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The discipline of Automatic Control (AC) focuses on guiding systems to operate as intended through feedback loops and optimized controller configurations. AC is fundamental to numerous everyday technologies, from household devices and cars to airplanes, medical equipment, industrial machinery, power networks, robotics, and self-driving vehicles.
Within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the AC division boasts a rich legacy of pioneering work in servomechanisms, industrial automation, and aerospace applications. Today, in the digital age, AC researchers are solving intricate control challenges in mobile and autonomous systems, including massive robotic collectives, smart transportation networks, intelligent urban infrastructure, human-like robots, and unmanned aerial, terrestrial, and marine platforms. Addressing these sophisticated systems demands advancements in large-scale coordination algorithms, machine-learning methods for environmental adaptation, and game-theory-based strategies to maintain system integrity. The AC faculty eagerly anticipates collaborating with driven students to tackle these cutting-edge challenges.