Research profile Prof. dr. B. (Bayu) Jayawardhana

Research description:

Our group focuses on the development of advanced control systems for mechatronic systems (which is, roughly speaking, an integrated system that consists of mechanical, electrical, electronics and information processing systems) and on the analysis of and control design for nonlinear systems.

In this regard, systems and control theory for nonlinear systems has played an important role in our research activities and we always strive to maintain a balance between the development of nonlinear systems & control theories and their applications.

On the application-side, in all of the following research projects, we deal constantly with systems complexity (in terms of systems nonlinearity and of high-dimensionality) as well as with data science (such as, 3D signal processing, high-dimensional time-series data and network dynamics). We have recently completed a demonstrator project of a 2D chopping mechanism for the METIS-EELT instrument, a systems biology project on model reduction method for handling complexity in genome-scale kinetic model and an EU SmartBot project on distributed formation control for mobile robots (such as, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or automated guided vehicles (AGV)).

We have also been working on the control of seaport terminal operations, on the development of mechatronic systems for the Ocean Grazer, on the control design for smart factories, on the mechatronic systems design of smart optics systems (together with SRON and Kapteyn Institute) for future space missions on exoplanets observation and on the control of flexible manufacturing systems.

Although our group has collaborated with a number of researchers within DSSC, we foresee potential future interaction with many other groups within the Centre in the development of aforementioned applications. As an example, we are currently developing data analytic tools for predicting ocean wave surface elevation based on commercial radar systems produced by one of our partners in our Ocean Grazer project.

In order to develop such tools, we are looking for expertise in wave modelling, digital image analysis and model reduction techniques. Another example is in the development of smart optics systems where we need expertise in real-time image processing, in adaptive filtering, in visualisation and in real-time optimisation. Therefore, we are looking forward to establishing new collaborations within DSSC.

Websites:
Group website: http://www.rug.nl/research/discrete-technology-production-automation/
Employee (corporate) webpage: http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.jayawardhana/