Description of Activities: Research is conducted in the general areas of control theory with particular emphasis on geometric control, non-linear control, optimal control, sub-Riemannian geometry, distributed optimization, learning, stochastic control, stochastic stability, information and control, decentralized and networked control, and game theory.

Faculty	Research Interests
Bahman Gharesifard	Distributed optimization and control, game theory, learning, geometric control theory
Ron Hirschorn (Emeritus)	Non-linear systems, sliding mode control, discontinuous stabilization
Andrew Lewis	Geometric control theory, geometric functional analysis
Abdol-Reza Mansouri	Sub-Riemannian geometry, geometric equivalence, non-holonomic control systems, non-linear control
Serdar Yüksel	Stochastic control, decentralized and networked control, information theory, stochastic stability

Past Events:
Fourth Biannual Meeting on Systems and Control Theory
Seventh Biannual Meeting on Systems and Control Theory

Graduate Courses Offered:
Math 830 Modern Control Theory
Math 834 Optimization Theory and Applications
Math 836 Lagrangian Mechanics, Dynamics, and Control
Math 844 Differentiable Manifolds
Math 839 Special Topics in Control
Math 872 Control of Stochastic Systems
Math 923 Topics in Analysis: Stochastic Calculus & Analysis
Math 949 Topics in Global Analysis

Application for graduate studies: Queen's provides an ideal environment to do graduate study in Mathematics and Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Mathematics or Statistics. Our course curriculum is rigorous and diverse. The applicants should follow the guidelines listed here. Typically students with backgrounds in mathematics / applied mathematics/ electrical and computer engineering / systems (mechanical, systems, industrial, aerospace) engineering with strong interests in mathematical sciences will find the graduate program very stimulating and rewarding. Our research environment is enhanced by an active group of graduate students, visiting scholars and post-doctoral fellows.