2024 CONTROL &
STATS MEETING
Hosted by
Polytechnique Montréal
Department of Chemical Engineering
Technical program
We would like to thank our generous sponsors, the Department of Chemical
Engineering of Polytechnique Montréal and the Graduate student association of
Polytechnique, for their support.
Maps of Polytechnique Montréal
Technical program, Day 1 (May 9th, 2024)
9:00 – 9:20 Registration
Location: Room M-1120, Lassonde Building, Polytechnique
Montréal, 2700 Ch de la Tour (rez-de-chaussée / ground floor),
Montréal, QC H3T 1J4
9:20 – 9:30 Welcome message
9:30 – 10:45 Invited talk by Prof. Denis Dochain (Université catholique de Louvain):
Adaptive control of reaction systems
10:45 – 11:05 Coffee break
Location: Hall Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal
11:05 – 11:30 Presentation: Estimation of mineral liberation distribution from laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy data
Presenter: David-Alexandre Desrosiers (Université Laval)
11:30 – 11:55 Presentation: Towards Pilot-Scale Electric Arc Furnace Bath Size
Estimation with Long Short-Term Memory Networks
Presenter: Antony Gareau-Lajoie (Polytechnique Montréal)
11:55 – 12:20 Presentation: Modeling of a heat-integrated biomass downdraft
gasifier: Estimation of key model parameters using experimental data
Presenter: Houda Haidar (Queen’s University)
12:20 – 12:45 Presentation: Enhancing the Efficiency of a Municipal Solid Waste
Incinerator through the Use of Multiple Data Sources, Multivariate
Methods, and Control Strategies
Presenter: Malika Perluzzi (Université Laval)
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
Location: Hall Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal
14:00 – 14:25 Presentation: Prescribed-time Dual Mode Extremum Seeking Control
Presenter: Adam Waterman (Queen’s University)
14:25 – 14:50 Presentation: A Nonparametric learning approach for output
regulation in nonlinear systems
Presenter: Jordan Cooper (Queen’s University)
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14:50 – 15:15 Presentation: Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Process
Systems: Handling Plant-Model Mismatch
Presenter: Farshad Moayedi (McMaster University)
15:15 – 15:40 Presentation: TBD
Presenter: Enrique Luna (McMaster University)
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break
Location: Hall Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal
16:00 – 16:25 Presentation: Quantification of Naïve T-cell migration parameters in
mice using a Multi-tissue model
Presenter: Nagat Elrefaei (McMaster University)
16:25 – 16:50 Presentation: Applications of Calibration transfer in the
Pharmaceutical industry
Presenter: Ahmed Ibrahim (Université de Sherbrooke)
16:50 – 17:15 Presentation: Application of Hybrid Models for Pharmaceutical
Processes
Presenter: Mohammad Aghaee Foroushani (University of
Waterloo)
17:15 – 18:30 Pre-dinner break
18:30 Dinner
Location: St-Hubert, 5235, Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges
Montréal, QC
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Technical program, Day 2 (May 10th, 2024)
9:00 – 9:25 Presentation: Integration of Design and Control for Recirculating
Aquaculture Systems
Presenter: Shayesteh Dolatabadi (University of Waterloo)
9:25 – 9:50 Presentation: Development of a control strategy for an active cooling
system
Presenter: Wiebke Mainville (Polytechnique Montréal)
9:50 – 10:15 Presentation: Bayesian Parameter Estimation Using Truncated
Normal Distributions as Priors for Parameters in Fundamental Models
of Chemical Processes
Presenter: Lauren Gibson (Queen’s University)
10:15 – 10:40 Presentation: Leveraging Neural Networks to Estimate Parameters
with Confidence Intervals
Presenter: Nigel Mathias (McMaster University)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
Location: Hall Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal
11:00 – 11:25 Presentation: Early Fault Classification in Chemical Processes Using
Deep Learning
Presenter: Chrysler Jacobson Djogap Feujo (Polytechnique
Montréal)
11:25 – 11:50 Presentation: Batch-to-Batch Optimization Algorithm In The Presence
Of Model-Plant Mismatch, Measurement Noises And Unknown
Disturbances
Presenter: Ali Ghodba (University of Waterloo)
11:50 – 12:15 Presentation: Towards non-invasive quality monitoring and control of
stem cell-derived pancreatic islet manufacturing
Presenter: Rohan Singh (Polytechnique Montréal)
12:15 Farewell message & Lunch (Boxes will be available)
Location: Hall Lassonde, Polytechnique Montréal
