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Energy, Oil and Gas SIG Meeting

Contributed by: Andy Clegg, iscmail@isc-ltd.com

The ACTC is pleased to announce the following training course:
5th Energy, Oil & Gas SIG Meeting
Condition Monitoring & Safety Systems for Power & Process Plant
www.isc-ltd.com/actc/meet050519.html

RWE Npower, Ferrybridge Workshop & Training Centre
Thur 19th May 2005

This meeting of the ACTC’s Energy, Oil and Gas SIG will cover new condition 
monitoring technologies for the power generation and process industries.  
This will span novel algorithms and new tools for assessing the performance 
of controllers, machinery, and plant component.  A vital part of effective 
condition monitoring is taking corrective action, and so the meeting will 
include systems at the individual element level and the wider system level 
including plant safety systems as well.

The course will be presented in an informal environment by ACTC Consultants, 
giving delegates the opportunity to gain from our own practical expertise. 
Numbers on the course are restricted to ensure that each delegate gets 
individual attention. Hence, early registration is advisable.

Full details of the course agenda, on-line registration, details of hotels, 
and travel directions, can be found at  www.isc-ltd.com/actc/meet050519.html

ISC Ltd. / ACTC
Graham Hills Building
Level 7, 50 George Street
Glasgow,  G1 1QE
Tel: 0141 553 1111 Fax: 0141 553 1232
Email:iscmail@isc-ltd.com
http://www.isc-ltd.com


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2.2 Free PracTeX Journal online

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Free PracTeX Journal online

Contributed by: David L Elliott, d.elliott@ieee.org

Volume 1 No. 2 of The PracTeX Journal is now available, free to all, at 
http://tug.org/pracjourn/
This is a  journal from the TeX Users Group designed for those of us who
actually need and use TeX or LaTeX, such as IEEE authors. It encourages
comments, letters, and articles on the use of TeX/LaTeX in practice.


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2.3 Presentations from workshops on energy processing and power systems

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Presentations from workshops on energy processing and power systems

Contributed by: Ian Hiskens, hiskens@engr.wisc.edu

Two workshops:
Open Issues in Analysis and Control of Power and Energy Processing Systems
     and
Control of Energy Processing and Power Systems

were held in conjunction with the 2003 and 2004 IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control. Full presentations from both workshops are available at the 
website: http://psdyn.ece.wisc.edu/cdc_workshops/


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2.4 Process Control Systems Forum

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Process Control Systems Forum

Contributed by: William S. Levine, wsl@isr.umd.edu

Protecting nation’s power and energy systems, refineries, water
management, and factory automation from a devastating cyber attack is
critical for homeland security. Many of these most vital infrastructure
assets are operated by computerized automated control systems such as
Process Control Systems (PCS) and Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Adoption of PCS and SCADA technology has
allowed for great improvements in efficiency, safety, and response to
market forces. However, there is increasing concern that this has come
at the price of increased vulnerability to network attacks. To address
this concern, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has funded the
establishment of the Process Control Systems Forum (PCSF), which will
be managed by a private sector/government collaborative board.
 
The purpose of the PCSF is to accelerate the development of technology
that will enhance the security, safety, and reliability of PCS and
SCADA systems.

The PCSF will provide a single venue for technologists from all user
sectors, vendors, and academia to work together in evaluating, specifying,
developing, refining, and testing new technologies. Innovations developed
by the PCSF will guide requirement gathering, testing, retro-fit,
development, and deployment strategies for secure control systems. The
PCSF will leverage knowledge currently dispersed among sectors, and
stimulate cross-functional discussions between those responsible for
information technology (IT) and operations.

The PCSF will build upon existing work in this subject area, and establish
links with industry and government to arrive at a common underlying
architecture for the process control systems of the future. The goal of
the PCSF is to protect our nation by developing next-generation core
architecture that offers security, reliability, resiliency, and continuity
in the face of disruptions and major incidents. 

Additional information on the PCSF is available at https://www.pcsforum.org


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2.5 Slides from the Fractional Order Calculus Day at Utah State University

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Slides from the Fractional Order Calculus Day at Utah State University

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

Slides from the Fractional Order Calculus Day at Utah State University (FOC
Day @ USU, April 19, 2005) are available from
http://mechatronics.ece.usu.edu/foc/event/FOC_Day@USU/
hosted by Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS),
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University.


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2.6 Special Evening History Session at 2005 ACC

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Special Evening History Session at 2005 ACC

Contributed by: Danny Abramovitch, danny@labs.agilent.com

On Wednesday, June 8, there will be a special history session at the American
Control Conference in honor of the life work of Boris Kogan.  Boris,
considered a giant of the field of control in the former Soviet Union,
will be profiled in an interview appearing right before the ACC in the
June issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine.

If you have any questions, feel free to send me email at
danny@labs.agilent.com


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Nominations Sought: IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award

Contributed by: Danny Abramovitch, danny@labs.agilent.com

We are looking for nominations for papers for the CSM Outstanding Paper
Award.

Any paper published in the IEEE Control Systems Magazine during the years
2003 or 2004 may be nominated for the 2005 prize. More information on the
award can be found at http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/csmopa.html.  The easiest
way to submit a nomination is via the nomination form further down that page.

If you have any questions, feel free to send me email at
danny@labs.agilent.com.  Finally, bear in mind that the submission deadline
is May 15, 2005. 


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Control System Design: An Introduction to State Space Methods

Contributed by: Bernard Friedland, bf@njit.edu

Control System Design: An Introduction to State-Space Methods
by Bernard Friedland

ISBN: 0486442780
Dover Publications, Inc.  (2005 Reprint of 1986 Edition)	

Addressed not only to students but also to professional engineers and
scientists, this volume introduces state-space methods for direct application
to control system design, in addition to providing background for reading the
periodical literature. Topics include feedback control; state-space
representation of dynamic systems and dynamics of linear systems;
frequency-domain analysis; controllability and observability; and shaping the
dynamic response. Additional subjects encompass linear observers; compensator
design by the separation principle; linear, quadratic optimum control; random
processes; and Kalman filters. Concrete examples of representative
applications are woven into the fabric of the text and the homework problems. 

Table of Contents 
Preface
1. 	Feedback Control
2. 	State-Space Representation of Dynamic Systems
3. 	Dynamics of Linear Systems
4. 	Frequency-Domain Analysis
5. 	Controllability and Observability
6. 	Shaping the Dynamic Response
7. 	Linear Observers
8. 	Compensator Design by the Separation Principle
9. 	Linear, Quadratic Optimum Control
10. 	Random Processes
11. 	Kalman Filters: Optimum Observers
Appendix
Bibliography
Indexes





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CFP: Asian Journal of Control

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

New Trend in Automotive Powertrain Systems
A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control
http://www.ajc.org.tw

     In the last decade, much of present excitement in the automotive
industry isgenerated by the development and introduction of new advanced 
powertrain control techniques into the production vehicles. Among the new 
vehicle technologies, the Electrical Vehicles (EV) and the Hybrid Electrical 
Vehicles (HEV), which are motivated for the purpose of the energy 
conservation and the emission reduction, are becoming feasible thanks in 
great part to the advancements in electrical powertrain control. This new 
trend in automotive industry provides significant opportunities for the 
application of advanced control techniques and theory. Indeed, a lot of 
studies and challenges have been proposed from the view of the power 
electronics and the vehicle engineering. However, there is no much attention 
being paid to this challenging topic from the control community.
     Strong nonlinearity and uncertainties make the automotive powertrain 
system control difficult, and the dynamics of HEV is hybrid system with 
multi-actuators. From the view of practical engineering and control theory, 
there are a number of fundamental and critical issues in the automotive 
powertrain system control, which have remained open. Therefore, it is a 
timing to set up a special issue on this topic.
     The aim of proposed special issue is to give a broad perspective of the
present state-of-the-art and to provide both of automotive engineering and 
control community an up-to-date account of the most recent advances.

Guest Editor
               Prof. Tielong Shen
               Dep. of Mechanical Engineering
               Sophia University, Japan
               E-mail: tetu-sin@sophia.ac.jp

Guest Co-Editors
               Prof. Yuanzhang Sun Prof. Hynsoo Kim
               Dept. of Electrical Engineering School of Mechanical Eng.
               Tsinghua University, China Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea

Important Dates:
               July 20, 2004 Call for Papers
               May  30, 2005 Deadline for Paper Submission
               Aug. 20, 2005 Completion of First Review
               Oct. 20, 2005 Completion of Final Review
               Mar. 31, 2006 Publication

     Potential authors are strongly encouraged to upload the electronic file
of their manuscript (in Postscript, PDF or WORD format) through on-line 
submission interface on the journal website http://www.ajc.org.tw. In case 
you encounter any submission problem, you are free to contact Prof. Li-Chen 
Fu, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Control at the following address:
              Prof. Li-Chen Fu
              Department of Electrical Engineering
              National Taiwan University
              Taipei 106, Taiwan
              Tel: +886-2-2362-2209
              Fax: +886-2-23657887
              Email: lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw

Submission of a manuscript signifies that it has been neither copyrighted, 
published, nor submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.

     All submission should include a title page containing the title of the 
paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic address, 
phone and fax numbers, an abstract and a list of keywords. The contacting 
author should be clearly identified. For more detailed information about 
manuscript preparation, please visit the web site of Asian Journal of 
Control at http://www.ajc.org.tw


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5.2 CFP: Journal of Control Theory and Applications

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CFP: Journal of Control Theory and Applications

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

Recent Advances and New Directions in Switched Control Systems
Special Issue in Journal of Control Theory and Applications, P.R. China

Recently, switched control systems have been attracting much attention in the 
control community because the problems are not only academically challenging 
for the inherent complexity, but also of practical importance due to its wide 
ranges of applications in nature, engineering, and social sciences. 

For survival, natural biological systems switch in strategies in accordance 
to environmental changes. For improved performance, switching has been 
extensively utilized/exploited in many engineering systems such as 
electronics, power systems, and traffic control, among others. In addition, 
switched behaviors exhibit in social systems. 

Through the simple nonlinear switching mechanism, much more complicated 
behaviors/dynamics and fundamentally new properties appear, even for switched 
linear systems, not to mention the much more complicated switched nonlinear 
systems. Despite the theoretical complexity and difficulty, switching brings 
an additional degree of freedom in control system design for better 
performance in reality as an added advantage. 

Recently, rapid progress in the community has generated many new results and 
powerful tools. It is high time for us to have a special issue to consolidate 
on the recent advances and to move on to the next level for future 
development. 

The special issue welcomes contributions in fundamental theoretical 
developments, novel applications, as well as survey and future directions. 
Papers are solicited from, but not limited to, the following areas through 
feedback/switching:

•	Robust Stabilization;
•	Controllability and Observability;
•	Disturbance Decoupling;
•	Optimal Control; and 
•	Physical Applications.

Submission Details:  
Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts electronically in 
either postscript or pdf format no later than July 1, 2005 to one of the 
three guest editors listed below. 


Guest Editors:

Professor Daizhan Cheng 
Institute of Systems Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100080, P.R.China
E-mail: dcheng@iss.ac.cn

Professor Wijesuriya P. Dayawansa
Dept. of Mathematics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Email: wdayawansa@yahoo.com

Professor Shuzhi Sam Ge
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The National University of Singapore
Singapore 117576
E-mail: elegesz@nus.edu.sg



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5.3 Contents: Automatica

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Contents: Automatica

Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu

Contents: Automatica, June, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 6

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

Regular papers

S. Battilotti and A. De Santis
Dwell time controllers for stochastic systems with switching Markov chain

Graham C. Goodwin, Jose A. De Dona, Maria M. Seron, and Xiang W. Zhuo
Lagrangian duality between constrained estimation and control

Babak Azimi-Sadjadi and P. S. Krishnaprasad
Approximate nonlinear filtering and its application in navigation

M.J. Grimble
Nonlinear generalized minimum variance feedback, feedforward and tracking
control

Guiomar Martín-Herrán, Sihem Taboubi, and Georges Zaccour
A time-consistent open-loop Stackelberg equilibrium of shelf-space
allocation

Brief papers

Ye Xudong
Switching adaptive output-feedback control of nonlinearly parametrized
systems

W. Michiels and T. Vyhlidal
An eigenvalue based approach for the stabilization of linear time-delay
systems of neutral type

Dong Yue, Qing-Long Han, and James Lam
Network-based robust H_infty control of systems with uncertainty

Luca Consolini and Mario Tosques
A path following problem for a class of non-holonomic control systems with
noise

P. Falugi, L. Giarré, and G. Zappa
Approximation of the feasible parameter set in
worst case identification of Hammerstein models

Han-Fu Chen and Jun-Mei Yang
Strongly consistent coefficient estimate for error-in-variables models

T. Alamo, J.M. Bravo, and E.F. Camacho
Guaranteed state estimation by zonotopes

Stephen L. Smith, Mireille E. Broucke, and Bruce A. Francis
A hierarchical cyclic pursuit scheme for vehicle networks

Hiroaki Mukaidani
A new approach to robust guaranteed cost control for uncertain
multimodeling systems

Yuanjin Liu, G. Yin, and Xun Yu Zhou
Near-optimal controls of random-switching LQG problems with indefinite
control weight costs

R. Marino, P. Tomei, and C. M. Verrelli
A nonlinear tracking control for sensorless induction motors

Technical communiques

Apiwat Saengdeejing and Zhihua Qu
Simplified robust control for nonlinear uncertain systems: a method of
projection and online estimation

Mazen Farhood, Carolyn L. Beck, and Geir Dullerud
Model reduction of periodic systems: a lifting approach

Ho-Lim Choi and Jong-Tae Lim
Stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems by adaptive output feedback

R.J.Mantz, H.DeBattista, and F.D.Bianchi
VSS global performance improvement based on AW concepts

Book reviews

Lihua Xie
Uncertainty and Feedback - H_infinity loop-shaping and the nu-gap metric,
by Glenn Vinnicombe

Andrew D. Lewis
Nonsmooth Mechanics, by Bernard Brogliato


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5.4 Contents: Control Engineering Practice

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Contents: Control Engineering Practice

Contributed by: A. H. Glattfelder, ifacjcep@control.ee.ethz.ch

Control Engineering Practice
Volume 13, No. 5 (May 2005)

Table of Contents:

On-line parameter estimator of an induction motor at standstill
C.-H. Fang, S.-K. Lin, S.-J. Wang
pp 535-540

A control-engineering approach to integrated congestion control and scheduling
in wireless local area networks
F. Delli Priscoli, A. Isidori
pp 541-558

Digital closed-loop nanopositioning using rectilinear flexure stage and laser
interferometry
H-C. Yeh, W.-T. Ni, S.-s. Pan
pp 559-566

Design and implementation of a linear jerk filter for a computerized
numerical controller
Y.-F. Chang
pp 567-576

Robust linear control of an active suspension on a quarter car test-rig
C. Lauwerys, J. Swevers, P. Sas
pp 577-586

Fault detection and isolation in the presence of process uncertainties
Z. Han, W. Li, S.L. Shah
pp 587-599

Control and simulation of arbitrary flight trajectory-tracking
T.S. No, B.M. Min, R.H. Stone, K.C. Wong
pp 601-612

Greenhouse climate hierarchical fuzzy modelling
P. Salgado, J.B. Cunha
pp 613-628

Stability of the frequency adaptive control technique and its application to
compact disk drives
J.-J. Liu, Y.-P. Yang
pp 629-639

Modelling valve stiction
M.A.A. Shoukat Choudhury, N.F. Thornhill, S.L. Shah
pp 641-658

An improved linear fractional model for robustness analysis of a winding system
E. Laroche, D. Knittel
pp 659-666

Book review: "Neural networks and intellect-using model based concepts", by
L.I. Perlovsky (Ed.); Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, @$59.95, ISBN
0-19-511162-1
P. Stewart
pp 667-668


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Control Engineering Practice
Volume 13, No. 6 (June 2005)

Table of Contents:

Application of model predictive control to advanced combustion control
V. Havlena, J. Findejs
pp 671-680

Nonlinear system identification of rapid thermal processing
C. Tian, T. Fujii
pp 681-687

A fuzzy decision-making approach to temperature control in air-conditioning
systems
R. Thompson, A. Dexter
pp 689-698

Reconfigurable control structure to prevent the rollover of heavy vehicles
P. Gaspar, I. Szaszi, J. Bokor
pp 699-711

Robust state observer design with application to an industrial boiler system
H.J. Marquez, M. Riaz
pp 713-728

Towards an integrated tool for control, supervision and operator
training-application to industrial wastewater detoxication plants
K. Szafnicki, C. Narce, J. Bourgois
pp 729-738

Genetic algorithms optimisation of decoupled Sliding Mode controllers:
simulated and real results
E. Alfaro-Cid, E.W. McGookin, D.J. Murray-Smith, T.I. Fossen
pp 739-748

Comparative study of pole placement methods in adaptive flux observers
H.M. Kojabadi, L. Chang
pp 749-757

Coupling pairwise support vector machines for fault classification
S. Pöyhönen, A. Arkkio, P. Jover, H. Hyötyniemi
pp 759-769

Stabilized MPC formulations for robust reconfigurable flight control
M.M. Kale, A.J. Chipperfield
pp 771-788

Nonlinear robust control of a hydraulic elevator: experiment-based modeling
and two-stage Lyapunov redesign
C.-S. Kim, K.-S. Hong, M.-K. Kim
pp 789-803

Book review: "Advanced process control unleashed", by Tl. Bevins, G.K.
McMillan, W.K. Wojsznis and M.W. Brown; Instrumentation System and Automation
Society, North Carolina, USA, 2003, ISBN 1-55617-815-8 (550p.,
@$78.00)
G. Dodds
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5.5 Contents: European Journal of Control

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Contents: European Journal of Control

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

Contents - ISSUE N. 1/2005

Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Nonlinear 
Systems with Mismatched Uncertainty
by X. Yan, S.K. Spurgeon, C. Edwards

Discussion on "Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for a Class of 
Nonlinear Systems with Mismatched Uncertainty"
by A. S. I. Zinober

Discussion on "Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for a Class of 
Nonlinear Systems with Mismatched Uncertainty"
by A. D. Lewis

Discussion on "Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for a Class of 
Nonlinear Systems with Mismatched Uncertainty"
by Y. Orlov, L. Fridman, F. Castanos

Reply by the authors

On Absolute Stability of Lur'e Control Systems with Multiple Non-linearities
by Min Wu, Yong He, Guo-Ping Liu, Jin-Hua She

Delay-Dependent H infinity Control of Uncertain Discrete Delay Systems
by E. Fridman and U. Shaked 

Discussion on "Delay-Dependent H infinity Control of Uncertain Discrete 
Delay Systems"
by D. Popescu, V. Rasvan

Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Data Packet Dropout and 
Transmission Delays: Continuous-Time Case
by Mei Yu, Long Wang, Tianguang Chu, Fei Hao

Discussion on "Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Data Packet 
Dropout and Transmission Delays: Continuous-Time Case"
by S. M. Phillips

Discussion on "Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Data Packet 
Dropout and Transmission Delays: Continuous-Time Case"
by D. M. Tilbury, J. M. Moyne

Discussion on "Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Data Packet 
Dropout and Transmission Delays: Continuous-Time Case"
by Fridman

Reply by the authors 

Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function Approach to Stability Analysis and 
Design for Uncertain Systems with Time-Varying Delay
by Yong-Yan Cao, Anke Xue

Discussion on "Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function Approach to Stability 
Analysis and Design for Uncertain Systems with Time-Varying Delay"
by C. R. Knospe

Discussion on "Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function Approach to Stability 
Analysis and Design for Uncertain Systems with Time-Varying Delay"
by D. Peaucelle, F. Gouaisbaut

Combined Adaptive Controller For UAV Guidance
by Alexander Fradkov and Boris Andrievsky

Discussion on "Combined Adaptive Controller For UAV Guidance"
by A. Stotsky

Discussion on "Combined Adaptive Controller For UAV Guidance"
by A. Tsourdos, B. A. White

Reply by the authors

Neil Munro
In memoriam 
Paper by Wellstead




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5.6 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume 50 Issue 3 March 2005

Nonsquare Spectral Factorization for Nonlinear Control Systems
Petersen, M.A.; vanderSchaft, A.J., Page(s):  286- 298

$n$-Bit Stabilization of$n$-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems in Feedforward Form
DePersis, C., Page(s):  299- 311

Dynamic Fictitious Play, Dynamic Gradient Play, and Distributed Convergence 
to Nash Equilibria
Shamma, J.S.; Arslan, G., Page(s):  312- 327

Simultaneous Stabilization for a Collection of Single-Input Nonlinear Systems
Wu, J.-L., Page(s):  328- 337

Bandit Problems With Side Observations
Wang, C.-C.; Kulkarni, S.R.; Poor, H.V., Page(s):  338- 355

An$H_infty$Approach to Networked Control
Seiler, P.; Sengupta, R., Page(s):  356- 364

Polynomially Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Functions for Robust Stability of
Polytopic Systems: An LMI Approach
Chesi, G.; Garulli, A.; Tesi, A.; Vicino, A., Page(s):  365- 370

Sensor Bias Fault Isolation in a Class of Nonlinear Systems
Zhang, X.; Parisini, T.; Polycarpou, M.M., Page(s):  370- 376

Analysis of Zeno Behaviors in a Class of Hybrid Systems
Heymann, M.; Lin, F.; Meyer, G.; Resmerita, S., Page(s):  376- 383

Improved Delay-Dependent Stability Criteria for Time-Delay Systems
Xu, S.; Lam, J., Page(s):  384- 387

On State-Dependent Dynamic Graphs and Their Controllability Properties
Mesbahi, M., Page(s):  387- 392

Assessing the Stability of Linear Time-Invariant Continuous Interval Dynamic
Systems
Kolev, L.; Petrakieva, S., Page(s):  393- 397

Hierarchical Least Squares Identification Methods for Multivariable Systems
Ding, F.; Chen, T., Page(s):  397- 402

$H_infty$Model Reduction With Application to Flexible Systems
Geromel, J.C.; Egas, R.G.; Kawaoka, F.R.R., Page(s):  402- 406

Invariant Approximations of the Minimal Robust Positively Invariant Set
Rakovic, S.V.; Kerrigan, E.C.; Kouramas, K.I.; Mayne, D.Q., Page(s): 406- 410

An Algorithm for Sampling Subsets of$cal H_infty$With Applications to
Risk-Adjusted Performance Analysis and Model (In)Validation
Sznaier, M.; Lagoa, C.M.; Mazzaro, M.C., Page(s):  410- 416

Comments on “Explicit Criterion for the Positive Definiteness of a General
Quartic Form”
Wang, F.; Qi, L., Page(s):  416- 418

Advanced Structural Dynamics and Active Control of Structures
Page(s):  419- 419


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5.7 Contents: IEE Proc Control Theory and Applications

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Contents: IEE Proc Control Theory and Applications

Contributed by: Lee Baldwin, lbaldwin@iee.org.uk

Volume 152 No.3 May 2005
Special Issue: "Nonlinear model predicitve control"
Guest Editor – Frank Allgower

Invariant sets for feedback linearisation based on nonlinear predictive 
control
M. Bacic, M. Channon and B. Kouvaritakis

Min-max MPC algorithm for LPV systems subject to input saturation
Yong-Yan Cao and Zongli Li

Nonlinear predictive control with multirate optimsation steps lengths
U. Halldorsson, M. Fikar and H. Unbehauen

Norm-bound robust MPC strategies for constrained control of nonlinear systems
A. Casavola, D. Famularo and G. Franzè

Predictive tracking control of constrained nonlinear systems
L. Chisci, P. Falugi and G. Zappa

Analysis of cascade structure with predictive control and feedback 
linearisation
K. Guemghar, B. Srinivasan, Ph. Mullhaupt and D. Bonvin

Nominal stability of the real-time iteration scheme for nonlinear model 
predictive control
M. Diehl, R. Fiendeisen, F. Allgöwer, H.G. Bock and J.P. Schlöder

Robust MPC of constrained nonlinear systems based on interval arithmetic
D. Limon, J.M. Bravo, T. Alamo and E.F. Camacho

Control design for nonlinear systems: trading robustness and performance 
with the model predictive control approach
L. Magni and R. Scattolini

Receding horizon control of a vectored thrust flight experiment
M.B. Milam, R. Franz, J.E. Hauser and R.M. Murray


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5.8 Contents: ISA Transactions

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Contents: ISA Transactions

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

ISA Transactions
Volume 44, Number 2 - April 2005

Auto-compensation of nonlinear influence of environmental parameters on the 
sensor characteristics using neural networks
Jagdish Chandra Patra, Ee Luang Ang, Amitabha Das, Narendra Shivaji
Chaudhari, pp 165-176

Characteristics of a novel two-finger variable reluctance gripper
Kenneth K.C. Chang, Norbert C. Cheung, pp 177-185

A simplified predictive control algorithm for disturbance rejection
Futao Zhao, Yash P. Gupta, pp 187-198

Model predictive control of discrete-time hybrid systems with discrete inputs
B. Potocnik, G. Music, B. Zupancic, pp199-211

Computation of stabilizing PI and PID controllers for processes with time 
delay
Nusret Tan, pp 213-223

Improving immunization of programmable logic controllers using weighted 
median filters
Jose L. Paredes, Dhionel Diaz, pp 225-241

Synthesis of nonlinear discrete control systems via time-delay affine Takagi-
Sugeno fuzzy models
Wen-Jer Chang, Wei Chang, pp 243-257

Nonlinear model-based control algorithm for a distillation column using 
software sensor
Amiya Kumar Jana, Amar Nath Samanta, Saibal Ganguly, pp 259-271
 
Simplified modeling and generalized predictive position control of an 
ultrasonic motor
Nooshin Bigdeli, Mohammad Haeri, pp 273-282 

Experimental evaluation of adaptive three-tank level control
David Cartes, Lei Wu, pp 283-293

Nonintrusive frequency analysis for variable pairing on a distillation column
Glen Hay, William Y. Svrcek, Brent R. Young, pp 295-303

Online optimization of fuzzy-PID control of a thermal process
S.E. Mansour, G.C. Kember, R. Dubay, B. Robertson, pp 305-314

Multiple objective evolutionary algorithm for temporal linguistic rule 
extraction
Pedro G. DeLima, Gary G. Yen, pp 315-327


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5.9 Contents: International Journal of Control

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Contents: International Journal of Control

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

Volume 78, Issue 2
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp

An observer-controller combination for a unicycle mobile robot 
S. P. M. Noijen, P. F. Lambrechts, H. Nijmeijer

Control of the 3-D spatio-temporal distribution of air temperature
A. Van Brecht, S. Quanten, T. Zerihundesta, S. Van Buggenhout, D. Berckmans

Energy-shaping control of synchronous generators with exciter-governor dual 
control loops
T. Shen, Y. Sun, R. Ortega, S. Mei

High-speed precision tracking with harmonic drive systems using integral 
manifold control design
P. S. Gandhi and F. Ghorbel

Comments on ‘Identification of non-linear parametrically varying models using 
seperable least squares’ by F. Previdi and M. Lovera: black box or open box?
P. C. Young

Sliding model scheme for adaptive specific growth rate control in 
biotechnological fed-batch processes
E. Picó-Marco, J. Picó, H. De Battista

On the effectiveness of high-gain observer-based residuals for a class of non-
linear control systems
D. N. Shields

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



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5.10 Contents: International Journal of General Systems

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Contents: International Journal of General Systems

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

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

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

Systems movement; Autobiographical retrospectives
Y. Takahara

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

Finite fuzzy sets
V. Murali and B. Makamba

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


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



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5.11 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science

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Contents: International Journal of Systems Science

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

Volume 36, Issue 5	
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp

Valuation of Expansion Flexibility in Flexible Manufacturing System 
Investments using Sequential Exchange Options
E. Ertugrul Karsak and C. Okan Ozogul

On Solving Permuation Scheduling Problems with Ant Colony Optimization
D. Merkle and M. Middendorf

On a Genaralized k-out-of-n system and its reliability
L. Cui and M. Xie

Delay-Dependent Stability and Stabilizability of Uncertain Jump Bilinear 
Stochastic Systems with Mode-Dependent Time-Delays
Z.-H. Guan, W.-H. Chen and J. Xu

Discrete-time H-infinity Filtering with Initial Condition
Y.K. Foo

Robust Decentralized Fast Output Sampling Technique Based Power System 
Stabilizer for Multi-Machine Power System
B. Bandyopadhyay


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



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5.12 Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory

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Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory

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

Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory: 
An International Journal of Research and Surveys
Address of e-Journal: http//:www.e-ndst.kiev.ua
Volume 5, Number 1, 2005

CONTENTS
Topological Sequence Entropy and Chaos of Star Maps, J.S. Canovas, p. 1.

Global Stability Properties for a Class of Dissipative Phenomena via One or 
Several Liapunov Functionals, A. D’Anna and G. Fiore, p. 9.

Optimal Maneuvers Using a Three Dimensional Gravity Assist, G. Felipe and 
F.B.A. Prado, p. 39.

A Constant-Gain Nonlinear Estimator for Linear Switching Systems, S. Ibrir 
and E.K. Boukas, p. 49.

A Nonlinear Model for Dynamics of Delaminated Composite Beam with Account of 
Contact of the Delamination Crack Faces, Based on the First Order Shear 
Deformation Theory, V.Y. Perel, p. 61.

Tracking Control of General Nonlinear Systems by a Direct Gradient Descent 
Method, K. Shimizu, S. Ito and S. Suzuki, p. 91.

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


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5.13 Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory

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Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory

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

Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory: 
An International Journal of Research and Surveys
Address of e-Journal: http//:www.e-ndst.kiev.ua
Volume 5, Number 1, 2005

CONTENTS
Topological Sequence Entropy and Chaos of Star Maps, J.S. Canovas, p. 1.

Global Stability Properties for a Class of Dissipative Phenomena via One or 
Several Liapunov Functionals, A. D’Anna and G. Fiore, p. 9.

Optimal Maneuvers Using a Three Dimensional Gravity Assist, G. Felipe and 
F.B.A. Prado, p. 39.

A Constant-Gain Nonlinear Estimator for Linear Switching Systems, S. Ibrir 
and E.K. Boukas, p. 49.

A Nonlinear Model for Dynamics of Delaminated Composite Beam with Account of 
Contact of the Delamination Crack Faces, Based on the First Order Shear 
Deformation Theory, V.Y. Perel, p. 61.

Tracking Control of General Nonlinear Systems by a Direct Gradient Descent 
Method, K. Shimizu, S. Ito and S. Suzuki, p. 91.

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


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5.14 Special Issue: Advanced Control and Real-Time Systems

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Special Issue: Advanced Control and Real-Time Systems

Contributed by: Yu-Chu Tian, y.tian@qut.edu.au

Developments in Chemical Engineering &  Mineral  Processing
Volume 13, Numbers 3/4, 2005                 ISSN 0969-1855

Special Theme Issue: 
Advanced Control and Real-Time Systems

209  Editorial: Dr Yu-Chu Tian, Queensland University of Technology, 
     and Professor Youxian Sun, Zhejiang University.
211  Stochastic Model Reduction by Maximizing Independence
     Hui Zhang and You-Xian Sun
221  A Real-Time Control and Identification of a Thermal-Process Based on a 
     Multiple-Modeling Approach    
     A. Aminzadeh, A.A. Safavi and A. Khayatian 
233  A Soft Sensor Based on Orthogonal Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis
     Yuhong Zhao
243  Soft Sensor Based on Relevance Vector Machines for Microbiological 
     Fermentation 
     Zonghai Sun and Youxian Sun
249  Real-time Optimization of Acetaldehyde Production Process
     Shao Zhijiang, Wang Jinlin and Qian Jixin
259  A Dioid Linear Algebraic Model for a Class of Hybrid Event Graphs
     Duan Zhang, Huaping Dai and Youxian Sun
267  Application of a Robust Interval Observer to an Anaerobic Digestion 
Process
     V. Alcaraz-González, J. Harmand, A. Rapaport, J. P. Steyer1, 
     V. González-Alvarez and C. Pelayo-Ortiz
279  Dynamic Simulation and Advanced Control of a Heat Integrated Plant
     Rodolfo Tellez, William Y. Svrcek and Brent R. Young
289  Electrolyte Inventory Control in a Sulphide Leach Plant
     M.W. Foley , C.R. Christie and R.H. Julien
301  Latency Reduction for a Telerobotic Application
     Ralf Stemmer, Dirk Nagel and Siegbert Drüe
311  Robustness of Model Predictive Control for Ill-Conditioned Distillation 
     Process    
     Vu Trieu Minh and Nitin Afzulpurkar
317  A Novel Method for the Control of Plants with Actuator Saturation 
     Nonlinearities
     Dan-Ying Gu, Yun-Ze Cai and Wei-Dong Zhang
327  A Variable Structure Control Scheme based on Combined Switching
     Surfaces for Discrete-Time Systems    
     Yi-Bo Zhang, Dao-Ying Pi and You-Xian Sun
335  A Robust Control Real-Time Scheduling Design
     Bing Du and David C. Levy
341  Robust H?semi999 Non-Fragile Controller Design for Uncertain Descriptor 
     Systems with Time-Varying Discrete and Distributed Delays    
     Dong Yue and Qing-Long Han
351  LMI Approach to Guaranteed Cost Control for Networked Control Systems
     Shanbin Li, Li Yu, Zhi Wang and Youxian Sun
361  Approximate Decoupling of Multivariable Control Systems: a Time-domain 
     Approach
     Wei-Jie Mao and Shao Liu
371  A New Method for the Static Output Feedback Stabilization
     Ji Xiang, Hongye Su and Jian Chu
379  A new particle predictor for fault prediction of nonlinear time-varying 
     systems
     M. Z. Chen, D. H. Zhou and  G. P. Liu 
389  Accurate Location Method of Drilling Hole Activities on Oil Pipeline 
     based on Wavelet Packet
     Qiang Wang, Ze-Kui Zhou, Guang-Xin Zhang and Xiao-Hong Gu
397  On-line Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Industrial Processes Using 
     Hidden Markov Model    
     Shao-Yuan Zhou and Shu-Qing Wang


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12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing

Contributed by: Alexandre Dolgui, dolgui@emse.fr

12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing: INCOM06
http://www.emse.fr/incom06/index.html

INCOM is a symposium organized by IFAC and mainly sponsored by the IFAC 
Technical Committee 5.1 on Manufacturing Plant Control and co-sponsored by 11
IFAC Technical Committees. Previous editions of the symposium were held in 
Salvador (2004), Vienna (2001), Nancy (1998), and in Beijing (1995).
The purpose of the IFAC Symposium on INFORMATION CONTROL PROBLEMS IN 
MANUFACTURING (INCOM'06) is to offer a forum to present the progress in 
international research and development work in this field. Special emphasis 
will be given on the applications of optimization methods as well as 
automation, information and communication technologies in the control of the 
manufacturing plant and the entire supply chain within the e-enterprise.

The symposium will stress the scientific challenges and issues raised by the 
Intelligent Manufacturing System and Supply Chain paradigms for optimization 
and agile digital control of the entire production system. The whole product 
and processes life cycle will be covered, from the design, through the 
manufacturing and maintenance, to the distribution and service.

Scientific topics:
*       e-Solutions to Plan and to Design Manufacturing Systems
*       Facilities Planning and Materials Handling
*       Inventory Control, Production Planning and Scheduling
*       Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems
*       Web-enabled Manufacturing Control and Wireless Automation
*       Process Modeling and Information Systems within the Extended
        Enterprise
*       Information Management for the Net-entreprise
*       Socio-technical and Cognitive Aspects of Automation
*       Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Applications
*       Distributed Systems and Multi-agents Technologies
*       Discrete Event Systems Simulation in Manufacturing
*       Operational Research Applications in CAD/CAM/CAE


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6.2 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications

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1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications

Contributed by: Changyun Wen, ecywen@ntu.edu.sg

The 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
will be held from 24 - 26 May 2006 in Singapore. The Conference is organized 
by IEEE Industrial Electronics (IE) Chapter and co-organized with IEEE 
Industry Applications/Power Electronics (IA/PEL) Chapter and IEEE Singapore 
Section.

The purpose of the conference is to create a forum for scientists, engineers 
and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest techniques in 
Industrial Electronics. Conference scope covers all practical aspects of the 
theory and methods of electronics, control, systems, instrumentation for 
industrial applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will 
be plenary sessions. High quality papers containing original contributions 
within the following areas will be solicited:


Control Theory and Application
Computational Intelligence
Power Electronics
Mechatronics
Signal Processing
Automation
Emerging Technologies

Submission of Papers: All submitted papers should be in the form of .pdf 
or .ps file and are to be limited to a maximum length of 6 pages (A4 size, 
single space, Times Roman of font size 10, two columns format), including 
figures, tables and references. For more information about the conference 
and paper submission, please visit the conference website at 

http://www.ieee.org/iciea2006/

Important Dates 
Full Paper Submission Deadline :    October 1, 2005 
Invited Session Proposal Deadline :    October 15, 2005 
Notification of Acceptance :    December 30, 2005 
Camera-Ready Copy Due :    March 1, 2006 





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6.3 6th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design

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6th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design

Contributed by: Josep Vehi, vehi@eia.udg.es

Special session on Interval Methods at ROCOND'06

This is an invitation to participate in the special session on “Interval 
methods for guaranteed parameter and state estimation” we plan to organize in
the framework of the 6th IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON ROBUST CONTROL DESIGN (ROCOND'06) 
to be held in Toulouse, France, July 5-7, 2006 (www.laas.fr/rocond06).
 
If you are interested to participate in this special session, please let us 
know as soon as possible. Please note that the deadline for submission is 
September 1st, therefore full papers in the appropriate format should be sent
to us before August 26th.
 
State or parameter estimation problems are usually solved by probabilistic 
methods, which are relevant only when an explicit characterization of the 
disturbances and measurement noise is available. This, however, is not always
the case in practice, and it is often more natural to assume that all 
perturbations, not only measurement and modelling errors but also model 
uncertainty, belong to a known set.
In this case, guaranteed estimation, also known as bounded-error estimation, 
allows the characterization of the whole set of state or parameter vectors 
that are compatible with the measured data, a model structure and some prior 
error bounds.

The purpose of the invited session is to show that interval analysis makes it
possible to obtain such guaranteed results. 
Indeed, interval analysis has been used since more than a decade now, in both
applied mathematics and engineering. On the one hand, it is a reliable tool 
for uncertainty propagation and thus is used for computing rigorous error 
bounds when evaluating the images of uncertain functions or when solving 
differential equations with interval parameters or initial values. On the 
other hand, when it is allied with constraint propagation techniques, 
contractors or branch-and-bound algorithms, interval analysis becomes a 
powerful tool for solving, in a guaranteed way, global optimization and 
constraint satisfaction problems.

The aim of the invited session is to bring together researchers committed in 
the development and use of interval theory for guaranteed parameter and state
estimation with uncertain systems and to introduce these developments to the 
robust control community. Papers that present new interval methods and tools 
for parameter and state estimation with illustrative applications are very 
welcome. 
 
Josep VEHI and Nacim RAMDANI
vehi@eia.udg.es  ramdani@uni-paris12.fr


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6.4 IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design

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IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design

Contributed by: Didier Henrion, henrion@laas.fr

First call for papers
IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON ROBUST CONTROL DESIGN (ROCOND'06)
Toulouse, France, July 5-7, 2006

www.laas.fr/rocond06
rocond06@laas.fr

This IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design is the 5th of the series,
following Rio de Janeiro (1994), Budapest (1997), Prague (2000)
and Milan (2003). It will take place in the ancient tobacco factory
(manufacture des tabacs), in the historical center of Toulouse.

SCOPE
The field of robust control provides the theoretical principles and
the numerical tools used to design engineering control systems that
give adequate performance within an uncertain environment. Robust
control theory is built on applied mathematics, operations research
(optimization) and computer science (complexity and algorithm
theory). Deeply rooted in rigorous mathematics, the aim of robust
control is to develop theoretical and computational tools for
versatile practical applications ranging from guidance and control of
aerospace systems, control systems for the manufacturing industries,
and control of communication systems. The symposium aims at bringing
together experts from control theory (applied mathematics, convex
optimization) and applied control engineering (aerospace,
biotechnologies) to discuss the state-of-the-art in robust control.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: September 1, 2005
Acceptance notification: January 1, 2006
Final manuscripts: March 1, 2006

SPONSORS
Sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control
Co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Control Design
Co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Linear Systems
Local sponsors: SEE and LAAS-CNRS
Financial support: CNRS



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6.5 International Conference on Advanced Robotics 2005

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International Conference on Advanced Robotics 2005

Contributed by: Linda Bushnell, Bushnell@ee.washington.edu

ICAR 2005
June 17-20, 2005
Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Seattle, WA USA
http://www.icar2005.org/

The 2005 International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) continues to 
follow the scope of this conference series of promoting information exchange 
and international cooperation in the field of advanced robotics. Topics 
include, but are not limited to: Human-centered robotics; Distributed and 
modular robotics; Manipulator robotics; Mobile robotics; Micro-robots; 
Rehabilitation and biomedical robotics; Redundant robots; Flexible robots; 
Multi-robot systems; Humanoid robots; Sensing and algorithms for navigation, 
guidance, control and scene perception; Intelligent transportation systems; 
Intelligent vehicles; Biologically inspired robotics; Robot learning; Space, 
aerial and underwater robotics; Robot control; Computational hardware and 
software systems in robotics; Task planning and monitoring, Simulation and 
virtual reality systems in robotics; Sensor Fusion; Human-robot interfaces, 
interaction and communication; Humanitarian De-mining robotics; Nonholonomic 
robots; MEMS and Nano Technology related to robotics.

Plenaries will be given by:
Prof. Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University
Prof. Richard Satava, M.D., Univ of Washington
Dr. Paul S. Schenker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 

Early registration ends June 1st.

For further information, visit the web site http://www.icar2005.org/
or contact General Chair: Blake Hannaford, blake@ee.washington.edu


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Fast Estimation Methods in Automatic Control and Signal Processing

Contributed by: Michel FLIESS, Michel.Fliess@polytechnique.fr

Summer School - Paris, 18-20 July 2005

Entirely new methods for fast estimation will be presented during this 3 
days course. They will be applied in 
- linear and nonlinear control (closed-loop state variables and parameter 
estimation, on-line diagnosis),
- signal processing (real-time identification, demodulation, equalization - 
compression),
- image and video processing (compression, edge and motion detection).

At least 6 hours will be devoted to computer exercises with concrete case-
studies in order for the participants to become familiar with those 
techniques, which are of algebraic flavour and work quite well in a noisy 
environment. 
Written notes will be distributed to all participants. 

For more details and the registration form:

http://www-futurs.inria.fr/activites/colloques/mne05.html



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7.2 Guidance and Control of Autonomous Systems

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Guidance and Control of Autonomous Systems

Contributed by: Dirk Soeffker, soeffker@uni-duisburg.de

The German Summer Academy 'Deutsche Sommer Akademie'
GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS offers 15 places to foreign 
master students or postgraduate students for a 3-weeks course in this 
challenging scientific and industrial research and application field.

The course will be supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 
making it possilbe to part in a fascinating program given in English language
and at the same time to visit Germany and take part in German culture, 
social, and university life.

Please refer to our web-site www.msrt.uni-duisburg.de/desa2005/ and/or 
forward the information in order to pointing out this opportunity to your 
students and/or your colleagues. Plase note, that we only accept students 
with a strong interest in the field based on two individual recommendation 
letters, maybe one from you or your colleagues.

Hope to see your students in our university.


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7.3 Molecular Mechanisms and Models of Bacterial Signal Transduction

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Molecular Mechanisms and Models of Bacterial Signal Transduction

Contributed by: Eduardo Sontag, sontag@control.rutgers.edu

  Announcing a BioMaPS/DIMACS/MBBC/PMMB/SYCON Short Course:
  Molecular Mechanisms and Models of Bacterial Signal Transduction

JUNE 6 - 10, 2005

LOCATION: Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

ORGANIZERS:

 Eduardo Sontag, Rutgers Mathematics & BioMaPS Inst for Quantitative Biology
 Ann Stock, Univ Medicine & Dentistry of NJ & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/BioMaPS/MB Center Special
Focus on Information Processing in Biology.

The third annual BioMaPS Summer School, organized by Ann Stock and Eduardo
Sontag, will feature the short course "Molecular Mechanisms and Models of
Bacterial Signal Transduction."  Confirmed speakers include: Bonnie Bassler,
William Bialek, Robert Bourret, Mark Goulian, Stanislav Shvartsman, Tom
Silhavy, Ann Stock, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Ned Wingreen, and Igor Zhulin.

The course, to be held June 6-10, 2005 on the Busch Campus, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ, is sponsored by the BioMaPS Institute for
Quantitative Biology, in collaboration with the Center for Discrete Mathematics
and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), the Center for Molecular Biophysics
and Biophysical Chemistry (MBBC), the Program in Mathematics and Molecular
Biology (based at Florida State University), and the Rutgers Center for
Systems and Control (SYCON).  The NIH, the Sloan Foundation, and the
Burroughs-Wellcome Fund provide partial funding of the BioMaPS Summer School.

Additional information is available on the BioMaPS and DIMACS websites:

   http://www.biomaps.rutgers.edu/summer_school.htm
   http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Transduction/

A registration form, application for financial support, and information
on accommodations and travel arrangements are posted on the DIMACS Web site.

COURSE GOALS AND INTENDED AUDIENCE:

This short course on signal transduction is designed to: 
(1) enable participants with advanced training in the mathematical,
computational, and physical sciences, but with a more limited
background in biology, to contribute to research at the interface of
the biological, mathematical, and physical sciences, 
(2) introduce participants with traditional backgrounds in biochemistry,
genetics, and molecular biology to the potential value of quantitative
approaches in their own work, and 
(3) provide participants with in-depth training in an important subfield
within molecular biology.  

The course is appropriate for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows,
faculty members, and biomedical researchers from non-academic organizations.

Attendees to this short course may wish to consider participation at these
quantitative biology workshops, taking place in the two weeks following the
course, also sponsored by BioMaPS and Dimacs, and at the same location:
 Information Processing by Protein Structures in Molecular Recognition
 June 13 - 14, 2005
 http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/InformationProcessing/
 Detecting and Processing Regularities in High Throughput Biological Data
 June 20 - 22, 2005
 http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Detecting/


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7.4 Symposium in Honor of Pravin Varaiya

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Symposium in Honor of Pravin Varaiya

Contributed by: Eyad Abed, abed@umd.edu

Symposium on Systems, Control and Networks in Honor of Professor Pravin
Varaiya on his 65th Birthday - June 5-7, 2005 (Sun-Tues).

This meeting will take place in Berkeley, California, and will include invited
talks on the subjects of stochastic systems, networks, sensor networks,
communications, nonlinear and hybrid systems, transportation and economics.
There will also be panel discussions on Prof. Varaiya's influence focusing on
his contributions from the late 1960s to today. The banquet will include talks
on societal issues by Beatriz Manz of UC Berkeley and Nick McKeown of Stanford.

Attendance is open, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged. There is no
registration fee.

The Symposium  will be held at the Claremont Resort and Spa, Berkeley, and at
Sibley Auditorium, the College of Engineering, University of California at
Berkeley. See the web page http://www.isr.umd.edu/varaiya_symposium/ for
further details on the schedule, as well as to register for the meeting and to
reserve a hotel room. A block of rooms has been arranged with the Claremont at
a special rate for a limited time; attendees are requested to reserve their
rooms early.

Organizing Committee:
Eyad H. Abed, University of Maryland, College Park
Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University
Roberto Horowitz, University of California, Berkeley
P.R. Kumar, University of Illinois
Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley

Outreach Committee:
René Boel, University of Gent, Belgium
Mustafa Ergen, University of California, Berkeley
Sonia R. Sachs, IBM Almaden Research Center

Confirmed Speakers:
Karl Astrom, Lund Institute of Technology
John S. Baras, University of Maryland, College Park
Vivek Borkar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mark H.A. Davis, Imperial College (Keynote)
Akash Deshpande, CTO, Teja Technologies
Michael Gastpar, University of California, Berkeley
Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford
Roberto Horowitz, University of California, Berkeley
Sri Kumar, DARPA
Alexander Kurzhanski, UC Berkeley and Moscow State University
Edward Lee, University of California, Berkeley (Keynote)
Luiz Fernando L. Legey, PPE/COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Hani Mahmassani, University of Maryland, College Park (Keynote)
Bud Mishra, New York University
Sanjoy K. Mitter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Keynote)
Markos Papageorgiou, Technical University of Crete
Shankar Sastry, University of California, Berkeley (Keynote)
Steve Shladover, University of California, Berkeley
Joseph Sifakis,  VERIMAG Laboratory, Grenoble
Demos Teneketzis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Keynote)
Claire Tomlin, Stanford University
John Tsitsiklis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hal Varian , University of California, Berkeley
Jean Walrand, University of California, Berkeley
Felix Wu, Hong Kong University and University of California, Berkeley


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7.5 Workshop on Identification State Reconstruction and Generalized PI-Control

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Workshop on Identification, State Reconstruction, and Generalized PI-Control

Contributed by: Johann Reger, reger@ieee.org

Title of the workshop: Workshop on Identification, State Reconstruction, and
Generalized PI-Control
Dates : 4-8 July, 2005
Place : Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Munich, Germany

Scope:
The aim of the one-week workshop is to provide a thorough understanding
of novel algebraic methods which have been shown to advance promising
developments in the fields of feedforward and feedback control, parameter
identification, state estimation and fault diagnosis. It is intended as a
course for academic and industrial researchers as well as for students at
masters or PhD-level. If needs be, student participants will be issued a
certificate of attendance at the course.

The scope includes research activities which are driven by the needs of
different domains of application such as: power electronics, control of
electrical devices, network congestion, signal processing and synchronization
of chaotic systems. Though helpful, profound background in control theory or
mechatronics will not be necessary for understanding the presented material.

Language: English.

Speakers: Michel Fliess (F), Richard Marquez (VE), Mamadou Mboup (F),
Johann Reger (D), Hebertt Sira Ramirez (MX)

You may find further information at the website:
http://www.unibw-muenchen.de/campus/ET8/et81/workshop/index.htm

For any inquiries feel free to contact the workshop office:
Dr.-Ing. Johann Reger
Automatisierungs- und Regelungstechnik (EIT 8.1)
Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39
D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany

Email: 	reger@ieee.org
Phone: 	++49 89-6004-3986
Fax: 	++49 89-6004-3910


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7.6 Workshop on Networked Embedded Sensing and Control

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Workshop on Networked Embedded Sensing and Control

Contributed by: Paulo Tabuada, ptabuada@nd.edu

WORKSHOP ON NETWORKED EMBEDDED SENSING AND CONTROL
October 17-18, 2005.
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
http://nesc.ee.nd.edu

BACKGROUND:
Recent technological developments in sensing, communications, control and 
computation have created an emerging class of complex systems hereon called 
networked embedded systems. These systems can be roughly described as 
collections of spatially distributed sensors, actuators and controllers 
whose behavior is coordinated through wired or wireless communication links. 
This integration between different technologies and scientific domains 
presents new and challenging fundamental problems underlying the theoretical 
foundations for this class of systems. This workshop aims at bringing 
together researchers working of different aspects of networked 
embedded systems in order to exchange research experiences and to identify 
the main scientific challenges in this exciting new area.

TOPICS:
The workshop topics cover all the areas related to networked embedded 
systems including but not limited to:
- Modeling and abstraction issues in networked embedded systems;
- Distributed sensing, estimation and computation and control;
- Coding and quantization techniques tailored to networked embedded systems;
- Impact of communication constraints on computation, control and sensing
  performance;
- Real-time scheduling for networked embedded systems;
- Mobile sensor and actuator networks.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION:
Authors should submit 1 page abstract no later than May 16, 2005. Feedback 
on the abstract will be provided by May 30, 2005 and full length papers are 
due August 1st, 2005.  After review authors will be notified about the 
acceptance by September 1st, 2005. Final versions will be due at the 
conference.

WORKSHOP VENUE:
The workshop will take place at the University of Notre Dame campus. The
University of Notre Dame is located in South Bend, Indiana. The location is 
roughly 120km east of downtown Chicago.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Submission of  abstracts:			May 16, 2005
Feedback:					May 30, 2005
Full length papers due:				August 1, 2005
Acceptance notification: 			September 1, 2005
Final version:					October 17, 2005
Conference:					October 17-18, 2005

ORGANIZERS AND CONTACT:
In case of additional questions or comments feel free to contact any of the 
workshop organizers:

Panos J. Antsaklis
273 Fitzpatrick Hall
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
nesc@ee.nd.edu

Paulo Tabuada
268 Fitzpatrick Hall
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
nesc@ee.nd.edu


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Automation and Control Engr: ABB, India

Contributed by: Nisha Binner, nisha.binner@in.abb.com

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that 
enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering 
environmental impact. 

For our Corporate Research Center in Bangalore, India, we are looking for 
highly qualified engineers (preferable PhD) to work in control technologies 
applied for chemical and pharmaceutical processes, metals and minerals 
industries, or power systems. Your tasks will include the creation of 
mathematical models for these processes, identification of model parameters, 
validation of the process models, development of appropriate control and 
optimization strategies. Finally, you will participate in the installation 
and commissioning of the solution on site. 

A strong foundation in mathematics and physics coupled with an element of 
pragmatism will enable you, the control engineer, chemical engineer, 
information technologist, or mathematician/physicist with control theory 
background, to contribute your knowledge to the automation and optimization 
of complex processes. Expertise and interest in optimization and stochastics 
are particularly welcome. Knowledge of the mentioned industrial processes is 
an asset. You will work independently, using a great deal of initiative, in a
friendly research and development environment. 

If you are interested, please, send your application (cover letter with a 
statement of interests, full CV and publication list) to the address below 

Nisha Binner
HR
ABB Corporate Research Limited
Khanija Bhavan
2nd and 4th Floor, East Wing
No. 49, Race Course Rd.
Bangalore - 560 001

or electronically to Nisha.Binner@in.abb.com


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8.2 Control Engineer: Thermo Electron Corporation Germany

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Control Engineer: Thermo Electron Corporation, Germany

Contributed by: Jian Wang, jian.wang@thermo.com

Thermo Electron Corporation is a global, NYSE-listed company providing 
technology-based instruments that offer total solutions for a variety of 
markets. Leading the world in high-tech instruments, Thermo Electron helps 
laboratory and industrial customers advance scientific knowledge, enable drug
discovery, improve manufacturing, and protect people and the environment. 
Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company has revenues of more than $2 
billion and employs approximately 10,000 people in 30 countries worldwide.

Thermo Electron is an equal opportunity employer. Our Karlsruhe site – as one
of our primary Thermo sites in Germany, is focused on the businesses Material
Characterization and Temperature Control.

For the enhancement of our team we are searching at the earliest an Engineer 
for measurement and control engineering and -technology Temperature Control

Your assignments:
- Conception of digital sampling controllers, executable on microcomputer 
  platforms
- Signal processing with digital filter algorithms
- Simulation of controller architectures with Matlab/Simulink
- Identification of control paths and verification of the control drafts 
  through measurements and analyses at the target system
- Firmware development for embedded systems

Your Qualification:
You possess a completed engineering study in the field of electrical 
engineering with emphasis on control engineering. You possess also several 
years of professional experience in the firmware development for 
microcomputer systems and the transformation of mathematic models into 
firmware algorithms.

Skills in Matlab/Simulink and in the use of real-time operating systems are 
preferable. We are assuming secure skills of the English language and very 
good skills in software engineering and the computer languages C and C++.

We are offering interesting tasks and good general conditions in a modern 
company with international imprint.

Are you interested? Then we are looking forward to your meaningful 
application documents. As letter to
Thermo Electron GmbH
Human Resources
Dieselstrasse 4
D-76227 Karlsruhe
Germany
or as EMAIL to  resumes.ctd.karlsruhe@thermo.com


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8.3 Embedded Controls Engineers: Mototron USA Australia

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Embedded Controls Engineers: Mototron, USA, Australia

Contributed by: Rich Swortzel, careers@mototron.com

MotoTron is an embedded control system company looking for people with a 
passion for machinery and embedded systems.  MotoTron’s engineers are 
involved in control of simple and complex electro-mechanical and electro-
hydraulic systems including powertrain and vehicle systems.  

Positions are available in the following locations: 

   * Ann Arbor , Michigan
   * Columbus , Indiana
   * Charleston, South Carolina
   * Ft. Collins , Colorado
   * Oshkosh , Wisconsin
   * Perth, Australia 

Please request more information and a list of openings by e-mailing 
careers@mototron.com  




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8.4 Faculty: ETH Switzerland

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Faculty: ETH, Switzerland

Contributed by: Lino Guzzella, guzzella@imrt.mavt.ethz.ch

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich opens a position in 
the mechanical and process engineering department for a professor of 
automatic control. Teaching duties encompass courses on the theoretical 
foundations and relevant applications of control engineering for students 
of the department of mechanical and process engineering and the department 
of information technology and electrical engineering. Possible research 
areas are the synthesis of robust control systems, automated calibration of 
complex control systems, or control of large-scale and distributed 
control systems. Potential application areas are the control of aerospace 
systems, autonomous vehicles, or biomedical systems.

In addition to an appropriate university degree, the successful candidate 
possesses a Ph.D. and an outstanding research and teaching record in the 
field. Furthermore, the willingness and ability to collaborate with 
colleagues inside and outside of ETH Zurich as well as with industrial 
partners is a prerequisite. Courses at the graduate level may be taught in 
English.

Please submit your application together with a curriculum vitae and a list 
of publications to the President of ETH Zurich, Prof. Dr. O. Kuebler, ETH 
Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, no later than July 31, 2005. With a view towards 
increasing the proportion of female professors, ETH Zurich specifically 
encourages female candidates to apply.


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8.5 Faculty: Univ of Western Ontario Canada

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Faculty: Univ of Western Ontario, Canada

Contributed by: Jin Jiang, jjiang@uwo.ca

Applications are invited for a probationary (tenure-track) appointment in the
area of Power Systems, Instrumentation and Control.  Of particular interest
are candidates with expertise in instrumentation, control and electrical
systems for nuclear power plants.  The appointment will be at the rank of
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
effective July 1, 2005 or as soon as possible thereafter.  
 
The Department is seeking an energetic and dynamic candidate who will
contribute to and complement the Department’s research and teaching 
activities
in the broad area of power systems and control.  The University of Western
Ontario is one of six Ontario universities associated with the University
Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE), http://www.unene.ca,
with an NSERC/UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair in instrumentation
control, and electrical systems for nuclear power plants.   In addition, the
Department has a strong power research group with activities in the areas of
power electronics, power system protection and flexible AC transmission
systems.  The successful candidate is expected to work closely with the
Industrial Research Chair.  
 
Applicants for this position should have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or
a related discipline and should have an outstanding record of research and
publication. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an ongoing
and vigorous research program and participate in collaborative research
projects.  As well, the candidate must have a commitment to and demonstrated
aptitude for teaching, and will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and
graduate levels and to supervise graduate students.  The candidate will be
expected to participate in the normal administrative activities of the
Department, Faculty and University.  Commitment to or eligibility for
registration as a Professional Engineer in Ontario is required for this
appointment.  
 
Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of four departments in the Faculty
of Engineering (http://www.eng.uwo.ca). 



Those interested in applying for this position should forward a curriculum
vitae and the names and addresses of three referees to:

Dr. T.S. Sidhu, Chair
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

E-mail inquiries and submissions are welcome and should be sent to:
sidhu@eng.uwo.ca. Consideration of applications will commence on June 1, 2005
and will continue until the position is filled.


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8.6 Faculty: University of Michigan USA

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Faculty: University of Michigan, USA

Contributed by: N. Harris McClamroch, nhm@umich.edu

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan invites
applications for several faculty positions in all areas of aerospace 
engineering. The Department presently has 20 full-time faculty members and 
both its undergraduate and graduate programs are highly ranked nationally. 
Research interests of the faculty cover a broad spectrum of aerospace 
engineering including gas dynamics, propulsion, structural mechanics, flight 
dynamics, and control. Information on the department can be found at
www.engin.umich.edu/dept/aero/

Applicants should have an earned doctoral degree in aerospace engineering or
a closely related field. Successful candidates will be expected to 
participate in all aspects of the department’s mission including the 
development of vibrant externally-funded research programs, teaching of 
undergraduate and graduate courses, and the supervision of graduate students 
and postdoctoral researchers. Appointments at all ranks will be considered.

The University of Michigan is a non-discriminatory/affirmative action 
employer. Underrepresented minorities and women are strongly encouraged to 
apply. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, statements of research and 
teaching interests, and the name and contact information for at least three 
references to: Professor Iain D. Boyd, Faculty Search Committee Chair, 
University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 1320 Beal 
Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt 
through October 31, 2005.


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8.7 Faculty: University of New Orleans USA

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Faculty: University of New Orleans, USA

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

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

Mr. Daniel Rahey (drahey@uno.edu), 
Department of Electrical Engineering, 
University of New Orleans, 
Lakefront, New Orleans, LA 70148 USA.  

More information about the department can be found at 
http://ece.engr.uno.edu/. The University of New Orleans is an Equal 
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Women and minorities are 
encouraged to apply. 



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8.8 MS PhD PDF Faculty: University of Western Ontario Canada

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MS, PhD, PDF, Faculty: University of Western Ontario, Canada

Contributed by: Jin Jiang , jjiang@uwo.ca

As part of a new initiative among several leading Canadian nuclear power
engineering organizations and the Canadian government, the University Network
of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE) has been established. Among nine
participating universities, the University of Western Ontario will devote to
the research in the area of control, instrumentation and electrical systems
for nuclear power plants. As a result, several research positions, at MS,
Doctoral and Postdoctoral levels have become available to support the
research activities in the following areas:

o Fault detection and diagnosis in instrumentation and control systems
o Distributed control systems and network-based fault-tolerant control
o Reliability and safety analysis of redundant systems
o Reactor dynamics and advanced control systems
o Power plant and power system simulation

Interested candidates should have interests and relevant background in one of
the above areas and should have some basic course work or research experience
related to nuclear power engineering. Full scholarships will be granted for
qualified degree-seeking candidates in the form of Research Assistantship 
and Teaching Assistantship. Attractive stipend will be paid to post-doctoral
research fellows. The candidates should have genuine interests to engage 
industry related research and have strong communication skills to work with 
other members in the research group.

To apply, please send (by mail or e-mail) complete curriculum vitae with a
list of publications/qualifications and the names & addresses (including
e-mails) of three references to
Prof. Jin Jiang
NSERC/UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair in Control, Instrumentation and
Electric Systems for Nuclear Power Plants 
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ont.
N6A 5B9 CANADA
E-mail: jjiang@eng.uwo.ca
Fax:     (519) 850-2436

A junior faculty position in the above area is also open right now. For more
information, please contact Prof. Jiang at the above address.


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8.9 PDF: Carnegie Mellon University USA

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PDF: Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Contributed by: Ralph Hollis, rhollis@cs.cmu.edu

Postdoctoral Position in Robotics
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 USA

This notice advertises a one-year postdoctoral appointment opportunity in
robotic control and motion planning.  The successful applicant will work on
the NSF-sponsored project "Dynamically-stable Mobile Robots for Human
Environments," Ralph Hollis, P.I. The nominal starting date is September 1,
2005.  We have developed and operated a person-sized mobile platform that
dynamically balances on a single hollow spherical wheel.  The system has
onboard batteries, computer, and inertial measuring unit (IMU).  The IMU has
three fiber optic gyros and three MEMS accelerometers and a digital signal
processor to produce Kalman-filtered angular position and rate information. 
The actuator mechanism uses rollers to transmit torques to the ball wheel.  
We have demonstrated balancing operation and station keeping using an LQR 
control approach.  We are seeking an expert in control theory with
application to dynamic systems to further develop and refine the nonlinear 
control mechanisms that will be needed for more aggressive maneuvering on 
varied surfaces and inclines. A Ph.D. with experience in practical 
application of control theory to real-time control systems is a necessary 
qualification.  Dynamically-stable mobile robots such as ours pose a new 
class of path planning problems where planning and control are inextricably 
linked.  In this regard, there will be ample possibility to develop fruitful 
new results for this class of problems. Our longer term vision is to augment 
our platform with additional sensing capabilities, including stereo vision, 
and manipulation capability in the form of one or two seven-DOF arms with 
grasping capability.  We seek to quantify the advantages and disadvantages 
of this approach in relation to traditional statically-stable wheeled mobile 
robots in the context of everyday office and home environments.

Interested candidates should contact Ralph Hollis, rhollis@cs.cmu.edu.

Carnegie Mellon is an AA/EEO employer.


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8.10 PDF: Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology Norway

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PDF: Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology, Norway

Contributed by: Sigurd Skogestad, sigurd.skogestad@chemeng.ntnu.no

POST.DOC. POSITION IN PLANTWIDE CONTROL IN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

A two-year post.doc. position is available at the Norwegian University of 
Science and Technology (NTNU)in Trondheim, Norway. Candidates should have a 
strong background in process control. Important subject areas are large-scale
systems, dynamic optimization and control structure design. 
The objective is to develop a systematic procedure for plantwide control
(control structure design for complete chemical plants) and apply it to 
industrial processes. Steady-state and dynamic optimization are also 
important subjects. The candidate will work in a group of about 10 Ph.D. 
students and post.doc's. 

Annual salary is about 40.000 Euros. Candidates should preferably be no more 
than 35 years old. Application deadline (extended): 15 May 2005

Please send application with CV and copy of grades and recommendations by 
email to:
Professor Sigurd Skogestad, Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 
Trondheim, Norway. 
sigurd.skogestad@chemeng.ntnu.no

More information:
http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/promatch/plantwide/
http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/
http://www.chemeng.ntnu.no/research/Process_Control/


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8.11 PDF: Technion - IIT Israel

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PDF: Technion - IIT, Israel

Contributed by: Leonid Mirkin, mirkin@technion.ac.il

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research position in the area 
of control of time-delay systems at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,  
Technion - IIT, Israel. The position is for a period of 2 years, preferably 
starting in September 2005, with the possibility of an additional one year  
extension. Applicants should have a recently completed PhD in control or  
related area of engineering or applied mathematics.

Enquiries and applications (CV + names of two referees) should be sent 
(preferably by e-mail) to:
   Prof. Leonid Mirkin
   Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
   Technion - IIT
   Haifa 32000, Israel
   e-mail: mirkin@technion.ac.il


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8.12 PDF: University of Naples Federico II Italy

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PDF: University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Contributed by: M di Bernardo, mario.dibernardo@unina.it

Post-Doc Position – Deparment of Systems and Computer Science,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

A 12 months postdoctoral position is available within the Nonlinear
systems  and Control group of the University of Naples Federico II 
(http://www.sincro.unina.it). Applicants should have obtained 
a PhD on the analysis and control of nonsmooth and  hybrid dynamical 
systems, and/or nonlinear dynamics of non-smooth  systems. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for both theoretical and 
practical research in the area of hybrid and nonsmooth dynamical systems and 
control within the scope of the EU project SICONOS 
(Simulation and Control of Nonsmooth Systems) - http://siconos.inrialpes.fr

The position is for a period of 12-months and is available starting as soon 
as September 2005.  

Interested applicants should send an email to Dr Mario di Bernardo 
(mario.dibernardo@unina.it or m.dibernardo@bristol.ac.uk) enclosing a full 
CV and list of publications.


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8.13 PDF: University of Twente Netherlands

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PDF: University of Twente, Netherlands

Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft, a.j.vanderschaft@math.utwente.nl

Title: Port-based approach of complex distributed-parameter system models 
for analysis and simulation. 
 
The research aim is to create a synthesis between two successful approaches 
to modeling and simulation of physical engineering systems: the 
finite-element approach to distributed-parameter system models and the 
multi-physics port-based approach to lumped system models. 
 
Models of physical systems are commonly distinguished into two classes: 
lumped-parameter models described by differential equations and 
distributed-parameter systems which require a continuum of variables and are 
usually described by partial differential equations. On the other hand, 
complex physical systems as encountered in modern engineering applications 
increasingly often consist of components from both classes. A systematic and 
unified approach to modeling and simulation of such complex physical systems 
is currently lacking. 

This project, funded by the Dutch Foundation for Technical Sciences (STW, 
aims at the integration of simulation tools for complex lumped-parameter 
systems using a port-based approach with (finite-element) numerical methods 
for PDEs. See http://wwwhome.math.utwente.nl/~ligterinkne/PACDAS/index.html 
for further information.

Applications should include an extended curriculum vitae (with details 
on qualifications, experience, achievements and motivation for this position,
as well as a list of references) and they should be sent, preferably by 
electronic mail, to Prof. dr. A.J. van der Schaft (Dept. Applied
Mathematics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The 
Netherlands). 


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8.14 PhD: Aalborg University

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PhD: Aalborg University

Contributed by: Roozbeh Izadi-Zamanabadi, riz@control.aau.dk

PLACE: Control Engineering Department, Aalborg University, Denmark

DESCRIPTION: A PhD stipend is available woithin ONE of the following areas
             1 - Geometry and the Hybrid System
             2 - Model-based fault detection approaches for hybrid systems
             3 - Autonomous formation flying based on distributed control
Detailed description on these project proposals can be found on

             http://stillinger.aau.dk/vis.php?nr=2569

APPLICANTBACKGROUND : Strong background in Computer Science, Control
Engineering and Mathematics (see the positions).

TIME : Entrance upon August 2005 or by arrangement
Duration of appointment:  3 years. 
DEADLINE for Application: 06.05.2005
PROCEDURE and ADDRESS: see the PhD announcement on the given homepage.

Further information: please contact

Associate Professor Kirsten Mølgaard Nielsen, 
e-mail kmn@control.aau.dk, 
Phone number +45 9635 8701
OR 
Associate prof. Roozbeh Izadi-Zamanabadi,
riz@control.aau.dk



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8.15 PhD: Center for Mathematics and Computer Science Netherlands

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PhD: Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Netherlands

Contributed by: Pieter Collins, Pieter.Collins@cwi.nl

The Control and System Theory group at the Centre for Mathematics and 
Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam, has an open position for a Ph.D. student 
for four years. The Ph.D. student will perform research in the NWO funded 
project "Topological Methods for Systems and Control".

The main aim of the Ph.D. research project is the development of topological
methods to aid in the design and verification of nonlinear and hybrid 
systems. Computational topology is an emerging discipline in which highly 
nonlinear problems can be studied in a numerical, but mathematically 
rigorous way. Parts of the project may involve the study of homology theory 
for hybrid systems, and the development of software to be used for case 
studies.

Cooperation is envisaged on the tool "Ariadne" for reachability analysis for
nonlinear hybrid systems being developed by the research company PARADES in
Rome and at the University of Udine, Italy.

Requirements:
The candidate for the Ph.D. position should have a masters degree or
equivalent in mathematics, computer science or control engineering, with a
clear interest in interdisciplinary work at the boundary of these three 
areas. The candidate should have knowledge of at least one of algebraic 
topology, scientific computing, or nonlinear control theory.

Terms of employment:
The position is available from July 2005. The salary and terms of employment
are in accordance with the "CAO-onderzoekinstellingen". Effective October
2004, the starting salary for a first year PhD student is around 1750 Euros
gross per month with an incremental raise for each subsequent year. Moreover
CWI offers attractive terms of employment and working conditions, including
flexibility and help with housing for foreigners.

Information and application:
For more information on this vacancy please contact:
- Dr. Pieter Collins, Pieter.Collins@cwi.nl, +31 (0)20 592 4094 (adviser)
- Prof. Jan H. van Schuppen, J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl, +31 (0)20 592 4085
(promoter)

Official applications, together with curriculum vitae and letters of 
reference can be sent to:
- Mrs. J. Koster, head of Personnel Department, P.O. box 94079, 1090 GB
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


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8.16 PhD: University of Groningen Netherlands

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PhD: University of Groningen, Netherlands

Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft, a.j.vanderschaft@math.utwente.nl

We are looking for excellent candidates for 3 Ph.D. positions in 
mathematical systems theory, starting from September 2005. 
 
Applicants for the Ph.D positions (4 years) should have a Masters degree in 
Mathematics, or in another exact or engineering discipline with a strong 
background and interest in mathematics. Further information can be obtained 
from Arjan van der Schaft. 
 
Applications should include an extended curriculum vitae (with details 
on qualifications, experience, achievements and motivation for this position,
as well as a list of references) and they should be sent, 
preferably by electronic mail, to: 
Prof. dr. A.J. van der Schaft 
Current address (till 1 September 2005): 
Department of Applied Mathematics, 
University of Twente, 
P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, 
the Netherlands, 
e-mail: a.j.vanderschaft@math.utwente.nl, 
Phone +31-53-4893449, 
Fax +31-53-4893800, 
http://www.math.utwente.nl/~schaftaj 

Address as of 1 September: 
Research Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science,  
P.O. Box 800, 
9700 AV Groningen, 
the Netherlands 


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8.17 PhD: University of Strathclyde UK

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PhD: University of Strathclyde, UK

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

PhD Scholarships in Automotive Powertrain Modelling and Control

Industrial Control Centre, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, 
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Applications are invited for an industrially supported PhD Studentship in the
area of automotive powertrain modelling and control. Graduates with a good 
degree (Honours 2.1 or higher) in engineering or science are invited to apply
by sending their CV to Dr Reza Katebi, r.katebi@eee.strath.ac.uk.

Working within the Industrial Control Centre you will undertake advanced 
research as part of a team on modelling and control design for car engines. 
You will carry out research in close collaboration with car manufacturers, 
and Applied Control Technology Consortium (ACTC)
  http://www.isc-ltd.com/actc.
The work will initially involve development for modelling and real time 
control. In addition to your own research work you will have the 
opportunity to obtain experience and training in teaching and research 
related issues. 


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8.18 Servo Microcode Engineer: Hitachi GST USA

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Servo Microcode Engineer: Hitachi GST, USA

Contributed by: M. Madabhushi, jobs@hitachigst.com

Job Description
Hitachi GST is looking for Servo Microcode Engineers. This position involves
Servo design and architecture including servo loop design for stability and 
performance. Optimization of actuator move time and settle performance. 
Knowledge of PES demodulation, RRO compensation, and feed forward techniques.
Servo microcode development.

Requirements
MS or PhD candidate in electrical or mechanical engineering. HDD servo 
development experience required. Strong servo design and simulation skills 
and ability to develop microcode. Demonstrated ability to solve servo / 
mechanical interaction problems in order to meet product performance 
requirements.  
Location: San Jose, CA, 95193


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8.19 Statistician: Dow Chemical USA

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Statistician: Dow Chemical, USA

Contributed by: Leo Chiang, hchiang@dow.com

The Dow Chemical Company is seeking a full-time research engineer to be hired
in the Chemometrics group of Core R&D Laboratory located in Freeport, Texas.
The key job responsibilities include:
- Consultation with internal Dow manufacturing clients to define and 
  meet their needs in multivariate statistical data analysis.
- Development and implementation of multivariate data analysis tools 
- Perform research and to leverage emerging technology in multivariate 
  statistical analysis into Dow. 

The ideal candidate will have: 
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or closely related field with a strong 
  background in multivariate statistical analysis. 
- Working knowledge in advanced process control (such as model predictive 
  control, robust control, and control loop monitoring), scheduling 
  and optimization, and machine learning tools.  Solid understanding of unit 
  operations in chemical processes.
- Proficiency in current commercial and academic software (such as 
  SIMCA, JMP) and computer languages (such as Matlab, VBA) 
- Industrial experience with on-line model implementation and support 
- Initiative, innovation and leadership to actively generate and pursue 
  projects.  Strong ability to identify opportunities to expand the use of 
  multivariate statistical tools. 
- The ability to work independently in a diverse, cross-functional team 
  environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical 
  writing and presentation. 

To apply online, go to www.careersatdow.com , click on Jobs @ Dow and then 
select Job Opportunities.  This is Job 0500231.  Application deadline is May 
16, 2005.

Dow is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive compensation and 
benefits package including 401k, stock purchase, performance incentives, and 
educational assistance.  Please visit our web site at www.dow.com.


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