From eletter@win.tue.nl Sat Oct 1 13:43:04 1994 To: eletter@win.tue.nl Subject: E-letter 74 From: eletter Reply-To: esend@win.tue.nl E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 74, October 1, 1994 E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31-40-465995 Siep Weiland Dept. of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31-40-434582 Contents 1. Editorial 2. Personals 3. General announcements 3.1 Matlab files for SSV available 3.2 IEEE Ballots due November 1, 1994 3.3 Update to SCAD database 4. Positions 4.1 Research assistantships, Univ. of Britisch Columbia 4.2 Chair department EE Univ. of Texas, Arlington 4.3 Research assistant, Queen's Univ of Belfast 4.4 Postdoctoral research assistant, Queen's Univ of Belfast 4.5 Junior faculty position, Queen's University at Kingston 4.6 Research assistant, Delft Univ. of Technology 4.7 Faculty position, Univ. of Michigan 4.8 Research chair, University of New Brunswick 4.9 Junior faculty positions, Chinese University of Hong Kong 5. Journals 5.1 Automatica 5.2 SIAM J. Matrix Ann. & Appl. 5.3 SIAM Review 5.4 Lin. Algebra & Applications 5.5 Mechatronics 5.6 Mechatronics Special Issue Intelligent Mechatronic Systems 5.7 Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing Special Issue on Wavelets and Multiresolution Signal Proc. 5.8 Int. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control Special Issue on Linear Matrix Inequalities 6. Conferences 6.1 Data Compression Conference 6.2 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 6.3 1995 IASTED Int. Conf. on Modelling and Simulation 6.4 The 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 6.5 IFAC Conference Youth Automation 6.6 1994 IEEE-IMS Information Theory Workshop 6.7 IFAC Symposium on Control of Power Plants and Power Systems ****************************************** * * * Editorial * * * ****************************************** Welcome to E-letter number 74 !!! We plan to send out the E-letter monthly. The next issue of E-letter will appear November 1. Please send contributions before this date. Contributions tend to get increasingly long while part of the provided information is not always relevant to include in the E-letter. In order to keep the E-letter a reasonably sized medium we encourage contributors for this column to provide essential information only. We reserve the right to require contributors to cut certain parts of their contribution. 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My new address, effective September 1st, 1994 is: Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. Phone: (804) 924-6223 Thornton Hall FAX: (804) 982-2037 University of Virginia Email: pt6n@virginia.edu Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by : Paul Van Dooren As of September 1st, 1994, my new address is Paul Van Dooren Belgium Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics (CESAME) Batiment Euler (Rm A.119) 4, avenue Georges Lemaitre B-1348 Louvain la Neuve Belgium Tel : +32-10-47-8040 Secr: +32-10-47-2597 Fax : +32-10-47-2180 e-mail: vandooren@anma.ucl.ac.be Home address: Paul and Maggie Van Dooren-Van Ende Herfstlaan 4 B-3010 Kessel-Lo Tel: +32-16-261930 I you have tried to reach me via mail, tel, fax or e-mail the last two months you will undoubtedly have had difficulties. I apologize for these problems, which can be expected with any move overseas. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Karolos Grigoriadis Change of address I have moved from the Space Systems Control Laboratory at Purdue University to a tenure-track position at the University of Houston. My new coordinates are: Karolos M. Grigoriadis Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4792 Phone : (713) 743-4387 FAX : (713) 743-4503 e-mail: karolos@uh.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Floyd Hanson Change of Address: For the Fall Semester, September through December, my sabbatical address will be PROFESSOR FLOYD B. HANSON DIVISION OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS BROWN UNIVERSITY Box F PROVIDENCE RI 02912-1932 Email: hanson@cfm.brown.edu OfficeTel: 401-863-2354 DivisionTel: 401-863-2353 DivisionFax: 401-863-1355 I will still be reading my email at hanson@uic.edu and hanson@math.uic.edu. Floyd Hanson (permanent affiliation) Dept. Math, Stat, & Comp Sci University of Illinois at Chicago *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gianna Stefani NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS Gianna Stefani and PierLuigi Zezza have changed their e-mail addresses, the new ones are: stefani@facec.cce.unifi.it (Gianna Stefani) pzezza@facec.cce.unifi.it (PierLuigi Zezza) Please, take note of our new e.mail address *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Renee Koplon Change of Address I have moved from Rutgers University to a tenure-track position at Wright State University. My new address is: Renee Koplon Department of Mathematics and Statistics Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435 (513) 873-2512 rkoplon@discover.wright.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Vincent Blondel Change of Address I have moved from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden to INRIA Rocquencourt, France. My new address is: Vincent Blondel INRIA Rocquencourt Domaine de Voluceau BP 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex France Tel.: +33 1 39 63 59 55 Fax : +33 1 39 63 53 30 Email: blondel@colorado.inria.fr *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Eduardo Sontag Yuan Wang wins Young Investigator Award Yuan Wang, from Florida Atlantic University (ywang@polya.math.fau.edu), has just been awarded an NSF Young Investigator Award (formely called "Presidential Young Investigator Award (PYI)") for her work in control theory, including realization theory and nonlinear stability. Please join me in congratulating her ! -Eduardo ****************************************** * * * General announcements * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Michael Fan MATLAB M-files for SSV Available MUSOL4 contains a few MATLAB M-files for computing the upper bound of the structured singular value (reported in "Robustness in the Presence of Mixed Parametric Uncertainty and Unmodeled Dynamics," by M.K.H. Fan, A.L. Tits and J.C. Doyle, IEEE Transac- tions on Automatic Control, January 1991). MUSOL4 is copyright- ed but free of charge for all academic users. To receive a copy, send an email message to "musol4@cacsel4.ee.gatech.edu" with the subject 'send musol4' and with the regular postal office address of the requester in the body of email. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Anthony N. Michel IEEE Ballots due November 1, 1994 Reminder: Ballots for the 1994 IEEE Annual Election are due no later than November 1, 1994. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober Xu Huang ******************************************************************************* #### #### ## ##### # # # # # # # #### # # # # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # #### #### # # ##### Systems and Control Archive at Dallas ftp address: ftp.utdallas.edu IP number: 129.110.10.14 queries: ober@utdallas.edu or: scad@utdallas.edu ****************************************************************************** ***Important Notice: Change of IP number*** UT.Dallas has changed its FTP server recently. The old IP number 129.110.10.1 is no longer used. The new IP number is: 129.110.10.14 . The ftp address ftp.utdallas.edu remains the same. New contents: ============= eletters: ========= - eletter issues: 70,71,72,73 New activities: =============== We are trying to make SCAD more user friendly, by extracting information from the eletters and collecting it in different subdirectories. So far this was done for the following categories of information. Please note that Xu Huang has joined in the effort of updating SCAD. Without his help these new activities would not be possible. books: ====== This subdirectory contains descriptions of about 100 books in systems, control and related areas. We welcome authors and editors to send descriptions (include table of contents) of their books to SCAD. jobs: ===== It contains information about open positions and information about people looking for positions. To put an ad in this subdirectory, please send it to scad@utdallas.edu. journalcontents: ================ It contains the table of contents of journals in systems and control. At the moment the information comes from the eletter. ************ Remember to send your tech reports and other material! ********* How to access scad: =================== you can obtain details about how to access SCAD by sending an (empty) email message to eletter@win.tue.nl with subject 'info' to obtain information about the eletter which also contains information on how to access SCAD. Alternatively send an email request to: scad@utdallas.edu After accessing SCAD you can find a README file in /pub/scad which contains more info on how to submit material to SCAD. ****************************************** * * * Positions * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Clarence de Silva RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS IN ROBOTICS/CONTROL/AUTOMATION Several research assistantships are immediately available for graduate studies in our department under my supervision, in the above areas. The funding has been possible through new grants from the Science Council of B.C.; Network of Centres of Excellence, IRIS; Garfield Weston Foundation; B.C. Packers, Ltd.; and NSERC. Students with excellent academic records and potential for applications-oriented research are sought. Application forms for admission may be obtained by writing to or calling: The Graduate Secretary Department of Mechnical Engineering The University of British Columbia 2324 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 Tel: (604) 822- 6200 Details about the research assistantships (adequate for tuition and living expenses in Vancouver) are available from me: Dr. Clarence de Silva NSERC Professor of Industrial Automation (Same address) Tel: (604) 822-6291 Fax: (604) 822-2403 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: F. L. Lewis CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. The University of Texas at Arlington invites applications for the position of Chairperson, Department of Electrical Engineering. Duties will assume in summer or fall of 1995. Candidates should hold an earned doctorate in Electrical Engineering, have a commitment to educational programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and be recognized as a leader in research and education. The Chairperson will provide leadership in the ongoing growth of the department, including fostering strong relationships with government agencies and the extensive Dallas/Ft. Worth industry. UTA has 23,000 students and the largest College of Engineering in north Texas. The EE Department is situated in a new building and has 30 full time faculty, 500 undergraduate students, 300 masters students, and 100 Ph.D. students. Facilities include 67,000 sq. ft. of research and educational laboratories in: the NSF Industry/University Center for Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems, the Wave Scattering and Remote Sensing Research Center, the Energy Systems Research Center, the Human Systems and Performance Institute, the Medical Imaging Laboratory, the Applied Physical Electronics Center, the Electro-Optics Laboratory, and Telecommunications and Signal/Image Processing Laboratories. UTA's Automation and Robotics Research Institute provides 48,000 sq. ft. of additional facilities for interdisciplinary R&D in manufacturing, robotics, and controls. The EE Department has significant external funding from NSF, DoD, ARPA, and other government agencies, as well as from local Dallas/Fort Worth industry. A complete resume and the names of five references should be sent to: Professor Don Wilson, EE Chairman Search Committee, Box 19016, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019. Tel. 817-273-2603, fax. 817-794-5010, email wilson@mecad.uta.edu. UTA is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephen Shaw RESEARCH ASSISTANT Control Engineering Research Centre Department of Electrical Engineering This post, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is available from 1 October 1994 for three years and has been created to link expertise in Control Engineering and Power Plant Control in the Department, for a project "Performance Enhancement of Complex Industrial Processes by On-line Auditing and Prediction". Applicants must have at least a 2:1 Honours Degree or equivalent in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or equivalent. A PhD in a relevant area is desirable. Demonstrable knowledge/experience of advanced control techniques and plant/process modelling is essential. Experience of industrial control applications, Matlab/simulink/CAD tools, fault diagnosis, performance monitoring and real-time software are desirable. Salary range: 13,941 - 19,326 UK pounds per annum, initial placing depending on age, experience and qualifications. Applicants, quoting Ref.94/L4 may obtain further particulars from The Personnel Officer, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor George Irwin (Tel: 0232 335438) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephen Shaw POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT Control Engineering Research Centre Department of Electrical Engineering (open to non-U.K. E.C. residents only) The Human Capital and Mobility award scheme is intended to promote the training and mobility of researchers in the European Community. This post focuses on the specific development of a multi-arm robot workstation for industrial applications. Training will encompass several areas and will be based on transputer platforms already connected to a multi-arm system. The long-term goal of the work is to enable commercial application of multi-arm systems, whether in contact or in non-contact modes. Training will involve familiarisation with the real-time planning, control and multi-processing features of the system. Researchers already working in the areas of visualisation and planning will be able to train and utilise the visiting researcher to expand their work in a number of ways not already examined: i) Development of non-kinematic visualisation of the multi-arm system, e.g. primarily position tolerance, systems dexterity and force values. ii) Research into automated assistants for programmer/operator planning through a teaching pendant and other aids for the multi-arm system. These would be based on heuristic rules and in addition the possibility of using neural networks to learn operator requirements will be explored. Research will concentrate on non-contact situations (or very compliant contact). Experience gained will then enable the researcher to begin to explore a satisfactory sensing and actuation system for more general tasks. One area of research, new to the group, will be to examine the use of multiple input sensing, based on in-house force sensors, transputer imaging cards, and redundant joint sensors. Strategies for processing data and interfacing it to the user interface/planning and visualisation will be explored. If time permits the sensing will also be extended to a sensitive vibration monitoring approach which is being developed by other group researchers. There will be opportunities to publish in this area and the researcher will be assisted through university, in-house courses and seminars. Informal Enquiries may be made to Dr. Gordon Dodds Tel +44 +(0)232+245133 Extn. 4086. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by cebuhar@wac.mast.queensu.ca Position announcement: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Queen's University at Kingston The Department will be making a renewable (tenure-track) appointment in Applied Mathematics at the Assistant or possibly Associate Professor level to begin July 1995. Membership or eligibility for membership in a Canadian professional engineering association is required. The Department is particularly interested in applicants in communications theory, information theory or fluid mechanics, but other areas will be considered. The successful applicant will have a strong research record, be expected to develop an independent research programme, be willing and competent to teach a broad range of applied mathematics courses, and supervise graduate students. Interested candidates should arrange that a curriculum vitae, a description of teaching and research interests, at least three letters of recommendation, and copies of their three most significant publications arrive at the address below before January 15, 1995. At least one letter should comment on the candidate's teaching. Professor Leslie Roberts, Associate Head Department of Mathematics and Statistics Queen's University Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada Queen's University has an employment equity programme and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, aboriginal peoples, people with disabilities and visible minorities. FAX: 613-545-2964 e-mail: MASTDEPT@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Carsten W. Scherer Delft University of Technology & Philips Research Laboratories Four Year Ph.D. Position in Robust Control In a joint project of the TU Delft (Delft) and Philips Research (Eindhoven) the goal is to develop methodologies for system identification and robust control which are specially suited for high-performance motion tracking control of consumer electronic products. Particular attention should be paid to the integration of model identification with an assessment of the underlying uncertainties and the design of controllers which provide desirable performance for all models in the identified class. These aims should be achieved in close cooperation of two investigators, one responsible for identification aspects (Hans Doetsch, supervised by Dr. P.M.J. van den Hof) and one concentrating on robust controller design (vacant position, supervised by Dr. C.W. Scherer). The candidate is expected to contribute in the modeling of the occurring uncertainties, the formulation of robust control problems guaranteeing stability and performance, the assessment of applicability or the development of variations of existing synthesis techniques (H-infinity, mu-synthesis, LMI-techniques, multiobjective control), and the controller implementation on a prototype CD player mechanism. In view of this broad range of topics we expect any applicant to have, in addition to a firm engineering background, an above average knowledge of the mathematics related to robust control. The research should start at the beginning of 1995 and is performed in the Systems and Control Group at the TU Delft, headed by Prof. O.H. Bosgra, with regular meetings with the group around Dr. M. Steinbuch at Philips Research Eindhoven. Please send your application including a curriculum vitae and a description of undergraduate and graduate studies with details of the final year project (including marks/grades) to Dr. Carsten Scherer Mechanical Engineering Systems and Control Group Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 2 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands Phone: +31-15-785899 E-mail: scherer@tudw03.tudelft.nl The candidate should make sure that at least two letters of recommendation are sent to the above address. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Alfred Hero FACULTY POSITION IN THE AREA OF SIGNAL PROCESSING DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR The Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is soliciting applications at all ranks for a tenure track or tenured faculty position in the area of signal processing. Junior candidates should have an outstanding academic record and a strong commitment to teaching and research in signal processing. To be considered for a tenured position candidates should have demonstrated that they are leaders in the field and have a first class record of research and teaching. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong and broad theoretical backgrounds who also have interests in inter-disciplinary applications. Interested candidates should send a resume and names of five references to: Professor George I. Haddad, Chair Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 1301 Beal Avenue, Room 3303 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jim Taylor Industrial Research Chair in Instrumentation and Control The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has approved funding for two Industrial Research Chairs in Advanced Instrumenta- tion and Control at the University of New Brunswick, one Senior and one Junior. The industrial partners are Monenco AGRA, a major international contractor for large-scale turn-key systems most of which require instrumentation and control, and Elsag Bailey, a world-wide vendor of controls hardware and software. The Senior Chair has been filled by Dr. James H. Taylor, formerly of GE Corporate R&D and Odyssey Research Associates. A tenure-track position is open for the Junior Chair, in either the Chemical, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Department depending on the interests and background of the chosen individual. High academic qualifications, industrial experience and willingness to collaborate with industry and other engineering faculty will be major factors in candidate selection. Transfer of technology to industry will also be an important goal. Resources for collaboration in- clude on-going research programs in performance monitoring and fault diagnosis, smart sensors and actuators, real-time data acquisition, modelling and simula- tion, robust control design, nonlinear control and optimization, and computer- aided control engineering. The University also has related research in its centres for microelectronics, manufacturing, and nuclear energy, and coopera- tion will be encouraged with existing Chairs in Nuclear Engineering, Pulping Technology and Power Plant Engineering. Candidates must have a PhD with a strong applied research background in control and instrumentation, and should be eligible for registration as Professional Engineer. Interest and expertise in instrumentation, signal processing and digital implementation (including fault-tolerant design) will be advantageous, in addition to a solid systems and controls background, preferably in mechani- cal or process applications. The University of New Brunswick is committed to the principle of employment equity. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens or permanent residents. The closing date for nominations and applications is 31 December 1994 or until the position is filled. Nominations, applications and requests for information should be forwarded to: Dr. Wolfgang Faig, Dean Faculty of Engineering University of New Brunswick PO Box 4400 Fredericton, NB CANADA E3B 5A3 (506) 453-4570 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Victor K. Wei The Information Engineering Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong invites applications to four junior faculty positions, starting in the 1995-1996 academic year. Qualified candidates in practically all fields of electrical engineering - systems - will be considered. These fileds include, but are not limited to, communications, software for communications, networks, lightwave, etc. These positions are equivalent to tenure-track positions in most US university systems. The Chinese University is a comprehensive university with an international faculty. The official languages of instruction are English and the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. The compensation is on the standard university scale for all Hong Kong. Applicants please send full resume, names and addresses of three references, and a brief research plan to Dr. T. S. Yum, Chairman, Department of Information Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territory, Hong Kong. E-mail submission to yum@ie.cuhk.hk. ****************************************** * * * Journals * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak AUTOMATICA Table of Contents Volume 30, No 10 September, 1994 REGULAR PAPERS K.E. Arzen Grafcet for Intelligent Supervisory Control Applications J.M. Buffington Robust Longitudinal Axis Flight Control for an Aircraft with Thrust Vectoring C.W. Koung, J.F. MacGregor Identification for Robust Multiva- riable Control: The Design of Ex- periments W. Gawronski A Balanced LQG Conpensator for Flexible Structures J.C. Geromel, J. Bernussou, Decentralized Control through P.L.D. Peres Parameter Space Optimization S.D. Lee, J. Lee, S. Park Nonlinear-Tuning Regulator for pH Systems H.K. Khalil Robust Servomechanism Output Feed- back Controllers for Feedback Li- nearizable Systems BRIEF PAPERS M. Hovd, S. Skogestad Sequential Design of Decentralized Controllers Z. Shafiei, A.T. Shenton Tuning of PID Type Controllers for Stable and Unstable Systems with Time Delay B.M. Chen, Y. Shamash, A. Saberi, Construction and Parametrization of P. Sannuti all Static and Dynamic H(subscript 2)-Optimal State Feedback Solutions for Discrete Time Systems W. Mielczarski, A.M. Zajaczkowski Nonlinear Field Voltage Control of a Synchronous Generator using Feed- back Linearalization BOOK REVIEW A. van der Schaft M. Vidyasagar: Nonlinear Systems Analysis 2/e SOFTWARE REVIEW P. van Dooren Referee Report on: Control System Toolbox the Mathworks Inc *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: nelson@siam.org TABLE OF CONTENTS SIAM J. MATRIX ANAL.APPL., VOL. 16, NO. 1, JAN. 1995, TOC The Sparse Basis Problem and Multilinear Algebra Richard A. Brualdi, Shmuel Friedland, and Alex Pothen Duality and Black Box Interpolation I: The One Variable Nonderogatory Case Vaidyanath Mani and Robert E. Hartwig Existence and Uniqueness of Optimal Matrix Scalings V. Balakrishnan and S. Boyd On the Stability of the Bareiss and Related Toeplitz Factorization Algorithms A. W. Bojanczyk, R. P. Brent, F. R de Hoog, and D. R. Sweet Displacement Structure and Completion Problems Tiberiu Constantinescu, Ali H. Sayed, and Thomas Kailath A Divide and Conquer Algorithm for the Bidiagonal SVD Min Gu and Stanley C. Eisenstat On the Sensitivity of Solution Components in Linear Systems of Equations S. Chandrasekaran and I.C.F. Ipsen An Index Theorem for Monotone Matrix-Valued Functions Werner Kratz Computing Most Nearly Rank-Reducing Structured Matrix Perturbations Mark Wicks and Raymond DeCarlo Downdating the Rank-Revealing URV Decomposition Haesun Par and Lars Elden Preconditioned Krylov Subspace Methods for Lyapunov Matrix Equations Marlis Hochbruck and Gerhard Starke A Divide and Conquer Algorithm for the Symmetric Tridiagonal Eigenproblem Ming Gu and Stanley C. Eisenstat Algebraic Analysis of the Hierarchical Basis Preconditioner Howard C. Elman and Xuejun Zhang Constructing a Hermitian Matrix from Its Diagonal Entries and Eigenvalues Moody T. Chu Application of the Smith Normal Form to the Structure of Lattice Rules J. N. Lyness and P. Keast Strict Approximation of Matrices K. Zietak A Cartesian Parallel Nested Dissection Algorithm Michael T. Heath and Padma Raghavan On the Iterative Solution of Hermite Collocation Equations Yu-ling Lai, Apostolos Hadjidimos, Elias N. Houstis, and John R. Rice Perturbations, Singular Values, and Ranks of Partial Triangular Matrices Leiba Rodman and Hugo J. Woerdeman External Descriptions and Staircase Forms in Implicit Systems Vassilis Syrmos, Petr Zagalak, and Vladimir Kucera A Remark on Minc's Maximal Eigenvector Bound for Positive Matrices Geoff A. Latham On the Use of Certain Matrix Algebras Associated with Discrete Trigonometric Trnasforms in Matrix Displacement Decomposition Enrico Bozzo and Carmine Di Fiore New Perturbtion Bounds for the Unitary Polar Factor Ren-Cang Li Singular Values of Companion Matrices and Bounds on Zeros of Polynomials Fuad Kittaneh *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: tschoban@siam.org Table of Contents SIAM Review Volume 36, Number 4, December 1994 Articles Systems of Convolution Equations, Deconvolution, Shannon Sampling, and the Wavelet and Gabor Transforms Stephen D. Casey and David F. Walnut The P and H-P Versions of the Finite Element Method, Basic Principles and Properties Ivo Babuska and Manil Suri Poynting's Vector: Comments on a Recent Paper by Clark Jeffries F. N. H. Robinson Response to a Commentary by F. N. H. Robinson Clark Jeffries Classroom Notes in Applied Mathematics Symbolic Computations in Operations Research Kevin Y. K. Ng Odd-Even Factorization Results for Eigenvalue Problems D. A. Nield The Probability Integral Transform and Related Results John E. Angus Problems and Solutions Book Reviews A History of Complex Dynamics from Schroder to Fatou and Julia (Daniel S. Alexander) R. B. Burckel Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations (R. Grimshaw) Nathaniel Chafee The Theory of Linear Models (Bent Jorgensen) T. C. Chang Large Sample Methods in Statistics: an Introduction with Applications (Pranab K. Sen and Julio M. Singer) T. C. Chang Invertible Point Transformations and Nonlinear Differential Equations (Willi-Hans Steeb) Richard Churchill Linear Programs and Related Problems (Evar D. Nering and Albert W. Tucker) R. W. Cottle Numerical Methods for Stochastic Control Problems in Continuous Time (Harold J. Kushner and Paul G. Dupuis) T. E. Duncan Hilbert's Tenth Problem (Y. V. Matiyasevich) Jens Erik Fenstad Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems (L. Dingjun and T. Libang) Kevin Hockett Russian-English, English-Russian Dictionary on Probability, Statistics, and Combinatorics (K. A. Borokov) R. Clarissa Howison Numerical Computation Using C (Robert Glassey) David R. Kincaid Numerical Methods Based on Sinc and Analytic Functions (Frank Stenger) Kelly M. McArthur Applied Integral Transforms (M. Ya. Antimirov, A. A. Kolyshin, and Remi Vaillancourt) Gunter H. Meyer Functional and Numerical Methods in Viscoplasticity (I. R. Ionescu and M. Sofonea) N. H. Pavel The Visual Mind (M. Emmer) Marjorie Senechal An Introduction to the Bootstrap (Bradley Efron and Robert J. Tibshirani) Siva Sivaganesan Parallel Numerical Algorithms (T. L. Freeman and C. Philips) Henk van der Vorst Oriented Matroids (A. Bjorner, M. Las Vergnas, B. Sturmfels, N. White, and G. Ziegler) Goeff Whittle Time Series Analysis of Higher Order Crossings (B. Kedem) Sidney Yakowitz Interior-Point Polynomial Algorithms in Convex Programming (Y. Nesterov and A. Nemirovskii) Yinyu Ye Chronicle Author Index *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contribured by: Richard Brualdi LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Contents Volume 211 Special Issue: Generalized Inverses Preface 1 R. B. Bapat (New Delhi, India) and Robert E. Hartwig (Raleigh, North Carolina) A Master of the Row Space and the Column Space: The Mathematical Work of Sujit Kumar Mitra 5 Donald W. Robinson (Provo, Utah) The Moore Idempotents of a Matrix 15 R. B. Bapat (New Delhi, India) Generalized Inverses With Proportional Minors 27 K. Manjunatha Prasad (Bangalore, India) Generalized Inverses of Matrices Over Commutative Rings 35 Carolyn A. Eschenbach, Frank J. Hall, and Zhongshan Li (Atlanta, Georgia) Sign Pattern Matrices and Generalized Inverses 53 Georg Heinig (Safat, Kuwait) and Frank Hellinger (Leipzig, Germany) Displacement Structure of Generalized Inverse Matrices 67 Yongge Tian (Zhengzhou, Peoples Republic of China) Reverse Order Laws for the Generalized Inverses of Multiple Matrix Products 85 Robert E. Hartwig (Raleigh, North Carolina) The Weighted-Core-Nilpotent Decomposition 101 Author Index 113 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: T.H.Lee Mechatronics, Pergamon Press Vol.4, No. 5, 1994 Contents: "Commutation of permanent magnet A.C. servo motors with incremental encoders via fuzzy reasoning," by D.-I. Kim and J.-W. Lee "Implementation and experimental studies of fuzzy PID controllers," by C. M. Lim "Distributed control architecture for a sensor-driven dual arm system," T. J. Tarn, A. K. Bejczy, N. Xi and A. K. Ramadorai "An incremental real-time pattern tracking algorithm for line-scan camera application," by T. G. King and L. G. Tao "Optimal cruising trajectory planning for robots," by J. Somlo and J. Podurajev "Integrated hardware and software designs in mechatronics laboratory courses," by C. Ume and M. Timmerman The purpose of Mechatronics journal is to provide rapid publication of topical papers featuring practical developments in mechatronics. It will cover a wide range of applications areas including consumer product design, instrumentation, manufacturing methods, computer integration and process and device control, and will attract a readership from across the industrial and academic spectrum. Particular importance will be attached to aspects of innovation in mechatronics design philosophy which will illustrate the benefits obtainable by an a priori integration of functionality with embedded microprocessor control. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: T.H.Lee CALL FOR PAPERS Mechatronics Journal (Pergamon Press, U.K.) SPECIAL ISSUE on ``DEVELOPMENTS IN INTELLIGENT MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS'' Papers are solicited for a special issue of Mechatronics Journal covering the multidisciplinary area of Developments in Intelligent Mechatronic Systems to be published in October 1995. The special issue will cover all aspects of intelligent mechatronic systems, and papers concerned with new developments in the area which are supported by both theoretical analyses and real-time experimental results are particularly encouraged. Topics of special interest include, but are not limited to, the following: *Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Expert Systems in Mechatronics; *Adaptation and Learning in Mechatronic Systems; *Intelligent Sensors and Actuators; *Intelligent Motion and Motor Drive Systems; *Other related topics in emerging paradigms and technologies applicable to intelligent mechatronic systems. To be considered for the Special Issue, prospective authors should submit four copies of their complete manuscript by 15 January 1995 to the Guest Editor: Dr. T. H. Lee Guest Editor, Mechatronics Special Issue on Developments in Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Department of Electrical Engineering National University of Singapore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511 SINGAPORE Please refer to a regular issue of the journal for a copy of the Instructions for Authors. Prospective authors should note these instructions. For the Special Issue however, the submissions should be sent directly to the Guest Editor. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sankar Basu MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING An International Journal Editor-in-chief: N. K. Bose (Penn State) Co-Editors: M. Simaan (Pittsburgh) and Jan Biemond (Delft) Announcing Special Issue on Wavelets and Multiresolution Signal Processing Special Issue Editors: Dr. Sankar Basu, Electr. Engr. and Comp. Sc. Dept., Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, basu@menger.eecs.stevens-tech.edu. Dr. Bernard Levy, Electr. and Comp. Engr. Dept., University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, levy@ece.ucdavis.edu. A special issue on multidimensional wavelets with applications consisting of both invited and contributed papers is being planned. Topics include multidimensional filter bank and wavelet design. Application areas would include but are not limited to picture coding, solution of partial differential equations, numerical linear algebra, computerized tomography, model reduction of systems and spline representation of surfaces. Papers can be submitted to any of the Special Issue Editors. Five copies are required. All papers will go through the regular peer review process. Deadline for Submission: May 1, 1995. Tentative Schedule for the issue: December 1995. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Venkataramanan Balakrishnan CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL Special Issue on LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES IN CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Over the past few years, considerable research has been devoted to solving control problems numerically by reducing them to convex optimization problems, in particular to those based on linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In parallel, many very efficient algorithms for numerically solving these optimization problems have been developed. At this time, a large number of control problems have been recognized to be reducible to LMI-based optimization problems, and efficient software tools for solving these optimization problems exist. Papers are solicited for a special issue of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, scheduled for July 1995, on LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES IN CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. Recent advances in applying LMI techniques to control theory and applications, including, but not restricted to the following topics are of interest: Control system modeling and identification Control system analysis and design Practical applications Software tools and packages SIX copies of the manuscripts, should be submitted to Ragu Balakrishnan or Eric Feron by JANUARY 1, 1995 for review. Manuscripts must not be longer than 6000 words of text, such that the length of the paper including figures, tables, and reference is within 10 pages of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. For author guidelines, please refer to a recent issue of the IJRNC, or contact the guest-editors. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission: January 1, 1995 Notification of decision: May 1, 1995 Final manuscript submission: June 1, 1995 GUEST EDITORS: V. Ragu Balakrishnan Eric Feron Asst. Professor Asst. Professor School of Elec. Eng. Dept. of Aero. Astro. 1285 EE Bldg Room 33-107 Purdue University MIT West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285 Cambridge, MA 02139 Ph: (317) 494 0728 Ph: (617) 253 1991 Fax: (317) 494 6440 Fax: (617) 253 4196 Internet: ragu@ecn.purdue.edu Internet: feron@mit.edu ****************************************** * * * Conferences * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Julia Abrahams *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** Data Compression Conference - DCC '95 Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society TCCC Snowbird, Utah March 28 - 30, 1995 If you want to be added to the DCC mailing list, please send a message to: dcc@cs.brandeis.edu THEME: An international forum for current work on data compression and related areas. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Source coding, quantization theory, parallel compression algorithms and hardware, lossless and lossy compression algorithms for specific types of data (including text, images, video, speech, music, maps, instrument data, graphics, animation, and bit-maps), data compression standards, bi-level coding, transform methods, wavelet and fractal techniques, string searching and manipulation, closest-match retrieval, theory of minimal length encoding and applications to learning, system issues relating to data compression (including error control, data security, indexing, and browsing), medical imagery, scientific and space data. SUBMISSIONS: Authors should send by surface mail (NOT fax or email) four copies of an extended abstract of 8 to 10 pages (including affiliation, address, phone number, and email address) by 11/11/94 to: Prof. Martin Cohn, Computer Science Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254 (question can be sent to marty@cs.brandeis.edu). Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection via email on 12/16/94. A final camera-ready draft is due 1/16/95. WORKSHOPS: Associated with the conference is an industrial applications workshop (contact Rob Renner, 310-812-4868, renner@spf.trw.com) and a NASA workshop (contact Kar-Ming Cheung, kmcheung@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov, 818-393- 9480). For more information contact Myrna Fox, maf@cs.brandeis.edu (617-736-2700). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Clarence de Silva 1995 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS October 22-25, 1995, Vancouver, BC, Canada The conference will cover all general topics in Systems, Controls, Automation, and Man-Machine Interaction, including theory and applications. Please send your abstracts (2 to 3 pages) of contributed papers by February 1, 1995, to the Program Chair: Dr. Clarence de Silva NSERC Professor of Industrial Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering 2324 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 For general information about the conference, please contact: Conference Secretariat, SMC95 Venue West Ltd. 645- 375 Water Street Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5C6 Tel: (604) 681-5226 Fax: (604) 681-2503 or, the General Chair, Dr. Bill Gruver at e-mail: gruver@cs.sfu.ca. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Clarence de Silva 1995 IASTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION July 26-28, 1995, Marriott Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka The conference will cover all general topics in modelling, Simulation, Controls, and Automation, both theory and applications, including systems design. Please send 3 copies of abstracts (2 pages) of contributed papers by December 15, 1994, to the Program Chair: Dr. Clarence de Silva NSERC Professor of Industrial Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering 2324 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 For general information about the conference, please contact: IASTED Secretariat 4500- 16 Avenue N.W., Suite 80 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3B 0M6 Tel: (403) 288-1195 Fax: (403) 247-6851 e-mail: iasted@istd.cuug.ab.ca *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Frank Lewis THE 34TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL New Orleans Hilton Riverside and Towers New Orleans, Louisiana December 13-15, 1995 _________________________________________________________________ The thirty-fourth CDC will be held December 13-15, 1995, with tutorial workshops preceding the conference on Monday and Tuesday, December 11-12. The Conference General Chairman is Panos Antsaklis of the University of Notre Dame, and the Program Chairman is Edward Kamen of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The venue is the New Orleans Hilton Riverside and Towers, located on the Mississippi River immediately west of Canal Street. A short walk through a landscaped Riverwalk brings one to the French Quarter, scene of New Orleans nightlife and musical history. _________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS The IEEE CDC will include both contributed and invited sessions and a full Proceedings will be published. Contributed papers and invited sessions are hereby solicited in all aspects of the theory and applications of systems, including decision-making, control, adaptation, optimization, industrial automation, and manufacturing. All submissions are due 1 MARCH 1995. For submission details see last month's eletter, or upcoming issues of the Control Systems Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. General Chairman: Panos J. Antsaklis, 34th CDC General Chair Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Tel: (219) 631-5792 Fax: (219) 631-4393 Panos.J.Antsaklis@nd.edu _________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE SUMMARY: 1 Feb. 1995- Deadline for statement of intent to submit invited session proposals 1 Mar. 1995- Deadline for submission of contributed papers and invited session proposals 1 Jun. 1995- Tentative notification of invited session organizers Mid-July 1995- Notification regarding acceptance of papers and invited sessions Early Aug. 1995- Instructions for manuscript preparation sent to authors Mid-Sept. 1995- Camera-ready papers due at the printer *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL IFAC CONFERENCE YOUTH AUTOMATION BEIJING, CHINA AUGUST 8-10, 1995 ****New Deadline: November 1, 1994**** ORGANIZED BY Chinese Association of Automation (CAA) Youth Committee of CAA SCOPE: This is the first time that IFAC convenes the international youth automation conference. The YAC'95 is armed at providing an opportunity of exchanges, discussions and communications to all young scholars and specialists in the automatical technology, also giving them a chance to know more information about this field. In consideration of the character of the conference, the delegates of YAC'95 are expected to be under 40 years old. We would also like to invite some internationally acclaimed scholars and specialists (no restriction on age) to take part in as advisors and to present their plenary papers. The scope of the conference includes all aspects of automation technology, ranging from fundamental research to real applications. The topics as follows, not limited to: 1. Linear and nonlinear control 2. Systems modelling and identification 3. Adaptive control 4. Optimization methods 5. Robust control 6. Discrete-event dynamical systems 7. Filtering and digital signal processing 8. Automative control 9. Robotics 10. Computer-aided control systems design 11. Intellgent control 12. Neural networks applied to control 13. Process control 14. Algorithms & architectures for real-time control SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Authors are requested to submit 5 copies of the typed abstracts in 1000 words with 3 key words according to the above topics no later than ***November 1, 1994***. In case of joint authorship, the first author mentioned will be used for all correspondence, unless otherwise requested. INVITED SESSIONS Proposals for invited sessions are welcome to be submitted by October 1, 1994. An invited session should comprise 4 or 5 lectures. LANGUAGE The official language of the conference is English. Simultaneous translation is not available. REGISTRATION FEE The registration fee of the conference is expected not to exceed US$250. The registration fee for the students will be under US$150. IMPORTANT DATES Today Complete and send the enclosed reply form ***Nov.1, 1994*** Submission of abstracts and proposal of invited sessions Jan. 15, 1995 Notification of acceptance Apr. 1, 1995 Submission of final papers Aug. 8-10, 1995 Conference TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT Abstracts and proposal for invited sessios should be sent to: YAC'95 Secretariat Mr. Bin Zhang China Association of Automation c/o CAST Auto Tech Co., Ltd. 22 Baiwanzhuang Street Beijing 100037, P. R. China Fax: 86-1-8326042 Tel:86-1-8341486 INFORMATION by Email: jsli@thalia.ise.ufl.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Adrian Papamarcou 1994 IEEE-IMS Information Theory Workshop on INFORMATION THEORY AND STATISTICS October 27--29, 1994 Holiday Inn, Old Town Alexandria Alexandria, Virginia, USA Sponsored by: IEEE Information Theory Society, Institute for Mathematical Statistics ABBREVIATED ADVANCE PROGRAM --------------------------- (To obtain a full electronic version of this program, including titles of all talks/poster presentations and information on accommodations, transportation, registration, etc., please send email to Ms. Denise Best at best@eng.umd.edu) Thursday, October 27 -------------------- PLENARY TALK T. M. Cover, Stanford U., ``Information theory and statistics'' SESSION I ``Stochastic Complexity and Universal Data Compression'' Session Organizers: P. Shields, U. of Toledo, and J. Ziv, Technion Speakers: B. Clarke, U. of British Columbia I. Csiszar, Hungarian Academy of Sciences N. Merhav, Technion P. Shields, U. of Toledo B. Yu, U. of California at Berkeley J. Ziv, Technion PLENARY TALK R. M. Gray, Stanford U., ``Bayes risk-weighted vector quantization'' SESSION II ``Vector Quantization, Classification and Regression Trees'' Session Organizers R. M. Gray, Stanford U. and R. Olshen, Stanford U. Speakers: A. Nobel, U. of Illinois/U. of N. Carolina R. Olshen, Stanford U. R. Picard, MIT M. Riley, AT&T X. Wu, U. of Western Ontario Q. Xie, U. of British Columbia SPECIAL TALK H.V. Poor, Princeton U., ``Maximum entropy and robust prediction on a simplex'' POSTER SESSION I Friday, October 28 ------------------ PLENARY TALK J. Rissanen, IBM San Jose, ``Fisher information, stochastic complexity, and universal modeling'' SESSION III ``Randomization Complexity and Information Theory'' Session Org. M. Burnashev, IPPI, Moscow, and S.Verdu, Princeton U. Speakers: M. Burnashev, IPPI, Moscow R.J. Lipton, Princeton U. L. Schulman, U. of California at Berkeley Y. Steinberg, George Mason U. S. Verdu, Princeton U. Z. Zhang, U. of Southern California PLENARY TALK M. Vetterli, U. of California at Berkeley, ``Signal expansions for compression'' SESSION IV ``Nonparametric Function Estimation'' Session Org. E. Masry, U. of California at San Diego, and I. Johnstone, Stanford U. Speakers: A. Barron, Yale U. L. Breiman, U. of California at Berkeley L. Gyorfi, Tech. Univ., Budapest P. Hall, Australian National U. R. Khasminskii, Wayne State U. E. Masry, U. of California at San Diego SPECIAL TALK A. Dembo, Stanford U., ``Large deviations in information theory and statistics.'' POSTER SESSION II Saturday, October 29 -------------------- SESSION V ``Markov Random Fields'' Session Org. M. Miller, Washington U., and L. Pitt, U. of Virginia Speakers: J. Rosenthal, U. of Toronto Y. Amit, U. of Chicago F. Comets, U. of Paris B. Hajek, U. of Illinois J.A. O'Sullivan, Washington U. L. Pitt, U. of Virginia/U. of British Columbia PLENARY TALK D. Geman, U. of Massachusetts, ``The entropy strategy for shape recognition'' SESSION VI ``Theory and Applications of Wavelets'' Session Org. D. Donoho, Stanford U., and S. Mallat, NYU Speakers: R. Coifman, Yale U. R. DeVore, U. of South Carolina D. Donoho, Stanford U. P. Flandrin, ENS-Lyon S. Mallat, NYU A. Willsky, MIT *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gustavo Arroyo Figueroa CALL FOR PAPERS IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON CONTROL OF POWER PLANTS AND POWER SYSTEMS SIPOWER '95 CANCUN MEX. DECEMBER 4-6 1995 SPONSORED BY: IFAC Technical Committee on Applications. Co-sponsored by IFAC Technical Committees on: Components and Instruments, Computers, Education and Systems Engineering. ORGANIZED BY: Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (Control Systems Division) on behalf of the Asociacion de Mexico de Control Automatico with the support of: Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas Comision Federal de Electricidad Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia SCOPE: The objective of the symposium is to bring together control engineers and scientists of power plants and power systems worldwide. The interaction between the control engineers and scientists of power plants and power systems will be in the fields of energy management, artificial intelligence techniques, integrated computer systems, numerical methods, simulation and training tools applied to control of power systems and power plants. The symposium's technical program will include survey papers, plenary, invited and regular technical sessions. TOPICS: Control of Power Plants Control and operation of power plants Power plants modelling and simulation Integrated computer systems for power plants Distributed control systems Tools for control system design and documentation Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant systems Optimal and state feedback control Artificial intelligence applications Advanced control schemes Power plant automation: case studies Control of Power systems State estimation and model reduction Optimal power flow calculation techniques Generation scheduling and control Voltage and reactive power scheduling and control Dynamic security analysis Stability enhancement and control Advanced power systems control center functions Artificial intelligence applications Dispatcher training simulators Flexible transmission systems Power systems restoration Open system architectures for control centers CONTRIBUTIONS: Five copies of an extended abstract of three pages (800-1000 words) in English should be sent to the secretariat address. It must clearly indicate the new contributions and the relevance of the theme to the Symposium, according to the following structure: 0. Title and authors addresses (E-mail/phone/Fax) 1. State of the art 2. New contribution 3. Application or simulation results 4. References 5. Five keywords Proposals of invited sessions including a brief description of the topics and a list of prospective authors and titles should be sent to the secretariat address. SECRETARIAT ADDRESS Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas Director Division de Sistemas de Control Apdo. 475 Cuernavaca, Mor., 62000, Mexico. Phone: +52-73-189-655 or 182-442 Fax: +52-73-189-535 or 189-854 E-mail: sifac@iievms1.iiecuer.unam.mx DEADLINES Submission of extended abstracts and proposals of invited sessions: December 2, 1994 Preliminary acceptance: March 17, 1995 Submission of final papers: May 19, 1995 Final acceptance: August 4, 1995 LOCATION The Symposium will be held in Cancun by the Caribbean sea in southeast Mexico, near the ancient Mayan ruins. The hotel is located on the beach. LANGUAGE The official symposium language is English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.