The IMI Colloquium in February was held on February 19, 2014．

The IMI Colloquium in February
Control System Design Approach Based on Simultaneous Pertubation Stochastic Approximation
Speaker：Shinichi ISHIZUKA (Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd.)
Place：Lecture Room L-1 (3F, IMI, Kyushu University)

The speaker is an expert on control theory. He talked control theory using a few examples of practical problems to which control theory is applied, including a car suspension control system, a control system for the speed of rotation of a steam engine, and inverted pendulums. In addition, an outline of the history of control theory is also described. Furthermore, he showed a study with SPSA (Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation), which is a stochastic approximation method for optimizing systems with unknown parameters. We saw how control theory is attractive and useful in his presentation.

Attendance: about 20

The IMI Colloquium in December Photos.
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