Research Interests in Control Systems Theory and Applications
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Control of Distributed Parameter Systems (DPS)
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Event-triggered and Sampled-data Control
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Predictor Feedback Design for Time-delay Systems
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Extremum Seeking Control
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Safe Control via Control Barrier Functions
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Adaptive and Learning Control
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Founder of the African Control Systems Symposium (AFCONS) as a new international platform dedicated to advancing research and collaboration in systems and control across Africa. Inaugural edition of AFCONS at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Mbour, Senegal, 2026.
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Workshop co-organizer: “Learning, Estimation and Control for PDE Systems,” 9th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2025.
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Workshop co-organizer: “Control and Adaptation: Imagine What’s Next,” in celebration of the 60th birthday of Miroslav Krstic at 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2024.
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Guest Editor of the "Special Issue: Estimation and Control of Distributed Parameter Systems ," initiated by IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, to celebrate the 60th birthday of Miroslav Krstic with Iasson Karafyllis and Jérôme Loheac, 2026.
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Kebe, F., Ndao, N. and Diagne, M., "Empowering the Next Generation of Control Engineers: A Story from PARC 2025," IFAC Activity Fund Report, June 2026.
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Kebe, F., Diagne, M. and Ndao, N., “Transforming Lives and Building Africa’s Future: The Inspiring Journey of the 2025 Pan-African Robotics Competition,” in IEEE Control Systems, 46(1), pp. 22-26, 2026.
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Bekiaris-Liberis, N., Diagne, M., Karafyllis, I., Oliveira, T. R., Tang, S. X., Vazquez, R. and Yu, H., “Control and Adaptation: Imagine What’s Next [Conference Reports],” in IEEE Control Systems, 45(4), 98-100, 2025.