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Newsletter
April 2004
1. Personals
1.1 Change of Address: Hidenori Kimura
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Change of Address: Hidenori Kimura
Contributed by: Hidenori Kimura, kimura@crux.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
I have moved from the University of Tokyo to the following address from April
1st 2004:
Hidenori Kimura
Laboratory of Biological Control Systems
Bio-mimetic Control Center
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Address: Nakashidami,Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003,Japan
Tel: +81-052^736-6890
E-mail: kimura@bmc.riken.jp
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2. Awards Honors
3. General Announcements
3.1 Constrained control and estimation
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Constrained control and estimation
Contributed by: Alina Voda, Alina.Voda@inpg.fr
International Summer School
13-17 September 2004, Grenoble , France
http://ecole-ete-auto.ensieg.inpg.fr
Scientist Responsible : Professor Graham C. GOODWIN
Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control, The Univ of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Scope and Topics
This summer school will give a comprehensive introduction to the topic of
constrained control and estimation. This subject has a long history in
practice particularly in the control of chemical processes and in channel
equalization in digital communications. Recently, significant advances have
also been made in the supporting theory. Thus, this is an opportune time to
describe the basic principles of this topic. The objective of this summer
school if therefore to provide a comprehensive overview of constrained
control and estimation aimed at researchers and/or practitioners. We also
emphasise the common links and connections between estimation and control
problems.
Principle lecturers :
Professor Graham C. Goodwin - Univ. of Newcastle, Australia
Dr Maria M. Seron - Univ. of Newcastle, Australia
Dr Jose A. De Dona - Univ. of Newcastle, Australia
Guest Lecturer :
Professor David Q. MayneImperial College, London, UK
Responsible of Grenoble Summer Schools in Automatic Control:
Dr Alina Voda - Laboratoire d’Automatique de Grenoble, France.
Web site: http://ecole-ete-auto.ensieg.inpg.fr
The Intended Audience
The summer school is aimed at anybody wishing to gain an understanding of
constrained control and estimation. It should be useful for research students
and practicing engineers.
Required Background:
Some background in control system design is essential. Familiarity with basic
state space ideas is also necessary. Otherwise the course is self contained.
Practical Case Studies and Laboratory Session:
The course will be illustrated by several real world examples which will
enhance its appeal to practitioners. Also, students will be given the
opportunity to try the methods on simple problems in hands-on laboratory
sessions at the end of each day.
Text Book: De Dona, Goodwin and Seron "Constrained Control and
Estimation", Springer Verlag 2003 (Copies will be made available to
attendees).
Registration : from December 2003 to July 2004
Registration fee (excluding VAT, Including the five lunches, the welcome
cocktail ).
Non academics : 780 Euro
Academics : 450 Euro
Students : 230 Euro
Conference Location
The 2004 summer school will take place at ENSIEG (Ecole Nationale Supérieure
d’Ingénieurs Electriciens de Grenoble) of INPG (Institut National
Polytechnique de Grenoble), support. It is located on the campus, a pleasant
green place, connected in 15 minutes to downtown by tramway.
Travel : by train from Paris (3h) or by plane to Lyon Saint-Exupéry or
Grenoble Saint-Geoirs.
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3.2 First Control Training Site Workshop
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First Control Training Site Workshop
Contributed by: F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, lamnabhi@lss.supelec.fr
The First Control Training Site Workshop will be held in Coimbra-Portugal on
July 1-3, 2004.
The main objective of the First CTS Workshop is to bring together those
enrolled in the activities of the Control Training Site -
http://www.mc-cts.org - from responsible to CTS fellows, in order to promote
the exchange of ideas and experiences, and reinforce scientific contacts in
the large multi-disciplinary area of control. This Workshop is also open to
researchers who are interested in the various areas of control theory,
optimization and control engineering.
The program of the Workshop will reflect the various scientific areas of the
CTS and consists of a series of lectures given by invited speakers and short
contributed presentations primarily by CTS fellows.
Invited speakers:
- Andrei Agrachev
- Antonio Bicchi
- Nigel Cutland
- Bronislaw Jakubczyk
- Matthias Kawski
- Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue
- Philippe Martin
- Arjan van der Schaft
- Rodolphe Sepulchre
Details about registration and programme are available at the workshop web
page at: http://www.mat.ua.pt/1ctsw
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3.3 IEEE Trans on SMC Call For Paper
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IEEE Trans on SMC, Call For Paper
Contributed by: Robin Qiu, robinqiu@psu.edu
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Part A: Systems and Humans
Special Issue on “Advances in Heterogeneous and Complex System Integration”
The advances in distributed computing and networks make possible linking
people, complex and isolated systems, computational resources, and
heterogeneous information efficiently and cost-effectively. Through
integration the degree of business (system) process automation and
productivity can be substantially increased as we have witnessed in the last
decade or so. System integration transforms science and engineering research
and expectations on how people live, learn, and work. Due to the inherent
heterogeneity and complexity of systems (e.g., hardware, software, networks,
engineering process, and human beings), system integration creates many new
challenges, which confront researchers and professionals. This special issue
aims at presenting the latest research on Emerging Technologies in
Heterogeneous and Complex Systems Integration to provide researchers and
professionals with a better understanding of the on-going shift towards
increasing connections and interdependencies among heterogeneous systems and
human beings. Topic areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
. System Integration: Formulation, Modeling, and Analysis
. Reconfigurable Components and Systems for Ease of Integration
. Enterprise Information Systems: Integration and Optimization
. Human-System Interaction and Decision Making
. Architectural, Security, and Communication Issues in System Integration
. Networked Computing Devices for System Integration
. Reliability, Adaptability, and Expandability of Integrated Systems
. Performance Metrics for Integrated Heterogeneous and Complex Systems
. Applications of Integrated Heterogeneous and Complex Systems
In preparing manuscripts, authors should follow the IEEE Transactions on
SMC’s "instruction for authors", which can be found in abridged form at the
back of each issue and is available at the following web site:
http://www.ieee-smc.org/webpages/publications/index.html.
Submission:
All the manuscripts should be submitted through IEEE Transactions on SMC Part
A: Systems and Humans manuscript central web site (http://smca-
ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/). Authors should put in the "Author Comments
Section" to Editor-in-Chief the following sentence: "This paper is for the
Special Issue on 'Advances in Heterogeneous and Complex System Integration'
being edited by Robin Qiu and MengChu Zhou."
Important Dates:
December 1, 2004: Full manuscripts submitted to Transaction's manuscript
center with a note to EIC that the paper is intended for this special
issue (see above).
March 1, 2005: First round review completed.
April 1, 2005: The revised manuscripts due to Transaction’s manuscript center.
June 1, 2005: Final notification.
June 15, 2005: Final paper due to EIC.
November 2005: Publication
Guest Editors:
Prof. Robin G. Qiu, Ph.D. Dept. of Information Science, The Pennsylvania
State University, Malvern, PA 19355, USAEmail: robinqiu@psu.edu
Prof. MengChu Zhou, Ph.D. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng. New Jersey
Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USAEmail: zhou@njit.edu
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3.4 Multirate Control Toolbox for Matlab/Simulink
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Multirate Control Toolbox for Matlab/Simulink
Contributed by: Carlos M. Velez-Sanchez, cmvelez@eafit.edu.co
The Multirate Control Toolbox (MCT) allows the modeling, simulation and real-
time implementation (with Real-Time Workshop of Matlab) of multirate control
systems which could be: SISO or MIMO, continuous or discrete (given to a
base period), with or without time delay, with regular or irregular sampling
patterns, with or without offset in inputs and outputs.
Multirate Control Toolbox is a toolbox with functions and simulation blocks,
which allow the calculation and analysis of multirate systems and its
simulation, however it works in a way like to the conventional systems.
The basic idea of simulation with Multirate Control Toolbox (MCT) is to
sample each input signal according to its sampling pattern and form a
lifting vector (vectorization), calculate the extended output (Multirate
Model) and apply the suitable output from the lifted output vector in the
actual sampling time (Reduction). This process is transparent and clear. The
masks facilitate the parameterization of the blocks.
The MCT was developed to make easy the study of multirate control systems
(We use it in the course "Multirate Control" in the "Master in Applied
Mathematics"). The simulation is easy to carry out and the diagrams may be
built according to rules for single-rate systems.
Characteristics of the toolbox:
- Multirate state-space modeling of SISO and MIMO systems using
the "lifting" method
- Hybrid simulation which allows to see the intersample ripple in the time
response
- Direct implementation of continuous-time and single-rate regulators in a
multirate pattern (without doing the previous discretization step)
- Implementation of direct-designed multirate regulators using the lifting
method
- Implementation of different sampling cases (regular or irregular, MRIC or
MROC, serial, etc)
- Implementation of multirate systems in a way similar to single-rate
systems (the cumbersome details remain hidden to the user)
- Real-time implementation (rapid prototyping). RTW is required only for
real-time implementation (not for simulation).
You can download the toolbox here:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?
objectId=4496&objectType=file
Information about multirate control:
http://www.control-systems.net/research/multirate/
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3.5 Nomination for Editors: Int Journal of Tomography and Statistics
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Nomination for Editors: Int Journal of Tomography and Statistics
Contributed by: Tanuja Srivastava, tanujfma@indiatimes.com
Nominations are invited for Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Associate and Assistant
Editors for the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS). If
you have someone in mind to serve as Editor-in-Chief, Editors, Associate and
Assistant Editors (including yourself), please nominate the person and attach
their CV. If you are nominating someone else, please consult with that person
to make sure they would be willing. All the posts are of two years term with
volunteer appointment policy. Also as per policy subscription of journal is
required for all appointed.
The IJTS ( http://www.geocities.com/ceser_isder/ijts.html ) publishes
refereed, well-written original research articles, and studies that describe
the latest research and developments in computerized Tomography and
Statistics. It also covers the many potential applications and connections to
other areas of Science and technology such as the use and development of
WAVELETS in signal and image processing & reconstructions, applications in
computerized tomography, and inter-disciplinary nature of applications.
Applications in signal and image processing with Fourier analysis or WAVELETS
are particularly welcome. IJTS is published quarterly in March, June,
September and December by "Indian Society for Development & Environment
Research" ISDER ( http://www.geocities.com/ceser_isder ).
Send the nominations with CV and a brief write-up about vision & mission to:
Dr. Tanuja Srivastava,
Executive Editor IJTS,
Department of Mathematics,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee-247667, INDIA
tanujfma@iitr.ernet.in, tanujfma@indiatimes.com
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3.6 Restriction on Publishing Scholarly Work Lifted
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Restriction on Publishing Scholarly Work Lifted
Contributed by: D. Birdwell, birdwell@lit.net
This will come as heartening new for authors from embargoed countries.
The U.S. Department of Treasury that eliminates restrictions on our
IEEE's entire publishing process. The Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) has ruled that the IEEE peer review, editing and publishing of
manuscripts submitted by authors living in embargoed countries are all free
from U.S. government restrictions. The new ruling concludes that the IEEE
publishing process "is not constrained by OFAC's regulatory programs."
This OFAC decision means IEEE will not need a license for editing manuscripts
from authors in Iran, Cuba Libya or Sudan. Effective immediately IEEE and
its societies can resume its normal scholarly publishing process for authors
worldwide.
The ruling also should help provide guidance for other publishers whose
process is similar to that of IEEE. However, authors should check with
their publisher to make sure that they have received appropriate exemption.
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3.7 Workshop on Linear Matrix Inequalities in Control
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Workshop on Linear Matrix Inequalities in Control
Contributed by: Didier Henrion, henrion@laas.fr
Workshop on Linear Matrix Inequalities in Control
Thursday July 1 and Friday July 2, 2004
LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
http://www.laas.fr/~henrion/lmi04
The workshop aims at reporting latest achievements in the area of
linear matrix inequality (LMI) methods in systems control.
Confirmed invited speakers are, in alphabetical order:
V. Ragu Balakrishnan, Purdue University, USA
Jean-Marc Biannic, ONERA Toulouse, FR
Benoit Clement, CNES Evry, FR
Patrick Danes, LAAS-CNRS Toulouse, FR
Benoit Frapard, EADS Astrium Toulouse, FR
Jose C. Geromel, University of Campinas, BR
Friedemann Leibfritz, University of Trier, DE
Emmanuel Prempain, University of Liverpool, UK
Carsten W. Scherer, Delft University of Technology, NL
Lieven Vandenberghe, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Michel Zasadzinski, Universite Henri Poincare Nancy, FR
There will be a workshop fee (reduced rate for students) to cover lunches,
coffee breaks, the workshop CD-ROM and transportation from and to the city
center. To register, please contact Didier Henrion (henrion@laas.fr)
before June 1, 2004.
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4. Positions
4.1 Faculty: Cornell University USA
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Faculty: Cornell University, USA
Contributed by: Mark Campbell, mc288@cornell.edu
The Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell
University invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions for
persons with interests in systems engineering with particular emphasis on
either aerospace or complex energy systems. Applicants must have a
demonstrated record of success in, or evidence of outstanding potential for,
building a vigorous, independent program in teaching and research. We expect
to fill the positions at the Assistant Professor level, but applications at
other levels will be considered; salary and rank are commensurate with
qualifications and experience.
Interested candidates should send a Curriculum Vita and the names of four
professional references to:
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
105 Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-7501
Cornell University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer;
qualified women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to
apply. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
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4.2 Faculty: University of Illinois USA
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Faculty: University of Illinois, USA
Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Department of General Engineering
Faculty Openings
The Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign invites applications for one or more full-time, tenure-track
positions at the assistant, associate, or full professor levels. Candidates
should have an earned Ph.D. in engineering or a related discipline.
The Department offers comprehensive multidsciplinary degree programs designed
to prepare students with innovative engineering, design, problem solving, and
business skills needed to develop and bring to market competitive products
and services for the benefit of society. The Department has 18 faculty with
research programs in mechanics and structures, control and robotics, design
and manufacturing systems, communication networks, operations research,
operations management, genetic algorithms, nondestructive evaluation, product
management, product planning, financial engineering, systems engineering, and
entrepreneurship. The Department has 560 undergraduate students and 65
graduate students and offers the B.S. degree in General Engineering and M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering.
Candidates should be committed to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate
levels and to developing significant externally funded research programs.
Candidates in the areas of structural design, mechanics and mechatronics are
particularly sought but all areas of interdisciplinary systems research of
interest to the Department will be considered. Salary will be commensurate
with qualifications. The proposed starting date is August 16, 2004.
Applications should include a letter of interest outlining teaching and
research interests, curriculum vitae, complete publication list, dissertation
abstract, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and the names of four
references. They should be sent to Professor Mark W. Spong, Interim Head,
Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 104 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (217-333-2730).
Applications will be considered until the positions are filled.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity
Employer.
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4.3 Jet Engine Controls Engineers Belcan Engineering USA
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Jet Engine Controls Engineers, Belcan Engineering, USA
Contributed by: Bert Baker, bert.baker@belcan.com
Belcan has approximately 4,000 employees worldwide. With over 1,100
turbomachinery engineers, in 14 offices, Belcan has the largest
turbomachinery engineering consulting practice in the world.
Our controls practice has grown over 300% in the last year, and we are
looking to hire 60 additional controls engineers (BS, MS, PhD) in the
upcoming quarter. These current needs are to support our clients in the Jet
Engine Controls Business, though future work could be with any of our clients
in Embedded Systems and Controls.
Positions are to work on the controls for the Joint Strike Fighter, next-
generation controls electronics and software for current jet engines, and
control systems for new and updated jet engines (commercial, military and
industrial).
Candidates with experience in jet engine sensors and actuators (e.g. fuel
systems) are also being sought.
Current positions are in Cincinnati, Ohio; Lynn, Massachusetts; and Phoenix,
Arizona. Because of export restrictions on jet engine controls technology,
ONLY U.S. CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS ARE ELLIGIBLE FOR THESE POSITIONS.
Because of the advanced technical nature of this work, we are also very
selective in our hiring. These are full-time, continuing positions.
Resumes can be sent to Bob Yeigh, Corporate Recruiter, byeigh@belcan.com.
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4.4 PDF: ERCIM Fellowship program
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PDF: ERCIM Fellowship program
Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen, J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl
ERCIM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2004-2005 SECOND ROUND LAUNCHED
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 30 APRIL, 2004
ERCIM offers postdoctoral fellowships in leading European information
technology research centres. Fellowships are generally of 18 months duration,
spent in two research centres. Competitive salary. Deadline for applications:
30 April 2004. Full description of the programme, conditions and the online
application form can be found at:
http://www.ercim.org/activity/fellows/
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4.5 PDF: Nancy France
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PDF: Nancy, France
Contributed by: Hervé Panetto, Herve.Panetto@cran.uhp-nancy.fr
Formalisation of a process modelling language for enterprise applications
interoperability
During the last twenty years, Enterprise Modelling has been recognised as a
powerful mean for industrial engineering, mainly with a point of view based on
performances improvement. A great number of tools and methods have emerged in
particular in the United States and in Europe. In Europe, the European
Framework Programs, set up by the European Commission, have largely made it
possible to develop and diffuse these tools. It results today on a scientific
domain recognised at the international level with a strong industrial impact.
This development has led to a significant number of tools and methods having,
each other, specificities but sharing with others a large covering space, in
term of concepts as well as applications fields. Thus, with respects to this
diversity, we enter today in a second era which leads more to reconciliation,
even integration, of existing approaches rather than the emergence of new
ones. All the initiatives already started illustrate this attempt to
reconciliation. Let us quote in particular, research works done on the frame
of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) and IFIP
(International Federation of Information Processing) as well as the attempt of
standardisation by ISO Technical Committees. These initiatives are often
gathered under the generic term of UEML (Unified Enterprise Modelling
Language).
In the continuity of this work, the implication of the laboratory as "core
member " within the Network of Excellence on "Interoperability Research for
Networked Enterprises Applications and Software" (IST 508011 INTEROP NoE),
funded in the frame of the 6th European Framework Program, allows us to
propose this research project, aiming at the syntactic and semantics
formalisation of a Unified Enterprise Modelling Language (UEML) on the basis
of metamodelling existing Enterprise Modelling Languages currently used within
industrial applications.
The post-doctorate candidate will have, on the basis of former work of the
laboratory, to analyze syntactically and semantically various Enterprise
Modelling Languages, either used industrially such as GRAI, DEM, IEM, EEML,
CIMOSA... or standardised such as ENV12004/ISO 19440, BPM… for meamodelling
them. To be more detailed, the formalisms will be analysed and decomposed
taking into account a static point of view (representing the structure and
semantics of the elementary concepts (constructs)) as well as a dynamic point
of view (representing behavioural rules of each concepts or its operational
semantics). The formalisms will then be formalised in the form of models
(meta-models) and will then make it possible to identify common structural
constructs. Merging these concepts will lead to a theoretical formalism
qualified as a unified language, which covers a larger modelling domain than
what is currently proposed by the initial ones. Thus, this aggregation will
ensure independence and interoperability between the initial formalism since
each one of them will be then a projection (in a mathematical sense) of this
unified language. This new language will consist of a “pivot” representation
ensuring the interoperability of the enterprises applications using the
initial formalisms.
Candidate profile:
The candidate post-doctorate must have a solid knowledge on the field of the
enterprise modelling and its applications as well as a level of abstraction
allowing him to formalise metamodels, not only from a syntactic point of view
but also a semantics one. I mus have a PhD and be less than 40 years old.
To apply, send to me, before May 14th, 3 copies of the application form you
can download here :
http://www.k-projects.com/cnrs/dl/dossier_post-doc_2004.pdf
with the requested documentation.
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4.6 PDF: Univ of Technology of Compiegne France.
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PDF: Univ of Technology of Compiegne, France.
Contributed by: Ph. Bonnifait, philippe.bonnifait@hds.utc.fr
The Systems of Perception and Control Group of the laboratory Heudiasyc at the
Department of Computer Science of University of Technology of Compiegne is
able to host 1 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the project
"autonomous and sure localisation in urban environment". This project and the
Postdoc position are funded by the CNRS of France. The aim of the project is
to localize in real-time, in a sure and sufficiently precise way a mobile
robot to control it to follow a trajectory in an urban environment. This
project proposes to study methods of fusion of data coming from GPS,
cartography and dead-reckoning sensors to achieve this goal.
Conditions for applicants: Have obtained PhD degree not before March 22, 2001.
Characteristics of the fellowship:
(1) Full-time contract for 1 year starting September 2004
(2) Gross salary: 25000 euros/year
Procedure for applications:
(1) Selection of 1 single candidate by the hosting group.
(2) Submission of a joint final form to the CNRS by the hosting group and the
candidate.
Deadline: Before the 15th of April, interested applicants should send by email
a complete CV, with special mention of their publications and research
activities, plus an outline of their research interest for the 3 year period
of the fellowship within the scope of the project.
Send to (Philippe.Bonnifait@hds.utc.fr)
www.hds.utc.fr/~bonnif/post_doc/post_doc_Bodega_phb_A_V2.htm
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4.7 PDF: University of Michigan USA
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PDF: University of Michigan, USA
Contributed by: Daniel E. Koditschek, kod@umich.edu
Postdoctoral position now open within The University of Michigan Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Department, AI & Control System
Laboratories. Emphasis on parametrizing, analyzing, and implementing robotic
programs "written" in the physical form of a machine's material constituents,
with strong focus on bioinspired approaches.
US citizenship required. PhD in nonlinear control theory, robotics, dynamical
systems theory, or geometric mechanics preferred. Computationally oriented
biologists with strong analytical skills will be considered. Strong
programming skills and accomplishment in either laboratory oriented or
mathematically oriented research are required.
One-year position, salary: $48,900. 2nd year possible. Preferred hiring
date is June 2004. Send a CV in PDF with three references to Prof. Daniel
E. Koditschek, c/o Karen Alexa (ai-jobs@eecs.umich.edu). Or Karen Alexa
University of Michigan 1101 Beal Ave/ 168 ATL Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-
2110 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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4.8 PhD: K.U.Leuven Belgium
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PhD: K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Contributed by: Marnix Nuttin, marnix.nuttin@mech.kuleuven.ac.be
The applicant is interested to start Ph.D. research and will cooperate with
other researchers of the research team. We are looking for a candidate who is
interested in biologically-inspired learning systems, who is interested in
the mobile robot LiAS
http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/research/mlr/robots/default_en.phtml
Leuven intelligent Autonomous System and in the structure and control of
mechatronic systems in general (knowledge of control theory is an asset
Start: immediately. Other job openings are foreseen in the near future.
You will become a researcher on the project AMS
http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/project/ams/default_en.phtml ,
workpackage 4. The partners of the project are
http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/project/ams/partners/default_en.phtml.
You will work together and join the research group
http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma/research/mlr/default_en.phtml on human-
centred service robots, learning robots and mobile manipulation. You will
find more information on the job opening via the latter link.
Please contact
Prof. Hendrik Van Brussel (Hendrik.VanBrussel@mech.kuleuven.ac.be) and
Prof. Marnix Nuttin (Marnix.Nuttin@mech.kuleuven.ac.be)
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4.9 PhD: NUI Maynooth Ireland
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PhD: NUI Maynooth, Ireland
Contributed by: Seán Doherty, sean.doherty@eeng.may.ie
A Ph.D. Studentship is available to conduct research into the application of
statistical techniques and control technology to low-pressure plasmas and
their industrial and scientific applications. The successful candidate will
work with the Dynamics and Control Group of the Department of Electronic
Engineering, NUI, Maynooth. The research position is part of the PlasMAC
Project which combines Dublin City University’s expertise in plasma science
with the process control expertise at NUI Maynooth to focus on plasma science
and its application to semiconductor manufacturing, along with three
industrial partners: Intel, Lam Research and Scientific Systems. The PlasMAC
project will address the development of a new generation of plasma tools, and
this position is concerned with closed-loop process control strategies for
those tools, together with new process control approaches for a range of
problems affecting the present generation of tools (see
http://www.may.ie/research/recent_awards2.htm, http://www.plasmac.dcu.ie/ and
http://www.prl.dcu.ie/prl_ad.html for more detail). The position is available
immediately and will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed.
The project will focus on:
* Mathematical modelling of plasma processes
* Development of statistical analysis techniques for plasma data
* Feedback control design for plasma processes
Applications are sought from highly motivated individuals with an interest in
the application of statistical techniques and control technology to low-
pressure plasmas and their industrial and scientific applications. Ideally
candidates will have excellent mathematical ability. Primary qualifications
(ideally 1st class honours degree) in engineering or physics is preferable.
Expertise in feedback control systems, statistical process control and/or
experience with plasma processes would be an advantage. Applications
including a CV, details of examination results, and the names and e-mail (or
address) of two referees should be sent to Dr Seán Doherty either by e-mail
or post to the address below.
Department of Electronic Engineering
National University of Ireland (NUI), Maynooth
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Email: sean.doherty@eeng.may.ie
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4.10 PhD: UNSW Sydney Australia
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PhD: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Contributed by: Andrey Savkin, a.savkin@unsw.edu.au
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications,
The University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia.
Ph.D. scholarships in Systems and Control are available for students with
degrees in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or related
areas. Ph.D. projects will involve carrying out research under
supervision of Professor Andrey V. Savkin.
Possible research areas include:
Networked control systems;
automatic control of robots and unmanned vehicles;
vision based control; image processing.
Also, travel funds will be available to scholarship holders to enable them
to attend overseas conferences and visit overseas research laboratories.
Interested students should contact Professor Andrey Savkin by email
(a.savkin@unsw.edu.au) or phone (+612 9385 6359).
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4.11 PhD: University of Central Florida USA
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PhD: University of Central Florida, USA
Contributed by: Yi Guo, yguo@ee.ucf.edu
PhD: University of Central Florida
Joint Project with Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A PhD Fellowship position is available in Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at University of Central Florida (UCF) starting Fall
2004. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has educational
and research background in one or more of the following topics:
(1) Control theory, applied nonlinear control particularly.
(2) Autonomous mobile robotic systems.
(3) Friction control.
(4) Dynamics and control for nano-scale systems.
The chosen applicant will work on a joint project with Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) on Nonlinear Control with Applications to Robotic and Nano-
Material Systems. He/she will join a multi-disciplinary research team
consisting of UCF faculty and scientists at ORNL, and will work on research
problems in frontiers of controls and nano-technology.
There is also a possibility to consider short-term visiting positions. If
interested, please send your resume including the names and e-mail addresses
of two or three referees to:
Dr. Yi Guo
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Central Florida
P.O. Box 162450
Orlando, FL 32816-2450
Email: yguo@ee.ucf.edu
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4.12 PhD: University of Leicester UK
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PhD: University of Leicester, UK
Contributed by: Declan Bates, dgb3@le.ac.uk
Applications are invited for several funded PhD positions in Advanced Control
in the Control and Instrumentation Research Group at the University of
Leicester, UK. Studentships covering all fees and including a tax-free
maintenance allowance of at least £12K per annum are available to UK
nationals. For EU nationals the studentships cover fees only. We regret that
non UK/EU nationals are not eligible for these studentships.
Possible research topics include:
* Advanced aerospace control systems, including aircraft and helicopter
flight control and aero-engine control
* Automotive control - X-by-wire systems
* Robust and Nonlinear Control Theory
* Diagnostics, monitoring, fault prediction and safety-critical control
* Autonomous systems
Applicants should have a Masters degree or 1.1/2.1 Bachelors degree in
Engineering, Physics or Mathematics, with preferably a good knowledge of
dynamics and control systems.
Successful applicants will join a large research group with an international
reputation in an RAE 5A-rated department, which offers a stimulating,
friendly and multicultural working environment. To apply, please send your
C.V., names and full contact details of referees, and a list of publications
(if applicable), as soon as possible to:
Dr Declan Bates,
Department of Engineering,
University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Email: dgb3@le.ac.uk
Website: http://www.le.ac.uk/eg/research/groups/control/menu.html
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4.13 PhD Research Engineer: Nat Univ of Singapore
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PhD, Research Engineer: Nat Univ of Singapore
Contributed by: Peter Chen, engchenp@nus.edu.sg
Project: Virtual Reality rehabilitation of arm and hand function after stroke
Two exceptional PhD students/research engineers are needed for a
collaborative project of three leading labs at the National University of
Singapore (http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~eburdet/), at Simon Fraser University
(http://www.css.sfu.ca/sites/ncl/) and the University of British Columbia
(http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~tims/) in Vancouver Canada. Haptic interfaces can
deliver forces fast and smoothly enough to study the neuromuscular response,
and to perform rehabilitation after stroke and assess recovery. This project
will develop robotic assisted rehabilitation of critical tasks involving arm
and hand movements. The design and planning will take place in Singapore, and
the implementation and experiments in Vancouver. The two people involved in
this project will spend half of the project in Singapore (planning and
design) and hald in Vancouver (implementation and experiments). They will
receive excellent education in bioengineering and neuroengineering and become
able to work across the Pacific.
Requirements: Creative and independent candidates. Ability to work in an
interdisciplinary team. Good bachelor degree in engineering with related
background (robotics, mechatronics or control).
Contact Person: Dr Etienne Burdet, e.burdet@ieee.org
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4.14 Res Assoc: University of New South Wales at ADFA Australia
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Res Assoc: University of New South Wales at ADFA, Australia
Contributed by: Valery Ugrinovskii, valu@ee.adfa.edu.au
UNSW@ADFA consists of 5 Schools which form a campus of the University of
New South Wales. Located at the Australian Defence Force Academy,
Canberra, Australia, UNSW@ADFA provides undergraduate courses to officer
cadets and midshipmen as well as postgraduate courses to civilian and defence
personnel. Staff enjoy pleasant surroundings and have access to various
facilities and free parking. A generous superannuation scheme is also
offered.
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Research Associate Level A/B (Fixed Term -- 2 Years)
Salary: Level A: AUD $53,714 - AUD $57,438 per annum
Level B: AUD $60,304 - AUD $71,050 per annum
A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the Control
Systems Group, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
UNSW@ADFA, Australia. The group currently includes Prof.I.R.Petersen,
Dr.H.R.Pota and Dr.V.Ugrinovskii.
This position is funded by the Australian Research Council under the
Discovery Project "Monitoring and Control of Complex Power Systems via
Robust Control of Jump Parameter Systems" and will involve carrying out
research in conjunction with Dr Valery Ugrinovskii and Dr Hemanshu Pota.
Selection criteria include: completed PhD or be close to completion of PhD
in Engineering or Applied Mathematics with a specialisation in Control
Theory or Power Systems: ability to carry out research in one or more of
the following areas: Stochastic Control, Robust Control and Filtering,
Nonlinear Control, Power Control Systems, demonstrated by publications in
leading international control journals; have a demonstrated ability to work
under limited supervision; be able to communicate well in English, both
orally and in writing; have a knowledge and understanding of the principles
of EEO, and OH&S practices and procedures. A demonstrated ability to carry
out research in areas of Stochastic Control or Power Control Systems and an
ability to contribute into a development of experimental facilities would
be desirable.
Membership of an approved University superannuation scheme is a condition
of employment.
Applicants should contact Dr. Valery Ugrinovskii (valu@ee.adfa.edu.au,
phone +61 2 6268 8219, fax +61 2 6268 8443) or Dr. Himanshu Pota
(h.pota@adfa.edu.au, phone +61 2 6268 8197, fax +61 2 6268 8443) for a copy
of selection criteria and further information regarding the position.
Applications close 16 May 2004. Please quote reference number Elec30403
Applicants should submit a written application addressing the selection
criteria, including contact details (e.g. business and private or mobile
telephone numbers plus email address), a complete resume with copies of
academic transcripts and qualifications, and the names and addresses
(preferably email) of at least two referees to:
HR Recruitment
UNSW@ADFA
Australian Defence Force Academy
Northcott Drive
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Australia.
You may email your application to: uni.college.recruitment@adfa.edu.au
For confirmation of receipt of applications telephone +61 2 6268 8707. People
from EEO groups are encouraged to apply.
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4.15 Res Fellow: UNSW Sydney Australia
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Res Fellow: UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Contributed by: Andrey Savkin, a.savkin@unsw.edu.au
Research Fellow in Biomedical and Control Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
The University of New South Wales
Sydney Australia, REF. 2754NET
This position is funded by the Australian Research Council and will
involve carrying out research in conjunction with Prof. Branko Celler
and Prof. Andrey Savkin on robust estimation of cardiac output and oxygen
consumption from simple non-invasive physiological variables.
Essential criteria: a completed PhD (or be close to completion) in
Engineering or relevant field with a specialisation in Biomedical
Engineering or Control; demonstrated ability to carry out research in
two or more of the following areas: medical engineering, physiological
modelling, robust control; identification from noisy data; Kalman
filtering.
This is a fixed term position for 2 years.
Contact person: Prof. Andrey Savkin (a.savkin@unsw.edu.au).
Applications close 21 April 2004.
All other information including method of application can be found on:
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment/19030401.htm
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4.16 Research Engineer: Univ of Singapore
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Research Engineer: Univ of Singapore
Contributed by: Peter Chen, engchenp@nus.edu.sg
Project: Skin Flap Planner for Reconstructive Surgery
Skin reconstruction involves identification of a donor site, flap design and
cut, and placement on the recipient site. Flap design is complex because the
cut flap changes its shape, cannot rereturn to original size without blood
problems, has anisotropic and non-linear elasticity, and must fit a new three-
dimensional shape. Poor design results in third site grafts, and in extra
scarring, donor site trauma, surgery time and hospital stay. Third site
grafts occur in a majority of cases, some unavoidable. Our flap simulator
will provide surgeons with systematic decision support through the use of
patient-specific skin measurement data and virtual manipulation tools to
design the flap.
We are interested in motivated individuals who will bring appropriate
knowledge in mechatronics and system design and/or computational (bio)
mechanics. They will be able to collaborate with the members of our group
working on biomedical engineering (http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~eburdet/),
and to enjoy living in South East Asia with excellent conditions for life and
work (http://www.newasia-singapore.com/).
Send your application to or ask for further information at e.burdet@ieee.org
Project: Hierarchical Supervisory Control of Collaborative Autonomous Vehicles
Groups of autonomous vehicles, working in close collaboration, are potential
workforces that can be deployed for missions including reconnaissance,
logistics, communications, and even combat operations. Formal strategies and
methods are required for controlling these unmanned systems to allow for
autonomous operations and for close collaboration in order to maximize their
utility. Control technologies for such systems necessarily include complex
supervisory control mechanisms at both the vehicle level and the group level.
The objective of this project is to explore and to develop a supervisory
control mechanism whereby an operator can effectively manage a group of
autonomous vehicles to carry out a given mission.
Details about the position can be found at the following link:
http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~engchenp/group%20vehicle%20job%20ad.pdf
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4.17 Technical Leader: United Technologies Res Center USA
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Technical Leader: United Technologies Res Center, USA
Contributed by: Vipin Gopal, GopalV@utrc.utc.com
Employment Opportunity in Numerical Analysis
United Technologies Research Center
The Systems Department at the United Technologies Research Center (UTRC)
invites applications for a senior technical leadership position in the
Dynamic Modeling and Analysis Group.
The successful candidate will provide technical expertise and direction in
the area of numerical analysis. Significant experience with the analysis of
large-scale industrial problems, acknowledged technical leadership in the
stability and convergence properties of associated numerical algorithms, as
well as familiarity with a wide range of relevant codes and modeling
environments is a must. Experience with the development, selection and
implementation of numerical simulation methods for time dependent ordinary
and partial differential equations are necessary. Also of interest is the
modeling and analysis of physical systems described by Differential Algebraic
Equations (DAEs) and Partial Differential Algebraic Equations (PDAEs).
Besides technical excellence, strong leadership and communication skills are
essential. The minimal educational requirements are a Ph.D. in engineering
or mathematics, with 5 years experience.
The Systems department enables innovations in products, services, operations
and logistics at the systems level through a focus on producing total
integrated solutions targeted at new and increasing revenue for UTC.
Opportunities are identified and their value realized through systems
engineering. The emphasis in the department is placed on understanding how
systems operate, clarifying the interactions that exist between subsystems
and components and specifying these interfaces to ensure robust products.
These issues are considered across all stages of the product life cycle
including concept generation, prototype design, volume production, field
utilization and field service. The department has strong competencies rooted
in mathematical modeling of UTC products and processes. The models are
validated in world-class prototyping and experimental facilities and used as
a basis for conceptual design, system optimization and validation. The
department is growing in the direction of network controls and hybrid systems
and has expertise in energy systems, HVAC systems, chemical process systems,
combustion dynamics, noise and vibration, dynamic systems and controls,
diagnostics and prognostics, operations research, numerical and computational
methods and embedded systems. This expertise teams across all phases of the
systems engineering process: architecture specifications; identification of
physical mechanisms; subsystems and component interactions; mathematical
modeling at varying fidelities; simulation and analysis to quantify system
performance and robustness; design of necessary control systems; and finally,
prototype design, fabrication, test, and validation.
The Dynamic Modeling and Analysis group works within integrated product
development teams to design, analyze, and implement systems solutions and
conduct model-based analyses for new products and processes. In recent years,
the group is growing in the direction of analysis of networks, hybrid and
complex systems that is currently being accelerated with the strategic focus
on system-level innovation of new products. The traditional areas of
strengths of the group are multi-scale and parametric analysis of nonlinear
systems, modeling of thermo-fluids and reacting flows, computational
complexity reduction, advanced signal processing, classification and decision
support tools. Applications currently under study include building security
systems; advanced modeling environments; fuel cell power plants and advanced
fuel processing systems; refrigeration systems; elevator positioning;
decision support tools built upon statistical and physics-based models of
wear; and strategic business decision support tools.
For more information please contact
Dr. Vipin Gopal
Group Leader, Dynamic Modeling and Analysis
GopalV@utrc.utc.com
860-610-7442
United Technologies Research Center
411 Silver Lane
Mail Stop 129-15
East Hartford, CT 06108
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5. Books
5.1 Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures
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Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures
Contributed by: Gang Tao, gt9s@virginia.edu
Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures
Gang Tao, Shuhao Chen, Xidong Tang and Suresh M. Joshi
Springer-Verlag
320 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 1-85233-788-5
http://www.springer.de/cgi/svcat/search_book.pl?isbn=1-85233-788-5
This book presents our recent research results in designing and analyzing
adaptive control schemes for systems with unknown actuator failures and
unknown parameters. The main feature of the adaptive actuator failure
compensation approach developed in this book is that no explicit fault
detection and diagnosis procedure is needed for failure compensation.
An adaptive law automatically adjusts the controller parameters based on
system response errors, so that the remaining functional actuators can
be used to accommodate the actuator failures and systems parameter
uncertainties. Different adaptive failure compensation designs are
developed and extensive simulation results from various aircraft control
systems are presented to verify the effectiveness of such designs.
The book is in a comprehensive and self-contained presentation, while the
developed theory is in a general framework readily applicable to specific
practical adaptive actuator failure compensation problems. The book can be
used as a technical reference for graduate students, researchers, and
engineers from fields of engineering, computer science, applied mathematics,
and others who have a background in linear systems and feedback control at
the undergraduate level. It can also be studied by interested undergraduate
students for their thesis projects.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Actuator Failure Compensation
1.2 Adaptive Control System Concepts
1.3 Adaptive Actuator Failure Compensation
1.4 Book Outline
Chapter 2. State Feedback Designs for State Tracking
2.1 Fundamental Issues and Solutions
2.2 Designs for Parametrized Varying Failures
2.3 Designs for Unparametrizable Failures
2.4 Designs for Multigroup Actuators
2.5 Design for up to $m-q$ Actuator Failures
2.6 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 3. State Feedback Designs for Output Tracking
3.1 Designs for Lock-in-Place Failures
3.2 Designs for Varying Failures
Chapter 4. Output Feedback Designs for Output Tracking
4.1 Problem Statement
4.2 Plant-Model Output Matching
4.3 Adaptive Control
4.4 Boeing 747 Lateral Control Simulation
4.5 Designs for Varying Failures
Chapter 5. Designs for Multivariable Systems
5.1 Problem Statement
5.2 Plant-Model Matching Control
5.3 Adaptive Control Designs
5.4 Boeing 737 Lateral Control Simulation
5.5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 6. Pole Placement Designs
6.1 Problem Statement
6.2 Nominal Matching Controller Design
6.3 Adaptive Control Scheme
6.4 DC-8 Lateral Control Simulation
Chapter 7. Designs for Linearized Aircraft Models
7.1 Linearized Aircraft Models
7.2 Design for Uncertain Actuator Failures
7.3 State Tracking Design
7.4 Output Tracking Designs
7.5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 8. Robust Designs for Discrete-Time Systems
8.1 Problem Statement
8.2 Plant-Model Output Matching
8.3 Adaptive Control Design
8.4 Robust Adaptive Failure Compensation
8.5 Boeing 747 Lateral Control Simulation
Chapter 9. Failure Compensation for Nonlinear Systems
9.1 Problem Formulation
9.2 Design for Feedback Linearizable Systems
9.3 An Alternative Design
9.4 Issues for Nonlinear Dynamics
Chapter 10. State Feedback Designs for Nonlinear Systems
10.1 Design for Systems Without Zero Dynamics
10.2 Design for Systems with Zero Dynamics
Chapter 11. Nonlinear Output Feedback Designs
11.1 Problem Statement
11.2 Adaptive Compensation Control
11.3 Stability Analysis
11.4 Design for State-Dependent Nonlinearities
11.5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 12. Conclusions and Research Topics
Appendix
A.1 Model Reference Adaptive Control
A.2 Multivariable MRAC
A.3 Adaptive Pole Placement Control
References
Index
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5.2 Advanced Structural Dynamics and Active Control of Structures
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Advanced Structural Dynamics and Active Control of Structures
Contributed by: Wodek Gawronski, wodek.k.gawronski@jpl.nasa.gov
Advanced Structural Dynamics and Active Control of Structures
Wodek Gawronski
400 pages, ISBN: 0-387-40649-2, Hardcover
Publication date: March 2004
Springer-Verlag, New York
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/
0,10735,4-175-72-12728808-0,00.html
Retail price: $ 129
This book is about flexible structure models, structural controllability and
observability, about norms, model reduction and sensor/actuator placement,
about modal sensors and actuators, and system identification method. It also
describes collocated, LQG, and H controllers as applied to flexible
structures. It presents examples of simple structures as well as complex
ones, such as NASA Deep Space Network antenna, or the International Space
Station. It gives Matlab programs to solve the structural dynamics and
control problems, and Matlab programs to run selected examples from the book.
Contents
1. Introduction to Structures
Examples; Definition; Properties.
2. Standard Models
Models of a Linear System; Second-Order Structural Models; State-Space
Structural Models.
3. Special Models
Models with Rigid-Body Modes; Models with Accelerometers; Models with
Actuators; Models with Small Nonproportional Damping; Generalized Model;
Discrete-Time Models.
4. Controllability and Observability
Definition and Properties; Balanced Representation; Balanced Structures
with Rigid-Body Modes; Input and Output Gains; Controllability and
Observability of a Structural Modal Model; Controllability and Observability
of a Second-Order Modal Model; Three Ways to Compute Hankel Singular Values;
Controllability and Observability of the Discrete-Time Structural Model;
Time-Limited Grammians; Frequency-Limited Grammians; Time- and Frequency-
Limited Grammians; Discrete-Time Grammians in Limited-Time and -Frequency
Range.
5. Norms
Norms of the Continuous-Time Systems; Norms of the Discrete-Time Systems;
Norms of a Single Mode; Norms of a Structure; Norms of a Structure with a
Filter; Norms of a Structure with Actuators and Sensors; Norms of a
Generalized Structure; Norms of the Discrete-Time Structures.
6. Model Reduction
Reduction Through Truncation; Reduction Errors; Reduction in the Finite-Time
and -Frequency Intervals; Structures with Rigid-Body Modes; Structures with
Actuators and Sensors.
7. Actuator and Sensor Placement
Problem Statement; Additive Property of Modal Norms; Placement Indices and
Matrices; Placement for Large Structures; Placement for a Generalized
Structure; Simultaneous Placement of Actuators and Sensors.
8. Modal Actuators and Sensors
Modal Actuators and Sensors Through Modal Transformations; Modal Actuators
and Sensors Through Grammian Adjustment.
9. System Identification
Discrete-Time Systems; Markov Parameters; Identification Algorithm;
Determining Markov Parameters; Examples.
10. Collocated Controllers
A Low-Authority Controller; Dissipative Controller; Properties of Collocated
Controllers; Root-Locus of Collocated Controllers; Collocated Controller
Design; Examples.
11. LQG Controllers
Definition and Gains; The Closed-Loop System; The Balanced LQG Controller;
The Low-Authority LQG Controller; Approximate Solutions of CARE and FARE ;
Root-Locus; Almost LQG-Balanced Modal Representation; Three Ways to Compute
LQG Singular Values; The Tracking LQG Controller; Frequency Weighting; The
Reduced-Order LQG Controller; Controller Design Procedure; Controller
Design Examples.
12. H and H2 Controllers
Definition and Gains; The Closed-Loop System; The Balanced H Controller;
The H2 Controller; The Low-Authority H Controller; Approximate Solutions of
HCARE and HFARE; Almost H -Balanced Modal Representation; Three Ways to
Compute H Singular Values; The Tracking H Controller; Frequency Weighting;
The Reduced-Order H Controller; Controller Design Procedure; Controller
Design Examples.
Appendix.
Matlab Functions; Matlab Examples; Structural Parameters
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6. Journals
6.1 CFP: Int Journal of Tomography and Statistics
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CFP: Int Journal of Tomography and Statistics
Contributed by: Tanuja Srivastava, tanujfma@indiatimes.com
The International Journal of Tomography & Statistics (IJTS) welcome
submissions of articles. The International Journal of Tomography & Statistics
(IJTS) publishes refereed, well-written original research articles, and
studies that describe the latest research and developments in computerized
Tomography and Statistics. It also covers the many potential applications and
connections to other areas of Science and technology such as the use and
development of WAVELETS in signal and image processing & reconstructions,
applications in computerized tomography, and inter-disciplinary nature of
applications. Applications in signal and image processing with Fourier
analysis or WAVELETS are particularly welcome. IJTS is published quarterly in
March, June, September and December by "Indian Society for Development &
Environment Research" ISDER (http://www.geocities.com/ceser_isder).
Detailed instructions on how to prepare your manuscript are available
at "Instructions for Author"
(http://www.geocities.com/ceser_isder/instr4a.html).
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6.2 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
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Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw
Asian Journal of Control
Vol. 6, No. 1 March, 2004
CONTENTS
Regular Paper:
Title: Control of Interconnected Jumping Systems: An H¡Û Approach
Author: Magdi S. Mahmoud, Peng Shi, and Abdulla Ismail
Title: The Performance of Discrete Linear Time Varying control of Linear
Periodic Plants
Author: Jingxin Zhang and Cishen Zhang
Title: Trade-off Between Approximation Accuracy and Complexity for TS Fuzzy
Models
Author: Peter Baranyi, Peter Korondi, Ron J. Patton, and Hideki Hashimoto
Title: Performance Analysis of Control Systems with Input Constraints VIA
Piecewise Quadratic Storage Functions
Author: Eiji Morinaga, Kenji Hirata, and Yoshito Ohta
Title: Decentralized Control of Generalized Systems VIA a Frequency Domain
Approach
Author: Zhiwei Gao, Wanquan Liu, and Albert T. P. So
Title: Robust Adaptive Control with Multiple Estimation Models for
Stabilization of a Class of Non-Inversely Stable Time-Varying Plants
Author: S. Alonso-Quesada and M. de la Sen
Title: Vibration Control of a Smart Structure Using Periodic Output Feedback
Technique
Author: T. C. Manjunath and B. Bandyopadhyay
Title: H2 Controller Design for networked Control Systems
Author: Lilei Lu, Lihua Xie, and Wenjian Cai
Brief Paper:
Title: Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Control Systems with Drift
Author: Fazal-ur-Rehman
Title: Stability and H¡Û Disturbance Attenuation Analysis for LTI Control
Systems with Controller Failures
Author: Guisheng Zhai, Xinkai Chen, Shigemasa Takai, and Kazunori Yasuda
Title: Robust Gain-Scheduled Control of a Vertical Takeoff Aircraft with
Actuator Saturation VIA the LMI Method
Author: P. C. Chen, Y. F. Jeng, Y. H. Chang, Y. M. Wang, and G. Chen
Title: Stability Criteria for a Class of Neutral Systems VIA the LMI Approach
Author: Chang-Hua Lien and Jenq-Der Chen
Title: Input-State Linearization of a rotary Inverted Pendulum
Author: Chih-Keng Chen, Chih-Jer Lin, and Liang-Chun Yao
Title: Optimal Mechnism Design and Dynamic Analysis of a 3-Leg 6-Dof Linear
Motor Based Parallel Manipulator
Author: Thong-Shing Hwang and Ming-Yang Liao
Title: Robust Eigenvalue Assignment in Descriptor Systems VIA Output Feedback
Author: Guang-Ren Duan, James Lam, and Guo-Ping Liu
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6.3 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
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Contents: Control Engineering Practice
Contributed by: A.H. Glattfelder, ifacjcep@control.ee.ethz.ch
Control Engineering Practice
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 241-373 (March 2004)
Special Section "Benchmarking Modelling and Control in Wastewater Treatment"
Edited by U. Jeppsson and M.-N. Pons
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HDD dual-stage servo-controller design using a [mu]-analysis tool, Pages 241-
251
Guido Herrmann and Guoxiao Guo
Economic evaluation and design of an electric arc furnace controller based on
economic objectives, Pages 253-265
D. J. Oosthuizen, I. K. Craig and P. C. Pistorius
Regularised kernel density estimation for clustered process data, Pages 267-
274
Qian Chen, Uwe Kruger and Andrew T Y Leung
High performance hybrid mold level controller for thin slab caster, Pages 275-
281
Dukman Lee, Yeongsub Kueon and Sangho Lee
Synchronous disturbance attenuation in magnetic bearing systems using
adaptive compensating signals, Pages 283-290
J. Shi, R. Zmood and L. Qin
Design of generalized conceptual guidance law using aim angle, Pages 291-298
Ki-Seok Kim and Youdan Kim
The COST benchmark simulation model--current state and future perspective,
Pages 299-304
Ulf Jeppsson and Marie-Noelle Pons
Simulation of respirometry-based detection and mitigation of activated sludge
toxicity, Pages 305-313
John B. Copp and Henri Spanjers
Benchmarking procedure for full-scale activated sludge plants, Pages 315-322
A. Abusam, K. J. Keesman, H. Spanjers and G. van Straten
Comparison of advanced control strategies for improving the monitoring of
activated sludge processes, Pages 323-333
W. Zarrad, J. Harmand, M. Devisscher and J. P. Steyer
Multicriteria control strategy for cost/quality compromise in Wastewater
Treatment Plants, Pages 335-347
C. Cadet, J. F. Beteau and S. Carlos Hernandez
Control strategy robustness with respect to hydraulics, Pages 349-356
Marie-Noelle Pons and Olivier Potier
Benchmarking combined biological phosphorus and nitrogen removal wastewater
treatment processes, Pages 357-373
Krist V. Gernaey and Sten B. Jorgensen
Control Engineering Practice
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 377-510 (April 2004)
With Special Section UKACC Control Conference 2002
Edited by Steve Daley
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Improvements to the water management of a run-of-river HPP reservoir:
methodology and case study, Pages 377-385
Dejan Paravan, Tomaz Stokelj and Robert Golob
Block-oriented approximate feedback linearization for control of pneumatic
actuator system, Pages 387-399
Fulin Xiang and Jan Wikander
Regularisation approach for real-time modelling of aero gas turbines, Pages
401-407
T. V. Breikin, V. Y. Arkov and G. G. Kulikov
Recursive spline interpolation method for real time engine control
applications, Pages 409-416
Alexander Stotsky and Attila Forgo
A simple method for robust control design, application on a non-linear and
delayed system: engine torque control, Pages 417-429
Y. Chamaillard, P. Higelin and A. Charlet
A controlled friction damper for vehicle applications, Pages 431-443
Emanuele Guglielmino and Kevin A. Edge
The implementation of a dual-redundant control system, Pages 445-453
Yixin Zhao and Feng Liu
Special section on UKACC conference Control 2002, Pages 455-456
Steve Daley
Four-term bilinear PID controller applied to an industrial furnace, Pages 457-
464
S. Martineau, K. J. Burnham, O. C. L. Haas, G. Andrews and A. Heeley
Active vibration control for marine applications, Pages 465-474
S. Daley, F. A. Johnson, J. B. Pearson and R. Dixon
Global optimisation-based control algorithms applied to boundary layer
transition problems, Pages 475-490
G. V. Veres, O. R. Tutty, E. Rogers and P. A. Nelson
Towards fault-tolerant active control of rotor-magnetic bearing systems,
Pages 491-501
Matthew O. T. Cole, Patrick S. Keogh, Mehmet N. Sahinkaya and Clifford R.
Burrows
From research to product using a common development platform, Pages 503-510
Michael Tombs, Manus Henry and Christian Peter
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6.4 Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Systems Technology
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Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Systems Technology
Contributed by: Frank Doyle , ieeetcst@engineering.ucsb.edu
Contents: IEEE Trans Control Systems Technology
March 2004, Vol. 12, No. 2
GUEST EDITORIAL
Computer Automated Multiparadigm Modeling (CAMPAM)
S. Engell and P.J. Mosterman
SPECIAL SECTION PAPERS
Computer-Automated Multiparadigm Modeling in Control Systems Technology
P.J. Mosterman, J. Sztipanovits, and S. Engell
HYSDEL – A Tool for Generating Computational Hybrid Models for Analysis and
Synthesis Problems
F.D. Torrisi and A. Bemporad
Actor-Oriented Control System Design: A Responsible Framework Perspective
J. Liu, J. Eker, J.W. Janneck, X. Liu, and E.A. Lee
Composition and Cloning in Modeling and Meta-Modeling
G. Karsai, M. Maroti, A. Ledeczi, J. Gray, and J. Sztipanovits
Multiparadigm Modeling in Embedded Systems Design
K.D. Muller-Glaser, G. Frick, E. Sax, and M. Kuhl
Design and Implementation of the SNMP Agents for Remote Monitoring and
Control via UML and Petri Nets
J.-S. Lee and P.-L. Hsu
REGULAR PAPERS
Observer-Based Fuzzy Adaptive Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems: Real-
Time Implementation for a Robot Wrist
R. Boukezzoula, S. Galichet, and L. Foulloy
Optimal Control of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles
A. Sciarretta, M. Back, and L. Guzzella
Disturbance-Rejection High-Precision Motion Control of a Stewart Platform
Y.X. Su, B.Y. Duan, C.H. Zheng, Y.F. Zhang, G.D. Chen, and J.W. Mi
Application of Nonlinear Adaptive Control Techniques to an Electrohydraulic
Velocity Servomechanism
D. Garagic and K. Srinivasan
A Practical Design Approach to Stabilization of a 3-DOF RC Helicopter
K. Tanaka, H. Ohtake, and H.O. Wang
REGULAR BRIEF PAPERS
A Parametric Model of an Eddy Current Electric Machine for Automotive
Braking Applications
S. Anwar
Decoupled Control of Flexure-Jointed Hexapods Using Estimated Joint-Space
Mass-Inertia Matrix
Y. Chen and J.E. McInroy
Design of a Nonlinear Variable-Gain Fuzzy Controller for FACTS Devices
P.K. Dash, S. Morris, and S. Mishra
Identification and Open-Loop Tracking Control of a Piezoelectric Tube
Scanner for High-Speed Scanning-Probe Microscopy
G. Schitter and A. Stemmer
New Tuning and Identification Methods for Unstable First Order Plus Dead-
Time Processes Based on Pseudoderivative Feedback Control
P.N. Paraskevopoulos, G.D. Pasgianos, and K.G. Arvanitis
Passivity-Based Control of Switched Reluctance Motors With Nonlinear
Magnetic Circuits
G. Espinosa-Perez, P. Maya-Ortiz, M. Velasco-Villa, and H. Sira-Ramirez
Force Tracking Impedance Control of Robot Manipulators Under Unknown
Environment
S. Jung, T.C. Hsia, and R.G. Bonitz
Multimode Piezoelectric Shunt Damping With a Highly Resonant Impedance
S.O.R. Moheimani and S. Behrens
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6.5 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
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Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Year: Jan. 2004
Optimal Control of Switched Systems Based on Parameterization of the
Switching Instants
Xu, X.; Antsaklis, P.J., Page(s): 2- 16
Observer-Based State-Feedback Control of Timed Petri Nets With Deadlock
Recovery
Giua, A.; Seatzu, C.; Basile, F., Page(s): 17- 29
Stable Social Foraging Swarms in a Noisy Environment
Liu, Y.; Passino, K.M., Page(s): 30- 44
Stochastic$H_2/H_infty $Control With State-Dependent Noise
Chen, B.-S.; Zhang, W., Page(s): 45- 57
Computing Budget Allocation for Efficient Ranking and Selection of
Variances With Application to Target Tracking Algorithms
Trailovic, L.; Pao, L.Y., Page(s): 58- 67
Decomposition/Aggregation-Based Dynamic Programming Optimization of
Partially Homogeneous Unreliable Transfer Lines
Sadr, J.; Malhame, R.P., Page(s): 68- 81
Robust Convergence of Low-Data Rate-Distributed Controllers
Wong, W.S.; Sung, C.W., Page(s): 82- 87
Use of the Kalman Filter for Inference in State-Space Models With
Unknown Noise Distributions
Maryak, J.L.; Spall, J.C.; Heydon, B.D., Page(s): 87- 90
On Convergence Rate of Projection Neural Networks
Xia, Y.; Feng, G., Page(s): 91- 96
Mini–Max Integral Sliding-Mode Control for Multimodel Linear Uncertain
Systems
Poznyak, A.; Fridman, L.; Bejarano, F.J., Page(s): 97- 102
Distributed Multirate Interacting Multiple Model Fusion (DMRIMMF) With
Application to Out-of-Sequence GMTI Data
Hong, L.; Cong, S.; Wicker, D., Page(s): 102- 107
Robust Stabilization of Multivariable UncertainPlants Via
Switching Control
Corradini, M.L.; Jetto, L.; Orlando, G., Page(s): 107- 114
An Optimization-Driven Framework for the Computation of the Controlling
UEP in Transient Stability Analysis
Lee, J., Page(s): 115- 119
A Remark on the Stability of Interconnected Nonlinear Systems
Rapaport, A.; Astolfi, A., Page(s): 120- 124
A Simple Velocity-Free Controller for Attitude Regulation of a
Spacecraft With Delayed Feedback
Ailon, A.; Segev, R.; Arogeti, S., Page(s): 125- 130
When Does the$H^infty$Fixed-Lag Smoothing Performance Saturate for a
Finite Smoothing Lag?
Mirkin, L.; Meinsma, G., Page(s): 131- 134
Propagating Asymptotic Controllability Through Integrators
Tsinias, J., Page(s): 134- 140
On Static Output Feedback Stabilization of Systems With Stable
Generalized Zero Dynamics
Wang, X.A., Page(s): 141- 145
Computation of Minimal Periodic Realizations of Transfer-Function
Matrices
Varga, A., Page(s): 146- 149
Multiobjective Filter Design for Uncertain Stochastic Time-Delay Systems
Subramanian, A.; Sayed, A.H., Page(s): 149- 154
Book Review, Page(s): 155- 156
Book Review, Page(s): 156- 157
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6.6 Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems
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Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems
Contributed by: Aghalaya S. Vatsala, vatsala@louisiana.edu
International Journal of Hybrid Systems
Volume 3, Numbers 2 & 3, June & September 2003
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~asv5357/journal.html
CONTENTS
Aaron Diaz
Extraction of Finite State Controllers, AD and DA Maps, and Associated Small
Topologies for Measure Valued Control Laws
Wolf Kohn, Vladamir Brayman, Pawel Cholewinski and Anil Nerode
Control in Hybrid Systems
S. Ibrir and E. K. Boukas
Stabilization of Singular Switching Systems with Constant Gain Controllers
Oliver Altet, Cedric Nouillant, XavierMoreau and Alain Oustaloup
Hydractive CRONE Suspension as Hybrid Systems
Gino Labinaz and Martin Guay
Viability, the Solution Set, and Fixed Point Approximation of Hybrid Systems
Magdi S. Mahmoud and Peng Shi
Control of Markovian Jump Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems by Guaranteed
Cost Approach
Guisheng Zhai, Shigemas Takai, Anthony N. Michel and Xuping Xu
Improving Closed-Loop Stability of Second-Order LTI Systems by Hybrid
Static Output Feedback
Dongmei Xie, Long Wang, Fei Hao and Guangming Xie
An LMI Approach to Disturbance Rejection of Switched Systems
J. Daafouz, P. Riedinger and C. Iung
Observer-based Switched Control Design with Pole Placement for Discrete-time
Switched Systems
Cesar Matinez-Garza and J. Vasundhara Devi
Stability of Hybrid Systems with Invisible Solutions on Invariant Systems
Mei Yu, Long Wang, Tianguang Chu, and Fei Hao
An LMI Approach to Networked Control Systems with Data Packet Dropout
and Transmission Delays
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7. Conferences
7.1 ACC Workshop: Tools and Techniques for Control Loop Timing Analysis
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ACC Workshop: Tools and Techniques for Control Loop Timing Analysis
Contributed by: Anton Cervin, anton@control.lth.se
Call for participation: Workshop on Tools and Techniques for Control
Loop Timing Analysis -- a one-day workshop in conjunction with the
American Control Conference 2004
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Boston Sheraton Hotel, Boston, MA
http://www.mie.uiuc.edu/acc2004
Organizers: Karl-Erik Årzén, Anton Cervin, and Dan Henriksson,
Department of Automatic Control, Lund University, Sweden
The workshop will present new tools and techniques for timing analysis
in the context of real-time and networked control. The main focus will
be on two recently developed MATLAB toolboxes, Jitterbug and
TrueTime. Both toolboxes are free software. The Jitterbug toolbox
makes it possible to compute a performance index for a control loop
with delays, jitter, lost samples, etc. The very powerful TrueTime
toolbox (which is based on Simulink) facilitates detailed
co-simulation of real-time kernels, communication networks, and plant
dynamics. The tools will be presented in the form of detailed
tutorials and several examples will be given. Among the applications
that will be discussed are networked control systems, feedback scheduling,
and model-predictive controllers. Some new analytical results regarding
the stability of control loops will actuation jitter will also be given.
Workshop program:
1. Introduction and overview (8:00-9:00)
2. Control Loops with varying input-output latencies (9:00-9:20)
3. Jitterbug (9:20-11:20)
3.1. Tool presentation
3.2. Examples
4. TrueTime (12:20-3:20)
4.1. Tool presentation
4.2. Examples
5. Feedback scheduling of control systems (3:20-3:40)
6. MPC from a feedback scheduling perspective (3:40-4:00)
For registration and further information, visit the ACC 2004 webpage,
http://www.mie.uiuc.edu/acc2004
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7.2 Conference On Robotics Automation And Mechatronics
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Conference On Robotics, Automation And Mechatronics
Contributed by: Danwei Wang, edwwang@ntu.edu.sg
IEEE Conference On Robotics, Automation And Mechatronics (RAM) December 1 -
3, 2004, Singapore http://cis-ram.nus.edu.sg
The goal of the RAM 2004 is to bring together experts from the field of
robotics, automation and mechatronics to discuss on the state-of-the-art and
to present new research findings and perspectives of future developments with
respect to the conference themes. The RAM 2004 is organized by the IEEE R&A
Singapore Chapter, and is held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on
Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS 2004). The conference welcomes paper
submissions from academics, researchers, engineers, and students worldwide
in but not limited to the following areas:
Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environment, Personal and Service
Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Medical Robots and Systems, Robotics and
Automation Applications, Sensor Design, Integration, and Fusion, Computer and
Robot Vision, Human-Robot Interfaces, Haptics, Teleoperation, Telerobotics,
and Network Robotics, Micro/Nano, Distributed, Cellular, and Multi Robots,
Biologically-Inspired Robots and Systems, Sensor Based Robotics, Intelligent
Transportation Systems, Modeling, Planning and Control, Kinematics,
Mechanics, and Mechanism Design, Legged Robots, Wheeled Mobile Robots,
Dynamics, Motion Control, Force/Impedance Control, Architecture and
Programming, Methodologies for Robotics and Automation, Discrete Event
Dynamic Systems, Petri Nets, Virtual Reality, Manufacturing System
Architecture, Design, and Performance, Evaluation Computer Aided Production
Planning, Scheduling, and Control, Total Quality Management, Maintenance,
and Diagnostics, etc.
Papers must be written in English and should describe original work. Papers
should be submitted in the form *.pdf on-line to the conference website:
http://cis-ram.nus.edu.sg by 30 June 2004. The length of the paper is limited
to a maximum of 6 pages (A4 size, single spacing, Times Roman of font size
10, double columns format), including figures, tables and references. Upon
acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers.
Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one
of the authors is officially registered.
Invited Sessions
The conference will feature invited sessions on specialized topics of
interests. The invited sessions are intended to usher in, in-depth
discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme. The session
organizers will coordinate the associated review process. The conference
proceedings will include all papers from the invited sessions.
Important Dates
Full Paper Submission/Special Session Proposal : 30 June, 2004
Notification of Acceptance : 15 Augest, 2004
Camera-Ready Copy and Advanced Registration : 15 September, 2004
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7.3 Conference on Artificial Intelligence AI-2004
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Conference on Artificial Intelligence AI-2004
Contributed by: Dianhui Wang, csdhwang@ieee.org
The 17th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in
conjunction with the 7th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Conference, Cairns
Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia, 6th-10th December 2004 URL:
http://ai2004.cqu.edu.au
AI-2004 will be the 17th ACS Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
This series of conferences attracts leading researchers and practitioners
from both Australia and overseas. The conference focuses on all aspects of
artificial intelligence, from theoretical advances to the latest applied
developments and, as such is of interest to both researchers and
practitioners. AI-2004 invites authors to submit their original and
unpublished work demonstrating current research in any area of Artificial
Intelligence.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Date: 1st July 2004
Acceptance Date: 15th August 2004
Final Submission Date: 15th September 2004
Paper Submission and Instructions for authors
Authors are invited to submit their complete manuscript in PDF format online
[http://ai2004.cqu.edu.au]. As in previous years, the conference will
publish the proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence (LNAI) series. The length of submitted papers (excluding the
title page) must be no more than 12 single-spaced, single-column pages
including all figures, tables, and bibliography. Instructions for preparing
the manuscript can be found at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Papers not conforming to the
above requirements may be rejected without review. All papers will be peer
reviewed by three members of the international programme committee.
Special Sessions and Workshop/Tutorial
AI-2004 solicits Special Session and Workshop/tutorial proposals. Please
send proposals to secretariat-ai2004@cqu.edu.au. Special sessions are
intended to usher in in-depth discussions in specialist areas relevant to
the conference theme. The session organisers will coordinate the associated
review process and conference proceedings will include all papers from the
Special Sessions. To be placed on an email list for further information,
please email the secretariat.
For further details, please contact:
AI-2004 Conference Secretariat
Faculty of Informatics and Communication
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton Queensland 4702 Australia
Tel: +61 749232145 Fax: +61 749309729
Email: secretariat-ai2004@cqu.edu.au
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7.4 Conference on Systems Automatic Control and Meas
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Conference on Systems, Automatic Control and Meas
Contributed by: Dragan V. Lazic, dlazic@mas.bg.ac.yu
The VIII International Treiennial Conference on Systems, Automatic Control
and Measurement SAUM'04 will be held at Mechanical Engineering Faculty,
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, November 5 - 6, 2004.
SAUM - the Association of Serbia for Systems, Automatic Control and
Measurement, has existed since 1981. (at first under the name USAUM 1981 -
1985). The first Conference devoted to late Professor Dushan MITROVITCH, the
doyen of control science and engineering in Serbia, was held 1982. Since
then, the Conference has become triennial international scientific meeting.
It has been organized and held every third year (1982 - 2000). The Conference
topics range over all parts of systems, automatic control, and measurement.
The conference site is: http://saum2004.mas.bg.ac.yu.
Dr Dragan V. Lazic
Professor of Automatic Control
Automatic Control Department
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
University of Belgrade
e-mail:
elazicd@eunet.yu (home)
dlazic@mas.bg.ac.yu (Faculty)
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7.5 HPOPT 2004: Optimization and Polynomials
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HPOPT 2004: Optimization and Polynomials
Contributed by: Pablo A. Parrilo, parrilo@control.ee.ethz.ch
HPOPT 2004 - 8th International Workshop on
High Performance Optimization Techniques:
Optimization and Polynomials
CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 23--25, 2004
http://www.cwi.nl/~monique/hpopt2004
In recent years, a new research area has emerged, which is at the interface
between optimization and the field of real algebraic geometry dealing with
representations of positive polynomials as sums of squares. The linking
element is that sums of squares of polynomials can be modelled using
semidefinite programming and thus can be computed efficiently with
interior-point algorithms.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers with interests in
optimization and polynomial representations. The objective is to provide a
forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge about algorithmic developments
and new theoretical achievements.
Format of the workshop
The workshop will begin with a one-day tutorial on the theme:
Sums of Squares in Optimization.
The aim of this tutorial day is to present results about polynomial
representations and optimization to non-specialists.
The tutorial lectures will be delivered by the following
three experts in the area:
- Murray Marshall, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon;
- Pablo Parrilo, ETH, Zurich;
- Markus Schweighofer, Konstanz University.
The last two days of the workshop will consist of contributed talks and of
invited lectures by the following leading experts in the field:
- Jean-Bernard Lasserre, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse;
- Arkadi Nemirovski, Technion, Haifa;
- Yurii Nesterov, CORE, Louvain-La-Neuve;
- Shuzhong Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Registration and abstract submission:
Participation is free, but advance registration is necessary.
To register, please write an e-mail to Monique Laurent (M.Laurent@cwi.nl)
with the following information: name, email, affiliation.
If you plan to attend, please register as soon as possible.
If you wish to present a talk, please send an abstract to Monique Laurent
before April 15, 2004. The selected talks and the final program will be
announced beginning of May.
Local organizing committee and address information
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Dorina Jibetean (CWI), Monique Laurent (CWI),
Kees Roos (Delft University), and Jos Sturm (Tilburg University)
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7.6 IFAC Workshop: Generalized Solutions in Control Problems
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IFAC Workshop: Generalized Solutions in Control Problems
Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov, sachkov@sys.botik.ru
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
IFAC Workshop on Generalized Solutions in Control Problems
September 22-26, 2004
Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
Web-site: http://www.botik.ru/PSI/CPRC/GSCP2004
International Program Committee
Chair: V.A. Ilin (Russia)
Co-Chair: F.L. Pereira (Portugal)
SCOPE
The objective of this workshop is to provide an international forum for the
discussion of recent developments and advances in the field of mathematical
investigation of generalized solutions (GS) in control problems:
discontinuous, impulse, sliding modes, minimizing sequences, etc. including
those ones for distributed systems. In-depth discussions of the relevant
theories and applications by competent experts of this field are expected.
TOPICS
Unbounded control systems; Degenerate and abnormal optimal control problems;
Sufficient optimality conditions for GS; Reachable set based optimization
algorithms; Estimation of reachable and controllability sets; Controllability
of distributed systems in terms of GS; Numerical methods and multimethod
approaches; Geometrical methods for the investigation of GS; GS in applied
problems; Coordinated control of networked systems.
The official language of the Workshop is English. No simultaneous translation
will be provided.
SATELLITE EVENTS
Tutorials (22 - 24.09)
Seminar (27 - 29.09): Approximation methods and algorithms in optimal control.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Workshop will be held in Pereslavl-Zalessky, an ancient Russian town
located on the Golden Ring of Russia within 130 km from Moscow, on the shore
of the famous Plestcheevo lake.
DEADLINE
Submission of full papers by e-mail: June 15, 2004
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration fee is $US 200. It covers cultural program, official reception,
coffee-breaks, abstracts preprint and should be paid at the registration
desk. Reduced registration fee for students is $US 100.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
E-mail: gscp@cprc.botik.ru
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