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Newsletter
January 2005
1. Personals
1.1 Change of address: Jorge Cortes
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Change of address: Jorge Cortes
Contributed by: Jorge Cortes, jcortes@ucsc.edu
My new contact information is the following:
Jorge Cortes
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Baskin School of Engineering
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
Email: jcortes@ucsc.edu
Phone: (+1) 831 459 3753
Fax: (+1) 831 459 4829
URL: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~jcortes
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2. General Announcements
2.1 Partnership for International Research and Education
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Partnership for International Research and Education
Contributed by: Kishan Baheti, rbaheti@nsf.gov
NSF program: Partnerships for International Research and Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05533
Partnerships for International Research and Education will enable U.S.
institutions to establish collaborative relationships with foreign groups or
institutions in order to advance specific research and education objectives
and to make possible a research effort that neither side could accomplish on
its own. As science and engineering become increasingly global, U.S.
scientists and engineers must be able to operate in teams comprised of
partners from different nations and cultural backgrounds. International
partnerships are, and will be, increasingly indispensable in addressing many
critical global scientific problems. The program is intended to catalyze a
cultural change in U.S. institutions by establishing innovative new models
for international collaborative research and education. It is also intended
to facilitate greater variety in student participation and preparation, and
to contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged, science and
engineering workforce.
Program Officer(s):
Edward O. Murdy, Senior Program Manager, Office of the Director, Office of
International Science and Engineering, 935 N, telephone: (703) 292-8711,
fax: (703) 292-9067, email: emurdy@nsf.gov
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3. Awards Honors
3.1 Call for Nominations for the 2005 CSS Awards
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Call for Nominations for the 2005 CSS Awards
Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis, antsaklis.1@nd.edu
The society offers four major awards each year in addition to the two
student conference paper awards. Brief descriptions of these four awards and
calls for nominations are included below. Further information on Control
Systems Society sponsored awards can be obtained from the IEEE Control
Systems Society Awards web page: http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/. Note that
it is possible to submit nominations using the on-line nominations forms
available on the web, which are accessible from the CSS Awards web page.
CSS Technology Award
Nominations are solicited for the 2005 IEEE Control Systems Technology
Award. This annual award is given for outstanding contributions to control
systems technology, either in design and implementation or in project
management. It may be conferred on either an individual or a team. The
award is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control. The deadline for nominations is 16 May,
2005. Please send nominations, together with supporting documentation, to
the Chair of the CSS Technology Award Committee, Siva S. Banda, AFRL/VACA,
Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, 2210 Eighth Street, OH 45433-7531, Tel: 937-
255-8677, siva.banda@wpafb.af.mil.
George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
Every year, the CSS presents up to three outstanding paper awards to authors
of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control during the
preceding two calendar years. This outstanding paper award is based on
originality, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control,
importance and practical significance in applications, and clarity. The
award is named after George S. Axelby, founding editor of the Transactions.
Nominations are solicited for the 2005 award from papers published in IEEE
Transactions on Automatic Control from January 2003 through December 2004
(Volumes 48 and 49). The award is presented at the annual CSS awards
ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The
deadline for nominations is 16 May, 2005. Nominations should be sent to the
Chair of the Axelby Award Committee, Abraham Haddad, ECE Dept. (L352),
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3118, Tel 847 491 3641, Fax 847
491 4455, ahaddad@ece.northwestern.edu
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award
This annual award is selected among papers that appeared in IEEE
Transactions on Control Systems Technology during the previous two years,
2003-2004 (Volumes 11 and 12), based on originality, relevance of the
application, clarity of exposition, and demonstrated impact on control
systems technology. At most one award per year is presented at the annual
CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.
The award consists of a plaque (one for each author). The deadline for
nominations is 16 May, 2005. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the
TCST Outstanding Paper Award Committee,
Mrdjan Jankovic, Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Laboratories, P.O.
Box 2053, MD 2036, Dearborn, MI 48121-2053, Tel: 313-390-8916, Fax: 313-845-
0962, mjankov1@ford.com.
IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award
This annual award is selected from articles and columns that appeared in
IEEE Control Systems Magazine during the previous two years, 2003-2004
(Volumes 23 and 24), based on the impact on and benefit to CSS members. At
most one award per year is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies
held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The award consists of
a plaque (one for each author). The deadline for nominations is 16 May,
2005. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the CSM Outstanding Paper
Award Committee, Danny Abramovitch, 3500 Deer Creek Rd, Agilent Labs, MS:
25U-9, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1392, Tel: 650-485-3806, Fax: 650-485-4080,
danny@labs.agilent.com.
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3.2 IEEE Awards Deadlines
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IEEE Awards Deadlines
Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis, antsaklis.1@nd.edu
Please note that JANUARY 31st, 2005 is the deadline for nominations
for the 2005 IEEE awards sponsored by the Control Systems Society:
the IEEE Control Systems Field Award, and the IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award.
Nominations may be submitted using the web (http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/).
Also note that the Deadline for the IEEE Fellow nominations is March 1st.
Check the CSS awards website (http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/) for the
deadlines of the AACC and IFAC awards.
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3.3 SIAM Awards - Call for Nominations
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SIAM Awards - Call for Nominations
Contributed by: J. M. Littleton, littleton@siam.org
Call for nominations - SIAM Awards.
The Germund Dahlquist Prize
The prize, established in 1995, is awarded to a young scientist (normally
under 45) for original contributions to fields associated with Germund
Dahlquist, especially the numerical solution of differential equations and
numerical methods for scientific computing.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a description of contributions, should be
sent by January 15, 2005, to:
Dahlquist Prize Selection Committee
Dr. Christian Lubich, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
phone: +1-215-382-9800
fax: +1-215-386-7999
SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory Prize
The SIAG/CST Prize, established in 1997, is awarded every three years to a
young researcher for outstanding research contributions, as determined by the
prize committee, to mathematical control or systems theory. The
contributions
must be contained in a paper or papers published in English in peer-reviewed
journals.
Eligibility
The awardee's work must be a significant research contribution to the
mathematical theory of systems and control, as commonly defined in the
mathematical and engineering literature. At least one of the papers
containing this work must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal,
bearing a publication date within the award period, and such that at least
one
of the following two requirements is met at the publication date: either (1)
the author is not more than 35 years old, or (2) not more than six years have
elapsed since the author received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including citation of paper(s), should be sent by
January 15, 2005, to:
SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory Prize
Professor Steven I. Marcus, 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 ext. 303
Fax: 215-386-7999
SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize (SIAG/OPT Prize) will be
awarded
at the SIAM Conference on Optimization to be held May 15-18, 2005, in
Stockholm, Sweden.
The SIAG/OPT Prize, established in 1992, is awarded to the author(s) of the
most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in
optimization published in English in a peer-reviewed journal. The award
period is the four calendar years preceding the year of the conference.
Eligibility
Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
bearing a publication date within the award period. Thus, to be eligible for
the prize, a paper must appear with a publication date in the 2001-2004
calendar years. Candidate papers must contain significant research
contributions to the field of optimization, as commonly defined in the
mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a citation of the paper, should be sent by
January 15, 2005, to:
SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Prize
Professor Robert Vanderbei, 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
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the
broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The
prize
may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of
such achievements. Committee Chair John Burns wishes to stress the breadth
of
the eligible fields.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s), should be
sent to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office
by
January 15, 2005.
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Professor John A. Burns, 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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4. Books
4.1 Auxiliary Signal Design for Failure Detection
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Auxiliary Signal Design for Failure Detection
Contributed by: Stephen L. Campbell, slc@math.ncsu.edu
Stephen L. Campbell and Ramine Nikoukhah
Princeton University Press
208pp, 2004, 6x9, 70 line illustrations
ISBN: 0-691-09987-1, Cloth, $39.95 / £26.95
An integral part of control systems is a mechanism for failure detection to
insure safety and reliability. Much of the existing work on failure
detection is passive in nature. This book proposes an "active" multimodel
approach. It calls for applying an auxiliary signal that will affect the
output so that it can be used to easily determine if there has been a
failure, and if a failure has occurred, to also determine what the
failure is. The signal is designed to guarantee detection in the presence
of additive and model uncertainty and also have minimal impact on system
performance. The authors present the theory in a rigorous and intuitive
manner and provide practical algorithms for implementation of the
procedures. The book is designed to be accessible to graduate students,
researchers, and practitioners.
To read the first chapter online go to:
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7788.html
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface vii
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1.1 The Basic Question 1
1.2 Failure etection 3
1.3 Failure Identification 9
1.4 Active Approach versus Passive Approach 10
1.5 Outline of the Book 13
Chapter 2. Failure Detection 14
2.1 Introduction 14
2.2 Static Case 15
2.3 Continuous-Time Systems 25
2.4 iscrete-Time Systems 36
2.5 Real-Time Implementation Issues 42
2.6 Useful Results 44
Chapter 3. Multimodel Formulation 59
3.1 Introduction 59
3.2 Static Case 60
3.3 Continuous-Time Case 76
3.4 Case of On-line Measured Input 90
3.5 More GeneralCost Functions 92
3.6 iscrete-Time Case 99
3.7 Suspension Example 102
3.8 Asymptotic Behavior 111
3.9 Useful Results 112
Chapter 4. Direct Optimization Formulations 122
4.1 Introduction 122
4.2 Optimization Formulation for Two Models 123
4.3 General-ModelCase 138
4.4 Early etection 142
4.5 Other Extensions 150
4.6 Systems with Delays 155
4.7 Setting Error Bounds 172
4.8 Model Uncertainty 173
Chapter 5. Remaining Problems and Extensions 176
5.1 Direct Extensions 177
5.2 Hybrid and Sampled Data Systems 179
5.3 Relation to Stochastic Modeling 179
Chapter 6. Scilab Programs 181
6.1 Introduction 181
6.2 Riccati-based Solution 181
6.3 The Block iagonalization Approach 185
6.4 Getting Scilab and the Programs 188
Appendix A. List of Symbols 189
Bibliography 193
Index 201
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4.2 Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems
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Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems
Contributed by: Francesco Bullo, bullo@engineering.ucsb.edu
Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems:
Modeling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems
Francesco Bullo and Andrew D. Lewis
Springer-Verlag, New York-Heidelberg-Berlin, 2004
Number 49 in Texts in Applied Mathematics
726pp+xxiv
ISBN 0-387-22195-6
Book website: http://penelope.mast.queensu.ca/smcs
The primary emphasis of this book is the modeling, analysis, and
control of mechanical systems. The methods and results presented
can be applied to a large class of mechanical control systems,
including applications in robotics, autonomous vehicle control,
and multi-body systems. The book is unique in that it presents a
unified, rather than an inclusive, treatment of control theory
for mechanical systems. A distinctive feature of the presentation
is its reliance on techniques from differential and Riemannian
geometry. The book contains extensive examples and exercises, and
will be suitable for a growing number of courses in this area. It
begins with the detailed mathematical background, proceeding
through innovative approaches to physical modeling, analysis, and
design techniques. Numerous examples illustrate the proposed
methods and results, while the many exercises test basic
knowledge and introduce topics not covered in the main body of
the text. The audience of this book consists of two groups. The
first group is comprised of graduate students in engineering or
mathematical sciences who wish to learn the basics of geometric
mechanics, nonlinear control theory, and control theory for
mechanical systems. Readers will be able to immediately begin
exploring the research literature on these subjects. The second
group consists of researchers in mechanics and control
theory. Nonlinear control theoreticians will find explicit links
between concepts in geometric mechanics and nonlinear control
theory. Researchers in mechanics will find an overview of topics
in control theory that have relevance to mechanics.
Part I: Modeling of mechanical systems
Chapter 1: Introductory examples and problems
Chapter 2: Linear and multilinear algebra
Chapter 3: Differential geometry
Chapter 4: Simple mechanical control systems
Chapter 5: Lie groups, systems on groups, and symmetries
Part II: Analysis of mechanical control systems
Chapter 6: Stability
Chapter 7: Controllability
Chapter 8: Low-order controllability and kinematic reduction
Chapter 9: Perturbation analysis
Part III: A sampling of design methodologies
Chapter 10: Linear and nonlinear potential shaping for stabilization
Chapter 11: Stabilization and tracking for fully actuated systems
Chapter 12: Stabilization and tracking using oscillatory controls
Chapter 13: Motion planning for underactuated systems
Appendices
Appendix 1: Time-dependent vector fields
Appendix 2: Some proofs.
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4.3 Knowledge incorporation in evolutionary computation
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Knowledge incorporation in evolutionary computation
Contributed by: Yaochu Jin, yaochu.jin@honda-ri.de
Book Title: Knowledge Incorporation in Evolutionary Computation
Editor: Yaochu Jin
Publisher: Springer, Berlin
ISBN: 3-540-22902-7
Date: October, 2004
URL:
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,
5-175-22-34233257-0,00.html
Table of contents is available at:
http://www.soft-computing.de/
A brief description of the book
Incorporation of a priori knowledge, such as expert knowledge, meta-
heuristics and human preferences, as well as domain knowledge acquired
during evolutionary search, into evolutionary algorithms has received
increasing interest in the recent years. It has been shown from various
motivations that knowledge incorporation into evolutionary search is able
to significantly improve search efficiency.
This edited book is a first attempt to put together the state-of-art and
recent advances on knowledge incorporation in evolutionary computation
within a unified framework. Existing methods for knowledge incorporation
are divided into the following five categories:
* Knowledge incorporation in representation, population initialization,
recombination and mutation
* Knowledge incorporation in selection and reproduction
* Knowledge incorporation in fitness evaluations
* Knowledge incorporation through life-time learning and
human-computer interactions
* Incorporation of human preferences in multi-objective evolutionary
computation
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4.4 Mechatronics - An Integrated Approach
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Mechatronics - An Integrated Approach
Contributed by: Jason Zhang, jason.zhang@ubc.ca
Author: Clarence W. de Silva
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, USA
ISBN 0-8493-1274-4, US$79.95 1312pp
Contents:
A single source, providing an integrated and simplified treatment of
mechanics, electronics, and intelligent computer control with sensors and
actuators, and covering theory, design, and practice of mechatronics.
A versatile text that spans several courses in mechatronics, the book offers
a strong foundation in such core subjects as dynamic system modeling,
electronic components and analysis, mechanical components and analysis,
robotics, sensors/transducers and instrumentation, stepper motors, dc and ac
motors and drives, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators, fluidics, automatic
control, digital processing and hardware, communication and interfacing,
software tools, design, and prototyping. Appendices provide additional
background on Laplace and Fourier transform techniques, and software tools
including MATLAB, SIMULINK, and LabVIEW. The book emphasizes practical
situations and applications with numerous worked examples, problems, and
exercises. An entire chapter is devoted to practical case studies.
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5. Journals
5.1 Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics
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Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics
Contributed by: Tamer Basar and Fikret A. Aliev, tbasar@control.csl.uiuc.edu
Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics, December, 2004, Volume 3,
Issue 2
1. V. B. Larin, A. AL-Lawama and A. A. Tunik
"Exogenous disturbance compensation with static output feedback"
2. P.Colaneri
"Periodic control systems: theoretical aspects"
3. Louis Anthony Cox, JR and Djangir A. Babayev
"Optimization under uncertainty via random sampling of scenarios,I"
4. Rolf Pettersson
"On stationary solutions to the linear Boltzmann equation with inelastic
collisions"
5. Adil M. Bagirov and Julien Ugon
Separation of two sets by piecewise linear function"
6. D. V. Lebedev
Using parameters of planar collineation for describing screw motion of a
rigid body"
7. Sh. M.Nasibov
"On a class of nonlinear evolution of Ginzburg-Landau-Schrõdinger
equation
type"
8. Correspondence
Comments on "Approximated gramians and balanced realization of lightly
damped flexible structures", Vladimir B. Larin
9. Book Review
"English-Russian-Azerbaijan dictionary of Informatics, Telecommunication
and Radio Electronics"
A. M. Abbasov, F. A. Aliev, A. A. Aliyev and F. B.Akhmedov, "Elm"
Publishing House, Baku, 2004, Reviewed by Djangir A. Babayev
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5.2 Contents: Automatica February 2005
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Contents: Automatica, February 2005
Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu
Contents: Automatica, February, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 2
To consult the cumulative table of contents 1963-present, to view the list
of recently accepted papers or to submit a paper visit
http://www.autsubmit.com
Survey papers
Z. Sun and S. S. Ge
Analysis and synthesis of switched linear control systems
Regular papers
Saïd Moussaoui, David Brie, and Alain Richard
Regularization aspects in continuous-time model identification
Brief papers
Prashant Mhaskar, Nael H. El-Farra, and Panagiotis D.
Christofides
Robust hybrid predictive control of nonlinear systems
D. Q. Mayne, M. M. Seron, and S. V. Rakovi?semi999?semi;
Robust model predictive control of constrained linear systems with bounded
disturbances
Faycal Ikhouane, Victor Mañosa, and Jose Rodellar
Adaptive control of a hysteretic structural system
Dong Yue and Qing-Long Han
Delayed feedback control of uncertain systems with time-varying input
delay
Marion Gilson and Paul Van den Hof
Instrumental variable methods for closed-loop system identification
D. Henry and A. Zolghadri
Design and analysis of robust FDI filters for uncertain systems under
feedback control
A. I. Ze?semi999?semi;evi?semi999?semi; and D. D. Šiljak
A new approach to control design with overlapping information structure
constraints
Imad M. Jaimoukha, Haitham El-Zobaidi, David J.N. Limebeer, and Nilay Shah
Controller reduction for linear parameter-varying systems with a priori
bounds
Minyue Fu, Soura Dasgupta, and Yeng Chai Soh
Integral quadratic constraint approach vs. multiplier approach
Roger Skjetne, Thor I. Fossen, and Petar V. Kokotovic
Adaptive output maneuvering, with experiments, for a model ship in a
marine control laboratory
Joachim Deutscher
Input-output linearization of nonlinear systems using multivariable
Legendre polynomials
Aurelio Piazzi and Antonio Visioli
Using stable input-output inversion for minimum-time feedforward
constrained regulation of scalar systems
Feng Ding and Tongwen Chen
Hierarchical gradient-based identification of multivariable discrete-time
systems
Technical communiques
Igor Skrjanc, Saso Blazic, and Osvaldo Agamennoni
Identification of dynamical systems with a robust interval fuzzy model
Qiang Zhang, Xiaopeng Wei, and Jin Xu
An improved result for complete stability of delayed cellular neural
networks
J.C. Allwright, A. Astolfi, and H.P. Wong
A note on asymptotic stabilization of linear systems by periodic,
piecewise constant, output feedback
Mikael Norrlöf and Svante Gunnarsson
A note on causal and CITE iterative learning control algorithms
Book reviews
Keqin Gu
Methodologies for control of jump time-delay systems, by M.S. Mahmoud and
Peng Shi
Ömer Morgül
Chaos in circuits and systems, by G. Chen and T. Ueta
Qing-Guo Wang
Handbook of PI and PID controller tuning rules, by Aidan O'Dwyer
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5.3 Contents: Automatica January 2005
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Contents: Automatica January 2005
Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu
Contents: Automatica, January, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 1
To consult the cumulative table of contents 1963-present, to view the list
of recently accepted papers, or to submit a paper visit
http://www.autsubmit.com
Regular papers
Alexander Zuyev
Partial asymptotic stabilization of nonlinear
distributed parameter systems
Sorin C. Bengea and Raymond DeCarlo
Optimal control of switching systems
P.M. Makila
LTI modelling of NFIR systems: near-linearity and control, LS estimation
and linearization
Sridhar Seshagiri and Hassan K. Khalil
Robust output feedback regulation of minimum-phase nonlinear systems using
conditional integrators
Edoardo Mosca
Predictive switching supervisory control of persistently disturbed
input-saturated plants
Brief papers
Steffen Jorgensen and David W.K. Yeung
An overlapping generations stochastic differential game
Amol J. Sasane
Stability of switching infinite-dimensional systems
N. Kazantzis, C. Kravaris, C. Tseronis, and R.A. Wright
Optimal controller tuning for nonlinear processes
K.D. Do and J. Pan
Global tracking control of underactuated ships with nonzero off-diagonal
terms in their system matrices
Hiroaki Fukushima and Robert R. Bitmead
Robust constrained predictive control using
comparison model
P. Pepe
On the asymptotic stability of coupled delay
differential and continuous time difference equations
Sergio M. Savaresi, Sergio Bittanti, and Mauro Montiglio
Identification of semi-physical and black-box non-linear models: the case
of MR-dampers for vehicles control
Olga I Koroleva and Miroslav Krstic
Averaging analysis of periodically forced fluid networks
Ola Härkegård and S. Torkel Glad
Resolving actuator redundancy - optimal control vs. control allocation
Li Li and Fernando Paganini
Structured coprime actor model reduction based on LMIs
Technical communiques
Robert Griñó and Ramon Costa-Castelló
Digital repetitive plug-in controller for odd-harmonic periodic references
and disturbances
Lei Guo and H Wang
Generalized discrete-time PI control of output PDFs using square roote
B-spline Expansion
Douglas A. Lawrence
Input-output pseudolinearization on controlled invariant submanifolds
Ivan Markovsky and Bart De Moor
Linear dynamic filtering with noisy input and output
Mahdi Jalili-Kharaajoo and Babak N Araabi
The Schur stability via the Hurwitz stability analysis using a biquadratic
transformation
Book reviews
Gilead Tadmor
Dissipative systems analysis and control, by Rogelio Lozano, Bernard
Brogliato, Olav Egeland and Bernhard Maschke
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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
Contents: Control Engineering Practice
Volume 13, No. 2 (February 2005)
Table of Contents:
Neural network-based software sensor: training set design and application to
a continuous pulp digester
P. Dufour, S. Bhartiya, P.S. Dhurjati, F.J. Doyle III, pp 135-143
Trajectory planning and feedforward design for electromechanical motion
systems
P. Lambrechts, M. Boerlage, M. Steinbuch, pp 145-157
Fault detection and isolation of smart actuators using bond graphs
and external models
B. Ould Bouamama, K. Medjaher, M. Bayart, A.K. Samantaray, B. Conrard
pp 159-175
Fault diagnosis of vacuum cleaner motors
D. Tinta, J. Petrovcic, U. Benko, D. Juricic, A. Rakar, M. Zele, J.
Tavcar, J. Rejec, A. Stefanovska, pp 177-187
Fault detection for modern Diesel engines using signal- and process
model-based methods
F. Kimmich, A. Schwarte, R. Isermann, pp 189-203
Application of frequency-following servocompensator to tracking control
T. Mizuno, H. Suzuki, pp 205-211
A novel object-oriented environment for distributed process control systems
D.N. Ramos-Hernandez, P.J. Fleming, J.M. Bass, pp 213-230
LPV control for a wafer stage: beyond the theoretical solution
M. Groot Wassink, M. van de Wal, C. Scherer, O. Bosgra, pp 231-245
Gain scheduling control of variable-speed wind energy conversion systems
using quasi-LPV models
F.D. Bianchi, R.J. Mantz, C.F. Christiansen, pp 247-255
Automotive drive by wire controller design by multi-objective techniques
P. Stewart, J. C. Zavala, P. J. Fleming, pp 257-264
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5.5 Contents: European Journal of Control
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Contents: 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
F.Bullo
Port-Based Asymptotic Curve Tracking for Mechanical Systems
S. Stramigioli, V. Duindam
Trajectory Tracking Control of Nonholonomic Hamiltonian Systems Via
Generalized Canonical Transformations
K. Fujimoto, K. Sakurama, T. Sugie
Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control: A Survey
R. Ortega, 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, J. E.
Marsden
Physical Damping in IDA-PBC Controlled Underactuated Mechanical Systems
F. Gomez-Estern, A.J. van der Schaft
Control of Squeezed Phonon and Spin States
A.M. Bloch, A.G. Rojo
Control of the Evolution of Heisenberg Spin Systems
F. Albertini, D. D'Alessandro
Port Based Modeling of Spatial Visco-Elastic Contacts
V. Duindam, S. Stramigioli
Geometric Numerical Integration of Nonholonomic Systems and Optimal Control
Problems
M. de Leon, D. Martin de Diego, A. Santamaria Merino
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5.6 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: 11, Year: Nov. 2004
Decentralized supervisory control with conditional decisions: supervisor
existence
Tae-Sic Yoo; Lafortune, S., Page(s): 1886- 1904
Receding horizon finite memory controls for output feedback controls of
state-space systems
Wook Hyun Kwon; Soohee Han, Page(s): 1905- 1915
Input-output stabilization of linear systems on /spl Zopf/
Makila, P.M.; Partington, J.R., Page(s): 1916- 1928
Convergence of the Iterative Hammerstein System Identification Algorithm
Bai, E.-W.; Li, D., Page(s): 1929- 1940
Output regulation of linear systems with bounded continuous feedback
Tingshu Hu; Zongli Lin, Page(s): 1941- 1953
Control of Mobile Communication Systems With Time-Varying Channels via
Stability Methods
Buche, R.; Kushner, H.J., Page(s): 1954- 1962
Formations of vehicles in cyclic pursuit
Marshall, J.A.; Broucke, M.E.; Francis, B.A., Page(s): 1963- 1974
Nonlinear control of feedforward systems with bounded signals
Kaliora, G.; Astolfi, A., Page(s): 1975- 1990
On Improved Delay-Dependent Robust Control for Uncertain Time-Delay Systems
Kwon, O.M.; Park, J.H., Page(s): 1991- 1995
Observer-Based Dynamic Surface Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems: An
LMI Approach
Song, B.; Hedrick, J.K., Page(s): 1995- 2001
Direct Adaptive Control for a Class of MIMO Nonlinear Systems Using Neural
Networks
Ge, S.S.; Li, G.Y.; Zhang, J.; Lee, T.H., Page(s): 2001- 2006
Supervisory Control of Partially Observable Marked Graphs
Achour, Z.; Rezg, N.; Xie, X., Page(s): 2007- 2011
Volume: 49, Issue: 11, Year: Nov. 2004
H/sub /spl infin//-optimal preview controller and its performance limit
Katoh, H., Page(s): 2011- 2017
Complementary results on the stability bounds of singularly perturbed systems
Liyu Cao; Schwartz, H.M., Page(s): 2017- 2021
Robust controllability for a class of uncertain linear time-invariant MIMO
systems
Bangwen Cheng; Jing Zhang, Page(s): 2022- 2027
DQIT: /spl mu/-synthesis without D-scale fitting
Kuen-Yu Tsai; Hindi, H.A., Page(s): 2028- 2032
Controller Discretization: A Gap Metric Framework for Analysis and Synthesis
Cantoni, M.; Vinnicombe, G., Page(s): 2033- 2039
Design of Robust Static Output Feedback for Large-Scale Systems
Zecevic, A.I.; Siljak, D.D., Page(s): 2040- 2044
A direct algebraic approach to observer design under switching measurement
equations
Babaali, M.; Egerstedt, M.; Kamen, E.W., Page(s): 2044- 2049
On the Structure of the Solutions of Discrete-Time Algebraic Riccati Equation
With Singular Closed-Loop Matrix
Ferrante, A., Page(s): 2049- 2054
Nonlinear Scheduled Anti-Windup Design for Linear Systems
Zaccarian, L.; Teel, A.R., Page(s): 2055- 2061
Stochastic H/sub /spl infin// tracking with preview for state-multiplicative
systems
Gershon, E.; Limebeer, D.J.N.; Shaked, U.; Yaesh, I., Page(s): 2061- 2068
Stability analysis of two-dimensional systems by means of finitely
constructed bilateral quadratic forms
Ooba, T.; Funahashi, Y., Page(s): 2068- 2073
On distributed delay in linear control Laws-part I: discrete-delay
implementations
Qing-Chang Zhong, Page(s): 2074- 2080
A Descriptor System Approach to Robust Stability Analysis and Controller
Synthesis
Cao, Y.-Y.; Lin, Z., Page(s): 2081- 2084
State observer for a class of nonlinear systems and its application to
machine vision
Xinkai Chen; Kano, H., Page(s): 2085- 2091
Comments on "Design of strictly positive real systems using constant output
feedback"
Barkana, I., Page(s): 2091- 2093
Matrix Riccati Equations in Control and Systems Theory
Page(s): 2094- 2095
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5.7 Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems
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Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems
Contributed by: Aghalaya S. Vatsala, Aghalaya@gmail.com
Volume 4 Numbers 1 & 2 March & June 2004
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~asv5357/journal.html
ISSN 1534-0422
CONTENTS
Zvi Retchkiman Konigsberg
Stability Theory for a Class of Dynamical Systems Modeled with Petri Nets
Florent Delmotte, Magnus Egerstedt and Adam Austin
Data Driven Generation of Low-Complexity Control Programs
E. K. Boukas
H2 observer-based output Feedback Stabilization of Stochastic Hybrid
Systems
Z. Ji L.Wang and G. Xie
Quadratic Stabilization of Uncertain Switched Systems via Output Feedback
Mei Yu, Long Wang, Tianguang Chu, and Qi Fu
Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Communication Constraints
Sorin Olaru, Jean Thomas, Didier Dumur and Jean Buisson
Generic Algorithm Based Model Predictive Control for Hybrid Systems Under a
Modified MLD form
Zvi Retchkiman Konigsberg
Modeling, Stability and Regulation for Genomical dynamical Systems
Zhiqiang Zuo and Yijing Wang
Stability and Design of Linear Switched Systems with Actuation Saturation
Book Review: Daniel Liberzon (Reviewer)
Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Controller and Sensor Switching Problems
By A. V. Savkin and R.J.Evans
Latha. K and Umamaheswari. B
PID and Fuzzy Control of DEDS using Hybrid Petri Net and PLC
J. Chandra and G. S. Ladde
Stability Analysis of Stochastic Hybrid Systems
Address for submissions and subscriptions:
Professor A. S. Vatsala
Department of Mathematics
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA 70504, U. S. A
E-Mail: vatsala@louisiana.edu or hybridsystems2001@yahoo.com
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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 77, Issue 16
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
A Chain-Scattering Matrix Approach to the H Output Feedback Control for Sate-
Delayed Systems
J-L. Hong
Identification of Non-Linear Parametrically Varying Models Using Separable
Least Squares
F. Previdi, M. Lovera
On the Control of Uncertain Impulsive Systems: Approximate Stabilization and
Controlled Invariance
Y. Gao, J. Lygeros, M. Quincampoix, N. Seube
Routing and Dynamic Resource Assignment Joint Game: A Non-Cooperative Model
for QoS Routing
P. Conforto, F. D. Priscoli
Optimal Design of Networked Control Systems: Computer Control via
Asynchronous Communication Channels
A. S. Matveev, A. V. Savkin
Autonomous Mobile Robot Model Predictive Control
B. Kim, D. Necsulescu, J. Sasiadek
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 33, Issue 6
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
Systems Movement: Autobiographical Retrospectives
A. Wayne Wymore
Arma Model Order Estimation Using Third Order Computations
A. Al-Smadi
Stability Analysis of Fuzzy Large-Scale Systems with Time Delays in
Interconnections
C. Li, X. Liao and H. Wang
An Adaptive Design Process Generated by the Integration of Systematic Design
Process and Design Patent Protection Mechanism
A. Chen and R. Chen
Reconnecting Biology, Social Relations and Epistemology – A Systemic
Appreciation of Autopoietic Theory
J. Brocklesby
A Dissimilarity Measure for an Arbitary Number of Probability Distributions
V. Majernik
Almost-Measurability Relation Induced by Latice-Valued Partial Possibilistic
Measures
I. Kramosil
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 35, Issue 15
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
Blind Parametric Identification of Non-Gaussian FIR Systems using Higher
Order Cumulants
S. Safi and A. Zeroual
Stabilizing Feedbacks for Imperfectly Known, Singularly Perturbed Nonlinear
Systems with Discrete and Distributed Delays
Y.Y. Lin-Chen and D. Goodall
Some Studies on Uncertainty Management in Dynamical Systems using Cybernetic
Approaches and Fuzzy Techniques with Applications
K. Majumdar and D. Majumder
On Linear Quadratic Optimal Control of Linear Time-Varying Singular Systems
C.-J. Wang
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
CONTENS
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.
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5.12 Special Issues: Asian Journal of Control
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Special Issues: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw
Call For Papers: Special Issues of Asian Journal of Control
http://www.ajc.org.tw
New Trend in Automotive Powertrain Systems
In the last decade, much of present excitement in the automotive
industry isgenerated by the development and introduction of new advanced
powertrain control techniques into the production vehicles. Among the new
vehicle technologies, the Electrical Vehicles (EV) and the Hybrid Electrical
Vehicles (HEV), which are motivated for the purpose of the energy
conservation and the emission reduction, are becoming feasible thanks in
great part to the advancements in electrical powertrain control. This new
trend in automotive industry provides significant opportunities for the
application of advanced control techniques and theory. Indeed, a lot of
studies and challenges have been proposed from the view of the power
electronics and the vehicle engineering. However, there is no much attention
being paid to this challenging topic from the control community.
Strong nonlinearity and uncertainties make the automotive powertrain
system control difficult, and the dynamics of HEV is hybrid system with
multi-actuators. From the view of practical engineering and control theory,
there are a number of fundamental and critical issues in the automotive
powertrain system control, which have remained open. Therefore, it is a
timing to set up a special issue on this topic.
The aim of proposed special issue is to give a broad perspective of the
present state-of-the-art and to provide both of automotive engineering and
control community an up-to-date account of the most recent advances.
Guest Editor
Prof. Tielong Shen
Dep. of Mechanical Engineering
Sophia University, Japan
E-mail: tetu-sin@sophia.ac.jp
Guest Co-Editors
Prof. Yuanzhang Sun Prof. Hynsoo Kim
Dept. of Electrical Engineering School of Mechanical Eng.
Tsinghua University, China Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea
Important Dates:
July 20, 2004 Call for Papers
Jan. 20, 2005 Deadline for Paper Submission
Apr. 20, 2005 Completion of First Review
Oct. 20, 2005 Completion of Final Review
Mar. 31, 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:
Prof. Li-Chen Fu
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Taipei 106, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2362-2209
Fax: +886-2-23657887
Email: lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
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Control Biology - Emerging Field of Life Science that Connects Biology
and Control
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
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Time-Delay Systems
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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6. Conferences
6.1 Joint 44th IEEE CDC and ECC 2005
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Joint 44th IEEE CDC and ECC 2005
Contributed by: Eduardo F. Camacho, eduardo@esi.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
This is the first time that two of the most important conferences in
control, the European Control Conference (ECC) and the IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control (CDC), will be held jointly. This important event will
take place in the attractive city of Seville (Spain), December 12–15, 2005.
The IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) is the annual meeting of
the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS). The European Control Conference
(ECC) is organized every two years under the auspices of the European Union
Control Association (EUCA).
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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6.2 2005 IEEE-ASME Int Conf on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
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2005 IEEE-ASME Int Conf on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
Contributed by: Jindong Tan, jitan@mtu.edu
AIM 2005: IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics
July 24-28, 2005
Monterey, California, USA
Important Dates
March 1, 2005: Submission for papers, invited sessions and
workshop/tutorial proposals
April 20, 2005: Notification of acceptance
May 20, 2005: Final manuscript
The 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics will be held at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel, Monterey,
California, USA. The purpose of the biennial IEEE/ASME International
Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), following the
footsteps of the previous four editions, 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.
The theme of the conference is "Intelligent Mechatronics in Micro/Nano
Technologies". The AIM brings together an international community of experts
to discuss the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of
future developments, and innovative applications relevant to mechatronics,
robotics, control, automation, and related areas. For the most up to date
information please continue to visit the conference website
(http://www.aim2005.mtu.edu).
Paper Submission: Authors must submit their papers electronically in PDF
(portable document format) format. Six camera ready pages including figures
are allowed for each paper. A maximum of two additional pages are permitted
at extra charge. Detailed instructions for paper submissions are available
on the conference website: http://www.aim2005.mtu.edu
Topics:
Actuators, Automotive Systems, Bioengineering, Data Storage Systems,
Electronic Packaging, Fault Diagnosis, Human-Machine Interfaces, Industry
Applications, Information Technology, Intelligent Systems, Machine Vision,
Manufacturing, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Micro/Nano Technology,
Modeling and Design, Motion Vibration and Noise Control, Neural and Fuzzy
Control, Opto-Electronic Systems, Planning and Navigation, Prototyping, Real-
Time and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation, Robotics, Sensors, System
Integration, Transportation Systems, and other applications including new
frontier fields of Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics.
Tutorial and Workshops:
Proposals for half day or full day tutorials and workshops should be
submitted to the Tutorial/Workshop Chair. Proposals must include (1)
statement of objectives, (2) intended audiences, (3) list of speakers, and
(4) list of topics.
Invited Sessions:
Invited sessions consist of five related papers that are submitted through
the regular review process. Invited session organizers should submit to the
Invited Session Chair a brief statement of purpose for the session as well
as the abstract of the papers to be included.
Industrial Tour:
In parallel to the technical sessions, the conference organizers have also
provided a number of industrial tours to the participants to the major
industrial companies and universities in the Bay area, renowned as the
silicon valley. The purpose of this arrangement is to let the conference
participants to have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the high
technological companies and research labs. Details of the industrial tours
are referred to the conference website.
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6.3 Call for Participation: FOSBE 2005
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Call for Participation: FOSBE 2005
Contributed by: Frank Doyle, frank.doyle@icb.ucsb.edu
Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering
Systems Biology Conference
August 7-10, 2005 -- Santa Barbara, CA
www.fosbe.org
FOSBE 2005 (Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering) is the first in a
series of a conferences offered by the CACHE organization to address the
emerging challenges in the field of Systems Biology. The conference is
unique in that it addresses not only current research problems, but also the
curricular developments and industrial needs and challenges in this
important intersection of biology and engineering.
FOSBE 2005 will bring together researchers from biochemical engineering,
systems engineering, complex systems research, computational biologists,
computer science, and experimental biologists. Furthermore, the audience
will include academic researchers, experts from industry (including
pharmaceutical, biotech, and biomedical products), government laboratories
(DOE, and Department of Defense), and federal funding agencies—to discuss
the advances, challenges, and emerging opportunities in systems biology.
FOSBE 2005 will offer a keynote presentation, 5 technical sessions and one
panel discussion over the course of three days. Breaks and hospitality
suites will offer time for informal discussions, demonstrations, and
networking. The technical sessions will feature 3 plenary speakers, while
the contributed paper session will comprise brief oral presentations and
poster presentations.
Leroy Hood (Institute for Systems Biology) will give a keynote lecture over
the opening reception.
Additonal keynote speakers include:
• Doug Lauffenburger (MIT)
• Jeff Trimmer (Entelos)
• Jude Onyia (Eli Lilly)
• Patrick Daughtery (UCSB)
• Jan Van der Greef (Beyond Genomics)
• Jeff Varner (Genencor)
• Iya Khalil (Gene Network Sciences)
• Adam Arkin (Berkeley)
• Stas Shvartsman (Princeton)
• Hans Westerhoff (Amsterdam)
• Eduardo Sontag (Rutgers)
• Bernhard Palsson (UCSD)
• Ellen Berg (BioSeek)
• David Botstein (Princeton)
• Reinhart Heinrich (Humboldt University)
In addition, there will be a panel discussion on federal funding in the area
of systems biology, with representatives from the NIH, NSF, DOE, DARPA, and
DOD.
Important dates:
Early registration deadline 15 May 2005
Housing reservation deadline 1 June 2005
Student registration (limited number) - $295
Early registration - $595
Standard registration - $695
The conference fee includes one copy of the proceedings CD, conference
preprints, the opening reception, hospitalities, breakfasts, Monday dinner
and the Tuesday evening banquet & refreshments during program breaks.
Additional details are available on the conference www site:
http://www.fosbe.org
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6.4 Deadline Extension for MED-ISIC 2005
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Deadline Extension for MED-ISIC 2005
Contributed by: Derong Liu, dliu@ece.uic.edu
2005 International Symposium on Intelligent Control
13th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and
the Mediteranean Control Association
http://liu.ece.uic.edu/ISIC05 or http://liu.ece.uic.edu/MED05
June 27-29, 2005
Hawaii Grand Hotel & Resort, Limassol, Cyprus
The organizing committee of MED-ISIC 2005 has extended the submission
deadline to January 10, 2005, midnight US Eastern time. In the past, both
conferences have had deadlines in January/February and as a result, many
authors have requested that the deadline be extended after the Christmas
Holidays. The new deadline of January 10 is strict - no further extensions
will be given. For auhors that have already submitted their manuscripts, they
have the option on PaperPlaza of updating their submitted paper at any time
prior to the new deadline.
The MED-ISIC 2005 promises to be a great conference and we hope that you can
be part of it.
Organizing Committee of MED-ISIC 2005
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6.5 IEEE Conf on Automation Science and Engineering
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IEEE Conf on Automation Science and Engineering
Contributed by: Michael Y. Wang, yuwang@acae.cuhk.edu.hk
IEEE ICASE 20'05
http://www.ieee-icase.org
IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
August 1-2, 2005
Edmonton, Canada
Sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Call for Papers
The first annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE
CASE), sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, will be held on
August 1 and 2, 2005. The goal is for broad coverage and dissemination of
foundational research on automation among researchers, academicians, and
industry practitioners. The focus is on scientific methods for automating
machines and systems operating in structured environments over long periods,
and also for the explicit structuring of environments. IEEE CASE in 2005
will be held right before IROS 2005 in Edmonton, Canada.
The technical program of IEEE CASE will consist of tutorials, workshops,
invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Papers
describing original work on abstractions, algorithms, theories,
methodologies, and case studies are invited including but not limited to the
following areas:
* Automatic Identification and Security
* Automation in Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Health Care
* Business and Software
* Construction and Transportation
* Discrete Event Dynamic Systems
* Food Handling and Processing
* Home, Laboratory, and Service
* Human-Robot Interaction & Coordination
* Instrumentation & Measurement
* Manufacturing, Maintenance, & Supply Chain
* Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration
* Nano-scale Automation and Assembly
* Product Design, Development, & Prototyping
* Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination
* Risk Management
* System Modeling, Analysis, and Performance Evaluation
* Programming Environment
* Virtual Reality in Robotics and Automation
Paper Submissions: Author should submit full papers electronically in double
column PDF format. All papers will be peer-reviewed, and selected ones will
be published in CD-ROM. Six pages are allowed per paper, and detailed
instructions for paper preparation and submission will be available on the
conference web site: http://www.ieee-case.org
Invited Industry Sessions: There will be invited industry sessions on
Product and Process Design, Supply Chain Automation and Design, Nano-scale
Automation and Assembly, and Automation for Life Sciences. Each session
will consist of four related papers, which will be submitted and accepted
through regular review process.
Tutorials and Workshops: Proposals for half-day or full-day tutorials and
workshops should be submitted to the Tutorial/Workshop Chair Prof. Mengchu
Zhou (zhou@njit.edu) by March 31, 2005.
Important Dates
January 31, 2005: Submission of papers
March 31, 2005: Acceptance notification to the authors
April 30, 2005: Final Camera-ready papers due
General Chair
Prof. N Viswanadham
mpenv@nus.edu.sg
Program Chair
Prof. Michael Yu Wang
yuwang@acae.cuhk.edu.hk
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6.6 International Symposium on Collaborative Research
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International Symposium on Collaborative Research
Contributed by: Clarence de Silva, desilva@mech.ubc.ca
7-9 October 2005
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.researchcentre.apsc.ubc.ca
Scope and Topics
The theme of the conference is interdisciplinary and collaborative research
in Applied Science. We solicit high-quality papers in such area as, but not
limited to:
Industrial and Manufacturing Processes
Information and Communications Technology
Mechatronics
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Organic Electronics
Regular Paper Submission
Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts of their papers electronically to
the Program Chair at jzhang@apsc.ubc.ca no later than February 01, 2005.
Invited Sessions
We solicit proposals for invited sessions within the technical scope of the
conference. Each proposal for an invited session should describe the theme
and scope of the proposed session and how the papers form a cohesive and
complementary group in the session topic. The proposal should include
summaries of the papers. One session typically contains five (5) papers. The
proposal should also contain the name, affiliation, complete address, e-
mail, and Fax of the session organizer (s) and of the authors of all
included papers. Electronic should be made to the Program Chair at
jzhang@apsc.ubc.ca no later than February 01, 2005.
Workshops and Tutorials
We also solicit proposals for workshops and tutorials within the scope of
the symposium. If you are interested in conducting a pre-symposium workshop
or tutorial (full day or half day), please submit a proposal electronically
to the Program Char at no later than February 01, 2005. The proposal should
give a summary of the workshop/tutorial, a list of topics covered, and a
biography of the presenter(s).
For general inquiries, please contact Clarence de Silva, the General Chair,
at desilva@mech.ubc.ca
For program inquiries and the submission of abstracts, papers, proposals for
invited sessions, and proposals for workshops and tutorials, please contact
Jason Zhang, the Program Chair, at jzhang@apsc.ubc.ca
Important Dates
February 01, 2005 Paper Abstracts, Invited Session/Workshop/Tutorial
Proposals Due
March 01, 2005 Notification of Acceptation
May 01, 2005 Final Camera-Ready Papers Due
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6.7 MMAR 2005
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MMAR 2005
Contributed by: Leon Tarasiejski, leon@ps.pl
11th IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and
Robotics (MMAR)
August 29 - September 01, 2005
Amber Baltic Hotel, Miedzyzdroje, Poland
SCIENTIFIC CO-SPONSORS:
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
IEEE Control Systems Society
Committee for Automation and Robotics
Committee for Metrology and Instrumentation
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
SCOPE
The objective of the Conference is to bring together scientists and engineers
to present and discuss recent developments in the area of mathematical
methods, modeling, simulation and identification in automation and robotics.
This Conference is the eleventh in a continuing series, which started in 1994.
MAIN TOPICS
Control and system theory, Control engineering, Robotics, Control and
networks, Identification and measurements, Modeling and simulation,
Integration in manufacturing, Artificial intelligence, Industrial safety,
Marine automation, Non-engineering applications
KEY SPEAKERS
1. M. Grimble (UK)
2. T. Fukuda (J)
3. K. Malanowski (PL)
4. Ph. Bidaud (FR)
5. J.H. van Schuppen (NL)
LANGUAGE
The official language of the Conference is English.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
The Conference program will include plenary, invited and regular sessions.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR INVITED SESSIONS
Authors of regular papers should submit a structured draft paper being
equivalent to maximum of 10 double-spaced A4 pages. The cover page should
contain the title, author's name, affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses,
fax and telephone numbers of each author, an abstract and three keywords. In
case of joint authorship, the first name mentioned will be used for all
correspondence, unless otherwise requested.
All papers chosen for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings.
At least one author per paper is required to register at the time of the
submission of the camera-ready paper.
Detailed instructions on preparation of the final version will be sent to
authors of accepted papers.
Persons wishing to organize an invited session related to the main topics of
the Conference should submit a proposal stating the topic of the session,
briefly describing its scope and justifying its inclusion in the Conference
Program. The proposal should contain the title, a short abstract with three
keywords for each contribution, the name, affiliation, postal and e-mail
addresses, fax and telephone numbers of each proposed speaker.
Both draft papers and proposals for invited sessions should be e-mailed
(preferably as a PDF document, or else as a Postscript or, in the last resort,
as a MS Word DOC file) to the Conference Secretariat by the deadline shown.
DEADLINES
1 March 2005 Submission of draft papers and proposals for invited sessions
30 April 2005 Notification of acceptance of contributed papers
12 June 2005 Submission of camera-ready manuscripts
31 July 2005 Distribution of the final program
29 August - 1 September 2005 Conference
LOCATION
Miedzyzdroje is a popular charming Baltic seaside holiday resort located on
the Wolin Island in the north-western corner of Poland (ca. 100 km north of
Szczecin, ca. 250 km north-east of Berlin and ca. 600 km north-west of
Warsaw) between the Wolin National Park Forest and a sandy beach with a steep
cliff shoreline. Together with the adjoining Wolin National Park, which
houses one of the very few bison reserves in the world, and offers a series
of awe-inspiring hiking trails, it is a place of unique scenic, cultural and
tourist value.
Miedzyzdroje is easily accessible by plane, rail, ferry and road.
SECRETARIAT ADDRESS:
MMAR 2005 Conference Secretariat
Institute of Control Engineering
Technical University of Szczecin
ul. Sikorskiego 37
70-313 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: +48 91 4494723
Fax: +48 91 4494153
E-mail: mmar@ps.pl
URL: http://www.mmar.ps.pl
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7. Workshops
7.1 2005 ACC Workshop Announcement
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2005 ACC Workshop Announcement
Contributed by: L. Bushnell, L.Bushnell@ieee.org
2005 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE
2005 JUNE 8th to 10th
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.ee.washington.edu/conf/acc2005
The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) will hold its annual ACC in
cooperation with IFAC at the Hilton Portland in Portland, Oregon. This
conference will bring together people working in the fields of control,
automation, and related areas from AIAA, AIChE, AIST, ASCE, IEEE, ASME, ISA
and SCS. Topics include, but are not limited to: robotics, manufacturing,
guidance and control, power systems, process control, identification and
estimation, signal processing, modeling and advanced simulation, model
validation, fault detection, multivariable control, adaptive control, robust
control, intelligent control, expert systems, neural networks, industrial
applications of advanced control, control engineering education, and
computer-aided design. We hope to see you in Portland for this exciting
conference.
Workshops: Join us for the following workshops to be held at the 2005 ACC.
More details can be found on the confernce web site or by contacting the
Workshop Chair, Karlene Hoo, Karlene.Hoo@coe.ttu.edu.
Advance Registration Period: February 5 - May 2.
Rates vary for 1-day and 2-day workshops. Discounts are given for students
and retirees. See the conference web site for details.
Practical Techniques in Control Engineering (June 6 & 7)
Dennis S. Bernstein, University of Michigan and Carl R. Knospe, University
of Virginia
Provides a bridge between recent developments in control theory and their
practical application in the laboratory and industry. Fundamental tradeoffs,
modeling and identification, linear and nonlinear controller synthesis,
saturation, and adaptive tuning will be discussed. This workshop is suitable
for students, instructors, and researchers in control theory who wish to
obtain a broad perspective of the control engineering enterprise as well as
control engineers from all industrial applications seeking a coherent, self-
contained overview of recent developments relevant to control practice.
Engineering Applications in Genomics (June 6 & 7)
Aniruddha Datta, Texas A & M University
Genomics concerns the study of large sets of genes with the goal of
understanding collective function, rather than that of individual genes.
Such a study is important since cellular control and its failure in disease
result from multivariate activity among cohorts of genes. Very recent
research indicates that engineering approaches for prediction, signal
processing and control are quite well suited for studying this kind of
multivariate interaction. The aim of this workshop will be to provide the
attendees with a state of the art account of the research that has been
accomplished in this field thus far and to make them aware of some of the
open research challenges.
Recent Advances in Subspace System Identification: Linear, Nonlinear, Closed-
Loop, and Optimal with Applications (June 6 & 7)
Wallace E. Larimore, Adaptics, Inc.
This workshop presents a first principles development of subspace system
identification (ID) for linear, nonlinear, and closed-loop systems using the
maximum likelihood method. This gives optimal parameter estimates and
likelihood ratio tests of hypotheses on model order/structure and tight
Cramer-Rao accuracy bounds. These new results along with the superior
computational properties of subspace ID greatly extend the potential
applications. Examples discussed include closed-loop linear and nonlinear
systems for monitoring, fault detection, control design, and robust and
adaptive control. No prior knowledge of the subject is assumed.
Workshop on Scheduling, Cycle-Time Reduction, and Debottlenecking of Batch
Processes (June 7)
Charles Siletti, Intelligen, Inc. (Mt. Laurel, NJ)
Cycle-time reduction in batch processes can often be challenging. There are
many cases where utilization and up-time are misleading indicators of a true
cycle-time limit. This workshop will cover cycle-time reduction and capacity
debottlenecking in batch processes. First, we will review basic cycle-time
calculations and bottleneck identification. We will then show how to use
scheduling software to reduce cycle-time in multi-product plants with
resource constraints. Finally, we will focus on variability and upsets and
approaches to minimizing their effect on cycle-time.
Real Time Optimization By Extremum Seeking Control (June 7)
Miroslav Krstic, University of California, San Diego; Kartik Ariyur,
Honeywell Aerospace Electronic Systems; Andrzej Banaszuk, United
Technologies Research Center; Dobrivoje Popovic, United Technologies
Research Center; Eugenio Schuster, Lehigh University
Extremum seeking control, a popular tool in control applications in the 1940-
50's, has seen a resurgence in popularity as a real time optimization tool
in aerospace and automotive engineering. Extremum seeking is a non-model
based method of adaptive control, and, as such, it solves, in a rigorous and
practical way, some of the same problems as intelligent control techniques.
This workshop will present the theoretical foundations and selected
applications of extremum seeking. The first half of the workshop will teach
the attendees the extremum seeking algorithms, the basics of their stability
analysis, and the design guidelines. In the second half of the workshop,
applications to aerospace and propulsion problems (formation flight,
combustion instabilities, flow control, compressor rotating stall),
automotive problems (anti-lock braking, engine mapping), and bioreactors,
will be presented.
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7.2 4th Int Workshop on Multidimensional Systems
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4th Int Workshop on Multidimensional Systems
Contributed by: Krzysztof Galkowski, galkowsk@uni-wuppertal.de
The 4th International Workshop on Multidimensional (nD) Systems (NDS 2005),
will be held in Wuppertal, Germany, from July 10 to July 13, 2005. The
workshop is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE CAS Digital Signal
Processing Technical Committee and is devoted to multidimensional systems
theory and applications. It is organized to present the current 'state of
art' and to enable active researchers who work on nD systems to meet and
exchange ideas. We hope that this meeting will give a good possibility to
discuss new trends and exchange the knowledge and the experiences in that
area of knowledge. The workshop will consist of plenary presentations and
regular and special sessions. Confirmed plenary speakers are:
J. Willems, The sum-of-squares problem and dissipative systems
D. Owens, Iterative learning control ?semi999 theory and experimental results
P. Bauer, Application of m-D system models in sensor/actuator networks
A. Fettweis, Commemorating the Einstein year: can multidimensional systems
contribute to the foundations of physics?
Contributed papers and special sessions for NDS-2005 are hereby solicited in
all areas of nD systems as well as emerging fields in engineering with
actual or potential impact in automatic control systems, circuits and signal
processing.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit unpublished,
full-length papers, including figures and references, according to the
instructions on the workshop website. All NDS papers will must be submitted
in electronic form. The NDS 2005 website will provide you with further
details.
SUBMISSION OF SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS: Special session proposals should be
submitted to nds05@uni-wuppertal.de by February 1, and must include title,
rationale, session outline and contact information, for the proposer and an
author of each paper included.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
February 1, 2005 Submission of full papers and special sessions
April 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance
May 1, 2005 Camera-ready papers
July 1, 2005 Registration deadline
Please check the workshop website for up to date information:
http://nds05.uni-wuppertal.de
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7.3 Courses on LMI and BMI optimization in control
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Courses on LMI and BMI optimization in control
Contributed by: Didier Henrion, henrion@laas.fr
Two courses on "LMI and BMI optimization with algorithms and
applications in control" by Didier Henrion, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, FR
and Michal Kocvara, FEL-CVUT, Prague, CZ
The two courses are given at the Czech Technical University,
Charles Square, down-town Prague on February 14-18 and 21-25, 2005.
Each course consists of five two-hour lectures and three
two-hour labs. A registration fee is required for external
participants.
The courses are aimed at graduate students or researchers with a
background in linear control systems, linear algebra and convex
optimization. The first course covers LMI and BMI optimization with
algorithms. The second course covers applications of LMI and BMI
techniques in control. For the labs we use the Polynomial Toolbox,
PENBMI and the YALMIP interface to define and solve LMI and BMI
problems under the Matlab environment.
See http://www.laas.fr/~henrion/courses/lmi05
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7.4 Paris Graduate Control School - 2005
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Paris Graduate Control School - 2005
Contributed by: Antonio Loria, loria@lss.supelec.fr
Paris Graduate Control School - 2005
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cachan &
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
17 January – 17 April 2005
Sponsored by the Control Training Site www.mc-cts.org and
the Network of Excellence HYCON www.ist-hycon.org
Lectures taught in English
Scholarships available for European PhD Students - www.mc-cts.org
Deadline for registration: 15 January 2005
http://www.lss.supelec.fr/~loria/FAP2005/registration.html
Contact: Antonio Loria (loria@lss.supelec.fr)
P1: 17-21/1/05 Control theory of linear and nonlinear distributed systems
Y. Chitour, E. Trélat
P2: 24-28/1/05
Nonsmooth Analysis and Control Theory, F. Clarke
P3: 07-11/2/05
Efficient methods for linear control and estimation: an algebraic approach
H. Bourles, M. Fliess
P4: 14-18/2/05
Nonlinear optimal control, B. Bonnard
P5: 28/2/05-4/3/05
Sampled-data control systems, A. Astolfi, D. Shona-Laila
P6: 07-11/3/05
Nonlinear adaptive control with applications, A. Astolfi, D. Karagianis,
R. Ortega
P7: 14-18/3/05
Modeling and boundary control of infinite dimensional systems, B. Maschke,
A. J. van der Schaft, H. Zwart
P8: 21-25/3/05
Tools for analysis & control of time-varying systems, A. Loria, E. Panteley
P9: 28/3/05-1/4/05
Control of oscillating mechanical systems, synchronization and chaos
J. Levine, H. Nijmeijer
P10: 4-8/4/05
Stability and control of time-delay systems, S. Niculescu, Y. Chitour
P11: 11-15/4/05
On observer design for nonlinear systems, G. Besancon, E. Busvelle
P12: 18-22/4/05
Hybrid systems modeling and control in automotive applications K.H.
Johansson, A. Balluchi, W. Pasillas
P14: 21-25/2/05
Geometry of static and dynamic feedback, W. Respondek
Research grants are available for students registered for a PhD in any
European university. The purpose of such grants is to sponsor trainees to
carry out part of their research work at one of the 29 Host Institutes,
members of the Control Training Site network. Such grant can also cover the
registration fees for FAP.
- The grant applies to European (and associated countries) nationals as well
as to others living in a European or associated country since 5 years ago.
- Scholarships are for research internships of 3 to 12 months in any of the
29 host institutes (see www.mc-cts.org).
- Previous CTS fellows are welcome if their previous internship was shorter
than 9 months.
- The selected candidate receives 1200 euros per month for living expenses.
The host institute receives 850 euros per month to cover expenses of and
generated by the trainee.
The courses such as FAP, & travel expenses are covered within such budget
- No deadline for applications is imposed but allow one month for scholarship
to become effective after selection is completed.
For PhD students in France *only*: the courses are offered at no cost and
travel expenses are partially covered by MENRT.
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8. Positions
8.1 Chair: University of Washington USA
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Chair: University of Washington, USA
Contributed by: John Hughes, hughes@engr.washington.edu
The University of Washington, Seattle invites applications for the position
of full Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
The UW consistently ranks among the top 5 of all research institutions in
total federal funding with research funding growing 4-fold in the past 5
years. The Department ranks in the top 25 for undergraduate and graduate
education. Major strengths include communications, VLSI/CAD,
electromagnetics, energy, mechatronics and intelligent control, photonics,
Bio/Nano/MEMS, sensors, signal and image processing, and biological systems-
on-chip.
The department has an outstanding faculty, a history of interdisciplinary
collaboration, a tradition of excellence, and state-of-the-art research
facilities. Comprised of 44 tenure-track and 12 research faculty, and 46
staff, the department graduates approximately 180 BS, 70 MS, and 25 Ph.D
students annually.
The department is committed to creating and maintaining diversity, and has
one of the highest percentages of women faculty in the country (20%). For
more information, please visit: http://www.ee.washington.edu/.
A detailed description of this position and application process may be found
at: http://www.washington.edu/admin/eoo/ads/.
Please send inquiries to the search committee:
Search Committee
C/O John Hughes, HR Specialist
UW College of Engineering,
371 Loew Hall, Box 352180
Seattle, WA 98195-2180
E-mail: hughes@engr.washington.edu
Phone: 206.543.3354
Application review will begin immediately, and will continue until this
position is filled.
The UW is a recipient of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional
Transformation Award to increase the participation of women in academic
science and engineering careers. The University of Washington is an Equal
Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.
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8.2 Faculty: Boise State USA
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Faculty: Boise State, USA
Contributed by: R. Jacob Baker, jbaker@ieee.org
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at
Boise State University is seeking multiple tenured and tenure-track
faculty members at all ranks. An earned PhD in ECE, or a related
field, and demonstrated, or potential for, excellence in teaching and
research are primary requirements for the positions. While
outstanding candidates from all areas of ECE are encouraged to
apply, the department has specific needs in analog IC design, nanotechnology,
communication systems, and digital signal processing.
The College of Engineering has significant support from the State
of Idaho and Idaho’s high-tech industry to plan a PhD in ECE
beginning Fall 2005. The new faculty members will be
instrumental in developing the curriculum and research efforts.
Successful candidates will be expected to make balanced
contributions in teaching/research, supervising undergraduate and
graduate students, and working with faculty and local industry to
develop and sustain funded research programs.
Boise State University is the largest university in Idaho, with an
enrollment of more than 18,000 students. The University is located
in Idaho’s capital city and largest metropolitan area, which serves
as the government, business, high-tech, economic, health care, and
cultural center of the state. The city is convenient to outdoor
recreation including world-class whitewater rivers, skiing,
mountain biking, fishing, and camping.
Applications including a resume, a one-page statement of
research/teaching interests, and contact information for at least 3
references should be sent to: ECE Search Committee-CSS,
Department of ECE, 1910 University Drive, Boise State
University, Boise, ID, 83725-2075. See http://coen.boisestate.edu/.
Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2005. Boise State
is an EOE/AA Institution, Vets preferences. Women and
underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.
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8.3 Faculty: ETH Zurich Switzerland
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Faculty: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Contributed by: Manfred Morari, morari@control.ee.ethz.ch
The Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of ETH
Zurich invites applications for a Professor / Assistant Professor in Control
and Computation. Preference will be given to candidates with a research
program focused on theory and computation in support of application areas
with high potential such as hybrid / embedded systems, or the modeling and
control of complex systems such as communication networks, transportation
systems, or biomedical systems. An expertise and interest in optimization
are particularly welcome.
Candidates should have a strong background in fundamentals and are expected
to have established an internationally recognized research record. The rank
(full/associate/assistant professor with tenure track) will depend on the
candidate's qualifications. Courses at Master level may be taught in English.
Applications with a curriculum vitae and a list of publications should be
submitted to the President of ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. O. Kuebler, ETH Zentrum,
CH-8092 Zurich, no later than March 30, 2005. ETH Zurich specifically
encourages female candidates to apply with a view towards increasing the
proportion of female professors.
If you need more information about the position please contact
Prof. Manfred Morari
morari@control.ee.ethz.ch
phone: +41 44 632 7626
http://control.ee.ethz.ch/news/jobs.en.html
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8.4 Faculty: Rice University USA
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Faculty: Rice University, USA
Contributed by: Fathi H. Ghorbel, ghorbel@rice.edu
RICE UNIVERSITY
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
The Rice University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Science seeks candidates for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor
in the area of Mechanical Engineering. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline. The successful
candidate should have a strong interest in teaching both graduate and
undergraduate students, and in establishing a strong research program
focusing on investigation and solution of challenging topics in the
broad area of robotics, and dynamic systems and control. While qualified
candidates in other areas will be considered, we have a particular interest
in outstanding researchers with a strong analytical background in areas such
as:
- Mechanics, dynamics and control at the micro/nano level
- Actuation, sensing, manipulation, assembly, and manufacturing at the
micro/nano level
- Dynamical systems and advanced linear and nonlinear control
- Advanced robotic systems, including sensor technologies, electromechanical
systems, mechatronics, and biorobotics
The successful candidate would strengthen the Department’s activities in the
general areas of mechanics, dynamics & control, and robotics, and its recent
initiative in nanodynamics and robotic nanomanipulation and
nanomanufacturing. Candidates from under-represented groups, including women,
are encouraged to apply.
Applicants should send a letter of application, a detailed curriculum vita
that includes a list of publications, a brief statement of research and
teaching interests, and a list of at least three references with the
references’ postal and email addresses and phone and fax information to:
Search Committee Chair – Robotics, Dynamic Systems and Control
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Rice University MS-321
6100 Main Street
Houston TX 77005-1892
Priority will be given to applicants who apply prior to March 15, 2005. The
position is at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at
higher levels may apply.
For information about the department, visit our website at
http://www.mems.rice.edu/
Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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