Contributed by : Alexander Fradkov, COC'2000 NOC Chairman


                    SECOND  INTERNATIONAL  CONFERENCE

             "CONTROL OF OSCILLATIONS AND CHAOS" (COC'2000)

                        Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA
                              July 5-7, 2000
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                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT  AND  CALL FOR PAPERS

ORGANIZERS:
- St.Petersburg Informatics and Control Society
- Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering
  of Russian Academy of Sciences
- St.Petersburg State University

IN COOPERATION WITH:
- THE IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY
- THE IEEE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS SOCIETY (to be confirmed)
- THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS (IUTAM)
(to be confirmed)
- THE INTERNATIIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS (IUPAP) (to be
confirmed)

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE:
 The first International Conference on Control of Oscillations and Chaos

(COC'97) was held in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1997 and was a great
success (with about 200 participants from 35 countries, see report
at http://www.ipme.ru/coc97.html). This second Conference will be
 focusing on the same subjects of controlling oscillatory dynamical
 systems, with emphasis on both theory and applications.
   A major goal of the Conference is to bring together researchers from
various fields, to advance the state-of-the-art control theory and
technology
for the control and analysis of complex oscillatory dynamical systems
and
to gain some general and unified perspectives in this interdisciplinary
field of advanced research.

The topics for the Conference include but are not limited to:
   - Nonlinear, adaptive and robust control of complex behavior;
   - Analysis and design of oscillatory systems;
   - Modeling and identification of oscillatory systems;
   - Synchronization of oscillatory and chaotic processes;
   - Control of oscillations and waves in distributed and time-delayed
systems;
   - Applications of control of oscillations, bifurcations and chaos
     in science and technology (mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology,
     telecommunications, medicine, lasers, power systems, finance,etc.).

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
             F.L.Chernousko (Chairman, Russia)
 E.Abed                             V.S.Anischenko (Russia)
 K.J.Astrom                         I.I.Blekhman (Russia)
 D.H. van Campen (The Netherlands)  G.Chen (USA)
 B.Chirikov (Russia)                L.Chua (USA)
 A.S.Dmitriev (Russia)              R. de Figueiredo(USA)
 A.L.Fradkov (Russia)               K.Furuta (Japan)
 R.Genesio (Italy)                  C.Grebogi (USA)
 M.Hasler (Switzerland)             G.Hu (P.R.China)
 E.Kreuzer (Germany)                G.A.Leonov (Russia)
 I.M.Y.Mareels (Australia)          H.Nijmeijer (The Netherlands)
 M.Ogorzalek (Poland)               A.A.Pervozvansky (Russia)
 F.Pfeiffer (Germany)               M.I.Rabinovich (USA)
 E.N.Rozenvasser (Russia)           W.Schiehlen (Germany)
 A.N.Sharkovsky (Ukraine)           A.Tesi (Italy)
 T.Ushio (Japan)                    V.A.Yakubovich (Russia)

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: A.L.Fradkov (Chairman)
           D.A. Indejtsev (Vice-Chairman)   G.A.Leonov (Vice-Chairman)

SUBMISSION:
The Organizing Committee invites the prospective authors to submit 4
copies
of their papers (up to six pages) by November 15, 1999 to the Organizing

Committee. The title should be followed by the authors' names,
affiliations,
addresses (including FAX and E-mail address) and abstracts (60-100
words).

IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for submission: November 15, 1999.
Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2000.
Camera ready copy: April 15, 2000.
Conference: July 5-7, 2000.

WORKING LANGUAGE:
English will be the official language of the Conference.
No simultaneous translation will be provided.

SOCIAL PROGRAM:
St.Petersburg (the former capital of Russia) with about 5 millions
inhabitants is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the
world. Various guided tours over St.Petersburg and suburbs
including visits to Tsars' palaces and museums will be organized during
both  the Conference days and the weekend.

LOCATION:
St.Petersburg is located in the mouth of Neva river near the Finnish
Gulf
of the Baltic Sea. There are daily flights of major international
carriers to the International airport "Pulkovo" of St.Petersburg.
It also can be reached from Helsinki, Finland by plane (0.5 hours)
or by train (4 hours).

ADDRESS OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Prof.A.L.Fradkov
The Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering
61 Bolshoy ave. V.O.
199178, St.Petersburg, RUSSIA
Tel: +7(812)321-4766, Fax: +7(812)321-4771
E-mail: coc2000@ccs.ipme.ru
http://www.ipme.ru/coc2000.html