Difference between revisions of "Welcome to SYSOS"

From SYSOS

 
(74 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
<center>
 
<center>
 
<div class="col-md-12">
 
<div class="col-md-12">
       <h5 class="text-center"><span class="label label-default">Welcome to SySOS</span></h5>
+
       <!-- <h5 class="text-center"><span class="label label-default">Welcome to SySOS</span></h5> -->
 +
      <h2 class="text-center"> Welcome to SySOS</span></h2>
 
       <hr class="tagline-divider" />
 
       <hr class="tagline-divider" />
        <h5 class="text-center" style="margin-bottom:20px;">A group researching complex networked control systems, biological and technological</h5>
+
      <h4 class="subheader" class="text-center" style="margin-bottom:20px;">A group researching complex networked control systems, biological and technological</h4>
 
     </div>
 
     </div>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
</center>
 
</center>
<!--<center> <span style="color:#F00000; font-size:200%;"> [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2019 '''Synthetic Biology and Control Workshop'''] </span></center> -->
+
<center> <span style="color:#F00000; font-size:150%;"> [https://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/Y014073/1 '''EEBio Programme Grant] </span>
<!--<center> <span style="color:#F00000; font-size:200%;"> [https://eng.ox.ac.uk/study/research-studentships/research-studentship-in-control-engineering/ '''NEW! Funded DPhil (PhD) position available - Deadline 3rd December 2021'''] </span></center> -->
+
<!--<span style="font-size:200%;"> [https://eng.ox.ac.uk/study/research-studentships/research-studentship-in-biotechnology-and-control-engineering/ Doctoral Studentship available in Biotechnology and Control Engineering] -->
 +
<br>
 +
<span style="color:#F00000; font-size:150%;">
 +
New postdoctoral research positions in Control, Biology and Robotics will be available soon. </span> <br> <br>
 +
<span style="color:#F00000; font-size:150%;"> [https://eebio.ac.uk Visit our Website for more information]''' </span></center>
 +
<!--
 +
<center> <span style="color:#F00000; font-size:150%;"> [https://eng.ox.ac.uk/study/research-studentships/research-studentship-in-control-engineering/ '''NEW! Funded DPhil (PhD) position available!'''] </span></center> -->
 +
<!--
 +
<center> <span style="color:#F00000; font-size:200%;"> [https://eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail/?vacancyID=160105 '''NEW! PDRA position available!'''] </span></center> -->
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
<center>
 
<center>
[[Image:Group_2019.jpg|700px]]
+
[[Image:group_2024_f.jpg|700px]]
 
</center>  
 
</center>  
  
Our group develops tools and algorithms for the analysis and design of biological and technological systems and applies them in a range of areas, from Synthetic Biology to fluid mechanics. In particular, we have been developing theory to understand how '''nonlinear networked systems (System of Systems)''' operate how to design control laws for them, using computational tools based on the '''Sum of Squares decomposition and Semidefinite Programming'''. We have been applying this theory to understand and (re)design biological systems (Systems and Synthetic Biology) but also to analyse and design control laws for fluid flows, robust synchronization, multi-agent system consensus, smart power networks and congestion control for the Internet. Here is a short summary of the areas we work on - please follow the links below for more details.
+
== [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Research Research Areas] ==
  
* Nonlinear systems analysis, Sum of Squares optimization and Lyapunov techniques. In this spirit, we have developed methods for stability analysis of systems described by Ordinary, Delay and Partial Differential Equations, as well as switched/hybrid systems. Of current interest is how to scale these tools to handle much more complicated and richer system descriptions, of higher dimension.
+
* Nonlinear system analysis, Sum of Squares optimization and Lyapunov techniques.  
 +
* Systems and Synthetic Biology.
 +
* Robust analysis and design of (deep) neural network controllers.
 +
* Safe decision making, safe Reinforcement Learning.
 +
* Scaling Sum of Squares and Semidefinite Programming.  
 +
* Large-scale Networked Systems analysis with communication and structural constraints.
 +
* Fluid mechanics and Heat transfer, from a control perspective.  
 +
<br>
  
* Systems and Synthetic Biology. We collaborate closely with groups in Engineering Science (Professor Wei Huang), Oxford Biochemistry (Professor Judith Armitage) and Plant Sciences (Professors Steve Kelly and Philip Poole) and other institutions for understanding biological pathways through mathematical modelling using experimental data and designing new experiments for model invalidation (Systems Biology), as well as proposing and implementing redesigns for existing biological systems for improved performance (Synthetic Biology).  
+
[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Research Click here] for a more detailed description of these research areas.
  
* Software Development (SOSTOOLS). This can be found [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sostools here].
+
== Members ==
 +
* [https://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Antonis Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou] - Academic
  
* Large-scale Networked Systems analysis with communication and structural constraints. Examples in this field come from synchronization phenomena in oscillator networks, Network Congestion Control for the Internet and Power System analysis/Smart grid. We are also looking at multi-agent systems consensus under communication and structural constraints such as the effect of time delays and switching topologies.  
+
* [https://users.ox.ac.uk/~orie3935/ Mr Patrick Green] - DPhil candidate, July 2019-. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
  
* Fluid mechanics and Heat transfer, from a control perspective. We are taking a control engineering approach to understand questions in Hydrodynamic Stability and mechanisms for background noise energy amplification and subsequent reduction. We are also using a Sum of Squares approach for the stability analysis and control design of systems described by Partial Differential Equations.
+
* [https://www.miroslavgasparek.com Mr Miroslav Gasparek] - DPhil Candidate, October 2019 -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
 
 
*Complexity reduction of networked systems. We are investigating methods based on model decomposition and reduction to facilitate computational analysis and identification of large-scale and nonlinear systems. Systems of interest include biochemical reaction networks, power systems and consensus networks.
 
  
* Scaling Sum of Squares and Semidefinite Programming. We are using sparsity- and symmetry-exploiting algorithms for improving the scalability of semidefinite programming, including the development of software (such as [https://github.com/oxfordcontrol/CDCS CDCS]) to implement relevant operator-splitting algorithms.
+
* [https://hanchwang.github.io/ Mr Han Wang] - DPhil Candidate, October 2020 -. Co-supervised with Professor Kostas Margellos.
  
== Current Members ==
+
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbstacey/ Mr Scott Stacey] - DPhil Candidate, July 2021  -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
 +
     
 +
* [https://rhizosphere.org/people/bergthor-traustason/ Mr Bergthor Traustason] - DPhil Candidate, July 2021 -. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Antonis Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou] - Academic
+
* [https://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Liqun Mr Liqun Zhao] - DPhil Candidate, October 2021 -. Co-supervised with Dr Konstantinos Gatsis.
  
* [https://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/people/patrick-green Mr Patrick Green] - DPhil candidate, July 2019-. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
+
* [https://kymiao.github.io/ Ms Keyan Miao] - DPhil Candidate, October 2021 -. Co-supervised with Dr Konstantinos Gatsis.
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Matt Mr Matthew Newton] - DPhil Candidate, October 2019 -.
+
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gM3MbY8AAAAJ&hl=en Mr Allan André do Nascimento] - DPhil Candidate, October 2022 -. Co-supervised with Professor Kostas Margellos.
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Manos Mr Emmanouil Alexis] - DPhil Candidate, October 2019 -. Co-supervised with Professor Luca Cardelli.
+
* [https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/olivia-tjahjono Ms Olivia Tjahjono] - DPhil Candidate, July 2022 -. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
  
* [https://www.miroslavgasparek.com Mr Miroslav Gasparek] - DPhil Candidate, October 2019 -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
+
* [https://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Zuxun Mr Zuxun Xiong] - Probationary Research Student, October 2023 -.  
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Han Mr Han Wang] - DPhil Candidate, October 2020 -. Co-supervised with Professor Kostas Margellos.
+
* [https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/yuming-he Mr Yuming He] - Probationary Research Student, July 2023 -. Co-supervised with Professor Francesco Licausi.
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Scott Mr Scott Stacey] - Probationary Research Student, July 2021  -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
+
<br>
  
* [https://rhizosphere.org/people/bergthor-traustason/ Mr Bergthor Traustason] - Probationary Research Student, July 2021 -. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
+
Here is a list of [https://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Previous_Members previous members].
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Liqun Mr Liqun Zhao] - Probationary Research Student, October 2021 -. Co-supervised with Dr Konstantinos Gatsis.
+
== News ==
 
+
* Many congratulations to [https://furieriluca.github.io/ Dr Luca Furieri], [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Yang Dr Yang Zheng] (see also [https://zhengy09.github.io/ updated website]), [https://people.epfl.ch/maryam.kamgarpour?lang=en Professor Maryam Kamgarpour] and [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Antonis Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou] who won the 2022 IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems best paper award for their paper [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9117037 Sparsity Invariance for Convex Design of Distributed Controllers].
== Current Externally Funded Projects ==
+
<center>
 
+
[[Image:award.jpg|x300px]]
* [http://www.synbio-cdt.ac.uk EPSRC & BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Synthetic Biology] [http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/L016494/1]
+
</center>
 
+
* Huge congratulations to [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Licio Dr Licio Romao] for winning the 2021 IET Control and Automation Doctoral Prize  for his thesis [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:17c1e4dc-42fe-4771-a1a6-bda802dea968 "Scalable and data-driven approaches to convex programming"]! Licio will be giving a [https://events.theiet.org/events/scalable-and-data-driven-approaches-to-convex-programming/ Webinar] on his results - register now!
== Collaborations ==
 
 
 
* [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/sznaier-mario/ Scaling Semidefinite Programming - Northeastern, USA]  
 
* [https://www.l2s.centralesupelec.fr/en/u/valmorbida-giorgio/ Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Using Sum of Squares Programming CentraleSupelec, France]
 
* [https://me.jhu.edu/faculty/dennice-gayme/ A Control Engineering Approach for Modelling High-Shear Flows - Johns Hopkins]
 
* [http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/forschung/themen/networks/index.en.html Multi-Agent-Systems and Delay Robustness in Cooperative Control - IST, Stuttgart]
 
* [https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/k/ciaran-kelly/ Designing bio-feedback control circuits using small RNA - Northumbria]
 
 
 
==News==
 
 
* Many congratulations to [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Yang Dr Yang Zheng] (see also [https://zhengy09.github.io/ updated website]) who won the 2019 European PhD Award on Control for Complex and Heterogeneous Systems for his thesis [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:dbf77067-15a0-446a-a909-f9d262e39821 "Chordal Sparsity in Control and Optimization of Large-scale Systems"]!  
 
* Many congratulations to [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Yang Dr Yang Zheng] (see also [https://zhengy09.github.io/ updated website]) who won the 2019 European PhD Award on Control for Complex and Heterogeneous Systems for his thesis [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:dbf77067-15a0-446a-a909-f9d262e39821 "Chordal Sparsity in Control and Optimization of Large-scale Systems"]!  
 
<center>  
 
<center>  
 
[[Image:EECI_zheng.png|x300px]]
 
[[Image:EECI_zheng.png|x300px]]
 
</center>
 
</center>
*[http://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/dynamics-and-randomness Workshop on Dynamics, Randomness, and Control in Molecular and Cellular Networks] Center for Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Harvard University, 12-14 November 2019.
 
*[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2019 International Workshop on Control Engineering and Synthetic Biology], Worcester College, Oxford, 9-11 September 2019.
 
 
* [https://chi.bio Chi.bio] is released!
 
* [https://chi.bio Chi.bio] is released!
 
<center>  
 
<center>  
 
[[Image:chibiofull.jpg|x300px]]
 
[[Image:chibiofull.jpg|x300px]]
 
</center>
 
</center>
* Workshop on `New Vistas in computational systems and synthetic biology', May 2019, Vigo, Spain.
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Antonis Antonis Papachristodoulou] is elevated to IEEE Fellow for his fundamental contributions to theory and applications of Sum of Squares Programming and networked control systems.   
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Antonis Antonis Papachristodoulou] is elevated to IEEE Fellow for his fundamental contributions to theory and applications of Sum of Squares Programming and networked control systems.   
 
<center>  
 
<center>  
 
[[Image:IMG_6863.JPG|x300px]]
 
[[Image:IMG_6863.JPG|x300px]]
 
</center>
 
</center>
* [https://control.ee.ethz.ch/news-and-events/vic.html Workshop on Vistas in Control at ETHZ], September 10-11, 2018.
 
*[https://mbi.osu.edu/event/?id=1063 MBI Workshop on Control of Cellular and Molecular Systems], Mathematical Biosciences Institute, 2-6 October 2017.
 
*[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/SynBioControl2017 International Workshop on Control Engineering and Synthetic Biology. What next?], Prince Philip House, London, 17-18 July 2017.
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Prescott Thomas Prescott] is awarded the [http://www.eeci-institute.eu/index.php?p=PhD-Award 2015 European PhD Award] for the Control of Complex and Heterogeneous networks for his thesis [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/images/a/aa/TPP_Thesis.pdf Large-Scale Layered Systems and Synthetic Biology: Model Reduction and Decomposition].
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/User:Prescott Thomas Prescott] is awarded the [http://www.eeci-institute.eu/index.php?p=PhD-Award 2015 European PhD Award] for the Control of Complex and Heterogeneous networks for his thesis [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/images/a/aa/TPP_Thesis.pdf Large-Scale Layered Systems and Synthetic Biology: Model Reduction and Decomposition].
 
<center>  
 
<center>  
Line 95: Line 97:
 
[[Image:Antonis_award.jpg|x300px]]
 
[[Image:Antonis_award.jpg|x300px]]
 
</center>
 
</center>
* [http://necsys2015.seas.upenn.edu/ 5th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems], Philadelphia, 10-11 September 2015.
+
For more news, [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/News click here].
* Antonis Papachristodoulou awarded an [http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/engineeringfellowship/ EPSRC Fellowship for Growth in Synthetic Biology].
 
* Richard Mason's paper '''Chordal Sparsity, Decomposing SDPs and the Lyapunov Equation''' has received the best student paper award at the 2014 American Control Conference. Download the PDF [[Media:ACCPaperFinalRM3.pdf|here]].
 
<center>
 
[[Image:mason_award.jpg|x300px]] [[Image:Rich2.png|x300px]]
 
</center>
 
*[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/Workshop_on_Control_Engineering_and_Synthetic_Biology A workshop on Control Engineering and Synthetic Biology], Worcester College, Oxford, 10-12 September 2014.
 
* [http://wisb.warwick.ac.uk Towards Next Generation Synthetic Biology]: 21-22 November 2013, Warwick, UK.
 
*[http://www.ru.is/kennarar/sigurdurh/workshop.html Workshop on Algorithms for Dynamical Systems and Lyapunov Functions]: 17 July -19 July 2013, Reykjavík, Iceland.
 
*[http://www.mathematik.tu-dortmund.de/lsviii/new/de/veranstaltungen/oberwolfach2013.html Oberwolfach Workshop on Structured function systems and applications]: 24 February - 3 March 2013, TU Dortmund, Germany.
 
*[http://cnls.lanl.gov/smartgrids Optimization and Control for Smart Grids]: 21-25 May 2012, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
 
*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/sbdtc/ Warwick Systems Biology DTC Annual Conference]: 27-29 July 2011, Stratford Apon Avon, UK.
 
*[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/Third_RoSBNet_Workshop Third RoSBNet Workshop]: 20-22 July 2011, St Annes' College, University of Oxford.
 
*[http://www.exeter.ac.uk/btg/newsandevents/title_128417_en.html Exeter Synthetic Biology Sandpit]: 3 June 2011, University of Exeter, UK.
 
*[http://www.lccc.lth.se/index.php?page=focus-period-2011 Dynamics, Control and Pricing in Power Systems]: 18-20 May 2011, Lund University, Sweden.
 
* [http://www.ieeecss.org/CAB/conferences/cdc2010/index.php CDC2010]: The 49th Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, 15-17 December 2010. Special session on Decentralised Network Analysis, Control and Optimisation.
 
* [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/scn/events/scnevents.html Synthetic Components Network]: SCN annual conference, 23-24 September, Oulton Hall, Leeds, U.K.
 
* [http://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/excellence/keythemes/systemsbiology/frontiers/ Frontiers of Multidisciplinary Research]: Mathematics, engineering, and biology, 21-24  September 2010, University of Exeter, U.K.
 
* [http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/ddays10/index.html Dynamics Days Europe 2010]: Minisymposium on Cell Dynamics and Systems Biology, 6-10 September, 2010, University of Bristol, U.K.
 
* [http://www.ccmb.res.in/ICM2010/icm2010.htm Application of Control Theory and Optimization in Biochemical Pathways]: A Satellite Meeting of the 2010 ICM, 16-18 August, 2010, Hyderabad, India.
 
*[http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/Second_RoSBNet_Workshop Second RoSBNet Workshop]: 12-14 July, 2010, St Annes' College, University of Oxford.
 
*[http://www.conferences.hu/mtns2010/ MTNS 2010]: Invited Session: Real Algebraic Geometry and Applications, 5-9 July, 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
 
* [http://www.birs.ca/birspages.php?task=displayevent&event_id=10w5119 Banff Workshop]: Randomization, Relaxation, and Complexity, 28 February - 5 March 2010, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada.
 
* [http://www.lccc.lth.se/index.php?page=multi-agent-coordination-and-estimation Lund Center for Control of Complex Engineering Systems]: Multi-agent coordination and estimation, Jan 18 - Feb 19: Workshop Feb 3-5, 2010.
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/CDCPreconferenceWorkshop CDC 2009 Preconference Workshop]: Full-day CDC 2009 Pre-conference Workshop on Biomolecular Circuit Analysis and Design, 15th December 2009.
 
* [http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/nestcoc/ NE{S|T}COC]: Symposium on Recent Trends in Networked Systems and Cooperative Control & Workshop on Network Induced Constraints in Control, 28-29 September, 2009, University of Stuttgart, Germany
 
* [http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/convexalggeom.html ARCC Workshop on Convex Algebraic Geometry, Optimization and Applications]: 21-25 September, 2009, Palo Alto, California, USA.
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/Current_events RoSBNet First Year Workshop]: 14-16 September 2009, St. Annes' College, University of Oxford, U.K.
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/RoSBNet_Launch_Meeting  RoSBNet Launch Meeting]: A Network in Synthetic Biology, 6 July 2009, University of Oxford, U.K.
 
* [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2007-2008 IMA Thematic Year on Mathematics of Molecular and Cellular Biology]
 
** [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2007-2008/W3.3-7.08/ Organization of Biological Networks, 3-7 March, 2008]
 
** [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2007-2008/W4.21-25.08/ Design Principles in Biological Systems, 21-25 April, 2008]
 
* [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2006-2007 IMA Thematic Year on Applications of Algebraic Geometry]
 
** [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2006-2007/W10.23-27.06/ Software for Algebraic Geometry, 23-27 October, 2006]
 
** [http://www.ima.umn.edu/2006-2007/W1.16-20.07/ Optimization and Control, 16-20 January, 2007]
 
* [http://www.math.tamu.edu/~sottile/conferences/Banff06/06w5060.html Banff Workshop]: Positive Polynomials and Optimization, 7-12 October, 2006, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada
 
* [http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/matrixineq.html ARCC Workshop]: Theory and Algorithms of Linear Matrix Inequalities, 1-5 August 2005, American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California.
 
  
 
== Joining SySOS ==
 
== Joining SySOS ==
  
* If you find what we do interesting, and you want to apply for a DPhil (PhD) or MSc by Research in our group, then please [mailto:antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk contact us] sooner than later to discuss possible projects. Note that there are several [http://www.cdt.ox.ac.uk Centres of Doctoral Training] that are relevant to our research, especially the [https://www.biodtp.ox.ac.uk/ Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP] as well as the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/aims EPSRC CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems]. If you have a strong academic background, the chances of securing funding for your studies are higher the earlier you apply. Note that applications need to follow the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/admissions/postgraduate Postgraduate Admissions] guidelines.
+
* If you are an Oxford undergraduate interested in doing a summer internship on any of the above research directions (or anything else) [mailto:antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk get in touch].
 +
 
 +
* If you are finishing your undergraduate/masters degree and you want to apply for a DPhil (PhD) or MSc by Research in our group, then please [mailto:antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk contact us] sooner than later to discuss possible projects. Note that there are several Centres of Doctoral Training that are relevant to our research, especially the [https://www.biodtp.ox.ac.uk/ Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP] as well as the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/aims EPSRC CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems]. If you have a strong academic background, the chances of securing funding for your studies are higher the earlier you apply. Note that applications need to follow the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/admissions/postgraduate Postgraduate Admissions] guidelines.
  
 
* Any PDRA openings will be advertised on the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about-us/jobs departmental website]. None are available now.  
 
* Any PDRA openings will be advertised on the [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about-us/jobs departmental website]. None are available now.  
Line 141: Line 109:
 
* There are several other routes for joining SySOS, mainly through fellowships. Please [mailto:antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk contact us] to discuss.
 
* There are several other routes for joining SySOS, mainly through fellowships. Please [mailto:antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk contact us] to discuss.
  
== Previous Members ==
+
== Current and Previous Externally Funded Projects ==
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Carolin Ms Carolin Schulte] - DPhil Candidate, July 2018- November 2021. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
+
* [https://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/X017982/1 Single-cell control of microbial selection and evolution]
  
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Boon Mr Boon Lim] - DPhil candidate, October 2018- November 2021. Co-supervised with Professor Wei Huang.
+
* [http://www.synbio-cdt.ac.uk EPSRC & BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Synthetic Biology] [http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/L016494/1]
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Licio Mr Licio Romao] - DPhil Candidate, October 2017 - September 2021. Co-supervised with Professor Kostas Margellos.
 
 
 
* [https://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/people/hayley-knights Ms Hayley Knights] - Research Associate, Apr - Sep 2021
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Harry Dr Harrison Steel] - PDRA, June 2019- September 2020
 
 
 
* [https://michaelschaub.github.io/ Dr Michael Schaub] - Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow, July 2017 - June 2020
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Rob Dr Robert Habgood] - PDRA, October 2019 - July 2020
 
 
 
* [https://sites.google.com/site/aivarsootla/ Dr Aivar Sootla] - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, September 2016-June 2019.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:JSB Mr James Scott-Brown] ([http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/tebio/ project page], [http://www.jamesscottbrown.com personal site])- DPhil Candidate, October 2014-October 2018. Co-supervised with Dr Jonathan David (dstl).
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Yang Mr Yang Zheng] - DPhil Student, October 2015 - March 2019
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Nick Dr Nicolas Delalez] - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, January 2016 - January 2019.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Axel Dr Axel Nystr&ouml;m] - DPhil Student, October 2013-2018. Co-supervised with Dr Andrew Angel.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Ciaran Dr Ciar&aacute;n Kelly] - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, December 2017-April 2018
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Folliard Dr Thomas Folliard] - DPhil student, 2013-2017. Co-supervised with Professor Judith Armitage.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Andreas Dr Andreas Harris] - DPhil student, 2013-2017.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Dhruva Dr Dhruva Raman] - DPhil student, 2013-2017. Co-supervised with Dr James Anderson
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:mohamadreza Dr Mohamadreza Ahmadi] - DPhil student, 2013-2016. Co-supervised with Dr Giorgio Valmorbida.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:James_Anderson Dr James Anderson] DPhil student, 2008 - 2011, Post-Doctoral Research Associate 2011-2012, Junior Research Fellow, 2012-2016.
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Prescott Dr Thomas P. Prescott] - DPhil student, 2011 - 2015, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2015-2016
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Richard Dr Richard P. Mason] - DPhil student, 2011-2016
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Xuan Dr Xuan Zhang] - DPhil student, October 2011-2015
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Giorgio Dr Giorgio Valmorbida] - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2013-2015
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Edward Dr Edward Hancock] - Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2013 - 2015
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Bing.Chu Dr Bing Chu] - Postdoctoral Research Assistant, June 2010-March 2012
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/RoSBNet/index.php/User:MarkChang Dr Yo-Cheng (Mark) Chang] DPhil, co-supervised with Professor Judith Armitage, Department of Biochemistry, January 2007-January 2011.
 
 
 
* [http://melykuti.web.elte.hu/official.htm Dr Bence Mélykúti], DPhil, co-supervised with Professor Alison Etheridge, Department of Statistics, January 2008-February 2011.
 
 
 
* [http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~ahamadeh/ Dr Abdullah Hamadeh], March 2009 - October 2009
 
 
 
* Miss Nassia Inglessis, September 2009 - October 2009
 
 
 
* Mr Christoph Maier, April 2009 - July 2009
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:Mark Dr Mark Roberts], October 2007 - December 2008
 
 
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/control/sysos/index.php/User:August Dr Elias August], October 2007 - December 2008
 
 
 
== Completed Projects ==
 
  
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Designing_feedback_control_in_Synthetic_Biology EPSRC Fellowship for Growth in Synthetic Biology: Designing Feedback Control in Biology for Robustness and Scalability] [http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/M002454/1]
 
* [http://sysos.eng.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Designing_feedback_control_in_Synthetic_Biology EPSRC Fellowship for Growth in Synthetic Biology: Designing Feedback Control in Biology for Robustness and Scalability] [http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/M002454/1]
Line 225: Line 133:
  
 
* Oxford-Princeton Collaboration on Network Science with [http://www.princeton.edu/~chiangm/ Professor Mung Chiang.]
 
* Oxford-Princeton Collaboration on Network Science with [http://www.princeton.edu/~chiangm/ Professor Mung Chiang.]
 +
 +
== Collaborations ==
 +
 +
* [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/sznaier-mario/ Scaling Semidefinite Programming - Northeastern, USA]
 +
* [https://www.l2s.centralesupelec.fr/en/u/valmorbida-giorgio/ Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Using Sum of Squares Programming - CentraleSupelec, France]
 +
* [https://me.jhu.edu/faculty/dennice-gayme/ A Control Engineering Approach for Modelling High-Shear Flows - Johns Hopkins]
 +
* [https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/k/ciaran-kelly/ Designing bio-feedback control circuits using small RNA - Northumbria]
  
 
== Useful Links ==
 
== Useful Links ==
  
 
* [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/control Engineering Science Control Group]
 
* [http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/control Engineering Science Control Group]
 
* [http://www.sysbio.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology]
 
  
 
* [http://www.dtc.ox.ac.uk/ Doctoral Training Centres]
 
* [http://www.dtc.ox.ac.uk/ Doctoral Training Centres]

Latest revision as of 01:51, 27 February 2024


Welcome to SySOS


A group researching complex networked control systems, biological and technological


EEBio Programme Grant


New postdoctoral research positions in Control, Biology and Robotics will be available soon.

Visit our Website for more information


Group 2024 f.jpg

Research Areas

  • Nonlinear system analysis, Sum of Squares optimization and Lyapunov techniques.
  • Systems and Synthetic Biology.
  • Robust analysis and design of (deep) neural network controllers.
  • Safe decision making, safe Reinforcement Learning.
  • Scaling Sum of Squares and Semidefinite Programming.
  • Large-scale Networked Systems analysis with communication and structural constraints.
  • Fluid mechanics and Heat transfer, from a control perspective.


Click here for a more detailed description of these research areas.

Members

  • Mr Patrick Green - DPhil candidate, July 2019-. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
  • Mr Miroslav Gasparek - DPhil Candidate, October 2019 -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
  • Mr Han Wang - DPhil Candidate, October 2020 -. Co-supervised with Professor Kostas Margellos.
  • Mr Scott Stacey - DPhil Candidate, July 2021 -. Co-supervised with Professor Harrison Steel.
  • Mr Liqun Zhao - DPhil Candidate, October 2021 -. Co-supervised with Dr Konstantinos Gatsis.
  • Ms Keyan Miao - DPhil Candidate, October 2021 -. Co-supervised with Dr Konstantinos Gatsis.
  • Ms Olivia Tjahjono - DPhil Candidate, July 2022 -. Co-supervised with Professor Philip Poole.
  • Mr Yuming He - Probationary Research Student, July 2023 -. Co-supervised with Professor Francesco Licausi.


Here is a list of previous members.

News

Award.jpg

EECI zheng.png

Chibiofull.jpg

  • Antonis Papachristodoulou is elevated to IEEE Fellow for his fundamental contributions to theory and applications of Sum of Squares Programming and networked control systems.

IMG 6863.JPG

Tom award.jpg

Richard Hugo.png

Antonis award.jpg

For more news, click here.

Joining SySOS

  • If you are an Oxford undergraduate interested in doing a summer internship on any of the above research directions (or anything else) get in touch.
  • If you are finishing your undergraduate/masters degree and you want to apply for a DPhil (PhD) or MSc by Research in our group, then please contact us sooner than later to discuss possible projects. Note that there are several Centres of Doctoral Training that are relevant to our research, especially the Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP as well as the EPSRC CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems. If you have a strong academic background, the chances of securing funding for your studies are higher the earlier you apply. Note that applications need to follow the Postgraduate Admissions guidelines.
  • There are several other routes for joining SySOS, mainly through fellowships. Please contact us to discuss.

Current and Previous Externally Funded Projects

  • European Space Agency project with GMV (Spain), NGC (Canada) and the University of Leicester, "Worst-Case and Safety Analysis Tools for Autonomous Rendezvous Systems".

Collaborations

Useful Links