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Automatic Control (RT)

Automatic control is the art of making technical systems behave as we want.

Photo credit David BrohedeThe activities within the division include a broad spectrum of problems in sensor fusion, system identification, robotics and autonomous systems, optimization for control applications and complex networks, and they aim at a good and productive balance between theoretical developments and industrial applications.

Sensor fusion deals with how to combine information from different sensors in the best way, and system identification concerns data driven modelling of dynamical systems. Within robotics and autonomous systems the focus is on planning and controlling the position and orientation of a system with a minimum of manual interaction. The activities within optimization include algorithm development for model predictive control, and the complex networks area deals with different types of interactions in dynamic networks.

Examples of application areas of industrial importance are modelling and control of industrial robots, sensor fusion and decision support in cars, ships and aerial vehicles, and planning and control of autonomous vehicles.

News

Portrait (Gustaf Hendeby).

Blurred borders between civilian and military

A tense political situation in the world, a war in Europe and an everyday life with increasing threats to our security – what do the researchers do? More than you might think and there will be even more. Defence research is more active than ever.

Picture of award ceremony.

PhD Workshop 2024 – A Successful Initiative

For the second time, the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY) organized a full-day conference for its PhD students – PhD Workshop 2024. A successful initiative with a focus on presenting the department's research.

Demo of autonomous vehicle in Visionen.

ISY Day 2024 – AI in Society, Education, and Research

This year’s edition of ISY Day offered lectures, discussions, and demonstrations within this year's theme "AI in Society, Education, and Research". A theme that is both current and highly relevant at the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Research and collaborations in Automatic Control

Research areas

Research projects and collaborations

SEDDIT

SEDDIT is a competence center funded within the framework of Vinnova's initiative in Advanced Digitalization, where universities and companies collaborate to conduct research and education in digital societal transformation.

LINK-SIC researchers.

LINK-SIC - Linköping Center for Sensor Informatics and Control

LINK-SIC is a Vinnova Competence Center for industry-academia cooperation in the general area of control systems and signal processing. The center's operational period was between 2017 and 2023.

Education in Automatic Control

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Publications

2025

Du Ho (2025)
Heidi B. Borges, Johannes Zaar, Emina Alickovic, Christian B. Christensen, Preben Kidmose (2025) European Journal of Neuroscience, Vol. 61, Article e70083 (Article in journal)
Shamisa Shoja (2025)
Johanna Wilroth, Emina Alickovic, Martin Skoglund, Carine Signoret, Jerker Rönnberg, Martin Enqvist (2025) eNeuro, Vol. 12, Article 2025 (Article in journal)
Gianluigi Pillonetto, Aleksandr Aravkin, Daniel Gedon, Lennart Ljung, Antonio H. Ribeiro, Thomas B. Schon (2025) Automatica, Vol. 171, Article 111907 (Article in journal)

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