cv

education

  • 2024 – present
    PhD candidate · ETH Zürich
    Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA), advised by Florian Dörfler and Saverio Bolognani
  • Mar – Aug 2023
    Visiting Student Researcher · Stanford University
    Master thesis in Marco Pavone's Autonomous Systems Lab: Using Adiabatic Spectral Submanifolds for the Data-Driven Control of Nonlinear Continuum Robots
  • 2021 – 2023
    M.Sc. Robotics, Systems & Control · ETH Zürich
  • 2018 – 2021
    B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology · ETH Zürich

experience

  • Apr – Aug 2024
    Research intern · ABB
    Prototyping on-the-edge compression and analytics algorithms for time series data · Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
  • Nov 2023 – Mar 2024
    Machine Learning Analyst · ETH juniors
    Design and implementation of a machine learning algorithm for the evaluation of patents in the watchmaking industry · Zürich, Switzerland
  • Aug 2021 – Feb 2022
    Asset Intelligence (Data Analyst) · candi solar
    MQTT IoT pipeline for fast and secure collection of asset data; data analysis of pilot systems for automatic cleaning of photovoltaic plants; on-the-ground experience in South Africa · Zürich, Switzerland

awards

  • 2026
    Honorable Mention, IJRR Paper of the Season · The International Journal of Robotics Research
    For Data-Driven Soft Robot Control via Adiabatic Spectral Submanifolds, among the top three papers published in April–June 2026
  • 2025
    Community Best Paper Award · Swiss CLOCK Summit
    For the poster Incentive Design for Procuring Control Services
  • 2021
    Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) · ETH Foundation
    Awarded to students in the top 2–3% of their year

teaching

  • 2025 – present
    Head teaching assistant · ETH Zürich
    Control Systems, with Florian Dörfler
  • Jan 2026, Jan 2027
    Lecturer · Ashesi University, Ghana
    Control Systems 1
  • Supervised 5 student projects
    See teaching

publications

  1. Dec 2026
    Optimal Functional Incentives for Control: The Linear-Quadratic Case with Bilinear Incentives
    Jonas G. Matt, Saverio Bolognani, Florian Dörfler. 2026 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
  2. Sep 2026
    From Droop to Optimality: The Potential of Volt/Var Control for Power Distribution Grid Enhancement
    Jonas G. Matt, Lukas Ortmann, Saverio Bolognani, Florian Dörfler. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks
  3. Jul 2026
    Data-Driven Soft Robot Control via Adiabatic Spectral Submanifolds
    Roshan S. Kaundinya, John Irvin Alora, Jonas G. Matt, Luis A. Pabon, Marco Pavone, George Haller. The International Journal of Robotics Research
  4. May 2026
    A Welfarist Perspective on Fair Generation Curtailment
    Jonas G. Matt, Ilia Shilov, Saverio Bolognani. arXiv preprint 2605.03860
  5. Sep 2025
    Lossless Compression of Time Series Data: A Comparative Study
    Jonas G. Matt, Pengcheng Huang, Balz Maag. 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA)

skills & more

  • Programming
    Python, C++, MATLAB
  • Areas
    Control theory, Game theory, Power systems, Data science
  • Languages
    German (native), English (fluent), French (B2), Spanish (A1)
  • Interests
    Football, Music (piano, DJ), Sailing, Chess