Edward

Funding

• Clarendon Scholarship, Oxford University, 2009-2012
• Overseas Research Student Award Scheme (ORSAS), UK Government, 2009-2011

Background

I am currently a D.Phil student in Dynamical Systems and Control Theory in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. I have a Degree in Mathematics (BSc) and a Degree in Electrical Engineering (BE) from the University of Sydney. Prior to starting my D.Phil, I worked at Esso Australia and as a research assistant at the Australian National University.

Research Interests

Theory:

• Nonlinear dynamical systems
• Feedback and control theory
• Networked systems
• Convex Optimisation

Applications:

• Systems and Synthetic Biology
• Energy

Publications

1. E.J.Hancock and A. Papachristodoulou. Generalised Absolute Stability and Sum of Squares. Automatica (in press).
2. E.J.Hancock and A. Papachristodoulou. An Invariance Principle for Time Varying Systems. To appear in Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, Dec 2012.
3. E.J.Hancock and A. Papachristodoulou. Structured Sum of Squares for Networked Systems Analysis. In Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, Dec 2011 [1].
4. E.J.Hancock and A. Papachristodoulou. Generalised Absolute Stability and Sum of Squares. In Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, San Francisco, CAL, June 2011 [2].

Teaching Experience

• 2011-12: College Lecturer - Christ Church, Oxford
• 2011: Lab Demonstrator - Oxford University Department of Engineering
• 2005-06: Tutor - Sydney University Department of Electrical and Information Engineering

Contact Information

• Edward.hancock@chch.ox.ac.uk
• Department Address: Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ