E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 110, October 1, 1997
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 110, October 1, 1997
E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl
Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel
Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 244 2489
Siep Weiland
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 243 4582
Contents
1. Editorial
2. Personals
In memoriam: George Zames
3. General announcements
3.1 Call for nominations W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize
3.2 New telephone area code Rutgers University
3.3 Iterative learning control reference available
4. Positions
4.1 Graduate grant on intelligent agents, University of Girona
4.2 Open faculty positions University of Arizona
4.3 Interdisciplinary post-doctoral positions Univ. of Boston
4.4 Vacancies for Ph.D and Postdoc positions Delft University
4.5 Job opnings Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen, Germany
4.6 Faculty position Georgia Inst. of Technlogy, Dept. Aerospace
4.7 Academic positions available in Australia
4.8 Research studentships at Coventry University
4.9 Positions for research assistants FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany
4.10 Ph.D. positions at Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands
5. Books
5.1 ``Essentials of Robust Control'', K. Zhou and J.Doyle
5.2 ``Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling
Algorithms and Applications'', Giorgio C. Buttazzo, Scuola
Superiore S. Anna
6. Journals
6.1 ETNA on CDROM
6.2 TOC IJC, Vol. 68:2-3
6.3 TOC Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 5:10
6.4 TOC Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 16:5
6.5 TOC Automatica, Vol. 33:10
6.6 CFP IJC Special issue on Control of Non-linear Systems
6.7 TOC LAA, Vol. 266:1-3
6.8 CFP Special issue on non-linear control of induction motors
6.9 TOC IEEE Trans. AC, Vol. 42:10
7. Conferences
7.1 CFP 4th SIAM Conf. on Control and its Applications
7.2 CFP 37th IEEE CDC
7.3 CFP Conf. from sensor to decision support systems in agric, food
ind. and env.
7.4 CFP Conf. on human-computer interaction in aeronautics
7.5 CFP ICIP'98
7.6 CFP 3rd IEEE European workshop on computer-intensive methods
in control
7.7 CFP Conf. on Hybrid Systems: computation and control
7.8 CFP 6th IEEE Conf. on control and automation
7.9 CFP Workshop on Non-linear systems and robot control
7.10 CFP IEEE Conf. on Control and its Applications
7.11 CFP IFAC 5th Symp. on low cost automation
7.12 CFP IEEE Benelux Symposium on Signal Processing
7.13 The Process Control Society Travelling Seminar
7.14 CFP IFAC Conf. on System structure and control
7.15 CFP 3rd Asian-Pacific Conf. on Control and Measurement
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Contributed by: J.C. Willems,
Contribution from Newsletter of Dutch Institute of Systems and Control
On August 10, George Zames passed away in his home in Montreal, after a
short illness. With him, control has lost one of the persons whose vision
and contributions shaped the field during the second half of the twentieth
century.
Zames was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1934. His family fled the Nazi invasion
of Poland, and via Russia and Japan, they ended up in Shanghai, where they
spent the remaining war years in relative tranquility. It was moving to hear
George tell during his plenary lecture at the CDC in Kobe last year that it
was thanks to the transit visa granted by the Japanese consul in Vilnius
that he and his family were able to flee Europe and come to Kobe.
After the war, Zames moved to Montreal, where he attended high school, and
then McGill University. He was a graduate student, first at Imperial College
in London and subsequently at MIT, where he received his Ph.D. in electrical
engineering in 1960. He was an assistant professor at MIT, and subsequently
joined NASA's research center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When this center
was closed, he moved to the Technion, and after a few years he returned to
McGill where he has worked since 1974.
Zames received many awards for his work. Among these are the Killam prize
(Canada's most important scientific award), the Field Award of the IEEE
Control System Society in 1984 (the main yearly award in the field), and
several outstanding paper awards.
George's vision of control was based on two dominant insights:
(i) the main aim of control is to cope with uncertainty,
and (ii) system models should express this uncertainty,
but a very precise model of uncertainty is an oxymoron.
It was this vision that led him to develop input/output stability theory,
with the elegant small gain and positive operator theorems, and H-infinity
control. These concepts and results have become the core of control theory.
George was suspicious of state space methods (the state space being a very
model-sensitive concept) and of stochastic models. He viewed robustness and
stability as much more central goals than optimal performance based on a
precise model. George loathed mathematical snobbery. These views have
become quite acceptable now, but they were very original in the sixties,
when control was taken by state models, optimal control, stochastics, and
the mathematization of the field.
George took keen interest in young people entering the field. As graduate
students at MIT, when Zames worked at the NASA Research Center practically
across the street, we often enjoyed the benefit of his generous sharing of
insights. My own Ph.D. dissertation was directly influenced by his
ideas. Our paths crossed very frequently since, and meeting him was always
stimulating and enjoyable. It is with great sadness that one comes to
realize that this is now a thing of the past.
Jan C. Willems
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Contributed by: Rafael Fierro
Change of Address
After finishing my Ph.D., at The Automation & Robotics Research Institute,
The University of Texas at Arlington under the supervision of Prof. Frank
L. Lewis, I have moved back to my home country Ecuador to continue my
academic career. My Ph.D. dissertation was focused on Hybrid Systems,
Intelligent Control and Robotics.
From Sep. 1997 my new address is:
Rafael Fierro
Escuela Politecnica Nacional
Facultad de Ingenieria Electrica
PO BOX 17-01-2759
Quito
Ecuador
tel. (593)-2-591740
fax. (593)-2-567750
email. rfierro@fie200.epn.edu.ec
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Contributed by: Rodolphe Sepulchre
Effective October 1, 1997, my address will be
Institut Montefiore, B28
University of Liege
B 4000 Liege Sart-Tilman
BELGIUM
Tel +32 (4) 366-29-87
Fax +32 (4) 366-28-74
e-mail sepulchre@montefiore.ulg.ac.be
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Contributed by: bamieh@bessel.ece.ucsb.edu (Bassam Bamieh)
For this academic year 1997-98, I will be on leave at the
Center for Control Engineering and Computations at the
University of California at Santa Barbara.
My new addresses are:
Bassam Bamieh
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560
e-mail: bamieh@seidel.ece.ucsb.edu
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Contributed by: Fernando Paganini
I have moved from MIT to the University of California, Los Angeles.
My new address is:
Fernando Paganini
UCLA Electrical Engineering
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594
e-mail: paganini@ee.ucla.edu
Telephone: 310-206-1426
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Contributed by: bogardo@siam.org
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
for
W.T. and IDALIA REID PRIZE
The Reid Prize
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SIAM will present the W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the 1998 SIAM
Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 13-17. The award will be
given for research in, or other contributions to, the broadly
defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The
prize may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a
collection of such achievements.
Eligibility
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The prize is awarded to any member of the scientific community who
meets the general guidelines of the prize description above.
Description of Award
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The award consists of an engraved medal and a $10,000 cash prize.
Nominations
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A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s)
should be sent by February 1, 1998 to:
Professor John A. Burns
Chair, Reid Prize Selection Committee
c/o Allison Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: (215) 382-9800
Fax: (215) 386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
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Contributed by: Eduardo Sontag (sontag@control.rutgers.edu)
NEW TELEPHONE AREA CODE 732 (AND MAILING ADDRESSES) FOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Rutgers University (New Brunswick) has been assigned the new telephone area
code "732", which replaces the old code, "908". The new code is already
effective, and the old one will not be recognized within a month or so.
(A large part of Central New Jersey has been assigned the code 732 as well.)
In addition, the Post Office asked those departments that are physically
located in Piscataway (science, engineering, math, etc) to use accurate
addresses instead of the vague "New Brunswick" address. You should ask
your correspondents for their precise coordinates. For the MATHEMATICS
department at Rutgers, they are:
Department of Mathematics, Hill Center, 110 Frelinghuysen Rd
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA
(This form should be used, also, when mailing via FedExp/UPS/DHL, etc.)
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Contributed by: Kevin L. Moore
ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL REFERENCE LIBRARY AVAILABLE ON-LINE
An on-line bibliographic library of references related to iterative
learning control (ILC) research has been established through a
collaborative project between Kevin Moore of the Measurement and Control
Engineering Research Center at Idaho State University and Yangquan Chen,
a member of Professor Jian-Xin Xu's ILC group at the National University
of Singapore. Bib-files containing most references of ILC work between
1984-1997 can be downloaded for use in LaTeX from:
http://www.ee.nus.sg/~yangquan/ILC/ilcref.html
Also of interest is a set of links to homepages of various ILC
researchers around the world:
http://www.ee.nus.sg/~yangquan/ILC/ilclinks.html
Researchers who wish to add their bib files to the library or link their
homepage addresses should contact one of the following:
Kevin Moore (moorek@isu.edu)
Yangquan Chen (yangquan@eeserver.ee.nus.sg)
As part of the on-going project we will be building a searchable
database of all unique references that are collected. This should be
available from the web site by the end of the year.
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Contributed by: Josep Lluis de la Rosa i Esteva
UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS,
INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL.
GRADUATE GRANT ON INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND THEIR
APPLICATIONS IN ROBOT-SOCCER TESTBEDS
Applications are invited for a grant of graduate student to work with
Professor Joseph Aguilar-Martin and Professor Josep Lluis de la Rosa in
agent paradigms and their application on supervision industrial systems that
will be initially tested on critical Robot-soccert testbeds, nowadays
concerned in the MIROSOT and RoboCup competitions. Basically the study will
focus on the integration of dynamical controller design, supervision and
behavior-cooperation features of autonomous systems in a global vision of
the control design procedures. Research will be developed in MATLAB trying
to add new facilities for this approach, that will contain agent oriented
programming features. It is expected that the person appointed must be
european (European Union) and should have, or expect to have studies as
graduate industrial or computer engineer or master, specially automatic
control and/or artificial intelligence
Salary is on the grant scale up to a maximum 145.000 pesetas per month, that
is about 1.000 US$. The appointment will be for a period of four years.
Applications in the form of a CV, including the names and addresses of two
referees should be sent to Professor de la Rosa, Department of EIA,
University of Girona, C/Lluis Santalo, s/n, E17071-Girona, Catalonia.
Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, and close to Girona. The closing
date for applications is October 31, 1997. Further information can be
obtained either from Professor de la Rosa (peplluis@eia.udg.es, fax: +34 72
41 80 98).
The University follows an equal opportunities policy.
The University aims to achieve the highest quality in teaching and research.
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Contributed by: Emmanuel Fernandez-Gaucherand (emmanuel@sie.arizona.edu)
Open Faculty Positions
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Systems and Industrial Engineering Department
The Systems and Industrial Engineering Department at The University of
Arizona invites applications for three vacant faculty positions at the
assistant professor level. One of these positions may be upgraded to an
associate professor level if the successful candidate has the appropriate
experience and accomplishments for that level.
We encourage applicants with a very strong fundamental background in one or
more areas related to Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, and/or
Systems Engineering. Applicants must demonstrate interests in both the
theoretical underpinnings of their areas and an interest in one or more of
the following:
o computation and software systems
o computer networking and internet services
o integrated manufacturing and concurrent engineering
o logistics in manufacturing and services
o quality and reliability
o human-computer interaction
The University of Arizona is rated as a Research I university by the
National Science Foundation. Applicants must have a strong commitment to
excel in teaching and research, to seek external research funding and to
publish in high-quality journals. They must have completed a doctoral
degree by August 1998 in a field related to Systems and Industrial
Engineering. To apply, submit a resume and the names and addresses
(including fax and e-mail) of three references to:
Search Committee
Systems and Industrial Engineering Department
The University of Arizona
PO Box 210020
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0020
Applications will be reviewed starting November 15, 1997 and will be
accepted until the open positions are filled. Expected start date is August
10, 1998. The University of Arizona is an AA/EEO/ADA employer - M/W/D/V.
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Contributed by: Tasso Kaper
Interdisciplinary post-doctoral positions
Post-doctoral positions are available with immediate starting date (and also
with starting date September 1, 1998) for an N.S.F. funded research program
in ``Applied Mathematics for Systems of Oscillators in Biology &
Engineering" within the Department of Mathematics at Boston University.
The explicit goal of this program is to provide the opportunity for
collaborative interdisciplinary research training with faculty in
Mathematics (N. Kopell, T. Kaper, C.E. Wayne), Aerospace & Mechanical
Engineering (J. Baillieul, M. Berkemeier, A. Nadim), Biomedical Engineering
(J. Collins, J. White), and Health Sciences (J. Schotland). The problems to
be addressed using this approach fall into three broad classes: dynamics of
networks of neurons, systems of coupled mechanical oscillators, and
interactions of neural and mechanical systems.
Boston University offers a stimulating environment for research and training
in all areas related to this program. The Center for BioDynamics focuses on
research and training at the interface between dynamical systems, biology,
and engineering. In addition, there are active research connections among
faculty from the Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive and Neural Science, Electrical
Engineering, Mathematics and Physics.
It is expected that strong candidates will have a substantial research
interest in at least one of the program's main areas. To apply, please send:
1) a 1-page statement that includes your career goals,
how this position satisfies those goals, and why you think
you are a good candidate; 2) your C.V.; and 3) three letters
of recommendation to:
GIG Postdoctoral Search
Department of Mathematics
attention: Ariella Rebbi
Boston University
111 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
For more information, see our Web site http://eng.bu.edu/INTERDISC/Oscillation/
or write to the above address. Please include your area(s) of research
interest in any correspondence.
Boston University is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Contributed by: G.J. Olsder
Three VACANCIES for Ph.D. students.
In the research team `Mathematical Systems Theory' at Delft
University of Technology (Faculty of Information Technology
and Systems, subfaculty of Technical mathematics) three vacancies
for Ph.D. students exist. The subjects of these positions are:
1. Applications of dynamic game theory within financial
mathematics.
2. Applications of the theory of discrete event systems
(and specifically the max-plus algebra) to person and
goods mobility.
3. Applications of the theory of discrete event systems
to various design problems for the Dutch railway system.
The students in the latter two positions will closely collaborate
in a joint project with the Faculty of Civil Engineering.
The successful candidates will get a 1+3=4-year contract with
Delft University of Technology. If after the first year the research
done has progressed satisfactorily, green light will be given
for the remaining three years. The salary (before tax-deduction)
is Ngl. (Netherlands guilders) 2135.-/month during the first year,
increasing to Ngl. 3812.-/month during the last year.
The research team consists of four tenured researchers,
currently two post-docs (within the framework of the European TMR
project `alapedes'), three Ph.D. students (who have started some
time ago) and a varying number of M.Sc.-students. It is headed by
Prof. G.J. Olsder
Delft University of Technology
Subfaculty of Technical Mathematics
PO Box 5031
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands
phone +31-15-2781912
fax +31-15-2787209
e-mail: g.j.olsder@math.tudelft.nl
from whom also further information can be obtained.
VACANCIES FOR POST-DOC (and PH.D.) POSITIONS.
Within the framework of Research Networks, Training and Mobility
of Researchers (TMR), a programme of the European Commission, Directorate
General XII, the project
THE ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS
abbreviated as ALAPEDES, has started on October 1, 1996. The intended
termination date is September 30, 2000. Within this project researchers
(primarily post-docs, in exceptional cases; Ph.D.-students) can be
appointed for a total number of 329 man-months. Such researchers will
work with (and be employed by) one of the partners (research teams) in
the project. These partners are:
1. Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands,
abbreviation: TUD
scientific teamleader: G.J. Olsder; g.j.olsder@math.tudelft.nl
2. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France,
abbreviation: ARMINES
scientific teamleader: G. Cohen; cohen@cas.ensmp.fr
3. INRIA has two research teams involved in alapedes:
- INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, Sophia-Antipolis (near Nice), France, and
- INRIA Rocquencourt, Rocquencourt (near Paris), France
abbreviation: INRIA
scientific teamleaders: F. Baccelli; francois.baccelli@inria.fr
J.-P. Quadrat; jean-pierre.quadrat@inria.fr
4. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium,
abbreviation: KULeuven
scientific teamleader: B. de Moor; bart.deMoor@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
5. Basic Research Institute in the Mathematical Sciences, Hewlett Packard,
Bristol, United Kingdom,
abbreviation: HP
scientific teamleader: J.H.C. Gunawardena; jhcg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
6. Laboratoire d'Informatique Algorithmique : Fondements et
Applications, Universite Paris VII, Paris, France,
abbreviation: LIAFA (formerly: LITP)
scientific teamleader: J. Mairesse; mairesse@litp.ibp.fr
7. University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands,
abbreviation: RUG
scientific teamleader: R. Smedinga; rein@cs.rug.nl
8. Universite de Liege, Liege (Luik), Belgium,
abbreviation: ULG
scientific teamleader: V. Blondel; blondel@ulg.ac.be
The researchers within these teams, including the alapedes post-docs,
meet frequently. An alapedes workshop was recently held in Waterford
(Ireland). For the coming year joint activities in Fontainebleau (France)
and Cagliari (Italy) are being planned.
At this moment of writing (September 1997), VACANCIES exist at
INRIA-Rocquencourt, INRIA-Sophia-Antipolis, LIAFA and ULG. Furthermore
it is expected that occasionally positions at the other research teams
will be free (again), and we keep solliciting applications. The
appointment with one partner has in principle a duration of maximally
two years, after which a switch to another partner will be investigated.
Potential candidates can contact their favorate research team(s)
directly or contact the NETWORK COORDINATOR:
G.J. Olsder
Delft University of Technology
Subfaculty of Technical Mathematics
PO Box 5031
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands
phone +31-15-2781912
fax +31-15-2787209
e-mail: g.j.olsder@math.tudelft.nl
from whom also other, and more detailed, information can be obtained.
This more detailed information is also available via the internet:
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General information regarding TMR projects can be found on the TMR
home page on the CORDIS WWW server of the internet. Location:
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Official applications should be done in writing (conventional mail).
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Contributed by: Paul Moraal
JOB OPENINGS
FORD FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM AACHEN
POWERTRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS
The Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen GmbH (FFA) is the center of European
Research activities for Ford Motor Company, the world's second largest
automotive manufacturer. FFA serves an important role by addressing specific
needs of our European customers and by supporting Ford's European product
development and manufacturing operations.
The FFA offers its multi-national staff a unique opportunity to conduct
research in collaboration with a variety of European partners - industrial
and academic - and with Ford colleagues around the world. The research teams
investigate and develop state-of-the-art technologies in areas such as:
* Control Systems * Alternative Powertrains
* Diesel Combustion * Atmospheric Sciences
* Manufacturing * Vehicle Dynamics
* Telematics * Pedestrian Protection
In addition to the challenging international work environment, the location
of the FFA offers the possibility for a stimulating living environment in
Germany, the Netherlands, or Belgium.
We are currently looking for qualified research engineers in the area of
Powertrain Control Systems.
REQUIREMENTS
* PhD (or MSc) in one of the engineering sciences with a strong background in
modern control theory and its applications.
* Experience in system identification and/or control design AND implementation.
* Knowledge of the operating principles of internal combustion engines or
solid background in physics (thermodynamics, mechanical systems, etc.)
* Excellent communication skills. Proficiency in English, knowledge of
German advantageous.
In the Control Systems group, we work on projects which address the specific
needs of Ford internal customers in the areas of powertrain control and
diagnostics. The projects involve modeling, model-based control design,
simulation, and rapid prototyping techniques to address the increasing
demands on engine management systems in terms of emissions, fuel economy,
and performance, as well as to reduce overall development times. Close
collaboration with Ford's development centers in England and Germany, and
with Ford Research Laboratories in Dearborn, Michigan, is essential in order
to identify the strategically important areas of research as well as to
guarantee a smooth transfer of new technologies.
Knowledge of German advantageous but not essential. Frequent business travel
to the UK is likely. Salaries and benefits package are very competitive.
Relocation assistance will be provided.
Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae to :
Paul Moraal
Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen
Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz
Dennewartstrasse 25
52068 Aachen
Germany
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Contributed by: Wassim M. Haddad
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
FACULTY POSITION
The School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty
position in aerospace control and dynamics. A doctorate in engineering is
required, with a background in linear and nonlinear control, dynamics, and
optimization, including an emphasis on aerospace related applications.
Scholarly achievement is an essential qualification. Experience in or
having had strong interaction with industry and/or government research
facilities will be viewed as highly desirable. Candidates are expected to
have a strong commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate
levels and to the development of an externally funded research program.
Senior candidates must have well established research credentials and
demonstrated leadership in aerospace control methodologies.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to nonlinear adaptive and
robust control systems, control of aerospace vehicles, active control of
flows, active control of fluid-structure interaction, noise control, and/or
propulsion/combustion control. Candidates will be expected to teach
courses in aerospace vehicle stability and control and in spacecraft
dynamics, as well as have significant interaction with other faculty both
in teaching and research. Please send nominations and applications to:
Professor W.M. Haddad, Chairman, Faculty Search Committee, School of
Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
30332-0150. Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. The School welcomes applications from qualified women and
minority candidates.
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Contributed by Ian Petersen (irp@ee.adfa.oz.au)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE ACADEMY
School of Electrical Engineering
LECTURER (2 positions)
Applications are invited for these positions from suitably qualified
personnel in the field of electrical engineering.
The School of Electrical Engineering is one of 12 Schools at University
College which form a campus of the University of New South Wales. It is
located at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. School staff
provide undergraduate courses in electrical engineering to midshipmen,
officer cadets and officers of the Australian Defence Force. They also
contribute to a range of postgraduate courses taken by civilian and defence
personnel, including postgraduate coursework programs and the supervision
of research masters and PhD degrees. The School also provides a number of
technology awareness courses for defence personnel.
Active research programs are maintained in the areas of control, robotics,
image/video coding and transmission, image processing and interpretation,
remote sensing, radar and electromagnetic engineering, mobile
communications, antenna arrays, optoelectronics, laser applications and
electronic materials. Many of these projects are supported by bodies like
the Australian Research Council. The successful applicant will be expected
to undertake an active research program and to attract external funding to
support their research.
Essential Criteria: A PhD or equivalent in electrical engineering or a
related field; demonstrated achievement in research; an ability and
willingness to undertake an active research program; an ability and
willingness to contribute to research in at least one of the School's
active research programs; an ability and willingness to teach at all levels
and in a range of topics within the School's teaching program if required;
an ability and willingness to contribute to aspects of School
administration and to serve on University College committees; an ability to
communicate well in English both orally and in writing; a knowledge and
understanding of the principles of EEO/AA and OH&S practices and
procedures.
Desirable Criteria: An ability to contribute to the School research program
in at least one of the areas of control and robotics, communications or
image/video coding and processing; an ability to contribute to the School
teaching program in at least one of the areas of control, power and
machines, communications, digital design, software engineering,
optoelectronics or electromagnetics; a demonstrated record of quality
teaching at the university level.
Further details regarding the positions and the method of application can be
obtained by contacting Ian Petersen (irp@ee.adfa.oz.au).
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Contributed by: Ian Clarkson
RESEARCH STUDENTSHIPS - COVENTRY UNIVERSITY.
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A number of research studentships are available in the Control Theory and
Applications Centre, (CTAC), Coventry University, in the areas of:
- Adaptive Control
- Nonlinear Control
- Robust Control
- System Identification
- Fault Detection
- Neural Networks.
All projects are linked to Industrial organisations and hence are based on
" Real World Problems."
There are currently available one Engineering and Physical Science Research
Council, (EPSRC), studentship and four University funded studentships all
paying 5,500 pounds sterling, tax-free, per annum inclusive of fees. In
addition a limited amount of part-time teaching is also available to "top-up"
the studentships.
The studentships are currently for three years and sucessful candidates will
initially be registered for an MPhil with transfer to PhD after approximately
eighteen months.
The Control Theory and Applications Centre is an interdisciplinary research
centre which draws on staff expertise from The School of Engineering and The
School of Mathematical and Information Sciences. There are presently
fourteen full-time academic staff associated with the activities of the
Centre and all are engaged in supervision of some twelve full-time and six
part-time MPhil/Phd students. The Centre has a proven track record in
research and has earned a reputation for solving real industrial problems in
one of the major growth areas in engineering.
The Control Theory and Applications Centre, Coventry University, in
collaboration various professional bodies/institutions organises numerous
one-day symopsia and is currently co-organiser, together with the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas and Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland of the
International Conference on Systems Engineering, (ICSE), which is being held at
Coventry University in september, and the International Conference on Systems
Science, (ICSS).
To be eligible for the studentships you must possess a upper second class or
first class honours degree in maths and/or engineering or a lower second class
honours degree with appropriate MSc qualification. All applicants must be U.K.
citizens.
For more information on any of the available projects contact:
Dr. Keith Burnham,
Control Theory and Applications Centre,
Coventry University,
Priory Street,
Coventry.
CV1 5FB.
Tel/Fax : +44 (0)1203 838052
Email : ctac@coventry.ac.uk
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Contributed by: Ulrich.Borgolte@fernuni-hagen.de
ANNOUNCEMENT
============
The Chair of Process Control within the Department of Electrical
Engineering, FernUniversitaet Hagen, Germany, has two posts available
for Research Assistants in Mobile Robotics. The Research Assistants
will work on a European Project which aims to develop a mobile robot
to assist elderly and disabled people. More informations about this
project can be found at
http://147.102.33.1/mobinet/mobhome.htm
Both posts should be filled as soon as possible by candidates with
experience in Robot Design and/or Robot Control and/or Sensorics.
Ideally the persons will have a PhD or MSc in Computer Science,
Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering. The salary will
be from 64'000 German Marks per annum, depending on age and family
status of the candidates. The duration of the contracts is 12 months.
Candidates from all member states of the European Community except
Germany are welcome. We're sorry, but citizens of other countries are
not eligible (this is due to restrictions by the project contract).
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Contributed by: Anton Stoorvogel
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF...
Hard Real-Time Computing Systems:
Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications
by Giorgio C. Buttazzo, Scuola Superiore S. Anna
This text presents the most important results in the field of
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with exhaustive examples, analyzed in detail, compared, and evaluated
in terms of implementation complexity. The book is written for
teaching and education, and is organized to be understandable to those
that do not have a deep knowledge of the topic.
This book is a basic treatise on real-time computing, with particular
emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms. The main objectives of
the book are to introduce the basic concepts of real-time computing,
illustrate the most significant results in the field, and provide the
basic methodologies for designing predictable computing systems which
can be used to support critical control applications.
HARD REAL-TIME COMPUTING SYSTEMS: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms
and Applications presents fundamental concepts which are clearly
defined at the beginning of each chapter, and each algorithm is
described through concrete examples, figures and tables. After
introducing the basic concepts of real-time computing, the book covers
such topics as taxonomy of scheduling algorithms, models of tasks with
explicit time constraints, handling tasks with precedence relations,
periodic and aperiodic task scheduling, access protocols to shared
resources, asynchronous communication mechanisms, schedulability
analysis, and handling overload conditions.
HARD REAL-TIME COMPUTING SYSTEMS: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms
and Applications was written for use as a textbook and serves as an
excellent reference for those interested in real-time computing for
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Contributed by: Taylor & Francis Table of Contents Service
International Journal of Control
Volume:- 68 Issue:- 2
Publication Date (Expected): 23rd September 1997
Contents:-
Title: Neural network system identification for improved noise rejection
Authors: David.C Hyland, Emmanuel.G Collins Jr, Wassin.M Haddad, Douglas.L
Hunter.
Pages 233-258.
Title: Trajectory tracking and robust stability for a class of time-delayed
flexible-joint robotic manipulators
Authors: Guanrong Chen, Alfredo Desages, Pedro Julin.
Pages 259-276.
Title: Adaptive servomechanism controller with an implicit reference model
Authors: Vladimir.O Nikiforov.
Pages 277-286.
Title: Dual T-spectral factorization
Authors: PooGyeon Park, Thomas Kailath.
Pages 287-296.
Title: Rational model data smoothers and identification algorithms
Authors: S. A. Billings, K. Z. Mao.
Pages 297-310.
Title: Algorithms for minimal model structure detection in nonlinear dynamic
system identification
Authors: K. Z. Mao, S. A. Billings.
Pages 311-330.
Title: A robust high-order P-type iterative learning controller using
current iteration tracking error
Authors: Changyun Wen, Yangquan Chen, Mingxuan Sun.
Pages 331-342.
Title: Robust nonlinear fault diagnosis in input-output systems
Authors: Arun T. Vemuri, Marios M. Polycarpou.
Pages 343-360.
Title: On the discretisation o single-input single-iutput bilinear systems
Authors: A. Dunoyer, L. Balmer, K. J. Burnham, D. J. G. James.
Pages 361-372.
Title: Variable structure system theory based disturbance identification and
its applications
Authors: Xinkai Chen, Toshio Fukuda.
Pages 373-384.
Title: Receding horizon H tracking control for time-varying discrete linear
systems
Authors: Jae-Woo Lee, Wook Hyun Kwon, Joon Hwa Lee.
Pages 385-399.
Title: A decentralized control design method for model-matching robustness
problems
Authors: Jaw-Kuen Shiau, Glauco N. Taranto, Joe H. Chow.
Pages 401-416.
International Journal of Control
Volume:- 68 Issue:- 3
Publication Date (Expected): 14th October 1997
Contents:-
Title: A bilinear fault detection filter
Authors: Dingli Yu, D. N. Shields.
Pages 417-430.
Title: Modelling dynamic systems using finite elements
Authors: C.S Berger.
Pages 431-448.
Title: Symbolic computation of harmonic balance equations
Authors: J.C. Peyton Jones, M. Zhuang, I. ankaya.
Pages 449-460.
Title: A Revisited Popov Criterion for Nonlinear Lur'e Systems with
Sector-restrictions
Authors: .
Pages 461-469.
Title: Robust controller for multiplicative uncertainty: the time-varying
discrete case
Authors: Vlad Ionescu.
Pages 471-483.
Title: L2 and L2 - L_ model reduction via linear matrix inequalities
Authors: Karolos M. Grigoriadis.
Pages 485-498.
Title: Robust controller design for parametrized uncertain plants by
synergizing QFT and Q-parametrization
Authors: Tsu-Shuan Chang, Chu-Yin Chang.
Pages 499-512.
Title: On the design of robust internal model-based controllers
Authors: G. Murad, Da-Wei Gu, I. Postlethwaite.
Pages 513-537.
Title: An investigation into robust force control through a constrained
flexible beam
Authors: G. D. Wood, J. Woodhouse.
Pages 539-578.
Title: Upper and lower bounds of the solutions of the algebraic Riccati and
lyapunov matrix equations
Authors: .
Pages 579-598.
Title: Model Reference Robust Control MIMO Systems
Authors: Z. Qu, H. Ambrose.
Pages 599-623.
Title: Simplex-type variable structure controllers for systems with
nonmatching disturbances and uncertainties
Authors: B. M. Diong, J. V. Medanic.
Pages 625-656.
Title: Adaptive weighted minimum prediction uncertainty control
Authors: Anthony Tzes, Ke Le.
Pages 657-672.
Title: Nonlinear Feedback Stabilisation by Tangential Linearisation
Authors: Konrad Reif, Klau Weinzierl, Andreas Zell, Rolf Unbehauen.
Pages 673-687.
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Contributed by: G. Irwin
CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE , Vol. 5, No. 10, Sept 1997
pp. 1343-1354
Detection and diagnosis of oscillation in control loops.
NF Thornhill, T Hagglund
pp. 1355-1361
A decision support system for lung function diagnosis in infants.
S Leonhardt, P Ahrens, D Hofmann, R Isermann
pp. 1363-1372
Genetic algorithms for optimization in predictive control.
C Onnen, R Babuska, U Kaymak, JM Sousa, HB Verbruggen, R Isermann
pp. 1373-1384
Classifying pilot-plant distillation column faults using neural networks.
DA Brydon, JJ Cilliers, MJ Willis
pp. 1385-1394
Feedback linearization for pneumatic actuator systems with static friction.
T Kimura, S Hara, T Fujita, T Kagawa
pp. 1395-1406
Fuzzy predictive control applied to an air-conditioning system.
JM Sousa, R Babuska, HB Verbruggen
pp. 1407-1415
Petri nets and omt for modelling and analysis of deds.
D Azzopardi, DJ Holding
pp. 1417-1426
Control of the thickener operation in alumina production.
YL Sidrak
pp. 1427-1428
Preface to the special section on algorithms and architectures for real-time
control.
AEB Ruano, PJ Fleming
pp. 1429-1434
A multi-processor computer architecture for active control.
EP Darbyshire, CJ Kerry
pp. 1435-1441
Hardware support for distributed real-time operating systems.
MMB Pontremoli, CE Pereira
pp. 1443-1450
Real-time inverse kinematics for robots with offset and reduced wrist.
A Pashkevich
pp. 1451-1461
Visual behaviors for real-time control of a binocular active vision system.
J Batista, P Peixoto, H Araujo
pp. 1463-1472
Quicktune: A reliable automatic strategy for determining PI and PPI controller
parameters using a fopdt model.
CS Cox, PR Daniel, A Lowdon
pp. 1473-1481
Real-time parameter estimation of dynamic temperature models for greenhouse
environmental control.
JB Cunha, C Couto, AE Ruano
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Contributed by: A.H. Zemanian (zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu)
CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Table of Contents for Vol. 16, No. 5, 1997:
H-infinity approximation with point constraints applied to
impedance estimation,
David F. Schwartz and Jeffrey C. Allen
Invariance property of Gaussian signals: a new interpretation,
extension and applications,
L. Cheded
Design of linear-phase, FIR integrators of degree r, r = 1, 2, 3, ...,
for midband frequency range,
Balbir Kumar and Ashwani Kumar
The discrete Einstein relation,
Svein Olav Nyberg
Comments on ``Reachability of polynomial matrix descriptions (PMDs)''
by G.F. Fragulis and A.I.G. Vardulakis,
N.P. Karampetakis
Analysis of the Chinese remainder theorem and cyclomatic polynomials-based
algorithms for cyclic convolution - Part I: Rational number system,
H.K. Garg
Analysis of the Chinese remainder theorem and cyclomatic polynomials-based
algorithms for cyclic convolution - Part II: Complex Rational number system,
H.K. Garg and F.V.C. Mendis
Feedback design and precompensation for generalized systems,
D. Lefebvre and F. Rotella
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Contributed by Huibert Kwakernaak
AUTOMATICA
Table of contents
October, 1997 Issue 33:10
Survey Papers
D. Hrovat Survey of advanced suspension developments and
related optimal control applications
Regular Papers
L. R. Ray Nonlinear tire force estimation and road
friction identification: Simulation and
experiments
U. Joensson, A. Rantzer Duality bounds in robustness analysis
S. Oh, H. Khalil Nonlinear output feedback tracking using
high-gain observer and variable structure
control
C. T. Chou, M. H. Verhaegen Subspace algorithms for the identification of
multivariable dynamic errors-in-variables
models
Brief Papers
H. Al-Duwaish, M. Nazmul A new method for the identification of
Karim Hammerstein model
V. Venkatasubramanian, W. Ji Numerical approximation of (n-1)-dimensional
stable manifolds in large systems such as the
power system
F. N. Koumboulis Block decoupling of generalized state space
systems
E. Presman, S. P. Sethi, W. Existence of optimal feedback production plans
Suo in stochastic flowshops with limited buffers
Jian-Xin Xu Analysis of iterative learning control for a
class of nonlinear discrete-time systems
J. Yoneyama, J. L. Speyer, Robust adaptive control problem for linear
C. H. Dillon systems with unknown parameters
J-L. Wu, T-T. Lee A new approach to optimal regional pole
placement
Li Lee, C-H. Fang, J-G. Exact unidirectional perturbation bounds for
Hsieh robustness of uncertain generalized
state-space systems: Continuous-time cases
Technical Communiques
L. Qiu, E. J. Davison Correction to "A unified approach for the
stability robustness of polynomials in a
convex set"
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Contributed by: F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue
DEADLINE extended to January 15, 1998
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.
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 DECEMBER 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: Hans Schneider
Contents Direct From Elsevier Science
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Journal Code : 7738
Journal : Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Volume issue : 266/01-3
Year : 1997
Anticipated Publication Date: 17-OCT-97
pp. 1-42
Theorems Of Perron-Frobenius Type For Matrices Without Sign Restrictions
SM Rump
pp. 43-47
A Note On Perron Vectors For Almost Regular Tournament Matrices
S Kirkland
pp. 49-68
Defining Functions For Manifolds Of Matrices
W Govaerts
pp. 69-79
On Representations Of Lie Algebras For Quantised Hamiltonians
LAM Hanna
pp. 81-106
On Algebras Related To The Discrete Cosine Transform
E Feig
pp. 107-125
An Algorithm For Coprime Matrix Fraction Description Using Sylvester Matrices
B Kouvaritakis
pp. 127-141
A Norm Estimate Of Adi Method For Nonsymmetric Problems
DY Kwak
pp. 143-152
A Matrix Inverse Eigenvalue Problem And Its Application
N Li
pp. 153-159
Invertible Preservers Of Certain Decomposable Tensors
MH Lim
pp. 161-180
Circulant Preconditioners For Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems
WK Ching
pp. 181-198
A Quadratic Form tr(AX2) And Its Application
M Kuroda
pp. 199-217
Digraph Characterization Of Structural Controllability For Linear Descriptor
Systems
KJ Reinschke
pp. 219-241
A Class Of Iteration Methods Based On The Moser Formula For Nonlinear Equations
In Markov Chains
ZZ Bai
pp. 243-259
Consecutive-Column And -Row Properties Of Matrices And The Loewner-Neville
Factorization
M Fiedler, TL Markham
pp. 261-270
Eigenvalues Of Nonnegative Matrices
G Wuwen
pp. 271-290
Algebres Genetiques Dimensionnellement Nilpotentes
A Micali
pp. 291-335
A Look-Ahead Algorithm for the Solution of Block Toeplitz Systems
M Van Barel
pp. 337-345
Relative perturbation theory: (III more bounds on eigenvalue variation)
Li
pp. 347-363
Equivalent conditions for generalized inverses of products
M Wei
pp. 365-379
On nonnegative matrices similar to positive matrices
A Borobia
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Contributed by: Romeo Ortega
Joint Special Issue on Nonlinear Control of Induction Motors
IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics
and
Int. J. on Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
Induction motors constitute a theoretically interesting and practically
important class of nonlinear systems which are evolving into a benchmark
example for nonlinear control. They are described by a fifth order nonlinear
differential equation with two inputs and only three state variables
available for measurement. The control task is further complicated by the
fact that induction motors are subject to unknown (load) disturbances and
the parameters are highly uncertain. We are faced then with the challenging
problem of controlling a highly nonlinear system, with unknown time varying
parameters, where the regulated output, besides being not measurable, is
perturbed by an unknown additive signal. Existing solutions to this
problem, in particular the de--facto industry standard field--oriented
control, are not theoretically well understood and suffer from some serious
drawbacks, both in commissioning and high performance applications. These
compeling factors, together with the recent development of powerful
theoretical tools for analysis and synthesis of nonlinear systems, has
motivated some control researchers to tackle this problem.
It is fair to say that our understanding of the problem has matured
considerably with the publication of several globally stable algorithms, the
rigourous establishment of stability proofs for classical schemes, and the
discovery of some interesting connections between the new controllers and
the ones used in industry. Since a wide variety of ``modern" (apparently
unrelated) techniques has been used to develop these new control algorithms,
it is clear that the resulting controllers will exhibit different transients
and possess different robustness properties. In order to provide some
perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of all these approaches it
is interesting to carry--out a comparative study of these schemes on a
benchmark problem. Towards this end the IEEE Trans. on Industrial
Electronics and the International J. on Adaptive Control and Signal
Processing are preparing a special issue devoted to the control of induction
motors with the following procedure:
1. A joint editorial committee will
split the papers with some criterion that reflects the
interest of the different audiences, for instance
"theoretically-founded" (e.g., stability proofs available),
or not.
2. Some of the algorithms will be tested in a
machine and compared in a paper that the
editorial committee will write. This paper will be
published in both journals.
3. If the authors want their algorithm to be considered for
this comparison, they should consult the following web page for
instructions
http://www.supelec.fr/invi/lss/fr/personnels/ortega/benchmi/benchmi.html
where further details on the model, the test signals and the
performance specifications are given. The matlab files to
carry out the simulations, by simply plugging--in the proposed controller,
can be downloaded from this page.
4. For the sake of comparison, we encourage the
authors to try the tests of the web example (or similar ones)
in whatever experimental (or simulated) evidence they might
want to provide.
5. Five copies of the complete manuscript, marked Special
Issue on Induction Motors, should be submitted by
February 15, 1998 to:
Romeo Ortega
Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes
CNRS-SUPELEC, UMR CNRS 16
91192, Gif-sur-Yvette
FRANCE
rortega@lss.supelec.fr
6. Authors will be notified of results of the reviews by May
15, 1998. The special issues are tentatively scheduled for
publication in December 1998.
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Contributed by John Baillieul, Editor-in-Chief
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Table of Contents - Volume 42, Number 10 -October, 1997
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PAPERS
Polynomial-Complexity Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Sequential Resource
Allocation Systems
................. S. A. Reveliotis, M. A. Lawley, and P. M. Ferreira
Adaptive H$/infinite Control with Application to Sytems with Structural
Flexibility
.......................... J.H. Kelly and B.E. Ydstie
Infinite-Dimensional Convex Optimization in Optimal and Robust Control Theory
.......................... P.M. Young and M.A. Dahleh
Perturbation Realization, Potentials, and Sensitivity Analysis of Markov
Processes
.......................... X.-R. Cao and H.-F. Chen
Asymptotic Controllability Implies Feedback Stabilization
..................... F.H. Clarke, Y.S. Ledyaev, E.D. Sontag, and A.I. Subbotin
Order Estimation for Linear Time-Invariant Systems Using Frequency Domain
Identification Methods
.......................... Y. Rolain, J. Schoukens, and R. Pintelon
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TECHNICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
Risk-Sensitive Optimal Control of Hidden Markov Models: Structural Results
.......................... E. Fernandez-Gaucherand and S.I. Marcus
A General Minimal Residual Krylov Subspace Method for Large-Scale Model
Reduction .......................... I.M. Jaimoukha
Disturbance Decoupling in a Class of Linear Systems
.......................... C.E.T. Dorea and B.E.A. Milani
Robust H2/H$/infinite State Estimation for Discrete-Time Systems with Error
Variance Constraints...................... Z. Wang, Z. Guo, and H. Unbehauen
A Nonparametric Polynomial Identification Algorithm for the Hammerstein System
.......................... Z.Q. Lang
Convergence Rates of Perturbation-Analysis-Robbins-Monro-Single-Run Algorithms
for Single Server Queues.................... Q.Y. Tang, H.F. Chen, and Z.J. Han
Improved Upper Bounds for the Mixed Structured Singular Value
.......................... M. Fu and N.E. Barabanov
A Numerical Method in Optimal Production and Setup Scheduling of Stochastic
Manufacturing Systems .......................... H. Yan and Q. Zhang
Weighted Least Squares Set Estimation from l$/infinite-Norm Bounded Noise Data
........................... K.J. Keesman
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Robust H$/infinite Control for a Class of Cascaded Nonlinear Systems
........................... L. Xie and W. Su
The Effect of System Zeros on the Achievable H$/infinite Estimation Level
........................... U. Shaked
The Model Matching Problem for Periodic Discrete-Time Systems
........................... P. Colaneri and V. Kucera
L1 State-Feedback Control with a Prescribed Rate pf Exponential Convergence
........................... I.J. Fialho and T.T. Georgiou
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BOOK REVIEWS
Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing--A Computational Approach to Learning and
Machine Intelligence --- J.S.R. Jang, C.T. Sun, and E. Mizutani
........................... Reviewed by Y.C. Ho
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Contributed by: Trini Flores
Fourth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
May 7-9, 1998
Omni Jacksonville Hotel
Jacksonville, Florida
OCTOBER 8, 1997 = deadline for submission of minisymposium
proposals
October 15, 1997 = deadline for submission of contributed abstracts
Electronic submissions are invited. A fill-in form for minisymposium
proposals and LaTeX macro for abstracts are available on the World
Wide Web at http://www.siam.org/conf.htm.
The conference Call for Papers is available at
http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct98/ct98home.htm.
For additional information, send e-mail to meetings@siam.org.
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Contributed by: David A. Schoenwald (schoenwaldda@ornl.gov)
Call for Papers -- 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Hyatt Regency Westshore, Tampa, Florida, USA, December 16-18, 1998
The IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Conference on Decision and Control
(CDC) is the annual meeting of the IEEE Control Systems Society, conducted
in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM). The thirty-seventh CDC will be held December 16-18, 1998, with
tutorial workshops preceding the conference on Monday and Tuesday, December
14-15. The Conference General Chairman is J. Douglas Birdwell of the
University of Tennessee (e-mail: birdwell@utk.edu), and the program chairman
is David Castaon of Boston University (e-mail: dac@bu.edu). The venue is the
Hyatt Regency Westshore Tampa Florida. Tampa offers a multicultural spectrum
of dining, arts, and entertainment, as well as the beaches of Clearwater and
St. Petersburg on the Western side of Tampa Bay. Cultural attractions
include the new Tampa Aquarium, Busch Gardens, and the shops, nightclubs,
and restaurants of Ybor City. The Westshore is located on Tampa Bay and is
one of Hyatt's top-rated hotels with grounds that are a wetland sanctuary
for wildlife.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS
The IEEE CDC will include both contributed and invited sessions, and a full
Proceedings will be published. Contributed papers are solicited in all aspects
of the theory and applications of systems, including decision-making, control,
adaptation, optimization, industrial automation, and manufacturing. Invited
sessions are also solicited in new developments in these and related areas. All
submissions are due 3 MARCH 1998.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: The Program Committee is soliciting both Regular and
Short contributed papers for presentation at the conference and publication
in the Proceedings. Regular papers describe completed work in some
detail. Short papers describe important recent or preliminary results that
require limited length. Short papers may be submitted for review as a 4-6
page detailed summary, with references.
INVITED SESSIONS: The Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited
sessions. Cohesive sessions focusing on new or emerging topics in the
above-listed areas are particularly encouraged, and will have priority over
those of a classical or mainstream flavor. Session organizers should submit
five (5) copies of proposals for invited sessions for review to the Program
Vice-Chair for Invited Sessions at the address on the opposite side. All
invited session proposals must be accompanied by all the information for all
the proposed papers and mailed together as a group. Organizers must contact
the Vice-Chair for Invited Sessions by 3 FEBRUARY 1998 stating their intent
to submit a proposal and the accompanying papers.
Proposals for invited sessions should contain the names, affiliations, and
complete mailing addresses of the session organizer(s), chairperson,
co-chairperson, and all authors (with corresponding authors identified)
along with a list of paper titles. The organizers must include in the
proposal: (1) a clear statement of the topic and purpose of the session and
(2) a description of how the papers form a cohesive, well-integrated
exploration of the session topic. Detailed extended summaries, following the
submission guidelines below and consisting of a minimum of 2000 words,
covering all contributions of the paper in sufficient depth to permit an
informed review, must be included for each paper. The initial paper may be a
tutorial or survey that can be allotted twice the usual time for
presentation. The usual number of papers in a session is six. Organizers
will be contacted near 1 June 1998 concerning the tentative disposition of
their session.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION
Each submitted regular paper, short paper extended summary, or invited
session proposal must be accompanied by the Manuscript Submission Form. This
form is on the reverse side of the Call for Papers form and can also be
obtained by e-mail request to the publicity chairman, David A. Schoenwald of
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (e-mail: schoenwaldda@ornl.gov). Addresses,
deadlines, and other submission requirements may be found on that
form. Incomplete submissions or submissions by fax or electronic mail cannot
be accepted. A web site for the 1998 CDC will soon be up at the address,
http://www.lit.net/ieee/cdc98, which will contain the submission form as
well as other information about the conference.
Final selection of papers and invited sessions will be announced in July 1998.
Authors of all accepted papers will be provided instructions for preparation of
manuscripts for the Proceedings. Authors should limit their manuscripts to six
Proceedings pages (approx. 6000 words) for regular papers or two proceedings
pages (approx. 2000 words) for short papers. There will be a mandatory page
charge for each additional page. Manuscripts must arrive at the Printer by 18
AUGUST 1998. Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the CDC to
present their work.
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Contributed by: Jean-Philippe Steyer
FROM SENSORS TO DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
IN AGRICULTURE, FOOD-INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT
Conference organised by CEMAGREF, ENSAM and INRA
Sponsored by EurAgEng, IFAC, European Commission and Agropolis
Montpellier-Narbonne, France, February 23-27 1998
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Three joint international conferences (BIO-DECISION 98,
SENSORAL 98 and WASTE-DECISION 98) will be organised
in February 23-27, 1998 in Montpellier and Narbonne, France.
The main topic of these conferences is to present recent advances
on tools and methodologies to support decision and control
in Bio-Industries.
BIO-DECISION 98
International Conference on Engineering
of Decision Support Systems in Bio-Industries
Operators in Bio-Industries are completing their existing set
of working tools (mainly machinery) with new devices to help
them in the intellectual part of their tasks
(sensing-thinking-deciding-monitoring) : these tools are called
"tools to support decision and control"
BIO-DECISION 98 deals with decision and control :
- in production, processes, services : to operate in farms
(precision agriculture), industries (process control) and
services (projects or organisation management),
- in design project : to develop new processes, new equipments,
new organisations,
- in diagnosis : to evaluate performance and quality of
product, processes, ...
Contact : Pr. Francis Sevila
Bio-Engineering Department
ENSAM
Place P. Viala
34060 Montpellier cedex France
email : decision98@ensam.inra.fr
fax : +33 499.612.436
For more information, you can visit our webpage at :
http://www.montpellier.cemagref.fr/bio-decision98/
SENSORAL 98
International Workshop
of Sensing Quality of Agricultural Products
At the conclusion of two projects funded by the European
Commission :
- ESPRIT : "SHIVA, Integrated System for handling, inspection
and packing of fruits and vegetables",
- FAIR : "Objective plant quality measurement by image processing"
This workshop is being organised on the general theme of :
"Sensing Quality of Agricultural Products".
The objectives of this workshop are :
- to diffuse the results obtained in the two EC-projects,
- to present other ready-to-transfer results of research,
- to express and discuss industrial needs,
- to provide opportunities for future R&D collaborations.
Contact : Dr. Veronique Bellon-Maurel
GIQUAL Laboratory
CEMAGREF
BP 5095
34033 Montpellier cedex 1, France
email : sensoral@montpellier.cemagref.fr
fax : +33 467.046.306
For more information, you can visit our webpage at :
http://www.montpellier.cemagref.fr/sensoral98/
WASTE DECISION 98
International Workshop on
Advanced Control and Decision
Support Systems for WasteWater Treatment Plants
Building purely mathematical models, control algorithms
and diagnosis scheme of biological wastewater
treatment plants (WWTP) is among the most difficult tasks.
On the other hand, in many cases, it is possible to
make use of the human operator experience in order to :
- handle ill-defined situations,
- characterise the process dynamics by symbolic and logic description,
- check the data consistency, equipment failure or
contamination of the process,
- decide the most appropriate control strategies according
to the process evolution.
When looking for optimisation of WWTP, it is thus of the most
importance to develop advanced and robust control algorithms
and to link these control scheme to decision support systems
capable of handling the specificity of biological activity of
micro-organisms.
The main objectives of this workshop are :
- to review the current state-of-the-art in control and
diagnosis systems of WWTP,
- to discuss recent advances in Artificial Intelligence
for the optimisation of WWTP,
- to diffuse main scientific results towards potential
industrial applications and to provide
opportunities for future R&D collaborations
The following topics will be covered during this workshop :
- process integration and control strategies for the
optimisation of industrial and/or urban WWTP,
- advanced control scheme for industrial and/or urban WWTP,
- Artificial Intelligence to improve diagnosis in industrial
and/or urban WWTP.
Contact : Dr. Jean-Philippe Steyer
Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology
INRA
Avenue des Etangs
11100 Narbonne, France
email : decision98@ensam.inra.fr
fax : +33 468.425.160
For more information, you can visit our webpage at :
http://www.montpellier.cemagref.fr/waste-decisionl98/
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES
October 15, 1997 Submission deadline for a 2-A4-page extended abstract
November 30, 1997 Notification of acceptance
February 23-25, 1998 BIO-DECISION 98 Conference
February 25-27, 1998 SENSORAL 98 Workshop
February 25-27, 1998 WASTE-DECISION 98 Workshop
Full paper (max. 10 14 pages) will have to be brought at the
conference and/or workshop for a CD-ROM edition.
Note : Authors of the most relevant papers will be encouraged
to submit more complete versions of their presentations
to be reviewed for publication in the "Journal of Agricultural
Engineering Research", the official refereed scientific journal
of EurAgEng, the European Society of Agricultural Engineers.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
1998 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics
HCI-Aero'98
May 27-29, 1998
Montreal, Canada
Organized by
EURISCO (European Institute of Cognitive
Sciences and Engineering)
OBJECTIVES
The 1998 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in
Aeronautics (HCI-Aero'98) will provide a forum for the best of current
research and industrial innovative applications. It will enable participants
to build a common frame of reference for exploring crucial issues induced by
human-computer interaction in design, evaluation, operations, maintenance,
management and training in aeronautics. The technical program will be
enhanced by social events and opportunities for extensive interaction
with colleagues from different countries and disciplines.
HCI-Aero'98 follows a series of conferences that were organized in Toulouse
(France) in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1995. These conferences were called
Human-Machine Interaction and Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace
(HMI-AI-AS). They gathered many well recognized experts from academia and
industry in the fields of Human-Machine Interaction, Artificial Intelligence
and Aerospace. Over the years, Human-Computer Interaction has emerged as a
crucial and necessary field of investigation to analyze, design and evaluate
in aeronautics environments. Manufacturers have developed and integrated
new software agents in aircraft cockpits. New issues have also emerged, such
as how to certify, operate and learn the use of such artificial agents. This
is the reason why we have forged the name HCI-Aero for this conference.
HCI-Aero'98 will bring together researchers and practitioners with an
interest in methods, techniques, tools, and technology for constructing,
evaluating, maintaining and using modern aircraft cockpits.
You are invited to participate in this forum by proposing papers, posters,
videos or demonstrations that present:
Multidisciplinary investigations
Industrial experience
Challenging perspectives and solutions to current aviation problems
THEMES
1. Design and Evaluation
This theme covers research efforts and experience in design and
evaluation of computer-based tools that support operations in
aeronautics.
2. Corporate Memory
Task and tool understanding is a critical aspect of any organization. In
aeronautics, computers have emerged to contribute to a reorganization of
work.
3. Operations and Maintenance
This theme emphasizes analyses and experimentations of crucial aspects
of new generation cockpits.
4. Task Models and Training
The use of computer-based technology in the cockpit is closely related
to the way pilots are trained. New needs and requirements are emerging
from this
evolution.
CONFERENCE STRUCTURE
As the traditional HMI-AI-AS conferences, HCI-Aero'98 will offer:
Paper presentations that include keynote speeches, selected
articles, posters and videos.
Specialized workshops where participants will exchange ideas, form
consensus and elicit differences in approaches.
Panels of world-wide recognized experts of the field interacting
with the participants on current and innovative issues.
Products and prototypes demonstrations.
SUBMISSIONS
Each submission should have a cover page containing: title, authors'
names, postal and electronic addresses, keywords, abstract and the exact
descriptor
of the theme and topic.
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS (this information will be released later on)
Papers must be up to 6 pages long. Posters must be 2 pages long.
Please submit 4 copies of your submission in English to:
Helen WILSON
EURISCO
4 avenue Edouard Belin
31400 Toulouse
FRANCE
E-mail: helen.wilson@onecert.fr
Phone: +33 5 62 17 38 38
FAX: +33 5 62 17 38 39
Important dates
November 14, 1997: Submission due
January 16, 1998: Acceptance/rejection sent
February 27, 1998: Full revised submission due
GENERAL INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
To obtain general information on the conference and to register, please
contact in Montreal, Canada:
Bureau des congres universitaires
E-mail: bureau.congres@mail.polymtl.ca
Telephone : (514) 340-3215
Fax : (514) 340-4440
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Contributed by: Yoram Bresler, ybresler@uiuc.edu
IEEE Signal Processing Society
1998 International Conference on Image Processing
October 4-7, 1998
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ICIP-98 CALL FOR PAPERS
ICIP-98, sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society, has been
recognized as the premier forum for presentation of technological advances
and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and
applied image and video processing. Held annually since 1994, ICIP brings
together worldwide leading engineers and scientists in image and video
processing. Research frontiers in fields ranging from traditional image
processing applications to evolving multimedia and video technologies are
regularly advanced by results first reported in ICIP's technical sessions.
SCOPE:
1. GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS Filtering, Enhancement, Restoration,
Coding, Segmentation, Multiresolution Processing, Multispectral
Processing, Image Representation, Image Analysis, Image Understanding,
Interpolation and Spatial Transformations, Neural Networks for Image
Processing, Architectures and Software.
2. COMPUTED IMAGING
Acoustic, Radar, Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, Geophysical and Seismic,
Speckle Imaging, Radio Astronomy, Computer Holography, Confocal,
Electron Microscopy, X-ray Crystallography, Coded- Aperture Imaging,
Real-Aperture Arrays.
3. IMAGE SCANNING DISPLAY AND PRINTING
Scanning and Sampling, Quantization and Halftoning, Color Reproduction,
Rendering, Graphics and Fonts, Image Quality, Visualization.
4. VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA
Multimedia, HDTV, Enhanced Quality TV, Packet Video, Motion Detection,
Analysis and Estimation, Image Sequence Processing, Video Data Base, Low
Bit Rate and Very Low Bit Rate Coding, Video over Wireless Channels, Video
Signal Processor ICs, Access to and Retrieval from Multimedia Databases.
5. APPLICATIONS
Application of Image Processing Technology to any field, including the
Biomedical Sciences, Astronomy, Geosciences, and Environment and Document
Processing.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Prospective authors are invited to propose papers for presentation in any
of the technical areas listed above. To submit a proposal, prepare a 2-3
page summary of the paper including figures and references. Send six
copies of the paper summary each with a cover sheet stating: (1) paper
title, (2) technical area(s), (3) nature of problem which you have
addressed and its importance, (4) original contribution, (5) contact
author's a. first (personal) name, b. last (family) name, c. address, d.
telephone number, e. fax number, and f. electronic mail address to:
Conference Management Services
3109 Westchester Avenue
College Station, TX 77845-7919, USA
Each selected paper (five-page limit) will be published in the Proceedings
of ICIP-98. Presentations will be assigned to a lecture or poster session
by the technical committee. Style files in LaTeX will be provided for the
convenience of the authors. Additional information can be obtained at our
web site:
http://mri.beckman.uiuc.edu/ICIP98/
ICIP-98 SCHEDULE:
Paper proposals due: 16 January 1998
Notification of Acceptance: 10 April 1998
Camera-Ready papers due: 5 June 1998
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Contributed by: Jiri Rojicek
The 3rd IEEE European Workshop on Computer-Intensive Methods in Control
and Data Processing
Can We Beat the Curse of Dimensionality?
September 7-9, 1998
Prague, Czech Republic
URL: http://www.utia.cas.cz/AS_dept/cmp98/first.html
Topics relevant to the Workshop :
Models of complex systems
(neural networks, Bayesian networks, graphical models, non-parametric
models)
Techniques of uncertainty management
(finite-dimensional estimation, nonlinear filtering, Markov chain
Monte Carlo algorithms)
Control design and optimization techniques
(dynamic programming approximations, Monte Carlo sequential
control, randomized algorithms of control design)
Software and hardware issues
(database management, data warehousing, massively parallel
computing, distributed and network computing, data visualization)
Real-life applications
(analysis of massive data sets, complex modelling and
optimization in engineering, economics, physics, biology etc.)
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Contributed by: Shankar Sastry and Thomas Henzinger at the University
of California, Berkeley
Call For Papers
HYBRID SYSTEMS: COMPUTATION AND CONTROL
International Workshop
April 13-15, 1998
Berkeley, California
The first of a newly constituted series of annual workshops on hybrid
systems will be organized at the University of California, Berkeley,
from April 13 to 15, 1998. The purpose of the workshop is to bring
together researchers from computer science and control theory, and to
advance the theory of hybrid systems and its applications.
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis,
and implementation of hybrid control systems, that is, systems in which
digital devices interact with continuous objects. We are especially
interested in methods that combine in creative ways concepts from
computer science and control theory. Topics include, but are not limited
to, control engineering, modeling and system theory, specification and
implementation languages, controller synthesis, computer-aided design
and simulation, algorithmic and deductive verification, experimental
results and applications. Reports on case studies and tool development
are particularly encouraged. Tool demos will form an integral part of
the workshop.
Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract not exceeding ten
pages, either a postscript file or six hardcopies. Electronic submission
is strongly encouraged. The abstract should start with a title page
containing the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation,
the contact author's physical and e-mail addresses, and a one- or two-
paragraph summary. Full versions of the accepted submissions will be
published in a volume of the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer
Science series, to be available at the workshop.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: October 22, 1997
Notification of acceptance: December 10, 1997
Final version due: January 14, 1998
Submission Address
E-mail submissions: tah@eecs.berkeley.edu (postscript only)
Hardcopy submissions: Thomas A. Henzinger
EECS Department
Cory Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770
USA
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Contributed by: Antonio Tornambe
6th IEEE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON CONTROL AND AUTOMATION
Hotel Carlos V,
ALGHERO, SARDINIA, ITALY 9-11, JUNE 1998
The 6th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (6th
IEEE MED), sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society jointly with
Universita' di Ancona, and the Universita' di Roma Tre, will be
held from 9 to 11, June 1998 in the island of Sardinia, one of the
most charming spots of the Mediterranean sea, famous for its
enchanting beaches and magnificent landscapes. The Program Chairperson
is Giuseppe Conte from Universita' di Ancona (Italy); the General
Chairperson is Antonio Tornambe' from Universita' di Roma Tre
(Italy), and the Publication Chairperson is Anna Maria Perdon from
Universita' di Ancona (Italy). The focus of the conference is set
both on theoretical and applicative aspects of control and automation.
The 1998 edition of the meeting will follow the tradition of its five
very succesful previous editions. The meeting resort is Alghero, on
the west coast of Sardinia, just where some of the most beautiful
beaches of Sardinia are located. We warmly invite all of you to join a
qualitative technical meeting and also to enjoy the nature, the warm
mediterranean hospitality and the fine traditional cuisine of
Sardinia.
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
The 6th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation will
contain both contributed papers and special sessions. The focus is set
both on theoretical and applicative issues of control in order to
trace the most relevant fields of application and research in the area
of control justabout the turning of the new decade. A book of
abstracts will be published prior to the conference, as well as a CD
ROM containing the full papers; after the conference, full Proceedings
will be published in collaboration with an international publisher.
Contributed papers and special session proposals are solicited within
the following areas of interest:
Adaptive Control, Aerospace Control, Architectures for Signal
Processing and Control Algorithms, Automotive Control, Computer
Networks, Decentralized Control, Digital Communications, Discrete
Event Systems, Electromechanical Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Hybrid
Systems, Image Processing, Intelligent Control, Large Space
Structures, Linear Systems, Manufacturing, Mobile Computing and
Communtications, Multimedia, Neural Networks, Nonlinear Systems,
Numerical Analysis, Parallel Processing, Power Systems, Process
Control, Robotics, Robust Control, Signal Processing, Spectral
Estimation.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
Authors of contributed papers are requested to submit 4 copies of
their full papers, including their names, affiliations and email
addresses. For multi-author papers the corresponding autor should be
identified clearly.
Organizers of special sessions are requested to submit 4 copies of
their proposal containing titles and summaries of the papers to be
included in the session. Each session should be cohesive, and focus on
one single topic. The proposals should contain the names, affiliations
and email addresses of all the organizers and authors.
Submissions of contributed papers and special session proposals are
due by January 19, 1998 to the General Chairperson, Antonio Tornambe'
at the address:
Prof. Antonio Tornambe'
Dipartimento di Informatica e Automazione
Universita' di Roma Tre
Via della Vasca Navale 79
00146 Rome - Italy.
Tel: +39-6-55173221
Fax: +39-6-55173211
Email: tornambe@tovvx1.ccd.utovrm.it
The authors and organizers will be notified (by email) of acceptance or
rejection by March 10, 1998. At that time authors will be instructed
on how to prepare camera ready versions of their manuscripts for
inclusion in the CD ROM and Proceedings and where to submit them.
Authors of accepted papers must submit their manuscripts and REGISTER
for the conference by April 10, 1998, to ensure that their paper will
be included in the Final program, CD ROM, Proceedings and Book of
Abstracts. All attendees are also requested to contact the Hotel
Carlos V, where the meeting is located, within April 10 in order to
make arrangements for their accommodations. The availabity of rooms
and special rates cannot be guaranteed if reservations are made after
April 10.
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Contributed by: jqalvar@cicese.mx, rcastro@ctrl.cinvestav.mx
WORKSHOP ON NONLINEAR SYSTEMS AND ROBOT CONTROL
A workshop on nonlinear systems and robot control will be
held from Thursday 4 to Friday 5 December 1997, at Ensenada,
Baja California, Mexico. This event is organized by the ---
Scientific Research and Advanced Studies Center of Ensenada,
Baja California, Mexico (CICESE) and the Center of Research
and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute
at Mexico City (CINVESTAV-IPN), with the support of the -
National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico -
(CONACYT) and CICESE.
The objective of the workshop is to bring together recog-
nized experts in the fields of nonlinear control systems
and robot control, to present the state of the art and to
discuss new trends and impacts on these research subjects.
The event is based on plenary conferences given by active
researchers in the fields of the workshop and who have -
significantly contributed in them. The researchers who have
confirmed their participation as plenary speakers are:
- Prof. Suguru Arimoto, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
- Prof. Carlos Canudas de Wit, INPG, France.
- Prof. Hassan Khalil, Michigan State University, USA.
- Prof. Claude H. Moog, University of Nantes, France.
- Prof. Romeo Ortega, LSS, France.
- Prof. Hebertt Sira-Ramirez, University of Los Andes,
Venezuela.
- Prof. Stephen M. Rock, Stanford University, USA.
- Prof. Vadim Utkin, Ohio State University, USA.
The city of Ensenada is approximately 90 miles away from -
the city of San Diego (this is 1.5 to 2 hours driving) -
where the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control -
(CDC'97) will take place this year. Therefore, for any one
planning to attend the CDC'97, this is an excellent oppor-
tunity to also attend the workshop. There wil be no regis-
tration fee for the workshop.
For more information about the workshop, workshop regis-
tration, lodging in Ensenada and transportation San Diego-
Ensenada-San Diego, please contact:
Prof. Joaquin Alvarez-Gallegos
CICESE
Electronics and Telecomunications Dept.
P.O. Box 4344944
San Diego, CA 92143-4944
Tel.: +52.61.744069
Fax: +52.61.745155
Email: jqalvar@cicese.mx
Prof. Rafael Castro-Linares
CINVESTAV-IPN
Electrical Engineering Dept.
Apdo. Postal 14-740
07000 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Tel.: +52.5.7477000, Ext. 3220
Fax: +52-5-7477089
Email: rcastro@ctrl.cinvestav.mx
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Contributed by: Vassilis Syrmos
1998 IEEE CONFERENCE ON CONTROL APPLICATIONS
Congress Center of the Stazione Marittima
Molo Bersaglieri 3, 34124 Trieste, ITALY
September 1-4, 1998
http://spectra.eng.hawaii.edu/~cca98
important deadlines (below)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS
The Seventh IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) is being sponsored
by the IEEE Control Systems Society, and technically cosponsored by the ASME
Dynamic Systems and Control Divion, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society,
the International Federation of Automatic Control, the European Union Control
Association, the IEEE North Italy, the University of Trieste, and the Regione
Friuli Venezia Giulia. The function of the IEEE CCA is to bring together
theoretical results and practical applications in system and control theory,
particularly in regard to uses in industrial, commercial, aerospace, power
systems, automotive, or other applied arenas. The Program Committee solicits
papers presenting original work in all aspects of theoretical and practical
control applications. The theme for CCA'98 is Control Applications in
Biological and Medical Systems. The theme of CCA is meant to help structure
the conference and not to limit the topics covered.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the applications of
traditional and modern control design techniques in:
** Aerospace Systems ** Adaptive Control ** Automotive Systems
** Biomedical Systems ** Computer-Aided Design ** Discrete Event Systems
** Distributed Systems ** Expert Systems ** Fault Tolerance ** Fuzzy Systems
** Manufacturing Systems ** Modeling and Identification ** Neural Networks
** Nonlinear Systems ** Power Electronics/Systems ** Process Control
** Robotics ** Robust Control ** Sensor-Based Control
IMPORTANT DATES:
January 15, 1998 Full Papers and Proposals Due
April 1, 1998 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
April 30, 1998 Electronic Submission of Title and Abstract
May 22, 1998 Final Camera-Ready Papers Due
PAPER SUBMISSION:
FIVE copies of the full paper must be received for peer review by one
of the Program Chairs by 15 JAN. 1998. Papers will be reviewed by the
International Program Committee. Authors will be notified of acceptance or
rejection by 1 APRIL 1998. Electronic submissions of title and
abstract are required by 30 APRIL 1998. The final camera-ready papers
must be received by the Conference Secretariat no later than 22 MAY 1998.
PROGRAM CHAIRS:
European Program Chair U.S. Program Chair
G. Conte Kimon P. Valavanis
Dipt. di Elett. e Autom. Center for Advanced Computer Studies
Univ. di Ancona PO Box 44330
via Brecce Bianche University of SW Louisiana
60131 Ancona, ITALY Lafayette, LA 70504-4330, USA
Email: gconte@anvax1.cineca.it Email: kimon@cacs.usl.edu
Phone: +39-71-2204844 Phone: (318) 482-5817
Fax: +39-71-2804334 Fax: (318) 262-5401
INVITED SESSIONS WORKSHOPS:
FOUR copies of proposals for: Invited Sessions, including extended abstracts
and a cover letter indicating the scope of the proposed session; or
Workshops, including a detailed outline of the proposed topic, must be
submitted to either Program Chair by 15 JAN. 1998. Invited Sessions
may include an introductory survey paper. Workshops will be held on 1 SEP.
1998. Invited sessions and workshops in the conference theme of biomedical
systems are particularly of interest.
PROCEEDINGS & CD-ROM:
A CD-ROM and a Book of Abstracts will be provided at the conference. A hard
copy of the proceedings will be mailed after the conference to those who
request it for an additional charge.
For further information, VISIT OUR WEB SITE, or contact the General Chair:
Frank L. Lewis
Automation & Robotics Research Institute
The University of Texas at Arlington
7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S.
Fortworth, TX 76118, USA
Email: flewis@controls.uta.edu
Phone: (817) 272-5972
Fax: (817) 272-5989
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Contributed by Wei Wang
Last Announcement and Call for Papers
International Federation of Automatic Control
5th Symposium on Low Cost Automation
Shenyang, P. R. China, September 8-10, 1998
Scope
Different applications fields benefit from automation by introducing
suitable control strategies and devices without relevant modifications
of the whole system or of the productive process. This aim should be
achieved by a low cost automation approach.
The objective of this Symposium is to bring together end-users and control
systems specialists to evaluate the possibilities of techniques, design
procedures, components and instruments to achieve a low cost automation,
not only considering all the economic aspects but also the improvements
in productivity, reliability, flexibility, and facility of implementation.
Special emphasis should be pleased on small and medium-sized enterprises.
The former four low cost automation symposia, held in Valencia 1986,
Milan 1989, Vienna 1992 and Buenos Aires 1995, showed the wide range of
applications and the great interest from an industrial point of view of
these techniques.
Plenary Lectures
1. Prof. P. Albertos
Dept. of Engineering System
Unversidad Politecnica de Valencia
Spain
2. Prof. G. C. Goodwin
Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Newcastle
Australia
3. Prof. T. Y. Chai
Research Center of Automation
Northeastern University
P.R.China
Submission of Papers
Five copies of an extended abstract(about 1000 words) in English
should be received by the following address:
Prof. Wei Wang
Research Center of Automation
Northeastern University
Shenyang, 110006, P.R.China
Tel: +86-24-3906491, Fax:+86-24-3895647
e-mail:wangw@mail.neu.edu.cn
The abstract should include:
1) The title of the paper
2) The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)
3) The contact author: mail address, e-mail address and fax number
Deadlines
Submission of extended abstract : October 30, 1997
Notification of acceptance : February 15, 1998
Camera ready copy : April 30, 1998
For further information please contact:
LCA'98 Secretariat
POB 919, Beijing 100070
P.R. China
Tel: (+86)-10-63812255
Fax: (+86)-10-63816990
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Contributed by:Marc.Moonen@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
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IEEE BENELUX SIGNAL PROCESSING CHAPTER
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SIGNAL PROCESSING SYMPOSIUM
March 26-27, 1998, Leuven, Belgium
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
The first IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Symposium, sponsored by the
IEEE Benelux Signal Processing Chapter, will be held March 26-27, 1998
in the K.U.Leuven Faculty Club, Leuven, Belgium.
Papers are solicited for technical sessions on the following and
related topics :
Digital Signal Processing :
Filter design and structures, Fast algorithms, Multirate filtering
and filter banks, Signal reconstruction, Adaptive filters, Nonlinear
Signals and Systems, Time-frequency analysis.
Statistical Signal and Array Processing :
Spectral estimation, Higher order spectrum analysis, Array signal
processing, Statistical signal analysis, Parameter estimation,
Detection, Signal and system modeling, System identification,
Cyclostationary signal analysis.
Speech processing :
Speech production and perception, Speech analysis, Speech synthesis,
Speech coding, Speech enhancement and noise reduction, Isolated word
recognition, Word spotting, Continuous speech recognition.
Audio and Electroacoustics :
Active noise control, Active noise reduction, Echo cancellation,
Psychoacoustics, Aids for the handicapped, Broadband audio coding,
Signal processing for music, Binaural systems, Room acoustics.
Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing :
Image coding, Image motion, Computed imaging, Geophysical and
seismic processing, Image analysis and segmentation, Image filtering,
restoration and enhancement, Image representation and modeling,
Digital transforms, HDTV, Multidimensional systems, Machine vision.
Knowledge Engineering and Signal Processing :
Pattern recognition, Expert systems, Neural networks, Fuzzy systems,
Signal interpretation, Multisensor Data Fusion.
Implementations :
Architectures and VLSI hardware, Programmable signal processors,
Algorithms and applications mappings, Design methodology and CAD
tools, Languages and real time software.
Applications :
Radar, Sonar, Communications, Biomedical processing, Geophysical
signal processing, Underwater signal processing, Sensing,
Robotics, Astronomy.
The program will consist of invited tutorial and selected oral
presentations, as well as informal poster sessions.
Prospective authors are invited to send four copies of an extended paper
summary (1-2 pages) to the workshop secretariat for review.
To facilitate rapid communication, authors should provide a fax number
and e-mail address if possible.
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to prepare a camera-ready
four-page paper for publication in a conference proceedings.
Authors' Schedule
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Submission of summary: November 30, 1997
Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 1997
Submission of camera-ready paper: February 15, 1998
Workshop Secretariat
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Mrs. Ida Tassens
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Kath. Universiteit Leuven
K. Mercierlaan 94
B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
tel : +32-16-32 17 09,
fax : +32-16-32 19 70
Ida.Tassens@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
Chairmen
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Marc Moonen
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Kath. Universiteit Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Marc.Moonen@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
Piet Sommen
Faculteit Elektrotechniek
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
P.C.W.Sommen@ele.tue.nl
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Contributed by: Ray Eaton
Process Control Society
Travelling Seminar
Throughout Australia
Starting October 10
The Process Control Society (a society within the Institution of Engineers,
Australia) will present its annual travelling seminar starting in Perth, WA
on October 10. The seminars will feature two speakers, Dr W David Smith,
Jr, from DuPont, who will also be appearing at the Control 97 conference in
Sydney, and Graham LePage, from Alcoa.
SCHEDULE
DATE VENUE CONTACT PHONE FAX
Oct 10 WA Dennis Mason 61 8 9410 3112 61 8 9410 3290
Oct 13 SA Brian O'Neill 61 8 8303 4701 61 8 8303 4373
Oct 15 VIC Tim Neales 61 3 9258 7421 61 3 9369 7626
Oct 17 QLD Paul Lant 61 7 3365 4728 61 7 3365 4726
Oct 16 **NSW Tim Hesketh 61 2 9385 4002 61 2 9385 5993
**NSW Graham LePage to speak only, as Dr W. David Smith, Jr, will be
appearing at Control 97.
SUMMARY
Dr W. David Smith, Jr
Topic: Process Control in the Chemical Industry for 2000 and Beyond
Personal:
Dr David Smith, Jr is Research Manager responsible for Advanced Process
Control and Optimisation at DuPont, based in USA. He maintains an important
link with the academic research community, and serves on the advisory
boards of various chemical engineering departments.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the DuPont Vice
President's Award for Excellence in Engineering in 1990, and the AIChE
Chemical Engineering Practice Award in 1996. He was also named the Plastics
Industry Control Engineer of the Year in 1993.
Abstract:
This talk will briefly review the economic and social factors that have set
new goals for the chemical process industries, and then explore in some
detail the role that process control can play in meeting those goals. In
particular, I will describe some new directions for process control in
DuPont. In addition we will consider ways that university researchers,
process control vendors, and industrial practitioners can work together to
make faster progress in the development and application of advanced process
control.
Graham LePage
Topic: Process Control and Mineral Processing: Trends and Perspectives
Personal:
Graham is a Senior Process Systems Engineer with Alcoa of Australia
Limited, based in WA. He has both bachelor's and master's degrees in
Chemical Engineering, and has had over fifteen years experience applying
process control technology to Alcoa alumina refineries in WA. Graham is now
actively working on project to transfer control technology across seven
refineries in five countries in Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)
group.
Abstract:
Minerals processing industries have perhaps been slower to adopt process
control technologies than other industry groups, but this situation is now
changing. Alcoa of Australia Limited is an integrated producer of alumina
and aluminium, that is seeking to improve the utilisation of control
technologies, particularly in its alumina business units. The presentation
discusses the directions and trends emerging in this process, including the
globilisation of the business units; the opportunities to develop and
transfer technologies between Alcoa refineries around the world; the
development of a strong partnering relationship with Honeywell Inc and the
impacts of this on resource allocation and work structuring; the
application of advanced control and simulation techniques such as model
predictive control and dynamic simulation for operator training and control
systems optimisation; and the overriding need to tie all this activity back
to the business needs of the company.
Any further inquiries, please contact:
Ray Eaton
The University of New South Wales
PO Box 1
Kensington NSW 2033
AUSTRALIA
E-Mail : raye@syscon.ee.unsw.edu.au
Phone : 61 2 9948 6330
Fax : 61 2 9385 5993
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Contributed by: Jean Jacques Loiseau
IFAC CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM STRUCTURE AND CONTROL
Nantes, France, July 8-10 1998
NEW DEADLINES
SCOPE
The aim of the conference is to bring together specialists on system
structure, control, linear and non linear system theory, to provide
them with an opportunity to establish contacts and exchange ideas and
new trends.Junior people are encouraged to attend and participate in
the conference.
The topics include : Linear systems - Nonlinear systems - Structural
invariants - Implicit systems - Time-delay systems - Nonstationary
linear systems - Infinite dimensional linear systems - nD systems -
H-infinity and robust control - Optimisation - Discrete-event systems.
The presentation of applications, and the organisation of
invited sessions are encouraged.
CALL FOR PAPERS
5 copies of full papers should be sent to the chairman of the
International Program Committee
J.-M. Dion
LAG-ENSIEG BP 46
F-38402 Saint-Martin-d'Heres
FRANCE
dion@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
Tel : (33) 4 76 82 62 35
Fax : (33) 4 76 82 63 88
DEADLINES
October 15, 1997 Submission of full papers
January 15, 1998 Notification of acceptance
April 1, 1998 Final papers
ESTIMATED FEES
350 USD
COPYRIGHT
The material submitted for presentation at an IFAC meeting (congress,
symposium, conference, workshop) must be original, not published or
being considered elsewhere. All papers accepted for presentation will
appear in the Prepints of the meeting and will be distributed to the
participants. Papers duly presented will be archived and offered for
sale, in the form of Postprint volumes, by Elsevier Science Ltd.,
Oxford, UK. The presented papers will be further screened for possible
publication in the IFAC journals Automatica and Control Engineering
Practice, or in other, IFAC affiliated journals. All papers presented
will be recorded in Control Engineering Practice.
Copyright of material presented at an IFAC meeting is held by IFAC.
Authors will be sent a copyright transfer form. Automatica, Control
Engineering Practice and, after these, IFAC affiliated journals have
priority access to all contributions presented. However, if the author
is not contacted by an editor of these journals, within three months
after the meeting, the author is free to re-submit the material for
publication elsewhere. In this case, the paper must carry a reference
to the IFAC meeting where it was originally presented.
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Contributed by: Yuping Lu
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference
on Control & Measurement
APCCM'98
August 25-30, 1998
Urumqi, P. R. China
http://www.ac.nuaa.edu.cn/apccm98/
Organized by
IEEE Shanghai Section,
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronatics
The City University of Hong Kong
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPES
The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers and engineers
from control and measurement system sciences and engineering, from both the
academic and industrial R&D world-wide communities, in order to highlight
new issues and contributions of information technology for advances in
industrial engineering.
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis, and
implementation of control and measurement system. Topics include, but are
not limited to, control engineering, modeling and system theory,
specification and implementation languages, controller synthesis,
computer-aided design and simulation, algorithmic and deductive
verification, fiber optical sensors, experimental results and applications.
Authors are requested to submit an abstract not exceeding two
pages. Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. The abstract should
start with a title page containing the title of the paper, each author's
name and affiliation, the contact author's physical and e-mail addresses.
DEADLINES & KEY DATES
Abstract submission deadline: Nov. 30, 1997
Notification of acceptance: Jan. 5, 1998
Receipt of final paper deadline: April 30, 1998
Registration: April 30, 1998
SUBMISSION ADDRESS
E-mail submissions:
apccm98@ac.nuaa.edu.cn
or:
masterac@nuaa.edu.cn
Hardcopy submissions: Miss Zhao Xiaohua
Department of Automatic Control
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nanjing, 210016
P. R. China
Tel: 86-25-4892309
Fax: 86-25-4498069
CONFERENCE LOCATION
The conference will be held in August of 1998 in Urumqi city, the capital of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region.
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