Publications

Gabriel Abrahams, Ana Štuhec, Vincent Spreng, Robin Henry, Idris Kempf, Jessica James, Kirill Sechkar, Scott Stacey, Vicente Trelles-Fernandez, Lewis M. Antill, Christiane R. Timmel, Jack J. Miller, Maria Ingaramo, Andrew G. York, Jean-Philippe Tetienne, Harrison Steel

Nature 649(8099), 1172–1179, 2026 · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3 · Link

Preprint: bioRxiv: 2024.11.25.625143

BibTeX

@article{abrahams2026quantum,
  title = {Quantum Spin Resonance in Engineered Proteins for Multimodal Sensing},
  author = {Abrahams, Gabriel and Štuhec, Ana and Spreng, Vincent and Henry, Robin and Kempf, Idris and James, Jessica and Sechkar, Kirill and Stacey, Scott and Trelles-Fernandez, Vicente and Antill, Lewis M. and Timmel, Christiane R. and Miller, Jack J. and Ingaramo, Maria and York, Andrew G. and Tetienne, Jean-Philippe and Steel, Harrison},
  journal = {Nature},
  volume = {649},
  number = {8099},
  pages = {1172--1179},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-025-09971-3}
}

Liam Perreault, Idris Kempf, Kirill Sechkar, Jean-Baptiste Lugagne, Antonis Papachristodoulou

arXiv preprint, 2026 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2601.01693

BibTeX

@misc{perreault2026hostaware,
  title = {Host-Aware Control of Gene Expression using Data-Enabled Predictive Control},
  author = {Perreault, Liam and Kempf, Idris and Sechkar, Kirill and Lugagne, Jean-Baptiste and Papachristodoulou, Antonis},
  howpublished = {arXiv preprint},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2601.01693},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv}
}

Hyuntae Kim, Idris Kempf

arXiv preprint, 2026 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2601.01691

BibTeX

@misc{kim2026slotdie,
  title = {Cross-Directional Modelling and Control of Slot-Die Battery Electrode Coating},
  author = {Kim, Hyuntae and Kempf, Idris},
  howpublished = {arXiv preprint},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2601.01691},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv}
}

Jessica James, Idris Kempf, Kirill Sechkar, Jingyu Wang, Gabriel Abrahams, Sebastian Towers, Harrison Steel

bioRxiv, 2025 · DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.03.692065 · Link

Preprint: bioRxiv: 2025.12.03.692065

BibTeX

@article{james2025mips,
  title = {Microscopic PhotoSelection (MiPS) of Single Cells in Mother Machine Microfluidic Devices},
  author = {James, Jessica and Kempf, Idris and Sechkar, Kirill and Wang, Jingyu and Abrahams, Gabriel and Towers, Sebastian and Steel, Harrison},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.64898/2025.12.03.692065}
}

Claudio Vestini, Idris Kempf

arXiv preprint, 2025 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2511.18132

BibTeX

@misc{vestini2025dykstra,
  title = {Fast-Forwarding Stalling in Dykstra's Algorithm},
  author = {Vestini, Claudio and Kempf, Idris},
  howpublished = {arXiv preprint},
  year = {2025},
  eprint = {2511.18132},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv}
}

Sebastian Towers, Jessica James, Harrison Steel, Idris Kempf

bioRxiv, 2025 · DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.08.681123 · Link

Preprint: bioRxiv: 2025.10.08.681123

BibTeX

@article{towers2025sequencefree,
  title = {Sequence-Free Landscape Inference for Directed Evolution},
  author = {Towers, Sebastian and James, Jessica and Steel, Harrison and Kempf, Idris},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1101/2025.10.08.681123}
}

Idris Kempf, Glenn B. Christian, Michael Abbott, Lorraine Bobb, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan

Automatica 179, 112431, 2025 · DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112431 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2308.08631

BibTeX

@article{kempf2025multiarray,
  title = {Control of Multi-Array Cross-Directional Systems using the Generalised Singular Value Decomposition},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Christian, Glenn B. and Abbott, Michael and Bobb, Lorraine and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R.},
  journal = {Automatica},
  volume = {179},
  pages = {112431},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112431}
}

Hyuntae Kim, Harry Studholme, Idris Kempf, William Heath, Shohan Banerjee, Lorraine Bobb

20th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS), 1404–1408, 2025 · DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THCG001 · Link

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kim2025fastorbit,
  title = {Fast Orbit Feedback using the GSVD for Systems with Multiple Slow Corrector Arrays},
  author = {Kim, Hyuntae and Studholme, Harry and Kempf, Idris and Heath, William and Banerjee, Shohan and Bobb, Lorraine},
  booktitle = {20th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS)},
  pages = {1404--1408},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-THCG001}
}

Callum Umana Stuart, Idris Kempf

2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 7994–7999, 2024 · DOI: 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886488 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2405.01094

BibTeX

@inproceedings{stuart2024closedloop,
  title = {Closed-Loop Sensitivity Identification for Cross-Directional Systems},
  author = {Stuart, Callum Umana and Kempf, Idris},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE 63rd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
  pages = {7994--7999},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886488}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan

Automatica 167, 111782, 2024 · DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2024.111782 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2306.17565

BibTeX

@article{kempf2024approximate,
  title = {Control of Cross-Directional Systems with Approximate Symmetries},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R.},
  journal = {Automatica},
  volume = {167},
  pages = {111782},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2024.111782}
}

Sebastian Towers, Jessica James, Harrison Steel, Idris Kempf

bioRxiv, 2024 · DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.28.582468 · Link

Preprint: bioRxiv: 2024.02.28.582468

BibTeX

@article{towers2024ruggedness,
  title = {Learning-Based Estimation of Fitness Landscape Ruggedness for Directed Evolution},
  author = {Towers, Sebastian and James, Jessica and Steel, Harrison and Kempf, Idris},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1101/2024.02.28.582468}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 44(3), 1047–1072, 2023 · DOI: 10.1137/21M1443881 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2102.09822

BibTeX

@article{kempf2023hogsvd,
  title = {A Higher-Order Generalized Singular Value Decomposition for Rank-Deficient Matrices},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R.},
  journal = {SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications},
  volume = {44},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1047--1072},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1137/21M1443881}
}

Idris Kempf, Michael Abbott, Lorraine Bobb, Glenn B. Christian, Stephen R. Duncan, Guenther Rehm

International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC), 2023 · DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2023-MO2I02 · Link

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kempf2023fastorbit,
  title = {Fast Orbit Feedback for Diamond-II},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Abbott, Michael and Bobb, Lorraine and Christian, Glenn B. and Duncan, Stephen R. and Rehm, Guenther},
  booktitle = {International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2023-MO2I02}
}

Shohan Banerjee, Michael Abbott, Lorraine Bobb, Idris Kempf

International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC), 2023 · DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2023-MOP041 · Link

BibTeX

@inproceedings{banerjee2023modified,
  title = {Modified Fast Orbit Feedback Controller for Disturbance Attenuation in Long Straights for Diamond-II},
  author = {Banerjee, Shohan and Abbott, Michael and Bobb, Lorraine and Kempf, Idris},
  booktitle = {International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC)},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2023-MOP041}
}

Idris Kempf

University of Oxford, 2023 · DOI: 10.5287/ora-9g8zrvz4m · Link

BibTeX

@phdthesis{kempf2023thesis,
  title = {Advanced Control Systems for Fast Orbit Feedback of Synchrotron Electron Beams},
  author = {Kempf, Idris},
  school = {University of Oxford},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.5287/ora-9g8zrvz4m}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan, Michael Abbott

2022 European Control Conference (ECC), 814–819, 2022 · DOI: 10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838467 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2107.01694

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kempf2022mpc,
  title = {Model Predictive Control for Electron Beam Stabilization in a Synchrotron},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R. and Abbott, Michael},
  booktitle = {2022 European Control Conference (ECC)},
  pages = {814--819},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838467}
}

Richard Beale, et al.

EBioMedicine 76, 103868, 2022 · DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103868 · Link

BibTeX

@article{beale2022oxvent,
  title = {OxVent: Design and Evaluation of a Rapidly-Manufactured Covid-19 Ventilator},
  author = {Beale, Richard and others},
  journal = {EBioMedicine},
  volume = {76},
  pages = {103868},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103868}
}

Michael Abbott, et al.

Diamond Light Source, 2022 · Link

BibTeX

@techreport{diamond2022tdr,
  title = {Diamond-II Technical Design Report},
  author = {Abbott, Michael and others},
  institution = {Diamond Light Source},
  year = {2022}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan, Guenther Rehm

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 68(3), 258–269, 2021 · DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2021.3052553 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2008.13428

BibTeX

@article{kempf2021symmetry,
  title = {Symmetry Exploitation in Orbit Feedback Systems of Synchrotrons for Computational Efficiency},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R. and Rehm, Guenther},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science},
  volume = {68},
  number = {3},
  pages = {258--269},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/TNS.2021.3052553}
}

Idris Kempf, Stephen R. Duncan, Paul J. Goulart, Guenther Rehm

2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 3431–3436, 2020 · DOI: 10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303752 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2009.00345

Video

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kempf2020multiarray,
  title = {Multi-Array Electron Beam Stabilization using Block-Circulant Transformation and Generalized Singular Value Decomposition},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Duncan, Stephen R. and Goulart, Paul J. and Rehm, Guenther},
  booktitle = {2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
  pages = {3431--3436},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1109/CDC42340.2020.9303752}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan

IFAC-PapersOnLine 53(2), 6542–6547, 2020 · DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.070 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 2003.05667

Video

BibTeX

@article{kempf2020fastgradient,
  title = {Fast Gradient Method for Model Predictive Control with Input Rate and Amplitude Constraints},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R.},
  journal = {IFAC-PapersOnLine},
  volume = {53},
  number = {2},
  pages = {6542--6547},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.070}
}

Idris Kempf, Paul J. Goulart, Stephen R. Duncan

2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 4311–4316, 2019 · DOI: 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029482 · Link

Preprint: arXiv: 1904.04115

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kempf2019admm,
  title = {Alternating Direction of Multipliers Method for Block Circulant Model Predictive Control},
  author = {Kempf, Idris and Goulart, Paul J. and Duncan, Stephen R.},
  booktitle = {2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
  pages = {4311--4316},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029482}
}