Contributed by: Dr. Denis N. Sidorov, dsidorov@mee.tcd.ie

Dr. Denis N. Sidorov's New Address:

EEE Dept. 
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

e-mails: dsidorov@mee.tcd.ie, dsidorov@isem.sei.irk.ru
office phone: (00353) 01 608 3818

Contributed by: N.F. Thornhill, n.thornhill@ee.ucl.ac.uk

       ACC Workshop on Control Loop Performance Assessment

During 2001 ACC, Arlington VA, USA, on Thursday June  28th 2001.

Title: 
HOW WELL IS YOUR CONTROLLER PERFORMING: GOOD, BAD, OR OPTIMAL? (REF:T-2)

Speakers:
Sirish Shah and Biao Huang; University of Alberta, Canada
Nina Thornhill; University College London, UK
Alf Isaksson; KTH Stockholm, Sweden

For a description of the workshop, please visit:
http://acc2001.che.ufl.edu/#WD

PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 15TH.
For REGISTRATION and FEES INFORMATION, please visit:

ACC 2001 Information page:
http://acc2001.che.ufl.edu/

Contributed by: Georgia Kaliora, g.kaliora@ic.ac.uk

      Short Course on Model Reduction of Large-scale Dynamical Systems
                      Thursday 24 May 2001

           Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
                     Imperial College, London
           http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/CAP/Events/short_course.html

Lecturer: Prof. A.C. Antoulas (Rice University) 

Description:
Model reduction aims at replacing a system of differential or difference 
equations of high complexity by one of much lower complexity. In so doing, 
one tries to preserve certain critical properties of the system (e.g. 
stability) and approximate well important features (e.g. the system 
response). During the last two decades, a lot of progress has been made in 
the theory of this approximation problem. The first part of the course will 
review the foundations of this theory and will present the key results of 
frequency and time domain approximations (Grammian based balanced truncation 
and Hankel norm approximation). More recently, the need has arisen to apply 
these methods to problems of very high complexity; in such cases the 
resulting computational complexity becomes prohibitively high and different 
approaches to the problem have to be developed. In the second part of the 
course we will present techniques that can be applied to large scale systems 
provided the models are sparse or structured (Pade like approximations and 
Krylov based methods). 

Objectives:
Attendees will get an up-to-date account of this area with discussion of 
various application examples. The course should help them apply such ideas to 
their own area of research.

Information and Contact:
For further information please contact G. Kaliora (g.kaliora@ic.ac.uk) or
A. Astolfi (a.astolfi@ic.ac.uk). Also, the wed-site: 
http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/CAP/Events/short_course.html

Registration:
The course is open to PhD students, Post-Docs and researchers. Please 
register by E-mail (g.kaliora@ic.ac.uk). The course is free for Imperial 
College members. A small fee for non-Imperial College attendees will be 
charged. 

Location:
The course will be held at the Gabor Seminar Room (Level 6), in the 
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Imperial College. 

Schedule:
Morning: 9.00-12.00.
Afternoon: 14.00-17.00. 

Contributed by: Thanos Antoulas and Fathi Ghorbel, aca@rice.edu

2001 RICE DSG SHORT COURSE

Course Title: ADAPTIVE CONTROL
Where: Rice University
When: May 7-11, 2001

The Dynamical Systems Group (DSG) at Rice University
in collaboration with the
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
and with support from the
George R. Brown School of Engineering

is organizing a short course entitled

"Adaptive Control", May 7-11, 2001, to be held at Rice University.

The lecturer is

Prof. Rolf Johansson
Department of Automatic Control
Lund Institute of Technology
Sweden

This short course can be taken for credit by Rice students. The 
course is free for Rice faculty and students; there is a fee of 
$50.00 for students of other academic institutions,
and a fee of $200.00 for all other participants.

Pre-registration information is available at:
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ghorbel/01sc.htm

Contributed by: Carsten Scherer, c.w.scherer@wbmt.tudelft.nl

DISC Summer School, June 12-15, 2001, Mierlo, The Netherlands
     The Impact of Optimization in Control
  Full program at: http://www.disc.tudelft.nl

Main lectures: 

Pierre Bernhard, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
- From decision trees to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
- Numerical approaches to Bellman's equation
- Minimax control and partial information control
Stephen Boyd, Stanford University
- Convex optimization
- Interior-point methods
- Applications of convex optimization
Francis Clarke, Université Lyon-I
- Nonsmoothness in control theory - part I, II, III
Manfred Morari, ETH-Zurich
- A mathematical programming approach to feedback control: Overview
- An explicit formulation of Model Predictive Control for continuous systems
- A mathematical programming approach to the Analysis & Control of Hybrid 
  Systems

Additional lectures: 

Frank Allgöwer, Universität Stuttgart
- An introductory overview of nonlinear model predictive control
Anders Helmersson, Linköping University
- LMI's in robust control
- Building LFT models with low order
Wolfgang Marquardt, RWTH Aachen
- Scenario-integrated control and optimization of dynamic process systems
Hans Schumacher, Tilburg University
- Complementarity systems and dynamic programming
Vassilis Vassiliadis, Cambridge University
- The state-of-the-art in control vector parameterizations in optimal
  control problem solving, and applications

Registration fee (including meals and accommodation): 
- Non-DISC members:                999,- Dutch guilders
- DISC PhD students/DISC members:  799,- Dutch guilders

Registration deadline: June 1, 2001.
Participation is limited to about 50 people. 

Further information from: 
 Marjolein van den Berg
 Mechanical Engineering System & Control Group
 Delft University of Technology
 Mekelweg 2
 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
 Email: secr@disc.tudelft.nl, Tel: +31 15 2787884

Contributed by: Vincent Blondel, blondel@inma.ucl.ac.be

                       Call For Participation
                      5th  Dynamics workshop

                    DYNAMICS AND VERIFICATION

          Royal Academy of Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
                        July 16-17, 2001
               http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/dynamics/

OVERVIEW
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together students and researchers
from the computer science, dynamical systems, and control communities on
the general theme of verification and hybrid systems. The workshop will
emphasize dynamical aspect of verification methods.

The first day of the workshop will be an introductory minicourse by
Professor R. Alur (University of Pennsylvania, USA). The second day will
consist of invited talks. All talks will be in tutorial format and informal
discussions between participants will be encouraged throughout the two days.

This is the fifth of a series of annual workshops held in Belgium 
on topics related to dynamical systems. The goal of this series is 
to gather researchers from different disciplines around the general 
theme of dynamical systems in a casual and informal athmosphere, 
see http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~blondel/workshops/

PROGRAM
July 16. One day introductory minicourse: "Hybrid Systems: Modeling and
Verification" Rajeev Alur (University of Pennsylvania, USA).

July 17. Invited lectures by:
  Eugene Asarin (VERIMAG, Grenoble, France).
  Ahmed Bouajjani (LIAFA, Université Paris 7, France).
  Bernard Boigelot (Université de Liège, Belgium).
  Laurent Fribourg (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France).
  Kim Larsen (Aalborg University, Denmark).

REGISTRATION
There are no registration fees. Registration is by email. If you wish 
to participate in the workshop, please send your name and surname, 
affiliation and email address to dynamics@inma.ucl.ac.be. The closing 
date for registrations is July 1, 2001.

VENUE
The workshop will be held in the main building of the Belgium Royal 
Academy of Sciences. The academy is located in central Brussels, at 
walking distance from most facilities.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Vincent Blondel, University of Louvain
Bernard Boigelot, University of Liège
Jean-François Raskin, University of Brussels
Rodolphe Sepulchre, University of Liège

Contributed by: Sabine Van Huffel, sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.ac.be

                         3rd International Workshop on
 
                      TLS and ERRORS-IN-VARIABLES MODELING
                             August 27--29, 2001
                        Arenberg castle, Leuven, Belgium

This interdisciplinary workshop is a continuation of 2 previous workshops
which were held in Leuven, Belgium, August 1991 and 1996, and aims to 
bring together numerical analysts, statisticians, engineers, economists,
chemists, etc. in order to discuss recent advances in Total Least Squares 
(TLS) techniques and errors-in-variables modeling.

The workshop is partially sponsored by the Fund for Scientifi Research -- 
Flanders (FWO) and the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP).
In  total, 32 lectures will be presented in the following 9 sessions;
  1. Basic Concepts and Analysis in Errors-in-Variables Modeling 
  2. Total Least Squares Algorithms
  3. Structured Total least Squares Problems
  4. Nonlinear Errors-in-Variables Models and Statistical Estimators
  5. Errors-in-variables Modeling with Bounded Uncertainties
  6. Orthogonal Curve Fitting
  7. Errors-in-Variables Estimation in System Identification
  8. Errors-in-Variables Estimation in Signal Processing
  9. Errors-in-Variables Applications in other fields

The complete advance program (and registration form) are available 
at the website http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/tls3.html
All presented papers will be collected in the conference proceedings book, 
which will come out shortly after the workshop.

Conference committee:
Sabine Van Huffel and Philippe Lemmerling (chairpersons)
Bart De Moor, Yasuo Amemiya, Leon Gleser, Gene Golub, Bjorn Ottersten,
Rik Pintelon, G. W. (Pete) Stewart and Paul Van Dooren.
              
Workshop secretariat:
Ida Tassens 
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, ESAT-SISTA/COSIC, 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee, 
Belgium
tel : 32/16/32.17.09      fax : 32/16/32.19.70

DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION: July 1, 2001

Contributed by: Sirish Shah, sirish.shah@ualberta.ca

Faculty Position at the
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, 
University of Alberta, Canada

Applications are invited for a tenure-track faculty position at the
assistant professor level in the area of process control. The position will
be available September 1, 2001 or earlier. Candidates must either hold a
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or related field or expect to receive one
before September 1, 2001. Successful candidates will be expected to
establish viable and productive research programs, and teach both graduate
and undergraduate courses. The position is intended to complement our
current strength in computer process control. One component of the research
program will be applications of process control methods towards process and
performance monitoring of industrial processes, to complement a recently
awarded-NSERC Industrial Chair in Computer Process Control. For information
about our Department, consult our web site at: 
http://www.ualberta.ca/CMENG/

For information on the NSERC industrial chair project go to:
http://www.ualberta.ca/~slshah/NMA.htm 
Details of the CPC (Computer Process Control) group's recent research
efforts can be accessed through electronic publications at:
http://www.ualberta.ca/CMENG/research/groups/control/reports.html

A resume, the names of three confidential referees and a statement of
current research interests and plans for future research should be sent to:

		Dr. Sirish L. Shah
		Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
		University of Alberta
		Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G6. 
		email: sirish.shah@ualberta.ca 

Applications are requested prior to July 31, 2001.  The University of
Alberta is committed to the principle of equity in employment.  As an
employer, we welcome diversity in the workplace and encourage applications
from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal peoples, persons
with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.

Contributed by: Han-Pang Huang, hanpang@ccms.ntu.edu.tw

National Taiwan University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty

The ME Department seeks candidates for one to two faculty positions at all
levels starting in February 2002. We are looking for candidates with
backgrounds and interests in system and control, or newly developed
engineering such as Opto-Mechtronics, Nano Technology, MEMS, Biomedical
Engineering. A Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, or its equivalent is required for tenure-track positions. All
applicants should provide a curriculum vitae, a research plan in the
immediate future, a teaching plan in the immediate future, reprints of
selected publications, transcripts, and three different copies of letters of
recommendation. All candidates should indicate citizenship and, in case of
non-Taiwan citizens, describe their visa status. Application deadline is
7/31/2001. Send all applications to:

Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, No.1
Taipei 10660, Taiwan.

Contributed by: Keith Blow, k.j.blow@aston.ac.uk

ASTON UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

LECTURESHIPS in Electronic Engineering

The Electronic Engineering Subject Group has several vacancies available at 
the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer levels.  The Group is particularly keen to 
recruit young members of staff with research and teaching interests in

Telecommunications networks
Internet technology
Digital circuit/system design

We wish to recruit highly motivated individuals to take up posts by September 
of this year.  Two posts will be particularly suited to candidates who have 
recently completed PhD degrees in areas relevant to the topics identified 
above. The School of Engineering & Applied Science hosts several world-class 
research groups: new members of staff are encouraged to pursue research 
collaboratively with these groups or to establish their own areas.  Aston’s 
undergraduate programmes in electronic engineering are expanding, and there 
are opportunities for individuals to contribute to the further development of 
these programmes.

Enquiries should be addressed to Prof I Bennion (Tel: 0121-359-4735 or 0121-
359-3611 ext 4943; Fax: 0121-359-0156; email: I.Bennion@aston.ac.uk) or Prof 
K J Blow (Tel: 0121-359-6987 or 0121-359-3611 ext 5273; Fax: 0121-359-0156; 
email: K.J.Blow@aston.ac.uk).

Contributed by: Maurizio Cirrincione, nimzo@cerisep.pa.cnr.it

PhD student for a Research Position in France

Modelling and simulation of large electro-mechanical systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Picardie 
(Amiens, FRANCE) and the Electrical Machines Laboratory launches a research 
project, by agreement with the Senlis unit of the Centre for Technical 
Studies for Mechanical Industries (CETIM), on modelling and simulation of 
large electro-mechanical systems. The problem is to build a virtual 
experiment using numerical simulation in order to predict the constraints 
observed in a complex system to improve its design and to prevent from 
destructive faults. The application of interest is a mechanical load driven 
by a static converter fed induction machine with interaction on the grid in 
the power range greater than 1MW (off-shore industries, cement workshops, ..)

Duration: 3 years as a PhD student
Funding :       Grant of 1500 Euros/month and access to student facilities 
Location :      The laboratory is located in Amiens a city of 150,000 with 
20,000 students and 120 km north from Paris 

Pre-requisites : The candidate must have equivalent degree to allow 
registration in the PhD program in France (MSc in electrical engineering or 
equivalent). Possibilities are given for access to European PhD for students 
coming from the European Union. Basic knowledge on electrical machines, power 
electronics, power systems are mandatory. A previous experience in computer 
simulation using general purpose programs (MATLAB, EMTP, PSPICE) should be 
appreciated. The knowledge of French is not mandatory by will be considered 
as a plus.

Application : The position has to be filled for October 1, 2001. The 
potential candidates have to apply by sending their curriculum plus the name 
and coordinate of 2 referees. Applications by E-mail are preferred.

Contact : 
Richard Grisel, Professor
Université de Picardie Jules Verne - CREA - IUP GEII
33, rue Saint Leu - 80039 Amiens Cedex 1 - FRANCE
Phone :         +(33)3 22 82 70 55 
Fax :           +(33)3 22 82 78 22
Mobile :        +(33)6 60 88 64 02
E-mail :        Richard.Grisel@sc.u-picardie.fr and Richard.Grisel@free.fr
Web page:       http://richard.grisel.waika9.com/

Gerard-Andre Capolino, Professor
University of Picardie Jules Verne - CREA - IUP GEII
33, rue Saint Leu - 80039 Amiens Cedex 1 - FRANCE
Phone :         +(33)3-22-82-78-20     
Fax:            +(33)3-22-82-78-22
Mobile:         +(33)6-68-67-71-22
E-mail:         Gerard.Capolino@ieee.org
Web page:       http://www.fortunecity.com/business/filthyrich/1634/index.htm

Contributed by: Dr Sarah Spurgeon, eon@le.ac.uk

Post-Doc and PhD Assistantship in Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Systems

Control and Instrumentation Research Group
Department of Engineering
University of Leicester
University Road, Leicester
LE1 7RH, UK 

A three year postdoctoral research associate position and a fully funded PhD 
research studentship are available to consider open problems in the area of 
sliding mode control of uncertain possibly nonminimum phase systems using 
output information.

Candidates interested in the postdoctoral research associate position should 
possess, or be about to complete, a PhD in a relevant area of control. 
Candidates for the PhD studentship should possess, or be about to complete, a 
good honours degree, or equivalent qualification, in Engineering or 
Mathematics.

Those interested in either position are encouraged to submit a CV in the 
first instance to Dr Sarah Spurgeon (eon@le.ac.uk) who will be happy to 
provide further details of either post on request.

Contributed by: Peter C. Mueller, mueller@srm.uni-wuppertal.de

Position of a scientific collaborator (BAT IIa/C1) is offered for
probably 4 years by the group of safety control engineering at the
Department of Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Germany.

We are looking for a scientist who takes part in the teaching and
administrative duties of the group but who essentially work for the
project
"Optimal Control of Descriptor Systems".
control of DAEs is still a field with open problems. The research task is
especially directed to descriptor systems with non-proper system
behaviour.

Requirements:
- German Diplom or equivalent Master degree in Mechanical / Electrical
  Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science
- good knowledge in Control Theory
- good knowledge of German and English

Contact: Prof. Dr. Peter C. Mueller
Tel.: +49-(0)202-439-2017
Email: mueller@srm.uni-wuppertal.de

Contributed by: Hiro Yoshida, h-yoshida2@uchicago.edu

A Research Associate position in 2D and 3D medical imaging is available 
immediately in the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago. 

Research in the host laboratory focuses on the computer-aided diagnosis in 
medical imaging.  Candidates should have a Ph.D. in computer 
science/engineering, bioengineering, or similar discipline.  Technical area 
of experience should include computer graphics (in particular, volume 
rendering), image processing, and computer vision.  He/She should have a
strong skill in C/C++ programming.  Medical imaging background is not 
required but desirable.  Strong interests in medical imaging is essential.

Appointment to the position is renewable every year.  Research areas will 
include the development of a system for the detection of polyps in virtual 
colonoscopy (CT colonography) and lung nodules in chest radiography. This is 
an opportunity for a Ph.D. graduate from engineering discipline whose goal is 
to develop an academic career in medical imaging, or those who have already 
experiences in medical imaging to further advance their careers.

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit, preferably via email, their 
C.V. to: 

Hiro Yoshida, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
The University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC2026
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-834-3154
Fax: 773-702-1161
E-mail: h-yoshida2@uchicago.edu

Contributed by: Cornelis A. Los, clos@deakin.edu.au

This book grew out of an invited, and very well attended Public Lecture on "A 
Scientific View of Economic and Financial Data Analysis,which I delivered 
before the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City on March 11, 1992. 
The invitation came from Professors Lawrence Klein (Nobel memorial Prize 
winner), Edmund Phelps (Member of Academy of Sciences USA) and Dominick 
Salvatore. The Lecture applied the recommendations of the Kalman-Los’ 1986 
Manifesto for Identification of Models from Inexact Data to Finance. The book 
corrects many of the common errors propagated in the financial literature. 
Starting from traditional fundamental financial analysis and using various 
algebraic and geometric tools, like 3- and 4-dimensional visualizations, the 
book is guided by the logic of science to explore information from uncertain 
financial data without prejudice. It is structured around the fundamental 
requirement of objective science that the (geometric) structure of the data 
equals the information (model) contained in the data. Numerous real world 
empirical examples, collected by me during my professional career, as a Senior 
and Chief Economist on Wall Street (Fed, Nomura, ING, etc.), elaborate on the 
points I make. Detailed footnotes introduce many historical characters, who 
have presented similar arguments in physics and  mathematics. The intended 
readership consists of undergraduate (3rd year and Honours) and graduate (MBA, 
MA and Ph.D) students in finance, who have some knowledge of elementary 
calculus and linear algebra, as well as sophisticated practitioners in the 
financial engineering and services industries. This 336 page, well - 
illustrated book is available for US$68 from World Scientific Publishers, Ltd, 
in Singapore (www.wspc.com) and is also distributed via the web pages of 
Amazon (www.amazon.com) and Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com).

New Book on Fuzzy Logic Systems
Contributed by: Jerry M. Mendel, mendel@sipi.usc.edu

"Uncertain Rule-Based Fuzzy Logic Systems: Introduction and New Directions," 
by 
Jerry M. Mendel, has been published by Prentice-Hall in 2001. This book 
provides new breakthrough fuzzy logic techniques for handling real-world 
uncertainties. It does this by using an expanded and richer fuzzy logic.

The world is full of uncertainty that classical fuzzy logic can’t directly 
model. Now, however, there’s an approach to fuzzy logic that can model
uncertainty: "type-2" fuzzy logic. This book demonstrates how type-2 fuzzy 
logic overcomes the limitations of classical fuzzy logic, enabling a wide
range of applications from digital mobile communications, computer
networking, video traffic classification, forecasting of time-series, to
knowledge mining.

For further information about this book, visit: 
http://sipi.usc.edu/~mendel/book

Contributed by: Armen H. Zemanian, zeman@ece.sunysb.edu

The book, ''Pristine Transfinite Graphs and Permissive Electrical Networks,''
Birkhauser, Boston, 2001, has appeared.

Transfinite graphs and networks have been explored in some generality and
complexity during the past dozen years.  This book provides a simplified
exposition of the subject that, while sacrificing some generality,
captures its essential ideas.  Moreover, it extends transfinitely
Minty's powerful theory for nonlinear monotone networks, as well as
aspects of graph theory, discrete potential theory, and random walks.

The web page: www.ee.sunysb.edu/~zeman contains its Table of Contents
and Preface. It will also contain an Errata as errors and misprints
are discovered.

Contributed by: Warren Dixon, dixonwe@ornl.gov

Authors: W. E. Dixon, D. M. Dawson, A. Behal, and E. Zergeroglu
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London Ltd
ISBN: 1-85233-414-2.
Price: $69.80 USD.
URL: http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=1-85233-414-2

This book examines control problems for wheeled mobile robots. Several novel 
control strategies are developed and the stability of each controller is 
examined utilizing Lyapunov-based techniques. The performance of each 
controller is either illustrated through simulation results or experimental 
results. The final chapter describes how the control techniques developed for 
wheeled mobile robots can be applied to solve other problems with similar 
governing differential equations (e.g., twin rotor helicopters, surface 
vessels). Several appendices are included to provide the reader with the 
mathematical background utilized in the control development and stability 
analysis. Two appendices are also included that provide specific details with 
regard to the modifications that were done to commercially available mobile 
robots (e.g., a K2A manufactured by Cybermotion Inc. and a Pioneer II 
manufactured by Activemedia) to experimentally demonstrate the performance of 
the torque input controllers.

TOC
1. Model Development and Control Objectives
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Kinematic Model Development
	1.3 Regulation Problem
	1.4 Tracking Problem
	1.5 Unified Problem
	1.6 Incorporation of Dynamic Effects
	1.7 Comparative Analysis
	1.8 Notes
2. Robust Control
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Tracking Problem
	2.3 Incorporation of Dynamic Effects
	2.4 Experimental Implementation
	2.5 Notes
3. Adaptive Control
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Tracking Problem
	3.3 Global Exponential Tracking Problem
	3.4 Regulation Problem
	3.5 Incorporation of Dynamic Effects
	3.6 Experimental Implementation
	3.7 Notes
4. Output Feedback Control
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Tracking Problem
	4.3 Simulation Results
	4.4 Notes
5. Visual Servoing Control
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Kinematic Model
	5.3 Camera-Space Tracking Problem
	5.4 Incorporation of Dynamic Effects
	5.5 Simulation and Experimental Implementation
	5.6 Notes
6. Robustness to Kinematic Disturbances
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Regulation Problem
	6.3 Tracking Problem
	6.4 Control Development
	6.5 Simulation
	6.6 Notes
7. Beyond Wheeled Mobile Robots
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Model Development
	7.3 Tracking Problem
	7.4 Regulation Problem
	7.5 Twin Rotor Helicopter
	7.6 Simulation
	7.7 Notes
Appendix A: Mathematical Background
Appendix B: Auxiliary Expressions and Proofs
Appendix C: Modifications to the Cybermotion K2A
Appendix D: Modifications to the ActivMedia Pioneer II

Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak, h.kwakernaak@math.utwente.nl

AUTOMATICA ONLINE PAPER SUBMISSION & REVIEW PROCESS

Authors can now submit their papers online to Automatica. Recently the new 
website www.autsubmit.com has opened where authors can submit their paper 
directly from their computer. After a transition period e-mail submissions 
will no longer be accepted.

After having submitted their paper authors can log in to see the review 
status of their paper, update their paper information, and submit revised and 
final versions.

The Pampus system allows Automatica editors and associate editors to manage 
the review process completely online. Reviewers may submit their evaluation 
electronically and upload their reviews if they wish.

The site offers extensive information for authors as well as the list of 
recently accepted papers. Automatica's on-line cumulative table of contents 
1963-present and the recent and advance editorials are still available at the 
Editor-in-Chief's website www.math.utwente.nl/eic.

Contributed by: Yaochu Jin, yaochu_jin@de.hrdeu.com

          Call for Papers
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
        Special Issue on
Soft Computing Techniques in Intelligent Vehicle Systems

Scope
The information age we are embracing is imposing great challenges to the 
Intelligent Vehicle Systems (IVS). Modern car drivers expect to be able to
drive safely while exchanging information with the outside world. Vehicle
safety technologies, such as collision warning, driver assistance and
autonomous driving, as well as injury reduction in case of an accident are 
the basic concerns of intelligent vehicle systems. Information and
connectivity is another essential aspect.  Intelligent vehicle systems
are supposed to be able to provide filtered information about local
traffic conditions, navigation, and weather conditions and provide useful
suggestions. With the help of Internet and telecommunication technologies,
drivers can check emails, browsing Internet and even handle business without
stepping out of the car. To meet the increasing demand for safety and
connectivity, intelligent vehicle systems need to have stronger capability
of understanding the environment, learning from the history, and making
correct decisions with uncertain, partial or imprecise information.

Soft Computing is an emerging field that consisting of complementary elements
of Fuzzy Logic, Neural Computing, Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning 
and Probabilistic Reasoning. Due to their strong learning and cognitive 
ability and good tolerance of uncertainty and imprecision, Soft Computing 
techniques have found wide applications in Intelligent Vehicle Systems. This 
Special Issue will be dedicated to the publication of the latest advancements 
in theory and application of Soft Computing techniques to intelligent vehicle 
systems. Topics may include but are not limited to:
	
Adaptive Cruise Control; Collision Avoidance and Obstacle Detection;
Driver Behavior Modeling and Monitoring; Lane Detection and Tracking;
Optimization of Vehicle Safety Equipments; In-Vehicle Navigation and
Communication; Human-Machine Systems for IVS;Driver Information Systems;
Traffic Modeling and Control

Submission
Four hard copies of each submitted papers should be sent to the one of the 
Guest Editors for the author's region at the addresses below. Electronic 
submissions in postscript or pdf format are encouraged. Submitted papers 
should be in the IEEE TIE format with a title page including a complete 
mailing address for each author plus an abstract of the paper. Please also 
email a copy of the title page in plain text to one of the Guest Editors. 
More information on style guidelines for a submission can be obtained at
the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics' Website: 
http://www.trans-ie.uni-wuppertal.de/

Submission deadline		31 July 2001
Notification of accepta nce	30 September 2001

Guest Editors:
Sam Kwong			                 Yaochu Jin
Department of Computer Science                   Future Technology Research
City University of Hong Kong	                 Honda R&D Europe (D) GmbH
83 Tatchee Avenue		                 Carl-Legien-Strasse 30
Kowloon, Hong Kong		                 63073 Offenbach/Main
China				                 Germany
Email: cssamk@cityu.edu.hk	                 Email:yaochu_jin@de.hrdeu.com

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

                       CALL FOR PAPERS
 Advances in PID Control: A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control

PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL-DERIVATIVE (PID) is a familiar term of high
significance to many engineers, technicians and other practitioners involved
in automatic control systems. Controllers of the PID type have existed for
more than fifty years. Today, PID controllers can be found in virtually all
control systems, with applications ranging from process conditions regulation
to precision motion control for assembly and process automation. This is not
surprising since the reliability of the PID controllers has been field proven
by decades of successful applications. The wide acceptance and massive
support from control engineers all over the world ensure they have remained
the single most important tool in the control toolbox.

The research and development efforts for the evergreen PID controllers
have been undergoing a resurgence in recent years. A lot of effort has been
devoted to capitalizing on the advances in mathematical control theory while
still essentially retaining the decades-old classical control structure. New
generation PID controllers are able to demonstrate very good control
still essentially retaining the decades-old classical control structure. New
generation PID controllers are able to demonstrate very good control
characteristics such as higher performance robustness, tighter control
performance, and a higher level of intelligence and autonomy in their
operations with a correspondingly reduced reliance on manual operations. The
application base of PID controllers has also been further expanded, with
these controllers now being applied effectively to systems and processes
never before possible under traditional PID control.

The importance of PID controllers cannot be undermined as they provide
the engines to millions of control systems operating around the world. This
special issue on Advances in PID Control will help to serve as a forum to
consolidate the latest advances and trends in this field. Priority will be
given to original contributions which attempt to link the advances in control
theory and artificial intelligence to obtain better performing PID
controllers, with applications to complex systems including vaguely modeled,
nonlinear, multivariable and time-delay systems. Papers should preferably
include an application section, where the results from a practical
application/case study are documented.

Guest Editor:
Dr. K. K. Tan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore
Tel: +65-8742110, Fax +65-7791103
E-mail: eletankk@nus.edu.sg

Important Dates:

April  1, 2001      Call for Papers
Sep. 15, 2001       Deadline for Paper Submission
Feb. 1, 2002        Completion of first review
May 1, 2002         Completion of final review
Sep.30, 2002        Publication

Potential authors can either submit four copies of manuscripts or send
its electronic file in Postscript, PDF or WORD format to 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
National Taiwan University
Taipei 106, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2362-2209    Fax: +886-2-2365-7887
Email: lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw

All submissions should include a title page containing the title of the
paper, full names and affiliation, complete postal and electronic address,
phone and fax number, an abstract, and a list of keywords. The contact 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

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

              ASIAN JOURNAL OF CONTROL
             Vol. 3, No. 2 (June, 2001)

(Special Issue : Trend and Advancement in Neural Networks Based Control
                 Designs )

1. Title: "Nonlinear Control via Generalized Feedback Linearization Using
           Neural Networks,"
   Author  Graham C. Goodwin, Osvaldo Rojas, and Hitoshi Takata
           Neural Networks,"
   Author  Graham C. Goodwin, Osvaldo Rojas, and Hitoshi Takata

2. Title: "Fault Diagnosis Based on Fuzzy-Recurrent Neural Network,"
   Author  Zhao Xiang and Xiao Deyun

3. Title: "Neural Network Adaptive Robust Control of Nonlinear Systems in a
           Normal Form,"
   Author  J. Q. Gong and Bin Yao

4. Title: "Robust Adaptive Control of Robots Using Neural Network : Global
           Stability,"
   Author  C. Kwan, D. M. Dawson, and F. L. Lewis

5. Title: "On Approximation Capability of Neural Networks--Dynamic System
           Modeling and Control"
   Author  Chu Kwong Chak, Gang Feng, and Jian Ma

6. Title: "Neural Network Based Algorithm for Dynamic System Optimization,"
   Author  Roseli Francelin Romero, Janusz Kacprzyk, and Fernando Gomide

7. Title: "Adaptive Neural Network Control for Smart Materials Robots Using
           Singular Perturbation Technique,"
   Author  S. S. Ge, T. H. Lee, and Z. P. Wang

8. Title: "Robust Adaptive Identification of Nonlinear System Using Neural
           Network,"
   Author  Q. Song, L. Yin, and Y. C. Soh

9. Title: "Nonlinear Fly-by-Throttle H-infinity Control Using Neural
           Networks,"
   Author  Gwo-Ruey Yu 

Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak, automatica@math.utwente.nl

				AUTOMATICA

			     Table of contents

July, 2001					   Volume 37, Issue 7	  

Regular papers

P. R. Pagilla, M. Tomizuka
An adaptive output feedback controller for robot arms: Stability and
experiments

L. Chisci, J. A. Rossiter, G. Zappa
Systems with persistent disturbances: Predictive control with restricted
constraints

P. Chen, H. Qin, J. Huang
Local stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems by dynamic output
feedback

K. Najim, A. S. Poznyak
Adaptive policy for two finite Markov chain zero-sum stochastic game with
unknown transition matrices and average payoffs

J-X. Xu, W-J. Cao
Learning variable structure control approaches for repeatable tracking
control tasks

Li Xu, Bin Yao
Output feedback adaptive robust precision motion control of linear motors

Brief papers

Wei Lin, C. Qian
Semi-global robust stabilization of MIMO nonlinear systems by partial
state and dynamic output feedback

M. Valeckov, M. Krn, E. L. Sutanto
Bayesian M-T clustering for reduced parametrisation of Markov chains used
for non-linear adaptive elements

D. A. Lawrence
Analysis and design of gain scheduled sampled-data control systems

H. Y. Zhang, C. W. Chan, et al.
Fuzzy ARTMAP neural network and its application to fault diagnosis of 
navigation systems

U. Soverini, S. Beghelli
Identification of static errors-in-variables models: The rank reducibility
problem

D. Angeli
Almost global stabilization of the inverted pendulum via continuous state
feedback

M. Alamir
Solutions of nonlinear optimal and robust control problems via a mixed
collocation/DAE's based algorithm

Z-J. Yang, M. Tateishi
Adaptive robust nonlinear control of a magnetic levitation system

A. Zavala-Rio, B. Brogliato
Direct adaptive control design for one-degree-of-freedom
complementary-slackness jugglers

M. Egerstedt, C. F. Martin
Optimal trajectory planning and smoothing splines

B. De Schutter, T. van den Boom
Model predictive control for max-plus-linear discrete event systems

W. P. M. H. Heemels, B. de Schutter, A. Bemporad
Equivalence of hybrid dynamical models

Technical communiques

M. Bodson
Performance of an adaptive algorithm for sinusoidal disturbance rejection
in high noise

J. Gao, B. Huang, Z. Wang
LMI-based robust H(infinity) control of uncertain linear jump systems with
time-delay

Contributed by: George W Irwin (Editor in Chief), g.irwin@ee.qub.ac.uk

IFAC JOURNAL: CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4, APRIL 2001

Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/00123

pp 357-366
Control of coating properties of LDPE through melt strength measurements
K. Xiao, C. Tzoganakis, H. Budman

pp 367-373
Electro-hydraulic proportional control of twin-cylinder hydraulic elevators
K. Li, M.A. Mannan, M. Xu, Z. Xiao

pp 375-385
Visual command of a robot using 3D-scene reconstruction in an augmented
reality system
M. Shaheen, M. Mallem, F. Chavand

pp 387-391
A high-performance control system for spreading liquid manure
A. Munack, E. Buning, H. Speckmann

pp 393-394
Preface to the Special Section on Algorithms and Architectures for
Real-time Control
V. Hernandez, A.E. Ruano

pp 395-402
Reference architecture for robot teleoperation:  - development details and
practical use
B. Alvarez, A. Iborra, A. Alonso, J.A. de la Puente

pp 403-409
On identifying and evaluating object architectures for real-time
applications
O.P. Dias, I.M. Teixeira, J.P. Teixeira, L.B. Becker, C.E. Pereira

pp 411-423
Fuzzy predictive algorithms applied to real-time force control
L.F. Baptista, J.M. Sousa, J.M.G. da Costa

pp 425-438
Probability estimation algorithms for self-validating sensors
A.W. Moran, P.G. O'Reilly, G.W. Irwin

pp 439-447
DICOS: a real-time distributed industrial control system for embedded
applications
J.C. Campelo, P. Yuste, P.J. Gil, J.J. Serrano

pp 449-457
Real-time control of air motors using a pneumatic H-bridge
M.O. Tokhi, M. Al-Miskiry, M. Brisland

pp 459-466
Real-time video for distributed control systems
J.A. Clavijo, M.J. Segarra, C. Baeza, C.D. Moreno, R. Sanz, A. Jimenez, R.
Vazquez, F.J. Daz, A. Dez

pp 467-470
Calendar

Contributed by: Lothar Reichel, reichel@mcs.kent.edu

Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA),
vol. 11, 2000.

ETNA is available at http://etna.mcs.kent.edu and several
mirror sites as well as on CDROM.

A. Toselli, Neumann-Neumann methods for vector field problems, pp. 1-24.

M. A. Cawood and C. L. Cox, Perturbation analysis for eigenstructure
assignment of linear multi-input systems, pp. 25-42.

B. I. Wohlmuth, A multigrid method for saddle point problems arising from
mortar finite element discretizations, pp. 43-54.

S. Serra Capizzano and C. Tablino Possio, High-order finite difference
schemes and Toeplitz based preconditioners for elliptic problems,
pp. 55-84.

P. Benner, R. Byers, H. Fassbender, V. Mehrmann, and D. Watkins,
Cholesky-like factorizations of skew-symmetric matrices, pp. 85-93.

K. Atkinson, D. D.-K. Chien and J. Seol, Numerical analysis of the
radiosity equation using the collocation method, pp. 94-120.

R. Gutie'rrez J. Rodriguez, and A. J. Sa'ez, Approximation of
hypergeometric functions with matricial argument through their
development in series of zonal polynomials, pp. 121-130.

C. T. H. Baker and E. Buckwar, Continuous Theta-methods for the
stochastic pantograph equation, pp. 131-151.


Publication of volume 12 of ETNA is in progress. Presently the following
papers are available:

G. Meurant, Numerical experiments with algebraic multilevel
preconditioners, pp. 1-65.

H. Zhang, Numerical condition of polynomials in different forms,
pp. 66-87.

M. J. Castel, V. Migallo'n, and J. Penade's, On parallel two-stage methods
for Hermitian positive definite matrices with applications to
preconditioning, pp. 88-112.

Contributed by: Marc Bodson, bodson@ee.utah.edu

Adaptive-Passive Control of Vibration Transmission in Beams
Using Electro/Magnetorheological Fluid Filled Inserts
N.R. Harland, B.R. Mace, and R.W. Jones

Design and Implementation of a Hard Disk Drive Servo System
Using Robust and Perfect Tracking Approach
T. B. Goh, Z. Li, B.M. Chen, T. H. Lee, and T.C. Huang

Geometric Analysis of Flight Control Command for Tactical
Missile Guidance
C.-Y. Kuo, D. Soetanto, and Y.-C. Chiou

High Precision Linear Motor Control via Relay-Tuning and
Iterative Learning Based on Zero-Phase Filtering
K. K. Tan, H. Dou, Y. Chen, and T. H. Lee

Real-Time Very Short-Term Load Prediction for Power
System Automatic Generation Control
D. J. Trudnowski, W. L. McReynolds, and J. M. Johnson

Application of a Neural-Network Scheduler on a Real
Manufacturing System
G. A. Rovithakis, S. E. Perrakis, and M. A. Christodoulou

A Neural-Network Based Approach to Determining a Robust
Process Recipe for the Plasma-Enhanced Deposition of
Silicon Nitride Thin Films
I.G. Rosen, T. Parent, C. Cooper, P.Chen, and A. Madhukar

Integrated Ssytem Identification and PID Controller Tuning
by Frequency Loop-Shaping
E. Grassi, K. S. Tsakalis, S. Dash, S.V. Gaikwad,
W. MacArthur, and G. Stein

Two Degree-of-Freedom Controller to Reduce the Vibration of
Vehicle Engine-Body System
J. Yang, Y. Suemastu, and Z. Kang

Tracking Control of Unicycle-Modeled Mobile Robots Using a
Saturation Feedback Controller
T. -C. Lee, K.-T Song, C. -H. Lee, and C. -C. Teng

Modeling and Robust Control Design for Aircraft Brake
Hydraulics
I. Tunay, E. Y. Rodin, and A. A. Beck

Self-Tuning Control of a Low-Friction Pneumatic Actuator
Under the Influence of Gravity
R. Richardson, A. R. Plummer, and M. D. Brown

New Parametric Affine Modeling and Control for Skid-to-Turn
Missiles
D. Chwa and J. Y. Choi

BRIEF PAPERS

Multivariable Fuzzy Supervisory Control for the Laminar
Cooling Process of Hot Rolled Slab
S. Guan, H. -X. Li, and S. K. Tso

Detection of Abrupt Changes of Total Least Squares Models
and Application in Fault Detection
B. Huang

Sliding Control of an Electropneumatic Actuator Using an
Integral Switching Surface
M. Bouri and D. Thomasset

Experimental Application of Extended Kalman Filtering for
Sensor Validation
D. Del Gobbo, M. Napolitano, P. Famouri, and M. Innocenti

Multivariable Feedback Relevant System Identification of a
Wafer Stepper System
R. A. de Callafon and P. M. J. Van de Hof

Dissipative Design, Lossless Dynamics, and the Nonlinear
TORA Benchmark Example
G. Tadmor

New Results in NPID Control: Tracking, Integral Control,
Friction Compensation and Experimental Results
B. Armstrong, D. Neevel, and T. Kusik

Robust Stabilization of Tone Reproduction Curves for the
Xerographic Printing Process
P. Y. Li and S. A. Dianat

Development of a Measurement Robot for Identifying all
Inertia Parameters of a Rigid Body in a Single Experiment
H. Hahn and M. Niebergall

Contributed by: Martin Ruck, m.ruck@elsevier.co.uk

Journal of Process Control
Contents of volume 11 issue 3 (June 2001)

pp 251-264
Modelling of uncertain systems with application to robust process control
T.K. Gustafsson, P.M. Makila

pp 265-284
On-line tuning strategy for model predictive controllers
A. Al-Ghazzawi, E. Ali, A. Nouh, E. Zafiriou

pp 285-297
Robust regulation of the air distribution into an arc heater
M. Mattei

pp 299-310
Estimation of uncertain models of activated sludge processes with interval 
observers
M.Z. Hadj-Sadok, J.L. Gouze

pp 311-319
A two degree of freedom level control
K.-L. Wu, C.-C. Yu, Y.-C. Cheng

pp 321-328
Iterative learning control with Smith time delay compensator for batch 
processes
J.-X. Xu, Q. Hu, T. Heng Lee, S. Yamamoto

pp 329-341
Results analysis for trust constrained real-time optimization
Y. Zhang, D. Nadler, J.F. Forbes

Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jprocont

Journal of Process Control is an IFAC affiliated journal.  For more details 
about IFAC Publications, visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac.

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

Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications
ISSN   : 0024-3795
Volume : 328
Issue  : 1-3
Date   : 01-May-2001

pp 1-55
Condensed forms of linear control system under output feedback
J. Stefanovski
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003359

pp 57-68
Perron-Frobenius theorem for matrices with some negative entries
P. Tarazaga, M. Raydan, A. Hurman
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S002437950000327X

pp 69-94
On positivity of analytic matrix functions in polydisks
V. Bolotnikov, L. Rodman
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003311

pp 95-119
The four-block Adamjan-Arov-Krein problem for discrete-time systems
V. Ionescu, C. Oara
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003256

pp 121-130
Distribution results on the algebra generated by Toeplitz sequences: a
finite-dimensional approach
S.S. Capizzano
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003116

pp 131-152
Monotone matrix functions of two variables
M. Singh, H.L. Vasudeva
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003086

pp 153-160
de Caen's inequality and bounds on the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of
a graph
J.-S. Li, Y.-L. Pan
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003074

pp 161-202
Graph theoretic methods for matrix completion problems
L. Hogben
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500002998

pp 203-222
The Hadamard core of the totally nonnegative matrices
A.S. Crans, S.M. Fallat, C.R. Johnson
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003372

pp 223
Author index
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501003020

Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications
ISSN   : 0024-3795
Volume : 329
Issue  : 1-3
Date   : 15-May-2001

pp 1-8
On the spectral radius of trees
G.J. Ming, T.S. Wang
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003360

pp 9-47
On Stein's equation, Vandermonde matrices and Fisher's information
matrix of time series processes. Part I: The autoregressive moving
average process
A. Klein, P. Spreij
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002312

pp 49-59
Stirling matrix via Pascal matrix
G.-S. Cheon, J.-S. Kim
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002348

pp 61-75
Numerical ranges, Poncelet curves, invariant measures
B. Mirman, V. Borovikov, L. Ladyzhensky, R. Vinograd
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002336

pp 77-88
Bounds for determinants of meet matrices associated with incidence
functions
I. Korkee, P. Haukkanen
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002385

pp 89-96
On upper bound for the quantum entropy
W. Hebisch, R. Olkiewicz, B. Zegarlinski
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002440

pp 97-136
The linearization of boundary eigenvalue problems and reproducing
kernel in Hilbert spaces
B. Curgus, A. Dijksma, T. Read
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002373

pp 137-156
Asymmetric algebraic Riccati equation: Ahomeomorphic parametrization of
the set of solutions
A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, S. Pinzoni
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002415

pp 157-169
n-Transitivity and the complementation property
L. Livshits, G. MacDonald
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002464

pp 171-174
On the orbit of invariant subspaces of linear operators in
finite-dimensional spaces (new proof of a Halmos's result)
A. Faouzi
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002397

pp 175-187
Automorphisms of the Lie algebra of strictly upper triangular
matrices over certain commutative rings
Y. Cao
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002294

pp 189
Author index
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501003111

Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/07738

Contributed by: Douglas L. Jones, dl-jones@uiuc.edu

THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL ALLERTON CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATION, CONTROL, AND 
COMPUTING, October 3 – 5, 2001

The Thirty-Ninth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and 
Computing will be held from Wednesday, October 3 through Friday, October 5, 
2001, at the Allerton House, the conference center of the University of
Illinois. Allerton House is located twenty-six miles southwest of the Urbana-
Champaign campus of the University, in a wooded area on the Sangamon River. 
It is part of the fifteen-hundred acre Robert Allerton Park, a complex of 
natural and man-made beauty designated as a National natural landmark. The 
Allerton Park has twenty miles of well-maintained trails and a living gallery 
of formal gardens, studded with sculptures collected from around the world.

Papers presenting original research are solicited in the areas of 
communication systems, communication and computer networks, detection and 
estimation, information theory and error-correcting codes, source coding and 
data compression, multiple-access communications, queueing networks, control 
systems, robust and nonlinear control, adaptive control, optimization, 
dynamic games, large scale systems, robotics and automation, manufacturing 
systems, discrete event systems, intelligent control, multivariable control, 
computer vision based control, learning theory, neural networks, VLSI 
architectures for communications and signal processing, and automated highway 
systems. Also solicited are organized sessions for the Conference; 
prospective organizers should discuss their plans with the Conference co-
chairs before sending a formal proposal.

This year the plenary lecture will be delivered by Professor John C. Doyle of 
the California Institute of Technology.  It is scheduled for Friday, October 
5, and is entitled “Robustness and Network Complexity."

Information for authors: Regular papers, suitable for presentation in twenty 
minutes, as well as short papers, suitable for presentation in ten minutes, 
are solicited. The purpose of the short paper category is to encourage 
authors to present preliminary results of their work. Regular papers will be 
published in full (subject to a maximum length of ten 8.5” x 11” pages) in 
the Conference Proceedings, while short papers will be limited to two-page 
summaries in the Proceedings.

For regular papers, a title and a five-to-ten page extended abstract, 
including references and sufficient detail to permit careful reviewing, are 
required. For short papers, a title and a three-to-five page summary are 
required. Manuscripts that are submitted as regular papers but cannot be 
accommodated in that category will be considered in the short paper category, 
unless the authors indicate otherwise.

Three copies of the manuscript should be mailed to:
39th Annual Allerton Conference
Coordinated Science Laboratory
University of Illinois
1308 West Main Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801-2307, USA
in time to be received by July 6, 2001. Submissions by e-mail or fax
will not be accepted.

Submissions should specify the name, e-mail address, and postal address of 
the author who is to receive all subsequent correspondence. Authors will be 
notified of acceptance via e-mail by August 10, 2001, at which time they will 
also be sent detailed instructions for the preparation of their papers for 
the Proceedings. Full camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be due 
the last day of the Conference.
 
Conference Co-Chairs: Douglas L. Jones and Petros G. Voulgaris
Email: allerton@csl.uiuc.edu; URL:  http://www.comm.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton

Contributed by: M. Guay , guaym@chee.queensu.ca

The 51st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference is being held in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 14-17, 2001. Vibrant, romantic and
exciting, Halifax is a modern city steeped in history, with a
captivating international flair. Experience maritime hospitality in the
lobster capital of the world!

Abstracts for the Systems and Control Engineering sessions are now being
solicited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 30th May, 2001. The
Systems and Control Engineering Division is planning sessions in the
following areas, but encourage abstract submissions from all areas of
systems and control.

* Large Scale System Optimization
* Fault Detection and Isolation
* Control
* System Identification
* Distributed Parameter Systems
* Simulation

The Call for Abstracts for the 51st Canadian Society of Chemical
Engineers Conference (CSChE) is open at
http://www.chemeng.ca/halifax2001/

For more information, please see the conference website or contact:

Conference Chair
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dalhousie University
(902) 494-3953
CSChE.Conference@Dal.Ca
http://www.chemeng.ca/halifax2001/

Contributed by: Jeanny Ryffel, planning@icsc.ab.ca

International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems (ICAIS) 
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/icais2002/index.html

Autonomous intelligent systems can be described as intelligent entities that 
are capable of independent action in dynamic, unpredictable environments. 
This is a very fast growing research area attracting the attention of many 
researchers around the globe. The aim of the International Congress on 
Autonomous Intelligent Systems (ICAIS) is to bring the researchers, system 
developers and users both from industry and academia together to exchange 
their views and receive the very latest information on on-going research and 
development. This will be carried out through a series of keynote addresses, 
technical sessions, workshops and exhibitions. 

The International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems welcomes 
submissions of original and high quality papers. Accepted papers will be 
formally published in the ICSC Journal of Autonomous Systems

Honorary General Chair: Dr. Charles R. Weisbin, JPL, NASA, USA 
General Chair: Professor Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University, Australia 
Co-Chair (Asia): Professor T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan 
Co-Chair (USA): Dr. Shawn Toumodge, Raytheon Systems Co., USA
Co-Chair (Europe): 
Tutorial/Workshop Chair: Dr. Uwe Zimmer, The ANU, Canberra, Australia

Sponsors:
Deakin University, Australia
IEEE  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEE The Institution of Electrical Engineers
IEAust The Institution of Engineers, Australia
ITS Transnational, The Netherlands

Technical issues to be addressed include, but are not restricted to: 
Evolution of Agents; Agent-Based Software Engineering; Distributed
Architecture For Mobile Navigation; Autonomous Robots; Autonomous Mobile
Robots; Path Planning And Obstacle Avoidance With Nonholonomic Robots;
Cooperative Autonomous Robots For Hazardous Environments; Fault-Tolerant
Algorithms And Architectures For Robotics; Adaptive Path Planning;
Intelligent Navigation and Guidance; Design and Control of Autonomous
Underwater Robots; A Control Architecture For An Autonomous Mobile Robot;
Action Selection and Planning; Adaptation and Learning; Agent Architectures;
Agent Communication Languages; Artificial Market Systems and Electronic
Commerce; Autonomous Robots; Designing Agent Systems; Expert Assistants;
Fusion of Sensory Systems; Real Time Vision; Distributed Systems;
Multi-Agent Systems; Machine Learning; Intelligent Manufacturing;
Integration And Coordination Of Multiple Activities; Knowledge Acquisition
And Management; Modeling The Behavior Of Agents; Models Of Emotion,
Motivation, Or Personality; Multi-Agent Teams; Multi-Agent Communication,
Coordination, And Collaboration; Multi-Agent Simulation, Verification, And
Validation

Scientific program: 
ICAIS 2002 will include invited plenary talks, contributed 
sessions, invited sessions, workshops and tutorials.
updated information available on ICAIS home page.

Important dates: 
Submission Deadline:            June 30th, 2001
Notification of Acceptance:     Sept.15th, 2001
Delivery of Manuscripts:        Nov. 30th, 2001
Conference:                     Feb. 12th - 15th, 2002

General Chair of ICAIS’2001:
Professor Saeid Nahavandi
Deakin University
Waurn Ponds Campus
Geelong 3217
Australia
nahavand@deakin.edu.au

Contributed by: Gang Tao, gt9s@virginia.edu

                Call for Submission and Participation in 

2001 International Symposium on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems & Control
           University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
                     Thursday, June 28, 2001

         (Submission deadline has been extended to May 15, 2001)

For more information about the symposium please see:
   http://www.people.virginia.edu/~avt9c/UVA_control.html
For information about planned presentations at the symposium please see:
   http://www.people.virginia.edu/~gt9s/prog01.html

PURPOSE
As researches in adaptive systems and control and that in intelligent systems 
and control have experienced tremendous successes in both theory and 
applications and are developing rapidly with emergence of new encouraging 
solutions to open challenging problems, this symposium is aimed at acting as 
an international forum for researchers in these areas to present recent 
results, discuss new ideas, and expand future directions. The symposium is to 
take place on the day after the 2001 American Control Conference to be held 
on Monday, June 25 - Wednesday, June 27, 2001, in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

PLENARY TALK
Recent Advances in Adaptive and Intelligent Control
          by Professor K. S. Narendra 

SCOPE
Any topics in theory and applications of adaptive system and control.
See conference website for more details.

SCHEDULE
Submission of extended abstracts (2 pages): before May 15, 2001
  (please send your aubmission to gt9s@virginia.edu)
Conference time: June 28, 2001 (Thursday, the next day after ACC2001)

A proceedings of abstracts for all presentations will be distributed. 
Selected full papers are to be published as a monograph if interested.

CONTACT
Organizer and Chair: Professor Gang Tao
                     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                     University of Virginia
                     Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
                     Tel: 804-924-4586 
                     Fax: 804-924-8818
                     Email: gt9s@virginia.edu

LOCATION
City of Charlottesville, where the 1981 Joint Automatic Control Conference
was held on University of Virginia's campus, is located in Central Virginia, 
approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. (Arlington, Virginia) 
and 70 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia. It is situated at the foothills 
of the Blue Ridge Mountains and near the Shenandoah National Park, with a 
local area population 150,000.

More information on tourist attarctions can be found at:
http://www.people.Virginia.EDU/~gt9s/che.html
http://www.virginia.edu/wlcm.html

Contributed by: Abraham Haddad, ahaddad@beb.ece.nwu.edu

                     CALL FOR PAPERS
                        for the
           2002 THE AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE

                    May 8-10, 2002

       William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
                Anchorage Hilton Hotel
                Anchorage, Alaska, USA

The American Control Conference (ACC) is an annual, 3-day event, presenting
about 800 papers, with over 1200 participants from the measurement and
automation communities.  This premier conference and associated workshops
focus on advances in the theory and practice associated with automatic
control. 

Topics include: industrial applications, robotics, manufacturing, guidance
and flight control, power systems, process control, measurement and sensing,
identification and estimation, signal processing, modeling and advanced
simulation, fault detection, model validation, multivariable control,
adaptive and optimal control, robustness, intelligent control, expert
systems, neural nets, control engineering education, and computer aided
design. 

Notice that the ACC 2002 will convene in early May, 2002 instead of June,
its normal time of the year. Be sure to keep these modified dates in mind as
you are making your plans to submit and attend the ACC 2002.  For more
information about the 2002 ACC, please visit our web-sit at
http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~acc2002/.

Schedule Summary 

September 15, 2001:
Submission of Invited Session Proposals to Vice-Chair, Invited Sessions
Submission of Tutorial Session Proposals to Vice-Chair, Industry and
Applications 
Submission of Workshop Proposals to Workshop Chair
Electronic Submission of Contributed Regular Papers
Electronic Submission of Contributed Short Papers
Nominations for Student Best Paper Award to Program Chair

January 7, 2002:
Author notification

February 15, 2002:
Final manuscript due for the Conference Proceedings

The conference is sponsored by the American Automatic Control Council
(AACC), and topics span the scope of the 8 member societies of AACC:  AIAA,
AIChE , AISE , ASCE, ASME, IEEE, ISA, and SCS.  The 2002 ACC is being held
in cooperation with IFAC (the International Federation of Automatic Control)
and SICE (the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers).

Contributed by: Eduardo Gomez-Ramirez, egomez@ci.ulsa.mx

CALL FOR PAPERS
IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISC 2001)
November 19-22, 2001
Tampa, Florida, USA

SPONSORS
The International Association of Science and Technology for Development  
(IASTED)
Technical Committee on Control
Technical Committee on Intelligent Systems and Control

PURPOSE
The International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISC 2001) is 
a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the 
world to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments, and 
applications in all areas of control and intelligent systems.  It aims to 
strengthen relations between industry, research laboratories, and 
universities.  ISC 2001 will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, 
and tutorials.  The full papers will be published in the conference 
proceedings.  Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality.
 
SCOPE
Topics will include (broad scope within) but are not limited to:
 Intelligent and Hybrid Control Systems
 System Identification, Optimization and Automation
 Intelligent Data Systems and Computing
 Applications

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Submit your paper via our Web site at 
http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2001/tampa/submit-345.htm.  Files larger 
than 2MB must be submitted to our FTP site at www.actapress.com (user name: 
actaftp; password:  journals).  If you submit a paper to our FTP site,
please send a notification e-mail with your contact information to 
calgary@iasted.com. All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), 
Postscript (.ps), or MS Word (.doc) format.  The IASTED Secretariat must 
receive your paper by July 15, 2001.  Do not send hard copies of your paper.  
Receipt of paper submissions will be confirmed by e-mail. 

Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by August 15, 2001.  
Registration payments and final manuscripts are due by September 15, 2001.  
Late registration fees or paper submissions received after that date will 
result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings.  Please 
send final manuscripts via the Web or FTP site using the same procedure as 
described above. 

TUTORIALS
Proposals for half-day tutorials (three hours) should be submitted online by 
July 15, 2001, via the following Web site address:
http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2001/tampa/tutorialsubmit-345.htm
A tutorial proposal should clearly indicate the topic, background knowledge 
expected of the participants, objectives, time allocations for the major 
course topics, and the qualifications of the instructor(s).

SPECIAL SESSIONS
Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal
to the IASTED Secretariat by July 15, 2001. Proposals should include a
minimum of five papers, a session title, a list of the topics covered, and 
qualifications of the session organizer(s). The name of the session
organizer will appear in the program and proceedings, provided five
papers are presented.  Special session proposals should be submitted
online at the following address:
http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2001/tampa/sessionsubmit-345.htm.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submissions due                                         July 15, 2001 
Notification of acceptance                              August 15, 2001 
Registration, full payment, and final papers due        September 15, 2001 

For more information or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:
IASTED Secretariat - ISC 2001
E-mail: calgary@iasted.com
Web Site: http://www.iasted.com

Contributed by: Jeanny Ryffel, planning@icsc.ab.ca

CALL FOR PAPERS: NEURO-FUZZY 2002

During the past decade, paradigms and benefits from neuro fuzzy systems
NF) have been growing tremendously. Today, not only does NF solve
scientific problems, but its applications are also appearing in our daily
lives. In order to discuss the state of the art in NF and the future of
these exciting topics; we are honored to invite you to Neuro-Fuzzy 2002.
We believe it will be an excellent opportunity to share our knowledge on
NF and contribute to its development in this century. This major
international conference will be held in a very enjoyable location:
Havana, the Capital of Cuba, where we hope you will experience the famous
Cuban hospitality.

Organizing Committee

Honorary Chair: Prof. Hans-Juergen Zimmermann, Germany.
General Chair : Hans-Heinrich Bothe, Denmark
Special Scientific Events Chair: Alberto Ochoa,Cuba
Scientific Program Chair : Hans Hellendoorn, The Netherlands
Scientific Program Co-Chair: Pedro González Lanza,Cuba

Local Committee Chair: Orestes Llanes-Santiago, Cuba
Local Committee Co-Chair: Abelardo del Pozo Quintero, Cuba
Publication Chair: Antonio Di Nola, Italy
Publication Committee Co-Chair: Vincenzo Loia,Italy
Administration and Finance:ITS Transnational.

Sponsored/supported by:
IFSA: International Fuzzy Systems Association
Technical University of Denmark
ISPJAE: Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría
ICIMAF: Instituto de Cibernética, Matemática y Física
UCLV: Universidad de Las Villas
UO: Universidad de Oriente
RAC: Red de Automática de Cuba
Ministerio de Educación Superior de la República de Cuba
Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones de la República de Cuba
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente de la República de
Cuba.
ICSC/NAISO Canada/The Netherlands

Topics suggested (not limited to):

1.Advanced Neuro and Fuzzy Paradigms
2.Data Granulation and Fuzzy Rule Extraction
3.Advanced Training Algorithms
4.Evolutionary Computation (GA, GP, ET) and Graphical Models
5.Chaotic Behavior and Fractals
6.Applications in signal processing, control, robotics, etc.

Of particular interest are applications from the following fields: Sound
and image processing, pattern recognition, image understanding, feature
binding, perception, sensor fusion, controller design, state observation, 
motor control, mobile robotics, autonomous navigation, deliberation and
planning, active anchoring, gain-scheduling, fault detection, hardware 
solutions, data mining, financing, e-commerce.

Suggestions for workshops, panel sessions, invited/special sessions, 
tutorials are welcome. Please contact respective member of the organizing 
committee or planning@icsc.ab.ca

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline:            May 31, 2001
Notification of Acceptance:    August 15, 2001
Delivery of Final Manuscripts: October 31, 2001
Conference NF'2002:             January 16/19, 2002

Please visit the conference web site for updates and more details.
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/nf2002/nf2002.html

Contributed by: Sophie Curwen, scurwen@iee.org.uk

ON-LINE CONFERENCE on "Active Control Of Sound And Vibration"
http://www.iee.org.uk/Control/Inter-Active2001/

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS 
This is the second in the series of INTER-ACTIVE conferences, built on the 
success of the first event held in 1999. Inter-Active 2001 will report on new 
research findings in the area of active sound and vibration control through 
exploiting the available technological advances of electronic communication 
provided by the Internet. This exciting mode of communication will enable 
participants from all over the world to interact with one another from the 
comfort of their own office/desk. 

The conference will cover topics on analysis, design and implementation 
methodologies; new applications; as well as practical experiences with 
industrial applications of active sound and vibration control. For a list of 
general topics please visit the website.

SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS 
Prospective authors are invited to submit a summary/abstract of their paper 
of approximately 3-4 A4 sides in length. The summary should be in MS Word 
or .pdf format. Please email your abstract to Michelle Swift: 
mswift@iee.org.uk by 31 May 2001.

To register your interest and to find more detailed information on Inter-
Active 2001, please click here:
http://www.iee.org.uk/Control/Inter-Active2001/