Workshop on "Safety as a System Property: From Control Design to Data-Driven Autonomy" @ IFAC World Congress 2026, Busan, Korea

[Sandeep Banik]

Dear Ai-Robotics Community,

We are excited to announce an upcoming full-day workshop at the 23rd IFAC World Congress 2026, taking place on August 23, 2026, in Busan, Korea:

Safety as a System Property: From Control Design to Data-Driven Autonomy

As autonomous systems are increasingly deployed in safety-critical domains — from robotics and transportation to energy and aerospace — ensuring safety can no longer be treated as an afterthought. This workshop brings together leading researchers to address one of the field's most pressing challenges: how do we guarantee safety as a system-level property across the full autonomy pipeline, from data and learning to decision-making, planning, and control?

--- HIGHLIGHTS ---

📅 Date: August 23, 2026

🕘 Time: 09:00 – 17:00

📍 Venue: IFAC World Congress 2026, Busan, Korea

🎤 9 Invited Talks across 4 thematic sessions

--- INVITED SPEAKERS ---

• Naira Hovakimyan – University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

• Lars Lindemann – ETH Zürich

• Yongxin Chen – Georgia Institute of Technology

• Calin Belta – University of Maryland

• Tigran Bakaryan – Institute of Mathematics NAS RA & YSU

• Gioele Zardini – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Karl H. Johansson – KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Navid Azizan – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Astghik Hakobyan – National Polytechnic University of Armenia & CSIE

--- TOPICS COVERED ---

The workshop spans a rich set of themes including safety-critical control, robust and stochastic methods, learning-enabled autonomy, formal verification, multi-agent systems, and real-world applications in robotics, autonomous vehicles, and cyber-physical systems.

--- MORE INFORMATION ---

Full schedule, speaker bios, and abstracts are available on the workshop website:

🌐 https://csie-foundation.github.io/ifacwc-workshop-2026/

Registration -  https://ifac2026.org/fairContents.do?FAIRMENU_IDX=21697&hl=ENG

We warmly encourage you to share this announcement with colleagues and students who may be interested. We look forward to a vibrant day of discussion and collaboration in Busan!

Best regards,

Sandeep Banik

On behalf of the Workshop Organizing Committee

(UIUC · National Polytechnic University of Armenia · Institute of Mathematics NAS RA · YSU · CSIE)