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Alejandro Ignacio Maass Martínez

Investigador FONDECYT Postdoctoral

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Networked Control Systems, Vehicle Platooning, Wireless Control Systems, Hybrid and Non-linear Systems

Educación

  •  Ph.D. in Engineering (Control Theory), UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. Australia, 2019
  •  Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, mención Control Automático, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2013
  •  Ingeniero Civil Electrónico, UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA. Chile, 2013

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigador Asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2014 - 2015

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

    Melbourne, Australia

    2019 - 2023

  •   Investigador FONDECYT Postdoctoral Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2023 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesor Part-Time Part Time

    Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2014 - 2014

  •   Estudiante en Práctica Full Time

    Basque Center for Applied Mathematics

    Bilbao, España

    2011 - 2011

Formación de Capital Humano


Supervision of students:
- Weixuan Wang, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of
Melbourne (with D. Nesic and Y. Tan). Thesis title: Networked control systems with time scale separation. Since April 2022.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   EEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Prize

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Australia, 2019

    In recognition of the best PhD thesis in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2019, for its quality, impact and novelty.

  •   Best Poster Award

    Australian Control Conference

    Australia, 2016

    In recognition of the exceptional quality, originality, and presentation of my paper at the Australian Control Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 2016.

  •   Lista de Honor UTFSM

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile, 2011

    En reconocimiento a la excelencia académica en la universidad.


 

Article (21)

A Multi-Processor Implementation for Networked Control Systems
Event-Triggered Control Through the Eyes of a Hybrid Small-Gain Theorem
On state estimation for nonlinear systems under random access wireless protocols
Plant and buffer state estimation for networked predictive control over multiple erasure channels
An algorithm for the selection of linearisation points in non-linear systems: a diesel air-path case study
TRACKING AND REGRET BOUNDS FOR ONLINE ZEROTH-ORDER EUCLIDEAN AND RIEMANNIAN OPTIMIZATION
Zeroth-Order Optimization on Subsets of Symmetric Matrices With Application to MPC Tuning
State estimation of non-linear systems over random access wireless networks
Active Learning for Linear Parameter-Varying System Identification
An Alternative Setup to Study Stabilization of Networked Control Systems Over Correlated Fading Channels
Observer Design for Nonlinear Networked Control Systems With Persistently Exciting Protocols
Platoon Stability Conditions Under Inter-vehicle Additive Noisy Communication Channels
Tuning of model predictive engine controllers over transient drive cycles
L-p stability of networked control systems implemented on WirelessHART
Stabilization of Non-Linear Networked Control Systems Closed Over a Lossy WirelessHART Network
Feedback control over lossy channels: Optimal estimation considering data-loss compensation strategies
Observer design for networked control systems implemented over WirelessHART
Optimal estimation in feedback control loops with packet dropouts compensation strategies
A hybrid model of networked control systems implemented on WirelessHART networks under source routing configuration
Optimal control over multiple erasure channels using a data dropout compensation scheme
Performance limits in the control of single-input linear time-invariant plants over fading channels

ConferencePaper (8)

Stochastic stabilisation and power control for nonlinear feedback loops communicating over lossy wireless networks
Equivalence between feedback systems with correlated multiplicative noisy channels and with additive noisy channels
String stability for predecessor following platooning over lossy communication channels
Control with erasure channels: performance characterization using an equivalent SNR constrained problem
Emulation-based stabilisation of networked control systems over WirelessHART
Optimal design of remote controllers for LTI plants over erasure channels
Optimal design of a class of controllers and data-dropout compensators for LTI plants controlled over erasure channels
Performance limitations in the control of LTI plants over fading channels

Proyecto (9)

Multi-user wireless networked control systems: A systematic design framework
Design of Real-time Optimisation Methods with Guaranteed Performance
Enabling the Internet of Things (IoT): structured networked control systems
Modeling, analysis and design of secure networked control systems
Practical model-based control for low emission and low cost diesel engines
CONTROL OF MIMO PLANTS SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO CONSTRAINTS
Optimal Control over Fading Channels
CONTROL PROBLEMS SUBJECT TO CONCURRENT COMMUNICATION CONSTRAINTS
Modeling, optimization and control with applications to networked systems using wireless communications (Associative research project [Anillo project], ACT-53)
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Alejandro Maass

Investigador FONDECYT Postdoctoral

Departamento de Electrónica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaíso, Chile

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Francisco Vargas

Assistant Professor

Electronic Engineering Department

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaiso, Chile

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Andrés Peters

Profesor Asistente

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile