********************************** ** THE 35TH IEEE CONFERENCE ** ** ON DECISION AND CONTROL ** ********************************** Kobe Portopia Hotel and International Conference Center Kobe, Japan December 11-13, 1996 The IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) is the annual meeting of the IEEE Control Systems Society, conducted in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA), the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), and the Institute of Systems, Control, and Information Engineers (ISCIE). The thirty-fifth CDC will be held December 11-13, 1996, with tutorial workshops preceding the conference on Monday and Tuesday, December 9-10. The Conference General Chairman is Hidenori Kimura of the University of Tokyo and the Program Co-Chairmen are Katsuhisa Furuta of Tokyo Institute of Technology and J. Douglas Birdwell of the University of Tennessee. The venue is the Kobe Portopia Hotel and International Conference Center Kobe. Kobe is a very attractive, modern city by itself, and is located for convenient access via a one day trip to other historical cities: Osaka and Kyoto. Kobe is steadily recovering from the damages of the recent earthquake. The city already functions well and all major transportation systems operate normally. By the 1996 CDC visitors can enjoy a completely new and attractive Kobe. 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 are solicited in all aspects of the theory and applications of systems, including decision-making, control, adaptation, optimization, industrial automation, and manufacturing. Invited sessions are also solicited in new developments in these and related areas. All submissions are due 1 MARCH 1996. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: The Program Committee is soliciting both Regular and Short contributed papers for presentation at the conference and publication in the Proceedings. Regular papers describe completed work in some detail. Short papers describe important recent or preliminary results which require limited length for their development. Short papers may be submitted for review as a 4-6 page detailed summary, with references. INVITED SESSIONS: The Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions. Cohesive sessions focusing on new or emerging topics in the above-listed areas are particularly encouraged, and will have priority over those of a classical or mainstream flavor. Session organizers should submit five (5) copies of proposals for invited sessions for review to the Program Vice-Chair for Invited Sessions at the address on the opposite side. All invited session proposals must be accompanied by all the information for all the proposed papers and mailed together as a group. Organizers must contact the Vice-Chair for Invited Sessions by 1 FEBRUARY 1996 stating their intent to submit a proposal and the accompanying papers. Proposals for invited sessions should contain the names, affiliations, and complete mailing addresses of the session organizer(s), chairperson, co-chairperson, and all authors (with corresponding authors identified) along with a list of paper titles. The organizers must include in the proposal: (1) a clear statement of the topic and purpose of the session and (2) a description of how the papers form a cohesive, well-integrated exploration of the session topic. Detailed extended summaries, following the submission guidelines below and consisting of a minimum of 2000 words, covering all contributions of the paper in sufficient depth to permit an informed review, must be included for each paper. The initial paper may be a tutorial or survey which can be allotted twice the usual time for presentation. The usual number of papers in a session is six. Organizers will be contacted near 1 June 1996 concerning the tentative disposition of their session. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION Each submitted regular paper, short paper extended summary, or invited session proposal must be accompanied by the Manuscript Submission Form that is found below. Addresses, deadlines, and other submission requirements may be found on that form. Incomplete submissions or submissions by fax or electronic mail cannot be accepted. Final selection of papers and invited sessions will be announced in mid-July 1996. Authors of all accepted papers will be provided instructions for preparation of manuscripts for the Proceedings. Authors should limit their manuscripts to six Proceedings pages (approx. 6000 words) for regular papers or two Proceedings pages (approx. 2000 words) for short papers. There will be a mandatory page charge for each additional page. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the CDC to present their work. FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENT PARTICIPANTS Financial aid in the amount of 50,000 Japanese yen (approximately $500 according to the exchange rate as of August 16, 1995) is available to student authors of accepted papers residing outside Japan and who have the endorsement of their advisor (preference given to paper presenters). To apply contact: Professor Tohru Katayama, Dept. Applied Math. and Physics, Faculty of Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto 606-01, Japan; fax: +81 75 761 2437; email: cdc-support@kuamp.kyoto-u.ac.jp CUT HERE: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- *************************************** ** Manuscript submission form for CDC 96 ** *************************************** Paper title ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Corresponding author name ______________________________________________ phone ______________________ fax ________________________ email _________________________ +++++++++++ What to submit +++++++++++ - This form, with keyword chart (below) completed. Be sure to circle a primary keyword per instructions. - 5 hard copies of your manuscript, with address and email for all authors Timeline Deadline for receipt March 1, 1996 Notification July 1996 Mats due Late August 1996 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Where to Submit Regular papers ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Prof. Michael Peshkin, CDC'96 Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208-3111 USA Inquiries only, no manuscripts: email cdc@nwu.edu phone 708-467-2666 fax 708-491-3915 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Where to Submit Short papers ++++++++++++++++++++++ Prof. Mitsuhiko Araki Dept. of Electrical Engineering Kyoto University Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-01, JAPAN Inquiries only, no manuscripts: email araki@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp phone 075-753-5333 fax 075-753-5332 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Where to Submit Invited session proposals +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Prof. David Castanon Electrical, Comp. & Sys. Eng. Boston University 44 Cummington St. Boston, MA 02215 USA Inquiries only, no manuscripts: email dac@tawny.bu.edu phone 617-353-9880 fax 617-353-6440 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MATS check one: __ Final paper will be laserprinted actual size, or __ Oversize typing sheets are needed (sheets will be mailed to author). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MODEL check all that apply __ Linear __ Nonlinear __ Discrete time __ Continuous time __ Chaotic __ Decentralized __ Discrete event __ Distributed parameter __ Embedded __ Hybrid __ Large-Scale __ Multi-rate __ Multi-variable __ Parameter-varying __ Singular / Descriptor __ Stochastic __ Time-delay __ Time-varying __ Uncertainty __ Non model-based ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SCOPE choose up to three (or none, if none apply). Mark the most important '1', the second most important '2', the third, '3' __ Survey / Tutorial __ Education __ Analysis __ Control __ Disturbance Rejection __ Dynamics __ Estimation __ Fault handling __ Identification __ Modeling / model reduction __ Numerical methods __ Observer __ Optimization __ Reliability __ Robustness __ Simulation __ Stability / Qual. behavior __ Synthesis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ APPLICATION check one __ No specific domain __ Actuators __ Aircraft / air traffic __ Automotive __ Bio-engineering __ Chemical process __ Communications __ Computer __ Economic __ Electro-mechanical __ Electronic __ Flexible structures __ Industrial Engineering __ Instrumentation __ Manufacturing __ Marine/Underwater veh __ Mechanical __ Medical __ Network __ Noise cancellation __ Planning / Scheduling __ Power / Energy __ Robotics, mobile __ Robotic manipulators __ Rotormachinery __ Sensors __ Servomechanism __ Signal processing __ Spacecraft __ Target tracking __ Traffic / Transportation __ Virtual reality __ Other domain: _________________ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ METHODOLOGY choose up to three (or none, if none apply). Mark the most important '1', the second most important '2', the third, '3' Adaptive: __ Direct __ Indirect __ Multi-model switching Algebraic/Geometric: __ (Differential) Algebraic __ (Differential) Geometric __ Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) __ Spectral __ State-space Time-domain: __ Classical __ Internal model __ LQR / LQG __ Lyapunov 2nd method __ Variable Struct./Sliding Mode __ Repetitive control Functional: __ Fourier / Frequency __ Fractals / Maps / Chaos __ H1 / H2 / H-infinity __ L1 / L2 / L-infinity __ Laplace Transform __ Mu-synthesis __ QFT __ Wavelet __ Other integral transform __ Other operator methods Linearization: __ Local approximation __ Coordinate transformation __ Gain Scheduling __ Feedback linearization __ Pseudo-linearization Statistical / Stochastic: __ Covariance analysis __ Kalman-Bucy filtering __ Maximum likelihood __ Minimax __ Perturbation methods __ Principle component analysis __ Statistical __ Wiener filtering __ Other statistical/stochastic methods Intelligent: __ Artificial intelligence __ Decision tree __ Fuzzy logic __ Genetic algorithm __ Knowledge-based __ Neural networks __ Other intelligent methods Optimization: __ Dynamic programming __ Fixed-point search __ Game theoretic __ Gradient search __ Least squares __ Linear programming __ Non-linear programming __ Variational calculus __ Other optimization methods __ Other method: _______________________ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MAIN CONTRIBUTION / SESSION ASSIGNMENT, Copyright IEEE CSS, 7/19/95 Circle one primary keyword listed above (model, scope, methodology, application) which could most appropriately be the theme of a session that includes this paper. ***********************************************************************