Workshop: Trends in Stochastic Optimal and Predictive Control

Full-day pre-conference workshop @ European Control Conference

Reykjavík, Iceland, 7 July 2026

Organizers


    Context: Predictive control is one of the industrially most successful advanced control methods. Driven by different applications, one focal point of ongoing research is the consideration of stochastic uncertainties. In energy systems, non-Gaussian uncertainty often arises from modeling the uncertainty surrounding volatile renewables and consumption behavior, while in autonomous systems stochastic models are used to capture system motion. Moreover, data-based modeling introduces stochastic uncertainties into the control loop.

    Recent research has brought significant progress in this area, but at the same time revealed crucial open questions. This workshop will review trends and recent developments and will thus provide a platform fostering discussion between speakers and participants on different career levels.

    Program

    Besides attending the talks of the invited speakers from leading European research groups, we warmly invite you to contribute to our poster session and share your research with the other attendees.

    Invited speakers at a glance

    TimeSpeakerTalk title
    09:00–09:15Opening
    09:15–10:00

    Johannes Köhler
    Imperial College London 

    On Closed-Loop Guarantees in Stochastic MPC with Unbounded Noise: Recursive Feasibility, Chance Constraints, and Expected Performance
    10:00–10:30Coffee break
    10:30–11:15

    Melanie Zeilinger
    ETH Zürich

    Gaussian Processes in Model Predictive Control – Theory and Computation

    11:15–12:00

    Koty McAllister
    TU Delft

    Distributional Uncertainty and Model Predictive Control

    12:00–14:15Lunch break and poster session
    14:15–15:00

    Dirk Reinhardt
    NTNU Trondheim

    RLMPC: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

    15:00–15:30Coffee break
    15:30–16:15

    Lars Grüne
    University of Bayreuth

    On the Relationship Between Stochastic Turnpike and Dissipativity Notions
    16:15–17:00

    Jonas Schießl
    University of Bayreuth

    Stability and Performance of Stochastic Economic MPC – Stochastic Characterization of the Closed-Loop Asymptotics
    17:00Closing remarks

     

    How to participate?

    Workshop attendance requires registration through the ECC 2026 conference registration system.

    Participation from underrepresented communities and countries is particularly encouraged. Details on student support opportunities are available through the EUCA Student Travel Support Program.

    Poster Session

    Participation in the workshop poster session requires a separate registration via the form below.