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Very surprised to see this on HN front page.

Control theory is a fabulous subject and has nice relationships to computational theory because classical (and more modern [s/d/o/nl/MPC] control theory) are obsessed with optimality, reachability and provable optimality and stability. In practice most control systems in the world are not designed nor run under the assumptions necessary to have an optimal controller. This is a field with a tremendous gap between theory and practice.

[opportune]

I think given the hype and (hopefully) coming importance of automated cars/automation in general in our daily lives, control theory is going to become increasingly popular over time. Maybe kids 50 years from now will have it as a mandatory course in their CS program.

[kobeya]

Control theory is already ubiquitous.

[alimw]

> Very surprised to see this on HN front page.

From the abstract and the first author's name, I guess this might be relevant to game theory? which tends to be a hot topic.