Study level
- PhD
- Master of Philosophy
- Honours
Faculty/School
Faculty of Engineering
Topic status
We're looking for students to study this topic.
Supervisors
- Position
- Professor in Electrical Engineering
- Division / Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Position
- Professor in Cyberphysical Systems
- Division / Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
External supervisors
- Dr Alex Leong, DST
Overview
Cyberphysical systems (CPS) integrate sensors, communication networks, controllers, dynamic processes and actuators. CPS play an increasingly important role in modern society, in areas such as:
- energy
- transportation
- manufacturing
- healthcare.
Due to the interplay between control systems, communications and computations, the design of CPS requires novel approaches, which bridge disciplinary boundaries.
We're interested in developing engineering science and methods for the analysis and design of CPS operating in closed loop. Our research brings together elements of control systems engineering, as well as telecommunications and reinforcement learning.
The current project builds on recent work documented in Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
Research activities
Successful candidates will create solutions to scheduling problems that arise in estimation and control of networked CPS.
This involves studying the mathematics underpinning some of the following topics:
- Kalman filtering
- stochastic control
- Markov chains
- reinforcement learning.
Outcomes
We expect the research project to give rise to
- new scheduling and/or control algorithms
- thorough mathematical analysis
- useful simulation-based performance studies.
Skills and experience
You'll need to have sound mathematical skills and also some experience with MATLAB, C or Python.
Scholarships
You may be eligible to apply for a research scholarship.
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Contact
Contact the supervisor for more information.