E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 55 27 Oct 1992 Editors: Bradley W. Dickinson bradley@princeton.edu or bradley@pucc.bitnet Eduardo D. Sontag sontag@hilbert.rutgers.edu or sontag@pisces.bitnet _____________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE: The next E-Letter will come out within a few days (really!). There are several time-critical conference and workshop notices that make up most of the current issue. _____________________________________________________________________________ Welcome. We remind you that items for posting can be emailed to either of the editors. PLEASE SEND CONTRIBUTIONS, since the eletter can only be useful if everyone participates. A REQUEST: It would be useful if articles are already sent in the format that we use, starting with a "Contributed by:..." and a title centered in the next line. In addition, please provide a 60-character title for the Contents. Thanks! NOTE: if you are using an editor to read this mailing and if at any point you wish to skip to the next article, you can accomplish this by searching for the string: *.** Contents Changes to mailing list Personals: People On The Move Noted With Regret Conferences: 1992 CDC - Early registration deadline approaching Texas Systems Day, Nov. 7, 1992, Dallas CRM Workshop on Stochastic Control, Montreal, Nov. 2-26, 1992 (four week-long segments) PASE '92, Prague, December 7-8, 1992 Conf. on Control Applications, Vancouver, Sept. 13-16, 1993 Workshop on Variable Structure Control, Oct. 29-30, 1992, Cleveland, OH CISS '93, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, Mar. 24-26, '93 Int. Conf. Bond Graph Modeling, Jan. 18-20, '93, La Jolla, CA *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by the Editors: Changes/Additions to mailing list. Changes and Updates: ------------------- rudie@ima.umn.edu (Karen Rudie, Inst. for Mathematics and its Application) schoenwaldda@ornl.gov (David A. Schoenwald, Oak Ridge National Lab) korn@erau.db.erau.edu (Andrew Kornecki, Embry Riddle Aero. U., Daytona Bch, FL) gordana@vax135.att.com (Gordana Pavlovic, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ) jtb@allegra.att.com (Jack Brassil, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill) thistle@auto.polymtl.ca (John Thistle, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal) pi@ruth.ece.jhu.edu (Pablo Iglesias, Johns Hopkins Univ.) labauto@labauto.ulb.ac.be (Michel Kinnaert, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) Additions: --------- chouaib@laas.laas.fr (Ibrahim Chouaib, Laboratoire d'Automatique, Toulouse) yorgos@bode.usc.edu (Yorgos Papavassilopouslos, Univ. of So. California) coversto@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (V. Coverstone, Univ. Illinois, Urbana) overkamp@cwi.nl (Ard Overkamp, CWI, The Netherlands) maler@vercors.imag.fr (Oded Maler, LGI-IMAG, Grenoble, France) jmhof@cwi.nl (Jacqueline van den Hof, CWI, The Netherlands) meysteam@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (Alex Meystel, Drexel Univ., Philadelphia) huawang@src.umd.edu (Wang Hua, Univ. of Maryland, College Park) 74740.2600@compuserve.com (Victor van Beuren, Elsevier Science Publishers, NY) farrell@draper.com (Jay Farrell, Draper Labs, Cambridge, MA) ole@itk.unit.no (Ole Jakob Sordalen, Norwegian Inst. of Tech., Trondheim) bcastill@cinvesmx.bitnet (Bernardino Castillo Toledo, CINVESTAV, Mexico) peres@dt.fee.unicamp.br (Pedro Luis Dias Peres, Univ. de Campinas, Brazil) saman@tcsi.tcs.com (Saman Behtash, Teknekron Communications Systems, Berkeley) reed@uvvm.uvic.ca (Bill Reed, Math. & Stats., Univ. of Victoria, Canada) green@robotics.berkeley.edu (David Green, Univ. of California, Berkeley) leici1@cespivm2.unlp.edu.ar (Carlos H. Muravchik, Univ de La Plata, Argentina) byeungwo@ecn.purdue.edu (Byeungwoo Jeon, Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN) drakunov@eagle.eng.ohio-state.edu (Sergey Drakunov, Ohio State Univ., Columbus) qian@caddis.ece.wisc.edu (Qian Feng, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) lujin@oracorp.com (Jin Lu, ORA Corp., Ithaca, NY) a.flores@ic.ac.uk (A. Flores, Imperial College, London) srikant@hoqax.att.com (R. Srikant AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ) panz@dialogic.com (Zhibing Pan, Dialogic Corp., Parssipany, NJ) teek@kingcong.uwaterloo.ca (Prateek Dwivedi, Univ. of Waterloo) mebrad01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Beth Bradley, Univ. of Louisville, KY) peng@labauto.ulb.ac.be (Youbin Peng, Free Univ. of Brussels, Belgium) pedro@aii.upv.es (Pedro Albertos, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) xia@fees.vut.edu.au (Lige Xia, Victoria Univ of Technology, Melbourne) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by the Editors -- PERSONALS ********** PEOPLE ON THE MOVE ************ (1) From September, 1992 to June, 1993 Art Krener will be on sabbatical at the Systems Research Center, University of Maryland. The address is Prof. Arthur J. Krener Systems Research Center A. V. Williams Building #2205 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 301-405-6553 (office) 301-405-6632 (SRC) 301-405-6707 (FAX) He can still be reached at the e-addresses ajkrener@ucdavis.edu or krener@src.umd.edu. (2) Temporary (1 year) address change: Karen Rudie Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 514 Vincent Hall 206 Church Street, SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0436 U.S.A. Telephone: (612) 624-5047 (office) e-mail: rudie@ima.umn.edu (3) Vincent Blondel received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor M. Gevers at University of Louvain, Belgium, with a dissertation entitled ``Simultaneous stabilization of linear systems: mathematical solutions, related problems and equivalent formulations.'' He will be at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford for the next three months and is seeking a more permanent postdoctoral position. Mathematical Institute, OCIAM University of Oxford 24-29 St Giles' Oxford OX1 3LB UK (4) David A. Schoenwald received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Ohio State University (under Prof. Umit Ozguner) this past June. The title of his dissertation is "Analysis and Design of Robust Decentralized Controllers for Nonlinear Systems." Current address is: David A. Schoenwald Instrumentation & Controls Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory P. O. Box 2009 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8066 (615) 574-0343 (office) (615) 574-0334 (fax) E-Mail: schoenwaldda@ornl.gov (5) Suresh M. Joshi is presently on sabbatical leave from NASA-Langley Research Center. He is spending a year (until Aug. 1993) as Visiting Professor of EE and ME at U. of VA., Charlottesville. His temporary email is: smj2m@virginia.edu. He would like to invite any controls folks to visit him at UVA if they are in the area, to discuss serious matters over a pitcher of beer. (6) After Oct. 1 my work address will be: Tony Richardson Marine Physical Laboratory Scripps Institution of Oceanography San Diego, CA 92152 (7) Achim Ilchmann has moved back to Hamburg. His address is University of Hamburg Institut fuer Angewandte Mathematik Bundesstr. 55 D-2000 Hamburg 13 F.R.G. Tel.: (040) 41235120 FAX : (040) 41235117 email: am80020@dhhuni4.bitnet (8) Temporary CHANGE OF ADDRESS Period: September 3 - November 26, 1992 Mail address: Prof. Jan C. Willems IMA - Un. of Minnesota 514 Vincent Hall 206 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0436 USA Email: willems@ima.umn.edu Telephone: + 1.612.624.6066 Fax: + 1.612.626.7370 ******* NOTED WITH REGRET ******* (Contributed by Jack Cowan to another bboard) Werner Reichardt It is with great regret that I have to announce the death of Werner Reichardt. Werner was a student in Berlin at the outbreak of WW II and fought against the Nazis in the German underground. He was captured by the Gestapo but saved by the Russians shortly before his scheduled execution. Werner began his career as a post doc with Max Delbruck at CalTech, but first became known for his work with Bernard Hassenstein on motion detection. He set up the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in the early 60s and founded the journal Kybernetik, now known as Biological Cybernetics. He produced a great deal of excellent pioneering work on Fly vision, especially with Tommy Poggio. He will be greatly missed by his many friends, of whom I count myself fortunate to have been one. Jack Cowan *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: TAMER BASAR THE 31ST IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL Westin La Paloma Tucson, Arizona December 16--18, 1992 The IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) is the annual meeting of the IEEE Control Systems Society. It is conducted in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA). The thirty-first CDC will be held on December 16-18, 1992, at the resort hotel Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Arizona, and will be preceded by two days of tutorial workshops. The General Chairman of the Conference is Tamer Basar of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Program Chairman is Sergio Verdu of Princeton University. Below you will find some information on the Technical Program, Tutorial Workshops, Critical deadlines to meet, Receptions and the Awards Banquet, Special Rates on airfares and car rentals, as well as the hotel reservation and advance conference registration forms. The CDC Program is available in the SCAD database. _________________________________________________________________________ TECHNICAL PROGRAM The Program Committee has received a record number of submissions in various categories, and has put together an outstanding technical program, consisting of invited and contributed sessions on all aspects of the theory and application of systems, involving decision, control, optimization and adaptation. The conference will feature three plenary speakers: Plenary Lecture I Complexity-Theoretic Aspects of Problems in Control Theory by John N. Tsitsiklis, MIT, USA (Dec. 16, 8:30 AM) Plenary Lecture II Smart Cars on Smart Roads: Design and Evaluation by Pravin P. Varaiya, UC Berkeley, USA (Dec. 17, 8:30 AM) Bode Prize Lecture Controller Design: Getting from Theory to Practice by Brian D.O. Anderson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (Dec. 18, 11:30 AM) _________________________________________________________________________ TUTORIAL WORKSHOPS Five one-day tutorial workshops are being planned for the Monday and Tuesday preceding the conference : MONDAY, December 14 * Intelligent Control with Applications (Acar, Valavanis, Berenji) * Modeling and Scheduling in Semiconductor Fabrication (Li) * Identification and Robust Control Interplay (Kosut, Gevers, Bitmead) TUESDAY, December 15 * Robust Control for State Space Systems (Yedavalli, Leitmann) * An Introduction to Control of Smart Structures (Knowles, Hagood) For the fee structure on the tutorial workshops, see the registration form. _________________________________________________________________________ CRITICAL DEADLINES Conference Registration: November 2, 1992, for reduced fees Hotel Reservation: November 21, 1992, for guaranteed reduced rates _________________________________________________________________________ RECEPTIONS AND BANQUET Following the CDC tradition, a welcoming reception (cash bar) will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 1992 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Westin La Paloma. The Awards BANQUET will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, December 17, starting at 7:30 pm. It will feature presentations of Control Systems Society and IEEE Awards, and brief remarks on the Conference and the state of the Society. Banquet tickets will be included in the registration packets of non student/retiree participants. Additional banquet tickets may be purchased by checking the appropriate box in the conference registration form. There will also be a closing reception starting at 6:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 18. _________________________________________________________________________ TRANSPORTATION 1. Airline: Reduced airfares have been arranged with American Airlines, for travel to Tucson from destinations within North America. When making reservations, either by directly calling the toll-free number 1-800-433-1790 or through your travel agency, mention the file STAR # S01D24J. 2. Car Rental: Special rates have been arranged with AVIS, for rentals at Phoenix or Tucson airports, to be returned to the same point. Call 1-800-331-1600 to make reservations, and mention the Worldwide Discount Number B146404. In both cases, early reservations are advised. The venue of the Conference, Westin La Paloma, is a resort hotel, located in the Northern part of the city, seventeen miles from Tucson International Airport. It can be reached from the Tucson Airport by regular limousine service, on which further information will be included in the Advance Program. For those who would prefer to rent a car, there will be ample (free) parking space at Westin. _________________________________________________________________________ ------------------31st CDC Hotel Reservation Form begins----------------- 31st CDC HOTEL RESERVATION FORM Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Arizona. December 16-18, 1992 Name: _____________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ______________________________________________________ Street Address: ___________________________________________________ City: _____________________ State: _______________Zip _____________ Country: __________________________________________________________ Please reserve ________________ single room(s) at $90 per room Please reserve ________________ double room(s) at $90 per room These special convention rates are valid 7 days before and 7 days after the conference. $10 additional if room is shared with a third adult (over age 18). Sharing room with: ________________________________________________ Arrival Date: __________________ Arrival Time: ____________________ Departure Date: ______________________ (Check out by Noon, 12:00 pm) Please send to: Reservations Department Westin La Paloma 3800 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, Arizona 85718/USA FAX: (602) 577-5887 or call: (800) 228-3000 (toll free) (602) 742-6000 (local) and mention 31st CDC. Reservations must be received by Saturday, November 21, 1992, and must include a deposit for one night. This can be paid by a check or money order in U.S. dollars or credit card. Mastercard ______ Visa ______ American Express ______ Other ______ Credit Card No: ______________________________________ Expiration Date: ___/___ Signature: ______________________________________ ------------------31st CDC Hotel Reservation Form ends----------------- ___________________________________________________________________________ ------------------31st CDC Conference Registration Form begins---------------- 31st CDC ADVANCE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM PART I: Registration Information Conference Registration: Deadline for Advance Registration: November 2, 1992 (Please circle the relevant amount) Society Non- Student or Member Member Retiree Advance Registration Fee $210 $280 $60 (Before NOV. 2, 1992) On-Site Registration $290 $375 $70 Registrations received after November 2, 1992 will be returned. Registration fee (except for student and retiree registrants) includes Welcoming and Farewell Receptions, Thursday's Dinner Banquet, and one set of Conference Proceedings. Additional Copies of Proceedings (Member @ $90; Non-member @ $115 each) $__________________________ Conf. Registration Total $_________________________________ Workshop Registration: Not Stud. Attend After Attend or (Please circle the relevant amounts) CDC 11/2/92 CDC Ret. Workship #1 (Mon) Intelligent Control with Appl. $140 $160 $200 $65 Workshop #2 (Mon) Modeling & Scheduling in SC Fabricat. $140 $160 $200 $65 Workshop #3 (Tues) Robust Control for State Space Systems $140 $160 $200 $65 Workshop #4 (Tues) Intro. to Control of Smart Structures $140 $160 $200 $65 Workshop #5 (Mon) Identif. & Robust Control Interplay $140 $160 $200 $65 WORKSHOP TOTAL $ __________________ Extra Banquet Tickets #______ @ $50 = $__________________ TOTAL AMOUNT DUE = $ __________________ PART II: Name _____________________________________________________________________ (last) (first) (initial) Name on Badge ____________________________________________________________ Affiliation ______________________________________________________________ Department _______________________________________________________________ Street Address ___________________________________________________________ City ______________________ State ____________ Zip _______________ Country ________________________________ FAX: ___________________________ Accompanying Guest's Name ________________________________________________ Society Membership (Check one): _________ IEEE ________ SIAM ________ ORSA Membership # _____________________________________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT DUE (from Part I) US $ _____________________ Please make check or money order in US currency payable to ``31st IEEE CDC'' and mail payment and this form to the Registration Chairman: Professor Sean P. Meyn University of Illinois Coordinated Science Laboratory 1101 West Springfield Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA Tel: (217) 244-1782; Fax: (217) 244-1653 e-mail: meyn@crime.csl.uiuc.edu Alternatively, you can charge the total amount to: ______ Mastercard _______ Visa____________ American Express Card No.___________________________________ Expiration Date ______/______ Signature________________________________________________________________ Proceedings Mailing: (Please check one:) __________ Mail Proceedings directly to the above address (for North American addresses only. No charge for mailing. No P.O. Boxes please). __________ Have Proceedings available at the Conference. (Mailing service will be available at the Conference, domestic as well as international.) ------------------31st CDC Conference Registration Form ends---------------- *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: R. Ober (ober@utdallas.edu) This year's Texas Systems Day will take place on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson. There is a $20 registration fee which will include lunch. For further details on registration please call (214) 690 2952 . 1992 Texas Systems Day ====================== sponsored by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society - Dallas Chapter The University of Texas at Dallas Center for Engineering Mathematics The University of Texas at Dallas Program in Electrical Engineering The 1992 Texas Systems Day will be held at The University of Texas at Dallas in Rooms JO4.614 and JO2.604 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 7, 1992. Two parallel sessions will focus on systems and controls and also signal processing. Opening remarks at 9:15 a.m. Systems and Controls Signal Processing 9:30 F. Lewis - U. T. - Arlington 9:30 C. E. Davila - SMU A control theory point of view of Algorithms for Recursive TLS manufacturing scheduling. Applications 10:00 V. Garg - U. T. - Austin 10:00 S. D. Cabrera - U. T. - El Paso Supervisory Control of Discrete High Resolution Algorithms Based on Event Systems Adaptive Use of Weighting Norms 10:30-10:40 BREAK 10:40 C. Martin - Texas Tech Univ. 10:40 C. S. Burrus - Rice University Control Problems from Infectious l_p Approximation in Digital Filter Diseases. Design 11:10 G. Chen - Houston University 11:10 E. J. Powers - U.T. - Austin Control of Chaos via Linear Feedback Applications of Higher-Order Statistical Signal Processing 11:40 D. Gilliam - Texas Tech Univ. 11:40 D. H. Johnson - Rice University Boundary Feedback Stabilization Geometric Foundations of Detection of a Viscuous Burgers' Equation. Theory 12:10-2:00 LUNCH 2:00 B. Pearson - Rice University 2:00 P. L. Odell - Baylor Filling in Blanks for Adjusting for Modeling Errors in Various l_1 -Optimal Control Eigenfunction Solutions 2:30 S. Bhattacharyya - Texas A&M 2:30 I. W. Sandburg - U. T. - Austin Vertex Results for Robust Stability of Approximately-Finite Memory and the Continuous and Discrete Time Theory of Representations Control Systems 3:00-3:15 BREAK 3:15 A. T. Antoulas - Rice University 3:15 M. T. Manry - U. T. - Arlington On Deterministic Modeling Extrapolation of Non-bandlimited Signals 3:45 B. Fernandez - U. T. - Austin 3:45 P. E. Papamichalis - Texas Instru. Neurobond Graphs: Neural Networks Need Hands Free Dialing Using a Not Be a Black Box. Microphone Array General Chair: L. R. Hunt - U. T. - Technical Program: R. Ober, Dallas D. A. Linebarger, R. D. DeGroat, E. M. Dowling - U. T. - Dallas *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Peter Caines The following is the tex file of an announcement of a workshop on stochastic control \magnification=\magstep1 \centerline {{\bf CRM WORKSHOP}} \smallskip \centerline {{\bf Stochastic Control}} \medskip \centerline {{\bf November 2-26, 1992}} \bigskip \noindent Organized by Peter E. Caines \bigskip \noindent {\bf Week 1 - Non-linear Filtering Theory and Stochastic PDEs} \smallskip \noindent Main Speakers - R.J. Elliott, E. Pardoux \bigskip \noindent {\bf Week 2 - Stochastic and Geometric Control Theory} \smallskip \noindent Main Speakers - T. Duncan, J. Zabczyk \bigskip \noindent {\bf Week 3 - Hypoellipticity, Invariant Measures and Stochastic Stability} \smallskip \noindent Main Speakers - R.Z. Khasminskii, W. Kliemann, S. Meyn, R. Tweedie \bigskip \noindent {\bf Week 4 - Adaptation and Stabilization of Stochastic Systems \&} \smallskip \noindent {\bf \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Control of Financial Systems} \smallskip \noindent Main Speakers - P.R. Kumar, T.Z. Lai, M.H.A. Davis,\& \bigskip \noindent Invited Participants - to date \medskip \noindent L. Arnold, A. Bagchi, J. Baras, P. Baxendale, V.P. Belavkin, V. Benes, A. Bensoussan, G. Blankenship, H-F Chen, H.J. Chizeck, N. Christopeit, J.M.C. Clark, O. Enchev, X. Feng, W. Fleming, P. Florchinger, H. F\"ollmer, L. Gerencs\'er, L. Guo, U.G. Haussmann, D. Heath, K. Helmes, O. Hernandez-Lerma, A. Heunis, A. Iouditski, Y. Ji, G. Kallianpur, M. Kaplan, I. Karatzas, A. Karczewska, T. Kurtz, H.J. Kushner, R. Kwong, F. LeGland, J. Lehoczky, L. Ljung, K.A. Loparo, R. Mazumdar, S. Mitter, S.K. Ng, D. Ocone, B. Pasik-Duncan, M. Pavon, J. Picard, M. Pinsky, M. Pontier, A. Pozniak, G. Da Prato, M. Radenkovic, W. Ren, R. Rishel, B. Rozovskii, W. Rungaldier, S. Sethi, P. Spreij, W. Sudderth, J. Szpirglas, C-Z. Wei, V. Wihstutz, W.S. Wong, H.P. Wynn, S. Yakowitz, G. Yin, J-F. Zhang, Q. Zhang \bigskip \noindent {\it Registration} \medskip \noindent Those interested in attending the meeting should so inform the Secretariat of the CRM (Tel: (514) 343-2197, e-mail: pelletl@ere.umontreal.ca). Registration will be conducted on the Monday of each week. There is an optional registration fee of \$50.00 for the month which will be waived for anyone without access to research funds to cover it. Part of this fee will be used to pay for a wine and cheese reception on the Monday evening of each week. \medskip \noindent {\it Venue of Workshops} \medskip \noindent The workshops will be held at the Centre de Recherches Math\'ematiques (CRM) at the Universit\'e de Montr\'eal, 5620 Darlington Avenue, Montr\'eal, Qu\'e, H3T 1T2. \bigskip \noindent {\bf Please Post} \end *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Diethelm Wuertz Call for Participation PASE '92 3'rd International Workshop on Parallel Applications in Statistics and Economics Prague, December 7-8, 1992 The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers working towards applications of new information processing systems in statistics and economics. The focus will be on the simulation, theories and algorithms and their applications. The following topics are indicative of chosen orientations, but are not meant to be exclusive: o Artificial Neural Networks o Dynamical and Chaotic Systems o Fuzzy Logic o Genetic Algorithms o Stochastic Optimization The workshop is supported by EUROSTAT, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Conference Chairs: Diethelm Wuertz, IPS - ETH Zurich Emil Pelikan, IICS Prague Fionn Murtagh, Munotec Systems Dublin and Munich Chair of Organizing Committee: H. Beran Institute of Informatics and Computer Science Pod vodarenskou vezi 2 182 07 PRAGUE 8, Czechoslovakia Phone: 00 42 2 815 3241 FAX: 0042 2 858 57 89 E-mail: CVS30@CSPGCS11.BITNET A post-Workshop meeting on December 9 will attempt to continue existing joint projects, to find promising fields and cooperations for future work. The Workshop will be held in the historical St. Agnes Convent in the centre of Prague. An optional sightseeing and cultural programme is also available from December 6, 1992 and during the workshop. Further information will be available from anonymous ftp: ftp maggia.ethz.ch (129.132.17.1) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Clarence de Silva CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The 2nd IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) will be held in Vancouver, Canada on September 13-16, 1993. Applications-oriented papers on any topic of control are invited. Please submit 5 copies of complete manuscripts by January 15, 1993 to: Clarence W. de Silva NSERC Professor of Industrial Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4 Tel: (604) 822-6291, Fax: (604) 822-2403 e-mail: desilva@mech.ubc.ca usercwd@mtsg.ubc.ca The corresponding authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15, and the camera-ready papers will be due by June 30, 1993. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by the editors Workshop on Variable Structure Control The above Workshop will be held at the new Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) building, 22800 Cedar Point Road, Brookpark OH, 10/29-30. The purpose of the Workshop is to examine the current status of Variable Structure Control and Sliding Mode related research, to identify practical engineering issues and to explore future research directions in light of recent results in nonlinear and robust control. The Workshop is chaired by Umit Ozguner of Ohio State and K. David Young of Lawrence Livermore National Labs. The speakers include: V. I. Utkin, Institute of Control Sciences, Russia A. Zinober, University of Sheffield, UK S. Ramires, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela K. Hedrick, University of California, Berkeley D. Cho, Princeton University J. Slotine, MIT B. Drazenovic, Texas A & M H. Kwatny, Drexel University R. DeCarlo, Purdue University R. Mohler, Oregon State University S. Drakunov, Ohio State University M. Corless, Purdue University This Workshop is co-sponsored by NSF and OAI. Contact Vannel Hassett at (216) 891-2116. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Thordur Runolfsson (thordur@asdis.ece.jhu.edu) CALL FOR PAPERS CISS 93, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 24-26, 1993, Baltimore, Maryland. Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University. Submit a "regular paper" or "short paper" designation, title, summary, and a list of 3-4 keywords by January 15, 1993, to: 1993 CISS, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218. Phone (410) 516-7033, Fax (410) 516-5566. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by CELLIER@HERMES.ECE.ARIZONA.EDU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOND GRAPH MODELING (ICBGM'93) Part of the 1993 Western Simulation Multiconference Sponsored by the SCS January 18-20, 1993 Hyatt Regency, La Jolla, California, USA PRELIMINARY PROGRAM MONDAY, January 18, 1993 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Mind the Sleeping Beauty: 50 Years Modeling and Simulating Real and Artificial Neurons and Their Networks H.Paynter (U.S.A.) 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Technical Session #1: Methodology I Chairman: W. Borutzky (Germany) Automated Symbolic Reduction of Constitutive Relations from a Bond Graph Model B. Edibe, B. Arnaldi (France) Polymorphic Modelling of Engineering Systems T.J.A. de Vries, P.C. Breedveld, P. Meindertsma (Netherlands) The Application of Bond Graphs in Complex Concurrent Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Design J.E.E. Sharpe, E.M. Goodwin (U.K.) 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Technical Session #2: Discontinuities Chairman: F. Lorenz (Belgium) Variable Causuality in Bond Graphs Caused by Discrete Effects J.-E. Stromberg, J. Top, U. Soderman (Sweden) Describing Discontinuities in Bond Graphs J.F. Broenink, K.C.J. Wijbrans (Netherlands) The Robust Modelling of Variable Topology Circuits Using Bond Graphs G.M. Asher (U.K.) Bond Graph Modelling of Commutations in Power Electronics Circuits J.P. Ducreux, G. Dauphin-Tanguy, C. Rombaut (France) Discontinuties in Bond Graphs: What Is Required? F. Lorenz (Belgium) 01:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Technical Session #3: Methodology II Chairman: P. Breedveld (Netherlands) The Dependent Computational Relations Between Finite Elements and Bond Graph Modeling J. Granda, N. Kong (U.S.A.) Towards an Efficient Integration of Bond-Graph and Finite Element Systematizations in the Simulation of Continuous Dynamic Systems J.L. Pelegay, M. Doblare, F.G. Buil (Spain) Bond Graph Modeling of Power Waves in the Scattering Formalism A. Kamel, G. Dauphin-Tanguy (France) Bond Graph Supported Estimation of Discretely Changing Parameters J.-E. Stromberg, U. Soderman, J. Top (Sweden) 01:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Technical Session #4: Multibody System Dynamics Chairman: F. Aparicio (Spain) Screw-vector Bond Graphs for Multibody Systems Modelling C. Bidard (France) Dynamics of an Arbitrary Flexible Body in High Speed Rotation and Translation Using Multibond Graphs S.X.N. He, W.H. ElMaraghy (Canada) Studying Power Transfers In the Nuclear Legged Robot Rhesus Using Bond Graph and Scattering Formalisms M. Amara, S. Scavarda, E. Villedieu (France) Some Finer Aspects of Impedance Modulation on Hybrid Tracking and Force Controlled Manipulators C.S. Kumar, A. Mukherjee (India) 03:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Technical Session #5: Mathematical Underpinnings Chairman: T. Zhou (U.S.A.) Causal Loops and Mason's Rule for Bond Graphs J.D. Lamb, G.M. Asher, D.R. Woodall (U.K.) Singular Bond Graphs J.D. Lamb, D.R. Woodall, G.M. Asher (U.K.) Equivalences of Bond Graph Junction Structures J.D. Lamb, D.R. Woodall, G.M. Asher (U.K.) Network Realisation of Bond Graphs J.D. Lamb, G.M. Asher, D.R. Woodall (U.K.) 03:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Technical Session #6: Hydrology and Pneumatics Chairman: M. Delgado (Venezuela) Modeling of Vertical Centrifugal Pumps Toward Failure Analysis and Redesign R. Ratliff, K.L. Wood, R.H. Crawford (U.S.A.) Bond Graphs of a Hydraulic Chamber for an Isothermal Process S. Scavarda, E. Richard, X.F. Lin (France) Bond Graph Model and Simulation of Compressor-Muffler-Reservoir Dynamics A.K. Samantaray, A. Mukherjee (India) Pseudo Bond Graph Analysis of a Pneumatic System M.L. Baker, D. Karnopp (U.S.A.) TUESDAY, January 19, 1993 08:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Chairman: J. Granda (U.S.A.) Physical Systems Modeling: From Components to Elements P.C. Breedveld (Netherlands) 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Technical Session #7: Software I Chairman: J.L. Stein (U.S.A.) Non-linear DESIS. A Package for the Modeling and Simulation Using Bond Graphs M. Delgado (Venezuela) Bond Graph Simulation With the BONDYN Program C. Vera, F. Aparicio, J. Felez, I. San Jose (Spain) Birth, Growth and Role of COSMO: A Software for System Modelling and Design Using Bondgraphs R. Sen, A.K. Samantaray, A. Mukherjee (India) A Bond Graph Program for Teaching and Simulation B.W. Barnard (Australia) 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Technical Session #8: Thermal Systems Chairman: J. Thoma (Switzerland) Pseudo Bond Graph Modeling of Transient Heat Transfer Problems J. Granda, N. Kong (U.S.A.) Modeling and Simulation of a Solar Energy System by Use of Bond Graphs M. Weiner, F.E. Cellier (U.S.A.) Multi-Domain Bond Graph Modeling For Electronics Packaging: A Thermo-Mechanical Model D.J. Bauer, R.R. Fontana (U.S.A.) 01:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Technical Session #9: Software II Chairman: J. Broenink (Netherlands) Model-Building Assistant: An Automated Modeling Tool for Machine-Tool Drive Systems B.H. Wilson, J.L. Stein (U.S.A.) Scribt.Modelisation, Bond Graph Modelling Core for Technical Systems CAD C. Bidard, A. Buhsing, E. Lariviere, F. Favret (France) Computer Aided Graphical Generation and Equations Formulation of Large Bond Graph Models J. Granda (U.S.A.) The Graphical Editor for Modeling With Bondgraph in PROUESSE M. Hassenforder, D. Lienhardt, G. Gissinger (France) 01:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Technical Session #10: Chemical and Biological Systems Chairman: H. Paynter (U.S.A.) Modeling a Distillation Column Using Bond Graphs B. Brooks, F.E. Cellier (U.S.A.) Simulation of Chemical Reactors By Quasi-bondgraphs J.U. Thoma, M. Delgado, R. Lamanna, M. Uria (Switzerland/Venezuela) Modelling Chemical Processes With Pseudo Bond Graphs S.A. MacKenzie, P.J. Gawthrop, R.W. Jones. (U.K.) A Musculotendon Model Suitable for Use in Neuromusculoskeletal Control Simulation R.N. Hooper, K.R. Diller (U.S.A.) 03:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: New Frontiers in Bond Graph Modeling Moderator: F.E. Cellier (U.S.A.) Panel Members: P. Breedveld (Netherlands), W. Borutzky (Germany), M. Doblare (Spain), W. ElMaraghy (Canada), J. Granda (U.S.A.), D. Margolis (U.S.A.), A. Mukherjee (India) WEDNESDAY, January 20, 1993 08:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Technical Session #11: Differential Algebraic Equations Chairman: F. Mejia (Colombia) On Interrelations Between Bond Graph Causal Patterns and the Numerical Solution of the Mathematical Model W. Borutzky (Germany) The Structure of the Semi-state Space Derived From Bond Graphs J. van Dijk, P.C. Breedveld (Netherlands) Determination of Iteration Variables for Implicit R-fields (IRFs) With Multiport R-nodes T. Zhou (U.S.A.) 08:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Technical Session #12: Control Theory Chairman: L. Ljung (Sweden) Bond Graph Causality and the Derivation of Analytical Transfer Functions for Low Order Systems. D. Margolis (U.S.A.) Design and Simulation of a High Performance, Energy Efficient, Active Suspension System -- A Case Study in Modelling a Controlled, Dynamic System Using Bond Graphs D. Beard, D. Karnopp (U.S.A.) Bond-Graph Analysis for the Hybrid Force-Position Control of Robots in Contact B.M. Maschke, C. Masson (France) Some Aspects of Beam Models from the Control Theory Standpoint Using Bond Graphs A. Vaz, A. Mukherjee, B. Samanta (India) 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Technical Session #13: Methodology III Chairman: H. Engja (Norway) Computer-Aided Qualitative Modelling and Analysis Environment Using Unified Principles (QREMS) D.A. Linkens, S. Xia, S. Bennett (U.K.) Bond-Graph Modelling of Continuous Dynamic Systems and the Systematic Computation of Their Corresponding Mass and Stiffness Matrices F. Buil, J.L. Pelegay, M. Doblare (Spain) 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Technical Session #14: Vehicle Dynamics Chairman: D. Margolis (U.S.A.) Modeling of an Electronically Controlled Continuously Variable Transmission W. Minten, P. Vanvuchelen, B. De Moor (Belgium) Bond Graph Simulation of Vehicle Collisions F. Aparicio, C. Vera, J. Felez (Spain) 11:30 a.m. - noon Closing Session: .................................................................... General Chairman Program Chairman Jose J. Granda Francois E. Cellier Department of Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Electr. and Computer Engr. California State University, Sacramento University of Arizona Sacramento, Calif. 95819 Tucson, Ariz. 85721 Phone: (916) 278-5711 Phone: (602) 621-6192 FAX: (916) 278-5949 FAX: (602) 621-8076 EMail: GrandaJJ@ECS.CSUS.Edu EMail: Cellier@ECE.Arizona.Edu International Program Committee Jan Broenink Tech. University of Twente Netherlands Peter Breedveld Tech. University of Twente Netherlands Marisol Delgado Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas Venezuela Hallvard Engja Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim Norway Peter Gawthrop University of Glasgow, Scottland United Kingdom Dean Karnopp University of California, Davis U.S.A. Lennart Ljung Linkoping University Sweden Francis Lorenz Lorenz Consulting, Liege Belgium Donald Margolis University of California, Davis U.S.A. Fernando Mejia Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota Colombia Henry Paynter formerly at M.I.T. U.S.A. Jean Thoma Thoma Consulting, Zug Switzerland Tong Zhou California State University, Sacramento U.S.A. 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