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Control for Societal-Scale Challenges: Roadmap 2030

Authors: A. Alleyne, F. Allgower, A.D. Ames, S. Amin, J. Anderson, A.M. Annaswamy, P.J. Antsaklis, N. Bagheri, H. Balakrishnan, B. Bamieh, J. Baras, M. Bauer, A. Bayen, P. Bogdan, S.L. Brunton, F. Bullo, E. Burdet, J. Burdick, L. Burlion, C. Canudas de Wit, M. Cao, C.G. Cassandras, A. Chakrabortty, G. Como, M. Csete, F. Dabbene, M. Dahleh, A. Das, E. Dassau, C. De Persis, M. di Bernardo, S. Di Cairano, D.V. Dimarogonas, F. Dorfler, J.C. Doyle, F.J. Doyle III, A. Dragan, M. Egerstedt, J. Eker, S. Fay, D. Filev, A. Fontan, E. Franco, M. Fujita, M. Garcia-Sanz, D. Gayme, W.P.M.H. Heemels, J.P. Hespanha, S. Hirche, A. Hosoi, J.P. How, G. Hug, M. Ilic, H. Ishii, A. Jadbabaie, M. Jafarian, S.Q.-S. Jia, T.A. Johansen, K.H. Johansson, D. Jones, M. Khammash, P. Khargonekar, M.J. Kochenderfer, A. Krause, A. Kuh, D. Kulic, F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, N.E. Leonard, F. Leve, N. Li, S. Low, J. Lygeros, I. Mareels, S. Martinez, N. Matni, T. Menara, K. Mombaur, K. Moore, R. Murray, T. Namerikawa, A. Nedich, S. Neema, M. Netto, T. O'Leary, M.K. O'Malley, L.Y. Pao, A. Papachristodoulou, G.J. Pappas, P.E. Pare, T. Parisini, F. Pasqualetti, M. Pavone, A. Rajhans, G. Ranade, A. Rantzer, L. Ratliff, J.A. Rossiter, D. Sadigh, T. Samad, H. Sandberg, S. Sarma, L. Schenato, J. Scherpen, A. Schoellig, R. Sepulchre, J. Shamma, R. Shorten, B. Sinopoli, K. Sreenath, J. Stoustrup, J. Sun, P. Tabuada, E. Tegling, D. Tilbury, C.J. Tomlin, J. Tumova, K. Wise, D. Work, J. Zafar, M. Zeilinger

Published: 2023 (Other)

Source: IEEE Control Systems Society Publication

Algorithm: Societal-scale control roadmap

Summary

A community roadmap for control systems research oriented around large societal challenges such as transportation, energy, health, autonomy, and infrastructure. It is less a single technical contribution than a map of where control theory, automation, and decision-making may matter at scale.

Abstract

The world faces some of its greatest challenges of modern time and how we address them will have a dramatic impact on the life for generations to come. Simultaneously, control systems, consisting of information enriched by various degrees of analytics followed by decision-making, are pervading a variety of sectors, not only in engineering but beyond, into financial services, socio-economic analysis, entertainment and sports, and political and social sciences. Increased levels of automation are sought after in various sectors and being introduced into new domains. All of these advances and transformations urge a shift in the conversation toward how control systems can meet grand societal-scale challenges. The document seeks to chart a roadmap for the evolution of control systems, identifying several areas where our discipline can have an impact over the next decade.

Tags

  • Control systems

  • Societal-scale systems

  • Roadmap

  • Automation

  • Cyber-physical systems

  • Infrastructure

  • Energy systems