Speaker: Prof. Karl Kunisch 

Title: Optimal Control of Systems Governed by the Navier Stokes Equations 

Abstract: 

Optimal control, both open and closed loop, of systems describing flow
phenomena still present diverse challenges due, in part, to their size, their
nonlinearity and different flow regimes. These difficulties, in turn, have
acted as a catalyst for the enhancement of control techniques for large
systems of partial differential equations. - In this talk I shall present
receding horizon techniques as well as model - reduction methods, based on
proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and approximate inertial manifolds
concepts, and their impact on control of fluids.- For the numerial treatment
of inequality constraints control or state variables semi-smooth Newton
techniques will briefly be described.