E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing

ISSUE No. 76, December 1, 1994



E-mail:    eletter-request@win.tue.nl

Editors:   Anton A. Stoorvogel
           Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
           Eindhoven University of Technology
           P.O. Box 513
           5600 MB Eindhoven
           The Netherlands
           Fax     +31-40-465995

           Siep Weiland
           Dept. of Electrical Engineering
           Eindhoven University of Technology
           P.O. Box 513
           5600 MB Eindhoven
           The Netherlands
           Fax     +31-40-434582


Contents

1.      Editorial

2.      General announcements
        2.1  1995 IEEE fellow nominations
        2.2  1995 SIAM student travel awards
        2.3  Availability semidefinite software and survey paper
        2.4  SCAD update

3.      Personals

4.      Positions
        4.1  Fac. position wireless networks      - Un. of Maryland
        4.2  Chair EE department                  - Un. of Texas, Arlington
        4.3  Industr. research chair real time SP - Un. of New Brunswick
        4.4  Head department E&CE                 - Un. of Illinois
        4.5  Tenure track pos. solid mech.& dyn.  - Un. of Arizona, Tucson
        4.6  Lectureship department of math.      - Un. of Exeter
        4.7  Chair department EEE                 - Un. of Melbourne
        4.8  Postdoct. pos. dept. math. and stat. - Queen's University
        4.9  Postdoc position                     - Simon Fraser Un. Burnaby
        4.10 Postdoc position                     - Austr.Defense Force Acad.

5.      Books
        5.1  Adaptive control 2nd ed.       -- Astrom and Wittenmark
        5.2  VLSI digital signal processors -- Madisetti
        5.3  Control of uncertain systems   -- M.A. Dahleh
        5.4  Ph.D. thesis neurocontrol      -- R. Zbikowski

6.      Journals
        6.1  IEEE Trans.Ac. special issue on `control & systems analysis in medicine
        6.2  TOC SIAM J. Matrix Analysis and Applications, vol. 16:2
        6.3  TOC J. of Mathematical Systems, Estimation and Control, vol. 4:4
        6.4  TOC Mechatronics, vol. 4:7
        6.5  TOC Trans. ASME J. of Dynamical Systems, Measurement and Control Vol. 116:3
        6.6  TOC  Automatica, Vol. 31:1
        6.7  Change of Editor in Chief System and Control Letters
        6.8  TOC Appl. Math. and Comp. Science, Vol 4:2,3


7.      Conferences
        7.1  Special invited session 33rd IEEE CDC, Florida
        7.2  CfP 1995 IEEE CDC, New Orleans
        7.3  CfP 1996 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics
        7.4  CfP 10th IEEE Int. Symp. Intelligent Control, Monterey
        7.5  CfP IEEE Signal Processing/ATHOS workshop, Spain
        7.6  1996 IEEE CDC in Japan
        7.7  CfP IFORS conf. OR and Engineering design, St. Louis
        7.8  CfP IMACS COnf. on applications of computer algebra
        7.9  1995 IEEE workshop on VLSI signal processing
        7.10 Intern. conf. on advances in mechatronics
        7.11 CfP int. symp. on intelligent data analysis, Baden-Baden

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contributed by Frank L. Lewis   flewis@controls.uta.edu



             1995 IEEE FELLOW NOMINATIONS

     Recognition by peers is a vital function of IEEE, with election to the
grade of IEEE Fellow one of the most visible mechanisms for
acknowledgment.  The nomination of highly qualified individuals for Fellow
status is one of the most important services one can render to the Control
Systems Society.  Nominations for IEEE Fellow are due at IEEE
Headquarters by 15 April 1995, so that the first steps must be taken well
prior to that date.

     Fellow nominees must be active IEEE Senior members, and have been
an IEEE member for at least 5 years in any grade.  A successful nomination
requires a qualified candidate and a well-prepared nomination package.  A
key preliminary is a careful reading of the IEEE Guide for Fellow Grade
Nominations, which contains the nomination forms and can be obtained from
the IEEE Fellow Committee, 445 Hoes Lane, POB 1331, Piscataway, NJ
08855-1331, tel. 908-562-3844, fax 908-981-9019.  Five references are
required for the nomination; they must be IEEE Fellows.  A list of Fellows
is contained in the IEEE Membership Directory and the Feb. 1987 issue of
the Control Systems Magazine.  More recently elected Fellows are listed in
the June issues of the Magazine since then.

     If you plan to make an IEEE Fellow nomination, please contact Frank
L. Lewis, Chairman, Control Systems Society Fellow Nomination Committee,
Automation and Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at
Arlington, 7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S, Ft. Worth, Texas 76118-7115; tel
817-794-5972, fax 817-794-5952, email flewis@arrirs03.uta.edu.

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Contributed by:   ddilisi@siam.org

  Student Travel Awards for SIAM Conferences and Annual Meeting

During 1995, SIAM will make several awards for $300 to support
student travel to the following SIAM conferences:

        Sixth ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms,
        January 22-24, San Francisco, California

        Conference on Geosciences, February 8-10,
        San Antonio, Texas

        Seventh Conference on Parallel Processing for
        Scientific Computing, February 15-17, San Francisco,
        California

        Third Conference on Control and Its Applications,
        April 27-29, St. Louis, Missouri

        Third Conference on Dynamical Systems, May 21-24,
        Snowbird, Utah

        Annual Meeting, October 23-26, Charlotte, North Carolina

        Fourth Conference on Geometric Design, November 6-9,
        Nashville, Tennessee

        Symposium on Inverse Problems and Applications:
        Geophysical Sciences, December 5-8, Fish Camp, California

The awards are to be made from the SIAM Student Travel Fund,
created in 1991 and maintained through book royalties donated by
generous SIAM authors.

Any full-time student in good standing is eligible to receive an
award.  Top priority will be given to students presenting papers
at the meetings, with second priority to students who are co-
authors of papers to be presented at the meetings.  Only students
traveling more than 100 miles to the meetings are eligible for
the awards.

An application for a travel award must include:  (1) a letter
from the student stating the meeting for which support is being
requested; (2) a letter from the student's advisor or department
chair stating that the applicant is a full-time student in good
standing; (3) if applicable, the title(s) of the paper(s) to be
presented (co-authored) by the student at the meeting.

Applications should be sent to the SIAM office (Attn: SIAM
Student Travel Awards), 3600 University City Science Center,
Philadelphia, PA  19104-2688.  Students also may apply by e-mail
to siam@siam.org or by fax to 215-386-7999, but the letter from
the advisor or department chair must be an original, sent by
postal mail.

Complete applications must be received at the SIAM office by no
later than one month before the first day of the meeting for
which support is requested.

Winners will be notified by no later than two weeks before the
first day of the meeting.  Checks for the awards will be given to
the winning students when they register at the given meeting.

For further information about these awards, please contact
Donna DiLisi in the SIAM office.


SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA  19104-2688
siam@siam.org
(215) 382-9800 (phone)
(215) 386-7999 (fax)

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Contributed by : Lieven.Vandenberghe@esat.kuleuven.ac.be

             Semidefinite Programming
        Software and Survey Paper available.

In semidefinite programming we minimize a linear function subject
to the constraint that an affine combination of symmetric matrices
is positive semidefinite.  Semidefinite programming unifies several
standard problems (e.g., linear and quadratic programming) and
finds many applications in control, structural optimization,
combinatorial optimization, and other fields.  Although semidefinite
programs are much more general than linear programs, they can be
solved as efficiently.  Most interior-point methods for linear
programming have been generalized to semidefinite programs.
As in linear programming, these methods have polynomial worst-case
complexity, and perform very well in practice.

A software package and a survey paper are now available via
anonymous ftp. The software consists of C-source that calls
LAPACK and also some matlab routines that work with a mex-file
interface.

To get the software, ftp as anonymous to isl.stanford.edu, and
cd to pub/boyd/semidef_prog.  Set binary mode and get the file
semidef_prog.tar.Z (which includes semidef_prog.ps.Z, the
corresponding survey paper), and the appropriate mex-file.  Quit ftp.
Uncompress and untar semidef_prog.tar.Z:

your-machine>  zcat semidef.tar.Z | tar xvf -

You will then have a directory semidef which contains source code,
postscript documentation, source for matlab mex interfaces,
and example matlab files.

You can get the survey paper alone in pub/boyd/reports, in the
file semidef_prog.ps.Z.  You may also be interested in several
related papers available via anonymous ftp in pub/boyd/reports,
e.g., pri_dual.ps.Z, mit-talk.ps.Z, ifac_eng_des.ps.Z.

Lieven Vandenberghe (K.U. Leuven)
Stephen Boyd (Stanford University)

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Contributed by  Raimund J. Ober 
                Xu Huang 

        UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE --

        September 1994


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               Systems and Control Archive at Dallas

                 gopher:      gopher.utdallas.edu
                 ftp address: ftp.utdallas.edu
                 IP number:   129.110.10.14
                 queries:     scad@utdallas.edu


SCAD on gopher:
===============
   SCAD is now also on gopher! To access SCAD via gopher use
         gopher gopher.utdallas.edu
   Then select
         UT-Dallas Research
   Then select
         Systems and Control Archive at Dallas

   If you have a web client the URL is:
         gopher://gopher.utdallas.edu:70/11/research/scad


New contents:
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 eletters:
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    - eletter issues: 75-1,  75-2


>>>>>>   Remember to send your tech reports and other material! <<<<<

How to access scad:
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   Using gopher:
        gopher gopher.utdallas.edu
   Select `UT-Dallas Research' and then `Systems and Control Archive at
   Dallas'
   Using a web client, the URL locator is:
         gopher://gopher.utdallas.edu:70/11/research/scad
   Using ftp:
        ftp ftp.utdallas.edu
   Then cd /pub/scad .

   More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to

         scad@utdallas.edu

   After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains
   more information about SCAD.

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Contributed by: Jim Taylor 

During the summer of 1994 I moved to the University of New Brunswick, and
since then have been named an Industrial Research Chair in the EE Deptt.,
so now that I have an official title, new telephone number, etc. let me
circulate my new business card:

            University of             Industrial Research Chair in
               New Brunswick             Instrumentation & Control
      PO Box 4400               Tel: (506) 453-5101
            Fredericton, N.B.         FAX: (506) 453-3589
            CANADA  E3B 5A3           Internet: jtaylor@unb.ca

            James H. Taylor, Ph.D.
            NSERC/Monenco AGRA Professor
            Department of Electrical Engineering

(Sorry I can't reproduce the UNB Seal - but our motto is (in Latin of
course) "Dare to be Wise" - why not??)

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Contributed by: Jonathan How 

                  Change of address

  I have completed my postdoctoral research at the Space Engineering
  Research Center (SERC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
  and have just joined the Faculty at Stanford University.
  My new address is:

  Jonathan P. How
  Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Durand Building, Room 277
  Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4035

  Tel: (415) 723-4432, Fax: (415) 725-3377
  Email: howjo@sun-valley.stanford.edu

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Contributed by: townley@maths.ex.ac.uk

Antonio Campos Ruiz will take up a three year EPSRC Post Doctoral Fellowship
at the University of Exeter, UK. Centre for Systems and Control Engineering,
from December 1st 1994. Anonio obtained his Ph.D from the
Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, NL. Antonio will work
with Prof. D. H. Owens (of the Centre) and S. Townley (Mathematics).

Prof. Zbigniew Emirsajlow, Technical University of Szczecin will visit the
Department of Mathematics and the Centre for Systems and Control Engineering,
University of Exeter, UK, from 1st February to 30 March 1995.

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Contributed by:  Clarence de Silva 

(Change of Address)

I will be on my sabbatical leave from Jan 1 - Dec 31, 1995, at the National
University of Singapore, with short visits to Oxford University. The
mailing address during the year will be:
        Dr. Clarence de Silva
        Visiting Professor
        Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering
        National University of Singapore
        10 Kent Ridge Crescent
        SINGAPORE 0511

Conference papers and other communications may be sent to this or to my
Vancouver address.


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Contributed by:  Adrian Papamarcou 

                FACULTY POSITION - WIRELESS NETWORKS
               UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

The Department of Electrical Engineering and the Institute for Systems
Research (a NSF Engineering Research Center) at the University of Maryland,
College Park, are inviting applications for a faculty position in the area
of wireless networks.  Applicants must have a Ph.D. and strong technical
background in communications/networking, proven commitment to education,
and research interests encompassing both theoretical and applied aspects of
wireless networks.  In addition to benefiting from the excellent research
facilities available in the two units, the appointee will have the
opportunity to pursue substantial industrial collaboration through the
Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks (a NASA-sponsored
facility residing within the Institute).

Although priority will be given to an appointment at the rank of Assistant
Professor, superior candidates at all levels will be considered.
Applications, including resume, list of publications, and the names of four
references, should be sent to

                Prof. Nariman Farvardin
                        ATTN: Search-Wireless Networks
                Acting Chair
                Department of Electrical Engineering
                University of Maryland
                College Park, MD 20742

The University of Maryland is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer with a strong commitment to the principle of diversity.  In that
spirit, applications from minority groups and women are especially invited.

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Contributed by:  F. L. Lewis  flewis@arrirs03.uta.edu

      CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

The University of Texas at Arlington invites applications for the position
of Chairperson, Department of Electrical Engineering.  Duties will
assume in summer or fall of 1995.  Candidates should hold an earned
doctorate in Electrical Engineering, have a commitment to
educational programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels,
and be recognized as a leader in research and education.  The
Chairperson will provide leadership in the ongoing growth of the
department, including fostering strong relationships with
government agencies and the extensive Dallas/Ft. Worth industry.

UTA has 23,000 students and the largest College of Engineering in
north Texas.  The EE Department is situated in a new building and
has 30 full time faculty, 500 undergraduate students, 300 masters
students, and 100 Ph.D. students.  Facilities include 67,000 sq.
ft. of research and educational laboratories in:  the NSF
Industry/University Center for Electronic Materials, Devices and
Systems, the Wave Scattering and Remote Sensing Research Center,
the Energy Systems Research Center, the Human Systems and
Performance Institute, the Medical Imaging Laboratory, the Applied
Physical Electronics Center, the Electro-Optics Laboratory, and
Telecommunications and Signal/Image Processing Laboratories.  UTA's
Automation and Robotics Research Institute provides 48,000 sq. ft.
of additional facilities for interdisciplinary R&D in
manufacturing, robotics, and controls.  The EE Department has
significant external funding from NSF, DoD, ARPA, and other
government agencies, as well as from local Dallas/Fort Worth
industry.

A complete resume and the names of five references should be sent
to:  Professor Don Wilson, EE Chairman Search Committee, Box 19016,
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019.  Tel.
817-273-2603, fax. 817-794-5010, email wilson@mecad.uta.edu.  UTA
is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer.

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Contributed by: Jim Taylor 

         INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CHAIR IN REAL-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING

     In anticipation of the establishment of an Industrial Research Chair
in Real-Time Signal Processing, the Faculty of Engineering at the Univer-
sity of New Brunswick is inviting applications from highly qualified in-
dividuals.  The industrial partner with the University is IOTEK, a dynamic
and innovative firm with an established record in the development of real-
time systems for military and commercial applications.  It is anticipated
that this Chair will be in place by April 1, 1995.

     The appointment is a tenure track position in the Department of Elec-
trical Engineering.  Excellence of academic qualifications, industrial ex-
perience and willingness to collaborate with industry will be major factors
in the Chair selection.  The Electrical Engineering Department has research
programs in place in the areas of real-time signal processing, adaptive
algorithms for transient signal analysis, digital signal processing
architectures and image recognition.  In addition,cooperation will be
expected with existing Industrial Research Chairs such as the Control &
Instrumentation Chair.

     Candidates must have a PhD with a strong research record and demon-
strated expertise in real-time signal processing.  The emphasis of the Chair
will be on the development of parameter estimation and tracking procedures,
sensor data association and fusion, data base management and information
visualization techniques for real-time systems.  Experience in sonar signal
acquisition and processing is highly desirable.   Full collaboration with
IOTEK  and other industrial sponsors must be a commitment of the selected
candidate.  An important goal of the Chair will be the transfer of tech-
nology to industry.

     The University of New Brunswick is committed to the principle of
employment equity.  In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements,
priority will be given to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.  The
closing date for nominations and applications will be January 15, 1995 or
until the position is filled.  Nominations, applications and requests for
information should be forwarded to:

               Dr. Wolfgang Faig, Dean
               Faculty of Engineering
               University of New Brunswick
               P.O. Box 4400
               Fredericton, NB  E3B 5A3
               Fax:  506-453-4569

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Contributed by:   Bruce Hajek 

             University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
       Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Illinois invites applications and nominations for the
position of Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering conducts an
outstanding educational and research program, embracing all major technical
specializations of the profession.  The Department currently has
approximately 85 full-time faculty members, and it offers degrees at the
bachelors, masters and doctoral levels.  The Head is a tenured Professor in
the Department and must demonstrate the credentials to hold such a
position.  The Head is the chief executive officer of the Department and
must be able to assert the type of leadership required in a first-rate
academic program.  Applicants should submit a full resume including a list
of publications, a statement of interest and vision regarding the post, and
the names and addresses of at least five references.  Salary is
commensurate with experience.  A starting date of August 21, 1995 is
desirable.  To ensure full consideration applications should be received by
February 3, 1995.  Applications will be accepted until the position has
been filled.  Interviews may take place prior to the application deadline,
however no final decision will be made until after that date.  Send
applications and nominations to:  ECE Head Search Committee, University of
Illinois, 109 Engineering Hall, 1308 W. Green St., Urbana IL 61801.  The
University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity
Employer.

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Contributed by: VINCENT1TL@ccit.arizona.edu

                    Tenure track positions in
               Solid Mechanics and Dynamics/Controls

                AEROSPACE & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
                     University of Arizona
                      Tucson Arizona USA


Preference is for demonstrated experience in Design, Manufacturing, or
Biomechanical areas.  Ph.D. required.  Appointments at Assistant Professor,
more senior appointment possible in Solid Mechanics. Application review
December 1, 1994 continuing until positions filled.  Send resume, statement
of purpose, references to:  Professor Joseph A. C. Humphrey, Department
Head-Designate, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ  85721.  The University of Arizona is EEO/AA/ADA compliance
employer.

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Contributed by:   townley@maths.ex.ac.uk

University of Exeter
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Lectureship in Applied Mathematics

Applications are invited for the above post available from
1st October 1995.

Candidates in any field of applied mathematics are invited to
apply, but preference may be given to candidates with research interests
closely related to those of the Department. These are SYSTEMS AND CONTROL
THEORY, fluid mechanics, including geophysical fluid dynamics and
magnetohydrodynamics, and dynamical systems. Applications from candidates
in SYSTEMS AND CONTROL THEORY are particularly welcome.

Salary will be within the range  13,941 to 23,498 GB pounds,
up to point 16 on the Lecturer B scale, with placement according
to age and experience.

Further particulars available from the Personnel Division, University
of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ or by telephoning (0392) 263100 (Ansaphone),
Closing date 3rd February 1995.

Informal enquiries via email from persons working in areas related to
systems and control theory can be made to Dr. S. Townley
(townley@maths.exeter.ac.uk)

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Contributed by: Steven R. Weller 


           CHAIR OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
                    THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE


The University of Melbourne invites applications for a Chair in
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, which has been established
within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The
Department, together with the Department of Computer Science, forms
the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

The Department has extensive teaching and research programs in
electrical and electronic engineering. Its research activities
include computer engineering, photonics, communications and signal
processing, control and power systems, and biomedical engineering.

The successful applicant will have a distinguished record of
professional achievement and will be committed to developing the
Department's undergraduate teaching program. We also expect that the
successful candidate will establish an active research program
consistent with the Department's interests. It is anticipated that the
successful applicant will form strong research links with industry.

The base salary is AUD 78,991 per annum.

Further information about the position, application procedures,
conditions for outside work, superannuation, travel and removal
expenses, housing assistance and conditions of appointment is
available from the registrar. All correspondence (marked "PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL") should be addressed to:

    The Registrar,
    The University of Melbourne,
    Parkville, Victoria,
    3052,
    Australia.

    Telephone +61 3 344 7529 (Ms Sylvia Edwards)
    Facsimile +61 3 344 6897

Applications close on 28 February, 1995.

The Council reserves the right to make no appointment or to fill the
Chair by invitation at any stage.

The University of Melbourne is an equal opportunity employer and has
implemented a smoke-free work-place policy.

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Contributed by: W.A. Cebuhar 
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

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Contributed by William A. Gruver 

        Positions Available at Simon Fraser University

Qualified individual wanted to conduct postdoctoral research in the
development of flexible tooling for agile manufacturing. Requires PhD in
mechanical engineering and experience in assembly automation, robotics,
design for assembly, mechanism design, kinematics and dynamics. Strong
publication record required. Two MASc/PhD assistantships are also available
on this project.  Application deadline March 1, 1995.  In accordance with
Canadian Immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to
Canadian citizens and permanent residents.  Send resume, publication list,
and list of three references to Prof. W. A. Gruver, School of Engineering
Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6.

Qualified individual wanted for laboratory staff position of Mechanical
Design Engineer. Duties include design, specification, and integration of
robotic systems and manufacturing processes; coordination with industrial
sponsors; preparation of proposals, reports, and publications.  Requires
BS/MS in mechanical engineering and 5 years experience involving the design
and integration of automation systems.  Application deadline March 1, 1995.
In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, this advertisement
is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.  Send resume and
list of three references to Prof. W. A. Gruver, School of Engineering
Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A1S6.

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Contributed by: Hemanshu R. Pota 

                  Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow
                    Department of Electrical Engineering
                      Australian Defence Force Academy
               University College, University of New South Wales
                       Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
                           Fax: +61 6 2688443

A research associate/postdoctoral fellowship is available on an Australian
Research Council funded project for a fixed duration of 3 years.

Title: Active Broadband Disturbance Control of Distributed Parameter
Systems.

Postion Opens: Beginning of 1995

Salary: A$31,000--A$35,000 per annum


The aim of the project is to develop new algorithms to be implemented in
real-time for broadband disturbance rejection in distributed parameter
systems. At present we have active acoustic noise control as one of the
main applications. The person employed will work with the theory and
experimental implementation on a prototype system.

For further information contact,

1. A/Prof. Ian Petersen (irp@ee.adfa.oz.au), or
2. Dr Hemanshu R. Pota (pota@adfa.oz.au)


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Contributed by: Bjorn Wittenmark 

                      NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:

TITLE:               Adaptive Control 2nd edition

AUTHORS:         Karl J. Astrom and Bjorn Wittenmark

ISBN:                       0-201-55866-1

PUBLISHER:                 Addison-Wesley

More information about the book can be obtained from the publisher
Addison-Wesley, Att. Electrical Engineering Marketing Department,
1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA 01867, USA or through their
email address: controls@aw.com.

The Preface and the full Table of Contents of the book are available
from anonymous FTP from: ftp.control.lth.se at the directory
/pub/books/adaptive_control. This directory also contains macros for
generating the examples and illustrations using Simnon as well as the
solutions manual.

More information on the organization of a course in adaptive control
based on the book can be found via World Wide Web at
http://www.control.lth.se/~kursar. There you will find course program,
examples of overheads for lectures and exams.

GOAL OF THE BOOK

Our goal is to give an introduction and an overview of the theoretical
and practical aspects of adaptive control.

Since knowledge about adaptive techniques is widely scattered
in the literature, it is difficult for a newcomer to get a good grasp of
the field.  In the book we introduce the basic ideas of adaptive
control and compare different approaches. Practical aspects such as
implementation and applications are presented in depth. These are very
important for the understanding of the advantages and shortcomings of
adaptive control. This book has evolved from many years of research
and teaching in the field.

In the new edition there are substantial reorganizations of most
chapters and more emphasis is given to the connection between
different design methods in adaptive control.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.  What is adaptive control?
2.  Real-time parameter estimation
3.  Deterministic self-tuning regulators
4.  Stochastic and predictive self-tuning regulators
5.  Model-reference adaptive systems
6.  Properties of adaptive systems
7.  Stochastic adaptive control
8.  Auto-tuning
9.  Gain scheduling
10. Robust and self-oscillation systems
11. Practical issues and implementation
12. Commercial products and applications
13. Perspectives on adaptive control


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Contributed by Vijay K. Madisetti (vkm@eedsp.gatech.edu)


                    VLSI DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS:
                    ------------------------------
      An Introduction to Rapid Prototyping and Design Synthesis.

                               by
                        Vijay K. Madisetti
                  Georgia Institute of Technology

           (http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/215/index.html)

                         (ISBN 7506-9406-8)

               Butterworth Heinemann/IEEE Press 1994
                              --------

 "VLSI Digital Signal Processors: An Introduction to Rapid Prototyping
 and Design Synthesis" provides a cohesive, quantitative and
 clear exposition of the implementation and prototyping of digital
 signal processing algorithms on programmable signal processors,
 parallel processing systems, and application-specific ICs. Included
 in this book are both programmable and dedicated DSPs as well as
 discussions on the latest optimization methods, and computer-aided
 design (CAD) techniques, using a systems-based approach.

 This book is suitable for first/second year graduate students in
 signal processing, computer engineering, telecommunications or control
 engineering, and may also be used at the senior undergraduate level.
 It will also be useful for the practicing professional in the industry.

 The book has been class-tested for 4 years at Georgia Tech, and has
 been offered on NTU.  Basic digital design and an introduction to
 digital signals and systems is a sufficient background for this
 book, and no knowledge of VLSI design is assumed.

 Exercises for five chapters and an extensive list of recent
 references are provided.

 CONTENTS

        Chapter 1:  Digital Signal Processors
        Chapter 2:  Classification of DSP Architectures
        Chapter 3:  Data/Instruction Memories,
                    Communications, I/O
        Chapter 4:  VLSI Signal Processors:
        Chapter 5:  Datapath Design for DSP,
                    High-Level Synthesis
        Chapter 6:  Rapid Prototyping of Systems
        Chapter 7:  Digital Signal Multiprocessors (DSMP)
        Chapter 8:  DSMP Compilers and Schedulers
        Chapter 9:  Formal Optimization methods for
                    Scheduling, Assignment and Allocation
                    for DSPs, Constrained Behavioral Synthesis.
        Chapter 10: Examples of DSMP Prototyping
        Chapter 11: Video Signal Processors (VSPs).


              412 pp.,  Hardcover,  ISBN 7506-9406-8
                   December 1994.    $ 69.95.

To order the book:

               Butterworth Heinemann
               (Reed Elsevier Group)
               Book Distribution Center
               225 Wildwood Avenue
               Woburn, MA 01801, USA

               Tel: 1-800 366-2665 (toll free)
               Fax: +(617) 933-6333


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Contributed by Munther A. Dahleh (dahleh@lids.mit.edu)


    A NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

Title: Control of Uncertain Systems: A Linear Programming approach.
Authors: Munther A. Dahleh and Ignacio Diaz-Bobillo
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
ISBN 0-13-280645-2
Year: 1995


This book presents a computational theory for robust control
that captures the fundamental limitations and capabilities
of linear controller design in the presence of uncertainty.
First, the stability and performance robustness is presented
in a unified fashion for different classes of perturbations and
notions of stability. Secondly, synthesis methods based on $\ell_1$,
$H_2$ and $H_\infty$ are presented in details. Finally, illustrative
examples are presented. The first ten chapters of this book evolved
from lecture notes for a second graduate level course in control
that is taught at MIT by the first author.

The table of contents of the book is shown below.

1. Introduction to Robust Control.
Discussion of the existing paradigms.

2. Signals and Systems.
Background material including definitions of norms, induced norms.

3. Performance Constraints.
Highlights the role of linear programming in representing general
performance specifications.

4. Finite Dimensional LTI Systems.
Includes details on the computations of norms, Hankel singular
values and bounds on induced norms. The problem of best causal
approximation of a noncausal system (known as Nehari's theorem) is
presented. Applications to model reduction.


5. Controller Parametrization.
The Youla parametrization of all stabilizing controllers is presented.
A general algebraic separation structure for stabilizing controllers
is shown.


6. Achievable Closed-Loop Maps.
A complete discussion of the characterization of all
achievable closed loop systems via interpolation and
rank conditions. Computational methods for zeros based on matrix algebra
are presented.

7. Stability and Performance Robustness.
The problem of stability robustness is first discussed for
several classes of perturbations and different notions of stability.
The performance robustness problem is discussed afterwards.

8. Linear Programming.
Basic results for finite dimensional problems are presented.

9. Infinite-Dimensional Optimization.
Duality theory for distance problems are discussed. Questions of
existence are also covered. Optimal control examples are presented.

10. SISO Model Matching Problems.
The $\ell_1$, $H_2$, and $H_\infty$ SISO  model matching problems
are solved completely. Comparisons are conducted.

11. MIMO $\ell_1$ Model Matching Problem.
Alternate formulations and representations of the
$\ell_1$ model matching problem are presented.

12. Solution of the $\ell_1$ Model Matching Problem.
Three solutions methods are presented to the general problem.
Comparisons and examples are presented.


13. State-Space Solution to the $H_2$ and $H_\infty$ Problems.
The $H_2$ problem is solved in detail. Only sketchy proofs for the
$H_\infty$ problem are presented.

14. Special Problems, Design and Examples.
Application of the theory on two examples: an aircraft and a flexible
beam.

14. Appendices.

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Contributed by: Rafal Zbikowski

            PhD thesis on Neurocontrol available

My PhD thesis on neurocontrol can be found on the anonymous FTP
server
           ftp.mech.gla.ac.uk      (130.209.12.14)
in directory
           rafal
as PostScript file (ca 1.2 M)
           zbikowski_phd.ps

For details see abstract below.

   Rafal Zbikowski
        Control Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
        Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
   rafal@mech.gla.ac.uk

TITLE:    ``Recurrent Neural Networks: Some Control Aspects''

ABSTRACT:
This work aims at a rigorous theoretical research on nonlinear
adaptive control using recurrent neural networks. Attention is
focussed on the dynamic, nonlinear parametric structures as generic
models suitable for on-line use.  The discussion is centred around
proper mathematical formulation and analysis of the complex and
abstract issues and therefore no experimental data are given.  The
main aim of this work is to explore the capabilities of deterministic,
continuous-time recurrent neural networks as state-space, generic,
parametric models in the framework of nonlinear adaptive control.

The notion of *nonlinear neural adaptive control* is introduced
and discussed.  The continuous-time state-space approach to recurrent
neural networks is used.  A general formalism of genericity of
control is set up and developed into the *differential
approximation* as the focal point of recurrent networks theory.  A
comparison of approaches to neural approximation, both feedforward
and recurrent, is presented within a unified framework and with
emphasis on relevance for neurocontrol.  Two approaches to
identifiability of recurrent networks are analysed in detail: one
based on the State Isomorphism Theorem and the other on the I/O
equivalence.  The Lie algebra associated with recurrent networks is
described and difficulties in verification of (weak) controllability
and observability pointed out.  Learning algorithms for recurrent
networks are systematically presented and interpreted as
deterministic, infinite-dimensional optimisation problems.  Also the
continuous-time version of the Real-Time Recurrent Learning is
rigorously derived.  Proper links between recurrent learning and
optimal control are established.  Finally, the interpretation of
graceful degradation as an optimal sensitivity problem is given.
   
 
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Contributed by:  Bijoy K. Ghosh

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control announces a special issue on

            Control and Systems Analysis in Medicine

Edited by

Clyde F. Martin
Department of Mathematics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409

and

Bijoy K. Ghosh
Department of Systems Science and Mathematics
Washington University
Saint Louis, MO 63130

The main emphasis of this special issue would be in system and control theory
and how it interacts with medicine. All applications would be considered.
This includes the following areas.

1.  Problems in Vision including Modelling of Eye Movement and
    Eye-Brain-Motor Coordination.
2.  Control of Infectious Diseases.
3.  System Identification with respect to automated reading of
    Electrocardiograms and X-rays.  Identification issues in MRI.
4.  Control Problems in Assisted Walking.
5.  Guidance of Probes in Cardiac Surgery. Problems in Cardiac Modelling.
6.  Modelling of organs (such as the kidney) as an input output model.
7.  Problems in Human Genome Studies.

Papers coauthored by a control theorist and experts from biology and medicine
are encouraged.

The papers are due by Feb. 1, 1995.  Notification of acceptance will be sent
by July 1, 1995.  The special issue is targeted for the Summer of 1996.  All
papers will be refereed as per IEEE Guidelines.

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Contributed by:  nelson@siam.org

       Table of Contents SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
                     Volume 16, Number 2,  April 1995

          TABLE OF CONTENTS

          Matrix Powers in Finite Precision Arithmetic
          Nicholas J. Higham and Philip A. Knight

          The Extended Linear Complementarity Problem
          O. L. Mangasarian and J. S. Pang

          Maximum Entrophy Elements in the Intersection of an Affine
          Space and the Cone of Positive Definite Matrices
          Mihaly Bakonyi and Hugo J. Woerdeman

          A Finite Procedure for the Tridiagonalization of a
          General Matrix
          A. George, K. Ikramov, A. N. Krivoshapova, and W.-P. Tang

          A Look-Ahead Block Schur Algorithm for Toeplitz-like
          Matrices
          Ali H. Sayed and Thomas Kailath

          Computing Exact Componentwise Bounds on Solutions of
          Linear Systems with Interval Data is NP-Hard
          Jiri Rohn and Vladik Kreinovich

          Hamilton and Jacobi Meet Again: Quaternions and the
          Eigenvalue Problem
          Niloufer Mackey

          On the Index of Block Upper Triangular Matrices
          Rafael Bru, Joan Josep Climent, and Michael Neumann

          Some Remarks Concerning Iterative Methods for Linear
          Systems
          Fred B. Weissler

          A Practical Upper Bound for Departure from Normality
          Steven L. Lee

          Forward Stability and Transmission of Shifts in the QR
          Algorithm
          David S. Watkins

          Linear Operations on Matrices: Preserving Spectrum and
          Displacement Structure
          Kenneth R. Driessel and Wasin So

          Rank M Wavelets with N Vanishing Moments
          Peter Niels Heller

          Analysis of a QR Algorithm for Computing Singular Values
          S. Chandrasekaran and I. C. F. Ipsen

          Displacement Structures of Covariance Matrices, Lossless
          Systems, and Numerical Algorithm Design
          Phillip A. Regalia and Francois Desbouvries

          Condition Estimation for Matrix Functions via the Schur
          Decomposition
          Roy Mathias

          The p-Product and Its Applications in Signal Processing
          Huixia Zhu and Gerhard X. Ritter

          Oblique Projection Methods for Large Scale Model
          Reduction
          Imad M. Jaimoukha and Ebrahim M. Kasenally

          Fast Transform Based Preconditioners for Toeplitz
          Equations
          E. Boman and I. Koltracht

          The Euclidian Distance Matrix Completion Problem
          Mihaly Bakonyi and Charles R. Johnson

          Fast Algorithms for Confluent Vandermonde Linear Systems
          and Generalized Trummer's Problem
          Hao Lu

          Backward Error Analysis for the Constrained and Weighted
          Linear Least Squares Problem When Using the Weighted QR
          Factorization
          Marten Gulliksson

          Approximations to Solutions to Systems of Linear
          Inequalities
          Osman Guler, Alan J. Hoffman, and Uriel G. Rothblum


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Contributed by: Edwin F. Beschler 

        Journal of Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control

Volume 4, Number 4

Table of Contents

Chain-Scattering Representation, J-Lossless Factorization and
H(infinity) Control
Hidenori Kimura   401

Higher Order Approximate Feedback Linearization about a Manifold
Zhigang Xu and John Hauser  451

Approximation and Regularity Results on Constrained Viscosity
Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations
Paola Loretti and Maria Elisabetta Tessitore   467

Summary: Necessary and Sufficient Condistions for Nonlinear
Worst Case (H-infinity) Control and Estimation
A.J. Krener   485

Summary: A Parametrization of the Minimal Square Spectral Factors of
a Nonrational Spectral Density
Augusto Ferrante   489

Summary: Well-Posedness, Stabilizability, and Admissibility
for Pritchard-Salamon Systems
Ruth F. Curtain, Hartmut Logemann, Stuart Townley,
and Hans Zwart   493

Summary: Continuous-time Gauss-Markov Processes with Fixed Reciprocal
Dynamics
Alessandro Beghi   497

Summary: Modeling and Control of a Multiple Component Structure
Belinda B. King   501

Book Reviews
Dorothy Wallace   505

Index 1994    513

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Contributed by: T.H.Lee 

Mechatronics, Pergamon Press
Vol.4, No. 7, 1994

Contents:

"An improved flexible pneumatic joint for horticultural robots,"
by N.D. Tillett, N. Vaughan and A. Bowyer

"A DDA paraboloic interpolator for computer numerical control
of machine tools,"
by O.H. Chai, Y.S. Wong and A.N. Poo

"A framework for robust neural network-based control of
nonlinear servomechanisms,"
by T.H.Lee, Q.G. Wang and W.K. Tan

"Emulation of modular manufacturing machines using
CAD modelling,"
by C.D. Wright and K. Case

"Artificial neural networks for locating eyes in facial images,"
by P.M. Hagelin and J.R. Hewit

"Automated assembly of machine control software,"
by J. Taramaa, R. Lintulampi and V. Seppanen


The purpose of Mechatronics journal is to provide rapid publication
of topical papers featuring practical developments in
mechatronics. It will cover a wide range of applications
areas including consumer product design, instrumentation,
manufacturing methods, computer integration and process and
device control, and will attract a readership from across the
industrial and academic spectrum.
Particular importance will be attached to aspects of innovation
in mechatronics design philosophy which will illustrate
the benefits obtainable by an a priori integration of
functionality with embedded microprocessor control.


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Contributed by:  wayne.book@me.gatech.edu

                   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
      JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL

Table of Contents for Volume 116, No. 3, September 1994

Regular Papers:

A Surface Integral Approach to the Motion Planning of Nonholonomic Systems
by R. Mukherjee and D.P. Anderson

An Approach to Motion and Force Control of Coordinated Robot Arms in the
Presence of Joint Flexibility by Y.-R. Hu and A. A. Goldenberg

Force and Motion Control of a Constrained Flexible Robot Arm by F.L. Hu and
A.G. Ulsoy

Concurrent Design Optimization of Mechanical Structure and Control for High
Speed Robots by J.-H. Park and H. Asada

Normal Forms, Averaging and Resonance Control of Flexible Structures by M.A.
Pinsky and B. Essary

Active Versus Passive Vibration Absorbers by R. Herzog

A State-Space Model for Monitoring Thermally-Induced Preload in
Anti-Friction Spindle Bearings of High-Speed Machine Tools by J.L. Stein and
J.F. Tu

Modeling and Control of Timeshared and Scanned Torch Welding by C.C.
Doumanidis

An Algorithm for the Generation of an Optimum CMM Inspection Path by E. Lu,
J. Ni, and S.M. Wu

Dynamic Modeling and Adaptive Control of the Gas Metal Arc Welding Process
by J.-B. Song and D.E. Hardt

Dynamic Modelling of Gas Springs by A.A. Kornhauser

Coupled Stability of Multiport Systems - Theory and Experiments by J.E.
Colgate

Application of  Approximate I/O Linearization to Aircraft Flight Control by
A.W. Lee and J.K. Hedrick

Damage-Mitigating Control of Mechanical Systems:  Part I - Conceptual
Development and Model Formulation by A. Ray, M.-K. Wu, M. Carpino, and C.F.
Lorenzo

Damage-Mitigating Control of Mechanical Systems:  Part II -Formulation of an
Optimal Policy and Simulation by A. Ray, M.-K. Wu, M. Carpino, and C.F.
Lorenzo

Robust Adaptive Controllers for Interconnected Mechanical Systems:
Influence of Types of Interconnections on Time-Invariant and Time-Varying
Systems by S.K. Singh and L. Shi

User-Adaptable Comfort Control for HVAC Systems by Federspiel by C.C.
Federspiel and H. Asada

A Quantitative Performance Index for Observer-Based Monitoring Systems by K.
Huh and J.L. Stein

Electro-Rheological Fluids: A Systematic Approach to Classifying Modes of
Operation by R. Stanway and J.L. Sproston

A Robust Method to Determine the Coordinates of a Wave Source for 3-D
Position Sensing by F. Figueroa and A. Mahajan

Specular Reflection Probability in the Certainty Grid Representation by J.H.
Lim and D.W. Cho

Impact of Flexibility on the Clock Controller of the Galileo Spacecraft by
F.O. Eke, G. A. Macala and G.K. Man

Optimal Nonlinear Estimation of Linear Stochastic Systems by  M.A. Hopkins
and H.F. VanLandingham

Direct Adaptive Rapid Tracking of Short Complex Trajectories by C.C.H. Ma

A NOVEL PID Configuration for Speed and Position Control by R.M. DeSantis

Technical Briefs:

Estimation of Steady-State Optimal Filter Gain from Non-Optimal Kalman
Filter Residuals by C.-W. Chen and J.-K. Huang

A New Look at PID-Controller Tuning by D. W. Pessen

Controlling Chaos:  The Example of an Impact Oscillator by J.R. Kalagnanam


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Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak

                                    AUTOMATICA

                                Table of Contents

Volume 31, No 1                                               January, 1995

REGULAR PAPERS

I.Y. Wang, G.M. Yoh                     Continuity of Optimal Robustness
                                        and Robust Stabilization in Slowly
                                        Varying Systems

T. Hirata, S. Koizumi,                  H-infinity Control of Railroad
R. Takahashi                            Vehicle Active Suspension

B.D.O. Anderson, F. Kraus,              Easily Testable Sufficient Condi-
M. Mansour, S. Dasgupta                 tions for the Robust Stability of
                                        Systems with Multilinear Parameter
                                        Dependence

A. Voda, I.D. Landau                    A Method for the Auto-Calibration
                                        of PID Controllers

L. Chen, G. Bastin,                     A Case Study of Adaptive Nonlinear
V. van Breusegem                        Regulation of Fed-Batch Biological
                                        Reactors

T.M. Chin, W.C. Karl,                   A Distributed and Iterative Method
A.S. Willsky                            for Square Root Filtering in Space-
                                        Time Estimation

F. Khorrami, S. Jain, A. Tzes           Experimental Results on Adaptive
                                        Nonlinear Control and Input Pres-
                                        haping for Multi-Link Flexible
                                        Manipulators

G. Dullerud, K. Glover                  Analysis of Structured LTI Un-
                                        certainty in Sampled-Data Systems

S.H. Zak, W.E. Lillo, S. Hui            Solving Minimum Norm Problems Using
                                        Penalty Functions and the Gradient
                                        Method

A.J. Laub, M.A. Erickson                An Algorithmic Test for Checking
                                        Stability of Feedback Spectral
                                        Systems

BRIEF PAPERS

R.J. Veillette                          Reliable Linear-Quadratic State-
                                        Feedback Control

B. Brogliato, A. Trofino-Neto           Practical Stabilization of a Class
                                        of Nonlinear Systems with Partially
                                        Known Uncertainties



C.J. Mao, J.H. Yang                     Decentralized Output Tracking for
                                        Linear Uncertain Interconnected
                                        Systems

C.E.T. Dorea, B.E.A. Milani             A Computational Method for Optimal
                                        L-Q Regulation with Simultaneous
                                        Disturbance Decoupling

TECHNICAL COMMUNIQUES

C.A. Schwartz, A. Yan                   Comments on "Achieving Diagonal
                                        Interactor Matrix for Multivariable
                                        Linear Systems with Uncertain Para-
                                        meters"

V.V. Patel, K.B. Datta                  A Counter Example for the Conjec-
                                        ture in "An Algorithm for Interpo-
                                        lation with Units in H"


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Contributed by: Thanos Antoulas and Iven Mareels

                     Systems & Control Letters


               Announcement of Change of Editors-in-Chief
               ------------------------------------------

Jan C. Willems who co-founded Systems & Control Letters in 1982 together
with Roger W. Brockett  has served as its Editor-in-Chief continuously
since then.  He will now be stepping down. Starting January 1, 1995 he
will be succeeded by Thanos C. Antoulas and Iven M. Y. Mareels.

The editorial and review policy of SCL will remain unchanged. Timely and
concise papers covering the whole area of system and control theory and
engineering are solicited.

Papers of a tutorial nature and papers reporting practical applications
of novel control ideas are within the scope of the journal. Furthermore,
submission of papers by e-mail is encouraged. E-mail submissions should
comply with the instructions given below.

Starting January 1, 1995, papers should be mailed by regular mail
(3 copies) or e-mail (see below), to one of the Editors-in-Chief
according to areas as follows:


 Prof. A.C. Antoulas (Area: linear systems)
 Systems and Control Letters
 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 Rice University
 Houston, Texas 77251-1892, USA
 e-mail: scletters@rice.edu
 fax: +1-713-524-5237


 Dr. I.M.Y. Mareels (Area: non-linear systems)
 Systems and Control Letters
 Department of Engineering
 Australian National University
 ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA
 e-mail: scletters@anu.edu.au
 fax: +61-6-249 0506


 E-mail submission
 -----------------

 The LaTeX files of papers submitted for possible publication in SCL
 may be sent to the Editors by e-mail. The articles should be encoded
 in Elsevier-LaTeX, standard LaTeX, or AMS-LaTeX (in document style
 ``article''). The Elsevier-LaTeX package, together with instructions
 on how to prepare a file, is available from the Publisher. This package
 can also be obtained through the Elsevier WWW home page
 (http://www.elsevier.nl/), or using anonymous FTP from the Comprehensive
 TeX Archive Network (CTAN). The host-names are:
 ftp.dante.de, ftp.tex.ac.uk, ftp.shsu.edu; the CTAN directories are:
 /pub/tex/macros/latex209/contrib/elsevier,
 /pub/archive/macros/latex209/contrib/elsevier,
 /tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/elsevier, respectively.

 If the file is sent by e-mail, the name Systems & Control, followed by
 the title should be mentioned in the ``subject field'' of the message to
 identify the paper. Authors should include an ASCII table (available
 from the Publisher) in their files to enable the detection of
 transmission errors.


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Contributed by: Ewaryst Rafajlowicz 

Contents: APPL. MATH. AND COMP. SCI., 1994, VOL.4, NO.2

Editor--in--Chief: Jozef Korbicz
Department of Robotics and Software Engineering
Technical University of Zielona Gora,
Zielona Gora, Poland

Special Issue: CONTROL AND MODELING OF CANCER CELL POPULATION
Edited by: MAREK KIMMEL  AND ANDRZEJ SWIERNIAK (GUEST EDITORS)


Kimmel M. RAPID GENOME EVOLUTION, CANCER AND
HERITABLE DISEASES: A MODELLING PERSPECTIVE
page 163

Tepic S. and Pyk P. A MODEL OF CELL GROWTH AND
POSSIBILITIES OF TUMOUR TREATMENT BY SELECTIVE PROTEIN DEPLETION
page 179

Jedruch W. and Waniewski J. DISTRIBUTED MODELLING
OF CELL POPULATION
page 193

Klamka J. CONTROLLABILITY OF NON-LINEAR MODELS IN
MODELLING POPULATION DYNAMICS
page 203

Arino O. and Kimmel M.  ANONDIFFERENTIABLE
SEMIGROUP GENERATED BY A MODEL OF CELL POPULATION
DYNAMICS
page 211

Swierniak A. SOME CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR
SIMPLEST DIFFERENTIAL MODELS OF PROLIFERATION CYCLE
page 223

Eidukevicius  R. DETERMINISTIC AND
STOCHASTIC MODELLING OF TUMOUR GROWTH AND OPTIMAL
CHEMOTHERAPY   page 233

Anita S. and Aniculaesei G.
H-infinity METHODS IN POPULATION MODELLING AND CONTROL
page 239

Bertuzzi A., Gandolfi  A.,
Sinisgalli  C. and Starace  G.,
MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR CELL CYCLE ANALYSIS FROM FLOW CYTOMETRIC
DNA-BrdUrd DISTRIBUTIONS
page 247

Duda Z. EVALUATION OF SOME OPTIMAL CHEMOTHERAPY
PROTOCOLS BY USING A GRADIENT METHOD
page 257

Swierniak A. and Polanski A.
IRREGULARITY IN SCHEDULING OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
page 263

Contents: APPL. MATH. AND COMP. SCI., 1994, Volume 4  Number 3


Special Issue: NEURAL NETWORKS: THEORY AND SOME
APPLICATIONS

Edited by: Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Leszek Rutkowski (Guest Editors)
Jozef Korbicz

urada J.M. and Malinowski A. MULTILAYER
PERCEPTRON NETWORKS: SELECTED ASPECTS OF TRAINING OPTIMIZATION
page 281

Cichocki A. and Kaczorek T. APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL-TYPE
STRUCTURED NETWORKS FOR SOLVING ALGEBRAIC MATRIX
EQUATIONS AND COMPUTATION OF THE DRAZIN INVERSE
page 309

Kaczorek T. AN EXTENSION OF ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS
FOR 2-D FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS
page 331

Zaremba M. and Porada E. LEARNING THROUGH INTEGRAL  REPRESENTATIONS
page 337

Mikrut Z. ESTIMATION OF THE HIDDEN LAYER SIZE
BASED ON ANALYSIS OF NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HANDWRITTEN DIGITS RECOGNITION
page 343

Augusteijn M.F. TEXTURE SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION
USING NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY
page 353

Swiniarski R.W. and Waagen D. A NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH
TO GENOME SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT
page 371

Tadeusiewicz R. and Mikrut Z.  NEURAL NETWORKS
APPLIED TO VISUAL PATTERN RECOGNITION ---  A COMPARATIVE STUDY
page 397

Rutkowski L. and Galkowski T. ON PATTERN
CLASSIFICATION AND SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION BY PROBABILISTIC NEURAL NETWORKS
page 413

Cieplinski L. and Jedrzejek C.  STATISTICAL
PHYSICS APPROACH  TO OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
page 423

Rovithakis G.A. and Christodoulou M. A MODEL REFERENCE
ADAPTIVE  CONTROL OF UNKNOWN PLANTS USING DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORKS
page 433

Dodier R.H., Lukianow D., Ries J. and Mozer M.C.
A COMPARISON OF NEURAL NET AND CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR LIGHTING CONTROL
page 447

Pawlik p. and b   Ublinski z.
APPLICATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS TO THE ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRIAL IMAGES
page 463

Piwakowski K. and Trojanowicz M.
APPLICATION OF A BOLTZMANN MACHINE TO TIMETABLE DESIGN
page 475

Korzec Z. and Kacprzak T. APPLICATION OF SWITCHED-CAPACITOR
CIRCUITS TO REALIZATION OF NEURON-LIKE BINARY HAMMING
CLASSIFIER
page 483


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              *              Conferences               *
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Contributed by:  Linda Bushnell (bushnell@aro-emh1.army.mil)

                    SPECIAL INVITED SESSION
 ``Historical and Fundamental Developments in Control Systems''
                Thursday, 15 December 1994, TP-11
                        at the 33rd CDC
                   Lake Buena Vista, Florida

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In this unique session, major contributors in the control systems field
will discuss interesting historical and fundamental developments, which
will acquaint researchers and engineers with the past few decades of
research activities in control systems.  This session was created to
satisfy our thirst for history so as to better engineer for the future.
************************************************************************

Co-chairs: Linda Bushnell and Shahram Shahruz
(shahruz@united.eecs.berkeley.edu)

Invited speakers:
(1)  Petar Kokotovic, University of California at Santa Barbara
``Singular Perturbations in Control Engineering''

(2) Jan C. Willems, University of Groningen
``The History of the Concept of a Dynamical System in Control''

(3)  J. Boyd Pearson, Rice University
``Linear Multivariable Control and the Development of l1 Optimal Control''

(4)  Hidenori Kimura, Osaka University
``Pole Assignment by Output Feedback:  A Longstanding Open Problem''

(5)  Derek P. Atherton, University of Sussex
``Early Developments in Nonlinear Control''

(6)  Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, University of Kansas
``Stochastic Adaptive Control:  A Historical Perspective''

(7)  George Leitmann, University of California at Berkeley
``On One Approach to the Control of Uncertain Systems''

(8)  Kumpati S. Narendra, Yale University
``Parameter Adaptive Control:  The End .... or the Beginning?''

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contributed by:    F. L. Lewis     flewis@arrirs03.uta.edu


                        THE 34TH IEEE CONFERENCE
                         ON DECISION AND CONTROL

                 New Orleans Hilton Riverside and Towers
                         New Orleans, Louisiana
                          December 13-15, 1995

ABBREVIATED CALL FOR PAPERS (A full CFP can be obtained by sending a blank
email message to info.cs.95conf.dc@ieee.org.  This autoresponse email will
contain the updated CDC info (e.g. registration forms at the appropriate
time) up until the CDC occurs.

_________________________________________________________________
The thirty-fourth CDC will be held December 13-15, 1995, with
tutorial workshops preceding the conference on Monday and Tuesday,
December 11-12.  The Conference General Chairman is Panos Antsaklis
of the University of Notre Dame, and the Program Chairman is Edward
Kamen of the Georgia Institute of Technology.  The venue is the New
Orleans Hilton Riverside and Towers, located on the Mississippi
River immediately west of Canal Street.  A short walk through a
landscaped Riverwalk brings one to the French Quarter, scene of New
Orleans nightlife and musical history.
_________________________________________________________________

        CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS

     The IEEE CDC will include both contributed and invited
sessions and a full Proceedings will be published.  Contributed
papers and invited sessions are hereby solicited in all aspects of
the theory and applications of systems, including decision-making,
control, adaptation, optimization, industrial automation, and
manufacturing.  All submissions are due 1 MARCH 1995.

For complete details see the full CFP in the IEEE autoresponse message.

General Chairman:
Panos J. Antsaklis, 34th CDC
General Chair
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Tel:  (219) 631-5792
Fax:  (219) 631-4393
Panos.J.Antsaklis@nd.edu
_________________________________________________________________

                         SCHEDULE SUMMARY:

1 Feb. 1995-        Deadline for statement of intent to submit
                    invited session proposals
1 Mar. 1995-        Deadline for submission of contributed papers
                    and invited session proposals
1 Jun. 1995-        Tentative notification of invited session
                    organizers
Mid-July 1995-      Notification regarding acceptance of papers and
                    invited sessions
Early Aug. 1995-    Instructions for manuscript preparation sent to
                    authors
Mid-Sept. 1995-     Camera-ready papers due at the printer


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Contributed by:  Dr. Kimon Valavanis" 

                    1996 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
                                    ON
                          ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION

          (sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society)

The 1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation will take
place at Minneapolis Hilton and Towers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 22 -
28, 1996.

The General Chair is Norman Caplan from the National Science Foundation, and
the Program Chair is C. S. George Lee from Purdue University.

The Deadline for paper submission is September 15, 1995. Six copies of each
paper must be sent to:

                             C. S. George Lee
                      1285 Electrical Engineering Building
                        School of Electrical Engineering
                               Purdue University
                      West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285, U.S.A.
                              Fax: (317) 494-6951
                             Phone: (317) 494-1384
                         E-mail: csglee@ecn.purdue.edu

The official Call for Papers with the Program Committee members and all
conference details is forthcoming soon.


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Contributed by:  "Dr. Kimon Valavanis" 

                      Call for Papers

  10th IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL

                    August 27 - 29, 1995
                   MONTEREY MARRIOTT HOTEL
                MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA 93940 USA


SCOPE

The central theme of the tenth IEEE / ISIC will be threefold:
Hybrid Systems, Integrated Control and Diagnostics, and,
Non-conventional Robotic Applications. Recent advances in
technology and the ever increasing system complexity requires
new innovative approaches to systems modeling, analysis,
synthesis, and control. Hybrid systems, containing both
continuous and discrete state systems interacting with each
other, are essential for designing autonomous control systems.
Integrated control and diagnostics is required for real-time,
on-line failure detection, identification and recovery of
complex systems, and requires information fusion from a
diverse set of sources, i.e., sensors, controllers, databases,
etc. Robotics and automation has matured to the point that
robotics based applications are expanding to non-conventional
fields including applications in the textiles / apparel
industry, composites and the medical field. Virtual Reality
and Multi-media are playing an increasing role in telerobotics
(telemanipulation, teleoperation), virtual manufacturing and
prototyping. Thus, the Symposium objectives are to discuss and
present the most recent advances in the field. This year,
emphasis will be given to enhance the European participation
and encourage scientists and researchers from Europe to submit
contributed papers and / or proposals for invited sessions and
tutorials.

TOPICS

Symposium topics include, but are not limited to:
adaptive control, applications / implementations (aircraft /
spacecraft, automotive systems / IVHS, composites, consumer
products, manufacturing systems, process control, robotics,
textiles / apparel industry, underwater / land vehicles),
architectures for intelligent control, autonomous control
systems, CIM and FMS systems, computer control, design
techniques for intelligent controllers, discrete event systems,
distributed intelligent control, failure detection and
identification, fuzzy systems / fuzzy control, hierarchical
intelligent control, hybrid systems, knowledge-based and expert
systems, linear and nonlinear systems, machine learning /
adaptive systems, man-machine systems, mathematical analysis of
intelligent systems, modeling of intelligent systems,
multi-sensor fusion / integration, neural networks / neural
control, numerical methods, planning and scheduling systems,
quality control, real-time software, reconfigurable control,
telerobotics, virtual prototyping, and virtual reality
applications.

INVITED SESSIONS / TUTORIALS

Four copies of proposals for: invited sessions including all
full papers and a cover letter indicating the scope of the
proposed session, or, tutorials including a detailed outline of
the proposed topic, must be submitted to the Invited Sessions /
Tutorials Chair by MARCH 15, 1995. Invited sessions may include
survey papers and possibly a panel discussion.

IMPORTANT DATES

March 15, 1995: Full Papers, Proposals, Due
April 30, 1995: Notification of Acceptance / Rejection
May 31, 1995: Final, Camera Ready Papers, Due

PAPER SUBMISSION

FIVE copies of the full paper in final form must be received
for peer review by the Program Chair or Program Co-chair by
MARCH 15, 1995. Papers should be submitted in final format with
a 2-column format on 8.5 by 11 inch sheets. Each column is
limited to 3 1/4 inch in width and 8 7/8 inch in length with a
3/8 inch gutter between columns. The margins are 13/16 inch on
the sides, 1 1/16 inch on the top and bottom. Text is to be
typed single spaced in 10 point Times Roman (or a font closely
resembling this type), with 12 point inter-line spacing. The
first page of the paper, centered on the top below the top
margin, should include the paper title, the authors' names, and
their affiliations. Six pages are allowed for each paper. Up to
two additional pages will be permitted for a charge of $100 for
each additional page. Illustrations are included in the page
count. Papers will be reviewed by the International Program
Committee. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection
by APRIL 30, 1995. The final, camera ready papers must be
mailed no later than MAY 31, 1995.


General Chair:
  Kimon P. Valavanis
  Robotics and Automation Laboratory
  Apparel-CIM Center & The Center for Advanced Computer Studies
  The University of Southwestern Louisiana
  Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
  e-mail: kimon@cacs.usl.edu
  Fax: (318) 262-5401, Phone: (318) 482-5817

Program Chair:
  Frank L. Lewis
  Automation & Robotics Research Institute
  The University of Texas at Arlington
  7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S.
  Fort Worth, TX 76118, USA
  e-mail: flewis@arrirs03.uta.edu
  Fax: (817) 794-5952, Phone: (817) 794-5972

Program Co-Chair:
  Dr. K. Suzanne Barber
  Department of ECE, ENS 240
  The University of Texas at Austin
  Austin, TX 78712, USA
  e-mail: barber@emx.cc.utexas.edu
  Fax: (512) 471-5532, Phone: (512) 471-6152

Invited Sessions / Tutorials Chair
  Dr. Nick Papanikolopoulos
  Department of Computer Science
  The University of Minnesota
  200 Union St. SE
  Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
  e-mail: npapas@cs.umn.edu
  Fax: (612) 625-0572, Phone: (612) 625-0163

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Contributed by: Javier R Fonollosa 


                       FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS:
    IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING/ATHOS WORKSHOP ON HIGHER-ORDER STATISTICS

June 12-14, 1995
Parador de Aiguablava, Begur, Girona, SPAIN

Co-Sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society and the
Commission of the European Communities under the auspices of ATHOS, the
ESPRIT Basic Research Working Group on High Order Statistics.

Organizers and Co-Chairs:
* Pierre Comon (Thomson Sintra, France)
  Pierre.Comon@sp1.y-net.fr
* Javier R. Fonollosa (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain)
  fono@tsc.upc.es
* Anthony G. Constantinides (Imperial College, UK)
  a.constantinides@ee.ic.ac.uk

Technical Program Chair:
Jose A.R. Fonollosa (UPC), adrian@tsc.upc.es
Mailing Address:
Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Apdo 30.002
08071 Barcelona
SPAIN

Workshop Committe:
Josep Vidal (UPC), Asuncion Moreno (UPC) and Elisa Sayrol (UPC)
Ananthram Swami (CS-3)

Technical Committee:
Miguel A. Lagunas (UPC), Enrique Masgrau (Univ. Zaragora, Spain), Athina
Petropulu (Drexel Univ., USA), Jitendra Tugnait (Auburn Univ., USA),
Johan F. Bohme (Ruhr Univ., Germany), Jean-Francois Cardoso (Telecom.
Paris, France), Patrick Flandrin (ENS Lyon, France), Jean-Louis Lacoume
(CEPHAG, France), Gaetano Scarano (CNR, Italy)

This workshop is the fourth in a series of biannual meetings focussed on
the new theories, techniques, implementations and applications in the area
of Higher-Order Statistics. Both theoretical and application oriented
contributions are encouraged. Following the successful scheme of previous
meetings, the workshop will feature tutorial sessions by invited speakers
and lecture and poster presentation of contributed papers. There will be no
parallel sessions.

Authors are invited to submit contributions in the areas of, but not
limited to : linear, nonlinear and chaotic system modeling and
identification, equalization, source separation, array data processing,
nonstationary processes, image and sequence processing, moment theory,
time-scale, time-frequency and cyclostationary analysis and processing
using higher-order statistics. Contributions that include real data
analysis and applications in all areas are particularly encouraged.

The ``Parador de Aiguablava'' is located in a privileged site in the heart
of Costa Brava. It features beaches amid pines and cliffs and panoramic
views on the Mediterranean Sea. The registration fee will include lodging,
all meals and a copy of the Proceedings to be distributed at the workshop.
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit four copies of a two-page
extended summary to the Technical Program Chair. Summaries should include
author's addresses, affiliations, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail
addresses.

SCHEDULE

Submission of summaries: December 1, 1994
Notification of acceptance: January 15, 1995
Submission of camera-ready paper: March 15, 1995

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Contributed by:  Kevin Passino  


                  * 1996 CDC Goes to Japan! *

Even though the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control is still
some time off, it is important to start making plans for international
travel now since it will be held December 11 - 13, 1996 in Kobe, Japan
at the Kobe Portopia Hotel and International Conference Center.
Pre-conference workshops will be held December 9 - 10.  We would
like to encourage you to attend the CDC for an excellent technical
program and a chance to visit the modern and charming Japan.

Japan as a country shows two distinct sides to its personality.
One is the face of highly industrialized and modernized country.
However, it has yet another face that makes a trip to Japan so
attractive for almost everyone: a country that has a long history
and many traditional cultural and artistic charms. From both points
of view, one cannot really say that he or she visited Japan without
visiting the "Kansai" area to which Kobe, the location of the CDC, belongs.
This area roughly consists of three major cities - Kobe, Osaka and
Kyoto -  each with different charms.  Kobe, the conference site, is
the most modernized among them.  As one of the oldest ports in Japan,
it used to be the door to foreign countries; you can still witness
traces of western culture of the 19th century here and there.
In contrast, Osaka has been known as the city of merchandize for
hundreds of years; it is still another center of the industrialized
Japan.  Kyoto, an old capitol for more than thousand years, is the
city of historical monuments.  You can visit many beautiful gardens
of numerous old temples, the old imperial palace, etc.  It is the
city of historic charms.

By visiting this Kansai area, you can experience three quite different,
yet representative parts of Japan.  The conference site is in the
Kobe Port island, conveniently located near the Kobe Sanno-Miya
Japan Railway station.  The access from the new Kansai International
Airport (abbr. KIX, just open September '94) is now very convenient:
from the airport to the Port Island is 30 min. by a fast ship service.

Visiting Japan is not necessarily that expensive as you might think.
The airfare is very reasonable: for example, discount tickets of about
1,000 dollars for round trip between US and Japan are often available.
Ask your travel agent for details.  One single room at Kobe Portopia
Hotel costs about $ 115-120/night (according to the current exchange
rate as of Nov. 20, 1994, plus service charge and tax).

So, do not wait and miss this chance of attending the first CDC in
ASIA and visiting Japan.  Why wait?  While it's still some time
off, start making your own plans.

Publicity:
         Yutaka Yamamoto, Division of Applied Systems Science,
           Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-01,
           JAPAN;  Phone: +81-75-753-5902; FaX: +81-75-761-2437;
           Email: yy@kuamp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

        Kevin M. Passino, Dept. Electrical Engineering
          The Ohio State University, 2015 Neil Ave.
          Columbus, OH 43210-1272, USA,
          Phone: 614-292-5716, Fax: 614-292-7596
          Email: passino@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu

General Chair:  Professor Hidenori Kimura, Dept. Systems Engineering,
                Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University,
                Machikaneyama-cho 1-3, Toyonakashi, Osaka 560, JAPAN;
                Phone +81 6-850-6350; Fax: +81 6-850-6341;
                Email: kimura@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

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Contributed by:  massoud@rodin.wustl.edu

                    ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
    International Federation of Operational Research Societies  (IFORS)
                    Fourth Specialized Conference
                      OR AND ENGINEERING DESIGN

Hyatt Regency Hotel, St. Louis, MO, USA
October 24-27, 1995

Co-Sponsors:
IEEE SMC Soc., ORSA, Institute for Oper. Res.
and the Manag. Sci. , McDonnell Douglas Corp.*,
 St. Louis Univ.,  Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis,
Washington Univ.*

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Thomas L. Magnanti, MIT
Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, NASA

TRACKS AND CHAIRS:
OR Techniques in Aerospace Engineering
   Prabhat Hajela, RPI
OR Techniques in Chemical Engineering
   Nikolaos Sahinidis, U. of Illinois
OR and Civil Engineering
   Luis Valadares Tavares, Instituto Superior Tecnico
Applications of OR in Mining Engineering
   Tuncel M. Yegulap, Columbia Univ.
Applications of OR to Structural Design
   S. Adali, University of Natal
Computer and Communication Network Design
   June Park, Univ. of Iowa
Nonlinear Programming Software
   Leon Lasdon, Univ. of Texas
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems
   Massoud Amin, Washington Univ.

TUTORIALS:
Current Advancements in Nonlinear Prog. Software
Current Advancements in Structural Optim.
Effective Engineering Design Through Simulation

SPECIAL SESSIONS:
Applications of OR to the Pipeline Industry
The Role of Computer Aided Activities in Integ. Optimal Design
Evolutionary Programming
App. of Virtual Env. Tech. in Engineering Design  and Simulation

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Authors are requested to submit an abstract (200 words or less)
 and the Information Form via email to ifors.stl@whimsy.umsl.edu
or to the address below.  Abstracts must be received no later than
February 1, 1995.

2. Three hard copies of the full paper (in English) should be sent to
the  address below and must be received no later than April 3, 1995.
A check or money order for $50 (US), made payable to  `IFORS SPC on
OR and Engin. Design' must accompany full papers.  This will be
applied toward registration if the paper is accepted and returned if the
paper is not accepted.

Send Information Forms, abstracts, and papers to:
IFORS SPC-4
Prof. James Campbell
School of Business Administration
University of Missouri - St. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4499  USA
e-mail:  ifors.stl@whimsy.umsl.edu

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Contributed by: Stanly Steinberg 

                      FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
       IMACS Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra
                       May, 16-20, 1995
                   University of New Mexico
                     Albuquerque, NM, USA

Conference Rationale:
In the past several years there has been a dramatic increase in the use
of computer algebra in engineering, science, and education. The
computer-algebra research community has made significant progress in
developing applicable algorithms, particularly in the areas of ordinary
and partial differential equations and systems of algebraic equations.
There are now textbooks for many engineering, science and mathematics
courses that use a computer algebra approach.  This international
conference will bring together these diverse groups for an exchange
of their latest ideas.

Topics included:
     o  Solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations,
        including symmetry methods.
     o  The use of symbolic techniques for numerical computations.
     o  Applications of Grobner basis algorithms.
     o  The use of quantifier elimination algorithms to solve problems
        in engineering.
     o  The use of computer algebra in education, including precollege,
        college, and graduate education.
     o  Application of computer algebra to problems in engineering
        and science.

The conference will be run in the standard IMACS format where
individuals are invited to organize a special session.  Requests
for proposals for special session will also be issued.

For more detailed information, please refer to the WWW (mosaic) page with
URL:
        http://math.unm.edu/aca.html
This information is also available by anonymous FTP:
        ftp math.unm.edu
        Name: anonymous
        Password: 
        cd pub/aca
        ls
        get 
You can also send email to:
        aca@math.unm.edu
As a last resort, FAX:
        1-505-277-5505

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Contributed by: Program Committee Member 

        1995 IEEE WORKSHOP ON VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING
 An annual activity of the IEEE ASSP Society's Technical Committee on VLSI

                         CALL FOR PAPERS

                Rihga Royal Hotel, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
                        October 16-18,1995

   The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of new
theoretical and applied developments in signal processing for very large
scale integrated circuits. A hard-bound record of the Workshop will be
published.
   Papers are solicited in the following areas, specifically as they relate
to integrated circuits used for digital signal processing:

Integrated Circuit Technology
        Analog/digital circuits & Design methodologies
        Automatic generation   &  Low power

Digital Signal Processing Technology
        Algorithms & Functional mapping
        Languages   & Architectures
        Simulation &  Performance analysis
        Fault torelance   & Testing

Applications
        Speech and Music & Image
        Radar   & Coding
        Video & Communications
        Sonar   & Wireless
        HDTV   & Digital Audio

   Multimedia Consumer Electronics and Video Games will be selected as the
major theme of the workshop and will be highlighted in invited talks and
panel discussions.

   Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of an extended
summary (1000 words) or a complete paper to:

Ms. Akiko Hiramatsu

Information Technology Research Lab., NEC Corporation.
4-1-1, Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku,
VLSI-SP@DSP.CL.NEC.CO.JP


   The workshop will be held in Sakai City which overlooks Osaka Bay to the
west and lies south of Osaka City. The workshop site is located 10 minutes
from the Kansai International Airport, the world's first large-scale airport
built on an artificial island in the bay. It is convenient to visit Nara and
Kyoto, the old capitals of Japan.


        April 1, 1995           Submission of summary of paper
        June 5, 1995            Notification of authors
        August 1, 1995          Receipt of photo-ready paper
        Oct 16-18, 1995         Workshop


        GENERAL CHAIR:          Takao Nishitani

        U.S. LIASION:           Keshab Parhi

        EUROPE LIASION:         Ed Deprettere

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Contributed by:  Okyay Kaynak 


                  International Conference
                              on
                Recent Advances in Mechatronics
             14-16 August 1995, Istanbul, Turkey

Organized by :  Bogazici University, UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics

In Technical Cooperation with :
                        ASME
                        IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
                        IEEE Robotics&Automation Society
                        IEEJ
                        IFAC
                        JSME
                        RSJ
                        SICE (JAPAN)

General Chair :         Okyay KAYNAK (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Program Chairs :        Ahmet DENKER (Bogazici University, Turkey)
                        H. KAZEROONI (UC Berkeley, USA)
                        Toshio FUKUDA (Nagoya University, Japan)

Special Sessions Chairs :       Hideki HASHIMOTO (University of Tokyo, Japan)
                                Yoichi HORI (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Plenary Speakers :      Jim HEWIT (Loughborough University of Technology, UK)
                        Rolf ISERMANN (Tech. Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany)
                        Masayoshi TOMIZUKA (UC Berkeley, USA)

Invited Sepakers :      Paul DREWS (Eurepean Center for Mechatronics,
Germany)
                        Abdulkadir ERDEN (Middle East Tech. Univ., Turkey)
                        Kouhei OHNISHI (Keio University, Japan)
                        Friedrich PFEIFFER (Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany)
                        Kamal YOUCEF-TOUMI (MIT, USA)

Goal of the Meeting:
        The purpose  of this  conference is  to provide  an international
        forum for the dissemination of knowledge and experience on
        research,education and training  in the  field of mechatronics.
        The papers to be presented are  expected to  address  not  only
        the recent  advances but also the future perspectives.

        During the conference, special lectures  will be delivered  by a
        number of leading experts of mechatronics, as was indicated above.

General Topics:
        The topics that will  be covered  during  the  conference will
        include (but not be limited to) the following:

                        Development of Mechatronic Machines
                        Production Automation
                        Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
                        Robotics and Motion Control
                        Education and Training in Mechatronics

Submission of Papers:
        Prospective  authors are invited  to  submit  four copies of a
        400-500 word summary, including their  names, affiliations, postal
        and e-mail addresses, telephone  and  telefax  numbers. The final
        program will adhere to  the high standards of the prestigious
        institutions  that are  extending  their technical cooperations to
        the meeting.

Information available on World Wide Web - WWW:
        The latest news of the conference will always be available on the
        World Wide  Web  Server of the  Electrical and  Electronic
        Eng. Dept. at the address: URL=http://maxwell.ee.boun.edu.tr/

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                                      DEADLINES
                             ABSTRACTS DUE by: Feb. 3, 1995
                        NOTIFICATION of ACCEPTANCE: Apr. 14, 1995
                             PAPERS DUE by: June 9, 1995
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATTION CONTACT
General Chair:
                Dr. Okyay KAYNAK
                UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics
                Bogazici University
                Bebek
                80815 Istanbul, Turkey
                Phone/Fax: 90-212-287 2475
                e-mail: kaynak@boun.edu.tr

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contributed by:  Xiaohui Liu 

                1st CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

   International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA-95)
                   Baden-Baden,  Germany
                   17th-19th August 1995


 Objective
 ---------

 The gap between data generation and data comprehension is widening.
 Efficient computational methods for analysing data effectively are
 required  to  narrow  this  gap.   There  have  been  a variety of
 computationally   intelligent   techniques  developed,  which  are
 beginning to provide such capability. However, many questions need
 to be properly  addressed  before  these  techniques  can be  most
 effectively employed to perform various data analysis tasks. It is
 the purpose of  IDA-95  to provide an  international forum for the
 discussion of these questions, some of which are listed below:


    a) How important is it to  understand the data  characteristics
       and to pre-process  data  accordingly  before using the data
       for  tasks   such  as   classification   and    forecasting?
       [Exploratory data analysis,  incompleteness and uncertainty,
       noise filters, outliers]

    b) With so many modern techniques, which technique should I use
       for  my  application?    [Bayesian  networks,  fuzzy  logic,
       decision trees, genetic algorithms, neural nets, statistical
       pattern recognition]

    c) What is the  impact of  modern  visualisation  techniques on
       data analysis?  [Computer graphics,  computational geometry,
       image processing, user interface]

    d) What is the role of domain knowledge in data analysis?  Does
       it help analyse data more  effectively  or simply  introduce
       "biases" into the analysis procedure?

    e) How do we  evaluate  the  performance  of  intelligent  data
       analysis systems?  What should we do when "golden standards"
       do not exist?

    f) How can  one  integrate a  variety of  related techniques to
       develop the most effective system for a given application?


 Submissions
 -----------

 Participants who wish to present a paper are requested to submit a
 1000 word  extended  abstract  as soon as possible,  but not later
 than   February  1,  1995.  (E-mail  submissions  are  preferred.)
 Notification  of acceptance  will be sent to  authors by March 15,
 1995. Full camera-ready  papers,  not  exceeding  5  single-spaced
 pages, will be required by  May 1, 1995  for  publication  in  the
 Symposium Proceedings. In addition to  paper  presentations, panel
 sessions on one or more of the above-mentioned topics are planned.
 If you would like to organise a panel discussion in these or other
 related  topics,  please  submit  your  proposals  with a one-page
 description of the subject matter and a list of proposed panelists
 by April 1, 1995.


 Correspondence
 --------------

 Submissions for IDA-95 should be addressed to:

 Dr X Liu,  Department of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, Malet
 Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.


 E-mail: ida-95@dcs.bbk.ac.uk
 Tel:    (+44) 171 631 6711
 Fax:    (+44) 171 631 6727


 Latest information regarding IDA-95 will be available on the World
 Wide Web Server of the  Department of Computer Science at Birkbeck
 College, London: http://web.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/CS/Research/IDA/cfp.html

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