Short Curriculum Vitae

 

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Current appointment:

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Professor of Control Engineering, Tel Aviv University, started in October 2007.

 

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Past appointments (starting with the most recent):

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Imperial College London (UK, 1998-2007), 

Exeter University (UK, 1996-1998), 

Ben-Gurion University (Israel, 1991-1996), 

The Weizmann Institute (Israel, 1991-1992), 

Virginia Tech (USA) (post-doc, 1989-1991), 

Brown University (USA) (post-doc, 1988-1989). 

 

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Visiting appointments (starting with the most recent):

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University of Warwick (as a Visiting Fellow of the Inst. Advanced Study);

University of Exeter (UK) (as a Royal Acad. Eng. distinguished visiting fellow), 

University of Lyon (France), 

University of Nancy (France) and INRIA Lorraine (many times), 

University of Metz (France), 

University of Groningen (The Netherlands) (several times), 

Texas Tech University, Lubbock (USA). 

 

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Associate Editorships:

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Math of Control, Signals and Systems

Systems and Control Letters

Automatica (until 2014)

ESAIM-COCV

Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (until 2020)

Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control

IEEE Control Systems Letters (until 2020)

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Energies (special issue, 2019).

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Research Statement:

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Research interests:

 

Distributed parameter systems, passive and conservative systems, robust and optimal control, repetitive control, discretization of control systems, functional analysis, control of power converters, distributed power generation, power filtering, signals, sampling, periodic systems, prediction.

George Weiss, together with Qing-Chang Zhong, has developed the concept of a synchronverter that will enable the grid integration of large renewable energy generators. For more technical information, click here. Even better, look up his relevant publications on ResearchGate.

George Weiss was involved in a large project (partly funded by ISF, the Israel Science Foundation) on the control of coupled systems and their application to the suppression of vibrations in wind turbines. For relevant papers click here or here. This research is continued in another project funded by ISF, the internal model based control of complex systems, see for instance here.

Recently, George Weiss has been working with scientists in Exeter (UK) to increase the efficiency of wave energy converters, a possible further source of renewable energy. For more technical information, click here.

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Current Grants:

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ModConFlex, a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network on the modelling and control of flexible structures interacting with fluids (PI), 2.7M Euro for a consortium of 6 universities, started February 2023 (4 years).

Estimating the inertia of the Israeli grid and its implications to stability and robustness, 960,000 Shekels, Noga (the Israeli power grid operator), started June 1, 2022 (2 years).

Control using nonlinear adaptive internal models inspired by synchronverters, 600,000 Shekels, Israel Science Foundation, started October 2021 (4 years).

Well posedness and control of time-varying (in particular, switched) infinite dimensional systems, Israel Science Foundation in collaboration with the National Science Foundation of China, 583,000 Israeli Shekels for the Israeli side, 1 Million Yuan for the two Chinese partners, started October 2021 (4 years).
 

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Past Grants:

 

WinGrid, a H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network on the power system integration issues associated with the large-scale deployment of wind generation, focusing particularly on the modelling and control aspects of wind turbine and grid interface design, system stability and robust implementation (PI), 4.3M Euro for a consortium of 8 universities (October 2019 – March 2024)

 

ConFlex, a H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network on the control of flexible structures and fluid-structure interactions (PI & Coordinator), 4M Euro for a consortium of 10 universities (October 2017 – March 2022)

 

Virtual friction in power grids, 750,000 Israeli Shekels, Ministry of Energy and Water, to explore the stabilization of grids using virtual friction between inverters (January 2019 – December 2021)

 

The stabilization of power grids with synchronverters, 500,000 Israeli Shekels, Ministry of Energy and Water, to conduct experiments at JRC labs in Ispra, Italy (March 2018 – February 2020)

 

The plug-and-play virtual infinite capacitor, $1Million, Momentum fund - Ramot (TAU’ technology transfer arm), to develop a VIC prototype (January 2018 – December 2019)

 

"The virtual infinite capacitor: analysis and design", awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Water, $217,000, 2014 - 2016, with M. Margaliot

 

"Internal model based control of distributed parameter systems'', awarded by the Israel Science Foundation, $194,000, 2014 - 2017

 

"Analysis and control of coupled systems'', awarded by the Israel Science Foundation, $162,000, 2010 - 2013

 

"Kamin'', for the development of converters for distributed electrical generators, awarded by the Israel Ministry of Trade and Industry, $200,000, 2012 - 2013, with M. Margaliot

 

"Synchronverters - a practical solution for connecting large solar farms to the utility grid", $197,000 from the Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation (San Francisco), 2010-2014, with M. Margaliot​

 

"Conservative and dissipative distributed parameter systems" (Royal Society with National Science Foundation of China, with Peng-Fei Yao, mainly to fund mutual visits)

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Control Training Sites, a European network for PhD students and post-docs in control, to enable them to carry out part of their research as visitors at one of the participating universities

 

"Chercheur d'Excellence" grant from the Lorraine region in France, to spend 3 months at the University of Lorraine, Nancy, in 2013, 20,000 Euro

 

Portfolio Partnership Control and Power (EPSRC, with D. Limebeer (PI), R. Vinter (PI), T. Green, A. Astolfi, I. Jaimoukha, D. Mayne, several Million Pounds for the control group at Imperial College London)

 

Control of distributed parameter systems coupled with finite-dimensional systems (CNRS, France, with M. Tucsnak, mainly to fund mutual visits between London and Nancy)

 

A first deterministic sea wave prediction system for moving ship and fixed site offshore applications (EPSRC, with M. Belmont (PI), J. Horwood, P Shepherd, P. Challenor, A. Pugh, S. Fennick)

 

A network to promote research and practical exploitation of deterministic sea wave prediction (EPSRC, with M. Belmont (PI), J. Horwood, E. Morris, A. Pugh etc)

 

Analysis and control of Lagrangian Systems  (EPSRC, with D. Limebeer (PI),  D. Mayne, Eric Yeatman, A. Astolfi, T. Green)

 

Internal models of high complexity in the control of DC/three-phase power converters (EPSRC, PI, with R. Vinter and T. Green), at Imperial College, 1999-2003.

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