The International Summer School on Geometry, Mechanics and Control is oriented to Ph.D. students and to postdoctoral students with undergraduate studies in Mathematics, Physics or Engineering, in particular to those who want to begin its research in geometrical aspects of mechanics, numerical integration, field theory and control theory. In this sense, the courses could be a complement to Ph.D. programs of different Universities. The School is also open to professionals who want to attend advanced and specialized courses oriented to geometrical techniques in those fields. It pretends to show an updated version of the knowledge of some basic problems in these topics and to present to the participants open problems and, in particular, the applications by means of specialized courses taught by the best international researchers in the respective fields.
The specific scientific profile of the School in 2007 is based on the research lines of Numerical Analysis (in particular, numerical integration), Geometric Mechanics and Control Theory with applications to Engineering, Robotics and Physics.
The Programme includes 3 minicourses (7 hours)
- Geometric integration of Hamiltonian systems (J.M. Sanz-Serna, University of Valladolid)
- Discrete Geometric Mechanics and Control ( Melvin Leok, Purdue University)
- Distributed motion coordination of robotic networks (Jorge Cortés, University of California, Santa Cruz)
And a talk (2hours):
- Optimal Control of PDEs (Eduardo Casas, University of Cantabria)
The Summer School is supported by: IngenioMathematica, SIMUMAT, CIEM, CSIC, ULL, Network: Geometry, Mechanics and Control
http://webpages.ull.es/users/gmcnet/Summer_School/index.htm
