pH Seminar
This online seminar provides the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research and connect with the pH community!
The pH seminar takes place monthly, usually first Wednesday, 4 pm (CET) via Zoom.
Meeting-ID: 687 5689 8101
Passwort: mV0dd94q
The abstracts and slides of all previous talks can be found on researchseminars.org or here.
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Next Talk
01.07.2026 - 4 pm (CEST) - Antoine Tordeux (University of Wuppertal)
Title:
Port-Hamiltonian car-following models under stochastic perturbations: stability and control
Abstract:
In this talk, I present a synthesis of three research articles on car-following models with a port-Hamiltonian structure, at the crossroads of mechanics, control theory, and probability. The port-Hamiltonian framework, rooted in engineering, provides a natural setting for describing energy exchanges within a system of interacting vehicles and capturing collective behavior.
The uncontrolled dynamics turn out to be inherently unstable under stochastic perturbations, and an external speed control allows the system to stabilise and converge weakly to Gaussian limit distributions. This convergence is unconditional when the control is constant, but a non-trivial stability condition emerges when the control acts as a dynamic feedback depending on the distance to the preceding vehicle. Throughout, the theoretical results are supported and illustrated by numerical simulations.
Upcoming Talks
Sep 02, 2026- Sebastian Schöps
