The 8th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos will be held in the unique and fascinating venue of Villa Mondragone from June 9 to June 11 2027. The historic villa is located just few hundreds meters away from the city center of the lively city of Frascati, which is renowned in Italy for its wine and typical cuisine. This impressive architectural complex, witness to numerous significant historical events, is distinguished by its unique structure, composed of various buildings constructed in different periods. Cardinal Ugo Boncompagni, who later became Pope Gregory XIII, regularly used the villa as his residence. It was here, in 1582, that he issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas, which marked the beginning of the calendar reform still in use today. After countless events, changes in ownership, and shifts in function, Villa Mondragone became the property of the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1981. Since then, the university has launched an important restoration program to preserve its historical integrity and enhance its artistic and architectural heritage.
The conference is the eighth IFAC event related to series about analysis and control of chaotic systems. Following the tradition inaugurated by the previous joint edition, the 2027 edition of the IFAC ACNDC has the ambitious goal of bringing together experts from the fields of chaos as well as of the analysis and control of complex, nonlinear systems. These research areas provide foundational mathematical and methodological tools to several distinct topics, which are of strong interest for this IFAC meeting. Such topics include biological systems (network biology, gene regulatory networks, modeling and control of epidemics, etc.), electro-mechanical systems (power electronics, control of flexible joints, robotics, electric vehicle (EV) drive control systems), physical applications (optics, magnetics, fluidics and microfluidics, etc.), economics (game theory, optimal production and inventory control, climate-economy models, etc.), renewable energy (smart buildings, wind turbines, wave energy generation, etc.), to mention just a few. The conference will encompass and include high-quality contributions in the interdisciplinary fields of chaos and nonlinear systems, including applications involving complex, distributed, networked or uncertain dynamics. Synchronization and control of complex interconnected models, possibly by relying on data-driven methods or on strategies inspired by hybrid dynamics, is a relevant topic within the scope of this event. The aim of this event is to bring together, in the unique location provided by the historic Villa Mondragone, the communities of control engineering, physics, economics, biology, fluid dynamics, power electronics, electronic circuits, etc. with an opportunity to exchange information and new ideas and to discuss new developments in the field of chaos control and synchronization. These topics will be addressed both in terms of theoretical contributions as well as by envisioning practical implementations. The conference aims also at directly involving students and young researchers in order to introduce them to the field of chaos and nonlinear dynamics, with applications also in various fields of engineering.
The conference will cover all topics related to chaos and synchronization within the framework of control systems theory and engineering, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Control of complex systems
- Analysis and control of nonlinear systems
- Bifurcations in complex systems
- Nonlinear time series and identification
- Limit cycles in networks of oscillators
- Climate models
- Applications (biology, chemical engineering, economics, energy systems, physics, electrical engineering)
