IFAC World Congress Special

<p>In this episode I take you with me to the 2026 IFAC World Congress in Busan, South Korea, where I got to talk to a bunch of wonderful control researchers about their work. We cover a wide range of fascinating research areas, including observer design for transportation, event-triggered control, consensus control, extremum-seeking, robotic manipulation, control education and outreach, and a whole lot more!</p><p> </p><p>You can find the transcript for this episode at: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XE4krcWk6KgQjUUtgxKejmsTBYTermPeL9e3uVOnRJQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XE4krcWk6KgQjUUtgxKejmsTBYTermPeL9e3uVOnRJQ/edit?usp=sharing</a></p><p> </p><p>Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/company/coffee-and-control-podcast/</a></p><p>Or connect with me directly: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-hodgins-733a30175/</a></p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p><strong>Workshops</strong></p><p>Arun Tangirala: <a href="https://arunkt-dev.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://arunkt-dev.github.io/</a></p><p>Prem Jagadeesan: <a href="https://www.amrita.edu/faculty/prem-jagadeesan/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.amrita.edu/faculty/prem-jagadeesan/</a></p><p>Paper on defining sloppiness: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282609" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282609</a></p><p>Tom Oomen: <a href="https://toomen.eu/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://toomen.eu/</a></p><p><strong>Monday</strong></p><p>inControl podcast: <a href="https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/</a> </p><p>Live event recording: <a href="https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/19954769-ep49-incontrol-ifac-2026-m-vidyasagar-h-khalil-s-boyd-so-you-want-to-write-a-classic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/episodes/19954769-ep49-incontrol-ifac-2026-m-vidyasagar-h-khalil-s-boyd-so-you-want-to-write-a-classic</a></p><p>Selsabil Bougherara:  <a href="https