Andrew D. Lewis's Talks

The listing is roughly in reverse chronological order. The "Last Updated" tag means the last time the pdf files were updated, not the TeX files.

2010b
Title: Differential geometric methods for the control of mechanical systems
Detail: CRM Applied Mathematics Seminar, 01/11/2010

2009a
Title: Differential geometry, control theory, and mechanics
Detail: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 19/02/2009

2008d
Title: Jet bundles and algebro-geometric characterisations for controllability of affine systems
Detail: 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, 09/12/2008

2008c
Title: The local structure of affine systems
Detail: AMS-SBM Joint International Meeting, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 05/06/2008

2008b
Title: Controllability: A brief revisionist tutorial
Detail: Meeting on Nonlinear Control Theory and its Applications, Waterloo ON, 08/05/2008

2008a
Title: Mathematics from applied mathematics
Detail: Math Club, 03/04/2008

2007a
Title: Some results on energy shaping feedback
Detail: Geometric Mechanics: Continuous and Discrete, Finite and Infinite Dimensional, Banff International Research Station, 13/08/2007

2006e
Title: An example with interesting controllability and stabilisation properties
Detail: 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, 14/12/2006

2006d
Title: Potential energy shaping after kinetic energy shaping
Detail: 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, 14/12/2006

2006b
Title: Energy shaping
Detail: Meeting on Nonlinear Control Theory and its Applications, Toronto ON, 04/05/2006

2006a
Title: Control theory without controls
Detail: AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, 15/01/2006

2005e
Title: Control of mechanical systems
Detail: Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, 14/12/2005

2005d
Title: Problems and partial results in energy shaping
Detail: Laboratoire des Signaux et Systémes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Supélec, 24/03/2005

2005c
Title: Problems and challenges in control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 16/03/2005

2005a
Title: Removing ``control'' from control theory
Detail: Seminari del grup de recerca sobre Geometria diferencial, sistemes dinômics i aplicacions, Depto. Matemática Aplicada IV, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, 20/01/2005

2004d
Title: Notes on energy shaping
Detail: 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, 17/12/2004

2004b
Title: Musings on controllability and stabilisability
Detail: Meeting on Nonlinear Control Theory and its Applications, Kingston, ON, 06/05/2004

2003f
Title: Jacobian linearisation in a geometric setting
Detail: 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, 04/12/2003

2003e
Title: Affine connection control systems with interesting controllability properties
Detail: 5th CSL Workshop on Future Directions in Nonlinear Control of Mechanical Systems, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 04/10/2003

2003d
Title: Some nonlinear control problems
Detail: Math 493 presentation, Queen's University, 18/09/2003

2003c
Title: The role of controllability in motion planning for affine connection control systems
Detail: First Joint AMS/RSME Meeting, Seville, Spain, 19/06/2003

2003b
Title: From controllability to motion planning for mechanical systems
Detail: 3rd International DCDIS Conference on Engineering Applications and Computational Algorithms, Guelph, ON, 16/05/2003

2003a
Title: Some mechanical systems are difficult to control
Detail: Mathematics Department, Arizona State University, 25/04/2003

2002f
Title: Geometric local controllability: second-order conditions
Detail: 41th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 12/12/2002

2002d
Title: The category of affine connection control systems
Detail: MTNS'02, South Bend, IN, 15/08/2002

2002c
Title: Controllable kinematic reductions for mechanical systems: concepts, computational tools, and examples
Detail: MTNS'02, South Bend, IN, 15/08/2002

2002b
Title: What is the characteristic polynomial of a signal flow graph?
Detail: MTNS'02, South Bend, IN, 12/08/2002

2002a
Title: Control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: The Fourth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 27/05/2002

2001i
Title: Geometric first-order controllability conditions for affine connection control systems
Detail: 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, 14/12/2001

2001h
Title: Control for mechanical systems
Detail: Coleman-Ellis lecture, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Queen's University, 07/11/2001

2001g
Title: Control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, 26/10/2001

2001e
Title: Contol of difficult mechanical toys
Detail: Math 493 presentation, Queen's University, 14/09/2001

2001d
Title: Optimal control for a simplified hovercraft model
Detail: SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Diego, CA, 11/07/2001

2001c
Title: Sharp first-order controllability conditions for affine connection control systems
Detail: SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Diego, CA, 11/07/2001

2001b
Title: Generalised splines via the maximum principle
Detail: SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Diego, CA, 11/07/2001

2001a
Title: Geometric low-order controllability conditions
Detail: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Queen's University, 02/02/2001

2000f
Title: The category of affine connection control systems
Detail: 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, 15/12/2000

2000e
Title: Applications of differential geometry to mechanical control systems
Detail: Meeting of the Seaway Section of the Mathematics Association of America, SUNY Fredonia, New York, 04/11/2000

2000d
Title: Control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 18/10/2000

2000c
Title: Optimal control for affine connection control systems
Detail: Invited talk for the Workshop on Mathematical Control Theory and Robotics, SISSA, Trieste, Italy, 27/07/2000

2000b
Title: Affine connection control systems
Detail: Invited talk for Math 2000, Canadian Mathematical Society meeting at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 13/06/2000

2000a
Title: Affine connection control systems
Detail: Invited talk for the IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, Princeton, NJ, 18/03/2000

1999f
Title: When is a mechanical control system kinematic?
Detail: 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, AZ, 07/12/1999

1999a
Title: Optimal control of affine connection control systems
Detail: Workshop on Geometric and Multibody Mechanics: Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 30/07/1999

1998e
Title: Control theory for simple mechanical control systems
Detail: Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 03/12/1998

1998d
Title: Mechanical systems on homogeneous spaces
Detail: Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Queen's University, 06/11/1998

1998c
Title: Controllability of simple mechanical control systems
Detail: 13th International Workshop on Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Mechanics, Alden Biesen, Belgium, 27/08/1998

1998b
Title: Mechanical systems on homogeneous spaces
Detail: University of Warwick, Workshop on Hamiltonian Systems, 17/07/1998

1998a
Title: Controllability of simple mechanical control systems
Detail: Queen's University Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 10/03/1998

1997e
Title: Lagrangian reduction for simple mechanical systems with constant orbit type
Detail: Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar, California Institute of Technology, 08/09/1997

1997d
Title: Equations of motion for nonholonomic systems
Detail: Invited talk, Workshop on Non-holonomic Constraints in Dynamics, The University of Calgary, 28/08/1997

1997c
Title: Local configuration controllability for a class of mechanical systems with a single input
Detail: European Control Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 01/07/1997

1997b
Title: Control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: Simon Frasier University Department of Mathematics, 14/02/1997

1997a
Title: Mechanical systems with symmetry (in three minutes)
Detail: MIR@W Brown Bag Lunch, 20/01/1997

1996h
Title: The role of affine connections in control theory for mechanical systems
Detail: University of Warwick Department of Mathematics, 07/10/1996

1996g
Title: Controllability of Lagrangian systems
Detail: University of New Brunswick Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 28/08/1996

1996f
Title: Controllability of Lagrangian systems
Detail: MTNS '96, 16/06/1996

1996e
Title: Control of Lagrangian systems
Detail: Ohio University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 30/05/1996

1996d
Title: Affine connections and constraints
Detail: CDS 241 Seminar, 06/05/1996

1996c
Title: The role of affine connections in mechanics and control
Detail: Control and Dynamical Systems Seminar, 22/04/1996

1996b
Title: The symmetric product in geometry, mechanics, and control theory
Detail: New Mexico State University Department of Mathematical Sciences, 20/02/1996

1995d
Title: Controllability of simple mechanical control systems
Detail: 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 15/12/1995

1995c
Title: Controllability of Lagrangian control systems
Detail: AFOSR kick off meeting, 27/07/1995

1995b
Title: Controllability of Lagrangian control systems
Detail: University of Victoria Department of Mechanical Engineering, 09/06/1995

1995a
Title: Controllability of mechanical control systems
Detail: Thesis presentation, 21/04/1995

Andrew D. Lewis (andrew at mast.queensu.ca)