The Fourth IEEE Conference on Control Applications The Desmond Hotel, Albany, New York September 28-29, 1995 CALL FOR PAPERS The fourth IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) is being sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society in cooperation with the ASME to emphasize control applications. The CCA '95 will be held in Albany, New York, at the Desmond Hotel on September 28--29, 1995. For further information, contact either of the General Cochairs: Joe H. Chow, ECSE Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180--3590 Phone: 518--276--6374 Fax: 518--276--6261 E-mail: chowj@rpi.edu K. Dean Minto, Control Systems and Electronics Technologies Laboratory, GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady, New York, 12309 Phone: 518--387--6760 Fax: 518--387--5164 E-mail: minto@crd.ge.com The program committee solicits papers presenting original work in all aspects of the application of control techniques such as: Adaptive Control, Artificial Intelligence, Dencentralized Control, Fuzzy logic/Neural nets, Modeling & Diagnostics, Optimization, Robust/Nonlinear control, Simulation, System identification In accordance with the power and energy systems theme of the conference, we encourage submissions in topical areas of interest including but not necessarily limited to the following: Alternative energy sytems, combined cycle/Cogen, Distribution systems, Environmental aspects, Energy management, FACTS/HVDC, Non-utility generation, Power electronics, Power system stability, Protection systems, Space power applications, Turbine/Generator control The 4th CCA Program Committee invites authors to submit 5 copies of complete manuscripts for regular papers or 5 copies of extended summaries for brief papers. The first page of each manuscript must contain the title of the paper, author's names and affiliations, and 4 keywords. Manuscripts should be sent to: The 4th IEEE Conference on Control Applications GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady, New York, 12309 Phone: 518--387--5354 Fax: 518--387--5164 E-mail: cca@ra.crd.ge.com The Program Committee is also soliciting proposals for invited sessions. Prospective organizers should contact Dr. Ravi, at the above address, to obtain the forms for invited sessions. Five copies of the completed forms should then be mailed to Dr. Ravi. Persons interested in organizing or participating in a pre-conference workshop should contact the workshop chairman, Karl Tammar, at the address below: Karl Tammar, New York Power Pool, Schenectady, New York, 12303 Phone: 518--356--6205 Fax: 518--356--6118 *********************************************************************** DEADLINES *********************************************************************** Manuscripts and proposals due by FEBRUARY 1, 1995 Notification of Acceptance MAY 15, 1995 Camera-Ready Manuscripts due by JUNE 30, 1995 *********************************************************************** STEERING COMMITTEE *********************************************************************** General Cochairs Joe H. Chow Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute K. Dean Minto General Electric Program Cochairs Rajamani Ravi GE Corporate R&D Center Schenectady, New York, 12309 Phone: 518--387--5354 Fax: 387--5164 E-mail: ravi@crd.ge.com James H. Taylor Department of Electrical Engineering University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB CANADA E3B 5A3 Phone: (506) 458--7100 862--6022 Fax: 453--3589 E-mail: jtaylor@unb.ca Finance Chair Hisham Othman ABB Power T&D Company Raleigh, NC, USA (919) 856--2490, Fax: 856--2459 Local Arrangements Chair Howard Kaufman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, USA (518) 276--6081 Fax: 276--6261 email: kaufman@ecse.rpi.edu Registration Chair Stephen Benchluch Power Technologies, Inc. Schenectady, NY, USA (518) 395--5040 Fax: 346--2777 Publications Chair John T. Wen Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, USA (518) 276--8744 Fax: 276--6261 email: wen@ral.rpi.edu Publicity Chair Juan J. Sanchez-Gasca General Electric Schenectady, NY, USA (518) 385--5564 Fax: 385--5703 Workshop Chair Karl Tammar New York Power Pool PROGRAM COMMITTEE Said Ahmed-Zaid, Vivek Badami, Wayne Bequette, Timothy Chang, Degang Chen, Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Kevin Craig, Bernard Friedland, Lawson Harris, Paul Houpt, Garng Huang, Maria Ilic, Tim Johnson, Mustapha Khammash, Farshad Khorrami, Bruce Krogh, Douge Looze,Jin Lu, Peter Luh, Kenneth Marcelle, Raman Mehra, Eduardo Misawa, Bruce Norman, M. A. Pai, Antonio Pascoal, William Rowen, Sheppard Salon, David Torrey, George Verghese, N. Viswanadham *********************************************************************** DEADLINE FOR MANUSCRIPTS: FEBRUARY 1, 1995 ***********************************************************************