Resources
Curated links
Tools, software, courses, and reading that I find useful or that I follow. Check publisher policies on Sherpa/RoMEO if you are putting preprints online.
AResearch networks & visibility
Online presence
- Google ScholarIndexed scholarly literature search
- ORCIDUnique identifier for academic contributors
- ResearchGateResearch social network
- Semantic ScholarAI-powered research tool
- Web of ScienceCitation index and analytics
Preprints & open access
- arXivPreprints in mathematics, physics, CS
- bioRxivPreprints in biology
- Sherpa/RoMEOPublisher self-archiving policies
BControl theory & engineering
Courses & interactive
- ICCTOnline interactive course on control theory in Python
- PerciplexSubmit control laws for inverted pendulums online
- r/ControlTheorySubreddit for control theory discussion
CScientific software
Matlab toolboxes
Python
- PyCharmPython IDE (free community edition)
- OpenMDAOMultidisciplinary optimization framework
- DymosDynamical-system simulation and optimization
- Python Control Systems LibraryFeedback control toolbox in Python
- RosalindBioinformatics learning by problem-solving
General-purpose tools
- VLCOpen-source multimedia player
- InkscapeOpen-source vector graphics editor
- PDF24 CreatorFree PDF creator and converter
- Notepad++Free source-code editor
- IrfanViewFast, compact graphic viewer
DMedia I follow
Podcasts & blogs
- arg min blogBenjamin Recht on optimization, ML, control
- InControlPodcast on control theory and the people behind it
- Cartesian CafeTimothy Nguyen interviews on math & science
- The Joy of WhySteven Strogatz interviews leading researchers
Seminar series
- Autonomy TalksAutonomy, robotics, and control at ETH
- ISS & its ApplicationsInput-to-state stability seminar series
- IC-CSynBSynthetic biology seminar at Imperial
EStartups I follow
GreenTech & CleanTech
- Swisspod TechnologiesHyperloop for Switzerland
- SymbergyClean food production via aquaponics
Engineering
- MOR Digital SystemsMatlab package for LTI ODE/DAE reduction
FLighter reading
Favorite sci-fi
- UbikPhilip K. Dick · paranoid, philosophical SF
- The Three Stigmata of Palmer EldritchPhilip K. Dick · dystopian, philosophical
- DuneFrank Herbert · science fiction
- The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick · alternate history
Fun
- A letter from the frustrated author of a journal paperThe title speaks for itself.
- Reviewer 2 must be stoppedFacebook group for the long-suffering.