Lauren Conger
PhD candidate at Caltech
I am a PhD candidate in Control and Dynamical Systems at Caltech. I am advised by Professors Eric Mazumdar, Franca Hoffmann and John Doyle. My research is on nonlinear control theory and analysis of game dynamics using PDEs.
Before Caltech, I earned my Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer Engingeering with a physics minor from Cornell University in 2018.
I am supported by a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship and PIMCO Data Science Graduate Fellowship.
You can reach me at lconger [at] caltech [dot] edu.
Publications
Preprints
Coupled Wasserstein Gradient Flows for Min-Max and Cooperative Games
Lauren Conger, Franca Hoffmann, Eric Mazumdar, Lillian Ratliff.
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Convex Constrained Controller Synthesis for Evolution Equations
Lauren Conger, Antoine Leeman, Franca Hoffmann.
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A System Level Synthesis Approach to Computing Open Loop Equilibria in Linear Quadratic Games
Lauren Conger, Eric Mazumdar, John C. Doyle.
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Conference Papers
Characterizing Controllability and Observability for Systems with Locality, Communication, and Actuation Constraints
Lauren Conger, Yiheng Lin, Adam Wierman, Eric Mazumdar.
CDC, 2024
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Learning the Uncertainty Sets for Control Dynamics via Set Membership: A Non-Asymptotic Analysis
Yingying Li, Jing Yu, Lauren Conger, Adam Wierman.
ICML, 2024
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Strategic Distribution Shift of Interacting Agents via Coupled Gradient Flows
Lauren Conger, Franca Hoffmann, Eric Mazumdar, Lillian Ratliff.
NeurIPS, 2023
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Designing System Level Synthesis Controllers for Nonlinear Systems with Stability Guarantees
Lauren Conger, Sydney Vernon, Eric Mazumdar.
L4DC, 2023
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Nonlinear System Level Synthesis for Polynomial Dynamics
Lauren Conger, Jing Shuang (Lisa) Li, Eric Mazumdar, Steven L. Brunton.
CDC, 2022
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Output-Feedback System Level Synthesis via Dynamic Programming
Lauren Conger, Shih-Hao Tseng.
ACC, 2022
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Journal Papers
Resolution and dose dependence of radiation damage in biomolecular systems
Hakan Atakisi, Lauren Conger, David Moreau and Robert Thorne.
International Union of Crystallography Journal, 2019
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Workshop Papers
Signal Enhancement for Magnetic Navigation Challenge Problem
Gnadt, Belarge, Canciani, Conger, Curro, Edelman, Morales, O’Keeffe, Taylor, Rackauckas.
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Talks, Visits, and Conferences
CSC@USC Seminar Series, University of Southern California
Wasserstein Gradient Flows for Modeling Strategic Distribution Shift
September 2024
Dr. André Schlichting, Universität Münster
Research Visit
July 2024
Theory of Interacting Particle Systems Mini-Symposium
European Congress of Mathematics
Strategic Distribution Shift of Interacting Agents via Coupled Gradient Flows
July 2024
Intelligent Control Systems Lab Seminar, ETH
Strategic Distribution Shift of Interacting Agents via Coupled Gradient Flows
July 2024
Kolloquium der angewandten Mathematik, Universität Münster
Dynamics of Strategic Agents and Algorithms as PDEs
July 2024
Frontiers in Interacting Particle Systems, Aggregation-Diffusion Equations & Collective Behavior
Summer Research School, CIRM Marseille France
June 2024
Aggregation-Diffusion Equations & Collective Behavior: Analysis, Numerics and Applications
Conference, CIRM Marseille France
April 2024
Semiautonomous Seminar at Berkeley
Strategic Distribution Shift of Interacting Agents via Coupled Gradient Flows
December 2023
SIAM Student Meeting at Caltech
Inequalities for proving convergence of coupled PDEs for modeling distribution shift
October 2023
Group Seminar, Harvard University
Coupled Gradient Flows for Strategic Non-Local Distribution Shift
May 2023
Research Seminar, MIT Lincoln Lab Homeland Protection Systems
Coupled Gradient Flows for Strategic Non-Local Distribution Shift
May 2023
Group Seminar, University of Washingon
System Level Synthesis: Parameterization for Linear and Nonlinear Control
August 2022