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Address Change: Yuhong Zhang

Contributed by: Yuhong Zhang, zhangy@ccm.udel.edu

My new address is:

218 Center for Composite Materials and Manufacturing Science
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Tel: 302-831-8493
Fax: 302-831-8525
Email: zhangy@ccm.udel.edu
www.ccm.udel.edu


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Center for Research on Complex Automated Systems, Univ Bologna, IT

Contributed by: Claudio Bonivento, cbonivento@deis.unibo.it

The Research Center - named CASY (Center for Complex Automated Systems) - 
was established on November 19, 2002 at DEIS, University od Bologna, under 
the coordination of Claudio Bonivento. Its main goal is to explore 
fundamental theory issues in the advanced design for control of nonlinear 
complex dynamical systems, with special attention to internal-model-based 
control and adaptation, fault-tolerant and self-reconfiguring control 
systems with application to autonomous guidance, advanced automotive 
control, controlled mechanical systems and robots, and finally  adaptation 
of control strategies to evolving control goals and needs.

The Center takes advantage from the presence of a worldwide reputed 
Scientific Committee, chaired by Alberto Isidori, University la Sapienza of 
Rome, whose members are Frank Allgöwer, University of Stuttgart, Karl Johan 
Åström, Lund Institute of Technology, Tamer Baþar, University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign, Roberto Scazzieri, ISA of University of Bologna, Roberto 
Tempo, IEIIT - CNR, Politecnico di Torino.
The first 2-year research activity report is available on the site  
http://www.casy.deis.unibo.it/


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2.2 Course on Randomized Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Uncertain Systems 


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Course on Randomized Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Uncertain Systems 

Contributed by: E.F. Camacho, eduardo@esi.us.es

Course on  Randomized Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Uncertain Systems

Lecturer: Roberto Tempo
          IEIIT-CNR
          Politecnico di Torino, Italy
          tempo@polito.it

Date:   March 14-18, 2005
Place : Dept. Ing. de Sistemas y  Automatica
        Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Univ. Sevilla, Spain

Summary
This course concentrates on nonstandard tools for control of uncertain
systems with main emphasis on the interplay of probability and robustness.
The objective is to combine hard bounds, which are frequently used in
classical robust control, with probabilistic information which is often
neglected in this context. The main advantage is to provide additional
insight to the control engineer. This insight may be very useful in
analyzing and designing complex control systems in the presence of
uncertainty. The interplay of probability and robustness also leads to
innovative concepts such as the probabilistic robustness margin and the
probability degradation function. The algorithms obtained are low
complexity (polynomial-time) and are associated to robustness bounds
which are generally less conservative than the classical ones, obviously
at the expense of a small risk expressed in probability. These algorithms
are usually called "randomized algorithms."

In the first part of the course, we concentrate on analysis and, in
particular, we address the issue of finite sample size. Subsequently, we
present results for sample generation in various norm-bounded sets of
interest in robust control. These results are based on methods of
statistical analysis and of the theory of random matrices. The
construction of specific randomized algorithms concludes this part of the
course. In the second part, we study probabilistic robust design of
uncertain systems. We show how this problem can be formulated in the
context of classical optimal control and then we discuss how randomization
and stochastic gradient methods can be successfully used. We also
consider extensions of this approach to linear parameter-varying
systems. Other topics that will be addressed is the design of randomized
algorithms for model predictive control and for robust fault-tolerant
control.

The course will end with a description of a number of open problems which
may be important to consider in the near future.

The course is focused on the exposition of the theoretical developments
as well as on simulations showing the efficacy of these techniques.

Main list of topics
- Preliminaries and Motivations for a Probabilistic Approach
- Uncertain Systems
- The Interplay of Probability and Robustness
- Randomized Algorithms
- Sample Size Bounds and Statistical Learning Theory
- Sample Generation Theory
- Probabilistic Robust Design with Linear Quadratic Regulators
- Probabilistic Design for Linear Parameter-Varying Systems
- Randomized Algorithms for Model Predictive Control
- Applications (robustness of high-speed networks, stability of quantized
  sampled-data systems, performance of flexible structures)
- Discussion of Open Research Problems

The course is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and and no fees will
be charged. The number of places is limited and a first in first served system
will be used. 

Registration:  e-mail to eduardo@esi.us.es


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2.3 NRC Survey on Network Science


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NRC Survey on Network Science

Contributed by: Richard Murray, murray@cds.caltech.edu

The National Research Council (NRC) is conducting a study on "Network
Science", with the goals of describing the current state of the art in network
science and making recommendations that can be used to guide decisions about
future directions in this area within the federal government.  The study has a
broad charter, including understanding the connections between engineering,
biological, social, financial and other network phenomena. The initial funding
for this study comes from the Department of Defense, but the National Research
Council (as part of the independent National Academies of Science) believes
that our report will have a significant impact on the entire field, so we are
especially interested in obtaining a wide range of views.

To help us get a mapping of the current activities in the field, the committee
has put together a short web-based survey that we are asking researchers in
the field to fill out.  The survey should only take a short while (10-15
minutes) to complete and would be a great help in making sure that we
understand the current work that is going on and some of the important
research directions that should be pursued.

The survey is available at

    http://www8.nationalacademies.org/survey/deps/networksci2.htm

With appreciation,

Will E. Leland, Chief Scientist
Network Systems Research Lab, Telcordia
wel@research.telcordia.com

Richard M. Murray, Professor
Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech
murray@cds.caltech.edu



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IEEE & CSS Awards

Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis, antsaklis.1@nd.edu

IEEE AWARDS
DEADLINE: January 31, 2005

***IEEE Control Systems Field Award
Description: The IEEE Control Systems Field Award was established by the 
IEEE Board of Directors in 1980, and may be presented annually on 
recommendation of the IEEE Awards Board through its Technical Field Awards 
Council. It is awarded for meritorious achievement or contributions to 
design, practice, techniques, or theory, as evidenced by publications or 
patents in the areas of control systems engineering, science, or technology.
Eligibility: Must have been a member of the CSS for at least five (5) years.

***IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award
Description: The IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award was established by the IEEE 
Board of Directors in 1986 to recognize outstanding contributions to space 
engineering, within the fields of interest of the IEEE. 
Eligibility: Determined by the IEEE.

CSS AWARDS
DEADLINE: May 15, 2005

***George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
Description: To recognize outstanding papers published in the IEEE 
Transactions on Automatic Control.
Eligibility: Authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on 
Automatic Control during the two calendar years preceding the year of the 
award.
Basis for Judging: Originality, potential impact on the theoretical 
foundations of control, importance and practical significance in 
applications, and clarity.

***Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award
Description: To recognize an outstanding paper published in the IEEE 
Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
Eligibility: Authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Control 
Systems Technology during the two calendar years preceding the year of the 
award.
Basis for Judging: Originality, relevance of the application, clarity of 
exposition, and demonstrated impact on control systems technology.

***Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award
Description: To recognize an article or column published in the IEEE Control 
Systems Magazine.
Eligibility: Authors of articles or columns published in the IEEE Control 
Systems Magazine during the two calendar years preceding the year of the 
award.
Basis for Judging: Impact on and benefit to CSS Members.

***Control Systems Technology Award
Description: To recognize outstanding contributions to control systems 
technology either in design and implementation or project management.
Eligibility: Either an individual or a team.

For more information, please see the IEEE CSS web site, www.ieeecss.org.


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3.2 IEEE Fellow Nominations


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IEEE Fellow Nominations

Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis, antsaklis.1@nd.edu

The deadline for this year's IEEE Fellow nominations is 01 March 2005.

Please note the new date. It was changed due to the volume of Fellow 
Nominations.  


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3.3 SIAM: Ralph E. Kleinman Prize


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SIAM: Ralph E. Kleinman Prize

Contributed by: J.M. Littleton, littleton@siam.org

The Ralph E. Kleinman Prize

DEADLINE APPROACHING - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
SIAM will present the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize at the 2005 SIAM Annual Meeting
to be held July 11-15, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The prize is awarded to an individual for outstanding research or other
contributions that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications.  Work
that uses high-level mathematics and/or invents new mathematical tools to
solve applied problems from engineering, science, and technology is
particularly appropriate.  The prize may be awarded for a single notable
achievement or for a collection of such achievements.

Description of the Award
The award will consist of a hand-calligraphed, framed certificate and a cash
award of $5,000.  SIAM will reimburse reasonable travel expenses for the
recipient to attend the award ceremony.

Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a curriculum vitae and description of the
achievement(s), should be sent to the address below.  You are encouraged to
send electronic files via e-mail.  Supporting letters are welcome. 
Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by February 15, 2005.

Ralph E. Kleinman Prize Selection Committee
Professor William W. Symes, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA   19104-2688
E-mail:  littleton@siam.org
Telephone:  215-382-9800
Fax:  215-386-7999


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Discrete-time Markov Chains: Two-time-scale Methods and Applications

Contributed by: George Yin and Qing Zhang, gyin@math.wayne.edu

Discrete-time Markov Chains: Two-time-scale Methods and Applications
by G. Yin and Q. Zhang, Springer, New York, 2005, [Applications of
Mathematics, Vol. 55]

Focusing on discrete-time two-time-scale Markov chains, the contents of this 
book are an outgrowth of some of the authors' recent research. The motivation 
stems from existing and emerging applications in optimization and control of 
complex hybrid Markovian systems in manufacturing, wireless communication, and
financial engineering. Much effort in this book is devoted to designing 
system models arising from these applications, analyzing them via analytic 
and probabilistic techniques, and developing feasible computational 
algorithms to reduce the inherent complexity.

This book presents results including asymptotic expansions of probability 
vectors, structural properties of occupation measures, exponential bounds, 
aggregation and decomposition and associated limit processes, and interface 
of discrete-time and continuous-time systems. One of the salient features is 
that it contains a diverse range of applications on filtering, estimation, 
control, optimization, Markov decision processes, and financial engineering. 
This book will be an important reference for researchers in the areas of 
applied probability, control theory, operations research, as well as for
practitioners who use optimization techniques. Part of the book may also be 
used in a graduate course of applied probability, stochastic processes, and 
applications.

For futher details, please see
http://www2.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/
0,11855,4-40109-22-33835401-0,00.html


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4.2 Discrete Continuous and Hybrid Petri Nets


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Discrete Continuous and Hybrid Petri Nets

Contributed by: Alessandro Giua, giua@diee.unica.it

René David and Hassane Alla
Discrete, Continuous, and Hybrid Petri Nets
Springer, 2005 
XXII, 524 p., 402 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 3-540-22480-7

About this book:
This monograph presents a well written and clearly organized introduction in 
the standard methods of discrete, continuous and hybrid Petri Nets. Starting 
from the basics of Petri Nets the book imparts an accurate understanding of 
continuous and hybrid Petri Nets. Preserving the consistency of basic 
concepts throughout the text it introduces a unified framework for all the 
models presented. The book is a scientific monograph as well as a didactic 
tutorial which is easy to understand due to many exercises with solutions, 
detailed figures and several case studies. It demonstrates that Petri nets 
are a deep, practical and alive field important for researchers, engineers 
and graduate students in engineering and computer science.

Written for: Engineers, researchers and graduate students in Control
Engineering, Systems Engineering and Computer Science

CONTENTS   
- Foreword by Manuel Silva
- Notation
- CHAPTER 1  Bases of Petri Nets 
  1.1  BASIC CONCEPTS
  1.2  SPECIAL PETRI NETS
  1.3  MODELING OF SOME CONCEPTS
- CHAPTER 2  Properties of Petri Nets
  2.1  PRESENTATION OF THE MAIN PROPERTIES
  2.2  SEEKING THE PROPERTIES OF PETRI NETS
- CHAPTER 3  Non-Autonomous Petri Nets
  3.1  INTRODUCTION
  3.2  SYNCHRONIZED PETRI NETS
  3.3  INTERPRETED PETRI NETS
  3.4  TIMED PETRI NETS  
- CHAPTER 4 Autonomous Continuous and Hybrid Petri Nets 
  4.1  AUTONOMOUS CONTINUOUS PETRI NETS
  4.2  AUTONOMOUS HYBRID PETRI NETS
  4.3  PROPERTIES OF AUTONOMOUS CONTINUOUS AND HYBRIDPETRI NETS
  4.4  EXTENDED HYBRID PETRI NETS
- CHAPTER 5  Timed Continuous Petri Nets
  5.1  DEFINITION OF THE MODEL
  5.2  CONFLICTS
  5.3  SPEED CALCULATION ALGORITHMS
  5.4  PROPERTIES
  5.5  MAXIMAL SPEEDS FUNCTIONS OF TIME
- CHAPTER 6  Timed Hybrid Petri Nets
  6.1  DEFINITION OF THE MODEL
  6.2  ALGORITHM
  6.3  VARIANTS OF THE MODEL
  6.4  EXTENDED TIMED HYBRID PETRI NETS
- CHAPTER 7  Hybrid Petri Nets with Speeds Depending on the C-Marking
  7.1  APPROXIMATION OF TIMED DISCRETE SYSTEMS BY VHPNs
  7.2  ASYMPTOTIC HYBRID PETRI NETS (AHPNs)
  7.3  OTHER MODELS
- Postface
- Appendices
  A  Regular Expressions and Languages
  B  Conflict Resolution
  C  Elements of Graph Theory
  D  Algebra of Events 
  E  About Grafcet
  F  Modeling Power of Synchronized PNs
  G  Timed PNs Are Special Cases of Synchronized PNs
  H  Time Petri Nets
  I  Linearity of the Fundamental Equation for Continuous Petri Nets
  J  Notation 0+ and Non-Standard Analysis
  K  Sharing Between Two Transitions
  L  Graph of Relations Among Conflicts
  M  Piecewise Constant Maximal Speeds
  N  From Hybrid Petri Nets to Hybrid Automata
  O  P&T-Timed Petri Nets and Modeling Power

- Exercises
- Solutions to Exercises
- References


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4.3 Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers


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Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers

Contributed by: Alan J. Laub, laub@ucdavis.edu

Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers provides a blend of 
undergraduate and graduate level topics in matrix theory and linear algebra 
that relieves instructors of the burden of reviewing such material in 
subsequent courses that depend heavily on the language of matrices.  
Consequently, the text provides an often-needed bridge between undergraduate-
level matrix theory and linear algebra and the level of matrix analysis 
required for graduate-level study and research.  The text is sufficiently 
compact that the material can be taught comfortably in a one-quarter or one-
semester course.

Throughout the book, the author emphasizes the concept of matrix 
factorization to provide a foundation for a later course in numerical linear 
algebra.  The author addresses connections to differential and difference 
equations as well as to linear system theory and encourages instructors to 
augment these examples with other applications of their own choosing.

Audience
Because the tools of matrix analysis are applied on a daily basis to problems 
in biology, chemistry, computer science, econometrics, engineering, 
mathematics, physics, statistics, and a wide variety of other fields, the 
text can serve a rather diverse audience.  The book is primarily intended to 
be used as a text for senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students in 
engineering, the sciences, mathematics, computer science, or computational 
science who wish to be familiar with enough matrix analysis and linear 
algebra that they can effectively use the tools and ideas of these 
fundamental subjects in a variety of applications.  However, individual 
engineers or scientists who need a concise reference or a text for self-study 
will also find this book useful.

Prerequisites for using this text are knowledge of calculus and some previous 
exposure to matrices and linear algebra, including, for example, a basic 
knowledge of determinants, singularity of matrices, eigenvalues and 
eigenvectors, and positive definite matrices.  There are exercises at the end 
of each chapter.

Contents
Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction and Review; Chapter 2: Vector Spaces; 
Chapter 3: Linear Transformations; Chapter 4: Introduction to the Moore-
Penrose Pseudoinverse; Chapter 5: Introduction to the Singular Value 
Decomposition; Chapter 6: Linear Equations; Chapter 7: Projections, Inner 
Product Spaces, and Norms; Chapter 8: Linear Least Squares Problems; Chapter 
9: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; Chapter 10: Canonical Forms; Chapter 11 
Linear Differential and Difference Equations; Chapter 12: Generalized 
Eigenvalue Problems; Chapter 13: Kronecker Products; Bibliography; Index.

2004 / xiv + 157 pages / Softcover / ISBN 0-89871-576-8
List Price $36.00 / SIAM Member Price $25.20 / Order Code OT91

To order, go to  http://www.ec-securehost.com/SIAM/ot91.html
or contact  siambooks@siam.org


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4.4 Neural Information Processing: Research and Development


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Neural Information Processing: Research and Development

Contributed by: Lipo Wang, elpwang@ntu.edu.sg

Neural Information Processing: Research and Development
Rajapakse, Jagath C.; Wang, Lipo (Eds.)
Springer, 2004

This monograph presents a careful collection of recent research and 
developments in the field of neural information processing. This includes 
investigations in the functioning and engineering of biological neural 
networks and applications of artificial neural networks for solving real-
world problems. The book is organized in three parts, architectures, 
learning algorithms and applications, with a variety of different examples 
and case studies from different fields such as robot manipulator control, 
the visual system, object detection, financial time series prediction, and 
the auditory cortex. 

For more information, go to http://www.springeronline.com and search for 
author "Lipo Wang".




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4.5 Optimal Real-Time Control of Sewer Networks


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Optimal Real-Time Control of Sewer Networks

Contributed by: M. Marinaki and M. Papageorgiou, markos@dssl.tuc.gr

Book: Optimal Real-Time Control of Sewer Networks
M. Marinaki and M.  Papageorgiou
Springer-Verlag, 161 p., 2005
ISBN: 1852338946, Hardcover

During recent decades an increased interest in the protection of the 
environment from everything that could lead to its downgrading and 
destruction has been observed. The overflows from combined sewer networks are 
clearly one of the main pollutant sources in the environment. The development 
of control systems minimising overflows of combined sewer networks aims at 
the protection of the quality of waters that receive the outflows of the 
networks.
This monograph gives a detailed description of the development, application, 
and simulation testing of an advanced control system for central sewer 
network flow control. A multilayer control structure that consists of three 
control layers (adaptation, optimization, and direct control) may be used for 
the control of a combined sewer network. With regard to the optimization 
layer, several approaches have been proposed in the past. This monograph is 
focused on the development and comparison of two methods for the optimization 
layer, namely the nonlinear optimal control and the multivariable feedback 
control methods. An important feature of this monograph is that the 
efficiency of the control methods used is investigated for a large-scale 
combined sewer network located at the river Obere Iller in Bavaria (Germany) 
through simulation with a realistic model using different scenarios of 
external inflows. This study was the basis for the implementation of these 
control strategies in the particular sewer network.
This book is aimed at control and water engineers; researchers in the fields 
of control, modelling, and simulation of combined sewer networks; scientists 
who are involved in the design, development, and implementation of control 
systems for combined sewer networks; and postgraduate students working in the 
field of sewer network modelling and control.

Table of Contents

1   Introduction 1
2   Modelling of Sewer Network Flow    5
    2.1    Introduction    5
    2.2    Accurate Model of Sewer Networks    6
        2.2.1    Link Elements    6
        2.2.2    Reservoirs    10
        2.2.3    Control Gates    11
        2.2.4    Nodes    12
        2.2.5    External Inflows    12
        2.2.6    Treatment Plants    12
    2.3    Simulation Tools for Sewer Networks    13
    2.4    Simulation Program - KANSIM    16
        2.4.1    Link Elements    16
        2.4.2    Reservoirs    18
        2.4.3    Control Gates    19
        2.4.4    Nodes    19
        2.4.5    External Inflows    21
        2.4.6    Treatment Plants    21
    2.5    Simplified Model of Sewer Networks    21
        2.5.1    Link Elements    21
        2.5.2    Reservoirs    21
        2.5.3    Nodes    24
        2.5.4    External Inflows    24
        2.5.5    Treatment Plants    24
        2.5.6    Integrated Simplified Model of the Sewer Network    24
3   Flow Control in Sewer Networks 27
    3.1    Control Objectives    27
    3.2    Multilayer Control System    28
    3.3    Studies of Water Resource Systems    29
    3.4    The Pursued Approach    33
4   Nonlinear Optimal Control     35
    4.1    Performance Criterion    35
    4.2    Mathematical Problem Formulation    37
    4.3    Solution Algorithm    38
        4.3.1    General Problem Formulation    38
        4.3.2    Necessary Optimality Conditions    38
        4.3.3    Structure of the Solution Algorithm    40
        4.3.4    Specification of a Search Direction    41
        4.3.5    Line Search Algorithm    43
        4.3.6    Restart    45
        4.3.7    Algorithm Comparisons    46
        4.3.8    RPROP Algorithm    48
    4.4    Rolling Horizon        51
5   Multivariable Feedback Control     55
    5.1    General Problem Considerations    55
    5.2    LQ Formulation of the Sewer Network Control Problem    56
    5.3    Multivariable Control Law     59
	5.3.1    General Problem Formulation     59
	5.3.2    Necessary Optimality Conditions     60
	5.3.3    Time-Variant Solution     60
	5.3.4    Time-Invariant Solution     62
    5.4    Computational Effort    64
6   Application Example    . 65
    6.1    Application Network    65
    6.2    External Inflows     71
    6.3    Nonlinear Optimal Control    71
    6.4    Linear-Quadratic Formulation    76
    6.5    Simulation    78
7    Simulation Results     81
    7.1    No-Control Case    81
    7.2    Nonlinear Optimal Control    92
        7.2.1    Optimal Control Tool    92
        7.2.2    Open-Loop Application    94
        7.2.3    Rolling Horizon Application    107
        7.2.4    General Observations    121
    7.3    Multivariable Regulator    121
        7.3.1    Multivariable Regulator without Feedforward Terms    121
        7.3.2    Multivariable Regulator with Feedforward Terms    123
    7.4    Comparison Between Nonlinear Optimal Control and 
	   Multivariable Feedback Control    144
    7.5    Concluding Remarks    145
8    Conclusions and Future Research     147
References     151
Author Profiles     157
Index .159


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4.6 PID Controllers for Time-Delay Systems


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PID Controllers for Time-Delay Systems

Contributed by: Guillermo J. Silva, guilsilv@us.ibm.com

Book Title: PID Controllers for Time-Delay Systems
Authors   : Guillermo J. Silva, Aniruddha Datta, and S. P. Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Birkhauser
ISBN      : 0-8176-4266-8

The Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller operates the majority 
of modern control systems and has applications in many industries; thus any 
improvement in its design methodology has the potential to have a 
significant engineering and economic impact. Despite the existence of 
numerous methods for setting the parameters of PID controllers, the 
stability analysis of time-delay systems that use PID controllers remains 
extremely difficult and unclear, and there are very few existing results on 
PID controller synthesis.

Filling a gap in the literature, this book is a presentation of recent 
results in the field of PID controllers, including their design, analysis, 
and synthesis. The focus is on linear time-invariant plants, which may 
contain a time-delay in the feedback loop---a setting that captures many 
real-world practical and industrial situations. Emphasis is placed on the 
efficient computation of the entire set of PID controllers achieving 
stability and various performance specifications---both classical (gain and 
phase margin) and modern (H-infinity norms of closed-loop transfer 
functions)---enabling realistic design with several different criteria. 
Efficiency is important for the development of future software design 
packages, as well as further capabilities such as adaptive PID design and 
online implementation.

Additional topics and features include: 

* generalization and use of results---due to Pontryagin and others---to 
  analyze time-delay systems 
* treatment of robust and nonfragile designs that tolerate perturbations 
* examination of optimum design, allowing practitioners to find optimal PID 
  controllers with respect to an index 
* study and comparison of tuning techniques with resepct to their resilience 
  to controller parameter perturbation 
* a final chapter summarizing the main results and their corresponding 
  algorithms

The results presented here are timely given the resurgence of interest in 
PID controllers and will find widespread application, specifically in the 
development of computationally efficient tools for PID controller design and 
analysis. Serving as a catalyst to bridge the theory--practice gap in the 
control field as well as the classical--modern gap, this monograph is an 
excellent resource for control, electrical, chemical, and mechanical 
engineers, as well as researchers in the field of PID controllers.

Further details and table of contents available at:
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40296-22-2198981-
0,00.html


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4.7 Recent Advances In Simulated Evolution And Learning


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Recent Advances In Simulated Evolution And Learning

Contributed by: Lipo Wang, elpwang@ntu.edu.sg


Kay Chen Tan, Meng Hiot Lim, Xin Yao, Lipo Wang (eds.)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/compsci/5618.html

Inspired by the Darwinian framework of evolution through natural selection
and adaptation, the field of evolutionary computation has been growing very 
rapidly, and is today involved in many diverse application areas. This book 
covers the latest advances in the theories, algorithms, and applications of 
simulated evolution and learning techniques. It provides insights into 
different evolutionary computation techniques and their applications in 
domains such as control, power, robotics, signal processing, scheduling, 
and bioinformatics. The book will be of significant value to all 
postgraduates, research scientists and practitioners dealing with 
evolutionary computation or complex real-world problems.


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4.8 Satisficing Games and Decision Making


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Satisficing Games and Decision Making

Contributed by: Wynn C. Stirling, wynn@ee.byu.edu

Satisficing Games and Decision Making With Applications to Engineering
and Computer Science
Wynn C. Stirling
Cambridge University Press, 2003
ISBN:0521817242 | ISBN13:9780521817240 $80.00 (C)

Satisficing game theory is a new multiagent decision-making approach that is
designed to accommodate cooperative decision scenarios.  It differs form the
more traditional von Neumann-Morgenstern (vN-M) theory in that, whereas vN-M
theory is based on the individual rationality paradigm, where each decision
maker attempts to maximize its own expected utility (subject to constraints)
without regard for others, satisficing game theory permits participants to
extend their spheres of interest beyond the self.  This feature permits the
explicit modeling of sophisticated social behavior, such as cooperation,
compromise, and even altruism.

To learn more online, go to
http://cup.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521817242

Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
Preface  

1. Rationality
1.1 Games machines play
1.2 Conventional notions
1.3 Middle ground
2. Locality
2.1 Localization concepts
2.2 Group rationality
2.3 Conditioning
2.4 Emergence
2.5 Less is more
3. Praxeology
3.1 Dichotomies
3.2 Abduction
3.3 Epistemic games
3.4 Praxeic utility
3.5 Tie-breaking
3.6 Praxeology versus Bayesianism
4. Equanimity
4.1 Equilibria
4.2 Adequacy
4.3 Consistency
5. Uncertainty
5.1 Bayesian uncertainty
5.2 Imprecision
5.3 Equivocation
5.4 Quasi-invariance
6. Community
6.1 Joint and individual options
6.2 Interdependency
6.3 Satisficing games
6.4 Group preference
6.5 Optimizing versus satisficing
7. Congruency
7.1 Classical negotiation
7.2 Satisficing negotiation
7.3 Social welfare
8. Complexity
8.1 Game examples
8.2 Mitigating complexity
8.3 An N-Player example
9 Meliority
9.1 Amelioration versus optimization
9.2 Meta-decisions
9.3 Some open questions
9.4 The enterprise of synthesis
Appendices
A. Bounded Rationality
B. Game Theory Basics
C. Probability Theory Basics
D. A Logical Basis for Praxeic Reasoning

Bibliography
Name index
Subject index


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CFP: Asian Journal of Control

Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw

Time-Delay Systems
A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control 
http://www.ajc.org.tw

Motivated by new applications and newly available computational tools,
we have witnessed a growing interest on time-delay systems in recent year, 
resulting in many significant progress, as well as new critical issues 
remaining to be resolved. 
     The issue of time delay is well known in many fields of science and 
engineering, including communications network, manufacturing systems, life 
science and economics. Time-delay systems have assumed prominent role in a 
number of new technologies. An example of this is network-based control 
system (NCS), with significant networked-induced delay effect in the control 
loop.  Such delays are known to significantly degrade the control performance 
or even destabilize the systems.  These new applications brought to the 
forefront a number of new challenging theoretical and numerical problems in 
this area. 
     One example is systems with large delay, including those that are 
unstable if the delay is set to zero. Obviously, many approaches based on 
more traditional delay-independent and delay-dependent concepts do not apply 
to such problems. If a time-domain approach is used, a more general form of 
Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional needs to be used, which requires the solution 
of the corresponding numerical issues such as discretization. If the 
frequency domain approach is used, this requires a careful study of the delay 
switch and identification of crossing and reversal points as delay increases. 
The accommodation of uncertainties in such formulation is another interesting 
issue.
     Another challenge is time-varying delays. This includes the analysis of 
periodic systems often encountered in nonlinear vibration systems, the 
handling of fast time-varying delays in stability analysis, and robust 
stability analysis of time-varying deviation from large nominal delays.
     In this special issue, we would like to invite authors to address the 
fundamental issues in modeling, identifications, and analysis, and control 
design in time-delay systems.  Practical applications are strongly 
encouraged. The relevant topics include, but not limited to:
    Stability and performance analysis
    Control design and filtering
    Numerical and implementation issues
    Applications
    New challenges motivated by new applications (such as the NCS and 
    Congestion Control)

    Authors intending to submit survey or tutorial papers are encouraged to
contact a guest editor before formal submission. 

Guest Editors: 
              Prof. Keqin Gu
              Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Eng.
              Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
              Edwardsville, IL 62026-1805, USA
              Tel: +1-618-650-2803
              Fax: +1-618-650-2555
              E-mail: kgu@siue.edu

              Dr. Qing-Long Han                       
              Faculty of Informatics and Communication               
              Central Queensland University
              Roakhampton, QLD 4702, Australia                          
              Tel:+61-7-4930-9270
              Fax:+61-7-4930-9729
              E-mail:q.han@cqu.edu.au             

              Dr. Silviu-Iulian Niculescu
              HEUDIASYC (UMR CNRS 6659)
              Unversite de Technologie de Compiegne
              BP 20529, F-60205 Compiegne, Cedex, France
              Tel.: +33-3- 44 23 44 84
              Fax: +33-3-44 23 44 77
              E-mail: silviu@hds.utc.fr

Important Dates: 

              Aug.  20, 2004 Call for Papers
              April 15, 2005 Deadline for Paper Submission
              Aug.  15, 2005 Completion of First Review
              Nov.  15, 2005 Completion of Final Review
              June  30, 2006 Publication

     Potential authors are strongly encouraged to upload the electronic file
of their manuscript (in Postscript, PDF or WORD format) through on-line 
submission interface on the journal website http://www.ajc.org.tw . In case 
you encounter any submission problem, you are free to contact Prof. Li-Chen 
Fu, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Control at the following address:

              Professor Li-Chen Fu
              Department of Electrical Engineering, EE II-524
              National Taiwan University
              Taipei 106, Taiwan
              Tel: +886-2-2362-2209
              Fax: +886-2-2365-7887
              E-mail: lichen@ntu.edu.tw

     Submission of a manuscript signifies that it has been neither
copyrighted, published, nor submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.
     All submission should include a title page containing the title of the
paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic address, 
phone and fax numbers, an abstract and a list of keywords. The contacting 
author should be clearly identified. For more detailed information about 
manuscript preparation, please visit the web site of Asian Journal of Control 
at http://www.ajc.org.tw. 

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Control Biology - Emerging Field of Life Science that Connects Biology and
Control
A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control
http://www.ajc.org.tw

     Control plays essential roles in all living organisms ranging from
bacteria to human being. The life uses control in every level of its
hierarchy ranging from a single cell to brain motor control. The recent rapid 
progress in life science highlights the importance of control in many
respects. In molecular biology, control of gene expression is one of the main 
targets of research where control theory is expected to be a strong
machinery for analyzing and even for synthesizing various functions and 
properties of gene regulatory network. In brain science, motor control
of manipulations and locomotions is a hot area of research in connection with 
development of humanoid robots. In many fields of clinical
medicine, control methodology based on modeling and simulation is expected to 
make some substantial reformation in methods of surgery,
pharmacological analysis and prediction, anesthetic control and so on.

     This special issue is aimed to collect papers concerning the interplay 
between control and biology in various aspects for the purpose of
exploiting potential of control theory and practices to attack fundamental 
issues of biology, get deeper understanding of life phenomena and find
useful application of control disciplines through establishing a common 
framework to deal with vastly different expressions of control in living
phenomena. We sincerely invite you to submit papers in this special issue.

Guest Editors:
              Prof. Mustafa Khammash
              Department of Mechanical Engineering
              Engr II Bldg., Room 2324
              University of California, Santa Barbara
              Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070
              Tel: +1-805-893-4967
              Fax: +1-805-893-8651
              E-mail: khammash@engineering.ucsb.edu

              Prof. Partha Mitra
              Freeman Building
              1, Bungtown Road
              Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
              Cold Spring Harbor,
              NY 11724
              Tel: +1- 516-367-8389
              Fax: +1-516-367-6942
              E-mail: mitra@cshl.edu

Important Dates:
              Aug. 31, 2004 Call for Papers
              Feb. 15, 2005 Deadline for Paper Submission
              June 15, 2005 Completion of First Review
              Oct. 15, 2005 Completion of Final Review
              Sep. 30, 2006 Publication

     Potential authors can either submit four copies of manuscripts or send 
its electronic file (in Postscript, PDF or Word format) to Prof.
Hidenori Kimura, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Control at the following 
address:
              Prof. Hidenori Kimura
              Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center
              RIKEN(The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
              2271-130, Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku,
              Nagoya, Aichi 463-0003, Japan
              Tel: +81-52-736-5860
              Fax: +81-52-736-5862
              E-mail: kimura@bmc.riken.jp

     All submissions should include a title page containing the title of the 
paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic
address, phone and fax number, an abstract, and a list of keywords. The 
contacting author should be clearly identified.

     For more detailed information about manuscript preparation, please visit 
the web site of Asian Journal of Control at http://www.ajc.org.tw .


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5.2 CFP: Nonlinear Dynamics


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CFP: Nonlinear Dynamics

Contributed by: Mario di Bernardo, m.dibernardo@bristol.ac.uk

Special Issue of Nonlinear Dynamics devoted to the Experimental analysis and 
control of Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems: theory and applications

This Special Issue intends to address the growing interest in the
experimental analysis and control of systems modelled by sets of non-smooth 
differential equations and maps. These include a wide variety of physical and 
engineering devices. Examples include power electronic converters, mechanical 
systems with impacts and friction, hybrid and relay feedback control schemes, 
walking mechanisms and many others. The experimental study of discontinuous 
and nonsmooth systems is rapidly becoming an active research area within the 
dynamical systems community and deserves a wider attention. A special issue 
devoted to this topic is hereby proposed for the journal 'Nonlinear Dynamics'.

Original research papers are solicited in the following areas:
- Analysis and classification of bifurcations and chaotic
  behaviour in switching and impacting systems with particular
  attention to phenomena characteristic of nonsmooth dynamics;
- Control of switching and impacting systems, including chaos
  control, bifurcation control,  etc.
- Modeling of non-smooth and discontinuous events in physical and
  engineering systems;
- Characterisation of dynamics of specific piecewise-smooth and
  discontinuous systems of relevance in applications;
- Experimental techniques for the analysis of nonsmooth systems.

An {essential requirement} will be the presentation of experimental results 
supporting the theoretical arguments presented in the paper. Papers focussed 
solely on theory will not be accepted for publication in this issue.

Review papers on topics within the scope of the special issue may also be 
considered. Authors are welcome to submit an abstract in advance of the paper 
itself if they would like advice as to its suitability for this special issue.

The Guest Editors for this Special Issue will be:
Dr. Mario di Bernardo, Email: m.dibernardo@bristol.ac.uk
Dr. Enric Fossas, Email: enric.fossas@upc.es
Dr. Ugo Galvanetto, Email: u.galvanetto@ic.ac.uk
Dr. David Wagg, Email: david.wagg@bristol.ac.uk

Contributions should be submitted electronically by sending a PDF or
Postscript version of the manuscript together with the contact details of the 
corresponding author to:

Dr. David Wagg, E-mail: David.Wagg@bristol.ac.uk

All manuscripts will be subject to peer review and should be
submitted by Sunday 15th May 2005. Manuscripts will normally be no
more than 20 pages long and conform to the standards as indicated
on the journal website: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0924-090X

[The idea for this special issue originated as part of the
European Union Research Project SICONOS (Simulation and Control of
Nonsmooth dynamical systems). http://siconos.inrialpes.fr]


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5.3 Contents: Automatica


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Contents: Automatica

Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu

Contents: Automatica, March, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 3

To consult the cumulative table of contents 1965-present, to view the list
of recently accepted papers or to submit a paper visit
http://www.autsubmit.com

Editorials

T. Söderström, P. Van den Hof, B. Wahlberg, S. Weiland
Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on data-based modelling and
system identification

Special issue papers

J. Schoukens, R. Pintelon, T. Dobrowiecki, and Y. Rolain
Identification of linear systems with nonlinear distortions

Alessandro Chiuso and Giorgio Picci
Consistency analysis of some closed-loop subspace identification methods

L. Belkoura
Identifiability of systems described by convolution equations

Fredrik Rosenqvist and Anders Karlström
Realisation and estimation of piecewise-linear output-error models

Dietmar Bauer
Asymptotic properties of subspace estimators

V. K. Chitrakaran, D. M. Dawson, W. E. Dixon, and J. Chen
Identification of a moving object's velocity with a fixed camera

Thomas Ribarits, Manfred Deistler, and Bernard Hanzon
An analysis of separable least squares data driven local coordinates for
maximum likelihood estimation of linear systems

Sippe G. Douma and Paul M.J. Van den Hof
Relations between uncertainty structures in identification for robust
control

Jacob Roll, Alexander Nazin, and Lennart Ljung
Non-linear system identification via direct weight optimization

Håkan Hjalmarsson
From experiment design to closed loop control

Martin Enqvist and Lennart Ljung
Linear approximations of nonlinear FIR systems for separable input
processes

Ralf L.M. Peeters and Bernard Hanzon
Identifiability of homogeneous systems using the state isomorphism
approach


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5.4 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 13 No. 3 (March 2005)
With Special Section on Aerospace Control, edited by:  K. Schilling

Table of Contents:

Vibration control of a very flexible manipulator system
Z. Mohamed, J.M. Martins, M.O. Tokhi, J. Sa da Costa, M.A. Botto, pp 267-277

A hybrid control strategy for active vibration isolation with
electrohydraulic actuators
Y. Zhang, A.G. Alleyne, D. Zheng, pp 279-289

Impedance control for a pneumatic robot-based around pole-placement,
joint space controllers
R. Richardson, M. Brown, B. Bhakta, M. Levesley, pp 291-303

Fuzzy control of the vertical acceleration of fast ferries
M. Santos, R. Lopez, J.M. de la Cruz, pp 305-313

Unified model simplification procedure applied to a single protection
valve
H. Nemeth, L. Palkovics, K.M. Hangos, pp 315-326

Special section on aerospace control
K. Schilling, pp 327

Milestone report on aerospace control
IFAC Technical Committee on Aerospace, pp 329-331

Aerospace launch vehicle control: a gain scheduling approach
B. Clement, G. Duc, S. Mauffrey, pp 333-347

Slew maneuver control for spacecraft equipped with star camera and
reaction wheels
R. Wisniewski, P. Kulczycki, pp 349-356

Magnetic spacecraft attitude control: a survey and some new results
E. Silani, M. Lovera, pp 357-371

Adaptive flight control design for nonlinear missile
A. Tsourdos, B.A. White, pp 373-382

Design and flight testing of various H^~ controllers for the Bell 205
helicopter
I. Postlethwaite, E. Prempain, E. Turkoglu, M.C. Turner, K. Ellis,
A.W. Gubbels, pp 383-398


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5.5 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: 12,   Year: Dec. 2004   

MIMO Disturbance and Plant Uncertainty Attenuation by Feedback
Djouadi, S.M., Page(s): 2099- 2112 

Distributed Control of Heterogeneous Systems
Dullerud, G.E.; D'Andrea, R., Page(s): 2113- 2128   

The Potential Structure of Sample Paths and Performance Sensitivities of
Markov Systems
Cao, X.-R., Page(s): 2129- 2142    

Perturbation Analysis and Optimization of Stochastic Flow Networks
Sun, G.; Cassandras, C.G.; Wardi, Y.; Panayiotou, C.G.; Riley, G.F.
Page(s): 2143- 2159  

Equivalence of Dynamical Systems by Bisimulation
vanderSchaft, A., Page(s): 2160- 2172    

Performance Recovery Under Output Feedback Sampled-Data Stabilization of a
Class of Nonlinear Systems
Khalil, H.K., Page(s): 2173- 2184  

Closed-Form Boundary State Feedbacks for a Class of 1-D Partial
Integro-Differential Equations
Smyshlyaev, A.; Krstic, M., Page(s): 2185- 2202    

A General Framework for Tackling the Output Regulation Problem
Huang, J.; Chen, Z., Page(s): 2203- 2218 

Dynamic High-Gain Scaling: State and Output Feedback With Application to
Systems With ISS Appended Dynamics Driven by All States
Krishnamurthy, P.; Khorrami, F., Page(s): 2219- 2239  

An Innovation Approach to$H_infty$Fixed-Lag Smoothing for Continuous
Time-Varying Systems
Zhang, H.; Xie, L.; Wang, W.; Lu, X., Page(s): 2240- 2244  

Nonlinear Internal Models for Output Regulation
Byrnes, C.I.; Isidori, A., Page(s): 2244- 2247    

Design of Receding Horizon Controls for Constrained Time-Varying Systems
Kim, K.B., Page(s): 2248- 2253
 
Robust Dynamic Programming for Min–Max Model Predictive Control of Constrained
Uncertain Systems
Diehl, M.; Bjornberg, J., Page(s): 2253- 2257   

Boundedness Properties of Nonlinear Quasi-Dissipative Systems
Polushin, I.G.; Marquez, H.J., Page(s): 2257- 2261    

A Heuristic Kalman Filter for a Class of Nonlinear Systems
Saab, S.S., Page(s): 2261- 2265    

New Delay-Dependent Stability Criteria and Stabilizing Method for Neutral 
Systems
Wu, M.; He, Y.; She, J.-H., Page(s): 2266- 2271    

A Convergent Algorithm for Computing Stabilizing Static Output Feedback Gains
Yu, J.-t., Page(s): 2271- 2275    

Stability of a Riccati Equation Arising in Recursive Parameter Estimation
Under Lack of Excitation
Medvedev, A., Page(s): 2275- 2280    

On Computing the Maximum Time-Delay Bound for Stability of Linear Neutral 
Systems
Han, Q.-L.; Yu, X.; Gu, K., Page(s): 2281- 2286   

A High-Gain Scaling Technique for Adaptive Output Feedback Control of
Feedforward Systems
Krishnamurthy, P.; Khorrami, F., Page(s): 2286- 2292    

Single and Multistate Integral Friction Models
Ferretti, G.; Magnani, G.; Rocco, P., Page(s): 2292- 2297    

New Cascade Approach for Global$kappa$-Exponential Tracking of Underactuated 
Ships
Lee, T.-C.; Jiang, Z.-P., Page(s): 2297- 2303   

Authors' Reply to "Comments on 'Robust iterative learning control design is
straightforward for uncertain LTI systems satisfying the robust performance
condition'"
Tayebi, A.; Zaremba, M.B., Page(s): 2303- 2303    

Correction to “Quadratic Stability of a Class of Switched Nonlinear Systems”
Zhao, J.; Dimirovski, G.M., Page(s): 2303- 2303  


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5.6 Contents: ISA Transactions


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Contents: ISA Transactions

Contributed by: T.S. Lee, tlee@isa.org

ISA Transactions
Volume 44, Number 1 - January 2005

Characterization of a differential ?semi999ber Bragg grating sensor for oil-
water boundary detection; 
  Peter LoPresti, Dilip Jali, Blake Carpenter, Michael Gersztenkorn; pp 3-13
A study of wavelet analysis based error compensation for the angular 
measuring system of high-precision test turntables; 
  Deng Huiyu, Wang Xinli, Ma Peisun; pp 15-21
Linear mass balance equilibration: A new approach for an old problem; 
  J. Ragot, D. Maquin, M. Alhaj-Dibo; pp 23-34
Observer design and stabilization for linear neutral delay systems; 
  Bing Chen, James Lam, Zidong Wang; pp 35-42
Geometrical error compensation of machines with signi?semi999cant random
errors; 
  Kok Kiong Tan, Sunan Huang; pp 43-53
Adaptive control of uncertain continuously stirred tank reactors with 
unknown actuator nonlinearities; 
  T. Zhang, M. Guay; pp 55-68
Continuous analysis of move suppressed and shifted DMC 
  G. C. Kember, R. Dubay, S. E. Mansour; pp 69-80
Design of controller using variable transformations for a nonlinear process 
with dead time; 
  R. Anandanatarajan, M. Chidambaram, T. Jayasingh; pp 81-91
Digital redesign of observer-based weighting switch controller for cascaded 
analog systems with state saturation and external loads; 
  J. S. H. Tsai, H. Cheng, M. M. Moussighi, L. S. Shieh; 93-115
Second-order sliding mode controllers for nonlinear singular perturbation 
systems; 
  J. Wang, K. M. Tsang; pp 117-129
Multi-model direct adaptive decoupling control with application to the wind 
tunnel system; 
  Xin Wang, Shaoyuan Li, Wenjian Cai, Heng Yue, Xiaojie Zhou, Tianyou Chai;
  pp 131-143
Design and analysis of controllers for a double inverted pendulum; 
  Henrik Niemann, Jesper Kildegaard Poulsen; pp 145-163


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5.7 Contents: Int Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science


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Contents: Int Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

Contributed by: Jozef Korbicz, J.Korbicz@issi.uz.zgora.pl

WebSite http://www.issi.uz.zgora.pl/amcs/
Special Issue: Issues in Modelling, Optimization and Control
Edited by: Adam KORYTOWSKI, Wojciech MITKOWSKI and Gwidon SZEFER

1. Felgenhauer U. Optimality and sensitivity for semilinear bang­bang 
   type optimal control problems, 447
2. Skruch P.  Stabilization of second­order systems by non­linear feedback, 
   455
3. Garus J. Optimization of thrust allocation in the propulsion system of 
   an underwater vehicle, 461
4. Gorczyca P. and Hajduk K. Tracking control algorithms for a laboratory
   aerodynamical system, 469
5. Koz³owski K. and Pazderski D. Modeling and control of a 4­wheel skid­
   steering mobile robot, 477
6. Pi³at A. FEMLab software applied to Active Magnetic Bearing analysis, 
   497
7. Sak B. The problems of collision avoidance at sea in the formulation of 
   complex motion principles, 503
8. Mikulski L. Control structure in optimization problems of bar systems, 
   515
9. Malanowski K. Convergence of the Lagrange­Newton method for optimal
   control problems, 531
10.Szefer F. Molecular modelling of stresses and deformations in 
   nanostructured materials, 541
11.Szeliga D., Gaw¹d J. and Pietrzyk M. Parameters identification of 
   material models based on the inverse analysis, 549


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5.8 Contents: International Journal of Control


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Contents: International Journal of Control

Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk

Volume 78, Issue 1
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp

Controllability and point-to-point control of 3-DOF planar horizontal 
underactuated manipulators
A. D. Mahindrakar, R. N. Banavar and M. Reyhanoglu

A new method for the computation of all stabilizing controllers of a given 
order
K. Saadaaoui and A. B. Ozguler

An instrumental variable approach to non-linear model-based adaptive control 
of engine speed
J. W. Anders and M. A. Franchek

Universal adaptive control of satellite formation flying
P. Pongvthithum, S. M. Veres, S. B. Gabriel and E. Rogers

H PID controller design for Lur’e systems and its application to a ball and 
wheel apparatus
M-T. Ho and J-M. Lu

Practical frequency response analysis of non-linear time-delayed differential 
or difference equation models
J. C. Peyton Jones

For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor: 
Professor Eric Rogers
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
etar@ecs.soton.ac.uk



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5.9 Contents: International Journal of General Systems


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Contents: International Journal of General Systems

Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk

Volume 34, Issue 1		
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp

Aggregation operators with annihilator
M. Mas, R. Mesiar, M. Monserrat and J. Torrens

Systems movement; Autobiographical retrospectives
Y. Takahara

Measuring contradiction in fuzzy logic
S. Cubillo and E. Castineria

Finite fuzzy sets
V. Murali and B. Makamba

An uncertainty measure in partition-based fuzzy rough sets
J-Sheng Mi, Y. Leung and W-Z. Wu


For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor: 
Dr George Klir
gensyst@binghamton.edu 
Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering 
Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science 
State University of New York



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5.10 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science


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Contents: International Journal of Systems Science

Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk

Volume 36, Issue 1	

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp

Recursive Approach of Optimal Kalman Filtering Problem for Multiparameter 
Singularly Perturbed Systems
H. Mukaidani

Fixed-order Controller Design for Linear Time-invariant Descriptor Systems: a 
BMI Approach
X. Huang and B. Huang

Delay-dependent Robust Guaranteed Cost Control of an Uncertain Linear System 
with State and Input Delay
J. Gao and B. Huang

New Results of Robust Quadratically Stabilizing Control for Uncertain Linear 
Time-delay Systems
H. Su, X. Ji and J. Chu

Warehouse Sizing and Inventory Scheduling for Multiple Stock Keeping Products
V. Petinis, C. Tarantilis and C. Kiranoudis

Optimal Taxation in National Economies. Net Income Entropy, Weighted Incomes-
Inequalities and Fuzzy Saving Propensities
G. Jumarie

For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor: 
Professor Peter Fleming
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,
University of Sheffield 
ijss@sheffield.ac.uk



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5.11 Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory


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Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory

Contributed by: C. Cruz-Hernandez, ccruz@cicese.mx

Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory: 
An International Journal of Research and Surveys
Address of e-Journal: http//:www.e-ndst.kiev.ua
Volume 4, Number 3, 2004

CONTENTS
Dissipative Analysis and Stability of Nonlinear Stochastic State-Delayed 
Systems, M.D.S. Aliyu, p. 243.

Robust H-infinite Fuzzy Design for Time Delay Nonlinear Markovian Jump 
Systems: An LMI Approach, W. Assawinchaichote and Sing Kiong Nguang , p. 257.

H-infinite Control for a Class of Nonlinear Stochastic Time-Delay Systems, 
Jun’e Feng, Weihai Zhang and Bor-Sen Chen, p. 273.

Robust H-infinite Filtering for Discrete Stochastic Time-Delay Systems with 
Nonlinear Disturbances, Huijun Gao, James Lam and Changhomg Wang, p. 285.

Robust Adaptive Control for a Class of Nonlinear Stochastic Time ­Delay 
Systems, Changchun Hua, Xinping Guan and Yan Shi, p. 303.

Robust Fuzzy Linear Control of a Class of Stochastic Nonlinear Time-Delay 
Systems, H.R. Karimi, B. Moshiri and C. Lucas, p. 317.

Robust H-infinite Analysis and Synthesis for Jumping Time-Delay Systems 
using Transformation Methods, Peng Shi, M.S. Mahmound and A. Ismail, p. 333.

Stabilization of a Class of Stochastic Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems, Zidong 
Wang, James Lam and Xiaohui Liu, p. 357.

Robust Observers for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with 
State Delays, Shegyuan Xu, Peng Shi, Chunmei Feng, Yiqian Guo and Yun Zou, 
p. 369.

For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor-in-
Chief of ND&ST: 
Professor A.A.Martynyuk
Institute of Mechanics,
Nesterov str., 3 
Kiev-57, 03680 MSP
UKRAINE
e-mail: anmart@stability.kiev.ua


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5.12 European Journal of Control


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European Journal of Control

Contributed by: Danila Ferrara, ejc@elet.polimi.it

Special Issue on "Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control" 

Guest Editorial

Trajectory Design for Mechanical Control Systems from Geometry to Algorithms
by F.Bullo

Port-Based Asymptotic Curve Tracking for Mechanical Systems
S. Stramigioli and V. Duindam 

Trajectory Tracking Control of Nonholonomic Hamiltonian Systems Via 
Generalized Canonical Transformations
by K. Fujimoto, K. Sakurama and T. Sugie

Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control: A Survey
by R. Ortega and E. Garcia-Canseco 

Controlled Lagrangian Systems with Gyroscopic Forcing and Dissipation
C. Woolsey, A. M. Bloch, N. E. Leonard, C. K. Reddy, D. E. Chang and J. E. 
Marsden

Physical Damping in IDA-PBC Controlled Underactuated Mechanical Systems
by F. Gomez-Estern and A.J. van der Schaft 

Control of Squeezed Phonon and Spin States
by A.M. Bloch and A.G. Rojo 

Control of the Evolution of Heisenberg Spin Systems
by F. Albertini and D. D'Alessandro 

Port Based Modeling of Spatial Visco-Elastic Contacts
by V. Duindam and S. Stramigioli 

Geometric Numerical Integration of Nonholonomic Systems and Optimal Control 
Problems
by M. de Leon, D. Martin de Diego,and A. Santamaria Merino


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14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification

Contributed by: Brett Ninness, brett@ee.newcastle.edu.au

The 14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, SYSID-2006
Newcastle, Australia, March 29-31, 2006.
http://sysid2006.org

SYSID is organized every three years with the previous SYSID-2003 being held
in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.  This will be the first SYSID symposium to 
take place in the Southern Hemisphere.

The symposium covers all major aspects of system identification, experimental 
modelling, signal processing and adaptive control from theoretical and 
methodological developments to practical applications in a wide range of
application areas. The aim of the meeting is to promote research, learning 
and collaboration.

To enhance the applications and industrial perspective of the symposium, 
participation from industrial authors is particularly encouraged.

Scope: 
The scope of the symposium covers all major aspects of system identification, 
experimental modelling, signal processing and adaptive control, ranging from 
theoretical, methodological and scientific developments to a large variety of 
(engineering) application areas.

Relevant topics for the symposium program include:
* Identification of linear and multivariable systems;
* Identification of nonlinear systems, including neural networks;
* Identification of hybrid and distributed systems;
* Identification for control;
* Experimental modelling in process control ;
* Vibration and modal analysis;
* Model validation, monitoring and fault detection;
* Signal processing and communication;
* Parameter estimation and inverse modelling;
* Statistical analysis and uncertainty bounding;
* Adaptive control and data-based controller tuning;
* Learning, data mining and Bayesian approaches;
* Sequential Monte Carlo methods, including particle filtering;
* Applications in process control systems, motion control systems, robotics, 
  aerospace systems, bioengineering and medical systems, physical measurement
  systems, automotive systems, econometrics, transportation and 
  communication systems;
* Applications in emerging areas such as systems biology, quantum systems
  and MIMO communications.

Important Dates:
Submission Deadlines:          August  29, 2005
Acceptance Notification:       October 28, 2005
Final Papers Due:              Dec 14,     2005
Symposium:                     March 29-31,2006

Joint Conference Chairs: Brett Ninness and Håkan Hjalmarsson
IPC Chair: Håkan Hjalmarsson
IPC Vice-Chair: Iven Mareels


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6.2 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition


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2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

Contributed by: Alexander Leonessa, aleo@mail.ucf.edu

Call for papers on Collaborative Control of Autonomous Vehicles.

Over the years, various engineering problems have been addressed with 
robotic solutions. The notion of multiple robots to solve a problem was 
first introduced in the area of biologically inspired robot swarms and has 
recently developed into a more cooperative approach with robot teams. 
Various tasks have been identified that can be solved with a robotic team 
approach. Many of these tasks are limited specifically to underwater, 
ground, aerial, or space robots. Other tasks can utilize a mix of these 
robots in collaboration from within their respective environments. For 
example, reconnaissance and other military functions from space, air, 
ground, and sea may all greatly benefit from cooperation between spacecraft, 
aircraft, tanks, carriers, submarines, weapons, etc. The addition of robot 
diversity in a team of robots dramatically increases the difficulty of the 
problem. In these situations, it is necessary to seek more advanced control 
techniques to simplify the problem.

This session is intended to provide a unified forum to address a number of 
interesting dynamics and control-related research problems that arise in 
collaborative control of autonomous vehicles such as mission/path planning; 
on-board autonomy; obstacle avoidance; distributed control architecture; 
communication and throughput constraints; operation of multiple unmanned 
aerial vehicles, including problems such as paths planning, formation 
control, and rendezvous; reconfiguration and clustering techniques for 
multiple spacecraft formation problems; etc. 

Papers addressing theoretical, computational, and applications related 
issues in the field of collaborative Control of Autonomous vehicles will be 
considered. Authors should submit a 400-word text only abstract to: 
http://www.asmeconferences.org/congress05 

The following ASME deadlines apply:

March 7, 2005: Abstract submission deadline for authors
March 31, 2005: Notification of abstract acceptance
May 31, 2005: Full paper deadline
July 29, 2005: Notification of full paper acceptance
August 19, 2005: Deadline for all final papers and applicable copyright forms
(ASME Form 1903)


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6.3 2005 IEEE CCA Deadline Extension


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2005 IEEE CCA Deadline Extension

Contributed by: M. Moallem, mmoallem@engga.uwo.ca

2005 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, August 29-
31, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada 

Contributed by: M. Moallem, mmoallem@engga.uwo.ca

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS, INVITED SESSIONS, AND WORKSHOP 
PROPOSALS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 18, 2005.

The CSS submission web-site (http://www.paperplaza.net/) will be open for 
submissions until the above deadline.

Please refer to the conference web site (http://www.eng.uwo.ca/cca05/) for 
more details about the program.


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6.4 7th Argentine Symposium on Artificial Intelligence


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7th Argentine Symposium on Artificial Intelligence

Contributed by: Juan Carlos Gomez, jcgomez@fceia.unr.edu.ar

Call For Papers
7th Argentine Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (ASAI 2005)
August 29-30, 2005 - Rosario, Argentina.

ASAI 2005 seeks original contributions in a wide spectrum of Artificial 
Intelligence, ranging from state-of-the-art academic research to industrial 
and business applications having a significant impact. The symposium will 
consist of invited talks and regular paper sessions presenting both mature 
work and new ideas in theoretical research and applications of AI. 
Submissions are due before April 29, 2005.

Further information can be found at: 
Website: http://www.fceia.unr.edu.ar/asai2005
Email: asai2005@fceia.unr.edu.ar


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6.5 8th IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conf


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8th IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conf

Contributed by: Stefano Stramigioli, S.Stramigioli@ieee.org

Deadline Extension for ITSC2005

The deadline for submission of papers for the 8th IEEE Intelligent
Transportation Systems Conference (http://www.itsc2005.at) which will take
place in Vienna, Austria between the 13-16 of September 2005, has been
extended to the 1st of March 2005.

Furthermore, we would like to let you know that the program committee Has
decided to select the best papers presented at the conference for possible
publication in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions of Intelligent
Transportations Systems.

Looking forward to your contributions, we are hoping to meet you in the
wonderful historical Vienna in September.

Stefano Stramigioli
Program Chair ITSC2005


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6.6 Artificial Intelligence in Energy Systems and Power AIESP 2006


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Artificial Intelligence in Energy Systems and Power AIESP 2006

Contributed by: Jim McDonald, aiesp06@icsc.ab.ca

Artificial Intelligence is an advanced computer science that seeks to emulate 
some of the capabilities of the human brain, e.g.  to automate control of 
engineering systems and extend the skill of human operators. 
AIESP2006 is the first of a series of conferences on 'Application of AI in 
Energy Systems and Power'.   It provides a forum to present the highest 
quality papers, and also to report on the latest developments on all above 
subjects.   In other words it aims to teach and educate.    The conference 
provides an opportunity for dialogue and synergy between scientists and 
engineers from different backgrounds with the common interest within the 
field from all over the globe. To achieve this, the conference encourages 
researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to participate.    

The conference considers the application of whole range of AI topics to 
energy systems and power. 

In energy systems it covers topics such as alternative energy including 
renewable energy sources (biomass, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and  
photovoltaic conversion systems), new transportation fuels (such as ethanol) 
and new applications of conventional energy sources (such as the use of 
propane and natural gas as automotive fuels, and batteries in electric 
vehicles), fuel cells and gas hydrates. Visit:
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/aiesp2006/aiesp-cfp.html


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6.7 Environmental Informatics Environmental Managment and Engineering


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Environmental Informatics, Environmental Managment and Engineering

Contributed by: J. Marx Gómez, marx-gomez@gmx.de

Interdisciplinary Research in ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS, ENVIRONMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT and ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING - ITEE 2005
Chairs: Prof. C. Rautenstrauch/Dr. J. Marx Gómez
http://www-wi.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/itee2005/info

Acquisition, storage and processing of environmental information are becoming 
vital to preserving the quality of human life. Potentially dangerous changes 
are happening in the atmosphere, oceans, animal habitats and places where 
hazardous materials are used, or have been discarded without adequate 
environmental protections. 

In recent decades public interest in environmental problems has increased 
enormously and research into these subjects has been intensifying. At the 
same time developments in computer and network techniques have led to the 
creation of sophisticated information systems with increased storage and 
transmission capacities. Such data can often be accessed by the public using 
the internet; and the public has become a very concerned participant in 
discussions about the environment. 

In recent years, information technology has become significant to all 
scientific groups and fields involved in environment engineering. Knowledge 
based systems which enable the study of environmental changes have been 
developed and are being extended to manage those environments. New paradigms 
for designing objects to enable easy disassembly and recovery of components 
contribute to reuse. Developments in exploiting alternative energy sources 
are reducing dependence on non-renewable resources. Surveillance techniques 
enable tracking of persons likely to threaten the lives of persons or their 
environment. 

How can these developments be enhanced?

Further advance is going to be possible only if scientific teams have 
adequate experience, methods and tools for investigation of the changes in 
the environment. Success requires a high level of organization related to 
technical as well as scientific and human aspects of information handling. 

The ITEE 2005 conference will provide a forum for exchanging information 
among pollution engineers, knowledge engineers and scientists. Some of the 
objectives include discussion of projects for long term storage of data, data 
update, validation and consistency of data. Research topics and funding 
opportunities discussed at the conference will be of interest to all 
researchers. Another objective is to discuss means of assessing the potential 
of individual teams in implementation and modeling of large scale systems. 


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6.8 ICNC 05 - FSKD 05


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ICNC 05 - FSKD 05

Contributed by: Lipo Wang, elpwang@ntu.edu.sg

2005 Int Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05)
2005 Int Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'05)
27 - 29 August 2005, Changsha, China
http://www.xtu.edu.cn/nc2005
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/elpwang/nc2005

Submission Deadline: 15 March 2005

The 2005 International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'05) 
and the 2005 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge 
Discovery (FSKD¡¯05) will be jointly held in Changsha, China from 
27 - 29 August 2005. The conferences will feature the most up-to-date 
research results in computational algorithms inspired from nature, 
including biological, ecological, and physical systems. It is an 
exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of 
techniques and methods are being studied for dealing with large, 
complex, and dynamic problems. Specific areas include neural 
computation, evolutionary computation, quantum computation, DNA 
computation, chemical computation, information processing in cells and 
tissues, molecular computation, computation with words, fuzzy 
computation, granular computation, artificial life, swarm intelligence, 
ants colony, artificial immune systems, etc., with applications to 
intelligent control, signal processing, systems, and more. The joint 
conferences will also promote cross-fertilization over these exciting 
and yet closely-related areas. Registration to either conference will 
entitle a participant to the proceedings and technical sessions of 
both conferences, as well as the conference banquet and meals. 

Publications: 
The ICNC'05 and FSKD'05 conference proceedings will be published in 
Springer-Verlag¡¯s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and 
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), respectively. Both 
the LNCS and LNAI are indexed in SCI-Expanded. A selected number of 
authors will be invited to expand and revise their papers for possible 
inclusions in peer-reviewed international journals / edited books.

About Changsha, Hunan, China: 
Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is a historic and cultural 
city in southern China and a busy port on the Xiangjiang River, with a 
population over 6 million. Founded 3000 years ago, the city became the 
capital of the Zhou state (951-960 AD) and a leading commercial center 
during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD). Changsha International Airport 
is easily accessible with direct flights to all major domestic and 
some international destinations. Other famous tourist destinations in 
Hunan include the Zhangjiajie National Park (natural heritage listed 
by UN) and Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient City.


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6.9 IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics


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IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics

Contributed by: Kok-Meng Lee, kokmeng.lee@me.gatech.edu

IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2005)

The AIM2005 conference is returning to the USA for the second time.  The 
purpose of this biennial IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced 
Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), following the footsteps of the previous four 
editions in Tokyo, Japan (1997), Atlanta, USA (1999), Como, Italy (2001) and 
Port Island, Japan (2003), is to promote activities in various areas of 
mechatronics by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of 
technical achievements, and discussion of future directions. Past successes 
have taken the AIM to a new height; the theme of this conference is 
Intelligent Mechatrontics in Nano/Micro Technologies.  Papers describing 
original work on abstractions, algorithms, theories, methodologies, and case 
studies in the area of mechatronics are invited for presentation in the 
conference.  For general inquiry about AIM2005, please browse our webpage 
http://www.aim2005.mtu.edu/, or contact the
Program Chair: Professor Kok-Meng Lee at kokmeng.lee@me.gatech.edu

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2005
Submission Site: http://ras.papercept.net/


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6.10 Joint 44th IEEE CDC and ECC 05


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Joint 44th IEEE CDC and ECC 05

Contributed by: Teodoro Alamo, alamo@cartuja.us.es

44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and
European Control Conference ECC 2005 (CDC-ECC'05)
December 12-15, 2005. Seville (Spain)
http://www.esi.us.es/cdcecc05

KEY DATES
- Deadline for all submissions and proposals: March 1, 2005
- Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: July 15, 2005
- Final manuscript submission deadline: September 10, 2005

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
Papers are invited in the form of regular manuscripts (allotted 6 Proceedings
pages). Note that short manuscripts are not considered. Papers must conform
to the submission policy described below.

CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS:
Proposals for invited sessions, consisting of six papers, must contain a
summary statement describing the motivation and relevance of the proposed
session, accompanied by FULL versions of each invited paper. Individual
papers may be removed from a proposed session and replaced by appropriate
contributed papers at the discretion of the organizing committee. Likewise,
selected papers from rejected invited sessions may be placed in the regular
program.

INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS:
Papers to be presented in an interactive mode are encouraged. This involves
simulation, software demonstration and any other type of papers that are
better presented in an interactive fashion. Authors should indicate in 
their proposal if they prefer their papers to be presented interactively.

Interactive papers will be published in the proceedings in the same way 
as the other papers. Interactive papers will differ only in the way that the 
presentation is made; they will go through the same peer review process as
other contributed papers. An interactive presentation may use physical 
models, computer displays, printed material (i.e. posters) or any 
combination of the above. A typical interactive session will consist of six
papers to be presented during a two hour slot. A space (a place to hang up a 
poster plus a small table and electrical connections for a laptop and/or 
small equipment if needed) will be allocated to each interactive paper. The
chairman of the session will organize with the authors how the presentation 
is to be made. The standard way forseen for the presentations is that all 
the authors will give a very short presentation of their papers to the rest 
of the audience during the first part of the session and that the second 
part of the session is dedicated to particular interactions between authors 
and audience.

Submissions of interactive papers must follow the same guidelines as other
papers. Authors must check the appropriate choice at the submission website
http://www.paperplaza.net

SUBMISSION POLICY:
- All papers submitted to the CDC-ECC'05, either for review or publication
  (after acceptance), must be formatted in the standard 2-column Proceedings
  format.
- For the purposes of REVIEW, regular and invited papers are limited to
  8 pages. Papers exceeding these limits will NOT be considered.
- For PUBLICATION, accepted regular and invited papers are limited to 6
  pages. Papers exceeding these limits will be published only after payment 
  of a page overlength fee. A full registration of at least one of the 
  authors is required for final acceptance.
- All submissions (papers, invited sessions, and tutorials) must be made 
  electronically through the conference submission website
  http://www.paperplaza.net

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS:
The Organizing Committee intends to arrange workshops to be held prior to
the Conference and solicits proposals for appropriate subjects. Potential
organizers can submit their proposals at the conference site
  http://www.esi.us.es/cdcecc05

Contact information:
General Chair:
Eduardo F. Camacho
Departamento de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automatica,
Escuela Superior de Ingenieros,
University of Seville.
Avda/ Camino de los descubrimientos, s/n
41092, Sevilla (Spain)
E-mail: eduardo@esi.us.es
Tel: +34 95 4487347

Program Chair:
Roberto Tempo
IEIIT – CNR
Politecnico di Torino
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129, Torino (Italy)
E-Mail: tempo@polito.it
Tel: +39 011 564-5408

For the most up to date information please visit the conference website
http://www.esi.us.es/cdcecc05


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6.11 SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers


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SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers

Contributed by: Kirsten Wilden, wilden@siam.org

October 24-26, 2005
Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan

Deadline Dates
Minisymposium proposals: March 25, 2005
Abstracts for all contributed and minisymposium presentations: April 25, 2005 

SIAM 's conference on Mathematics for Industry focuses attention on the many
and varied opportunities to promote applications of mathematics to industrial
problems. Since the SIAM community encompasses enormous talent for integrating
and enriching both industrial work and academic research, this conference will
stress interactions within the context of mathematical models and complex
systems, and will encourage other mathematical themes of interest to industry,
government, business and finance.

The multidisciplinary nature of challenging manufacturing and development
problems inspires the first thematic focus on mathematical models of processes
encountered in manufacturing. In addition to validating models for consistency
and computational correctness, and verifying them against real world data,
these models must be joined into larger, more complex and interacting
mathematical models. The second theme focuses on complex systems, which can
vary from interactions among simplistic individual agents to complex
mathematical models of behaviors. Each theme will include attention to the
challenges that arise in coping with enormous amounts of data.

From the start of planning for this conference, the major objective has been
the development and encouragement of industrial, government and academic
collaboration. This conference will provide opportunities to present
successful collaborations and to elaborate elements such as technology
transfer, differing vocabularies and goals, nurturing of contacts and
resolution of issues. "Bridging the industrial/academic barrier" avoids
balkanizing projects by team members and treats work as a whole.


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6.12 SIAM Conference on Optimization


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SIAM Conference on Optimization

Contributed by: Darrell Ross, ross@siam.org

Call for participation

SIAM Conference on Optimization 
Location: Norra Latin, City Conference Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
Dates:	May 15 - 19, 2005

The Preliminary Program is now available! Please visit:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/OP05/

For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at
meetings@siam.org

Darrell Ross
SIAM, Conference Program Manager
Conference Web Master
ross@siam.org


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2nd Int Workshop on Software Cybenetics

Contributed by: Ray DeCarlo, decarlo@ecn.purdue.edu

2nd International Workshop on Software Cybernetics (IWSC 05)
Edinburgh, UK, July 25-28, 2005
http://aquila.nvc.cs.vt.edu/compsac2005/workshop/IWSC05

As a Part of The 29th Annual International Computer Software and Application 
Conference (COMPSAC 2005)

The Program Committee of IWSC 05 invites researchers and practitioners to 
submit previously unpublished work in the area of Software Cybernetics. We 
welcome manuscripts that focus on theoretical work in modeling and analysis, 
as well as summary descriptions of case studies, in software process control. 
Selected papers will be presented during a 1-day workshop as part of 
COMPSAC 2005, published in the COMPSAC workshop proceedings, and considered 
for publication in a special section in the Journal of Systems and Software. 
The workshop program will consist of presentations by keynote speakers and 
authors of selected submissions in a discussion-oriented interactive format. 
Areas/topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following.

* Models and use of feedback mechanisms in software processes, simulation
  and systems
* Feedback control in software test process and fault-tolerant computing; 
  active robust feedback policies for software security
* Robust software evolution using adaptive feedback control
* Self-adaptive, self-managing and learning software: architecture and 
  algorithms
* Adaptive testing; fault detection and localization for self-correction in 
  software and software processes
* Control of software rejuvenation, adaptive rejuvenation
* Relationship between bisimulation and controllability
* Application of supervisory control principles to software synthesis and 
  safety control
* Software architectures for control systems; software enabled control
* Proactive and autonomic computing

Papers must be submitted electronically via: 
http://aquila.nvc.cs.vt.edu/start/www/IWSC05/submit.html

Important dates:
Submissions due: February 15, 2005
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2005
Camera-ready copies due: May 16, 2005

Organizing committee:
* Fevzi Belli, Workshop Chair, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany. 
Email: belli@upb.de
* Aditya Mathur, Workshop Co-Chair, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 
USA. Email: 
apm@cs.purdue.edu
* Kai-Yuan Cai, Chair, Program Committee, Beijing University of Aeronautics 
and Astronautics, 
Beijing, China. Email: kycai@buaa.edu.cn
* Raymond DeCarlo, Co-Chair, Program Committee, Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN, USA. 
Email: decarlo@ecn.purdue.edu


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7.2 9th Annual IEEE Advanced Process Control


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9th Annual IEEE Advanced Process Control

Contributed by: Greg Stewart, greg.stewart@honeywell.com

9th Annual IEEE Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop
May 9-11, 2005
Vancouver, Canada
http://ieee-ias.org/apc2005/

The workshop is a meeting of those interested in Advanced Process Control 
technology to improve performance of the process industries.  Practical 
installation experience and results in addition to theoretical developments 
are presented for discussion.

Plant operations today are faced with ever-increasing pressure to improve 
efficiency, quality and productivity. Without making fundamental changes to 
their production processes, improvement can usually be made with the 
application of advanced control technology. Using modern computer hardware, 
software and innovative techniques, application engineers are able to 
collect real time and historical data on their processes. Data analysis, 
modeling and simulation provide a better understanding of the dynamics of 
process behavior. Once the process characteristics are accurately 
identified, the options for applying suitable control methodology are no 
longer limited to conventional control techniques.

Visit conference website for further information:
  http://ieee-ias.org/apc2005/


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7.3 Colloquium on predictive control April 4th 2005


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Colloquium on predictive control April 4th 2005

Contributed by: Anthony Rossiter, j.a.rossiter@shef.ac.uk

Colloquium on Predictive control, April 4th 2005 at the University of 
Sheffield

Outline information is on the website: 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/acse/events/cpc.html

This will be a day that focused mainly at Ph.D students or others with some 
interest in MPC. We have solicited talks from leading researchers within the 
UK who could give insight into their particular niche of predictive control 
to give a good overview of the field. Moreover we are pleased to announce 
that Prof. Bob Bitmead will be giving the plenary.

Further contributions: We will accept further talks or posters by 
negotiation. Please contact Anthony (j.a.rossiter@sheffield.ac.uk).

Registration: We would like to thank the IEEE for partial funding of this 
colloquium. This means we need only charge attendees for lunch and 
refreshments (15 pounds per person).

 If you are intending to come, wish to present or have any other enquires:
Anthony Rossiter (j.a.rossiter@sheffield.ac.uk,  44 114 2225685) or
James Whidborne (j.f.whidborne@cranfield.ac.uk,  44 1234 750111 ext 5060 or 
07903 989305)



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7.4 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control


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Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control

Contributed by: Manfred Morari, morari@control.ee.ethz.ch

Hybrid Systems:  Computation and Control  (HSCC 2005)
8th International Workshop
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Zurich, Switzerland, March 9-11, 2005
Workshop information : http://www.hscc05.ethz.ch/

Important Dates
Early registration (reduced fees) up to Feb. 14th

The Eighth International Workshop on Hybrid Systems : Computation and Control
(HSCC 2005), will be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
in Zurich, Switzerland, from March 9-11, 2005. The annual workshop on hybrid
systems attracts researchers from academia and industry interested in
modeling, analysis, and implementation of dynamic and reactive systems
involving both discrete and continuous behaviors. It is a forum for the
latest developments in all aspects of hybrid systems, including formal models
and computational representations, algorithms, computational tools, and
applications. The previous workshops in the series of HSCC were held in
Berkeley, USA (1998), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1999),  Pittsburgh,
USA (2000), Rome, Italy (2001),  Palo Alto, USA (2002),  Prague, Czech
Republic (2003), and Philadelphia, USA (2004).

Plenary Talks:
Coordinated Control for Highly Reconfigurable Systems
by Markus P.J. Fromherz, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, USA

Operational Semantics of Hybrid Systems
by Edward A. Lee, Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems (CHESS),
University of California, Berkeley, USA

SOS methods for semialgebraic games and optimization
by Pablo A. Parrilo, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

Accepted Papers:
http://www.hscc05.ethz.ch/papers.html

Workshop Chairs
Manfred Morari
Automatic Control Lab
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH
CH-8092 Zurich  Switzerland

Lothar Thiele
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH


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7.5 Short Course on Embedded Control Systems


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Short Course on Embedded Control Systems

Contributed by: Pedro Albertos, pedro@aii.upv.es

The Control for Embedded Systems Cluster of the ARTIST2 Network of Excellence
organises a Graduate Course on Embedded Control Systems to be held in Valencia
(Spain) April 5-8, 2005. With the participation of 
- Lund University (Control Department) 
- Universidad Politécnica de Valencia(Computer Engineering and Systems
  Engineering Departments) 
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid(IT  Department) 
- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm (Control Dept, Mechatronics
  Dept, Optimization & Systems Dept) 
- Czech Technical University Prague (Control Dept) 

The main goals of the course are to provide the basic understanding of the
following aspects:
- Basic concepts on Embedded Control systems from the Control point of view 
- Real-Time concepts 
- Interaction between the control design and control implementation 
- Real-Time implementation of control algorithms in a multitasking
  environment 
- Analysis of the effects of the execution platform on control performance 
- Control-based approaches for modeling, analysis, and design of embedded
  control and communications systems 
- Overview of different off-line scheduling problems found in embedded
  systems 
- Embedded systems development 

This course is addressed to:
- Partners of the Network ARTIST 2 and open to the general audience
- Young researchers in RT, in control and both 
- Experts in Embedded Systems with interest in Control applications 
- Experts in control with interest in embedded RT control solutions
A full detailed information, including how to register (free of charge) can be
found at http://www.artist2.upv.es


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7.6 Symposium in honor of Malo Hautus


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Symposium in honor of Malo Hautus

Contributed by: Anton A. Stoorvogel, A.A.Stoorvogel@tue.nl

       Symposium Mathematical Systems Theory

On Friday April 8, 2005, prof.dr.ir. Malo Hautus will retire as professor
Mathematical Systems Theory at Eindhoven University of Technology,
after an academic career of almost 44 years. Prior to his farewell 
address on this day, a symposium Mathematical Systems Theory is organized.
Speakers are

    Prof.dr. Geert Jan Olsder, Delft University of Technology
    Dr.ir. Luc Habets, Eindhoven University of Technology
    Prof.dr. Harry Trentelman, University of Groningen
    Prof.dr. Michael Heymann, Technion, Haifa, Israel

They all will present a lecture on a topic that is of special 
interest to Malo Hautus. All lectures will be given in English, 
except the farewell address, which is in Dutch.

Date and Location:
  Friday April 8, 2005 from 10:00 until 15:30 h. in the Auditorium
  of Eindhoven University of Technology. 
  Directly after, at 16:00 h. prof. Hautus will give his Farewell 
  Address.

More information on the program of this day can be obtained through
the internet: http://www.win.tue.nl/hautus. On this site it is
also possible to register electronically for the symposium.



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Chair: Denver University, USA

Contributed by: Donna Kolosky, dkolosky@du.edu

The Department of Computer Science at DU is expanding in pursuit of its goal 
to become a premiere institution for technological innovation.  We are 
looking for a dynamic leader, dedicated to innovative teaching and research 
in the emerging fields of security and distributed systems; animation, game 
development and computer graphics; bioinformatics and computational biology; 
networks; databases and spatial data processing.  We seek candidates with 
experience in leadership and creative scholarship who will establish a 
shared vision for the exciting future of our Computer Science Department.  
Our faculty has created a dynamic research and teaching environment with 
well-established interdisciplinary programs with the DU College of Law, 
Daniels Business College, Digital Media Studies and others, along with an 
emphasis on inter-university, industry, government and private sector 
collaboration.  Our CS department is committed to cutting-edge 
multidisciplinary pedagogy and research, and we seek an individual with high 
ethical standards and a strong appreciation for teaching and scholarship 
that will strengthen the department’s position in becoming an 
internationally recognized program of excellence.

Review of applications will begin immediately and this position will remain 
open until we find the top quality individual from industry or academia to 
take a leadership position in our dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.  
PhD in computer science or related field is required.

Nominations and applications should be submitted to the Computer Science 
Chair Search Committee, School of Engineering and Computer Science, 2050 
East Iliff Avenue, Boettcher East 227, Denver, CO 80208.  Electronic 
submission of materials to dkolosky@du.edu is especially encouraged.  The 
University of Denver is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution 
and encourages applications from and nominations of women and minority 
candidates.


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8.2 Dean: Wright State University OH USA


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Dean: Wright State University, OH, USA

Contributed by: Fred Garber, fdgarber@cs.wright.edu

Wright State University, a research university serving 16,000 students
in its seven colleges and three schools, invites nominations and
applications for the position of Dean of the College of Engineering
and Computer Science.  The university is located in suburban Dayton,
a metropolitan area of one million, adjacent to Wright Patterson AFB,
home of the Air Force Research Laboratories.

The College of Engineering and Computer Science
The university seeks a creative, collaborative dean with significant
advocacy skills to lead the college and fulfill the opportunities
created by several exciting initiatives: 
- A $43 million Wright Center of Innovation in Advanced Data Management
  and Analysis has been awarded the university by Governor Tafts's 3rd
  Frontier Initiative;
- A $10 million research wing is being added to the still-new Russ
  Center for Engineering;
- Collaboration in graduate-level engineering and computer science
  between Wright State and area universities through the Dayton Area
  Graduate Studies Institute has established Wright State as a leader
  in collaborative programs.
- The Wright Brothers Institute, collaboration among Wright State,
  Wright-Patterson AFB the aerospace industry, and regional universities
  is providing numerous continuing opportunities for technical leadership. 

The college is divided into four departments: Biomedical, Industrial
and Human Factors Engineering; Computer Science & Engineering; Electrical
Engineering; and Mechanical & Materials Engineering.
Through its 65 faculty the college offers its 1,200 undergraduates and
630 graduate students eight baccalaureate (all ABET accredited) and
seven master's degree programs.  These programs are joined by a Ph.D.
degree in Computer Science and Engineering and a unique collaborative
Ph.D. degree in Engineering built around six areas of research emphasis
within the college. 

Korn/Ferry International, which is assisting with the search, invites
inquiries, nominations, and applications, which should include a current
C.V. and letter explaining interest and relevant experience.  All
communications will be held in total confidence.   The review of
applications will begin on February 1 and continue until the position is
filled.  The position commands a competitive salary and excellent benefits.
The preferred starting date is July 1, 2005.   A complete position
description including responsibilities and qualifications is available
at www.engineering.wright.edu/deansearch/

John Kuhnle, Managing Director
Korn/Ferry International
Inquiries: 215/656-5339; brian.moorhouse@kornferry.com 
Applications and nominations (E-mail preferred): WRIGHTdean@kornferry.com

Wright State University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and
affirmative action, and specifically encourages applications from members
of under-represented groups.


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8.3 Faculty: Georgia Tech USA


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Faculty: Georgia Tech, USA

Contributed by: Panagiotis Tsiotras, p.tsiotras@ae.gatech.edu

The Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology has identified avionics, information technology, and decision and
control systems as crucial technologies for the next generation of space and
aerial vehicles.  Embedded software is deemed to be an enabling factor for the
advancement of these technologies. 

To support this strategic vision, the School has created the newly endowed
Dutton/Ducoffe Professorship in Embedded Control Software and invites
applications and nominations for a highly qualified individual to fill this
position starting August 2005 or earlier. The associated faculty position is
tenure-track and at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. 

Candidates are expected to have a strong commitment to teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate levels as well as to the development of an
externally funded research program.  Industrial experience or a record of
working with industry is desirable. An earned doctorate in Aerospace
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Software
Engineering or a closely related field is required.  

The successful candidate should be able to work at the intersection of
computer science/technology and control systems theory, and should have a
strong background in flight dynamics and control, and software development and
validation (specifically for aerospace vehicles and systems), and in one or
more of the following areas: algorithmic control theory, digital avionics,
computer-controlled systems, autonomous and/or distributed agents, hybrid
systems, object-oriented distributed software architectures, real-time
embedded systems, human-machine interfaces. 

Candidates should submit a detailed resume and the names of at least three
references to:

Professor Panagiotis Tsiotras 
Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
Tel: (404) 894-9526, Fax: (404) 894-2760
E-mail: p.tsiotras@ae.gatech.edu

The search will continue until the position is filled.


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8.4 Faculty: Munich University of Technology Germany


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Faculty: Munich University of Technology, Germany

Contributed by: Martin Buss, m.buss@ieee.org

Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology invites
applications for a tenured lifetime Associate Professor position (German
W2-position) in Industrial Automation Systems to be filled by 1 April 2006.
The holder of the position will be associated with the Institute of Automatic
Control Engineering and Autonomous Systems (Prof. Buss); research and support
staff will be provided by the university.

Candidates holding a doctoral degree in electrical engineering or in a closely
related field are expected to have demonstrated excellence in research in one
or more of the following fields:
- Information processing architectures and systems in supervisory control
and automation systems
- Design, simulation, and specification tools in industrial information and
automation technology
- Control methods of discrete event dynamical systems and their control in
(networked) automation, theory thereof
- Methods and technological aspects of intelligent, autonomous systems:
complex, adaptive, learning, and variable (switching) structure systems

Experience in one of the following applications is desirable:
Internet/Intranet in industrial automation; traffic automation systems;
telematics/telepresence; automation in cars such as drive-by-wire, x-by-wire;
laboratory automation of high throughput systems in life sciences; medical
systems technology of vegetative, autonomous, and biological functions.

There are substantial opportunities for research collaborations with industry,
with other research institutions and within in the Munich University of
Technology.

Duties include the scientific representation and teaching within the mentioned
fields.  Teaching responsibilities include courses in control and automation
for bachelor, master, and diploma curricula. It is expected that the holder of
this position will contribute in the process of establishing a new
international master program in “Automation and Control”.

The University of Technology, Munich aims to increase the number of women in
teaching and research positions; female applicants are strongly encouraged.

Applications with a resume, copies of certificates, a list of publications (if
possible some preprints of selected publications) and the names of three
referees should be sent to:
The Head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
University of Technology, Munich
Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
or by E-mail to dekan@ei.tum.de


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8.5 Faculty: Oklahoma State University


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Faculty: Oklahoma State University

Contributed by: Rafael Fierro, rfierro@ieee.org

Oklahoma State University invites applicants for tenure-track faculty 
positions starting August 2005 in the School of Electrical & Computer 
Engineering (ECEN). Outstanding candidates in electronics, analog and 
digital VLSI, and computer engineering are invited to apply. The successful 
candidate will have demonstrated potential for excellence in research and 
teaching. Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. or equivalent in Electrical 
or Computer Engineering, or a closely related field. Outstanding candidates 
at all levels will be considered. ECEN has 21 full-time faculty members 
(including 3 IEEE Fellows), approximately 450 undergraduate and 150 graduate 
students, and excellent laboratory facilities. The School offers B.S., M.S., 
and Ph.D. degrees. Departmental research strengths include lasers and 
photonics, analog and digital VLSI, communications and signal processing, 
controls, and power. Oklahoma State University is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women and minorities 
are especially encouraged. Screening will begin on February 1, 2005 and will 
continue until the position is filled. Please send resume and names of at 
least three references to 

Prof. Martin Hagan
Faculty Search Committee
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Room 202 Engineering South
Stillwater, OK 74078

e-mail: mhagan@ieee.org 

Visit http://ece.okstate.edu for more information.


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8.6 Faculty: TOBB Economics and Technology University Turkey


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Faculty: TOBB Economics and Technology University, Turkey

Contributed by: M. Onder Efe, onderefe@etu.edu.tr

TOBB Economics and Technology University invites applications for faculty 
positions starting Fall 2005 in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering 
(EEE) Department. The successful candidates will have a strong commitment to 
expanding and strengthening our research and teaching programs at all 
levels. Outstanding candidates in all areas of EEE will be considered but 
the departmental priority is on the fields of communications, signal 
processing, VLSI and electromagnetics. Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. 
in EEE. Succesful candidates will be expected to teach, perform research, 
and help establishing research and teaching laboratories. Although 
appointments at the Assistant Professor level are preferred, outstanding 
candidates at all levels are encouraged to apply.

The university is a recently established, non-profit and fast growing 
private university with half of its students on full scolarship. The 
graduate school is to be established in Fall 2005. The instruction language 
is Turkish at all levels. The application package must include 1) Detailed 
curriculum vitae, 2) Statement of research and teaching, 3) Names and 
contact details of three references. The interested candidates should send 
the application package to onderefe@etu.edu.tr or to

Doc. Dr. M. Onder EFE, 
TOBB Ekonomi ve Teknoloji Universitesi
Elektrik ve Elektronik Muhendisligi Bolumu
Sogutozu Cad. No:43 TR-06530
Ankara TURKEY



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8.7 Faculty: University of Alberta Canada


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Faculty: University of Alberta, Canada

Contributed by: Fraser Forbes, fraser.forbes@ualberta.ca

Assistant / Associate Professor
Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta

Applications are invited for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant
or Associate Professor level in the area of process systems engineering. The
position will be available July 1, 2005. Candidates must have the ability to
conduct both independent and cooperative research, develop viable and
productive research programs, and to teach both undergraduate and graduate
courses. As one component of their research effort, the successful candidate
is expected to collaborate in research programs within the scope of the NSERC
/ Matrikon Industrial Research Chair in Computer Process Control, which is
held by Professor Sirish L. Shah.

The Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering at the University of
Alberta is one of the premier research intensive departments of its kind in
North America. Our faculty complement is 38, with approximately 180 graduate
students and 70 other researchers. The current research strengths within the
department include surface and colloidal science, computational fluid
dynamics, reaction engineering and catalysis, process control and non-hydrogen
fuel cells. For information about our Department, please consult our website 
at:
 
www.engineering.ualberta.ca/cme/

Candidates must either hold a PhD in Chemical Engineering, or related field,
or expect to receive one shortly after taking up their appointment. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent
residents will be given priority.  A curriculum vitae, the names of three
confidential references, and a statement of current research interests and
plans for future research should be sent to:

Dr. J. F. Forbes, 
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, 
University of Alberta, 
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G6.  

The position is currently open and applications will be considered as they are
received and until the position is filled.


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8.8 Faculty: University of New Orleans USA


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Faculty: University of New Orleans, USA

Contributed by: X. Rong Li, xli@uno.edu

The University of New Orleans, Department of Electrical Engineering invites 
applications for up to four tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant, 
Associate, or Full Professor levels. One position may be at the senior level 
in the joint areas of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical/Computer 
Engineering, particularly Biomedical Signal or Image Processing. The 
applicants must have an outstanding record of research accomplishments, an 
excellent external funding history, and demonstrated strong leadership of a 
research team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the 
development of a graduate biomedical engineering program, proposed jointly 
by the College of Engineering, University of New Orleans, and the Louisiana 
State University Health Sciences Center. Although primary consideration for 
another position will be given to applicants in the areas of Power 
Electronics and Power, strong candidates in all areas of electrical 
engineering will be considered seriously.  Positions will be filled as 
applications are received and the search will terminate when all positions 
are filled.  The expected starting date is January or August 2005. All 
successful candidates will be expected to direct graduate research at the MS 
and PhD levels, develop externally funded research programs, and teach 
graduate and undergraduate courses.  A PhD in electrical engineering or a 
closely related field is required.  Salary and academic rank will be 
competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.  Interested 
persons should send a resume with names, addresses, email addresses, and 
telephone numbers of at least four references to 

Professor Rasheed Azzam (RAzzam@uno.edu)
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Department of Electrical Engineering 
University of New Orleans, Lakefront 
New Orleans, LA 70148
  
More information about the department can be found at
http://ece.engr.uno.edu/ The University of New Orleans is an Equal 
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Women and minorities are 
encouraged to apply.



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8.9 PDF: Louisiana State University USA


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PDF: Louisiana State University, USA

Contributed by: Guoxiang Gu, ggu@lsu.edu

The Systems Group at Louisiana State University is seeking two research 
associate/postdoctoral fellows with a strong research background in the areas 
of communication, signal processing and/or control. 

A Ph.D. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a 
relevant field is highly desirable. US citizenship or permanent residency is 
required.

The candidates would be participating in funded research projects, generally 
focusing on software defined/cognitive radios, and direction finding/ 
geolocation. Expertise in the areas of detection and estimation, spectral 
analysis, adaptive modulation/coding, OFDM, and/or adaptive power control is 
highly desirable.

The position will be available starting April 2005. The positions 
can be filled initially for 12-18 months, with a strong possibility 
of extension depending on performance and continued funding. The 
group has good opportunity to support travel to conferences.

The selection process will begin immediately upon receipt of 
applications. An application including cover letter, a CV, and names 
and email addresses of at least three references should be emailed 
to Prof. Mort Naraghi-Pour at mort@ece.lsu.edu.


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8.10 PDF: Royal Institute of Technology Sweden


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PDF: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Contributed by: Karl H. Johansson, kallej@s3.kth.se

The Department of Signals, Sensors and Systems of the Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, invites applications for a
research associate (postdoc) position in networked embedded
control. 

The successful candidate will join a research group that is focusing
on new design methodologies for network-aware control and the
application of control theory to communication problems. A suitable
background for the position is a PhD in control theory, communication
networks, hybrid systems, real-time middleware, sensor
networks, or a related area. Current applications and industrial
collaborations for the group are found in information and communication
technologies, vehicular systems, and factory automation. 

The position will include research in the area of networked control,
interaction with doctoral students, and involvement in collaborative work 
in national and international projects such as RUNES
(http://www.ist-runes.org) and HYCON (http://www.ist-hycon.org). The
position is available immediately, and is initially for a period of up
to two years, with possible extension. 

The application marked "NEC Postdoc" with curriculum vitae (including
publications list and two professional references) and a short
description of future professional objectives should be submitted to
Automatic Control, Department of Signals, Sensors and Systems, Royal
Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, no later than
Feb 28, 2005. 

For further information about the position, please contact
Karl Henrik Johansson, kallej@s3.kth.se, http://www.s3.kth.se/~kallej


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8.11 PDF: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 


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PDF: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 

Contributed by: Pini Gurfil, pgurfil@technion.ac.il

The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of 
Technology, invites applications for a full-time post-doctoral position from 
highly motivated and independent Ph. D. recipients in control theory, 
optimization, applied mathematics, space systems design, multiple-agent 
systems or related disciplines.  

Applicants with expertise in real-life control systems, embedded control 
systems, or hardware-in-the-loop simulations are particularly encouraged. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for both theoretical and 
practical research in the broad area of distributed space systems control 
and will be expected to lead the development of an advanced space systems 
laboratory. 

The position is for a period of 24-months and is available until filled 
starting as soon as July 2005.   

Applications should include the following:
- A full CV, including list of publications 
- Two copies of sample publications
- Names, postal and E-mail addresses of three referees

Please send all applications and enquiries (preferably via e-mail) to:

Dr. Pini Gurfil
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000
Israel
pgurfil@technion.ac.il 
www.technion.ac.il/~pgurfil 




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8.12 PDF: Univ. of Glamorgan UK


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PDF: Univ. of Glamorgan, UK

Contributed by: Qing-Chang Zhong, qczhong@glam.ac.uk

The School of Electronics at the University of Glamorgan, UK, invites
applications for a full-time Post-doctoral Research Fellowship from highly
motivated, independent and ambitious PhD recipients in Control Theory and
Engineering, Mathematics and related areas. 

Applicants should have expertise in robust control, in particular H-infinity
control, of time-delay systems using frequency-domain approaches and 
stability analysis of time-delay systems. Those who have background in 
process control, infinite-dimensional systems and industrial applications 
with delay systems are preferable. 

The successful candidate will be offered a 32-month fixed-term contract with
the possiblity of renewal. The starting salary will be in the range GBP
18,777- 20,540, depending on experience. There will be an annual increment. 
Benefits include annual leave and pension etc. The successful candidate, if
needed, will be given a teaching load of not more than 6 hours a week.

The successful candidate will join an internationally recognised research
group with good research facilities. We have strong collaboration with
industry and other academic institutions. The research and teaching 
experience gained here will provide an excellent basis for a career in 
industry and academia.

Applications should include the following:
- a letter explaining why you are interested in this post
- a full CV, including list of publications 
- two samples of publications
- the names, postal and E-mail addresses and fax numbers of three 
  academic referees
- a brief summary of previous studies
- a complete application form

The list of key references can be found at http://cap.ee.ic.ac.uk/~zqc by
clicking Publications.

Application forms and further particulars may be obtained by accessing our 
web pages at www.glam.ac.uk/jobs or by telephoning +44-1443-482004 (Direct 
line 24 hour service). Alternatively, you can e-mail us at jobs@glam.ac.uk. 
When requesting an application form, please quote reference: EI121.

CLOSING DATE: 24 FEBRUARY 2005

Academic enquiries may be made to: 
Dr. Qing-Chang Zhong 
Email: qczhong@glam.ac.uk
URL: http://cap.ee.ic.ac.uk/~zqc


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8.13 PDF: Univ of New South Wales Australia


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PDF: Univ of New South Wales, Australia

Contributed by: Dr. Jie Bao, j.bao@unsw.edu.au

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Process Control
SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (UNSW), SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
REF. 3339

FIXED TERM: - Salary: $55,763 - $59,637 per year (plus up to 17% employer 
superannuation plus leave loading.) This salary includes a superable UNSW 
academic loading of $3,000 per annum payable to all academic staff (pro rata 
for fractional academic staff).

A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available for work in the field 
of process control on an Australian Research Council funded project. Based 
on the concept of passive systems, this project aims to develop a novel 
quantitative measure for dynamic controllability for design of plantwide 
process systems. The outcome of this research will be an easy to use 
controllability analysis method for nonlinear plantwide multi-unit systems, 
which can be used in early stages of process design to explore better 
opportunities for process improvements. The work will be supervised by Dr. 
Jie Bao (UNSW) and Professor Peter L. Lee (Curtin University of Technology).
  
Essential criteria:  a PhD in Engineering or Mathematics; good knowledge of 
and research experience with modern control theories; strong mathematical 
skills; ability to work independently; excellent oral and written 
communication skills; knowledge of EEO/AA principles; knowledge of OHS 
responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant OHS training.

Desirable criteria:  knowledge of and research experience with nonlinear 
process control and the Passivity Theory; good knowledge of chemical process 
design; good track record of research publications.

This is a fixed term position for two years, available immediately.

Enquires may be directed to Dr Jie Bao on telephone +61 (2) 9385 6755, 
facsimile +61 (2) 9385 5966 or email: j.bao@unsw.edu.au Applications close 
28 February 2005.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants must include a completed UNSW application form, resume and 
application letter, addressing the selection criteria, QUOTING REF NUMBER 
and details of 2 referees. Applications may be submitted by email: 
jobapplications@unsw.edu.au, facsimile: +61 (2) 9662 2832 or post to: 
Recruitment, Human Resources, UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA  by the 
application close date. On-line/email applications are encouraged and will 
receive confirmation of receipt.  http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employment.htm


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8.14 PDF: University of Alberta Canada


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PDF: University of Alberta, Canada

Contributed by: Biao Huang, biao.huang@ualberta.ca

Applications are invited from well qualified candidates for a postdoctoral 
position in Computer Process Control Group, Department of Chemical and 
Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. The position requires 
research and application of fault detection and isolation methods and/or 
soft sensor technology for oil production industry. Candidates should have a 
strong background in process systems engineering or process control along 
with a demonstrated experience in FDI or soft sensors. Knowledge and 
experience with applied Statistics would be considered an asset. The 
candidates should have interests to participate in industry related research 
and have strong communication skills.

Enquiries and applications (CV + names of two referees) should be sent 
(preferably by e-mail) to:
Prof. Biao Huang
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Canada T6G 2G6
Email: biao.huang@ualberta.ca


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8.15 PDF: University of Umea Sweden


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PDF: University of Umea, Sweden

Contributed by: Anton Shiriaev, anton.shiriaev@tfe.umu.se

The Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Umeå, Sweden 
invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position for the period of 
2 years. The department seeks an outstanding individual in the subject of 
robotics/control systems, who is expected to contribute and lead research 
activity within in the project - Smart Crane Lab - supported by consortium of 
the companies and public organizations.

The successful applicant will have only limited teaching duties and will be 
mainly responsible for conducting and leading significant research activity 
within newly established control group at the department. 

Applications should be received by February 15, 2004 for full consideration, 
however the search will continue until the position is filled. Applicants 
should submit a full resume, a cover letter, and the names and contact 
information of three references. Applications should be sent to: Anton 
Shiriaev, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Umeå, 
SE-901 87, Sweden, phone: (+46) 90 786 9198, email: anton.shiriaev@tfe.umu.se


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8.16 PhD: Oklahoma State University USA


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PhD: Oklahoma State University USA

Contributed by: Rafael Fierro, rfierro@ieee.org

Hybrid control of large-scale interconnected systems

A PhD position is available at the MARHES Laboratory, School of Electrical & 
Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University. Candidates should have 
a master's degree in electrical/computer engineering, strong background in 
math and control theory, and interest/expertise in hybrid systems, 
optimization, and cooperative sensor/robot networks. Programming skills 
(Matlab, C++) are a plus.

Please send, preferably in electronic form (PDF or plain text): CV, 
transcripts, a statement of research interests, list of publications, and 
the names and contact information of two academic referees to:

Dr. Rafael Fierro
e-mail: rfierro@okstate.edu
Tel. (405) 744-1328

Visit http://marhes.okstate.edu for more information.


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8.17 PhD: Old Dominion University USA


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PhD: Old Dominion University, USA

Contributed by: W. Steven Gray, gray@ece.odu.edu

Research Assistantships in Hybrid and Nonlinear Systems

The Systems Research Laboratory (SRL) of Old Dominion University is seeking
applicants for PhD Research Assistantships in the areas of 

* stochastic modeling and analysis of hybrid dynamical systems and
* formal power series methods for nonlinear and stochastic systems analysis. 

The ideal applicant is finishing or will have completed an M.S. or its
equivalent in mathematics or engineering or physics and have a strong interest
in theoretical research. Each position includes full tuition support and a
competitive salary. 

Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a copy of academic
transcripts, any relevant publications, and contact information for two
references to either gray@ece.odu.edu or gonzalez@ece.odu.edu. Positions are
available for Fall 2005. For full consideration, materials should be received
by February 25, 2005.

For additional information visit www.srl.odu.edu or send an e-mail to the SRL
directors. Old Dominion University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
institution. 


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8.18 PhD: Spanish Ministry of Education Spain


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PhD: Spanish Ministry of Education, Spain

Contributed by: Francisco R. Rubio, rubio@esi.us.es

   Offer:   Ph.D. position available in Spanish research project
   Project: Multivariable Robust Control Applied to Positioning Systems.
   Deadline: February 11, 2005 (Spanish Ministry of Education's deadline)
   Duration: 4 years.
   Annual net salary: 13200 Euros + extra funding (see below)
   Contact person: Francisco R. Rubio (rubio@esi.us.es)
   Nationality: Any

DETAILED INFORMATION
The object of this project is the design and synthesis of multivariable 
robust algorithms for the control of positioning systems. This will allow 
increasing the systems performance. To this end, both linear and nonlinear 
techniques will be worked on. The design of weighting matrices for Hinfinity 
controllers will be systematized. Besides, working on the development of 
hybrid Hinfinity/QFT controllers is intended.

To validate the developed controllers, the application of the results 
to three practical devices with high industrial importance is intended:
a high-performance robot, an industrial robot guided by visual feedback and 
a radio-controlled helicopter. 

The ideal candidate will hold a degree in electrical engineering, mechanical 
engineering, computer sciene, or related fields. She/he should have a good 
background in control systems theory, linear algebra, and algorithms, as well 
as excellent programming skills in C, C++, and Matlab. A good Spanish and/or 
English level is required. 

Appointment for the Ph.D. position is for 4 years, provided that successful 
progress is made, and should lead to a dissertation. The starting date of the 
studentship depends on how fast the Ministry of Education resolves this call. 
It is hoped that it will be no earlier than April 1st, and it can be no later 
than June 14th, 2005.

The annual salary will be of 13200 Euros. The studentship is exempt from 
taxes on this amount, and the candidate is freed from any tuition fees during 
the Ph.D. Extra funding is frequently conceded to the student, to cover a 
research stay abroad: one return ticket + 45 Euro per day, for a maximum of
six months per year. Moreover, the student will benefit from his/her
inclusion in the Spanish Social Security System after she/he obtains the 
D.E.A. (Advanced Studies Diploma).

Interested candidates can apply for this position directly to the Spanish 
Ministry of Education and Science, following the process specified in 
http://www.mec.es/ciencia/becasfpi    (deadline is February 11, 2005)


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8.19 PhD: TU The Netherlands


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PhD: TU, The Netherlands

Contributed by: Jan Bergmans, J.W.M.Bergmans@tue.nl

Ph.D. position fetal monitoring.
Duration: 4 years.
TU/e, department of Electrical Engineering.

This position relates to a collaborative project between the Eindhoven 
University of Technology (TU/e) and the Maxima Medical Center (MMC) in 
Veldhoven, the Netherlands. MMC has a large semi-academic perinatology 
department that specializes in care for high-risk pregnancies. In these 
pregnancies both the life and quality of life of the fetus are threatened. 
Therefore, the state of the fetus must be carefully and frequently
monitored in order to be able to intervene promptly when necessary. Existing 
fetal monitoring techniques such as the cardiotocogram (CTG) have serious 
accuracy limitations and are only applicable in the hospital. The project
aims to develop an electrophysiological alternative for the CTG that largely 
overcomes these drawbacks. The ultimate objective is a prototype system with 
wearable electrode arrays whose outputs are continuously analyzed in order to 
detect both premature uterine activity and fetal health.

At the heart of this ambitious project are sophisticated adaptive signal 
modelling and analysis techniques that reliably separate the electrical 
sources of interest from a variety of other sources and artifacts. 
Development and clinical validation of these techniques involves advanced 
concepts in system identification and adaptive signal processing, translation 
of these concepts into practical solutions that meet a variety of additional
constraints (on e.g. complexity, robustness, clinical acceptance), and 
clinical validation and fine-tuning of these solutions in a highly 
multidisciplinary setting.

Development of these techniques will be a joint task of the Ph.D. student 
along with a postdoctoral research fellow and an already available Ph.D. 
student, with extensive support from signal-processing experts at TU/e and 
clinical specialists at MMC.

Within the project, the two Ph.D. students will focus on specific aspects of 
the above subject matter, such as:
- development of signal validation and interference rejection
  techniques for use with novel (e.g. capacitive) electrodes;
- development and validation of physiologically inspired
  parametric models of the fetal/maternal system that can be used as a
  basis of signal-processing and parameter-estimation techniques;
- development and clinical validation of robust parametric
  techniques for estimation of maternal and fetal ECG and uterine activity.
- development of improved model-based interpretation techniques of the CTG.

Candidates for these positions should have a Master's degree in Electrical 
Engineering or Physics, a strong basis in mathematics, signal processing and 
control, and a strong affinity with medical applications. Other key 
attributes include good analytic, experimental and (object-oriented) 
programming skills, excellent social and team working skills, and an ability 
to turn chaos into order.

Further information may be obtained from Prof. Jan Bergmans
at TU/e (J.W.M.Bergmans@tue.nl, +31 40 2474438) and from
Prof. Guid Oei at MMC (guidoei@planet.nl, +31 40 8888385). 


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8.20 PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA


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PhD: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu

Graduate Fellowship in Bipedal Locomotion
UIUC, USA

A graduate fellowship is available beginning Fall, 2005, in the area of 
bipedal locomotion in the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Applicants should have an M.S. 
degree or equivalent in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering and  
should have a strong background in mathematics, robotics and control theory 
with an interest in the control of bipedal robots. Please contact M.W. Spong 
at the above email address for further information.


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8.21 PhD: University of Louisville USA


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PhD: University of Louisville, USA

Contributed by: Tamer Inanc, t.inanc@louisville.edu

Graduate Research Fellowship in Control, Robotics and Computer Vision

A PhD fellowship position is available at the School of Electrical & 
Computer Engineering, University of Louisville, KY, USA. Candidates should 
have a Masters degree in electrical/computer engineering or a related field. 
A solid mathematical and control background is desired. Practical knowledge 
of computer vision, and programming skills (C++, Matlab/Simulink) are a plus.

This fellowship is ideal for candidates with strong interest in one or more 
of the following areas: control systems, autonomous mobile robotics, 
identification, sensor fusion, and unmanned vehicles.

Nominations for the fellowship positions are due by the beginning of 
February 2005. Therefore, interested applicants should apply as soon as 
possible!
 
The applicants should email: CV, transcripts, GRE (high GRE score is a big 
plus) and TOEFL (if applicable) scores and the names and contact information 
(phone and email) of two academic references.

Dr. Tamer Inanc
Tel. (502) 852-7508
e-mail: t.inanc@louisville.edu
http://www.ece.louisville.edu/~t0inan01

The successful applicant is expected to start in the Fall 2005 semester. 
Review of applications will continue until the early February 2005.


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8.22 PhD: University of Seville Spain


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PhD: University of Seville, Spain

Contributed by: Carlos Bordons, bordons@esi.us.es

There is an open position for a Ph.D. student at  the Escuela Superior de
Ingenieros of the University of Seville, Spain, 

Project: "Integral Predictive Control for Semibatch Processes"
Deadline: February 11, 2005 
Topics: Process Control, Predictive Control, Applications. 
Duration: 4 years. 
Annual net salary: 13200 Euros + extra funding (see below) 
Contact person: Carlos Bordons (bordons@esi.us.es) 
Nationality: Any
Group: System Engineering and Automation. School of Engineering.
University of Seville.

Project:
The project, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, deals
with the development of concepts and design methodologies of integral control
structures  for processes that operate in semi-continuous regime. This kind of
processes can be found in systems operating under non-stationary conditions
and thus, having an undefined operating point, as is the case of batch
processes or those processes whose operating regime suffers from large and
continuous changes during the day. The problem is addressed as a whole,
analysing interactions between estimation and hierarchical control.

Requirements:
The candidate should hold a degree in  electrical or computer engineering,
chemical engineering, computer science or similar.  She/he should have a good
background in control systems theory and algorithms, as well as good
programming skills in C++, and Matlab. A good command of the English language
is required.  Additional knowledge of Spanish  will be helpful, but not 
mandatory.

Position:
The appointment will be for four years and the deadline for application is
February 11, 2005 (Spanish Ministry of Education's deadline).  The annual
salary will be of 13200 Euros. The studentship is  exempt from taxes on this
amount, and the candidate is freed from any tuition fees during the Ph.D.
Extra funding is frequently conceded to the student, to cover a research stay
abroad. The student will benefit from his/her inclusion in the Spanish Social
Security System after she/he obtains the D.E.A. (Advanced Studies Diploma).
The starting date of the studentship is expected by no earlier than April 1st,
and it can be no later than June 14th, 2005. 

Information and Application:
Interested applicants can apply for this position directly to the Spanish
Ministry of Education and Science, following the process  specified in
http://www.mec.es/ciencia/becasfpi (deadline is  February 11, 2005), but are
encouraged to contact Carlos Bordons previously, by e-mail to
bordons@esi.us.es, sending a letter of  motivation, a resume including MSc
course program and the names of two referees. Please, contact Carlos Bordons
for any further information.


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8.23 PhDPDF: University of Minho Portugal


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PhD,PDF: University of Minho, Portugal

Contributed by: Estela Bicho, estela.bicho@dei.uminho.pt

Post/Pre-Doc Positions in EU-Integrated-Project:
JAST- Joint Action in Science and Technology

Topic: Joint Action in Autonomous Robotics
http://www.dei.uminho.pt/pessoas/estela/estela_bicho_Job_Offers.htm

At the Department of Industrial Electronics, of the University of Minho-PT, 
we have open research positions (start January 2005) in the field of 
"Collaborating/cooperating autonomous robotics".

Job Description:
The focus of the work will be the development of two functionally 
autonomous mobile robots with manipulators that in cooperative 
configurations of two or more (robot-robot, human-robot teams), 
will allow in principle, to carry out complex real-world assembly 
and construction tasks. The work will be performed in close collaboration 
with otehr researchers(financed by JAST) who will bridge the behavioural 
research and the robotics parts of the project.

Additionally, the Pre/Post doc candidates will be assisted by Technical 
Assistants and PhD Students. The project will imply intensive international 
co-operation with diverse research institutions in Robotics, 
Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psycholinguistics.

Working environment: 
The work is to be performed in the Group of Autonomous Robotics and 
Dynamical Systems which has received the classification of Excellent from an 
international review committee hired by the Portuguese Foundation for 
Science and Technology. The group has several PhD students pursuing their 
studies in Autonomous Robotics and Dynamical Systems. The working language 
is English.

Requirements:
PhD/Msc degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, together 
with practical experience in robotics. Applications would be particularly 
welcome from candidates with research interests (and innovative research 
results) in one or more of the following areas: computer/robot vision, 
cognitive robotics, sensor-base robotics, human and machine learning, 
computational intelligence, dynamical systems. Experience with the C/C++ 
programming languages is desired.

Conditions of Employment:
The positions are available from the January 2005 for 4 years, renewable on
a yearly basis given mutual interest. The successful candidates will receive 
a competitive salary in accordance with the university regulations for a 
senior researcher. The University of Minho intends to employ a proportionate 
number of women and men in all positions. Women are therefore encouraged to
apply.
 
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from: 
Prof. Estela Bicho 
Department of Industrial Electronics
e-mail: estela.bicho@dei.uminho.pt 
Web:http:/www.dei.uminho.pt/pessoas/estela
Tel: +351 253 510190

Prof. Wolfram Erlhagen
Department of Mathematics for Science and Technology
e-mail: wolfram.erlhagen@mct.uminho.pt
Tel: +351 253 5103426
 
Application:
The application must include the following: 
i.  Curriculum Vitae (including full name, date and place of birth, 
    nationality, ID or passport number, Postal address, email, education 
    record, previous employment, scientific area of interest, written and 
    spoken languages and publications). 
ii. Name and address (electronic and postal) of two referees who 
    may be contacted in confidence. 

Application must be sent to (can be sent by email too):
Prof. Estela Bicho
Department of Industrial Electronics
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurem
4800-058 Guimarães
Portugal
e-mail: estela.bicho@dei.uminho.pt
Tel: +351 253 510181
Fax: +351 253 510189


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8.24 Research Engineer: Migma Systems USA


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Research Engineer: Migma Systems, USA

Contributed by: Migma Systems, Inc., careers@migmasys.com

Migma is looking for a highly motivated research engineer to join our R&D
department. The candidate will be responsible for conducting advanced research
in signal processing, image processing, dynamic system modeling and
estimation, machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. The
candidate will also participate in the development of products for federal
government, military and industry in general. In this position, in addition to
R&D activities, the candidate is expected to initiate independent research in
promising areas and involved in proposal writing. A successful candidate will
have a strong analytical background, good programming experience (Matlab,
C/C++) and interpersonal skills. (JOB CODE: RE-ENG-II)

Requirements:
- Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering,
  Mechanical Engineering or Statistics
- Strong desire to apply research to create world class products
- Extensive publications in both journals and conferences
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

We sponsor H1 Visa and Green Card. Send your resume with salary history,
indicating the appropriate JOB CODE to: 
          Migma Systems, Inc.
          Human Resources Department
          1600 Providence Highway
          Walpole, MA 02081
You may also e-mail your resume to: careers@migmasys.com. Migma Systems, Inc.
is an equal opportunity employer.


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8.25 Servo Design Engineer: Hitachi GST USA


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Servo Design Engineer: Hitachi GST, USA

Contributed by: Maitreyi Madabhushi, maitreyi.madabhushi@hitachigst.com

The Servo Group at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is inviting 
applications from candidates with the following qualifications:

Job Description
Experience in Servo design and architecture including servo loop design for 
stability and robustness. Optimization of settle performance and improvement 
of I/O rate by servo design. Knowledge of PES demodulation, TMR, RRO 
compensation, and feed forward techniques. Hands-on experience with servo 
microcode development. The candidate will be expected to work with a team of 
top professionals on challenging controls problem related to developing Hard 
Disk Drives (HDD)

Requirements
MS or PhD in electrical or mechanical engineering (Control Systems Theory 
background). HDD servo development experience preferred strongly. Strong 
servo design, simulation and implementation skills. Ability to develop servo 
microcode and analysis tools. Demonstrated ability to solve servo / 
mechanical interaction problems in order to meet product performance 
requirements. Strong communication and leadership skills as well as ability 
to work with a diverse team required

Contact: maitreyi.madabhushi@hitachigst.com

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. Employment Policy
It is the intent of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc. to hire the 
best-qualified candidate for job opportunities within Hitachi Global Storage 
Technologies, Inc., regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and military 
status. However, applicant eligibility for employment-authorized immigration 
status, temporary or permanent, will be considered. Any subsequent 
sponsorship for permanent residence is at the sole discretion of Hitachi 
Global Storage Technologies, Inc's. management, and is based on job 
performance, contribution, and business requirements.


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