IFAC 2026 Workshop
Learning, Designing and Measuring in Networks
Learning, Designing and Measuring in Networks
📍 23rd IFAC World Congress, Busan, Korea
📅 Workshop Date: Sunday, August 23, 2026
Overview
Large-scale networked systems such as power grids, water and gas distribution networks, and biological netwroks are governed by physical laws, constrained by limited sensing and actuation, and increasingly supported by data.
This workshop focuses on the intersection of learning, measurement, control, and design in networks, bringing together tools from control theory, graph theory, optimization, and machine learning.
🎯 Why Attend?
- Unified perspective across learning, control, and optimization
- Methods grounded in physical network structure
- Insights into observability, controllability, and identifiability
- Applications to power, water, gas, and biological systems
🗓️ Tentative Schedule
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Introduction to Networks: Learning, Measurements & Control | Prof. Nirav, Prof. Om, Nabil |
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Learning networks from data | Prof. Nirav |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break | — |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Sensor placement in networks - Fault Diagnosis | Prof. Mani, Prof. Om |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | — |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Sensor placement in networks - Value-based | Prof. Sridhar, Prof. Nabil |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Control in networks | Prof. Sridhar |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break | — |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Network design for control | Prof. Ram |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Concluding Remarks | — |
👥 Organizers
Dr. Nirav Pravinbhai Bhatt
Associate Professor, Department of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras,
MTech Chair (DSAI) at the IIT Madras Zanzibar Campus, Tanzania
Prof. Sridharakumar Narasimhan
Professor, Department of Data Science and AI, IIT Madras,
Prof. Mani Bhushan
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay,
Associate Faculty, Centre for Machine Intelligence and Data Science, IIT Bombay
Prof. Ramkrishna Pasumarthy
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
Dr. Nabil Magbool Jan
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Tirupati
Dr. Om Prakash
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Audience & Prerequisites
Graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in machine learning, control systems, optimization, and network science.
Basic knowledge of linear systems, control, and optimization is expected. Familiarity with graphs is helpful but not required.
⚠️ Seats are limited. Early registration is encouraged to ensure participation.
🔗 Conference Information
Registration link: IFAC 2026 Registration Guideline
More details about the main conference:
👉 https://ifac2026.org/fairDash.do
Contact
Om Prakash
Email: omprakash@iitd.ac.in