Freiburg – 12/12/2022

Update regarding the secondments of the ESRs

Secondments, or visits to other universities or industry partners, are a common aspect of Marie Curie Networks. These visits allow PhD students to gain valuable experience outside of their home institutions and broaden their research horizons. In this article, we will explore the benefits of secondments for PhD students and discuss some examples of successful secondments in EU projects.


Past and undergoing secondments:

  • Léo Simpson went to Uni Freiburg for 2.5 months, starting in January 2022, working on optimal control under uncertainty, having interactions with the research team in Uni Freiburg and with Prof. Moritz Diehl.
  • Leonardo Cecchin went to Uni Freiburg for 1 month, starting in February 2022, working with Prof. Moritz Diehl, Syscop team and ESRs of Uni Freiburg on LUT approximation and DMS-MPC implementation.
  • Rudolf Reiter went to ODYS for 1 month, starting in April 2022, exchanging ideas and coordinating research directions with Dr. Daniele Bernardini.
  • Amon Lahr went to Uni Freiburg for 2 months, starting in June 2022, working with Prof. Moritz Diehl and his research group on real-time optimization schemes for model predictive control.
  • Nicolas Kessler went to Bosch for 3 months, starting in September 2022, working on recognition of anomalies.
  • Leonardo Cecchin went to POLIMI for 4 months, starting in September 2022, working on hierarchical control solutions for an hydraulic excavator arm.
  • Shuhao Zhang went to Siemens for 3 months, starting in October 2022, to investigate alternative mechatronic applications.
  • Jing Xie went to Uni Freiburg for 3 months, starting in October 2022, working on the topics of RNN-based MPC, optimal control and interactions with the team in Freiburg.
  • Andrea Ghezzi went to Tool-Temp for 1 month, starting in November 2022, working on exploring possible applications of dual control in a real industrial setting, developing suitable problem formulations.

Upcoming secondments:

  • Rudolf Reiter goes to Mitsubishi for 4 months, starting in January 2023, working on mixed-integer NLP and model learning for MPC within autonomous driving applications.
  • Nicolas Kessler goes to Uni Freiburg for 3 months, starting in January 2023, working on suboptimal regulation of hybrid systems.
  • Lahcen El Bourkhissi goes to KUL for 3 months, starting in January 2023, working on numerical optimization and machine learning algorithms.
  • Jean Pierre Allamaa goes to KUL for 4 months, starting in January 2023.
  • Léo Simpson goes to ETHZ for 3 months, starting in January 2023, working on optimal control under uncertainty, interactions with research team in ETHZ.
  • Yuan Zhang goes to ETHZ for 3 months, starting in February 2023, working on improving efficiency of learning-based MPC methods and collaborate with the group of Prof. Melanie Zeilinger.
  • Jing Xie goes to Tool-Temp for 2 months, starting in February 2023, working on Implementing the proposed RNN-based MPC on the industrial temperature control devices, developing efficient algorithm for the real-time control.
  • Shaohui Yang goes to ETHZ for 2 months, starting in February 2023.
  • Kristoffer Lowenstein goes to KUL for 4 months, starting in February 2023, working on MPC with nonconvex obstacle avoidance and interaction with the research group.