11th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC) Call for Papers September 15-18, 1996 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, USA Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and held in conjunction with: The 1996 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA) and The IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design (CACSD) ISIC General Chair: Kevin M. Passino, The Ohio State University ISIC Program Chair: Jay A. Farrell, University of California, Riverside ISIC Publicity Chair: Marios Polycarpou, University of Cincinnati Intelligent control, the discipline where control algorithms are developed by emulating certain characteristics of intelligent biological systems, is being fueled by recent advancements in computing technology and is emerging as a technology that may open avenues for significant technological advances. For instance, fuzzy controllers which provide for a simplistic emulation of human deduction have been heuristically constructed to perform difficult nonlinear control tasks. Knowledge-based controllers developed using expert systems or planning systems have been used for hierarchical and supervisory control. Learning controllers, which provide for a simplistic emulation of human induction, have been used for the adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear systems. Neural networks have been used to emulate human memorization and learning characteristics to achieve high performance adaptive control for nonlinear systems. Genetic algorithms that use the principles of biological evolution and "survival of the fittest" have been used for computer-aided-design of control systems and to automate the tuning of controllers by evolving in real-time populations of highly fit controllers. Topics in the field of intelligent control are gradually evolving, and expanding on and merging with those of conventional control. For instance, recent work has focused on comparative cost-benefit analyses of conventional and intelligent control techniques using simulation and implementations. In addition, there has been recent activity focused on modeling and nonlinear analysis of intelligent control systems, particularly work focusing on stability analysis. Moreover, there has been a recent focus on the development of intelligent and conventional control systems that can achieve enhanced autonomous operation. Such intelligent autonomous controllers try to integrate conventional and intelligent control approaches to achieve levels of performance, reliability, and autonomous operation previously only seen in systems operated by humans. This year the ISIC is being held in conjunction with the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications and the IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design. Effectively this is one large conference at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton hotel. The programs will be held in parallel so that sessions from each conference can be attended by all. There will be one registration fee and each registrant will receive a complete set of proceedings. For more information, and information on how to submit a paper to the conference see the back of this sheet. ++++++++++ Submissions: ++++++++++ Papers: Five copies of the paper (including an abstract) should be sent by Jan. 22, 1996 to: Jay A. Farrell, ISIC'96 College of Engineering ph: (909) 787-2159 University of California, Riverside fax: (909) 787-3188 Riverside, CA 92521 Jay_Farrell@qmail.ucr.edu Clearly indicate who will serve as the corresponding author and include a telephone number, fax number, email address, and full mailing address. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 1996. Accepted papers, in final camera ready form (maximum of 6 pages in the proceedings), will be due in June 1996. Invited Sessions: Proposals for invited sessions are being solicited and are due Jan. 22, 1996. The session organizers should contact the Program Chair by Jan. 1, 1996 to discuss their ideas and obtain information on the required invited session proposal format. Workshops and Tutorials: Proposals for pre-symposium workshops should be submitted by Jan. 22, 1996 to: Kevin M. Passino, ISIC'96 Dept. Electrical Engineering ph: (614) 292-5716 The Ohio State University fax: (614) 292-7596 2015 Neil Ave. passino@osu.edu Columbus, OH 43210-1272 Please contact K.M. Passino by Jan. 1, 1996 to discuss the content and required format for the workshop or tutorial proposal. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Symposium Program Committee: ++++++++++++++++++++++++ James Albus, Karl Astrom, Matt Barth, Michael Branicky, Edwin Chong, Sebastian Engell, Toshio Fukuda, Zhiqiang Gao, Dimitry Gorinevsky, Ken Hunt, Tag Gon Kim, Mieczyslaw Kokar, Ken Loparo, Kwang Lee, Michael Lemmon, Frank Lewis, Ping Liang, Derong Liu, Kumpati Narendra, Anil Nerode, Marios Polycarpou, S. Joe Qin, Tariq Samad, George Saridis, Jennie Si, Mark Spong, Jeffrey Spooner, Harry Stephanou, Kimon Valavanis, Li-Xin Wang, Gary Yen.