updated Dec. 14th, 2020
Short Bio
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Dr. Sérgio Pequito is an assistant professor in the Delft Center for Systems & Control that is part of the Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering faculty at Delft University of Technology. Pequito's research consists of understanding the global qualitative behavior of large-scale systems from their structural or parametric descriptions and provides a rigorous framework for the design, analysis, optimization, and control of large scale systems. Currently, his interests span to neuroscience and biomedicine, where dynamical systems and control theoretic tools can be leveraged to develop new analysis tools for brain dynamics towards effective personalized medicine and improve brain-computer and brain-machine-brain interfaces. Pequito was awarded the best student paper finalist in the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (2009) and the 2016 O. Hugo Schuck Award in the Theory Category by the American Automatic Control Council. |
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Academic Background
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2014
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Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Dual Degree)
Carnegie Mellon University &
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Dissertation title: A Structural Approach to Design, Analysis and Optimization of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
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2009
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M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics (Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems)
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Master Thesis title: The Entropy Penalized Minimum Energy Estimator
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2007
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B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Computation
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Final project title:
The perceptron: from neural models to their computability
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Professional Experience
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July
2020
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present
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Assistant Professor
Delft Center for Systems and Control
Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering faculty
Technische Universiteit Delft
Delft, NL |
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Aug
2017
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June
2020
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Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, USA
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Aug
2014
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July
2017
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Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception Laboratory
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Fev
2009
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Sept
2009
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Trainee
European Space Agency
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) systems group
European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC)
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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Fev
2008
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Jan
2009
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Young Researcher
Institute for System and Robotics
Dynamical System and Ocean Robotics LAB
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
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Awards and Honors
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2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
2016
2016
2012
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2009
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2009
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Guest Editor in Frontiers in Physiology Fractal and Network Physiology
Special issue on Inference, Causality and Control in Networks of Dynamical Systems: Data Science and Modeling Perspectives to Network Physiology with Implications for Artificial Intelligence
Trustees Faculty Achievement, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
IEEE Senior Member
Trustees Faculty Achievement, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PLoS One Academic Editor
O. Hugo Schuck Award in the Theory Category
European Embedded Control Institute (EECI) European PhD Award on Control for Complex and Heterogeneous Systems (finalist)
Phi Kappa Phi, Love of Learning Award
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Teaching Award (university-wide) [Honorable Mention]
Phi Kappa Phi member (Carnegie Mellon Chapter)
Best student paper award finalist at 48th Conference on Decision and Control
Second prize for the best students of the Technical University of Lisbon
Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (CLUSTER) prize
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