The lecture slides will be made available in pdf format timely throughout the lecture.
Introduction to Advanced Control, the pole balancing problem (slides; 2.4MB large pdf)
Introduction to fuzzy control (plus introduction to artificial neural networks) (slides; 2.7MB large pdf)
Introduction to artificial neural networks, introduction to bio-inspired optimization (slides; 3.2MB large pdf, corrected Jan. 24, 2014)
Continuous optimization with stochastic algorithms (slides; 2MB large pdf)
Cart pole balancing with artificial neural networks and CMA-ES (slides; 1.1MB large pdf)