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The Group of Control Applications (GCA) is a research unit of the Institute of Research in Electronics, Control and Signal Processing at the Faculty of Engineering (FI) of the National University of La Plata (UNLP) and the National Research Council (CONICET) , ARGENTINA.
The GCA research unit focuses its research and developments on the modeling, control, optimization and monitoring of dynamical systems for a range of applications. Industrial processes, renewable energies, autonomous systems and biological systems are the main application fields of our research.

Recent publications
| . 2026. Evaluating the Influence of Input Features for Data-Based Estimation of Wind Turbine Blade Deflections. Processes. 14 |
| . 2025. Model based analytical approach for physical activity quantification in people with type 1 diabetes. |
| . 2025. Comparative evaluation of data-based estimators for wave-induced force in wave energy converters. |
| . 2025. Switched Controllers in Fully Closed Loop Insulin Delivery Systems: Reducing the Trade-Off Between Prandial Control and Safety. Artificial Organs. n/a |
| . 2025. Identification of Physical Activity Type in People with Diabetes: A Spectrogram-Based Approach. Diabetes Technology and Obesity Medicine. 1:361-373. |
| . 2025. Enhancement of Lipid Production in Rhodosporidium toruloides: Designing Feeding Strategies Through Dynamic Flux Balance Analysis. Fermentation. 11 |
| . 2025. Personalized Model Identification for Glucose Dynamics From Clinical Data With Incomplete Inputs. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 72:2001-2012. |

