Declan Bates

Professor of Control Engineering

Control and Instrumentation Research Group,
Department of Engineering,
University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.

+44-116-2525642 +44-116-2522619 dgb3 at le.ac.uk

Research Interests

Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology Lab Homepage

Robustness and feedback control in cellular and physiological systems

Reverse engineering biological networks

Integration of wet-lab experiments with modelling and computational analysis of biological control systems

Robust model-based design of synthetic biological systems

Robust Control of Aerospace Systems

Modelling, analysis and design of nonlinear aerospace control systems

Linear fractional transformations and structured singular value theory

Local, global and hybrid optimisation methods for robustness analysis of flight control laws

Advanced control of jet engines, civil transport aircraft, hypersonic re-entry vehicles and satellites

Research Grants

Principal Investigator, EPSRC, "Robust Integrated Flight Control System Design for Civil Aircraft", 50K GBP, 1/11/99.

Principal Investigator, Grant-in-aid-of-research from Volvo Aero Corporation, Trolhattan, Sweden, 23K GBP, 01/11/99.

Co-Investigator, EPSRC, "Integrated Flight Control Systems for Improved Performance", 89K GBP, 01/10/00.

Principal Investigator, EPSRC, "Performance Robustness Analysis - Aerospace Applications", 15K GBP, 15/12/00.

Principal Investigator, EPSRC, "New Analysis Techniques for Non-Linear Systems", 345K GBP, 30/08/03.

Principal Investigator, EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship with Alstom Power , 80K GBP, 08/09/05.

Co-Investigator, EPSRC Platform Grant, "Control of Complex Systems", 435K GBP, 25/09/05.

Principal Investigator, BBSRC, "Analysis of Biochemical Network Models using Robust Control Theory", 341K GBP, 16/03/06.

Principal Investigator, ESA, "Worst-Case Analysis Techniques for Space Applications", 60K Euros, 01/09/06.
Note: Research publications arising from this grant are listed below - these publications, together with additional technical documentation and associated software are available on request from the PI.

Principal Investigator (with Dr. Jonathan Hardman, University of Nottingham), EPSRC Collaborating for Success in Systems Biology Discipline Hopping Award, "Improving the Clinical Applicability of Pathophysiological Modelling of Hypoxaemia using Robustness Analysis", 160K GBP, 08/02/07.

Principal Investigator (Leicester) with DEIMOS Space (Spain) and Technical University of Delft (The Netherlands), ESA, "Robust LPV Gain-Scheduling Techniques for Space Applications", 300K Euros, 23/02/07.

Principal Investigator (with Dr. Jonathan Hardman, University of Nottingham), EPSRC Systems Approaches to Well-Being Call, "Preventing Ventilator Associated Lung Injury using Feedback Control Engineering", 432K GBP, 20/02/08.

Principal Investigator (with Dr. Ian Stansfield and Dr. Heather Wallace, University of Aberdeen), BBSRC, "Post-Transcriptional Feedback Control of Polyamine Metabolism in Yeast: An Integrated Modelling and Experimental Investigation", 586K GBP, 18/03/08.

Principal Investigator (Leicester) with GMV (Spain), NGC (Canada) and the University of Oxford, ESA, "Worst-Case and Safety Analysis Tools for Autonomous Rendezvous Systems", 250K Euros, 15/07/08.

Principal Investigator (Leicester) with DEIMOS Space (Spain) and EADS Astrium (France), ESA, "Advanced Re-Entry Flying Qualities Analysis Framework", 300K Euros, 01/02/09.

Co-Investigator with Dr. Susan Rosser (University of Glasgow), Prof. Paul Freemont (Imperial College London), Prof. Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre), Prof. Joshua Leonard (Northwestern University, USA) and Prof. Jay Leasling (University of Berkeley, USA), EPSRC/NSF, "Synthetic Integrons for Continuous Directed Evolution of Complex Genetic Ensembles", 1.4M GBP, 10/07/09.

Research Collaborators

Ph.D. Students

Sarah Gatley, Thesis: Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control of V/STOL Aircraft, started 1998, graduated 2001.

Ridwan Kureemun, Thesis: Mu-Analysis Tools for the Flight Clearance of Highly Augmented Aircraft, started 2000, graduated 2003.

Prathyush Menon, Thesis: Optimisation-Based Worst-Case Analysis and Anti-Windup Synthesis for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems, started 2004, graduated 2007.

Sonny Martin, Thesis: Adaptive Control of Gas Turbine Engines, started 2005.

Anup Das, Thesis: Modelling and Analysis of Respiratory Models for Improved Artificial Ventilation, started 2007.

Wenfei Wang, Thesis: Worst-Case Analysis Tools for Autonomous Satellites and Hypersonic Re-Entry Vehicles, started 2008.

Deborah Alawo, co-supervised with Dr. Nick Brindle, (Cardiovascular Sciences), starting October 2009.

Post-Doctoral Research Associates

Dr. Melker Harefors, 01/11/99 to 30/04/01.

Dr. Martin Hayes, visiting research fellow 2001.

Dr. Thomas Mannchen, visiting research fellow 2002.

Dr. Andres Marcos, 01/01/04 to 15/12/05.

Dr. Jongrae Kim, 01/01/04 to 31/12/07.

Dr. Sajjad Fekri, 01/02/06 to 31/01/07.

Dr. Najl Valeyev, 01/06/06 to 30/4/08.

Dr. Prathyush Menon, 01/07/07 to 30/06/08.

Dr. Jung-Su Kim, 01/01/08 to 31/12/08.

Dr. Svetlana Amirova, started 01/10/08.

Dr. Zhiwei Gao, started 01/10/08.

Dr. William Bryant, started 01/07/09.

Academic / Industrial Collaborators

Dr. Prathyush Menon, Dr. Matthew Turner , Prof. Ian Postlethwaite, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester.

Dr. Guido Herrmann, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol.

Prof. Pat Heslop-Harrison, Department of Biology, University of Leicester.

Prof. Kwang-Hyun Cho, Laboratory for Systems Biology and Bio-Inspired Engineering, KAIST, Korea.

Prof. Pablo Iglesias, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Dr. Jean-Marc Biannic, ONERA / SUPAERO Toulouse, France.

Dr. Samir Bennani, Guidance, Navigation and Control Group, European Space Agency, The Netherlands.

Dr. Matthieu Jeanneau, Stability and Control Department, AIRBUS, France.

Dr. Andres Marcos, Advanced Projects Division, DEIMOS Space S.L., Spain.

Dr. Jonathan Hardman, Centre for Integrated Systems Biology and Medicine, University of Nottingham.

Iain Wallace, Alstom Power , Whetstone, UK.

Dr. Jongrae Kim, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow.

Dr. Ian Stansfield and Dr. Heather Wallace, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen.

Prof. Carlo Cosentino and Prof. Francesco Amato, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, Italy.

Dr. Nick Brindle, Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Leicester

Research Publications

Journal Papers (Reverse chronological order)

W. Wang, P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and S. Bennani, ``Verification and Validation of Attitude and Orbit Control Systems for Flexible Satellites'', submitted.

J. Kim, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite, and D. G. Bates, ``A Control-Theoretic Analysis of Robustness and Performance of Ligand-Receptor Kinetics for Low and High Ligand Concentrations'', submitted.

J.-S. Kim, D. G. Bates, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and K.-H. Cho, "Model Reduction Reveals how Coupled Feedback Loops lead to Robust Bistability in Apoptosis", submitted.

36. J.-S. Kim, N. V. Valeyev, I. Postlethwaite, P. Heslop-Harrison, K.-W. Cho and D. G. Bates, ``Analysis and Extension of a Biochemical Network Model Using Robust Control Theory'', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1528, 2009. pdf

35. G. Herrmann, P. P. Menon, M. C. Turner, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Anti-Windup Synthesis for Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Control Schemes'', International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1523, 2009. pdf

34. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustness Analysis of Magnetic Torquer Controlled Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics'', Automatic Control in Aerospace , 2(1), 2009. pdf

33. C.-Y. Dong, T.-W. Yoon, D. G. Bates and K.-H. Cho, "Identification of Feedback Loops Embedded in Cellular Circuits by Investigating Non-Causal Impulse Response Components", Journal of Mathematical Biology , DOI 10.1007/s00285-009-0263-x, 2009. pdf

32. N. V. Valeyev, J.-S. Kim, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite, N. Kotov and D. G. Bates, "Computational Modelling Suggests Dynamic Interactions between Ca2+, IP3 and G Protein-Coupled Modules are Key to Achieving Robust Dictyostelium Aggregation", Molecular BioSystems , 5, 612–628, 2009. pdf

31. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A geometrical formulation of the μ-lower bound problem'', IET Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 3(4), pp. 465–472, 2009. pdf

30. P. P. Menon, I. Postlethwaite, A. Marcos, S. Bennani and D. G. Bates, ``Robustness Analysis of a Reusable Launch Vehicle Flight Control Law'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 17, pp. 751–765, 2009. pdf

29. N. V. Valeyev, N. Kotov, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Crosstalk between G-protein and Ca2+ pathways switches intracellular cAMP levels'', Molecular Biosystems, 2008. pdf

28. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Evaluation of Stochastic Effects on Biomolecular Networks using the Generalised Nyquist Stability Criterion'', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53(8), 2008. pdf

27. S. Martin, I. Wallace and D. G. Bates, ``Development and Validation of a Civil Aircraft Engine Simulation Model for Advanced Controller Design'', ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 130(5), 2008. pdf

26. N. V. Valeyev, D. G. Bates, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and N. Kotov, ``Elucidating the Mechanisms of Cooperative Calcium-Calmodulin Interactions: A Structural Systems Biology Approach'', BMC Systems Biology, Vol. 2(48), 2008. pdf

25. J. Kim, D. G. Bates, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and K.-H. Cho, ``Linear Time-Varying Models can reveal Nonlinear Interactions of Biomolecular Regulatory Networks using Multiple Time-Series Data'', Bioinformatics, Vol. 24(10), pp. 1286-1292, 2008. pdf

24. N. V. Valeyev, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite, N. Kotov, and D. G. Bates, ``Multiple Calcium Binding Sites Make Calmodulin Multifunctional'', Molecular Biosystems, Vol. 4(1), pp. 66-73, 2008. pdf (username: visitor, p/word: visitor)

23. J. Kim, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Stochastic noise and synchronisation during Dictyostelium aggregation make cAMP oscillations robust'', PLoS Computational Biology, Vol. 3(11), 2007. pdf

22. A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A Symbolic Matrix Decomposition Algorithm for Reduced Order Linear Fractional Transformation Modelling'', Automatica, Vol. 43(7), pp. 1211-1218, 2007. pdf

21. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Nonlinear Robustness Analysis of Flight Control Laws for Highly Augmented Aircraft'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice , Vol. 15, pp. 655-662, 2007. pdf

20. J. Kim, D. G. Bates, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and K.-H. Cho, ``Least-Squares Methods for Identifying Biochemical Regulatory Networks from Noisy Measurements'', BMC Bioinformatics , 8:8, 2007. pdf

19. P. P. Menon, J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Clearance of Nonlinear Flight Control Laws using Hybrid Evolutionary Optimisation'', IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 689-699, 2006. pdf

18. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustness Analysis of Linear Periodic Time-Varying Systems subject to Structured Uncertainty'', Systems and Control Letters, Vol. 55, No. 9, pp. 719-725, 2006. pdf

17. M. C. Turner, N. Aouf, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite and B. Boulet, ``Switched control of a V/STOL aircraft: an application of LQ bumpless transfer'', Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering , Vol. 220, pp. 157-170, 2006. pdf

16. J. Kim, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, L. Ma and P. Iglesias, ``Robustness Analysis of Biochemical Network Models'', IET Systems Biology, Vol. 152, No. 3, pp. 96-104, 2006. pdf

15. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Computation of Worst-Case Pilot Inputs for Nonlinear Flight Control System Analysis'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 29(1), 2006. pdf

14. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Nonlinear Robust Performance Analysis using Complex-Step Gradient Approximations'', Automatica, Vol. 42(1), pp. 177-182, 2006. pdf

13. D. G. Bates and T. Mannchen, ``Improved Computation of Mixed Mu Bounds for Flight Control Law Robustness Analysis'', Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 218, No. 8, pp. 609-620, 2004. pdf

12. D. G. Bates, R. Kureemun and T. Mannchen, ``Improved Clearance of a Flight Control Law using Mu-Analysis Techniques'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 869-884, 2003. pdf

11. M. Harefors and D. G. Bates, ``Integrated Propulsion-based Flight Control System Design for a Civil Transport Aircraft'', International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 95-114, 2003. pdf

10. T. Mannchen, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Modelling and Computation of Worst-Case Uncertain Parameter Combinations in Flight Control System Analysis'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 1029-1039, 2002. pdf

9. N. Aouf, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite and B. Boulet, ``Scheduling of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control Law for a V/STOL Aircraft in the Acceleration from Hover'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 10, pp. 685-696, 2002. pdf

8. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates, M. J. Hayes and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustness Analysis of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System using mu and the nu-gap metric'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 10, pp. 261-275, 2002. pdf

7. D. G. Bates, R. Kureemun and I. Postlethwaite, ``Quantifying the Robustness of Flight Control Systems using Nichols Exclusion Regions and the Structured Singular Value'', Proceedings of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 215, No. 16, pp. 625-638, 2001. pdf

6. M. Turner, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Input-Output Conditioning of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol 24, No. 6, pp. 1089-1099, 2001. pdf

5. M. J. Hayes, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``New Tools for the Computation of Tight Bounds on the Real Structured Singular Value'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 1204-1222, 2001. pdf

4. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite ``A Partitioned Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controller with Engine Safety Limiting'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 845-861, 2000. pdf

3. D. G. Bates, S. L. Gatley, I. Postlethwaite and A. J. Berry, ``Design and Piloted Simulation of a Robust Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controller'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 269-277, 2000. pdf

2. I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Robust Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controller for the Harrier STOVL Aircraft'', Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 286-290, 1999. pdf

1. D. G. Bates, J. V. Ringwood and A. M. Holohan, ``Robust Shape Control in a Sendzimir Cold Rolling Steel Mill'', IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 5, No. 12, pp. 1647-1652, 1997. pdf

Books and Book Chapters

D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, Robust Multivariable Control of Aerospace Systems , Delft University Press, ISBN: 90-407-2317-6, 2002.

Fielding et al (Eds.), Advanced Techniques for Clearance of Flight Control Laws , Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Series, ISBN: 3-540-44054-2, 2002.
Chapter 3, The Structured Singular Value and μ-Analysis, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite
Chapter 16, μ-Analysis of Linear Stability Criteria, D. G. Bates, R. Kureemun, M. J. Hayes and I. Postlethwaite

D. G. Bates and M. Hagstrom (Eds.) Nonlinear Analysis and Synthesis Techniques in Aircraft Control, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Series, ISBN: 978-3-540-73718-6, 2007.
Chapter 5, Nonlinear Symbolic LFT Tools for Modelling, Analysis and Design, A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite
Chapter 6, Nonlinear LFT Modelling for On-Ground Transport Aircraft, J.-M. Biannic, A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite,
Chapter 12, Optimisation-Based Flight Control Law Clearance, P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite

M. C. Turner and D. G. Bates (Eds.) Mathematical Methods for Robust and Nonlinear Control, , Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Series, ISBN: 978-1-84800-024-7, 2007.
Chapter 1, H-Infinity Control Design, D. G. Bates

U. Chakraborty (Ed.), Advances in Differential Evolution , Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes on Advances in Computational Intelligence, 2008.
Chapter 14, Worst-Case Analysis of Control Laws for Re-Entry Vehicles using Hybrid Differential Evolution, P. P. Menon, A. Marcos, S. Bennani, I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates

B. Ingalls and P. Iglesias (Eds.), Control Theory and Systems Biology , MIT Press, 2009
Chapter 11, Robustness of Oscillations in Biological Systems, J. Kim and D. G. Bates

C. Cosentino and D. G. Bates, An Introduction to Feedback Control in Systems Biology , to be published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2010

Conference Papers (pdf's available on request)

60. Z. Gao, A. Das, P. P. Menon, J.G. Hardman and D.G. Bates, ``A control engineering approach to calculating optimal ventilator settings for critically-ill patients under mechanical ventilation'', in proceedings of the ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2009.

59. J. Kim, J.-S. Kim, I. Postlethwaite, P. Heslop-Harrison, and D. G. Bates, ``Validation of a model of regulation in the tryptophan operon against multiple experiment data using global optimisation'', in proceedings of the ICROS-SICE International Joint Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 2009.

58. W. Wang, P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and S. Bennani, ``Verification and Validation of Attitude and Orbit Control Systems for Flexible Satellites'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Naviagation and Control, Chicago, USA, 2009.

57. P. P. Menon, E. Prempain, I. Postlethwaite, D. G. Bates and S. Bennani, ``Nonlinear Worst-Case Analysis of an LPV Controller for Approach-Phase of a Re-Entry Vehicle'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Naviagation and Control, Chicago, USA, 2009.

56. P. P. Menon, E. Prempain, I. Postlethwaite, D. G. Bates and S. Bennani, ``An LPV loop shaping controller design for the NASA-HL-20 re-entry vehicle'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Naviagation and Control, Chicago, USA, 2009.

55. P. P. Menon, G. Herrmann, M. C. Turner, M. Lowenberg, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Wind Tunnel Rig Implementation of a Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion-Based Anti-Windup Scheme'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Hawaii, USA, 2008.

54. J. Kim, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Identification of Optimality and Robustness in Dictyostelium External Signal Receptors'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

53. P. P. Menon, I. Postlethwaite, S. Bennani and D. G. Bates, ``Multiobjective Worst-Case Analysis of a Re-Entry Vehicle Control Law'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

52. P. P. Menon, G. Herrmann, M. Turner, M. Lowenberg, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Based Anti-windup - An Aerospace Application'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

52. S. Martin, I. Wallace and D. G. Bates, ``Development and Validation of an Aero-engine Simulation Model for Advanced Control System Design'', in proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, 2008.

51. P. P. Menon, E. Prempain, I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``A Low-Order Linear Parametric Varying H infinity Loop-Shaping Controller for a Re-Entry Vehicle'', in proceedings of the 7th ESA International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems, Tralee, Ireland, 2008.

50. D. G. Bates, S. Fekriasl, P. P. Menon and I. Postlethwaite. ``On the Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Systems subject to Time-Invariant and/or Time-Varying Uncertainty'', in Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Singapore, 2007.

49. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and Ian Postlethwaite, ``Deterministic versus Evolutionary Optimisation Methods for Nonlinear Robustness Analysis of Flight Control Laws'', in Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Singapore, 2007.

48. S. Fekri, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, ``Linear vs. Nonlinear Robustness Analysis: A Case Study'', in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Singapore, 2007. pdf

47. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, A. Marcos, V. Fernandez and S. Bennani, ``Worst-Case Analysis of Flight Control Laws for Re-Entry Vehicles'', in Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, Toulouse, July, 2007. pdf

46. N. V. Valeyev, P. Heslop-Harrison, I. Postlethwaite, N. Kotov, and D. G. Bates, ``Multiple binding sites make proteins multifunctional'', Poster Presentation, 2nd FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology FEBS-SysBio2007, Gosau, Austria, March 2007.

45. J. Kim, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, P. Heslop-Harrison and K.-H. Cho, ``Robust Identification of Biochemical Networks from Noisy Measurements'', Poster Presentation, 7th International Conference on Systems Biology, Yokohama, 2006.

44. P. P. Menon, G. Herrmann, M. C. Turner, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``General Anti-Windup Synthesis for Input Constrained Nonlinear Systems Controlled using Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion'', in proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, 2006.

43. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A Deterministic Hybrid Optimisation Algorithm for Nonlinear Flight Control Systems Analysis'', in proceedings of the American Control Conference , Minneapolis, 2006. pdf

42. A. Marcos, J. M. Biannic, M. Jeanneau, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Aircraft Modelling for Nonlinear and Robust Control Design and Analysis'', in proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design , Toulouse, 2006. pdf

41. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Flight Control Laws over Continuous Regions of the Flight Envelope'', in proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design , Toulouse, 2006.

40. A. Marcos, M. C. Turner, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustification of Static and Low Order Anti-Windup Designs'', in proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design , Toulouse, 2006. pdf

39. G. Herrmann, M. C. Turner, P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and Ian Postlethwaite, ``Anti-Windup Synthesis for Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Controllers'', in proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design , Toulouse, 2006. pdf

38. J. Kim, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, L. Ma, P. A. Iglesias, ``Robustness Analysis of a Biochemical Network using mu-analysis and hybrid optimisation'', in proceedings of the joint IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference, Seville, 2005.

37. A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Control Oriented Uncertainty Modelling using Mu-Sensitivities and Skewed Mu Analysis Tools'', in proceedings of the joint IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference, Seville, 2005.

36. P. P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Hybrid Evolutionary Optimisation Methods for the Clearance of Nonlinear Flight Control Laws'', in proceedings of the joint IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference, Seville, 2005.

35. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Nonlinear Robust Performance Analysis using Gradient-Based Optimisation: An Aeroelastic Case Study'', in proceedings of the joint IEEE Conference on Decision and Control / European Control Conference, Seville, 2005.

34. A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Exact Nonlinear Modelling using Symbolic Linear Fractional Transformations'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

33. A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A Multivariate Polynomial Matrix Order Reduction Algorithm for Linear Fractional Transformation Modelling'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

32. P.P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Computation of Worst Case Pilot Inputs for Clearance of Flight Control Laws'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

31. P.P. Menon, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Hybrid Optimisation Schemes for the Clearance on Flight Control Laws'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

30. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Nonlinear Robust Performance Analysis of an Aeroelastic System'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

29. J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Complex-Step Gradient Approximation for Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Systems'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, 2005.

28. A. Marcos, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A Flight Dynamics Application of a Symbolic Matrix Order Raduction Algorithm'', in proceedings of the International Conference on Polynomial System Solving, Paris, 2004.

27. P. P. Menon, J. Kim, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Improved Clearance of Flight Control Laws using Hybrid Optimisation'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Singapore, 2004.

26. D. G. Bates, T. Mannchen, R. Kureemun and I. Postlethwaite, ``Mu-Tools for the Clearance of Flight Control Laws'', invited paper for a special session on "Next Generation of Tools for Robust Control", in proceedings of the American Control Conference, Boston, 2004.

25. T. Mannchen and D. G. Bates, ``Improved Computation of Mixed mu Bounds for Flight Control Law Analysis'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Cambridge, 2003.

24. D. G. Bates, R. Kureemun and T. Mannchen, ``Clearance of the VAAC Harrier CL002 Flight Control Law using mu-Analysis Techniques'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Cambridge, 2003.

23. R. Kureemun and D. G. Bates, ``LFT-based Uncertainty Modelling and mu-Analysis of the HIRM+ Aircraft RIDE Flight Control Law'', in proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computer Aided Control System Design, Glasgow, September, 2002.

22. M. C. Turner, N. Aouf, D. G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite and B. Boulet, ``A Switching Scheme for Full-Envelope Control of a V/STOL Aircraft using LQ Bumpless Transfer'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Glasgow, September 2002.

21. S. L. Gatley, M. Harefors and D. G. Bates, ``On the Robustness Properties of H-Infinity Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controllers for a Large Transport Aircraft'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Glasgow, September 2002.

20. M. Harefors and D. G. Bates, ``Integrated Propulsion-based Flight Control System Design for a Civil Transport Aircraft'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Glasgow, September 2002.

19. T. Mannchen, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Worst-Case Uncertain Parameter Combinations for Flight Control System Analysis'', in proceedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona, July, 2002.

18. M. J. Hayes, D. G. Bates and A. M. Holohan, ``New Algorithms for Upper and Lower Bounds on the Mixed/Real Structured Singular Value'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto, Potugal, 2001.

17. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates, M. J. Hayes and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robustness Analysis of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System using mu and the nu-gap metric'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

16. D. G. Bates, ``H-Infinity Optimisation for L1 Performance Objectives'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

15. M. Turner, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``A Conditioning Scheme for Performance Improvement of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System'', in proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

14. N. Aouf, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Observer-form Scheduling of a V/STOL Aircraft Control Law'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Montreal, Canada, 2001.

13. R. Kureemun and D. G. Bates, ``Aircraft Flight Controls Design using Constrained Output Feedback: A H-Infinity Loopshaping Approach'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Montreal, 2001.

12. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``An Engine Limiting and Anti-Windup Scheme for a Partitioned IFPC System'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Montreal, 2001.

11. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Partitioning and Re-Design of H-Infinity Loopshaping Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control Systems'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Montreal, 2001.

10. R. Kureemun, D. G. Bates and M. Hayes, ``On the Generation of LFT-based Uncertainty Models for Flight Control Law Robustness Analysis'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Montreal, 2001.

9. D. G. Bates, R. Kureemun, P. Iordanov, M. J. Hayes and I. Postlethwaite ``Computation and Application of the Real Structured Singular Value'', in proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Systems Engineering ICSE 2000, Coventry, G.B., 2000.

8. M. J. Hayes, D. G. Bates, S. L. Gatley and I. Postlethwaite, ``Performance Robustness Analysis of an Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controller using the Structured Singular Value'', in proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control 2000, Cambridge, G.B.,2000.

7. S. L. Gatley, D. G. Bates and I. Postlethwaite, ``Robust Control of V/STOL Aircraft in Transition flight using Differential Thrust Vectoring'', in proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control 2000, Cambridge, 2000.

6. M. J. Hayes, D. G. Bates, S. L. Gatley, and I. Postlethwaite, ``Stability Robustness Analysis of a Robust Integrated Flight and Propulsion Controller using the Structured Singular Value'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, USA, 1999.

5. D. G. Bates, S. L. Gatley, and I. Postlethwaite, ``Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System Design using H-Infinity Loop-Shaping Techniques'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, USA, 1999.

4. D. G. Bates, S. L. Gatley, I. Postlethwaite, L. Gillett and D. Littleboy, ``Robust Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control (IFPC) of an Experimental STOVL Aircraft'', in proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florida, USA, 1998.

3. I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Robust Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control (IFPC) System Design for the VAAC Harrier STOVL Aircraft'', in proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control, Swansea, UK, 1998.

2. I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System Design, via H-Infinity Loopshaping and Partitioning'', in proceedings of the AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, Boston, USA, 1998.

1. I. Postlethwaite and D. G. Bates, ``Integrated Control System Design for the Automotive Industry using Modern Robust Control Methods'', in proceedings of the IEE Colloquium on System Control Integration and Rapid Prototyping in the Automotive Industry, 1997.

Recent Invited Talks

BBSRC Sponsored Event in Systems Biology, Warwick HRI, 24/09/09

EPSRC Sponsored Summer School on Mathematics in Biomedical Engineering, University of Warwick, 22/07/09

Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, 20/05/09

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Exeter, 09/02/09.

Keynote Speaker, 9th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, KAIST, Korea, 03/11/08

Doctorate School in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Università degli studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro, Italy, 06/05/08.

Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, University of Nottingham, 22/04/08.

Bioinformatics Seminar Series, Centre for Computational Intelligence, De Montfort University, 17/04/08.

Centre for Bioinformatics Seminar Series, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College London, 25/02/08.

Guidance, Navigation and Control Group, ESTEC European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 22/02/08.

Control Group Seminar Series, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Oxford, 24/01/08.

Multidisciplinary Centre for Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonnington), 09/11/07.

ESA Workshop on Avionics Data, Control and Software Systems, ESTEC European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 05/10/07.

Guidance, Navigation and Control Group, ESTEC European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 21/06/07.

Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 14/05/07.

Cell Signalling Club Seminar Series, The Institute of Cell Signalling, University of Leicester, 30/03/07.

IEEE Colloquium on Control in Systems Biology, University of Sheffield, 26/03/07.

Control Group Seminar Series, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 23/02/07.

Keynote Speaker, EPSRC/BBSRC Control & Systems Engineering and Life Science Interface Workshop, Woodside Conference Centre, Kenilworth, 14/09/06.

Teaching

EG2050 Dynamics of Engineering Systems

EG3160 Dynamics of Mechanical Systems

EG4120/EG7015 Robust Control

EG7012 MATLAB and CAD

Course Coordinator for the M.Sc. in Embedded Systems and Control

A Brief Bio

Declan Bates was born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland in 1970 and educated at Powerstown National School and CBS High School, Clonmel. He received a B.Eng degree in Electronic Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Robust Control Theory from the School of Electronic Engineering , Dublin City University , Ireland, in 1992 and 1996 respectively, before joining the Control and Instrumentation Research Group at Leicester University, where he is currently a Professor of Control Engineering. His research at Leicester is focused on the development and application of advanced control system design and analysis methods for aerospace and systems biology applications. He has held visiting lecturer positions at the Technical University of Delft, Holland, and the University of Cranfield. He is a co-author, with Ian Postlethwaite, of Robust Multivariable Control of Aerospace Systems (Delft University Press, 2002). From 2004 to 2007, he was the Vice-Chairman of the GARTEUR FM-AG17 Action Group on Nonlinear Analysis and Synthesis Techniques in Aircraft Control, and an editor of the resulting research monograph , published by Springer-Verlag. In 2006, he established Systems Biology Lab, an interdisciplinary research laboratory within the Departments of Engineering and Biology at the University of Leicester. In 2007, he was invited to serve on BBSRC's Engineering and Biological Systems Research Committee, and he is currently a core member of BBSRC's Research Committee C on Technological and Methodological Development. From 2009 to 2012 he is a member of the Research Grants Review Committee of the International Human Frontier Science Program.

Dr D.G. Bates

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