Olivier Huber

Olivier Huber

Post-doc in Optimization

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS)

Biography

Olivier Huber is a post-doc in the group of Michael Hintermüller working on games with PDE constraints, within the SFB TRR 154 project.

Previously, he was a post-doc at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (University of Wisconsin–Madison), working with Michael Ferris. His research interest are in using a variational approach for the analysis and simulation of physical system (like mechanical systems with impacts and friction) and the development of optimization solvers.

He did his PhD in the BIPOP team (now TRIPOP) at INRIA Grenoble Rhône– Alpes, on discrete-time Sliding Mode Control for sampled-data systems. His advisors were Bernard Brogliato and Vincent Acary.

Interests
  • Numerical Optimization
  • Variational Inequalities
  • PDE-constrained Optimization
  • Computational Optimization
  • Control Theory
Education

  • PhD in Control Theory, 2015

    INRIA Grenoble & Université Grenoble-Alpes

  • MEng in Control Theory, 2011

    ENS Cachan (now ENS Paris-Saclay)

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, 2009

    ENS Cachan (now ENS Paris-Saclay)

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Humboldt-Universität
October 2018 – Present Berlin, Germany
Mentor: Michael Hintermüller
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2015 – October 2018 Madison, WI, USA
Mentor: Michael Ferris
 
 
 
 
 
PhD Student
INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes
September 2011 – May 2015 Grenoble, France
Advisors: Bernard Brogliato and Vincent Acary

Featured Publications

Solving Contact Problem With Coulomb Friction
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A Structure-Preserving Pivotal Method for Affine Variational Inequalities
This article introduces PATHAVI, a solver for Affine Variational Inequalities (AVI).
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A Structure-Preserving Pivotal Method for Affine Variational Inequalities
Lyapunov stability and performance analysis of the implicit discrete sliding mode control
Discrete-time sliding mode controllers with an implicit discretization of the signum function are considered. With a proper choice of …
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Implicit discrete-time twisting controller without numerical chattering: Analysis and experimental results
In this paper, we present an implementation of the sliding mode twisting controller on an electropneumatic plant for a tracking control …
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Featured Post

Aug 14, 2019 1 min read nash-game
Solving Nash Games Arising in Power Markets

My (former) mentor Michael Ferris, working at UW-Madison, was featured in a SIAM news interview. This is a great introduction to the scope and impact of solving Nash Equilibrium Problems! A plenary talk develops this topic further.

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