REGISTRATION FORM
Date: September 1-5, 2025
Location: Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany
Contact: martin.moennigmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Registration deadline: 14th of July, 2025 (no registration fee, limited seats).
Acceptance decision: An email will be sent to all applicants by the 21st of July, 2025.
Download: poster
Key Speakers:
- Sebastian Leonow (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)
- Martin Mönnigmann (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)
- Juraj Oravec (Slovak Technical University Bratislava, Slovakia)
- Gabriele Pannocchia (University Pisa, Italy)
Scope: This summer school provides an introduction to optimal and model predictive control (MPC) methods, with a focus on their application in embedded systems such as micro-controllers, embedded computing devices, and industrial PCs. Lectures will cover essential background in numerical optimization, introduce optimal and model predictive control, and explore state-of-the-art techniques for implementing these methods on embedded devices for real-time use. Participants should have a solid understanding of fundamental control concepts (e.g., state-space modeling, controllability, observability, and stability). Prior knowledge of optimal and predictive control or embedded programming is not required but welcome. The school will begin on Monday morning and conclude on Friday after lunch. Approximately half of the 5-day school will be dedicated to supervised and guided exercises that focus on the practical implementation of MPC on microcontrollers and embedded devices.
Schedule: TBA
Recommended Hotels:
We recommend the following more basic and affordable options, and more luxurious expensive options.
Affordable: Landesspracheninstitut RUB, Gaesteappartments Luedtke, B&B Hotel Bochum-City
Upscale: Hotel Schmerkoetter, Hotel Mercure
We stress it is advisable to book your accommodation as soon as possible, since prices will rise during spring and summer.
The university and summer school location can conveniently be reached by going to the station “Bochum Ruhr-Universität” with the subway/tram “U35”. If you would like to check the travel time and distance from a hotel to university, please use “Bochum Ruhr-Universität” as the target location. The summer school will be a 5 minute walk from this station.
