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Automatic Control

The Department of Automatic Control at Lund University was created in 1965 and has today grown to hosting about 60 people.


We give courses within the regular engineering program to students from different areas of engineering. We also have a PhD program where the students specialize in various theories and applications of automatic control.


Our research is concentrated to seven areas:
Modeling and Control of Complex Systems, Control and Real-Time Computing, Process Control, Robotics, Automotive Systems, Biomedical Projects and Tools.


The department is hosting several large research projects funded by the European Commission and Swedish funding agencies. There is also active collaboration with industry.

Recent Publications

PhD Thesis:
Maria Henningsson: Data-Rich Multivariable Control of Heavy-Duty Engines. May 2012.

Conference Contribution:
Georgios Chasparis et al: Fair Scheduling in Common-Pool Games by Aspiration Learning. May 2012.

Conference Contribution:
Maria Henningsson et al: A machine-learning approach to information extraction from cylinder pressure sensors. April 2012.

Journal Article:
Martina Maggio et al: Comparison of Decision Making Strategies for Self-Optimization in Autonomic Computing Systems. April 2012.

PhD Thesis:
Anders Widd: Physical Modeling and Control of Low Temperature Combustion in Engines. April 2012.

Journal Article:
Nikhil Ravi et al: Model predictive control of HCCI using variable valve actuation and fuel injection. April 2012.

PhD Thesis:
Karl Mårtensson: Gradient Methods for Large-Scale and Distributed Linear Quadratic Control. April 2012.

Journal Article:
Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos et al: General control-theoretical framework for online resource allocation in computing systems. April 2012.

Conference Contribution:
Per-Ola Larsson, Tore Hägglund: Comparison Between Robust PID and Predictive PI Controllers with Constrained Control Signal Noise Sensitivity. March 2012.

Conference Contribution:
Tore Hägglund: Signal Filtering in PID Control. March 2012.