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Check out pykoop, the Python library developed as part of Steven's thesis, to see how the Koopman operator can be used to learn dynamical systems: github.com/decargroup/pyk…

Congrats to Steven Dahdah for successfully defending his PhD thesis titled "Applications of Linear Systems Theory to Koopman Operator Approximation"! This thesis focuses on the use of linear systems theory to enhance Koopman operator approximation methods.

This work was done in collaboration with DECAR members Charles Cossette and Mohammed Shalaby, as well as Prof. Jerome Le Ny from École Polytechnique. Congrats to everyone involved!

We are excited to present our recent work at #IROS2024 this week! Shabbir Ahmed presented his work on UWB-based multi-robot formations, while Angad Bajwa presented his work on deep inertial-only odometry for quadrotors,

Additionally, it has been a pleasure to interact with Nico Vincent from @deepoceansearch and Donald Lamont from the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust. Photo Credits: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust

A big thanks to the team at Voyis, especially Ryan Wicks and Chris Gilson, for their amazing guidance and support throughout this collaboration. Thank you also to DECAR alumni Thomas Hitchcox for all his hard work during his PhD studies.

It has been an honour and a privilege to be a part of the team involved in mapping the incredible #Endurance shipwreck. Our lab is grateful to have partnered with @teamvoyis, where together we developed a navigation algorithm used during the survey of Endurance.

Endurance unveiled: McGill team helps bring Shackleton’s lost ship to life in 3D montrealgazette.com/news/local-new… via @mtlgazette

Professors Forbes’ last day at #ICRA40 was a great success! He had the opportunity to present collaborative work with @teamvoyis and the University of Michigan, as well as connect with colleagues Silvère Bonnabel and Pieter van Goor and discuss various Kalman filter details!

Professor Forbes had the great pleasure of giving an invited talk at @TUeindhoven today! Thank you to Wouter Kouw and the BIASlab for the invitation!

Sepehr, Shabbir, and Steven each gave a presentation, while Prof. Forbes chaired a session. It was great to chat with new and familiar people!

Sepehr Moalemi, Shabbir Ahmed, Steven Dahdah, and Prof. Forbes attended the Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) in Newcastle upon Tyne last week.

The DECAR team spent a weekend enjoying the summer weather at a lake north of St. Raymond, Quebec! It was a game-filled weekend with lots of good discussions between new and old faces in the lab. Big thanks to Louis for hosting!

Last week was an exciting time at the International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP) in Montreal! Louis Lortie, Steven Dahdah and Sepehr Moalemi attended along with Prof. Forbes. and presented some of their optimization-related research.

Five current DECAR students and one DECAR alumni attended the American Control Conference (ACC) in Toronto last week! It was a great opportunity to chat with other researchers in the field and share insights in the fields of control, automation, and applied mathematics.

The session focused on highlighting the innovations made by Canadian professionals in areas including control, mechatronics, and automation. Thank you to all the speakers in the session for the interesting discussions and insights!

Last week, Professor Forbes co-organized a Special Session at ACC in Toronto titled "Recent Systems and Control Research in Canada", along with Professor Yang Shi from the University of Victoria.

Congratulations to Dr. Jianyu Li for winning the President’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers! Professor Li leads the Lab of Biomaterials Engineering at McGill University, performing interdisciplinary research in mechanics, materials, and biomedical engineering.

At this year's ceremony, we also celebrated the graduations of five students (Junha Yoo, Andrew Stirling, Timothy Adams, Kyle Biron-Gricken, and Nicholas Dahdah) who are starting their Master’s with DECAR.

Congratulations to the recent graduates of DECAR! Mohammad Shalaby and Jonathan Arsenault graduated with their PhDs, and Arturo Del Castillo and Harriet Violet Chorney graduated with their Master’s degrees.