Prof. Dr. Florian Dörfler

Prof. Dr.  Florian Dörfler

Prof. Dr. Florian Dörfler

Full Professor at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
Deputy head of Automatic Control Laboratory

ETH Zürich

Professur f. Komplexe Regelsysteme

ETL I 26

Physikstrasse 3

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

 

Florian Dörfler’s research interests are centered around distributed control and optimization in complex, cyber-physical, and networked systems with applications to smart power grids, robotic coordination, and social networks. Topics of recent interest include stability and control in low-inertia power grids, online feedback optimization with applications to power systems operation, distributed and plug-and- play control and optimization, data-driven black-box control, and synchronization in complex networks. 

Florian Dörfler is an Associate Professor at the Automatic Control Laboratory at ETH Zürich and the Associate Head of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2013, and a Diplom degree in Engineering Cybernetics from the University of Stuttgart in 2008. From 2013to 2014 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California Los Angeles. He is a recipient of the distinguished young research awards by IFAC (Manfred Thoma Medal 2020) and EUCA (EuropeanControl Award 2020). His students were winners or finalists for Best Student Paper awards at the European Control Conference (2013, 2019), American Control Conference (2016), Conference on Decisionand Control (2020), PES General Meeting (2020), and PES PowerTech Conference (2017). He received the 2010 ACC Student Best Paper Award, the 2011 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award, the 2012-2014 Automatica Best Paper Award, the 2016 IEEE Circuits and Systems Best Paper Award, and the 2015UCSB ME Best PhD award.

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Honours

Year Distinction
2020 Best Student Paper Award at IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (as advisor)
2020 European Control Award
2020 IFAC Manfred Thoma Medal
2020 PES General Meeting Best Paper Award (as advisor)
2019 Best Student Paper Award at European Control Conference (as advisor)
2017 Basil Papadias Best Student Paper Award at IEEE PES PowerTech Conference (as advisor)
2016 IEEE Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award
2016 Top Five Finalist for Best Student Paper Award at American Control Conference (as advisor)
2015 UC Santa Barbara Mechanical Engineering Department Best PhD Award
2014 IFAC Automatica Triennial Best Paper Award
2013 Top Five Finalist for Best Student Paper Award at European Control Conference (as co-advisor)
2011 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award awarded by American Automatic Control Council
2010 Best Student Paper Award at American Control Conference

Course Catalogue

Autumn Semester 2024

Number Unit
227-0103-AAL Control Systems
227-0103-00L Control Systems
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