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New Address: Dr YangQuan Chen

Contributed by: Dr YangQuan Chen, yqchen@ece.usu.edu

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/


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Control Systems Society: Board of Governors

Contributed by: Lina Bushnell, bushnell@ee.washington.edu

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


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Control Engieering Practice: Change of Editor

Contributed by: George W Irwin, g.irwin@ee.qub.ac.uk

Change in Editor-in-Chief: 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


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3.2 IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive 1956-2001

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IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive 1956-2001

Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, m-spong@uiuc.edu

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/


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Faculty: University of New South Wales, Australia

Contributed by: V. Solo, v.solo@unsw.edu.au

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.


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4.2 Faculty Position: University College Dublin Ireland

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Faculty Position: University College, Dublin, Ireland

Contributed by: Paul Francis Curran, paul.curran@ucd.ie

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.


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4.3 PhD: Delft Univ of Technology Netherlands

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PhD: Delft Univ of Technology, Netherlands

Contributed by: Robert Babuska, r.babuska@its.tudelft.nl

PhD position is available at the
Delft University of Technology, the 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


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4.4 PhD: Embedded Systems Univ of Kent UK

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PhD: Embedded Systems, Univ of Kent, UK

Contributed by: K D Maier, K.D.Maier@ukc.ac.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


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4.5 PhD: Idaho State University USA

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PhD: Idaho State University, USA

Contributed by: D. Subbaram Naidu, naiduds@isu.edu

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


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4.6 Post-Doc: Univ de Bretagne Occidentale France

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Post-Doc: Univ de Bretagne Occidentale, France

Contributed by: Marc Quincampoix, Marc.Quincampoix@univ-brest.fr

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
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4.7 Post Doc: CNRS France

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Post Doc: CNRS, France

Contributed by: C. Canudas de Wit, canudas@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr

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


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4.8 Post Doc: Norwegian Univ Norway

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Post Doc: Norwegian Univ, Norway

Contributed by: Thor I. Fossen, tif@itk.ntnu.no

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/


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4.9 Post Doc or Doctoral Fellow: LAG Grenoble France

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Post Doc or Doctoral Fellow: LAG, Grenoble, France

Contributed by: Carlos Canudas-de-Wit, canudas@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr

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. 


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4.10 Research Engineers: Honeywell Shanghai China

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Research Engineers: Honeywell, Shanghai, China

Contributed by: Ge Ming, ming.ge@honeywell.com

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


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4.11 Research Position Open: Hong Kong

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Research Position Open: Hong Kong

Contributed by: Dr. Dong Sun, medsun@cityu.edu.hk

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 US$\3,600).
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).


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H-inf Control and Filtering of Two-Dimensional Systems

Contributed by: Chunling Du, du_chunling@dsi.a-star.edu.sg

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. 


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5.2 Nonlinear System Theory: The Volterra/Wiener Approach

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Nonlinear System Theory: The Volterra/Wiener Approach

Contributed by: Wilson J. Rugh, rugh@jhu.edu

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.


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5.3 Web-resources for Linear Dynamic Systems and Signals

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Web-resources for Linear Dynamic Systems and Signals

Contributed by: Professor Zoran Gajic, gajic@ece.rutgers.edu

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.


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CFP: Special Issue on Robust Control from Data

Contributed by: Mario Milanese, milanese@polito.it

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


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6.2 Call For Papers: Genomic Signal Processing

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Call For Papers: Genomic Signal Processing

Contributed by: Yu Hen Hu, hu@engr.wisc.edu

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)


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6.3 Call for Papers: Soft Computing Journal

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Call for Papers: Soft Computing Journal

Contributed by: Yaochu Jin, yaochu.jin@hre-ftr.f.rd.honda.co.jp

Soft Computing Journal  Special Issue on 
Approximation and Learning in Evolutionary Computation

Call for Papers
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


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6.4 Contents: Int Journal Control and Intelligent Systems

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Contents: Int Journal, Control and Intelligent Systems

Contributed by: Clarence de Silva, desilva@mech.ubc.ca

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


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6.5 Contents: Journal MCSS

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Contents: Journal MCSS

Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen , mcss@cwi.nl

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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


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6.6 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications

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Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications

Contributed by: Hans Schneider, hans@math.wisc.edu

Linear Algebra and its Applications Volumes 351-352, Pages 1-826
Fourth special issue on linear systems and control

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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


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6.7 Contents: Trans of Institute of Measurement and Control

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Contents: Trans of Institute of Measurement and Control

Contributed by: Karen Hillmansen, karen.hillmansen@hodder.co.uk

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.


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6.8 New Journal: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems

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New Journal: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems

Contributed by: Aghalaya S. Vatsala, vatsala@Louisiana.edu

International 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


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2nd IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control

Contributed by: A. Astolfi, a.astolfi@ic.ac.uk

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


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7.2 EMSOFT 2002

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EMSOFT 2002

Contributed by: Sergio Yovine, emsoft02@imag.fr

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.


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7.3 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

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IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Contributed by: Joe Stanley, stanleyr@umr.edu

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.


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7.4 IFAC Int Conf on Intel Control Systems and Sig Proc

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IFAC Int Conf on Intel Control Systems and Sig Proc

Contributed by: António Ruano, aruano@ualg.pt

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.


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7.5 Louisiana Conf on Mathematical Control Theory

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Louisiana Conf on Mathematical Control Theory

Contributed by: Michael A. Malisoff, malisoff@lsu.edu

          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.


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7.6 MTNS 2002

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MTNS 2002

Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal, mtns@nd.edu

                   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/


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