Date and time: Thursday 11 June 2026, 09:00-17:00 CEST
Title: Feedback control of biomedical systems
Where: Digital Futures hub, Osquars Backe 5, floor 2 at KTH main campus OR Zoom
Directions: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/contact/how-to-get-here/
OR
Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69560887455
The event aims to bring biomedical and control engineering together and explores the under-researched area of feedback control in biomedical systems. The core of the event is the distinguished lecture by Prof. Steffen Leonhardt about closed-loop systems in physiology (Link).
In the workshop, we will explore how to model the body’s feedback control mechanisms, share experience with feedback control in intelligent systems, and converge on applicable theoretical frameworks which are uniquely suited to control in the context of biomedical systems.
Important information & Registration
- To participate you need to register. Please register here.
- Remember to sign up for lunch via the Link to the distinguished lecture: https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/event/distinguished-lecture-prof-steffen-leonhardt-aachen-university/
Early Career Pitch presentations
- Are you a young scientist and want to share your research? Then register for a 3 min Early Career Pitch presentation and send a title + 200-word abstract to Carina Veil (veil@kth.se), no later than 21st of May.
Confirmed Speakers
- Alexander Medvedev, Professor at Uppsala University: Impulsive feedback in endocrine regulation.
- Seraina Dual, Associate Professor at KTH: Human in the loop control of walking for cardiac effect.
- Erik Fransen, Professor at KTH: From Accuracy to Reliability: ML-Based Respiratory Mechanics Estimation under Noise and Clinical Variability.
- Steffen Leonhardt, Professor at Aachen University: Control of therapeutic systems – why mother nature is closing the loop and why we should do this, too!
- Mirko Fiacchini, Associate Research Professor at Université Grenoble Alpes: tbd.
- Saikat Chatterjee, Professor at KTH: tbd.
Program
Detailed schedule to be announced
09:00 – 09:20 Registration & Introduction – Icebreaker
09:20 – 10:00 Pitches early career researchers
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30 Short talks of invited speakers
11:30 – 12:00 Fetch your lunch
12:00 – 13:00 Distinguished Lecture
13:30 – 14:30 Short Talk by invited speakers
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 – 15:45 Panel and discussion
15:45 – 16:00 Closing remarks
16:00 – 17:00 Mingle
End of Day
Organizers
- Seraina Dual, Associate Professor, KTH seraina@kth.se
- Matthieu Barreau, Assistant Professor, KTH, barreau@kth.se
- Carina Veil, Postdoc, KTH, veil@kth.se
Contact persons: Carina Veil (veil@kth.se) and Seraina Dual (seraina@kth.se)
The conference is co-sponsored by Digital Futures.
