E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 159, November 1, 2001
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 159, November 1, 2001
Editor: Pradeep Misra
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435
USA
Tel +937 775 5062
Fax +937 775 3936
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Submission deadline for December eletter: November 30, 2001
Contents
0. Editorial
1. Personals
1.1 New Assignment: Peter Dorato
1.2 New address: Bernard Brogliato
1.3 New address: Emilio Frazzoli
1.4 New address: Helen Frankowska
1.5 New address: Salomon Oldak
1.6 New address: Vincent Verdult
1.7 New assignment: Donald M. Wiberg
1.8 New assignment: Jan Lunze
2. Awards Honors
2.1 Call for Nominations: SIAG/OPT Prize
2.2 Request for Nominations for IEEE Fellow
3. General Announcements
3.1 Call for Nominations: George Polya Prize SIAM
3.2 Control Training Site Europe
3.3 On-Line Reviewer Database for IEEE Trans AC
3.4 Workshop: Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics Italy
4. Positions
4.1 Applied Mathematics Postion: UMBC Maryland
4.2 ECE Faulty Postion: Utah State University
4.3 EE Faculty Position New Mexico
4.4 EE Faculty Positions University of California Riverside
4.5 Group Leader United Technology Res Ctr
4.6 PhD Assistantship: Switzerland
4.7 PhD positions: Orebro University Sweden
4.8 PhD positions Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
4.9 Post-Doc: Univ of California Santa Barbara
4.10 Post-Doc: West Virginia Univ
4.11 Research Assistant: Karlsruhe Germany
4.12 Research Engineer Positions: UTRC USA
4.13 Research Fellow: National Univ of Singapore
4.14 Research Positions: ISR/IST Lisbon Portugal
4.15 Research Posts: Ind Control Centre Glasgow UK
5. Books
5.1 Analytic Feedback System Design
5.2 Digital Controller Implementation and Fragility
5.3 Linear Quadratic Control
5.4 Multivariable System Identification
6. Journals
6.1 CFP: ASME/JDSMC on Time Delayed Systems
6.2 Call for Papers: Computers in Industry
6.3 Call for Papers: European J of Control
6.4 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
6.5 Contents: Automatica
6.6 Contents: Dev in Chem Engr & Mineral Processing
6.7 Contents: European Journal of Control
6.8 Contents: IEEE Trans on Automatic Control
6.9 Contents: MIC
7. Conferences
7.1 10th IEEE Med. Conf on Contr and Automation
7.2 Call For Papers: WCICA 2002
7.3 Call for Papers: 2002 IEEE ISIC
7.4 Call for Papers: Benelux Meeting 2002
7.5 Call for Papers: IJCNN 2002 Hawaii
7.6 Call for Papers: MTNS 2002
7.7 Intl Symp: Control of Industrial Processes
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Awards and Honors
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Contributed by: Peter Dorato,
New Assignment for Peter Dorato
Professor Peter Dorato, University of New Mexico, has been named director
of a new center for Intelligent Systems Engineering. The center is funded by
NASA-Ames Grant NAG2-1480 for minority graduate studies. Current areas of
investigation include, cooperative satellite arrays, cooperative robotics,
diagonstics of turbulent flow, fuzzy-logic modelling, intelligent biomedical
engneering, intelligent image processing, etc. More information can be
obtained from the web site: ise.unm.edu
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Contributed by: Bernard Brogliato,
New address: Bernard Brogliato
Here is my new address since September 1, 2001:
Bernard Brogliato
INRIA Rhone-Alpes
ZIRST Montbonnot
655 avenue de l'Europe
38344 Saint Ismier cedex
France
tel: 33 (0) 476615393
fax: 33 (0) 476615252
http://www.inrialpes.fr/
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Contributed by: Emilio Frazzoli,
New address: Emilio Frazzoli
I graduated from MIT in June, and joined the Dept. of Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in August. My new coordinates are:
Emilio Frazzoli
Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
321b Talbot Laboratory - mc 236
104 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
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Contributed by: Frankowska Hélène,
New address: Helen Frankowska
Hélène Frankowska
CREA, Ecole Polytechnique,
1, rue Descartes, F-75005 Paris, France
Tél.01 55 55 80 89
Fax 01 43 25 29 44
e-mail : franko@poly.polytechnique.fr
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Contributed by: Salomon Oldak,
New address: Salomon Oldak
Salomon Oldak
Assicoate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
California State Polytechnic University
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768
Phone: (909)869-2651
FAX: (909)869-4687
E-mail: soldak@csupomona.edu
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Contributed by: Vincent Verdult,
New address: Vincent Verdult
Vincent Verdult
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Information Technology and Systems
Laboratory of Control Engineering
P. O. Box 5031
2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)15 27 85768
Fax: +31 (0)15 27 86679
Email: V.Verdult@its.tudelft.nl
WEB: http://control-lab.et.tudelft.nl/~verdult
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Contributed by: Donald M. Wiberg,
New assignment: Donald M. Wiberg
Donald M. Wiberg is now Professor Emeritus Recalled at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA
95060. His phone number is (831)459-0787. Present research interests
include adaptive optics, passive microwave measurements, and system
identification.
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Contributed by: Jan Lunze,
New assignment: Jan Lunze
Since October 1, 2001 I am the head of the Institute of Automation and
Computer Control at the Ruhr-University Bochum. My PhD students will
move from the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg to Bochum as well and
we will continue our research work on feedback control of complex systems,
qualitative modelling, process supervision and fault diagnosis. As before,
we will also have application projects in process control, bioengineering,
automotive systems or other fields.
My new address is as follows
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Lunze
Ruhr-University Bochum
Fakultaet für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Lehrstuhl für Automatisierungstechnik und Prozessinformatik
(Institute of Automation and Computer Control)
44780 Bochum
Tel. (0234) 32 24071
email: Lunze@esr.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Secretary: Mrs Hannelore Hupp
Tel. (0234) 32 28071
Fax: (0234) 32 14101
email: office@esr.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Contributed by: Allison Bogardo,
Call for Nominations: SIAG/OPT Prize
Call for Nominations
SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize (SIAG/OPT) will be awarded
at the SIAM Conference on Optimization, May 20-22, 2002, at the Westin
Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto.
The prize is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper, as
determined by the selection committee, on a topic in optimization published
in English in a peer-reviewed journal.
Eligibility
Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
bearing a publication date within the period of January 1, 1999 to
December 31, 2001. The paper must contain significant research
contributions to the field of optimization, as commonly defined in the
mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications.
Description of the Award
The award will consist of a plaque and a certificate. The chair of
the selection committee will notify the recipient(s) of the award in
advance of the award date. An invitation will be extended to the
recipient(s) to attend the award ceremony to receive the award and to
present the paper. At least one of the awardees is expected to attend
the ceremony and present the winning paper.
Nominations
Nominations, which should consist of a copy of the paper and a cover
letter, must be received in the SIAM office by JANUARY 15, 2002.
Please send nominations to:
SIAG/OPT Prize Selection Committee
Professor Philippe Toint, Chair
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800, Ext. 302
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are Philippe Toint, Chair (The University
of Namur, Belgium); Harvey Greenberg (University of Colorado, Denver);
Masakazu Kojima (Tokyo Institute of Technology); Paul Tseng (University of
Washington); and Levent Tuncel (University of Waterloo).
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Contributed by: Jessy W. Grizzle,
Request for Nominations for IEEE Fellow
Recognition by peers is a vital function of the IEEE, with election to the
grade of IEEE Fellow one of the most visible mechanisms for acknowledgment.
The nomination of highly qualified individuals for Fellow status is a
valuable service to the Control Systems Society. Members of the academic
community have been quite responsive in the past and we encourage them to
continue nominating their peers. The Control Systems Society is also very
interested in seeing more of its industrial members promoted to Fellow grade.
Successful Fellow nominations can be built around exceptional accomplishments
in product development and technical management, as well as archival
publications and teaching.
Nominations for IEEE Fellow are due at IEEE Headquarters by March 15, 2002,
hence the first steps must be taken well before that date. Fellow nominees
must be active IEEE Senior members and have been IEEE members for at least
five years in any grade. A successful nomination requires a qualified
candidate and a well-prepared nomination package. A key preliminary step is a
careful reading of the IEEE Guide for Fellow Grade Nominations, which
contains the nomination forms. These materials can be found in the 2002
Fellow nomination kits that will be made available in late November 2001
on the web at http://www.ieee.org/about/awards or they can be obtained by
writing to:
IEEE Fellow Program Staff
445 Hoes Lane
P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
TEL: +1 732 562 3843
fax: +1 732 981 9019
fellows@ieee.org
Five references are required for the nomination; they must be IEEE Fellows.
A list of Fellows is contained in the IEEE Membership Directory and is
available on-line. Recently elected Fellows appear annually in the Control
Systems Magazine (August issue). If you know of an outstanding individual
who is worthy of Fellow status but is not a Senior member of the IEEE, then
by all means encourage them to initiate that process themselves by going to
http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/fellows/senior.htm so that you can nominate
them next year. If you plan to make an IEEE Fellow nomination, please notify
Professor Jessy W. Grizzle, Chair of the Control Systems Society's Fellows
Solicitation Committee, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122; +1 734 763
3598, fax: +1 734 763 8041, grizzle@umich.edu
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Contributed by: Allison Bogardo,
Call for Nominations: George Polya Prize, SIAM
The Polya Prize
The award will be presented at the SIAM 50th Anniversary Meeting in
Philadelphia, July 8-12, 2002. The award honors the memory of George
Polya and is given in even-numbered years for notable contributions
in two alternating categories. The 2000 Prize was given in
combinatorics. The 2002 Prize will be given for a notable
contribution in one of the following areas: approximation theory,
complex analysis, number theory, orthogonal polynomials,
probability theory, or mathematical discovery and learning.
Eligibility
There are no restrictions except that the prize is broadly intended to
recognize specific recent work.
Description of Award
The award will consist of an engraved medal and a ,000 cash prize.
Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by the prize
fund.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s)
should be sent by December 1, 2001, to:
Professor Percy Deift
Chair, Selection Committee
George Polya Prize
c/o Allison Bogardo
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Selection Committee
Members of the selection committee are Percy Deift, Courant Institute
of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (chair); Ronald Graham,
University of California, San Diego; Andrew Odlyzko, University of
Minnesota; and Martin Gutknecht, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
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Contributed by: F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue,
Control Training Site, Europe
A Multi-partner Marie Curie Training Site of 29 Institutes, entitled Control
Training Site (CTS) will be funded by the European Commission from January
2002. Three to twelve months of full fellowship support are available. The CTS
addresses any European student starting doctoral studies or pursuing doctoral
studies in the large domain of control, including various areas of control
theory, optimization and control engineering. Qualified applicants can either
complete their first-year doctoral studies, by choosing some courses proposed
by the CTS, or can obtain a complete first-year certificate, or can access the
training site in order to enhance their own doctoral programme.
For more details, visit http://www.supelec.fr/lss/CTS
Besides numerous research projects, a large choice of courses will be
delivered at the following places: - Dutch Institute of Systems and Control
(DISC), Delft, Netherlands; - Institut Henri Poincaré (DEA control modules),
Paris, France; - International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste,
Italy; - Graduate School in Systems and Control (AUTO), Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium: - Institute for Engineering Cybernetics, Stuttgart, Germany
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Contributed by: C.G. Cassandras, TAC Editor-in-Chief,
On-Line Reviewer Database for IEEE Trans AC
The IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC) Editorial Office has created
a reviewer database, which is now up and running. The database is public and
can be accessed at http://control.bu.edu/ieee/database/.
There are three possible actions one can take at this site:
1. Select a reviewer name (there are currently approximately 1000 listed) and
look for that person's technical areas on record.
2. Select a technical area (among 31) to find reviewers with interest in this
area. You will also get the reviewer's e-mail address (if available).
3. Fill in a form with proposed changes to the database. This is e-mailed to
the Editorial Office, where the actual database update will take place.
The database has been initialized based on manual processing of a large
volume of data, not always reliable. We urge all members of the CSS and
systems and control community at large to visit
http://control.bu.edu/ieee/database/ in order to check and update if
necessary their own record. This information will greatly help the Editorial
Board of the TAC further improve the quality and speed of the reviewing
process of submitted papers. In addition, the database provides a resource
for anyone in our community to identify colleagues in similar technical areas.
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Contributed by: Carlo Piccardi,
International School on TOPICS IN NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
Venice International University
Venice (Italy), January 30 - February 1, 2002
Organized by: SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity
In cooperation with: VIU - Venice International University
The International School "Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics" is primarily directed
to young researchers and PhD students interested in the theory and
applications of nonlinear dynamical systems. The lectures cover both
introductory and advanced topics, and at least one special session is devoted
to applications in specific fields. The topics of general interest are
bifurcation theory, numerical bifurcation analysis, chaotic dynamics, and
time series analysis, while a special session is devoted to evolutionar
dynamics.
LECTURERS
James A. Yorke, University of Maryland, USA
Sergio Rinaldi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Carlo Piccardi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Yuri A. Kuznetsov, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Willy Govaerts, University of Ghent, Belgium
Ulf Dieckmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Michael Obersteiner, Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria
Fabio Dercole, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Alfredo Medio, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", Italy
Sergio Invernizzi, University of Trieste, Italy
Marji Lines, University of Udine, Italy
Eric Kostelich, Arizona State University, USA
Antonello Provenzale, ICGF-CNR, Italy
For information and application, visit the website
http://www.elet.polimi.it/venice2002
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Positions
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Contributed by: Thomas I. Seidman,
Applied Mathematics Postion: UMBC, Maryland
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC (University of
Maryland, Baltimore County) has authorization to recruit a tenure-track
Assistant Professor in Applied Math. Please see our web pages for further
information about the department and its present faculty; in particular,
see http://www.math.umbc.edu/Positions/positions-2001-2.shtml
for the official position announcement.
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Contributed by: Kevin L. Moore,
ECE Faulty Postion: Utah State University
Tenure-track faculty opening at Utah State University in the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. We are primarily interested in
applicants at the assistant professor level who can join us in Fall 2002.
Preferred areas include networking, computer engineering, and/or control
systems. We are also actively supportive of increasing diversity in our
faculty. For application information see http://www.ece.usu.edu.
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Contributed by: Estella M. Greene,
EE Faculty Position, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Electrical Engineering
(www.ee.nmt.edu). Applicants must have a Ph.D. in electrical engineering or
a closely related field, a strong interest in teaching lecture and laboratory
courses, and the ability to develop a vigorous, independent, and externally
funded research program. Strong collaboration and joint research is possible
in association with the Computer Science Department (www.cs.nmt.edu) and New
Mexico Tech Robotics Laboratory in mobile robotics and real-time control
systems.
New Mexico Tech (www.nmt.edu), a state-supported institute founded in 1889
and located in the Rio Grande valley, has an enrollment of approximately
1500 undergraduate and graduate students. The Institute's primary emphasis is
in science and engineering teaching and research. The electrical engineering
department has approximately 200 majors and active research in embedded
systems, instrumentation, robotics, controls, adaptive optics, atmospheric
physics, lightning, and power systems.
The appointment will begin January or August, 2002. For full consideration,
applications must be received by December 15, 2001. Send comprehensive
resume, transcripts, letter describing your teaching and research interests
and the names, daytime telephone numbers and email addresses of three
references to
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Human Resources
801 Leroy Place
Wells Hall Box 1080E
Socorro, NM 87801
E-mail applications NOT accepted. New Mexico Tech is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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Contributed by: Janet Harshman,
EE Faculty Positions, University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
Faculty Positions in Electrical Engineering
The University of California at Riverside invites applications for tenure-
track (Assistant Professors) and tenured (Associate Professors and Full
Professors) faculty positions in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING starting in the
2002/03 academic year. Applicants should have earned a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering or a related field. While excellent candidates from all areas of
specialization will be considered, the priority areas of technical interest
are: Computer Engineering (VLSI Design and Embedded Systems); Optical and RF
Devices for Communications; and Image Processing and Video Technology.
Candidates for tenure-track positions must demonstrate evidence of
outstanding potential in research and teaching. Candidates for tenured
positions must have record of exceptional achievement in research and
teaching. Candidates from industry are encouraged to apply. Salary level will
be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applicants should send a letter of professional intent addressing teaching
and research objectives, a curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, e-
mail, and telephone numbers of at least five references. Applications should
be addressed to: Electrical Engineering, Search Committee Chair, A220 Bourns
Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521. To receive the first
round consideration, applications must be received by January 31, 2002. Late
applications will also be considered until the positions are filled. For more
information please see our website: www.ee.ucr.edu.
The University of California, Riverside is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative
Action Employer.
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Contributed by: Scott Bortoff,
Group Leader, United Technology Res Ctr
United Technologies Research Center
Job Openings in Controls Technology and Systems Engineering
The Systems and Networks Department at the United Technologies Research
Center invites qualified individuals to apply for several open positions in
the area of controls technology and systems engineering.
United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) is an internationally recognized
R&D organization that conducts research across a broad range of technology
areas to drive and support a corporate-wide "impact through innovation
agenda. The operating units of United Technologies Corporation (UTC)
include Pratt & Whitney (aircraft engines and gas turbines for power
generation), Sikorsky (helicopters), Otis (elevators), Carrier (heating and
air conditioning), Hamilton-Sundstrand (aerospace products) and International
Fuel Cells (fuel cell power plants). The mission of UTRC is to create
opportunities for organic growth of UTC through innovation of new products
and processes. The Systems and Networks department is building the
capability to conduct virtual product design by developing physics-based
models of new UTC products and processes, validating those models in world
class experimental facilities, and using these models to conduct rigorous
conceptual and preliminary design. UTRC partners with the best research
organizations in the world and provides an opportunity for collaboration
among academic and business unit partners.
In the control area, expertise is sought in the areas of modeling,
multivariable control system analysis and design, synthesis of hybrid control
systems, model predictive control, and real-time controller implementation.
Applications currently under study include fuel cell power plants, advanced
fuel processing systems, building combined heat and power systems, advanced
heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, integrated aerospace power
distribution, industrial gas turbines and aircraft engines. Specific duties
include development of control-oriented models, rigorous analysis of
performance and model uncertainty in multivariable systems, synthesis of
model-based hybrid control systems, development of process controllers,
and/or real-time implementation of concepts in an experimental setting. In
the systems engineering area, expertise is sought to build an institutional
capability to conduct integrated concurrent engineering in the conceptual and
preliminary stages of design of innovative products. Applications of current
interest are drawn from the areas of power and building systems. Specific
duties include development of facilities, tools and technologies to enable
model-based analysis of innovative concepts in a concurrent engineering
environment, team building, leadership of design sessions, and promotion of
systems engineering principles in innovative design processes.
Individuals in the department work within multidisciplinary teams and focus
on one or two projects at a time. Excellent communications skills, a strong
interest in external publication and the proven ability to contribute as both
an individual and as part of a team are essential. The ideal candidate for
the controls positions would possess a strong background in control theory,
including knowledge of multivariable methods of analysis and design,
knowledge of modern methods for robustness analysis, experience in modeling
in the areas of mechatronics, thermodynamic, fluid dynamic, chemical or power
systems, and experience implementing control systems in an experimental or
industrial setting. A Ph.D. in control or a related field and several years
experience in either an academic or an industrial environment is desirable.
Candidates with experience developing successful proposals and supervising
the technical work of others will be given preference. The ideal candidate
for the systems engineering positions would possess deep knowledge of systems
engineering principles as applied to the development and design of power,
building or aerospace systems, and several years experience developing tools
and methods to enable concurrent engineering. A Ph.D. in a field related to
systems engineering of mechanical / thermodynamic / power systems and have
several years of industrial or academic experience is desirable. Preference
will be given to individuals with knowledge of power, building or aerospace
systems and experience building and leading multidisciplinary systems
engineering teams.
Inquiries should be directed to:
Dr. Scott A. Bortoff
Group Leader, Controls Technology
BortofSA@utrc.utc.com
(860)-610-7284
United Technologies Research Center
Mail Stop: 129-15
411 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06108
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Contributed by: Ottar Johnsen,
PhD Position: Sound Extraction from Images of Disc Records
Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship combined with a teaching or
research assistantship. The research will take place at the University of
Applied Sciences of Fribourg Switzerland (Ecole d'ingénieurs de Fribourg or
EIA-FR). The PhD student will also join the GIRAF Group (Prof. Rolf Ingold)
of the Computer Science Department of the University of Fribourg which is
the degree granting institution.
The position is intended for an enthusiastic and open minded graduate, who
will participate in the research activities in the VisualAudio project. The
key idea is to archive (vinyl) disc records as high-resolution photographs;
reading the archive is achieved through an image scanning system and a groove
extraction algorithm. A first prototype is now operational. The thesis will
be devoted to modeling and correction of the various distortions accumulated
at each step of the process. The Ph.D student will mostly be working with C
programming, signal, audio and image processing and pattern recognition.
The position is available on January 1st, 2002. It is granted for a period of
two years by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research (with
possible continuation through a second two-year period). The position will be
combined with assistant activities related to teaching or applied research
projects. Job location is Fribourg, a French-German bilingual midsized city
in Switzerland.
For more informations visit:
http://www.eif.ch/~bapst/joboffer.html and
http://www.eif.ch/visualaudio
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Contributed by: Dr Tom Duckett,
PhD positions: Orebro University, Sweden
PhD Studentships are available at the Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor
Systems in the Department of Technology, Orebro University, Sweden in the
following areas:
LEARNING IN AUTONOMOUS SENSOR SYSTEMS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ROBOT LEARNING
The main focus of study is on developing computational theories of learning
for artificially intelligent agents which must perceive and interact with
real environments. The emphasis is on autonomous, on-line learning from
sensory information, with applications in robotics and autonomous systems.
Applicants should have or expect to get an MSc or strong BSc degree in
computing or a related discipline. For further information please reply
to Dr Tom Duckett via email: tom.duckett@aass.oru.se
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Contributed by: Bram de Jager,
PhD positions Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
The Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven, TU/e, together with the Netherlands Organisation for
Applied Scientific Research, TNO/TPD, are initiating a project where
fluid dynamics and fluid control together will bring forward a
methodology and technique to achieve improved stability of turbomachinery.
This "Compressor Stall" project is an extension of an earlier project
carried out at TU/e, merged with the expertise of TNO/TPD,
a technology research institute, and with the experience of
DEMAG-Delaval Turbomachinery, a manufacturer of centrifugal compressors.
The aim of the project is to improve the area of stable operation of
compressors by active control, without loss of efficiency. This
improvement will be made possible by merging three emerging
technologies: one-sided feedback (model-based) control, dynamic fluid
flow measurements, and fast control valves. An additional benefit will
be a better description of centrifugal compressors acting as a source
of acoustic noise in process equipment.
For the Compressor Stall project we are looking for 2 PhD students.
The first PhD student will target the (numerical) modeling of rotating
stall in centrifugal compressors, including an experimental validation.
The goal is to predict flow/acoustical disturbances due to rotating stall
and their role in surge initiation. The second PhD student will investigate
the control of surge in the presence of rotating stall, including an
implementation of a one-sided controller on an industrial scale test
facility equipped with fast control valves. The aim is a control
implementation that improves the area of stability of a centrifugal
compressor in the pipe network.
>From both PhDs we require a basic knowledge on the level of MSc-degree
in mechanical engineering, or in a related field in engineering or
physics. Previous experience in fluid dynamics or control is an asset.
The PhDs will be offered a contract by TNO/TPD and by TU/e, on a
fifty/fifty basis. It is expected that the time spend at both
institutes will also be divided equally. Furthermore, some time will be
spent at the site of DEMAG-Delaval Turbomachinery (the industrial
partner). This mix of academic, applied, and industrial groups provides
a challenging working environment.
For more information contact Bram de Jager, A.G.de.Jager@wfw.wtb.tue.nl,
or Maarten Steinbuch, M.Steinbuch@tue.nl.
If you are interested in this position, send a detailed curriculum
vitae, a publication list, your course program and corresponding
grades, references, and all other information that might be relevant to
Bram de Jager
Control Systems Technology group, WH 0.132
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
E-mail: A.G.de.Jager@wfw.wtb.tue.nl
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Contributed by: Igor Mezic,
Post-Doc: Univ of California, Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral position in Nonlinear Dynamics and Control with Applications
to Nanotechnology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
A postdoctoral position at the University of California, Santa Barbara is
available in the area of Nonlinear Dynamics and Control with Applications to
Nanotechnology. The work will involve modeling and simulation of nanosystems,
investigation of their dynamics using nonlinear dynamical systems tools and
design of control algorithms.
An ideal candidate will have background in dynamical systems, control theory
and nanoscale physics. The past and current projects in the area include
active control of mixing in a micromixer, modeling, dynamics and control of
Atomic Force Microscopes and instabilities of ultrathin fluid films on a
surface.
The position is for one year with possible extension to two years. Starting
date is December 1, 2001.
Interested candidates please send CV's only (in postscript, PDF or MS Word)
by e-mail to Prof. Igor Mezic, mezic@engineering.ucsb.edu
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Contributed by: Parviz Famouri,
Post-Doc: West Virginia Univ
Post-Doc in Application of State Estimation, Control or Related Areas
West Virginia University
The Electromechanical Systems (EMS) Laboratory at West Virginia University is
looking to hire one postdoctoral research associate and several graduate
research assistant to support one or more of the on-going programs in the Lab.
The areas of research include: State estimation and control of chemical
processes, electromechanical systems and MEMS.
A PhD degree in relevant areas such as Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical
Engineering with experience in system theory, state estimation and control is
required. Knowledge of MATLAB and C/C++ is considered a plus, although not
required. The position is to be held for no less than one year, with a one to
three year position the norm. Those interested in the positions are encouraged
to submit a CV electronically with a list of at least two references to
Professor Parviz Famouri at pfamouri@wvu.edu
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Contributed by: Eberhard Muenz,
PhD Position: Control Systems Laboratory of the Universität Karlsruhe
The Control Systems Laboratory of the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) invites
applicants for Research Assistant positions.
The research areas of these positions include design of nonlinear control
systems and automation of discrete-continuous (hybrid) systems.
The main field of applications is automotive engineering in cooperation with
automotive industries.
We expect you not only to conduct excellent research but also to perform
educational activities and to supervise master's theses as well as student
projects. You should hold a master's degree in electrical engineering or
in a related subject like computer science, mathematics, or physics; in
particular, a strong background in the field of control engineering and
automation is required. Besides the interests in research and education,
you enjoy working in a team. We offer research possibilities in interesting
areas in a motivating environment and salaries according to BATIIa; the
opportunity for conferral of a doctorate exists.
Send your application documents to:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Krebs
Institut für Regelungs- und Steuerungssysteme
Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Kaiserstraße 12
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
URL: http://www-irs.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de
mail: krebs@irs.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de
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Contributed by: Carlos E. Pereira,
Research Engineer Positions: UTRC, USA
United Technologies Research Center
Job Openings in
Communication Networks and Embedded Systems
The Systems and Networks Department at the United Technologies Research
Center invites qualified individuals to apply for several open positions
in the area of communication networks and embedded systems.
In the embedded systems area, expertise is sought in hardware and software
development of distributed embedded systems, with focus on adaptive,
dependable and real-time systems; resource-constrained and scalable embedded
systems, modeling and performance analysis of distributed embedded
applications; and fault-tolerant, security, and safety-critical applications.
In the area of communication protocols, expertise is sought in modeling and
analysis of complex industrial (mostly embedded) distributed applications;
communication protocols with emphasis on those commonly used in building
automation and aerospace applications (including wireless, power-line
carrier, and wired protocols). In the area of wireless systems expertise
is sought in RF systems modeling, analysis, design and validation, and power
control in wireless computer systems.
The successful candidates will be responsible for a range of activities
including the generation of concepts, the assessment of alternative
solutions, and the reduction of concepts to practice. Additionally
responsibilities are assisting in program planning, technology transfer,
and building group capability by assisting in recruiting and mentoring. The
candidate must be capable of working independently, contributing as a member
of a multidisciplinary team, and leading projects.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- M.S. in electrical or computer engineering or related field with 5+ years
experience
- Demonstrated abilities to lead and/or work effectively within
multi-disciplinary teams to successfully achieve desired technical
outcomes within time and budget constraints.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in electrical or computer engineering or related field with 5+ years
of experience
- Strong research focus in areas including computer and communication
architectures, communication protocols and embedded hardware and software
design methods, modeling and performance analysis of communication
networks, RF system modeling including physics based and wireless
networks and communications system design.
- Strong applied mathematical abilities, knowledge of control systems,
computer programming skills, and significant evidence of innovation-driven
business success.
- Candidates with a wide and diverse range of experiences, multidisciplinary
team participation, and innovation are highly valued.
Potential candidates should send an email to: employment@utrc.utc.com,
reference code: Embedded -NET-2625-6403, Communications- NET-2625-6572,
Wireless - NET-2625-6571.
Dr. Carlos E. Pereira Dr. Alan Finn
Group Leader Group Leader
Embedded Information Devices Estimation and Decision
PereirCE@utrc.utc.com alan@utrc.utc.com
(860)-610-7122 (860)-610-7737
United Technologies Research Center United Technologies Research Center
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Contributed by: KK Tan,
Research Fellow: National Univ of Singapore
Immediate research fellow position available. Control background with
interest in biomedical systems. Good track record will be an advantage.
Please email soft CV to eletankk@nus.edu.sg
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Contributed by: João Sentieiro,
Research Positions: ISR/IST, Lisbon, Portugal
Candidates wishing to apply for a Post-Doc or a Research Assistantship
grant to pursue research activities at ISR-Lisbon should submit their
applications during the period from October 1st to October 30th for research
programs starting late January 2002/early February 2002. The Post-Doc grants
will only be available for candidates who have obtained their Ph.D.
degrees in the last five years. The Research Assistantship grants will be
offered preferably to candidates who hold a M.Sc. degree and intend to
pursue research leading to a Ph. D. degree.
Details can be found at: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt under "GRANTS 2001".
For more information contact
Prof. João Sentieiro
jjss@isr.ist.utl.pt
fax: +351-21-8418291
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Contributed by: Pofessor Mike Grimble,
Research Posts: Ind Control Centre, Glasgow, UK
Applicants are invited to apply for a senior and a junior research position
which are both available in the Industrial Control Centre at the University
of Strathclyde. For the senior position candidates should already have a
higher degree and the appointment will be at Research Fellow level. The
second position is suitable for someone with a good first degree who would
want to register for a higher degree. There are two areas of research of
interest which are detailed below:
Nonlinear Control Systems and Industrial Applications
Research in this area will involve joining a small team developing new
techniques for the control of nonlinear industrial processes. Topics such as
state dependent Riccati equation methods, H"V nonlinear control, predictive
control of nonlinear systems and system identification will be considered.
The application areas will range from automotive systems to marine systems.
The project will involve the development of new synthesis techniques based on
optimal methods or perhaps the use of design methods such as quantitative
feedback theory for nonlinear systems. It will also involve simulation of
real industrial processes and application studies. These are very likely to
be in cooperation with major international companies that are partly
supporting the project. There is also an international aspect of this
project since it is linked to a programme involving the Universities of
Michigan, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Illinois, Oxford and Cambridge.
Performance Assessment and Benchmarking
This project involves the development of new tools to assess the performance
of process control systems and to benchmark best practice. New algorithms
are to be developed to generate performance metrics to enable such systems to
be analysed and improved. Once a control loop has been found to be under-
performing methods are required for retuning an existing system. The
techniques of restricted structure optimal control are therefore to be
applied. This will enable PID control systems to be tuned optimally. A
second feature of the project is for it to be applied to very large scale
industrial processes which may include nonlinearities and uncertainties.
Being able to determine which loops in large system are the most important
involves the subject of loop prioritisation. Thus, the problem becomes one
of detecting loops which are important to the product quality or economic
performance of a large system. Once the particular loops have been found it
is then necessary to assess their performance and if necessary have available
methods for retuning.
Short vita should be submitted including details of education and any
practical experience. Applicants for both Research Assistant and Research
Fellow posts may contact:
Professor M.J. Grimble
University of Strathclyde,
Industrial Control Centre
Level 7, Graham Hills Building,
50, George Street,
Glasgow, G1 1QE.
Scotland, U.K.
Tel: 0141 548 2378/2098
Fax: 0141 548 4203
E-mail: m.grimble@eee.strath.ac.uk
Professor M.A. Johnson
University of Strathclyde,
Industrial Control Centre
Level 7, Graham Hills Building,
50, George Street,
Glasgow, G1 1QE.
Scotland, U.K.
Tel: 0141 548 2279
Fax: 0141 548 4203
E-mail: m.johnson@eee.strath.ac.uk
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Books
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Contributed by: Peter Dorato,
Analytic Feedback System Design
This monograph can be used as a supplement to most introductory control
texts. It complements ad hoc design methods normally stressed in introductory
texts, i.e. root-locus, Nyquist, etc. The interpolation approach requires a
minimal amount of mathematics (in particular no linear algebra). Topics
include, internal stabilization and pole placement, strong stabilization
(stabilization with stable compensators), analytic gain margin design, etc.
Appendix on interpolation with strongly positive real functions.
ISBN 0-534-36917-0 109 pages .95 1999 Brooks/Cole Pub.
Web site: http://www.thomson.com
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Contributed by: James F Whidborne,
Digital Controller Implementation and Fragility
Editors - Robert S.H. Istepanian & James F. Whidborne
Springer (ISBN: 1-85233-390-1)
In the usual process of control system design, the assumption is made that
the controller is implemented exactly. This assumption is usually reasonable,
since clearly, the plant uncertainty is the most significant source of
uncertainty in the control system, while controllers are implemented with
high precision hardware. However, there will inevitably be some amount of
uncertainty in the controller, a fact that is largely ignored in existing
modern advanced robust control techniques. If the controller is implemented
by analogue means, there are some tolerances in the analogue components. More
commonly, the controller will be implemented digitally, and consequently
there will be uncertainty involved with the quantization in the analogue-
digital conversion and rounding in the parameter representation and in the
numerical computations. A failure to take into account these uncertainties in
the controller may result in a controller that is ``fragile''. A controller
is fragile in the sense that very small perturbations in the coefficients of
the designed controller destabilize the closed-loop control system.
This book collects a number of articles which consider the problems of finite
precision computing in digital controllers and filters.
Written by leading researchers, topics that the book covers include:
- analysis of fragility and finite precision effects
- design of optimal controller realizations
- design of non-fragile robust controllers
- design of low-complexity digital controllers
- analysis of quantization effects in fuzzy controllers
Contents:
1. Finite-precision Computing for Digital Control Systems: Current Status and
Future Paradigms
Robert S.H. Istepanian & James F. Whidborne
2. Stability Margins and Digital Implementation of Controllers
Lee H. Keel & Shankar P. Bhattacharyya
3. Finite Word-length Effects in Systems with Fast Sampling
Ryszard Gessing
4. Implementation of a Class of Low Complexity, Low Sensitivity Digital
Controllers Using Adaptive Fixed-point Arithmetic
Darrell Williamson
5. Convexity and Diagonal Stability: an LMI Approach to Digital Filter
Implementation
Stéphane Dussy
6. The Determination of Optimal Finite-precision Controller Realisations
Using a Global Optimisation Strategy: a Pole-sensitivity Approach
Sheng Chen & Jun Wu
7. Computational Algorithms For Sparse Optimal Digital Controller Realisations
Ian J. Fialho & Tryphon T. Georgiou
8. On the Structure of Digital Controllers in Sampled-data Systems with
Stability Consideration
Gang Li
9. An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to the Design of Finite Word-length
Controller Structures
James F. Whidborne & Robert S.H. Istepanian
10. Non-fragile Robust Controller Design
Pertti M. Mäkilä & Juha Paattilammi
11. Robust Resilient Controller Design
Wassim M. Haddad & Joseph R. Corrado
12. Robust Non-fragile Controller Design for Discrete Time Systems with FWL
Consideration
Guang-Hong Yang & Jian Liang Wang & Yeng Chai Soh
13. Synthesis of Controllers with Finite-precision Considerations
Mauricio C. de Oliveira & Robert E. Skelton
14. Quantisation Errors in Digital Implementations of Fuzzy Controllers
Inés del Campo & Josée M. Tarela & Koldo Basterretxea
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Contributed by: Peter Dorato,
Linear Quadratic Control: An Introduction
Dorato, Abdallah, and Cerone
Only text in print that focuses on linear quadratic control. Can be used
as a supplement to any mutivariable control text. Includes updated material
on robust LQR design. Solutions manual available for instuctors.
ISBN 1-57524-156-0 232 pages .50, 2000 reprint with corrections.
Web site: http://www.krieger-publishing.com
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Contributed by: Yucai Zhu,
Multivariable System Identification for Process Control
Yucai Zhu, Michel Vergaegen and Qinghua Zhang
2001, Published by Elsevire Science Ltd, Oxford, UK
371 pages, ISBN: 0-08-043985-3, price EUR 132, NLG 290
The purpose of book is to bridge the gap between theory and application, and
to provide industrial solutions, based on sound scientific theory, to process
identification problems. The book is organized in a reader-friendly way,
starting with the simplest methods, and then gradually introducing more
complex techniques. Thus, the reader is offered clear physical insight
without recourse to large amounts of mathematics. Each method is covered in
a single chapter or section, and experimental design is explained before any
identification algorithms are discussed. The many simulation examples and
industrial case studies demonstrate the power and efficiency of process
identification, helping to make the theory more applicable. MATLAB M-files,
designed to help the reader to learn identification in a computing
environment, are included. The book is suitable for graduate student in
systems and control, industrial control engineers and researchers.
Contents:
Foreword (by late Professor Pieter Eykhoff)
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Models of dynamic processes and signals
3 Identification test design and data pretreatment
4 Identification by the least-squares method
5 Extensions of the least squares method
6 Asymptotic method; SISO case
7 Asymtotic method; MIMO case
8 Subspace model identification of MIMO processes (by Michel Verhaegen)
9 Nonlinear process identification
10 Applications of identification in process control
11 Model based fault detection and isolation (by Qinghua Zhang)
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Contributed by: Nejat Olgac,
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
Call for Papers: Special Issue on TIME DELAYED SYSTEMS
There is an increased interest on the time-delayed structures in recent
years, particularly due to the critical role of control loop delays.
Among many facets of the area the dynamic systems with inherent time delays
have long been studied with a great interest in the community. Observing
such enthusiasm, the Journal allocated one issue to the focused theme of
time delayed systems. Submissions are encouraged in all relevant
categories, and especially addressing
- fundamental concepts,
- historical development in the field,
- current challenges,
- application examples,
- practical implementations of delayed system
Surveys and tutorial type papers will also be included in the issue.
The standard guidelines of the Journal for submission of papers will be
followed. The timetable of events is as follows:
Submission deadline : June 1, 2002
Acceptance notification : March 1, 2003
Publication : June 2003
Authors should mark their submissions clearly on the first page of the
manuscripts for "Special Issue on Time Delayed Systems". Please mail your
contributions to
Prof. A. Galip Ulsoy, Technical Editor JDSMC
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, USA
e-mail : ulsoy@umich.edu
and direct your inquiries to
Prof. Nejat Olgac, Guest Editor for the Special Issue
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3139
e-mail : olgac@engr.uconn.edu
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Contributed by: Stefan Preitl,
Call for Papers: Computers in Industry, Elsevier Science journal
Special Issue on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications
Guest Editors
Prof. Stefan Preitl, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Laurent Foulloy, Universite de Savoie, Annecy Cedex, France
Scope
The last three decades have witnessed a trenemdous progress in soft computing
(SC) including fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms /
evolutionary computation. SC has been successfully applied in industry in the
areas of automatic control, pattern recognition, clustering and function
approximation. The main challenges for modern industrial production systems
imply the linking of broad fields as business processes, golbal process
operations and integrated design and redesign of processes. This is the
place where SC methods can prove their potential.
The main objective of this special issue of the Computers in Industry journal
is to channel the ideas of SC to the industry applications involving one or
more elements of the computation, control and communication.
Authors are encouraged to submit original papers dealing with theoretical and
applied issues regarding SC in industry applications.
A wide range of topics is sought such as intelligent CIM and CAD systems,
intelligent control and measurement systems, production planning and
scheduling, intelligent robots, simulation and optimization methods, new
software tools and their validation.
Important deadlines
Submission: 1 January 2002
Preliminary acceptance: 31 March 2002
Acceptance decision: 31 May 2002
Final paper due: 31 July 2002
Publication date: September 2002
Submissions
The final submission date is 1 January 2002. Authors are required to send the
complete manuscript as attached MS Word file, following the guide for authors
from the publisher, see www.elsevier.nl/locate/compind, by e-mail to the
Guest Editors at the following address:
spreitl@aut.utt.ro or rprecup@aut.utt.ro
The file length should be less than 1 MB. If no, a compressed file (*.zip or
*.rar) is required. Please include keywords highlighting the main topic /
topics of your paper.
Authors are also required to send, by airmail, one printed copy of the
manuscript together with a signed cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief at the
following address (with the indication that the paper is sent for
the "Special Issue on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications").
Prof.dr.ir. Hans Wortmann
C/O dr. Nick Szirbik (CiI editorial manager)
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O.Box 513, Paviljoen D13
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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Contributed by: Gabriela Stroian,
Call for Papers European Journal of Control Special Issue:
"Design and optimisation of restricted complexity controllers"
Guest Editors: I. D. Landau, A. Karimi, H. Hjalmarsson
The use of model based control (MBC) combined with robust control design for
dynamic systems of significant dimension leads to controllers of high
complexity. However in many industrial areas there are strong constraints for
the complexity (order) of the controllers to be implemented and therefore the
design of restricted complexity controllers is a very important issue.
Several approaches to this problem can be considered: model or controller
order reduction preserving the stability and the performance of the closed-
loop system, direct design of restricted complexity controller based on high-
order models and the tuning and optimisation of restricted complexity
controllers on the basis of the data acquired on the system.
The objective of the special issue is to give a view of the current state of
the art in the design and optimisation of restricted complexity controllers.
A benchmark problem related to an active suspension system is also provided
(the benchmark is the result of the collaboration between the Institut
d'Automatique of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the
Laborotoire d'Automatique de Grenoble of Institut National Polytechnique de
Grenoble). The benchmark problem contains all the steps of a control design
problem from data acquisition, modeling and identification, robust controller
design to controller evaluation and final tuning with experiments on the real
system. The objective is to design the simplest controller which meets the
control specifications.The authors are encouraged to give a solution to the
benchmark problem, although the participation in the benchmark is not a
necessary condition for submitting a paper to the special issue. However, an
application of the proposed approaches to the benchmark will give a unified
presentation and facilitate the comparison for the readers.
The information about the paper submission to the special issue as well as
the details of the benchmark problem is available on the web site of European
Journal of Control : http://www-ejc.ensieg.inpg.fr
The deadline for paper submission (submission by e-mail) is April 30, 2002.
The manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail (see instructions for authors)
and the cover message should mention "special issue on design and
optimisation of restricted complexity controllers". Prospective authors are
asked to contact I. D. Landau:
Ioan D. Landau
Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble
ENSIEG, BP 42
38402 Saint Martin d'Heres, France
e-mail: landau@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
Phone: + (33) (0)4 76 82 63 91 // Fax: + (33)(0)4 76 82 63 88
Alireza Karimi
Institut d'Automatique
Ecole Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
e-mail: alireza.karimi@epfl.ch
Phone: +(41)(0) 21 693 3841 // Fax: +(41)(0) 21 693 2574
Hakan Hjalmarsson
Dept. of Signals, Sensors and Systems
Royal Institut of Technology
S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
e-mail: hakan.hjalmarsson@s3.kth.se
Phone:+(46)(0) 8 790 8464 // Fax: +(46)(0) 8 790 7329
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Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu,
Asian Journal of Control
Vol.3, No.4 (December 2001)
1. Title: Discrete-time Risk-sensitive Filters with Non-Gaussian Initial
Conditions and their Ergodic Properties
Author Subhrakanti Dey and Charalambos D. Charalambous
2. Title: Stochastic Stability and H-infinity Disturbance Attenuation of a
Class of Nonlinear Stochastic Delayed Systems
Author Yong-Yan Cao and Lisheng Hu
3. Title: Aggressive Longitudinal Aircraft Path Tracking Using Nonlinear
Control
Author Saif A. Al-Hiddabi and N. Harris McClamroch
4. Title: Neural Networks for Matrix Scaling and S-Procedure Problem
Solving
Author Chun-Liang Lin
5. Title: Input Disturbance Estimation for Linear Systems in the Bounded
Noise Context
Author Igor D. Grobov
6. Title: A Robust Speed Controller with VSS Tuning of Disturbance
Cancellation for Induction Motor Drive
Author C.M. Liaw, K.H. Chao and R.S. Guo
7. Title: Evolutionary-Programming-Based Kalman Filter for Discrete-Time
Nonlinear Uncertain Systems
Author Shu-Mei Guo, Leang-San Shieh, Ching-Fang Lin and Norman P. Coleman
8. Title: An Adaptive Learning Control and Its Application to Vibration
Isolation Systems
Author Masami Iwase, Masaki Yamakita, Yuji Maruta and Hidetoshi Yamazoe
9. Title: Disturbance Attenuation for Beam Equations Using Stiffness
Control
Author Bao-Zhu Guo and Zheng-Hua Luo
10. Title: Iterative Learning Control Via Weighted Local-Symmetrical-
Integration
Author Yangquan Chen, Huifang Dou and Kok-Kiong Tan
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Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak,
Automatica: Table of contents
January, 2002 Volume 38, Issue 1
Editorials
Huibert Kwakernaak
Robert Bitmead succeeds retiring Editor Frank L. Lewis
Regular papers
Alberto Bemporad, Manfred Morari, Vivek Dua, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos
The explicit linear quadratic regulator for constrained systems
L. Marconi, A. Isidori, A. Serrani
Autonomous vertical landing on an oscillating platform: An internal-model
based approach
Sheng Wan, Biao Huang
Robust performance assessment of feedback control systems
Graham C. Goodwin, Julio H. Braslavsky, Maria M. Seron
Non-stationary stochastic embedding for transfer function estimation
Akira Ohsumi, Kentaro Kameyama, Ken-Ichi Yamaguchi
Subspace identification for continuous-time stochastic systems via
distribution-based approach
B. David, G. Bastin
Parameter estimation in nonlinear systems with auto and crosscorrelated
noise
Alessandro Giua, Aldo Piccaluga, Carla Seatzu
Firing rate optimization of cyclic timed event graphs by token allocation
Brief papers
Anatoli A. Pervozvanski, Carlos Canudas-de-Wit
Asymptotic analysis of the dither effect in systems with friction
A. Kojic, A. M. Annaswamy
Adaptive control of nonlinearly parametrized systems with a triangular
structure
Magnus Egerstedt, Xiaoming Hu
A hybrid control approach to action coordination for mobile robots
E. Boje
Multivariable quantitative feedback design for tracking error
specifications
A. Rapaport, A. Astolfi
Practical L2 disturbance attenuation for nonlinear systems
S. O. R. Moheimani, W. P. Heath
Model correction for a class of spatio-temporal systems
L. G. van Willigenburg, W. L. de Koning
Minimal and non-minimal optimal fixed-order compensators for time-varying
discrete-time systems
Chih-Lyang Hwang
Robust discrete variable structure control with finite-time approach to
switching surface
Technical communiques
Chong Lin, Qing-Guo Wang
On uniqueness of solutions to relay feedback systems
Erwei Bai, Qingyu Li, Soura Dasgupta
Blind identifiability of IIR systems
Shigemasa Takai, Toshimitsu Ushio
A modified normality condition for decentralized supervisory control of
discrete event systems
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Contributed by: Yu-Chu Tian,
Developments in Chemical Engineering & Mineral Processing
The Australasian Research Journal
Volume 10, Numbers 1/2, 2002, ISSN 0969-1855
http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/DCEMPJ/
Special Theme Issue: Practical Applications of Process Systems Engineering
Table of Contents
5 Editorial: G. P. Rangaiah, Dept of Chemical and Environmental
Engineering, National University of Singapore
7 A Study on Increasing Separation Efficiency of an Industrial,
Compound Distillation Column
Shengjing Mu, Hongye Su, Yongyou Hu and Jian Chu
19 Time Optimal Control of a Binary Distillation Column
Rein Luus
33 Simulation and Optimization of Linear Alkylbenzenes Distillation
Process
Yongyou Hu, Hongye Su, Jingwei Lu, Shengjing Mu, Jian Chu & Jun Wu
47 A Study in Advanced Control Application to an Azeotropic
Distillation Column within a Vinyl Acetate Monomer Process Design
Donald G. Olsen, Brent R. Young and William Y. Svrcek
61 Application of Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Network for Forecasting Coal
Slagging in a Power Station
Chuguang Zheng, Gehui Liu and Yongli Huang
77 Modelling and Simulation of a Top-Fired Primary Steam Reformer
using gPROMS
A.J. Dunn, J. Yustos and I.M. Mujtaba
89 Optimisation of Methyl Tert-Butyl-Ether (MTBE) Synthesis Processes
using AspenPlus
S. Kim and P.L. Douglas
105 Models of an Industrial Evaporator System for Education and
Research in Process Control
Kiew M. Kam, Prabirkumar Saha, Moses O. Tadé and G.P. Rangaiah
129 Development of a Resin Transfer Molding Test-bed with Process
Control Capability
Kaushik Raghavan and Srinivas Palanki
143 Rapid Solution of Stiff Differential Equations and Accurate
Numerical Laplace Inversion of Steep and Oscillatory Functions
Using IMN Approximants
O. Taiwo and R. King
165 Use of Simulation and Expert Systems to Increase the Energy
Efficiency in Cane Sugar Factories
Osvaldo Gozá León, Héctor Pérez de Alejo Victoria & M. Rijckaert
181 Process Systems Engineering: Successful Application in an
Industrial Process
Yu-Chu Tian and Moses O. Tadé
General Paper
197 Holdup and Pressure Drop in Vertical and Near-Vertical Three-
phase Up-flow: A Collection of Flow Regimes
P.L. Spedding, G.S. Woods, R.K. Cooper and J.K. Watterson
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Contributed by: Gabriela Stroian,
Contents European Journal of Control
Vol. 7, no. 5, 2001
Editorial
Comparison of practical adaptive control algorithms in pH control
T. Ylostalo, H. Hyotyniemi, P. Jutila and J-P. Ylen
Discussion on the paper by G.P. Rangaiah.
Modelling and adaptive control of aerobic continuous stirred tank reactors
P. Georgieva, A. Ilchmann and M.-F. Weirig
Discussion on the paper by I.M.Y. Mareels.
Robust control of a plasma wind tunnel: an LPV discrete-time system depending
on Fast/Slowly-varying parameters
F. Amato and M. Matei
Discussion on the paper by W.H. Chen.
Simultaneous LQ optimal control for discrete-time systems and periodic
sampled-data systems
Y.-Y. Cao, J. Lam and P.M. Frank
Fuzzy nonlinear adaptive internal model control (FNAIMC)
R. Boukezzoula, S. Galichet and L. Foulloy
Symbolic verification of hybrid systems: an algebraic approach
M. v. Mohrenschildt
Letter to the Editor: Discussion on the paper "Continuous-time periodic H-inf
filtering via LMI" by S. Bittanti and F.A. Cuzzola
by P.L.D. Peres and R.M. Palhares ; authors' answer.
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Contributed by: Cheryl Stewart,
Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume: 46 Issue: 10, Oct. 2001
A canonical correlations approach to multiscale stochastic realization
Irving, W.W.; Willsky, A.S.
Page(s): 1514 -1528
An LQR/LOG theory for systems with saturating actuators
Gokcek, C.; Kabamba, P.T.; Meerkov, S.M.
Page(s): 1529 -1542
Simultaneous stabilization with near optimal LQR performance
Miller, D.E.; Rossi, M.
Page(s): 1543 -1555
Controlled lagrangians and the stabilization of mechanical systems II:
Potential shaping
Bloch, A.M.; Dong Eui Chang; Leonard, N.E.; Marsden,
J.E.
Page(s): 1556 -1571
Deadlock avoidance in sequential resource allocation systems with multiple
resource acquisitions and flexible routings
Park, J.; Reveliotis, S.A.
Page(s): 1572 -1583
Performance-optimized applied identification of separable distributed-
parameter processes
Gorinevsky, D.; Heaven, M.
Page(s): 1584 -1589
Decentralized control of descriptor systems
Chang, T.N.; Davison, E.J.
Page(s): 1589 -1595
Control of contact problem in constrained euler-lagrange systems
Pagilla, P.R.
Page(s): 1595 -1599
An H_sub/inf design approach for neural net-based control schemes
Chun-Liang Lin; Tsai-Yuan Lin
Page(s): 1599 -1605
Conservatism of the circle criterion - solution of a problem posed by A.
Megretski
Rump, S.M.
Page(s): 1605 -1608
Detection of surge and stall in compression systems: an example study
Yew-Wen Liang; Der-Cherng Liaw
Page(s): 1609 -1613
A new controller architecture for high performance, robust, and
fault-tolerant control
Kemin Zhou; Zhang Ren
Page(s): 1613 -1618
On the stable H/sub /spl infin// controller parameterization under
sufficient condition
Youngjin Choi; Wan Kyun Chung
Page(s): 1618 -1623
Decentralized nonlinear output-feedback stabilization with disturbance
attenuation
Zhong-Ping Jiang; Repperger, D.W.; Hill, D.J.
Page(s): 1623 -1629
Nonlinear control of hammerstein systems with passive nonlinear dynamics
Haddad, W.M.; Chellaboina, V.
Page(s): 1630 -1634
On the stability of delay-differential systems in the behavioral framework
Valcher, M.E.
Page(s): 1634 -1638
Tracking controller design for a class of nonminimum-phase systems via the
method of system center
Shkolnikov, I.A.; Shtessel, Y.B.
Page(s): 1639 -1643
Kuhn-tucker-based stability conditions for systems with saturation
Primbs, J.A.; Giannelli, M.
Page(s): 1643 -1647
Optimal tracking performance: preview control and exponential signals
Jie Chen; Zhang Ren; Hara, S.; Li Qiu
Page(s): 1647 -1653
Optimal inversion-based control for the set-point regulation of nonminimum-
phase uncertain scalar systems
Piazzi, A.; Visioli, A.
Page(s): 1654 -1659
New iterative algorithm for algebraic riccati equation related to H_sub/
inf control problem of singularly perturbed systems
Mukaidani, H.; Hua Xu; Mizukami, K.
Page(s): 1659 -1666
Perturbation of multivariable linear quadratic systems with jump parameters
El Azouzi, R.; Abbad, M.; Altman, E.
Page(s): 1666 -1671
Perfect observers for singular 2-D fornasini-marchesini models
Kaczorek, T.
Page(s): 1671 -1675
Comments on "a unified approach for stability analysis of a class of
time-varying nonlinear systems"
Sio, K.C.; Lee, C.K.
Page(s): 1675 -1677
Correction to "further results on variable output feedback controller"
Kwan, C.
Page(s): 1677 -1677
Correction to "linear functional observers for systems with delays in
state variables"
Darouach, M.
Page(s): 1677 -1677
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Contributed by: Lars Imsland,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Modeling, Identification and Control (MIC), Vol. 22, No. 3, July 2001
R. Ergon and Kim H. Esbensen, "A didactically motivated PLS
prediction algorithm" (131)
A. Skullestad, K. Olsen, S. Rennehvammen and H. Floystad,
"Control of a gravity gradient stabilised satellite using
fuzzy logic" (141)
I. J. Halvorsen and S. Skogestad, "Optimal operation of
Petlyuk distillation: Steady-state behavior" (153)
Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available at
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/publikasjoner/mic/mic.html.
MIC is now available online for subscribers and for others on a
pay-per-view basis, at EBSCO Online, http://www.ebsco.com/online/
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Contributed by: Michael Athans,
10th Mediterraean Conference on Control and Automation (MED2002)
Campus of the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), LISBON, PORTUGAL
We solicit regular papers and proposals for invited sessions in all aspects
of theory, algorithms, and applications of systems, control, automation,
robotics, operations research, intelligent systems, signal processing,
communication networks and related disciplines.
Program Committee
General Chair:Joao Sentieiro IST, Portugal
Program Chair:Michael Athans IST/MIT Portugal & USA
Program Vice-Chair: Antonio Pascoal IST Portugal
Important DATES:
Papers submission date: Feb 01 2002
Author Notification Apr 15 2002
Final Manuscript May 07 2002
Conference Starts July 09 2002
Updates and details http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/med2002
e-mail contact med2002@isr.ist.utl.pt
INVITED SESSIONS: We are currently in the process of working with
international experts to formalize invited sessions on the following
topics: System Identification, large-scale dynamic programming,
complexity theory for system and control problems, automotive power-train
transmissions, bio-mechanical systems, discrete-event systems, advances in
PID control, impulsive control, hybrid systems, vision-controlled robotics,
interval analysis, control over data networks, differential games,
autonomous vehicles, advances in robotics, and robust control for linear
and nonlinear systems. We are still soliciting proposals for other
invited sessions on different topics.
Updates and details can be found at: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/med2002/
Contact us at: med2002@isr.ist.utl.pt
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Contributed by: Li Shao-Yuan,
The 4th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA'02)
June 10-14, 2002, Shanghai, China
Call for Papers
The World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation(WCICA) is now a
bi-annual event and a major control event held in China. The 4th WCICA
(WCICA'02) to be held in Shanghai, 2002 will provide worldwide researchers,
engineers and professionals excellent opportunities to get together and
exchange their findings and views. All the submissions will be reviewed and
accepted ones included in the conference proceedings. Topics of interest are
in the broad area of control and automation, and include, but are not
limited to:
(S1) Intelligent Control, (S2) Neural Networks, (S3) Fuzzy System and Fuzzy
Control, (S4) GA and Evolutionary Computing, (S5) Artificial Intelligence
and Expert Systems, (S6) Intelligent Scheduling and Planning, (S7) Learning
Control, (S8) System Theory and Control Theory, (S9) Modeling, Identification
and Estimation, (S10) Adaptive Control, (S11) Variable Structure Control,
(S12) Nonlinear System and Control, (S13) Robust Control, (S14) Optimal
Control and Optimization, (S15) Large Scale Systems, (S16) Fault Diagnosis,
(S17) CIMS and Manufacturing Systems, (S18) Simulation and CAD,
(S19) Information Processing Systems, (S20) Hybrid Systems and DEDS,
(S21) Distributed Control Systems, (S22) Sensor and Measurement, (S23) Motion
Control, (S24) Intelligent Robot, (S25) Power Systems, (S26) Environmental and
Bio-engineering, (S27) Human-Machine Systems, (S28) Intelligent Instruments,
(S29) Intelligent Transportation Systems, (S30) Applications in Various Fields
Submissions
The IPC invites you to submit three copies of the full paper in Chinese or
English to the congress secretariat. The cover page should contain: Paper
title, authors name, affiliation, address, telephone number, E-mail address
of corresponding author, abstract, 3-5 keywords and the suggested technical
area (e.g. S1 Intelligent Control).
Proposals for topics of special sessions are especially encouraged. A
proposal should contain the title of the sessions, a list of at least 5
contributions with titles and full papers, together with abstracts completely
according to the above instructions.
All papers should be submitted in hard copy form by Mail before November 10,
2001 to:
The Secretariat, WCICA'02
Department of Automation
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai 200030, China
Tel: (86)-21-62932114
Fax: (86)-21-62932045
E-mail: secretariat@wcica.sjtu.edu.cn
http://wcica.sjtu.edu.cn
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Contributed by: Clarence W. de Silva,
2002 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL (ISIC)
27-30 October 2002
The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Venue and Theme
The 17th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC'02) will
be held in Vancouver, Canada from October 27 to October 30, 2002. Vancouver
is the largest and most cosmopolitan city in Western Canada and is located on
Pacific coast of the province of British Columbia. The city is blessed with a
natural setting of breathtaking beauty. Located in the vicinity of richly
forested mountains and ski hills, it overlooks the harbour, the ocean, and
Fraser river. The theme of the conference is Intelligent Control for
Distributed and Embedded Systems. . The program committee solicits high-
quality papers containing original contributions in all areas of theory and
applications of intelligent control including, but not limited to:
intelligent control architectures and methods, knowledge based systems and
learning control, temporal logic for control, reactive multi-agent systems,
machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms and
evolutionary computing, hybrid dynamical systems, pattern discovery,
distributed or decentralized control methods, discrete event systems,
supervisory control, probabilistic approaches, knowledge-based sensor
fusion, neuro-fuzzy approaches, neural-adaptive control systems.
Important Dates:
January 10, 2002
- Regular Papers, Invited Session and Workshop Proposals Due
March 29, 2002
- Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
May 15, 2002
- Final Camera-Ready Papers Due
Web site of the conference: http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/~isic02/isic02.html
Invited sessions: http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~isic02_invited
Contacts:
General Chair: Clarence de Silva, University of British Columbia, Canada
Program Chair: Fakhri Karray, University of Waterloo, Canada
General inquiries: Dr. Clarence de Silva desilva@mech.ubc.ca
Program inquiries & late submissions: Dr. Fakhri Karray karray@uwaterloo.ca
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Contributed by: Bram de Jager,
CALL FOR PAPERS
21st BENELUX MEETING ON SYSTEMS AND CONTROL
Veldhoven, The Netherlands, March 19-21, 2002
http://www.wfw.wtb.tue.nl/benelux2002
The 21st Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control will take place from
March 19 to March 21, 2002, in "Golden Tulip Conference Hotel Koningshof"
in Veldhoven (The Netherlands). The meeting aims to promote research
activities and cooperation between researchers in Systems and Control.
The technical program consists of
1 Invited plenary lectures on
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (tentative title)
(given by Frank Allgower, Stuttgart)
Using Global Optimization to Improve Biotechnological Processes
(given by Julio Banga, Vigo)
2 Minicourse on Financial Engineering and Control
(given by Hans Schumacher, Tilburg)
3 Contributed Lectures and Contributed Posters
covering all aspects of systems and control theory and its applications.
Contributions for part 3 of the program are now being invited.
A contribution consists of a one page abstract of the presentation.
Accepted abstracts will be included in a "Book of Abstracts" which
will be distributed at the meeting.
All further information on the meeting, submissions, registrations,
and location, can be found on the web site:
http://www.wfw.wtb.tue.nl/benelux2002
Important dates:
December 21, 2001: Deadline for submitting abstracts
January 14, 2002: Notification regarding acceptance of abstracts
January 21, 2002: Deadline for early registration
February 7, 2002: Deadline for final abstract submission.
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Contributed by: Gary G. Yen,
Call for Papers: IJCNN 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
May 12-17, 2002
Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, HI
held as part of the World Congress on Computational Intelligence
http://www.wcci2002.org/
CALL FOR PAPERS
The annual IEEE / INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
(IJCNN) , is one of the premier international conferences in the field.
It covers all topics in neural networks, including: supervised, unsupervised
and reinforcement learning, hardware implementation, time series analysis,
neurooptimization, neurocontrol, hybrid architectures, bioinformatics,
neurobiology and neural modeling, embedded neural systems, intelligent
agents, image processing, rule extraction, statistics, chaos, learning
theory, and a huge variety of applications. The emphasis of the Congress
will be on original theories and novel applications of neural networks.
The Congress welcomes paper submissions from researchers, practitioners,
and students worldwide.
IJCNN 2002 will be held in conjunction with the Congress on Evolutionary
Computation (CEC) and the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
(FUZZ-IEEE) as part of the World Congress on Computational Intelligence
(WCCI). Crossfertilization of the three fields will be strongly encouraged.
The Congress will feature keynote speeches and tutorials by world-leading
researchers. It also will include a number of special sessions and workshops
on the latest hot topics. Your registration admits you to all events and
includes the World Congress proceedings and banquet. The deadline for
submissions is December 1, 2001. Look for more details on paper submission at
http://www.wcci2002.org/author/paperform.html
General Chairman, WCCI2002:
David B. Fogel , Natural Selection, Inc., USA
Vice-General Chairman, WCCI2002:
Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, University of Washington, Inc., USA
Program Chairman, IJCNN2002:
C. Lee Giles , NEC Research, USA
Technical co-Chairmen, IJCNN2002:
Don Wunsch ,University of Missouri, Rolla, USA
Marco Gori , Universita degli Studi de Sienna, Italy
Nik Kasabov , University of Otago, New Zealand
Michael Hasselmo , Boston University, USA
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Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal,
Call for Papers MTNS 2002
Fifteenth International Symposium on
MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
CONFERENCE WEB-PAGE: http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/
MTNS 2002 will be held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame from
Monday August 12 through Friday August 16, 2002. The symposium program will
include plenary lectures, special topic invited lectures, mini-symposia,
mini-courses, special topic sessions and contributed papers. MTNS is usually
organized every two years and traditionally covers areas involving a wide
range of research directions in mathematical systems, networks and
control theory.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Previously unpublished papers will be reviewed on the basis of an extended
summary (not exceeding six pages) of sufficient detail to permit reasonable
evaluation. At this point only electronic submissions in pdf or postscript
format will be accepted. Submissions are done via a web-interface on the
conference web-site http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/. Papers will be reviewed by an
international program committee. Acceptance notification will be given by
February 15, 2001. Accepted paper will be allocated 6 pages in an electronic
proceedings to be published on a CD-ROM. Accepted papers will be due in final
form by May 1, 2001.
CALL FOR SPECIAL TOPIC SESSIONS
A session consists of 4-6 papers covering different aspects of some research
area. A proposal for a session consists of a four page description of the
session and a one-page description for each paper to be presented.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Electronic paper submission: December 1, 2001
Electronic submission of
a session proposals: December 1, 2001
Acceptance notification: February 15, 2002
Full paper due: May 1, 2002
Conference dates: August 12-16, 2002
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Contributed by: Sirish Shah,
International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes
June 10-11, 2002, Kumamoto, Japan
http://www.adconip.org/
Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University and co-sponsored by
SICE (Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) and JSME.
General Chair: Iwai,Z.(KUMAMOTO U., JAPAN)
Aims and Scope
The International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes
will be held on June 10-11, 2002 in Kumamoto, Japan. This symposium has the
objective of gathering researchers and practitioners from academia and
industry to discuss the state of the art in advanced control and their
applications in industry. The emphasis in this symposium will be on the
theory and implementation issues and experiences related to the application
of advanced control methods in industry. The main topics for the meeting
include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Adaptive and Learning Systems * Sensing and Sensor Fusion
* Process Control and Automation * Signal Processing
* Identification and Estimation * Fault Diagnosis
* Single and multi-rate techniques * Intelligent Control
* Controller performance evaluation * Robotic Systems
* Factory Automation and CIM * Internet-Based Control
Call for Papers and Special Sessions
The International Program Committee invites you to send an extended abstract
or summary of your work, that is no more than 2 pages long and in English and
describes the main contributions of the paper. The submission should include:
paper title; names and affiliations of authors; full address(including e-mail
address); abstract; 3 to 5 keywords. Proposals for topics of special sessions
are especially welcome. They should contain the title of the session, a list
of at least 4 speakers and titles of their papers, together with abstracts
completed according to the above instructions.
A 1-day, hands-on pre-symposium workshop will be held (on June 9th), on the
following topic:
"Practical implementation issues in identification and advanced control of
processes (including multi-rate and adaptive control)"
Important Dates:
15 Dec. 2001 : Proposals for Special Sessions
15 Feb. 2002 : Receipt of Extended Abstract
20 Mar. 2002 : Notification of Acceptance
30 Apr. 2002 : Receipt of Final Manuscript
All inquiries about the symposium may be addressed to the following:
The Secretariat of AdCONIP'02
c/o Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto, 860-8555, JAPAN
Tel:+81(96)-342-3763, Fax:+81(96)-342-3729
Email: secretariat@adconip.org
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