CONTROLO 2026

Important Dates
(FINAL) Paper Submission
June 1, 2026
(EXTENDED) Work-in-Progress papers
JuLY 10, 2026
Workshops
June 30, 2026
Notification
July 1, 2026
Early Bird
July 31, 2026
Camera Ready
July 17, 2026
Conference
September 9 – 11, 2026

Best Theory Paper Award

A Generalized Sasaki Metric on the Second-Order Tangent Bundle

Margarida Camarinha and Jacob Goodman

Incremental Level-Set-Based LQR Residual Control for Nonstationary Crane Systems

Daniel Leite, Fernando Gomide, Igor Skrjanc and Goran Andonovski

Best Application Paper Award

Solving the parking problem for nonholonomic vehicles subject to non-negative forward velocity constraint

Riccardo Ballaben and António Pedro Aguiar

Online Environmental Impact Assessment in WWTPs Using Machine Learning: Bridging Optimization and Life Cycle Analysis

Madalena Rosmaninho, Rodrigo Salles, Vanessa S. M. Magalhães and Jérôme Mendes

A Robust PI-Like Voltage Controller for PMSG-Based Aeronautical Applications

Paolo Roberto Massenio and David Naso

Best Paper Award: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - Portugal Chapter

Vision-Based Landmark Tracking and Guidance of a Quadcopter using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Conrado Costa, Gabriel Fernandes, Rui Costa and Armando Sousa

Best Work-in-Progress award

Fuzzy Logic-Based Optimization of the Energy Consumption in Wastewater Treatment Plants under Variable Climate Conditions

Silvana Roxani Revollar Chavez, Mario Francisco, Montse Meneses, Ramón Vilanova and Pastora Vega

Statistical Process Control and Circular Economy: Challenges and Potential Applications

Luz Alejo, Alexander Feil and Kathrin Greiff