E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 132, August 1, 1999.
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 132, August 1, 1999
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 Third issue of the NICONET Newsletter available
3.2 Call for Nominations The Richard C. DiPrima Prize
4. Positions
4.1 Postdoctoral positions at Yale
4.2 Control-Systems Engineer position at CSEM
4.3 Job Openings at UTRC in Controls
4.4 Academic research position in Automatic Control, EPFL
4.5 PhD position at the Delft University of Technology
5. Books
5.1 "H-infty control and mu analysis," G. Duc and S. Font
5.2 "Lectures on Course of Oscillations", V.I. Zubov, S.V. Zubov
5.3 "Controlling chaos and bifurcations in engineering systems", Chen
5.4 "The Essentials of Linear State-Space Systems," J. Dwight Aplevich
5.5 "Control of Sensory Perception for Discrete Event Systems,"
Geir Hovland
6. Journals
6.1 TOC LAA 294:1-3 and 295: 1-3
6.2 TOC Automatica 35:10
6.3 TOC Control Engineering Practice, 7:6 and 7:7
6.4 CFP special issue IJC
7. Conferences
7.1 CFP MTNS-2000, Perpignan
7.2 CFP IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for
Nonlinear Control, Princeton University
7.3 CFP Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation
7.4 CFP Second NICONET Workshop, INRIA Rocquencourt
7.5 CFP Symposium on Quantitative Feedback Theory and Robust Frequency
Domain Methods, Durban
7.6 CFP IFAC System Identification Symposium 2000, Santa Barbara
7.7 CFP ADCHEM 2000, Pisa
7.8 CFP WCIS-2000, Tashkent
7.9 CFP ICSC Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Paisley
7.10 CFP CP'99 Workshop on Constraints in Control, Alexandra
7.11 CFP Symp. on Advances in Enterprise Control, San Diego
7.12 CFP Conf. Automation in Infrastructure Creation, Pretoria
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Contributed by: Austin Spang
Retirement and Change of Address
I am retiring from GE Research and Development Center. I plan to consult and
teach at RPI. My home address is:
H. Austin Spang, III
2525 Hilltop Road
Schenectady, NY 12309, USA
email: spang@cityusa.net
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Contributed by: Maarten Steinbuch
Please note my new address (from industry to academia...):
Maarten Steinbuch
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Systems & Control Group
Eindhoven University of Technology, WH 0.143,=20
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-40-2472773, 4817 (secr.), Fax: +31-40-2461418
E-mail: m.steinbuch@wfw.wtb.tue.nl
http://www.wfw.wtb.tue.nl/control
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Contributed by: Rajat K. De
Hi,
Please note my changed e-mail address: rajat@isical.ac.in
With best regards,
Sincerely yours,
Rajat
Rajat K. De Tel
Computer Engineer off : 91-33-5778085
Machine Intelligence Unit (extension 3100)
Indian Statistical Institute res : 91-33-5709230
203 B.T. Road Fax : 91-33-5776925
Calcutta 700035 91-33-5776680
INDIA. Email : rajat@isical.ac.in
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Contributed by: Ad van den Boom
The third issue of the NICONET Newsletter is now available and can be
downloaded as compressed postscript file from the World Wide Web URL:
http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/Newslet.html
or from the WGS ftp site:
ftp://wgs.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (directory pub/WGS/NEWSLETTER/)
( filename: issue-2-99.ps.Z)
Contents:
1. Editorial
2. New developments in the SLICOT benchmark library
3. Basic numerical SLICOT tools for control
4. SLICOT tools for model reduction
5. SLICOT tools for subspace identification
6. SLICOT tools for robust control
7. SLICOT tools for nonlinear systems in robotics
8. SLICOT controls microwaves -- a case study
9. SLICOT: a useful tool in industry?
10. Second NICONET workshop in INRIA-Rocquencourt, France
11. NICONET information corner
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Contributed by:
Call for Nominations
for
The Richard C. DiPrima Prize
The DiPrima Prize
SIAM will present the award at the 2000 SIAM Annual Meeting in Rio
Grande, Puerto Rico, July 10-14. The award honors the memory of
Richard C. DiPrima, long-time Chair of the Department of Mathematical
Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and former President and
energetic supporter of SIAM. The award will be based on an
outstanding doctoral dissertation in applied mathematics.
Eligibility
The award, based on Ph.D. research in applied mathematics (defined as
those topics covered in SIAM journals or series) is made to a young
scientist. The Ph.D. thesis and all other Ph.D. requirements should
have been completed in the time period from July 1, 1997 to June 30,
1999. The Ph.D. degree must be awarded by December 31, 1999.
Description of the Award
The award will consist of a certificate and a cash prize of $1,000.
The SIAM President will notify the recipient of the award in advance
of the award date and invite the recipient to attend the annual
meeting to receive the award. Travel expenses will be paid by the
prize fund.
Nominations
Nominations, along with a copy of the dissertation (in English), should
be sent by February 15, 2000 to:
Professor Ronald A. DeVore
Chair, DiPrima Prize Selection Committee
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: (215) 382-9800
Fax: (215) 386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Members of the selection committee are Russel Caflisch (UCLA), Andrew
J. Wathen (University of Oxford, UK), and Ronald A. DeVore, Chair
(University of South Carolina).
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Contributed by: A. Stephen Morse
POST DOCTORAL POSITIONS AT YALE - These positions are for individuals with
backgrounds in
COMPUTATIONAL VISION/CONTROL THEORY/VISION-BASED NAVIGATION and CONTROL
specifically interested in both theoretical and experimental research
concerning the coordination in three dimensions of natural and man-made
groups. Interested applicants should send their CVs, including lists of
references, to either
P. N. Belhumeur
510 A. K. Watson
Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
or
A. S. Morse
PO Box 208267
Department of Electrical Engineering
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-8267
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Contributed by: Mario El-Khoury (mario.elkhoury@csem.ch)
Control-Systems Engineer
The CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology SA) is an applied
research and development company that employs around 300 people most of
which
are highly skilled engineers and scientists. To face the growing challenges
in our Industrial Control activities, we are looking for a highly qualified
Control-Systems Engineer.
The position involves
- Modeling, simulation and control of high-precision high-dynamics
electromechanical systems
- Real-time implementation of advanced control and signal processing
techniques
- Realization of computer-controlled systems (advanced algorithms plus
selection of sensors, actuators and processors)
Candidate profile
- Masters or Ph.D. degree in Control
- Practical experience in the realization of computer-controlled systems
- Few years of experience in an industrial environment is certainly an
advantage.
- Knowledge of French is an asset
We offer a stimulating and multidisciplinary environment, using up-to-date
simulation and test facilities, and the opportunity to contribute to
innovative
projects with international companies.
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Contributed by: Clas A. Jacobson,
United Technologies Research Center
(UTRC), Dynamic Systems and Control Group
Job Openings at UTRC in Controls
The Dynamic Systems and Control Group at the United Technologies Research
Center invites qualified individuals to apply for an open position.
United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) is an internationally recognized
R&D organization that conducts research across a broad range of technology
areas in support of operating units of United Technologies Corporation
(UTC). The Dynamic Systems and Control Group is responsible for research
activities at UTC on dynamic systems and control. The activities include
control algorithm design and analysis, control implementations, and reduced
order modeling and analysis of dynamic systems. The activities are conducted
in order to advance the state-of-the-art in one or more UTC divisions: Pratt
& Whitney (aircraft engines), Sikorsky (helicopters), Otis (elevators),
Carrier (heating and air conditioning) and Hamilton-Sundstrand (Aerospace
products). More information on UTRC can be found at
http://www.utrc.utc.com/.
Expertise is desired in control system design, analysis and implementation.
The applications currently studied involve the control of fluid flow systems
and combustion processes to the control of flight systems. Specific duties
will involve the application of robust control theory, the development of
system level models and the analysis of actuation strategies in terms of
requirements and fundamental limits, and the development of multivariable
and optimization based control design methodologies and subsequent
simulation and hardware implementation.
Each individual in the group participates in one to three different
projects, all contributing to the solution of practical engineering
problems. The minimum requirement is a strong background in control theory,
mathematics and modeling of dynamic systems. The typical candidate would
have a master's degree in control engineering or a relevant engineering
discipline plus three years of professional experience developing and
implementing control systems. A Ph.D is very desirable. Preference will be
given to candidates with expertise in: 1) control system implementation
including hardware experience and measurement based modeling (system
identification), 2) optimization techniques and optimal control methods
particularly as used in model predictive control, 3) analysis and synthesis
of nonlinear control strategies for large scale systems, 4) aerospace
applications including modeling and hardware (actuation) experience, and 5)
demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a member of a team.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Clas A. Jacobson
jacobsca@utrc.utc.com
860-727-7652
860-727-7852 (fax)
United Technologies Research Center
Mail Stop: 129-15
411 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06108
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Contributed by: Dominique Bonvin
ACADEMIC RESEARCH POSITION in AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
The Institut d'Automatique of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in Lausanne (EPFL) invites applications for a senior post-doctoral
position in Automatic Control.
The position is ideal for an outstanding control engineer who can
interact with both graduate students and industry. The expected length
of stay at the EPFL is in the order of 6 years, i.e. more than a "normal
post-doctoral" position. Thus, the position is ideally suited for a
young control engineer interested in building up the broad and
comprehensive research record necessary for a subsequent career move.
The duties will include the following elements:
- Research related to the institute's activities (see list below).
- Supervision of doctoral candidates.
- Secure funding from national agencies and European research programs.
- Involvement in collaborative work with industrial partners.
The position is available starting Fall 1999 or later. Though knowledge
of French is not a requirement, it is expected that the successful
candidate quickly develops a working knowledge of that language. A
highly-competitive salary is offered, the amount of which will depend
upon the experience of the candidate.
The Institut d'Automatique is a multidisciplinary teaching and research
unit that includes two professors, a senior lecturer, 2-3 research
associates, about 15 doctoral candidates as well as technical and
administrative supporting staff. Research and computing facilities are
of the highest standard. The institute has
presently four areas of methodological research:
- Identification (for control) and robust linear control
- Analysis and control of nonlinear systems
- Optimal control of terminal-cost problems (dynamic optimization)
- Real-time control and telepresence (remote manipulation)
The developed methodologies are applied to the two large fields of
motion control (e.g. friction modeling and compensation, repetitive
control) and process control (e.g. on-line monitoring and optimization
of batch chemical processes). More information is available on the
institutes Web site (http://iawww.epfl.ch).
Lausanne is a French-speaking, mid-sized city nicely located on the
northern shore of Lake Geneva. It offers a large variety of cultural and
recreational activities. The EPFL campus, which is located 5 km west of
the city of Lausanne, is well served by public transportation.
The application material should include:
- Curriculum vitae with list of publications and a list of three
professional references with phone, postal and e-mail addresses.
- One page stating past experiences and future professional objectives.
For further inquiries and application, please write to:
Prof. Dominique Bonvin
Institut d'Automatique
EPFL
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Contributed by: Robert Babuska
PhD position available at the Delft University of Technology
research topic: fault detection and diagnosis
At the Control Laboratory of the Faculty of Information Technology and Systems
at the TU Delft, the Netherlands, a project called "Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling in
Model Based Fault Detection, Isolation, and Controller Reconfiguration" has
recently been started. This project is funded by the Dutch Technology
Foundation (STW) and it carried out in cooperation with the University of
Twente and a number of Dutch companies. For this project, the Control
Laboratory is looking for a PhD student who will do research in fault
detection and diagnosis.
Brief description
The increasing complexity of industrial processes requires new advanced
approaches to fault detection and diagnosis. Decreasing costs of sensors and
data acquisition devices make large amounts of process data available, but, at
the same time, the complexity of fault isolation methods increases. The PhD
student will do research in fault detection and diagnosis of complex processes
using advanced methods including fuzzy logic and neural networks.
Salary
The position is for four years. The salary starts at DFL 3911 in the first
year and increases to DFL 4514 in the fourth year (EUR 1778 to 2052).
Contact
Prof. Dr. Hans Hellendoorn, tel. +31 70 333 1985, j.hellendoorn@its.tudelft.nl
Dr. Robert Babuska, tel. +31 15 278 5117, r.babuska@its.tudelft.nl
Address: Delft University of Technology, Faculty Information Technology and
Systems, PO-box 5031, NL-2600 GA Delft
fax: +31 15 278 6679
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Contributed by: Gilles Duc (Gilles.Duc@supelec.fr)
NEW BOOK ANOUNCEMENT
H-INFINITY CONTROL AND MU-ANALYSIS:
DESIGN TOOLS FOR ROBUSTNESS
(In French)
G. Duc and S. Font
Hermes, 121 pages.
ISBN 2-7462-0041-4.
Description:
H-infinity Control allows to determine an output feedback controller
by modeling closed-loop transfers, and by guaranteeing
stability margins and robustness against neglected dynamics.
But it does not allow to take into account all robustness specifications.
Robustness properties can be precisely studied using mu-analysis.
H-infinity control and mu-analysis therefore provide efficient tools
to determine robust control laws. This book presents a course on
these subjects, with numerous exercices and realistic case
studies covering all of them.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapitre 1: Valeurs singulieres, et norme H-infini
Chapitre 2: Synthese H-infini , approche standard
Chapitre 3: Approche H-infini par " loop-shaping "
Chapitre 4: mu-analyse
Chapitre 5: Pour aller plus loin...
Chapitre 6: Exercices corriges
Chapitre 7: Etude d'un cas d'application
References
About the Authors:
G. Duc and S. Font are professor and associate professor
at the Ecole Superieure d'Electricite,
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Contributed by: Sergei V. Zubov (zubov@dc2.ff.phys.spbu.ru)
I am a distributor of a book by Vladimir I. Zubov, Sergei V. Zubov
"Lectures on Course of Oscillations", published by Stock Corporati-
on Mobilnost Plus, Russia, St.-Petersburg, 1999/for individual book
orders price is $29.00 (US dollars, plus postage), for corporate
book orders (for organizations) price is $87.00 (US dollars, plus
postage) / 400 pages / softcover / ISBN 5-85766-014-9 (in English).
If you want to order this book, please, let me know.
Price is subject to change. Below is an advertising information about
mentioned book.
Vladimir I. Zubov
Sergei V. Zubov
"Lectures on Course of Oscillations",
published by Stock Corporation Mobilnost Plus,
Russia, St.-Petersburg, 1999
400 pages / softcover / ISBN 5-85766-014-9
(in English)
THE MAIN AUTHOR: Professor Vladimir I. Zubov is a Doctor of
Science (Physics and Mathematics), famous Russian mathematician,
well-known specialist in a field of control theory, theory of ordi-
nary differential equations, theory of oscillations, nonlinear me-
chanics and other branches of science.
CONTENTS: The book consists of introduction, six chapters, bib-
liography and index.
Chapter 1. Preliminary Representations and Investigation of Motion
Family Behavior
Chapter 2. On Behavior of Paths in the Vicinity of Periodic Motion
Chapter 3. Proper and Constrained Oscillations in Systems with Many
Degrees of Freedom
Chapter 4. Technique for Analyses and Construction of Stationary
Motions
Chapter 5. Oscillations in Nonlinear and Control Systems
Chapter 6. Rated Stability
READERSHIP: The book is addressed to University graduate and
postgraduate students, researchers in dynamical systems, ordinary
differential equations and stability theory.
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Contributed by: Guanrong Chen
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
CONTROLLING CHAOS AND BIFURCATIONS IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
Edited by Guanrong Chen, University of Houston
<<< Chaos Comes of Age >>>
Over the last two decades, chaos in engineering systems has moved from
being simply a curious phenomenon to one with real, practical significance
and utility. Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians have similarly
advanced from the passive role of analyzing chaos to their present, active
role of controlling chaos - control directed not only at suppression, but
also at exploiting its enormous potential. We now stand at the threshold
of major advances in the control and synchronization of chaos for new
applications across the range of engineering disciplines.
Controlling Chaos and Bifurcations in Engineering Systems provides a
state-of-the-art survey of the control and anti-control of chaos in
dynamical systems. Internationally known experts in the field join forces
in this volume to form this tutorial-style combination of overview and
technical report on the latest advances in the theory and applications
of chaos control. They detail various approaches to control and show how
designers can use chaos to create a wider variety of properties and
greater flexibility in the design process.
Chaos control promises to have a major impact on novel time- and
energy-critical engineering applications. Within this volume, readers
will find many challenging problems - yet unsolved - regarding both the
fundamental theory and potential applications of chaos control and
anti-control. Controlling Chaos and Bifurcations in Engineering Systems
will bring readers up-to-date on recent development in the field and
help open the door to new advances.
Features
* Offers a tutorial survey of the control and anti-control of chaos,
reflecting state-of-the-art developments in the field
* Features contributions from internationally renowned experts
* Highlights many open, challenging problems in both fundamental theory
and potential applications
* Shows designers how to use chaos and control it to provide a wider
variety of properties and greater flexibility in the design process
* Details applications from electrical, mechanical, and biomedical
engineering
Audience
Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Systems and Controls
Engineers, Applied Mathematicians, Applies Physicists
Contents
[0] L.O.Chua:
Foreword
[1] A.I.Mees:
Reconstructing Input-Output Dynamics from Time Series
[2] L.A.Aguirre:
Black and Grey-Box Modeling of Nonlinear Systems:
Identification and Analysis from Time Series
[3] M.J.Ogorzalek:
Design and Implementation of Chaos Control Systems
[4] T.Kapitaniak, J.Brindley and K.Czolczynski:
Chaos in Mechanical Systems and Its Control
[5] T.L.Vincent:
Utilizing Chaos in Control System Design
[6] J.Q.Fang and M.K.Ali:
Control and Synchronization of Spatiotemporal Chaos
[7] Goong Chen, S.B.Hsu and J.Zhou:
Chaotic Vibration of the Wave Equation by Nonlinear
Feedback Boundary Control
[8] G.Q.Zhong, Z.F.Liu, K.S.Tang, K.F.Man and S.Kwong:
Sensitivity to Initial Conditions of Chaos in Electronics
[9] M.Basso, R.Genesio, L.Giovanardi and A.Tesi:
Frequency Domain Methods for Chaos Control
[10] G.Calandrini, E.Paolini, J.L.Moiola and G.Chen:
Controlling Limit Cycles and Bifurcations
[11] P.Celka:
Theory and Experiments on Nonlinear Time-Delayed Feedback
Systems with Application to Chaos Control
[12] X.Yu, Y.Tian and G.Chen:
Time Delayed Feedback Control of Chaos
[13] J.A.K.Suykens, T.Yang, J.Vandewalle and L.O.Chua:
Impulsive Control and Synchronization of Chaos
[14] H.O.Wang and D.S.Chen:
Control and Anticontrol of Bifurcations with Application
to Active Control of Rayleigh-Benard Convection
[15] M.E.Brandt and G.Chen:
Delay Feedback Control of Cardiac Activity Models
[16] G.Gu and A.Sparks:
Bifurcation Stabilization with Applications in Jet Engine Control
[17] W.Kang:
Bifurcations of Control Systems in Normal Form
[18] M.diBernardo and G.Chen:
Controlling Bifurcations in Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems
[19] A.L.Fradkov, H.Nijmeijer and A.Y.Pogromsky:
Adaptive Observer-Based Synchronization
[20] H.J.C.Huiberts, H.Nijmeijer and A.Y.Pogromsky:
Discrete-Time Observers and Synchronization
[21] H.Dedieu, T.Schimming and M.Hasler:
Separating a Chaotic Signal from Noise and Applications
[22] M.P.Kennedy and G.Kolumban:
Digital Communications Using Chaos
[23] C.W.Wu:
Synchronization in Arrays of Coupled Chaotic Circuits and
Systems: Theory and Applications
[24] V.D.Shalfeev, V.V.Matrosov and M.V.Korzinova:
Chaos in Phase Systems: Generation and Synchronization
[25] J.Alvarez and F.Verduzco:
Chaos and Bifurcations in Feedback Control Systems
[26] T.Ueta and G.Chen:
Chaos and Bifurcations in Coupled Networks and Their Control
[27] T.Saito and H.Torikai:
Return Map Modulation in Nonautonomous Relaxation Oscillator
[28] T.Ushio, T.Imamori and T.Yamasaki:
Controlling Chaos in Discrete-Time Computational Ecosystems
For more details, please use anonymous ftp to get -
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Contributed by: Dwight Aplevich
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: The Essentials of Linear State-Space Systems,
J. Dwight Aplevich, New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN 0-471-24133-4.
URL http://ece.uwaterloo.ca:80/~aplevich/state/main.html
Written for a 13-week course at the senior undergraduate level, this book has
two goals: first, to give a thorough grounding in linear state-space modeling
and, second, to give a mature understanding of some applications of the
required background, which often has been learned quickly and used little.
Solutions to odd-numbered problems are included.
The required background is working knowledge of linear algebra, differential
equations, Laplace transforms, and Z transforms. The new material is
supplemented with many examples, some of which extend the theory. There is
also a good dose of proofs, to promote logical thinking and to show the
elegance of some of the techniques, but hints about practicalities and
floating-point numerical computation are also given.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Solution of state-space equations 27
Chapter 3 Transform methods 59
Chapter 4 Writing state-space equations 73
Chapter 5 Matrices over a field 103
Chapter 6 Vector spaces 155
Chapter 7 Similarity transformations 171
Chapter 8 Stability 193
Chapter 9 Minimality via similarity transformations 211
Chapter 10 Poles and Zeros 231
References 245
Appendix: Solutions of odd-numbered problems 249
Index 295
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Contributed by: Geir Hovland
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Title: Control of Sensory Perception for Discrete Event Systems
Author: Geir Hovland
geir.hovland@no.abb.com
ABB Corporate Research, Oslo, Norway
Publisher: J. Young, Dissertation.com
ISBN: 1-58112-070-2
Ordering info: http://www.dissertation.com/library/1120702a.htm
Pages: 147
References: 82
Price: $19.95
Reviewers Comments:
This thesis is concerned with the application and development
of discrete event systems modeling to the problem of the control
of sensory perception. The subject and approach taken by the
candidate is indeed novel and differs substantially in philosophy and
intent from previous approaches to this problem. The work is a
significant contribution to the general area of robotics and sensory
control.
The notion of discrete sensing states and transitions between states
is what distinguishes the approach taken in this thesis from the more
continuous-time, information-theoretic methods. The thesis contains
significant advances in the state of the art in on-line monitoring of
sensor-based robot actions. The emphasis is on monitoring of contact
changes and estimation of the contact situation after the transitions,
during repetitive execution.
Content:
1. Introduction
2. Formulation of the Sensory Perception Control Problem
3. Stochastic Dynamic Programming Solution for Real-Time Implementation
4. Linear Programming Solution to Sensitivity Analysis
5. Case Study I: Control of Sensory Perception in Robotic Assembly
6. Case Study II: Control of Sensory Perception in Mobile Navigation
7. Conclusions and Further Research
Appendix A. Process Monitoring Using Hidden Markov Models
Appendix B. Process Monitoring Using Distance Functions
Appendix C. Process Monitoring Using a Multilayer Perceptron
Appendix D. Process Monitoring Using Qualitative Reasoning
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Contributed by: Hans Schneider
ContentsDirect from Elsevier Science
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URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/07738
Journal: Linear Algebra and Its Applications
ISSN : 0024-3795
Volume : 294
Issue : 1-3
Date : 28-Jul-1999
pp 1-8
Grongruence of polynomial matrices
S Pierce
pp 9-33
Finiteness of a set of non-collinear vectors generated by a family of
linear operators
R Mubarakzjanov
pp 35-48
Convexity of the lyapunov exponent
H Volkmer
pp 49-66
On the ranks of toeplitz matrices over finite fields
GL Price
pp 67-84
Boundary generating curves of the c-numerical range
MT Chien
pp 85-92
Irreducible sign k-potent sign pattern matrices
J Stuart
pp 93-135
The rational complementarity problem
WPMH Heemels
pp 137-154
Matrix recursive interpolation algorithm for block linear systems.
Direct methods
K Jbilou
pp 155-168
Permanents and Lorentzian time-semidefinite matrices
SW Drury
pp 169-179
Simplicity of core arrays in three-way principal components analysis
and the typical rank of PxQx2 arrays
JMF Ten Berge
pp 181-192
Asymptotic distribution of the spectra of a class of generalized
kac-murdock-szego
WF Trench
pp 193-195
A short proof of the result on actions that characteriza in oo
MI Ostrovski
pp 197-211
Reducible sign k-potent sign pattern matrices
J Stuart
pp 213-215
A simple proof of the product theorem for EP matrices
JJ Koliha
pp 217-238
Two-stage iterative methods for consistent Hermitian positive
semidefinite systems
ZHIHAO Cao, HEBING Wu
pp 239-258
Subspace iterative methods for eigenvalue problems
T Zhang, KH Law
pp 259-268
Perron-frobenius type results and discrete versions of nodal domain
theorems
AM Duval, V Reiner
pp 269-269
Author index
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Journal: Linear Algebra and Its Applications
ISSN : 0024-3795
Volume : 295
Issue : 1-3
Date : 25-Aug-1999
pp 3-6
On a product of positive semidefinite matrices
AR Meenakshi, C Rajian
pp 7-30
Thiele-type and lagrange-type generalized inverse rational
interpolation for rectangular complex matrices
CHUANQING Gu
pp 31-59
Tensor inequalities, xi-functions and inequalities involving
immanants
TH Pate
pp 61-72
Embedding a regular subpencil into a general linear pencil
FC Silva
pp 73-80
On the distribution of eigenvalues of a simple undirected graph
XUERONG Yong
pp 81-89
The linear algebra of the generalized Pascal functional matrix
M Bayat
pp 91-95
Classification of path-recursive graphs
MK Panttaja
pp 97-112
Methods for constructing distance matrices and the inverse eigenvalue
problem
TL Hayden, RB Reams
pp 113-116
On the operator equation ax=xax
J Holbrook, E Nordgren
pp 117-132
Nearly-defective complex eigen values in bessel matrices
R Pavani
pp 133-144
Semigroup ideals and linear diophantine equations
A Vigneron-Tenorio
pp 145-148
Similarity and matrics of constant rank
JC Flick-D'Ornano
pp 149-158
On analytic factorization of positive Hermitian matrix functions over
the bidisc
G Blower
pp 159-189
Quaternionic modular groups
NW Johnson
pp 191-200
A basic exact sequence for the lee and euclidean weights of linear
codes over z_1
KEISUKE Shiromoto
pp 201-221
A variant of the Hausdorff theorem for multiindex matrices I
S Keska
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Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak
AUTOMATICA
Table of contents
October, 1999 Issue 35:10
Editorials
R. Ortega Automatica prize paper awards 1999
Regular Papers
T. Katayama, G. Picci Realization of stochastic systems with
exogenous inputs and subspace identification
methods
Brief Papers
T. Oliveira e Silva On the asymptotic eigenvalue distribution of
Block-Toeplitz matrices related to the
generalized orthonormal basis ...
M. Ashhab, M. V. Salapaka, Dynamical analysis and control of
M. Dahleh, I. Mezic microcantilevers
P. Albertos, R. Sanchis, A. Output prediction under scarce data operation.
Sala Control applications
V. Hovelaque, C. Commault, Zeros of structured linear systems
J. M. Dion
A. Cavallo, G. de Maria, R. A sliding manifold approach for vibration
Setola reduction of flexible systems
Technical Communiques
R. Lozano, A. Valera, P. PD control of robot manipulators with joint
Albertos, et al. flexibility, actuators dynamics and friction
J-Y. Keller Fault isolation filter for linear stochastic
systems
Han Ho Choi On the existence of linear sliding surfaces
for a class of uncertain dynamic systems with
mismatched uncertainties
L. H. Keel, S. P. Robust stability and performance with fixed
Bhattacharyya order controllers
J-T. Lim, K-H. Cho On-line tracking supervisory control of
discrete event dynamic systems based on
outlooking
S. Preitl, R-E. Precup An extension of tuning relations after
symmetrical optimum method for PI and PID
controllers
R. Lopezlena Estrada, J. C. Fixed poles and disturbance rejecting feedback
Martinez-Garcia synthesis
Book Reviews
A. J. Wilkinson Z. Gajic, M. Lelic: Modern control systems
eingineering
J. K. Kuchar P. C. Cacciabue Modelling and simulation of
human behaviour in system control
P. Bernhard M. B. Subrahmanyam: Finite horizon H(infinity)
and related control problems
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Contributed by: Prof George W Irwin
IFAC Journal Control Engineering Practice
List of Contents (Vol 7, Issue 6)
pp 699-706
Accurate position control of servo pneumatic actuator
systems: an application to food packaging
J Wang, J Pu, P Moore
pp 707-715
Modelling of ozone concentrations using a Takagi-Sugeno model
G Mourot, K Gasso, J Ragot
pp 717-726
System identification with multi-level periodic perturbation signals
HA Barker, KR Godfrey
SPECIAL SECTION ON INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
pp 727-728
Preface
MA Salichs
pp 729-740
A Smith-predictor-based generalised predictive controller for mobile robot
path-tracking JE Normey-Rico, J Gomez-Ortega, EF Camacho
pp 741-751
Control of flexible mobile manipulators: Positioning and vibration
reduction using an eye-in-hand range camera
B Nilsson, J Nygards, U Larsson, A Wernersson
pp 753-761
Representation of interactions between mobile robots for trajectory planning
C Zanardi, JY Herve, P Cohen
pp 763-771
Localization of a wheeled mobile robot by sensor data fusion based on a
fuzzy logic adapted Kalman filter L Jetto, S Longhi, D Vitali
pp 773-782
Sensor fusion for localization using possibility theory
C Sossai, P Bison, G Chemello, G Trainito
pp 783-795
Can robots learn to see?
G Von Wichert
pp 797-802
>From topological knowledge to geometrical map
F Tieche, H Hugli
pp 803-806
IFAC meeting paper keyword listing
pp 807-812
Index of IFAC meeting paper 1993/4/5/6/7/8
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IFAC Journal: Control Engineering Practice
Contents of Volume : 7, Issue : 7
pp 817-817 Editorial
GW Irwin
pp 819-820 Preface: CEP prize winners at Control '98
RM Goodall
pp 821-830
Optimal-tuning PID controller design in the frequency domain with application
to a rotary hydraulic system
GP Liu, S Daley
pp 831-841
On-orbit system identification experiments on engineering test
satellite-VI S Adachi, I Yamaguchi, T Kida, T Sekiguchi, K Yamada, Y Chida
pp 843-850
Linear and non-linear skyhook damping control laws for active railway
suspensions H Li, RM Goodall
pp 851-862
Robust controllers for simultaneous control of temperature and CO2
concentration in greenhouses;
R Linker, PO Gutman, I Seginer
pp 863-864
Preface to the Special Section on On-line fault detection and
supervision in the chemical process industries
P Dhurjati, S Cauvin
pp 865-879
Wavelets and non-linear principal components analysis for process
monitoring
R Shao, F Jia, EB Martin, AJ Morris
pp 881-890
Observing sugar-beet quality using process and signal-analysis methods
A Arenz, M Reimann, E Schnieder, U Harten
pp 891-902
Real-time monitoring for a process with multiple operating modes
DH Hwang, C Han
pp 903-917
PCA-SDG based process monitoring and fault diagnosis
H Vedam, V Venkatasubramanian
pp 919-920
IFAC meeting papers keyword listing
pp 921-926
Index of IFAC meeting papers 1993/4/5/6/7/8
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Contributed by: Eric Walter
CALL FOR PAPERS
International Journal of Control
Special Issue on Parameter Identification and State Estimation for
Nonlinear Models
Guest Editors: Eric Walter and Peter Young
In recent years, there have been many developments in the data-based
modelling of nonlinear systems and it seems an appropriate time to consider
a Special Issue of the Journal on this topic. The aim of this Special Issue
will be to present recent advances in the identification and estimation of
nonlinear systems. Priority will be given to papers with a strong
methodological contribution and/or convincing applications where
nonlinearity turns out to be an essential aspect of the model and system
behaviour.
Submissions should be sent as hard copies to both Guest Editors before
December 31, 1999, at the following addresses:
Dr. Eric Walter
Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes
SUPELEC
91192 Gif-sur-Yvette
France
Professor Peter Young
Control and Systems Group
CRES/IENS
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YQ
United Kingdom
Manuscripts will be subjected to the usual reviewing process and should
conform to the instructions for authors on the back page of each issue of
the journal. Additional information about the format is available at
http://www.tandf.co.uk/
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Contributed by: Michel Fliess
MTNS-2000: CALL FOR PAPERS
(second announcement)
MTNS-2000 will be the 14th edition of the International Symposium on
Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems. It will be held in Perpignan,
France, from June 19 to 23, 2000. The program will include plenary lectures,
minicourses, contributed papers and invited sessions.
PROCEEDINGS: All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings CD. This
CD will be given to all registered participants at the beginning of the
Conference.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission of extended abstracts (3-5 pages) October 1st, 1999
Acceptance notification January 15th, 2000
Full paper (e-mail) March 31th, 2000
REGISTRATION FEE: Before April 30th, 2000, approx. 2000 French Francs. The fee
will include admittance to the sessions, book of abstracts, proceedings CD,
welcome reception Monday 19 June, banquet Thursday 22 June, coffee breaks.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INVITED SESSIONS: An invited session will consist of seven
(7) papers. The session organizer should send before October 1st, 2000, the
extended abstracts (3-5 pages) of the 7 papers and a 1-2 pages summary
describing the aims of his (her) session.
ADDRESS: The contributed papers and the invited sessions should be mailed to
MTNS-2000 Secretariat
Laboratoire de Theorie des Systemes
Universite de Perpignan
52, avenue de Villeneuve
66860 Perpignan Cedex
France
FURTHER INFORMATION:
See the MTNS-2000 web site
http://www.univ-perp.fr/mtns2000/
or contact
A. El Jai. Phone 33 4 68 66 17 61, fax 33 4 68 66 17 60, e-mail
eljai@univ-perp.fr
M. Fliess. Phones 33 1 47 40 59 16 & 33 6 61 19 12 06, fax 33 1 47 40 59 01,
e-mail fliess@cmla.ens-cachan.fr
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Contributed by: Naomi Ehrich Leonard (naomi@princeton.edu)
First Announcement and Call for Papers
IFAC Workshop on
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
March 16-18, 2000
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ USA
SCOPE:
The workshop will present new approaches to nonlinear control that
exploit mechanical and electromechanical system structure, in particular,
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structure. New technologies have created
engineering problems where successful controller designs must account
for nonlinear effects, yet existing theory for general nonlinear systems
often proves insufficient. This workshop will cover new developments in
nonlinear control theory, design methods and applications where
techniques have been effectively tailored to exploit mechanical and
electromechanical system structure. The workshop program will include
contributed papers as well as a number of invited papers by leading
international authorities. In-depth discussions by all participants on
basic problems and future directions will be encouraged.
Topics to be covered include among others:
- control of mechanical, electromechanical and electrical systems
- control of autonomous vehicles
- Hamiltonian and Lagrangian control systems
- use of symplectic, Poisson and Dirac structures in control
- role of symmetry, reduction and integrability in control
- analysis of global phase space structure and qualitative
phenomena with application to control
- effect of physical and feedback-controlled dissipation
- nonholonomic control systems
WORKSHOP ADDRESS
Ms. Arla Dittrick, IFAC Workshop Secretariat
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
Tel: (+1) 609-258-5127, Fax: (+1) 609-258-2404
Email: adittric@princeton.edu
http://graham.princeton.edu/~auvlab/workshop.html
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Four copies of an abstract should be received by
September 15, 1999 at the workshop address.
The abstract should be of sufficient detail and
length to permit careful reviewing.
DEADLINES:
Submission of abstracts September 15, 1999
Notification of acceptance November 1, 1999
Submission of full paper January 7, 2000
COPYRIGHT:
The copyright of papers presented at the meeting belongs to IFAC.
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Contributed by: Steven Y. Liang
Call for Papers: Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation
2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation
International Conference on Manufacturing Systems: Innovations for the 21th
Century
Website: http://www.engin.umich.edu/prog/pim/2000JUSFA.html
July 23-26, 2000
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Sponsored by
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Japan Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Japan Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Scope:
The restructuring of manufacturing industries caused by rapidly changing
markets and rapid introduction of new products has created a growing need for
highly responsive manufacturing systems, The technologies that are key to
minimum "time for market" and a highly diversified customer base are those of
flexible and reconfigurable automation. In order to strengthen the science and
engineering of flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing, it is essential that
researchers and engineers communicate and coordinate their work. The purpose
of this biennial symposium, following in the footsteps of seven previous ones,
is to promote research activities in various areas of manufacturing systems
automation by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, presentation of
technological achievements, and discussion of future directions.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: mechatronics, robotics,
autonomously guided vehicles, sensing and signal processing, manufacturing
process control, planning and scheduling for manufacturing, flexible
manufacturing systems, principles of agility in manufacturing, communication
networks and software systems, reliability, reconfigurable manufacturing
systems, malfunction analysis, concurrent engineering, evolutionary
computation, and advanced computer integrated manufacturing.
Paper Submission:
All papers should be written in English. Both long and short papers will be
considered. A long paper is defined as less than 6-8 proceedings pages and a
short paper is less than 4 pages (about 1000 words per page). Long papers are
reviewed as full manuscripts including abstract and keywords. Short papers are
screened by a 600-1000 words summary with keywords. Papers should be submitted
to the Co-chairs of the Program Committee: Professor Steven Y. Liang, G. W.
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
30332-0405, USA, phone: 1-404-894-8164, fax: 1-404-894-9342,
steven.liang@me.gatech.edu, or Professor Tatsuo Arai, System Engineering
Laboratory, Machikaneyama, 1-3, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531,
JAPAN, phone: +81-6-6850-6365, fax: +81-6-6850-6341,
jusfas_pc@arai-lab.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Deadline for paper submission: November 30, 1999; Paper acceptance
notification: February 15, 2000; Camera-ready manuscript due date: March 15,
2000
The Program Committee also solicits proposals for invited paper sessions, panel
sessions, and tutorial sessions. These proposals should be submitted by
October 1, 1999 to the Program Co-Chairs.
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Contributed by: Ad van den Boom
Second NICONET WORKSHOP:
NUMERICAL CONTROL SOFTWARE: a useful tool in industry
Friday, December 3, 1999, INRIA Rocquencourt, France
First Announcement and Call for Posters
This workshop organized by the European Numerics in Control thematic Network
(NICONET) aims to bring together engineers, mathematicians, computer
scientists and practitioners from industry and academia dealing with
numerical software in systems and control and their implementation and use
in industrial practice.
Recent advances on the use of numerical software libraries especially
designed for solving systems and control engineering problems in a
numerically reliable and efficient way will be discussed. The current
status of the freely available SLICOT library will be extensively discussed,
as well as industrial control applications and future extensions, comprising
parallel versions and practically oriented benchmarks. SLICOT is a valuable
tool for the reliable solution of many control problems, and for large-
scale, computer-intensive control problems and real-time applications,
SLICOT can lead to significant performance improvements.
Workshop Program:
The morning session consists of a tutorial training course including
demos of the newly developed SLICOT toolboxes which enable the use of
SLICOT routines within the user-friendly CACSD packages MATLAB and Scilab.
In the afternoon, plenary talks are scheduled describing the use of
numerical control software in diverse industrial control applications. In
addition, a poster session of contributed papers illustrates new
developments in control software and their performance in engineering
practice and industrial applications.
9h-10h: 'The numerics in control library SLICOT: an introductory
presentation'' by Dr. Ad van den Boom (Eindhoven University of
Technology) and Prof. Sabine Van Huffel (Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven)
10h30-12h30: Introductory presentations of the newly developed SLICOT
toolboxes including demos
'Basic software tools' by Prof. Paul Van Dooren
(Universite Catholique de Louvain)
'Model reduction' presented by Dr. Andras Varga
(DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen)
'Subspace identification' by Prof. Michel Verhaegen
(Delft University of Technology)
'Robust control' presented by Dr. Dawei Gu
(University of Leicester)
14h-16h: Plenary session (tentative schedule)
Presentation of Scilab through a large industrial application
by Eric Demay from Electricite de France.
Industrial control applications of SLICOT presented by
the NICONET industrial partners:
Ir. Joris De Cuyper from LMS International, Leuven, Belgium.
Ir. Arnaud Coville from SFIM Industries, Massy, France.
Dr. ir. Jobert Ludlage from IPCOS, Boxtel, the Netherlands.
16h-17h30: Demos and poster session
17h30-18h: Closing discussion
18h: Reception
The preliminary, as well as the final program, will be announced on the
NICONET website http://win.tue.nl/wgs/niconet.html
Participants of the workshop receive:
A copy of the workshop program and proceedings book
A copy of the last version of the SLICOT Software Library
and Toolboxes (upon request)
Documentation on SLICOT and NICONET
Prospective authors are invited to submit two copies of a camera-ready
paper (1 to 5 pages long), describing the contents of the poster
contribution, to the workshop secretariat (see address below) for review.
Address and e-mail should be provided if possible.
All accepted contributions, as well as documentation for the tutorial
training course and the plenary session, will be published in the
workshop proceedings.
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Contributed by: Dr Ed Boje (boje@eng.end.ac.za)
International Symposium on Quantitative Feedback
Theory and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
26 and 27 August 1999
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
http://www.ee.und.ac.za/symposium/default.htm
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Contributed by: Roy Smith,
IFAC System Identification Symposium 2000
SYSID 2000
** revised submission date **
Santa Barbara, California, USA
21 - 23 June, 2000
The deadline for the submission of regular papers, invited
sessions, and software demonstration papers has been
extended to:
1st October, 1999
Electronic submissions will be possible; the web site will
contain more information on this by mid August.
For further information please visit the converence web site:
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/ccec/SYSID2000
We look forward to seeing you in Santa Barbara.
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Contributed by: Frank Allgower
Announcement and Call for Papers:
ADCHEM 2000
International Symposium on Advanced Control of of Chemical Processes
June 14-16, 2000
Pisa, Italy
The ADCHEM 2000 meeting will be held on June 14-16, 2000 in Pisa, Italy.
Organized under the auspices of IFAC. ADCHEM (International Symposium on
Advanced Control of Chemical Processes) is a continuing series of
international meetings held most recently in Banff, Canada (1997), Kyoto,
Japan (1994) and Toulouse, France (1991). These meetings have
traditionally focused on advances in methods for control and identification
and are part of a three year rotation of IFAC meetings in process control,
which also include DYCOPS (Corfu, 1998) and the IFAC World Congress
(Beijing, 1999).
For the upcoming ADCHEM meeting, contributed papers are now being
considered in the following areas:
1. Modeling and Simulation - these can include first principle models,
data driven models, and model reduction for control and optimization
2. Model Based Control - including linear and nonlinear MPC,
linearizations based geometric concepts, etc.
3. Realtime Optimization - including optimization of steady state and
dynamic models, integration with control systems
4. Process and Control Monitoring - including PCA and other statistical
techniques, auditing of sensors, etc.
5. Process Identification - including estimation and filtering of linear
and nonlinear systems.
6. Process Control Applications and Plantwide Control - including the
control of environmental systems, petroleum refineries, etc.
Proposals for invited and tutorial sessions are also being entertained and
can be made by contacting info@adchem-2000.cheme.cmu.edu.
Full information about the conference can be obtained from the following
websites. These will be updated on a regular basis to include programming
information and conference details. Most of the conference information
will be circulated through e-mail and the internet from the following web
sites.
http://adchem-2000.ing.unipi.it Conference Home Page
http://adchem-2000.cheme.cmu.edu Programming & Paper Submission
Submissions for contributed papers will be submitted electronically
following IFAC guidelines with a six page limit. These can be made
directly through the second website or by sending e-mail to
info@adchem-2000.cheme.cmu.edu. Reviews will be made on the full papers
themselves. Deadlines for submission of contributed papers are:
September 6, 1999 - submission of draft papers
January 10, 2000 - notification of acceptance
March 15, 2000 - submission of papers in final form
June 14-16, 2000 - conference
The meeting is being organized by a National Organizing Committee chaired
by A. Brambilla, C. Scali and D. Semino at the University of Pisa.
Conference Fees: 500 Euro (today's exchange rate: 1 Euro = 1.015
USDollars). This includes: proceedings, lunches, coffee breaks, welcoming
reception, conference banquet and local transportation.
Local Accommodations: The conference will take place at the Congress Palace
and participants will find accomodation in nearby hotels. Most hotels are
located within walking distance (15 minutes) from the conference place;
buses departing from strategic points will also be available. Hotel rates
in Pisa start from 50 Euro (single rooom).
Social Program: A rich social program will be prepared for all participants
for the evenings of the conference in Pisa and for accompanying persons.
These include local tours to nearby towns in Tuscany (Lucca, Florence,
Siena, San Gimignano,..).
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Contributed by: Rozmat Ashurbekov
WORLD CONFERENCE on INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS for INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
"WCIS-2000"
CALL FOR PAPERS
September 14-16, 2000
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN
Organized by
State Committee of Science and Technology, The Ministry of Higher
Education, Academy of Sciences, Tashkent State Technical University,
Uzbekistan University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany and Azerbaijan State
Oil Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
SCOPE and OBJECTIVE
The Conference aims at bringing together researchers from academic and
industrial institutions to discuss new developments in the field of
intelligent systems, Soft-computing technology, and espesially, intelligent
systems or industrial automation.
The Conference will held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), a city with rich history.
The sessions will focus on the development and application of Fuzzy Logik,
Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Neurocomputing,
Chaos Theory, and hubrid systems for industrial automation purposes.
Application in other related areas are also welcome. A special social
program has been arranged to provide excursions to historical monuments of
the Orient, in particular, to Samarkand and Bukhara.
Detailed information on accomodation, travel arrangements and the technical
program will be included in subseguent mailing.
THE TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE
Papers describing original work in, but not limited to, the following
research areas are invited:
1. Computer Integrated Manufacturing(CIM) Systems
2. Expert Systems
3. Intelligent CAD Systems
4. Image and Signal Processing
5. Intelligent Information Systems
6. Intelligent sensors and measurement systems
7. Software implementation
8. Intelligent control
9. Intelligent robots
10. Education
11. Intelligent hubrid systems
12. Machine vision and visual perzeption
13. Decision support systems
14. Multi-agent distributed intelligent systems
15. Chaos Engineering
16. Intelligent technologies for nuclear science and industry
17. Fuzzy computing
18. Neural computing
19. Evolutionary computing
20. Computational intelligence
21. Application: power, oil, machine building, chemical, civil building,
and other branches of industry
22. Intelligent Manufacturing
23. Economic Planning
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English will be official language of the conference.
CONFERENCE VENUE
Tashkent State Technical University
University st.,2 700095 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel.:+99 871 246 04 57; Fax:+99 871 144 78 41
E-mail:ttusd@naytov.com
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract(in English) of up to 6
pages of their papers, including methodology, results and conclusions with
supporting figures and tables. The abstract should also include the title
of the proposed paper, keywords, authors names, affiliations, addresses,
telephone numbers, fax numbers, e-mails and the name of the author to be
contacted for correspondence.
Proposals for special sessions are also welcome.
Researchers interested in organizing an invited session should contact the
organizer to be included into the Time Schedule. Accepted papers will
appear in the conference proceedings.
TIME SCEDULE
October 1, 1999 - Receipt of extended abstracts
December 1, 1999 - Invited sessions proposal
February 15, 2000 - Notification of acceptance
May 15, 2000 - Receipt of camera ready manuscript
Conference registration fee $300.00 - regular fee
$70.00 - for students
Extended abstracts, proposals concerning invited session and camera ready
manuscript should be sent to regional centers
For Asia, Africa, CIS: Prof. B.A.Zahidov
Department of Automation and Remote Control
Tashklent State Technical University
University St.,2 700095 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel.:+99 871 246 04 57; FAX: +99 871 144 78 41
E-mail:ttusd@naytov.com
For America, Australia, and Europe:-Dr.F.Aliew
Institute for Measurement, University of Siegen
Hoelderlin St., 3, 57068 Siegen, Germany
Tel.:+49 271 740 3350;
FAX:+49 271 740 23 96
E-mail:wcis2000@mt.et-siegen.de
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ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PAPERS
Second International ICSC Symposium on ENGINEERING OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
EIS'2000
To be held at the University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K.
June 29 - July 02, 2000
http//www.icsc.ab.ca/eis2000.htm
TOPICS
Contributions are sought in areas based on the list below, which is
indicative only. Contributions from new applications areas are particularly
welcome.
THEORY
- Artificial Immune Systems - Artificial Life - Case-based Reasoning - Chaos
- Constraint Satisfaction and Constraint Programming - Expert Systems
- Fuzzy Logic - Genetic Algorithm - Hybrid Systems - Intelligent Agents
- Knowledge Extraction - Machine Learning - Model based and Qualitative
Reasoning - Multi Agent Systems - Neural Networks - Wavelets
APPLICATIONS
- Concurrent Engineering - Condition Monitoring and Control - Damage
Assessment - Data Mining and Knowledge Exraction - Design - Emerging
rganizational Forms - Hardware Implementations - Image Processing and
Computer Vision - Industrial Diagnostics - Management - Monitoring and
Control - Multimedia - Natural Language Processing - Pattern Recognition
- Product Development - Resource Allocation - Remote Sensing - Robotics
- Security - Signal Processing - Speech Processing and Regognition
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Papers are particularly sought for the following special sessions which are
expected to attract wide international interest - Artificial Immune Systems
(Dipankar Dasgupta, University of Memphis, USA) - Intelligent Mechatronics
(Mark Girolami, University of Paisley, Scotland, U.K.) - Speech Processing
(Amir Hussain, University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K.) - Machine Vision (Norbert
Krueger, Technical University of Kiel, Germany)
INVITED SESSIONS
The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers
are requested to send a session proposal (consisting of 4-5 invited papers,
the recommended session-chair and co-chair, as well as a short statement
describing the title and the purpose of the session to the Symposium
Chairman or the Symposium Organizer. Invited sessions should preferrably
start with a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session organizer
will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers register to the
conference.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster presentations are encouraged for people who wish to receive peer
feedback and practical examples of applied research are particularly welcome.
Poster sessions will allow the presentation and discussion of respective
papers, which will also be included in the conference proceedings.
WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Symposium Chairman
or the Symposium Organizer.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Prospective authors are requested to either send a draft paper (maximum
7 pages) or an extended abstract for review by the International Program
Committee. All submissions must be written in English, starting with a
succinct statement of the problem, the results achieved, their significance
and a comparison with previous work.
Submissions must be received by November 30, 1999.
The submission should also include
- Title of conference (EIS'2000)
- Type of paper (regular, poster, tutorial, invited or dedication to special
session)
- Title of proposed paper
- Authors names, affiliations, addresses
- Name of author to contact for correspondence
- E-mail address and fax # of contact author
- Topics which best describe the paper (max. 5 keywords)
- Short CV of authors (recommended)
Contributions are welcome from those working in industry and having experience
in the topics of this conference as well as from academics. The conference
language is English.
It is strongly recommended to submit abstracts by electronic mail to
operating@icsc.ab.ca
or else by fax or mail (2 copies) to the following address
ICSC Canada
P.O. Box 279
Millet, Alberta T0C 1Z0
Canada
Fax +1-780-387-4329
IMPORTANT DATES
- Submission Deadline November 30, 1999
- Notification of Acceptance January 31, 2000
- Delivery of full papers March 15, 2000
- Tutorials and Workshops June 29, 2000
- EIS'2000 Symposium June 30 - July 01, 2000
FURTHER INFORMATION
Full updated information is available from
http//www.icsc.ab.ca/eis2000.htm
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Contributed by: Zhang Ying
CALL FOR PAPERS
CP'99 Workshop
on
Constraints in Control
(http://www.parc.xerox.com/constraints-in-control/cc99)
Alexandra, Virginia
16 October 1999
(in conjunction with the fifth International Conference
on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP99))
Optimization has been used as a basis for control for decades.
Constraint Programming has been applied to many domains such as
configuration design, planning, and scheduling. However, up to now,
theories and algorithms for constraint programming and control
have been developed mostly in separate communities: while research
in constraint programming has focused more on languages and
constraint satisfaction techniques in discrete domains, research
in control has focused more on numerical solutions to linear and
non-linear constrained optimization problems. The purpose of this
workshop is to bring researchers from both sides together and build
synergy between the two communities.
Both theory and applications are of interest to this workshop.
The workshop invites submissions related to all aspects of constraints
in control:
>From a theoretical point of view, relevant topics include,
but are not limited to:
* on-line (or any-time, sequential, incremental, reactive)
constraint satisfaction or constraint-based optimization
techniques,
* distributed, embedded or real-time constraint representation
and constraint satisfaction,
* discrete-continuous hybrid (mixed) or software-hardware
integrated constraint satisfaction techniques,
* hierarchical or modular constraint representation and solving.
>From an applications point of view, relevant topics include,
but are not limited to:
* constraint-based modeling and control,
* constraint-based software control systems,
* constraint programming in control design,
* applications to real systems are very welcome:
- robots and automation,
- real-time process control,
- space and automobile applications,
- on-line planning and scheduling.
The key new issues brought to the workshop are:
*on-line (vs. off-line),
*distributed (vs. centralized), and
*real-time embedded (vs. resource unlimited).
We plan a one-day workshop. The primary forum will be
scheduled presentations. A number of invited papers/talks and panel
discussions may also be extended, for highlighting this
interdisciplinary research area. Suggestions for speakers and
panel discussions are welcome.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
Submission deadline is August 30, 1999. Submitted papers shall be
written in English with 12pt font and approximately 6 A4 size pages in
length. Papers shall be in PDF, Postscript or Microsoft Word format.
The proceedings will be collected and published at least on the Web.
Papers shall be sent electronically to yzhang@parc.xerox.com
by August 30, 1999. Authors will be notified of acceptance by
September 17, 1999. The final paper is due October 1, 1999.
For more information on the workshop, please refer to:
http://www.parc.xerox.com/constraints-in-control/cc99
For more information about CP99, please refer to:
http://www.isse.gmu.edu/cp99
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for submissions: August 30, 1999
Notification of review results: September 17, 1999
Final draft of papers due: October 1, 1999
Workshop: October 16, 1999
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Contributed by: Bruce H. Krogh
CALL FOR PAPERS
DARPA-JFACC SYMPOSIUM ON
ADVANCES IN ENTERPRISE CONTROL
San Diego, CA
Tentative Dates: November 15-16, 1999
http:// www.darpa.mil/iso/jfacc/
AIMS AND SCOPE
The purpose of the Symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners
from industry, government and academia to present and discuss the latest
developments in all aspects of enterprise control. The Symposium is sponsored
by
the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Program in the Information
Systems Office (ISO) of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA).
The Symposium seeks papers that (a) describe the results of original research
on
the topics of interest, (b) provide broad reviews of the state-of-the-art, and
(c) propose and advocate new research directions. Also invited are papers that
describe significant practical experiences with current enterprise control
systems: complex dynamic phenomena, non-obvious successes and failures,
requirements and unmet needs. Note that the security classification of this
Symposium is unclassified.
The modern enterprise is a large-scale dynamic system with broadly distributed
and potentially conflicting goals, resources and constraints, with multiple
semi-autonomous participants of both human and artificial nature (e.g., large
military operations, financial/trading institutions, logistics systems,
manufacturing plants, power grids). The increasing capabilities of technology
to
collect, automatically generate, and disseminate information offer the
possibility for large-scale enterprises to be more responsive to change.
Enterprise plans and orders quickly become obsolete as new information about
the
current situation becomes available. The challenge is to use real-time
information to re-direct enterprise operations effectively. Such systems and
challenges define the scope of the Symposium.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis and
implementation of enterprise control systems. Topics include but are not
limited
to:
* modeling and representations of large-scale enterprise control systems
* reasoning at multiple levels of abstraction
* computer-aided synthesis and design
* simulation and verification
* controllability and stability
* integrated planning/scheduling/control
* adaptive control in large-scale enterprises
* game-theoretic control and adversarial control
* role and impact of humans on the control loop
* distributed and multi-agent control architectures
* observation and state estimation
* failures and pathological behavior in enterprise control
* requirements of and for enterprise control systems
* applications and case studies
Submissions
Researchers are invited to submit an extended abstract as a postscript, MS
Word,
or pdf file via e-mail to jfacc_program@darpa.mil. The abstract should not
exceed 10 double-spaced pages or 4 pages in two-column format. The first page
should include the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation,
complete contact information for the corresponding author (postal and e-mail
addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and a one-paragraph summary of the
contribution. Full versions of the accepted submissions will be published in
the
proceedings following the Symposium. Full versions of the papers must conform
to
the standards of IEEE Computer Society Press guidelines for conference
proceedings (see http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). It is an intent of
this Symposium to encourage interactions of practitioners and theoreticians,
and
to make the innovative research more accessible to the enterprise leaders and
decision-makers. To this end, all theoretical papers should contain a section
that illustrates the key idea and significance of the paper in qualitative
terms
and examples, and does not require an extensive control-theoretic background.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: September 13, 1999
Notification of acceptance: September 27, 1999
Final versions due: November 10, 1999
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Program Committee will be announced on the Symposium webpage after August 1,
1999.
REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION
Confirmed dates of the Symposium and the registration and hotel information
will
be posted on the Symposium webpage after August 1, 1999. There is no fee for
this Symposium, however, transportation, lodging, and meal expenses are the
responsibility of the attendees.
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Contributed by: Fernando Camisani
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Conference on Technology Transfer in Developing Countries:
Automation in Infrastructure Creation
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
5-7 July, 2000
Organised by SACAC
in cooperation with CSSA, SAACE, SAIChE, SAIEE, SAIMC, SAIMM and EE
Publishers
mailto:decom@suntiger.ee.up.ac.za
web-site: http://www.ee.up.ac.za/decom/
1. SCOPE
This conference will focus on the transfer of automation technology in
the field of infrastructure creation and development. Particular emphasis
will be given to the application and adaptation of first world automation
technologies to developing countries in the following areas: power
systems; telecommunications systems; transportation systems; water systems.
Sessions will be arranged around these topics. All four of these areas are
currently of particular importance to developing countries as a good and
reliable infrastructure forms the basis of a modern economy with sustainable
human development. Keywords include, but are not restricted to:
1.1 Power systems
1.2 Transportation systems
1.3. Telecommunications systems
1.4. Water systems
1.5. Other
2. CALL FOR PAPERS
Five copies of the full draft paper should be received by the conference
secretariat by 30 September 1999. (Note: The deadline has been extended
from 1 to 30 September 1999). Please include an e-mail address and fax
number with the author's address. The working language of the conference
will be English.
3. MAILING ADDRESS
Correspondence should be sent to
DECOM - TT 2000 Secretariat
c/o Fernando Camisani
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Pretoria, 0002
Pretoria, South Africa
Phone: +27-12-420-2190
Fax: +27-12-362-5000
mailto: decom@suntiger.ee.up.ac.za
Web-site: http://www.ee.up.ac.za/decom/
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