Centrale Lille Research Directory
I am currently a Professor of Automatic Control at Centrale Lille. Prior to this position, I was an Assistant Professor at IMT Nord Europe from 2008 to 2013, and later an Associate Professor at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. I also held visiting positions at Johns Hopkins University in 2007 and at University of Michigan in 2023–2024.
I received the M.Sc. degree from Université de Poitiers in 2005, the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Université Lille 1 in 2008, and the Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) from Université de Lyon in 2016.
I have served as Associate Editor for several major conferences and journals, including IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference, IFAC World Congress, European Control Conference, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, and Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. Since 2023, he has been serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
My research interests lie at the interface between control theory, machine learning and optimization.
Control Theory, System Identification, Machine Learning, Optimization
Exponentially Stable Stubborn Observers for Discrete-Time Linear Systems
2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2025, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. pp.5618-5623, ⟨10.1109/CDC57313.2025.11312475⟩
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Madiha Nadri,Luca Zaccarian
Adaptive Polytopic Tube Model Predictive Control With Ellipsoidal Uncertainties
2026
Francesco Licata,Madiha Nadri,Laurent Bako
Proximal observers for secure state estimation
Automatica, 2026, 192, pp.113151. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2026.113151⟩
Laurent Bako,Madiha Nadri,Vincent Andrieu,Qinghua Zhang
Structural Output Stability of Discrete-Time Bilinear Systems under Sporadic Disturbances
2026
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Madiha Nadri
Exact Outlier Cancellation in Discrete-Time Observers via Stubborn Redesign
2026
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Madiha Nadri,Luca Zaccarian
A deterministic analysis of a class of nonlinear regression methods
Automatica, 2026, 190, pp.113066. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2026.113066⟩
Laurent Bako
Noise Sensitivity of the Semidefinite Programs for Direct Data-Driven LQR
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2026, 71 (6), pp.3987-3994. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2025.3641444⟩
Xiong Zeng,Laurent Bako,Necmiye Ozay
Decentralized Stubborn Observer Redesign with Exact Outlier Cancellation (Extended Version)
IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026, 10, pp.541 - 546. ⟨10.1109/LCSYS.2026.3699396⟩
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Luca Zaccarian
Decentralized Stubborn Observer Redesign With Exact Outlier Cancellation
IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2026, 10, pp.541-546. ⟨10.1109/LCSYS.2026.3699396⟩
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Luca Zaccarian
Noise Sensitivity of Direct Data-Driven Linear Quadratic Regulator by Semidefinite Programming
2025 American Control Conference (ACC), Jul 2025, Denver, France. pp.4507-4511, ⟨10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107936⟩
Xiong Zeng,Laurent Bako,Necmiye Ozay
Exponentially Stable Stubborn Observers for Discrete-Time Linear Systems (Extended Version)
2025
Beatrice Zambotti,Vincent Andrieu,Daniele Astolfi,Laurent Bako,Madiha Nadri,Luca Zaccarian
Resonance Frequency Tracking for MEMS Gyroscopes Using Recursive Identification
22nd European Control Conference, Jun 2024, Stockholm, Sweden. ⟨10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590950⟩
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,Cécile Pernin,Fabricio Saggin,Anton Korniienko,Kévin Colin,Laurent Bako
A note on the convergence of a class of adaptive optimal identifiers
Automatica, 2023, 157, ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2023.111225⟩
Laurent Bako
Active Flutter Suppression H∞ Synthesis using Multiple Models with Imposed Aeroelastic Poles
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, Jan 2023, National Harbor, United States. ⟨10.2514/6.2023-0686⟩
Hugo Fournier,Robin Vernay,Paolo Massioni,Minh Tu Pham,Laurent Bako
On the notion of persistence of excitation for linear switched systems
Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2023, 48, pp.101308. ⟨10.1016/j.nahs.2022.101308⟩
Mihály Petreczky,Laurent Bako
Reduced Order Identification of Aeroelastic Systems with Constrained and Imposed Poles
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2023, 45 (1), pp.58--72. ⟨10.2514/1.G007099⟩
Hugo Fournier,Paolo Massioni,Minh Tu Pham,Laurent Bako,Robin Vernay
On sparsity‐inducing methods in system identification and state estimation
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, In press, ⟨10.1002/rnc.5995⟩
Laurent Bako
Learning Reduced Nonlinear State-Space Models: an Output-Error Based Canonical Approach
2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2022, Cancun, Mexico. pp.150-155, ⟨10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9993232⟩
Steeven Janny,Quentin Possamaï,Laurent Bako,Christian Wolf,Madiha Nadri
An interval-valued recursive estimation framework for linearly parameterized systems
Systems and Control Letters, 2022, 168, pp.105345. ⟨10.1016/j.sysconle.2022.105345⟩
Laurent Bako,Seydi Ndiaye,Eric Blanco
Robust Gust Load Alleviation at Different Flight Points and Mass configurations
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, Jan 2022, San Diego, France. ⟨10.2514/6.2022-0285⟩
Hugo Fournier,Paolo Massioni,Minh Tu Pham,Laurent Bako,Robin Vernay,Michele Colombo
An optimization framework for resilient batch estimation in Cyber-Physical Systems
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022, ⟨10.1109/TAC.2021.3121223⟩
Alexandre Kircher,Laurent Bako,Eric Blanco,Mohamed Benallouch
Robust gust load alleviation of flexible aircraft equipped with lidar
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2022, ⟨10.2514/1.G006084⟩
Hugo Fournier,Paolo Massioni,Minh Tu Pham,Laurent Bako,Robin Vernay,Michele Colombo
Analysis of the least sum-of-minimums estimator for switched systems
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021, 66 (8), pp.3733-3740. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2020.3024163⟩
Laurent Bako
Robust optimal identification experiment design for multisine excitation
Automatica, 2021, ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109431⟩
Xavier Bombois,Federico Morelli,H. Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Least Costly Identification Experiment for the Identification of One Module in a Dynamic Network
Automatica, 2021, 133, pp.109855. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109855⟩
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,Håkan Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Data Informativity for the Closed-Loop Identification of MISO ARX Systems
19th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Jul 2021, Padova, Italy. ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.08.456⟩
Kévin Colin,Laurent Bako,Xavier Bombois
Analysis of pulse width modulation controlled systems based on a piecewise affine description
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2020, Special Issue: New Trends in Modelling and Control of Hybrid Systems, 30 (15), pp.5917-5935. ⟨10.1002/rnc.4788⟩
Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti,Alexandre Trofino
Piecewise Affine System identification: A least harmonic mean approach
2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2019, Nice, France. ⟨10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9030163⟩
Laurent Bako,Olfa Yahya
Stability of uncertain piecewise-affine systems with parametric dependence
21th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. pp.1998-2003, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2508⟩
Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti
Using deep learning for sonar targets localization
ASPAI'2020 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence, IFSA, Jun 2020, berlin, Germany
Q Bruel,F Heitzmann,D Morche,Julien Huillery,Eric Blanco,Laurent Bako
Using deep learning for sonar targets localization
ASPAI'2020 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence, IFSA, Jun 2020, berlin, Germany
Q Bruel,F Heitzmann,D Morche,Julien Huillery,Eric Blanco,Laurent Bako
On the resilience of a class of Correntropy-based state estimators
21th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. pp.2286-2291, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.017⟩
Alexandre Kircher,Laurent Bako,Eric Blanco,Mohamed Benallouch
Data Informativity for the Identification of particular Parallel Hammerstein Systems
21th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. pp.1102-1107, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1308⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Closed-loop Identification of MIMO Systems in the Prediction Error Framework: Data Informativity Analysis
Automatica, 2020, 121, pp.109171. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109171⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Minimality and identifiability of discrete‐time switched autoregressive exogenous systems
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2020, 30 (15), pp.5871-5891. ⟨10.1002/rnc.5039⟩
Petreczky Mihaly,Laurent Bako,S. Lecoeuche,K.M.D. Motchon
Analysis of resilience for a State Estimator for Linear Systems
2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Jul 2020, Denver, United States. pp.1495-1500, ⟨10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147418⟩
Alexandre Kircher,Laurent Bako,Eric Blanco,Mohamed Benallouch,Anton Korniienko
Data Informativity for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Filtered White Noise Excitation
2019 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2019, Nice, France. ⟨10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029300⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Least costly identification experiment for the identification of one module in a dynamic network
2019
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,H. Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Optimal Experiment Design for the Identification of One Module in the Interconnection of Locally Controlled Systems
ECC, Jun 2019, Naples, Italy. pp.363-368, ⟨10.23919/ECC.2019.8795694⟩
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,Håkan Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Informativity: how to get just sufficiently rich for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Multisine Excitation?
2019
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Interval-valued state estimation for linear systems: the tightest estimator and its relaxations
Automatica, 2019, 106, pp.168-177. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2019.04.045⟩
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
Incremental L2 -gain stability of piecewise-affine systems with piecewise-polynomial storage functions
Automatica, 2019, 107, pp.224-230. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2019.05.050⟩
Sergio Waitman,Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti
Optimal Experiment Design for the Identification of One Module in the Interconnection of Locally Controlled Systems
2019
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,H. Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Informativity: how to get just sufficiently rich for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Multisine Excitation?
ECC, Jun 2019, Naples, Italy. pp.351-356, ⟨10.23919/ECC.2019.8795997⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
On the tightest interval-valued state estimator for linear systems
57th IEEE CDC, Dec 2018, Miami, FL, United States
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
On the tightest interval-valued state estimator for linear systems
2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2018, Miami Beach, France. pp.3904-3909, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2018.8618668⟩
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
Robustness analysis of a maximum correntropy framework for linear regression
Automatica, 2018, 87, pp.218-225
Laurent Bako
Optimal control of discrete-time switched linear systems via continuous parameterization
20th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2017, Toulouse, France. pp.15331 - 15336, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2453⟩
Jérémie Kreiss,Laurent Bako,Eric Blanco
State and parameter estimation: a nonlinear Luenberger observer approach
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, 62 (2), pp.973-980. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2016.2566804⟩
Chouaib Afri,Vincent Andrieu,Laurent Bako,Pascal Dufour
Incremental stability of Lur’e systems through piecewise-affine approximations
20th IFAC World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). AUT., Jul 2017, Toulouse, France. pp.1673 - 1679, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.491⟩
Sergio Waitman,Laurent Bako,Paolo Massioni,Gérard Scorletti,Vincent Fromion
On a Class of Optimization-Based Robust Estimators
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, 62 (11), pp.5990-5997. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2017.2703308⟩
Laurent Bako
Incremental L-2-gain analysis of piecewise-affine systems using piecewise quadratic storage functions
55th IEEE CDC, Dec 2016, Las Vegas, NV, United States. pp.1334 - 1339, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2016.7798451⟩
Sergio Waitman,Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti,Vincent Fromion
From robust estimation to hybrid system identification
Automatic. Université de Lyon - Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2016
Laurent Bako
Adaptive identification of linear systems subject to gross errors
Automatica, 2016, 67, pp.192-199
Laurent Bako
Analysis of a nonsmooth optimization approach to robust estimation
Automatica, 2016, 66, pp.132-145
Laurent Bako,Henrik Ohlsson
Identification of linear systems with nonlinear Luenberger Observers
2015 IEEE ACC, Jul 2015, Chicago, United States. pp.3373-3378, ⟨10.1109/ACC.2015.7171853⟩
Chouaib Afri,Vincent Andrieu,Laurent Bako,Pascal Dufour
Adaptive identification of continuous time MIMO state-space models
54th IEEE CDC, Dec 2015, Osaka, Japan. pp.5677-5682, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2015.7403110⟩
Chouaib Afri,Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu,Pascal Dufour
Subspace clustering through parametric representation and sparse optimization
IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2014, pp.10.1109/LSP.2014.2303122. ⟨10.1109/LSP.2014.2303122⟩
Laurent Bako
Identification of MIMO switched state-space models
American Control Conference, ACC 2013, Jun 2013, Washington, United States. pp.CD-ROM
Laurent Bako,van Luong Le,Fabien Lauer,Gérard Bloch
Learning nonlinear hybrid systems: from sparse optimization to support vector regression
16th International Conference on Hybrid systems: computation and control, HSCC 2013, Apr 2013, Philadelphia, United States. pp.33-42, ⟨10.1145/2461328.2461336⟩
van Luong Le,Fabien Lauer,Laurent Bako,Gérard Bloch
Using deep learning for sonar targets localization
ASPAI'2020 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence, IFSA, Jun 2020, berlin, Germany
Q Bruel,F Heitzmann,D Morche,Julien Huillery,Eric Blanco,Laurent Bako
Analysis of pulse width modulation controlled systems based on a piecewise affine description
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2020, Special Issue: New Trends in Modelling and Control of Hybrid Systems, 30 (15), pp.5917-5935. ⟨10.1002/rnc.4788⟩
Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti,Alexandre Trofino
Piecewise Affine System identification: A least harmonic mean approach
2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2019, Nice, France. ⟨10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9030163⟩
Laurent Bako,Olfa Yahya
Stability of uncertain piecewise-affine systems with parametric dependence
21th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2020, Berlin, Germany. pp.1998-2003, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2508⟩
Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti
Closed-loop Identification of MIMO Systems in the Prediction Error Framework: Data Informativity Analysis
Automatica, 2020, 121, pp.109171. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109171⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Minimality and identifiability of discrete‐time switched autoregressive exogenous systems
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2020, 30 (15), pp.5871-5891. ⟨10.1002/rnc.5039⟩
Petreczky Mihaly,Laurent Bako,S. Lecoeuche,K.M.D. Motchon
Least costly identification experiment for the identification of one module in a dynamic network
2019
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,H. Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Optimal Experiment Design for the Identification of One Module in the Interconnection of Locally Controlled Systems
ECC, Jun 2019, Naples, Italy. pp.363-368, ⟨10.23919/ECC.2019.8795694⟩
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,Håkan Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Incremental L2 -gain stability of piecewise-affine systems with piecewise-polynomial storage functions
Automatica, 2019, 107, pp.224-230. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2019.05.050⟩
Sergio Waitman,Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti
Interval-valued state estimation for linear systems: the tightest estimator and its relaxations
Automatica, 2019, 106, pp.168-177. ⟨10.1016/j.automatica.2019.04.045⟩
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
Informativity: how to get just sufficiently rich for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Multisine Excitation?
2019
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Data Informativity for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Filtered White Noise Excitation
2019 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2019, Nice, France. ⟨10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029300⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
Optimal Experiment Design for the Identification of One Module in the Interconnection of Locally Controlled Systems
2019
Federico Morelli,Xavier Bombois,H. Hjalmarsson,Laurent Bako,Kévin Colin
Informativity: how to get just sufficiently rich for the Identification of MISO FIR Systems with Multisine Excitation?
ECC, Jun 2019, Naples, Italy. pp.351-356, ⟨10.23919/ECC.2019.8795997⟩
Kévin Colin,Xavier Bombois,Laurent Bako,Federico Morelli
On the tightest interval-valued state estimator for linear systems
57th IEEE CDC, Dec 2018, Miami, FL, United States
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
On the tightest interval-valued state estimator for linear systems
2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec 2018, Miami Beach, France. pp.3904-3909, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2018.8618668⟩
Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu
Robustness analysis of a maximum correntropy framework for linear regression
Automatica, 2018, 87, pp.218-225
Laurent Bako
Incremental stability of Lur’e systems through piecewise-affine approximations
20th IFAC World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). AUT., Jul 2017, Toulouse, France. pp.1673 - 1679, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.491⟩
Sergio Waitman,Laurent Bako,Paolo Massioni,Gérard Scorletti,Vincent Fromion
State and parameter estimation: a nonlinear Luenberger observer approach
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, 62 (2), pp.973-980. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2016.2566804⟩
Chouaib Afri,Vincent Andrieu,Laurent Bako,Pascal Dufour
Optimal control of discrete-time switched linear systems via continuous parameterization
20th IFAC World Congress, Jul 2017, Toulouse, France. pp.15331 - 15336, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2453⟩
Jérémie Kreiss,Laurent Bako,Eric Blanco
On a Class of Optimization-Based Robust Estimators
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, 62 (11), pp.5990-5997. ⟨10.1109/TAC.2017.2703308⟩
Laurent Bako
Adaptive identification of linear systems subject to gross errors
Automatica, 2016, 67, pp.192-199
Laurent Bako
Analysis of a nonsmooth optimization approach to robust estimation
Automatica, 2016, 66, pp.132-145
Laurent Bako,Henrik Ohlsson
Incremental L-2-gain analysis of piecewise-affine systems using piecewise quadratic storage functions
55th IEEE CDC, Dec 2016, Las Vegas, NV, United States. pp.1334 - 1339, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2016.7798451⟩
Sergio Waitman,Paolo Massioni,Laurent Bako,Gérard Scorletti,Vincent Fromion
From robust estimation to hybrid system identification
Automatic. Université de Lyon - Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2016
Laurent Bako
Identification of linear systems with nonlinear Luenberger Observers
2015 IEEE ACC, Jul 2015, Chicago, United States. pp.3373-3378, ⟨10.1109/ACC.2015.7171853⟩
Chouaib Afri,Vincent Andrieu,Laurent Bako,Pascal Dufour
Adaptive identification of continuous time MIMO state-space models
54th IEEE CDC, Dec 2015, Osaka, Japan. pp.5677-5682, ⟨10.1109/CDC.2015.7403110⟩
Chouaib Afri,Laurent Bako,Vincent Andrieu,Pascal Dufour
Subspace clustering through parametric representation and sparse optimization
IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2014, pp.10.1109/LSP.2014.2303122. ⟨10.1109/LSP.2014.2303122⟩
Laurent Bako
Identification of MIMO switched state-space models
American Control Conference, ACC 2013, Jun 2013, Washington, United States. pp.CD-ROM
Laurent Bako,van Luong Le,Fabien Lauer,Gérard Bloch
Learning nonlinear hybrid systems: from sparse optimization to support vector regression
16th International Conference on Hybrid systems: computation and control, HSCC 2013, Apr 2013, Philadelphia, United States. pp.33-42, ⟨10.1145/2461328.2461336⟩
van Luong Le,Fabien Lauer,Laurent Bako,Gérard Bloch
Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.