Scope

IFAC-CAO Workshop aims to offer a forum for the presentation of the latest contributions and developments related to the theory of optimal control and the optimization-based design in automation and decision-making processes. It targets, in particular, the use of new methods and technologies to solve relevant problems in industry and to address the latest challenges in society. The event will give specialists in the fields of optimal control, differential games, and optimization an opportunity to share their experiences with practitioners, to discuss new research directions and problems that are arising, and to outline scientific and commercial applications. One aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers and engineers, applied economists, and environmental scientists, providing an up-to-date survey of the major applications of optimization for control purposes and for decision-making in economics and in the industry. The event will be preceded by tutorials and mini-symposia dedicated to active topics with a particular focus on the young researchers' activities.

About IFAC CAO history

The workshop will continue the tradition of events of the IFAC Technical Committee on Optimal Control, reaching in 2022 its 18th edition. The recent IFAC CAO workshops were held in the years 2000 as follows:

• October 15-19, 2018, Yekaterinburg, Russia,
• October 6-9, 2015, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
• September 13-16, 2012, Rimini, Italy
• May 6-8 2009, Jyvaskyla, Finland
• April 26-28, 2006, Cachan-Paris
• June 30 - July 2, 2003, Visegrád, Hungary

Related event and cross-promotion

During the week 18-22 July 2022, the same location will welcome the 27th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications (ICDEA 2022). The participants to IFAC CAO 2022 will have the opportunity to connect and discuss with the participants to this major event of the International Society of Difference Equations (ISDE).

Pandemic and related constraints

We sincerely hope that by July 2022, we will be able to travel, to present the latest research results and, most importantly, to meet up with colleagues, collaborators and friends in person. IFAC-CAO 2022 organizing committee is closely monitoring the worldwide situation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) which is currently under control on French territory. The latest information about the travel conditions to France are available on the page of the Ministery of Foreign Affairs.

Organizers

IFAC CAO 2022 is organized by L2S (Laboratory of Signals and Systems) at CentraleSupélec within the University Paris-Saclay.

We look forward to seeing you in the Paris-Saclay region!