Hyungbo SHIM
Hyungbo Shim (Seoul National University, Korea)
Emergent Behavior, Robustness, and Adaptation in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems
We introduce the blended dynamics theorems in various forms, which clarify how enforced synchronization against heterogeneity in a networked dynamical system gives rise to emergent behavior. This finding naturally leads to engineering applications such as distributed state estimation and distributed decision making. The blended dynamics theorems also reveal how robustness emerges in multi-agent systems under various sources of uncertainty. Finally, we illustrate how enforced synchronization induces adaptation in multi-agent systems.
Biography
Dr. Hyungbo Shim is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU), where he also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and leads the Control and Dynamic Systems Laboratory. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from SNU between 1989 and 2000. Following his doctorate, Dr. Shim was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later an assistant professor at Hanyang University before returning to SNU in 2003. His research interests include control theory, nonlinear control, disturbance observers, multi-agent systems, and security. Dr. Shim has an extensive publication record, with over 298 works and more than 8,000 citations. Notable among his contributions is the widely cited paper "Output Consensus of Heterogeneous Uncertain Linear Multi-Agent Systems," published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. He has also been recognized with the Young Researcher Scholarship from the Korea Research Foundation.