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Alain Sarletteroom 2.12
Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 914
9052 Zwijnaarde (Gent), Belgium
Lecturer, SYSTeMS research group, Gent UniversityTel: +32 9 264 5658 Fax: +32 9 264 5840
Email: <first name> o <surname> @ ugent o be
Professional path
since 10/2011
2009-2011
2005-2009
2000-2005
major visits
2000-2006
Lecturer, Gent University / SYSTeMS
Postdoc (FNRS), Mines ParisTech (Prof. Pierre Rouchon) & Liège University
PhD, Liège University / Systems & Modeling (Prof. Rodolphe Sepulchre, FNRS funding)
Eng. in Applied Physics / space technologies, Liège University
Princeton University (Prof. Naomi Leonard , 2006)
European Space Agency (Huygens mission team , 2005)
Master in music performance, Maastricht Conservatory
Research interests
My research on dynamical systems analysis & control/design revolves around three main aspects.
- nonlinear geometric modelling and design tools (manifolds, Lie groups, « informative » formulation from symmetries,...)
- interactions among multiple systems (collective motion, distributed sensing/control, target evolution by coupling,...)
- problems and insights from physics (currently mostly quantum physics systems)
I am currently building a research track around these themes, with connections to my new environment (which i am still discovering) and teaching field (i.e. robotics/mechatronics). I am mostly attracted by general principles and methods, for which i like to draw inspiration from / matches with applications.
Feel free to contact me for potential collaboration.
Collaborators
Internal
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work in progress, as i just joined this group...
External
geometric viewpoint
Rodolphe Sepulchre (Liège U.)
Silvère Bonnabel (Mines ParisTech)quantum control in Paris
Pierre Rouchon, Zaki Leghtas (Mines ParisTech)
Mazyar Mirrahimi (INRIA Rocquencourt)
CQED group at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (Ecole Normale Supérieure)nonlinear collective motion
Naomi Leonard (Princeton U.)
Luca Scardovi (TU Munich)
Christian Lageman (U. Wuerzburg)applications
Damien Ernst (power grid, Liège U.)
European Southern Observatory (EELT primary mirror control)
Teaching
Introduction to Mechatronics
E019350/60
mainly linear feedback control principles
(comp.sci.eng.)
ICT & Mechatronics
E019330
real-time control, communication principles; planning-level automation
(electromech.eng.)Robotics & Mechatronics
E019340
planning-level automation: information extraction, motion planning
(comp.sci.eng.)Bachelors engineering projects
- hydrostatic balance & oscillation (with Prof. Gert De Cooman)
Master Theses
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Een reservoir voor kwantum licht-toestanden
8373 (toegep.natk.) 9269 (compwet., werktk.)
Promotor: prof. Alain Sarlette -
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Hamiltoniaanse aanvallen op kwantum ICT
Promotor: prof. Alain Sarlette -
8345
Hoe vang je N vliegen in één klap? Ensemble control op een dubbele ball & beam voorbeeld-systeem
Promotoren: prof. Alain Sarlette en dr. ir. Frederik De Belie -
8349
Is GPS betrouwbaar? Integriteit-controllerende algoritmen voor optimaal gebruik van GPS data
Promotor: prof. Alain Sarlette -
8357
Landen als een kat: automatisch optimaal oriëntatieherstel tijdens een vrije val
Promotor: prof. Alain Sarlette
Publications
PreprintsSynchronization with partial state coupling on SO(n)
by A. Sarlette and C. Lageman, under revision for SIAM J. Control & OptimizationCooperative control of a multi-terminal high-voltage DC network
by J. Dai, Y. Phulpin, A. Sarlette and D. Ernst, submitted to AutomaticaControl limitations induced by distributed sensing: theory and Extremely Large Telescope application
by A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, in cooperation with ESO (M.Dimmler, B.Sedghi, T.Erm), in preparationStabilization of nonclassical states of one- and two-mode radiation fields in a cavity by reservoir engineering
by A. Sarlette, Z. Leghtas, M. Brune, J.M. Raimond and P. Rouchon, submitted to Phys.Rev.A
pre-print
Journal & book chapters
Coordinated primary frequency control among non-synchronous systems connected by a multi-terminal HVDC grid
by J. Dai, Y. Phulpin, A. Sarlette and D. Ernst, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution vol. 6 nr. 2, pp. 99-108 (2012)
pdfAdiabatic passage and ensemble control of quantum systems
by Z. Leghtas, A. Sarlette and P. Rouchon, Journal of Physics B vol. 44 nr. 15, pp. 154017 (2011)
pdfStabilization of nonclassical states of the radiation field in a cavity by reservoir engineering
by A. Sarlette, J-M. Raimond, M. Brune and P. Rouchon, Physical Review Letters vol. 107, pp. 010402 (2011)
pdfSynchronization on the circle
by A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, chapter 10 in "The complexity of dynamical systems: a multi-disciplinary perspective", Dubbeldam, Green & Lenstra editors, Wiley & Sons (2011)
pdfCoordinated motion design on Lie groups
by A. Sarlette, S. Bonnabel and R. Sepulchre, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control vol. 55 nr. 5, pp. 1047-1058 (2010)
pdfConsensus optimization on Manifolds
by A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, SIAM J. Control & Optimization vol. 48 nr. 1, pp. 56-76 (2009)
pdfAutonomous rigid body attitude synchronization
by A. Sarlette, R. Sepulchre and N.E. Leonard, Automatica vol. 45 nr. 2, pp.572-577 (2008)
pdfSynchronization and balancing on the N-Torus
by L. Scardovi, A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, Systems & Control Letters vol. 56 nr. 5, pp. 335-341 (2007)
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Conference proceedings
Consensus on nonlinear spaces and graph coloring
by A. Sarlette, 50th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Orlando / USA, pp. 4885-4890 (2011)
pdfVoltage control in an HVDC system to share primary frequency reserves between non-synchronous areas
by J. Dai, Y. Phulpin, A. Sarlette and D. Ernst, 17th Power Systems Computation Conf., Stockholm / Sweden (2011)
pdfReal-time synchronization feedbacks for single-atom frequency standards: V-and Lambda-structure systems
by M. Mirrahimi, A. Sarlette and P. Rouchon, 49th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Atlanta / USA, pp. 5031-5036 (2010)
pdfConsensus in non-commutative spaces
by R. Sepulchre, A. Sarlette and P. Rouchon, 49th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Atlanta / USA, pp. 5596-6601 (2010)
pdfImpact of delays on a consensus-based primary freq. control scheme for AC systems connected by a multi-terminal HVDC grid
by J. Dai, Y. Phulpin, A. Sarlette and D. Ernst, IREP Symposium - Bulk Power Systems Dynamics & Control, Buzios / Brasil (2010)
pdfThe planar optics phase sensor: a study for the VLTI second generation fringe tracker
by N. Blind, J-B. Le Bouquin, O. Absil, M. Alamir et al., SPIE Optical and Infrared Interferometry Symposium, San Diego / USA (2010)
pdf My contribution on this paper is probably difficult to underestimate :)Synchronization with partial state feedback on SO(n)
by C. Lageman, A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, 48th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Shanghai / China, pp. 1696-1701 (2009)
pdf NB: The conclusion of Theorem 2(b) is only locally valid.A PDE viewpoint on basic properties of coordination algorithms with symmetries
by A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, 48th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Shanghai / China, pp. 5139-5144 (2009)
pdfConsensus on manifolds
by A. Sarlette and R. Sepulchre, 48th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Shanghai / China, pp. 6438-6443 (2009)
pdfCoordination on Lie groups
by A. Sarlette, S. Bonnabel and R. Sepulchre, 47th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, Cancun / Mexico, pp. 1275-1279 (2008)
pdfGlobal synchronization on the circle
by A. Sarlette, S.E. Tuna, V.D. Blondel and R. Sepulchre, 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul / Korea (2008)
pdfAutonomous rigid body attitude synchronization
by A. Sarlette, R. Sepulchre and N.E. Leonard, 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision & Control, New Orleans / USA, pp. 2566-2571 (2007)
pdfSynchronization in satellite swarms: a consensus approach
by A. Sarlette, R. Sepulchre and N.E. Leonard, 17th IFAC Symp. on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Toulouse / France (2007)
pdfDiscrete-time synchronization on the N-torus
by A. Sarlette, R. Sepulchre and N.E. Leonard, 17th Int. Symp. on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Kyoto / Japan (2006)
pdfComparison of the Huygens mission and the SM2 test flight for Huygens attitude reconstruction
by A. Sarlette, M. Pérez-Ayúcar, O. Witasse and J.-P. Lebreton, 3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop, Anavyssos / Greece (2005)
pdf (1st prize student contribution award)Huygens attitude reconstruction based on flight engineering parameters
by M. Pérez-Ayúcar, A. Sarlette, P. Couzin, T. Blancquaert, O. Witasse and J.-P. Lebreton, 3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop, Anavyssos / Greece (2005)
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Theses
Geometry and symmetries in coordination control
PhD thesis, academic supervisor R. Sepulchre (January 2009)
abstract full pdf (electonic version with hypertext links) full pdf (printer-friendly, without hypertext links)Characterization of the spin and attitude of the ESA Huygens probe during its descent onto Titan using the engineering dataset
Graduation thesis, academic supervisor JP. Swings; in collaboration with ESA Huygens team (June 2005)
abstract full pdf