Project number:
09I01-03-V04-00024
Title of the project:
Slovak Research Excellence in Advanced Control for Smart Industries
Grant scheme:
VAIA 09I01-03-V04
Project type:
Operating programs
Project duration (start):
01.11.2023
Project duration (end):
01.05.2026
Principal investigator:
Miroslav Fikar

The project is oriented as complementary to the FrontSeat project supported by Horizon Europe. The aim is to carry out and fund complementary activities that were not considered in the original project. The main objectives of the project are:

  • Excellent research in the field of automatic control
  • Education and strengthening of research links in the field of automatic control
  • Development of infrastructure to support research in automatic control

The four faculties involved in the project are STUBA, the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology (Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mathematics, project PI), the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Institute of Automation, Measurement and Applied Informatics), the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology (Institute of Applied Informatics, Automation and Mechatronics, Institute of Advanced Technology Research) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Institute of Automotive Mechatronics, Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics).

Project web page: https://frontseat.stuba.sk/fs-match/

Publications

2025

  1. M. Arıcı – W. Daosud – J. VarganM. Fikar: Multi-Model Predictive Control of a Distillation Column. In Systems and Control Transactions, vol. 4, pp. 999–1004, 2025.
  2. D. DzurkováM. KalúzĽ. Čirka: Adversarial Encrypted Data Alternation Detection in Homomorphically Encrypted Process Control. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar and J. Oravec, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Process Control - Summaries Volume, Slovak Chemical Library, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, SK812-37, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 50–50, 2025.   Zenodo
  3. M. FikarL. Galčíková: Teaching Automatic Control for Chemical Engineers. In Systems and Control Transactions, vol. 4, pp. 2191–2196, 2025.
  4. N. Lindner – J. HolazaJ. Oravec – M. Mönnigmann: Quadcopter altitude control using model predictive control with online constraint removal. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar and J. Oravec, In Proceedings of the 2025 25th International Conference on Process Control, IEEE, pp. 62–67, 2025.
  5. M. Markowski – M. Trafczynski – E. PavlovičováJ. Oravec – S. Alabrudzinski – P. Kisielewski – K. Urbaniec – K. Elwertowski – D. Gostynski: Impact of Industrial Constraints on the Dynamic Performance of a PID-Controlled Hybrid Heat-Integrated Distillation System with a Plate Heat and Mass Exchanger. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 252, 2025.
  6. E. Pavlovičová – B. Daráš – P. BakaráčM. FikarJ. Oravec: From Theory to Harvest: Robust MPC Supervising Smart Greenhouse System. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar and J. Oravec, In Proceedings of the 2025 25th International Conference on Process Control, IEEE, pp. 80–85, 2025.   Zenodo
  7. E. PavlovičováJ. Oravec – M. Trafczynski – M. Markowski – S. Alabrudzinski – P. Kisielewski – K. Urbaniec: Energy and Carbon Footprint Reduction for Hybrid Heat-Integrated Distillation Systems: Robust Model Predictive Control Approach. Energy, vol. 334, 2025.
  8. J. Vargan – W. Daosud – M. Arıcı – M. A. Latifi – M. Fikar: Predictive Control of a Chemical Reactor using Multiple Linear Models. In 14th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, Elsevier, pp. 331–336, 2025.   Zenodo
  9. J. VarganM. Fikar – M. A. Latifi: Predictive Control Strategies of a Polymerization Production Unit. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar and J. Oravec, In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Process Control - Summaries Volume, Slovak Chemical Library, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, SK812-37, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 41–41, 2025.   Zenodo

Investigators


Responsibility for content: prof. Ing. Miroslav Fikar, DrSc.
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