#ModConFlex

ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-05-08

researcher Vicente Ocqueteau co-authored a study of small oscillations of a floating cylinder:

"On an Initial Value Problem Describing the Small Oscillations of a Floating Cylinder" (V.Ocqueteau and M.Tucsnak) establishes , and results for the of the governing .

arxiv.org/abs/2504.20523




Figure 1 from "On an Initial Value Problem Describing the Small Osciallations of a Floating Cyclinder"
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-04-03

Several PhD students and supervisors from the project met at the Spring School on Theory and Applications of Port-Hamiltonian Systems (PHS2025) last week.

The PhD students presented and discussed posters of their work. The supervisors presented, too, and the project coordinator was also involved in the organisation.

For program details and some more photos, see epc.ed.tum.de/rt/phs2025/

Group picture of PHS2025 attendants from ModConFlex in front of a medieval wall.
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-03-31

Paper on global (including the position of the particle) for fluid-particle interaction system: design of a PD control acting on the particle.

by researcher Zhuo Xu and his supervisor Marius Tucsnak.


arxiv.org/abs/2501.11446

Some central equations from the paper and the link to it: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11446
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-02-12

As of today, we have 12 papers by researchers on our website.

That is on average one paper every two months since the start of our project - great. Thanks to everyone for their contribution!

modconflex.uni-wuppertal.de/en

EU flag with text "Funded by the European Union" and ModConFlex logo
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-01-20

How can a central server effectively use a limited reward budget to motivate distributed clients to cooperate?

*A Potential Game Perspective in Federated Learning* explores this multi-agent interaction and decision-making problem through economic and game-theoretic perspectives:

arxiv.org/abs/2411.11793




Useful e.g. to build data-driven floating wind turbine models from distributed data.

A plot of Average training effort s on the y-axis with reward factor lambda on the x-axis.
Fairly flat at the start, starting to curve upwards after lambda_1 until it reaches lambda*. Here, a curve towards a higher and again flat level of average training effort curve begins (curve begins after a jump to a higher level of average training effort at lambda*)
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-01-13

The first network meeting took place in November 2023 @utwente .

12 freshly hired Researchers (PhD students) and their supervisors plus a few more project participants met for the first time at the University of Twente.

After a day of meetings with lively discussions also during the breaks the day was concluded by a cozy dinner at the conference venue.

The Researchers stayed on for five additional days of learning.
Videos / slides available:

modconflex.uni-wuppertal.de/de

Group picture of the ModConFlex project's researchers and supervisors taken in a seminar room. Some sitting on the floor, some standing.
ModConFlexModConFlex
2025-01-06

Last 2024 publication within the project:

"LQR control for a system describing the interaction between a floating solid and the surrounding fluid" on of moving on the and acting on the solid.

Co-authored by researcher Zhuo Xu and published in Mathematical Control and Related Fields:

aimsciences.org//article/doi/1

Congratulations to Zhuo for his first !


ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-12-18

"FedADMM-InSa: An inexact and self-adaptive ADMM for federated learning" by Yongcun Song, Ziqi Wang and Enrique Zuazua is published in the Jan 2025 edition of .




Congratulations!



sciencedirect.com/science/arti

ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-12-02

researcher Alan Valadez co-authored *stability analysis for multi-machine power systems with constant power loads*.

It provides valuable tools to analyze systems with distributed loads and advances understanding of dynamic models in modern power systems. Findings can be applied to, e.g., distributed power systems of offshore wind, offering insights into stability and operation.

ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1

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2024-07-11
ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-06-26

Congratulations to -Researcher Maddalen Irigoien, the winner of the presentation prize 2024!

Maddalen's research focus is on modelling floating wind turbines. She started with the groundwork in December 2023.

All Researchers delivered excellent presentations at our 2024 and we are happy to have such promising researchers on board of our project.



ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-06-17

New paper on of moving on the and acting on the solid. Co-authored by researcher Zhuo Xu: "LQR control for a system describing the interaction between a floating solid and the surrounding fluid".




modconflex.uni-wuppertal.de/en
arxiv.org/abs/2406.08072

ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-05-15

Researcher Kaja Khrač co-authored a paper on systems with and .

are conjugated variables with respect to the canonical symplectic form, whereas are dual variables. Introducing port-Hamiltonian systems with energy ports allows us to treat constrained and input-output Hamiltonian systems under the same hat. 

arxiv.org/abs/2405.01241

ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-04-16

researcher Ziqi Wang is a co-author of "FedADMM-InSa: An Inexact and Self-Adaptive ADMM for Federated Learning" Federated learning (FL) emerges as a promising framework for from while preserving privacy. It is useful in the sector. For instance, it enables of among multiple , overcoming challenges associated with and .

arxiv.org/pdf/2402.13989.pdf

ModConFlexModConFlex
2024-04-10

A subgroup of the project gathered at the workshop of the French-Dutch-German Doctoral College on Port-Hamiltonian Systems at Toulouse.

Researcher Kaja Krhač presented her research on the system defined with energy ports.

Hans Zwart from utwente@social.edu.nl gave a talk on the Riesz basis for port-Hamiltonian systems and Birgit Jacob from Wuppertal uni introduced the Topical Activity Group on Dissipative and Systems of the @EuroMathSoc

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