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eletter
Issue 157, September 2001
1. Personals
1.1 Change of Address: A. Brinton Cooper III
Contributed by: A. Brinton Cooper III, abcooper@jhu.edu
I am leaving the Army Research Laboratory. Effective September 1, 2001, my
contact information will be:
A. Brinton Cooper III
Associate Research Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
e-mail: abcooper@jhu.edu
phone: 410-516-7014
FAX: 410-516-5566
Web: www.ece.jhu.edu/faculty/cooper/
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1.2 Change of Address: Douglas Leith
Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
Please note my new contact information:
Douglas Leith
Hamilton Institute,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Co. Kildare,
Ireland.
Web: www.hamilton.cs.may.ie
Email: doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
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1.3 Change of Address: Ferdinand Svaricek
Contributed by: Ferdinand Svaricek, sv@risc.uni-duisburg.de
Please note my new address (valid by October 1, 2001):
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Svaricek
Dept. of Aviation and Space Engineering
University of the German Armed Forces, Munich
85577 Neubiberg
Germany
Phone: +49 89 6004-2077
Fax: +49 89 6004-2082
Email: Ferdinand.Svaricek@UniBW-Muenchen.de
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1.4 Change of Address: Magnus Egerstedt
Contributed by: Magnus Egerstedt, magnus@ece.gatech.edu
My new coordinates are
Magnus Egerstedt
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: (404) 894-3484
Fax: (404) 894-4641
Email: magnus@ece.gatech.edu
http://www.ece.gatech.edu/~magnus/
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2. General Announcements
2.1 Control Systems Society BoG Election Results
Contributed by: Linda Bushnell, bushnell@ee.washington.edu
CSS Board of Governors Election Results for the Term: 2002-2004
The following IEEE Control Systems Society members have been elected
to serve on the Board of Governors for the term Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2004:
B. Ross Barmish
Tryphon Georgiou
Miroslav Krstic
Pradeep Misra
Henk Nijmeijer
Bjorn Wittenmark
The Board of Governors is responsible for all CSS activities. It is
composed of the Executive Committee, all publication editors, eighteen
elected members (six new members elected by the society membership every
year) and six members appointed by the president for a one year term.
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2.2 Hamilton Inst Launched at Nat Univ of Ireland
Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
HAMILTON INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH
Following the recent announcement of the first round of strategic research
awards by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Hamilton Institute based at
NUI Maynooth has won initial funding of $5.8M to establish a new centre of
research excellence in information and communication technology.
The Hamilton Institute is a multi-disciplinary research institute which
seeks to exploit the synergies which exist between computer science,
mathematics, physics and engineering. The SFI award will be used to support
a research programme tackling a broad range of fundamental issues relating
to systems formed from strongly interacting/co-operating software and
physical elements.
For further details, please visit www.hamilton.cs.may.ie or contact
Prof. Douglas Leith,
Hamilton Institute,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Web. www.hamilton.cs.may.ie
Email. doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
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3. Positions
3.1 Doctoral Fellowship: Adaptech France
Contributed by: I.D. Landau, landau@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr
Marie Curie Industrial Host Doctoral Fellowship
Industrial Host: Adaptech S.A., 4 Rue de la Tour d'Eau, 38400 St. Martin
d'Heres, France (www.adaptech.com, e-mail: info@adptech.com)
Academic Partner: Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble, ENSIEG, BP46, 38402
St. Martin d'Heres, France (www-lag.ensieg.inpg.fr)
Ph.D. Adviser: I.D. Landau, Research Director at CNRS
(e-mail: landau@lag.ensieg.inpg.fr)
The European Community has granted to Adaptech S.A. a 3 years doctoral
fellowship on the subject :
Integrated Control Design and Identification Applied to Industrial System
Based on new results in the area of system identification in closed loop
(which can be used for controller tuning, validation and controller
reduction) and in the area of robust control, the objective is to implement
an integrated methodology for controller design and commissioning. The
methodology will be tested on several industrial applications.
The fellow will acquire the knowledge for designing and implementing advanced
control systems on real industrial systems. He will acquire experience on
conducting research in a mixed industrial university environment with the
additional features of an international collaboration. He will be registered
within the Ph.D. program of Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble.
The candidate should have a Master or Engineering degree in Control.
The position is opened to citizens and permanent residents of E.U. countries
except France.
More details can be found on the web sites of Adaptech and L.A.G.
(http://www.adaptech.com/adaptech/english/marie_curie-e.htm) as well as on
the web site of the European Commission
(http://www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/types.htm)
Interested persons should contact I.D. Landau
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3.2 Doctoral Research Position UniBW Munich Germany
Doctoral Research Position, UniBW Munich, Germany
Contributed by: Ferdinand Svaricek, sv@risc.uni-duisburg.de
A research assistant position (BAT IIa) in systems and control engineering
is available at the Dept. of Aviation and Space Engineering, University of
the German Armed Forces, Munich (Lehrstuhl fuer Steuer- und
Regelungstechnik, Prof. Ferdinand Svaricek).
The position is initially for three years, with the possibility of a two
year extension. The BAT IIa salary is approximately DM 65000 per year.
Possible research topics include active noise and vibration control,
automotive control, autonomous systems, robust and nonlinear control.
Applicants should hold a M.Sc./M.S. in Mathematics or Control Engineering
or any degree comparable to the German Diploma in Engineering.The prospective
candidate is supposed to work towards a Ph.D. in engineering.
For further information please contact Ferdinand Svaricek,
phone +49 (0)177 215-1625, e-mail: sv@risc.uni-duisburg.de.
Please send your applications - preferably in electronic form - to
Ferdinand Svaricek
Lehrstuhl fuer Steuer- und Regelungstechnik
Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
D-85577 Neubiberg
Germany
email: sv@risc.uni-duisburg.de
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3.3 EE Staff Position - Argonne National Lab
Contributed by: Humberto E. Garcia, garcia@anl.gov
Staff Position - Electrical Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory - West is seeking qualified Electrical
Engineering or Computer Science candidates to fill a staff research and
development (R&D) position. The successful candidate will conduct R&D
activities in quantitative assessment methods, nuclear operations modeling,
sensors/data acquisition systems, hardware development and interfaces, and
discrete event systems (DES) theory and applications. Efforts will be
directed toward problems in the areas of modeling, monitoring, analysis,
control, optimization, and simulation, with an emphasis on nuclear industry
applications. The successful candidate may be involved in the development of
advanced modeling and measurement techniques for evaluating existing/proposed
nuclear systems and for assessing the consistency of declared information
against modeled predictions and collected operational data. R&D activities
may also include the development of model-based methods for designing,
optimizing, and integrating embedded sensory networks and analyzing system
properties such as operability, observability, detectability, and
diagnosability. The problem of observability under unreliable sensory
information corrupted by statistical elements may also be addressed.
Potential candidates should have a Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering or
related fields. Expertise or experience in dynamic modeling and DES theory
and application is desirable. The position requires a highly motivated
individual with the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
We are approximately 150 miles from Sun Valley, 100 miles from Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, and Yellowstone National Park, three of the worlds most sought after
resort vacation destinations. Argonne offers a competitive salary and
exceptional benefits package; including health/dental/life, retirement,
vacation, tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance and much more.
Send resume to:
H.E. Garcia
Argonne National Laboratory-West
P.O. Box 2528
Idaho Falls, ID 83403-2528
Email: garcia@anl.gov
Argonne is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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3.4 Endowed Chair in Space Tech Georgia Tech
Contributed by: Panagiotis Tsiotras, p.tsiotras@ae.gatech.edu
David and Andrew Lewis Chair in Space Technology, Georgia Tech
The School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
invites applications and nominations for a senior, distinguished,
exceptionally qualified individual with a well-established reputation for
research, scholarship and teaching to be appointed to the newly created chair
in Space Technology.
Space systems technology, for our purposes, encompasses a variety of
disciplines including design of launch vehicles; orbital transfer and
reentry spacecraft; communication satellites; and spacecraft dynamics and
control, orbital mission planning, thermal structures, control of large
flexible structures, among others.
The successful candidate for the David and Andrew Lewis Chair in Space
Technology should an earned doctorate in Aerospace Engineering or a
related field. Industrial and/or government agency experience is desirable.
In particular, the successful candidate is expected to (a) establish a
personal program of innovative research (b) strengthen the curriculum and
teach graduate and undergraduate courses (c) attract external funding (d)
maintain close ties with industry and government (e) collaborate with other
faculty to consolidate activities, all in the area of space technology.
The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech was
established in 1930. The graduate program at Georgia Tech ranks among the
top five aerospace programs nationwide and enjoys a worldwide reputation.
Qualified candidates should submit (a) a complete curriculum vitae (b) a
general statement of teaching and research interests and (c) the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of five references to:
Professor Jeff Jagoda, Committee Chairman
David and Andrew Lewis Chair Search Committee
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
Tel: (404) 894-3060
Fax: (404) 894-2760
Email: jeff.jagoda@aerospace.gatech.edu
The search will continue until the position is filled.
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3.5 PDF: Ohio State University USA
Contributed by: Jose B. Cruz, Jr., cruz.22@osu.edu
Post-doctoral Researcher Position at The Ohio State University
A post-doctoral researcher is needed to assist in a project to investigate
applications of various game theories to hierarchical control of autonomous
systems, in the context of military systems. The project is funded by DARPA
under the Mixed Initiative Control of Automa-Teams (MICA). The candidate
should have some background in cooperative and non-cooperative games,
intelligent control, and estimation. He/She should be proficient with several
computer simulation languages. The candidate should have an excellent command
of the English language. The position is available immediately, and renewable
annually subject to good performance. The MICA program is planned for four
years.
Send your curriculum vita and names of three references by e-mail to:
Professor Jose B. Cruz, Jr.
Howard D. Winbigler Chair in Engineering
The Ohio State University
205 Dreese Laboratory
2015 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1272 USA
cruz.22@osu.edu
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3.6 PDF: Sydney Australia
Contributed by: Dr. Jie Bao, j.bao@unsw.edu.au
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
REF. 653EMAIL
FIXED TERM: Total Remuneration: $A45,268 - $A48,591 per year plus up to 17%
employer superannuation plus leave loading.
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the field
of Decentralised Process Control. Based on the Passivity Theorem, this
research will develop a new approach to fault-tolerant decentralised control
schemes for both linear and control-affine nonlinear processes in a unified
framework. The work will be supervised by Dr J Bao and Professor P L Lee.
Essential criteria: a PhD in Engineering or Mathematics; good knowledge of
and research experience with modern control theories; strong mathematical
skills; ability to work independently; excellent oral and written
communication skills as well as a knowledge of EEO/AA principles.
Desirable criteria: knowledge of nonlinear process control, robust control
and the Passivity Theory.
This is a fixed term position for 2.5 years, available immediately, with the
possibility of renewal for a further six months dependent on funding.
Expression of interest should be made in writing and systematically address
the selection criteria. Please include business and private telephone
numbers; a complete resume, (copies of academic transcript and qualifications
where appropriate); and the names, addresses (and preferably facsimile
numbers) of at least two referees. Enquires and expression of interest should
be sent to:
Dr Jie Bao
School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry
The University of New South Wales
UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 6755
Mobile phone: +61 4 2159 7964
Fax: +61 (2) 9385 5966
E-mail: J.Bao@unsw.edu.au
Applications close September 10, 2001
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3.7 PhD Position Brussels Belgium
Contributed by: Michel Kinnaert, kinnaert@labauto.ulb.ac.be
PhD Position, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels)
The Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis of the Free
University of Brussels invites applicants for a PhD position (4 year
contract). The topic of the research project is simulation, control and
supervision of distributed parameter systems, with application to a specific
chemical process. The candidate is expected to have a strong background in
control engineering and/or in simulation of chemical processes, as well as
good programming skills. He/she will collaborate with other researchers on
the project, and he/she will have the opportunity to stay abroad in order to
perform the experimental part of the project.
The appointment is to begin November 2001. A letter of application including
a detailed curriculum vitae should be sent to:
Michel Kinnaert
CP 165/55, ULB, 50 Av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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3.8 Positions: City University London UK
Contributed by: Peter D. Roberts, p.d.roberts@city.ac.uk
POSITIONS IN CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON, UK, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Information Engineering
These are continuing appointments and will be on the L/SL scale
between =A322,000 and =A339,976 inclusive of London Allowance.
As part of the University's on-going programme of investment in the
School of Engineering, we are looking to make a number of appointments
to
maintain excellence in research and teaching in the key areas of
electrical, electronic and information engineering. (including Control
Engineering).
Applicants should have good research backgrounds consistent with
their career records to date, demonstrate the ability to attract
funding for research and provide teaching expertise in IT-based
subjects. (including Engineering Mathematics).
For further information email m.j.watkins@city,ac.uk
Closing date for applications is Friday 17th August.
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3.9 Post-Doc and PhD Positions Sweden
Contributed by: Erik Elmroth, elmroth@cs.umu.se
POST-DOC and PHD POSITIONS IN
PARALLEL COMPUTING AND NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA
Department of Computing Science and High Performance Computing
Center North (HPC2N) seek outstanding candidate(s) for one
post-dotoral position and new PhD position(s) in parallel computing
and numerical linear algebra with applications.
The research in numerical linear algebra and parallel computing
has a long tradition at the department and is internationally
well-established, and contributes, e.g., to international
software libraries such as (Sca)LAPACK and the SLICOT library
(within the Numerics in Control Network (NICONET)).
In parallel computing, the research focuses on algorithms, tools,
and applications for scalable high-performance computer systems,
as well as web and grid computing environments.
The research in numerical linear algebra comprises the whole
spectrum of problems including perturbation theory and estimation
of the conditioning of the problem, development of algorithms
and computable error bounds and their robust and efficient
implementation in state-of-the-art software modules. Large-scale
problems are of special interest.
The PostDoc and PhD position(s) are open in the following projects:
1. HIGH PERFORMANCE LINEAR ALGEBRA ALGORITHMS AND KERNELS
2. CANONICAL FORMS AND EIGENSPACE COMPUTATIONS FOR MATRICES
AND MATRIX PENCILS WITH APPLICATIONS TO CONTROL THEORY
3. NETWORK-BASED TOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
The PostDoc position is for 1-2 years. The PhD position(s) include
salary for 4 years full time studies and research within the
projects outlined above.
For more information about application (dead-line Sep 10,2001)
etc see www.cs.umu/~bokg/positions.html or contact
Prof. Bo Kagstrom (bokg@cs.umu.se) or Dr. Erik Elmroth
(elmroth@cs.umu.se).
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3.10 Post-doc Positions at Technion-IIT Israel
Contributed by: Leonid Mirkin, mirkin@tx.technion.ac.il
Two postdoctoral positions are available in control and estimation at the
Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Technion for a period up to 3 years starting in
October 2001. Applicants should have a recently completed PhD in control or
related area of engineering or applied mathematics and should demonstrate a
strong background in at least one of the following areas:
* time-delay systems
* sampled-data control
* passivity-based control
* optimal estimation
* H-infty optimization
* digital signal processing
Applications (CV + names of two referees) and enquiries can be addressed to:
Dr. Leonid Mirkin
Faculty of Mechanical Eng.
Technion - IIT
Haifa 32000, Israel
Tel: +972-4-8293149
Email: mirkin@tx.technion.ac.il
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3.11 Post-doctoral Position Cambridge U.K.
Contributed by: John Lygeros, jl290@eng.cam.ac.uk
Post-doctoral Position, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research position at the
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, U.K. The post is
for a period of 15 months and is funded by the EPSRC. Earliest
starting date is October 1, 2001.
The aim of the project is to develop methods for the design and
analysis of controllers for hybrid systems, using techniques from
viability theory and differential games. A strong background in optimal
control, differential games, viability theory, non-smooth analysis or
hybrid systems is desirable.
Interested applicants should contact
Dr John Lygeros
Department of Engineering
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
U.K.
Email: jl290@eng.cam.ac.uk
providing their resume (including list of publications) and the names
and contact information of at least three referees.
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3.12 Research Associate: Ireland
Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSTS, HAMILTON INSTITUTE, IRELAND
Following the recent award of a $5.8M grant by Science Foundation Ireland,
applications are invited for a number of postgraduate and postdoctoral
research positions at the Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland
Maynooth.
The Hamilton Institute is a multi-disciplinary research institute which
seeks to exploit the synergies which exist between computer science,
mathematics, physics and engineering. The research programme will involve
techniques from stability and control theory for hybrid and nonlinear
dynamics, machine learning and probabilistic modelling/reasoning in
data-intensive environments, safety-critical communication/networking and
related areas. These posts offer a unique opportunity for successful
candidates to tackle fundamental research problems within a stimulating
research environment.
The appointments are for an initial period of three years, extendable to
five. The positions are available beginning October 2001, with highly
competitive salary and benefits. Interested candidates should submit a
resume to Prof. Douglas Leith or Dr. Robert Shorten at
Hamilton Institute,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Co. Kildare,
Ireland
Web. www.hamilton.cs.may.ie
Email. doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie, rshorten@hamilton.cs.may.ie
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3.13 Research Positions Technical University Berlin Germany
Research Positions, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Contributed by: Martin Buss, M.Buss@ieee.org
Research assistant positions to be filled with PhD candidates or
postdocs are available in the Control Systems Group, Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technical University
Berlin (Fachgebiet Regelungssysteme, headed by Prof. Martin Buss). The
initially 3 year termed positions are mainly for research but also
involve some student supervision duties in seminars and student
laboratories. Salary depend on age and marital status, approximately
DM 65,000 (32,500 Euros) p.a. See http://www.rs.tu-berlin.de for an
overview of the Control Systems Group; http://www.tu-berlin.de for the
Technical University Berlin; http://www.berlin.de for information
about the Germany capital city.
Possible research directions are hybrid discrete-continuous dynamical
systems, nonlinear control systems, mechatronic systems, communication
control, telepresence/teleoperation, tele-embodiment, legged
locomotion, upper body humanoid robotics.
Requirements: MSc or equivalent or Ph.D. in Engineering with a solid
control or mechatronics background; Computer Science with a strong
practical background may also be considered. Successful candidates are
expected to be fluent in English and will have to be prepared to study
German.
Please send your application and further inquiries to:
Prof. Dr. Martin Buss
Professor and Head of the Control Systems Group
Institute of Energy and Automation Technology
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Technical University of Berlin
Sekr. EN 11, Einsteinufer 17
D-10587 Berlin, Germany
Email: Martin.Buss@tu-berlin.de (or M.Buss@ieee.org)
Tel: +49-30-314-22945
Fax: +49-30-314-21137
http://www.rs.tu-berlin.de
Closing date for applications is October 1st, 2001, although
exceptionally strong candidates will be considered at any time.
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3.14 Senior Research Posts Ireland
Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie
SENIOR RESEARCH POSTS, HAMILTON INSTITUTE, IRELAND
Applications are invited for four senior research positions in the broad
area of hybrid/nonlinear dynamics and control. The successful candidates
will be outstanding researchers who can demonstrate either a strong research
track record or significant research potential at international level. This
is a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research group which is currently
undergoing substantial expansion.
The appointments are for an initial period of three years, extendable to
five with the potential to be become permanent. The positions are available
beginning October 2001, with highly competitive salary and benefits. Where
appropriate, the possibility exists to fund postgraduate positions in direct
support of these senior posts.
Interested candidates should submit a resume, with publications list and
copies of two key publications to Prof. Douglas Leith or Dr. Robert Shorten
at
Hamilton Institute,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
Co. Kildare,
Ireland
Web. www.hamilton.cs.may.ie
Email. doug@hamilton.cs.may.ie, rshorten@hamilton.cs.may.ie
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4. Books
4.1 IFAC Proceedings Recently Published
Contributed by: Martin Ruck, m.ruck@elsevier.co.uk
IFAC Proceedings Recently Published
The following IFAC Proceedings volumes have recently been published and are
available from IFAC Publications/Elsevier Science:
Bio-Robotics, Information Technology & Intelligent Control for Bio-Production
Systems
Osaka, Japan, 25-26 November 2000
Edited by S. Shibusawa, M. Monta, H. Murase
ISBN: 0 08 043555 6
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080435556
Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft 2000
Aalborg, Denmark, 23-25 August 2000
Edited by M. Blanke, M.M.A. Porzanjani, Z. Vukic
ISBN: 0 08 043659 5
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080436595
Mechatronic Systems 2000
Darmstadt, Germany, 18-20 September 2000
Edited by R. Isermann
ISBN: 0 08 0435521 3
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080435513
Robot Control 2000
Vienna, Austria, 21-23 September 2000
Edited by P. Kopacek
ISBN: 0 08 043561 0
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080435610
Advances in Control Education 2000
Gold Coast, Australia, 17-19 December 2000
Edited by L. Vlacic & M. Brisk
ISBN 0 08 043245 X
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/008043245X
Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control 2000
Budapest, Hungary, 2-4 October 2000
Edited by I.J. Rudas & J. Tar
ISBN 0 08 043562 9
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080435629
To order, please visit the web pages mentioned above.
For more information about IFAC Publications, including a complete list of
all Proceedings volumes available, please visit the web page:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac.
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4.2 Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems
Contributed by: Michael J. Pont, m.pont@le.ac.uk
Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems
Embedded software is ubiquitous. It forms a core component of an enormous
range of systems, from aircraft, passenger cars and medical equipment, to
mobile 'phones, childrens' toys, video recorders and microwave ovens. This
book describes techniques for the development of such systems, using 'design
patterns'.
Current work on design patterns was inspired by the work of Christopher
Alexander and his colleagues. Alexander is an architect who first described
what he called 'a pattern language' relating various architectural problems
(in buildings) to good design solutions. He defines patterns as "a three-
part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem,
and a solution" ["The Timeless Way of Building", OUP, 1979, p.247].
"Patterns for Time-Triggered Embedded Systems" applies similar ideas to the
field of software engineering. Specifically, the book describes the first
comprehensive set of 'design patterns' to support the development of embedded
systems based on the 8051 family of microcontrollers. In total, details of
more than seventy patterns are provided, complete with guidelines to help
readers apply these techniques in their own projects.
All of the patterns are designed for applications with a 'time-triggered'
architecture. Time-triggered architectures are in widespread use in safety-
related applications, such as drive-by-wire passenger cars, aerospace systems
or monitoring systems for industrial robots. For the first time, the
techniques presented in this book allow time-triggered architectures to be
simply and cost-effectively applied in virtually any embedded project.
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5. Journals
5.1 Call for Paper: Asian J. of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
CALL FOR PAPERS
Advances in PID Control
A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control
PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL-DERIVATIVE (PID) is a familiar term of high
significance to many engineers, technicians and other practitioners involved
in automatic control systems. Controllers of the PID type have existed for
more than fifty years. Today, PID controllers can be found in virtually all
control systems, with applications ranging from process conditions regulation
to precision motion control for assembly and process automation. This is not
surprising since the reliability of the PID controllers has been field proven
by decades of successful applications. The wide acceptance and massive
support from control engineers all over the world ensure they have remained
the single most important tool in the control toolbox.
The research and development efforts for the evergreen PID controllers
have been undergoing a resurgence in recent years. A lot of effort has been
devoted to capitalizing on the advances in mathematical control theory while
still essentially retaining the decades-old classical control structure. New
generation PID controllers are able to demonstrate very good control
characteristics such as higher performance robustness, tighter control
performance, and a higher level of intelligence and autonomy in their
operations with a correspondingly reduced reliance on manual operations. The
application base of PID controllers has also been further expanded, with
these controllers now being applied effectively to systems and processes
never before possible under traditional PID control.
The importance of PID controllers cannot be undermined as they provide
the engines to millions of control systems operating around the world. This
special issue on Advances in PID Control will help to serve as a forum to
consolidate the latest advances and trends in this field. Priority will be
given to original contributions which attempt to link the advances in control
theory and artificial intelligence to obtain better performing PID
controllers, with applications to complex systems including vaguely modeled,
nonlinear, multivariable and time-delay systems. Papers should preferably
include an application section, where the results from a practical
application/case study are documented.
Guest Editor:
Dr. K. K. Tan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
National University of Singapore
Tel: +65-8742110, Fax +65-7791103
E-mail: eletankk@nus.edu.sg
Important Dates:
April 1, 2001 Call for Papers
Sep. 15, 2001 Deadline for Paper Submission
Feb. 1, 2002 Completion of first review
May 1, 2002 Completion of final review
Sep., 2002 Publication
Potential authors can either submit four copies of manuscripts or send
its electronic file in Postscript, PDF or WORD format to Prof. Li-Chen Fu,
Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Control at the following address:
Prof. Li-Chen Fu
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Taipei 106, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2362-2209 Fax: +886-2-2365-7887
Email: lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
All submissions should include a title page containing the title of the
paper, full names and affiliation, complete postal and electronic address,
phone and fax number, an abstract, and a list of keywords. The contact author
should be clearly identified.
For more detailed information about manuscript preparation, please visit
the web site of Asian Journal of Control at http://www.ajc.org.tw
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5.2 Call for Papers: Computers in Industry
Contributed by: Prof. Stefan Preitl, spreitl@aut.utt.ro
Call for Papers: Computers in Industry, Elsevier Science journal
Special Issue on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications
Guest Editors
Prof. Stefan Preitl, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Prof. Laurent Foulloy, Universite de Savoie, Annecy Cedex, France
Scope
The last three decades have witnessed a trenemdous progress in soft computing
(SC) including fuzzy logic, neural networks and genetic algorithms /
evolutionary computation. SC has been successfully applied in industry in the
areas of automatic control, pattern recognition, clustering and function
approximation. The main challenges for modern industrial production systems
imply the linking of broad fields as business processes, golbal process
operations and integrated design and redesign of processes. This is the
place where SC methods can prove their potential.
The main objective of this special issue of the Computers in Industry journal
is to channel the ideas of SC to the industry applications involving one or
more elements of the computation, control and communication.
Authors are encouraged to submit original papers dealing with theoretical and
applied issues regarding SC in industry applications.
A wide range of topics is sought such as intelligent CIM and CAD systems,
intelligent control and measurement systems, production planning and
scheduling, intelligent robots, simulation and optimization methods, new
software tools and their validation.
Important deadlines
Submission: 1 January 2002
Preliminary acceptance: 31 March 2002
Acceptance decision: 31 May 2002
Final paper due: 31 July 2002
Publication date: September 2002
Submissions
The final submission date is 1 January 2002. Authors are required to send the
complete manuscript as attached MS Word file, following the guide for authors
from the publisher, see www.elsevier.nl/locate/compind, by e-mail to the
Guest Editors at the following address:
spreitl@aut.utt.ro or rprecup@aut.utt.ro
The file length should be less than 1 MB. If no, a compressed file (*.zip
or *.rar) is required. Please include keywords highlighting the main
topic / topics of your paper.
Authors are also required to send, by airmail, one printed copy of the
manuscript together with a signed cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief at the
following address (with the indication that the paper is sent for
the "Special Issue on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications").
Prof.dr.ir. Hans Wortmann
C/O dr. Nick Szirbik (CiI editorial manager)
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O.Box 513, Paviljoen D13
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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5.3 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
Asian Journal of Control
Vol.3, No.3 (September 2001)
Table of Contents
Regular Paper
1. Title: Stability of Linear Systems with Time-Varying Delay: A
Generalized Discretized Lyapunov Functional Approach
Author: Qing-Long Han and Keqin Gu
2. Title: Structured Operation Environment and Perceived Complexity in
Human Supervisory Control
Author: GK. Li and P.A. Wieringa
3. Title: On Maximum Stability Margin Design of Nonlinear Uncertain
Systems: Fuzzy Control Approach
Author: Chung-Shi Tseng, Bor-Sen Chen, and Huey-Jian Uang
4. Title: Design of an Optimal Unknown Input Observer for Load Compensation
in Motion Systems
Author: Pau-Lo Hsu, Yow-Choung Houng, and Syh-Shiuh Yeh
Brief Paper
5. Title: Fine Tuning of Membership Functions for Fuzzy Neural Systems
Author: Ching-Hung Lee and Ching-Cheng Teng
6. Title: An LMI Approach to Non-fragile Guaranteed Cost Control of
Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems
Author: Jiong-Sang Yee, Jian Liang Wang, and Guang-Hong Yang
7. Title: A New Approach to Optimal and Self-Tuning Filtering, Smoothing
and Prediction for Discrete-Time Systems
Author: Huanshui Zhang, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh
8. Title: Performance Analysis of Periodic Control for l1 and l-
infinity Disturbance Rejection
Author: Robert Schmid and Cishen Zhang
9. Title: Application of Fuzzy Modified Potential Gradients for Vehicle
Maneuvering Problems
Author: N. Nagarajan
10. Title: Using the Sliding-Mode PWM Method in an Anti-Lock Braking
System
Author: Ming-Chin Wu and Ming-Chang Shih
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5.4 Contents: Automatica
Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak, automatica@math.utwente.nl
Table of contents
November, 2001 Volume 37, Issue 11
Regular papers
I. D. Landau, A. Karimi, A. Constantinescu
Direct controller reduction by identification in closed loop
M. Simandl, J. Královec, P. Tichavský
Filtering, predictive, and smoothing Cramér-Rao bounds for discrete-time
nonlinear dynamic systems
A. R. Woodyatt, J. S. Freundenberg, R. H. Middleton
An integral constraint for single input two output feedback systems
J. W. Howse, L. O. Ticknor, K. R. Muske
Least squares estimation techniques for position tracking of radioactive
sources
Antonio A. Alonso, B. Erik Ydstie
Stabilization of distributed systems using irreversible thermodynamics
Peter D. Roberts, Victor M. Becerra
Optimal control of a class of discrete-continuous non-linear systems -
Decomposition and hierarchical structure
Brief papers
U. Kotta, A. S. I. Zinober, P. Liu
Transfer equivalence and realization of nonlinear higher order
input-output difference equations
D. J. Clements, H. K. Wimmer
Monotonicity of the optimal cost in the discrete-time regulator problem
and Schur complements
D. W. Berns, J. L. Moiola, G. Chen
Detecting period-doubling bifurcation: An approximate monodromy matrix
approach
Chee-Fai Yung, He-Sheng Wang
H(infinity) controller reduction for nonlinear systems
K. Hamamoto, T. Sugie
An iterative learning control algorithm within prescribed input-output
subspace
A. S. Bazanella, R. Reginatto
Robust tuning of the speed loop in indirect field oriented control of
induction motors
S. S. Ge, Zhendong Sun, T. H. Lee
Nonregular feedback linearization for a class of second-order nonlinear
systems
M. Moallem, R. V. Patel, K. Khorasani
Nonlinear tip-position tracking control of a flexible-link manipulator:
Theory and experiments
Jostein Vada, Olav Slupphaug, Tor A. Johansen, Bjarne A. Foss
Linear MPC with optimal prioritized infeasibility handling: Application,
computational issues and stability
Mark W. Spong, Peter Corke, Rogelio Lozano
Nonlinear control of the Reaction Wheel Pendulum
H. Akcay
A generalization of a standard inequality for Hardy space H1
Technical communiques
Zoran Gajic, Muhidin Lelic
Improvement of system order reduction via balancing using the method of
singular perturbations
Chi-Jo Wang, Ho-En Liao
Impulse observability and impulse controllability of linear time-varying
singular systems
Jiang Wei, Song Wenzhong
The controllability of the singular systems with control delay
Book reviews
Naim A. Kheir
Control system design, by Graham C. Goodwin, Stefan F. Graebe and Mario E.
Salgado
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5.5 Contents: Jour Dynamical and Cont Syst
Contributed by: Yuri Sachkov, sachkov@sissa.it
JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Vol. 7, No. 3 July 2001
M. Boulanouar
Study of the Streaming Operator with General Maxwell's
Boundary Conditions
pp. 299--326
G. Grammel
Exponential Stability via the Averaged System
pp. 327--338
A. Agafonov
Gimbal Suspension Gyro: Stability, Bifurcation, and Chaos
pp. 339--351
Alejandro M. Meson and Fernando Vericat
Estimates for the Ghys--Langevin--Walczak Entropy
pp. 353--365
J. Bracho, L. Montejano, and D. Oliveros
A Classification Theorem for Zindler Carrousels
pp. 367--384
Ugo Boscain and Benedetto Piccoli
Morse Properties for the Minimum Time Function
on 2-D Manifolds
pp. 385--423
Hubertus Th. Jongen and Oliver Stein
Nonconvex Optimization: Gradient Flows and Deformation
pp. 425--446
A detailed information about JDCS may be found at www pages:
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1079-2724
http://www.botik.ru/~sachkov/JDCS/jdcs.html
http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~yakov/public_html/JDCS/jdcs.html
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5.6 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
Contributed by: Hans Schneider, hans@math.wisc.edu
Journal: Linear Algebra and its Applications
ISSN : 0024-3795
Volume : 335
Issue : 1-3
Date : 15-Sep-2001
Please note: The access restrictions on articles/abstracts vary. Many journals
have free access to abstracts, but in general access to full text PDFs is
restricted to subscribers.
Visit the journal at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/07738
pp 1-54
Matrix algebras in optimal preconditioning
C. Di Fiore, P. Zellini
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500001373
pp 55-61
The c-numerical range of tridiagonal matrices
M.-T. Chien, H. Nakazato
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500002408
pp 63-80
The factorability of symmetric matrices and some implications for
statistical linear models
S.P. Smith
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S002437950000238X
pp 81-93
On similarity invariants of matrix commutators
S. Furtado, E.A. Martins, F.C. Silva
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379500003347
pp 95-100
A matrix formulation of Gruss inequality
P.F. Renaud
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002786
pp 101-117
Rank equalities for idempotent and involutary matrices
Y. Tian, G.P.H. Styan
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S002437950100297X
pp 119-135
Quasi-filiform lie algebras of maximum length
J.R. Gomez, A. Jimenez-Merchan, J. Reyes
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002798
pp 137-150
Comparison of perturbation bounds for the stationary distribution of
a Markov chain
G.E. Cho, C.D. Meyer
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501003202
pp 151-156
Equilibrated anti-Monge matrices
M. Fiedler
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S002437950100283X
pp 157-166
Characteristic polynomials and controlability of partially prescribed
matrices
G. Cravo, J.A. Dias da Silva, F.C. Silva
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002853
pp 167-181
Obtuse cones and Gram matrices with nonnegative inverse
A. Cegielski
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002841
pp 183-188
A characterization of the drazin inverse
L. Zhang
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002749
pp 189-204
DGMRES: A GMRES-type algorithm for Drazin-inverse solution of
singular non-symmetric linear systems
A. Sidi
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501002890
pp 205
Author index
http://www.elsevier.nl/PII/S0024379501003883
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5.7 Contents: MCSS
Contributed by: J.H.van Schuppen, mcss@cwi.nl
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 14 (2001), Number 3
K. Moizumi and G. Cybenko,
The travelling agent problem.
MCSS 14 (2001), 213-232.
P. Kunkel and V. Mehrmann,
Analyses of over- and underdetermined nonlinear
differential-algebraic systems with application
to nonlinear control problems.
MCSS 14 (2001), 233-256.
D. Nesic and A.R. Teel,
Input-to-state stability for nonlinear time-varying
systems via averaging.
MCSS (2001), 257-280.
P. Zaris, J. Wood and E. Rogers,
Controllable and uncontrollable poles
and zeros of nD systems.
MCSS 14 (2001), 281-298.
INFORMATION
Information on MCSS including tables of contents is
available at its home pages:
www.cwi.nl/~schuppen/mcss/mcss.html
www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
Address for submissions by email or regular mail:
J.H. van Schuppen (Editor-in-Chief MCSS)
CWI
P.O.Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email mcss@cwi.nl
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6. Conferences
6.1 CACSD Tutorial at University of Bremen
Contributed by: Peter Benner, benner@math.uni-bremen.de
Second announcement and call for posters
Workshop and training course
ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR
COMPUTER-AIDED CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN
September 27-29, 2001, University of Bremen, Germany
AIMS AND TOPIC:
With the ever-increasing complexity of control systems, efficient
computational methods for their analysis and design are becoming more and
more important. These computational methods need to be based on reliable
and robust numerical software provided by well-tested and user-friendly
software libraries.
This workshop and training course is intended as a tutorial on the use
of the freeware Subroutine Library in Systems and Control Theory (SLICOT)
for solving practical control engineering problems within computer-aided
control systems design (CACSD) environments. SLICOT-based software
usually has improved reliability and efficiency as well as extended
functionality compared to the computational methods implemented in other
CACSD software packages.
Some of the world's leading experts in the field of computational methods
in CACSD will introduce SLICOT-based software to be used either within
Matlab and the Matlab Control Toolbox or the CACSD package Scilab.
The course includes hands-on training during which participants will
solve practical problems in control systems design using this software.
Major topics of the course are
* basic control software
* system identification
* model reduction
* robust control design using H-infinity techniques
During the poster session participants will have the opportunity to
present their own projects and to discuss current problems or open
questions.
SPEAKERS:
* Peter Benner (University of Bremen, Germany)
* Joris de Cuyper (Leuven Measurement Systems Intl. (LMS), Belgium)
* Da-Wei Gu (Leicester University, UK)
* Sven Hammarling (NAG - The Numerical Algorithms Group, Oxford, UK)
* Petko Petkov (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
* Vasile Sima (Research Institute for Informatics, Bucharest, Romania)
* Paul Van Dooren (Universite Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium)
* Sabine Van Huffel (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
* Andras Varga (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
* Vincent Verdult (University of Twente, Netherlands)
PROGRAM:
For a preliminary program see
http://www.math.uni-bremen.de/zetem/workshops/cacsd/cacsd_prg.html
ORGANIZERS:
* Peter Benner Zentrum fuer Technomathematik/AG Numerik
* Angelika Bunse-Gerstner University of Bremen, Germany
in cooperation with the
* Numerics in Control Network (NICONET)
funded by the European Community BRITE-EURAM III Thematic Networks
Programme
FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION:
Further information on SLICOT, NICONET and examples for the
application of SLICOT-based software to some control-engineering
problems can be found at
http://www.win.tue.nl/niconet
For more information on the workshop please visit
http://www.math.uni-bremen.de/zetem/workshops/cacsd
or contact
Dr. Ronald Stoever
Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-9502
Fax: +49 (0) 421 218-4863
E-Mail: stoever@math.uni-bremen.de
You may register electronically at
http://www.math.uni-bremen.de/zetem/workshops/cacsd/anmeldung.html
Deadline for registration is September 10, 2001.
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6.2 Conf on Control Automation Robotics and Vision
Contributed by: Danwei Wang, edwwang@ntu.edu.sg
CALL FOR PAPERS
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL,
AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS AND VISION (ICARCV2002)
3 - 6 December 2002, Singapore
The conference will provide a forum for Control and Automation professionals,
manufacturing engineers and academic researchers to exchange up-to-date
technical knowledge and experiences. The conference will focus on both theory
and applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be
plenary, invited and tutorial sessions.
Email: icarcv2002@ntu.edu.sg
Web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv
Important Dates:
Dead line for full paper submission: 30-4-2002
Notification of Acceptance: 31-7-2002
Submission of Camera Ready Manuscripts: 15-9-2002
Conference topics include but are not limited to the following
areas: CONTROL, AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, COMPUTER VISION, and
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
Submission Procedure:
Please submit full papers, in .pdf or .ps files, to the website address
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv by April 30, 2002.
Invited Sessions: The Technical Programme Committee is
soliciting proposals for invited sessions focusing on topics
of ICARCV 2002. Prospective organisers should submit
proposals to the Technical Programme Co-Chairman
by 30 April 2002.
Best Paper Award: Selection of the best paper will be made at the
Conference based on both the technical contents and
presentation.
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6.3 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
Contributed by: Claire Tomlin, tomlin@stanford.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS
HYBRID SYSTEMS: COMPUTATION AND CONTROL (HSCC 2002)
Fifth International Workshop
Stanford, California USA
http://www.stanford.edu/group/hscc2002/
Important Dates
Submission deadline: October 15, 2001
Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2001
Final versions due: January 15, 2002
Workshop: March 25-27 (Mon-Wed), 2002
Aims and Scope
The Workshop on Hybrid Systems attracts researchers from industry and
academe interested in modeling, analysis, and implementation of
dynamic and reactive systems involving both discrete (integer,
logical, symbolic) and continuous behaviors. It is a forum for the
latest developments in all aspects of hybrid systems, including
formal models and computational representations, algorithms and
heuristics, computational tools, and new challenging applications.
The Fifth HSCC International Workshop continues the series of
workshops held in Grenoble, France (HART'97), Berkeley, California,
USA (HSCC'98), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (HSCC'99), Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA (HSCC 2000), and Rome, Italy (HSCC2001).
Accepted papers will be allotted 14 pages each in a volume to be published
in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Scientific Program and Topics
Sessions will include presentations of contributed papers and a
small number of invited talks. In keeping with the tradition of
previous workshops, there will be ample time and space for informal
discussions. Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to
the design, analysis and implementation of hybrid systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- modeling and representations,
- control methods and algorithms,
- optimization,
- formal methods for analysis, synthesis and verification,
- numerical aspects of modeling, simulating, and verifying hybrid systems,
- computer-aided design,
- hybrid models in biology and other sciences,
- engineering applications
Reports on case studies and tool development are particularly
encouraged.
A strong representation of multiple disciplines, including formal methods,
symbolic computation, control theory, artificial intelligence, and
numerical methods, assures a lively and productive workshop.
Venue
The workshop will be held at Stanford University, Stanford, California
in the new Science and Engineering Quad Teaching Center (TCSeq), designed
by renowned architect James Ingo Freed. For a virtual tour of the facilities,
please visit http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/tcseq/tour.html.
Submissions
Researchers are invited to submit either a postscript or pdf file
of an extended abstract using the electronic-submission procedure which will
be provided through the web-page http://www.stanford.edu/group/hscc2002/.
The abstract should not exceed 10 pages.
The first page should contain:
- the title of the paper,
- each author's name and affiliation,
- complete contact information for the corresponding author (postal
and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and a
- one-paragraph summary of the contribution.
Full versions of the accepted submissions will be published in the
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The proceedings
will be available at the workshop.
Workshop Co-chairs
Claire J. Tomlin
Mark R. Greenstreet
Steering Committee
Panos Antsaklis, Maria Domenica Di Benedetto, Bruce H. Krogh,
Mark Greenstreet, Nancy A. Lynch, Oded Maler, Manfred Morari, Amir Pnueli,
Anders Ravn, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Claire Tomlin, Frits W.
Vaandrager.
Organizing Committee
Sherann Ellsworth, Ronojoy Ghosh, Mark Greenstreet, Ian Mitchell,
Dana Parga, Claire Tomlin
Additional Information
To stay informed about HSCC 2002, register for e-mail announcements
by sending e-mail to hscc2002@lucifer.stanford.edu. Also, please refer
to the workshop web-page at http://www.stanford.edu/group/hscc2002/.
Claire J. Tomlin Mark R. Greenstreet
Department of Aeronautics Department of Computer Science
and Astronautics University of British Columbia
Department of Electrical Engineering 201-2366 Main Mall
250 Durand Building MC4035 Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 CANADA
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305-4035
voice: (650) 723-5164 voice: (604) 822-3065
FAX: (650) 723-3738 FAX: (604) 822-5485
email: tomlin@stanford.edu email: mrg@cs.ubc.ca
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6.4 Int. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems
Contributed by: Alessandro Giua, giua@diee.unica.it
6th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'02)
http://www.cps.unizar.es/deps/DIIS/WODES2002/
Email: wodes02@posta.unizar.es
Zaragoza, Spain, 2-4 October, 2002
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES
15 December, 2001: Deadline for submission of special session
and tutorial proposals
22 January, 2002: Deadline for submission of contributed
papers
20 March, 2002: Deadline for submission of tool
demonstrations
20 April, 2002: Notification of acceptance of papers and
preliminary programme
17 May, 2002: Deadline for submission of final version of
papers
15 July, 2002: Deadline for early registration
1 October, 2002: Tutorials day
2-4 October, 2002: WORKSHOP ON DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS (WODES'02)
AIMS AND SCOPES
The interdisciplinary field of Discrete Event Systems combines
different formalisms, methodologies and tools from control and
computer science.
The Workshop on Discrete Event Systems will be organised for the
6th time in Zaragoza, Spain, following earlier successful
meetings in Prague (1992), Antibes (1994), Edinburgh (1996),
Cagliari (1998) and Ghent (2000). It aims to provide researchers
from different fields (control theoreticians and control
engineers, software engineers and computer scientists, operations
research specialists) with an opportunity to exchange information
and new ideas, and to discuss new developments in the field of
DES. Both theory and applications will be discussed.
TOPICS
The Workshop will focus on all topics in the field of Discrete
Event Systems analysis and control, including amongst others:
- formalisms and modelling methodologies (Petri nets, process
algebras, max/plus-algebra,... ),
- analysis techniques and computer tools (such as perturbation
analysis, logical and probablilistic verification,...),
- control (with emphasis on supervisory control and on real
time control),
- performance evaluation, optimisation and scheduling,
- special emphasis on hybrid and reactive systems,
- applications (including manufacturing systems, transportation
systems, process control, software engineering, office
automation, work-flow, protocols,...).
SPONSORSHIP
The workshop is the technically co-sponsored by the IEEE
Control System Society.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Rene Boel, Belgium (Chair)
Christos Cassandras, USA
Guy Cohen, France
Alessandro Giua, Italy
Michael Spathopoulos, Scotland, UK
Rein Smedinga, The Netherlands
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Manuel Silva and José-Manuel Colom
Depto Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas
Universidad de Zaragoza
c/María de luna, 3
50015 ZARAGOZA (Spain) e-mail: wodes02@posta.unizar.es
Phone: +34-976-76(1952) or (2351)
Fax: +34-976-761914
CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributed papers containing original, unpublished research
results are solicited for the conference. Electronic submissions
via e-mail are strongly encouraged. Please send a self-contained
PostScript file or PDF file to wodes02@posta.unizar.es.
STYLE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Style files and instructions for preparation of camera-ready copy
will be available soon from the organizers. Papers must be in
English. The length of the paper cannot exceed 20 double-spaced
pages (font size 11).
SESSION PROPOSALS
Proposals for contributed sessions concerning topics of special
interest for the DES community are also being solicited. Each
session should contain between 4 and 6 papers. Papers belonging
to a contributed session will be individually reviewed.
TUTORIALS
The Tuesday preceding the conference introductory and advanced
Tutorials will be offered to participants. Finally, it will be
possible to arrange meetings for different groups, e.g.,
participants in international DES projects. Submissions for such
activities must be received by Manuel Silva before December 15,
2001.
PROCEEDINGS
Full versions of the accepted contributions will appear in the
Proceedings of the Workshop. These Proceedings will be published
prior to the workshop.
WORKSHOP ADDRESS
All submissions must be sent to the address below.
WODES'02 Secretariat
Att. Manuel Silva
Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas
Centro Politécnico Superior de Ingenieros
Universidad de Zaragoza
c/María de Luna No. 3 (Pol. Actur)
50015 Zaragoza, Spain
Tel: +34-976-761952,
Fax: +34-976-761914
Email: wodes02@posta.unizar.es
WWW: http://www.cps.unizar.es/deps/DIIS/WODES2002/
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6.5 MTNS 2002
Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal, mtns@nd.edu
MTNS 2002
Fifteenth International Symposium on
MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/
MTNS 2002 will be held on the campus of the University of Notre Dame from
Monday August 12 through Friday August 16, 2002. The symposium program
will include plenary lectures, special topic invited lectures, mini-symposia,
mini-courses, special topic sessions and contributed papers. MTNS is usually
organized every two years and traditionally covers areas involving a wide
range of research directions in mathematical systems, networks and
control theory.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Previously unpublished papers will be reviewed on the basis of an extended
summary (not exceeding six pages) of sufficient detail to permit reasonable
evaluation. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit electronic version
of their summaries.
CALL FOR SPECIAL TOPIC SESSIONS
A session consists of four papers covering different aspects of some research
area. A proposal for a session consists of a four page description of the
session and a one-page description for each paper to be presented.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission for contributed: October 15, 2001 (for paper submission)
papers and session proposals: December 1, 2001 (for electronic submission)
Acceptance notification: February 15, 2002
Full paper (electronic mail): May 1, 2002
Conference dates: August 12-16, 2002
Electronic submissions will be possible via a web-interface
on the conference site: http://www.nd.edu/~mtns/
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Anthony Bloch (University of Michigan),
Bill Helton (University of California),
Bruce Hajek (University of Illinois),
Gilbert Strang (MIT),
Eduardo Sontag (Rutgers University).
During MTNS 2002 there will be several Mini-symposia which
consist of a sequence of sessions and mini-courses.
Mini-symposia will be in the areas:
1. Biological systems (organized by Mark Alber, Raimund Ober)
2. Communication systems (organized by Dave Forney, Brian Marcus)
3. Control and Computation (organized by Paul van Dooeren,
Uwe Helmke, Volker Mehrmann)
4. Financial systems (organized by Hans Schumacher, Michael Taksar)
5. Multi-dimensional systems (organized by Krzysztof Galkowski,
Eric Rogers, Victor Vinnikov)
STEERING COMMITTEE OF MTNS:
V. Blondel (Belgium), C.I. Byrnes (USA), R. Curtain (the Netherlands),
B.N. Datta (USA), P. Dewilde (the Netherlands), P. van Dooren (Belgium),
H. Dym (Israel), A. El Jay (France), M. Fliess (France), P. Fuhrmann
(Israel), I. Gohberg (Israel), U. Helmke (Germany), J.W. Helton (USA),
A. Isidori (Italy), M.A. Kaashoek (the Netherlands), H. Kimura (Japan),
A.J. Krener (USA), A.B. Kurzhansky (Russia), A. Lindquist (Sweden),
C.F. Martin (USA), G. Picci (Italy), A.C.M. Ran (the Netherlands),
A. Rantzer (Sweden), J. Rosenthal (USA), J.H. van Schuppen (the
Netherlands), Y. Yamamoto (Japan).
Honory Members:
C.A. Desoer (USA), R.W. Newcomb (USA), A.H. Zemanian (USA).
Symposium Chair: Joachim Rosenthal,
Publications Chair: Dave Gilliam.
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6.6 Mechatronics 2002
Contributed by: Peter C. Breedveld, p.c.breedveld@el.utwente.nl
The 8th Mechatronics Forum International Conference:
Mechatronics 2002
24th - 26th June 2002
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Organizers
General Chair: Prof. Job van Amerongen
Drebbel Institute, University of Twente, Netherlands
Co-chair: Prof. Geoff Roberts
on behalf of the Mechatronics Forum Mechatronics Research Centre
University of Wales College, Newport, UK
Contact information:
Web address:
http://www.rt.el.utwente.nl/mechatronics2002
E-mail:
mechatronics2002@rt.el.utwente.nl
Mailing address:
Mechatronics2002
c/o Control Laboratory
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
tel. +31 (0)53 489 2606
fax. +31 (0)53 489 2223
Important dates
Submission of extended abstract: 15 October 2001
Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2001
Full paper due: 1 March 2002
Abstracts may be submitted by e-mail or post e-mail is preferred.
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