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Change of Address: Peter Benner

Contributed by: Peter Benner, benner@math.tu-berlin.de

Dear colleagues, As of April 1, I have taken up a new position at the
Technical niversity of Berlin.  My new contact information is

 Peter Benner
 Institut f. Mathematik, MA 4-5
 TU Berlin
 Strasse des 17. Juni 136
 D-10623 Berlin
 Germany

 Phone : +49-30-314-28035
 Fax   : +49-30-314-79706
 E-mail: benner@math.tu-berlin.de
 URI   : http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~benner


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Bozenna Pasik-Duncan wins U of Kansas Award

Contributed by: John Baillieul, johnb@bu.edu

As CSS Vice President for Technical Activities, I am pleased to share the
news that our newly appointed Chair of the Control Education Technical
Committee has been awarded the first Frank B. Morrison Teaching Award at
the University of Kansas.

This university-wide award carries a $5000 cash component. Quoting from the
citation "This award recognizes your distinguished teaching, the profound
impact you have made in the lives of your students, and how deeply you are
valued as a faculty member in the College. Your excellence as an instructor
is well noted by colleagues, faculty and students, which lends integrity,
honor and distinction to his newly established award..."

I want to take this opportunity to publically express congratualtions to
Bozenna.


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IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive 1956-2001

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

The IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive: 1956-2001 is now available 
at an introductory member price of $129.  The Digital Archive comes as a two 
DVD set in a leather wallet style case and contains 

- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1956-2001
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 1993-2001
- IEEE Control Systems Magazine 1981-2001

Containing a library of more than 15,000 articles published by the IEEE 
Control Systems Society in the nearly half century from 1956 through the end 
of 2001, the digital archive is a unique and invaluable resource for 
students, practitioners, researchers, and historians of control. 

Besides including Pre-1988 articles not available on IEEE Xplore, the Digital 
Archive contains publication, author, and subject indexes, author profiles, 
abstracts, hyperlinked references and citations. For further information, 
including information about ordering the set, go to http://www.ieeecss.org/


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3.2 IFAC in developing countries

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IFAC in developing countries

Contributed by: S. Parthasarathy, algolog@hd1.vsnl.net.in

Call for Participation

Open Forum for 15th World Congress of the IFAC

This message is to request you to visit the web-page at:
http://algolog.tripod.com/forum2.htm

The above page describes the Open Forum on "IFAC in developing
countries", to be held during the 15th World Congress of IFAC, and
explains how you can contribute. This is a very important
opportunity for control engineers from developing countries.

We request you to give this message the widest publicity, and
please inform all your colleagues, and all persons who may be
interested in Automation and Control.


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3.3 Report on Future Directions in Control Dynamics and Systems

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Report on Future Directions in Control, Dynamics, and Systems

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

The Panel on Future Directions in Control, Dynamics, and Systems has
released its report, entitled "Control in an Information Rich World".
The report is available on the Panel web page:

    http://cds.caltech.edu/~murray/cdspanel

The Panel was formed in April 2000 under initial sponsorship of the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to provide a renewed vision
of future challenges and opportunities in the field, along with
recommendations to government agencies, universities, and research
organizations to ensure continued progress in areas of importance to the
industrial and defense base.  The intent of this report is to raise the
overall visibility of research in control, highlight its importance in
applications of national interest, and indicate some of the key trends
that are important for continued vitality of the field.



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3.4 Research Experiences for Teachers

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Research Experiences for Teachers

Contributed by: Kishan Baheti, rbaheti@nsf.gov

NSF-02-078 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) - Supplements and Sites

National Science Foundation, USA, has announced a new activity that will
support active participation by K-12 teachers of science and mathematics in
research and education projects funded by the Engineering, Computer Science
and Engineering, and Biological Sciences Directorates at the National Science 
Foundation. The intent of this endeavor is to facilitate professional 
development of K-12 teachers through strengthened partnerships between 
institutions of higher education and local school districts. For further
information visit the NSF web site. 
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf02078



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3.5 Sum of Squares Optimization Toolbox

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Sum of Squares Optimization Toolbox

Contributed by: Pablo A. Parrilo, parrilo@aut.ee.ethz.ch

We are pleased to announce the initial release of SOSTOOLS, a free
MATLAB toolbox for formulating and solving sum of squares (SOS)
optimization programs. SOSTOOLS uses a simple notation and a flexible
and intuitive high-level user interface to specify the sum of squares
programs.  Currently these are solved using SeDuMi, a well-known
semidefinite programming solver, while SOSTOOLS handles internally all
the necessary reformulations and data conversion.

The SOS convex programming ideas used in SOSTOOLS are extremely
powerful, easy to understand, and ideally suited for many diverse
applications, ranging from global optimization and Lyapunov function
synthesis, to geometric theorem proving and quantum mechanics.  These
ideas encapsulate many old and new approaches to attacking unresolved
problems, and have provided insightful solutions to them.  Numerous
demo files are included with the toolbox, illustrating the commands,
as well as the potential and various applications of the SOS
techniques.

The toolbox, its documentation, and references can be downloaded from
either the Caltech or ETH websites:
http://www.cds.caltech.edu/sostools
http://www.aut.ee.ethz.ch/~parrilo/sostools

Stephen Prajna
Antonis Papachristodoulou
Pablo A. Parrilo


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3.6 Tutorial Workshops at Asian Control Conf

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Tutorial Workshops at Asian Control Conf

Contributed by: S.S. Ge, elegesz@nus.edu.sg

Tutorial Workshop at the 4th Asian Control Conference
ASCC, Singapore 
September 25, 2002
http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/ascc2002/workshops.html

1. Nonlinear Backstepping Designs and Applications: Adaptive, Robust, and
   Optimal
   Presenter: Miroslav Krstic, University of California at San Diego, USA
   Fee: S$300.00, 
   Time: 9.00am -5.30pm
2. Introduction to hard disk drive servo system - Fundamentals and frontiers
   of hard disk servo systems
   Presenters: Takashi Yamaguchi, Hitachi Ltd., Japan
               Guoxiao Guo, Data Storage Insititute, Singapore
   Fee: S$300.00, 
   Time: 9.00am -5.30pm
3. FOUNDATION fieldbus: Open Fieldbus Architecture For Information Integration
   Presenter: Dave Glanzer, Fieldbus Foundation, USA
   Fee: S$150.00 
   Time: 2.00pm -5.30pm

Registration Form: 
http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/ascc2002/authors_kit/Registration_Form.pdf
Registration Deadline: 31 May, 2002 

For Abstracts and further details, please visit
http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/ascc2002/workshops.html


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3.7 Workshop on QFT Design Spain

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Workshop on QFT Design, Spain

Contributed by: Edward Boje, boje@nu.ac.za

Workshop on QFT Design during the IFAC
July 20-21, 2002
Barcelona, Spain

I am presenting a tutorial workshop on quantitative feedback design (QFT) of 
single input, single output and multivariable systems at the IFAC World 
Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on 20-21 July 2002. Examples from consulting 
experience will be used to illustrate the practical application of the QFT 
approach. For further details, please see: 
http://www.ifac2002.org/advprogram/tutorials/tw1.htm



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Editor: J of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication

Contributed by: George Schmidt, gschmidt@draper.com

Editor-in-Chief for a new Journal:
Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will publish
a new, electronic-only Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and
Communication beginning in January 2004. Candidates for Editor-in-Chief
are sought.

Appication deadline is 30 June.  For more information visit:
http://www.aiaa.org/PubsEIC.html

[Eletter Editors Note: This is not a paid position.]


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4.2 Faculty: University of Stuttgart Germany

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Faculty: University of Stuttgart, Germany

Contributed by: Frank Allgower, allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de

Chaired Full - Professorship (C4) for
System Dynamics and Process Systems Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics of the
University of Stuttgart, Germany, announces the above opening to be filled
by October 1, 2003. The holder of this position will be the director of the
Institute for System Dynamics and Process Systems Engineering.

The University of Stuttgart is looking for an outstanding person 
who will be responsible for the field of system dynamics and process 
systems engineering in research and teaching.

The main research focus of this professorship is on the development and
application of methods and tools in systems science for modeling, simulation,
dynamical analysis, process synthesis, and optimization. Desired application
areas for research are chemical engineering, systems biology, or power
engineering. The application-oriented investigations should be carried out
in co-operation with corresponding institutions of the University of
Stuttgart. Active participation in the collaborative research enter
"Computer-aided modeling and simulation for analysis, synthesis and operation
of chemical engineering processes", as well as in the consortium 
"Chemical Engineering Pro3" and collaboration in the newly founded "Research
Focus Systems Biology" at the Uni-versity of Stuttgart are expected.

The teaching duties are in the areas of system dynamics and process systems
engineering, including modeling, simulation and optimization, for a variety
of engineering disciplines. In particular, the professor will take an active
role in the "Engineering Cybernetics" program of study.

Further information on the position can be obtained under 
http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/news/ausschreibungc4_e.shtml
or by contacting the head of the search committee,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Allgower
phone +49-711-6857733, fax +49-711-6857735, allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de

Please send your application material before May 31, 2002 to the dean 
of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Cybernetics, 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. L. Gaul, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. 


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4.3 PhD: Europe

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PhD: Europe

Contributed by: Reza Katebi, r.katebi@eee.strath.ac.uk

The new European Union research training network WWT & SYSENG: Getting
Systems Engineering into Regional Wastewater Treatment Strategies has
several postgraduate studentship vacancies. The research area of the
WWT&SYSENG Network is about developing the understanding and tools to
control wastewater treatment processes and manage wastewater discharge
into the environment. The WWT & SYSENG Network comprises leading scientists
and Institutions from Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Greece and the United
Kingdom. This multi-disciplinary team have constructed a research and
training programme to pursue the modelling, simulation and control issues
needed to understand large scale waste water systems and their effect on
the environment. 

The Young Researchers Training Programme
Training in the method of scientific and systems engineering research,
engineering problems of Integrated Urban Wastewater Systems, General
professional skill training.  

The Postgraduate Studentship Opportunities
The group of Young Researchers appointed will be able to share experiences
and meet up regularly at the WWT&SYSENG network meetings and Workshops. All
the postgraduate studentships opportunities involve registration for the PhD
degree at the individual institutions. Details of the studentship
opportunities are given below.

GREECE - Technical University of Crete:  1 PhD Studentships
ITALY - University of Pavia, Pavia: 1 PhD Studentships
SPAIN - Univ Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona: 2 PhD Studentships
SWEDEN - Lund University, Lund: 1 PhD Studentships
UNITED KINGDOM - Imperial College, London, England: 1 PhD Studentships
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland:  2 PhD Studentships

Young Researchers should be a National of a Member States or an
Associated States from a state other than the state to where the
appointment is to be taken up.

To apply for these posts, email a PDF file of your curriculum vitae to:
Dr Reza Katebi: Email Address: r.katebi@eee.strath.ac.uk


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4.4 PhD: Hamilton Inst and Daimler-Chrysler Ireland

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PhD: Hamilton Inst and Daimler-Chrysler, Ireland

Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug.leith@may.ie

The Hamilton Institute invites applications for a PhD position in the general 
area of advanced automotive control.  The project will involve utilising and 
developing concepts in some or all of the following areas: decentralised and 
interacting control systems; hybrid dynamical systems; statistical machine 
learning.  This post is part of a collaboration with DiamlerChrysler Research 
(Stuttgart), the Center for Systems Science (Yale University) and the 
Hamilton Institute (NUI Maynooth).  Candidates will be primarily based at the 
Hamilton Institute and at DaimlerChrysler Research. 

Successful candidates are likely to have demonstrated an outstanding level of 
academic achievement. These posts offer an exciting opportunity to tackle 
fundamental research problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary 
research environment with state of the art facilities and strong links to the 
international research community. 

Applicants should send a C.V., including details of three referees to 
hamilton@may.ie.  For further details, please visit www.hamilton.may.ie. The 
closing date for applications is the 31st May 2002.


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4.5 Post-Doc: ETH Zurich

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Post-Doc: ETH, Zurich

Contributed by: Dr.Sabine Attinger, sabine.attinger@inf.ethz.ch

ETH Zurich considers Computational Science and Engineering as one of its key 
Strategic Research Programs. A central part of the ETH initiative is the 
establishment and development of a Computational Laboratory in CSE (CoLab). 
The CoLab Postdoctoral program is envisioned as a core of researchers 
conducting computational research on topics within the research goals of the 
CoLab. The program funds postdoctoral fellowships for outstanding young 
computational scientists and engineers who have recently completed doctoral 
studies in areas relevant to Computational Science and Engineering.

The purpose of the fellowship is to innovative computational concepts, to 
stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas and to apply computational science to 
challenging problems in Science and Engineering. The fellows are responsible 
for conducting their own research projects and are encouraged to contribute 
to the CoLab environment of openness, interaction and collaboration. The 
profile of the fellows should complement the research directions of the CoLab 
(for detailed information see our web page www.colab.ethz.ch).

Key research topics include multi-scale computation, scalable algorithms and 
data structures, grid computing and the acquisition, organization, and 
processing of large data sets.  Other areas of significant interest are 
machine learning, bioinspired and  parallel computing, with an application  
focus  in disciplines such as Life Science, Nanotechnology, Social and 
Finance Sciences.

We encourage applications via e-mail in electronic format (PDF, Word, 
postscript files). Inquiries and applications should be addressed to :
 Dr. Sabine Attinger
 CoLab Scientific Coordinator
 e-mail: sabine.attinger@inf.ethz.ch
 Tel : +41 1 632 2920


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4.6 Post-Doc: MIT USA

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Post-Doc: MIT, USA

Contributed by: Mujdat Cetin, mcetin@mit.edu

A postdoctoral position is available at MIT to investigate the use of curve
evolution and level set methods for the modeling, tracking, and especially
assimilation of coherent deformable structures in meteorological and
oceanographic systems. Examples of such structures include hurricanes,
western boundary currents, and strong atmospheric fronts. A key component
of the work will be the development of a probabilistic basis for
representing and exploiting information regarding the shapes of such
dynamic structures. A Ph.D. in meteorology, oceanography, physics, applied
mathematics, electrical engineering, or a related field is required.
Background in geophysical systems, curve evolution and level set methods,
image segmentation, dynamical system theory, and/or probabilistic state
estimation is desirable.

The successful candidate will collaborate with investigators in the
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (the Laboratory
for Information and Decision Systems). The desired start date is the
summer or fall of 2002.

To apply, send a CV, a statement of research interests, a list of
publications, and the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers
of references to Prof. Dennis McLaughlin, Room 48-209, MIT, Cambridge, MA,
02139. Additional information can be found at
http://web.mit.edu/dennism/www/Jobs/jobs.html


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4.7 Post-Doc: Univ Catholique de Louvain Belgium

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Post-Doc: Univ Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Contributed by: Luc Vandendorpe, vandendorpe@tele.ucl.ac.be

In the framework of an inter-university project postdoc positions are
available at the Communications and Remote Sensing Laboratory of the
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium.

The project is about "Mobile multimedia communications systems and networks".
Postdoc positions are available for the workpackage "physical layer". The
topics are turbo reception for MIMO and/or multiuser systems: turbo
equalization, turbo synchronization, turbo joint detection.  

Applications and information requests may be sent to
  Luc Vandendorpe, Prof.
  Communications and Remote Sensing Lab.
  Université catholique de Louvain
  Place du Levant, 2
  B-1348 Louvain la Neuve
  Belgium  
  vandendorpe@tele.ucl.ac.be


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4.8 Post-Doc: University of Bristol UK

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Post-Doc: University of Bristol, UK

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

The Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Group within the Department of Engineering 
Mathematics, University of Bristol, U.K. has been awarded a BP1M Major 
Multidisciplinary Research grant by the EPSRC Mathematics Programme. 

This five-year rolling programme of research will involve a total of five 
postdoctoral research assistants, a series of structured visits by leading 
academics and a series of workshops and will have its own dedicated 
secretarial and administrative support. 

Currently we are seeking to appoint two 3-year postdoctoral research 
assistants for the following projects: 
1. Delay differential equations, and applications to the control of 
   engineering systems
2. Analysis and computation of bifurcations in piecewise smooth dynamical 
   systems 
Both appointments are tenable from 1st October 2002. 

Informal enquiries may be made to Emma Weeks (E.Weeks@bristol.ac.uk), tel: 
+44 (0) 117 928 9734 
Further information can be found at 
http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/jobs/further.html 

Salary range RA1A BP17,626 - BP26,491 (March 2002 rates). 

Applicants wishing to apply electronically must complete an "APPLICATION
FORM FOR AN ACADEMIC VACANCY" found at 
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Personnel/recruit.htm 

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4.9 Process Control Engineer Uzwil Switzerland

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Process Control Engineer, Uzwil Switzerland

Contributed by: Mary Herzog, mary.herzog@buhlergroup.com

          Permanent Position in Process Control & Optimization
          at Buhler Corporate Technology in Uzwil, Switzerland

The Process Optimization group in the central R & D department at the
headquarters in Switzerland of the international machine manufacturer
Buhler Ltd. is seeking a Process Control Engineer.

The Process Optimization group is concerned, in a broad sense, with 
the improved operation of numerous physical and planning processes
through well-founded modelling, control, fault diagnosis, production
optimization and the like. This is achieved by using classical
methods of control engineering as well as the so-called intelligent
methods (neural networks, fuzzy logic, expert systems, genetic
methods, etc.) that often are specially suited for the complex
conditions governing our processes.

Requirements
Bachelors/Diploma (e.g., in chemical, mechanical, or electrical
engineering). Extensive background and experience in two of the
following three areas -
 1. Control engineering (modelling, control, diagnosis, optimization)
 2. Chemical engineering (unit operations, physical processes)
 3. Intelligent technologies (neural nets, fuzzy logic, expert
    systems) and willingness to learn the third area.
Knowledge of German language or willingness to learn it in a short
time. Communication skills and ability to work in a team.

Advantageous, but not essential:
Masters degree or Doctorate. Knowledge and experience also in the
third area. Industrial experience (implementation, project management,
R&D applications). Experience with software tools for the areas 1
and 3.

Employment	Full-time
Begin	 	As soon as possible
Workplace 	Uzwil Switzerland
Deadline	Open (the group is expanding)

application and information -
 Ms. M. Herzog,
 Human Resources,
 Buhler Ltd.,
 CH-9240 Uzwil, Switzerland
 Tel.   +41 71 955 28 33
 Email: mary.herzog@buhlergroup.com


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4.10 Summer Internships for Undergrad: Rutgers USA

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Summer Internships for Undergrad: Rutgers, USA

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

NSF Summer Internships in Wireless Networks for
Undergraduate Students at Rutgers Uuiversity

As part of an ongoing National Science Foundation (NSF) project at
Rutgers University on Improvements and New Techniques for 
Deterministic and Stochastic SIR-based Power Control of 3-G Wireless 
CDMA Networks, two stipends will be available for undergraduate  
students during the  summer of 2002. The stipend is $4,500 per 
student for nine weeks. Preferable starting date is any day in the 
first part of June, however, any summer interval of nine weeks is 
acceptible. The selected students will be supervised by Professor 
Zoran Gajic, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and 
Wireless Information Networking Laboratory, and his graduate 
students Sarah Koskie and Xianfang Li.

STUDENT SELECTION: Undergraduate students supported with NSF funds 
must be citizens or permanent residents of the Unites States or its
possesions. Students who have received their bachelor's degrees are 
not eligible.  One of the selected students should have a strong 
mathematical background  in linear algebra and numerical analysis 
and their applications to solving engineering/computer science 
problems, and have a working knowledge of MATLAB and SIMULINK. 
The second student should be familiar with control system  design 
techniques and have knowledge of wireless networks or in general
computer/communication networks. Since the National Science 
Foundation is interested in increasing the participation of women,
under-represented minorities (African-Americans, Hispanics, 
native Americans, and native Pacific Islanders), and persons with
disabilities, in academic activities, engineering/computer science 
students with strong backgrounds in numerical linear algebra, 
control systems, and networks in any of the above categories are 
particularly encouraged to apply. Interested students should email 
their resumes to Professor Zoran Gajic, gajic@winlab.rutgers.edu 



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4.11 Tenured Faculty Position UCC Ireland

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Tenured Faculty Position, UCC, Ireland

Contributed by: Peter Kennedy, Peter.Kennedy@ucc.ie

For two decades, University College Cork (UCC) has offered Masters and 
Doctoral degrees in Microelectronics in conjunction with Ireland's National 
Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC). Graduates of these programmes are in 
leadership positions in Ireland's thriving Microelectronics industry.

To enhance its reputation as one of Europe's leading suppliers of quality 
education and research in Microelectronics, UCC is offering specialist 
undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Microelectronic Engineering.

The Department of Microelectronic Engineering now seeks to recruit a highly 
motivated individual to develop further its teaching and research programmes.

Applications are invited from candidates with relevant expertise in the area 
of Microelectronic Circuit Design and Technology.

This is a full-time tenured position.
For further details, see: www.ucc.ie/appointments/academic/MicroEng02.html
Closing date for applications: 10 May 2002

[Editors Note: the deadline is past, please inquire directly if the
position is still open]


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Total Least Sq and Errors-in-Variables Modeling

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

Total Least Squares and Errors-in-Variables Modeling:
   Analysis, Algorithms and Applications
Sabine Van Huffel and Philippe Lemmerling (Eds.)
Katholieke Universiteit,
Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium

In response to a growing interest in Total Least Squares (TLS) and
Errors-In-Variables (EIV) modeling by  researchers and practitioners,
well-known experts from several disciplines were invited to prepare an
overview paper and present it at the third international workshop on TLS
and EIV modeling held in Leuven, Belgium, August 27-29, 2001. These invited
papers, representing two-thirds of the book, together with a selection of 
other presented contributions yield a complete overview of the main
scientific achievements since 1996 in TLS and Errors-In-Variables modeling.
In this way, the book nicely completes two earlier books on TLS (SIAM 1991
and 1997). Not only computational issues, but also statistical, numerical,
algebraic properties are described, as well as many new generalizations and
applications. Being aware of the growing interest in these techniques,
it is a strong belief that this book will aid and stimulate users to apply
the new techniques and models correctly to their own practical problems.

PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Hardbound, ISBN 1-4020-0476-1
February 2002 , 408 pp.
EUR 119.00 /  USD 109.00 /  GBP 75.00
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-0476-1


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CFP: Deadlock Resolution in Computer Integrated System

Contributed by: Meng Chu Zhou, zhou@njit.edu

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics:
Part A. Systems and Humans

Call for Papers for:
A Special Issue on Deadlock Resolution in Computer Integrated Systems

For details about submission of manuscripts, please visit
http://web.njit.edu/~zhou/tsmc-sp.htm

Important dates:
Deadline for paper submission (e-version only): September 1, 2002
Completion of First Review: January 1, 2003
Deadline for the revised papers: April 1, 2003
Completion of Second Review: June 1, 2003
Final paper due to the publisher: August 1, 2003
Publication: November 2003.

Please send your e-version (pdf, ps, or Word) manuscripts to 
one of the following Guest Editors:
Professor MengChu Zhou at zhou@njit.edu
Professor MuDer Jeng at jeng@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Professor Maria Pia Fanti at fanti@poliba.it


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6.2 CFP: Special Issue on Switching Systems

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CFP: Special Issue on Switching Systems

Contributed by: Mario di Bernardo, dibernardo@unisannio.it

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I
Special Issue on Analysis, Design and Applications of Switching
Circuits and Systems

CALL FOR PAPERS
This Special Issue intends to address the growing interest in the
analysis, design and applications of switching circuits and systems
which include a wide variety of physical and engineering devices
such as power electronics systems, switched-capacitor networks,
pulse-width modulated systems, chaos generators, sliding-mode
systems, relaxation oscillators, relay feedback systems, piecewise
linear circuits and systems, etc.  Original research and tutorial
papers are solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas:

Modeling and analysis of switching circuits and systems, e.g.,
 switching power converters, switched-capacitor networks, chaos
 generators (derived from switching systems), piecewise linear
 circuits and systems, etc.
Analysis and classification of nonlinear dynamical phenomena
 (e.g., chaos and bifurcation) relevant to switching circuits and
 systems
Numerical methods and computer simulation techniques relevant
 to the analysis, design and applications of switching circuits
 and systems
Identification of the complex dynamics of specific engineering
 and physical systems that exploit switching operation
Computation and control of the stochastic properties of switching
 circuits and systems
Control and anticontrol of chaos and bifurcations in practical
 switching circuits and systems
Engineering applications: reliability design, safety design,
 electromagnetic interference control, etc.
Specific design issues: high-frequency switching in power electronics,
 circuit design, control methods, optimization, etc.

GUEST EDITORS
Dr. Mario di Bernardo (dibernardo@unisannio.it)
Dr. Henry S.H. Chung (eeshchung@cityu.edu.hk)
and Prof. Chi K. Tse (encktse@polyu.edu.hk)

SUBMISSION METHOD
Contributions to this Special Issue should be sent to
Dr. Mario di Bernardo (dibernardo@unisannio.it) in either PDF or
PS format using email attachment. No hardcopies will be accepted.
On the first page, clearly state the name, affiliation, address
and email address of the corresponding author. All manuscripts
should conform to the standard IEEE formats.

SCHEDULE
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 31 August 2002
Notification of acceptance: 28 February 2003
Tentative publication date: September 2003


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6.3 CFP: Time Delay Systems ASME

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CFP: Time Delay Systems, ASME

Contributed by: Nejat Olgac, olgac@engr.uconn.edu

ASME J. OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROL

Call for Paper for a Special Issue on: TIME DELAYED SYSTEMS

There is an increased interest on the time-delayed structures in
recent years, particularly due to the critical role of control loop
delays.  Among many facets of the area the dynamic systems with
inherent time delays have long been studied with a great interest
in the community.  Observing such enthusiasm, the Journal allocated
one issue to the focused theme of time delayed systems. Submissions
are encouraged in all relevant categories, and especially addressing
- fundamental concepts,
- historical development in the field, 
- current challenges, 
- application examples, 
- practical implementations of delayed system
Surveys and tutorial type papers will also be included in the issue.   

The standard guidelines of the Journal for submission of papers will
be followed.  The timetable of events is as follows:
Submission deadline		: June 1, 2002
Acceptance notification		: March 1, 2003
Publication			: June 2003

Authors should mark their submissions clearly on the first page of
the manuscripts for "Special Issue on Time Delayed Systems". Please
mail your contributions to 

Prof. A. Galip Ulsoy, Technical Editor JDSMC
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2125, USA
e-mail	: ulsoy@umich.edu

and direct your inquiries to 

Prof. Nejat Olgac, Guest Editor for the Special Issue
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT  06269-3139
e-mail	: olgac@engr.uconn.edu


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6.4 Contents: Asian Journal of Control 

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Contents: Asian Journal of Control 

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

                     Asian Journal of Control 
     Vol.4, No.1 Special Issue on "Iterative Learning Control"

1. Title: "Convergence and Robustness of Iterative Learning Control for 
           Strongly Positive Systems,"
   Author: Daniel Andres and Madhukar Pandit
2. Title:  "Learning Motion of Dexterous Manipulation for a Pair of Multi-DOF 
            Fingers with Soft-Tips,"
   Author: Pham Thuc Anh Nguyen and Suguru Arimoto
3. Title:  "An Iterative Learning Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Neural 
            Network Design,"
   Author: Chiang-Ju Chien and Li-Chen Fu
4. Title:  "Iterative Learning Control with Advanced Output Data,"
   Author: Gu-Min Jeong and Chong-Ho Choi
5. Title:  "Higher relative degree nonlinear systems with ILC using low
            order differentiations,"
   Author: Mingxuan Sun and Danwei Wang
6. Title:  "Recursive Direct Learning of Control efforts for Trajectories 
            with Different Magnitude Scales,"
   Author: Jian-Xin Xu, Jing Xu, and Badrinath Viswanathan
7. Title:  "Iterative Learning Control Using Adjoint Systems and Stable 
            Inversion,"
   Author: Koji Kinosita, Takuya Sogo, and Norihiko Adachi
8. Title:  "Analysis of Linear Iterative Learning Control Schemes Using 
            Repetitive Process Theory"
   Author: D. H. Owens, E. Rogers, and K. L. Moore
9. Title:  "A Practical Iterative Learning Path-Following Control of an Omni-
            Directional Vehicle,"
   Author: YangQuan Chen and Kevin L. Moore
10. Title: "Model-Based Learning Controls and Their Comparisons Using 
            Lyapunov Direct Method,"
    Author: Zhihua Qu and Jian-Xin Xu
11. Title: "A Study on Iterative Learning Control with Adjustment of Learning 
            Interval for Monotone Convergence in the Sense of Sup-norm,"
    Author: Kwang-Hyun Park and Zeungnam Bien


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6.5 Contents: Automatica

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Contents: Automatica

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

Contents: Automatica, July, 2002
Volume 38, Issue 7

Editorial

Huibert Kwakernaak
A New Editor, and Three Editorial Areas Reviewed and Revised

Regular papers

T. A. Johansen, I. Petersen, O. Slupphaug
 Explicit sub-optimal linear quadratic regulation with state and input
 constraints
D. G. Robertson, J. H. Lee
 On the use of constraints in least squares estimation and control

Brief papers

Elena Panteley, Romeo Ortega, Paloma Moya
 Overcoming the detectability obstacle in certainty equivalence adaptive
 control
C. Bonnet, J. R. Partington
 Analysis of fractional delay systems of retarded and neutral type
Yu-Ping Tian, Shihua Li
 Exponential stabilization of nonholonomic dynamic systems by smooth
 time-varying control
Han Ho Choi and Tae-Yong Kuc
 Lower matrix bounds for the continuous algebraic Riccati and Lyapunov
 matrix equations
J. A. De Doná, G. C. Goodwin, S. O. R. Moheimani
 Combining switching, over-saturation and scaling to optimise control
 performance in the presence of model uncertainty and input saturation
Zigang Pan
 Canonical forms for stochastic nonlinear systems
P. Li, M. Wendt, G. Wozny
 A probabilistically constrained model predictive controller
Mingxuan Sun, Danwei Wang
 Iterative learning control with initial rectifying action
F. A. Cuzzola, J. C. Geromel, M. Morari
 An improved approach for constrained robust model predictive control
T. A. Johansen, C. Storaa
 Energy-based control of a distributed solar collector fields
F. Matsuno, T. Ohno, Y. V. Orlov
 Proportional derivative and strain (PDS) boundary feedback control of a
 flexible space structure with a closed-loop chain mechanism
Yu Zhang, Qing-Guo Wang, K. J. Aström
 Dominant pole placement for multi-loop control systems
Zhenyu Yang
 An algebraic approach towards the controllability of controlled switching
 linear hybrid systems
Byung-Gun Park, Wook Hyun Kwon
 Robust one-step receding horizon control of discrete-time Markovian jump
 uncertain systems
Jian-xin Xu, Ying Tan
 On the P-type and Newton-type ILC schemes for dynamic systems with
 non-affine-in-input factors

Technical communiques

Weidong Zhang, Xiaoming Xu
 On minimal-order stabilization of minimum phase plants
E. F. Costa, V. A. Oliveira
 Gain scheduled controllers for dynamic systems using sector nonlinearities
H. G. Kwatny, C. Teolis, M. Mattice
 Variable structure control of systems with uncertain nonlinear friction
S. N. Huang, K. K. Tan, T. H. Lee
 Necessary and sufficient condition for convergence of iterative learning
 algorithm

Book reviews

Jae Lew
 Modeling and control of robot manipulators, by L. Sciavicco and B.
 Siciliano
Chiharu Ishii
 Introduction to robotics in CIM systems, Fourth Edition, by James A. Rehg


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6.6 Contents: European Journal of Control

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Contents: European Journal of Control

Contributed by: Gabriela Stroian, ejc@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr

European Journal of Control Vol. 8, no. 1, 2002

Editorial

On the Noether theorem for optimal control
  D.F.M. Torres
Nonlinear H^inf tracking control for synchronous motors
  S. Di Gennaro
On the nonlinear ripple free sampled-data robust regulator
  B. Castillo-Toledo and S. Di Gennaro
UGAS of skew-symmetric time-varying systems: application to stabilization of 
chained form systems
  A. Loria, E. Panteley and K. Melhem
Generic control / command distributed system – application to the supervision 
of moving stage sets in theaters
  A. Aïtouche, A.L. Gehin, N. Flix and G. Dumortier
Robust predictive regulation with invariance constraint
  L. Chisci and G. Zappa
Discussion on the paper by D.Q. Mayne.

Letter to the Editor on the paper “Output feedback control with input 
saturations: LMI design approaches” by G. Scorletti, J.P. Folcher and L. El 
Ghaoui.
  G.Garcia and S. Tarbouriech.
Letter to the Editor on the paper ”Variable horizon robust predictive control 
via adjustable controllability sets” by M. N. Demenkov and N.B. Filimonov
  B. Kouvaritakis.

INFORMATION
Information on European Journal of Control is available at its home page:
http://www-ejc.ensieg.inpg.fr 

Address for submissions:
I.D. Landau
European Journal of Control
Laboratoire d'Automatique 
ENSIEG, BP 46
38402 Saint Martin d'Heres
France
E-mail : Ioan-Dore.Landau@inpg.fr


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6.7 Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Systems Tech

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Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Systems Tech

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

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
May 02, 2002

PAPERS:

A Stereo-Fluoroscopic Image-Guided Robotic Biopsy System
   M. Shi, H. Liu and G. Tao
A Scheduling Method for Network-Based Control Systems
   H.S. Park, Y. H. Kim, D.-S. Kim, and W. H. Kwon
GPS-Based Real-Time Identification of Tire-Road Friction
Coefficient
   J.-O. Hahn, R. Rajamani, and L. Alexander
Contact Elimination in Mechanical Face Seals Using Active Control
   J. Dayan, M. Zou, and I. Green
Impedance Control of a Teleoperated Excavator
   S. Tafazoli, S. E. Salcudean, K. Hashtrudi-Zaad, and P. D. Lawrence
Analysis of Preemptive Periodic Real-Time Systems Using the (Max,
Plus) Algebra With Applicationss in Robotics
   F. Baccelli, B. Gaujal, and D. Simon
Adaptive Emergency Braking Control With Underestimation of Friction
Coefficient
   J. Yi, L. Alvarez,  and R. Horowitz
Controller parameterization for Disturbance Response
Decoupling: Application to Vehicle Active Suspension Control
   M. C. Smith and F.-C. Wang

BRIEF PAPERS:

An Innovative Intelligent System for Sensor Validation in
Tokamak Machines
   A. Rizzo and M. G. Xibilia
Robust IMC Flow Control of SIMO Dam-River Open-Channel Systems
   X. Litrico
Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems
   G. C. Walsh, H. Ye, and L. Bushnell
Automatic Smith-Predictor Tuning Using Optimal Parameter
Mismatch
   J.-J. Huang and D. B. DeBra
Finite State Control of a Trans-Femoral (TF) Prosthesis
   D. Zlatnik, B. Steiner, and G. Schweitzer
Fuzzy Logic Control  for Parallel Hybrid Vehicles
   N. J. Schouten, M. A. Salman, and N. A. Kheir
An Open-Loop Control for Underactuated Manipulators Using
Oscillatory Inputs: Steering Capability of an Unactuated Joint
   K.-S. Hong


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6.8 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications

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Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications

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

Linear Algebra and its Applications
Volume 347, Issues 1-3
Pages 1-293 (15 May 2002)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2002-996529998-300344

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Decomposition of matrices into commutators of involutions, Pages 1-7
Baodong Zheng

A conjecture on the second largest eigenvalue of a tree with perfect 
matchings, Pages 9-15
Ji-Ming Guo and Shang-Wang Tan

The distance matrix eigensystem of an equally spaced row of points,
Pages 17-58
Kenneth W. Holladay

Parameter depending state space descriptions of index-2-matrix polynomials,
Pages 59-80
Martin Bracke, Sven Feldmann and Dieter Pratzel-Wolters

On tangent spaces and external flats to Grassmannians of lines over finite 
fields, Pages 81-89
Antonio Cossidente and Alessandro Siciliano

A characterization of commutators of idempotents, Pages 91-99
Roman Drnovek, Heydar Radjavi and Peter Rosenthal

An application of the Grobner basis in computation for the minimal 
polynomials and inverses of block circulant matrices, Pages 101-114
Shenggui Zhang, Zhaolin Jiang and Sanyang Liu

Orthogonality of matrices, Pages 115-122
Chi-Kwong Li and Hans Schneider

A sharp upper bound on the largest eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix of a 
graph, Pages 123-129
Jin-Long Shu, Yuan Hong and Kai Wen-Ren

Signed frames and Hadamard products of Gram matrices, Pages 131-157
Irine Peng and Shayne Waldron

An analysis of completely-positive trace-preserving maps on , Pages 159-187
Mary Beth Ruskai, Stanislaw Szarek and Elisabeth Werner

On g-inverses of a bordered matrix: revisited, Pages 189-204
Musheng Wei and Wenbin Guo

Point equation of the boundary of the numerical range of a matrix polynomial, 
Pages 205-217
Mao-Ting Chien, Hiroshi Nakazato and Panayiotis Psarrakos

Birkhoff's theorem and convex hulls of Coxeter groups, Pages 219-231
Nicholas McCarthy, David Ogilvie, Ilya Spitkovsky and Nahum Zobin

Generalizations of the field of values useful in the study of polynomial 
functions of a matrix, Pages 233-249
Anne Greenbaum

Spectral distribution of generalized Kac-Murdock-Szego matrices, Pages 251-273
William F. Trench

Automorphisms of tiled orders, Pages 275-282
Jeremy Haefner and Christopher J. Pappacena

Multiplicative mappings of operator algebras, Pages 283-291
Fangyan Lu

Author index, Page 293


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2003 American Control Conference

Contributed by: Roberto Horowitz, horowitz@me.berkeley.edu

2003 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE
June 4-6, 2003	
The Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado USA
Conference web site: http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu 

CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Automatic Control Council will hold the Twentysecond American 
Control Conference (ACC) Wednesday through Friday, June 4-6, 2003 at the 
Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado.  The 2003 ACC will feature the
presentation of contributed and invited papers, tutorial sessions and 
workshops, and a Student Best Paper competition.  In addition to the standard 
oral presentations, the 2003 ACC will also feature poster presentations in 
order to encourage an interactive presentation and exchange with the audience.

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.

Call for Contributed Papers and Invited Sessions:
Contributed papers are sought in the form of regular manuscripts (which are 
allotted 6 pages in the proceedings) or short manuscripts (allotted 2 
pages).  Invited Sessions organized about a specific theme with invited 
authors are also solicited. Consult the conference web site 
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu for submission details.

Call For Tutorial Sessions  - Industry and Applications Area:
The 2003 ACC will include Tutorial Sessions featuring a one-hour tutorial 
presentation on an industrially-proven but still relatively new technique, 
followed by a series of short presentations from industrial participants 
discussing the implementation, application, and benefits of the technique.  
For more information, contact the Vice Chair for Industry and Applications: 
Louis P. Russo, lrusso@houston.rr.com

Call for Workshop Proposals
Suggestions and workshop proposals are solicited for appropriate subjects.  
Potential organizers should contact the Workshop Chair: Molly H. Shor, 
shor@ece.orst.edu

Submission Deadlines
September 15, 2002 is the deadline for submission of regular and short 
 contributed papers, invited-session proposals, extended abstracts for
 invited sessions, tutorial-session proposals, and workshop proposals.  

Further Information
For complete conference information, visit the conference web site at 
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu  You may also contact the General Chair of 
the conference, B. Wayne Bequette, bequette@rpi.edu or the Program Chair, 
Anuradha Annaswamy, aanna@mit.edu

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).


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7.2 40th Annual Allerton Conference IL USA

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40th Annual Allerton Conference, IL, USA

Contributed by: Deanna Zachary, dzachary@uiuc.edu

The 40th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control
and Computing 
October 2-4, 2002
Allerton House, University of Illinois.

Call for Papers:
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.

Plenary (Oct 5, 2002)
Professor Umesh Vazirani, Univ of California, Berkeley
"Quantum Algorithms and Complexity - An Information Theory Perspective."

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 40th 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 
5, 2002. 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 9, 2002, at which time they will 
also be sent detailed instructions for the preparation of their papers for 
the Proceedings. Electronic and camera-ready versions of accepted papers will 
be due the last day of the Conference.
 
Conference Co-Chairs: Petros G. Voulgaris and R. Srikant
Email: allerton@csl.uiuc.edu
http://www.comm.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton


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7.3 IFAC Symp on Advance Control of Chemical Processes

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IFAC Symp on Advance Control of Chemical Processes

Contributed by: Frank Allgower, allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de

  6th IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes
                          June 18-20, 2003
                              Hong Kong
                      http://www.ust.hk/adchem2003

About the conference
The ADCHEM 2003 conference will be held on June 18-20, 2003 in 
Hong Kong SAR, China. Organized under the auspices of International 
Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), ADCHEM (International 
Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes) is a 
continuing series of international conferences held most recently 
in Pisa, Italy (2000), Banff, Canada (1997), Kyoto, Japan (1994), 
and Toulouse, France (1991). These meetings focus on advances in 
methods for control and modeling for all types of chemical 
processes and are part of a three year rotation of IFAC meetings 
in process control, which also include the IFAC DYCOPS Symposium 
SERIES(most recently held in Korea, 2001 and Greece, 1998) and the 
IFAC World Congress. ADCHEM 2003 will take place just before PSE 2003
(The 8th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering) in 
Kunming, China. This is so arranged to allow colleagues to attend 
both conferences in a single trip to Asia. 

Topics 
For the upcoming ADCHEM conference, contributed papers will be 
considered in all areas of advanced control for process systems 
including the following areas: 

Modeling and Identification (area-chair: J. Qin): including first 
 principle models, linear and nonlinear identification techniques, 
 data driven models, model reduction for control and optimization, etc.
Model Based Control (area chair: J. Lee): including linear and 
 nonlinear MPC, robustness issues, adaptive control, control of 
 discrete event and hybrid systems, differential geometric concepts, 
 control of distributed parameter systems, optimization based methods,
 observers, filters, etc. 
Real-time Optimization and Scheduling (area chair: S. Hasebe): 
 including optimization of steady state and dynamic models, 
 integration with control systems, optimization based methods, etc. 
Process and Control Monitoring (area chair: B. Huang): including 
 PCA, multiscale and other statistical techniques, auditing of 
 sensors, fault detection and isolation, etc. 
Batch Process Modeling and Control (area chair: D. Bonvin): 
 including advanced control and monitoring methods for batch, 
 semi-continuous, and/or periodic process, batch optimization 
 and scheduling, data reconciliation, etc. 
Process Control Applications (area chair: B. Foss): including the 
 control of processes from the following areas: chemical, biological, 
 environmental, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, 
 refineries, etc. 
The conference will also feature panel discussions on topical areas.
  
Language: English will be the official language throughout the symposium. 

Important Deadlines 
Deadline for full paper submission:  November 1, 2002 
Notification about acceptance/rejection: February 15, 2003
Deadline for submission of revised final paper: April 1, 2003 

Please indicate your interest by supplying us the following 
information: 

Last Name:        _______________ 
Given Name:       _______________ 
Affifilation:     ______________________________________ 
Mailing address:  ________________________________________ 
Telphone:         __________________________ 
Fax:              __________________________ 
E-Mail:           _________________________ 
Area of interest: ________________________ 
(  ) I plan to attend the conference 
(  ) I plan to submit a paper 
  

National Organizing Committee Chair: 
Professor Furong GAO 
Department of Chemical Engineering 
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 
Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
Email: kefgao@ust.hk 
Tel: +852-2358-7139 
Fax: +852-2358-0054 

International Program Committee Chair: 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank ALLGOWER 
Institute for Systems Theory in Engineering 
University of Stuttgart 
Pfaffenwaldring 9 
70550 Stuttgart 
Germany 
Email: allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de 
Tel: +49-711-685-7733 
Fax: +49-711-685-7735 


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7.4 IFAC Symp on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems

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IFAC Symp on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems

Contributed by: Herve Gueguen, Herve.Gueguen@supelec.fr

IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems
                  June 16-18, 2003
              Saint-Malo, Brittany, France

Call for Paper
The IFAC ADHS03 conference follows the serie of ADPM conferences
(ADPM'92 in Paris, ADPM'94 in Brussels, ADPM’98 in Reims, and ADPM’2000
in Dortmund) focused on the automation of hybrid dynamic systems, i.e.
systems with both continuous and discrete dynamics. Networked computers 
control which includes a large amount of discrete switching logic and
event interactions with continuous systems is ubiquitous in the control
of manufacturing processes, trains, planes, cars, etc. The aim of the
IFAC ADHS03 conference is to bring together researchers and
practitioners with background in control, computer science and power
electronics in order to provide a survey of the advances in the field 
of hybrid systems and of their ability to take up the challenge of
analysis, design and verification of efficient and reliable control 
systems.

Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the engineering
of hybrid dynamic systems including: modeling, specification, analysis,
verification, control synthesis, simulation, and implementation. 
Contributions on applications of hybrid methods in various fields, such
as process and batch industry, transport systems (cars, planes, trains,
ships), communication networks, safety systems, are particularly 
encouraged. Synthetic presentations of hybrid-system problems in these
fields are also encouraged.

Deadline for submission of draft papers and special sessions: 
November 20, 2002

Further information may be found on the server of the conference:
http://www.supelec-rennes.fr/adhs03/


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7.5 IFAC Symp on Robust Control Design

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IFAC Symp on Robust Control Design

Contributed by: Patrizio Colaneri, colaneri@elet.polimi.it

The 4th IFAC Symposium on ROBUST CONTROL DESIGN
Milan, Italy
June 25 - 27, 2003.

The symposium is organized by the Italian National Member Organization
of IFAC - CNR (National Research Council), sponsored by the IFAC 
Technical Committee on Robust Control, and co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical 
Committees on Control Design, Aerospace, Automotive Control, Marine Systems, 
Chemical Process Control, Power Plants and Power Systems. The local 
organization is provided by the Dept. of Electronics and Information 
Sciences, Politecnico of Milan, Italy.  

List of topics:
Robust Stability and Performance 
Model and Controller Reduction 
H-inf and L1 Optimal Control and Filtering 
m analysis and synthesis 
Parametric Uncertainties 
LMI and Convex Optimization 
Robust Adaptive Control 
Robust Nonlinear Control 
Computational Methods 
Faul Detection in Uncertain Systems 
H-inf Identification 
Identification for Robust Control 
Iterative Identification and Control 
Randomized algorithms for Robust Control 

Applications to 
  Automotive Control 
  Biomedical Systems 
  Chemical Process

Contact Patrizio Colaneri at colaneri@elet.polimi.it for further details.


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7.6 Int Conference on Industrial Technology

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Int Conference on Industrial Technology

Contributed by: Manukid Parnichkun, manukid@ait.ac.th

2002 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology 
"Productivity Reincarnation through Robotics & Automation" 
11-14 December 2002, Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 
URL: http://www.ise.ait.ac.th/conferences/icit02.htm 

The Final Call for Papers
Due Date of 2000-Word Summary Submission: June 15, 2000

Sponsored by 
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society 
Thai Robotics Society 

Supported by 
Asian Institute of Technology 
National Science and Technology Development Agency 
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center 
Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd. 

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for presentation and 
discussion of emerging technology in industrial electronics. In addition, 
it serves as a conduit for channeling advanced technology to the region. 
This time, the conference theme is named "Productivity Reincarnation 
through Robotics & Automation" to emphasize on robotics and automation 
as a key solution for higher productivity. Topics include, but are not 
limited to: 

Computational Intelligence
Mechatronics
Signal Processing and System Control
Factory Automation
Power Electronics
Emerging Technologies

Industrial Forum: Organized by Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd. 

Special Sessions and Tutorials: The conference will feature several 
special sessions, tutorials and invited sessions. If you are interested in 
organizing a special session, please contact IEEE ICIT' 02 secretariat. 

Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit two 
copies of the papers in English. Each paper must include title, authors, 
mailing address of each author, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 
addresses, 200 word abstract, the paper area selected from the above topics, 
2000 word summary, figures, tables, and references. It should include a 
clearly defined problem statement supported by the relevant references. 
It should state why the work was undertaken and what are its outcomes. 
The description should be comprehensive enough to all the assessment 
of the work originality and contribution to the technical area. The paper 
should also provide conclusions and recommendations for further work. 
Two hard copies of the papers must be submitted to 
 IEEE ICIT' 02 Secretariat: 
 Dr. Manukid Parnichkun 
 Asian Institute of Technology 
 PO.Box 4, Klongluang 
 Pathumthani, 12120, THAILAND 
 Phone: (662) 524-5229 Fax: (662) 524-5697 
 E-mail: manukid@ait.ac.th 

Author's Schedule: 
Paper Submission:         	June 15, 2002 
Notification of Acceptance:	August 15, 2002 
Final Paper Submission:        	October 15, 2002


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7.7 International Symp on Positive Systems

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International Symp on Positive Systems

Contributed by: Lorenzo Farina, lorenzo.farina@uniroma1.it

     First Multidisciplinary International Symposium on
          POSITIVE SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
    Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
                 Roma, Italy, 28-30 August 2003

CALL FOR PAPERS
Positive Systems are systems in which the relevant variables assume
nonnegative values. These systems are quite common in applications
where variables represent positive quantities such as populations,
consumption of goods, densities of chemical species, probabilities.
The aim of the Symposium is of joining together researchers working
on different areas such as economy, biomedicine, chemistry,
telecommunications, and so on in order to provide a multidisciplinary
forum where they have the opportunity of exchange ideas and compare
results in a unifying framework. The symposium is co-sponsored by
the IEEE Control System Society and the Proceedings of the Symposium
will be published as a volume of the Springer Lectures Notes in
Control and Information Sciences.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the analysis and
applications of:
Positive Systems; Compartmental Systems; Markov and Hidden Markov
Models; Queueing Systems; Biological Models; Max-Plus Algebra;
2D Systems; Behavioral Approach; Constrained Control and Optimization;
Nonnegative Matrices; Traffic Models; Nonlinear Systems; Economics

Reports on case studies and papers emphasizing links between positive
systems and the specific field of application are particularly
encouraged.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadlines: January 10, 2003
Notification of acceptance: February  25, 2003
Final versions due: March 20, 2003

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Prospective authors are invited to submit a paper, maximum of 12
double-spaced, typed pages in 12pt format on the topics indicated
and others falling within the scope of the symposium. Papers will
be refereed by the Program Committee of the symposium. All papers
must be submitted by e-mail in portable document format (PDF) or
postscript format (PS). The file name must be the surname of the
first author, in the case of multiple papers with the same first
author, please add a number. The e-mail address is
posta03@dis.uniroma1.it
The first page should contain:
- the title of the paper,
- each author's name and affiliation,
- complete contact information for the corresponding author (postal
and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and an abstract.
Full versions of the accepted submissions will be published in the
Springer LNCIS series. The proceedings will be available at the
workshop.

VENUE
The Symposium will be held at the Faculty of Engineering of the
University of Rome "La Sapienza", in the very heart of the city, on
one of the seven historical hills on which Rome was founded (the
Esquilino Hill), a few steps from the Coliseum.

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Luca Benvenuti (Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy)
Alberto De Santis (Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy)
Lorenzo Farina (Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
To stay informed about POSTA 2003, refer to the symposium web-page.
Luca BENVENUTI, Alberto DE SANTIS, Lorenzo FARINA
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica "A. Ruberti"
Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Via Eudossiana, 18
00184 Roma, Italy
Tel:  +39-06-44585-973
      +39-06-44585-352
      +39-06-44585-690
Fax.: +39-06-44585-367
E-mails: luca.benvenuti@uniroma1.it, desantis@dis.uniroma1.it,
lorenzo.farina@uniroma1.it
web page: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~posta03/


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7.8 MTNS 2002

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MTNS 2002

Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal, mtns@nd.edu

          Fifteenth International Symposium on
       MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
                    MTNS 2002
       CONFERENCE WEB-PAGE: http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/

MTNS 2002 will be held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame
from Monday August 12 through Friday August 16, 2002.  The symposium
program will include plenary lectures, special topic invited lectures,
mini-symposia, mini-courses, special topic sessions and contributed
papers. MTNS is usually organized every two years and traditionally
covers areas involving a wide range of research directions in
mathematical systems, networks and control theory.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Full paper due:                May 15, 2002 
Early Registration Date:       June 15, 2002 
Conference dates:              August 12-16, 2002 

LIST OF CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Anthony Bloch (University of Michigan), 
William Helton (University of California), 
Bruce Hajek (University of Illinois), 
Gilbert Strang (MIT), 
Eduardo Sontag (Rutgers University).

During MTNS 2002 there will be several Mini-symposia which
consist of a sequence of sessions and mini-courses. 
Mini-symposia will be in the areas:

1. Biological systems        (organizers Mark Alber, Raimund Ober)
2. Communication systems     (organizers David Forney, Brian Marcus)
3. Control and Computation   (organizers Paul Van Dooren, 
                              Uwe Helmke, Volker Mehrmann)
4. Financial systems         (organizers Hans Schumacher, Michael
                              Taksar)
5. Multi-dimensional systems (organizers Krzysztof Galkowski, 
                              Eric Rogers, Victor Vinnikov)


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