Michael Rotkowitz



Future Generation Fellow
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
Melbourne School of Engineering (MSE)
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia


Honorary Fellow
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science

Email: w @ x . y . z
where   w = mcrotk ; x = unimelb ; y = edu ; z = au




Organized Session

M. Rotkowitz
The Witsenhausen Counterexample: 40 Years Later
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2008.
[session proposal excerpt] [session schedule]

Publications

M. Rotkowitz
On Information Structures, Convexity, and Linear Optimality
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2008.
[abstract]

M. Rotkowitz, R. Cogill, and S. Lall
Convexity of Optimal Control over Networks with Delays and Arbitrary Topology
to appear, special issue on "Information Processing and Decision Making in Distributed Control Systems",
International Journal of Systems, Control, and Communications.

[abstract]

M. Rotkowitz and R. Cogill
Convex Synthesis of Distributed Controllers for Spatio-Temporal Systems with Subadditive Support Functions
Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, September 2008.
[abstract]

M. Rotkowitz and G. Nair
An LP for Stabilization over Networks with Rate Constraints
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 2008.
[abstract]

L. Blackhall and M. Rotkowitz
Estimating the Interconnection Structure of Dynamical Networks
submitted to the 2009 European Control Conference.

L. Blackhall and M. Rotkowitz
Maximum Aposteriori vs Maximum Probability Recursive Sparse Estimation
submitted to the 2009 European Control Conference.

L. Blackhall and M. Rotkowitz
Recursive Sparse Estimation using a Gaussian Sum Filter
Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, July 2008.
[abstract] [.pdf]

S.H. Cha, M. Rotkowitz, and B.D.O. Anderson
Gain Scheduling Using Time-Varying Kalman Filter for a Class of LPV Systems
Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, July 2008.

Y. Feng, M. Rotkowitz, and B.D.O. Anderson
An Iterative Procedure to Compute Local Nonnegative Stabilizing Smooth Solutions to HJBI Equations in Nonlinear H Control
Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, July 2008.

Y. Feng, B.D.O. Anderson, and M. Rotkowitz
A Game Theoretic Algorithm to Compute Local Stabilizing Solutions to HJBI Equations in Nonlinear H Control
Automatica, to appear.

A. Lanzon, Y. Feng, B.D.O. Anderson, and M. Rotkowitz
Computing the Positive Stabilizing Solution to Algebraic Riccati Equations with an Indefinite Quadratic Term via a Recursive Method
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, to appear.

W. Griggs, B.D.O. Anderson, A. Lanzon, and M. Rotkowitz
Interconnections of Nonlinear Systems with ``Mixed'' Small Gain and Passivity Properties and Associated Input-Output Stability Results
Systems and Control Letters, to appear.

W. Griggs, B.D.O. Anderson, A. Lanzon, and M. Rotkowitz
A Stability Result for Interconnections of Nonlinear Systems with ``Mixed'' Small Gain and Passivity Properties
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2007.

M. Rotkowitz
Linear Controllers are Uniformly Optimal for the Witsenhausen Counterexample
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 553-558, December 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz
Parameterization of Causal Stabilizing Controllers over Networks with Delays
Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, pp. 1-5, November 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
Affine Controller Parameterization for Decentralized Control over Banach Spaces
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 1497-1500, September 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
Convexification of Optimal Decentralized Control Without a Stabilizing Controller
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz
Information Structures Preserved Under Nonlinear Time-Varying Feedback
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 4207-4212, June 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

R. Cogill, M. Rotkowitz, B. Van Roy, and S. Lall
An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Decentralized Control of Stochastic Systems
Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences vol. 329, Control of Uncertain Systems: Modelling, Approximation, and Design,
(A Workshop on the Occasion of Keith Glover's 60th Birthday), pp. 243-256, April 2006.

[abstract] [.pdf]

M. Rotkowitz
Sensitivity Analysis of Closed-Loop Controller Performance: A Model-Based Bootstrap Approach
Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on System Identification, March 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
A Characterization of Convex Problems in Decentralized Control
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 274-286, February 2006.
[abstract] [.pdf]

M. Rotkowitz, R. Cogill, and S. Lall
A Simple Condition for the Convexity of Optimal Control over Networks with Delays
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference, pp. 6686-6691, December 2005.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz
Tractable Problems in Optimal Decentralized Control
Doctoral Dissertation, Stanford University, June 2005.
[abstract] [.pdf(double-sided)] [.ps(double-sided)] [.pdf(single-sided)] [.ps(single-sided)]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
Decentralized Control Subject to Communication and Propagation Delays
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4990-4997, December 2004.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

R. Cogill, M. Rotkowitz, B. Van Roy, and S. Lall
An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Decentralized Control of Stochastic Systems
Proceedings of the 2004 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, September 2004.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
On Computation of Optimal Controllers Subject to Quadratically Invariant Sparsity Constraints
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 5659-5664, June 2004.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
Decentralized Control of Unstable Systems and Quadratically Invariant Information Constraints
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2865-2871, December 2003.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

M. Rotkowitz and S. Lall
Decentralized Control Information Structures Preserved Under Feedback
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 569-575, December 2002.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

L. Lipera, J. Colbourne, M. Tischler, M. Mansur, M. Rotkowitz, and P. Patangui
The Micro Craft iSTAR Micro Air Vehicle: Control System Design and Testing
Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 57th Annual Forum, pp. 1998-2008, May 2001.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

S.Matsumoto, S. Pullen, M. Rotkowitz, and B. Pervan
GPS Ephemeris Verification for Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) Ground Stations
Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation GPS Conference, pp. 691-703, September 1999.
[abstract] [.pdf] [.ps]

Professional Activities

Session Co-Chair, Recursive Identification
IFAC World Congress
Seoul, Korea, July 2008

Session Chair, Networks and Decentralized Control
SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
San Francisco, California, June 2007

Session Chair, Switched Systems
American Control Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2006

Session Co-Chair, Advances in Networked Controlled Systems
American Control Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2006

Session Chair, Communication Systems with Delays
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 2004

Reviewer:
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Automatica
  • SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
  • International Journal of Control
  • AIAA Journal of Guidance, Navigation, and Control
  • Systems and Control Letters
  • IET Control Theory & Applications
  • IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
  • American Control Conference
  • IEEE International Conference on Control Applications

    Member:
  • IEEE - Control Systems Society
  • SIAM - Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory
  • AIAA
  • ASA
  • IMS
  • SSAI


  • 2008.05.29