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Poziv na predavanje “Applications of Multi-Agent Consensus Protocols for Social Network Opinion Dynamics”

IEEE Hrvatska sekcija, Odjel za robotiku i automatizaciju poziva Vas na predavanje:

"Applications of Multi-Agent Consensus Protocols for Social Network Opinion Dynamics"

koje će održati Doc. dr.sc. Kristian Hengster-Movrić, Czech Technical University, Prague

Predavanje će se održati u četvrtak 15. siječnja 2026. s početkom u 13:15 sati u prostoriji M2 (Martinovka). Predavanje se održava na engleskom jeziku u sklopu kolegija Višerobotski sustavi i otvoreno je za sve zainteresirane. Predviđeno trajanje predavanja je do 15 sati (2x45 min s pauzom od 15 min). Životopis predavača i sažetak predavanja nalaze se u nastavku obavijesti.

Životopis

Kristian Hengster-Movrić is a docent (~an associate professor) of technical cybernetics and his focus is on mathematical theory of distributed control, consensus problem and optimal control. Kristian received his Ph.D. degree from University of Texas Arlington, USA, in 2013, having been supervised by Prof. Frank Lewis. For his thesis he was awarded N.M. Stelmakh Prize. At Czech technical University in Prague (CTU) he is currently giving lectures within a graduate course on dynamics and control of networks and a doctoral course on distributed control. He supervises a few doctoral and master students. He also serves as an administrator of the CTU participation in the double-degree Spacemaster (Erasmus Mundus) program.

Sadržaj predavanja

Consensus protocols are used very often for application where an agreement between agents (or robots) should be done in a decentralized manner over a communication network. Applications include distributed estimation, formation control etc. In this seminar, an introduction into discrete consensus protocols is going to be given together with analysis of necessary conditions for reaching consensus. A special focus is going to be placed on applications of consensus for analysis of opinion dynamics evolution in social networks. By using consensus models for such systems, given the structure of interpersonal influences, one can predict, analyze and control information and decision processes, that is, opinion formation. Seminar is going to cover several key models used in such system such as French-Harary-deGroot model (1969) and Friedkin-Johnsen permanent disagreement model (1990).