E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 167, July, 2002 Editor: Pradeep Misra Dept. of Electrical Engineering Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 USA Tel +937 775 5062 Fax +937 775 3936 Submit articles at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter Contents 0. Editorial 1. Personals 2. Awards Honors 2.1 A Symposium in Honor of N. Harris McClamroch 2.2 Call for Nominations: SIAM J.D. Crawford Prize 2.3 Nominations: The Jurgen Moser Lecture 3. General Announcements 3.1 CUEDSID System Identification Toolbox 3.2 Editorial Change - European Journal of Control 3.3 QFT Frequency Domain Design Toolbox 3.4 Request comments on distance function wavelets 3.5 Third Int School in Automatic Control Lille 4. Positions 4.1 Faculty Positions at Sheffield University UK 4.2 PhD Studentship: Liverpool UK 4.3 Post-Doc: Applied Non-Linear Control Slovania 4.4 Post-Doc: City University HongKong 4.5 Post-Doc University of Maryland MD USA 4.6 Research Assistants: Univ of Houston TX USA 4.7 Research Associate: Hamilton Institute Ireland 4.8 Research Fellow: Melbourne Australia 4.9 Research Staff - Palo Alto Research Center CA 4.10 Tenure track faculty positions at SFU Canada 5. Books 5.1 Introduction to Probability 6. Journals 6.1 CFP: IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 6.2 CFP: Special Issue on Robust Control 6.3 Contents: Asian Journal of Control 6.4 Contents: Automatica 6.5 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 6.6 Contents: European Journal of Control 6.7 Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Systems Technology 6.8 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 6.9 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems 6.10 Contents: Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics 6.11 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications 6.12 New Journal: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems 7. Conferences 7.1 European Control Conference 2003 7.2 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 7.3 IEEE Int Symp on Intelligent Sys. 2002 7.4 NAISO Congress on Info Tech in Environmental Engr 7.5 NAISO symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems +----------------------------------------+ | | Editorial | | +----------------------------------------+ Welcome to the 167-th issue of the E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. The next issue of eletter will be mailed out at the beginning of Aug 2002. Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. Please forward this eletter to your colleagues. They can subscribe to eletter at: http://www.ieeecss.org/cgi-bin/PAB/eletter/subscribe_form.cgi To unsubscribe, send an email to p.misra@ieee.org. A web version of this eletter with Table of Contents hyperlinked to contents is located at: http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter/archive/current.shtml +----------------------------------------+ | | Personals | | +----------------------------------------+ No submissions for July 2002 +----------------------------------------+ | | Awards Honors | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dennis S. Bernstein, A Symposium in Honor of N. Harris McClamroch Control of Nonlinear Systems A Symposium in Honor of N. Harris McClamroch Oct 18, 2002, University of Michigan On October 18, 2002, the University of Michigan will host a one-day seminar in honor of N. Harris McClamroch on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Harris McClamroch, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, is a pioneering contributor to the field of nonlinear control theory. In extensive service to the systems and control community, Harris has served as Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, he is an IEEE Control Systems Society Past President, and he has helped organized numerous CDCs and ACCs. This symposium will provide a venue for researchers to honor Harris' contributions to our field while discussing current problems in nonlinear control. The distinguished list of speakers will present a wide range of topics ranging from nonlinear control of mechanical systems to industrial applications. For a complete program and detailed information see the web site: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/aero/news/harris_fest.html or contact: Dennis S. Bernstein dsbaero@umich.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Allison Bogardo, Call for Nominations: SIAM J.D. Crawford Prize SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems J. D. Crawford Prize The SIAG/DS J. D. Crawford Prize The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May 27-31, 2003. The prize is awarded for recent outstanding work on a topic in dynamical systems and nonlinear science, as evidenced by a publication in English in a peer-reviewed journal within the four calendar years preceding the award date. Description of Award The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation, and $750 plus reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference. Nominations Nominations should be sent by e-mail, fax, or regular mail by NOVEMBER 1, 2002 to: SIAG/DS J.D. Crawford Prize c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: bogardo@siam.org Eligibility The research of the candidate must contain significant contributions to the field of nonlinear science, as evidenced by papers published in English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the award period. Selection Committee Members of the selection committee are: M. Gregory Forest (Chair), University of North Carolina; Mark Levi, The Pennsylvania State University; Bjorn Sandstede, Ohio State University; Mary Silber, Northwestern University; and Harry Swinney, University of Texas, Austin. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Allison Bogardo, Call for Nominations: The Jurgen Moser Lecture SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems Jurgen Moser Lecture The SIAG/DS Moser Lecture The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May 27-31, 2003. The prize is awarded to a person who has made distinguished contributions to nonlinear science. The term "nonlinear science" includes dynamical systems theory and its applications, as well as experiments and computations/simulations. Description of the Award The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation, an invitation to give a plenary lecture at the conference, and $1000 cash, plus reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference. Nominations Nominations should be sent by SEPTEMBER 6 to: SIAG/DS Jurgen Moser Lecture c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadephia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: bogardo@siam.org Selection Committee Members of the selection committee are: C. Eugene Wayne (Chair), Boston University; Krystyna Kupersberg, Auburn University; Peter Lax, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; Yakov Sinai, Princeton University; and James Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park. +----------------------------------------+ | | General Announcements | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: J.M. Maciejowski, CUEDSID: Cambridge University System Identification Toolbox Software for identification of linear and bilinear multivariable systems, using subspace methods and balanced parametrizations. Software, User's Guide, and related publications available from: http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/jmm/cuedsid/ For use with Matlab, the System Identification Toolbox, and the Control System Toolbox. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gabriela Stroian, Editorial Change - European Journal of Control Starting July 1st 2002, all the new submissions to the European Journal of Control should be sent to: Professor Sergio Bittanti Editor at Large Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano Italy E-mail: bittanti@elet.polimi.it The address for the re-submissions (papers currently under revision) is: I.D. Landau European Journal of Control Laboratoire d'Automatique ENSIEG, BP 46 38402 Saint Martin d'Hčres France E-mail : Ioan-Dore.Landau@inpg.fr *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Terasoft, Inc., QFT Frequency Domain Design Toolbox The QFT Frequency Domain Design Toolbox for MATLAB v5 and v6, formerly marketed by The MathWorks, is available FREE for teaching purposes. Please visit http://www.terasoft.com/products/qft/ to review the features of the toolbox. If you find the toolbox would applicable for your course, please send email to info@terasoft.com for download instructions. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: W. Chen, Request comments on distance function wavelets In recent years, at Scientific Computing Department Simula Research Lab., we developed the distance (radial basis) function wavelets (DFW), which uses the general solutions and the fundamental solutions of partial differential equations (PDE) and is a natural wavelets. These distance function wavelets are quite different from the common wavelets in many aspects, which have little to do with the PDE solutions. The DFW's are very easy and explicit to implement for multivariate scattered data and multiscale meshfree numerical PDE, and hold some very nice features such as the closed-form basis functions. The DFW's are not built on the multiresolution analysis and are not the dyadic wavelets (nonuniform). You can download the latest 3 reports below: http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cs.CE/0205019 http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cs.CE/0205063 http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cs.CE/0206016 I would be very happy to hear of your critical comments on the distance function wavelets. Wen CHEN Scientific Computing Department Simula Research Lab. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Thierry Floquet, Third International School in Automatic Control, Lille Call for participation The Third International School in Automatic Control of Lille (LISAC) Title: "Control of Distributed Parameter Systems: Theory and Applications" Date: 2-6 september 2002 Location: Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France Scientific Responsibility: Michel Fliess (France) Lecturers: J-M. Coron (F), R. Dáger (S), D. Dochain (B), A. El Jai (F), B. Laroche (F), P. Martin (F), H. Mounier (F), F. Ollivier (F), N. Petit (F), A. Quadrat (F), J-P. Richard (F), P. Rouchon (F), J. Rudolph (D), A. Sedoglavic (F), Y. Toure (F), M. Tucsnak (F), J. Winkler (D), F. Woittennek (D) Scope: The purpose of this school is to cover the basic theory and tools necessary for the study of Partial Differential Equations and the control of infinite dimensional systems. The courses will be illustrated by practical sessions going from academic to industrial examples. Potential audience: Graduate students, engineers, researchers, consultants, who are interested in improving their understanding of Partial Differential Equations. Language: English. For further information about general presentation, preliminary program, registration and fees, PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEB ADRESS: http://www.ec-lille.fr/lisac Email: wilfrid.perruquetti@ec-lille.fr Registration deadline: 20 July 2002 Secretarial Office: Ecole Internationale d'Automatique de Lille, LAIL, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Cité Scientifique, BP48, 59 651 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France Tél: +33 (0)3 20 33 54 50 Fax: +33 (0)3 20 33 54 18 +----------------------------------------+ | | Positions | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Professor David H Owens, Faculty (Lectureships/Professor) at Sheffield University, UK The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) at the University of Sheffield (UK) has a number of full-time academic positions becoming available. These changes are due to lecturing staff retirement and resignation and a welcome investment by the University in new positions. The overall aim is to enhance the staffing base to meet teaching innovation targets and to strengthen the Department's ability to contribute to multi-disciplinary research in Systems and Control - Theory and Applications. Further details of the posts and of the Department can be found over on the University Web site: www.sheffield.ac.uk (University of Sheffield) www.sheffield.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/acse (ACSE Web site) It is anticipated that the Department will make up to five full-time permanent appointments for the coming academic session. These are expected to take the form of four Lectureships and one Professorship. Lectureships will be in a number of Control and Systems Engineering areas including Computer Systems Engineering, Aerospace Systems Engineering and Complex Systems Engineering. The new Professorship will be in an area of Control and Systems Engineering that enhances the Department's ability to undertake international research in multi-disciplinary complex systems modelling, analysis and design. One post (Computer Systems Engineering) was advertised in early June with other advertisements appearing in late June and Early July. Please consult the web site for details or, if problems occur, contact the Departmental Secretary at D.Proctor@sheffield.ac.uk with copies to z.c.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk. Applicants are invited from any interested individual who has a track record and research aspirations that meet the profile and development needs of the Department. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: D J Walker, PhD Studentship Modelling, Control and Handling Qualities of Advanced Rotorcraft University of Liverpool, Department of Engineering Applications are invited from UK/EU nationals for a three-year PhD studentship to undertake research into modelling, control and handling qualities of "advanced rotorcraft". The student will join a group that has expertise in flight dynamics, control, simulation, within the University's 5* rated Engineering Department. He/she will contribute to the development of mathematical models and control laws for use in off-line studies, piloted simulations, and possible future flight-testing. Amongst the tools that will be at the student's disposal: Liverpool's six-axis motion simulator, with sophisticated aircraft modelling software tools. Applicants should have, or be about to obtain, a good degree in an appropriate branch of engineering or mathematics. A strong interest in control, mathematical modelling, flight dynamics etc would be highly desirable. The studentship will be funded at the usual research council rates. Start date: 1 Oct. 2002 Informal enquiries and applications, consisting of a concise CV giving details of academic results and contact details of two referees, to: Dr D J Walker Department of Engineering University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3GH 0151 794 4808 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jus Kocijan, Post-Doc: Applied Non-Linear Control, Slovania Post Doctoral position in applied non-linear control of dynamic systems is available at the Department of Computer Automation and Control, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, for a period up to 18 months. Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) degree at the time of appointment. Candidates with background in control engineering or applied mathematics with strong interest and previous experience in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply for the position: - Applied non-linear control - Model predictive control - Non-linear systems identification - Multi-model based modelling and control - Hybrid and switching control Software development skills and practical experience is desirable. The research will include theoretical studies, software development and application studies within a group of PhD students, postdocs, Master degree students and industrial collaborators. The project is funded by the European Commission under a Research Training Network. The Multi-Agent Control (MAC) network is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Maynooth, NTNU, DTU and the Jozef Stefan Insitute (participants). The University of Glasgow acts as the project coordinator. The post carry competitive stipend of up to 22000 EUR per year and offer possiblities of research related travel. The European Commission requires that the candidate is aged 35 years or less at the time of his appointment and must be a national of a Member State of the Community or of an Associated State (excluding Slovenia) or have resided in the Community for at least five year prior to the appointment. Please visit the project web site http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mac/ for more information. Details about the individual vacancies can be found at http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mac/vacancies.htm Send your inquieries which should include a CV with a publication list to: Dr. Jus Kocijan Jozef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia tel. +386 1 4773661, E-mail: jus.kocijan@ijs.si *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gang (Gary) Feng, Post-Doc: City University, HongKong One postdoctoral research Fellow position in area of systems and control or signal processing is available from early of 2003 for one year with potential of renewal for one more year subject to satisfactory performance. The candidate is supposed to have obtained his/her Ph.D. within the last 3 years. Applications will be considered until the position is filled up to Oct. 15, 2002. The salary is around (HK$28,000/month, US$1=HK$7.8) and tax rate is less than 5%. Please send enquiry or applications with complete CV to Dr. G. Feng at megfeng@cityu.edu.hk (tel: 852 27889032, fax:852 27888423). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dimitris Hristu, Post-Doc, University of Maryland, MD, USA A postdoctoral position is available at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the areas of networked & embedded control systems and control under limited communication, in collaboration with investigators in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The successful candidate will pursue research with both analytical and experimental components, lying at the intersection of control, communication and computation. The desired start date is the fall or winter of 2002. To apply, send a CV, a statement of research interests, list of publications, and the names and addresses (including e-mail) of references to: Prof. Dimitris Hristu 2176 Martin Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742. Application material sent as e-mail attachments will not be considered. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Karolos Grigoriadis, Research Assistants: Univ of Houston, TX, USA Graduate Research Assistantships for M.S. and Ph.D. Studies Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston For graduate studies in the areas of robust, gain scheduled and optimal control, robotics, and vision-based control, with applications to space systems, engine control and structural control. Applicants are expected to have a good mathematical background and basic knowledge of control systems. The Houston metropolitan area offers great opportunities for interaction with industry and the NASA Johnson Space Center. The positions are funded by the National Science Foundation, the State of Texas, and a newly established NASA center on the control of intelligent vehicles and structures. Applications from qualified students are invited for Spring 2003. Application material can be obtained at http://www.me.uh.edu/grad/grad.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Douglas Leith, Research Associate: Hamilton Institute, Ireland The Hamilton Institute invites applications for a research position in the general area of advanced wind turbine control. The project will involve utilising and developing concepts in some or all of the following areas: nonlinear control systems; hybrid dynamical systems; wind energy. The project will include both the design of controllers and their implementation and test on a prototype machine. This post is in part a collaboration with a major Danish manufacturer and the Hamilton Institute (NUI Maynooth). Candidates will be primarily based at the Hamilton Institute. Successful candidates are likely to have demonstrated an outstanding level of academic achievement. Candidates will be expected to study towards a PhD. This post offers an exciting opportunity to tackle fundamental research problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with state of the art facilities and strong links to the international research community. For further details, see http://www.hamilton.may.ie Applicants should email a cv, including details of three referees, to hamilton@may.ie *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Margreta Kuijper, Research Fellow: Melbourne, Australia A research fellow position is available in an area that connects coding theory to system theory. The research fellow will be involved in an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded research project on Decoding Methods for Reed-Solomon and Related Ring Codes. The research fellow will conduct research into the development of algebraic soft decision decoding algorithms for Reed-Solomon and Related Ring Codes. A starting point for the research consists of theory linking this area with system theoretic modelling. A PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or Mathematics is required. A background in coding theory and/or Reed-Solomon/BCH decoding, and/or system theoretic realization theory is desirable. The position is for a period of two years. Salary range: AUD $54,249 - $64,420 (grade 2). For a more detailed position description see www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/r/, position number Y0011557. To apply, include a CV, a list of publications, and the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of three referees. Send your application to Deputy Principal, Human Resources, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia; fax +61 3 8344 6080 or email hr-applications@unimelb.edu.au Please quote the position number Y0011557. Applications close 12 August 2002. For further queries on the position contact Dr. Margreta Kuijper, m.kuijper@ee.mu.oz.au or Dr. Udaya Parampalli, email udaya@cs.mu.oz.au. Note: the above position is the same position as in the incorrect advertisement of the June eletter. Unlike stated in the June ad, it is a grade 2 position for TWO years and the deadline for applications is 12 August. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Xenofon Koutsoukos, Research Staff - Palo Alto Research Center, CA Positions in Embedded Collaborative Computing Area/Member of Research Staff The Embedded Collaborative Computing Area (ECCA) at PARC is looking for dynamic individuals to join a multi-disciplinary team to develop algorithms and software systems for collaborative sensing and diagnostics. A candidate should have knowledge in algorithm design and prototyping and software development skills, plus experience in at least one of the following: distributed sensing, embedded software, estimation and control, hybrid systems, and optimization. Candidates at both Master's and Ph.D. levels will be considered. This research effort is part of PARC's thrust in Smart Matter, which is creating the ability to embed large numbers of sensors, actuators, and computation in the world around us. Collaborative sensing seeks to make sense of the world from spatially distributed, wireless MEMS sensors, and Smart Matter diagnostics develops scalable techniques to diagnose, monitor, and manipulate a new generation of sensor-rich physical systems and processes. Applications range from environmental monitoring to electro-mechanical machine diagnosis (http://www.parc.com/ecca). To apply, please submit a cover letter explaining your interest for the position and a resume. Please apply by email to spljobs@parc.com (Attention: Feng Zhao/ECCA job). You are responsible for arranging 1-2 reference letters to be sent to us. Applications will be processed as received and positions will be filled as suitable candidates are identified. SPL/ECCA Administrator Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 E-mail: spljobs@parc.com Fax: 650-812-4334 PARC is an Equal Employment Opportunity company committed to the principles of workforce diversity. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mehrdad Saif, Tenure track faculty positions at SFU, Canada The School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University is planning to fill up to three tenure track positions starting in Fall 2002 or later. The School has active research programs and interests in the broad areas of computer engineering, electronics/MEMS, communications, control systems and optimization, intelligent systems, electrical drives and robotics including mechanism design, vision, sensing and planning. Applicants with a proven scholarly record or demonstrated potential for research and a commitment to undergraduate as well as graduate teaching in any of the aforementioned areas are encouraged to apply. Outstanding candidates in other areas of electrical and computer engineering will also be given a serious consideration. A doctoral degree in electrical, computer or a related engineering discipline is required. In addition, eligibility for registration as Professional Engineer in the Province of British Columbia is preferred. Initial support will be provided to successful applicants for establishing their research program. As well, successful candidates will be eligible for fellowship in the B.C. Advanced System Institute, which carries significant research funding. The School of Engineering Science has 22 faculty members, and will be growing significantly in the next few years. The School offers PhD as well as two master degree programs, and has flourishing graduate population of 75 full time and 65 part time students. Simon Fraser University serves about 18,000 students, while the School of Engineering Science has 365 students in its undergraduate program. The university has been ranked first in the "Comprehensive" category several times in the last five years in a national ranking of Canadian universities carried out by Maclean's magazine. The university is located on top of Burnaby Mountain in Greater Vancouver and commands magnificent mountain and ocean views. The Lower Mainland area of British Columbia is unique in Canada for its mild climate and excellent recreational opportunities, including camping, hiking, mountaineering, downhill skiing, sailing, kayaking, boating, scuba diving, saltwater and freshwater fishing, etc. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The University is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, gay men and lesbians. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. To apply, send a curriculum vitae, evidence of research productivity (including selected reprints) and the names, addresses and phone numbers of four referees to: Dr. Mehrdad Saif, Director School of Engineering Science Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada email: saif@cs.sfu.ca +----------------------------------------+ | | Books | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dimitri P. Bertsekas, INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY by Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis Massachusetts Institute of Technology (430 pages, hardcover, ISBN:1-886529-40-X, $74.00) Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA http://www.athenasc.com An intuitive, yet precise introduction to probability theory, stochastic processes, and probabilistic models used in science, engineering, economics, and related fields. This is the currently used textbook for "Probabilistic Systems Analysis," an introductory probability course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, attended by a large number of undergraduate and graduate students. The book covers the fundamentals of probability theory (probabilistic models, discrete and continuous random variables, multiple random variables, and limit theorems), which are typically part of a first course on the subject. It also contains, a number of more advanced topics, from which an instructor can choose to match the goals of a particular course. These topics include transforms, sums of random variables, least squares estimation, the bivariate normal distribution, and a fairly detailed introduction to Bernoulli, Poisson, and Markov processes. Among its features, the book: ** Illustrates the theory with many examples ** Provides many theoretical problems that extend the book's coverage and enhance its mathematical foundation (solutions are included in the text) ** Provides many problems that enhance the understanding of the basic material, together with web-posted solutions ** Is coordinated with the material (syllabus, lecture slides, selection of homework, recitation, and tutorial problems) used in the MIT course, and which can help an instructor design his/her own course. PUBLISHER'S INFORMATION: Athena Scientific, P.O.Box 391, Belmont, MA, 02178-9998, U.S.A. Email: info@athenasc.com, Tel: (617) 489-3097, FAX: (617) 489-2017 WWW Site for Info and Ordering: http://www.athenasc.com +----------------------------------------+ | | Journals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dinos Mavroidis, CFP: IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics CALL FOR PAPERS Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control (ARDC) A Focused Section of the IEEE / ASME Transactions on Mechatronics DESCRIPTION The use of robots in a variety of applications has been on the rise over the past two decades. The last few years, in particular, witnessed an explosion of growth in terms of novel and complex applications such as space, underwater, micro and nano applications, search and rescue operation and others. This trend is expected to continue and if anything, to increase well into the 21st century. These demanding applications require more sophisticated robotic systems that are capable of operating at high speed, great precision and in uncertain environmental conditions. As a result, it has been necessary to focus intensely on the advancement of the dynamics and control aspects of robotic systems that are expected to hold the key to success in this endeavor. In an effort to disseminate the current advances in robot dynamics and control research, and to stimulate a discussion on the future research directions in this field, the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics invite papers for a focused section in the area of "Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control - (ARDC)". TOPICS Papers are solicited on all aspects of ARDC, including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Dynamics and Control of Complex Robotic Systems including Space, Medical, Mobile, Military, Underwater, Walking, Search and Rescue Robots, Humanoids, Micro / Nano Robots; 2. Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Advanced Robot Control Including Novel Force, Compliance and Hybrid Robot Controllers; 3. Vibration Suppression in Robotic Systems; 4. Advances in Control of Industrial Robots; 5. Robot Design, Modeling and Identification; 6. Control Methods in Teleoperation, Human-Robot Interfaces and Haptics; 7. Development, Control and Testing of Advanced Compact Actuators for Robotics; IMPORTANT DATES May 1, 2002 Call for Papers August 1, 2002 Submission of Papers to Guest Editors November 1, 2002 Completion of First Review December 1, 2002 Submission of Revised Papers January 15, 2003 Completion of Final Review March 1, 2003 Submission of Final Manuscripts and Copyright Forms June 2003, Vol. 8, No. 2 Publication GUEST EDITORS Prof. Constantinos Mavroidis Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058 USA Tel: (732) 445-0732, Fax: (732) 445-3124 Email: mavro@jove.rutgers.edu Prof. Nilanjan Sarkar Department of Mechanical Engineering Vanderbilt University Box 1592 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235 Tel: (615)343-7219, Fax: (615)343-6687 Email: nilanjan.sarkar@vanderbilt.edu SUBMISSION INFORMATION Authors who wish to submit papers should email the manuscripts in PDF format to one of the guest editors by August 1, 2002. Information for authors can be found at the transactions web page: http://www.ieee-asmemechatronics.org/info-to-authors.htm *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mario Milanese, Special Issue on Robust Control Robust control design from data: direct and model based approaches. A Special Issue of "International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control" CALL FOR PAPERS The typical problem a control designer has to face in most practical situations can be briefly described as follows: a control law has to be designed, able to drive a plant to reach given performance specifications. The plant typically is not known, but some prior information on it is available and it is possible to perform some kind of input-output measurements. The classical approach consists in building a mathematical model of the plant, on the basis of available information on it (priors and measurements) and then designing a control that meets the desired performance specifications for the identified model. However, in this way it is not taken into account that any identified model is only an approximation of the actual plant. Indeed, the performance that can be actually achieved on the plant may e poor, according to the size of the modeling error, and even closed loop stability may be missed. Two approaches have been recently proposed to face these problems. The first one consists in identifying not a single model, but building the set of systems able to explain measured data, often indicated as unfalsifyed system set. This set is then approximated by a model set, described by a nominal model and a bound on the modeling error, computed in such a way that the approximated model set includes (as tightly as possible) the unfalsifyed system set. The uncertainty model set derived in this way is then used for designing a robust controller and evaluating the performances that can be guaranteed when applied to the actual plant. As an alternative, methods have been proposed to directly design the control, without explicitly identifying a model, but aiming to identify directly the controller. The role of unfalsified models is replaced by unfalsified controls, based on the idea that undesirable controls can be avoided through a check of consistency among the data, candidate controllers and performance specifications. These topics has received a growing attention in the last ten years, and important contributions, mainly for linear systems, has been given on several basic aspects, such as: identification of uncertainty model sets in various settings (H-inf, H2, l1 norms for the identification error, time or frequency domain measurements, deterministic or stochastic assumptions on noise, etc.); representation of the set of models unfalsified by data and its approximation by reduced order model sets guaranteeing inclusion; identification of model sets suitable for robust control design; direct unfalsified controller design; interplay between identification and control; unifying concepts and frameworks for system identification and learning control. Many important questions remain open, such as, to mention a few: - tightness in trading between model/controller complexity and robust performances - relationship between different direct and model based methods proposed in the literature - use of learning methods for model sets and robust control theory in the design of adaptive controllers. - robust design from data in presence of system nonlinearities and/or input saturation. The aim of the Special Issue is to stimulate further contributions on these open questions for both direct and model based approaches, in order to build a more widely applicable theory of robust control design from data. The authors should submit their contributions electronically as ps-file or pdf- file to the Guest Editors at the address: rcfd@polito.it Important Dates: August 31, 2002: Deadline for paper submission November 30, 2002: Completion of first review cycle January 31, 2002: Completion of final review cycle March 31, 2002: Final paper due July 2003: Publication of the Special Issue Guest Editors: Mario Milanese, Michele Taragna Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, Contents: Asian Journal of Control http://www.ajc.org.tw/ Contents of Vol.4, No.1 (March 2002) Special Issue on "Iterative Learning Control" 1. Title: "Convergence and Robustness of Iterative Learning Control for Strongly Positive Systems," Author: Daniel Andres and Madhukar Pandit 2. Title: "Learning Motion of Dexterous Manipulation for a Pair of Multi-DOF Fingers with Soft-Tips," Author: Pham Thuc Anh Nguyen and Suguru Arimoto 3. Title: "An Iterative Learning Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Neural Network Design," Author: Chiang-Ju Chien and Li-Chen Fu 4. Title: "Iterative Learning Control with Advanced Output Data," Author: Gu-Min Jeong and Chong-Ho Choi 5. Title: "Higher Relative Degree Nonlinear Systems with ILC Using Low Order Differentiations," Author: Mingxuan Sun and Danwei Wang 6. Title: "Recursive Direct Learning of Control efforts for Trajectories with Different Magnitude Scales," Author: Jian-Xin Xu, Jing Xu, and Badrinath Viswanathan 7. Title: "Iterative Learning Control Using Adjoint Systems and Stable Inversion," Author: Koji Kinosita, Takuya Sogo, and Norihiko Adachi 8. Title: "Analysis of Linear Iterative Learning Control Schemes Using Repetitive Process Theory" Author: D. H. Owens, E. Rogers, and K. L. Moore 9. Title: "A Practical Iterative Learning Path-Following Control of an Omni- Directional Vehicle," Author: YangQuan Chen and Kevin L. Moore 10. Title: "Model-Based Learning Controls and Their Comparisons Using Lyapunov Direct Method," Author: Zhihua Qu and Jian-Xin Xu 11. Title: "A Study on Iterative Learning Control with Adjustment of Learning Interval for Monotone Convergence in the Sense of Sup-norm," Author: Kwang-Hyun Park and Zeungnam Bien Contents of Vol.4, No.2 (June 2002) 1. Title: "Robust Analysis of Discrete-Time Lur'e Systems with Slope Restrictions Using Convex Optimization," Author:David Banjerdpongchai and Hidenori Kimura 2. Title: "Neuro-fuzzy Impact Control (NFIC) for Anti-personnel (AP) Mines Detection," Author:Ali M. Shahri and Fazel Naghdy 3. Title: "A Dual-type Method Based Algorithm for Nonlinear Large Network Optimization Problems," Author: Shin-Yeu Lin, Shieh-Shing Lin and Ch'i-Hsin Lin 4.Title: "Right Coprime Factorizations for Single-input Descriptor Linear Systems: A Simple Numerically Stable Algorithm," Author: Guang-Ren Duan 5. Title: "Robust Analytical Redundancy Relations for Fault Diagnosis in Nonlinear Systems" Author:Alexey Shumsky 6. Title: "Bifurcation Analysis of the Zero Dynamics and the Practical Stabilization of Nonlinear Minimum-phase Systems," Author:C.I. Byrnes and A. Isidori 7. Title: "Sliding Control with Genetic Algorithm for Mismatched Disturbance," Author:Jeang-Lin Chang, Keh-Tsong Li and Yon-Ping Chen 8. Title: "Adaptive Precision Control of Permanent Magnet Linear Motors," Author:S.N. Huang, K.K. Tan and T.H. Lee 9. Title: "Adaptive Control of Partially Known Systems and Application to Active Suspensions," Author:Takanori Fukao, Akira Yamawaki and Norihiko Adachi 10. Title: "An Output Tracking VSS Control in the Presence of a Class of Mismatched Uncertainties," Author:Bore-Kuen Lee and Li-Wei Mau 11. Title: "Discrete Sliding-mode Control of Mimo Linear Systems," Author:Jeang-Lin Chang 12. Title: "Resilient H_inf Control Design for Discrete-time Uncertain linear systems : an auxiliary system Transformation Approach" Author:Jiong-Sang Yee, Jian Liang Wang and Guang-Hong Yang 13. Title: "Simple Recurrent Neural Network-based Adaptive Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems," Author: Xiang Li, Zengqiang Chen and Zhuzhi Yuan 14. Title: "PID-Augmented Adaptive Control of a Gyro Mirror LOS System," Author:K.K. Tan, T.H.Lee and C.J. Khoh Anyone who is also interested in subscribing the journal can contact Prof. Li-Chen Fu for credit card payment or directly purchase an international money order with the following amount (address on the website): 1. US $35 per year, if you are an ACPA member; 2. US $50 per year, if you are not an ACPA member or CACS member; 3. US $25 per year, if you are CACS member; 4. US $120 per year for any institutional subscriber (Note: ACPA stands for Asian Control Professor's Association, CACS stands for Chinese Automatic Control Society) payable to "Chinese Automatic Control Society" and send it with the filled subscription form (download from the web) to the following address: Chinese Automatic Control Society Dept, of Electrical and Control Eng. National Chiao Tung Univ. Hsin-Chu, Taiwan *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: H. Kwakernaak, Contents: Automatica, September, 2002 Volume 38, Issue 9 For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions visit http://www.autsubmit.com Regular papers P. V. Zhivoglyadov, R. H. Middleton Switching controller design via convex polyhedral Lyapunov functions Tong Zhou, Ling Wang, Zhengshun Sun Closed-loop model set validation under a stochastic framework Le Yi Wang, G. George Yin Closed-loop persistent identification of linear systems with unmodeled dynamics and stochastic disturbances Wenjie Dong On trajectory and force tracking control of constrained mobile manipulators with parameter uncertainty U. T. Jönsson Robustness of trajectories with finite time extent Sohyung Cho, V. V. Prabhu Sliding mode dynamics in continuous feedback control for distributed discrete-event scheduling F. Tjärnström, L. Ljung L2 model reduction and variance reduction Brief papers P. Caravani, E. De Santis Doubly invariant equilibria of linear discrete-time games E. Weyer, M. C. Campi Non-asymptotic confidence ellipsoids for the least squares estimate Xiaohua Xia, L. A. Marquez, P. Zagalak, C. H. Moog Analysis of nonlinear time-delay systems using modules over non-commutative rings R. Johansson, A. Robertsson Observer-based strict positive real (SPR) feedback control system design Ph. Mullhaupt, B. Srinivasan, D. Bonvin Analysis of exclusively-kinetic two-link underactuated mechanical systems S. Chiaverini, G. Fusco Bandwidth vs. gains design of H(infinity) tracking controllers for current-fed induction motors Qian Wang, R. F. Stengel Robust control of nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainty P. De Leenheer, D. Aeyels Stabilization of positive systems with first integrals D. J. Stilwell, W. J. Rugh Stability and L2 gain properties of LPV systems Yucai Zhu Identification of an N-L-N Hammerstein-Wiener model Technical communiques M. E. Halpern, B. T. Polyak Optimization-based design of fixed order controllers for command following Pedro M.G. Ferreira Tracking with sensor failures Book reviews Derong Liu Neural networks for modeling and control of dynamic systems: A practitioner's handbook, by M. Norgaard, O. Ravn, N.K. Poulsen and L.K. Hansen Yaozhong Hu Stochastic controls - Hamiltonian systems and HJB equations, by Jiongmin Yong and Xun Yu Zhou Yoshihiko Miyasato Robust adaptive control, by Petros A. Ioannou and Jing Sun Lars Gruene Digital control using digital signal processing, by Farzad Nekoogar and Gene Moriarty *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: George W Irwin, Contents: Control Engineering Practice ISSN : 0967-0661 Volume : 10 Issue : 7 Date : Jul-2002 Table of Contents: Editorial G. Irwin pp 671-672 Grey-box model identification via evolutionary computing K.C. Tan, Y. Li pp 673-684 Scheduling schemes for an integrated flight and propulsion control system N. Aouf, D.G. Bates, I. Postlethwaite, B. Boulet pp 685-696 Control of a heavy-duty robotic excavator using time delay control with integral sliding surface S.-U. Lee, P.H. Chang pp 697-711 Predictive control of a high temperature-short time pasteurisation process J.J. Ibarrola, J.M. Sandoval, M. Garca-Sanz, M. Pinzolas pp 713-725 Influence of the process design on the control strategy: application in electropneumatic field X. Brun, D. Thomasset, E. Bideaux pp 727-735 SPECIAL SECTION ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGH PRECISION SERVO SYSTEMS T.H. Lee, T.S. Low pp 737 Multivariable H-inf feedback control design for high-precision wafer stage motion M. van de Wal, G. van Baars, F. Sperling, O. Bosgra pp 739-755 Development of an integrated and open-architecture precision motion control system K.K. Tan, K.Z. Tang, H.F. Dou, S.N. Huang pp 757-772 High-performance servo systems based on multirate sampling control H. Fujimoto, Y. Hori pp 773-781 Ultra-high speed positioning control of a gravure engraving unit using a discrete-time two-degree-of-freedom H"~ control Mitsuo Hirata, D. Tang, K. Nonami, H. Ogawa, Y. Taniguchi pp 783-795 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery for Processing Monitoring and Control, Xue Z. Wang; Springer, Berlin, 1999, ISBN 1-85233-137-2 G. Dodds pp 797 Calendar pp 799-800 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gabriela Stroian, Contents: European Journal of Control Vol. 8, no. 3, 2002 Special Issue: Dissipativity of Dynamical Systems: Application in Control - Dedicated to Vasile Mihai Popov Guest Editors: B.D.O. Anderson, P. Kokotovic, I.D. Landau and J.C. Willems Guest Editorial Popov biographical note Publications of V.M. Popov Screening the issue Popov theories and qualitative behaviour of dynamic and control systems V. Rasvan Popov's method and its subsequent developement V.A. Yakubovich Absolute stability for neutral differential systems C. Corduneanu Discrete-time Q-dissipative control with application to stability margin guarantee A. Satoh and K. Sugimoto On linear passive complementarity systems M.K. Camlibel, W.P.M.H. Heemels and J.M. Schumacher A note on state-space properties of discrete-time (J,J')-contractive systems R. Stefan Boundedness without absolute stability in systems with stiffening nonlinearities M. Arcak, M. Larsen and P. Kokotovic Conditions for solvability of extended algebraic Riccati equations with applications to dissipativity theory N.E. Barabanov and R. Ortega Dissipativity and feedback dissipativity properties of general nonlinear discrete-time systems E.M. Navarro-Lopez, H. Sira-Ramirez and E. Fossas-Colet Positivity and linear matrix inequalities Y. Genin, Y. Hachez, Y. Nesterov, R. Stefan, P. Van Dooren and S. Xu Postscriptum - A personal point of view I.D. Landau INFORMATION Information on European Journal of Control is available at its home page: http://www-ejc.ensieg.inpg.fr Address for new submissions: S. Bittanti Editor at Large Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano Italy E-mail : bittanti@elet.polimi.it Address for re-submissions: I.D. Landau European Journal of Control Laboratoire d'Automatique ENSIEG, BP 46 38402 Saint Martin d'Hčres France E-mail : Ioan-Dore.Landau@inpg.fr *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mikhail Skliar, Contents: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 10, July 2002 PAPERS: State-Constrained Agile Missile Control with Adaptive-Critic-Based Neural Networks D. Han and S. N. Balakrishnan Identification of a Model for Thermoacoustic Instabilities in a Rijke Tube S. Bittanti, A. De Marco, G. Poncia, and W. Prandoni Trading Computation for Bandwidth: Reducing Communication in Distributed Control Systems Using State Estimators J. K. Yook, D. M. Tilbury, and N. R. Soparkar Hybrid Fuzzy Neural-Network Control for Nonlinear Motor-Toggle Servomechanism R.-J. Wai Spatial H2 Control of a Piezoelectric Laminate Beam: Experimental Implementation D. Halim and S. O. R. Moheimani Design of a Plug-in Type Repetitive Controller for Periodic Inputs M.-C. Tsai and W.-S. Yao Line-of-Sight Rate Estimation and Linearizing Control of an Imaging Seeker in a Tactical Missile Guided by Proportional Navigation J. Waldmann Vibration Control of Flexible Beams Using Sensor Averaging and Actuator Averaging Methods M.-C. Weng, X. Lu, and D. L. Trumper Optimal White Water and Broke Recirculation Policies in Paper Mills via Jump Linear Quadratic Control M. Khanbaghi, R. P. Malhame, and M. Perrier Modeling and Control for Vibration Suppression in a Large Flexible Structure With Jet Thrusters and Piezoactuators F. Casella, A. Locatelli, and N. Schiavoni A Novel Approach to Guidance and Control System Design Using Genetic-Based Fuzzy Logic Model C.-L. Lin and R.-M. Lai BRIEF PAPERS: Output Tracking Between Operating Points for Nonlinear Processes: Van de Vusse Reactor Example H. Perez, B. Ogunnaike, and S. Devasia Exact Linearization of a Voltage-Controlled 3-Pole Active Magnetic Bearing System C.-T. Hsu and S.-L. Chen A QFT Fault Tolerant Control for Electrohydraulic Positioning Systems N. Niksefat and N. Sepehri LETTERS: Comments on "Model-Based Solution Techniques for the Source Localization Problem" I. F. Siverguina and M. P. Polis *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Cheryl Stewart, Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Volume: 47 Issue: 4 , April 2002 On the reachability of quantized control systems Bicchi, A.; Marigo, A.; Piccoli, B. Page(s): 546 -563 Piecewise linear Lyapunov function for the stability of multiclass priority fluid networks Hong Chen; Heng Qing Ye Page(s): 564 -575 A robust detection and isolation scheme for abrupt and incipient faults in nonlinear systems Xiaodong Zhang; Polycarpou, M.M.; Parisini, T. Page(s): 576 -593 Dynamics and solutions to some control problems for water-tank systems Petit, N.; Rouchon, P. Page(s): 594 -609 Robust switching adaptive control of multi-input nonlinear systems Kosmatopoulos, E.B.; Ioannou, P.A. Page(s): 610 -624 A note on time-domain simulation of feedback fractional-order systems Chyi Hwang; Jeng-Fan Leu; Sun-Yuan Tsay Page(s): 625 -631 Robust control under parametric uncertainty via primal-dual convex analysis Ghulchak, A.; Rantzer, A. Page(s): 632 -636 Invariance control for a class of cascade nonlinear systems Mareczek, J.; Buss, M.; Spong, M.W. Page(s): 636 -640 On stabilization of bilinear uncertain time-delay stochastic systems with Markovian jumping parameters Zidong Wang; Hong Qiao; Burnham, K.J. Page(s): 640 -646 A sufficient condition on the exponential stability of two-dimensional (2-D) shift-variant systems Huijin Fan; Changyun Wen Page(s): 647 -655 Robust and nonblocking supervisory control of nondeterministic discrete event systems using trajectory models Park, S.-J.; Lim, J.-T. Page(s): 655 -658 A new state observer for perspective systems Xinkai Chen; Kano, H. Page(s): 658 -663 On delay-dependent passivity Fridman, E.; Shaked, U. Page(s): 664 -669 An analytical comparison between the nonsingular quadratic performance of robust and adaptive backstepping designs French, M. Page(s): 670 -675 An LMI condition for the robust stability of uncertain continuous-time linear systems Ramos, D.C.W.; Peres, P.L.D. Page(s): 675 -678 Toward infinite-horizon optimality in nonlinear model predictive control Bei Hu; Linnemann, A. Page(s): 679 -682 Modification of the Leuven integrated friction model structure Lampaert, V.; Swevers, J.; Al-Bender, F. Page(s): 683 -687 A limit to the capability of feedback Yanxia Zhang; Lei Guo Page(s): 687 -692 Riesz basis property of a second-order hyperbolic system with collocated scalar input-output Bao-Zhu Guo; Yue-Hu Luo Page(s): 693 -698 Anticipative grid design in point-mass approach to nonlinear state estimation Simandl, M.; Kralovec, J.; Soderstrom, T. Page(s): 699 -702 Comments on "An iterative learning controller with initial state learning" Lucibello, P. Page(s): 703 -704 Correction to "structure and stability of certain chemical networks and applications to the kinetic proofreading model of T-cell receptor signal transduction" Sontag, E.D. Page(s): 705 -705 Introduction to mathematical systems theory. a behavioral approach [Book Review] Rosenthal, J. Page(s): 706 -708 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov, Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems Vol. 8, No. 3 July 2002 Regional Boundary Controllability of Hyperbolic Systems. Numerical Approach 293--312 E. Zerrik and R. Larhrissi Singular Perturbation of Linear Systems with a Regular Singularity 313--322 W. Balser and V. Kostov Examples of Integrable Sub-Riemannian Geodesic Flows 323--340 B. Kruglikov Regular Linear Systems Governed by a Boundary Controlled Heat Equation 341--370 C.I. Byrnes, D.S. Gilliam, V.I. Shubov, and G. Weiss On the Summability of Formal Solutions in Liouville--Green Theory 371--398 S. Bodine and R. Schaefke On the Reducibility of Birkhoff Standard Forms 399--412 S. Malek A Note on the Kepler Problem 413--442 D.V. Anosov Detailed information about Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems may be found at its WWW home page: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1079-2724 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jen Samuels, Contents: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Volume 25, Number 4, July-August 2002 FULL-LENGTH PAPERS Experimental Modal Analysis and Damping Estimation for an Inflated Thin-Film Torus D. T. Griffith and J. A. Main, p.609 Optimal Near-Minimum-Time Control Design for Flexible Structures B. A. Albassam, p. 618 Element-Specific Beam Dynamics Formulations: Coordinate Choices, Boundary Conditions, and Strain Approximations W. Haering, p.626 Dynamics of Beams Undergoing Large Rotations Accounting for Arbitrary Axial Deformation M. A. Trindade and R. Sampaio, p. 634 Virtual Vibration Absorbers with Inherent Damping S.-T. Wu, p. 644 Estimating Departure Queues to Study Runway Efficiency S. C. Atkins, p. 651 Nonorthodox Guidance Law Development Approach for Intercepting Maneuvering Targets J. Shinar and T. Shima, p. 658 Efficient Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation in Ballistic Missile nterception Scenarios T. Shima, Y. Oshman, J. Shinar, p. 667 Uncorrelated Observations Processing at Naval Space Command S. L. Coffey, H. L. Neal, M. M. Berry, p. 676 Quasi-Newton-Type Continuation Method for Nonlinear Receding Horizon Control T. Ohtsuka, p. 685 Optimization of Vertical Plane Cobralike Pitch Reversal Maneuvers H. J. Komduur and H. G. Visser, p. 693 Evaluation of Optimization Methods for Control Allocation M. Bodson, p. 703 Multiple-Model Adaptive Flight Control Scheme for Accommodation of Actuator Failures J. D. Boskovic and R. K. Mehra, p. 712 Output Feedback Form and Adaptive Stabilization of a Nonlinear Aeroelastic System S. N. Singh and L. Wang, p. 725 Linear Parameter-Varying Modeling and Control of Structural Dynamics with Aerothermoelastic Effects R. Lind, p. 733 Nonlinear Prefilter to Prevent Pilot-Induced Oscillations due to Actuator rate Limiting B. S. Liebst, M. J. Chapa, D. B. Leggett, p. 740 Aeroservoelastic Model Uncertainty Bound Estimation from Flight Data M. J. Brenner, p. 748 Spacecraft Trajectory Planning with Avoidance Constraints Using Mixed- Integer Linear Programming A. Richards, T. Schouwenaars, J. P. How, E. Feron, p. 755 Spacecraft Motion About Slowly Rotating Asteroids W. Hu and D. J. Scheeres, p. 765 Relative Satellite Motion About an Oblate Planet W. E. Wiesel, p. 776 Control of Hovering Spacecraft Using Altimetry S. Sawai, D. J. Scheeres, S. B. Broschart, p. 786 Fast Prediction Algorithms of Satellite Imaging Opportunities with Attitude Controls S.-F. Wu and P. L. Palmer, p. 796 Chaotic Attitude Tumbling of an Asymmetric Gyrostat in a Gravitational Field J. Kuang, S. Tan, A. Y. T. Leung, p. 804 ENGINEERING NOTES Optimal Simultaneous Pairwise Conflict Resolution Maneuvers in Air Traffic Management J. C. Clements, p. 815 Mechanism for Precision Orbit Control with Applications to Formation Keeping I. M. Ross, p. 818 Consistent Approximations to Aircraft Longitudinal Modes N. Ananthkrishnan and P. Ramadevi, p. 820 Rigid-Body Trajectory Reconstruction R. S. McEntire, S. L. Folkman, N. R. Hansen, p. 824 Pitch Autopilot Design Using Model-Following Adaptive Sliding Mode Control D.-G. Choe and J.-H. Kim, p. 826 Hybrid Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Control of an Aeroelastic System C.-M. Lin and C.-F. Hsu, p. 829 ANNOUNCEMENT New Editor-in-Chief Sought for the AIAA Education Series, p. 692 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider, Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications Volume 348, Issues 1-3, Pages 1-290 (15 June 2002) TABLE OF CONTENTS Products of three triangular matrices over commutative rings Pages 1-6 K. R. Nagarajan, M. Paul Devasahayam and T. Soundararajan On the possible multiplicities of the eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix whose graph is a tree Pages 7-21 Charles R. Johnson and Antonio Leal Duarte Identification of influential observations on total least squares estimates Pages 23-39 Baibing Li and Bart De Moor A matrix inequality Pages 41-47 Xiaojing Yang Perron-Frobenius type results on the numerical range Pages 49-62 J. Maroulas, P. J. Psarrakos and M. J. Tsatsomeros Non-regular square bipartite designs Pages 63-85 Caterina De Simone, Grigor Gasparyan and Paolo Nobili Composition of quadratic forms and the Hurwitz-Radon function in characteristic 2 Pages 87-103 Alberto Elduque Positive projections onto spin factors Pages 105-113 Kil-Chan Ha The evolution of a population under recombination: how to linearise the dynamics Pages 115-137 Kevin J. Dawson A new proof of a theorem on M-matrices Pages 139-144 Ronald B. Geskus On inversion of Toeplitz matrices Pages 145-151 Michael K. Ng, Karla Rost and You-Wei Wen Least-squares inner product shaping Pages 153-174 Yonina C. Eldar Additive mappings decreasing rank one Pages 175-187 Bojan Kuzma Determinant preserving maps on matrix algebras Pages 189-192 Gregor Dolinar and Peter emrl On the number of unitary similarity classes in a C-S equivalence class: the normal case Pages 193-202 Susana Furtado and Charles R. Johnson Quadratic linear Keller maps Pages 203-207 Charles Ching-An Cheng Invariant and hyperinvariant subspaces of an operator J[alpha] and related operator algebras in Sobolev spaces Pages 209-230 I. Yu. Domanov and M. M. Malamud A linear operator approach to succession rules Pages 231-246 Luca Ferrari and Renzo Pinzani Outer inverses of matrices Pages 247-258 Donald W. Robinson An inequality for non-negative matrices II Pages 259-264 Ming-wei Wang The reverse order law for the Drazin inverses of multiple matrix products, Pages 265-272 Guorong Wang Modelling the folding of paper into three dimensions using affine transformations Pages 273-282 Sarah-marie belcastro and Thomas C. Hull Comparisons of spectral radii and the theorem of Stein-Rosenberg Pages 283-287 Wen Li, Ludwig Elsner and Linzhang Lu Author index, Pages 289-290 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Aghalaya S. Vatsala, New Journal: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems Editor-in-Chief: V. Lakshmikantham Department of Mathematical Sciences Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Fl 32901, U. S. A Managing Editor: Aghalaya S. Vatsala Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504, U. S. A Editorial Board: Panos J. Antsaklis, U.S.A. Finn Conrad, Denmark Wassim M. Haddad, U. S. A. Wolf Kohn, U. S. A. G. S. Ladde, U. S. A. Y. Ledyaev, U. S. A. Rogerio de Lemos, U. K. Elena Litsyn, Israel Anthony N. Michel, U. S. A. Boris M. Miller, Russia Anil Nerode, U. S. A. Andrey V. Savkin, Australia Roberto Segala, Italy Thomas I. Seidman, U. S. A. D. D. Siljak, U. S. A. Stanislav Vassilyev, Russia Aims and Scope of the Journal: The International Journal of Hybrid Systems is an English language journal published quarterly on research in this important and growing area. Hybrid systems arise in modeling of a variety of real world phenomena as well as in the context of control theory, engineering and computer science. Also, hybrid dynamic systems concerning qualitative behavior, periodicity, stability and bifurcation are most welcome. Questions related to the issues of multi-scale analysis and numerical analysis in the simulation of such systems are invited as well. The journal features papers on theory, modeling, design and implementation of hybrid systems from various disciplines such as mathematics, computer science and engineering. Original research papers demonstrating the relevance and applicability of hybrid systems as well as survey papers of an expository nature are invited. Address for submissions and subscriptions: Professor A. S. Vatsala Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504, U. S. A E-Mail: vatsala@louisiana.edu +----------------------------------------+ | | Conferences | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: J.M. Maciejowski, European Control Conference 2003 1-4 September 2003, Cambridge UK. Second Call for Papers now available at: http://conferences.iee.org/ECC03/ Hard copy submission deadline: 1 October 2002 Electronic submission deadline: 1 December 2002 Submissions of Regular papers, Posters, and Special Sessions are invited. See Call for Papers for details. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Oded Maler, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC 2003) Sixth International Workshop Prague, The Czech Republic http://www-hscc03.imag.fr Important Dates Submission deadline: October 15, 2002 Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2002 Final versions due: January 15, 2003 Workshop: April 3-5 (Thu-Sat), 2003 Aims and Scope The Workshop on Hybrid Systems attracts researchers from academia and industry interested in modeling, analysis, and implementation of dynamic and reactive systems involving both discrete (integer, logical, symbolic) and continuous behaviors. It is a forum for the latest developments in all aspects of hybrid systems, including formal models and computational representations, algorithms and heuristics, computational tools, and new challenging applications. The Sixth HSCC International Workshop continues the series of workshops held in Grenoble, France (HART'97), Berkeley, California, USA (HSCC'98), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (HSCC'99), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (HSCC 2000), Rome, Italy (HSCC2001) and Palo Alto, California USA (HSCC2002). Accepted papers will be allotted 14 pages each in a volume to be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Scope and Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: modeling and representations; timed and hybrid automata; formal methods for analysis, synthesis and verification; numerical aspects of simulating, and verifying hybrid systems; computer-aided design; control methods and algorithms, optimization; hybrid models in biology and other sciences. Engineering applications, including but not limited to manufacturing and production systems, intelligent robots, avionics; automotive control systems, railway systems, energy systems, and transportation networks. Reports on case studies and tool development are particularly encouraged. A strong representation of multiple disciplines, including formal methods, symbolic computation, control theory, artificial intelligence, and numerical methods, assures a lively and productive workshop. Venue The workshop will be held at Prague, the lovely capital of the Czech Republic in the Pyramida Hotel. Submissions Researchers are invited to submit either a postscript or pdf file of an extended abstract using the electronic-submission procedure through the workshop web-page http://www-hscc03.imag.fr The abstract should not exceed 10 pages. See conference web-site for details about format of submission and manuscript preparation. Workshop Co-chairs: Amir Pnueli Department of Computer Science Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 76100 Israel amir@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il Oded Maler CNRS-VERIMAG 2, av. de Vignate 38610 Gieres France maler@imag.fr *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: V. Jotsov, IEEE Int Symp on Intelligent Sys. 2002 The 1st IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Systems (IS 2002) 10 - 12 September 2002 Sunny Day, Varna, Bulgaria Call for Participation The symposium is organized by the IM, CS, and SMC IEEE Joint Chapter of Bulgaria and by Federation of Technical Unions of Bulgaria. The symposium will be held in the Sunny Day resort in St. Constantine on the Black Sea beach near Varna. The symposium scope includes topics from IEEE Information Theory, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Control Systems, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Computer Societies. The main topics include: Artificial intelligence; Chaos theory; Data mining; Data fusion; Decision support systems; Evolutionary Computation; Fuzzy logic; Human-machine interaction; Intelligent control; Intelligent measurement; Intelligent systems and semiotics; Knowledge engineering; Machine learning; Neuro-fuzzy systems; Neural networks; Soft computing agents. Application: Automotive; Data processing; Education aspects of intelligent control; Process control; Robotics; Transportation; Telecommunications. Participants can choose between up market accomodation at reasonably low prices and extremely low cost accomodation in other hotels near the sea, thus keeping total travel costs low. Early registration to the hotels is advised. A number of additional activities (tutorials, etc.) are planned in the symposium schedule at no extra charge. More information can be found at http://www.fnts-bg.org/is Vassil Sgurev IS 2002 Co-Chairman sgurev@bas.bg Mincho Hadjiski Chair of Org. Committee Vladimir Jotsov IS 2002 General Coordinator jotsov@ieee.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: NAISO,The Netherlands, NAISO Congress on Info Tech in Environmental Engr First World Congress on Information Technology in Environmental Engineering ITEE 2003, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, June 24 - 27, 2003. http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/index.html Call for Paper Acquisition, storage and processing of environmental information are becoming vital to preserving the quality of human life. Potentially dangerous changes are happening in the atmosphere, oceans, animal habitats and places where hazardous materials are used, or have been discarded without adequate environmental protections. In recent years, information technology has become significant to all scientific groups and fields involved in environment engineering. Knowledge based systems which enable the study of environmental changes have been developed, are being extended to manage those environments. New paradigms for designing objects to enable easy disassembly and recovery of components contribute to reuse. Developments in exploiting alternative energy sources are reducing dependence on non-renewable resources. Surveillance techniques enable tracking of persons likely to threaten the lives of persons or their environment. The ITEE 2003 conference will provide a forum for exchanging information among pollution engineers, knowledge engineers and scientists. Some of the objectives include discussion of projects for long-term storage of data, data update and validation, and the consistency of data. Research topics and funding opportunities discussed at the conference will be of interest to all researchers. Another objective is to discuss means of assessing the potential of individual teams in implementation and modelling of large-scale systems. CONGRESS TOPICS Topics of Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering (ITEE'2003) 1. Tools and measurement techniques 2. Formal methods and data processing techniques 3. Modelling and simulation problems 4. Information systems 5. Practical applications and experiences See congress website for further details about subtopics within above topics. CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers are requested to send a session proposal - consisting of 4-5 invited papers - to the general chair and respective area co-chair. Invited sessions should preferably start with the title and the purpose of the session and a tutorial paper. The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived, if at least 4 authors of invited papers register to the conference. CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS Several workshops/tutorials are planned for ITEE 2003. Each workshop will focus on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations and open discussions. The proposal for a workshop should include the title, topics covered, proposed speakers, targeted audiences, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop. The proposal should be submitted to the general chair and respective area co-chair by September 30, 2002, and the NAISO Planning department: planning@icsc.ab.ca SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Submission of papers can be done through our web site http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/indexsub.html IMPORTANT DATES Submission Deadline September 30, 2002 Notification of Acceptance December 31, 2002 Delivery of Manuscripts February 28, 2003 Early bird-registration February 28, 2003 Registration March 31, 2003 Conference June 24 - 27, 2003 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Achim Sydow (Honorary General Chair) - Cezary Orlowski Ph.D (General Chair) TU Gdansk cor@zie.pg.gda.pl - Edward Szczerbicki (Co-Chair), University of Newcastle, Australia mees@cc.newcastle.edu.au CONGRESS ORGANIZER NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division) P.O. Box 1091 3360 BB Sliedrecht The Netherlands Phone: +31 184 496999 Fax: +31 184 421065 Email: itee2003@global-conf.org (Operating Division) planning@icsc.ab.ca (Planning Division) www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Nicole Elzebroek, NAISO symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems International NAISO symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems (EIS'2002) Background and Scope: The EIS conference series pursue the synthesis of Artificial Intelligence techniques with Control Engineering methods to produce Intelligent Systems for Engineering applications. In recent years, the combination of Control Engineering and extensive knowledge of AI techniques has allowed scientists and practitioners to make a number of significant contributions to this rapidly developing field, for example in qualitative control, fuzzy qualitative simulation and model based diagnosis, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Fuzzy Logic (FL), and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems (NFS). For further information, please see http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/index.html or you can contact: NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division) P.O. Box 1091 3360 BB Sliedrecht The Netherlands Phone: +31-184-496999 Fax: +31-184-421065 Email: eis2002@global-conf.org +----------------------------------------+ | | End of Eletter 167 | | +----------------------------------------+