E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
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:
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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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>>>>>> 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:
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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/
________________________________________________________________________________
DEADLINES
ABSTRACTS DUE by: Feb. 3, 1995
NOTIFICATION of ACCEPTANCE: Apr. 14, 1995
PAPERS DUE by: June 9, 1995
________________________________________________________________________________
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
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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
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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
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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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