Contributed by: Christopher I. Byrnes MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS-96 The Ritz Carlton Hotel, St.Louis, Missouri June 24-28, 1996 Call for papers and second announcement >>>>>> NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINES <<<<<<< MTNS - 96 will be held from June 24 to 28, 1996, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Contributed papers and invited sessions for MTNS - 96 are hereby solicited in all traditional areas involving mathematics of networks and systems as well as emerging fields in engineering and mathematics with potential impact in circuits, automatic control systems, and signal processing. Such topics include, but are not limited to: - Adaptive Control - Algebraic Systems Theory - Applications of Algebraic and Differential Geometry in Systems Theory - Avionics - Computation and Control - Computational Fluid Dynamics - Distributed Parameter and Infinite Dimensional Systems - Flexible and Distributed Parameter Systems - Flow Control - Image Processing - Information Networking - Mathematical Theory of Networks and Circuits - Materials Science and Engineering - Modeling and Algorithmic Issues in Intelligent Control - Multivariable and Large-Scale Systems - Nonlinear Filtering and Control - Nonlinear Systems and Control - Numerical and Symbolic Computations in Systems Theory - Operator Theoretic and Geometric Methods in Circuits and Systems Theory - Optimization in Systems Design - Process Control - Robotics - Robust Control - Signal Processing - Stochastic Systems Theory-Stochastic Control and Estimation - System Identification - Visionics - VLSI Design - Wavelets. We also encourage contributions in the application areas of: - Aerospace - Biomedical Engineering Sciences - Communication - Manufacturing - Materials Science and Engineering - Process Control - Transportation. Papers: Submit an extended abstract (4-5 pages) in duplicate by January 15, 1995. The abstract should preferably contain a history and motivation of the problem, a precise statement of results together with indications of the techniques involved, and a representative bibliography. Notice of acceptance for presentation will be given by March 1, 1996. Send Extended Abstracts to: Prof. Biswa Datta Department of Mathematical Sciences Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 tel.: (815) 753-6759 fax: (815) 753-1112, email dattab@math.niu.edu Special Sessions: Submit proposals for special sessions, containing the title of the session and the names and affiliations of the speakers by January 15, 1996. Normally a session should contain four speakers, each given half an hour, but other arrangements can be made by contacting Clyde F. Martin. Send proposals for Special Sessions to: Prof. Clyde F. Martin Department of Mathematics Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 tel.: (806) 742-1511 fax: (806) 742-1112, email: gqcfm@ttacs1.ttu.edu IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline January 15, 1996 Acceptance Notification March 1, 1996 Early Registration April 15, 1996 Conference June 24-28, 1996 Program Committee: Andrei Agrachev, Moscow, Linda Allen, Lubbock, Radhakisan Baheti, Washington, D.C. John Baillieul, Boston, Anthony M. Bloch, Ann Arbor, Peter E. Caines, Montreal Stephen A. Campbell, Raleigh Peter E. Crouch, Tempe Ruth Curtain, Groningen, Leonid Faybusovitch, South Bend, Bijoy Ghosh, St. Louis, Eugenio Hernandez, Madrid, Belinda King, Portland, P.S. Krishnaprasad, College Park, Bernard C. Levy, Davis, David Limebeer, London, John Lund, Bozeman, Stephen Marcus, College Park George Meyer, Mountain View, Michael I. Miller, St. Louis, Joseph O*Sullivan, St. Louis, Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Lawrence, Withold Respondek, Warsaw, Eduardo D. Sontag, New Brunswick, Gianna Stefani, Firenze/Napoli, Paul van Dooren, Urbana, Alex Wang, Lubbock, Jan C. Willems, Groningen, Kevin Wise, St. Louis, Bostwick F. Wyman, Columbus, Yutaka Yamamoto, Kyoto. Organizing Committee: H.T. Banks, Raleigh, Roger Brockett, Cambridge, Patrick Dewilde, Delft, Harry Dym, Rehovot, Diederich Hinrichsen, Bremen, Bronislaw Jakubzcyk, Warsaw, Song Jian, Bejing, M.A. Kaashoek, Amsterdam, Hidenori Kimura, Tokyo, Arthur Krener, Davis, Alexander B. Kurzhansky, Moscow, Reinhard Mennicken, Regensburg, William Shadwick, Toronto, Donald L. Snyder, St. Louis, Tzyh-Jong Tarn, St. Louis, Symposium Chairs: Christopher I. Byrnes, St. Louis, Biswa Nath Datta, DeKalb, Clyde F. Martin, Lubbock. Steering Committee: Christopher I. Byrnes, St. Louis, Charles A. Desoer, Berkeley, Patrick Dewilde, Delft, Paul van Dooren, Urbana, Harry H. Dym, Rehovot, Michel Fliess, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paul Fuhrmann, Beer Sheva, Yves Genin, Louvain, Israel Gohberg, Tel Aviv, Michael Hazewinkel, Amsterdam, Uwe Helmke, Regensburg J. William Helton, La Jolla, Alberto Isidori, Rome, Marinus A. Kaashoek, Amsterdam, Hidenori Kimura, Osaka, Shinzo Kodama, Osaka, Arthur J. Krener, Davis Alexander B. Kurzhansky, Moscow, Anders Lindquist, Stockholm, Clyde F. Martin, Lubbock, Reinhard Mennicken, Regensburg Robert W. Newcomb, College Park, Giorgio Picci, Padova, Alexander C. M. Ran, Amsterdam, Jan H. van Schuppen, Amsterdam, Tzyh-Jong Tarn, St. Louis, Jan C. Willems, Groningen, George Zames, Montreal, Arman H. Zemanian, Stony Brook. MTNS-96 Conference Information: The International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS) is organized biannually. Previous meetings were held in College Park, Maryland, USA (1973), Montreal, Canada (1975), Lubbock, Texas, USA (1977), Delft, Netherlands (1979), Santa Monica, California, USA (1981), Beer Sheva, Israel (1983), Stockholm, Sweden (1985), Phoenix, Arizona, USA (1987), Amsterdam, Netherlands (1989), Kobe, Japan (1991), and Regensburg, Germany (1993). For further in formation contact: Christopher I. Byrnes, Dean School of Engineering and Applied Science Washington University Campus Box 1163 St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 email: mtns96@seas.wustl.edu http://www.seas.wustl.edu/~mtns96/