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Under control? The hidden technology of automatic control past and future

Mon 12 Oct · 17:30

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusef Hamied Department of Chemistry, (entrance to lecture theatre, adjacent to the Scott Polar Research Institute)

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The workshop titled 'Under control? The hidden technology of automatic control past and future' will be held on 12 October 2026 at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre. This event will explore concepts related to automatic control technology.

Professor Malcolm Smith FREng FRS

The origins and history of feedback control systems will be traced from the ancients through the industrial revolution and to modern times, with demonstrations. Also outlined will be the later development of the theory of control systems, which began with James Clerk Maxwell's 1868 paper on governors, together with examples including suspension systems, rocket landing, nuclear fusion, and feedback in biology. The lecture concludes with a discussion on whether human understanding will be needed to design control systems in the future.

Malcolm Clive Smith is a British electrical engineer. He is a professor of control engineering at the University of Cambridge.

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Under control? The hidden technology of automatic control past and future takes place on Monday, 12 October 2026 at 17:30.

Under control? The hidden technology of automatic control past and future is held at Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusef Hamied Department of Chemistry, (entrance to lecture theatre, adjacent to the Scott Polar Research Institute) in Cambridge (29 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER).

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