Daily Overviews


In addition to the main technical program, the conference includes lunch-time and evening special sessions on industry, education, emerging topics, and funding opportunities.


Tuesday Overview


TimeKey Events
18:15 - 19:15Plenary Session (see Plenary Sessions), Ballroom 1
"Control Challenges for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO),"
Dennis Coyne, California Institute of Technology

Wednesday Overview


TimeKey Events
07:45 – 08:00 2020 ACC Opening Remarks (Ballroom 1)
08:00 – 09:00 Plenary Session (see Plenary Sessions)
"Lots to Be Done: Towards Data-Informed, Real-Time Coordination Algorithms That Scale Up,"
Sonia Martinez, Univ. of California at San Diego (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Late Breaking Poster Session (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Coffee Break (See online program for details)
10:00 – 12:00 Rapid Interactive Sessions (Ballroom 1)
12:00 – 13:30 Noon Special Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • An Overview of NSF Programs
  • Women in Control Luncheon Meeting
  • Research with Broad Scope and High Impact in an Industrial Laboratory (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories)
13:30 – 15:30 Mid-Day Technical Sessions
13:30 – 15:30 Mid-Day Special Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • Women in Controls in Industry
  • NREL's Control Research: Enabling a Clean Energy Future
  • Workshop for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students, Teachers, and Parents
15:30 – 16:00 Late Breaking Poster Session (Ballroom 1)
16:00 – 18:00 Late Afternoon Technical Sessions
16:00 – 18:00 Late Afternoon Special Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • Women in Controls in Industry
18:15 – 19:15 Plenary Session (see Plenary Sessions)
"Advances and Opportunities of AI and Machine Learning in Industrial Process Monitoring and Control,"
Leo Chiang, The Dow Chemical Company (Ballroom 1)

Thursday Overview


TimeKey Events
08:00 – 09:00 Plenary Session (see Plenary Sessions)
"Control of Complex Energy and Power Systems for Electrified Mobility,"
Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Late Breaking Poster Session (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Coffee Break (See online program for details)
09:30 – 11:45 Rapid Interactive Sessions
12:00 – 13:30 Noon Special Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • Control Design for SuperCruise Automated Driving: Systems, Algorithms, Challenges and Solutions (General Motors)
  • Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap in Robotics on a Massive Scale in Georgia Tech's Robotarium (Mathworks)
13:30 – 15:30 Mid-Day Technical Sessions
13:30 – 15:30 Mid-Day Special Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • Promoting Access for Underrepresented Groups in STEM Graduate Disciplines
  • Quantum Information Systems: Communication, Control and Computing
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break (See online program for details)
16:00 – 18:00 Late Afternoon Technical Sessions
16:00 – 18:00 Late Afternoon Evening Sessions (see Special Sessions)
  • Getting Funded by NSF: Proposal Preparation and the Merit Review Process
  • Student Career Advising

Friday Overview


TimeKey Events
08:00 – 09:00 Plenary Session (see Plenary Sessions)
"Distributed Decision Making in Network Systems: Algorithms, Fundamental Limits, and Applications,"
Na Li, Harvard University (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Late Breaking Poster Session (Ballroom 1)
09:00 – 09:30 Coffee Break (See online program for details)
09:30 – 11:45 Rapid Interactive Sessions
12:00 – 13:30 ACC Awards Ceremony (Ballroom 1)
13:30 – 15:30 Mid-Day Technical Sessions
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break (See online program for details)
16:00 – 18:00 Late Afternoon Technical Sessions
18:30 – 19:30 Closing Reception