Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications Sponsored by SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory April 27-29, 1995 Adam's Mark Hotel St. Louis, Missouri Call for Papers, Registration Information, and Abstract Form Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications The Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications will be organized around several major themes chosen to highlight both significant recent developments and challenging open questions in control theory, systems theory and their scientific, engineering and industrial applications. Control theory is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary field with wide and varied applications. The conference structure will encourage interaction and the sharing of ideas and problems among the various participants. Who Should Attend The conference will bring together mathematicians, engineers, and scientists -- from academia, industry and government -- who are engaged in control and systems theory, research and applications. Conference Themes The major themes of the conference include: o Control of Large, Heterogeneous Computer Networks o Control in Dynamics and Mechanics o Convex Optimization in Control and Systems Theory o Control and Identification of Distributed Parameter Systems o Stochastic Control, Filtering and Estimation o Adaptive Control o Hybrid Event Systems o Discrete Event Systems o Robust Control o Industrial and Aerospace Applications o Nonlinear Systems o Dynamic Programming o Computational and Algorithmic Methods in Control o Control of Fluids Organizing Committee John B. Baillieul, Boston University Anthony M. Bloch, Ohio State University Christopher I. Byrnes, Washington University Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University Eric Feron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kevin A. Grasse, University of Oklahoma, Norman Marc Q. Jacobs, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Franz Kappel, Universitat Graz, Austria Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University John E. Lagnese (Conference Chair), Georgetown University Irena M. Lasiecka, University of Virginia, N. Harris McClamroch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (Program Chair), University of Kansas Steven E. Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University Allan Tannenbaum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Invited Presentations Connecting Risk Sensitive Control Problems and Deterministic Games Through Singular Perturbations Alain Bensoussan University of Paris Dauphine and INRIA, France Convex Optimization in Control and Systems Theory Stephen P. Boyd, Information Systems Laboratory Stanford University Dynamical Systems and Their Associated Automata Roger W. Brockett McKay Laboratory Harvard University Control of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations with Applications to Fluid Dynamics John A. Burns Center for Applied Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Symmetry, Heteroclinic Cycles, Noise and Control Philip Holmes Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University Why Is Controlling High-Speed Networks a Challenge? Hans T. Kung Division of Applied Sciences Harvard University Viscosity Solutions and Their Applications H. Mete Soner Department of Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University State-space and I/O Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems Eduardo D. Sontag Rutgers Center for Systems and Control Rutgers University Inverse Problems for Semilinear Elliptic Equations Michael Vogelius Department of Mathematics Rutgers University Minisymposia A minisymposium is a two-hour session consisting of four presentations on a topic selected to augment the presentations of the invited speakers or develop a conference theme. A partial list of minisymposia and organizers follows. Mechanical Systems John B. Baillieul, Boston University Nonholonomic Mechanics/Motion Planning Anthony M. Bloch, Ohio State University and N. Harris McClamroch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Differential Algebraic Equation Formulations of Control Problems Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University Optimal Control/Motion Planning Peter E. Crouch, Arizona State University Numerical Methods in Stochastic Control Paul G. Dupuis, Brown University Control-theoretic Applications of Convex Optimization Eric Feron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Geometric Methods in Nonlinear Systems Theory Kevin A. Grasse, University of Oklahoma, Norman Numerical Problems in Control Theory William W. Hager, University of Florida, Gainesville Combinatorial Methods in Nonlinear Control Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University Control of Nonlinear Distributed Parameter Systems Irena M. Lasiecka, University of Virginia Diffusion Approximations of Control Queueing Systems H. Mete Soner and L.F. Martins, Carnegie Mellon University Stochastic Theory - Adaptive Control Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, University of Kansas Control Applications to Finance Steven E. Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University Nonstandard Riccati Equations Arising in Boundary Control Problems Roberto Triggiani, University of Virginia Numerical Issues in Control Applications of Convex Optimization Lieven Vandenberghe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (Additional minisymposia are being planned) How to Contribute SIAM invites you to submit abstracts of papers to be considered for presentation at the conference in either of the following formats: Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format A lecture consists of a 15-minute oral presentation with an additional five minutes for discussion. A poster presentation consists of the use of visual aids, such as 8-1/2" x 11" sheets, mounted on a 4' x 6' poster board. Poster boards will be available at the conference. A poster session is two hours long. Each contributor must submit a title and a brief abstract not exceeding seventy five words. Plain TeX or LaTeX macros are available for submitting abstracts electronically. Contact SIAM at meetings@siam.org. The organizing committee reserves the right to limit the number of contributed presentations a single speaker may present. Deadline for submission of contributed abstracts: October 7, 1994. Minisymposia A minisymposium consists of four 25-minute presentations with an additional five minutes for discussion. Prospective minisymposium organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title, a description (not exceeding one-hundred words), and a list of speakers and titles of their presentations. Each minisymposium speaker must submit a 75-word abstract. To obtain a minisymposium proposal form, instructions and abstract forms, please complete and return the form below to meetings@siam.org. Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: September 9, 1994. Registration The conference program and registration information will be available in late January, 1995. To ensure receiving your copy, please ask for a registration form via E-mail from meetings@siam.org