If you read about automatic control, you've definitely heard of Model Predictive Control (MPC), but what is it? Let's find out by seeing how some of our researchers are applying it on trains.
Sophie Hall, a doctoral student at D-ITET’s Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA) and NCCR Automation, has been researching carbon-aware computing within Google’s global data centre network. Alongside Ana Radovanovic, Technical Lead for Energy Analytics and Carbon-Aware Computing as well as project leader, she shares insights into this unique and mutually beneficial academic-industry collaboration.