Sorin OLARU

Sorin Olaru is a Professor of CentraleSupélec and a member of the CNRS Laboratory of Signals and Systems, both part of the Paris-Saclay University in France. From 2020 he holds the RTE Chair at CentraleSupélec https://rtechair.fr/ His research interests are encompassing the optimization-based control design, set-theoretic characterization of constrained dynamical systems as well as the numerical methods in optimization and control. He is currently involved in research projects related to embedded predictive control, fault-tolerant control, and network control (time-delay) systems.

L2S, CentraleSupélec
3 rue Joliot Curie
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Publications

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Journal articles

2025

Robustness analysis of piecewise affine control for linear systems: a coupled vertex sensitivity approach

Yang, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Dórea
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, p. 1-22, 2025

Online Parameter Estimation and Current Optimization for Trielectrode Zinc–Air Cell

Pineda-Rodriguez, Vlad, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Lao-Atiman, Olaru
International Journal of Energy Research, 2025 (1), 2025

Tuning zinc deposition chemistry: The role of barium nitrate in enhancing zinc-air battery longevity

Khezri, Motlagh, Etesami, Pakawanit, Limphirat, Kidkhunthod, Kamchompoo, Jungsuttiwong, Olaru, Kheawhom
Chemical Engineering Journal, p. 165752, 2025

Optimal Trajectory Tracking Using Newton and Levenberg‐Marquardt‐Like Algorithms for Constrained Time‐Varying Optimization

Pandey, Prasun, Kamal, Singh, Ghosh, Olaru
OCAM – Optimal Control Appl. Methods, Wiley, 2025

Real‐Time State of Charge Estimation for Tri‐Electrode Rechargeable Zinc–Air Flow Batteries via Pulse Response

Lao-Atiman, Bumroongsri, Olaru, Kheawhom
International Journal of Energy Research, 2025 (1), 2025

Fragility of Polyhedral Partition for PWA Control Laws Designed for Constrained Discrete-Time Systems

Yang, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Dorea
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, p. 1-16, 2025

Set-based and Dynamical Feedback-augmented Hands-off Control

Sperilă, Olaru, Drobot
IEEE Control Systems Letters, p. 1-1, 2025
2024

Balancing current density and electrolyte flow for improved zinc-air battery cyclability

Khezri, Motlagh, Etesami, Pakawanit, Olaru, Somwangthanaroj, Kheawhom
Applied Energy, 376, p. 124239, 2024

Application of a stabilizing model predictive controller to path following for a car‐like agricultural robot

Comelli, Olaru, Seron, Kofman
OCAM – Optimal Control Appl. Methods, Wiley, 2024

Conference papers

2025

Safe navigation using NMPC based on a K-invariant set and its exploration features

Zhao, Girard, Olaru
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Brésil, 2025

Enhanced convex lifting for environment with complex shaped obstacles

Zhao, Konyalioglu, Olaru, Girard, Niculescu
ICSTCC 2025 – 29th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, Cluj-Napoca, Roumanie, 2025

Grid Phase Synchronization via Distributed Control

Sperilă, Iovine, Olaru, Panciatici
2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech, Kiel, Allemagne, 2025

A mixed receding/shrinking horizon MPC for trajectory planning at on-ramp merging maneuver

Konyalıoglu, Olaru, Niculescu, Flores, Ballesteros-Tolosana, Mustaki
IV 2025 – 36th IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Cluj-Napoca, Roumanie, 2025

Estimating the Impacts of Topological Changes in Sub-Transmission Areas Using Hybrid Observers

dos Santos Heerdt, Iovine, Ganet–Lepage, Olaru, Girard
IFAC Workshop on Smart Energy Systems for Efficient and Sustainable Smart Grids and Smart Cities, Bari, Italie, 2025

Sequentially learning regions of attraction from data

Khattabi, Tacchi, Olaru
MED 2025 – 33rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Tangier, Maroc, 2025
2024

Symbolically Synthesized Motion Primitives for Autonomous Navigation

Zhao, Girard, Olaru
63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2024), Milan, Italie, 2024

PNC-CL a toolbox for piecewise affine convex-liftings with application in planning and control design

Olaru, Konyalıoğlu, Jaegler, Martinelli, Carrez
18th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2024), Dubai, Émirats arabes unis, 2024

Multi-Agent Navigation using Convex Lifting on Dynamic Environment

Konyalıoğlu, Olaru, Niculescu, Ballesteros-Tolosana, Flores
MECC 2024 – 4th Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference, Chicago, États-Unis, 2024

Online Parameter Adaptation for the Dynamical Model of a Tri-electrode Zinc-Air Flow Cell

Pineda Rodriguez, Vlad, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Lao-Atiman, Olaru, Kheawhom
2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2024), Newcastle upon Tyne, Royaume-Uni, 2024

Books

2025
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

Convex Lifting in Control: Applications on Constrained Control Design, Fragility Analysis and Path Planning

Yang, Mikulášová, Konyalioglu, Gulan, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe
in Nonlinear and Constrained Control, vol. 496, pp. 17-49, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025
2024
Ouvrages scientifiques

Difference Equations, Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications

Olaru, Cushing, Elaydi, Lozi
vol. 444, Springer International Publishing, 2024
2022
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

An Ontology for System Reconfiguration: Integrated Modular Avionics IMA Case Study

Qasim, Hein, Olaru, Jankovic, Garnier
in Recent Trends and Advances in Model Based Systems Engineering, pp. 189-198, Springer International Publishing, 2022

From Control Invariant Sets to an Inverse Optimality Perspective on the Constrained Control Design

Olaru
in Stability and Control Processes, pp. 11-20, Springer International Publishing, 2022
2019

The Linear Constrained Control Problem for Discrete-Time Systems: Regulation on the Boundaries

Bitsoris, Olaru, Vassilaki
in Difference Equations, Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications. ICDEA 2017., pp. 215-245, 2019
2018

Model-based System Reconfiguration: a descriptive study of current industrial challenges

Qasim, Jankovic, Olaru, Garnier
in Complex Systems Design & Management. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management, CSD&M Paris 2018, pp. 97-108, Springer International Publishing, 2018
2017

On the structure of polyhedral positive invariant sets with respect to delay difference equations

Laraba, Olaru, Niculescu
in Advances in Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems. ICDEA 2016, 2017
Autres ouvrages scientifiques
2016
Ouvrages scientifiques

Mixed-Integer Representations in Control Design

Prodan, Stoican, Olaru, Niculescu
Springer, 2016
Autres ouvrages scientifiques
2015
Ouvrages scientifiques

Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control

Olaru, Grancharova, Lobo Pereira
Springer, 2015
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

Ultimate Bounds and Robust Invariant Sets for Linear Systems with State-Dependent Disturbances

Olaru, Reppa
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 339-359, Springer, 2015

Implications of Inverse Parametric Optimization in Model Predictive Control

Gulan, Anh Nguyen, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Rohal’-Ilkiv
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 49-70, 2015

Fully inverse parametric linear/quadratic programming problems via convex liftings

Anh Nguyen, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe, Hovd, Ion
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 27-47, 2015

Formation reconfiguration using model predictive control techniques for multi-Agent dynamical systems.

Nguyen, Stoica Maniu, Olaru, Grancharova
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 183-205, 2015

Robustness Issues in Control of Bilinear Discrete-Time Systems—Applied to the Control of Power Converters.

Hovd, Vatani, Olaru
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 301-318, 2015

Distributed Robust Model Predictive Control of Interconnected Polytopic Systems

Grancharova, Olaru
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 73-91, 2015

Predictive Control for Path-Following. From Trajectory Generation to the Parametrization of the Discrete Tracking Sequences

Prodan, Olaru, Fontes, Lobo Pereira, Borges de Sousa, Stoica Maniu, Niculescu
in Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, vol. 464, pp. 161-181, 2015
2014

Low Complexity Invariant Sets for Time-Delay Systems: A Set Factorization Approach

Olaru, Stankovic, Bitsoris, Niculescu
in Low-Complexity Controllers for Time-Delay Systems, vol. 2, pp. 127-139, Springer, 2014
2013
Ouvrages scientifiques
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

Mixed-Integer Programming Techniques in Distributed MPC Problems

Prodan, Stoican, Olaru, Stoica, Niculescu
in Distributed Model Predictive Control Made Easy, pp. 273-288, Springer, 2013

Set-Based Detection and Isolation of Intersampled Delays and Pocket Dropouts in Networked Control

Stanković, Olaru, Niculescu
in Knowledge Engineering, Machine Learning and Lattice Computing with Applications, pp. 51-60, 2013
Autres ouvrages scientifiques
2012
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

A Multi-sensor Switching Scheme with Tolerance to Delay and Packet Loss

Stankovic, Olaru, Niculescu
in Advances in Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, pp. 626-635, IOS Press, 2012

Polytopic Discrete-Time Models for Systems with Time-Varying Delays

Lombardi, Niculescu, Olaru
in Time Delay Systems: Methods, Applications and New Trends, pp. 277-288, Springer, 2012

Set-Induced Stability Results for Delay Difference Equations

Gielen, Lazar, Olaru
in Time Delay Systems: Methods, Applications and New Trends, vol. 423, pp. 73-84, Springer, 2012

On the Tight Formation for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems

Prodan, Olaru, Stoica, Niculescu
in Agent and Multi-Agent Systems. Technologies and Applications, pp. 554-565, Springer, 2012

A model predictive control approach for the Pantograph-Catenary positioning system

Chiriac, Olaru, Rodriguez-Ayerbe
in Advances in Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, pp. 636-645, IOS Press, 2012
Autres ouvrages scientifiques
2010
2009
Chapitres d’ouvrages scientifiques

Model Predictive Control – Numerical Methods for the Invariant Sets Approximation

Benlaoukli, Olaru
in Numerical Analysis and its applications, pp. 192-199, Springer, 2009

Commande prédictive des systèmes dont l’entrée est affectée par un retard variable

Benlaoukli, Olaru, Niculescu, Marinkovic
in Automatique Avancée et Informatique Appliquée, pp. 55-61, Ed. Academiei Romane, Bucuresti, 2009

Particle Swarm Optimization based NMPC: An Application to District Heating Networks

Sandou, Olaru
in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Towards New Challenging Applications, pp. 551-559, Springer-Verlag, 2009

On Polytopic Approximations of Systems with Time-Varying Input Delays

Gielen, Olaru, Lazar
in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, pp. 225-233, Springer, 2009

State Estimation in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Unscented Kalman Filter Advantages

Marafioti, Olaru, Hovd
in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, pp. 305-313, Springer, 2009
2008

On the geometry of predictive control with nonlinear constraints

Olaru, Dumur, Dobre
in Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Selected Papers from the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics 2007, pp. 301-314, Springer, 2008

Non linear predictive control : structure, computational challenges, stochastic optimization algorithms

Olaru, Sandou
in Nonlinear Analysis Research Trends, pp. 157-208, Nova Science Publishers, 2008

Geometrical Analysis of Model Predictive Control. A Parameterized Polyhedra Approach

Olaru, Dumitrache, Dumur
in Numerical Analysis and its applications, pp. 439-446, Springer, 2008

On the geometry of predictive control with nonlinear constraints

Olaru, Dobre, Dumur
in Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics IV, pp. 301-314, Springer, 2008
2007

A parameterized polyhedra approach for the explicit Robust Model Predictive Control

Olaru, Dumur
in Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics II, pp. 217-226, Springer-Verlag, 2007

Ant colony and genetic algorithm for constrained predictive control of power systems

Sandou, Olaru
in Hybrid Systems Computation and Control. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 501-514, Springer-Verlag, 2007
2006

Commande prédictive sous contraintes

Olaru, Dumur
in La Commande Prédictive, pp. 71-115, Hermes, 2006

Patents and software

These/HDR

2011
H.D.R.