E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 168, August, 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 Submission deadline for September eletter: August 30, 2002 Contents 0. Editorial 1. Personals 1.1 New Address: Dr YangQuan Chen 2. Awards Honors 2.1 Control Systems Society: Board of Governors 3. General Announcements 3.1 Control Engieering Practice: Change of Editor 3.2 IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive 1956-2001 4. Positions 4.1 Faculty: University of New South Wales Australia 4.2 Faculty Position: University College Dublin Ireland 4.3 PhD: Delft Univ of Technology Netherlands 4.4 PhD: Embedded Systems Univ of Kent UK 4.5 PhD: Idaho State University USA 4.6 Post-Doc: Univ de Bretagne Occidentale France 4.7 Post Doc: CNRS France 4.8 Post Doc: Norwegian Univ Norway 4.9 Post Doc or Doctoral Fellow: LAG Grenoble France 4.10 Research Engineers: Honeywell Shanghai China 4.11 Research Position Open: Hong Kong 5. Books 5.1 H-inf Control and Filtering of Two-Dimensional Systems 5.2 Nonlinear System Theory: The Volterra/Wiener Approach 5.3 Web-resources for Linear Dynamic Systems and Signals 6. Journals 6.1 CFP: Special Issue on Robust Control from Data 6.2 Call For Papers: Genomic Signal Processing 6.3 Call for Papers: Soft Computing Journal 6.4 Contents: Int Journal Control and Intelligent Systems 6.5 Contents: Journal MCSS 6.6 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications 6.7 Contents: Trans of Institute of Measurement and Control 6.8 New Journal: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems 7. Conferences 7.1 2nd IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 7.2 EMSOFT 2002 7.3 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems 7.4 IFAC Int Conf on Intel Control Systems and Sig Proc 7.5 Louisiana Conf on Mathematical Control Theory 7.6 MTNS 2002 +----------------------------------------+ | | Editorial | | +----------------------------------------+ Welcome to the 168-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 Sept 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 | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dr YangQuan Chen, New Address: Dr YangQuan Chen Since July 1, 2002, I have taken the faculty position at the ECE Dept. of Utah State University. Here is my new contact information: YangQuan Chen, Assistant Professor Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University, 4160 Old Main Hill, Room EL256, Logan, Utah 84322-4160, USA. T:1(435)797-0148; F:1(435)797-3054; E:yqchen@ieee.org, ECE http://www.ece.usu.edu CSOIS http://www.csois.usu.edu RIOTS http://www.accesscom.com/~adam/RIOTS/ ILC http://cicserver.ee.nus.edu/~ilc/ +----------------------------------------+ | | Awards Honors | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Lina Bushnell, Control Systems Society: Board of Governors The following six members of the Control Systems Society were elected for a three-year term starting January 1, 2003: Jay Farrell Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue Wei Lin Iven Mareels Anna Maria Perdon Paul Van den Hof Congratulations to all the new members +----------------------------------------+ | | General Announcements | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: George W Irwin, Control Engieering Practice: Change of Editor IFAC Journal of CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE >From 1st July all correspondence should be sent to : Prof Adolf Hermann Glattfelder Automatic Control Laboratory ETH Zurich/ETL K 22.3 CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland email: ifacjcep@aut.ee.ethz.ch *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive 1956-2001 The IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive: 1956-2001 is now available at an introductory member price of $129. The Digital Archive comes as a two DVD set in a leather wallet style case and contains - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1956-2001 - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 1993-2001 - IEEE Control Systems Magazine 1981-2001 Containing a library of more than 15,000 articles published by the IEEE Control Systems Society in the nearly half century from 1956 through the end of 2001, the digital archive is a unique and invaluable resource for students, practitioners, researchers, and historians of control. Besides including Pre-1988 articles not available on IEEE Xplore, the Digital Archive contains publication, author, and subject indexes, author profiles, abstracts, hyperlinked references and citations. For further information, including information about ordering the set, go to http://www.ieeecss.org/ +----------------------------------------+ | | Positions | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: V. Solo, Faculty: University of New South Wales, Australia Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Systems and Control FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS REF. 1646 The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications invites applications for an opening at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level in any area of Electrical Engineering oriented Systems and Control. The position is full-time continuing. The School offers programs in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication at Bachelors, Masters and PhD level and is equipped with modern facilities. As well as expanding its Systems and Control Program the School is developing several new programs in the area of Computer Networks and Mobile Telecommunications. Essential criteria for appointment at Lecturer level: completion or near completion of a PhD in Control Engineering or related area; demonstrated capacity to conduct research and success in attracting research funding; a record or potential for high quality teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; a capacity to make a contribution to administration in an academic environment and an understanding of equity and diversity principles. Essential criteria for appointment at Senior Lecturer level: a PhD in Control Engineering or related area; a capacity of academic leadership; a significant record of achievement in independent research evidenced by international/peer-reviewed publications in any area of Electrical Engineering oriented systems and control, and success in attracting research funding; a significant record of high quality teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; demonstrated achievement in administration in a university setting or equivalent, and ability to implement equity and diversity policies and programs. Desirable criteria for appointment at any level: experience in implementation of industrial control systems; capacity or record of successful interaction with industry or relevant professional organizations; experience in teaching and laboratory supervision in real time systems and control. Preference may be given to candidates with a knowledge of real time systems, real time kernels and operating systems, with the ability to implement real time control systems based on the above techniques. The salary range for Lecturer is A$53,216-A$63,196 per year; for Senior Lecturer A$65,190-A$75,169 per year, dependent on qualifications and experience. Salaries in the School presently attract a loading. Additional benefits such as special funding for teaching or research development may be negotiated with the successful applicant. The Faculty encourages academic staff to undertake a limited amount of industrial consultancy and provides support for commercialisation of research. People from EEO groups are encouraged to apply. The University reserves the right to fill the position by invitation or not to fill the position. Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment. Enquiries may be directed to: Professor Victor Solo on telephone: (61 2) 9385 4010; or v.solo@unsw.edu.au, or to Professor Andrey Savkin on telephone: (61 2) 9385 6359; or a.savkin@unsw.edu.au, or to Dr D. Clements on telephone: (61 2) 9385 4015; or d.clements@unsw.edu.au. Visit UNSW's website at http://www.unsw.edu.au/ and the Research Group's website at http://scrg.ee.unsw.edu.au/intro.htm. Applications close: 30 August 2002. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applicants should submit written applications systematically ADDRESSING the selection criteria, QUOTING REFERENCE NUMBER. Include business and private telephone numbers; a complete resume, (copies of academic transcript and qualifications where appropriate); and the names, addresses (and preferably facsimile numbers) of at least two referees to: The Recruitment Officer, Human Resources, UNSW Sydney 2052, email: recruitment@unsw.edu.au or facsimile (02) 9662 2832 by applications close date. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Paul Francis Curran, Faculty Position: University College, Dublin, Ireland Applications are invited for the post of Assistant/College Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College Dublin, to commence in September 2002 or as soon as possible thereafter. Candidates must have a Ph.D. Degree or equivalent research experience, together with a record of publication in peer-reviewed international Journals and conferences. University College Dublin is the largest University in the Republic of Ireland. Areas of particular interest to the EE Department include: Circuits and Systems; Digital Signal Processing; Microwave and R.F. Engineering; Optoelectronics; Communications and related disciplines. The appointment will be made at the level of either Assistant/College Lecturer depending on experience and qualifications. Further information (including application procedures) is available from the Personnel Office, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland or on website www.ucd.ie: Vacancies reference 000999. Requests by postcard, fax or email only - quoting reference number 000999. Fax No: (353-1)-269 2472 - Email: Academic.Appointments@ucd.ie Closing date for receipt of applications is no later than noon on Friday 16 August 2002. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Robert Babuska, PhD: Delft Univ of Technology, Netherlands Optimal Control of a Hopper Dredger At the Control Systems Engineering (CSE) group of the Faculty of Information Technology and Systems (ITS) at the Delft University of Technology (DUT), the Netherlands, the project "Optimal Control of a Hopper Dredger" has recently been started with the support of the Dutch company IHC Holland Dredging Equipment and Services. For this project, the CSE group is looking for a PhD student. Please contact r.babuska@its.tudelft.nl for a description of the project. Requirements: The candidates should have an M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in either control engineering, systems theory, applied mathematics or physics. A good command of the English language is required and experience with Matlab/Simulink is welcome. Please, send applications including your Curriculum Vitae, list of publications and a cover letter stating your motivation to one of the contact persons below (preferably by e-mail). Project term and salary The position is for four years, start as soon as possible. The salary is according to DUT standards, starting at Euro 2000 per month in the first year and increasing to Euro 2310 in the fourth year. Contact Prof. Dr. Robert Babuska, tel. +31 15 278 5117, r.babuska@its.tudelft.nl Dr. Ir. Ben Klaassens, tel: +31 15 2782928, j.b.klaassens@its.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology Faculty Information Technology and Systems Control Systems Engineering P.O. Box 5031 NL-2600 GA Delft, the Netherlands Fax: +31 15 2786679 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: K D Maier, PhD: Embedded Systems, Univ of Kent, UK This PhD studentship is available from October 2002 to investigate the effects of cached processors in deterministic real-time embedded systems. The industrial collaborator is Delphi Diesel Systems (http://www.delphi.com) who are a world leader in transportation, mobile electronic components and systems technology. They work at the leading edge of diesel injection technology providing breakthrough product solutions to their global OEM automotive customers to achieve reduced noise, increased fuel economy, torque and lower emissions. In particular, this project will study the effect of cached processors in deterministic real-time automotive systems: Cached processors have long been regarded as too non-deterministic to achieve tight real-time goals, which are needed in automotive embedded control. To attain additional processing speed silicon manufactuers have introduced significant cache structures between the memory and the processor. Automotive embedded real-time control needs to understand and model the degree of determinism, and the relationship between CPU cycle and memory speeds with the cache in order to design systems that use cached processors. Requiremens: Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science or a related area; interest in embedded systems; and some software development skills. The studentship provides a maintenance allowance of BP8000 per year and tuition fees. In addition, the allowance is to be enhanced by a further BP3000 per year through a CASE award provided by the industrial collaborator Delphi Diesel Systems. Full funding is restricted to candidates with a relevant connection to the United Kingdom, usually through residence. For details of eligibility criteria please see: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/bmk/sinfo/ Informal enquiries to: Dr Klaus D Maier, Tel: 01227-82-3238, Email: K.D.Maier@ukc.ac.uk Please send a full CV, giving details of your qualifications, experience, achievements and the names of two academic referees to: Dr Klaus D Maier, University of Kent at Canterbury, Department of Electronics, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NT, UK; Fax: 01227-456084, Email: K.D.Maier@ukc.ac.uk *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: D. Subbaram Naidu, PhD: Idaho State University, USA Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center College of Engineering, Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS Two 12-month doctoral Graduate Research Assistantships (GRAs) are available immediately for students interested in working for their PhD in measurement and/or control engineering area under the Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center (MCERC), College of Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. The area of measurement includes the general area of measurement theory and practice, and instrumentation and the area of control include signal processing, communications and computation (both hardware and software) besides other topics of linear, nonlinear, optimal, robust and intelligent control. Each assistantship carries an amount of $20,385.24 to cover stipend ($15,788.24), instate fees ($3,768), health insurance ($550) etc. An additional $279.00 is reserved for one-credit during summer. Those interested should contact (not later than Monday, August 15, 2002) with a detailed resume: D. Subbaram Naidu, PhD, PE Director, Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center College of Engineering; Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 83209-8060 Ph: 208-282-2307; Fax: 208-282-4538; Email: naiduds@isu.edu; URL: http://www.isu.edu/~naiduds *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Marc Quincampoix, Post-Doc: Univ de Bretagne Occidentale, France A ten to twelve month postdoctoral position will be open for academic year 2002-2003 in Brest. This position is related to an European Programm on "Evolution Equations for deterministic and Stochastic systems". In the research group of Brest the following fields are more precisely studied Deterministic or Stochastic Control; Differential inclusions, Viability; Backward Stochastic Differential Equations; Viscosity Solutions, Hamilton Jacobi Equations. See also http://maths2.univ-brest.fr/recherche/equipes/anapli/matapli.html The salary will be approximatively 1800 Euros per month. For more information, candidates are invited to send their CV and to contact the network Coordinator (Pr. Marc Quincampoix email: Marc.Quincampoix@univ-brest.fr) Requirements: Age: they must be aged 35 or less at the time of their appointment to the network (exceptions can be made for compulsory military or civil service and for childcare); Qualifications: they must hold a doctoral degree Nationality: they must be nationals of an EU Member State or Associated State or have resided in an EU Member State forat least five years immediately prior to their appointment in a network. International Mobility: a national of a state other than the one in which they will be located in the network and must not have carried out their normal activities in that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to their appointment. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: C. Canudas de Wit, Post Doc: CNRS, France Network Controlled Systems: application to tele-steering vehicles. This position is funded by the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) for the NECS (Networked Controlled Systems) project at the Laboratory of Automatic Control at Grenoble, France. The candidate will carry out research on the topic of Control design for systems where the information (output/input) is transmitted via a network communication, i.e. (internet plus HF-radio transmission). The successful applicant will be appointed for a period of 12 mounths. Job description. The project aims at studying a new problem of controlling systems in feedback where the information between the plant and the controller is done by means of an information network. Requirements: Applicants should have a Ph.D in Engineering or Mathematics with a specialization in Control Theory. They should also have a demonstrated ability to carry out research in one or more of the following areas: Control of Mechanical Systems, Vehicle control, Nonlinear Systems, Tele-manipulation. Salary is about 1.8 KE/mounth Starting time: (tentatively) and duration : second semester in 2002. Duration 12 months. APPLICATIONS. Applications (including a CV and names, addresses, and email or FAX numbers of one or two referees) can be sent via email or FAX or hardcopy to: C. Canudas-de-Wit Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble BP. 46, 38402, ST Martin D'Heres France canudas@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr TEL + (33) 4 76.82.63.80 FAX + (33) 4 76.82.63.88 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Thor I. Fossen, Post Doc: Norwegian Univ, Norway Outstanding young and responsible researchers are invited to apply for a postdoctoral research position in GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) in the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Qualified applicants should have a background in control engineering or telecommunication. Good knowledge in state estimation is a prerequisite since the position involves real-time Kalman filtering and nonlinear observer design for tight integration of GPS and INS. This is one of the research programs of the GPS/INS Lab., see http://www.itk.ntnu.no/research/GPSINSLab/ for more details. The appointments are available from Autumn 2002 while the application deadline is 20th August 2002. The salary is negotiable but it depends on the experience of the applicant (NOK 314,800 - 403,100 a year or approx. USD 42,000 - 54,000 a year before tax). To apply, please send your CV, official transcripts and degree certificates to: Professor Thor I. Fossen Department of Engineering Cybernetics Norwegian University of Science and Technology N-7491 Trondheim Norway tif@itk.ntnu.no http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Fossen_Thor/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Carlos Canudas-de-Wit, Post Doc or Doctoral Fellow: LAG, Grenoble, France HUMAN-FRIENDLY CONTROL DESIGN FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING VEHICLES CONTEXT. This position is funded by the European Commission's Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Programme NACO2, on: Nonlinear and adaptive control: theory and algorithms for the user, and will involve carrying out research in conjunction with Professor C. Canudas-de-Wit on the topic of steering-by-wire control. The successful applicant will be appointed for a period between 6 months (Post. Doc), or 9 months (Pre-Doc). DESCRIPTION. The projet aims at studying the problem of designing linear controllers for drive-by-wire steering vehicles. The main control design aim is to provide particular closed-loop properties such as: safety and ride confort. REQUIREMENTS. Applicants should have a Ph.D in Engineering or Mathematics with a specialization in Control Theory. They should also have a demonstrated ability to carry out research in one or more of the following areas: Control of Mechanical Systems, Adaptive control, Nonlinear Systems, Robotics. Salary is about 1800 ECU/mouth, for Postdocs, and 1200 for Pre-doctorants. Applicants should have Western Europe Nationality (plus Malta, Turkey and Switzerland). STARTING TIME. (tentatively) and duration : second semester in 2002. Duration between 6 months (Post. Doc), or 9 months (Pre-Doc). APPLICATIONS. Applications (including a CV and names, addresses, and email or FAX numbers of one or two referees) can be sent via email or FAX or hardcopy to: C. Canudas-de-Wit canudas@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble BP. 46, 38402, ST Martin D'Heres France canudas@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr TEL + (33) 4 76.82.63.80 FAX + (33) 4 76.82.63.88. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ge Ming, Research Engineers: Honeywell, Shanghai, China We are looking for dynamic and energic individuals to join Honeywell ACS- China lab to research and develop advanced modeling/control tools to support Honeywell Business units. Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) degree in Chemical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or relevant Engineering with minimum 2 years industrial experiences or MS degree with minimum 5 years industrial experiences specializing in modeling and/or control. Candidates with background in economic and/or environmental impact modeling are strongly encouraged to apply for the position. Strong mathematical skill and in-depth understanding of industrial processes are required. The candidates should have extensive experience and demonstrated proficiency with industrial control system and are familiar with various simulation and modeling tools (Matlab, Mathematica, etc). To apply, please send a CV, a cover letter, list of possible publications, and the contact address (number) of references to ming.ge@honeywell.com Ge Ming ACS Advanced Technology Automation and Control Solutions Honeywell International Phone: 86.21.623 702 37 ext 383 Fax: 86.21.623 701 24 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dr. Dong Sun, Research Position Open: Hong Kong Research Fellow: The Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management at the City University of Hong Kong invites applications for a position of Research Fellow in the areas of robotics and automation, controls, and mechatronics. The successful candidates should receive Ph.D. degrees in recent years, ideally within 3 years. The salary is HK$28,075/month (about US3,600). The contract will be one year first, and is extendible based on first-year performance. Interested persons please send CV to Dr. Dong Sun Email: medsun@cityu.edu.hk, Telephone: (852) 2788-8405, Fax: (852) 2788-8423. +----------------------------------------+ | | Books | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Chunling Du, H-inf Control and Filtering of Two-Dimensional Systems ISBN: 3-540-43329-5 May 2002 http://www.springer.de Chunling Du, Data Storage Institute, Singapore Lihua Xie, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Over the past decades a considerable interest has been concentrated on problems involving signals and systems that depend on more than one variable. 2-D signals and systems have been studied in relation to several modern engineering fields such as process control, multidimensional digital filtering, image enhancement, image deblurring, signal processing etc. Among the major results developed so far, 2-D digital filters are investigated as a description in frequency domain or as a convolution of the input and the unit response, which has a great potential for practical applications in 2-D image and signal processing. This monograph aims to address several problems of control and filtering of 2-D discrete systems. Specifically problems of H-infinity filtering, H-infinity control, stabilization, H-infinity model reduction as well as H-infinity deconvolution filtering of 2-D linear discrete systems are treated. Contents: - Introduction. - Bounded Real Lemma versions for 2-D Systems. - H-infinity Control of 2-D Discrete Systems in Roesser Model. - Stabilization and H-Infinity Control of 2-D Discrete Systems in FM LSS Model. - Stabilization and H-Infinity Control of Uncertain 2-D Discrete Systems. - H-infinity Filtering of 2-D Discrete Systems Described by Roesser Model. - H-infinity Filtering of 2-D Discrete Systems Described by FM LSS Model. - H-infinity Deconvolution Filtering of 2-D Digital Systems. - H-infinity Model Reduction of 2-D Discrete Systems. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Wilson J. Rugh, Nonlinear System Theory: The Volterra/Wiener Approach Because of continuing demand, small but persistent, for the material in this book, I have created a .pdf version that is freely available at http://www.ece.jhu.edu/~rugh/volterra/book.pdf Permission is granted to use this material for personal or nonprofit educational use only. Use of the material for business or commercial purposes is prohibited. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Professor Zoran Gajic, Web-resources for Linear Dynamic Systems and Signals A comprehensive website for the textbook Linear Dynamic Systems and Signals, 646 pages, authored by Professor Zoran Gajic from Rutgers University, and recently published by the Prentice Hall, is available at http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~gajic/systems.html The website contains book's Preface and Table of Contents, MATLAB Laboratory Experiments, MATLAB programs, and numerical data for numerous linear system examples from diverse disciplines. Instructors can also find information about the Solution Manual, Solutions to Laboratory Experiments, and slides (transparencies) that can be used for lecturing. +----------------------------------------+ | | Journals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mario Milanese, CFP: Special Issue on Robust Control from Data A Special Issue of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control on Robust control design from data: direct and model based approaches CALL FOR PAPERS The topic of model uncertainty in controller design 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. Several 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: Yu Hen Hu, Call For Papers: Genomic Signal Processing JOURNAL OF VLSI SIGNAL PROCESSING: GENOMIC SIGNAL PROCESSING YU-PING WANG, YU HENG HU, GUEST EDITORS CALL FOR PAPERS Dramatic advances in genome research (i.e., the sequencing of the human genome and DNA microarray/gene chip technology) in recent years have produced huge volumes of data, offering great potential for diagnosis of disease and drug discovery. The acquisition, storage, analysis, and visualization of these abundant data require the state of the art computing techniques and thus give rise to many challenging problems. They also offer exciting opportunities for the design of new signal/image processing theories and algorithms. Signal processing techniques have been playing an important role in this cross-disciplinary area of bioinformatics, with significant impact on the science of bio-medical imaging and diagnosis of disease. We invite submission of manuscripts that address the state of the art of genomic data analysis using novel signal/image processing approaches. Suggested topics include: * Genomic image data compression * Gene expression pattern comparison using statistical signal processing approaches * Developing high-resolution imaging methods for gene data acquisition * Novel signal/image models for genomic data representations and visualization * Neural network and other data mining techniques in the gene expression data clustering * Automated spot identification and segmentation methods in microarray image analysis * Pattern classification for chromosome, FISH and M-FISH images * High-throughput hardware/software to large scale genome computation The special issue will give particular attention to contributions describing signal-processing methods with a thorough clinical evaluation VLSI Signal processing seeks high quality research papers for this special issue. The use of signal/image processing approaches in the genomic data analysis should be well motivated with respect to medical significance. The advantages of signal processing based tools should be emphasized. All authors should submit five copies of their manuscripts and figures by December 1, 2002 to the editorial office, with an indication on this special issue. The instruction for authors is available at the journal's website (http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0922-5773). Authors intending to submit articles are encouraged to discuss their submissions with the Guest Editors. GUEST EDITORS: Yu-Ping Wang, PhD. Advanced Digital Imaging Research LLC. 2450 South Shore Blvd. Suite 305 League City, TX 77573 Phone: 281-535-1889 ext. 428 Fax: 281-538-7596 Email: wyp@adires.com Yu Heng Hu, Professor Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engr. Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1691 Phone: 608-262-6724 Fax: 608-262-1267 Email: hu@engr.wisc.edu SCHEDULE: Submission of manuscripts: December 1, 2002 Acceptance/rejection notification: March 1, 2003 Revised manuscript: May 1, 2003 Publication: late 2003 (tentative) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yaochu Jin, Call for Papers: Soft Computing Journal Special Issue on Approximation and Learning in Evolutionary Computation In many real-world applications, it is often necessary to construct approximate models or reduced models for fitness function. One essential difficulty in applying evolutionary algorithms to the optimization of complex systems is the high time complexity of each fitness evaluation. Besides, in some applications, no explicit mathematical functions are available for fitness evaluations. Further more, approximate fitness models have also been proved useful in dealing with noisy and multi-modal fitness functions. Meanwhile, domain knowledge leaned during evolutionary optimization has proved to be very helpful in improving the performance of evolutionary algorithms. This special issue aims to put together a set of high-quality original contributions that reflect the state-of-art and recent advances on approximation and learning in evolutionary computation. Topics may include but not limited to: * Off-line and on-line learning for constructing approximate fitness functions * Evolution control and model management in evolutionary computation * Guidance of genetic operations using approximations * Machine learning techniques for knowledge incorporation into evolution * Comparison of different modeling methods, such as neural networks, response surface and least squares methods, and probabilistic models for evolutionary computation * Comparison of different sampling techniques for on-line and off-line learning Submission Three hard copies of the manuscript should be received before September 30, 2002. Electronic submissions in Word Document, postscript or pdf format are encouraged. The manuscript should include the mailing address, the e-mail address and the fax number of the corresponding author. Please refer to the Website of the Soft Computing Journal (http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00500/) for more instructions on the manuscript preparation. Send all submissions to Yaochu Jin. See more at http://www.soft-computing.de/CFP_SC.html Guest Editors Yaochu Jin Future Technology Research, Honda R&D Europe Carl-Legien-Str. 30, 63073 Offenbach/Main GERMANY Email: yaochu.jin@hre-ftr.f.rd.honda.co.jp Phone : 0049-69-89011735 Fax: 0049-69-89011749 Sushil J. Louis Department of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557, U.S.A. Email: sushil@cs.unr.edu Khaled Rasheed Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-7404 U.S.A. Email: khaled@cs.uga.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Clarence de Silva, Contents: Int Journal, Control and Intelligent Systems VOLUME 30 / Number 1 / 2002 Contents Nonlinear Speech Processing: Overview and Applications M. Faúndez-Zanuy, S. McLaughlin, A. Esposito, A. Hussain, J. Schoentgen, G. Kubin, W.B. Kleijn, P. Maragos Higher-Order Statistics-based Nonlinear Speech Analysis J. Soraghan, A. Hussain, A. Alkulabi, T.S. Durrani Modulation and Chaotic Acoustic Features for Speech Recognition D. Dimitriadis, P. Maragos, V. Pitsikalis, A. Potamianos An Adaptive FIR Filter for Echo Cancelling using Least Squares with Nonlinear Optimal Input Design Z.Dj. Banjac, B.D. Kovacevic, M.M. Milosavljevic, M.Dj. Veinovic Improved Background Noise Reduction using a Low-Complexity Architecture M.A. Tuffy, D.I. Laurenson The Use of Eigen-coded Neural Network for Robust Speech Recognition K.A. Al-Mashouq VOLUME 30 / Number 2 / 2002 Beta Fuzzy Neural Network Application in Recognition of Spoken Isolated Arabic Words A.M. Alimi, M. Ben Jemaa Speech-pitch Detection using Maximum Likelihood Algorithm N.M. Botros, R.S. Adamjee Coding of Speech Signals using Fractal Prediction V. Almenar, A. Albiol Use of a Novel Nonlinear Generalized Fuzzy Hidden Markov Model for Speech Recognition S. Chevalier, M.N. Kaynak, A.D. Cheok, K. Sengupta Blind Speech Separation of Nonlinear Convolutive Mixtures for Robust Speech Recognition A. Koutras, E. Dermatas, G. Kokkinakis Information for Submission of Papers to Journal Web site: http://www.actapress.com/journals/journals.htm#Control *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen , Contents: Journal MCSS Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS) Volume 15 (2002), Number 1 J.R. Partington and G.K. Sankaran, Algebraic construction of normalized coprime factors for delay systems. MCSS 15 (2002), 1-12. P.M. Dower and M.R. James, Worst case power generating capabilities of nonlinear systems. MCSS 15 (2002), 13-41. J. Peuteman and D. Aeyels, Exponential stability of nonlinear time-varying differrential equations and partial averaging. MCSS 15 (2002), 42-70. J. Daams and J.W. Polderman, Almost optimal adaptive LQ control: SISO case. MCSS 15 (2002), 71-100. TABLE OF CONTENTS Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS) Volume 15 (2002), Number 2 A. Leizarowitz, Order reduction is invalid for singularly perturbed control problems with vector fast variable. MCSS 15 (2002), 101-119. A.S. Matveev and A.V. Savkin, Limit cycles in a class of hybrid dynamical systems. MCSS 15 (2002), 120-144. M. French, Cs. Szepesvari, and E. Rogers, An asymptotic scaling analysis of LQ performance for an approximate adaptive control design. MCSS 15 (2002), 145-176. INFORMATION Information on MCSS including tables of contents is available at: www.cwi.nl/~schuppen/mcss/mcss.html www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html Address for submissions by email or regular mail: J.H. van Schuppen (Editor-in-Chief MCSS) CWI P.O.Box 94079 1090 GB Amsterdam The Netherlands Email mcss@cwi.nl *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider, Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications Volumes 351-352, Pages 1-826 Fourth special issue on linear systems and control Fourth special issue on linear systems and control, Pages 1-9 V. D. Blondel, D. Hinrichsen, J. Rosenthal and P. Van Dooren Statistical learning methods in linear algebra and control problems: the example of finite-time control of uncertain linear systems, Pages 11-26 C. T. Abdallah, F. Amato, M. Ariola, P. Dorato and V. Koltchinskii Two-sided residue interpolation in matrix H2 spaces with symmetries: conformal conjugate involutions, Pages 27-68 D. Alpay, V. Bolotnikov and L. Rodman Feedback invariants of restrictions and quotients: series connected systems, Pages 69-89 I. Baragana and I. Zaballa The presence of a zero in an integer linear recurrent sequence is NP-hard to decide, Pages 91-98 Vincent D. Blondel and Natacha Portier Can spectral value sets of Toeplitz band matrices jump?, Pages 99-116 A. Bottcher and S. M. Grudsky Two numerical methods for optimizing matrix stability, Pages 117-145 James V. Burke, Adrian S. Lewis and Michael L. Overton Existence and uniqueness of solutions for a class of piecewise linear dynamical systems, Pages 147-184 M. K. Camlibel and J. M. Schumacher State-feedback H[infin]-type control of linear systems with time-varying parameter uncertainty, Pages 185-210 Tobias Damm Counterexamples to pole placement by static output feedback, Pages 211-218 A. Eremenko and A. Gabrielov Silverman algorithm and the structure of discrete-time stochastic systems, Pages 219-242 Augusto Ferrante, Giorgio Picci and Stefano Pinzoni A survey of nonsymmetric Riccati equations, Pages 243-270 Gerhard Freiling H-infin control of linear state-delay descriptor systems: an LMI approach, Pages 271-302 E. Fridman and U. Shaked A study of behaviors, Pages 303-380 P. A. Fuhrmann Real and complex stability radii of polynomial matrices, Pages 381-410 Y. Genin, R. tefan and P. Van Dooren On minimal degree simultaneous pole assignment problems, Pages 411-433 B. K. Ghosh and X. A. Wang More on pseudospectra for polynomial eigenvalue problems and applications in control theory, Pages 435-453 Nicholas J. Higham and Francoise Tisseur Detecting a definite Hermitian pair and a hyperbolic or elliptic quadratic eigenvalue problem, and associated nearness problems, Pages 455-474 Nicholas J. Higham, Francoise Tisseur and Paul M. Van Dooren Hybrid static output feedback stabilization of second-order linear time- invariant systems, Pages 475-485 Bo Hu, Guisheng Zhai and Anthony N. Michel A constrained approximation problem arising in parameter identification, Pages 487-500 Birgit Jacob, Juliette Leblond, Jean-Paul Marmorat and Jonathan R. Partington Root counting, phase unwrapping, stability and stabilization of discrete time systems, Pages 501-518 L. H. Keel and S. P. Bhattacharyya Rosenbrock models and their homotopy equivalence, Pages 519-532 Vakhtang Lomadze Grobner basis solutions of constrained interpolation problems, Pages 533-551 Henry O'Keeffe and Patrick Fitzpatrick Minimal nonsquare spectral factors, Pages 553-565 M. A. Petersen and A. C. M. Ran Nonsquare spectral factors via factorizations of a unitary function, Pages 567-583 M. A. Petersen and A. C. M. Ran On the geometry of the set of controllability subspaces of a pair (A,B), Pages 585-599 F. Puerta and X. Puerta A cellular decomposition of the manifold of observable conditioned invariant subspaces, Pages 601-621 F. Puerta, X. Puerta and I. Zaballa Output feedback invariants, Pages 623-637 M. S. Ravi, Joachim Rosenthal and Uwe Helmke Structured finite-dimensional controller design by convex optimization, Pages 639-669 Carsten W. Scherer The Sylvester equation and approximate balanced reduction, Pages 671-700 D. C. Sorensen and A. C. Antoulas Canonical forms and parameter identification problems in perspective systems, Pages 701-717 Satoru Takahashi and Bijoy K. Ghosh On some special features which are peculiar to discrete time behaviors with trajectories on , Pages 719-737 Maria Elena Valcher Module theoretic approach to controllability of convolutional systems, Pages 739-759 Paolo Vettori and Sandro Zampieri Key problems in the extension of module-behaviour duality, Pages 761-798 Jeffrey Wood Poles, zeros, and sheaf cohomology, Pages 799-807 Bostwick F. Wyman A simple state-space design of an interactor for a non-square system via system matrix pencil approach, Pages 809-823 wXin Xin and Tsutomu Mita Author index, Pages 825-826 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Karen Hillmansen, Contents: Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control http://www.transinstmc.com Contents of Vol.24, No.2 (June 2002) Special Issue on Electrical Power Generation: Part 1 Title: Some thoughts on the advanced control of electric power plants Author: Rees N.W.; Lu C.X. Title: A hierarchical physical model-based approach to predictive control of a thermal power plant for efficient plant-wide disturbance rejection Author: Prasad G.; Irwin G.W.; Swidenbank E.; Hogg B.W. Title: A multiobjective-optimal neuro-fuzzy extension to power plant co- ordinated control Author: Garduno-Ramirez R.; Lee K.Y. Title: Power system stabilizer based on a self-learning adaptive network fuzzy inference system Author: Malik O.P.; Hariri A. Contents of Vol.24, No.3 (August 2002) Special Issue on Electrical Power Generation: Part 2 Title: Applying predictive control to a fossil-fired power station Author: Rossiter J.A.; Neal P.W.; Yao L. Title: Nonlinear adaptive co-ordinated control of multimachine power systems Author: Wu Q.H.; Jiang L. Title: Multiple model nonlinear control of synchronous generators Author: Brown M.D.; Flynn D.; Irwin G.W. Title: Robust sensor fault diagnosis and validation in HVAC systems Author: Wang S.; Wang J-B. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 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 http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~asv5357/journal.html +----------------------------------------+ | | Conferences | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A. Astolfi, 2nd IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 3-5 April 2003 Seville, Spain http://www.esi.us.es/lhmnlc03 SCOPE This is the second of a series of IFAC Workshops initiated in 2000. The first workshop, chaired and organized by Profs. N. Leonard and R. Ortega, was held in Princeton in March 2000. New technologies have created engineering problems where successful controller designs must account for nonlinear effects, yet existing theory for general nonlinear systems often proves insufficient. Moreover, most of the existing nonlinear control design methods do not take into account the physical properties of the system and tend to compensate for any nonlinear effect. However, it has been recognised that nonlinearities are not necessarily a drawback and several beneficial nonlinear phenomena exist. The workshop will present new approaches to nonlinear control that exploit the structure and the properties of mechanical and electromechanical system, namely the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structure. This workshop will cover new developments in nonlinear control theory, design methods and applications where techniques have been effectively tailored to exploit the mechanical and electromechanical system structure. The workshop program will include contributed papers as well as a number of invited papers by leading international authorities. In-depth discussions by all participants on basic problems and future directions will be encouraged. Topics to be covered include among others: - control of mechanical, electromechanical and electrical systems - control of autonomous vehicles - Hamiltonian and Lagrangian control systems - use of symplectic, Poisson and Dirac structures in control - role of symmetry, reduction and integrability in control - analysis of global phase space structure and qualitative phenomena with application to control - effect of physical and feedback-controlled dissipation - nonholonomic control systems - geometric nonlinear control of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - tracking and regulation for Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - infinite dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems - control of mechanical and electromechanical systems in the presence of delays and transmission lines Important Deadlines Submission of draft papers: 30 November, 2002 Notification of acceptance: 15 January, 2003 Final paper submission: 15 February, 2003 Further information may be found on the workshop web site: http://www.esi.us.es/lhmnlc03 Contact address: Silvia Vallejo. Workshop Secretariat Depto. de Ing. de Sistemas y Automática Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n 41092 Sevilla, SPAIN Phone: +34 95 4487386 Fax: +34 95 4487340 Email: lhmnlc03@esi.us.es *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sergio Yovine, Workshop on Embedded Software, EMSOFT'02 October 7-9, 2002, Grenoble, France URL: http://www-emsoft02.imag.fr e-mail: emsoft02@imag.fr CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The purpose of the EMSOFT Workshop, inaugurated last year at Lake Tahoe, is bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in the foundations and methods for embedded software design with the goal of improving substantially the state of the art and stimulating the debate between researchers and designers. The scope of the EMSOFT Workshop spans all aspects of embedded software, including operating systems and middleware, programming languages and compilers, modeling and validation, software engineering and programming methodologies, scheduling and execution-time analysis, formal methods, communication protocols and fault tolerance. While the first edition of the Workshop included only invited papers because of the need to establish a common framework and a basis for the scientific contributions, for this second version of EMSOFT, we attempted to strike a balance between invited and selected contributions. The Program includes 17 selected and 13 invited contributions. The invited speakers are : Giorgio Buttazzo (University of Pavia), Paolo Faraboschi (Hewlett Packard Laboratories), Nicolas Halbwachs (Verimag), David Harel (Weizmann Institute), Christoph Kirsch (University of California at Berkeley), Luciano Lavagno (Politecnico di Torino and Cadence Research Labs), Nancy Leveson (MIT), Sharad Malik (Princeton), Al Mok (University of Texas at Austin), Amir Pnueli (Weizmann Institute), Lui Sha (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Douglas Schmidt (University of California, Irvine), Bran Selic (Rational). The proceedings of EMSOFT02 will be published as a LNCS volume. Registration fees include conference attendance, handouts, proceedings, refreshments, and the conference dinner on Tuesday, October 8th. The EMSOFT'02 fees amount to: 300 euros for regular attendees and 200 euros for students. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joe Stanley, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2003 http://www.missouri.edu/FUZZ-IEEE2003 Call for Papers The Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE, is one of the premier international conferences in the field. The conference covers all topics in fuzzy systems including: fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, fuzzy pattern recognition and image processing, fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary hybrid systems, fuzzy optimization and design, fuzzy system architectures and hardware, fuzzy control and robotics, fuzzy database mining and financial forecasting, fuzzy information retrieval, fuzzy human interfaces, fuzzy intelligent Internet and multimedia applications, computing with words, and more. Paper submissions are welcomed in these areas as well as in the soft computing sister areas of neural networks and evolutionary computation as they relate to fuzzy systems. We solicit paper submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide. The deadline for submissions is September 12, 2002. For more details on paper submission, tutorial proposal and exhibit information, and conference registration, see the conference web site. FUZZ-IEEE 2003 will be in St. Louis, MO from May 25-28, 2003. The conference general chair is Dr. James Keller, and the conference web site is http://www.missouri.edu/FUZZ-IEEE2003. Join us for Soft Computing in the city known as the Gateway to the West. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: António Ruano, IFAC Conference on Intelligent Control & Signal Processing ICONS2003 University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal 8-11 April 2003 Sponsored by: IFAC Co-Sponsored by: IEEE, IFSA, EVONET Organized by: APCA - Portuguese Society for Automatic Control, Portuguese IFAC NMO CSI - Centre for Intelligent Systems, University of Algarve, Portugal IPC - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Fleming, PJ (UK), Chairman Irwin, G (UK), Special Sessions Chairman Hesketh, G (Rolls-Royce, UK) Vice-Chair from Industry SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE ICONS 2003 will be a forum to bring together experts and practitioners from the major soft-computing themes (neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy systems, probabilistic reasoning), and from control systems, signal processing, optimization and statistics, both from theory and their applications in engineering, agriculture, medicine and biology. MAIN TOPICS Soft computing methods in modelling, systems identification and control; stability, sensitivity and robustness issues; Search methods and decision- making: neural networks, evolutionary computing, fuzzy techniques (single or multiple objective); Emerging soft computing techniques (biological paradigms such as swarm optimisation, ant colonies); Hybrids of soft computing systems (e.g neuro-fuzzy systems, neuro-genetic) Hybrid uses of conventional and soft-computing methods (e.g. role of statistics, probabilistic models) Intelligent systems and instrumentation: smart systems, sensors, actuators and distributed systems Data fusion and data mining; Fault management and knowledge processing and representation; Use of internet technology; Intelligent agents Real-time aspects of intelligent control; Training and adaptation algorithms; Constructive algorithms; Structures for soft-computing; Design methodologies Architectures for real-time soft-control (e.g special processors, parallel processing, FPGAs); Reconfigurable control; Applications to include transport, medical, biology, aerospace, automation, biotechnology, mechatronics, agriculture, robotics and autonomous systems CO-LOCATED CONFERENCE ICONS 2003 will be co-located with the 2nd International Conference on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO 2003). Registered participants for ICONS 2003 are invited to attend the plenary lectures of EMO 2003. Participants can register for ICONS 2003, or, for a small additional fee, for both Conferences. In the latter case, participants are welcome for all sessions of both conferences, and will receive a copy of the EMO 2003 proceedings. WEB SITES The call for papers and subsequent program details can be found on: ICONS 2003 web site - http://conferences.ptrede.com/icons03/ EMO 2003 web site - http://conferences.ptrede.com/emo03/ OFFICIAL CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT ICONS 2003 CSI, Faculty of Sciences & Technology University of Algarve - Campus de Gambelas 8000-117 Faro - Portugal Fax: +351 289 819403 SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Authors are invited to submit full draft (6 pages, 2-column, IFAC style - http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac) papers. The submitted material must be original, unpublished and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Where a full set of experiments or computational results is not available, the draft papers must be sufficiently detailed to permit a full evaluation of the contribution. All the papers will undergo the same review process. Accepted papers will be assigned to lecture or poster sessions according to the kind of presentation that suits the nature of work, no value ranking is implied. Authors will also be asked to indicate their preference. Poster and lecture papers will be allowed the same number of pages in the Conference Proceedings and the same level of quality is expected. ICONS 2003 also encourages the submission of special sessions with sets of 4 to 5 papers on well-defined subjects of current interest under the Conference scope. In addition to the full draft papers of the session, a proposal for an invited session should also contain a 1-2 page summary, containing the aims and scope of the session. Contributions to the conference are to be made electronically using submission forms which will be available on the conference web site. DEADLINES 20 September 2002 Submission of draft papers / invited sessions 15 December 2002 Notification of paper acceptance 31 January 2003 Receipt of final papers 15 February 2003 Early Registration 8 April 2003 Conference FEES ICONS 2003 only ICONS 2003 and EMO 2003 Before 15 Feb 2003 500 Euro 550 Euro After 15 Feb 2003 575 Euro 625 Euro ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information can be found in the Conference Web site, where a pdf version of the call for papers can be found. http://conferences.ptrede.com/icons2003 You can now pre-register and submit papers for ICONS 2003. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Michael A. Malisoff, LOUISIANA CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICAL CONTROL THEORY Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA April 10-13, 2003 http://www.math.lsu.edu/~malisoff/LCMCT/ Scope of Conference This interdisciplinary conference will include talks by approximately 30-35 leading researchers in control engineering and mathematical control theory. Topics will include nonsmooth analysis, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, numerical methods in control, stabilization, and engineering applications. Organizers Michael A. Malisoff (malisoff@lsu.edu) Peter R. Wolenski (wolenski@math.lsu.edu) Sponsors Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Program Plenary Speakers Francis Clarke, Université Claude-Bernard (Lyon I), FRANCE Petar Kokotovic, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, University of Washington, USA Héctor J. Sussmann, Rutgers University, USA Richard Vinter, Imperial College, UK Submissions Researchers interested in presenting a contributed paper should contact one of the organizers by August 30, 2003. Limited funding is available to help cover travel and local expenses for conference participants. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal, MTNS 2002 Fifteenth International Symposium on MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS August 12 -- 16, 2002. The Final Program for MTNS 2002 is now available on the conference web-site. http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/ +----------------------------------------+ | | End of Eletter 168 | | +----------------------------------------+