####################################################################### First Announcement and Call For Papers 2nd IMACS International Multiconference : CESA'98 Computational Engineering in Systems Applications Co-Sponsored by IEEE Nabeul-Hammamet, April 1-4, 1998 _______________________________________________________________________________ General Chair Chairmen : P. Borne (France), M. Ksouri (Tunisia) Vice-Chaiman : A. El Kamel (France / Tunisia) Honorary Committee D. Al-Gobaisi (U.A.E.) M. Jamshidi (USA) G. Schmidt (Germany) D. Atherton (UK) W. Karplus (USA) M. G. Singh (UK) D. Brown (USA) H. Kwakernaak (The Netherlands) R. Soenen (France) F. Cellier (USA) V. Lakshmikantham (USA) M. Staroswiecki (France) G. Dauphin-Tanguy (France)G. Q. Li (China) T. Takamori (Japan) J.C. Gentina (France) R. Saeks (USA) T. J. Tarn (USA) W. Gruver (Canada) A. Sage (USA) S. G. Tzafestas (Greece) R. Vichnevetsky (USA) _____________________________________________________________________________ The Multiconference on "Computational Engineering in Systems Applications" CESA'98 is sponsored by IMACS and co-sponsored by IEEE/SMC. The aim of this important meeting is to make the state of the art of the various theoretical and practical aspects of computational engineering involved in system theory and its applications. The main application areas considered during the multiconference will be : Aeronautics and Astronautics. Automation. Bank and Finance. Biomedical Engineering. Car Industry. Chemical Engineering. Components and Instrumentation. Economy and Management. Electrical Engineering. Energy Systems. Environmental Systems. Food Industry. Integrated Manufacturing. Management. Marine and Off-Shore Control. Medicine. Production Industry. Robotics. Telecommunications. Textile Industry. Transportation Systems. Utilities... ___________________________________________________________________________ Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Control Chairmen : A. Sydow (Germany) (sydow@prosun.first.gmd.de) M. Benrejeb (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.872.729) Secretaries : W. Perruquetti (France) (perruque@ec-lille.fr) N. Ben Hadj Braiek (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.391.166) IPC Members : M. Annabi (Tunisia), J. Bernussou (France), P. Breedveld (The Netherlands), V. Capellini (Italy), M. Delgado (Venezuela), Ph. Deshayes (France), A. El Kamel (France), F. Filip (Romania), M. Fliess (France), S. Gafsi (Tunisia), K. Gopalsamy (USA), R. Gorez (Belgium), P. Groumpos (Greece), L. Grujic (France), R. Hanus (Belgium), A. Jakeman (Australia), T. Kaczorek (Poland),V. Kucera (Czech), N. Kuznetsov (Russia), R. Le Doeuff (France), A. N. Michel (USA), A. Mukherjee (India), M. Nakano (Japan), G. Olivier (Canada), A. Oustaloup (France), J. P. Richard (France), C. Rombaut (France), R. Skelton (USA), B. Tamm (Estonia), W. Thissen (The Netherlands), I. Troch (Austria), R. Turki (Tunisia), K. Watanabe (Japan), C. Wen (China), K. P. White (USA), P. Zheng (China). Topics : Adaptive control. Advances in simulation. Artificial intelligence in simulation. Bond graphs. CAD control. Controllability and observability. CRONE control. Distributed parameter systems. Estimating methods. Expert systems for modeling. Fuzzy control. Genetic algorithms. Human/System interaction. Identification. Implementation. Integrated Engineering. Intelligent control. Intelligent models. Large scale and complex systems. Linear systems. Mathematical modeling. Methodology and practices. Model reduction. Model validity. Multivariable systems. Neural nets approach. Non linear systems. Optimal control. Predictive control. Robust control. Simulation tools. Stability analysis. Stochastic control. Time delay systems. Uncertain systems. _________________________________________________________________________ Symposium on Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Chairpersons : I. Costea (USA) (icostea@csun.edu) R. Chaabouni (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.796.165) Secretaries : S. Hammadi (France) (hammadi@ec-lille.fr) R. Ben Abdennour (Tunisia) (fax : 216.5.283.013) IPC Members : P. Albertos (Spain), K. Barkaoui (France), L. Camarinha-Matos (Portugal), C. G. Cassandras (USA), J. Chen (China), E. Craye (France), C. W. De Silva (Canada), F. DiCesare (USA), I. Dumitrache (Romania), P. M. Frank (Germany), S. Gherissi (Tunisia), M. Moalla (Tunisia), B. Morcego-Seix (Spain), K. Pattipati (USA), R. Patton (UK), C. Philip Chen (USA), B. Pradin (France), G. V. S. Raju (USA), B. Rezig (Tunisia), C. Sibertin-Blanc (France), M. Silva (Spain), A. Villa (Italy), M. Zhou (USA). Topics : Agile manufacturing. Automata. Batch processes. Computer aided design. Computer integrated manufacturing. Control and optimization of industrial processes. Discrete event and hybrid systems. Expert systems. Fault accommodation and system reconfiguration. Fault detection, diagnosis and isolation. Flexible manufacturing systems. Human/machine interaction. Implementation of manufacturing systems. Instrumentation. Large discrete event systems. Network stability. Oriented object modeling and simulation. Performance analysis and optimization. Perturbation analysis. Petri nets. Planning and scheduling. Production management. Quality control. Rapid prototyping. Risk Analysis. Smart sensors and actuators. Supervisory control. Supervisory and supervision. System science methodology and design. ____________________________________________________________________________ Symposium on Applied Mathematics and Optimization Chairmen : V. Matrosov (Russia) (fax : 7.095.932.78.80) K. Mellouli (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.775.944) Secretaries : A.K.A. Toguyeni (France) (toguyeni@ec-lille.fr) M. Houari (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.746.551) IPC Members : S. Ahmad (USA), P. L. Antonelli (Canada), T. Baeck (Germany), F. Ben Abdelaziz (Tunisia), Ph. Chrétienne (France), D. Dubois (France), I. Farkas (Hungary), T. Hadhri (Tunisia), Y. Haimes (USA), L. Hatvani (Hungary), A. Isidori (Italy), J. Y. Jaffray (France), H. Karkar (France), V. Kolmanovskii (Russia), J. Korbicz (Poland), L. Kuzmina (Russia), G. Laporte (Canada), T. Li (China), M. Limam (Tunisia), A. D. Mc Donald (Australia), Z. Michalewicz (USA), M. Minoux (France), N. S. Papageorgiou (Greece), P. Penel (France), N. Piera (Spain), J. C. Pomerol (France), R. Riganti (Italy), C. Roucairol (France), I. Shahrour (France), P. P. Shenoy (USA), D. D. Siljak (USA), P. K. Srimani (USA), Ph. Smets (Belgium), J. Teghem (Belgium), R. Temam (France), A. Titli (France), A. Trabelsi (Tunisia), P. J. Van Der Houven (The Netherlands), S. Vassilyev (Russia), R. R. Yager (USA). Topics : Chronological series. Conflict analysis. Cognitive systems and engineering. Combinatory optimization. Convex optimization. Data fusion. Decision support systems. Decision theory and technologies. Decision making. Distributed decision making. Estimation methods. Evidence theory. Expert systems. Finite elements. Fuzzy sets. Genetic algorithms. Graph theory. Game theory. Information and decision systems. Knowledge based systems. Knowledge support systems. Linear optimization. Management of information systems. Mathematical modeling. Meta heuristics and optimization. Multicriteria and group decision making. Multiobject optimization. Multicriteria optimization. Neural networks. Number theory. Optimization heuristics and search methods. Operations research. Ordinary differential equations. Partial differential equations. Possibility theory. Probability and hazard management. Qualitative reasoning. Risk assessment. Risk management. Statistics. Stochastic optimization. Symbolic computation. Uncertainty management. _____________________________________________________________________ Symposium on Signal Processing and Cybernetics Chairmen : T. Fukuda (Japan) (fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp) A. Dhouib (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.792.149) Secretaries : Ph. Vanheeghe (France) (pva@isen.fr) R. M'Hiri (Tunisia) (fax : 216.1.442.322) IPC Members : T. Arai (Japan), P. Y. Arques (France), T. Bennani (Morocco), J. C. Bertrand (France), A. Bouallegue (Tunisia), P. N. Brett (England), C. H. Chen (USA), P. Coiffet (France), N. De Claris (USA), N. Ellouze (Tunisia), G. Favier (France), L. Foulloy (France), R. Henriksen (Norway) ,K. Hirota (Japan), K. Ito (Japan), R.A. Jarvis (Australia), N. Karayiannis (USA), W. Khalil (France), T. Kohosen (Finland), B. Kosko (USA), P. Laplante (USA), G. Menga (Italy), A. Meystel (USA), R. J. Mitchell (England), M. Najim (France), H. Nour Eldin (Germany), B. J. Oommen (Canada), S. K. Pal (India), V. Piuri (Italy), H. Prade (France), G. P. Rao (U.A.E.), H. B. Verbruggen (The Netherlands), K. Warvick (England), H. Zangar (Tunisia). Topics : Adaptive and learning systems. Artificial intelligence. Artificial vision. Automation engineering. Behavior decision making. Biocybernetics. Computer vision. Data fusion. Decision analysis. Education and multimedia. FFT and spectral analysis. Filter analysis and implementation. Filter design. Filtering. Fuzzy systems and technics. Graphical interfaces. Human computer interaction and virtual reality. Human decision making. Human factors in design. Human-machine systems. Image processing and computer vision. Intelligence decision support systems. Intelligent theory and knowledge acquisition. Internet. Interpolation. Learning methods. Machine learning. Mecatronics. Medical decision making. Medical informatics. Multirobot coordination. Nets and local area networks. Neural networks and computational intelligence. Pattern recognition and classification. Prosthetics. Real time A.I. based systems. Real time systems. Robot assembly. Robot interfaces. Robotics. Robot programming languages. Sensors and actuators. Signal processing. Statistics, forecasting and classification. Telecommunications. Telerobotics and telemanipulation. Training technology. ______________________________________________________________________________ Organizing Committee : Honorary Chair : M. H. Fantar (Tunisia) Chair : P. Serniclay (serniclay@ec-lille.fr) (France) Secretary : O. Korbaa (korbaa@ec-lille.fr) (France) Members : K. Ben Driss (Tunisia), P. Berruet (France), P. Borne (France), F. Delmotte (France), A. El Kamel (France/Tunisia), J. Ezzine (Tunisia), S. Hajri (France), L. Hdhili (Tunisia), A. Kochbati (Tunisia), M. Ksouri (Tunisia), Z. Lafhaj (France), F. Ly (France), F. M'Sahli (Tunisia), M. Tagina (Tunisia), J. Zrida (Tunisia) ______________________________________________________________________________ Partner Institutions : Ecole Centrale de Lille (EC Lille). Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques, Tunis (ISET). Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Tunis (IHEC). Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT). Faculté des Sciences de Tunis (FST). Ecole Polytechnique de Tunis (EPT). Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Tunis (ISG). ______________________________________________________________________________ Deadlines : September 15, 1997 Submission of draft papers or extented abstracts (3 copies). September 30, 1997 Submission of invited sessions. December 1, 1997 Notification of acceptance. January 30, 1998 Submission of camera ready papers. The Multiconference will include both submitted papers and invited sessions. For submitted papers, potential authors are required to present three copies of a draft paper or at least of an extended abstract (about 3 usual size pages) including five keywords to specify the concerned scientific area. In order to avoid "shadow papers", authors are asked to confirm their participation and to regulate the registration fees before having their accepted paper published in the proceedings of the conference. Authors regulating their registration fees on site, will have their communications published in supplementary proceedings. English is the official language of the Multiconference. Any submission or correspondance related to the conference is to be sent to the organizing committee : CESA'98 Secretary Ecole Centrale de Lille BP 48, Cite scientifique 59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France. 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