Since 2009, DISC has organized a yearly Winter School, lectured by an international guest lecturer on a particular topic or research field relevant for systems and control. The course is typically scheduled in the winter trimester and can be organized in one or more university locations.
The DISC Winter School 2026 ‘Contraction Theory on Learning-Based Control of Nonlinear Systems’ focussed on new research directions in the incremental analysis and synthesis of nonlinear systems. The program included lectures by leading researchers on contraction theory and incremental input-output techniques, team-based challenge problems, and an interactive final session where teams will present their results. Participants engaged with recent theoretical developments and work on real-world case studies with industrial relevance.
The DISC Winter School – scheduled from 27-29 January 2026 – has been organized by Sebastiaan van den Eijnden (TU/e) and Amritam Das (TU/e) at TU Eindhoven campus (the Netherlands).
More information can be found on: DISC Winter School 2026 v2
Winter courses organized in the past are: “Data learning & Dynamics at the Intersection of Neuroscience and Control” (2022); “Numerics and Control” (2021); “Reinforcement Learning” hosted by Delft University of Technology (March 27-29, 2019).
