2018 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 8200.001
Course: Mathematics 8200.001.
Course Title: Topics in Applied Mathematics: Control Theory and Practice.
Time: TR 9:30-10:50.
Place: Wachman 527.
Instructor: Benjamin Seibold.
Instructor Office: Wachman 518.
Instructor Email: benjamin.seibold@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-1656.
Course Web Page: https://www.math.temple.edu/~seibold/teaching/2018_8200/
Office Hours: TR 11:00-12:00.
Prerequisites: none.
Textbook: see course website for course materials.
Course Goals: Provide both a rigorous mathematics background of control theory, as well as a good feel and intuition for the underlying ideas and mechanisms. Expose students to practical challenges in computation and application in actual physical systems.
Topics Covered: This course provides an overview over numerous aspects of Control Theory and related topics, including (A) fundamental theory: systems theory, linear control theory, controllability, observability, reachability, pole shifting, open vs. closed loop control, transfer functions; (B) a selection (depending on students' interest) of advanced topics, such as: optimal control, PDE-constrained optimization, adjoint calculus, differential games, machine learning; and (C) practice: applications of controllers, parameter choices in PID controllers, computational methods, robotics.
Course Grading: Homework/projects: 50%; exams: 50%.
Exam Dates: 12/13/2018.
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