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Eduardo Ignacio Silva Vera

Associate Professor

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Control system design: optimal control, networked control systems. Signal processing: optimal estimation and data fusion. Information theory: source coding and rate-distortion theory.

Educación

  •  Electrical Engineering, The University of Newcastle. Australia, 2009
  •  Electronics, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2004
  •  Electronics, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2002
  •  Ingeniero Civil Electrónico, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Research Academic Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2008 - 2013

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2013 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Successful thesis supervision:

1 at the PhD level
4 at the masters level

Ongoing supervision:

2 at the masters level

Teaching:

Lecturer of courses on control system design, probability and stochastic processes, and electrical
networks (both undergraduate and graduate levels)


Difusión y Transferencia


Invited talks:

1. Optimal design of a class of controllers and data-dropout compensators for the control of LTI plants
over erasure channels. To be given at the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence,
Italy, December 2013.

2. Fundamental limitations in networked control systems. Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg
University, Aalborg, Denmark, August 23, 2012.

3. Some remarks on the control of single-input LTI systems over erasure channels. Department of
Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, October 20, 2011.

4. Bounds on the achievable performance of control systems subject data-rate constraints. Hamilton
Institute, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland, August 19, 2009.



 

Article (24)

An Alternative Look at the Constant-Gain Kalman Filter for State Estimation Over Erasure Channels
Correction to “Packetized Predictive Control of Stochastic Systems Over Bit-Rate Limited Channels With Packet Loss”
Evaluación de algoritmos para la estimación del round-trip delay time y una propuesta de mejora
Stabilization of two-input two-output systems over SNR-constrained channels
A Framework for Control System Design Subject to Average Data-Rate Constraints
Achievable performance bounds for tall MIMO systems
An Achievable Data-Rate Region Subject to a Stationary Performance Constraint for LTI Plants
Control of LTI plants over erasure channels
Optimal ripple-free deadbeat control using an integral of time squared error (ITSE) index
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEMS USING THE ADDITIVE NOISE MODEL METHODOLOGY
Control system design subject to SNR constraints
Subband coding for networked control systems
Architectures and coder design for networked control systems
Control over unreliable networks affected by packet erasures and variable transmission delays
On Optimal Perfect Reconstruction Feedback Quantizers
Performance bounds in linear control of unstable MIMO systems with pole location constraint
H-2 optirnal ripple-free deadbeat controller design
On structurally constrained H-2 performance bounds for stable MIMO plant models
Achievable performance limitations for SISO plants with pole location constraints
Robustness issues in ?2 optimal control of unstable plants
Matrix converter controlled with the direct transfer function approach: analysis, modelling and simulation
Performance bounds for feedback control of non-minimum phase MIMO systems with arbitrary delay structure
Time-domain performance limitations arising from decentralized architectures and their relationship to the RGA
Operating experience of shovel drives for mining applications

BookSection (1)

The SNR approach to Networked Control

ConferencePaper (42)

Rate-distortion in closed-loop LTI systems
Necessary and sufficient conditions for mean square stabilization over MIMO SNR-constrained channels
Optimal tracking performance for unstable tall plant models
Performance limitations for SISO LTI plants controlled over SNR constrained channels
Stabilization of TITO systems over parallel SNR-constrained AWN channels
An approach to stationary state estimation with missing data
Analysis and design of partly networked architectures for two-input two-output LTI systems
On the impact on MIMO zeros and achievable performance of adding additional input channels to square MIMO discrete-time systems
On tracking performance limits for tall systems
Optimal state-feedback design for MIMO systems subject to multiple SNR constraints
Performance bounds for SIMO and squared-up plant models
Independent Source Coding for Control Over Noiseless Channels
On the Minimal Average Data-Rate that Guarantees a Given Closed Loop Performance Level
Optimal Design of Ripple-Free Deadbeat Controllers Based on an ITSE Index
Upper Bounds on the Best Achievable Performance for time-weighted Cost Functionals
Upper bounds on the best achievable performance subject to SNR constraints in two-channel networked architectures
Predictive speed control of a synchronous permanent magnet motor
Simple Coding for Achieving Mean Square Stability over Bit-rate Limited Channels
An LQR based MIMO PID controller synthesis method for unconstrained Lagrangian mechanical systems
Suboptimal triangular controller design method for 2 × 2 systems
A class of optimal decentralized controllers for open loop stable processes
Topologies for regenerative cascaded multilevel inverters
An introduction to networked control systems
Analytic characterization of a stabilizing feedback for LTI plants
Design of multiple actuator-link control systems with packet dropouts
Effect of downstream feedback on the achievable performance of feedback control loops for serial processes
Explicit conditions for stabilization over noisy channels subject to SNR constraints
Filter banks in networked control
On networked control architectures for MIMO plants
On networked control systems closed over digital erasure channels
On the Design of Control Systems over Unreliable Channels
On the effect of adding frequency-response-constrained input channels on the achievable performance of discrete-time control systems
Optimal coding for bit-rate limited networked control systems in the presence of data loss
Optimal controller design for networked control systems
Optimal design of a class of controllers and data-dropout compensators for the control of LTI plants over erasure channels
Optimal multibit digital to analog conversion
Optimal noise shaping for networked control systems
Packetized predictive control over erasure channels
Performance limitations arising in the control of power plants
Performance limitations in the control of LTI plants over fading channels
Performance limits in multi-channel networked control system architectures
Predictive control of a flying capacitor converter

Proyecto (3)

Control problems subject to communication constraints
Control problems subject to concurrent communication constraints
Optimal control over fading channels
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Eduardo Silva

Associate Professor

Electronic Engineering

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

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Mario Salgado

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaíso, Chile

6
Milan Derpich

Profesor Adjunto

Departamento de Electrónica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile

6
Jorge Pontt

Professor

Electronics Engineering

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Valparaiso, Chile

2
Francisco Vargas

Assistant Professor

Electronic Engineering Department

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Miguel Solis

Director de Carrera

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcelo Pérez

Profesor Asociado

Electronics

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Evelyn Silva

Directora Ejecutiva

Vicerrectoria

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Miguel Solis

Académico Interino

Ingeniería en Sistemas y Computación

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
José Espinoza

Profesor Titular

Eléctrico

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile