Tokyo College Event: “Feedback Everywhere”
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / Applying students / International students / Alumni / Companies / High school students / Technical college students / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | April 2, 2026 14:00 — 15:00 |
| Location | Online |
| Venue | Zoom Webinar |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
Zoom Webinar |
| Registration Period | March 3, 2026 — April 2, 2026 |
| Contact | tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp Tokyo College collects personal information in order to provide you with the event URL and information about our current and future activities. Your personal information will not be disclosed to any third parties. |
Abstract
What do self-driving cars, power grids, and homeostasis in biology have in common? Seemingly not much. If one looks “under the hood”, however, one discovers that they all rely on a common principle that renders their operation robust and reliable – feedback. The principle of feedback is intuitive: see where you are, compare this to where you want to be, and move in the direction that reduces the difference between the two. Though the principle itself is simple to explain, understanding its implications, uses and limitations is anything but and forms part of a branch of engineering known as automatic control. The talk will outline the main ideas of feedback, automation and control driven by examples of their use in biology, energy systems and beyond.Program
LecturerJohn LYGEROS (Invited Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo; Director, Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Commentator
ASAMA Hajime (Visiting Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator
OSHIMA Marie (Deputy Director, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
