Plenary and Invited Talks

1. F. Lobo Pereira, “On the Optimal Control of Constrained Impulsive Systems”, Sudak, Crimea, Russia, Sept 22, 2014, Plenary Talk.
2. F. Lobo Pereira, “A Maximum Principle for Impulsive Optimal Control Problems with Mixed Constraints”, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Sept 18, 2014.
3. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization for Networked Vehicle Systems”, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Sept 19, 2014.
4. F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Infinite Horizon Constrained Dynamic Control Problems”, NHOC 2014 – International Workshop on New Horizons on Optimal Control 2014, Cascais, Portugal, Sept 8-10, 2014.
5. F. Lobo Pereira, “Infinite horizon optimal control for environmentally sustained management of resources in agriculture”, MEME 2014, Aveiro, Portugal, Jul 22-25, 2014.
6. Teresa Grilo, Sílvio Gama, F. Lobo Pereira, “Optimal control of passive particles advected by two-dimensional point vortices”, MEME 2014, Aveiro, Portugal, Jul 22-25, 2014
7. F. Lobo Pereira, Geraldo Sillva “A Maximum Principle for Constrained Infinite Horizon Dynamic Control Problems”, EPCO 2014,Jul 6, 2014 Aveiro, Portugal,
8. F. Lobo Pereira, “Selected issues on the optimal control of networked autonomous vehicles”, XI Simpósio Brazileiro de Automação Inteligente – SBAI and XI Conferência Brazileira de Dinâmica, Controle e Aplicação - DINCON, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, October 13-17, 2013, Plenary Talk.
9. F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges de Sousa, Coordinated Control of Autonomous Robotic Vehiches based on Dynamic Optimization”, International Conference Planet Earth, Mathematics of Energy and Climate Change, Lisboa, 25-28 de Março de 2013.
10. J. Estrela da SIlva, J. Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, Dynamic Optimization Challenges in Autonomous Vehicle Systems, OMPC 2013-SADCO Summer School and Workshop on Optimal and Model Predictive Control, Bayreuth, October 2013 (delivered by Jorge Estrela da Silva).
11. Fernando Lobo Pereira, "On Optimal Impulsive Control", EPCO 2013, Universidade do Porto, February, 2013 (invited).
12. F. Lobo Pereira, “Control Design for Autonomous Vehicles: A Dynamic Optimization Perspective” Plenary talk, Congresso de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional da Região Nordeste (CMAC-NE), November 28-30, 2012, Natal, RN, Brazil.
13. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization for Networked Vehicle Systems”, University of Cadiz, Spain, April 11-12, 2010.
14. F. Lobo Pereira, “Control and Optimization for Autonomous Systems”, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil- 16-18/09/10
15. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization for Autonomous Systems”, UNESP, S.J. Rio Preto, Brazil - 18-28/09/10
16. F. Lobo Pereira, “Autonomous Vehicles developments at LSTS, FEUP”, UFES, Vitória, Brazil 28-30/09/10.
17. F. L. Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Abnormal Problems with Equality and Inequality Constraints”, CODS-2009 Control and Optimization of Dynamical System, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 27 Sept – 1 Oct, 2009, Plenary talk.
18. F. L. Pereira, “Controlling rotational and translational motion of a spacecraft with the minimum of fuel consumption: mathematical formulation”, Plenary talk, Youth symposium "Control theory: new methods and applications", Pereslavl'-Zalessky, 22-26 Sept, 2009., p. 31-32.
19. F. L. Pereira, “Coordination and Control of Unmanned Air and Ocean-going Vehicles”, INAUT, Universidad de S. Juan, S. Juan, Argentina, Sept. 4, 2009.
20. F. L. Pereira, “Maximum Principle for Impulsive Control with Mixed Constraints”, Workshop on Approximation and Optimization, MSU, Moscow, Sept. 25, 2009.
21. F. Lobo Pereira, "Sensor systems on networked vehicles", invited session at the Workshop "Irrigation Channels and Related Problems", Amalfi, Italy, October 4, 2008.
22. F. Lobo Pereira, "Necessary optimality conditions for abnormal abstract problems with general constraints", Workshop in Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Budva, Montenegro, Oct. 6-10, 2008
23. F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Control Problems”, DINCON 2006, May 22-26, 2006, Guaratinguetá, SP, Brasil.
24. F. Lobo Pereira, “Invariance for Impulsive Control Systems”, International Seminar "Control Theory and Theory of Generalized Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations", GSCP’06, Ulan-Ude, Baikal, Russia, July 4-8, 2006.
25. F. Lobo Pereira, “Coordinated Control of Networked Systems – The Case of AUV Based Systems”, International Seminar "Control Theory and Theory of Generalized Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations", GSCP’06, Ulan-Ude, Baikal, Russia, July 4-8, 2006.
26. F. Lobo Pereira, “Motion Control of Coordinated Systems”, Plenary Talk, International Seminar "Control Theory and Theory of Generalized Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations", CGS’2005, Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg), Russia, June 22-26, 2005.
27. F. Lobo Pereira, “An overview on Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Control”, Plenary Talk, IFAC Symposium on Generalized Solutions for Control Problems, Pereslavl Zalesski, Russia, Sept. 21-26, 2004.
28. F. Lobo Pereira, “Coordinated Control of Networked Systems”, Plenary Talk, XXVII CNMAC – 27º Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Sept. 13-16, 2004, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
29. F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges de Sousa, “On the coordinated control of networked systems”, Invited Talk, FIIP 04 - 4º Fórum Internacional dos Investigadores Portugueses, Coimbra, Portugal, Julho 12-14, 2004.
30. F. Lobo Pereira, "A Set-valued Framework for Coordinated Motion Control of Networked Vehicles", IFAC Workshop Modelling and Analysis of Logic Controlled Dynamic Systems, Irkutsk, Baikal, Russia, July 30-Aug 1, 2003.
31. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization in the Control of Autonomous Vehicles”, Plenary Talk, MATHTOOLS´2003 - Fourth International Conference "Tools for Mathematical Modelling", Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, June 23-28, 2003.
32. A. Arutyunov, V. Dykhta, F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Nonlinear Control Problems”, Plenary Talk, MATHTOOLS´2003 - Fourth International Conference "Tools for Mathematical Modelling", Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, June 23-28, 2003.
33. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization in the Control Design of Autonomous Vehicles”, X DINAME - International Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics, Ubatuba, SP, Brazil, March 10-14, 2003.
34. F. Lobo Pereira, “Nondegenerate Impulsive Control Problems”, Plenary Talk, Mini-Simposium MS02 - Dinâmica, Controle e Aplicações no XXVI Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil, Sept 8-11, 2003.
35. A. Arutyunov, F. Lobo Pereira, “Second-order Necessary Conditions for Optimal Impulsive Control Problems”, Invited Lecture, MCT´03 - Louisiana Conference on Mathematical Control Theory, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, April 10-13, 2003.
36. F. Lobo Pereira, “Coordinated Control of Networked Systems”, Plenary Talk, GSCP 2002 - International Workshop on Generalized Solutions in Control Problems, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rússia, August 27-31, 2002.
37. F. Lobo Pereira, G. Nunes da Silva, “Lyapounov Stability for Impulsive Control Problems”, Plenary Talk, GSCP 2002 - International Workshop on Generalized Solutions in Control Problems, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rússia, Aug 27-31, 2002.
38. F. Lobo Pereira, “Optimal Impulsive Control”, Invited Talk, COPO 2002 - Matemáticos Portugueses em Controlo, Universidade de Coimbra, May 3-4, 2002.
39. F. Lobo Pereira, “Hamilton-Jacobi Conditions for a Measure Differential Inclusion Control Problem”, plenary lecture, 12th Baikal International Conference on Optimization Methods and their applications, Baikal, Irkutsk, Russia, June 24-July 1, 2001.
40. F. Lobo Pereira, “Dynamic Optimization for the Control of Autonomous Vehicles”, IFAC Workshop on “Singular Solutions and Perturbations Methods”, Polytechnic University, Bucharest, Romenia, Oct 18-20, 2001.
41. F. Lobo Pereira, “Control Design for Autonomous Vehicles: A Dynamic Optimization Perspective”, Semi-plenary Lecture, European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, Sept 4-7, 2001.
42. F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Control Systems with State Constraints”, Invited Talk, Control Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Kansas City, KS, USA, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2001, p.49.
43. F. Lobo Pereira, Arutyunov, A., Jacimovic, V., “Second Order Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Control Problems”, Invited Talk, Optimization 2001, Aveiro, July 23-25, 2001, pp. 47.
44. F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Differential Inclusions Driven by Vector-valued Control Measures”, Peoples Friendship Russian University, Moscow, Russia, Oct 2000.
45. F. Lobo Pereira, “On the Optimal Control of Impulsive Differential Inclusion”, Invited Talk, General Problems of Optimal Control and their Applications to Mathematical Economics, Tambov, Russia, Oct 8-12, 2000, p. 481-483.
46. F. Lobo Pereira, “On the Optimal Control of Vector Valued Impulsive Dynamic Systems”, Encontro “Teoria Matemática do Controlo”, Aveiro, May 19-20, 2000.
47. F. Lobo Pereira, G. Nunes Silva, "On the Optimal Control of Vector Valued Impulsive Control", ICONNE 2000, Campos de Jordão, SP, Brasil, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2000.
48. F. Lobo Pereira, G. Nunes Silva, “Optimality conditions of Vector-valued Impulsive Control Problems”, Plenary Lecture, XXII CNMAC, Santos - MG, Sept, 1999.
49. F. Lobo Pereira, “On the Control of Measure Driven Differential Inclusions”, Invited Talk, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Sept, 1999.
50. R. B. Vinter, G. Nunes Silva, F. Lobo Pereira, “Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Differential Inclusions”, Plenary Lecture, XXI CNMAC, Hotel Glória, Caxambu (MG), Brasil, Sept 14-18, 1998, pp. 7.
51. F. Lobo Pereira, “On the Necessary Conditions of Optimality for Impulsive Control Problems” Plenary Talk, International Workshop on Differential Inclusions and Control, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia, Sept 7-10, 1998.
52. F. Lobo Pereira, "On the impulsive control of dynamic optimization problems", Invited Talk, International Conference dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of L.S. Pontryagin, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Aug 31-Sept 6, 1998, pp. 158-161.
53. Gil Gonçalves, J. Borges de Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, "A Systems Engineering Approach to the Design of a Decision Support System to the Planning and Control of a Spinning Unit", Invited Talk, INFORMS´97 (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences), San Diego, CA, EUA, May 4-7, 1997.
54. S. Reis Cunha, F. Lobo Pereira, "Impulsive Minimax Observation and Control Problems", Invited Talk, 5th SIAM Conference on Optimization, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 20-22, 1996, pp. 49.
55. F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges de Sousa, A. C. Matos, "On the Optimal Control of Differential Inclusions", Invited Talk, 5th SIAM Conference on Optimization, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 20-22, 1996, pp. 89-90.
56. F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges de Sousa, E. Pereira da Silva, "System Analysis and Specification for a Mission Management System of the Marius Vehicle", Invited Talk, Workshop on "Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Sept 1-3, 1993, pp. 43
57. J. Borges de Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, E. Pereira da Silva, "Software Architectures for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Survey", Invited Talk, Workshop on "Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Sept 1-3, 1993, pp. 41.
58. E. Pereira da Silva, F. Lobo Pereira, J. Borges de Sousa, "On the Design of the Mission Management System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle", Invited Talk, Workshop on "Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Sept 1-3, 1993, pp. 44.
59. J. Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, "Optimal Control for Planning of Manufacturing Systems", Invited Talk, SIAM Conf. on Control and its Appl., Minneapolis, Minnesota, EUA, Sept 1992.
60. F. Lobo Pereira, M. Ferreira, J. Borges de Sousa, "An Algorithm for Optimal Control Problems", Invited Talk, International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Washington D.C., EUA, July 1991, pp. 164.
61. F. Lobo Pereira, "Mathematical Modeling for Kinetic Analysis of the Cell Growth", Actas do International Workshop on Flow and Image Cytometry", Porto, Fevereiro 1991, pp. 30.
62. J. Borges de Sousa, F. Lobo Pereira, "An Adaptive Control Scheme For Manufacturing Processes", Invited Talk, "CIM-EUROPE 6th Annual Conference", Lisboa, May 1990.
63. F. Lobo Pereira, "Impulsive Optimal Control", Plenary talk, XII Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, S. José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil, Sept 1989.