McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC)
Annual Research Review Meeting
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Alumni Memorial Hall
McMaster University
08:00-08:30 Coffee
08:30-08:50 Introductory Comments, Introductions and MACC News
08:50-09:50 Research Overviews with Emphasis on Future Plans - I
MACC faculty – Chris Swartz, Prashant Mhaskar, Kamil Khan
09:50-10:20 Break
10:20-11:00 Research Overviews with Emphasis on Future Plans- II
MACC faculty – Vlad Mahalec, Giancarlo Dalle Ave
11:00-12:00 Rapid Fire Presentations - I
3 min presentations by MACC graduate students
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Rapid Fire Presentations - II
3 min presentations by MACC graduate students
13:30-15:00 Poster Session
Posters presented by McMaster graduate students
15:00-15:30 Break
15:45-16:45 MACC & ORF-RE Business Meetings (Venue TBA)
(Typically, attended by 1 representative from each member company)
18:00-21:00 Reception & Banquet
(The Buttery, in the downstairs area of the McMaster Alumni Hall)**
** All attendees, including students and representatives from guest companies, are
cordially invited!
McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC)
Workshop: Optimization, and its role in process modeling,
operation, and control
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Alumni Memorial Hall
McMaster University
08:00-08:20 Coffee
08:20-08:30 Introductory Comments
08:30-09:30 Data-Driven Decision-Focused Surrogate Modeling for Fast Online
Optimization
(Qi Zhang – University of Minnesota)
09:30-10:00 Digital Design and Optimization of Biopharmaceutical Processes Through
Process Simulation
(Chris McCready – Sartorius)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Optimization of Cell Culture Productivity Using Hybrid Modeling and
Model Predictive Control
(Mohammad Rashedi – Amgen)
11:00-11:30 Aligning Operating Decisions Across Pulp and Paper Mills in Real-Time
Using Process Flowsheet Optimization
(Gregory Fralic – Valmet)
11:30-12:00 Industrial Optimization and Estimization: Doing More with Less Using
IMPL and IMPL-Data
(Jeffrey Dean Kelly – Industrial Algorithms)
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Optimization and Machine Learning for Growth Marketing at Expedia
(Smriti Shyamal – Expedia Group)
13:30-14:00 Hatch’s Microgrid Controller
(Richard MacRosty – Hatch)
14:00-14:30 Large-Scale Optimization in Distributed Energy Resource Management
(Pranav Madabhushi, Zamry Jamaludin – GE Vernova)
14:30-15:00 Derivative-free Optimization: State-of-the-Art and Emerging Directions
(Kamil Khan – McMaster University)
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Panel Discussion
