E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing

ISSUE No. 106, June 1, 1997



      E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
                 ISSUE No. 106,  June 1, 1997


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           Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
           Eindhoven University of Technology
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           Dept. of Electrical Engineering
           Eindhoven University of Technology
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Contents

1.      Editorial

2.      Personals

3.      General announcements
        3.1  MIT Summer course intelligent decision, control with neural nets
        3.2  MSc in Parallel and Distributed Computing
        3.3  SDPpack: New Code for Semidefinite Programming
        3.4  New Homepage  Department of Quality Control, Poland
        3.5  Riots, software for optimal control

4.      Positions
        4.1  Faculty position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
        4.2  Research assistant positions, University of Virginia
        4.3  Postgraduate, postdoctoral & analyst programming vacancies
             Imperial College, London
        4.4  Staff member National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

5.      Books
        5.1  Multiple Model Approaches to Modelling and Control, Murray-Smith,
             Johansen (Eds.)
        5.2  Real-Time Systems Design Principles for Distributed Embedded
             Applications,  Hermann Kopetz.

6.      Journals
        6.1  TOC Modeling, Identification and Control (MIC), 18:2
        6.2  CFP special issue LAA honoring Ludwig Elsner
        6.3  Selection commitee Journal of Complexity -- Best Paper Award
        6.4  SIAM J. of Control and Optimization, vol. 35:4
        6.5  CFP Special issue of IEEE TAC on Neural nets.
        6.6  CFP Special issue in International Journal  Control.
        6.7  TOC SIAM J. on Matrix Analysis and Appl, 18:3
        6.8  TOC SIAM Review, 39:2

7.      Conferences
        7.1  CFP IDEA intelligent design in engineering symp. Aachen
        7.2  CFP Hybrid Systems workshop, Notre Dame
        7.3  CFP 10th IMDSP Workshop, Austria
        7.4  CFP IFAC Workshop CAMS-98.
        7.5  CFP HAIFA 10th Matrix Conference
        7.6  CFP 1998 ACC
        7.7  CFP DYCOPS-5
        7.8  CFP IDA'97
        7.9  Final program European Control Conference

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Contributed by: Carlos E. de Souza

                      ADDRESS CHANGE:

>From 1st of June my new address is:

Lab. Nacional de Comp. Cientifica-LNCC
Rua Lauro Muller, 455
2290-160 Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
Brazil

Email: csouza@alpha.lncc.br
Tel:(55)(21) 541-2132, ext 195
Fax:(55)(21) 295-7944 or 295-8499



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Contributed by: Dimitri Bertsekas


MIT SUMMER COURSE
INTELLIGENT DECISION AND CONTROL WITH NEURAL NETWORKS

Date:           August 18-22, 1997
Instructors:    Dimitri P. Bertsekas
                John N. Tsitsiklis


The objective of this course is to cover the foundation of neural network
techniques as well as their application to specific problem domains.  While
the successful use of neural network methods contains a certain element of
"art", there is also an accumulated body of knowledge that provides a useful
guide into applications, and enables a critical appraisal of the sometimes
inflated and conflicting claims regarding the potential of the neural
network technology.

The course provides a balanced approach between the art and the science of
neural networks.  On the methodological side, it covers different neural
network architectures and the associated training algorithms; how to use
neural network methods in areas like classification, signal processing, and
nonlinear control; and, finally how to adapt traditional methods for
decision making under uncertainty (dynamic programming) so that they can
work hand-in-hand with neural networks and other tools for addressing
complex, ill-defined, and large-dimensional problems, including the recent
methodology of neuro-dynamic programming. On the application side, there
will be several examples to illustrate the use of the different methods in
specific domains and to amplify some of the issues that are important in
practice.

More details  can be found in the course's web pages:

http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/s/summer-programs/www/engineering/6.95
s.html

FURTHER INFORMATION:
MIT Summer Professional Programs Office
77 Massachusetts Avenue Rm 8-201
Massachusetts Intstitute of Technology
Cambridge, MA  02139
Phone: (617)253-2101
Fax: (617)253-8042
WWW:
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/s/summer-programs/www/email.html
Email: summer-professional-programs@mit.edu

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Contributed by: Colin A Bravington            email: bravinc@westminster.ac.uk

                      University of Westminster, London
         School of Computer Science and Information Systems Engineering
                       Centre for Parallel Computing

MSc in Parallel and Distributed Computing

Parallel and distributed computing techniques are becoming increasingly
important in a wide range of engineering and business applications.  The
need for high-performance computing in science, engineering and commerce is
increasingly achieved through highly parallel supercomputers. Conventional
data processing applications in business are now routinely implemented on
client-server architectures based on computer networks.  And the explosive
growth of networking on the Internet has stimulated a whole new industry of
networked applications, including multi-media.  Parallel and distributed
computing techniques underpin all these, and many other, applications, and
there is currently a shortfall of programmers skilled in the fundamental
theory and practice of parallel and distributed computing.

The MSc in Parallel and Distributed Computing is a specialist, modular
postgraduate programme for graduates with first degrees in any branch of
science and engineering and competence in computing.  The course is by
taught module and project, and is offered in full-time mode (one year) and
part-time (up to 4 years).  The course is particularly suitable for
computing practitioners wishing to upgrade their skills.

The course has three core modules:

         Parallel Programming
         Parallel Computer Architecture
         Distributed Processing.

Optional modules include:

        Parallel Program Development
        Performance Engineering
        Open Distributed Systems
        Mathematics of Communicating Systems
        Scientific Computing
        Discrete-Event Simulation
        Functional Programming Systems
        Vision Systems
        Control Systems
        Distributed Databases

Students requiring additional information or seeking financial
assistance are advised to contact the course leader:
Dr Steve C Winter, on +44 (0)171 911 5099, email wintersc@wmin.ac.uk

or the admissions tutor:
Sean Tohill, on +44 (171) 911 5000 ext. 3568, email sean@westminster.ac.uk

To register for the course contact:

The School Admissions Officer, SCSISE,
University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street,
London W1M 8JS United Kingdom
tel: +44 (0)171 911 5000 ext. 3585   24-hr answerphone: +44 (0)171 911 5155
fax: +44 (0)171 911 5089   email: ctdadmin@wmin.ac.uk
Details of the School can be found at: http://www.scsise.westminster.ac.uk/

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Contributed by: Madhu V. Nayakkankuppam

        SDPpack: New Code for Semidefinite Programming
       ------------------------------------------------


We would like to announce the availability of our semidefinite
programming code: SDPpack Verion 0.8 BETA.  The code and documentation
is available at the URL:

http://www.cs.nyu.edu/phd_students/madhu/sdppack/sdppack.html

                   Abstract (User Guide)

This report describes SDPpack, a package of Matlab files designed to solve
semidefinite programs (SDP).  SDP is a generalization of linear programming
to the space of block diagonal, symmetric, positive semidefinite matrices.
The main routine implements a primal-dual Mehrotra predictor-corrector
scheme based on the XZ+ZX search direction.  We also provide certain
specialized routines, one to solve SDP's with only diagonal constraints, and
one to compute the Lovasz theta function of a graph, using the XZ search
direction.  Routines are also provided to determine whether an SDP is primal
or dual degenerate, and to compute the condition number of an SDP.  The code
optionally uses MEX files for improved performance; binaries are available
for several platforms.  Benchmarks show that the codes provide highly
accurate solutions to a wide variety of problems.


F. Alizadeh, J.-P. Haeberly, M.V. Nayakkankuppam, M.L. Overton
Rutgers      Fordham         NYU                  NYU


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Contributed by Ewaryst Rafajlowicz

Finally we have prepared the home page of our Department of Quality
Control:

http://www.ict.pwr.wroc.pl/zaklady/qcd

We will be obliged for possible comments.

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Contributed by: Adam L. Schwartz 

A new software package for solving optimal control problem is
available.  An educational demonstration package is downloadable from:

        http://turnpike.net/~RIOTS
        http://www.cadcam.nus.sg/~elecyq/riots.html


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     |              R I O T S _ 9 5 (version 1.0)               |
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     |  A Matlab Toolbox for Solving Optimal Control Problems   |
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for Windows3.1, Windows95 and WindowsNT.


RIOTS is a  group of programs and  utilities, written mostly  in C and
designed  as  a  toolbox for Matlab,    that  provides an  interactive
environment  for   solving  a  very  broad  class   of finite-horizon,
multi-variable optimal control problems.  This class includes problems
with:

  * Lagrange, Bolza and Mayer type objective functions
  * Linear or Nonlinear dynamics
  * Min-Max objective functions
  * Free final time problems
  * Variable initial conditions
  * Endpoint equality and inequality constraints
  * Trajectory inequality constraints on the states and controls
  * Simple bounds on the controls and free initial conditions

The user can supply  objective, constraint  and dynamics functions  as
either object code or M-files.  Derivatives  of these functions should
also be supplied.

The optimal  control is an accumulation point  of  the solutions RIOTS
obtains to a  sequence of discretized  optimal control  problems.  The
discretized   problems   are,    in a   specific   sense,   consistent
approximations   to  the   original continuous-time,   optimal control
problem.  The discretized  optimal control problems are constructed by
integrating  the  system dynamics  with  one  of four fixed  step-size
Runge-Kutta  integration methods, a  discretized solver  or a variable
step-size integration  algorithm and  by representing the  controls as
finite-dimensional   B-splines.    The  integrations  proceed  over  a
(possibly  non-uniform) mesh  that  specifies the  spline breakpoints.
Solutions of the discretized, finite-dimensional problems are obtained
using    one of   three descent   methods   using standard   nonlinear
programming techniques.  The  solution  obtained for one   discretized
problem can be  used to  automatically  select a new  integration mesh
upon   which the  optimal  control  problem  can be re-discretized  to
produce a new  discretized problem.  The  new discretized problem will
more  accurately   approximate  the original, continuous-time  optimal
control problem.  Hence,  its   solution will  be more  accurate.   In
practice, only a few  such re-discretizations need  to be performed to
achieve an acceptable solution.

RIOTS provides     three   different  programs  that     perform   the
discretization and solve  the finite-dimensional discretized  problem.
The appropriate choice of optimization  program depends on the type of
problem  being solved  as   well as   the number   of points   in  the
integration mesh.  In addition  to these optimization  programs, RIOTS
also includes  other utility  programs  that are  used  to refine  the
discretization mesh, to compute  estimates  of integration errors,  to
compute    estimates for the error   between  the numerically obtained
solution and the  optimal control and to  deal with oscillations  that
arise in the numerical solution of singular optimal control problems.

A  complete description  of RIOTS  is  contained  in the RIOTS  user's
manual (91 pages).   A  postscript version  of  the user's  manual  is
downloadable from the World Wide Web.

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Requirements: IBM PC compatible with Windows3.1, Windows95 or WinNt.
              Matlab 4.2c or Matlab 4.0
              Matlab Spline Toolbox
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Contributed by: John T. Wen 

        FACULTY POSITION  at  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department invites
applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position.  We are
seeking an outstanding individual whose research and teaching interests are
at the intersection of control systems engineering, robotics and automation,
and computer algorithms and architecture.  The successful candidate will
have the opportunity to collaborate with existing departmental and
university-wide strengths in this area, including the New York State Center
for Advanced Technology in Automation, Robotics and Manufacturing.

The ECSE Department offers programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer &
Systems Engineering.  ECSE has 36 faculty, 750 undergraduates, and over 200
graduate students. Our major strengths are in control and automation,
microelectronics design and technology, digital signal and image processing,
computer communication networks, and electromagnetics. We are seeking
faculty who bring innovative approaches to research and who can effectively
contribute to a campus-wide initiative in Interactive Learning.  New faculty
will receive special career start-up arrangements including summer support,
equipment, graduate student support and reduced loads to encourage the
development of successful research and teaching programs.

A doctorate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering or related field is required.  Letters of application and
resumes (including a list of references) should be directed to:

Dr. William C. Jennings, Chair
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY  12180-3590
(518) 276-6316
jennings@ecse.rpi.edu

Rensselaer is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and
specifically encourages applications from women and underrepresented
minority groups.  Further information is also available at:
http://www.ecse.rpi.edu.

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Contributed by: Panagiotis Tsiotras

                  RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS
           Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
                      University of Virginia
                Charlottesville, Virginia 22903


Research assistant positions are available for students seeking a
Ph.D. degree in the general area of control of mechanical systems. Each
assistanship includes full tuition waiver and a monthly stipend. Applicants
should have a strong mathematical and/or experimental background and should
demonstrate a keen interest in one of the following areas:

1) optimal and robust control of nonlinear mechanical systems.
2) control of flyhweel systems using magnetic bearings.

Applications are sought from individuals with a degree in engineering or
applied sciences. The positions will be available starting Fall 1997 or
Spring 1998.  For further information and application materials, please
contact:

Professor P. Tsiotras
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
tsiotras@virginia.edu
(804) 924-6223


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Contributed by: S.P. Walsh

Centre for Process Systems Engineering
Imperial College, London.

Postgraduate, postdoctoral & analyst programming vacancies


The Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Process Systems is a
well-established world-class research group.  Significant industrial
involvement in the Centre's research programme means there are excellent
opportunities for researchers to work collaboratively with industry.

The research programme includes: Process Synthesis and Design, Process
Operations, Process Control and Optimization, Process Modelling and
Numerical Methods.  Technology transfer projects are carried out in
collaboration with industry covering: Integrated Batch Processing, Supply
Chain Management, Uncertainty and Operability in Process Design, Process
Concept Studio and Robust Process Control.

Studentships and employment opportunities are available in the above
areas. Salaries are in the range of UK pounds 17K to UK pounds 30K
depending on experience. Applications by submission of CV are
invited. E-mail submission is welcome.

For further information please contact: Miss Daphne Lawrence, Centre for
Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2BY.  Tel:
0171 594 6605, Fax: 0171 594 6606, e-mail:dmla@ic.ac.uk or visit
http://www.ps.ic.ac.uk
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 30 May 1997

The College is striving to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

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Contributed by: Vicente Parra Vega 


  Section of Automatic Control of The Research Center for Advanced
  Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute is seeking a full-time
  staff member for a tenure-track open position, of at least 6 month
  to 1 year. The contract may be extended afterwards on mutual agreement.
  Posdoctorate position will be considered. Salary and position will be
  commensurate with the candidate's qualification and experience.

  The faculty position will entail teaching at the graduate level
  (Masterand Doctor) and is expected to lead research.

  We are particularly interested in applicants with speciality in
  Robotics. Associated and closely research areas will be considered.

  The minimum qualifications are a PhD degree in Electrical/Computer
  Engineering along with commintment in teaching and research.

  The review process starts on April 1, 1997. The application deadline
  is May 30, 1997. Applications might be received by E-mail to speed up
  the process, if applicants choose so, please send by air-mail a hard copy
  of your application. Applicants should send their resume as well as
  names of two references, and 1-2 page statement of research interests and
  accomplishments to:

  Vicente Parra-Vega, PhD
  Associate Professor
  Seccion de Control Automatico
  Depto. de Ingenieria Electrica
  CINVESTAV-IPN, AP 14-740
  Mexico, DF, 07000 MEXICO
  Tel-Fax: +52-5-747-7089
  E-mail: vpv@ctrl.cinvestav.mx

  The Section of Automatic Control of the Research Center for Advanced
  Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute is the leading
  Automatic Control research group of Mexico and is located in the northern
  part of Mexico City.



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Contributed by: Tor Arne Johansen 


New Book: Multiple Model Approaches to Modelling and Control

Full details available at
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/SINTEF/ansatte/Johansen_Tor.Arne/mmamc/mmamc_book.html


             Multiple Model Approaches to Modelling and Control

             Roderick Murray-Smith and Tor Arne Johansen (Eds.)

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This book presents a number of approaches which produce complex models or
controllers by piecing together a number of simpler subsystems. This
divide-and-conquer strategy is a long-standing and general way to cope with
complexity in engineering systems, nature and human problem solving.

More complex plants, advances in information technology, and tightened
economical and environmental constraints in recent years have lead to
practising engineers being faced with modelling and control problems of
increasing complexity. When confronted with such problems, there is a strong
intuitive appeal in building systems which operate robustly over a wide
range of operating conditions by decomposing them into a number of simpler
linear modelling or control problems, even for nonlinear modelling or
control problems. This appeal has been a factor in the development of
increasingly popular `local' and multiple-model approaches to coping with
strongly nonlinear and time-varying systems.

Such local approaches are directly based on the divide-and-conquer strategy,
in the sense that the core of the representation of the model or controller
is a partitioning of the system's full range of operation into multiple
smaller operating regimes each of which is associated a locally valid model
or controller. This can often give a simplified and transparent nonlinear
model or control representation. In addition, the local approach has
computational advantages, it lends itself to adaptation and learning
algorithms, and allows direct incorporation of high-level and qualitative
plant knowledge into the model. These advantages have proven to be very
appealing for industrial applications, and the practical, intuitively
appealing nature of the framework is demonstrated in chapters describing
applications of local methods to problems in the process industries,
biomedical applications and autonomous systems. The successful application
of the ideas to demanding problems is already encouraging, but creative
development of the basic framework is needed to better allow the integration
of human knowledge with automated learning.

The underlying question is `How should we partition the system - what is
`local'?'. This book presents alternative ways of bringing submodels
together, which lead to varying levels of performance and insight. Some are
further developed for autonomous learning of parameters from data, while
others have focused on the ease with which prior knowledge can be
incorporated. It is interesting to note that researchers in Control Theory,
Neural Networks, Statistics, Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic have
more or less independently developed very similar modelling methods, calling
them Local Model Networks, Operating Regime based Models, Multiple Model
Estimation and Adaptive Control, Gain Scheduled Controllers Heterogeneous
Control, Mixtures of Experts, Piecewise Models, Local Regression techniques,
or Tagaki-Sugeno Fuzzy Models, among other names. Each of these approaches
has different merits, varying in the ease of introduction of existing
knowledge, as well as the ease of model interpretation. This book attempts
to outline much of the common ground between the various approaches,
encouraging the transfer of ideas.

Recent progress in algorithms and analysis is presented, with constructive
algorithms for automated model development and control design, as well as
techniques for stability analysis, model interpretation and model
validation.

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                        Table Of Contents

Preface - the book outline.

The Operating Regime Approach to Nonlinear Modelling and Control
        Tor Arne Johansen, SINTEF, and Roderick Murray-Smith, Daimler-Benz AG

Fuzzy Set Methods for Local Modelling and Identification
        R. Babuska and H.B. Verbruggen, Delft University of Technology

Modelling of Electrically Stimulated Muscle
        H. Gollee, University of Glasgow, K.J. Hunt, Daimler-Benz AG,
        N. Donaldson, University College London and
        J. Jarvis, University of Liverpool

Process Modelling Using the Functional State Approach
        Aarne Halme, Arto Visala and
        Xia-Chang Zhang, Helsinki University of Technology

Markov Mixtures of Experts
        Marina Meila, Michael Jordan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Active Learning with Mixture Models
        David Cohn, and Zoubin Ghahramani and Michael Jordan,
        Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Local Learning in Local Model Networks
        Roderick Murray-Smith, Daimler-Benz AG and Tor Arne Johansen, SINTEF

Side-Effects of Normalising Basis Functions in Local Model Networks
        Robert Shorten and Roderick Murray-Smith, Daimler-Benz AG

The Composition and Validation of Hetrogeneous Control Laws
        B. Kuipers, University of Texas at Austin and
        K. Estrvm, Lund Insitute of Technology

Local Laguerre Models
        Daniel Sbarbaro, University of Concepcisn

Multiple Model Adaptive Control
        Kevin D. Schott, B. Wayne Bequette, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

H-infinity Control of Nonlinear Processes Using Multiple Linear Models
        A. Banerjee, Y. Arkun, Georgia Insitute of Technology, and
        R. Pearson and B. Ogunnaike, DuPont

Synthesis of Fuzzy Control Systems Based on Linear Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models
        J. Zhao, R. Gorez and V. Wertz, Catholic University of Louvain


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Contributed by: ekerrissey@wkap.com (Ellie Kerrissey)

     KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF....

     Real-Time Systems
     Design Principles for Distributed Embedded Applications

     by Hermann Kopetz, Technische Universitt Wien, Austria

     Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded
     Applications focuses on hard real-time systems, which are computing
     systems that must meet their temporal specification in all anticipated
     load and fault scenarios. The book stresses the system aspects of
     distributed real-time applications, treating the issues of real-time,
     distribution and fault-tolerance from an integral point of view. A
     unique cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts between the academic
     and industrial worlds has led to the inclusion of many insightful
     examples from industry to explain the fundamental scientific concepts
     in a real-world setting. Thus, this book serves as an excellent text
     for advanced level courses on real-time systems.

     Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded
     Applications also serves as an invaluable reference for professionals
     in industry. The book explains the relevance of the latest scientific
     insights to the solution of everyday problems in the design and
     implementation of distributed and embedded real-time systems. Thus, as
     a reference source the book presents state-of-the-art real-time
     technology in a coherent, concise and understandable manner. Because
     the cost-effectiveness of a particular method is of major concern in
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     real-time systems. The topic of composability is thus a recurring
     theme throughout the book.

     Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded
     Applications is essential reading for anyone involved in the field of
     real-time systems.

     Contents:
     1. The Real-Time Environment. 2. Why a Distributed Solution? 3. Global
     Time. 4. Modeling Real-Time Systems. 5. Real-Time Entities and Images.
     6. Fault Tolerance. 7. Real-Time Communication. 8. The Time-Triggered
     Protocols. 9. Input/Output. 10. Real-Time Operating Systems. 11.
     Real-Time Scheduling. 12. Validation. 13. System Design. 14. The
     Time-Triggered Architecture. List of Abbreviations. Glossary.
     References. Index

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                         TABLE OF CONTENTS
Modeling, Identification, and Control (MIC), Vol. 18, No. 2, April 1997

*** SPECIAL ISSUE ON APPLIED MODELLING AND SIMULATION, Part II ***


O. ???rd and T. I. Eikaas, "Multi-purpose process simulators"  89

S. T. Johansen, "Applications of computational fluid
   dynamics in optimization and design of metallurgical
   processes" ............................................... 101

D. Slagstad and T. Iversen, "Simulation and visualization of
   coupled hydrodynamical, chemical and biological models" .. 123

T. Dahl, A. Hashemi-Ahmady and B. Lie, "Modelling and
   simulation of phase equilibrium in dynamic systems" ...... 137

S. Strand and L. H. Veland, "Model-predictive control and
   real-time optimization of a cat cracker unit" ............ 155

Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available
at http://www.itk.ntnu.no/publikasjoner/mic/mic.html.

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Contributed by: Hans Schneider

Special issue of Linear Algebra and its Applications honoring Ludwig Elsner

In view of his major contributions to linear algebra and to this journal,
`Linear Algebra and its Application' will publish a special issue in honor
of Ludwig Elsner to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday on January 17,
1999.

The purpose of this announcement is to solicit contributions for this
issue.  The deadline for submission is December 31, 1997 and the issue is
expected to appear in the first part of 1999.

Papers are invited covering any aspect of linear algebra and its
applications. All contributions will be subject to the normal reviewing
process.

Submissions should be sent to one of the special editors for this issue:

 Rajendra Bhatia
 Indian Statistical Institute
 Dehli Centre
 7, S.J.S Sansanwal Marg
 New Dehli, 110016 India

 Angelika Bunse-Gerstner,
 Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik
 Universit. Bremen
 Postfach 330440
 D-28334 Bremen, Germany

 Volker Mehrmann,
 Fakult. f. Mathematik,
 TU Chemnitz-Zwickau,
 D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
 (until Aug. 31 1997, Dept. of Comp. Science,
 Univ. of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada V8W 3P6)

 Dale Olesky
 Dept. of Comp. Science,
 Univ. of Victoria,
 Victoria BC, Canada V8W 3P6

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Contributed by: Art Werschulz 


                 Selection Committee for 1997 BEST PAPER AWARD

                                JOURNAL OF COMPLEXITY


        The selection committee has been chosen for the second annual
BEST PAPER AWARD, to be chosen from papers published in the Journal of
Complexity in 1997.  The award consists of a $3,000 prize and a
certificate.

        The selection committee for the 1997 award is as follows:

        Professor Wolfgang Dahmen
        Institute for Geometry and Applied Mathematics
        RWTH Aachen
        Aachen, Germany

        Professor Jean-Pierre Dedieu
        Department of Mathematics
        LAO, Universite Paul Sabatier
        Toulouse, France

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Contributed by: Kelly Thomas, Production Editor,

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
Volume 35, Number 4 JULY 1997
CONTENTS

Min-Max Characterization of a Small Noise Limit on Risk-Sensitive Control
A. Bensoussan and H. Nagai

Finite-Dimensional Filters with Nonlinear Drift VII:  Mitter Conjecture and
Structure of eta
Jie Chen and Stephen S.-T. Yau

Finite-Dimensional Filters with Nonlinear Drift VIII:  Classification of
Finite-Dimensional Estimation Algebras of Maximal Rank with State-Space
Dimension 4
Jie Chen, Stephen S.-T. Yau, and Chi-Wah Leung

Proximal Minimization Methods with Generalized Bregman Functions
Krzysztof C. Kiwiel

Turnpike Property of Optimal Solutions of Infinite-Horizon Variational Problems
A. J.  Zaslavski

An Abstract Bang-Bang Principle and Time-Optimal Boundary Control of the Heat
Equation
Victor J. Mizel and Thomas I. Seidman

H_Infinity Control and Estimation Problems with Delayed Measurements:
State-Space Solutions
Krishan M. Nagpal and R. Ravi

Constrained H_Infinity Optimal Control over an Infinite Horizon
Athanasios Sideris and Hector Rotstein

Experimental Confirmation of a PDE-Based Approach to Design of Feedback
Controls
H. T. Banks, Ralph C. Smith, D. E. Brown, R. J. Silcox, and Vern L. Metcalf

Pontryagin's Principle for State-Constrained Boundary Control Problems of
Semilinear Parabolic Equations
Eduardo Casas

An Approximation Algorithm for Nonholonomic Systems
Wensheng Liu

Regularity Properties of the Phase for Multivariable Systems
Kevin A. Grasse and Jonathan R. Bar-on

A General Stochastic Outer Approximations Method
Y. V. Volkov and S. K. Zavriev

A Remark on Existence of Solutions of Infinite-Dimensional Noncompact Optimal
Control Problems
H. O. Fattorini

Sequential Convex Subdifferential Calculus and Sequential Lagrange Multipliers
Lionel Thibault

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Contributed by Michael D. Lemmon (lemmon@maddog.ee.nd.edu)

                         FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS


                IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
                     announces a Special Issue on

                    ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN
            CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION, and DECISION MAKING


                             Edited by

   Anthony N. Michel                    Michael Lemmon
   Dept of Electrical Engineering       Dept. of Electrical Engineering
   University of Notre Dame             University of Notre Dame
   Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA            Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
   (219)-631-5534 (voice)               (219)-631-8309 (voice)
   (219)-631-4393 (fax)                 (219)-631-4393 (fax)
   Anthony.N.Michel.1@nd.edu             lemmon@maddog.ee.nd.edu


Deadlines:
Paper Submission:       July 1, 1997
Acceptance Decisions:   December 31, 1997


There is a growing body of experimental work suggesting that artificial
neural networks can be very adept at solving pattern classification problems
where there is significant real-world uncertainty.  Neural networks also
provide an analog method for quickly determining approximate solutions to
complex optimization problems.  Both of these capabilities can be of great
use in solving various control problems and in recent years there has been
increased interest in the use of artificial neural networks in the control
and supervision of complex dynamical systems.

This announcement is a call for papers addressing the topic of neural
networks in control, identification, and decision making.  Accepted papers
will be published in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions of Automatic
Control. The special issue is seeking papers which use formal analysis to
establish the role of neural networks in control, identification, and
decision making.  For this reason, papers consisting primarily of empirical
simulation results will not be considered for publication.  Before
submitting, prospective authors should consult past issues of the IEEE
Transactions on Automatic Control to identify the type of results and the
level of mathematical rigor that are the norm in this journal.

Submitted papers are due by July 1, 1997 and should be sent to Michael D.
Lemmon or Anthony N. Michel.  Notification of acceptance decisions will be
sent by December 31, 1997.  The special issue is targeted for publication in
1998 or early 1999.  All papers will be refereed in accordance with IEEE
guidelines.  Please consult the inside back cover of any recent issue of the
Transactions on Automatic Control for style and length of the manuscript and
the number of required copies (seven copies with cover letter) to be sent to
one of the editors of this special issue.

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Contributed by: F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue


                          CALL FOR PAPERS

                          Special issue on
         "Breakthrough in the control of nonlinear systems"

                        in International Journal  Control.

The editorial board of International Journal  Control
decided to have a special issue of the journal on "Breakthrough
in the control of nonlinear systems".


The field of control of nonlinear systems develops tools and systematic
design procedures which guarantee that the desired feedback systems will
possess desired properties not only locally, but also globally or in a
specified region of the state space. The major goals of this special issue
is to regroup the newly developed theory of nonlinear systems which brings
new concepts for complex but very common fundamental questions arising in
nonlinear control theory. Each time it will be possible, the technology
applicability of the design controllers will be demonstrated. Application
examples of this type include automotive suspensions, jet engine stall and
surge control, biochemical processes, aircraft wing rock control, induction
motors, robotic manipulators, and magnetic levitation.

We invite innovative original papers on the following topics

- Nonlinear mechanical systems and control
- Stabilization and tracking of nonlinear systems
- Robust nonlinear control design
- Nonlinear adaptive control
- Optimal control

to be submitted to the guest editor. Four copies of the manuscript
must be received by October 15, 1997 at the following address

Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue
Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes, CNRS
SUPELEC
91192 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX
FRANCE

Phone : (33) 1 69 85 17 27
Fax :   (33) 1 69 41 30 60
e-mail: lamnabhi@lss.supelec.fr

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Contributed by: Edward Sisson, Production Editor

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analyis and Applications
Volume 18, Number 3, JULY 1997
CONTENTS

The Minimum Eigenvalue of a Symmetric Positive-Definite Toeplitz Matrix and
Rational Hermitian Interpolation
Wolfgang Mackens and Heinrich Voss

Estimating the Attainable Accuracy of Recursively Computed Residual Methods
Anne Greenbaum

Fast Nested Dissection for Finite Element Meshes
Shang-Hua Teng

An Efficient Implementation of the Nonsymmetric Lanczos Algorithm
David Day

On Computing Stable Lagrangian Subspaces of Hamiltonian Matrices and
Symplectic Pencils
Wen-Wei Lin and Chern-Shuh Wang

The Matrix Sign Function Method and the Computation of Invariant Subspaces
Ralph Byers, Chunyang He, and Volker Mehrmann

Implicitly Restarted Krylov Subspace Methods for Stable Partial Realizations
Imad M. Jaimoukha and Ebrahim M. Kasenally

A Geometric Approach to Perturbation Theory of Matrices and Matrix Pencils.
Part I: Versal Deformations
Alan Edelman, Erik Elmroth, and Bo Kagstrom

On the Shape of the Symmetric, Persymmetric, and Skew-Symmetric Solution Set
Gotz Alefeld, Vladik Kreinovich, and Gunter Mayer

An Analysis of Spectral Envelope Reduction via Quadratic Assignment Problems
Alan George and Alex Pothen

Perturbation of Eigenvalues of Preconditioned Navier-Stokes Operators
Howard C. Elman

Extension of Isometries in Finite-Dimensional Indefinite Scalar Product Spaces
and Polar Decompositions
Yuri Bolshakov, Cornelis V. M. van der Mee, Andre C. M. Ran, Boris Reichstein,
and Leiba Rodman

Perturbation Analyses for the QR Factorization
Xiao-Wen Chang, Christopher C. Paige, and G. W. Stewart

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Contributed by: Deborah Poulson, Production Editor SIAM Review

     SIAM REVIEW
     Volume 39, Number 2, JUNE 1997
     CONTENTS

     Articles

     Solving  a Polynomial Equation:  Some History and Recent Progress
     Victor Y. Pan

     A Class of Codimension-Two Free Boundary Problems
     S. D. Howison, J. D. Morgan, and J. R. Ockendon

     Computing an Eigenvector with Inverse Iteration
     Ilse C. F. Ipsen

     Classroom Notes

     On the Limits of the Lagrange Multiplier Rule
     Luis A. Fernandez

     The Lagrange--Charpit Method
     Manuel Delgado

     A Unified Elementary Approach to Canonical Forms of Matrices
     John Karro and Chi-Kwong Li

     Putting Constraints in Optimization for First Year Calculus Students
     Kelly Black

     Some Eigenvalue Properties of Persymmetric Matrices
     Russell M. Reid

     Problems and Solutions

     Book Reviews

     Selected Topics in Approximation and Computation (Marek A. Kowalski,
     Krzysztof A. Sikorski, and Frank Stenger), Borislav Bojanov

     An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (Douglas Lind and
     Brian Marcus), Mike Boyle

     An Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Scattering Theory (G. F.
     Roach), David L. Coulton

     Introduction to Disjunctive Kriging and Non-Linear Geostatistics (J.
     Rivoirard), Noel Cressie

     Multivariate Geostatistics (Hans Wackernagel), Victor De Oliveira and
     Benjamin Kedem

     Analysis of Algorithms---Computational Methods and Mathematical Tools
     (Micha Hofri), Philippe Flajolet

     The CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs (Charles J. Colbourn and
     Jeffrey H. Dinitz), Katherine Heinrich

     The Hilbert Transform of Schwartz Distributions and Applications (J.
     N. Pandey), Philip Heywood

     Qualitative Estimates for Partial Differential Equations:  An
     Introduction (James N. Flavin and Salvatore Rionero), Cornelius O.
     Horgan

     Parallel and Sequential Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations
     (Kevin Burrage), Ken Jackson

     Handbook of Exact Solutions for Ordinary Differential Equations (A. D.
     Polyanin and V. F. Zaitsev), Murray S. Klamkin

     Exact Controllability and Stabilization:  The Multiplier Method (V.
     Komornik), John E. Lagnese

     Group Theory and Physics (S. Sternberg), Ivailo M. Mladenov

     Elliptic Marching Methods for Domain Decomposition (Patrick J.
     Roache), Deigo A. Murio

     Special Functions:  An Introduction to the Classical Functions of
     Mathematical Physics (Nico M. Temme), Frank W. J. Olver

     Stable Non-Gaussian Random Processes (Gennady Samorodnitsky and Murad
     S. Taqqu), Magda Peligrad

     Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media (A. Kulikovskii and E. Sveshmikova),
     Michael Renardy

     Numerical Methods for Differential Equations:  A Computational
     Approach (John R. Dormand), Lawrence F. Shampine

     Integral Equations:  Theory and Numerical Treatment (Wolfgang
     Hackbusch), Ian H. Sloan

     Handbook on Splines for the User (Eugene V. Shikin and Alexander I.
     Plis), Helmut Spath

     Time Dependent Problems and Difference Methods (Bertil Gustafsson,
     Heinz-Otto Kreiss, and Joseph Oliger), Endre Suli

     Applied Continuum Mechanics (T. J. Chung), Peter Wolfe

     Conservative Finite-Difference Methods on General Grids (Mikhail
     Shashkov), Zhimin Zhang

     Selected Collections

     Later Editions

     Chronicle


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Contributed by: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H.-J. Zimmermann


IDEA - INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN ENGINEERING
APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

AACHEN, SEPTEMBER 11, 1997

CALL FOR PAPERS

Background and Objectives: Excellence in Engineering Design is a key issue
for many companies now-a-days.  It is a prerequisite for developing new
products, shorten time-to-market, and save large amounts of money. With
other words high quality engineering design is important for the
competitiveness of companies. This is true for all different types and
branches of Engineering Design, e.g. for Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil
Engineering design tasks.

Innovative product development requires, therefore, designers who are
creative by their experience, intuition, and ability to deal with
quantitative methods.  However, because the time of such highly qualified
designers is restricted, tools to support their creativity and to avoid
dealing with routine work are needed.  Having this in mind, our symposium
focuses on techniques which are the basis of software tools to support
innovative and routine design, the preliminary and the detailed design phase
as well. Also we consider applications of those techniques in order to show
their significance by successful examples.

The symposium will focus on Advanced Design Techniques in Engineering
Design, such as

. Modelling Uncertainty and Imprecision, e.g. Fuzzy Engineering Design
. Design in a Simultaneous Engineering Framework
. Non-Standard Database and Knowledge-based Techniques
. Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing
. Optimization and Multi Criteria Decision Analysis

Applications will be selected from, but not restricted to, the following areas:

. Car and Vehicle Design
. Aircraft and Spacecraft Design
. Structured Design

Who should attend and submit?  The symposium is relevant for practitioners
that are interested to see the benefits of using Inter-Active Design
Technologies to solve their problems.  Also, the symposium is a must for
consultants, applied researchers and people in industry who are already
running projects with intelligent design technologies and want to exchange
their experience in successful projects. Also researchers can identify and
focus on important research problems for the coming years.

Authors, who have developed design techniques belonging to the topics above
are invited to submit a paper (in English, from 2 up to 5 pages). The paper
should consist of the following paragraphs: Problem definition, methodology
used, solution approach, results and benefits of the application. Please
indicate your paper title on the reply-form and send it to the
organizers. You will immediately obtain instructions on how to prepare your
paper. Authors are requested to send their contribution in camera-ready form
by May 31, 1997.

Related events:
IDEA will run in parallel to EUFIT `97 - The 5th European Congress on
Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing (September 9 - 11, 1997), and
ESIT `97 - the European Symposium on Applications of Intelligent Technologies
(September 9 - 10, 1997).

EUFIT shows new developments in methodology and theory as well as potential
applications of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Genetic Algorithms.

ESIT focuses on successful applications of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and
Evolutionary Computation in industry, medicine, finance and retail.

There will be a large exhibition of products and applications (with
at least 25 exhibitors), where exhibitors will present latest developments in
soft- and hardware products and special applications based on intelligent
systems.


IDEA `97, c/o ELITE Foundation,
Promenade 9, D - 52076 Aachen, Germany
Phone: +49/2408/6969
Fax: +49/2408/94582
Email: kl@mitgmbh.de
http://www.mitgmbh.de/elite/

Language
The language of the workshop is English. Simultaneous translation will not be
available.

Dates and Deadlines
May 31, 1997: Deadline for contributions
June 30,1997: Notification of acceptance
July 31,1997: Deadline for early registration

Terms and Conditions
                        Industry Rate      University Rate

Early Registration       DM 350,-             DM 240,-
Late Registration        DM 450,-             DM 340,-
Banquet                  DM  70,- p.P. (extra charge)

All prices plus 15% V.A.T.

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Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis 

             CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
             HYBRID SYSTEMS V (HS'97)

             September 11-13, 1997

             at the University of Notre Dame,
             Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

        For up to date information, please consult the Web page of the
Workshop at
            http://www.nd.edu/~lemmon/hs97


Hybrid systems are interacting networks of digital and continuous systems.
Hybrid systems arise throughout business and industry in such areas as
interactive distributed simulation, traffic control, plant process control,
military command and control, aircraft and robot design, and path planning.
 Three of the fundamental problems that hybrid systems theory should address
are: How to model physical and information systems as hybrid systems; How to
verify that their behavior satisfies program or performance specifications;
How to extract from performance specifications for a network of physical
systems and their simulation models digital control programs which will
force the network to obey its performance specification.  This rapidly
developing area is at the interface of control, engineering and computer
science. Methods under development are extensions of those from diverse
areas such as dynamical systems, program verification, concurrent and
distributed processes, logic programming, logics of programs, discrete event
simulation, calculus of variations, optimization, differential geometry, Lie
algebras, automata, etc.

Hybrid Systems V (HS'97) will be held on the campus of the University of
Notre Dame at the Center for Continuing Education (CCE), September 11-13,
1997.  The University of Notre Dame (du Lac) was founded in 1842 by a
French missionary order called the Congregation of Holy Cross.  Its
1,250-acre campus, with its twin lakes and wooded areas, is located just
north of the city limits of South Bend, Indiana very close to the border
with Michigan in an area known as Michiana; lake Michigan is about 40 miles
and downtown Chicago about 90 miles away.  Workshop participants can make
hotel reservations through CCE by using the workshop registration form.
There will be an informal Opening Reception on Thursday evening and a
Banquet on Friday evening.  Light breakfasts and lunches will be provided
during both days, Friday and Saturday at the CCE.

Previous Hybrid Systems Workshops have taken place at the MSI/Cornell (June
10-12, 1991), the Technical University Lyngby, Denmark (Oct 19-21, 1992),
the MSI Cornell (Oct 28-30, 1994), at the DIMACS/SYCON Rutgers (Oct. 22-25,
1995), and the MSI/Cornell (October 12-14, 1996).  Several  Springer-Verlag
volumes on Hybrid Systems have resulted from these workshops, in particular
 Hybrid Systems (Springer LNCS 736; 1992 Workshop), Hybrid Systems II
(Springer LNCS 999; 1994 Workshop), Hybrid Systems III (Springer LNCS,1066;
1995 Workshop) and Hybrid Systems IV (1996 Workshop).  An additional
Springer volume is planned from the workshop in Grenoble, France on Hybrid
and Real-Time Systems (HART'97, March 26-28, 1997).  There will be a
Springer-Verlag LNCS volume of refereed full papers invited and selected by
the volume editors after the Hybrid Systems V meeting.


For more information contact
HS'97
Center for Continuing Education
Box 1008
Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Or Fax to:   1 (219) 631-8083

Questions?  Please contact CCE:
Tel: 1 (219) 631-6691; Fax: 1 (219) 631-8083; E-mail: cce.1@nd.edu


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                     Tenth IMDSP Workshop 98

                        July 12-16, 1998

                        Alpbach, Austria

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    =  IEEE Signal Processing Society                      =
    =  Graduiertenkolleg: 3-D Image Analysis and Synthesis =
    =  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg                    =
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                     #  CALL FOR PAPERS  #
                     #####################


The Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Technical
Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society has established
a tradition of biennial workshops that have been intellectually
stimulating and held in interesting places.

The Tenth Workshop, to be held in cooperation with the Center
of Excellence  3-D Image Analysis and Synthesis, at University
of Erlangen, Germany, continues this tradition. It will be held
in Alpbach, which has won the title "Most beautiful  village in
Austria" several times. Alpbach is located in the Alpbach-Valley
at an elevation of 1000m, with surrounding mountains up to 2800m.

The theme of the workshop is 3-D Image Analysis and Synthesis.
It is the intention of this workshop to address the following
topics:

- 3-D image acquisition
- Object localization and recognition
- Volume data processing
- Multisensor fusion
- Signal processing for rendering
- 3-D structure from motion and stereo
- Applications (medical, robotics, automated inspection, virtual
  reality, communication etc.)

Participation in the workshop will be both by invitation and
application. Prospective attendees will submit a 2-4 page summary
in final form. If the paper is accepted the summary will appear
in the workshop digest as submitted. The total number of
participants  will be limited to 100. Authors should obtain the
author's kit (including LaTeX style-file) from

    URL: http://www.nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/~imdsp.

The author's kit provides complete information relative to the
submission process.

It is the intention of the Committee to conduct all communication
with authors electronically. Questions should be directed to
imdsp@nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de.  The general chair can be
reached at:

          Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Girod
          Telecommunications Institute
          University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
          Cauerstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

          Tel: +49-9131-857100, Fax: +49-9131-303840
          girod@nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de


Author's Schedule:
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 * Well ahead of deadline  Obtain author's kit and LaTeX style-file *
 * January 30, 1998        Submission of 2-4 page summaries         *
 * March 31, 1998          Notification of acceptance               *
 * April 30, 1998          Registration due with deposit            *
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Contributed by: Thor I. Fossen 

                            IFAC WORKSHOP
                              CAMS '98
               Control Applications in Marine Systems

                        27-30 OCTOBER 1998
                          FUKUOKA, JAPAN

                   FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS


SCOPE AND SUGGESTED TOPICS :
  In 1947 N. Wiener introduced a new word, Cybernetics, which means a
  helmsman or a governor in Greek. The scope of the Workshop is Challenge to
  New Cyberships. When designing a marine system it is important that the
  cybernetic control system is seaworthy, safe, robust, intelligent and
  adaptive to strong sea disturbances and its changes. The Work Shop will be
  a forum for discussing the latest achievements and trends within the
  following fields:

  Marine Control Systems :
    Ship Control, Autopilot Systems, Dynamic Positioning Systems, Tracking
    Systems of the Conventional Ships and High Speed Craft, Underwater
    Vehicles and Robotics, Off-shore Systems and Other Marine Control
    Systems.

  Ship Manoeuvring Model :
    Modeling and Identification of Marine Vehicles.

  Navigation Systems :
    Positioning Systems Using Satellite, Collision Avoidance Systems,
    Intelligent Navigational Aids, Integrated Navigation Systems.

  Traffic Guidance and Control Systems :
    Guidance and Control Systems for Marine Traffic Flow, Weather Routing,
    New Communication Systems between Ships and Land.

  Main Engine and Machinery Control Systems :
    Control Systems for Marine Engine and Machinery.

  Safety and Fault Control Systems :
    Faults Detection and Risk Control Systems at Sea.

  Machinery Surveillance, Condition Monitoring and Quality Control Systems :
    Automatic Supervision and Condition Monitoring Systems of Marine Engine,
    Hull and Cargo, Performance and Maintenance of Hull and Machinery.

  Training and Vehicle Simulation Systems :
    Ship Handling and Main Engine Simulator Systems and Man-Machine
    Interface.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS :
  Contributed papers will be welcome within the themes outlined and
  intending authors should submit a DRAPFT PAPER of 6 pages to the
  Secretariat NO LATER THAN 20 MARCH 1998 for review by the International
  Program Committee. Please ensure that your name and full address for
  correspondence appear on the draft paper.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION :
  Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare a manuscript in
  camera ready form (IFAC document style) for inclusion in the Workshop
  Proceedings. Details for manuscript preparation will be sent to the
  authors by 31 May 1998. Completed manuscript will be required BY 10 AUGUST
  1998.

PROCEEDINGS :
  The Workshop Proceedings will be published in advance and made available
  to participants at the Workshop.

OFFICIAL LANGAGE :
  All scientific presentations and printed material will be in English.

VENUE :
  The Workshop will be held at the Fukuoka Recent Hotel in Fukuoka, Japan.

ACCOMMODATION :
  Hotel accommodation service will be provided. Full details and a booking
  form will be included in the next announcement.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES :
  The schedule for submission is :
    Submission of Draft Paper   20  March   1998,
    Acceptance Notified         31  May     1998,
    Submission of Final Paper   10  August  1998.

  Prospective authors should send 5 copies of their manuscripts to :
    Professor Thor I. Fossen - CAMS'98
    Department of Engineering Cybernetics
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY
    Phone :  +47 73 59 43 61
    Fax :    +47 73 59 43 99
    E-mail : tif@itk.ntnu.no

WWW HOME PAGES :
  Information about CAMS'98 including reply/registration forms is available
  on the WWW home pages accessed by :
    http://cams98.nams.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

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Contributed by: Hershkowitz Daniel 


The Mathematics Department at the Technion, supported by its Institute for
Advanced Studies in Mathematics, will hold the Tenth Haifa Matrix Theory
Conference on January 5-9, 1998.

As in the past, the program will attempt to cover all aspects of matrix
theory, linear algebra, and their applications.

We have reserved a limited number of rooms in Hotel Shulamit, at reduced
rates for single and double rooms.

The conference program includes:

    1. Reception on Monday, January 5, gratis.
    2. Half day tour on Wednesday, January 7, $25 per person.
    3. Banquet on Thursday, January 8, $30 per person.

There will be a registration fee of $30.

Further details will be provided at a later date.

The members of the Organizing Committee, Avi Berman, Moshe Goldberg, Danny
Hershkowitz (Chair), Leonid Lerer, Raphael Loewy, and Abraham Zaks, invite
those who are interested in attending to return the enclosed form as soon
as possible. Those who wish to contribute a 20 minute talk should attach a
short abstract.


Organizing Committee
Ninth Haifa Matrix Theory Conference
Department of Mathematics
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000, ISRAEL

E-mail:   hershkow@tx.technion.ac.il

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Contributed by: B. Wayne Bequette 

                  CALL FOR PAPERS

           1998 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE
                 June 24-26, 1998

          The Adam's Mark Hotel, Philadelphia

              http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc


The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) will hold the seventeenth
American Control Conference (ACC) Wednesday through Friday, June 24-26, 1998
at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Philadelphia. Held in cooperation with the
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), this conference will
bring together people working in the fields of control, automation, and
related areas from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Association of
Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Society for Measurement and
Control (ISA), and the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS).  Approximately
1000 presentations are expected.

Papers will be classified as either "contributed" or "invited" and as either
"regular" or "short." When an individual paper is submitted for
consideration, it is "contributed." "Invited" papers are specifically
solicited by an organizer of a specific session. "Regular" papers are
allotted 5 pages in the Proceedings and are to be a complete description of
finished work. "Short" papers are allotted 2 pages in the Proceedings and
are to be an exposition of a novel idea or preliminary results. Based on
reviewers' direction, the Program Committee may move regular papers into the
short paper category. For all papers, review criteria include: significance
of the problem, novelty, clarity, completeness, and accuracy.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
For regular papers, submit 5 copies of the complete manuscript and a
manuscript form to a Society Review Chair.  For short papers, submit 5
copies of the complete manuscript with a manuscript form to the Vice-Chair
for Contributed Papers. The manuscript form will be used for selecting
reviewers and for session assignment, and is required.  Manuscript forms may
also be obtained from the web address below, or by sending a blank email
message to ieeerev@nwu.edu.  The deadline is September 15, 1997.

CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS
Papers in an invited session should present a cohesive and comprehensive
focus on a relevant topic. Before August 15, 1997 organizers should contact
the Vice Chair for Invited Sessions for instructions and forms. Submit 5
copies of the proposal (per instructions, with a clear motivation for the
session, and not less than a 1000 word summary of the results for each
paper) to the Vice Chair.  Each individual paper in an invited session
proposal MUST also have a completed manuscript submission form.

INDUSTRY AND APPLICATIONS
The AACC is particularly interested in enhancing the applications and
industrial perspective of the ACC.  Prospective authors from industry are
encouraged. For more information contact the Vice Chair for Industry and
Applications.

STUDENT PAPER AWARD
To be eligible, the primary first-listed author and presenter of a regular
contributed paper must be a student at the time of submission. Up to five
finalists will be awarded limited travel grants to the Conference. To apply,
send a copy of the paper with a cover letter from your professor on
University letterhead certifying eligibility, to the Program Chair by
September 15, 1997.

WORKSHOPS
The Operating Committee intends to arrange tutorial workshops to be held in
conjunction with the 1998 ACC.  Suggestions are solicited for appropriate
subjects.  Potential organizers should contact the Workshop Chair by
September 1, 1997.

PROCEEDINGS
All registered attendees will obtain the Proceedings as a CD-ROM. Paper
volumes and extra CD-ROM's can be purchased separately.

Schedule Summary
* August 15, 1997: Deadline for contacting the Vice-Chair
for Invited sessions.
*September 1, 1997: Deadline for submission of Workshop
Proposals.
* September 15, 1997: Deadline for submission of
contributed papers and invited session proposals.
* January 20, 1998: Authors notified and author's kits
distributed.
* March 15, 1998: Deadline for camera ready mats or
electronic format for Proceedings.

For further information view the AACC homepage on
http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc  or contact:


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Contributed by: B. Wayne Bequette 

           DYCOPS-5   (Preliminary Announcement)
5th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems
          June 8-10, 1998, Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece

Sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Chemical Process Control
and Organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece Athens, Greece

TECHNICAL THEME:
 "Technology Push vs. Technology Pull in the 21st Century"

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Process and Control Researchers, Engineers, and Managers in Academia and
Industry involved in the development and application of new methodologies
and algorithms for the Design, Modeling, Monitoring, Control, and
Optimization of Process Systems.

SCOPE:
The DYCOPS-5 Symposium will focus on the examination of new methodologies
and challenging applications in the following five important areas of
dynamics and control of process systems:
        Reacting Process Systems
        Separation Process Systems
        Batch Process Systems
        Complex and Industrial Systems
        Integration of Design and Control
A substantial industrial involvement will contribute to a dialog about what
is Technically Possible (Technology Push) and what is Technologically
Desirable (Technology Pull).

FORMAT:
The Symposium program will include:
Invited Plenary Presentations, Panel Discussions, and Keynote, Oral and
Poster Presentations of Technical Papers.  The International Program
Committee will select the Keynote presentations from the contributed papers.

For more details see: < http://lpre1.cperi.forth.gr/~dycops5/>.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
The submission of papers related to one or several of the main topics below
will be welcome.  Papers highlighting industrial experiences and/or
comparisons between theory and experiments are of particular interest.
Papers dealing with large-scale process systems and the integration of
Process Design and Control will be given special attention.

MAIN TOPICS:
Dynamics and Control of Novel Reacting Systems
Dynamics and Control of Innovative Separation Systems
Modeling, Optimization and Scheduling of Batch Plants
Reactive Separations or Separating Reactions
Integration of Process Design and Control
Plant-Wide Dynamics, Monitoring, and Control
Verification and Calibration of Dynamic Models
Modeling and Understanding of Complex Dynamics
Open- and Closed-loop Identification
Novel and Model-based Controller Design
Testing and Verification of Control Strategies
Controller Performance Monitoring
Real-time Optimization Methods and Applications
Modeling, Monitoring & Control of Complex Multivariable Systems
Industrial Scale Problems and Solutions
Design and Control of Modular Plants
Novel Hard or Soft Sensors
Economical Benefits of Control and Real-time Optimization
Novel Technologies for Control Rooms and Distributed Hardware

DEADLINES FOR TECHNICAL SUBMISSIONS:

September 15, 1997   Submission of draft papers
January 15, 1998     Notification to authors about acceptance
March 1, 1998        Submission of papers in camera-ready form
June 8, 1998         Proceedings Volume available to Conference Participants

The length of the submitted papers should be limited to six pages,
utilizing the conference style-sheet.  Electronic submission of papers at
DYCOPS5@Lehigh.edu is strongly recommended.  The acceptable electronic file
formats are Postscript (*.ps) or PDF.  For more information, visit the
Conference web site at .  If
electronic submission is not at all possible, four (4) copies of the draft
paper should be received by the September 15, 1997 deadline at the
following address:


OTHER CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:
DYCOPS-5 Secretariat:
Department of Chemical Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
P.O. Box 472, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece
Phone: +30-31-996-211 or 996-212,
Fax: +30-31-996-198 or 980-160
E-mail: dycops98@alexandros.cperi.forth.gr


LOCATION:
For more details see: < http://lpre1.cperi.forth.gr/~dycops5/>.

LANGUAGE:
English will be the official language throughout the Symposium.

SOCIAL PROGRAM:
        For more details see: < http://lpre1.cperi.forth.gr/~dycops5/>.

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Contributed by: Michael Berthold 



                        CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

  The Second International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA-97)
                 Birkbeck College, University of London
                         4th-6th August 1997

                         In Cooperation with
          AAAI, ACM SIGART, BCS SGES, IEEE SMC, and SSAISB

               [ http://web.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/ida97.html ]


You are invited to participate in IDA-97, to be held in the heart of London.
IDA-97 will be a single-track conference consisting of oral and poster
presentations, invited speakers, demonstrations and exhibitions. The
conference Call for Papers introduced a theme, "Reasoning About Data", and
many papers complement this theme, but other, exciting topics have emerged,
including exploratory data analysis, data quality, knowledge discovery and
data-analysis tools, as well as the perennial technologies of classification
and soft computing. A new and exciting theme involves analyzing time series
data from physical systems, such as medical instruments, environmental data
and industrial processes.

Information regarding registration can be found on the IDA-97 web page
(address listed above). Please note that there are reduced rates for early
registration (before 2nd June). Also there are still a limited number of
spaces available for exhibition, and potential exhibitors are encouraged to
book early (the application deadline is 2nd June).



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Contributed by: Michel Gevers (gevers@auto.ucl.ac.be)


                   4th EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC97)
                        Brussels, July 1 - 4, 1997

TIME AND LOCATION

The European Control Conference will take place from  1 July 1997 to  4
July 1997 at the Brussels campus of the Universite Catholique de Louvain
(Auditoires centraux, avenue E. Mounier, 1200 Brussels. Metro station :
Alma)


FINAL PROGRAMME

The Final Programme of ECC97 will be available on the ECC97 home page from
WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE 1997. All other practical details about the conference can
be found on the ECC97 home page.


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The technical programme of ECC 97 includes 3 plenary and 6 semi-plenary
lectures, 3 mini-courses and 720 contributed papers that were selected from
a total of exactly 1,000 submissions. There will be 120 regular and invited
sessions.

On Thursday 3 July, a special Industry Day will be organized. This is a
major new initiative of ECC97. The aim is to bring control applications
closer to academic research, focusing on quality application-oriented
contributions. The Industry Day starts with the plenary lecture on
Industrial Feedback by Dr. Martin Steinbuch, followed by 36 presentations
reporting on genuine industrial applications.


REGISTRATION

You can still register for the Conference, either on-site, or by sending a
request  for registration forms to the Conference Secretariat:

ECC 97 Secretariat
c/o Timshel Conference Service
Roeselveld, 7
B-3020 Herent-Leuven
BELGIUM
Tel.: +32-16-29.00.10
Fax : +32-16-29.05.10
e-mail : info@timshel.be

Hotel reservation forms can also be obtained from the Conference
Secretariat. The registration fee is 12,000 BEF. A reduced registration fee
of 5,000 BEF is available for students and participants from selected
countries. The registration fee includes a CD-ROM of the Conference
Proceedings, a book containing the plenary and semi-plenary lectures as
well as the mini-courses, and two volumes containing the final programme
and a one-page summary of each paper. The Tuesday welcome reception is also
included.

The registration and information desks are located at the Auditoires
Centraux and are open during the following hours :

Monday, June 30, 15.00 - 19.00
Tuesday, July 1, 8.00 - 18.00
Wednesday, July 2, 8.00 - 18.00
Thursday, July 3, 8.00 - 18.00
Friday, July 4, 8.00 - 12.00


Plenary lectures :

 Competition, interaction and Control
I.D. Landau (Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble, France)

 Industrial Feedback
M. Steinbuch (Philips Research, NL)

 More Joy of Feedback
P.V. Kokotovic (University of California, USA)

Semi-plenary lectures :

 Statistical Learning Theory : An Introduction and Applications to
Randomized Algorithms
M. Vidyasagar (Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, India)

 A Control Engineer's Perspective on Fuzzy Control
S. Yurkovich (Ohio State University, USA)

 Reconfiguring Control Systems by Optimization
J. Maciejowski (Cambridge University, U.K.)

 System Identification : from Matching Data to Matching Probabilities
R. Kulhavy (Academy of Science, CK)

 Multirate Signal Processing
S. Dasgupta (University of Iowa, USA)

 Making them move : Motor Control for Animated Humans and Animals
M. van de Panne (University of Toronto, CDN)

Minicourses :

 Flat systems
R. Murray (California Institute of Technology-USA),
P. Rouchon (Ecole des Mines de Paris-FR),
Ph. Martin, (Ecole des Mines de Paris-FR)

 Nonlinear Convex Optimization : New Methods and New Applications
S. Boyd (Stanford University-USA),
Y. Nesterov (Universit Catholique de Louvain-BE)

 An Application Driven Guide through Infinite-Dimensional Systems Theory
J. Bontsema (Wageningen Agricultural University-NL),
H. Zwart (University of Twente-NL)


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The full programme containing all regular and invited sessions will be on
the Web page from 4 June 1997.


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