This video provides a high level introduction for this new road map document outlining some of the biggest societal challenges we face, and how control theory will be central in helping address them.
https://ieeecss.org/control-societal-scale-challenges-road-map-2030
The production of this video was supported by the IFAC.
Roadmap Abstract: The world faces some of its greatest challenges of modern time and how we address them will have a dramatic impact on the life for generations to come. Simultaneously, control systems, consisting of information enriched by various degrees of analytics followed by decision-making, are pervading a variety of sectors, not only in engineering but beyond, into financial services, socio-economic analysis, entertainment and sports, and political and social sciences. Increased levels of automation are sought after in various sectors and being introduced into new domains. All of these advances and transformations urge a shift in the conversation toward how control systems can meet grand societal- scale challenges. The document seeks to chart a roadmap for the evolution of control systems, identifying several areas where our discipline can have an impact over the next decade.
Edited by: Anuradha M. Annaswamy, Karl H. Johansson, and George J. Pappas
