ep9 - Rodolphe Sepulchre: Spiking control systems, nonlinear control, neuroscience and optimization on manifolds

Our guest in this episode is Rodolphe Sepulchre, Professor of Engineering at
KU Leuven in the Deparment of Electrical Engineering (STADIUS) and at the University of Cambridge in the Deparment of Engineering  (Control Group).  We dive into Rodophe's scientific journey across nonlinear control, neuroscience and optimization on manifolds through the unifying lens of control theory.

Outline
- 00:00 - Intro
- 03:54 - Why control?
- 11:08 - Spiking control systems
- 20:47 - The mixed feedback principle
- 23:52 - On thermodynamics
- 25:17 - Event-based systems
- 29:33 - On dissipativity theory
- 48:00 - Stability, positivity and monotonicity
- 55:00 - Control, cybernetics and neuroscience
- 59:10 - Neuromorphic control principles
- 01:00:01 - Optimization on manifolds
- 01:05:01 - Influential figures
- 01:08:52 - On the future of control
- 01:12:35 - Advice to future students
- 01:15:01 - About creativity
- 01:20:35 - Outro

Episode links
- Rodolphe's lab: https://tinyurl.com/yc4bubyy
- IEEE CSM editorials: https://tinyurl.com/2bhch6w3
- Spiking control systems: https://tinyurl.com/3x6pwm9m
- O. Pamuk: https://tinyurl.com/4akzyk37
- Event based control: https://tinyurl.com/5apuh5kw
- A simple neuron servo: https://tinyurl.com/4pjnkx5u
- C. Mead: https://tinyurl.com/mr29xta9
- L. Chua: https://tinyurl.com/5n935ssp
- Inventing the negative feedback amplifier: https://tinyurl.com/4573rv2d
- Hodgkin-Huxley model: https://tinyurl.com/mr46cv79
- R. Ashby: https://tinyurl.com/45jrp6hw
- G. J. Minty: https://tinyurl.com/4u4v22ue 
- J. C. Willems: https://tinyurl.com/3zthcxc2
- P. Kokotovic: https://tinyurl.com/mrymffch
- Wholeness and the Implicate Order: https://tinyurl.com/yckpnybp

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This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.