project: Kick off meeting, January 2015, Bruxelles, Belgium (LaTeX sources)

Distributed Optimization and Estimation for Synergic Automatic Control: Norrbottens Forskningsråd Young Researchers Audition, December 2014, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

Distributed detection of topological changes in communication networks: IFAC World Congress, August 2014, Cape Town, South Africa (LaTeX sources)

Stochastic control of HVAC systems: a learning-based approach: internal seminar @ LTU, September 19th, 2013, Luleå, Sweden (LaTeX sources)

A Scenario-based Predictive Control Approach to Building HVAC Management Systems: 9th CASE, August 2013, Madison, Winsconsin (LaTeX sources)

Fast graph discovering in anonymous networks: invited talk @ UC Louvain, October 19th, 2012, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (LaTeX sources)

Nonparametric identification of LTIs: theory and practice: internal seminar @ KTH, May 8th, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden

Distributed convex optimization: a consensus-based Newton-Raphson approach: 50th CDC, December 2011, Orlando, Florida (LaTeX sources)

On the discardability of data in Support Vector Classification problems: 50th CDC, December 2011, Orlando, Florida

Distributed Size Estimation in Anonymous Networks: internal seminar @ DEI - University of Padova, October 24, 2011, Padova, Italy (also invited talk @ Politecnico di Torino, February 9, 2011, Torino, Italy, and invited talk @ Control Day, February 24, 2012, Padova, Italy) (LaTeX sources)

Distributed convex optimization: a consensus-based Newton-Raphson approach: invited talk @ KTH, July 2011, Stockholm, Sweden (also internal seminar @ at Netcon Meeting, KTH, June 7, 2012)

Ph.D. defense @ DEI - University of Padova, April 18, 2011, Padova, Italy (LaTeX sources)

Distributed nonparametric regression in multi-agent systems: internal seminar @ DEI - University of Padova, March 2011, Padova, Italy

Distributed consensus-based Bayesian estimation: sufficient conditions for performance characterization: ACC 2010, June - July 2010, Baltimore, Maryland

Approximate regression based on a Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces approach: internal seminar @ UC Berkeley, May 2010, Berkeley, California

Energy Storages Modeling: LBNL & UC Energy Research groups meeting @ UC Berkeley, May 2010, Berkeley, California

Distributed Function and Time Delay Estimation using Nonparametric Techniques: 48th CDC, December 2009, Shanghai, China

Distributed non-parametric Gaussian regression: recent results and open problems: internal seminar @ KTH, May 2009, Stockholm, Sweden

Performance analysis of different routing protocols in wireless sensor networks for real-time estimation: 47th CDC, December 2008, Cancun, Mexico