Dr. Dragan B. Dačić

Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The University of Melbourne


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EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

July 2005 - present:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

September 2000 - June 2005:
Research Assistant and Graduate Student, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
Degree obtained: Doctor of Philosophy, PhD thesis: "Path-following: An Alternative to Reference Tracking". Abstract, PDF.

August 1999 - July 2000:
Control Systems Engineer, ICM Electronics, Belgrade, Serbia.

September 1993 - July 1999:
Undergraduate Student, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Degree Obtained: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS [back to top]

My research interests lie within the area of control engineering. I am particularly interested in the following areas:

  • Networked control systems
  • Control design under communication constraints
  • Path-following and reference tracking
  • Nonlinear control systems: analysis and design
  • Large-scale optimization

PUBLICATIONS [back to top]

    Journal papers:

    1. D.B. Dačić, M.V. Subbotin, and P.V. Kokotović, Control Effort Reduction in Tracking Feedback Laws, IEEE Tran. on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, pp. 1831-1837, November 2006. Abstract, PDF.

    2. D.B. Dačić and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following for Linear Systems with Unstable Zero Dynamics, Automatica, Vol. 42, pp. 1673-1683, October 2006. Abstract, PDF.

    3. D.B. Dačić and P.V. Kokotović, A Scaled Feedback Stabilization of Power Integrator Triangular Systems, Systems & Control Letters, Vol. 54, pp. 645-653, July 2005. Abstract, PDF.

    4. M.R. Mataušek, A.D. Micić, and D.B. Dačić, Modified Internal Model Control Approach to the Design and Tuning of Linear Digital Controllers, Int. Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 33, pp. 67-79, January 2002.

    5. D.B. Dačić, D. Nešić, and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following for Nonlinear Systems with Unstable Zero Dynamics, to appear in IEEE Tran. on Automatic Control, Vol. 52, February 2007. Abstract, PDF.

    6. D.B. Dačić and D. Nešić, Quadratic Stabilization of Linear Networked Control Systems via Simultaneous Protocol and Controller Synthesis, to appear in Automatica. Abstract, PDF.

    Under review:

    1. D.B. Dačić, D. Nešić, and A.R. Teel, Path-Following for Nonlinear Systems with Unstable Zero Dynamics: an Averaging Solution, submitted to IEEE Tran. on Automatic Control. Abstract.

    2. D.B. Dačić and D. Nešić, Observer Design for Linear Networked Control Systems using Matrix Inequalities, submitted to Automatica. Abstract.

    Conference papers:

    1. D.B. Dačić and D. Nešić, Simultaneous Controller and Protocol Design for Networked Control Systems with Packet Based Communication, 45th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, San Diego, December 2006.

    2. M.V. Subbotin, D.B. Dačić, and R.S. Smith, Preview Based Path-following in the Presence of Input Constraints, American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006.

    3. D.B. Dačić, M.V. Subbotin, and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following Approach to Control Effort Reduction of Tracking Feedback Laws, joint 44th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control and European Control Conf., Sevilla, Spain, December 2005.

    4. D.B. Dačić and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following for Linear Systems with Unstable Zero Dynamics, 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2005.

    5. D.B. Dačić, M.V. Subbotin, and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Unstable Zero Dynamics, 43rd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 2004.

    6. A.P. Aguiar, D.B. Dačić, J.P. Hespanha, and P.V. Kokotović, Path-following or Reference-tracking?, 5th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2004.

    7. D.B. Dačić and P.V. Kokotović, A Scaled Stabilization of Power Integrator Triangular Systems, American Control Conf., Boston, MA, June 2004.

    8. D.B. Dačić, R. Goebel, and P.V. Kokotović, A Factorization Approach to C1 Stabilization of Nonlinear Triangular Systems, 42nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, Hi, December 2003.

    In preparation:

    1. D.B. Dačić and D. Nešić, Emulation: A Tool for Control Design in the Presence Communication Constraints.

    2. D.B. Dačić, S.R. Raković, and D. Nešić, A Rendezvous Problem with Terminal Spatio-Temporal Constraints.

CONTACT INFORMATION [back to top]

Dr. Dragan B. Dačić
Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC 3010
Australia

Phone: +61 3 8344 6592
Fax: +61 3 8344 6678
E-mail: d.dacic@ee.unimelb.edu.au

LINKS [back to top]
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Author: Dragan B. Dačić
Last Updated: November 2006