TWCCC Spring Meeting - Virtual

University of Texas at Austin


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Detailed Program (all times Pacific)

Monday, 2/27/2023

10:00 a.m. Central Time

Speaker: James B. Rawlings, University of California, Santa Barbara

Title: The use of data-completed nonlinear models in model predictive control

11:00 a.m.  Central Time

Speaker: Victor M. Zavala, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Title: Experiences in Teaching Statistics and Data Science to ChemE Undergrads


Tuesday, 2/28/2023

10:00 a.m.  Central Time

Speaker: Michael Baldea, The University of Texas at Austin

Title: Whence and Whither Carbon Capture: A Multi-scale Systems Perspective

11:00 a.m. Central Time

Flash Talks:

Baldea group:

Josh Hammond: Machine learning for predicting solar power output

Nha Tran: Residential Energy Management Strategies for Grid Independence

Rawlings group:

Titus Quah: Physics-constrained neural networks for gray-box modeling of particle systems

Davide Mannini: Optimization methods for minmax robust control

Zavala group:

Jaron Thompson: Closed-Loop Bayesian Optimization for Dynamical Systems

Jiaze Ma: Using GPUs for Solving Large-Scale Supply Chain Models

12:00  p.m.  Central Time

Wrap up: Michael Baldea