Sérgio Pequito

Research interests:

My research consists of understanding the global qualitative behavior of large-scale systems from their structural or parametric descriptions and provides a rigorous framework for the design, analysis, optimization, and control of large-scale systems. My interests span neuroscience and biomedicine, where dynamical systems, control theory, and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to develop new analysis tools for brain dynamics toward effective personalized medicine and improve bidirectional interfaces. 

Bio sketch:

Sérgio Pequito is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a principal investigator in the Evolutionary Systems and Biomedical Engineering Lab at the Institute for Systems and Robotics in Lisbon. Pequito is an IEEE senior member and was awarded the best student paper finalist in the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2009) and the 2016 O. Hugo Schuck Award in the Theory Category by the American Automatic Control Council.

Research grants (as PI or Co-PI):

• Sensor and actuator selection for learning, estimation, and control of fractional dynamical networks, Swedish Council (2024-2027)

PhD Students:

• Alessandro Varalda, Closing the loop in real-time cyber-neural systems. Co-supervision with Prof. André Teixeira, Uppsala University  (2023-present)

• Max Sibeijn, Distributed control of heating plants. Co-supervision with  Tamás Keviczky and Mohammad Khosravi, Delft University of Technology (2022-present)

Course teaching:

•     Cyber-Physical Systems (P1, 2024-25)

•     Sistemas Dinâmicos e Otimização (P1-P2, 2024-25)

•     Estimacao e control predictivo distributido (P4, 2024-25)