Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 3rd annual Northeast Systems and Control Workshop (NESCW) at Princeton University!
After two successful editions at Penn (2024) and Columbia (2025), NESCW'26 drew more than 150 registered participants from 20+ institutions for a full day of talks, posters, a robotics lab tour, and a lively evening social. We're excited to see NESCW keep growing as a yearly gathering for the systems and control community across the Northeast.
Early-career focus
As always, all talks at NESCW are by graduate students and postdocs.
A huge thank you to our speakers, poster presenters, attendees, volunteers, and sponsors for making NESCW'26 such a success. We're already looking forward to NESCW'27, which will be hosted by Cornell University. Stay tuned for details!
News & Updates
- Thank you! NESCW'26 was our biggest edition yet, with over 150 registered participants from more than 20 institutions across the Northeast meeting up at Princeton on May 2, 2026.
- For reference, the talk schedule and poster list from the event remain available.
- NESCW'27 will be hosted by Cornell University. → Details coming early 2027.
About
The Northeast Systems and Control Workshop (NESCW) provides a forum for systems and control researchers across the Northeast to present their work and connect with graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty in an informal and collaborative setting. Any member of the systems and control community in the broader Northeast region is welcome to participate.
Research areas span the full breadth of systems and control: dynamics, control theory, optimization, machine learning, robotics, and cyber-physical systems, including applied and interdisciplinary work at their intersections.
To build community across the region, NESCW rotates to a different host institution each year. Faculty from across institutions join the steering committee, creating a growing network of organizers who help shape the workshop's future.
Photos from NESCW 2026 at Princeton University.
Contributed Talks and Posters
The program featured four oral sessions, each composed of 4 × 12-minute research talks followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with all speakers. We were thrilled to see the all-new panel format catalyze many of the day's most stimulating exchanges!
Lit by the field's rising stars
NESCW's unique energy comes from having graduate students and postdocs at the center stage, driving the research conversation throughout the day.In addition to the 16 talks selected by the organizing committee from submitted abstracts, there were close to 100 total contributed posters, with morning and afternoon poster sessions broadly themed by research area.
Robotics Lab Tour
One of the highlights of every NESCW is the chance to see world-class research facilities up close, and NESCW'26 was no different. Attendees toured the Princeton Robotics facility, which brings together work across the full spectrum of robotics research, from cutting-edge physical design to new advances in learning and control, all under one roof.
Photos from the Princeton Robotics lab tour during NESCW 2026.
Location
The workshop was held at Robertson Hall, home of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), on the main Princeton campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
The robotics lab tour took participants on a short walk over to the two-story experimental space in the scenic F-Wing of Princeton's Engineering Quadrangle.
Workshop Schedule
The full-day schedule is below. For reference, the detailed talk schedule and poster list remain available.
| 8:00–9:00am | Check-in and light breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15am | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 9:15–10:15am | Talks: Session 1 |
| 10:15–11:15am | Morning poster session and coffee break |
| 11:15am–12:15pm | Talks: Session 2 |
| 12:15–2:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00–2:00pm | Lab tours |
| 2:00–3:00pm | Talks: Session 3 |
| 3:00–4:00pm | Afternoon poster session and coffee break |
| 4:00–5:00pm | Talks: Session 4 |
| 5:00–6:30pm | Social event |
NESCW Organizers
Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Princeton Logistics Team
Contact
If you have any questions, please email Jaime Fernández Fisac at jfisac@princeton.edu.
