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## Overview
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This student-led course explores modern techniques for controlling — and learning to control — dynamical systems. Topics range from classical optimal control and numerical optimization to reinforcement learning, PDE-constrained optimization (finite-element methods, Neural DiffEq, PINNs, neural operators), and GPU-accelerated workflows.
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## Objective
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Create an online book at the end using the materials from all lectures.
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## Prerequisites
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* Solid linear-algebra background
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* Programming experience in Julia, Python, *or* MATLAB
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## Grading
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| Component | Weight |
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| Participation & paper critiques | **25 %** |
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| In-class presentations | **50 %** |
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| Projects | **25 %** |
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| Participation | **25 %** |
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| In-class Presentations and Chapter | **50 %** |
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| Projects (Liaison work & Scribe & Admin & ...) | **25 %** |
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**Class material is due one week before the lecture!** No exceptions apart from the first 2 lectures.
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**Issues outlining references that will be used for lecture preparation are due at the end of the 3rd week (10/05/2025)!**
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20 minutes of research should give you an initial idea of what you need to read.
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🎯🚲 **Guessing Game**
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Here’s how the presentation grading works: we already know the lecture content we expect from you. Any deviations will be penalized **exponentially**. Your mission is twofold:
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1. **Check your understanding** — use [discussions](https://github.com/LearningToOptimize/LearningToControlClass/discussions) from previous lectures to ensure you’ve mastered earlier topics. We expect lectures to be extremely linked to each other.
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2. **Test your hypotheses** — validate your lecture content by raising and resolving issues, focusing primarily on your *main task issue* (see this example from [class 03](https://github.com/LearningToOptimize/LearningToControlClass/issues/18)).
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All interactions will happen **only through GitHub** — no in-person hints will be given.
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## Weekly Schedule (Fall 2025 – Fridays 2 p.m. ET)
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#### In-person:

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