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Research Interests | Education | Academic Experience | Publications

Research Interests

• Robust and Optimal Control
• Noise and Vibration Control
• Simultaneous Design of Control and Structure
• Optimization Involving Matrix Inequalities
• Application of Computer Algebra and Noncommutative Algebra

Education

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

• Post-Doctorate, Optimization in Engineering Center (OPTEC), 2007

University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

• Post-Doctorate, Vibroacoustics Laboratory, 2006

University of California San Diego - UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA

• Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 2003
  • Advisor: Robert E. Skelton and J. W. Helton

University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1997
  • Advisor: Douglas E. Zampieri and Pedro L. D. Peres

Awards-Fellowships

• CNPq:    PosDoc (2004 - 2005); DTI/PCI (1998)
• CAPES:  PhD (1998 - 2003); M.S. (1995 - 1997)

Academic Experience

University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

• Undergraduate Courses
  • Linear systems theory (ES601)
  • Control of dynamic systems (EM707,ES710)
  • Discrete-time control systems (ES728))
  • Mathematics for engineering (ES401))

• Graduate Courses
  • Discrete-time control systems (IM145)
  • Robust control theory (IM148)
  • Linear System theory (IM420)
  • Nonlinear System theory (IM420)

University of California San Diego - UCSD, La Jolla, California, USA

• Research Assistant, Structural Systems and Control Lab (Prof. R. E. Skelton); 1998 - 2003
  • Joint Structure and Control Design, Convex Optimization over Matrix Functions
  
  
  
• Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics (Prof. J. W. Helton); 1998 - 2003
  • Application of computer algebra and noncommutative algebra
  • Numerical algorithms for solving optimization problems involving matrix inequalities
  
  
  
• Teaching Assistant, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department; 1998 - 2003
  • Mechanics III: Vibration (MAE130C), for the 2003 Winter Quarter
  • Linear Circuits (MAE140), for the 2002 Fall Quarter
  • Linear Control (MAE143B), for the 2002 Spring Quarter
  • Mechanics I: Statics (AMES121A/MAE130A), for the 2000 Winter Quarter
  • Mechanics III: Vibration (AMES121C/MAE130C), for the 1999 Spring Quarter
  • Numerical Methods (AMES154/MAE107), for the 1998 Fall Quarter

University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

• Tutoring, PRG/PAEG, 1997.
  • Calculus II

Publications

Book Chapters

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Modeling and Control of LPV Systems: A Vibroacoustic Application'', in J. Mohammadpour and C. W. Scherer (Eds.), Control of Linear Parameter Varying Systems with Applications, Springer-Verlag, 2012. pp. 289--305.

   

Journal Papers

• J. De Caigny, R. Pintelon, J. F. Camino and J. Swevers, ``Interpolated Modeling of LPV Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, (Submitted), 2012.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain-scheduled dynamic output feedback for discrete-time LPV systems,'' International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 535--558, 2012.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, and J. Swevers, ``Interpolation-based Modelling of MIMO LPV systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 46--63, 2011.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``A Vibroacoustic Application of Identification and Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems,'' Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 409--419, 2010.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain-scheduled H₂ and H_∞ Control of Discrete-time Polytopic Time-varying Systems,'' IET Control Theory & Applications, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 362--380, 2010.

   

• J. F. Camino and J. R. F. Arruda, ``H₂ and H_∞ Feedforward and Feedback Compensators for Acoustic Isolation,'' Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 2538-2556, 2009.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, and J. Swevers, ``Interpolating Model Identification for SISO Linear Parameter Varying Systems,'' Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 2395-2417, 2009.

   

• J. F. Camino and J. Swevers, ``Discussion on: Design of low order robust controllers for a VSC HVDC power plant terminal,'' European Journal of Control, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 555-557, 2007.

   

• J. F. Camino, J. W. Helton, and R. E. Skelton, ``Solving matrix inequalities whose unknowns are matrices,'' SIAM Journal on Optimization, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-36, 2006.

   

• J. F. Camino, J. W. Helton, R. E. Skelton, and J. Ye, ``Matrix inequalities: A symbolic procedure to determine convexity automatically,'' Integral Equations and Operator Theory, vol. 46, pp. 399-454, July 2003.

   

• J. F. Camino, M. C. de Oliveira, and R. E. Skelton, ``Convexifying'' linear matrix inequality methods for integrating structure and control design,'' ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, special issue on Structural Control, vol. 129, pp. 978-988, July 2003.

   

• R. H. C. Takahashi, J. F. Camino, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Multiobjective weighting selection for optimization-based control design,'' ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, vol. 122, pp. 567-570, Sept. 2000.

   

Conference Papers

• J. De Caigny, R. Pintelon, J. F. Camino and J. Swevers, ``Interpolated Modeling of LPV Systems Based on Observability and Controllability,'' in Proc. of the 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, (Brussels, Belgium), pp. 1-7, Jul. 2012. (To appear)

   

• J. G. Iossaqui, J. F. Camino, and D. E. Zampieri ``A Nonlinear Control Design for Tracked Robots with Longitudinal Slip,'' in Proc. of the 18th IFAC World Congress, (Milano, Italy), pp. 5932-5937, Ago. 2011. (cdrom)

   

• J. G. Iossaqui, J. F. Camino, and D. E. Zampieri ``An Application of Filtering Techniques For the Tracking Control of Mobile Robots with Slipping,'' in Proc. of the XIV International Conference on Dynamic Problems in Mechanics - DINAME, (São Sebastião, Brazil), pp. 194-203, Mar. 2011.

   

• L. A. Rodrigues, J. F. Camino, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Stability Analysis and Control Design for LPV Systems using Homogeneous Polynomial Path Dependent Lyapunov Functions,'' in Congresso Brasileiro de Automática, (Bonito, Brazil), pp. 1-7, Sep. 2010 (cdrom)

   

• J. G. Iossaqui, J. F. Camino, and D. E. Zampieri, ``Adaptive Tracking Control of Tracked Mobile Robots with Unknown Slip Parameter,'' in Congresso Brasileiro de Automática, (Bonito, Brazil), pp. 1-7, Sep. 2010 (cdrom)

   

• J. G. Iossaqui, J. F. Camino, and D. E. Zampieri, ``Adaptive Torque-Based Control of Tracked Mobile Robots with Unknown Longitudinal Slip Parameter,'' in VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica - CONEM, (Campina Grande, Brazil), pp. 1-10, Aug. 2010 (cdrom)

   

• A. L. Soubhia, G. Jeuken, and J. F. Camino, ``Otimização dos Parâmetros da Planta e do Controlador de uma Suspensão Veicular Ativa,'' in VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica - CONEM, (Campina Grande, Brazil), pp. 1-9, Aug. 2010 (cdrom)

   

• L. A. Rodrigues, J. F. Camino, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Aplicações de Técnicas de Controle LPV num Sistema de Vibração Torcional Eletromecânico,'' in VI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica - CONEM, (Campina Grande, Brazil), pp. 1-10, Aug. 2010 (cdrom)

   

• L. A. Rodrigues, J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain-Scheduled L₂ Control of Discrete-Time Polytopic Time-Varying Systems,'' in 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering - COBEM, (Gramado, Brazil), pp. 1-10, Nov. 2009 (cdrom)

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain-Scheduled H_∞-Control for Discrete-Time Polytopic LPV Systems Using Homogeneous Polynomially Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Functions,'' in Proc. of the 6th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design - ROCOND, (Haifa, Israel), pp. 19-24, June. 2009. (cdrom).

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``A Vibroacoustic Application of Identification and Control for Linear Time-Varying Systems,'' in Proc. of the XIII International Conference on Dynamic Problems in Mechanics - DINAME, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), pp. 1-9, Mar. 2009. (cdrom).

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain Scheduled H_∞-Control of Discrete-Time Polytopic Time Varying Systems,'' in Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Cancun, Mexico), pp. 3872-3877, Dec. 2008.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino and J. Swevers, ``Identification of MIMO LPV models based on interpolation,'' in Proc. of the International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering - ISMA, (Leuven, Belgium), pp. 2631-2644, Sep. 2008.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, ``Gain Scheduled H₂-Control of Discrete-Time Polytopic Time Varying Systems,'' in Congresso Brasileiro de Automática, (Juiz de Fora, Brazil), pp. 1-6, Sep. 2008. (cdrom).

   

• M. M. Sette, J. F. Camino, J. D'hooge, H. Van Brussel, and J. V. Sloten, ``Comparing Optimization Algorithms for The Young's Modulus Reconstruction in Ultrasound Elastography,'' in Proc. of the 2007 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, (New York, USA), pp.2028-2031, Oct. 2007.

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, B. Paijmans, and J. Swevers, ``An Application of Interpolating Gain-scheduling Control,'' in Proc. of the 3rd IFAC Symposium on System, Structure and Control, (Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil), Oct. 2007. (cdrom).

   

• L. V. Donadon and D. A. Siviero and J. F. Camino and J. R. F. Arruda, ``Comparing a Filtered-X LMS and an H₂ Controller for the Attenuation of the Sound Radiated by a Panel,'' in Proc. of the International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering - ISMA, (Leuven, Belgium), pp. 199-210, Sep. 2006. (cdrom).

   

• J. F. Camino, Khaled M. Ahmida and Luiz O. S. Fereira, ``Track-following controller for an acoustically excited double-paddle scanner,'' in Proc. of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (San Diego, USA), pp. 609-614, Dec. 2006. (cdrom).

   

• J. F. Camino, L. V. Donadon, and J. R. F. Arruda, ``Comparing feedforward and feedback compensators for active structural acoustic isolation,'' in The 34th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Aug. 2005. (cdrom).

   

• L. V. Donadon, P. Lamary, J. F. Camino, and J. R. F. Arruda, ``Application of the active sound intensity control in the control of the sound transmitted though panels,'' in The Twelfth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, (Lisbon, Portugal), July 2005. (cdrom).

   

• J. F. Camino and J. W. Helton, ``Solving matrix inequalities whose unknowns are matrices,'' in Proc. of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , (Paradise Island, Bahamas), pp. 3160-3166, Dec. 2004.

   

• J. F. Camino, M. C. de Oliveira, and R. E. Skelton, ``Plant and control design using convexifying LMI methods,'' in Proc. of the 15th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control , (Barcelona, Spain), pp. 137-142, July 2002. T-We-M18 (cdrom).

   

• J. F. Camino, M. C. de Oliveira, and R. E. Skelton, ``Convexifying LMI methods for integrating structure and control design,'' in Proc. of the Third World Conference on Structural Control (F. Casciati, ed.), vol. 2, (Como, Italy), pp. 431-437, International Association for Structural Control (IACS), John Wiley & sons, Apr. 2002.

   

• M. C. de Oliveira, J. F. Camino, and R. E. Skelton, ``A convexifying algorithm for the design of structured linear controller,'' in Proc. of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , (Sydney, Australia), pp. 2781-2786, Dec. 2000.

   

• J. F. Camino, J. W. Helton, and R. E. Skelton, ``A symbolic algorithm for determining convexity of a matrix function: How to get Schur complements out of your life,'' in Proc. of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Sydney, Australia), pp. 5023-5026, Dec. 2000.

   

• J. F. Camino, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``H₂ and H_∞ optimization techniques applied to a quarter-car suspension model,'' in Proc. of the International Conference on Dynamic Problems in Mechanics - DINAME/PACAM VI (H. I. Weber, P. B. Gonçalves, I. Jasiuk, D. Pamplona, C. R. Steele, and L. Bevilacqua, eds.), vol. 8 of Applied Mechanics in the Americas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), pp. 1181-1184, AAM and ABCM, Jan. 1999.

   

• J. F. Camino, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Design of a vehicular suspension controller by static output feedback,'' in Proc. of the American Control Conference, (San Diego, USA), pp. 3168-3172, June 1999.

   

• J. F. Camino, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Aplicação da Técnica de controle robusto H₂ em uma suspensão veicular - análise de falha,'' in Anais do V Congresso de Engenharia Mecânica Norte-Nordeste , (Fortaleza, Brazil), pp. 559-566, Sep. 1998.

   

• R. H. C. Takahashi, J. F. Camino, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``A multiobjective approach for H₂ and H_∞ active suspension control,'' in Proc. of the American Control Conference, vol. 1, (Philadelphia, USA), pp. 48-52, Jun. 1998.

   

• J. F. Camino, R. H. C. Takahashi, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``Optimal active suspension design via convex analysis,'' in Proc.of the 1997 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, (Hartford, USA), pp. 411-416, Oct. 1997.

   

• J. F. Camino, R. H. C. Takahashi, D. E. Zampieri, and P. L. D. Peres, ``H₂ and LQR active suspension control schemes with uncertain parameters: A comparison,'' in Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Dynamic Problems in Mechanics - DINAME , (Angra dos Reis, Brazil), pp. 226-228, Mar. 1997.

   

Abstracts in Proceedings

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, R. C. L. F. Oliveira, P. L. D. Peres, and J. Swevers, Stability analysis for discrete-time LPV systems , (Leuven), Sep. 2009. Book of Abstracts of the 14th Belgian-French-German Conference on Optimization .

   

• J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, J. De Schutter, and J. Swevers, Interpolation-based multiparameter LPV identification , (Heeze), Mar. 2008. Book of Abstracts of the 27th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control.

   

• B. Paijmans, J. De Caigny, J. F. Camino, and J. Swevers, Gain Scheduling Control for a Structural Acoustic Isolation Problem , (Lommel), Mar. 2006. Book of Abstracts of the 25th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control.

   

• J. F. Camino and M. Sette and M. Diehl, Young's Modulus Reconstruction Using a Constrained Gauss-Newton Method , (Lommel), Mar. 2006. Book of Abstracts of the 25th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control.

   

• J. F. Camino, M. C. De Oliveira, and R. E. Skelton, A Convexifying Method for Integrated Structure and Control Design , (San Diego), July. 2001. Proc. of the Fifth SIAM Conference on Control & Its Applications.

   

• J. F. Camino, J. W. Helton, R. E. Skelton, and J. Ye, Analyzing Matrix Inequalities Systematically: How To Get Schur Complements Out of Your Life , (San Diego), July. 2001. Proc. of the Fifth SIAM Conference on Control & Its Applications.

   

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