About this Event
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We are pleased to announce that Sophie Tarbouriech will be the speaker of the 2026 Colloquium Roberto Tempo in Automatica.
These Colloquia Series are dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague Roberto Tempo, who passed away suddenly in 2017 during a ski mountaineering trip in the Alps.
The Colloquia are general seminars delivered by renowned scientists, covering all aspects of systems and control as well as interdisciplinary subjects where control plays a fundamental role.
The event is organized by the IEEE Control Systems Society Italy Chapter, in collaboration with the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale of the University of Trento and the Information & Systems Engineering (ISE) group of CNR-IEIIT.
The Colloquia are co-sponsored by the Italy Chapters of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, the IEEE Power & Energy Society, the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
A light buffet (aperitivo) will be offered after the Colloquium.
To reach a broader audience, the seminar will also be streamed online.
Registration is required only for in-person attendance.
7th Colloquium Roberto Tempo in Automatica
Speaker:
Sophie Tarbouriech
Senior Researcher, LAAS-CNRS member
CNRS, Toulouse, France
Title:
Beyond Simulation: Certifying Neural Network Controllers
Date & Time:
October 28, 2026 – 11:00
Venue:
Aula Kessler, Palazzo di Sociologia, Università di Trento
Speaker Bio
Sophie Tarbouriech received the Ph.D. degree in Control Theory in 1991 and the HDR degree (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in 1998 from University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. Currently, she is a Senior Researcher at CNRS and a member of LAAS- CNRS, Toulouse. Her main research interests include analysis and control of linear and nonlinear systems with constraints and hybrid dynamical systems. She is currently a recipient of the AFSR (French-Swedish Research Association) fellowship in collaboration with KTH, Sweden (2025-2026). She is Editor-in-Chief for Automatica since January 2026. She is an IFAC Pawel J. Nowacki Distinguished Lecturer (2023-2026), IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow and EUCA Fellow. She served on the IPCs of several IEEE and IFAC conferences, including being Publication Chair for IFAC World Congress in 2017, Program Chair for CDC 2024, Vice-program Chair for MICNON 2024 and she is currently Vice-program Chair for ECC 2027.
Event venue & nearby stays
Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale - Università di Trento, 26 Via Giuseppe Verdi, Trento, Italy
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