E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 161, 1 January 2002
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 161, January 2002
Editor: Pradeep Misra
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435
USA
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Fax +937 775 3936
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Submission deadline for January eletter: January 31, 2002
Contents
0. Editorial
1. Personals
1.1 Address change for Robert Kosut
2. Awards Honors
2.1 SIAM Student Paper Prizes
3. General Announcements
3.1 CFP: Open Problems in Systems and Control
3.2 Control Training Site
3.3 NATO-ASI LTP 2002 Belgium
3.4 SIAM Student Travel Awards: 2002
4. Positions
4.1 Faculty Position: Kent State University OH
4.2 Faculty Position NTU Taiwan
4.3 PDF: Adaptive Control and Optimization
4.4 PDF: Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling and Control
4.5 PDF: Univ. of Patras Greece
4.6 PDF: Visual Servo-Control of Robotic Manipulators
4.7 PhD: Marie Curie Fellowship ABB Germany
4.8 PhD Position: Delft Univ NL
4.9 PhD Position: Process Control UK
4.10 PhD Position: University of Twente NL
4.11 PhD positions: Eindhoven University NL
4.12 Post Doc: NUI Maynooth Ireland
4.13 Post Doc: Robotics and Vision Harvard Univ MA
4.14 Research Fellowship: UMIST UK
5. Books
5.1 Control Applications to Management Sc and Economics
5.2 Discrete Event Systems
5.3 Fault Detection and Diagnosis
5.4 Ident and Contr of Sheet and Film Processes
5.5 Neural Networks For Flight Control
5.6 Predictive Contr with Constraints - Solutions Manual
5.7 Recurrent Neural Networks
6. Journals
6.1 CFP: ASME-JDSMC on Time Delayed Systems
6.2 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
6.3 Contents: Automatica
6.4 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
6.5 Contents: Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
6.6 Contents: IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology
6.7 Contents: JDCS
6.8 Contents: MCSS
7. Conferences
7.1 10th IEEE Mediterranean Conference
7.2 11th Mediterranean Conference
7.3 2002 American Control Conference
7.4 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress
7.5 2002 IEEE Int Symp on Intelligent Contr
7.6 4th MATHMOD Vienna
7.7 ASME Symposium on Robot Dynamics and Control
7.8 Active Control of Vibration and Noise
7.9 Call For Papers: EMSOFT 2002 WORKSHOP
7.10 Call for Papers of APCCM2002
7.11 Complexity in Biosystems Rutgers
7.12 IEEE Int Conf of Information Technology
7.13 MMAR 2002
7.14 Neuro Fuzzy Technologies NF2002
7.15 Symposium on Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications
7.16 Workshop on Approximation and Learning
7.17 Workshop on Speech Coding SCW2002
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Personals
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Contributed by: Robert Kosut,
Address change for Robert Kosut
Dr. Robert L. Kosut
Vice President, Systems & Control Division
SC Solutions, Inc
1261 Oakmead Pkwy
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
408-617-4527 Direct
408-773-4520 Main
408-773-4530 Fax
kosut@scsolutions.com
http://www.scsolutions.com
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Awards Honors
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Contributed by: A. Bogardo,
SIAM Student Paper Prizes
Guidelines
The SIAM Student Paper Prizes are awarded every year to the student author(s)
of the most outstanding paper(s) submitted to the SIAM Student Paper
Competition. This award is based solely on the merit and content of the
student's contribution to submitted paper. The purpose of the Student Paper
Prizes is to recognize outstanding scholarship by students in applied
mathematics or computing.
Selection Procedures
Eligibility is restricted to students in good standing who have not received
their Ph.D. at the time of submitting their entry or who have completed their
degree within one year of submission of their entry.
Submissions may be based on co-authored papers, provided that the student's
advisor will attest that the student's work played a pivotal role in the
results. A letter from the student's advisor or department chair must
accompany each entry to verify these conditions.
To enter the competition, a student must submit: (1) an extended abstract in
English of a paper, and (2) a short biography. The total length of the
submitted abstract (including bibliography) may not exceed five pages. The
student also must submit the complete paper, which will be used for
clarification of any questions the selection committee may have on the
extended abstract. In addition, the student's advisor or an interested
faculty member must submit a letter describing and evaluating the paper's
contribution to the literature, and the student's role in the scholarship.
For the 2002 award, all papers and accompanying documentation must be
received at the SIAM office by March 15, 2002. The SIAM president will
notify the recipient(s) at least six weeks before the award date.
Each recipient is required to present his or her paper at the meeting where
the prizes are awarded; if attending the meeting poses a serious hardship,
an exception may be granted by the SIAM president.
Each recipient of the SIAM Student Paper Prize shall receive a framed
certificate and a cash award of ,000, plus toward travel expenses.
Please direct your submission and any questions you may have to
A. Bogardo at SIAM, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia,
PA 19104-2688; telephone (215) 382-9800; e-mail to bogardo@siam.org
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General Announcements
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Contributed by: Vincent Blondel,
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for an ELECTRONIC BOOK on
OPEN PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS THEORY AND CONTROL
Editors:
Vincent Blondel, University of Louvain, Belgium
Alexander Megretski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Associate Editors:
Roger Brockett, Harvard University, USA
Jean-Michel Coron, University of Paris (Orsay), France
Miroslav Krstic, University of California (San Diego), USA
Anders Rantzer, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Joachim Rosenthal, University of Notre-Dame, USA
Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University, USA
M. Vidyasagar, Tata Consultancy Services, India
Jan Willems, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
We are very pleased to invite you to contribute a short chapter in a book
on "Open Problems in Mathematical Systems Theory and Control". The book is
expected to attract the attention of the control community to interesting
mathematical problems. Each problem should be described in 2-4 pages and
will form a chapter of the book. Problems should be mathematically precise
and should be formulated in a way that makes it clear when they are solved.
In order to ensure a wide diffusion of the problems, a pdf version of
the book will be made available for free on the internet. We are also
negotiating publication on paper with a major publisher. In addition to
this, all means will be taken by the editors to ensure the widest possible
diffusion and promotion of the problems of the book:
- A pdf version of the book will be available for free from the SIAM
control website. This will be announced through several channels (eletter,
mailing lists, SIAM News, conferences, etc.).
- Authors of problems will be automatically invited to present their
problem at a special workshop on open problems in systems theory which will
be held at MTNS 2002 (http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/).
- The problems presented at MTNS 2002 will be collected in a booklet
distributed for free to all participants of MTNS. These problems are
expected to be discussed during the symposium.
In order to select the problems we will use a simplified review process.
All problems received will be collected and will be sent to the 70 authors
of problems contained in an earlier version of this initiative:
Open Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory.
Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999.
V. D. Blondel, E. D. Sontag, M. Vidyasagar and J. C. Willems.
http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~blondel/books/openprobs/
These authors will all be invited to anonymously rank the problems. A final
decision will be made by the editors based on these rankings. The list of
accepted submission will then be made public. All contributors will receive
a copy of the final book.
If you wish to accept this invitation, please send your contribution by
March 30, 2002. Guidelines for writing your contribution can be found on
http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~blondel/op/
This is a unique opportunity to obtain a wide exposure with just a few
pages describing a nice problem. Minimal effort, maximal effects!
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Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov,
Control Training Site
A new Control Training Site (CTS) funded by the European Commission (EC)
will start in January 2002. The main objectives of CTS are to promote the
exchanges of european doctoral students and to offer graduate courses
on Control Theory and Control Engineering. These courses will take place
in five different sites: Delft, Trieste, Louvain-la-Neuve, Stuttgart and
Paris (FAP). For more information on the CTS please see
http://www.supelec.fr/lss/CTS
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Contributed by: Johan Suykens,
NATO Advanced Study Institute on
Learning Theory and Practice (LTP 2002)
July 8-19 2002 - K.U. Leuven Belgium
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/natoasi/ltp2002.html
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
This NATO Advanced Study Institute on Learning Theory and Practice aims at
creating a fascinating interplay between advanced fundamental theory and
several application areas such as bioinformatics, multimedia/computer vision,
e-commerce finance, internet search, textmining and others. It offers an
interdisciplinary forum for presenting recent progress and breakthroughs in
learning theory with respect to several areas as neural networks, machine
learning, mathematics and statistics.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Johan Suykens (K.U. Leuven, BEL), Director
Gabor Horvath (T.U. Budapest, HUN), Co-director partner country
Joos Vandewalle (K.U. Leuven, BEL)
Sankar Basu (IBM T.J. Watson, USA)
Charles Micchelli (IBM T.J. Watson, USA)
PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATION
According to the NATO rules http://www.nato.int/science the number of ASI
students will be limited to 80. All participants will obtain a *free*
registration (including welcome reception, lunches, banquets, refreshments
and a NATO-ASI Science Series book to be published with IOS Press). Limited
additional funding will be available to cover attendance costs. All interested
participants should fill out an application form, taking into account the
NATO restrictions.
Application form, housing information and preliminary program are available
at conference website.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline submission of application form: March 18, 2002
Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2002
NATO-ASI LTP 2002 meeting: July 8-19, 2002
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Contributed by: Allison Bogardo,
SIAM Student Travel Awards: 2002 Conferences
SIAM will make several awards to support student travel to its
upcoming 2002 conferences:
First SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston,
MA, March 4-6
First SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA
March 6-8
SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, Hyatt Regency Crystal City,
Arlington, VA, April 11-13
SIAM Conference on Optimization, Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Canada,
May 20-22
SIAM 50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel,
Philadelphia, PA, July 8-12
SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Handlery Hotel and Resort, San Diego,
CA, August 11-14
Any full-time student in good standing who must travel more than 100 miles to
the meeting is eligible to receive an award plus gratis meeting registration.
Top consideration is given to students presenting papers at the meeting, with
second priority to students who are co-authors of papers to be presented.
An application for a travel award must include:
1. A letter from the student describing his/her academic standing
and interests, his/her expected graduation date and degree,
advisor's name, and, if available, a URL for a working web page.
2. A one-page vita that includes the student's research interests,
projects, and published papers.
3. A detailed letter from the student's faculty advisor indicating why the
student deserves to receive a travel award and any special circumstances.
4. If applicable, the title(s) of the paper(s) to be presented
(co-authored) by the student at the meeting.
COMPLETE APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED AT SIAM NO LATER THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE
THE FIRST DAY OF THE MEETING FOR WHICH SUPPORT IS REQUESTED.
Applications should be sent to SIAM, Attention: SIAM Student Travel Awards,
3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2588. Students
may also apply by e-mail to bogardo@siam.org or by fax to 215-386-7999.
A selection committee will review all complete applications, and winners will
be notified FIVE WEEKS before the first day of the meeting. Checks for the
awards will be given to the awardees when they pick up their registration
packets at the meeting.
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Contributed by: Lothar Reichel,
Tenure-Track Positions in Numerical Analysis & Mathematical Statistics
Kent State University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Kent, OH 44242
We invite applications for one or more tenure-track positions (pending
budget approval) in the areas of numerical analysis and statistics. The
appointments are to be at the assistant-professor level and are to begin
August 18, 2002. Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. within the
mathematical sciences. Preference will be given to candidates with some
postdoctoral experience.
Candidates are expected to have strong potential in research (including
the potential to attract external funding) and in teaching. They should
also be able to contribute to the interdisciplinary outreach of the
department and to support established research strengths.
In numerical analysis, preference will be given to candidates with
backgrounds in at least one of the following areas: numerical linear
algebra, partial differential equations, inverse problems and
optimization.In mathematical statistics, preference will be given to
candidates with backgrounds overlaping with at least one of the following
areas: mathematical finance, wavelet analysis, multivariate analysis,
geometric measure theory, inference in stochastic processes.
Applicants should send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and at
least three letters of reference to the Mathematics Search Committee at
the above address. Applicants are also requested to use the AMS
standardized application format, forms for which are available through
the American Mathematical Society (http://www.ams.org). Questions regarding
these positions may be sent to math-search@math.kent.edu. Applicants whose
completed applications are received by January 15, 2002 are assured of
receiving full consideration.
Kent State University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.
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Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu,
Faculty Position, NTU, Taiwan
Department of Electrical Engineering of National Taiwan University (NTU) is
planning to recruit a faculty member in the control field starting in the
next school year (beginning from August 2002). Junior member whose specialty
lying in the areas of, not limited to, networked control, mechatronics,
precision motion control, mems, bio-mechanics, etc. will be preferable. The
applicants should be master of Mandarine for course teaching purpose. Any
highly qualified candidates are welcome to visit the web (with both Chinese
and English versions) of the department under College of Electrical and
Computer Engineering of the NTU at URL : "http://www.ntu.edu.tw" for more
details about application.
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Contributed by: Evgueni Bordatchev,
Post-doctoral research position in
Adaptive Control and Optimization of High Precision Machining
IMTI, National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
The Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (http://www.nrc.ca/imti)
has post-doctoral research positions available. Candidates with advanced
knowledge in adaptive control and optimization theory and dynamics of
electro/thermo/laser/mechanical systems are sought. Appointment duration
will be two years. Appointment starting date is flexible.
Our research includes development and implementation of adaptive control and
optimization algorithms which take into account actual process parameters and
system's dynamics and 3D thermodynamics.
Interested persons should contact as soon as possible
Prof. Evgueni V. Bordatchev
Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI)
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
800 Collip Circle, London, ON CANADA N6G 4X8
evgueni.bordatchev@nrc.ca
Tel: (519) 430-7107
Fax: (519) 430-7064
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Contributed by: Farrokh J. Sharifi,
Post Doctoral Fellowship at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) and
University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Canada)
A vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Associate exists on neuro-fuzzy
modeling and tension control of rolling mills for North American Steel
Industry. This is an addition to our existing team of experts in this
field. This position is a federally funded project in partnership with
industry and between University of Waterloo and Ryerson University.
The candidate is expected to have a strong background on both theory and
implementation of neuro-fuzzy control systems, adaptive control,
instrumentation, and particularly hardware implementation of neuro-fuzzy
control via PC-PLC interface. Familiarity with tension control of rolling
mills, software tools such as PLC, Matlab, and relevant toolboxes and
software such as XPC-target is an asset. The successful candidate will have
opportunity to establish close interaction with both industry and academia
for initiating new directions of research and development.
The position is initially for one year but it is extendible up to two years.
The position is available immediately and will be open till a suitable
candidate is found.
The applicants should send (a) curriculum vita, including names and email
addresses of at least three referees, (b) a brief statement of their
objectives and their past involvement with tension control and/or neuro-fuzzy
control environments, and (c) 3 samples of their most recent research
contributions, to Prof. Janabi Sharifi via email.
Prof. Farrokh J. Sharifi
fsharifi@acs.ryerson.ca
sharifi@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca
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Contributed by: S.D. Fassois,
PDF: Univ. of Patras, Greece
The Stochastic Mechanical Systems (SMS) Group at the University of Patras ^Ö
Greece invites applications for post doctoral positions. The positions are
available immediately and for a period of 2 or more years.
Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace,
or other Engineering discipline with specialization and expertise in system
identification, signal processing, fault diagnosis, time series methods,
nonlinear systems. Knowledge of MATLAB and SIMULINK is essential.
The Stochastic Mechanical Systems (SMS) Group runs laboratory facilities,
collaborates closely with industry, and participates in national and
international research projects related to the above mentioned areas and
their applications in vehicle, railway, aircraft, mechatronic, and industrial
systems.
Further information / applications (please send CV and names of three
referees):
Professor S.D. Fassois
Stochastic Mechanical Systems (SMS) Group
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
University of Patras, GR-26500 Patras, Greece
E-mail: fassois@mech.upatras.gr
http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~sms
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Contributed by: Farrokh Sharifi,
PDF: Visual Servo-Control of Robotic Manipulators
Post Doctoral Fellowship at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) and
University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Canada)
A vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Associate exists on visual-servo
control of robotic systems. This position is a federally funded project in
partnership with industry and between University of Waterloo and Ryerson
University.
The candidate is expected to have a strong background on visual servoing, and
particularly hardware implementation of visual servo control of robotic
manipulators. Relevant experience with industrial robots, especially PUMA
560, PC-robot control interfacing, robot and camera calibration techniques is
required. Familiarity with micro-manipulation, some software tools such as
Matlab toolboxes and XPC target is an asset. The successful candidate will
have opportunity to establish close interaction with both industry and
academia for extending visual servoing research and development. The position
is initially short-term for 4 months but it is extendible up to two years.
The position is available immediately and will be open till a suitable
candidate is found. Further arrangements could be made by contacting Prof.
Sharifi.
The applicants should send (a) curriculum vita, including names and email
addresses of at least three referees, (b) a brief statement of their
objectives and their past involvement with visual servoing environments, and
(c) 3 samples of their most recent research contributions, to Prof. Janabi-
Sharifi via email.
Prof. Farrokh J. Sharifi
email: fsharifi@acs.ryerson.ca
sharifi@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca
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Contributed by: Alexander Fay,
PhD: Marie Curie Fellowship, ABB, Germany
The Industrial IT Engineering group at ABB Corporate Research Germany
(located near Heidelberg) is looking for young researchers for European
Community Marie Curie Industry Host Fellowships regarding reserch in the
field of employing Web Technology for "Process Control System Engineering."
The Postgraduate position is a 3-year appointment with the possibility to
work on a challenging subject, being part of an international team at the ABB
research lab, while at the same time having the opportunity to accomplish a
Ph.D. in cooperation with a near-by university.
To learn more about this opportunity and check whether you fulfill the
eligibility criteria of the EU, please have a look at our web page
www.abb.com/decrc and click on "Jobs at ABB Corporate Research Germany"
and at the official EU web site at http://improving-mcf.sti.jrc.it/project/
and search for project no. HPMI-CT-2001-00135 using the search option on the
left bar.
Please contact for further questions and send your applications to
Dr. Alexander Fay
ABB Corporate Research
Manager Industrial IT - Engineering Group
Wallstadter Str. 59
D - 68526 Ladenburg, Germany
email: alexander.fay@de.abb.com
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Contributed by: Vincent Verdult,
Four-year Ph. D. position available at the Delft University of Technology
A four-year Ph. D. position is available at the Systems and Control
Engineering group, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems,
Delft University of Technology. The research topic is the development
of fault tolerant control systems for nonlinear systems.
The goal is to develop model-based methods that can be used for
early detection of component degradation and faults, and to develop
controller reconfiguration methods such that the impact of faults
is minimized. A major challenge in developing these fault tolerant
methods is to deal with strong nonlinear dynamic behavior.
The developed methods are to be tested on several real-life
condition monitoring applications, including offshore windmill
parks and telerobotics in space applications. These applications will
be studied in close cooperation with industrial partners.
The candidate should have a Masters degree in either control
engineering, or applied mathematics. Applications including a
Curriculum Vitae, a list of publications and a cover letter explaining
the candidate's motivation should be send to Vincent Verdult.
Vincent Verdult
Control Systems Engineering
Faculty of Information Technology and Systems
Delft University of Technology
P.O. Box 5031, Mekelweg 4
2600 GA Delft
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-15-27 85768 (office), +31-15-27 85119 (secretary),
Fax: +31-15-27 86679
e-mail: V.Verdult@its.tudelft.nl,
WWW: http://control-lab.et.tudelft.nl
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Contributed by: Dr. Yi Cao,
PhD Position: Process Control, UK
Department of Process and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering, Cranfield University
A three-year research studentship funded by the EPSRC is available at the
Department of Process and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering,
Cranfield University. The research project is in the area of plant-wide
process control and optimization. The successful applicant will work under
the supervision of Dr. Yi Cao.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates holding a first or
upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Computer
Science or related subject area. Funding covers tuition fees at the UK rate
and an annual stipend. Applicants should note that UK residence restrictions
apply. The deadline for applications is 1st March 2002.
Further information about the Department of Process and Systems Engineering
may be obtained from the Web page http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sme/pase.
For an informal discussion about the project, please contact Dr Yi Cao Tel:
01234 750111 Ext. 5650 Email: y.cao@cranfield.ac.uk
Application forms may be obtained from: Janet Dare, Course Administrator,
Department of Process & Systems Engineering, School of Engineering,
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, MK43 0AL Tel. +44(0)1234 754766, Fax. +44(0)
1234 751875, Email: pase@cranfield.ac.uk
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Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft,
PhD Position: University of Twente, NL
Applicants are invited for a PhD position at the University of Twente, Systems
and Control group, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences. The PhD project concerns
fundamental research on the analysis and control of Port-Hamiltonian systems.
Reserach will be carried out within the EU R&D project "Geometric Network
Modeling and Control of Complex Physical Systems" (GeoPlex), involving various
European partners.
Further information can be obtained from, and applications should be sent to:
Arjan van der Schaft
a.j.vanderschaft@math.utwente.nl
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Contributed by: Maurice Heemels,
PhD positions: Eindhoven University, NL
Two PhD positions are available at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
(dept. of EE and ME) in the Netherlands on "The development of an energy
and power management system for conventional and future vehicle power nets"
in close cooperation with the automotive industry.
The project involves the development, implementation and evaluation of a
smart energy and power management system for vehicles to cope with the ever
increasing standards for safety and comfort and the replacement of mechanical
and hydraulic systems by electric ones.
We are looking for two candidates having a degree in applied mathematics,
electrical or mechanical engineering who are familiar with control theory
and technology (e.g. model predictive control), optimization and / or power
managament systems. Candidates are expected to be interested in the transfer
of fundamental research into a real-life application and in working on the
boundary of several research domains.
Applications should be sent to Prof. Paul van den Bosch
(p.p.j.v.d.bosch@tue.nl) after considering the detailed information on
http://www.ele.tue.nl/vacatures/huidige_vacatures/~index-en.asp
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Contributed by: John Ringwood,
Post Doc: NUI Maynooth, Ireland
Application of Modern Control Techniques in the Food Industry
The above post, funded by the 'Food Factory of the Future' (FFoF) initiative
for a period of two years, has recently become available in the Control
Systems Group in the Department of Electronic Engineering at NUI Maynooth.
The Group is involved in both theoretical and applications-based control
research and has a dynamic mix of academic staff and full-time researchers.
The successful candidate will be involved and collaborate with the other
partners in the FFoF initiative, which include research groups involved with
control design, clean technologies and food engineering from University
College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology, as well as a number
of industrial partners. There will also be the facility to interact with the
recently established Science Foundation Ireland funded Hamilton Institute
(http://hamilton.may.ie) at NUI Maynooth.
Requirements: PhD (or equivalent) in mathematics, dynamical systems or
control. A track record in scholarly achievement and peer reviewed
publication would be advantageous. Some industrial experience is desirable,
but not essential. Good communication skills are important, as well as an
ability to produce quality technical documentation.
Salary: Euro 31,000/annum
Application/Information: Send a detailed CV to:
Prof. John Ringwood
Dept. of Electronic Engineering
NUI Maynooth
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
john.ringwood@eeng.may.ie
Requests for further information or informal enquiry may also be directed to
the above, or via telephone, to +353 1 708 4766. Further information on the
Dept. of Electronic Engineering can be obtained at: http://www.eeng.may.ie
The post is tenable from 1st Feb 2002 and applications will be reviewed until
the post is filled.
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Contributed by: Robert Howe,
Post Doc: Robotics and Vision, Harvard Univ, MA
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in robotics. The
research projects will develop new algorithms for automatic grasping and
for determining object geometry by observing teleoperated manipulation
tasks. A strong background in visual servoing or computer vision and
experimental robotics is essential. Knowledge of robot grasping analysis
or teleoperation would be helpful. Good written and spoken English skills
and a doctoral degree in engineering or computer science are required.
The position is available immediately, and applicants must be available for a
minimum of one year. To apply, send a curriculum vitae, cover letter, and the
name, phone number, and email address of at least three references to:
Prof. Robert D. Howe
howe@deas.harvard.edu
http://biorobotics.harvard.edu/
Electronic applications using pdf files are encouraged.
Harvard University is an equal opportunity - affirmative action employer. We
welcome applications from qualified women and minorities.
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Contributed by: Hong Wang,
Research Fellowship Position in Stochastic Distribution Control
Process Control Group
Department of Paper Science
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Applications are invited for a three year's postdoctoral research fellowship
position funded by the Leverhulme trust. The project is on the development
of new stochastic distribution control and minimum entropy control for
general non-Guassian dynamic stochastic systems. The main aim is to develop
effective modelling and control strategies that control the dynamic shape of
the output probability density functions for stochastic systems, and to
develop new algorithms that can also control the closed loop entropy.
Applications of the obtained algorithms to several paper making processes,
such as 3D paper web formation, will also be made. This is a new research
area in stochastic control that was originated in the Process Control Group
of the Paper Science Department in 1996. The details of this research,
including the current publications, can be found in the department website
located at http://www.umist.ac.uk under Dr Hong Wang's web page.
The project is due to start on the 1st of February, 2002 or as soon as
thereafter.
The position will initially be made for one year and is renewable for a
further two years depending on the progress of the RA. The successful
candidate is required to have a PhD degree in control engineering or applied
mathematics. A good knowledge on random variables and processes, stochastic
control and Kalman filtering will be preferred. The starting salary will be
BP 17, 626 (RA1A). To apply, please send a copy of the CV together with the
contacting details of two referees to:
Dr Hong Wang
Department of Paper Science
UMIST
P O Box 88
Manchester M60 1QD
The United Kingdom
e-mail: hong.wang@umist.ac.uk
Tel: (+44) 161 200 3859
(+44) 771 434 2633 (mobile)
Fax: (+44) 161 200 3858
The deadline for submitting the application is the 31st of January 2002.
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Contributed by: Suresh Sethi,
Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics,
Second Edition, 2000
S. P.Sethi and G.L.Thompson,
Kluwer Academic Pubishers, Boston
Sethi and Thompson have provided management science and economics
communities with a thoroughly revised edition of their classic text on
Optimal Control Theory. Central to the book is its extraordinarily wide
range of optimal control theory applications including finance, production
and inventory controls, marketing, machine maintenance and replacement,
optimal consumption of natural resources, and economics. The book has
been successfully used as a professional reference tool and as a graduate
course book. Its usefulness lies in its emphasis on building applied
models of realistic problems faced in a variety of business management
situations. The new edition has been completely refined with careful
attention to the text and graphic material presentation.
Currently there is special pricing of this book available through to January
31, 2002 (USD 69). The special pricing is only available through my website
http://www.utdallas.edu/~sethi . Follow the 'special pricing links' for
international pricing and ordering information.
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Contributed by: Guy Cohen,
Synchronization and Linearity: an Algebra for Discrete Event Systems,
François Baccelli, Guy Cohen, Geert Jan Olsder and Jean-Pierre Quadrat
was published in 1992 by Wiley (ISBN 0 471 93609 X). It is now out of print.
The authors have decided to make it available in electronic (PDF) form for
free at the following address:
http://www-rocq.inria.fr/scilab/cohen/SED/book-online.html
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Contributed by: Richard D. Braatz,
Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Industrial Systems,
Leo H. Chiang, Evan L. Russell, and Richard D. Braatz
Springer-Verlag, London, 2001, 280 pages, 24.50 pounds
ISBN: 1-85233-327-8, http://www.springer.co.uk/engBook3.htm
Early and accurate fault detection and diagnosis for modern manufacturing
processes can minimize downtime, increase the safety of plant operations, and
reduce manufacturing costs. Such process monitoring techniques are regularly
applied to real industrial systems, a fact that makes these techniques
suitable for coverage in undergraduate and graduate courses. This textbook
presents the theoretical background and practical techniques for process
monitoring. The coverage of data-driven, analytical, and knowledge-based
techniques includes:
- Principal component analysis
- Fisher discriminant analysis
- Partial least squares
- Canonical variate analysis
- Parameter estimation
- Observers/state estimators
- Parity relations
- Artificial neural networks
- Expert systems
Application of the process monitoring techniques to a number of processes,
including to a manufacturing plant, demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses
of each approach in detail. This aids the reader in selecting the right
method for a particular application. A plant simulator and homework problems
are included in which students apply the process monitoring techniques to a
nontrivial simulated process, and can compare their performance with that
obtained in the case studies in the text. A number of additional homework
problems encourage the reader to implement and obtain a deeper understanding
of the techniques.
The reader will obtain a background in the full range of techniques for
fault detection and diagnosis, including the ability to implement the
techniques and to know how to select the right technique for a
particular application.
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Contributed by: Richard D. Braatz,
Identification and Control of Sheet and Film Processes
A.P. Featherstone, J.G. VanAntwerp and R.D. Braatz
Springer-Verlag, 2000, DM 169.90, ISBN: 1-85233-305-7
http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=1-85233-305-7
Sheet and film processes include coating, papermaking, metal
rolling, and polymer film extrusion. The products of these processes
include paper, bumper stickers, plastic bags, windshield safety glass,
and sheet metal. The total capitalization of industries that rely on
these processes is well over billion worldwide. These processes
are notorious for being difficult to control.
The goal of this book is to present the theoretical background
and practical techniques for the identification and control of sheet
and film processes. The reasons why many existing industrial control
systems perform poorly for sheet and film processes are explained.
Identification and control algorithms that provide consistent and
reliable product quality are described and illustrated. These
algorithms include an experimental design technique that ensures that
informative data are collected during input-output experimentation,
model identification techniques that produce a process model and an
estimate of its accuracy, and control techniques that take into account
actuator constraints as well as robustness to model uncertainties.
The algorithms covered in this book are truly the state of the
art. Variations on some of the algorithms have been implemented on
industrial sheet and film processes. Other algorithms are in various
stages of implementation. All of the algorithms have been applied to
realistic simulation models constructed from industrial plant data;
many of these studies are included in this book.
Contents: Sheet and Film Processes, Process Characteristics, Literature
Review, Model Requirements and Process Identification, Design of
Experiments, Robust Control, Model Predictive Control, Afterword
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Contributed by: N.Sundararajan,
Fully Tuned Radial Basis Function Neural Networks For Flight Control
N.Sundararajan, P. Saratchandran and Yan Li.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, October 2001 ISBN 0-7923-7518-1
http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-7518-1
Fully Tuned Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Flight Control presents
the use of the Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks for adaptive
control of nonlinear systems with emphasis on flight control applications.
The book first addresses the theoretical aspects of designing stable non
linear adaptive control law and then explores the applications of the
controllers for aircraft flight control. A Lyapunov synthesis approach is
used to derive the tuning rules for the RBF controller parameters in order to
guarantee the stability of the closed loop system. Unlike previous methods
that tune only the weights of the RBF network, this book presents the
derivation of the tuning law for tuning the centers, widths, and weights of
the RBF network, and compares the results with existing algorithms. It also
includes a detailed review of system identification, including indirect and
direct adaptive control of nonlinear systems using neural networks.
Fully Tuned Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Flight Control is an
excellent resource for professionals using neural adaptive controllers for
flight control applications.
CONTENTS
Preface
1. A Review of Non-linear Adaptive Neural Control Schemes.
Part I: Nonlinear System Identification and Indirect Adaptive Control
Schemes.
2. Nonlinear System Identification Using Lyapunov based Fully Tuned RBFN.
3. Real-Time Identification of Nonlinear Systems Using MRAN/EMRAN
algorithm.
4. Indirect adaptive control using Fully Tuned RBFN.
Part II: Direct Adaptive Control Strategy and Fighter Aircraft
Applications.
5. Direct Adaptive Neuro-Flight controller Using Fully Tuned RBFN.
6. Aircraft Flight Control Applications Using Direct Adaptive Neuro
Flight Control.
7. MRAN Neuro-Flight Controller for Robust Aircraft Control.
8. Conclusions and Future Work.
Bibliography (128)
Topics Index
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Contributed by: Jan Maciejowski,
Predictive Control with Constraints
J.M.Maciejowski
Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-201-39823-0
The Solutions Manual for my book 'Predictive Control with Constraints'
will be available at www.booksites.net/maciejowski (to instructors at
academic institutions only) in early January.
You will also find Software, a list of Errors discovered so far,
useful Links, etc at this website.
Problems with getting this book in North America have been reported.
If you have problems, it is available by mail order from
www.amazon.co.uk and other UK bookstores.
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Contributed by: Derong Liu,
Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of Recurrent Neural Networks,
Anthony N. Michel and Derong Liu
Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001
ISBN: 0-8247-0767-2/ 504 pages
This reference/text analyzes the qualitative properties, limitations,
design, and implementations of artificial recurrent neural networks
and evaluates system operation with applications to associative
memories. It develops techniques including the Outer Product Method,
the Projection Learning Rule, the Eigenstructure Method, and procedures
based on the Perceptron Training Algorithm for appraisals of network
performance; it investigates the effects of parameter perturbations,
time delays, and interconnection constraints on network function; it
assesses the global stability of various neural networks; it presents
methods to decrease the number of spurious states; it develops processes
for optimal network operation and memory storage; and it estimates
the number of stable memories and determines their location in state
space.
For ordering information, please visit
http://www.dekker.com/servlet/product/productid/0767-2
or http://www.dekker.com
or email to anthony.n.michel.1@nd.edu or dliu@ece.uic.edu
Contents of the book:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Some Neural Networks Models
3. Qualitative Analysis of Analog Hopfield-Type Neural
Networks: Global Results
4. Stability Analysis of Linear Systems Operating on a
Closed Hypercube: System (M)
5. Qualitative Analysis of Hopfield-Type Neural Networks:
Local Results
6. Qualitative Effects of Parameter Perturbations
7. Qualitative Effects of Time Delays
8. Some Synthesis Methods for Associative Memories
9. Effectts of Interconnection Constraints
Index
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Contributed by: Nejat Olgac,
Call for Papers: Special Issue on TIME DELAYED SYSTEMS
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
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: Li-Chen Fu,
Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Vol.3, No.4
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¡Û 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,
Table of contents Automatica
March, 2002 Volume 38, Issue 3
Regular papers
Yugang Li, Dan Aron, Christopher D. Rahn
Adaptive vibration isolation for axially moving strings: Theory and
experiment
P. Koukoulas, V. Tsoulkas, N. Kalouptsidis
A cumulant based algorithm for the identification of input output
quadratic systems
R. H. Liu, Q. Zhang, G. Yin
Asymptotically optimal controls of hybrid linear quadratic regulators in
discrete time
Peter J. Gawthrop, Eric Ronco
Predictive pole-placement control with linear models
Tony Gustafsson
Subspace-based system identification: weighting and pre-filtering of
instuments
Gustavo Ayres de Castro, Fernando Paganini
Convex synthesis of localized controllers for spatially invariant systems
Brief papers
F. Giri, F. Z. Chaoui, Y. Rochdi
Interval-excitation through impulse sequences
Dan Chen, Dale E. Seborg
Robust Nyquist array analysis based on uncertainty descriptions from
system identification
Michèle Breton, Saeb Hachem, Abdelghani Hammadia
A decomposition approach for the solution of the unit loading problem in
hydroplants
Feng Zheng, Paul M. Frank
Robust control of uncertain distributed delay systems with application to
the stabilization of combustion in rocket motor chambers
J. S. Freudenberg, R. H. Middleton
Scaling and redundancy for III-conditioned two input, two output plants
Franco Amato, Massimiliano Mattei, Alfredo Pironti
Guaranteeing cost strategies for linear quadratic differential games under
uncertain dynamics
Feng Zheng, Qing-Guo Wang, Tong Heng Lee
On the design of multivariable PID controllers via LMI approach
Zairong Xi, Daizhan Cheng, Qiang Lu, Shengwei Mei
Nonlinear decentralized controller design for multimachine power systems
using Hamiltonian function method
R. Sanchis, P. Albertos
Recursive identification under scarce measurements. Convergence analysis
Wook Hyun Kwon, Pyung Soo Kim, Soo Hee Han
A receding horizon unbiased FIR filter for discrete-time state space
models
Technical communiques
Hiroaki Mukaidani, Hua Xu, Koichi Mizukami
A revised Kleinman algorithm to solve algebraic Riccati eqution of
singularly perturbed systems
Correspondence items
Andre L. Tits
Comment on "The use of Routh array for testing the Hurwitz property of a
segment of polynomials"
Chyi Hwang, Shih-Feng Yang
Authors' reply
Book reviews
Philippe Thomas
System design through MATLAB, control toolbox and SIMULINK, by Krishna K.
Singh and Gayatri Agnihotri
George A. Rovithakis
Intelligent control based on flexible neural networks, by Mohammad
Teshnehlab and Keigo Watanabe
Peter E. Caines
An introduction to hybrid dynamical systems, by A. van der Schaft and H.
Schumacher
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Contributed by: George W Irwin,
Contents: IFAC Journal: Control Engineering Practice
Volume : 9, Issue : 12, Date : Dec-2001
Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/00123
Reliable computation of the robustness margin for a flexible aircraft
G. Ferreres, J.-M. Biannic
pp 1267-1278
A concurrent design of input shaping technique and a robust control for
high-speed/high-precision control of a chip mounter
P.H. Chang, J. Park
pp 1279-1285
SPECIAL SECTION ON SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION
Preface
R. Smith
pp 1287-1288
System identification of an open water channel
E. Weyer
pp 1289-1299
Fitting nonlinear low-order models for combustion instability control
W.J. Dunstan, R.R. Bitmead^1, S.M. Savaresi
pp 1301-1317
Preserving stability/performance when facing an unknown time-delay
S. Diop, I. Kolmanovsky, P.E. Moraal, M. van Nieuwstadt
pp 1319-1325
H-inf parameter identification for inflight detection of aircraft icing: the
time-varying case
J.W. Melody, T. Hillbrand, T. Basar, W.R. Perkins
pp 1327-1335
Identification of the Tennessee Eastman challenge process with subspace
methods
B.C. Juricek, D.E. Seborg, W.E. Larimore
pp 1337-1351
Exponential ARX model-based long-range predictive control strategy for
power plants
H. Peng^1, T. Ozaki, Y. Toyoda, K. Oda
pp 1353-1360
Extended Kalman filtering and weighted least squares dynamic identification
of robot
M. Gautier, Ph. Poignet
pp 1361-1372
Qualitative modelling for automatic identification of mathematical models
of chemical reaction systems
D. Schaich, R. Becker, R. King
pp 1373-1381
Calendar
pp 1383-1384
Volume contents
pp III-X
Keyword Index
pp XI-XIII
Author Index
pp XV-XVII
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Contributed by: Danny Hershkowitz,
Contents: Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
1. Jason J. Molitierno and Michael Neumann, The algebraic connectivity of two
trees connected by an edge of infinite weight, pp. 1-13.
2. Zhaosheng Feng, Algebraic curve solution for second-order polynomial
autonomous systems, pp. 14-25.
3. Vladimir Bolotnikov, Chi-Kwong Li and Leiba Rodman, Minimal distortion
problems for classes of unitary matrices, pp. 26-46.
4. Henryk A. Jedrzejec and Zbigniew I. Woznicki, On properties of some matrix
splittings, pp. 47-52.
5. Zbigniew I. Woznicki, Basic comparison theorems for weak and weaker matrix
splittings, pp. 53-59.
6. Dragomir Z. Djokovic and Peter W. Tingley, Natural group actions on tensor
products of three real vector spaces with finitely many orbits, pp. 60-82.
7. Yimin Wei and Hebing Wu, Additional results on index splittings for Drazin
inverse solutions of singular linear systems, pp. 83-93.
8. Stephen Kirkland, An upper bound on algebraic connectivity of graphs with
many cutpoints, pp. 94-109.
9. Cindy Knudsen and Judith J. McDonald, A note on the convexity of the
realizable set of eigenvalues for nonnegative symmetric matrices, pp.
110-114.
10. Yongge Tian and George P. H. Styan, How to establish universal block-
matrix factorizations, pp. 115-127.
11. Sukanta Pati, The third smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix, pp.
128-139.
12. Naomi Shaked-Monderer, Minimal CP rank, pp. 140-157.
ELA's primary homepage is:
http://www.math.technion.ac.il/iic/ela/
ELA's mirror sites are:
http://www.math.temple.edu/iic/ela (Temple University)
http://hermite.cii.fc.ul.pt/iic/ela/ (Univ. Lisbon)
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/ftp-home/pub/ela (Univ. Chemnitz)
http://www.emis.de/journals/ELA/ (EMIS)
ELA papers come both in POSTSCRIPT files and in PDF files.
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Contributed by: Marc Bodson,
Contents: IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology
Jan. 2002 - Volume 10, Number 1
EDITORIAL
Defining Control Systems Technology
2001 IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award
(including call for nominations for 2002 award)
PAPERS
Control Law Design for Haptic Interfaces to Virtual Reality
R. J. Adams and B. Hannaford
Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Scheme for Real-Time Trajectory Tracking of an
Underactuated Robot
O. Begovich, E. N. Sanchez, and M. Maldonado
Feedback Linearization of an Active Magnetic Bearing With Voltage Control
J. D. Lindlau and C. R. Knospe
A Fuzzy Logic Approach to LQG Design With Variance Constraints
E. G. Collins, Jr. and M. F. Selekwa
Road Adaptive Active Suspension Design Using Linear Parameter-Varying
Gain-Scheduling
I. Fialho and G. J Balas
Outliers in Process Modeling and Identification
R. K. Pearson
Design, Development, and Testing of Real-Time Feedback Controllers for
Semiconductor Etching Processes Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Sensing
I.G. Rosen, T. Parent, B. Fidan, C. Wang, and A. Madhukar
Reliable Robust Flight Tracking Control: An LMI Approach
F. Liao, J. L. Wang, and G.-H. Yang
BRIEF PAPERS
Periodic Attitude Control Techniques for Small Satellites With Magnetic
Actuators
M. Lovera, E. De Marchi, and S. Bittanti
Adaptive Tracking Control for Nonholonomic Caplygin Systems
Y.-C. Chang and B.-S. Chen
A Computational Approach for Time-Optimal Planning of High-Rise Elevators
M. Schlemmer and S. K. Agrawal
Fuzzy Speed and Steering Control of an AGV
K. R. S. Kodagoda, W. S. Wijesoma, and E. K. Teoh
Performance Assesment of a Pushrim Activated Power Assisted Wheelchair
Control System
R. A. Cooper, T. R. Corfman, S. G. Fitzgerald, M. L. Boninger, D.M.
Spaeth, W. Ammer, and J, Arva
Loop-Shaping Controller Design from Input-Output Data: Application to
a Paper Machine Simulator
K. Tsakalis, S. Dash, A. Green, and W. MacArthur
Robust Two Degree-of-Freedom Add-On Controller Design for Automatic Steering
B. A. Guvenc and L. Guvenc
Reduction of Encoder Measurement Errors in UKIRT Telescope Control System
Using a Kalman Filter
Y. Yang, N. Rees, and T. Chuter
Robust Stabilization of Nonlinear Uncertain Plants With Backlash
or Dead Zone in the Actuator
M. L. Corradini and G. Orlando
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Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov,
Contents: JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Vol. 7, No. 4 October 2001
N.A. Sidorov
Bijective and General Arithmetic Codings for Pisot Toral Automorphisms
pp. 447--472
Frederic Jean
Uniform Estimation of Sub-Riemannian Balls
pp. 473--500
Reinhard Schaefke
Formal Fundamental Solutions of Irregular Singular Differential
Equations Depending Upon Parameters
pp. 501--533
A.A. Tempelman
Multifractal Analysis of Ergodic Averages: A Generalization of
Eggleston's Theorem
pp. 535--551
L. Ortiz-Bobadilla, E. Rosales-Gonzalez, S.M. Voronin
Rigidity Theorem for Degenerated Singular Points of Germs of Holomorphic
Vector Fields in the Complex Plane
pp. 553--599
Web sites of JDCS:
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/j/1079-2724
http://www.botik.ru/~sachkov/JDCS/jdcs.html
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Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen ,
Contents: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 14 (2001), Number 4
R.F. Curtain,
Linear operator inequalities for strongly stable weakly regular linear
systems.
MCSS 14 (2001), 299-337.
Domitrz,
On local structural stability of differential 1-forms and nonlinear
hypersurface systems on a manifold with boundary.
MCSS 14 (2001), 338-357.
Burger and O. Scherzer,
Regularization methods for blind deconvolution and blind source separation
problems.
MCSS 14 (2001), 358-383.
INFORMATION
Information on MCSS including tables of contents is available at its home
pages:
www.cwi.nl/~schuppen/mcss/mcss.html
www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
Address for submissions by email or regular mail:
J.H. van Schuppen (Editor-in-Chief MCSS)
CWI
P.O.Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
mcss@cwi.nl
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Contributed by: Michael Athans, Program Chair,
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: 10th IEEE Mediterranean Conference
10th IEEE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON CONTROL AND AUTOMATION (MED2002)
Campus of the Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
July 9-12, 2002
General Chair: Prof. Joao J.S. Sentieiro, ISR/IST, Portugal
(jjss@isr.ist.utl.pt)
Program Chair: Prof. Michael Athans, ISR/IST and MIT, Portugal & USA
(athans@isr.ist.utl.pt)
Program Vice-Chair: Prof. Antonio Pascoal, ISR/IST, Portugal
(antonio@isr.ist.utl.pt)
We solicit high-quality regular papers and proposals for "state-of-the-art"
invited sessions in all aspects of the theory, algorithms, and applications
of systems, control, automation, robotics, operations research, intelligent
systems, signal processing, communication networks and related disciplines.
Papers and Proposals for Invited Sessions due: Feb. 1, 2002
Author Notification: April 15, 2002
Final Manuscript due: May 7, 2002
Conference Starts: July 9, 2002
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.
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: Maja Matijasevic,
Call for Papers
11th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece
June 17-20, 2003
http://med03.rasip.fer.hr
Co-sponsored by
Mediterranean Control Association and IEEE Control Systems Society
The MED'03 conference will provide an opportunity for the academic
and industrial community to address new challenges, share solutions
and discuss future research directions. A broad range of topics is proposed,
following current trends of combining control/systems theory with
software/communication technologies, as well as new developments in robotics
and mechatronics, with the goal of strengthening cooperation of control and
automation scientists with industry.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will be held at the Rodos Palace Resort Hotel and
Convention Center on the island of Rhodes in Greece.
Being at the crossroads of two continents, Europe and Asia, Rhodes
offers a unique experience in a fascinating atmosphere. Ancient Greek
monuments, a medieval castle, charming small villages, delicious food
and vine, as well as beautiful beaches are all found on Rhodes.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 17, 2003: Full Papers, Proposals, Due
February 28, 2003: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
March 31, 2003: Final, Camera Ready Papers, Due
GENERAL CHAIRS
Frank L. Lewis (ARRI, University of Texas at Arlington, USA)
E-mail: flewis@controls.uta.edu
Kimon P. Valavanis (DPEM, Technical University of Crete, Greece)
E-mail: kimonv@dpem.tuc.gr
CONTACT / PROGRAM CHAIR
Dr. Stjepan Bogdan
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Computing, University of Zagreb
Unska 3
HR-10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
E-mail: stjepan.bogdan@fer.hr
Tel: +385 (0)1 6129-796
Fax: +385 (0)1 6129-809
Ongoing updates about this conference, including a call for papers, and
submission guidelines may be found at http://med03.rasip.fer.hr
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Contributed by: Robert Judd,
2002 THE AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE
May 8-10, 2002
William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
Anchorage Hilton Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
The American Control Conference (ACC) is an annual, 3-day event, presenting
about 900 papers, with over 1200 participants from the measurement and
automation communities. This premier conference and associated workshops
focus on advances in the theory and practice associated with automatic
control. This is an excellent opportunity to learn what is new in controls
and interact with the leaders of the area.
Topics include: industrial applications, robotics, manufacturing, guidance
and flight control, power systems, process control, measurement and sensing,
identification and estimation, signal processing, modeling and advanced
simulation, fault detection, model validation, multivariable control,
adaptive and optimal control, robustness, intelligent control, expert
systems, neural nets, control engineering education, and computer aided
design.
For more information about the 2002 ACC, please visit our web-sit at
http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~acc2002/.
The conference is sponsored by the American Automatic Control
Council (AACC), and topics span the scope of the 8 member societies
of AACC: AIAA, AIChE, AISE, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, ISA, and SCS. The
2002 ACC is being held in cooperation with IFAC (the International
Federation of Automatic Control) and SICE (the Society of Instrument
and Control Engineers).
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Contributed by: Kiam Tian Seow,
2002 FIRA Robot World Congress
May 26 - 29, 2002 / COEX, Seoul, Korea / www.firacongress.net
PURPOSE AND SCOPE
2002 FIRA Robot World Congress welcomes paper submissions from researchers,
practitioners, and students worldwide to share the expertise and technology
of building intelligent robots including entertainment, education, service,
field, personal robots.
RELATED AREAS
- Adaptive Systems / - Artificial Life / - Collective Behavior Emergence
- Distributed Sensing & Sensor Fusion / - Environment Modeling
- Evolutionary Approach to Autonomous Agents
- Human Robot Interface / - Intelligent Control
- Learning Systems / - Machine Vision for Robotic Intelligence
- Multi-Agent Systems/ - Multiple Robotic Systems
- Navigation Systems / - Robot Mechanism Design
- Robot Soccer Simulation / - Sensors and Controls for AI
- Robot Systems
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- One copy of the extended abstract (800-1000 words) on A4 size page,
prepared in English, with (at the most) two pages of figures (if any).
The front page should contain the title of the paper, full name(s) and
address(es) of the author(s) and the appropriate academic field(s).
- The complete mailing address(es), telephone number(s), fax
number(s) and email address(es) should be given on a separate sheet.
Please send the abstracts to 2002 FIRA Robot World Congress
Secretariat on or before February 15, 2002. It is recommended to
make submissions via email to fira2002@fira.net.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Abstract Submission: February 15, 2002
- Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2002
- Camera-ready Manuscript Due: April 15, 2002
RELATED EVENT
2002 FIRA Robot World Cup / May 23-29, 2002
More details at: http://www.fira.net
General Chair (Hyung Suck Cho, KAIST)
Any inquiry related to the Congress should be sent to
2002 FIRA Robot World Congress Secretariat:
Ms. Jennie Kim, GENICOM Convention Service Co., Ltd.
Room #707, Daejeon Chamber of Commerce & Industry
1133 Dunsan-dong, So-gu, Daejeon 302-120, Korea
Tel: +82-42-472-7460 Fax: +82-42-472-7459
E-mail: fira2002@fira.net URL: http://www.firacongress.net
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Contributed by: Dr. C. W. de Silva,
2002 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
This conference will be held in Vancouver, Canada during 27-30 October 2002.
We solicit high-quality papers containing original contributions in all areas
of theory and applications of control systems, specifically those related to
knowledge-based and intelligent systems, software, hardware, and techniques.
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers electronically through the
following web site:
http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/~isic02/isic02.html
Also, we solicit proposals for invited sessions within the technical scope of
the conference. Information on invited sessions is available at:
http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~isic02_invited
We are willing to extend the deadline for paper submission to 01 February,
2002. Panel discussions, tutorials, workshops, exhibits, and social programs
are planned as well. If you have specific questions regarding the conference
please contact the General Chair:
Clarence W. de Silva
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of British Columbia
2324 Main Mall
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-6291
Fax: (604) 822-2403
E-mail: desilva@mech.ubc.ca
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Contributed by: Inge Troch,
4th MATHMOD Vienna - 4th IMACS Symposium on MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
February 5 - 7, 2003 in Vienna (Austria)
http://simtech.tuwien.ac.at/MATHMOD
Organiser: Division for Mathematics of Control and Simulation
at Vienna University of Technology
Contact: Univ.Prof. Dr. Inge Troch
Vienna University of Technology
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8 - 10
A-1040 Wien, Austria
Phone: +431-58801-11451
Fax: +431-58801-11499
email: inge.troch@tuwien.ac.at
Deadlines: Submission of Abstracts: Sept.1, 2002
Notification of Authors: Oct.15, 2002
Full paper due: Dec. 15, 2002
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Contributed by: Dinos Mavroidis,
2002 Int Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control (ARDC 02)
2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 17-22, 2002
New Orleans Hilton & Ernest Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sponsored by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Robotics Panel of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD)
invites papers and special sessions in the area of "Robot Dynamics and
Control". The objective is to bring t ogether researchers working in this
area, to discuss and appraise recent developments in this field and to
stimulate new directions of research. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to, the following:
1. Dynamics and Control of Complex Robotic Systems including Space, Medical,
Mobile, Military, Underwater, Walking, Search and Rescue Robots, Humanoids,
Micro and Nano Robots;
2. Experimental Studies of Advanced Robot Control;
3. Novel Force, Compliance and Hybrid Robot Controllers;
4. Vibration Suppression in Robotic Systems;
5. Advances in Control of Industrial Robots;
6. Robot Design, Modeling and Identification;
7. Teleoperation, Human-Robot Interfaces and Haptics;
8. Development of Advanced Compact Actuators for Robotics;
9. Mechatronics;
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Authors who wish to submit papers should email the full-length manuscripts in
PDF format to Prof. Constantinos Mavroidis at mavro@jove.rutgers.edu or Prof.
Nilanjan Sarkar at nilanjan.sarkar@vanderbilt.edu by FEBRUARY 15, 2002.
Papers can be up to 5,000 words in length, which is the equivalent of up to 8
two-column proceedings pages including figures.
All submissions will undergo peer review, and accepted submissions will
appear in the published conference proceedings as full-length papers. Authors
will be notified of acceptance on APRIL 15, 2002. Organizers of special
sessions should send their proposal to one of the
organizers of ARDC by JAN 15, 2002. Additional information can be found in
the Symposium's World Wide Web Page at:
http://cronos.rutgers.edu/~mavro/ardc.htm
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
Prof. Constantinos Mavroidis
Chair, ASME DSCD Robotics Technical Panel
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey
98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058 USA
Tel: (732) 445-0732, Fax: (732) 445-3124
Email: mavro@jove.rutgers.edu
Prof. Nilanjan Sarkar
Vice-Chair, ASME DSCD Robotics Technical Panel
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Box 1592 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235
Tel: (615)343-7219, Fax: (615)343-6687
Email: nilanjan.sarkar@vanderbilt.edu
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Contributed by: Nader Jallili,
Symposium on Active Ccontrol of Vibration and Noise
2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
November 17 - 22, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sponsored by:
Active Noise & Vibration Control Panel, Dynamic Systems & Control Division
(DSCD), Committee on Dynamics & Control of Structures & Systems, Applied
Mechanics Division (AMD), Technical Committee on Vibration and Noise,
Design Engineering Division (DED)
Topics include, but not restricted to, analytical, numerical, and
experimental studies of fundamental research, development, and applications
on active control of structural vibration and stability, vibration isolation
and suspension systems, flow-induced vibration, noise and structural
response, ducts, mufflers, manifolds, etc. Also papers on active (smart)
material applications and structronic systems, modeling and identification
issues, parametric control and semi-active systems with industrial
applications are welcome.
Authors should email the full-length manuscripts in only PDF or Postscript
formats to one of the symposium organizers listed below. All submissions
will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the ASME
IMECE Conference bound volume.
The deadlines are:
E-mail Submission of the Abstracts to Organizers: February 15, 2002
Acceptance Notification to the Authors: March 1, 2002
Softcopy of the Manuscripts Due (PDF/PS formats): April 15, 2002
Notification of Paper Acceptance to the Authors: June 15, 2002
Final Camera-Ready Manuscripts (two hardcopies): July 25, 2002
Session Organizers:
Professor Nader Jalili (DSCD)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0921
Phone: (864) 656-5642, -4435 (Fax)
E-mail: jalili@clemson.edu
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Contributed by: Sergio Yovine,
Call For Papers: EMSOFT 2002 WORKSHOP
Grenoble, France, October, 7-9, 2002.
http://www-emsoft02.imag.fr, http://www.emsoft.org
E-mail: mailto:emsoft02@imag.fr
AIMS and SCOPE:
EMSOFT '02 is the second in a series of workshops on Embedded Software.
The first EMSOFT workshop was held October 8-10, 2001, at Tahoe City,
California (see www.emsoft.org). EMSOFT focuses on the principles of
embedded software development and aims at covering all aspects of
embedded software. The proceedings of the workshop will be published
in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
The workshop will include 15 contributed papers and 15 invited papers.
For contributed papers, submissions should not exceed thirteen (13) pages.
Topics of interest include:
- System design and integration methodologies
- Programming languages and software engineering
- Operating systems and middleware
- Architectures and compilers
- Models of computation and formal methods
- Scheduling and execution time analysis
- Communication protocols and fault tolerance
- Applications, such as embedded control and multimedia
IMPORTANT DATES
April 15 Paper submission deadline
June 15 Acceptance notification
July 15 Final version of accepted papers due
EMSOFT CHAIRS
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
University of California at Berkeley
Tel +39 06 68807923
alberto@eecs.berkeley.edu
http://www-cad.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alberto
Joseph Sifakis
Verimag
Tel +33 476 63 48 51
Fax +33 476 63 48 50
Joseph.Sifakis@imag.fr
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~sifakis
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Contributed by: Prof.H.Kashiwagi,
Call for Papers
5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Control and Measurement APCCM'2002
8-12 July, 2002
Lijiang China
http://www.apccm2002.com/
SCOPE:
APCCM'2002 will be the 4th event in a series of biennial international
conferences on control and measurement. The conference will provide a survey
of the advances in this field, including topics such as modeling, analysis,
verification, synthesis, simulation, and the application of these methods in
the design of automation systems. The aim of the APCCM'2002 is to bring
together researchers and practitioners with backgrounds in control,
electronics or computer science and to initiate discussions on how concepts
from these different domains can be integrated to improve the existing
engineering methods for control and measurement systems.
SUBMISSIONS:
Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the engineering of
control and measurement systems, e.g. modeling, specification, analysis,
verification, synthesis, simulation, and implementation. Reports on network
and control, virtual realization, economic management and control, and
industrial applications of design or analysis methods for systems are
particularly encouraged. The submitted material must be original, unpublished
and not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Both Individual Submissions and Specials Sessions are solicited. See website
for details for paper submission details.
Important Dates:
February 29, 2002 - Submission of abstracts and special session proposals
March 31, 2002 - Notification of acceptance
May 15, 2002 - Final papers due,
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS
Honorary Chair: S. J. Ann, Korea,
General Chair: H.Kashiwagi, Japan
Chunlin Shen, China
ADDRESS FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS:
Chunru Xiong
Editor of Proceedings of APCCM
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nanjing 210016, China
PS or PDF files: xiong@nuaa.edu.cn
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Contributed by: Eduardo Sontag,
DIMACS Workshop on Complexity in Biosystems: Innovative Approaches at the
Interface of Experimental and Computational Modeling
April 8 - 10, 2002
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Complexity/
Organizers:
Thomas Deisboeck, Harvard Medical School
Lee Segel, Weizmann Institute
Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers University
Raimond Winslow, The Johns Hopkins University
Presented under the auspices of the Special Year on Computational Molecular
Biology.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
This workshop will bring together scientists who are already working in the
novel field of complex biosystems modeling and simulation from different
points of view and "newcomers" who are interested in getting involved in this
exciting research area. The focus is on the challenging interface between
experimental modeling (e.g., assay design and engineering) and computational
simulation. The goal is to introduce and discuss innovative concepts,
experimental and computational biosystems models and mathematical algorithms
as well as to establish new collaborations beyond institutional or
departmental boundaries.
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Contributed by: Manukid Parnichkun,
2002 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT '02)
"Productivity Reincarnation through Robotics & Automation"
11-14 December 2002, Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
URL: http://www.ise.ait.ac.th/conferences/icit02.htm
Sponsored by
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Thai Robotics Society
Conferences Topics --
Computational Intelligence: Industrial applications of neural networks,
fuzzy algorithms, evolutionary computing, and intelligent systems.
Mechatronics: Robotics, intelligent sensors, industrial vision, actuators and
motion control, autonomous mobile robots, multi-sensor fusion,
micro-electro-mechanical systems and integration.
Signal Processing and System Control: Advanced control and measurement,
computer and microprocessor-based control, data reduction and signal
processing, estimation and identification techniques, instrumentation
electronics, automotive electronics, and non-linear control systems.
Factory Automation: Factory communications, flexible manufacturing systems,
industrial automation, process automation, CAD/CAM/CAT/CIM and LANs.
Power Electronics: Power electronic devices and systems, high frequency power
converters, digital control of power electronics, energy systems, electrical
drives, static variable and harmonic compensations, and analytical and
simulation methods.
Emerging Technologies: Electrical vehicles and intelligent transportation,
industrial applications of internet technologies, industrial applications of
multimedia, application specific ICs, integrated systems and processes, and
wireless communication.
Industrial Forum: Organized by Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd.
Submission of papers, proposal of special sessions or tutorials, and all
other correspondence should be addressed to
IEEE ICIT' 02 Secretariat:
Dr. Manukid Parnichkun
Asian Institute of Technology
PO.Box 4, Klongluang
Pathumthani, 12120, THAILAND
Phone: (662) 524-5229 Fax: (662) 524-5697
E-mail: manukid@ait.ac.th
Important Dates
Paper Submission: June 15, 2002
Notification of Acceptance: August 15, 2002
Final Paper Submission: October 15, 2002
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Contributed by: Leon Tarasiejski,
8th IEEE International Conference on
Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR)
2 - 5 September 2002
http://www.mmar.ps.pl
Radisson SAS Hotel, Szczecin, Poland
SCOPE
The objective of the Conference is to bring together scientists and engineers
to present and discuss recent developments in the area of mathematical
methods, modeling, simulation and identification in automation and robotics.
This Conference is the eighth in a continuing series, which started in 1994.
MAIN TOPICS
Control and system theory, Control engineering, Robotics, Identification and
measurements, Modeling and simulation, Integration in manufacturing,
Industrial safety, Marine automation, Non-engineering applications
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR INVITED SESSIONS
Authors of regular papers should submit a structured draft paper being
equivalent to maximum of 10 double-spaced A4 pages. The cover page should
contain the title, author's name, affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses,
fax and telephone numbers of each author, an abstract and three keywords. In
case of joint authorship, the first name mentioned will be used for all
correspondence, unless otherwise requested.
All papers chosen for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings.
At least one author per paper is required to register at the time of the
submission of the camera-ready paper.
Detailed instructions on preparation of the final version will be sent to
authors of accepted papers.
Persons wishing to organize an invited session related to the main topics of
the Conference should submit a proposal stating the topic of the session,
briefly describing its scope and justifying its inclusion in the Conference
Program. The proposal should contain the title, a short abstract with three
keywords for each contribution, the name, affiliation, postal and e-mail
addresses, fax and telephone numbers of each proposed speaker.
Both draft papers and proposals for invited sessions should be e-mailed
(preferably as a PDF document, or else as a Postscript or, in the last resort,
as a MS Word DOC file) to the Conference Secretariat by the deadline shown.
Instead of electronic submission it is allowed to deliver five hard copies of
the contribution.
DEADLINES
3 March 2002 Submission of draft papers and proposals for invited sessions
30 April 2002 Notification of acceptance of contributed papers
31 May 2002 Submission of camera-ready manuscripts
15 July 2002 Distribution of the final program
2 - 5 September 2002 Conference
SECRETARIAT ADDRESS
MMAR 2002 Conference Secretariat
Institute of Control Engineering
Technical University of Szczecin
ul. Sikorskiego 37
70-313 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: +48 91 4494723
Fax: +48 91 4494153
E-mail: mmar@we.ps.pl
T. Kaczorek (PL) Chairman
K. Kozlowski (PL) Co-Chairman
D. H. Owens (UK) Co-Chairman
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Contributed by: NAISO The Netherlands,
First International NAISO Congress on
NEURO FUZZY TECHNOLOGIES
January 16-19, 2002
Havana, Cuba
During the past decade, paradigms and benefits from neuro fuzzy systems (NF)
have been growing tremendously. Today, not only does NF solve scientific
problems, but its applications are also appearing in our daily lives. In
order to discuss the state of the art in NF and the future of these exciting
topics; we are honored to invite you to Neuro-Fuzzy 2002. We believe it will
be an excellent opportunity to share our knowledge on NF and contribute to
its development in this century. This major international conference will be
held in a very enjoyable location: Havana, the Capital of Cuba, where we hope
you will experience the famous Cuban hospitality.
CONGRESS ORGANIZER
NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division)
P.O. Box 1091
3360 BB Sliedrecht
The Netherlands
Phone:+31-184-496999
Fax: +31-184-421065
Email:nf2002@global-conf.org (NF'2002 Congress)
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Contributed by: J. A. Tenreiro Machado,
First Symposium on Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications
at ASME Int. 19th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise
September 2-6, 2003, Chicago, Illinois
Papers are solicited in the area of fractional derivatives and their
applications. The subject of the papers includes, but is not limited to,
mathematical modeling of fractional dynamic systems, analytical and numerical
techniques to solve these equations, fractional model of viscoelastic
damping, large scale finite element models of fractional systems and
associated numerical scheme, fractional controller design and system
identification, stability analysis of fractional systems, nonlinear and
stochastic fractional dynamic systems, fractional models and their
experimental verifications, and applications of fractional models to
engineering systems.
Three copies of the papers with the e-mail address of the authors must be
submitted to one of the organizers of the symposium before January 24, 2003.
All papers will be reviewed and, if accepted, will be published in the
conference proceedings on CD-ROM. The organizers of the symposium are:
Professor Om Prakash Agrawal
Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone: (618) 453-7090
Fax: (618) 453-7658
E-mail: om@engr.siu.edu
Professor J. A. Tenreiro Machado
ISEP - Institute of Engineering of Porto
Dept. of Electrotechnical Engineering
Rua Dr. Antonio Bernardino de Almeida
4200-072 Porto, Portugal
Phone: 351-22-8340500 Ext: 1711
Fax: 351-22-8321159
E-mail: jtm@dee.isep.ipp.pt
Professor Jocelyn Sabatier
LAP Université Bordeaux 1, 351, Cours de la Libération,
33405 Talence cedex, France
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Phone: +33-5-56-84-66-07
Fax: +33-5-56-84-66-44
E-mail: sabatier@lap.u-bordeaux.fr
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Contributed by: Yaochu Jin,
Workshop on Approximation and Learning in Evolutionary Computation
within the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)
July 9 to July 13, 2002, New York City, USA.
See further details at http://www.cs.unr.edu/~sushil/workshop/
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION & CALL FOR PAPERS
In real-world applications, it is often necessary to build approximate models
for fitness evaluation. One essential difficulty in applying evolutionary
algorithms to the optimization of complex systems is the high time complexity
of each fitness evaluation. Besides, in some applications, no explicit
mathematical functions are available for fitness evaluation. Further more,
approximate fitness models have also been proved useful in dealing with noisy
and multi-modal fitness functions. This workshop aims to get together
researchers coming from different research areas to see the state-of-art, to
discuss the main problems and future work in this area.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Submissions are invited in, but not limited to, any of the
following areas:
- Off-line and on-line learning for approximate model construction
- Off-line and on-line learning for performance improvement
- Evolution control and model management in evolutionary computation
- Multi-level evolutionary optimization
- Learning in multi-objective evolutionary optimization
- Fitness estimation in noisy environment
- Comparison of different modeling methods, such as neural networks, response
surface and least squares methods, and probabilistic models for
evolutionary computation
- Comparison of different sampling techniques for on- and off-line learning
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Please follow the main conference guidelines with regards to the format of
the paper. We expect submissions to be short papers or extended abstracts
upto four (4) pages in length. Please send an electronic copy of the paper
in PDF or postscript to yaochu_jin@de.hrdeu.com with subject ``GECCO workshop
submission'' no later than March 4, 2002. Workshop proceedings will be
published and will be available at the conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: March 4, 2002
Notification of acceptance: April 5, 2002
Final manuscript: April 25, 2002
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Yaochu Jin
Future Technology Research
Phone: +49-69-89011735
Fax: +49-69-89011749
Email: yaochu_jin@de.hrdeu.com
yaochu.jin@hre-ftr.f.rd.honda.co.jp
Sushil J. Louis
University of Nevada, Reno
Phone:(775)784-4315
Fax:(775)784-1877
Email: sushil@cs.unr.edu
Khaled M. Rasheed
The University of Georgia
Phone:(706)542-3444
Fax:(706)542-2966
Email: khaled@cs.uga.edu
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Contributed by: Minoru Kohata,
2002 IEEE-SP Workshop on Speech Coding
Sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society
October 6-9, 2002
EPOCHAL Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN
http://www.speechcoding.org
CALL FOR PAPERS
2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Coding, Sponsored by the IEEE Signal
Processing Society, the 2002 IEEE Workshop on Speech Coding will be
held from October 6-9, 2002, at Tsukuba International Congress Center
(EPOCHAL TSUKUBA), Ibaraki, JAPAN.
The following topics will be of particular interest: Speech modeling
techniques; Quantization and coding; Variable-rate, multi-rate, and
embedded coding; Speech enhancement; Robustness against background noise;
Error recovery, concealment, quality assessment and QoS control for
mobile and packet networks (e.g., VoIP and streaming); Pre- and post-
processing techniques; Error criteria and perceptual models relevant to
speech coding; Novel speech coding schemes for multimedia applications;
Wideband speech and audio coding; Topics of current standardization
activities (e.g., ITU-T and 3GPP); Techniques for interoperability between
different networks. Papers in other topics are also be solicited.
Author's Schedule
Submission of 3-page camera-ready paper (electronically):
April 26, 2002
E-mail notification of acceptance: June 7, 2002
Optional submission of camera-ready paper (electronically):
July 5, 2002
Advance registration deadline: July 31, 2002
Submissions should include authors' names, addresses,
affiliations, e-mail addresses, and telephone and facsimile
numbers. Submitted papers should be no more than three pages
in length and in final form for publication. To create a
consistent look in the workshop proceedings, each submitted
paper should strictly adhere to the guidelines described in
the author kit.
Registration
Advance registration deadline is July 31, 2002. There will be
NO on-site registration. Attendance at the workshop will be
limited to 130 people. The registration fee includes all meals
and refreshments, a CD-ROM, and a papercopy of the Workshop
Proceedings.
Advance Registration Fee (50% up after July 31)
IEEE members : 40,000 yen (approx. US)
(including IEICE, JASA, IPSJ members)
Non-members : 60,000 yen (approx. US)
Students : 30,000 yen (approx. US)
Contact and Announcements
For further information and updates consult the Workshop website:
http://www.speechcoding.org. (Author kits and on-line registration
are also available at the same site.)
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