Contributed by:  Petros Ioannou 

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 5th IEEE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON CONTROL AND SYSTEMS

 The 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems
 (5th IEEE MED), co-sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems  Society,
 the University of Cyprus, The Technical Universities of Crete and
 Patras, the IEEE Cyprus Section, the IEE Cyprus Section and the IEEE
 Greek Chapter of the Control Systems Society, will be held July
 21-23, in Paphos on the beautiful island of Cyprus.  The Conference
 General and Program Chair is Theodore E. Djaferis of the University
 of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA.  It will follow the tradition of
 the very successful four previous Mediterranean Symposia and focus
 on control and systems.  The venue is the Phaethon Beach Sunotel
 which is located in walking distance from the picturesque port of
 Paphos and several archeological sites.  All are welcomed to
 participate in an exciting technical meeting and also enjoy the
 natural beauty, warm hospitality, and fine cuisine that Cyprus can
 offer. For more information about the Conference view the page on
 http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/djaferis/5thMED/

 CALL OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS

 The 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems
 will include both contributed papers and special sessions.  A full
 Proceedings will be published on CD-ROM as well as a hardcopy
 Book of Abstracts.  Contributed papers and special session
 proposals are solicited in the areas listed below:

 Adaptive Control,  Aerospace Control,  Architectures for Signal
 Processing and Control Algorithms,  Automotive Control,
 Computer Networks,  Decentralized Control,  Digital
 Communications,  Discrete Event Systems,  Fuzzy Systems,
 Image Processing,  Intelligent Control,  Large Space Structures,
 Linear Systems,  Manufacturing,  Mobile Computing and
 Communications,  Multimedia,  Neural Networks,  Nonlinear
 Systems  Numerical Analysis,  Parallel Processing,  Power
 Systems,  Process Control,  Robotics,  Robust Control,  Signal
 Processing, Spectral Estimation

 Authors of CONTRIBUTED PAPERS are requested to submit 4 copies
 of their paper which must include their name, affiliation
 and email address.  For papers with multiple authors a
 corresponding author must be identified.

 Organizers of SPECIAL SESSIONS are requested to submit four
 copies of a proposal (3 page maximum) with the titles and
 summaries of the papers to be included in the session.  Each
 session should be cohesive, focusing on a single topic.  Proposals
 should contain the names, affiliations, email addresses of the
 organizer and all the authors.

 Submissions of contributed papers and special session proposals
 are due to the General Chair, Theodore Djaferis, at the address
 given below by January 24, 1997.  The authors and organizers will
 be notified (by email) of acceptance by March 21, 1997. At that
 time all authors will be given instructions by email on how to
 prepare manuscripts for the Proceedings and where to submit
 them.  Authors of accepted papers must submit their manuscripts
 and register for the Conference by May 1, 1997 to ensure that
 their paper will be included in the Final Program, Proceedings and
 Book of Abstracts.  All attendees are expected to register.