Richard Pates
Researcher interested in control theory, electrical power systems and mathematics.

Category: Fundamental Limitations

Test-and-trace: The Need for Speed (video)

Test and trace offers a promising path to halt the spread of an infectious disease in its tracks. But how accurate does the testing need to be? And how fast must cases be traced? In this video we offer the control theorist’s perspective, and investigate what stability theory and the fundamental limits of feedback have to say.