Control Systems Society

   


Newsletter
October 2005

1. Personals
 1.1Change of Address: Yi Guo
 1.2Change of address: Arjan van der Schaft
 1.3Change of address: Makis Kappos
 1.4New Department Affiliation for Mark Spong
 1.5New address for Joseph Yame
 1.6New address for Vincent Blondel
2. General Announcements
 2.1Autumn School: Design of Control Command Architectures for fault tolerant DES
 2.2CHAOS 2006: Deadline extended
 2.3Discrete Event Systems Newsletter Restarting
3. Awards Honors
 3.1Call for IFAC Fellow Nominations
4. Books
 4.1A Mathematical Introduction to Control Theory
 4.2Digital Control Systems - Design Identification and Implementation
 4.3Dimension Reduction of Large-Scale Systems
 4.4Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems
 4.5Max-Plus Methods for Nonlinear Control and Estimation
 4.6Multivariable feedback control
 4.7Optimized Bayesian Dynamic Advising: Theory and Algorithms
 4.8Process Modelling Identification and Control
 4.9Robot Modeling and Control
 4.10System Modeling and Requirements Engineering
 4.11Systems and Thermodynamics
 4.12Vehicle Propulsion Systems
5. Journals
 5.1CFP: Special Issue on Automotive Controls for the IEEE-TCST
 5.2Call For Papers: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Swarm Robotics
 5.3Contents: Asian Journal of Control
 5.4Contents: Automatica
 5.5Contents: Control Engineering Practice
 5.6Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
 5.7Contents: IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications
 5.8Contents: International Journal of Control
 5.9Contents: International Journal of General Systems
 5.10Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
 5.11Contents: JDCS
 5.12Contents: Journal of Neural Engineering
6. Conferences
 6.11st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
 6.22006 IEEE Conference on Service Operations and Logistics and Informatics
 6.32006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence Vancouver Canada
 6.42006 Int Conference on Dynamics Instrumentation and Control
 6.538th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory - SSST06
 6.644th IEEE CDC and ECC 05 advanced registration deadline
 6.7CDC 2006: Interactive Papers Session
 6.8CFP: Invited Sessions on Automotive Control for CCA2006
 6.9Call for papers: 2006 IEEE CCACACSDISIC
 6.10IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology
 6.11Positive systems: Theory and Applications
 6.12SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
 6.13The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation
7. Workshops
 7.12006 IEEE Mountain Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems
 7.28th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems - WODES
 7.3CDC-ECC05 Seville Workshops
 7.4CDC-ECC05 Workshop on Control of Interconnected Systems
 7.5Computational Number Theory and Applications to Cryptography
 7.6First IFAC international Workshop on NMPC for Fast systems
 7.7Iterative Learning Control: Algebraic Analysis and Optimal Design
 7.8School on Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems
 7.9Workshop on Identification of Hybrid Systems
8. Positions
 8.1Dean of Engineering: EPFL Switzerland
 8.2Faculty: Shanghai Jiao Tong University China
 8.3Faculty: University of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
 8.4M.E.Sc: National University of Ireland Ireland
 8.5MSPhD: Ryerson University Canada
 8.6PDF: Technical University Istanbul Turkey
 8.7PhD: Stevens Institute of Technology USA
 8.8PhD: Univerity of Texas San Antonio USA
 8.9PhD Clemson University USA
 8.10Post-Doc: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Spain
 8.11Post-Doc: University of Leicester UK
 8.12Post-doc: INRIA-EADS France
 8.13Post-doc: Iowa State University USA
 8.14Post-doc: NTNU in Trondheim Norway
 8.15Post-doc: Tallinn University of Technology Estonia
 8.16Reasearc Assoc: University of California Santa Barbara USA
 8.17Research Assoc: Hamilton Institute Ireland
 8.18Research Assoc: POSTECH South Korea
 8.19Research Assoc: University of Newcastle Australia

1. Personals
    1.1 Change of Address: Yi Guo
    Change of Address: Yi Guo
    
    Contributed by: Yi Guo, yguo1@stevens.edu
    
    Starting September 1, 2005, my new address is:
    
    Dr. Yi Guo, Assistant Professor
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Stevens Institute of Technology
    Hoboken, NJ 07030 
    Ph: (201) 216 5658
    Fax:(201) 216 8246
    Email: yguo1@stevens.edu
    
    
    
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    1.2 Change of address: Arjan van der Schaft
    Change of address: Arjan van der Schaft
    
    Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft, A.J.van.der.Schaft@math.rug.nl
    
    Since September 1 I have joined the University of Groningen.
    My new address is:
    
    A.J. van der Schaft
    Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
    P.O. Box 800
    9700AV Groningen
    the Netherlands
    Tel. +31-50-3633731
    Fax. +31-50-3633800
    e-mail A.J.van.der.Schaft@math.rug.nl
    
    
    
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    1.3 Change of address: Makis Kappos
    Change of address: Makis Kappos
    
    Contributed by: Makis Kappos, kappos@auth.gr
    
    I have now moved to Greece. My new coordinates are:
    
    Department of Mathematics,
    School of Maths, Physics and Comp. Sciences,
    Faculty of Engineering,
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
    Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
    Telephone: +30 2310 995935
    Fax: _30 2310 996132
    e-mail: kappos@auth.gr
    
    
    
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    1.4 New Department Affiliation for Mark Spong
    New Department Affiliation for Mark Spong
    
    Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu
    
    After 20 years in the Department of General Engineering at the University of 
    Illinois I have moved to the Department of Electrical and Computer 
    Engineering.  My primary coordinates remain unchanged:
    
    Mark W. Spong
    Coordinated Science Laboratory
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    1308 W. Main St.
    Urbana, IL 61801
    phone: (217)333-4281
    fax: (217) 244-1653
    email: mspong@uiuc.edu
    
    Effective immediately, please do not use my General Engineering Department 
    address to correspond with me.
    
    
    
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    1.5 New address for Joseph Yame
    New address for Joseph Yame
    
    Contributed by: Joseph Yame, Joseph.Yame@cran.uhp-nancy.fr
    
    Since September 1st, 2005, I have joined the University Henri Poincare, 
    Nancy 1, France. My new contact information is 
    
    Dr.Ir. Joseph-Julien Yame
    Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
    Faculte des Sciences et Techniques
    Universite Henri Poincare, Nancy 1
    Boulevard des Aiguillettes - BP 239
    F-54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, Cedex, FRANCE
    
    
    
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    1.6 New address for Vincent Blondel
    New address for Vincent Blondel
    
    Contributed by: Vincent Blondel, vdb@mit.edu
    
    For the 2005-2006 academic year, I am on sabbatical leave at the 
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA). 
    Until June 30th, 2006 my address is:
    
    Vincent Blondel
    Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 32-D724
    Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA
    URL: http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~blondel/
    Tel.: +1 617 253 5968
    Fax: +1 617 253 3578
    E-mail: vdb@mit.edu
    
    
    
    
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2. General Announcements
    2.1 Autumn School: Design of Control Command Architectures for fault tolerant DES
    Autumn School: Design of Control Command Architectures for fault tolerant DES
    
    Contributed by: Benoît Trouillet, benoit.trouillet@ec-lille.fr
    
    Autumn School: Design of Control Command Architectures for fault tolerant
    Discrete Event Systems
    
    Please find below the program of LISAC’2005 autumn school that will take place
    on 24-28 October 2005, in Lille (France). This school is about Design of
    Control Command Architectures for fault tolerant Discrete Event Systems. It is
    open to graduate students, researchers or engineers who want to learn new
    techniques for the design or the synthesis of this kind of systems. In this
    way, applications will be proposed in various domains like manufacturing,
    energy, transport and telecommunication. The lessons can be both in French and
    in English. No prior knowledge is required.
    
    More information about this autumn school can be found at
    http://syner.ec-lille.fr/lisac/
    
    Main speakers
    
    K. E. ARZEN (Univ. of Lund, Sweden)
    A. GIUA (Univ. of Cagliari, Italia)
    L. HOLLOWAY (Univ. of Kentucky, USA)
    E. NIEL (LAI, Lyon)
    L. PIETRAC (LAI, Lyon)
    N. REZG (LGIPM, Metz)
    A. TOGUYENI (LAGIS, Lille)
    E. ZAMAI (LAG, Grenoble).
    
    Program
    
    Monday, October 24, 2005
    Supervisory Control: decentralized and hierarchical architectures (E. Niel)
    Lab Activity: The use of TCT tool for the Supervisory Control (L. Piétrac)
    
    Tuesday, October 25, 2005
    Theory of regions for Controllers Synthesis I (N. Rezg)
    Theory of regions for Controllers Synthesis II (N. Rezg)
    A Petri Nets based approach for Supervisory Control of DES I (A. Giua)
    A Petri Nets based approach for Supervisory Control of DES II (A. Giua)
    
    Wednesday, October 26, 2005
    A Modular and Hierarchical Petri Nets based approach for the design of 
    controllers for DES (L. Holloway)
    Lab Activity: The use of Spectool to design modular and hierarchical 
    Petri Nets based controllers for DES (L. Holloway)
    A modular architecture to implement fault tolerant controllers for DES 
      (A. Toguyéni)
    A Dynamic Synthesis of control laws for fault tolerant control (E. Zamaï)
    
    Thursday, October 27, 2005
    Jgrafchart: a new generation tool for the control of reactive systems 
    (K. E. Arzen)
    The use of MES solution to interface ERP layer and control layer (Michel 
    Vaudreville - Schneider)
    
    Friday, October 28, 2005
    Demonstrations of computer-assisted design tools for the construction of
    control command model for DES
    Synthesis Discussions: The school report,prospective researches and
    perspectives of collaborations between 
    Academics and Industrials.
    
    
    
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    2.2 CHAOS 2006: Deadline extended
    CHAOS 2006: Deadline extended
    
    Contributed by: Mohamed DJEMAI, djemai@ensea.fr
    
    Following the request of a number of colleagues and potential participants,
    please note that the new dead line for paper submission concerning the :
    
    1st IFAC Conference on
    Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems : CHAOS'06 is  :
    
      October 17, 2005.
    
    http://www.univ-reims.fr/Labos/LAM/chaos06/
    
    For submission please use the following e-mail: (Submission.Chaos06@ensea.fr) 
    
    
    
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    2.3 Discrete Event Systems Newsletter Restarting
    Discrete Event Systems Newsletter Restarting
    
    Contributed by: Ryan Leduc, leduc@mcmaster.ca
    
    This is a second announcement that the newsletter of the IEEE
    Control Systems Technical Committee Group on Discrete Event Systems
    (DESTC) has started up again after a hiatus.  The March, April, and 
    September 2005 newsletters can be found here:
    
    http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/destc/des_nltr.php 
    
    If you have any news or announcements relevant to DES researchers,
    you can submit them, including previewing how they will look, here:
    
    http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/destc/des_nltr.php
    
    Examples of contributions include announcements on:
    
        * Conferences
        * Workshops
        * Special sessions
        * Publications
        * Courses
        * Personals
        * Job opportunities and positions
        * Web sites 
    
    To subscribe/unsubscribe to the newsletter, send your request by
    e-mail to: destcsubm@cas.mcmaster.ca. 
    
    For more information on the DESTC, please check out our recently
    revamped website, which includes links to previous newsletters,
    contact and research info of current researchers, conferences,
    journals, DES related software tools, among other things.  You can
    find it here: 
    
    http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/destc/
    
    
    
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3. Awards Honors
    3.1 Call for IFAC Fellow Nominations
    Call for IFAC Fellow Nominations
    
    Contributed by: Pradeep Misra, p.misra@ieee.org
    
    The International Federation of Automatic Control solicits nomination for
    IFAC Fellows
    
    If you plan to submit an IFAC Fellow Nomination Form, please find instructions 
    below to assist you in this nomination process. Strict adherence to this 
    procedure is essential; otherwise, a candidate may be placed at a serious 
    disadvantage and possibly even excluded from consideration.
    
    Nominator: Any person is eligible to serve as a nominator with the exception 
    of members of the Fellows Selection Committee (FSC), and IFAC Council Members. 
    The nominator is responsible for the information provided.
    
    Candidate
    The IFAC Fellow award provides a distinction of excellence in the Federation 
    and is conferred to a small number of outstanding scientists or engineers by 
    IFAC Council, based on the proposal of the Fellow Selection Committee (FSC). 
    The FSC Committee shall consider:
    
    1. Outstanding and extraordinary individual contributions in the fields of 
    interest of IFAC in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader or 
    Educator. These achievements shall be recorded as technical publications, 
    patents, reports, systems products or/and applications, services or/and proven 
    teaching activities.
    
    2. Involvement in IFAC activities in the promotion of the field.
    3. Opinions of Fellow references.
    
    Any control scientist or engineer can be a candidate for the IFAC Fellow 
    position. Exceptionally, he/she could have no prior involvement in IFAC 
    activities, if he/she is very outstanding, but he/she should become involved 
    in IFAC after becoming a Fellow. Current members of the IFAC Council, and/or 
    the FSC are not eligible to be considered as Fellow candidates.
    
    References
    A nomination must be supported by at least three, but no more than five 
    references from experts in the field who are aware of the Candidate's 
    contributions. It is to be noted that the choice of references is important 
    for the success of the candidate’s nomination.
    
    There are two forms to be completed: the Nomination Form and the Reference 
    Form
    
    New Fellows Announcement
    The election of newly elected Fellows will be announced shortly after the 
    completion of the selection process carried out by the IFAC Council. IFAC will 
    inform all candidates and their nominators of the election results by e-mail 
    and/or first class mail. Nominators of unsuccessful candidates will be 
    notified by e-mail and/or first class mail.
    
    General Information for the Nominator
    * Adhere to Space Limitations. All statements must be limited to the space 
    provided for each item. Font size should be no smaller than 10 point.
    * Only typewritten copy will be accepted.
    * Proper concise and accurate description of contributions should be carried 
    out. Avoid undefined technical jargon. Use an acronym only if the full name 
    has been spelled out previously.
    * The nominator is the sole contact in the nomination process; he/she should 
    verify the information provided in the attached form.
    * The citation should be complete, correct, and concise.
    * In order to compare candidates in varied disciplines and situations, 
    objective information re the candidate's qualifications is required. 
    Contributions need not always be theoretical in nature nor relate to new 
    inventions; for instance, engineering efforts which bring about a design or 
    theory to fruition through economic, governmental, or other applications can 
    also lead to important contributions to society.
    * Part of the nominator's responsibilities is to request the candidate's 
    organization to provide the information necessary to document the 
    contributions of the candidate, as well as to select a category that best 
    defines the candidate's significant contributions.
    * Include concise and verifiable references about the candidate's 
    contributions, but restrict yourself to the three pages of the form.
    
    Extremely Important
    Only Nomination Forms reaching the IFAC Secretariat before 31 December 2005
    will be considered for this year's selection.
    
    Once you complete the attached form, please send it by e-mail to:
    e-mail: secr@ifac.co.at
    Subject: IFAC FELLOW SELECTION COMMITTEE
    
    IFAC Secretariat
    Schlossplatz 12, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
    Phone: +43/2236/71447  Fax: +43/2236/72859
    
    
    
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4. Books
    4.1 A Mathematical Introduction to Control Theory
    A Mathematical Introduction to Control Theory
    
    Contributed by: Shlomo Engelberg, shlomoe@jct.ac.il
    
    We are pleased to announce that a new textbook, A Mathematical Introduction 
    to Control Theory, has been published by Imperial College Press.
    
    The text covers classical control theory and the design of compensators, as 
    well as covering some non-linear control, modern control, and discrete-time 
    control.  The text is suitable for use in a first course on control theory.  
    It makes use of MATLAB(R) as a tool for analysis and design but is careful 
    not to allow knowledge of MATLAB to substitute for knowledge of control 
    theory.
    
    The book is divided into 11 chapters:
    1.  Mathematical Preliminaries 
    2.  Transfer Functions 
    3.  Feedback--An Introduction 
    4.  The Routh-Hurwitz Criterion 
    5.  The Principle of the Argument and Its Consequences 
    6.  The Root Locus Diagram 
    7.  Compensation 
    9.  Some Nonlinear Control Theory 
    9.  An Introduction to Modern Control 
    10. Control of Hybrid Systems 
    11. Answers to Selected Exercises 
    
    The book's homepage is http://www.icpress.co.uk/books/engineering/p396.html
    
    
    
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    4.2 Digital Control Systems - Design Identification and Implementation
    Digital Control Systems - Design, Identification and Implementation
    
    Contributed by: Ioan D. Landau, landau@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
    
    Digital Control Systems - Design, Identification and Implementation
    Ioan D. Landau and Gianluca Zito
    Springer, London, 2005
    Control and Communications Engineering Series (ISBN: 1-84628-055-9)
    Book website: http://landau-bookic.lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
    
    The book demonstrates in detail how to design and implement high-performance 
    model-based controllers using techniques extensively tested in industry. The 
    effective use of these techniques is illustrated in the context of various 
    systems. A number of recent methodological developments in control design and 
    system identification, driven by applications, are presented, including: 
    robust digital control design using sensitivity function shaping; plant 
    identification in closed loop operation and reduction of controller 
    complexity. 
    For practical and tutorial purposes the text is enhanced by the use of 
    MATLAB®/Scilab routines which can be downloaded from the book website where 
    additional material for teaching is provided (slide presentations of the 
    chapter material, specific courses, tutorials, data files, laboratory 
    sessions, examples and figures files).
    Contents
    1	Continuous Control Systems: A Review
    2	Computer Control Systems
    3	Robust Digital Controller Design Methods
    4	Design of Digital Controllers in the Presence of Random Disturbances
    5	System Identification: The Bases
    6	System Identification Methods
    7	Practical Aspects of System Identification
    8	Practical Aspects of Digital Control
    9	Identification in Closed Loop
    10	Reduction of Controller Complexity
    11	Appendices (A through H)
    
    To order: http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-135-22-
    52482958-0,00.html
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    4.3 Dimension Reduction of Large-Scale Systems
    Dimension Reduction of Large-Scale Systems
    
    Contributed by: Peter Benner, benner@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de
    
    Dimension Reduction of Large-Scale Systems
    edited by: Peter Benner
               Volker Mehrmann
               Danny C. Sorensen,
    Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg 1005.
    Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering,
    Vol. 45, 400 p., Softcover, ISBN: 3-540-24545-6
    
    In the past decades, model reduction has become an ubiquitous tool in analysis 
    and simulation of dynamical systems, control design, circuit simulation, 
    structural dynamics, CFD, and many other disciplines dealing with complex 
    physical models. The aim of this book is to survey some of the most successful 
    model reduction methods in tutorial style articles and to present benchmark 
    problems from several application areas for testing and comparing existing and 
    new algorithms. As the discussed methods have often been developed 
    simultaneously in disconnected application areas, the intention of the  
    mini-workshop in Oberwolfach and its proceedings is to make these ideas 
    available to researchers and practitioners from all these different 
    disciplines.
    
    Further information is available at
     http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~mehrmann/Buecher/Reduction/
    
    In the future, this web page will also include some Matlab codes
    corresponding to some of the algorithms presented in the book.
    
    
    
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    4.4 Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems
    Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems
    
    Contributed by: William S. Levine, wsl@eng.umd.edu
    
    Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems
    Edited by D. Hristu-Varsakelis and W. S. Levine, 
    Birkhauser, Boston, 2005
    
    Editorial Board:
    Rajeev Alur [University of Pennsylvania, USA],
    Karl-Erik Arzen [Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden],
    John Baillieul [Boston University, USA],
    Tom Henzinger [University of California Berkeley, USA]
    
    The Handbook of Networked and Embedded Control Systems provides engineers, 
    computer scientists, mathematicians, and students a broad, comprehensive 
    source of information and technology to address many questions and aspects 
    of embedded and networked control.  A carefully organized collection of 
    important results, tools, software, and technology, this work unifies into a 
    single reference many scattered articles, websites, and specification sheets-
    --information that might otherwise be difficult to find.
    
     Key topics and features include:
    
        * Self-contained, sharply-focused articles; readers have easy access to 
    specific answers to questions without having to read hundreds of pages
        * Clear structure and presentation of concepts in intuitive order
        * Separation of material into five main sections—Theory; Embedded 
    Hardware; Software; Networking; and Examples
        * Case studies, experiments, and examples that provide a multifaceted 
    view of the subject, encompassing computation and communication 
    considerations
        * Information about commercially available tools and hardware
        * Comprehensive bibliographies and index
    
    Table of Contents
    
    1. Fundamentals 
    1.1 Fundamentals of Dynamical Systems (W. S. Levine) 
    1.2 Control of Single-input Single-output Systems (D. Hristu-Varsakelis and 
    W. S. Levine) 
    1.3 Basics of Sampling and Quantization (A. Stubberud and W. Santina) 
    1.4 Discrete Event Systems (C. G. Cassandras) 
    1.5 Introduction to Hybrid Systems (M. S. Branicky)
    1.6 Finite Automata (M. V. Lawson) 
    1.7 Basics of Computer Architecture (C. B. Silio) 
    1.8 Introduction to Real-time Scheduling (M. Caccamo, T. Baker, A. Burns, G. 
    Buttazzo, and L. Sha) 
    1.9 Network Fundamentals (D. M. Auslander and J.-D. Decotignie) 
    
    2. Hardware 
    2.1 Basics of Data Acquisition and Control (M. Chidambaram) 
    2.2 Programmable Logic Controllers (G. Olsson) 
    2.3 Digital Signal Processors (R. Leupers and G. Ascheid) 
    2.4 Microcontrollers (S. F. Barrett and D. J. Pack)
    2.5 System on A Programmable Chip (SoPC) Design (W. M. Hawkins) 
    
    3. Software  
    3.1 Fundamentals of RTOS-Based Digital Controller Implementation  (Q. Li) 
    3.2 Implementation-Aware Embedded Control Systems (K-E. 񻱷semi999rzén ,  A.
    Cervin 
    and D. Henriksson)
    3.3 From Control Loops to Real-Time Programs (P. Caspi and O. Maler)  
    3.4 Embedded Real-Time Control via MATLAB, Simulink, and xPC Target (P. 
    Mosterman, S. Prabhu, A. Dowd, J. Glass, T. Erkkinen, J. Kluza and R. 
    Shenoy) 
    3.5 LabVIEW Real-Time for Networked/Embedded Control (J. Limroth, J. Falcon, 
    D. Leonard and J. Loy) 
    3.6 Control Loops in RTLinux (V. Yodaiken, M. Sherer and E. Hilton) 
    
    4. Theory  
    4.1 An Introduction to Hybrid Automata (J-F. Raskin) 
    4.2 An Overview of Hybrid Systems Control (J. Lygeros) 
    4.3 Temporal Logic Model Checking (E. Clarke, A. Fehnker, S. K. Jha and H. 
    Veith)  
    4.4 Switched Systems (D. Liberzon) 
    4.5 Feedback Control with Communication Constraints (D. Hristu-Varsakelis) 
    4.6 Networked Control Systems: A Model-Based Approach (L. A. Montestruque 
    and P. J. Antsaklis) 
    4.7 Control Issues in Systems with Loop Delays (L. Mirkin and Z. J. Palmor) 
    
    5. Networking 
    5.1 Network Protocols for Networked Control Systems (F.-L. Lian, J. R. 
    Moyne, and D. M. Tilbury) 
    5.2 Control using Feedback over Wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth (A. Suri, J. 
    Baillieul and D. V. Raghunathan) 
    5.3 Bluetooth in Control (B. Bernhardsson, J. Eker, J. Persson) 
    5.4 Embedded Sensor Networks (J. Heidemann and R. Govindan) 
    
    6. Applications 
    6.1 Vehicle Applications of Controller Area Network (K-H. Johansson, M. 
    Törngren and L. Nielsen) 
    6.2 Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots (M. Egerstedt) 
    6.3 Wireless Control with Bluetooth (V. Vladimerou and G. Dullerud) 
    6.4 The Cornell RoboCup Robot Soccer Team: 1999 – 2003 (R. D’Andrea) 
    
    
    
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    4.5 Max-Plus Methods for Nonlinear Control and Estimation
    Max-Plus Methods for Nonlinear Control and Estimation
    
    Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, ReginaG@birkhauser.com
    
    Max-Plus Methods for Nonlinear Control and Estimation
    
    William M. McEneaney
    University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
    
    Forthcoming - November 2005 /Approx. 256 pp. /Approx. 17 illus. / 
    Hardcover / $79.95/ ISBN: 0-8176-3534-3 / Birkhaeuser
    Series - Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications
    
    The central focus of this book is the control of continuous-time/continuous-
    space nonlinear systems. Using new techniques that employ the max-plus 
    algebra, the author addresses several classes of nonlinear control problems, 
    including nonlinear optimal control problems and nonlinear robust/H-infinity 
    control and estimation problems. Several numerical techniques are employed, 
    including a max-plus eigenvector approach and an approach that avoids the 
    curse-of-dimensionality.
    
    The book will be of interest to applied mathematicians, engineers, and 
    graduate students interested in the control of nonlinear systems through the 
    implementation of recently developed numerical methods. Researchers and 
    practitioners tangentially interested in this area will also find a 
    readable, concise discussion of the subject through a careful selection of 
    specific chapters and sections. Basic knowledge of control theory for 
    systems with dynamics governed by differential equations is required; the 
    material on risk-sensitive stochastic control requires knowledge of systems 
    governed by stochastic differential equations.
    
    Table of Contents: 
    
    Preface * Introduction * Max-Plus Analysis * Dynamic Programming and 
    Viscosity Solutions * Max-Plus Eigenvector Method for the Infinite Horizon 
    Problem * Max-Plus Eigenvector Method Error Analysis * A Semigroup 
    Construction Method * Curse-of-Dimensionality-Free Method * Finite Time-
    Horizon Application: Nonlinear Filtering * Mixed L-infinity/L2 Criteria * 
    Miscellaneous Proofs * References * Index
    
    For ordering information, please visit: http://www.springeronline.com/
    0-8176-3534-3
    
    
    
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    4.6 Multivariable feedback control
    Multivariable feedback control
    
    Contributed by: Sigurd Skogestad, skoge@nt.ntnu.no
    
    S.Skogestad and I.Postlethwaite, Multivariable feedback control - Analysis 
    and design, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2005, 592 pages.
     
    Taking into account the latest developments in the field, this fully revised 
    and updated second edition: 
    
    * features a new chapter devoted to the use of linear matrix inequalities 
    (LMIs); 
    * presents current results on fundamental performance limitations introduced 
    by RHP-poles and RHP-zeros; 
    * introduces updated material on decentralized control, the selection of 
    controlled variables and self-optimizing control; 
    * provides simple IMC tuning rules for PID control; 
    * covers additional material including unstable plants, the feedback 
    amplifier, the lower gain margin and a clear strategy for incorporating 
    integral action into LQG control; 
    * has approximately 20% more material than the first edition (the page format 
    has increased to keep the numbers of pages almost unchanged); 
    * includes numerous worked examples, exercises and case studies, which make 
    frequent use of Matlab and the new Robust Control toolbox. 
    
    Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, is an excellent resource 
    for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses studying multivariable 
    control. It is also an invaluable tool for engineers who want to understand 
    multivariable control, its limitations, and how it can be applied in 
    practice. The analysis techniques and the material on control structure 
    design should prove very useful in the new emerging area of systems biology. 
    
    Sigurd Skogestad is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian 
    University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and Ian Postlethwaite is 
    Professor of Engineering at the University of Leicester in England. More 
    information is available on the books home page; see 
    http://www.chembio.ntnu.no/users/skoge/book 
    
    Chapters:
    1. Introduction 
    2. Classical feedback control 
    3. Introduction to multivariable control 
    4. Elements of linear system theory 
    5. Limitations on performance in SISO systems 
    6. Limitations on performance in MIMO systems 
    7. Uncertainty and robustness for SISO systems 
    8. Robust stability and performance analysis 
    9. Controller design 
    10. Control structure design 
    11. Model reduction 
    12. Linear matrix inequalities 
    13. Case studies 
    Appendix A. Matrix theory and norms 
    Appendix B. Project work and sample exam 
    
    
    
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    4.7 Optimized Bayesian Dynamic Advising: Theory and Algorithms
    Optimized Bayesian Dynamic Advising: Theory and Algorithms
    
    Contributed by: T.V.Guy, guy@ieee.org
    
    "Optimized Bayesian Dynamic Advising: Theory and Algorithms"
    Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing 
    Karny, Miroslav (Ed.) 
    Springer, 2005, XVI, 536 p. 13 illus., Hardcover
    ISBN: 1-85233-928-4
    
    http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-152-22-37287694-
    detailsPage%253Dppmmedia%257CaboutThisBook%257CaboutThisBook,00.html
    
    This book provides the theoretical and algorithmic basis of optimized 
    probabilistic advising.
    
    Starting from abstract ideas and formulations, and culminating in detailed 
    algorithms, the book comprises a unified treatment of an important problem of 
    the design of advisory systems supporting supervisors of complex processes. 
    It introduces the theoretical and algorithmic basis of developed advising, 
    relying on novel and powerful combination black-box modeling by dynamic 
    mixture models and fully probabilistic dynamic optimization.
    
    Written for a broad audience, including developers of algorithms and 
    application engineers, researchers, lecturers, and postgraduates, this book 
    can be used as a reference tool, and an advanced text on Bayesian dynamic 
    decision making. A CD contains a specialized Matlab-based Mixtools toolbox, 
    and examples illustrating the most important and complex areas of the 
    material presented.
    
    Table of contents:
    
    1. Introduction.
    2. Underlying Theory.
    3. Approximate and Feasible Learning.
    4. Approximate Design.
    5. Problem Formulation.
    6. Solution and Principles of its Approximation: Learning.
    7. Solution and Principles of its Approximation: Design.
    8. Learning with Normal Factors and Components.
    9. Design with Normal Mixtures.
    10. Learning with Markov Chain Factors and Components.
    11. Design with Markov Chain Mixtures. 
    12. Sandwich BMTB for Mixture Initiation.
    13. Mixed Mixtures.
    14. Applications of the Advisory System.
    15. Conclusions.
    References.
    Index.
    
    
    
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    4.8 Process Modelling Identification and Control
    Process Modelling, Identification, and Control
    
    Contributed by: Miroslav Fikar, miroslav.fikar@stuba.sk
    
    J. Mikles, M. Fikar,
    Process Modelling, Identification, and Control 2, Identification and Optimal
    Control. STU Press, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2004, ISBN 80-227-2132-8,
    260 pages
    
    The book deals with mathematical modelling of sampled data systems,
    design of simple PID controllers, identification of processes,
    optimal, predictive, and adaptive process control. The intended
    audience of this book includes graduate students but can also be of
    interest to practising engineers or applied scientists that are
    interested in modelling, identification, and process control.
    
    CONTENTS 
    Discrete-Time Process Models: Input-Output Models, State-Space Models,
      Properties of Discrete-Time Systems, Discrete-Time Feedback Systems
    Process Identification: Identification from Step Responses, Recursive
      Least Squares Method, IDTOOL-MATLAB Toolbox
    Simple Controllers: PID Controller, Practical Aspects
    Optimal Process Control: Principle of Minimum, Dynamic Programming,
      State Feedback with Observer and Polynomial Pole Placement,
      Parametrisation of Stabilising Controllers, Observer LQ Control -
      State-Space and Polynomial Interpretation, LQG Control - State-Space
      and Polynomial Interpretation, H2 Optimal Control
    Predictive Control: Derivation and Implementation of Predictive
      Control, Stability Results, Tuning
    Adaptive Control: Discrete, and Continuous-Time Self-Tuning Control,
      SISO, and MIMO Case
    
    The examples in the book are freely accessible in the Internet at the address:
    http://www.kirp.chtf.stuba.sk/~fikar/research/other/index.htm
    
    PRICE
    40 EUR
    
    ORDER FORM 
    via Internet: http://www.kirp.chtf.stuba.sk/book/
    
    PUBLISHER
    Slovak Society of Industrial Chemistry, Branch at Faculty of Chemical and Food
    Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava,
    Radlinskeho 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
    
    ALSO AVAILABLE (reduced price)
    J. Mikles, M. Fikar,
    Process Modelling, Identification, and Control 1, Models and Dynamic
    Characteristics of Continuous Processes.  STU Press, Bratislava,
    Slovak Republic, 2000, ISBN ISBN 80-227-1331-7, 170 pages
    
    Mathematical Modelling of Processes - Analysis of Process Models -
    Dynamical Behaviour of Processes
    
    
    
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    4.9 Robot Modeling and Control
    Robot Modeling and Control
    
    Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu
    
    Robot Modeling and Control
    Mark W. Spong, Seth Hutchinson, M. Vidyasagar
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    New York, New York
    492 pages
    ISBN: 0471765791
    Publication Date: January, 2006
    
    Robot Modeling and Control is a comprehensive introduction to robot 
    kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, control, and computer vision.  It is 
    intended for senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students in 
    electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, 
    mathematics, or computer science.  The text can be used for a one semester or 
    two semester course or as a research reference.  Both basic and advanced 
    material are presented in a style that is readable and mathematically 
    rigorous.  Numerous worked examples and problems illustrate the theory and 
    point the reader to more advanced material.
    
    Chapters
    1. Introduction
    2. Rigid Motions and Homogeneous Transformations
    3. Forward and Inverse Kinematics
    4. Velocity Kinematics - The Jacobian
    5. Path and Trajectory Planning
    6. Independent Joint Control
    7. Dynamics
    8. Multivariable Control
    9. Force Control
    10. Geometric Nonlinear Control
    11. Computer Vision
    12. Vision-Based Control
    Appendices
    A. Trigonometry
    B. Linear Algebra
    C. State Space Representation of Dynamical Systems
    D. Lyapunov Stability
    Index
    
    For more information or to request a copy, please contact
    Dana Kellogg 
    dkellogg@wiley.com 
    
    
    
    
    
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    4.10 System Modeling and Requirements Engineering
    System Modeling and Requirements Engineering
    
    Contributed by: Jonah Z. Lavi, j.lavi@computer.org
    
    Systems Modeling & Requirements Specification Using ECSAM - 
    An Analysis Method for Embedded and Computer-Based Systems
    by Jonah Z. Lavi & Joseph Kudish , Dorset House 2005
    
    ECSAM, a method for requirements engineering and modeling of computer-based
    systems (CBS), is  practiced since 1980 in evolving versions by systems and
    software engineers.  ECSAM was developed in part at Israel Aircraft Industries
    for the analysis and design of complex reactive embedded systems and software
    and has been presented in numerous undergraduate, graduate, and industrial
    courses.
    The method guides engineers in modeling operational, functional, and design
    requirements, considering both static and dynamic aspects of systems.
    With an end-to-end example of the method, developed throughout the book,
    readers learn how to • develop conceptual models of the structural and
    operational properties of computer-based systems and their software • develop
    systematically operational scenarios and use cases describing the interaction
    of the system with its environment • elicit and specify functional and
    nonfunctional requirements • allocate requirements to components of a
    conceptual model and use the model for the refinement and derivation of
    requirements • understand the issues of mapping the conceptual model to the
    design model.
    
    
    
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    4.11 Systems and Thermodynamics
    Systems and Thermodynamics
    
    Contributed by: Wassim M. Haddad, wm.haddad@aerospace.gatech.edu
    
    Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Systems Approach
    by Wassim M. Haddad, VijaySekhar Chellaboina, and Sergey G. Nersesov
    
    Princeton University Press 
    ISBN: 0-691-12327-6
    200 pages
    
    This book places thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to 
    harmonize it with classical mechanics. Using the highest standards of 
    exposition and rigor, the authors develop a novel formulation of 
    thermodynamics that can be viewed as a moderate-sized system theory as 
    compared to statistical thermodynamics. This middle-ground theory involves 
    deterministic large-scale dynamical system models that bridge the gap 
    between classical and statistical thermodynamics.
    
    The authors’ theory is motivated by the fact that a discipline as cardinal 
    as thermodynamics—entrusted with some of the most perplexing secrets of our 
    Universe—demands far more than physical mathematics as its underpinning. 
    Even though many great physicists, such as Archimedes, Newton, and Lagrange, 
    have humbled us with their mathematically seamless eurekas over the 
    centuries, a great many physicists and engineers who have developed the 
    theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used 
    rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth.
    
    This book uses system theoretic ideas to bring coherence, clarity, and 
    precision to an extremely important and poorly understood classical area of 
    science. 
    
    Contents
    Preface ix
    
    Chapter 1. Introduction 
    1.1 An Overview of Thermodynamics 
    1.2 System Thermodynamics 
    1.3 A Brief Outline of the Monograph 
    
    Chapter 2. Dynamical System Theory 
    2.1 Notation, Definitions, and Mathematical Preliminaries 
    2.2 Stability Theory for Nonnegative Dynamical Systems 
    2.3 Reversibility, Irreversibility, Recoverability, and Irrecoverability 
    2.4 Reversible Dynamical Systems, Volume-Preserving Flows, and Poincar´e 
    Recurrence 
    
    Chapter 3. A Systems Foundation for Thermodynamics 
    3.1 Introduction 
    3.2 Conservation of Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics 
    3.3 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
    3.4 Ectropy 
    3.5 Semistability, Energy Equipartition, Irreversibility, and the Arrow of 
    Time 
    3.6 Entropy Increase and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 
    3.7 Interconnections of Thermodynamic Systems 
    3.8 Monotonicity of System Energies in Thermodynamic Processes 
    
    Chapter 4. Temperature Equipartition and the Kinetic Theory of Gases 
    4.1 Semistability and Temperature Equipartition 
    4.2 Boltzmann Thermodynamics 
    
    Chapter 5. Work, Heat, and the Carnot Cycle 
    5.1 On the Equivalence of Work and Heat: The First Law Revisited 
    5.2 The Carnot Cycle and the Second Law of Thermodynamics 
    
    Chapter 6. Thermodynamic Systems with Linear Energy Exchange 
    6.1 Linear Thermodynamic System Models
    6.2 Semistability and Energy Equipartition in Linear Thermodynamic Models
     
    Chapter 7. Continuum Thermodynamics 
    7.1 Conservation Laws in Continuum Thermodynamics 
    7.2 Entropy and Ectropy for Continuum Thermodynamics 
    7.3 Semistability and Energy Equipartition in Continuum Thermodynamics 
    
    Chapter 8. Conclusion 
    
    Bibliography 
    Index 
    
    
    
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    4.12 Vehicle Propulsion Systems
    Vehicle Propulsion Systems
    
    Contributed by: Lino Guzzella, guzzella@imrt.mavt.ethz.ch
    
    Vehicle Propulsion Systems – Introduction to Modeling and Optimization
    Guzzella, Lino; Sciarretta, Antonio
    
    
    Description:
    
    In this book the longitudinal behavior of road vehicles is analyzed. The main 
    emphasis is on the analysis and minimization of the fuel and energy 
    consumption. Most approaches to this problem enhance the complexity of the 
    vehicle system by adding components such as electrical motors or storage 
    devices. Such a complex system can only be designed by means of mathematical 
    models. This text gives an introduction to the modeling and optimization 
    problems typically encountered when designing new propulsion systems for 
    passenger cars. It is intended for persons interested in the analysis and 
    optimization of classical and novel vehicle propulsion systems. Its focus lies 
    on the control-oriented mathematical description of the physical processes and 
    on the model-based optimization of the system structure and of the supervisory 
    control algorithms. This text has evolved from a lecture series at ETH Zurich. 
    Prerequisites are general engineering topics and a first course in optimal 
    control theory.
    
    
    Table of Contents:
    
    1 Introduction 
    1.1 Objectives 
    1.2 Upstream Processes 
    1.3 Energy Density of On-Board Energy Carriers 
    1.4 Pathways to Better Fuel Economy 
    
    2 Vehicle Energy and Fuel Consumption – Basic Concepts 
    2.1 Vehicle Energy Losses and Performance Analysis 
    2.2 Energy Demand in Driving Cycles 
    2.3 Methods and Tools 
    
    3 IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems 
    3.1 IC Engine Models 
    3.2 Gear-Box Models 
    3.3 Fuel Consumption of IC Engine Power Trains 
    
    4 Models of Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems 
    4.1 Electric Propulsion Systems
    4.2 Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems 
    4.3 Electric Motors 
    4.4 Modeling of Generators 
    4.5 Batteries 
    4.6 Supercapacitors 
    4.7 Electric Power Links 
    4.8 Torque Couplers 
    4.9 Planetary Gear Sets 
    
    5 Models of Hybrid-Inertial and Hybrid-Hydraulic Propulsion Systems 
    5.1 Short-Term Storage Systems 
    5.2 Flywheels 
    5.3 Continuously Variable Transmissions 
    5.4 Hydraulic Accumulators 
    5.5 Hydraulic Pumps/Motors
    
    6 Models of Fuel-Cell Propulsion Systems 
    6.1 Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicles and Fuel-Cell Hybrid Vehicles 
    6.2 Fuel Cells 
    6.3 Reformers 
    
    7 Supervisory Control Algorithms 
    7.1 Introduction 
    7.2 Heuristic Control Strategies 
    7.3 Optimal Control Strategies 
    7.4 Sub-Optimal Control Strategies 
    
    8 Appendix I – Case Studies
    8.1 Case Study 1: Gear Ratio Optimization 
    8.2 Case Study 2: IC Engine and Flywheel Powertrain 
    8.3 Case Study 3: Supervisory Control Strategies for a Parallel HEV
    8.4 Case Study 4: Optimal Rendez-Vous Maneuvers 
    8.5 Case Study 5: Fuel Optimal Trajectories of a Racing FCEV 
    8.6 Case Study 6: Nonpredictive Optimal Control of a Series Hybrid 
    
    9 Appendix II – Optimal Control Theory 
    9.1 Parameter Optimization Problems 
    9.2 Optimal Control 
    
    References
    
    Citation:
    Vehicle Propulsion Systems – Introduction to Modeling and Optimization
    Guzzella, Lino; Sciarretta, Antonio
    Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005
    ISBN-10: 3-540-25195-2
    
    For more information:
    http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-40109-22-51643759-0,00.html
    
    
    
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5. Journals
    5.1 CFP: Special Issue on Automotive Controls for the IEEE-TCST
    CFP: Special Issue on Automotive Controls for the IEEE-TCST
    
    Contributed by: Kevin Fischbach, kfischba@visteon.com
    
    Call for Papers
    
    Special Issue on Control Applications in Automotive Engineering
    
    The IEEE Technical Committee on Automotive Control (TCAC) seeks papers for a 
    special issue on automotive controls for the IEEE Transactions on Control 
    Systems Technology.  The Special Issue will describe selected control 
    problems for emerging automotive systems and recent trends in methodologies 
    and applications of control to these systems.  Thus, the Special Issue is 
    intended to provide a timely update on the evolution of automotive control 
    technologies, both in research as well as in production.  Papers are invited 
    on original investigations relating to modeling, analysis, and control of 
    automotive systems for passenger vehicles. Specific topics of interest 
    include, but are not limited to:  
    
    * Vehicle dynamics, stability control and X-by-wire control
    * Novel engines and engine control methodologies
    * Alternative propulsion systems (hybrids, fuel cells, etc.)
    * Transmission and driveline control
    * Advanced automotive actuators, sensors, sensor networks, estimation and 
    diagnostics
    * Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and autonomous vehicles
    
    Preference will be given to papers that illuminate a strong linkage between 
    control theories and experimental validation of results. Nevertheless, work 
    that is considerably forward-looking, and is demonstrated only through 
    simulation work, will also be considered.  Authors will need to demonstrate 
    and discuss how their findings improve the performance of their target 
    applications.  
    
    All papers will be rigorously reviewed according to the standards of the 
    IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.  Prospective authors are 
    advised to refer to the information found under the heading of “Information 
    for Authors” at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/tcst/ prior to submitting a 
    paper.  Prospective authors should state in their cover emails, or cover 
    letters, that their contribution is meant for the special issue on control 
    applications in automotive engineering.  Submitted manuscripts must not have 
    been previously published or be under review for possible publication 
    elsewhere.  Manuscripts must be submitted online by March 26, 2006.    
    
    
    Guest Editors:
    Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky      Dr. Ibrahim Haskara
    Ford Motor Company        Visteon Corporation
    2101 Village Road	  One Village Center Dr.
    Dearborn, MI 48124        Van Buren, MI 48111
    ikolmano@ford.com	  ihaskara@visteon.com
    
    Julie Buckland            Kevin Fischbach
    Ford Motor Co.            Visteon Corporation
    2101 Village Road         10300 Textile Road
    Dearborn, MI 48124        Ypsilanti, MI 48197
    jbucklan@ford.com         kfischba@visteon.com
    	
    
    
    
    
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    5.2 Call For Papers: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Swarm Robotics
    Call For Papers: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Swarm Robotics
    
    Contributed by: Veysel Gazi, vgazi@etu.edu.tr
    
    ELEKTRIK 
    The Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences 
    Announces a Special Issue on "Swarm Robotics"
     
    Sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey 
    (TUBITAK) and the Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO), ELEKTRIK is an 
    international journal on all aspects of electrical engineering and computer 
    sciences. This special issue, scheduled to be published in July 2007, will 
    contain both invited and contributed papers. 
     
    Submission of papers 
    Prospective authors may submit their manuscripts to the guest editor and/or 
    the Editor-in-Chief given below with a statement that the submission is 
    intended for this special issue. Only word/latex documents or PDF files via 
    email submission will be accepted (please follow the regular guidelines of 
    ELEKTRIK).   
     
    Topics
    Possible topics for the issue include but are not limited to
    * Modeling and analysis (Lyapunov, graph theoretic, game theoretic methods, 
    etc.)
    * Coordination and control (decentralized, cooperative, noncooperative, etc.)
    * Formation control (stabilization, reconfiguration, coverage algorithms, 
    etc)
    * Self-organization, self-assembling
    * Synchronization, consensus seeking, rendezvous
    * Evolutionary algorithms
    * Emergent behavior (gathering, aggregation, flocking, schooling, etc.)
    * Swarm communication, service discovery, ad-hoc networks
    * Swarm intelligence
    * Applications 
    
    Guest Editor 
    Dr. Veysel Gazi 
    TOBB University of Economics and Technology 
    Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering 
    Sogutozu Caddesi, No: 43, Sogutozu 06530 Ankara, TURKEY 
    Tel: +90 (312) 292-4079, Fax: +90 (312) 292-4091 
    Email: vgazi@etu.edu.tr
     
    Important Dates 
    Final date for submission of manuscripts:  31 August 2006 
    Notification of acceptance/rejection:  31 December 2006 
    
    For further information, in addition to the guest editor, please contact 
    Prof. Dr. Kemal Leblebicioðlu, (kleb@metu.edu.tr) Editor-in-Chief 
    Middle East Technical University 
    Electrical - Electronic Engineering Dept. 
    06531, Ankara - Turkey, Fax: +90 (312) 210-1261,  
    http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/
    
    
    
    
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    5.3 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
    Contents: Asian Journal of Control
    
    Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw
    
    Asian Journal of Control
    Vol. 7, No. 3     September, 2005
    
    Regular:
    1. Paper Title: Generalized Quadratic Stabilization for Discrete-Time
                    Singular Systems with Time-Delay and Nonlinear Perturbation
           Authors: Guoping Lu and Daniel W. C. Ho
    
    2. Paper Title: Stochastic Stabilization and H¡Û Control for Discrete    
                    Jumping Systems with Time Delays
           Authors: Jing Wu, Tongwen Chen, and Shengyuan Xu
    
    3. Paper Title: Robust Adaptive Control for Strict-Feedback Nonlinear
                    Systems  
           Authors: Ikuro Mizumoto, Ratna Bhushan Gopalun, Sirish L. Shah, and
                    Zenta Iwai
    
    4. Paper Title: On Stability and Stabilization of Time-Varying Nonlinear 
                    Control Systems
           Authors: Xiaowu Mu and Daizhan Cheng
    
    5. Paper Title: Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Control Systems Using
                    Model Decomposition
           Authors: Fazal-ur-Rehman
    
    6. Paper Title: Analysis and Design of 1-bit Noise-Shaping Quantizer Using
                    Variable Structure Control Approach
           Authors: Jwusheng Hu and Shiang-Hwua Yu
    
    7. Paper Title: A Design of Multiloop PID Controllers with a Neural-Net
                    Based Decoupler
           Authors: Makoto Tokuda, Toru Yamamoto, and Yoshimi Monden
    
    8. Paper Title: Hierarchal Control System for a Variable Speed Cage Machine
                    Wind Generation Unit Using Neural Networks
           Authors: M. Karrari, W. Rosehart, and O. P. Malik
    
    9. Paper Title: Mixed H2/H¡Û Adaptive Tracking Control Design for Uncertain
                    Constrained Robots
           Authors: Chung-Shi Tseng
    
    10. Paper Title: A New Algorithm for Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control
                     Using Infrequent Output Observations
            Authors: S. Janardhanan and B. Bandyopadhyay
    
    Brief:
    1. Paper Title: Robust Model Predictive Control for Input Saturated and
                    Soften State Constraints
           Authors: Vu Trieu Minh and Nitin Afzulpurkar
    
    2. Paper Title: Reduced-Order Models for Feedback Stabilization of Linear 
                    Systems with a Singular Perturbation Model
           Authors: Liyu Cao and Howard M. Schwartz
    
    3. Paper Title: Robust Output Feedback Controller Design with Variance and
                    Disc Closed-Loop Pole Constraints
            Author: Li Yu and Qing-Long Han
    
    4. Paper Title: Improved Conditions on Delay-Dependent Robust Stability and  
                    Stabilization of Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems
           Authors: Shengyuan Xu, James Lam, and Yun Zou
    
    
    
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    5.4 Contents: Automatica
    Contents: Automatica
    
    Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu
    
    Contents: Automatica, November, 2005
    Volume 41, Issue 11
    
    To consult the cumulative table of contents 1965-present, to view the list
    of recently accepted papers or to submit a paper visit
    http://www.autsubmit.com
    
    Editorials
    
    Hang Chang-Chieh
    Automatica Prize Paper Awards 2005
    
    Regular papers
    
    Maurizio Cirrincione and Marcello Pucci
    Sensorless direct torque control of an induction motor by a TLS based MRAS
    observer with adaptive integration
    
    Cristian Oara
    Constructive solutions to spectral and inner-outer factorizations with
    respect to the disk
    
    Sandip Roy and Ali Saberi
    Static decentralized control of a single-integrator network with Markovian
    sensing topology
    
    S. Emre Tuna
    Optimal regulation of homogeneous systems
    
    Dina Shona Laila and Alessandro Astolfi
    Input-to-state stability for discrete-time time-varying systems with
    applications to robust stabilization of systems in power form
    
    Xiao-Li Hu and Han-Fu Chen
    Strong consistency of recursive identification for Wiener systems
    
    Brief papers
    
    Ananth Subramanian and Ali H. Sayed
    A robust power and rate control method for
    state-delayed wireless networks
    
    Antonio Sala
    Computer control under time-varying sampling period: an LMI gridding
    approach
    
    Huai-Ning Wu and Hong-Yue Zhang
    Reliable mixed L_2/H_裸�semi999 fuzzy static output feedback control for
    nonlinear systems with sensor faults
    
    Yoshio Ebihara and Tomomichi Hagiwara
    A dilated LMI approach to robust performance analysis of linear
    time-invariant uncertain systems
    
    Francesco Martinelli
    Control of manufacturing systems with a two-value, production dependent
    failure rate
    
    Tingshu Hu, Rafal Goebel, Andrew R. Teel, and Zongli Lin
    Conjugate Lyapunov functions for saturated linear systems
    
    Shuanghe Yu, Xinghuo Yu, Bijan Shirinzadeh, and Zhihong Man
    Continuous finite-time control for robotic manipulators with terminal
    sliding mode
    
    Kiam-Tian Seow
    Syntax-based synthesis for temporal-safety supervision
    
    Michael Malisoff and Frederic Mazenc
    Further remarks on strict input-to-state stable Lyapunov functions for
    time-varying systems
    
    Chyi Hwang and Yi-Cheng Cheng
    A note on the use of Lambert W function to stability analysis of
    time-delay systems
    
    M. Mirrahimi, P. Rouchon, and G. Turinici
    Lyapunov  control of  bilinear Schrödinger equations
    
    Jian Liu, Jian Liang Wang, and Guang-Hong Yang
    An LMI approach to minimum sensitivity analysis with application to fault
    detection
    
    Technical communiques
    
    Douglas P. Looze
    Realization of systems with CCD-based measurements
    
    Book reviews
    
    Claudio Altafini
    Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarcic and M.M. Stanisic
    
    A. Ailon
    Flexible Robot Dynamics and Controls, by 
    R. D. Robinett, C. Dohrmann, G. R. Eisler,
    J. Feddema,G. G. Parker, D. G. Wilson, and
    D. Stokes
    
    Antoine Girard
    Linear Time-Invariant Systems, by Martin Schetzen
    
    Carsten W. Scherer
    Randomized Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Uncertain Systems, by R.
    Tempo, G. Calafiore and F. Dabbene
    
    
    
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    5.5 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
    Contents: Control Engineering Practice
    
    Contributed by: Fernando Camisani, cep@up.ac.za
    
    Journal: Control Engineering Practice
    ISSN   : 0967-0661
    Volume : 13
    Issue  : 11
    Date   : Nov-2005
    
    Nonlinear estimation methods for parameter tracking in power plants
    G.E. Hovland, T.P. von Hoff, E.A. Gallestey, M. Antoine, D.
    Farruggio, A.D.B. Paice
    pp 1341-1355
    
    The development of an adaptive threshold for model-based fault
    detection of a nonlinear electro-hydraulic system
    Z. Shi, F. Gu, B. Lennox, A.D. Ball
    pp 1357-1367
    
    The importance of first-principles, model-based steady-state gain
    calculations in model predictive control-a refinery case study
    M. Tran, D.K. Varvarezos, M. Nasir
    pp 1369-1382
    
    Industrial implementation of on-line performance monitoring tools
    T. Hagglund
    pp 1383-1390
    
    A survey of readily accessible perturbation signals for system
    identification in the frequency domain
    K.R. Godfrey, A.H. Tan, H.A. Barker, B. Chong
    pp 1391-1402
    
    An off-line navigation of a geometry PIG using a modified nonlinear
    fixed-interval smoothing filter
    J. Yu, J.G. Lee, C.G. Park, H.S. Han
    pp 1403-1411
    
    Robust SISO H"~ controller design for nonlinear systems
    G.A. Ingram, M.A. Franchek, V. Balakrishnan, G. Surnilla
    pp 1413-1423
    
    Experimental validation of a methodology to control irrigation canals
    based on Saint-Venant equations
    X. Litrico, V. Fromion, J.P. Baume, C. Arranja, M. Rijo
    pp 1425-1437
    
    Experimental validation of different MIMO-feedback controller design
    methods
    D. Vaes, J. Swevers, P. Sas
    pp 1439-1451  
    
    
    
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    5.6 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
    Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
    
    Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
    
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Vol 50, Issue 8, August 2005
    
    Stabilization in the Presence of an Uncertain Arbitrarily Large Delay
    Miller, D.E.; Davison, D.E., Page(s):  1074- 1089
    
    Stability of Discontinuous Retarded Functional Differential Equations With
    Applications
    Sun, Y.; Michel, A.N.; Zhai, G., Page(s):  1090- 1105
    
    Workload Models for Stochastic Networks: Value Functions and Performance
    Evaluation
    Meyn, S.P., Page(s):  1106- 1122
    
    General Smoothing Formulas for Markov-Modulated Poisson Observations
    Elliott, R.J.; Malcolm, W.P., Page(s):  1123- 1134
    
    Local Bifurcation Analysis of Some Dual Congestion Control Algorithms
    Raina, G., Page(s):  1135- 1146
    
    A Generalization of Krasovskii–LaSalle Theorem for Nonlinear Time-Varying
    Systems: Converse Results and Applications
    Lee, T.-C.; Jiang, Z.-P., Page(s):  1147- 1163
    
    Constructive Tool for Orbital Stabilization of Underactuated Nonlinear
    Systems: Virtual Constraints Approach
    Shiriaev, A.; Perram, J.W.; Canudas-de-Wit, C., Page(s):  1164- 1176
    
    A New Method for Stabilization of Networked Control Systems With Random Delays
    Zhang, L.; Shi, Y.; Chen, T.; Huang, B., Page(s):  1177- 1181
    
    Asymptotic Accuracy of Iterative Feedback Tuning
    Hildebrand, R.; Lecchini, A.; Solari, G.; Gevers, M., Page(s):  1182- 1185
    
    Multiscale Bayesian Restoration in Pairwise Markov Trees
    Desbouvries, F.; Lecomte, J., Page(s):  1185- 1190
    
    Analysis and Estimation of Tracking Errors of Plug-in Type Repetitive Control
    Systems
    Yao, W.-S.; Tsai, M.-C., Page(s):  1190- 1195
    
    Optimal Prefiltering in Iterative Feedback Tuning
    Hildebrand, R.; Lecchini, A.; Solari, G.; Gevers, M., Page(s):  1196- 1200
    
    On the Stability of a Linear Bioprocess Model With Recycle Loop
    Sano, H.; Kunimatsu, N., Page(s):  1200- 1205
    
    Decentralized Supervisory Control With Conditional Decisions: Supervisor
    Realization
    Yoo, T.-S.; Lafortune, S., Page(s):  1205- 1211
    
    A Fast Nonlinear Model Identification Method
    Li, K.; Peng, J.-X.; Irwin, G.W., Page(s):  1211- 1216
    
    Gradient Based Iterative Algorithms for Solving a Class of Matrix Equations
    Ding, F.; Chen, T., Page(s):  1216- 1221
    
    An Improved Lower Matrix Bound of the Solution of the Unified Coupled Riccati
    Equation
    Lee, C.-H., Page(s):  1221- 1223
    
    On Convergence Rates of Simultaneously Triangularizable Switched Linear Systems
    Sun, Z.; Shorten, R., Page(s):  1224- 1228
    
    Robust Control—The Parameter Space Approach
    Page(s):  1229- 1230
    
    
    
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    5.7 Contents: IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications
    Contents: IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications
    
    Contributed by: Lee Baldwin, lbaldwin@iee.org.uk
    
    CTA: IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications	
    Volume:152  Year:2005  Issue: 5 (September)
    
    for access to all CTA papers please visit the IEE's new IEE Digital 
    Library site at: http://www.ieedl.org/
    
    Optimal dual-rate digital redesign with closed-loop order reduction
    C.A. Rabbath, N. Lechevin and N. Hori    			
    	
    Fast estimation algorithm for stochastic descriptor systems with delayed 
    measurements
    H.-Q Wang, H.-S. Zhang and G.-R. Duan    			
    	
    Finite-time composite control for a class of singularly perturbed nonlinear 
    systems via successive Galerkin approximation
    Y.-J. Kim, B.-S. Kim and M.-T. Lim    			
    	
    H¡Þ controller synthesis of uncertain piecewise continuous-time linear systems
    Y. Zhu, D.Q. Li and G. Feng    			
    	
    Polynomial operator based sparse controller structures with stability 
    consideration
    J. Hao and G Li    			
    	
    Parameter-dependent filter design with guaranteed H¡Þ performance
    H. Gao, J. Lam, P. Shi and C. Wang    			
    	
    Time-domain implementation of fractional order controllers
    D. Val¨¦rio and J. S¨¢ da Costa    			
    	
    Robust H¡Þ state feedback control methods for bilinear systems
    B.-S. Kim, Y.-J. Kim and M.-T. Lim   			
    	
    Nonlinear PI control of a class of nonlinear singularly perturbed systems
    J. Wang, J. Wang and H. Li    			
    	
    Absolute stability of feedback systems independent of internal point delays
    M. de la Sen			
    	
    Adaptive motion tracking control of uncertain nonholonomic mechanical systems 
    including actuator dynamics
    C.M. Anupoju, C.-Y. Su and M. Oya			
    	
    Normalised-generalised-velocity component-based controller for a rigid serial 
    manipulator
    P. Herman    			
    	
    Genetic algorithms for local controller network construction
    S.K. Sharma, S.F. McLoone and G.W. Irwin    			
    	
    Hierarchical fuzzy control for autonomous navigation of wheeled robots
    W.-S. Lin, C.-L. Huang and M.-K. Chuang
    
    
    
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    5.8 Contents: International Journal of Control
    Contents: International Journal of Control
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 78, Issue 14
    http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
    
    A generalized structure-preserving doubling algorithm for generalized 
    discrete-time algebraic Riccati equations
    T.-M. Hwang , E. K.-W. Chu , W.-W. Lin
    
    An online genetic algorithm based model predictive control autopilot design 
    with experimental verification
    W. Naeem, R. Sutton, J. Chudley, F. R. Dalgleish, S. Tetlow
    
    An architecture for fault tolerant controllers
    H. Niemann, J. Stoustrup
    
    Non-linear anti-windup for manual flight control
    C. Barbu, S. Galeani, A. R. Teel, L. Zaccarian
    
    An investigation into the characteristics of non-linear frequency response 
    functions. Part 2: New analysis methods based on symbolic expansions and 
    graphical techniques
    R. Yue , S. A. Billings , Z.-Q. Lang 
    
    Comments on: “Continuous time model identification from sampled data: 
    implementation and performance evaluation”, Garnier, Mensler and Richard 
    (2003)
    E. Boje
    
    Authors' reply to “Comments on ‘Continuous-time model identification from 
    sampled data: implementation issues and performance evaluation’ by E. Boje”
    H. Garnier, M. Mensler, A. Richard
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Professor Eric Rogers
    School of Electronics and Computer Science
    University of Southampton
    etar@ecs.soton.ac.uk
    
    
    
    
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    5.9 Contents: International Journal of General Systems
    Contents: International Journal of General Systems
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 34, Issue 3		
    http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
    
    Difference of entropies as a non-specificity function on credal sets
    Joaquín Abellán and Serafín Moral
    
    Intelligent Systems Design - Editorial
    C. H. Dagli
    
    Improving information-theoretic competitive learning by accentuated 
    information maximization
    Ryotaro Kamimura
    
    A statistical, self-organizing learning system with validation
    Hoi-Ming Chi and Okan K. Ersoy
    
    A comparative study of three artificial neural networks for the detection 
    and classification of gear faults
    I.A. Abu-Mahfouz
    
    A hybrid genetic programming approach for the analytical solution of 
    differential equations
    Steven J. Kirstukas, Kenneth M. Bryden and Daniel A. Ashlock
    
    Evolving gaits for hexapod robots using cyclic genetic algorithms
    Gary B. Parker
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Dr George Klir
    gensyst@binghamton.edu 
    Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering 
    Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science 
    State University of New York
    
    
    
    
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    5.10 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
    Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 36, Issue 9	
    http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
    
    Robots and sensors for landmine detection
    C. Kambhampati and S. Rajasekharan
    
    Canadian teleoperated landmine detection systems. Part I: The improved 
    landmine detection project
    A. A. Faust , R. H. Chesney , Y. Das , J. E. McFee and K. L. Russell
    
    Canadian teleoperated landmine detection systems. Part II: Antipersonnel 
    landmine detection
    A. A. Faust , R. H. Chesney , Y. Das , J. E. McFee and K. L. Russell
    
    DYLEMA: Using walking robots for landmine detection and location
    P. Gonzalez de Santos , E. Garcia , J. Estremera and M. A. Armada
    
    Modelling uneven terrain for geo-location of mines detected via vehicular 
    mounted sensors
    Smriti Kansal, Gerald Cook, Charles Amazeen, Kelly Sherbondy 
    
    Strength of landmine signatures under different soil conditions: 
    implications for sensor fusion
    Remke L. Van Dam, Brian Borchers , Jan M. H. Hendrickx
    
    Thermal detection of buried landmines by local heating
    M. Balsi and M. Corcione
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Professor Peter Fleming
    Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,
    University of Sheffield 
    ijss@sheffield.ac.uk
    
    
    
    
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    5.11 Contents: JDCS
    Contents: JDCS
    
    Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov, sachkov@sys.botik.ru
    
    JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL  AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Incorporating Dynamics and Control
    http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=104901
    Vol 11, No. 4  October  2005
    
    Rigid Carnot Algebras: A Classification
    A. Agrachev and A. Marigo, 449--494
    
    Picard--Fuchs Equations and Gauss--Manin Systems with a View Towards the 
    Riemann--Hilbert Problem
    Antoine Douai, 495--526
    
    Suboptimal Solution of a Cheap Control Problem for Linear Systems with
    Multiple State Delays
    Valery Y. Glizer, 527--574
    
    On Complex Codimension-One Foliations Transverse Fibrations
    Bruno Scardua, 575--603
    
    
    
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    5.12 Contents: Journal of Neural Engineering
    Contents: Journal of Neural Engineering
    
    Contributed by: Chi-Sang Poon, cpoon@mit.edu
    
    Journal of Neural Engineering 
    September 2005 Special Issue
    http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1741-2552/2/3
    
    Sensory Integration, State Estimation, And Motor Control In The Brain: Role 
    Of Internal Models
      
    EDITORIAL 
      Internal models: the state of the art
    Chi-Sang Poon and Daniel M Merfeld 
     
    PAPERS 
     Internal models in sensorimotor integration: perspectives from adaptive 
    control theory
    Chung Tin and Chi-Sang Poon 
     
     Sensory vestibular contributions to constructing internal models of self-
    motion
    Andrea M Green, Aasef G Shaikh and Dora E Angelaki 
     
     An internal model of head kinematics predicts the influence of head 
    orientation on reflexive eye movements
    L H Zupan and D M Merfeld 
     
     Visual perception and interception of falling objects: a review of evidence 
    for an internal model of gravity
    Myrka Zago and Francesco Lacquaniti 
     
     Internal models and the construction of time: generalizing from state 
    estimation to trajectory estimation to address temporal features of 
    perception, including temporal illusions
    Rick Grush 
     
     Evolution of the cerebellum as a neuronal machine for Bayesian state 
    estimation
    M G Paulin 
     
     An optimal state estimation model of sensory integration in human postural 
    balance
    Arthur D Kuo
     
     Computational analysis in vitro: dynamics and plasticity of a neuro-robotic 
    system
    Amir Karniel, Michael Kositsky, Karen M Fleming, Michela Chiappalone, 
    Vittorio Sanguineti, Simon T Alford and Ferdinando A Mussa-Ivaldi 
     
     Internal models of limb dynamics and the encoding of limb state
    Eun Jung Hwang and Reza Shadmehr 
     
     An overview of adaptive model theory: solving the problems of redundancy, 
    resources, and nonlinear interactions in human movement control
    Peter D Neilson and Megan D Neilson 
     
     Widespread access to predictive models in the motor system: a short review
    Paul R Davidson and Daniel M Wolpert
    
    
    
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6. Conferences
    6.1 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
    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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    6.2 2006 IEEE Conference on Service Operations and Logistics and Informatics
    2006 IEEE Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics
    
    Contributed by: Robin Qiu, robinqiu@psu.edu
    
    Call for Papers 
    
    2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and 
    Informatics, June 21-23, 2006, Shanghai, China.
    http://www.ssglobal.org/2006  
     
    Sponsored by: IEEE, SSG, IBM, NSFC, Shanghai JiaoTong University
    
    Theme
    
    Given the increasing economic dynamics and the complexity of service 
    operations and logistics, it is a critical challenge to leverage information 
    technology in achieving world-class quality and productivity in the delivery 
    of physical goods and services. This conference aims to bring researchers 
    and professionals together to discuss issues and share their research and 
    development results and experiences in the areas of services design, 
    innovations, marketing, and operations, logistics, and the role of 
    informatics towards improving their efficiency. 
    
    The theme for the conference is Services Quality, Speed, and Vision, 
    promoting effective Services and Logistics in support of 2010 World Expo. 
    Papers relating to Services Design, Innovations, Marketing, Operations, and 
    Engineering, and Logistics are especially solicited.
    
    Topics include, but are not limited to:
    
    Services Design, Engineering, Operations, and Innovations - Services 
    planning; Services process engineering; Expedited services and extreme 
    logistics; Metrics and benchmarks; Healthcare systems; Security & safety 
    services and management; Contingency planning; Retail and services 
    management;  Quality and Satisfaction; Waste management
    
    Logistics & Supply Chain Management - On-demand delivery; Logistics 
    planning; Freight forwarding and customs clearance; Venue logistics 
    management; Warehouse and distribution; Transportation management system; 
    Reverse logistics; Supplier relationship management; Logistics visibility 
    and control; Procurement; Simulation
    
    Services Marketing and Sustaining - Demand forecasting; Customer 
    relationship management; Event communication; Services training; Services 
    sustaining; Services quality; Public relations 
    
    Services (Events) Management & Manufacturing - Event management system; 
    Event sponsorship; Event-based production and supply chain; Event-based 
    products and manufacturing; Intelligent manufacturing; Customization
    
    Communications & Information Systems -Communications & information systems; 
    Process augmentation and automation; Real time identification & tracking 
    technology; Pervasive and ubiquitous computing in logistics; Software agent 
    based systems in logistics; Decision support system; RFID; Data warehousing 
    and data mining; Systems integration
    
    Paper Submission:
    
    Complete manuscripts in PDF must be electronically submitted to the 
    conference website: 
    TUhttp://www.ssglobal.org/2006UT. Submitted manuscripts should be six (6) 
    pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures, tables, and references. 
    A LaTeX style file and a Microsoft Word template are available from the IEEE 
    web site (http://www.ieee.org/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.xml). However, 
    submission MUST be in PDF.
    
    Important Dates:
    Feb. 1, 2006: Deadline for submission of full papers.
    Mar.1, 2006: Acceptance/Rejection notification.
    Apr. 1, 2006: Final camera-ready papers due in electronic form.
    
    
    
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    6.3 2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence Vancouver Canada
    2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Vancouver, Canada
    
    Contributed by: Gary G. Yen, gyen@okstate.edu
    
    [PAPER SUBMISSION SYSTEM WILL BE OPENED ON OCTOBER 15, 2005.]
    
    Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2006 IEEE World 
    Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2006), to be held in Vancouver, 
    British Columbia, Canada from July 16-21, 2006, is the best known academic 
    Olympic event in computational intelligence community.  Joined by three 
    premier international events, International Joint Conference on Neural 
    Networks (IJCNN), IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-
    IEEE), and IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), WCCI 2006 will 
    provide a venue to foster technical exchanges, renew everlasting friendship, 
    and establish new connections. The Congress will bring together researchers 
    and practitioners in the area of theory, design, implementation, and 
    applications of computational intelligence. The Congress will feature world-
    renowned plenary and invited speeches, state-of-the-art special sessions, 
    themed tutorial workshops, moderated panel discussions, regular technical 
    sessions, poster interactions, and last but not least, exciting social 
    functions that include welcoming reception, award banquet, student 
    reception, and farewell reception.
    
    Call for Contributed Papers
    The annual International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2006) 
    solicits papers from all topics in neural networks, including, but not 
    limited to:
    • supervised, unsupervised & reinforcement  learning,
    • neuroinformatics,
    • computational neuroscience,
    • neural dynamics & complex systems,
    • connectionist cognitive science,
    • neural optimization & dynamic programming,
    • kernel methods,
    • graphic models,
    • embedded neural systems,
    • autonomous mental development,
    • neural control & cognitive robotics,
    • hybrid intelligent systems,
    • data analysis & pattern recognition,
    • image & signal processing,
    • hardware implementation, and
    • real-world applications.
    
    The annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2006) 
    solicits papers from all topics in fuzzy systems, including, but not limited 
    to:
    • fuzzy logics & fuzzy set theory,
    • fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary hybrids,
    • fuzzy optimization & design,
    • fuzzy system architectures & hardware,
    • fuzzy pattern recognition & image processing,
    • fuzzy control & robotics,
    • fuzzy data mining & forecasting,
    • fuzzy information retrieval,
    • fuzzy human interface,
    • fuzzy internet & multimedia,
    • fuzzy computing with words,
    • granular computing, and
    • real-world applications.
    
    The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2006) solicits 
    papers from all topics in evolutionary computation, including, but not 
    limited to:
    • theory of evolutionary computation,
    • representation and operators,
    • combinatorial & numerical optimization,
    • coevolution & collective behavior,
    • multiobjective evolutionary algorithms,
    • evolutionary design,
    • evolvable hardware,
    • evolvable software,
    • evolving neural networks & fuzzy systems,
    • evolving learning systems,
    • evolutionary intelligent agents,
    • developmental systems,
    • molecular & quantum computing,
    • bioinformatics & bioengineering,
    • ant colonies & immune systems,
    • particle swarm & differential evolution, and
    • real-world applications.
    
    Cross-fertilization of the three technical disciplines and newly emerging 
    technologies is strongly encouraged. All papers are to be submitted 
    electronically through the Congress website. Look for more details at
    
    http://www.wcci2006.org
    
    For general inquiries, please contact General Chair Gary Yen at 
    gyen@okstate.edu. For program inquiries, contact IJCNN Program Chair Lipo 
    Wang at elpwang@ntu.edu.sg, FUZZ-IEEE Program Chair Piero Bonissone at 
    bonissone@research.ge.com, or CEC Program Chair Simon M. Lucas at 
    sml@essex.ac.uk.
    
    Call for Special Sessions
    IJCNN/FUZZ-IEEE/CEC Program Committees also solicits proposals for special 
    sessions within the technical scopes of the three conferences. Special 
    sessions are organized by internationally recognized experts and aimed to 
    bring together researchers in a focused topic. Special sessions have become 
    both a tradition and an important component of each conference. Papers 
    submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same 
    criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in 
    organizing a special session are invited to submit a formal proposal to 
    IJCNN Special Sessions Chair Jun Wang at jwang@acae.cuhk.edu.hk, FUZZ-IEEE 
    Special Sessions Chair Tsu-Tian Lee at president@ntut.edu.tw, or CEC Special 
    Sessions Chair Carlos A. Coello Coello at ccoello@cs.cinvestav.mx. Special 
    session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of 
    the scope and motivation, names, contact information and brief CV of the 
    organizers. 
    
    Call for Tutorials
    WCCI 2006 will feature a number of pre-congress tutorials covering 
    fundamental and advanced computational intelligence topics. Tutorial 
    proposals, submitted to Tutorials Chair via emails, are solicited and should 
    include title, outline, expected enrollment, and presenter biography. Any 
    inquires regarding the tutorials should address to Tutorial Chair DeLiang 
    Wang at dwang@cse.ohio-state.edu. 
    
    Important Due Dates:
    (please note no extension on paper submission deadline will be honored.)
    Special Session Proposal: December 31, 2005
    Paper Submission: January 31, 2006
    Tutorial Proposal: January 31, 2006
    Decision Notification: March 15, 2006 
    Camera-Ready Submission: April 15, 2006
    
    
    
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    6.4 2006 Int Conference on Dynamics Instrumentation and Control
    2006 Int Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control
    
    Contributed by: Chun-Yi Su, cysu@alcor.concordia.ca
    
    The 2006 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control,
    CDIC06, will be held on August 13-16, 2006 in historical city of Queretaro,
    Mexico. The conference offers a unique integration of innovative concepts and
    advances in system dynmics, controls and sensors. For detailed information
    about the conference, please visit
    
    http://cdic06.encs.concordia.ca
    
    PAPER SUBMISSION
    Prospective authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of 800-1000
    words in English. The abstract must include paper title, author(s)
    names,affiliation(s), name of the corresponding author, postal and E-mail
    addresses of the corresponding author,and telephone/facsimile numbers. All
    accepted papers would be published on a Conference CD-ROM. Selected papers
    will be published in a limited-edition hardcover book by World Scientific
    Publishing Co. Please consult conference website for instructions for
    preparing the manuscript. 
    
    Paper submission by email to: cdic06@encs.concordia.ca 
    
    IMPORTANT DATES
    Submission of extended abstract    :		January 16, 2006
    Notification of Acceptance	   :		March 10, 2006
    Submission of Manuscript	   :		April 15, 2006
    Conference:			   : 		August 13-16, 2006
    Official Web Site: http://cdic06.encs.concordia.ca   
    E-mail: cdic06@encs.concordia.ca
    
    
    
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    6.5 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory - SSST06
    38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory - SSST06
    
    Contributed by: Sundaram Natarajan, snatarajan@tntech.edu
    
    38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory (SSST-2006)
    
    Tennessee Technological University
    Cookeville, Tennessee, 38505
    March 5-7, 2006
    http://www.tntech.edu/ssst
    
    Authors are invited to submit original papers from all areas of system theory,
    design, application, and experiments/field trials. Additionally, applications
    are also solicited for invited sessions.  Graduate students are invited to
    submit their thesis and dissertation research work.  All accepted papers must
    be presented at the symposium and will be published in the conference
    proceedings, to be made available at the symposium.
      
    Key Conference Deadlines
    
    Paper summary (500-1,000 words)	October 14, 2005
    Invited session proposals	October 14, 2005
    Notification of acceptance	November 14, 2005
    Camera-ready originals & registration fees January 16, 2006
    Reception	March 5, 2006
    Presentations	March 6-7, 2006
    
    Contributed Papers:  Review of all submitted papers will start on October 17,
    2005.  Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers or submit a
    500-1,000 word summary for review, along with a list of references relevant 
    to the paper.
    
    Invited Sessions:  Prospective organizers of an invited session should submit
    a one page proposal summarizing the theme for the session and a list of the
    papers and include a summary for each of the papers proposed for the session.
    
    Submissions:  Please visit our website at http://www.tntech.edu/ssst for 
    complete instructions and submission guidelines or contact us via email at
    ssst06@tntech.edu.
    
    General Chair
    Kari P. Rajan, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tenn. Tech.
    University. pkrajan@tntech.edu
    
    Co-General Chair
    Sundaram Natarajan, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tenn.
    Tech. University. snatarajan@tntech.edu
    
    Technical Program Committee Chair
    Ali Alouani, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tenn. Tech.
    University. aalouani@tntech.edu 
    
    
    
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    6.6 44th IEEE CDC and ECC 05 advanced registration deadline
    44th IEEE CDC and ECC 05 advanced registration deadline
    
    Contributed by: Eduardo F. Camacho, eduardo@esi.us.es
    
    I would like to invite you to attend the CDC-ECC'05. This is the first time
    that two of the most reputed conferences in control, the European Control
    Conference (ECC) and the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), are to
    be celebrated as a joint conference. This important event will take place in
    an attractive environment, the city of Seville(Spain), December 12–15, 2005
    
    The response to our Call for Papers has been extraordinary. More than 3050
    papers were submitted.  The International Program Committee has worked hard
    and efficiently and, after a rigorous procedure, 1470 papers have been
    accepted.  The number of submissions was much higher than expected and,
    because of this,  only papers that received excellent reviews could be selected.  
    
    Two Plenary Sessions,  four Semi-Plenary sessions and five tutorial sessions
    have been programmed for the four days of the Conference.   We have chosen a
    set of  outstanding speakers and a wide range of topics to cover not only
    emerging fields, but also new developments in well established research areas.  
    
    Most of  the papers are scheduled for oral presentation in 204 sessions,
    organized in 17 parallel tracks. There is also a significant number (41) of 
    interactive sessions which have been  encouraged  in this conference as a
    challenging experience to facilitate interaction between conference attendees. 
    
    The reaction to the Call for  Workshops has also been very positive. The
    selected Workshops will be held on Sunday, December 11, prior to the Congress
    opening. The Conference includes other activities such as panel discussions
    about important issues in the field.
    
    The deadline for advanced registration at the conference and workshops is
    October 31, 2005. 
    
    For the most up to date information please visit the conference website
    (http://www.esi.us.es/cdcecc05).
    
    
    
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    6.7 CDC 2006: Interactive Papers Session
    CDC 2006: Interactive Papers Session
    
    Contributed by: Shuzhi Sam Ge, elegesz@nus.edu.sg
    
    The 45th IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, December 13-
    15, 2006, San Diego, brings together the international community
    of researchers and practitioners for the latest advancements and
    future directions in the areas of intelligent decision making and automatic
    control.
    
    CDC 2006: INTERACTIVE PAPERS SESSION
    http://www.ieeecss.org/CAB/conferences/cdc2006/cfp.php
    
    We would especially like to draw your attention to the Interactive Papers
    Session, which will be held in addition to the usual oral sessions. This
    marks a significant departure from the usual format of CDC. It provides 
    researchers and practitioners from all related fields the opportunity to showcase 
    the latest technology and developments, while at the same time, engage the
    audience in a lively and interactive manner. 
    
    You are cordially invited to organize Interactive Sessions about specific themes 
    with invited authors. Papers/posters in an interactive session present a 
    cohesive and comprehensive focus on a relevant topic. The interactive session 
    submission includes a session summary and may include up to 6 
    papers/posters about a specific theme. Topics for the interactive sessions may 
    be selected specifically to allow more time for interaction and discussion that 
    are not available in a time-limited oral session. The authors are encouraged to 
    make creative use of poster boards as well as the innovative use of 
    experimental setups, visual demonstrations, simulations, and virtual reality 
    tools. Presenters are encouraged to explore new/creative ways of utilizing and 
    exploiting multimedia to up the interactivity quotient of the presentations.
    
    Submissions may be in, but not limited to, the following areas:
    Control applications and system development, Automation; Robotics; 
    Computational Intelligence and Operations Research. 
    
    IMPORTANT DATES:
    Deadline for session proposals: February 17, 2006
    Deadline for  all papers: February 24, 2006
    Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2006
    Final submission and on-line registration opens: August 1, 2006
    Deadline for Final submission of all papers: September 10, 2006
    
    All papers and proposals must be submitted through the conference submission
    website www.paperplaza.net and must conform to the policy found at the
    conference website www.ieeecss.org/CAB/conferences/cdc2006/
    
    Sam Ge, Vice-Chair: Interactive Sessions
    
    
    
    
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    6.8 CFP: Invited Sessions on Automotive Control for CCA2006
    CFP: Invited Sessions on Automotive Control for CCA2006
    
    Contributed by: Kevin Fischbach, kfischba@visteon.com
    
    ADVANCES IN CONTROL OF AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
    
    2006 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA)
    held concurrently with the
    IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design (CACSD)
    IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
    
    October 4–6 Munich Germany
    http://www.elet.polimi.it/conferences/cca06/
    
    The IEEE Technical Committee on Automotive Control (TCAC) is organizing 
    invited sessions at the 2006 IEEE Conference on Control Applications.  
    Papers are invited on original investigations relating to modeling, 
    analysis, and control of automotive systems. Specific topics of interest 
    include, but are not limited to:  engine/powertrain dynamics and control, 
    alternative propulsion systems, fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, vehicle 
    dynamics and control, climate control, control of exhaust gas 
    aftertreatment, automated highway applications, advanced automotive sensing 
    and actuation, estimation and diagnostics.
    
    You are invited to submit a paper describing problem formulation, 
    methodology, work  performed, results, conclusions, and key references.  
    Please submit papers 
    * in pdf format,
    * including the Paperplaza PIN for each contributing author, and
    * indicating the corresponding author and contact information
    to one of the session organizers listed below. 
    
    Papers should be received by December 15, 2005.  Authors will be notified of 
    acceptance into an invited session by January 15, 2006.  Submissions 
    accepted for inclusion in an invited session must then be submitted online 
    via www.paperplaza.net by January 29, 2006.  All 2006 CCA submissions must 
    strictly follow the page limit and column specifications outlined on the 
    2006 CCA website or risk rejection without review.  
    
    The CCA Conference Program Committee will make the decision regarding final 
    acceptance of the invited sessions by March 31, 2006.  Final, complete 
    papers will be due on May 19, 2006, and completed session papers must 
    conform to the same standards as regular contributed papers.  The CCA is 
    particularly interested in enhancing the applications and industrial 
    perspective of the conference. Consequently, prospective authors from 
    industry are encouraged to submit.
    
    Session Organizers:
    
    Urs Christen                    Bob Koch                 
    Ford Motor Co                   Univ. of Alberta       
    +49 241 9421-119                +1 780 492-8821        
    uchriste@ford.com               bob.koch@ualberta.ca 
    
    Lino Guzzella                   Kevin Fischbach
    ETH Zurich                      Visteon Corporation
    +41 44 632 5448                 +1 734 481-8652
    guzzella@imrt.mavt.ethz.ch      kfischba@visteon.com 
    
    
    
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    6.9 Call for papers: 2006 IEEE CCACACSDISIC
    Call for papers: 2006 IEEE CCA,CACSD,ISIC
    
    Contributed by: Marco Lovera, lovera@elet.polimi.it
    
    IEEE International Conference on Control Applications  
    IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design 
    IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control 
    
    The 2006 CCA/CACSD/ISIC will take place on October 4-6 2006, in the city of
    Munich (Germany) and will bring together experts from different areas to
    discuss the state-of-the-art in control technology and to present new research
    results and perspectives on future developments with respect to control system
    design and applications.
    
    The 2006 CCA/CACSD/ISIC is sponsored by The Institute of Electrical and
    Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Control Systems Society (CSS), and organized in
    cooperation with the European Union Control Association (EUCA) and the Society
    of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan (SICE).
    The technical sessions of the conference will be hosted by one of the foremost
    universities in Germany, the Technical University of Munich.
    
    For complete information about the conference visit
      http://www.elet.polimi.it/conferences/cca06/
    
    HIGHLIGHTS
    Plenary speakers:
    CCA - Prof. Brian DO Anderson, Australian National University
    CACSD - Prof.  Jan Maciejowski, University of Cambridge
    ISIC -  Prof. Thomas Parisini, Universita' di Trieste
    
    CACSD Keynote Lecture: Cleve Moler / Pascal Gahinet (Mathworks)
    
    Paper submissions will be handled electronically through the IEEE conference
    management system at http://www.paperplaza.net. Please refer to the conference
    web site for the most up-to-date information about the conferences. The
    program Committees also solicit proposals for invited sessions and tutorial
    workshops within the technical scope of the conferences.
    
    KEY DATES
    Paper/Invited session/Workshop proposal: January 29, 2006
    Workshop acceptance/rejection notification: March 31, 2006
    Paper acceptance/rejection notification: April 15, 2006
    Final manuscript submission deadline: May 19, 2006
    Best student-paper award nominations: June 5, 2006
    
    GENERAL CHAIR: Andras Varga, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
    PROGRAM CHAIR (CCA): Martin Buss, Technical University Munich, Germany
    PROGRAM CHAIR (CACSD): Christian Schmid, University of Bochum, Germany
    PROGRAM CHAIR (ISIC): Derong Liu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    
    
    
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    6.10 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology
    IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology
    
    Contributed by: Xiaobo Tan, xbtan@egr.msu.edu
    
    The 2006 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology 
    (EIT'06), sponsored by the IEEE Region 4 (R4), will be held on May 7-10, 
    2006, in East Lansing, Michigan.
    
    EIT'06 is focused on basic/applied research results in the fields of 
    electrical and computer engineering and their applications to areas such as 
    Homeland Security, Life Sciences and Automotive Technology. The purpose of 
    the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and industrial 
    investigators to exchange ideas for solving problems that are increasingly 
    multidisciplinary. There will be exhibits where the latest 
    electro/information technology tools and products will be showcased. This is 
    also an opportunity for professional activities development, workshops and 
    tutorials. The program will feature keynote presentations by prominent 
    researchers in the field. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 
    
    * Micro Electromechanical Systems & Mechatronics 
    * Intelligent and Multi-agent Control Systems 
    * Power, Consumer and Automotive Electronics 
    * Nanotechnology 
    * Electronic Design Automation 
    * Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems 
    * Software Engineering and Middleware Architecture 
    * Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility 
    * Antennas and Propagation 
    * Wireless communication, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks 
    * Signal, Image and Video Processing 
    * Cyber Security 
    * Distributed Data Fusion and Mining 
    * Digital Evolution 
    * Biometrics and Bioinformatics 
    * Biomedical Applications, Telemedicine 
    
    All the submitted papers will be peer reviewed with respect to their 
    quality, originality and relevance. All presented papers will be published 
    and archived in the IEEE-Xplore database. For details on submission and 
    registration, please refer to the conference web page at 
    http://www.eit2006.org/index.html. 
    
    Important dates:
    
    * Submission of full papers PDF form: January 8th, 2006
    * Notification of acceptance: March 8th, 2006
    * Final manuscript in PDF form: March 29th, 2006
    * Early registration: March 29th, 2006
    
    
    
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    6.11 Positive systems: Theory and Applications
    Positive systems: Theory and Applications
    
    Contributed by: Christian Commault, Christian.Commault@inpg.fr
    
    Positive systems are systems in which the relevant variables assume 
    nonnegative values. These systems are quite common in applications where 
    variables represent positive quantities such as populations, concentrations 
    of chemical species, consumption of goods, probabilities, ... The aim of the 
    symposium is that of joining together researchers modeling systems in 
    different areas, such as economy, biomedecine, chemistry, and 
    telecommunications, in order to provide a multidisciplinary forum where they 
    have the opportunity to exchange ideas and compare results in a unifyied 
    framework.
    
    IMPORTANT DATES
    January 10, 2006, submission deadline
    March 10, 2006, notification of acceptance
    
    The symposium POSTA06 will be held in Grenoble (France) from August 30 to 
    September 1, 2006.
    The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag.
    
    INFORMATION
    For further information see the web site of POSTA06: 
    http://www.lag.ensieg.inpg.fr/POSTA06/index.php or contact 
    POSTA06@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
    
    
    
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    6.12 SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
    SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations 
    
    Contributed by: Kirsten Wilden, wilden@siam.org
    
    July 10-12, 2006
    Boston, MA
    
    This second conference organized by the SIAM Activity Group (SIAG) on Analysis
    of Partial Differential Equations (SIAG/APDE) will have seven 45-minute
    invited lectures, minisymposia, and contributed talks.
    
    The winner of the SIAG on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Prize
    will give one of the plenary lectures.
    
    This conference targets all researchers in partial differential equations with
    an interest at the intersection of analysis and applications. Advanced
    graduate students and young researchers are encouraged to participate. Limited
    funding is available for graduate students and recent PhDs.
    
    Please visit http://www.siam.org/meetings/pd06/index.php for more information.
    
    
    
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    6.13 The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation
    The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation
    
    Contributed by: Wei Wang, wangwei@dlut.edu.cn
    
    The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA'06) is 
    now a bi-annua