From September 1 to 9, ACS welcomed students and researchers to the summer school “Optimization-Based Embedded Control Systems”, organized as part of the EU Horizon project FrontSeat. Over five intensive days, participants explored how modern optimization and model predictive control (MPC) techniques can be brought from theory into practice on Read more
Gabriele Pannocchia August 29, 2025 General overview One of the core activities of the project is to promote excellence in research through scientific publications regarding automatic control methods and applications oriented to smart industries. In compliance with the EU open-access/open-research policies, all publications arising from the project are available on Read more
The American Control Conference (ACC) 2025 took place on July 8–10, 2025 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, with workshops held on July 7. Organized annually by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), ACC is one of the flagship events in the field of automatic control and the U.S. member Read more
The 14th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems (DYCOPS 2025) was co-organized by the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and took place on June 16–19, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel in the historical center of Bratislava, Slovakia. The symposium brought together experts Read more
The 25th International Conference on Process Control was organized by the team from STUBA and the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering. The conference was held on June 3-6, 2025, in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. Process Control Conference: 25 First Dates Foreword by Prof. Read more
The FrontSeat project proudly supported the Best Paper by a Female Researcher Award granted at the IEEE International Conference on Process Control 2025. Together with the International Program Committee, the organizers of the IEEE International Conference on Process Control 2025 recognized the excellent research works in four special categories: See Read more
From May 26 to 27, 2025, Prof. Gabriele Pannocchia (University of Pisa, UNIPI) visited the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STUBA) as part of the Horizon Europe FrontSeat project. Hosted by project coordinator Prof. Miroslav Fikar, the visit focused on strengthening research cooperation, aligning future project goals, and emphasizing Read more
From March 10 to April 11, 2025, I had the opportunity to spend a one-month research stay at the University of Pisa (UNIPI), hosted by the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering – DICI. This visit was part of the Horizon Europe project FrontSeat and supported by my home institution, the Read more
We are pleased to announce the release of the latest volume of our FrontSeat Newsletter. You can read it here: https://frontseat.stuba.sk/newsletter-2025-05.html Watch now as Prof. Miroslav Fikar, coordinator of the FrontSeat project, shares key updates and insights from the past six months. In this edition, you will get an inside Read more
Róbert Málik, a PhD student at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STUBA), spent two months at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa (UNIPI) as part of the FrontSeat project. During his stay, he collaborated with researchers and explored new approaches to offset-free Read more
