Henk van Waarde

Dr. Henk van Waarde serves as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor within the Systems, Control and Applied Analysis group at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Science and Engineering and Bernoulli Institute. His academic journey includes completing his PhD in 2020 on networked dynamical systems under supervision of Dr. Pietro Tesi and Prof. Kanat Camlibel.

His research centers on systems and control theory with emphasis on networked dynamical systems, data-driven control, and system identification. Key contributions include graph-theoretic methods for controllability analysis and fault detection in water distribution networks. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in complex dynamical networks.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trend toward data-driven control methodologies, particularly focusing on necessary and sufficient conditions for system identification, handling noisy data, and applications of Willems' fundamental lemma to continuous-time systems. His research spans theoretical control theory, mathematical systems analysis, and practical engineering implementations.

Dr. van Waarde actively collaborates with researchers across institutions, as evidenced by his co-authored publications in IEEE Transactions and other leading control journals. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through applications in system optimization and network control.

He maintains active research lines in memristive circuits, dissipative systems synthesis, and relaxation systems, demonstrating both theoretical depth and interdisciplinary reach. His laboratory work focuses on translating theoretical control frameworks into implementable solutions for networked systems.