SMC (Systems, Models, Control) aims at understanding systems in its broadest sense. A major objective is mathematical engineering (engineering mathematics) towards the development of models and methods that are generically usable in different application areas.
Mathematical modelling techniques are investigated from different points of view in an interdisciplinary and integrated fashion. This effort involves areas as numerical linear algebra, optimization modelling and convex optimization, systems and control theory, system identification, statistical/machine learning, neural networks, signal processing and pattern recognition, complex networks/systems and quantum information theory. Specific applications are found e.g. in data driven modelling, advanced process control, datamining, biomedicine and bioinformatics, knowledge discovery and information retrieval.

SMC is a research subdivision of STADIUS at the departement of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the KU Leuven. It is headed by Prof. Johan Suykens and Prof. Bart De Moor.