E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 115, March 1, 1998
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 115, March 1, 1998
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 40 246 5995
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
3. General announcements
3.1 KDI Initiative
4. Positions
4.1 Faculty positions at EE dept. of Bilkent University
4.2 Postdoc positions at ME dept. of Leuven University
4.3 Postdoc and PhD positions at University of Cambridge
4.4 Ph.D. position at University of British Colombia
4.5 Faculty position in Comp. Science EE dept. Un. in Prescott
4.6 Faculty positions in Telecom, University of Liege
4.7 Postdoc position at CAS, Royal Institute of Techn., Stockholm
4.8 Program director vacancies at NSF
4.9 Head dept. of Aeronautical and Astr. Engr, Univ. of Illinois
4.10 Ph.D. fellowships flight control engr., City College N. York
5. Books
5.1 "A unified approach to linear control systems," Skelton c.s.
5.2 "Optimal control of viscous flows," Sritharan (edt.)
6. Journals
6.1 TOC Intl. Journal of Control, Vol.69: 2-5
6.2 CFP special issue Systems and Control Letters
6.3 TOC Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
6.4 Reminder deadline special issue IEEE Trans. on IT
7. Conferences
7.1 CFP 19th IEEE Real Time Systems Symp., Madrid
7.2 CFP ISIC/CIRA/ISAS 98, Gaithersburg
7.3 Final program workshop Hybrid Systems, Berkeley, available
7.4 CFP symposium associated with SCI'98, Orlando
7.5 CFP colloquium on industrial automation and control, London
7.6 CFP FUSION'98, Las Vegas
7.7 CFP thematic term on linear algebra and control theory
7.8 CFP Workshop on nonlinear MPC, Ascona, Switzerland
7.9 CFP multiconference on systematics, cybernetics and inf.
7.10 CFP IFAC congress on human role in ATC, Beijing
7.11 CFP Summerschool on nonlinear control, Nantes
7.12 CFP 36th Allerton Conference on CCC, Illinois
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Contributed by: Sergej Celikovsky
Change of adress --- Sergej Celikovsky
Starting February 1998 till June 30 1998 I will be with
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, New Territories
Hong Kong
email: sergei@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
Sergej Celikovsky
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Contributed by: Massoud Amin
Change of Address
Please note my new address, effective January 1998:
Massoud Amin, D.Sc.
Manager, Mathematics & Information Science
Energy Delivery and Utilization Division
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
3412 Hillview Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1395, USA
Phone: (650) 855-2452
Fax: (650) 855-2065
E.mail: mamin@epri.com
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Contributed by: bogardo@siam.org
KDI Initiative
NSF has formally announced the KDI initiative with a solicitation on
the web. You can access the NSF announcement via the SIAM home page
(http://www.siam.org).
This is a major multidisciplinary program with topics stemming from
data mining to scientific computing.
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Contributed by: A. Bulent Ozguler
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
BILKENT UNIVERSITY Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Department invites applications for faculty positions at the assistant
professor level. Areas of interest include, but not limited to,
electronics, telecommunications, electromagnetics, signal processing,
control and engineering optics. The department emphasizes both high
quality research and teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Candidates must have a PhD degree in related fields and demonstrate
a strong potential for research.
Senior candidates with a strong record of research contributions and
with demonstrated commitment to teaching are also encouraged to apply
for appointments at associate and full professor levels.
The department currently has 17 full-time faculty, 220 undergraduate
(BS) and 50 graduate students (MS and PhD). The BS program offered
by the department is an ABET substantial equivalence accredited program.
Promotions are considered annually based on academic performance.
University owned on-campus apartments are allocated for faculty housing,
free of rent. More information on the department is available at the
web site http://www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/ .
Please send a detailed resume and the names and contact information
for at least three referees to Prof. A. Bulent Ozguler, Electrical and
Electronics Engineering Department, Bilkent University, TR-06533 Ankara,
Turkey. (e-mail: ozguler@bilkent.edu.tr) The search will continue until
open positions are filled. Applications for appointment beginning
September 1998 should be received no later than April 30, 1998.
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Contributed by: Joris De Schutter
Postdoctoral Research Positions Available
ACTIVE SENSING FOR INTELLIGENT MACHINES
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
In the Robotics and Automation Research Group (Prof. J. De Schutter/Prof. J.
Swevers/Dr. H. Bruyninckx) there are two openings for postdoctoral researchers
in the area of Active Sensing for Intelligent Machines.
Active sensing solves the following problem: given a robot's current (defective)
knowledge about the state of the environment (i.e. the model), how to select
the optimal next sensing action or sequence of actions. The research will
develop methods for active sensing and apply them to sensors which provide only
local information (force/torque sensors, ultrasonic sensors, etc.). Combination
with vision is also envisaged. The research will primarily concentrate on
model-based and task-directed active sensing, but complement it with reactive
behaviours or capabilities where needed or suitable. Envisaged applications
are e.g. assembly, nuclear dismantling, tele-autonomy, 3D metrology. We pursue
a good combination of sound theoretical foundations and representative
experimental validation.
Leuven is an old university town 25 km from Brussels in the heart of Western
Europe. See http://www.kuleuven.ac.be.
The positions are available for a period of two years, but can be extended
with another three years (five years in total). Starting date is 1/1/99,
but a few months could be bridged if an earlier starting date is more suitable.
Candidates should have received a PhD degree in a related field, e.g.
robot control, system identification, decision theory, pattern recognition,
machine intelligence. K.U.Leuven will host the 1998 IEEE Int. Conf. on
Robotics and Automation. This could be an opportunity for candidates to
visit the lab and introduce themselves.
Please send (e-mail is OK) your resume including the names of three referees
to
Professor Joris De Schutter
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Division Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation
Celestijnenlaan 300B
B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
tel: +32 16 32 2479
fax: +32 16 62 2987
e-mail: Joris.DeSchutter@mech.kuleuven.ac.be
www: http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/pma.html
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Contributed by: David Cebon dc@eng.cam.ac.uk
Post-docs and PhDs available in Advanced Vehicle Control
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Department of Engineering
Cambridge University Engineering Department has a large scale research
activity concerned with advanced suspension systems for heavy road
vehicles. The programme receives substantial funding from the vehicle
industry and from government sources. The objective is to optimise safety,
ride and 'road-friendliness', through the use of computer-controlled
suspensions. The research involves the use of advanced control system
design techniques, vehicle simulations, development of mechanical hardware
and control software, laboratory experiments and whole-vehicle field
testing.
The project is now entering the implementation phase, and requires high
calibre research and development staff. Candidates should have a first
class honours degree, and possibly higher qualifications in Engineering.
Experience is needed in some of: modern control theory and implementation;
vehicle dynamics; mathematical modelling; mechanical and electrical design;
computer hardware and software design. Good communication skills, and the
ability to work and as part of a team are essential.
The period of employment will be up to three years. The salary will be on
the Research Associate's scale, and will be in the range UKstlg15159 to
UKstlg21016 per annum, depending on the age and experience of the
applicant. It may be possible for the Research Associate to study for a
PhD degree.
Application forms and further particulars can be obtained from:
Mrs J Ladbrooke
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1PZ
UK
Tel: +44 -1223 - 332650
Fax: +44 - 1223 - 332662
e-mail: jl4@eng.cam.ac.uk
http://rage.eng.cam.ac.uk:80/mmd/research_opps/dc/phd1.html
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 10th March, 1998.
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Contributed by: Dimitry Gorinevsky and Guy Dumont
Ph.D. position
University of British Columbia
and Honeywell-Measurex
A student candidate is sought for an industrial Ph.D. scholarship
co-sponsored by University of British Columbia and Honeywell-Measurex.
This position provides a unique opportunity to get involved with both
basic research and cutting-edge development in next-generation
industrial advanced control and data processing systems for the paper
industry. The student will have co-supervisors from Pulp and Paper
Centre and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University
of British Columbia, and Honeywell-Measurex and will be expected to
spend at least 20% of his/her time at the company. An opportunity of
a summer work term with the company might be available with the scope
of the work related to the thesis.
Honeywell is a leading global controls company and Honeywell-Measurex
is the world's premier vendor of paper machine control and measurement
systems. The North Vancouver facility of Honeywell-Measurex is the
company's centre of excellence in cross-directional control. It performs
development of the next generation control strategies, applications,
and systems internally and in collaboration with other Honeywell units,
such as Honeywell Technology Center.
The Control Group at the UBC Pulp and Paper Centre is one of the leading
academic groups working on the industrial application of process modeling
and control methods, including process estimation, filtering and adaptive
control. The primary area of application is the Pulp and Paper industry.
Cross-directional (CD) control of web manufacturing processes is
the most practically important case of distributed-parameter systems
control in industry. Paper machine CD systems have multiple actuator
sets with up to 300 actuators in a set and might use several different
paper profile measurements with up to 1000 databoxes per profile.
The profile measurement rate in modern high-speed systems can reach
several Hertz. This necessitates development of most sophisticated
control, signal, and image processing algorithms for industrial paper
machine control and measurement systems.
The minimal requirements are: MS, MASc, or BS in Electrical Engineering,
Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or Engineering Physics, good
communication skills (verbal and writing), excellent mathematical
aptitude, and computer proficiency. Knowledge of Matlab is highly
desirable, Windows NT and LabVIEW exposure is a plus. The candidate
should be eligible to receive NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship
and thus should be a Canadian citizen or Landed Immigrant. For exceptionally
qualified candidates, an alternative arrangement might be worked out.
The starting date is between May and September 1998.
Please forward an application containing two copies of CV, emphasizing
relevant qualifications, and names of two references to either
Professor Guy Dumont
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia
2385 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada,V6T 1Z4
Phone: (604)822-8564
Fax: (604)822-8563
email: guyd@ppc.ubc.ca
or
Dr. Dimitry Gorinevsky
Honeywell-Measurex
500 Brooksbank Ave
North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V7J 3S4
Phone: (604)980-3421 ext. 448
Fax: (604)980-0120
email: Dimitry.Gorinevsky@HMX.Honeywell.Com
gorin@ee.ubc.ca
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Contributed by: Stephen Kahne"
FACULTY POSITION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
The Department of Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ (100 miles north
of Phoenix in the mountains of Arizona) invites applications for a
full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, to start
Summer 1998. Applicants must have an earned Ph.D in CS or a closely
related field. For an appointment at the Associate Professor level,
we are particularly interested in candidates with industrial
experience in software engineering. Experience with Ada or real-time,
embedded systems would be a plus, as would experience with INFOSEC.
Candidates are expected to show potential and strong commitment to
undergraduate teaching and involvement of undergraduates in research.
Send a cover letter, current resume, and the names and addresses of
three references to: Professor Matt Jaffe, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, 3200 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, AZ 86301. Email
inquiries may be send to jaffem@pr.erau.edu. ERAU is an affirmative
action/equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply.
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Contributed by: Rodolphe Sepulchre
UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE
INSTITUT MONTEFIORE
FACULTY POSITION
The Universite de Liege (ULg) invites applications for a full-time
academic position in Telecommunications at the Institut d'Electricite
Montefiore, to be filled by October 1st, 1998.
Founded in 1817, the Universite de Liege offers a complete range of
university courses at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It is divided
into eight faculties :,Philosophy and Letters; Law and School of Criminology;
Sciences; Medicine; Applied Sciences; Veterinary Medicine; Psychology and
Educational Sciences; Economics, Management and Social Sciences.
Within the Faculte des Sciences appliquees, the Institut d'Electricite
Montefiore offers several programs to undergraduate and graduate students.
Teaching and research areas include Electricity, Electronics, Computer Science
and Systems Engineering.
The new faculty member will teach basic and advanced courses in
Telecommunications, and develop research in any area(s) of Telecommunications.
Qualifications: Doctorate or PhD in electrical engineering. Experience in the
area of Telecommunications, including high-level research. A strong commitment
in research and teaching. A working knowledge of the French language.
Starting date: October 1st, 1998
For fullest consideration, applications should be sent to the Rector of
the ULg (Place du 20-Aout, 7, B-4000 Liege, Belgium), with reference
"Charge de Telecommunications", by April 1st, 1998. However, the
position will remain open until filled.
A certified copy of diplomas should be included, as well as a resume, a
list of publications with a copy of the five most significant ones, and
the name and address of three international experts, not at the ULg, for
reference.
A copy of the application should also be sent to Professor J. Destine,
president of the Department of Electronics at the Institut Montefiore,
ULg, Sart Tilman B 28, B-4000 Lige, Belgium. Please contact him for
further information.
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Contributed by: Bo Wahlberg (Bo.Wahlberg@s3.kth.se)
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
The Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS) at the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden seeks candidates for a postdoctoral position in the area of
systems and control, with an emphasis on applications in mobile robot
systems. The position will be placed in the Control Group at the Department of
Signals, Sensors and Systems.
The research will be connected to the Intelligente Service Agent
project at CAS. The aim of this system is to integrate techniques
for autonomous navigation and manipulation. The key effort is to
design and combine behaviours, which couple sensor perception to action.
The theoretical work includes:
- Modeling and control of hybrid systems, including real-time architectures.
- Signal processing and sensory fusion for control of mobile robots.
The candidate is expected to have experience of programming and
hardware aspects involved in control. System integration knowledge is most
important.
Applicants should have recently completed a PhD in control, robotics
or related engineering area. A strong background in both theory and
practice is required.
The position is available for one year starting in the summer/autumn of
1998 with possibilities for extension for one more year.
Please submit a letter of application, a detailed resume, a publication list
and the names of two references to Scientific Director Henrik I. Christensen,
Centre for Autonomous Systems, KTH, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
The position will be open until an agreement has been reached with a
suitable candidate.
More information can be found at http://www.cas.kth.se
or obtained by email to Professor Bo Wahlberg: Bo.Wahlberg@s3.kth.se
or to Scientific Director Henrik I. Christensen: hic@nada.kth.se
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Contributed by: NSF
New Program Director vancancies at National Science Foundation
This is an announcement for two new openings for senior-level engineering
researchers/educators to serve as members of a team of four Program Directors
for the Knowledge Modeling and Computational Intelligence Program in the
Electrical and Communications Systems Division of the Engineering Directorate
at NSF. A description of the program may be obtained on the Division web
page . The Program Director positions are
temporary assignments for 1 to 2 years as a Visiting Engineer or under an
Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment (IPA). The desired starting dates are
as noted below.
KMCI Position I
The desired starting date is September 1,1998.
The candidate must have expertise in systems methodology and computational tools
for engineering analysis, modeling, optimization, and control with emphasis in
energy and power systems. Background in sensors, power electronics and renewable
energy sources, and interest in environmental impacts and energy systems
restructuring issues are desirable. The program director will be expected to
provide leadership in identifying new opportunities and fostering growth of the
research community in the areas of energy and power systems and power electronics.
KMCI Position II
The desired starting date is December, 1998.
The candidate should have a broad technical interest in modeling, simulation,
distributed computation, and communications for engineering systems with specific
expertise in the application of high performance computation to engineering
modeling and simulation problems. Interest and experience in discrete-event
modeling, sensor-based systems, and control issues in communications networks and
multimedia systems are desirable. The program director will be expected to provide
leadership in the area of Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI)
, and to serve as an effective liaison between the
engineering and computer science communities.
The Program Director position at the National Science Foundation provides a
challenging experience and an excellent opportunity to encourage and support
engineering research and education. The individual will work with other Program
Directors in formulating research strategies, developing networks within government,
academia and industry, fostering outreach to underrepresented groups in engineering,
and will provide leadership within NSF and the research community. The position
requires a Ph.D. with a minimum of six years of academic, government, or industry
experience. We are very interested in attracting qualified women and underrepresen-
ted minority candidates to this position.
Should you or your colleagues be interested in this position, please contact our
search committee coordinator, Dr. George K. Lea, and forward a curriculum vitae to
him by May 4, 1998, for either position indicating the position of preference.
Applications will be reviewed immediately after this date, although vitae will be
accepted beyond this date if the position remains vacant. Dr. Lea may be reached
by e-mail at , by FAX at 703-306-0305, and by telephone at 703-306-
1339. However, e-mail is the preferred means of communication.
NSF INITIATIVE ON "KNOWLEDGE AND DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE"
(http://www.nsf.gov/kdi)
National Science Foundation has recently announced the Knowledge &Distributed
Intelligence (KDI) Initiative which might be of interest to our research community.
Proposals are solicited from individuals or groups for research that is inherently
multidisciplinary or that, while lying within a single discipline, has clear impact
on at least one other discipline. In FY 1998, KDI will have three foci: Knowledge
Networking (KN); Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS); and New Computational
Challenges (NCC).
Knowledge Networking (KN) focuses on the integration of knowledge from different
sources and domains across space and time. The goal of KN research is to achieve
new levels of knowledge integration, information flow, and interactivity among
people, organizations, and communities, and to deepen our understanding of the
ethical, legal, and social implications of knowledge networking.
Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS), an ongoing program, seeks to stimulate
multidisciplinary research that will unify experimentally and theoretically derived
concepts related to learning and intelligent systems, and that will promote the use
and development of information technologies in learning and discovery across a wide
variety of fields. LIS emphasizes research that advances basic understanding of
learning and intelligence in natural and artificial systems, as well as research
that supports the development of tools and environments to test and apply this
understanding in real situations.
New Computational Challenges (NCC) focuses on research and tools needed to discover,
model, simulate, analyze, display, or understand complex phenomena, to control
resources and deal with massive volumes of data in real time, and to predict the
behavior of complex systems. These aims will require major advances in hardware and
software to handle complexity, representation, and scale, to enable distributed
collaboration, and to facilitate real-time interactions and control.
NSF INITIATIVE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9827/nsf9827.htm
This program initiative provides an opportunity for faculty who have developed fresh
new approaches to engineering education to get support for activities that will lead
to systemic engineering education reform and broadly implement improvements in the
practice of engineering education. (NSF 98-27).
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Contributed by: Tamer Basar (tbasar@black.csl.uiuc.edu)
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Head
Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The College of Engineering of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign invites applications and nominations for the position of
Head of the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (AAE).
The AAE department offers comprehensive educational and research programs
in aerospace engineering and related engineering disciplines.
It currently has 18 full-time faculty members, and an average enrollment
of 270 undergraduate students, and 75 graduate students, with an annual
funded research expenditure of approximately $2.7 million. More
information on the Department can be accessed through the Head Search Web
site: http://black.csl.uiuc.edu/~aerohead.
The Head holds the rank of professor, serves as the chief executive officer
of the Department, and reports directly to the Dean of the College of
Engineering. The successful candidate must present detailed evidence of
outstanding research and academic achievements, administrative abilities
and knowledge, leadership qualities, and an understanding of the
multidisciplinary research theme of aerospace engineering.
Candidates must hold an earned Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering,
mechanical engineering or closely related disciplines. Applicants should
submit a full resume with a list of publications and the names, postal
and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of five references.
Compensation is negotiable and commensurate with experience. It is
anticipated that the appointment will begin on August 21, 1998.
To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by May 4,
1998. However, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Interviews may be conducted during the application period, but an
appointment will not be made until after the application deadline.
Send applications and nominations in hard copy form to:
Professor Tamer Basar
Chair, AAE Head Search Committee
Coordinated Science Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1308 W. Main Street
Urbana, IL, 61801-2307
Tel: 217-333-3607
E-mail: tbasar@decision.csl.uiuc.edu
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an affirmative
action/equal opportunity employer.
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Contributed by: Kenneth Sobel
THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
Ph.D. FELLOWSHIP IN FLIGHT CONTROL ENGINEERING
One fellowship is available for a PhD student to work on a NASA grant.
The grant period is for 3 years. The work involves eigenstructure
assignment for fault tolerant flight control. Annual stipend is $15,000
plus $4000 tuition waiver. Tuition for New York State residents is
approximately $4500 per year. Students will work with Dr. Sobel who worked
at the Lockheed Skunk Works for 7 years.
US Citizenship Required.
For more information contact:
Prof. Kenneth Sobel
Dept of Electrical Engineering
The City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
Email: eekms@ee-mail.engr.ccny.cuny.edu
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Contributed by: Karolos Grigoriadis (karolos@uh.edu)
NEW BOOK:
A UNIFIED ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO LINEAR CONTROL DESIGN
R.E. Skelton, T. Iwasaki and K.M. Grigoriadis
Taylor & Francis, London, 1998
ISBN: 0-7484-0592-5
This book provides a unified framework in which to view and apply
linear matrix algebra concept is the analysis and robust control
design of multivariable systems. Common linear matrix equation and
linear matrix inequality tools are utilized to treat a large class
of continuous and discrete-time control problems, including covariance
control, H-infinity control, Linear Quadratic control, robust control,
fixed-order control and model reduction. Computational tools based
on projection and successive centering methods are described for
solution.
Contents: Introduction - Linear Algeria Review - Analysis of First
Order Information - Second-Order Information in Linear Systems -
Covariance Controllers - Covariance Upper Bound Control - H_infinity
Controllers - Model Reduction - Unified Perspective - Projection
Methods - Successive Centering Methods - A1: Linear Algebra Basics -
A2: Calculus of Vectors and Matrices
To order you can contact: Book Order Department, Taylor & Francis,
Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8PR, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1256 813000l Fax: +44 (0) 1256 479438
Email: book.orders@tandf.co.uk
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Contributed by: Taylor & Francis Table of Contents Service
International Journal of Control
Volume:- 69 Issue:- 2
Publication Date (Expected): 26th January 1998
Contents:-
Title: Individual channel anaylsis of a turbogenerator with a power system
stabiliser
Authors: Z. Fadlalmoula, S. S. Robertson, J. O'Reilly, W. E. Leithead.
Pages 175-202.
Title: Perdictive Optimal Iterative Learning Control
Authors: N. Amann, D.H. Owens, E. Rogers.
Pages 203-226.
Title: On the exponential stability of an initial-boundary equation arising
from strain feedback control of flexible robot arms with rigid offset
Authors: B. Guo, Z. Luo.
Pages 227-238.
Title: Nonlinear optimal control of a triple link inverted pedulum with
single control input
Authors: K. G. Eltohamy, C.-Y. Kuo.
Pages 239-256.
Title: Internal model-based controller design using measured costs and gradients
Authors: A. F. Lynch, S. Salcudean.
Pages 257-270.
Title: Exploiting ellipsoidal parameter set estimates in H(infinity) robust
control design
Authors: S. DeVilbiss, S. Yurkovich.
Pages 271-284.
Title: Feedback stabilization of Timoshenko beam with an end mass
Authors: D. Shi, S.H. Hou, D. Feng.
Pages 285-300.
Title: A link between H(infinity) control of a nonlinear system and its
linearization
Authors: W. Lin, Lihua Xie.
Pages 301-314.
Title: Reliable nonlinear control system design by using strictly redundant
control elements
Authors: G. Yang, J. Wang, C. B. Soh.
Pages 315-328.
Title: Model Error Compensation for Observer Design
Authors: J. F. Tu, J. L. Stein.
Pages 329-345.
Title: Worst-case errors of linear algorithms for identification in H(infinity)
Authors: J. R. Partington.
Pages 347-352.
Title: Remarks on stability results for the solutions of certain
fourth-order autonomous differential equations
Authors: X. Wu, K. Xiong.
Pages 353-360.
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International Journal of Control
Volume:- 69 Issue:- 3
Publication Date (Expected): 16th February 1998
Contents:-
Title: Optimal control of distributed parabolic systems with multiple
time-varying lags
Authors: A. Kowalewski.
Pages 361-381.
Title: Robust state estimation for perturbed continuous systems with
circular pole and error variance constraints
Authors: Z. Wang.
Pages 383-392.
Title: An optimization-based anti-windup design for MIMO control systems
Authors: C Chen, M. Perng.
Pages 393-418.
Title: An approach to time domain optimization of observer-based fault
detection systems
Authors: X. Ding, L. Guo.
Pages 419-442.
Title: On construction of smooth Lyapunov functions for non-smooth systems
Authors: Q. Wu, S. Onyshko, N. Sepehri, A.B. Thornton-Trump.
Pages 443-457.
Title: Numerical implementation for stability criteria nonlinear control systems
Authors: K. Xiong.
Pages 459-465.
Title: Comparison and uniqueness theorems for periodic Riccati differential
equations
Authors: X. . Chen, J. Liu, s.B. Chen.
Pages 467-473.
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International Journal of Control
Volume:- 69 Issue:- 4
Publication Date (Expected): 3rd March 1998
Contents:-
Title: Multivariable vibration control of a coupled flexible structure using QFT
Authors: M. D. Piedmonte, P. H. Meckl, M. A. Franchek, O. D. I. Nwokah.
Pages 475-498.
Title: State estimation and fault detection by a bank of continuous
finite-memory filters
Authors: A. Medvedev.
Pages 499-517.
Title: Stability anaylsis of a multi-model controller for constrained
uncertain nonlinear systems
Authors: L. Dubois, F. Delmottee, T. Fukuda.
Pages 519-538.
Title: Discrete observability of a generalized wave equation on a compact
homogeneous space
Authors: A. DeStefano.
Pages 539-560.
Title: Exponential tracking with disturbance attenuation (ETDA) and its
numerical solution
Authors: S. Dong, W. Zhou, P. L. Lee.
Pages 561-575.
Title: Composite feedback control of discrete multiparameter singularly
perturbed systems
Authors: S-H Pan, F-H Hsiao, C-C. Teng.
Pages 577-597.
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International Journal of Control
Volume:- 69 Issue:- 5
Publication Date (Expected): 24th March 1998
Contents:-
Title: A decentralized discrete-time controller for dynamic routing
Authors: A. Iftar, E. J. Davison.
Pages 599-632.
Title: Passivity-based analysis of the decentralised and extended minimal
control synthesis algorithms
Authors: D. P. Stoten, S.P. Hodgson.
Pages 633-646.
Title: A comparison of descent and continuation algorithms for H2 optimal,
reduced order control design
Authors: E. G. Collins Jr., D. Sadhukhan.
Pages 647-662.
Title: Eigenstructure assignment and response analysis in descriptor linear
systems with state feedback control
Authors: G. Duan.
Pages 663-694.
Title: Nonlinear analysis in the presence of parametric uncertainties
Authors: G. Ferreres, V. Fromion.
Pages 695-716.
Title: Existence and design of observers for nonlinear systems: relations to
distance to unobservability
Authors: R. Rajamani, Y.M. Cho.
Pages 717-731.
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Contributed by: A. Astolfi and I. Mareels
Systems and Control Letters
Special Issue on "Output feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems"
CALL FOR PAPERS
Over the last years several paradigms and methodologies for the design of
nonlinear control systems have been developed. Nevertheless, the problem
of global or semi-global output feedback stabilization for nonlinear systems
is still an active area of research and most questions are yet unanswered.
We believe that it is now time to stop for a summing up and an outlook
at the future development.
Therefore we propose a special issue completely dedicated to the problem of
Output feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems.
A preliminary list of possible topics would include:
- semi-global output feedback stabilization;
- global output feedback stabilization;
- robust output feedback control;
- state feedback, output injection and the nonlinear separation principle;
- nonlinear observers.
Of course additional topics can be considered as well.
Representation of all methods and approaches, i.e. differential algebra,
flat systems, geometric, small gain, Lyapunov based and optimal control
is welcome.
The submission deadline has been set for 20 May, 1998.
Papers should be submitted to
A. Astolfi
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Imperial College
London, SW7 2BT
United Kingdom
E-mail: a.astolfi@ic.ac.uk
or
I.M.Y. Mareels
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Melbourne,
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia
E-mail: i.mareels@unimelb.edu.au
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Contributed by: wayne.book@me.gatech.edu
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL
"Mapping A Space Manipulator to a Dynamically Equivalent Manipulator" by
Y. Xu, B. Liang and M. Bergerman
"On the Properties of a Dynamic Model of Flexible Robot Manipulators" by
M. A. Arteaga
"A Similarity Method for Miniature Mobile Robots" by T.-S. Liu and J. Y. Lee
"Analytical Prediction of Chatter Stability in Milling - Part I: General
Formulation" by Y. Altintas and E. Budak
"Analytical Prediction of Chatter Stability in Milling - Part II:
Application of the General Formulation to Common Milling Systems" by
Y. Altintas and E. Budak
"Emergency Lane-Change Maneuvers of Autonomous Vehicles" by Z. Shiller and
S. Sundar
"Modeling and Designing a Hydrostatic Transmission with a Fixed-Displacement
Motor" by N. D. Manring and G. R. Luecke
"Lateral Dynamics and Stability of Two Full Vehicles in Tandem" by
J. F. Wilson and N. A. El-Esnawy
"The Torque on the Input Shaft of an Axial-piston Swash-plate Type
Hydrostatic Pump" by N. D. Manring
"Modeling and Identification of Elastomeric Bearing Characteristics for
Large-Scale Simulations" by E. Nikolaidis, K. N. Morman, Jr., J. Rakowska
and S. Seth
"Estimation of Gear Backlash: Theory and Simulation" by J. L. Stein and
C.-H. Wang
"The Dynamics of Clattering I: Equation of Motion and Examples" by S. Goyal,
J. M. Papadopoulos and P. A. Sullivan
"The Dynamics of Clattering II: Global Results and Shock Protection" by
S. Goyal, J. M. Papadopoulos and P. A. Sullivan
"Optimal MISO Repetitive Control System Design Using Mixed Time and
Frequency Domain Criteria" by J.-S. Hu, S.-H. Yu and S.-C. Huang
"A Tracking Controller for Linear Time-Varying Systems" by M.-S. Chen
"Discrete-Time Model Reference Adaptive Control for Nonminimum Phase Systems
with Disturbances" by J. Lu and T. Yahagi
"A Study of Fuzzy-Neural Force Control for a Quadrupedal Walking Machine" by
T.-T. Lee and C.-R. Tsai
"Optimal Trajectories of Open-Chain Robot Systems: A New Solution Procedure
Without Lagrange Multipliers" by S. K. Agrawal, P. Claewplodtook and
B. Fabien
"Control of Linear Motors for Machine Tool Feed Drives: Experimental
Investigation of Optimal Feedforward Tracking Control" by T-C Tsao and
D. M. Alter
"Contact/Impact in Hybrid Parameter Multiple Body Mechanical Systems -
Extensions for Higher Order Continuum Models" by A. A. Barhorst
"Simulation of Friction in Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Vibration Systems" by
R. J. Rogers and X. Tan
"Bifurcations and Chaos in a PD-Controlled Pendulum" by J. Alvarez and
F. Verduzco
"k-Fold Exosystem and the Robust Nonlinear Servomechanism Problem" by
J. Huang
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Contributed by: "Hamid Krim"
Dear colleagues:
This is just a reminder of the deadline for the Special Issue of the IEEE
Trans. on Inf, Theory, on Multiscale Statistical Analysis with Applications.
The announcement appeared in some recent issues of the Trans. and you may
also obtain from http://vougeot.mit.edu/ssg.cgi under Call_for_papers.
Thank you for your interest,
Regards,
Hamid Krim
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Contributed by: Richard Gerber
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
Madrid, Spain
December 2-4, 1998
Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Real-Time Systems
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
RTSS '98 will bring together a wide body of researchers and
developers, to advance the science and practice of real-time
computing. Papers on all aspects of real-time systems are welcome,
including (but not limited to) modeling and design methods, operating
systems, scheduling algorithms, databases, file systems, networks and
communications, programming languages, formal methods, architecture,
middleware and APIs, instrumentation, fault tolerance, software
engineering, performance analysis, embedded systems,
signal-processing, multimedia applications, process control, tool
support -- and a lot more. Of particular interest are case-study
reports on experimental results, from any core application area in
real-time systems.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers should describe original research (i.e., not published
elsewhere), and should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages (or
approximately 5000 words). All accepted submissions will appear in the
proceedings published by IEEE, with the committee recommending a
selection of the best papers for publication in a journal.
If possible, submissions should be made electronically, either in
postscript or PDF format. Additional details on submission guidelines
will be posted at the RTSS'98 Home Page:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rich/rtss98/
Electronic submissions are preferred; however postal submissions will
be accepted for review, provided they arrive by the Submission Deadline
of May 1, 1998. All authors taking this option should mail eight (8)
copies of their submitted papers to the Program Chair:
Richard Gerber Email: rich@cs.umd.edu
Department of Computer Science URL: www.cs.umd.edu/~rich
University of Maryland Phone: +1-301-405-2710
College Park, MD 20742 USA Fax: +1-301-405-6707
IMPORTANT DATES
* May 1, 1998 -- Deadline for paper submissions
* July 25, 1998 -- Notification of acceptance
* September 1, 1998 -- Final paper due
* December 2-4, 1998 -- RTSS '98, Madrid, Spain
EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSIONS
Exhibition and Show: RTSS '98 will include an industrial exhibition in
a centrally located space, for vendors to demonstrate state-of-the-art
systems, development tools and applications; where RTSS attendees can
engage in technical discussions with product engineers and developers;
and where company representatives meet (and potentially recruit) young
researchers specializing in real-time and embedded systems. To reserve
space for the exhibition, please contact the RTSS '98 Industrial
Chair, Dr. Alan Burns (burns@minster.cs.york.ac.uk).
Workshop: RTSS '98 will co-host a workshop on December 1, 1998,
directly before the conference. The focus of the workshop will be a
"hot topic" of special interest to researchers and developers of
real-time systems. Recent RTSS workshops were on topics such as
Middleware/APIs (1997) and Multimedia Systems (1996). More information
on the 1998 workshop topic will be announced shortly, and publicized
on the conference home page.
Work-in-Progress Session: As in previous years, RTSS '98 will include
a Work-In-Progress (WIP) session, featuring short presentations on new
and evolving work. Accepted WIP papers will be included in a special
proceedings, and distributed to RTSS'98 conference participants. The
proceedings will then be published electronically on the IEEE-CS
TC-RTS Home Page. WIP papers will be due approximately one month
before the Symposium.
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Contributed by: Alex Meystel
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
ISIC/CIRA/ISAS '98
- IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
- International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and
Automation (CIRA)
- Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS)
A Joint Conference on the Science and Technology of Intelligent Systems
September 14-17, 1998
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
SCOPE
The theme for the Joint ISIC/CIRA/ISAS'98 conference is "Intelligent
Control of Complex Systems." We define intelligent control as that which
causes a complex system to
successfully perform complex physical tasks in the presence of uncertainty
and unpredictability. Intelligent control requires active processes of
learning, self-representation, and simulation. The conference will focus on
theoretical issues, engineering methodologies, and applications of
intelligent control systems.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
*Theory of intelligent systems * Intelligent system architectures *
Engineering principles for intelligent control systems * Intelligent
control applications * Performance measures * Goals, skills, and behavior
generation * Deliberative, reactive, and emergent behavior * Planning and
problem solving * Perception, cognition, and symbol grounding * Knowledge
representation and world modeling * Entities, events, attributes, and
relationship * Multi-level range and resolution in time and space * Sensing
and acting * Sensory processing and situation assessment * Complexity (in
the controller and in the world) * Attention, grouping, filtering.
estimation, and recognition * Game theory and decision making * Values,
motives, and behavior * Learning, adaptation, and optimization *
Self-reference, introspection, and consciousness * Hybrid systems *
Simulation, modeling, and prediction * Semiotics * Language, communication,
meaning, and pragmatics * Inference, deduction, probability, and
uncertainty * Symbolic manipulation vs. connectionist vs. control theory
approaches * Modern control methods for intelligent systems * Multi-agent
systems * Human-machine interfaces * Real-time control and computational
resources
WWW HOME PAGE
More information, including registration forms, is available on the WWW
page accessed by
http://isd.cme.nist.gov/proj/is98/
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Contributed by Shankar Sastry and Tom Henzinger
Final Program
HYBRID SYSTEMS: COMPUTATION AND CONTROL
International Workshop
April 13-15, 1998
Berkeley, California
Registration Information:
http://hera.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ilp/hybrid.conf.reg.html
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Contributed by: Tianruo Yang
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Symposium: "Advances on Signal, Image Processing,
Computer Vision and Graphics"
(inside at the SCI'98 Conference, which will be held in
Orlando, USA from July 12, 1998
http://www.iiis.org)
DEADLINE: 03/15/98
* Purpose
* Topics
* Papers Submissions
* Important Dates
Purpose:
The purpose of this symposium is to bring together developers, computer
scientists, electrical engineering professionals and researchers to
discuss recent advances and developments on Signal, Image Processing,
Computer Vision and Computer Graphics.
Topics:
Topics of interest (but not limited to) include the following:
1. Digital Signal Processing
2. Statistical Signal and Array Processing
3. Speech processing
4. Audio and Electroacoustics
5. Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing
6. Knowledge Engineering and Signal Processing
7. Computer Vision
8. Computer Graphics
9. Implementations
10. Applications
Paper Submissions:
Participants who wish to present a paper are requested to submit an
extended summary (500-1500 words) by March 15, 1998. Acceptance
notifications by April 15. The full paper should be submitted by May
15, 1998.
Submissions should be sent to the following address:
T. Yang
Department of Computer Science
Linkoping University
581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
Tel: +46-13-281763
Fax: +46-13-282666
Email: tiaya@ida.liu.se
Important Dates:
* March 15, 1998 : Submission of Extended Summary (2-3 pages).
* April 15, 1998 : Notification of Acceptance.
* May, 15, 1998 : Submission of Camera Ready Papers.
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Contributed by: Joanna King - Computing and Control Division
Institution of Electrical Engineers,Savoy Place,
LONDON,WC2R 0BL
CONTRIBUTED BY THE INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS CONTROL DIVISION
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AND CONTROL: DISTRIBUTED CONTROL FOR AUTOMATION
Colloquium organised by PG B5
(Industrial automation and control)
10.00am on Wednesday, 4 March 1998 at Savoy Place, London
OBJECTIVES:
The Colloquium will aim to address issues such as best practice procedures
and the developing techniques and technologies associated with industrial
distributed control systems. It will provide a forum for active discussion
and debate amongst control practitioners and academic researchers alike.
For further details and registration please contact; Control Division,IEE,
Savoy Place, London, WC2R OBL, Tel: 0171 344 5417, Fax: 0171 497 3633,
Email: jking@iee.org.uk
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Contributed by:
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
The First International Conference on
Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion (FUSION'98)
(http://www.zaptron.com)
July 6-9, 1998
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The First International Conference on Sensor Information Fusion (FUSION'98)
will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 6 - 9, 1998, concurrently
with the 1998 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems
and Technology (CISST'98). All aspects of sensor data fusion techniques
and systems are included in FUSION'98. All accepted papers will be
published in the conference proceedings. Keynote speeches and
plenary talks will be offered by internationally known researchers.
The official FUSION'98 web site is at http://www.zaptron.com/
SCOPE: All aspects of data and information fusion, see web site.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: see web site for detailed instructions
Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their
draft paper (4 to 5 pages) to a session chair (address given
on web site) by the due date. E-mail and Fax submissions are
acceptable. Papers must not have been peviously published or
currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
IMPORTANT DATES:
March 20, 1998 (extended): Draft papers (5-page) due
April 3, 1998 (Friday): Notification of acceptance
May 22, 1998 (Friday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due
July 6 - 9, 1998: FUSION'98 Conference
All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.
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Contributed by: Ion Zaballa
THEMATIC TERM ON LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CONTROL THEORY
The Thematic Term on Linear Algebra an Control Theory will be held at the
Coimbra Astronomical Observatory in the Spring of 1998: May 11 - August 7.
STRUCTURE:
Some researches will attend the event throughout the full three months,
whilst others will participate for periods of one month or less.
A weekly research seminar will be organized, led by either one of the
permanent members or by guest speakers.
There will be TWO SUMMER SCHOLS aimed at graduate students, each
consisting of two ten-hour courses:
1.- Structure and Design of Linear Systems (May 21-29)(by Jean J. Loiseau
and Petr Zagalak).
2.- Linear Algebra and Control Theory (June 15-23)(by Paul Fuhrmann and
Peter Lancaster).
A WORKSHOP will be held in June (24-26), when most short-stay
researchers will be present. A limited number of 15 minute contributed
talks will be accepted. Please, submit your title and abstract to
. Deadline: May 1, 1998.
To register, please, send an e-mail with your name, institution, e-mail
and the indication that you wish to participate in this workshop to
. A registration fee of 10000 Portuguese
Escudos (15000 Portuguese Escudos, if you register after May 1, 1998)
is due and must be paid at the workshop.
Accomodation: There are special prices for participants at several hotels.
For information about accomodation and reservations, please contact:
Mrs. Liliana Seabra
Centro Internacional de Matemtica
Complexo do Observatrio Astronmico
Almas de Freire
3040 Coimbra, Portugal
FAX: 351-39-445380
TWO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS will be offered for the period of the
Thematic Term (3 months; 200 thousand Portuguese Escudos per month
plus travel expenses).
Applicants should have received their Ph. D. in Mathematics
after March 31, 1995 and they are expected to have a background and
mathematical interests in the scientific area of this Thematic Term.
The following materials must be submitted to
lin98@hermite.cii.fc.ul.pt
1. Curriculum vitae and list of publications,
2. Personal statement of scientific interests and research
project,
3. Complete address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers.
Applications should arrive no later than March 31, 1998.
Decisions will be taken by April 15, 1998 and all applicants will be
informed thereof.
For further information please write to .
Updated and more detailed information:
http://hermite.cii.fc.ul.pt/lin98/
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Contributed by: Frank Allgower
Announcement and Call for Contributed Papers:
WORKSHOP ON NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL -
ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
June 3 - 5, 1998
Ascona, Switzerland
With this workshop we want to bring together internationally recognized
researchers from all parts of the world working on nonlinear model
predictive control. Since research in this field is still at its early
stage, we consider it crucial and timely to assess the current status and
to discuss future research directions. We hope that this will lead to an
open and critical exchange of research ideas and possibly the creation of
new research directions, and will lay the foundation for future
international collaboration.
The workshop will cover three main topic areas: Theory, computation and
application, and future research directions. The main focus is on
discussions concerning the critical assessment of the state of the art and
future directions in this field. Topics include, but are not limited to,
problem formulation, computation, algorithms, estimation, stability and
robustness, and application. In addition to a number of invited keynote and
main speakers, there is room for a limited number of contributed papers.
Participants are expected to arrive on June 2, 1998 in the afternoon. The
workshop will end on Saturday, June 6, 1998 after breakfast. The workshop
will take place in the
Centro Stefano Franscini
Monte Verita
CH-6612 Ascona
Switzerland.
The Centro is located very beautifully in the hills above Ascona and the
Lago Maggiore in one of Switzerland's most beautiful regions. Participants
will stay at the Centro during the workshop and will have all meals there
together. Ascona can be conveniently reached by train. The closest airports
are Milano, Italy, and Zurich, Switzerland, which are both roughly 2 1/2
hours by train from Ascona.
The workshop is sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation plus a
number of other sponsors. We can therefore offer participation at a highly
subsidized rate of SFr. 400.- (approximately US $ 270.- ) including full
board (all meals) and accommodation for the whole duration. There will be
no additional registration fee. It is also worth noting that the workshop
takes place directly before the DYCOPS-5 meeting in Corfu (June 7 - 10,
1998).
Conference proceedings will be published in book form by Birkhauser-Verlag,
Basel.
For further information, including a list of the plenary keynote speakers,
see the www-page: http://www.aut.ee.ethz.ch/NMPCworkshop/ .
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please send an
e-mail or letter indicating your interest to one of the organizers
immediately and the latest by March 4, 1998. If you want to present a
paper, please send in addition a title and an abstract (approx. 1 page).
Authors will be notified of the acceptance decision by March 10, 1998.
Organizers:
Frank Allgower Alex Zheng
Automatic Control Laboratory Chemical Engineering
ETH Zentrum University of Massachusetts
CH-8092 Zurich Amherst, MA 01003-31210
Switzerland U.S.A.
Tel.: +41-1-632-3557 Tel.: +1-413-545-2916
Fax: +41-1-632-1211 Fax: +1-413-545-1647
E-mail: allgower@aut.ee.ethz.ch E-mail: zzheng@ecs.umass.edu
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Contributed by: Tatjana Welzer-Druzovec & Oto Tezak
University of Maribor,
Faculty of Electrical engineering and Computer Science
Smetanova 17; 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Intelligent Systems and Databases as a special section of the SCI '98
WORLD MULTICONFERENCE ON SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS
Orlando-Florida
July 12-16
http://www.iiis.org
The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of
scientific and practitioners achievements between different research
communities in the area of databases and intelligent systems.
Topics:
- Data models and database design
- Data warehousing and warehouse DBMS
- Data mining, knowledge discovery and knowledge bases
- Deductive and object-oriented databases
- Engineering and scientific databases
- Multimedia information systems
- Intelligent systems
- Expert systems
- Fuzzy and neural networks system design
- Practical experiences with Intelligent systems
Submission:
The authors are invited to submit their papers or at least 3 page
extended abstract electronically by e-mail to:
tezak@uni-mb.si
welzer@uni-mb.si
In addition, a separate e-mail message should be sent containing:
a) the title,
b) name and affiliation of the author(s),
c) complete contact address (e-mail, fax and telephone),
d) the abstract,
e) the list of keywords.
Submitted papers will be refereed. Accepted papers will be presented at
the Symposium SCI 98 and will be published by means of paper and
electronic proceedings which will be available at the Symposium.
Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail.
Important Dates:
Paper/panel/tutorial submission: March 10, 1998
Notification of acceptance: March 28, 1998
Camera ready copy (hard and electronic version) due: April 15, 1998
Conference Fees:
The conference fees will be $300 before April 20, 1998 and $350 after
April 20, 1998.
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Contributed by: Stephen Kahne
IFAC CONGRESS CALL FOR PAPERS - HUMAN ROLE IN ATC
A special session at the IFAC Congress in Beijing on the subject of
"The Changing Role of Humans in Air Traffic Control" is being
organized through the IFAC Technical Committee on the Social Impacts
of Automation". Interested authors should contact Professor Steve
Kahne at kahne@pr.erau.edu for more details. Deadline for papers is
in Spring 1998. The IFAC Congress is in July 1999.
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Contributed by: Claude Moog
SUMMER SCHOOL ON NONLINEAR CONTROL : First announcement
(EUROPEAN TEMPUS PROGRAM "FLEXIBLE LEARNING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION")
location: Nantes, France
dates: 13 - 24 July 1998
**SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES**
This is the second event of a series of 3 summer schools organized in the
frame of the EUROPEAN TEMPUS PROGRAM "FLEXIBLE LEARNING AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION" S_JEP 11 366 - 96. (http://www.kar.elf.stuba.sk/tempus/)
This second summer school is organized right after the IFAC System
Structure and Control Conference. (http://www.ec-nantes.fr/Ifac/index.html)
The first summer school was held in Bratislava in September 1997, and the
third on is planned for 1999 in Rome.
This year, the summer school will be mainly devoted to nonlinear control
theory and applications. The course will be given in didactical form, and
the preliminary program covers the areas of
1) advanced linear systems theory (V. Kucera, M. Malabre)
2) introduction to an algebraic setting for nonlinear control systems theory:
modeling, accessibility, feedback linearization,...
(M.D. di Benedetto, A.M. Perdon, C. Moog)
3) application to robotics (C. Chevallereau, A. Tornambe)
4) observer synthesis (S. Diop, A. Glumineau)
5) applications to food science (L. Boillereau, R. Baron)
6) computer algebra for systems analysis and control (A. Glumineau)
7) introduction to modelisation of robots and their control (W. Khalil)
8) controllers with saturated output nonlinear control (M. Huba)
9) introduction to stabilization of nonlinear control systems (S. Celikovsky)
10) extension to nonlinear discrete time systems (U. Kotta, M. Huba)
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Contributed by: Tamer Basar (allerton@csl.uiuc.edu)
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL ALLERTON CONFERENCE
ON COMMUNICATION, CONTROL, AND COMPUTING
September 23 25, 1998
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and
Computing will be held from Wednesday, September 23 through Friday,
September 25, 1998, at the Allerton House, the conference center of the
University of Illinois. Allerton House is located twenty-six miles
southwest of the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University, in a wooded
area on the Sangamon River. It is part of the fifteen-hundred acre Robert
Allerton Park, a complex of natural and man-made beauty designated as a
National natural landmark. The Allerton Park has twenty miles of
well-maintained trails and a living gallery of formal gardens, studded with
sculptures collected from around the world.
Papers presenting original research are solicited for the conference in the
areas of communication systems, communication and computer networks,
detection and estimation, information theory and error-correcting codes,
source coding and data compression, multiple-access communications,
queueing networks, control systems, robust and nonlinear control, adaptive
control, optimization, dynamic games, large scale systems, robotics and
automation, manufacturing systems, discrete event systems, intelligent
control, multivariable control, adaptive signal processing, numerical
methods for signals and systems, learning theory, neural networks,
combinatorial and geometric algorithms, parallel and distributed
computation, computational complexity, VLSI design algorithms, VLSI
architectures for communications and signal processing, and automated
highway systems. Also solicited are organized sessions for the Conference;
prospective organizers should discuss their plans with the Conference
co-chairmen before sending a formal proposal.
This year the plenary lecture will be delivered by Professor Gilles
Brassard of the University of Montreal, Canada. It is scheduled for Friday,
September 25, and is entitled Quantum Information Processing.
Information for authors: Regular papers, suitable for presentation in
twenty minutes, as well as short papers, suitable for presentation in ten
minutes, are solicited. The purpose of the short paper category is to
encourage authors to present preliminary results of their work. Regular
papers will be published in full (subject to a maximum length of ten 8.5" x
11" pages) in the Conference Proceedings, while short papers will be
limited to two-page summaries in the Proceedings.
For regular papers, a title and a five-to-ten page extended abstract,
including references and sufficient detail to permit careful reviewing, are
required. For short papers, a title and a three-to-five page summary are
required. Manuscripts that are submitted as regular papers but cannot be
accommodated in that category will be considered in the short paper
category, unless the authors indicate otherwise in their letter of
submission.
Three copies of the manuscript should be mailed to 36th Annual Allerton
Conference, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois, 1308
West Main Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801-2307, USA, in time to be received
by July 14, 1998. Submissions by email or fax will not be accepted.
Submissions should specify the name, email address, and postal address of
the author who is to receive all subsequent correspondence. Authors will be
notified of acceptance via email by August 14, 1998, at which time they
will also be sent detailed instructions for the preparation of their papers
for the Proceedings. Full camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be
due the last day of the Conference. Only the papers presented at the
Conference will be included in the Proceedings.
Further information on the Conference can be found on the Conference Web
site whose URL address is given below.
Conference Co-Chairmen: Tamer Basar and Bruce Hajek
Email: allerton@csl.uiuc.edu
URL: http://www.comm.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton
COORDINATED SCIENCE LABORATORY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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9th IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING WORKSHOP ON
STATISTICAL SIGNAL AND ARRAY PROCESSING
September 14-16, 1998 Portland, Oregon, USA
CALL FOR PAPERS
This workshop is the ninth in a series of biannual meetings sponsored by the
IEEE Signal Processing Society. Following the successful scheme of previous
meetings, the workshop will feature keynote addresses by leading researchers
in the area, and poster sessions consisting of both invited as well as
contributed papers. Participation will be limited.
Authors are invited to submit contributions in the areas of, but not limited
to:
Real and complex multivariate statistics
Covariance and spectrum estimation
Higher-order spectrum estimation
Nonstationary signals and time-varying systems
Non-Gaussian signals and nonlinear systems
Parameter estimation on differential manifolds
System identification and calibration
Sensor array processing
Signal processing for communications
Signal processing for mechanical systems (special session)
Computational and implementation issues
Applications in all areas
Prospective authors should submit four copies of a hundred word abstract and
a two to four page extended summary to the Program Chair at
Daniel R. Fuhrmann
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130
email: danf@saturn.wustl.edu
The summary should include affiliations, addresses, tel/fax numbers and
e-mail addresses, and keywords identifying one of the above topics.
Important Dates:
Submission of summary February 27, 1998
Notification of acceptance April 10, 1998
Camera-ready paper May 22, 1998
Website: http://www.ee.pdx.edu/conferences/SSAP-98/
Inquiry: ssap-98@ee.pdx.edu
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