Main Programme - 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

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Detailed Programme (.pdf): Coming soon.

Updated on 12 August 2026. The programme is subject to change.

The schedule for this programme follows the time zone in Lisbon (GMT+1/WEST).

Wednesday, 09 September 2026

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Session

09:30 - 10:40

Plenary Session 1 - From Traditional Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) to Learning: an Industrial Perspective on AI-Driven FDI in Civil Aviation
Speaker: Philippe Goupil (AIRBUS)

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions A - Wednesday

11:00 - 13:00

Session WeA1 - Control in Energy Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

11:00 - 11:20	Less Conservative H2 and H-infinity Guaranteed-Cost Estimates for Discrete-Time Systems Subject to Polytopic Uncertainties Authors: Glauco C. P. Soares, Artur C. Silva, Jonathan M. Palma and Cecília F. Morais Paper ID: 1181
11:20 - 11:40	New LMI conditions for D-Stable Digital Redesign Authors: Sergio Valdivia, Critobal Palma, Jonathan M. Palma and Cecília F. Morais Paper ID: 6188
11:40 - 12:00	A Robust PI-Like Voltage Controller for PMSG-Based Aeronautical Applications Authors: Paolo Roberto Massenio and David Naso Paper ID: 3584
12:00 - 12:20	FPAA-Based Experimental Implementation of Observer-Based Cascaded PI Control for a DC–DC Buck Converter Authors: Julio Cezar Oliveira de Souza Lescano, Carlos Eduardo Capovilla and Alain Segundo Potts Paper ID: 3976
12:20 - 12:40	Battery Energy Storage Scheduling for Economic and Grid-Support Services in Distribution Networks via Receding Horizon Control Authors: Brenno Mainente, Henrique Conti and André Milhorance de Castro Paper ID: 6102
12:40 - 13:00	Lyapunov Redesign for Interleaved Boost Converter in PV-Based DC Microgrids Authors: Aqeel Ur Rahman, Filippo Pellitteri and Georgios Tzounas Paper ID: 6556

11:00 - 13:00

Session WeA2 - Control in Biomedical and Healthcare Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

11:00 - 11:20	A Fuzzy Logic-Based Recommendation System for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Using Wearable Sensor Data Authors: José Freitas, Isa Albergaria, Daniela Rodrigues and Alberto Cardoso Paper ID: 2055
11:20 - 11:40	On Closed-Form Cheap-Control LQR for Three-Compartment Pharmacokinetic Systems Authors: Lio Gonçalves and Ranan Venancio Paper ID: 2362
11:40 - 12:00	Structural Applicability of Ziegler-Nichols Tuning to Three-Compartment Pharmacokinetic Models with Effect-Site Dynamics Authors: Ranan Venancio and Lio Gonçalves Paper ID: 7453
12:00 - 12:20	Vision-Based Ultrasound Probe Robotic Positioning Authors: Francisco Barreto, Carlos Azevedo, Gabriel Gonçalves, Gabriela Simões and Rui Cortesão Paper ID: 8195
12:20 - 12:40	Online Estimation Strategies for a Reduced Parameter Model in Neuromuscular Blockade Control Authors: Hugo Alonso, Cláudia Sousa, Teresa Mendonça and Paula Rocha Paper ID: 8972
12:40 - 13:00	Modelling Behavioural Transitions in Young Adults Through Multimodal Wearable Sensing Authors: Isabel Dias, Matias Lemos, Daniela Rodrigues and Alberto Cardoso Paper ID: 9103

11:00 - 13:00

Session WeA3 - SS03. Geometric Control and Mechanics of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

11:00 - 11:20	A Generalized Sasaki Metric on the Second-Order Tangent Bundle Authors: Margarida Camarinha and Jacob Goodman Paper ID: 3607
11:20 - 11:40	Riemannian Metric Preconditioning for Trajectory Tracking Authors: Jacob Goodman and Hajg Jasa Paper ID: 6339
11:40 - 12:00	Optimal Control of Incompressible Ideal Flows with Obstacle Avoidance Authors: Alexandre Anahory Simoes, Anthony Bloch and Leonardo Colombo Paper ID: 1160
12:00 - 12:20	Robust Geometric Control of Catenary Robots under Unstructured Force Uncertainties Authors: Leonardo Colombo and Alexandre Anahory Simoes Paper ID: 8277
12:20 - 12:40	A Geometric Variational Framework for Tendon-Driven Soft-Legged Quadruped Dynamics Authors: Saumya Karan, Srishti Siddharth, Madhu Vadali and Ravi Banavar Paper ID: 0812
12:40 - 13:00	Quasi-Static Control of Discrete Cosserat Rod Authors: Srishti Siddharth, Domenico Campolo and Ravi Banavar Paper ID: 5525

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Round Table: Industry

Parallel Sessions B - Wednesday

15:00 - 16:20

Session WeB1 - Model-Based and Optimal Control

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	Initial Value Sets for Forward Completeness under Critical Bounds to a State Component Authors: Simon Kappenstein, Lutz Gröll and Veit Hagenmeyer Paper ID: 2086
15:20 - 15:40	Repetitive Control of Rolling Force for Periodic Disturbance Rejection in Skin-Pass Rolling Authors: Joshua Groß-Gärtner, Mengmeng Zhang, Christopher Schulte, Heike Vallery, David Bailly and Sebastian Stemmler Paper ID: 2882
15:40 - 16:00	Model-based Control for Earthquake Simulation on a Seismic Shaking Table Authors: Afonso Henrique, Miguel Ayala Botto and Fernando Oliveira Paper ID: 3486
16:00 - 16:20	Optimal Sampling for Quadratic Optimal Control of Scalar Bilinear Systems with Free Final Time Authors: Asier Ibeas, Pedro Balaguer and José Carlos Alfonso Paper ID: 6574

15:00 - 16:20

Session WeB2 - SS-01. Mathematical methods in optimal control

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	Influence of fractional-order PID control on the performance of a magnetic levitation system Authors: Igor Reznichenko, Primož Podržaj and Aljoša Peperko Paper ID: 9919
15:20 - 15:40	A Variational Surrogate Approach to Finite-Horizon Quantum Control via Hardware-Efficient Ansatz Authors: Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani, Rafal Wisniewski and A. Pedro Aguiar Paper ID: 2736
15:40 - 16:00	Bilevel Optimization for Smart Irrigation Control: A Framework for Enhancing Water-Use Efficiency in Agriculture Authors: Roman Chertovskih, Nathalie Khalil and Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Sousa Paper ID: 9129
16:00 - 16:20	Optimal irrigation control in layered soils with parameter uncertainty Authors: Ana P. Lemos-Paião and Sofia O. Lopes Paper ID: 7527

15:00 - 16:20

Session WeB3 - WiP. Cyber-Physical Systems and Industrial Automation

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:10	A Smart Wearable IIoT Device for Production Support and Human-machine Collaboration Authors: Oussama Hadj Abdelkader, Hadjer Bouzebiba, Fernando Fontes and Amine Hadj-Abdelkader Paper ID: 0141
15:10 - 15:20	Adaptive Scale-Aware Visual Servoing With Deep Perception and Online Jacobian Learning Authors: Albert Owusu, Paulo Menezes and Rui Cortesao Paper ID: 3431
15:20 - 15:30	A Remote and Intelligent Supervision Platform for Cyber-Physical Systems using Digital Twins Authors: Tiago Lopes and Alberto Cardoso Paper ID: 5647
15:30 - 15:40	Design of a Robotic System for Panel FOUP Handling in the Semiconductor Industry Authors: Michael Xenya, Rui Cortesão and Joao Lourenco Paper ID: 7700
15:40 - 15:50	A Production Support and Monitoring System on Mobile Application Authors: Oussama Hadj Abdelkader, Hadjer Bouzebiba and Fernando Fontes Paper ID: 8214
15:50 - 16:00	A Multi-Agent Distributed Architecture for Autonomous, Resilient and Reliable Industrial CPS Authors: Jorge Alves, Pedro Sousa, Tiago Cruz and Jerome Mendes Paper ID: 8775
16:00 - 16:10	Standards-Compliant Active-Inference Framework for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration Authors: Alessio Caneschi, Kevin Alcedo, Pedro U. Lima, Matteo Bottin and Giulio Rosati Paper ID: 9642
16:10 - 16:20	BSENSED - A Multi-Sensor-based Digital Twin Framework for Enhanced Border Surveillance and Situational Awareness Authors: Bruno Cândido, Nuno P. Santos and Alexandra Moutinho Paper ID: 1370

16:20 - 16:40

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions C - Wednesday

16:40 - 18:20

Session WeC1 - Robot Localization and Motion Planning

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 17:00	Track-Based Position Estimation and Localization for Differential Drive Line-Following Robots Authors: Joana Moura, José Lima and Paulo Costa Paper ID: 1035
17:00 - 17:20	Investigating Communication-Induced Action Spaces for Decentralized Multi-Agent Exploration of Unknown Environments Authors: Gabriele Calzolari, Vidya Sumathy, Christoforos Kanellakis and George Nikolakopoulos Paper ID: 1236
17:20 - 17:40	Humanoid Localization Based on Feature Detection and Extended Kalman Filtering Authors: Luis Manuel Leitao, António Paulo Moreira and António Fernando Ribeiro Paper ID: 1752
17:40 - 18:00	Motion planning and orientation estimation of a non-holonomic orienting platform Authors: Janusz Jakubiak Paper ID: 2590
18:00 - 18:20	LiDAR Characterization and Localization in Robot@Factory 4.0: A Cost-Effective Approach Authors: Nuno Parente, José Lima and Paulo Costa Paper ID: 6967

16:40 - 18:20

Session WeC2 - SS-04. Geometric and Riemannian Methods for Data Analysis and Optimization

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 17:00	Unsupervised Classification of Industrial Alarm Behavior Using Persistent Homology Authors: Rafael Larraz Mora Paper ID: 8642
17:00 - 17:20	A polar-factor retraction on the symplectic Stiefel manifold with closed-form inverse Authors: Ralf Zimmermann Paper ID: 1378
17:20 - 17:40	Riemannian polynomials on SPD manifolds equipped with the affine-invariant metric Authors: Luís Machado, Margarida Camarinha and Fátima Silva Leite Paper ID: 2757
17:40 - 18:00	Geometric optimization for the reconfiguration of regular planar formations Authors: Luís Machado, Fátima Silva Leite and Knut Hueper Paper ID: 4554
18:00 - 18:20	Elastica Old and New Authors: Knut Hüper and Fátima Silva Leite Paper ID: 6389

16:40 - 18:20

Session WeC3 - WiP. Applied Control in Emerging Domains

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 16:50	Learning Eigenstructure of Underwater Acoustic Propagation Using Computational Intelligence: A Study on the VTUAD Dataset Authors: Dmytro Dehtiarov and Susava Vieira Paper ID: 3490
16:50 - 17:00	On single defective identification in Nested Ordered Testing Authors: Viktor Skorniakov Paper ID: 5215
17:00 - 17:10	Statistical Process Control and Circular Economy: Challenges and Potential Applications Authors: Luz Alejo, Alexander Feil and Kathrin Greiff Paper ID: 6210
17:10 - 17:20	Adaptive Robotic Gripping for Flexible Manufacturing: A Work-in-Progress Approach Authors: Eliana Inca Cabrera, Artur Mateus, Catarina Fernandes, Duarte Silva, Fabio Roleiro and Gonçalo Fabião Paper ID: 8445
17:20 - 17:30	Control Strategy of a Laboratory-Scale Carnot Battery Experimental Rig Authors: Marcio Santos, Tiago Fernandes, Erik Vass, Ricardo Mendes, Jorge André and Jose B. Ribeiro Paper ID: 7756
17:30 - 17:40	Toward Autonomous Control of Automatic Control: Will AGI Internalize and Redesign Control Theory? Authors: Karoly Nagy and Edmond Hajrizi Paper ID: 7996
17:40 - 17:50	Spray Analysis Using Image Processing for Aerospace Propulsion Applications Authors: Vitória Marques da Silva, Fernando de Souza Costa and Danilo Almeida Machado Paper ID: 8732
17:50 - 18:00	Fuzzy Logic-Based Optimization of the Energy Consumption in Wastewater Treatment Plants under Variable Climate Conditions Authors: Silvana Roxani Revollar Chavez, Mario Francisco, Montse Meneses, Ramón Vilanova and Pastora Vega Paper ID: 9236
18:00 - 18:10	Closed-Loop Identification and Structural Modeling of Power Assist Control System Authors: Hironao Yamada, Satoshi Ueki and Takahiro Ikeda Paper ID: 9562
18:10 - 18:20	New control system for the IAC80 telescope Authors: Teodora Aleida Viera Curbelo Paper ID: 9676

18:30 - 20:30

Welcome Reception

Thursday, 10 September 2026

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

Parallel Sessions A - Thursday

09:00 - 10:40

Session ThA1 - Fault Detection and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

09:00 - 09:20	Anomaly Detection on Vibration Bearing Data Using AutoEncoder Authors: Luís Conde Bento, Urbano J. Nunes and Ricardo Lopes Paper ID: 3157
09:20 - 09:40	Adaptive Sequential Sensor Placement for Robust and Efficient Online Fault Diagnosis Authors: Frank Döhner, Zahra Sadat Hajseyed Nasrollah, Julius Pfrommer, Tobias Würth and Jürgen Beyerer Paper ID: 3747
09:40 - 10:00	Closed-Form One-Shot 3D Pose Estimation for Deformable Wire Insertion through RCD Toroid Authors: Rui Martins, Luís F. Rocha, Carlos M. Costa and Roberto M. Silva Paper ID: 7963
10:00 - 10:20	Multiclass Anomaly Detection for Characterizing Product Variation in Manufacturing Authors: Shuai Wu, Milad Ashour Pour and Maria Riveiro Paper ID: 8229
10:20 - 10:40	Modular Pneumatic Gripper for Multi-Variant Honeycomb Insertion in Furniture Manufacturing Authors: Guilherme Osório, Luís F. Rocha and Roberto M. Silva Paper ID: 9098

09:00 - 10:40

Session ThA2 - Identification and Control of Fractional-Order Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

09:00 - 09:20	Enhanced Fractional-Order Control of Time-Delay Thermal Systems via Smith Predictor and Anti-Windup Integration Authors: Tiago Santos, Isabel Jesus and Ramiro Barbosa Paper ID: 0807
09:20 - 09:40	Smooth multi-model boundary control of the Saint-Venant equations Authors: Abderrazzak El Ammari, Catherine Choquet and Souad Bezzaoucha Rebaï Paper ID: 0814
09:40 - 10:00	Step response identification of a second-species non-commensurate fractional order transfer function Authors: António Sousa Medeiros and Duarte Valério Paper ID: 7889
10:00 - 10:20	A Novel LMS-Based Algorithm for Fractional-Order System Identification Authors: Igor Sousa and Guilherme A. Barreto Paper ID: 8653
10:20 - 10:40	Joint Steering of State and Fractional Exponents in Linear Fractional-Order Networks via Alternating Convex Decomposition Authors: Alessandro Varalda Paper ID: 9374

09:00 - 10:40

Session ThA3 - Swarm Control and Wind Energy Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

09:00 - 09:20	A Staged Framework for Trajectory Optimization of Airborne Wind Energy Systems Authors: Manuel C.R.M. Fernandes, Rui C. da Costa and Fernando A.C.C. Fontes Paper ID: 4634
09:20 - 09:40	Leader-based swarm synchronization in intermittent vortex flows Authors: Sílvio Gama and Carlos Balsa Paper ID: 7737
09:40 - 10:00	Optimal Control of Swarms in Rosenhead Flow with Adaptive Consensus Authors: Carlos Balsa and Sílvio Gama Paper ID: 2574
10:00 - 10:20	Enhancement of Wind Turbine Pitch Reinforcement Learning Control by PID action injection Authors: J. Enrique Sierra García, Matilde Santos and Mario Peñacoba-Yagüe Paper ID: 4208
10:20 - 10:40	Multiobjective Deep Reinforcement Learning MPPT Control for Large Wind Turbines Using DDPG and Parameter-Space Exploration Authors: Roberto Diaz-Barrio, J. Enrique Sierra García and Matilde Santos Paper ID: 4494

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary Session 2 - Secure Control Systems
Speaker: André M. H. Teixeira (Uppsala University)

Parallel Sessions B - Thursday

12:00 - 13:00

Session ThB1 - Smart Energy Management and Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

12:00 - 12:20	Hierarchical MPC Framework for Energy Management in Grid-Connected Microgrids Authors: Ephraim Saback, Jérôme Mendes, Ana Soares and Pedro Moura Paper ID: 9750
12:20 - 12:40	Non-Intrusive Monitoring of Electrical Loads from Centralized Low-Frequency Electrical Signals Authors: Gonçalo Ramos, Pedro Sousa, Rui Araújo, Pedro Moura and Jérôme Mendes Paper ID: 1746
12:40 - 13:00	Comparative Analysis of Time--Frequency Representations for Steady-State Appliance Characterization in High-Frequency NILM Authors: Tomás Gonçalves, Pedro Sousa, Rui Araújo, Pedro Moura and Jérôme Mendes Paper ID: 2388

12:00 - 13:00

Session ThB2 - AI Applications in Control and Monitoring

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

12:00 - 12:20	Scale-based Approach for Active Wildfire Segmentation on Satellite Imagery Authors: Matheus Kovaleski, Cristiano Premebida and João Paulo Paper ID: 2250
12:20 - 12:40	AC-PRISM - A Framework with Responsible AI Scaffolding for Automatic Control Engineering Education Authors: Vítor Carvalho, Filomena Soares, Aida Guerra and Niels Lyngdorf Paper ID: 2542
12:40 - 13:00	Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Model for Predictive Maintenance Explanations Authors: Leonardo Mendonça, José Barbosa and Paulo Leitão Paper ID: 5764

12:00 - 13:00

Session ThB3 - SS-08. PhAIRoS: Physical AI in Intelligent Robotic Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

12:00 - 12:20	A MIMU-Based Framework for Decoding Workspace Context in Human–Robot Teaming Authors: Greta Di Vincenzo, Elisa Digo, Stefano Pastorelli and Laura Gastaldi Paper ID: 6744
12:20 - 12:40	GLIDE: A Coordinated Aerial-Ground Framework for Search and Rescue in Unknown Environments Authors: Seth Farrell, Chenghao Li and Henrik Christensen Paper ID: 7288
12:40 - 13:00	Semantic-weighted ICP for LiDAR Odometry: Class-Aware Residual Reweighting for Robust Scan Registration Authors: Vasco Carvalho, Tiago Barros and Urbano J.Nunes Paper ID: 1130

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Plenary Session 3 - From Fuzzy Systems to Hybrid Intelligence Ecosystems: Bridging Explainability, Learning, and Control
Speaker: Susana Vieira (University of Lisbon)

Parallel Sessions C - Thursday

15:00 - 16:20

Session ThC1 - Intelligent Control and Monitoring of Wastewater Treatment Plants

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	Ontology-Driven Semantic Modeling for Multi-Symbiotic Wastewater Treatment Plants Authors: Rui Brandão, Rafael Silva, Cristovão Sousa and António Baptista Paper ID: 4164
15:20 - 15:40	Online Environmental Impact Assessment in WWTPs Using Machine Learning: Bridging Optimization and Life Cycle Analysis Authors: Madalena Rosmaninho, Rodrigo Salles, Vanessa S. M. Magalhães and Jérôme Mendes Paper ID: 1198
15:40 - 16:00	Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Sustainability Indicators in WWTP Authors: Amanda Pina Amorim, Pedro Lôbo Amorim, Rodrigo Salles, Jorge S. S. Júnior and Pedro Martins Paper ID: 6144
16:00 - 16:20	Towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: A Fuzzy-Based Optimization Strategy for Dynamic Setpoint Adjustment Authors: Rodrigo Salles, Jorge S.S. Junior, António J. Baptista, Pedro Moura and Jérôme Mendes Paper ID: 8767

15:00 - 16:20

Session ThC2 - Geometric Methods in Control and Optimization

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	Consensus Amongst Two Classes of Multiagent Systems on Lie Groups Authors: Kashish Talwar, Rama Seshan C and Ravi Banavar Paper ID: 4241
15:20 - 15:40	A Structural-Residual Parametrization Approach to DREM-Based Adaptive Feedback Linearization Authors: Gustavo Corlaite, Nelson Barroso, Lucas Oliveira and Valter Leite Paper ID: 0937
15:40 - 16:00	The sketched landing method for large-scale optimization under orthogonality constraints Authors: Florentin Goyens, Simon Mataigne and P.-A. Absil Paper ID: 3796
16:00 - 16:20	Geodesic flows associated to statistical models with Lie group symmetry and gamma distributions Authors: Daisuke Tarama and Yukiya Yokomizo Paper ID: 6887

15:00 - 16:20

Session ThC3 - SS-09. Operational Research and Optimisation

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:10	Optimal Carbon Pricing of Closed-Loop Supply Chains: A Global-Optimisation of a Bi-Level Mixed-Integer Problem Authors: Marcelo Pinto, Paulo Nascimento, Cristóvão Silva and Samuel Moniz Paper ID: 3877
15:10 - 15:20	Multi-Task Learning for Vehicle Routing Problems via Preference Learning and Local Refinement Authors: Arthur Corrêa, Samuel Moniz and Paulo Nascimento Paper ID: 5770
15:20 - 15:30	Optimizing the Vehicle Routing Problem with Heterogeneous Fleets and Loading Constraints Using Machine Learning Authors: Elsa Silva, Leonor Ribeiro and João N. C. Gonçalves Paper ID: 0127
15:30 - 15:40	A Constraint Programming Approach for the Multi-Satellite Imaging Scheduling Problem with Variable Observation Durations Authors: Margarida Caleiras Paper ID: 2283
15:40 - 15:50	Fast heuristics for wildfire initial attack Authors: Filipe Alvelos and Elsa Silva Paper ID: 3007
15:50 - 16:00	Scalable Optimization Methods for Integrated Nesting and Scheduling in Additive Manufacturing Authors: Paulo J. Nascimento and Samuel Moniz Paper ID: 5927
16:00 - 16:10	Supervisory LLM Control of Simulated Annealing for Constrained Engineering Design Optimization Authors: António Forno, Samuel Moniz and Paulo Nascimento Paper ID: 8683

16:20 - 16:40

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions D - Thursday

16:40 - 18:20

Session ThD1 - Digital Twins and Advanced Control for Cyber-Physical Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 17:00	Hybrid Neural Controller Design and Evaluation on the DTS-200 Benchmark Authors: Luís Brito Palma and Rui Azevedo Antunes Paper ID: 2222
17:00 - 17:20	Service-Oriented Architecture for Fault-Resilient Cyber-physical Systems Authors: Hector Hostos, Lala Rajaoarisoa, Patrick Sondi and Virginie Goepp Paper ID: 2694
17:20 - 17:40	A Virtual Plant Approach for Progressive Learning in Control Engineering Laboratories Authors: Rui Neves-Silva Paper ID: 5424
17:40 - 18:00	A Digital Twin of a Bio-Reactor allowing for Model-Based State Estimation and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Bioprocesses Authors: Daniel Stors, Fiete Fellenberg, Terrance Wilms, Rainer Stark and Steffi Knorn Paper ID: 5356
18:00 - 18:20	Digital Twin based Economic Model Predictive Control for Heating in a Large Office Building using a Reversible Heat Pump Authors: Max Bergström, Matviy Khotyaintsev and Steffi Knorn Paper ID: 8556

16:40 - 18:20

Session ThD2 - UAV Control and Autonomous Aerial Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 17:00	Quadratic-kinematics approximation for the unicycle reachable sets Authors: Gleb Merkulov, Vladimir Turetsky and Tal Shima Paper ID: 0340
17:00 - 17:20	Hierarchical Nonlinear Control for Swarm Encirclement Around a Moving Target UAV Authors: Filipe Cavalheiro and Bruno Guerreiro Paper ID: 0386
17:20 - 17:40	Attitude Tracking of a Micro UAV using Incremental Nonlinear Control Strategies Authors: Fabricio Custodio Jacinto, Luiz Miguel Tavares, Daniel Khéde Dourado Villa, Mario Sarcinelli-Filho and Rafael de Angelis Cordeiro Paper ID: 3017
17:40 - 18:00	Embodied Learning-based Optimal Tracking using Quadrotor and Mobile Robot Hardware Authors: Maxwell Geiger, Landon Meyer and Sarangapani Jagannathan Paper ID: 4045
18:00 - 18:20	Supervised PD Gain Prediction for Rapid Attitude Tuning of the Quanser QDrone 2 Authors: Mutaz Ryalat, Ghaith Al-Refai, Natheer Almtireen, Hisham Elmoaqet and Nathir A. Rawashdeh Paper ID: 7579

16:40 - 18:20

Session ThD3 - SS-05. Incremental Learning for Prediction and Control under Nonstationarity (Evolving, Intelligent, and Learning-based Systems)

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

16:40 - 17:00	Incremental Level-Set-Based LQR Residual Control for Nonstationary Crane Systems Authors: Daniel Leite, Fernando Gomide, Igor Skrjanc and Goran Andonovski Paper ID: 9246
17:00 - 17:20	Iterative Behavioral Identification for Covert Misappropriation Attacks Authors: Victor Mattos, Amit Bhaya, Daniel Sadoc Menasche and Alan Oliveira de Sá Paper ID: 1633
17:20 - 17:40	Online Level-Set Fuzzy Modeling for Data Stream Regression Authors: Alisson Marques Silva, João Pedro Freitas de Paula Dias, Fernanda Rodrigues and Daniel Leite Paper ID: 3519
17:40 - 18:00	Evolving Participatory Learning: A Self-Organizing Level Set-Based Fuzzy Modeling Algorithm Authors: Lucas Oliveira, Nelson Barroso, Marcela Coelho and Fernando Gomide Paper ID: 8265
18:00 - 18:20	Performance Comparison of PI, Fuzzy and Neural-Network Current Controllers in a QUANSER Magnetic Levitation System Authors: David León, Gian Machicado and Dante Inga Paper ID: 7181

19:30 - 21:30

Conference Dinner

Friday, 11 September 2026

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

Parallel Sessions A - Friday

09:00 - 10:40

Session FrA1 - Guidance, Control and Path Following for Aerial and Tethered Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

09:00 - 09:20	Motion Primitives, Trim and Control of Tethered Aircraft Under Wind Authors: Sérgio Vinha, Gabriel M. Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M. Fernandes and Fernando A.C.C. Fontes Paper ID: 0944
09:20 - 09:40	Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Circular Take-Off and Landing of Tethered Aircraft Authors: Gabriel M. Fernandes, Sérgio Vinha, Manuel C.R.M. Fernandes, Luís T. Paiva and Fernando A.C.C. Fontes Paper ID: 3503
09:40 - 10:00	Lookahead-Augmented Control Barrier Functions for Safe Trajectory Tracking in Autonomous Vehicles Authors: Pedro Lopes and Luís Tiago Paiva Paper ID: 5235
10:00 - 10:20	Direct Vector Field Guidance for Path Following Authors: Amit Shivam, Nikhil Kumar Singh, Luís Tiago Paiva and Fernando A.C.C. Fontes Paper ID: 4806
10:20 - 10:40	Synchronization and Capture Control of a Kite-Cart System for Tethered Circular Landing Authors: João Brito Fernandes, Pedro João Peixoto, Sérgio Vinha, Gabriel M. Fernandes, Manuel C.R.M. Fernandes, Luís Tiago Paiva and Fernando A.C.C. Fontes Paper ID: 9142

09:00 - 10:40

Session FrA2 - SS-10. Human-Centric Cyber-Physical Systems: Intelligent Control, Robotics, and AI for Industry and Society

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

09:00 - 09:20	A Human-Centric CPS Framework for Data-Driven Supervision in Sustainable Digital Textile Manufacturing Authors: Hugo Ferreira, Rui Pinto and Gil Gonçalves Paper ID: 3334
09:20 - 09:40	Comparison of Linear and Non-Linear Control Strategies for Multispectral LED Irradiance Regulation in Precision Agriculture Authors: Alessandro Lugo Figueroa, Moises Nuñez and Dante Inga Paper ID: 5218
09:40 - 10:00	Human-Centricity in Industry 5.0: A Survey of Worker Sensing, Adaptive Operations, and Human-in-the-Loop Systems Authors: Lara Pereira, Luís Ferreira and João Paulo Paper ID: 5188
10:00 - 10:20	M-CSM: A Governance-Oriented Complementary Strength Model for Hybrid Human–Machine Decision-Making Authors: Esmaeil Kondori, Nuno Soares Domingues and Rui Neves-Silva Paper ID: 3036
10:20 - 10:40	Usability evaluation of a fully portable vision-based protective device for human-robot shared workfloors Authors: Gustavo Assuncao, Andrey Solovov, Jorge Monteiro and Paulo Menezes Paper ID: 5150

09:00 - 10:30

Workshop 1 - TBD
Instructor: TBD

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary Session 4 - Multi-agent Systems as a Key Enabler Technology to Realize Smart, Reconfigurable and Sustainable Cyber-Physical Systems
Speaker: Paulo Leitão (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança)

Parallel Sessions B - Friday

12:00 - 13:00

Session FrB1 - Robotics and Machine Learning Applications

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

12:00 - 12:20	Novel Robotic Platform for Inventory Handling Authors: Fadi Aldeeb, António Alves, Luís Leão, João M.C. Sousa and Paulo J.S. Gonçalves Paper ID: 3308
12:20 - 12:40	Will it be born? Discovering surrogate feasibility equations for metabolic models with genetic programming Authors: Diogo F. Oliveira, Miguel S.E. Martins, Gonçalo M. Marques, Tiago Domingos, Susana M. Vieira and João M.C. Sousa Paper ID: 6414
12:40 - 13:00	From Real to Fake: Investigating Classifier Bias through Implicit-Conditioned Wasserstein GANs Authors: Dinis Almeida, Filipe Santos, João Sousa and Susana Vieira Paper ID: 9105

12:00 - 13:00

Session FrB2 - Marine Robotics and Autonomous Surface Vehicle Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

12:00 - 12:20	Estimated States for the CyberShip II Using the Unscented Kalman Filter: A Comparative Simulation Authors: Sajjad Fakhar Shahreza, Luis Orihuela, Guillermo Bejarano and Pablo Millán Paper ID: 3513
12:20 - 12:40	Cleanup System for Hydrocarbon Spills in Aquatic Environments Using a Fleet of Autonomous Surface Vehicles Authors: Guillermo Bejarano, Laura Pérez, Ana Vera, Manuel Gantiva-Osorio, Federico Peralta and Pablo Millán Paper ID: 5522
12:40 - 13:00	A Natural Language Interface for Autonomous Multi-Robot Coordination in Water Surface Simulations Authors: Sahil Gidwani, César Antonio Ortiz Toro, Ryad Haldy, Juan Parras and Álvaro Gutiérrez Paper ID: 9850

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

Parallel Sessions C - Friday

14:00 - 15:00

Session FrC1 - Sliding Mode Control and Vehicle Dynamics

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

14:00 - 14:20	Nonlinear Reaching Laws for Sliding Mode Control Using Fractional Tilt Dynamics Authors: Oscar Camacho, Antonio Di Teodoro, Sebastian Vega, Luis Caiza, Juan J. Gude and Pablo Garcia-Bringas Paper ID: 0544
14:20 - 14:40	Neural-Network-Enhanced Fixed-Time Sliding-Mode Control for Electro-Hydraulic Active Suspensions Authors: Rachid Fattah, Khalid Benjelloun, Saad Maarouf, Jean-Pierre Kenné and Ahmed Chebak Paper ID: 3117
14:40 - 15:00	Hierarchical AMPC-ISMC Control Strategy for Lateral Stability of Four In-Wheel Motor Electric Vehicles under Critical Conditions Authors: Luana Roysen, Thayson Alves, Lucas Silva and Vilma Oliveira Paper ID: 3261

14:00 - 15:00

Session FrC2 - Deep Learning and Vision-Based Control for Robotics

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

14:00 - 14:20	Vision-Based Landmark Tracking and Guidance of a Quadcopter using Deep Reinforcement Learning Authors: Conrado Costa, Gabriel Fernandes, Rui Costa and Armando Sousa Paper ID: 3393
14:20 - 14:40	Performance Evaluation of Vision-Language Models for Robot Trajectory Planning in E-Waste Recycling Authors: Marta Castro, Pedro Dias, Marcelo Petry and João Souza Paper ID: 3872
14:40 - 15:00	Reinforcement Learning Reward Shaping for Robotic Grasping Authors: Diogo Monteiro, Armando Sousa and João Souza Paper ID: 6677

14:00 - 15:00

Workshop 2 - TBD (Part I)
Instructors: TBD

Parallel Sessions D - Friday

15:00 - 16:20

Session FrD1 - Motion Planning and Control of Autonomous and Space Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	Solving the parking problem for nonholonomic vehicles subject to non-negative forward velocity constraint Authors: Riccardo Ballaben and António Pedro Aguiar Paper ID: 2668
15:20 - 15:40	Obstacle Avoidance for Quadrotor UAVs with Minimal Sensing Using DRL Authors: Mohammad Reza Ranjbar Divkoti and A. Pedro Aguiar Paper ID: 4009
15:40 - 16:00	Dynamic Promotion Optimization for Perishable Inventory with Multi-Product Portfolio and Restocking Decision Authors: Rui Rodrigues, Martim Lousado, José P. Carvalho and A. Pedro Aguiar Paper ID: 5703
16:00 - 16:20	Design and Simulation of a Magnetorquer-Based Attitude Control Algorithm for the ICARUS 1U CubeSat Authors: José Serôdio Canha and António Pedro Aguiar Paper ID: 8400

15:00 - 16:20

Session FrD2 - SS-06. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Modeling, Optimization and Control of Complex Systems

Session Chairs: TBD · Room: TBD

15:00 - 15:20	A Hybrid Soft-Computing Decision-Support System for Injection-Mould Quotation Authors: Mateus Aleixo and Eugénio Rocha Paper ID: 7648
15:20 - 15:40	Model-Free Intelligent Control and Soft Computing Strategies for Temperature Regulation Authors: Juan Tello and Gustavo Acosta Paper ID: 0331
15:40 - 16:00	Early Fault Detection in Two-Stroke Marine Main Engines Using Neural Healthy Baselines Authors: Paulo Barata and Luis Mendonça Paper ID: 5351
16:00 - 16:20	Prognostics as a Catalyst for Industry 5.0: A Comparative Analysis of Advanced Deep Learning Algorithms for RUL Prediction Authors: José Carlos Almeida, Bernardete Ribeiro and Alberto Cardoso Paper ID: 7493

15:00 - 16:20

Workshop 2 - TBD (Part II)
Instructors: TBD

16:20 - 16:40

Coffee Break

16:40 - 18:00

Closing Session & Awards Ceremony