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Newsletter
September 2002
1. Personals
1.1 Change of Address: Frank Doyle
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Change of Address: Frank Doyle
Contributed by: Frank Doyle, doyle@engineering.ucsb.edu
Effective July 1, 2002, I have taken a faculty position
in the department of Chemical Engineering at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
My new contact information is as follows:
Francis J. Doyle III
Department of Chemical Engineering
UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 893-8133 (Ph)
(805) 893-4731 (FAX)
doyle@engineering.ucsb.edu
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1.2 Change of Address: Zidong Wang
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Change of Address: Zidong Wang
Contributed by: Zidong Wang, Zidong.Wang@brunel.ac.uk
As of August 1, 2002, I have taken up a new position at Brunel University.
My new contact information is
Dr. Zidong Wang
Department of Information Systems and Computing
Brunel University
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, U.K.
Email: Zidong.Wang@brunel.ac.uk
Web: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/cs/
Tel: ++44/1895 274000 (ext. 2126)
Fax: ++44/1895 251686
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2. Awards Honors
2.1 Call for Nominations: Peter Henrici Prize
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Call for Nominations: Peter Henrici Prize
Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, littleton@siam.org
Call for Nominations: Peter Henrici Prize (ETHZ/SIAM)
http://www.siam.org/prizes/henrici.htm
The Peter Henrici Prize is awarded jointly by the Eidgenossische Technische
Hochschule Zurich (ETHZ) and the Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics (SIAM). The prize is awarded for original contributions to
applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for
applied mathematics and scientific computing. The prize is intended to
recognize broad and extended contributions to these subjects, rather than a
single outstanding work.
The next award will be presented at the Fifth International Congress on
Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2003) in Sydney, Australia, 7-11
July 2003.
Eligibility
There are no restrictions on eligibility beyond those specified above.
Description of the Award
The award is to include a certificate containing the citation and a cash
prize of $2500 plus reasonable travel costs to attend the prize ceremony.
Nominations
Nominations may be made by anyone, including members of the selection
committee. It is the responsibility of the nominator to provide all relevant
information to the selection committee, including a resume and any letter(s)
of support. In case his or her nominee will be chosen, the nominator will
also be asked to provide the draft of a citation of about 100 words that can
be read at the award ceremony.
Letters of nomination should be sent by DECEMBER 1, 2002, to
Prof. Martin H. Gutknecht
Chair, Selection Committee for Peter Henrici Prize
c/o Allison Bogardo
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
U.S.A.
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
or to
Prof. Martin H. Gutknecht
Seminar for Applied Mathematics
ETH-Zentrum, HG
CH-8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Telephone: (+41)(0)1-632-3464
Fax: (+41)(0)1-632-1104
E-mail: gutknecht@math.ethz.ch
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2.2 Call for Nominations - J. D. Crawford Prize
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Call for Nominations - J. D. Crawford Prize
Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, littleton@siam.org
Call for Nominations - J. D. Crawford Prize
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems
The SIAG/DS J.D. Crawford Prize
The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May 27-31,
2003. The prize is awarded for recent outstanding work on a topic in
dynamical systems and nonlinear science, as evidenced by a publication in
English in a peer-reviewed journal within the four calendar years preceding
the award date.
Description of Award
The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation,
and $750 plus reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference.
Nominations
Nominations should be sent by e-mail, fax, or regular mail by NOVEMBER 1,
2002 to:
SIAG/DS J. D. Crawford Prize
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
Eligibility
The research of the candidate must contain significant contributions to the
field of nonlinear science, as evidenced by papers published in English in a
peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the award period.
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2.3 Call for Nominations - Jurgen Moser Lecture
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Call for Nominations - Jurgen Moser Lecture
Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, littleton@siam.org
Call for Nominations - The Jurgen Moser
SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems
The SIAG/DS Moser Lecture
The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at the
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird, May 27-31,
2003. The prize is awarded to a person who has made distinguished
contributions to nonlinear science. The term "nonlinear science" includes
dynamical systems theory and its applications, as well as experiments and
computations/simulations.
Description of the Award
The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the citation, an
invitation to give a plenary lecture at the conference, and $1000 cash, plus
reasonable travel expenses to attend the conference.
Nominations
Nominations should be sent by SEPTEMBER 30 (revised date) to:
SIAG/DS Jurgen Moser Lecture
c/o A. G. Bogardo
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
Telephone: 215-382-9800
Fax: 215-386-7999
E-mail: bogardo@siam.org
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2.4 R.E. Kalman receives Univ of Bologna Sigillum Magnum
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R.E. Kalman receives Univ of Bologna Sigillum Magnum
Contributed by: Elena Zattoni, ezattoni@deis.unibo.it
Award of Sigillum Magnum to R.E. Kalman and Lectures on Kalman filtering
and Lectures on "Kalman Filtering: Past and Future"
University of Bologna
Aula Absidale di S. Lucia, Bologna, Italy
Wednesday, September 4, 2002
R.E. Kalman has received a Doctorate honoris causa in Electronic Engineering
from the University of Bologna in occasion of the celebrations of the 900
years of Bologna University.
The lectures and the concluding panel discussion organized by the System
Theory and Identification Group (sting@deis.unibo.it) celebrate that event
and the influence of Prof. Kalman on the research performed at Bologna in
the area of System Theory and Identification:
"Origin, evolution, critique and future of Kalman filtering"
R.E. Kalman
"The geometric approach and Kalman regulator"
G. Marro
"The extension of Kalman filtering: errors-in-variables filtering"
R. Guidorzi
"A glance on the future – Discussion and conclusions"
Moderator: R.E. Kalman
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2.5 Symposium in Honor of E. Bruce Lee
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Symposium in Honor of E. Bruce Lee
Contributed by: Tryphon Georgiou, tryphon@ece.umn.edu
On September 20-21, 2002, the University of Minnesota will host a workshop
in honor of Professor E. Bruce Lee on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Professor E. Bruce Lee is a pioneering contributor to the field of optimal
control and the theory of dynamical systems, with extensive service to the
Control Community and the University of Minnesota.
For detailed information please see the following web site:
http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/EBLee_workshop/
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3. General Announcements
3.1 Explore Potential use DASP Technology in Control
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Explore Potential use DASP Technology in Control
Contributed by: Frank Papenfuss, frank.papenfuss@etechnik.uni-rostock.de
European project EURODASP promotes DASP technology
Digital Alias-free Signal Processing (DASP) is a special advanced digital
signal processing technology for processing radio frequency and microwave
signals in a direct digital way. The technology can be used for digital
processing of signals at much higher frequencies than achievable by
traditional DSP techniques and it is beneficial for many applications. DASP
achieves this extraordinary performance by sampling signals in a special
non-uniform way leading to elimination of alias frequencies.
The project aims at digital processing of signals with bandwidths up to 3GHz
(while the systems mean sampling rate stays in the MHz range and can well be
handled by today’s high speed ADC chips). The application potential of DASP
is demonstrated by a prototype system. The system consists of a digitiser
(hardware) and virtual instruments (software) performing fully digital
analysis of signals in time and frequency domain achieving a processing
bandwidth from DC up to 1.2GHz. The mean sampling rate is only 80MS/sec.
A customisable VLSI sampling driver design (using VHDL) has been made
available to interested DASP users during the course of the project and the
interested reader is encouraged to contact the EURODASP project team via the
project dedicated web page: www.eurodasp.com
The exploitation of the DASP technology facilitates creation of a wide range
of new telecommunication systems, test and measurement equipment and
scientific computer based instruments. DASP based high frequency designs are
simpler and less costly in manufacturing than traditional DSP designs. DASP
technology opens up the possibility to build digital systems the construction
of which was not feasible or even possible before. Potential benefits to
control system design gained through exploitation of DASP have not been
studied so far.
Dipl.-Ing. Frank Papenfuss
University of Rostock
Dept. of EE and Information Technology
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Science
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3.2 ObjectAgent v3.0 Released
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ObjectAgent v3.0 Released
Contributed by: Michael Paluszek, map@psatellite.com
Princeton Satellite Systems Inc. announced today that version 3.0 of
ObjectAgent, its cross-platform framework for constructing distributed
systems, will be released on October 1st, 2002. Designed to reduce the cost
of developing software for industrial and aerospace systems, ObjectAgent
incorporates a message passing system based on a fully routed networking
architecture and provides an application framework that has built in
solutions for multithreaded-design, distributed mutual exclusion, and
run-time system inspection.
ObjectAgent excels at distributed computing that involves peer-to-peer
coordination of related tasks, such as network processing, formation flying,
and control systems for chemical processes and manufacturing. Built upon the
industry standard POSIX threading library, ObjectAgent enables the
distributed functionality required by modern industrial applications.
More information about ObjectAgent is available at www.psatellite.com.
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3.3 Short Course: Principles of System Identification
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Short Course: Principles of System Identification
Contributed by: Sharon Bamson, bamson@ucalgary.ca
This intensive short course, scheduled October 16 - 18, 2002 in Calgary,
Alberta, is intended for Process Control Engineers, Technicians and
Technical Managers.
System identification is a broadly applicable technology that is commonly
used in control situations, as a means to obtain the dynamic models needed
for model-based control design. System identification is often recognized
by practicing engineers, as one of the most time consuming tasks, in the
implementation of advanced control in the process industries.
The course is intended to provide the industrial practitioner with a
comprehensive survey of the various methods and procedures for performing
linear system identification in the process industries. Emphasis is
given to identification topics that hve the most impact in practie.
The course director, Daniel E. Rivera, is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Arizona State
University and Program Director for the ASU Control Systems Engineering
Laboratory.
The course fee is $1495.00 (Canadian) plus GST (7%) = $1599.65 (CDN)
For further information, please contact, Sharon Bamson, Program Coordinator
at the Faculty of Continuing Education, University of Calgary by
phone: (403) 220-4722, fax: (403) 289-7287 or email: bamson@ucalgary.ca
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4. Positions
4.1 Faculty Position: Concordia Univ Canada
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Faculty Position: Concordia Univ, Canada
Contributed by: Chun-Yi Su, cysu@me.concordia.ca
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Concordia
University is inviting applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty
position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the area of
automation, controls and robotics. Starting date: January 1, 2003 or earlier.
The Department offers accredited B.Eng., M.Eng, M.A.Sc, and Ph.D. programs in
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as well as an M.Eng. program in
Aerospace Engineering. The Department has well established and well funded
faculty research activities with three strong research centers focusing on
Industrial Control, Vehicle Engineering and Composites and an Institute for
Aerospace Design and Innovation which is supported by the major aerospace
industries in Montreal. Faculty members in the Department have close
relationships with local industry and their strong research activities enjoy
excellent support from manufacturing and other industries in Montreal and
surrounding areas. Further information about the Department can be obtained
from our web site: http://www.me.concordia.ca/
Candidates should have a Bachelor’s and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical or
Electrical Engineering, or in a related discipline. Knowledge of state of the
art tools in the field is considered essential. The successful candidate is
expected to provide strong leadership in his/her discipline, conduct
research, teach undergraduate courses and teach/develop graduate courses in
his/her area of expertise. Industrial experience and knowledge of French will
be considered assets. Membership or eligibility for membership in the
professional engineering association in Quebec or another Canadian province
is an essential requirement.
Applications should consist of a letter of intent, a curriculum vitae, a list
of publications, a statement of research and teaching interests, and the
names of at least three referees. Review of applications will continue until
the position is filled. Applications should be sent as soon as possible to:
Dr. R. Bhat, Professor and Chair
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Concordia University, Room H549
1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
fax: (514) 848-3175
e-mail: mieng@vax2.concordia.ca.
This advertisement is simultaneously directed to Canadian citizens, permanent
residents of Canada and non-Canadians. In accordance with Canadian
immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and
permanent residents. Concordia University is committed to Employment Equity
and encourages applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible
minorities, and disabled persons.
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4.2 Head ECE Dept Colorado State Univ USA
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Head, ECE Dept, Colorado State Univ, USA
Contributed by: Edwin Chong, echong@engr.colostate.edu
Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University
Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Department Head
in Electrical and Computer Engineering, beginning in August 2003. Candidates
should have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, a
distinguished record of academic scholarship including innovative research, a
commitment to excellent instruction and graduate research, strong
administrative and interpersonal abilities, and an established record of
university and professional service appropriate for appointment as a full
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The Head will lead development of the department's programs and initiatives.
The successful candidate will be expected to build upon the department's
strengths, recruit outstanding new faculty, and promote the Department to
internal and external constituencies.
The ECE Department has 20 full-time faculty members, 370 undergraduate
students, and 148 graduate students. The department conducts $2.8 million/yr
in sponsored research. The Department offers BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees, and
has programs in communications, computer engineering, lasers, opto-
electronics, signal processing, radar and microwave systems, and systems and
control. The Department has grown by four faculty in the past year, with an
expectation for continued expansion of its faculty and programs. Further
information about the position and the ECE Department is available at
www.engr.colostate.edu/ece/
For full consideration, complete application materials should be received by
October 28, 2002. Send cover letter, resume, and names of five references to:
Preferred method: eehead@engr.colostate.edu
or mail to
Dr. Allan Kirkpatrick, Head
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1374
Colorado State University is an EEO/AA employer.
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4.3 PhD PDF: Hamilton Institute Ireland
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PhD, PDF: Hamilton Institute, Ireland
Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug.leith@may.ie
Applications are invited for a postgraduate/postdoctoral research position at
the Hamilton Institute in the area of nonlinear system identification. The
project will involve working at the interface between nonlinear dynamics and
modern statistical machine learning. While the focus will be on developing
appropriate statistical theory for the dynamics context, applications in
areas including automotive control, driver adaptive systems will be
considered.
The successful candidates are likely to have demonstrated an outstanding
level of academic achievement at undergraduate/post-graduate level. The
Hamilton Institute is committed to research excellence. These posts offer an
exciting opportunity for successful candidates to tackle fundamental research
problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with
state of the art facilities and strong links to the international research
community.
For further details visit www.hamilton.may.ie
Applications with cv including details of three referees to hamilton@may.ie
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4.4 PhD and Post-Doc: Delft Univ Netherlands
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PhD and Post-Doc: Delft Univ, Netherlands
Contributed by: Carsten Scherer, c.w.scherer@wbmt.tudelft.nl
PhD and Post-Doc: Delft University of Technology
Mechanical Engineering Systems and Control Group
Delft University of Technology
Optimization based controller synthesis
This project funded by the Dutch government (Technology Foundation) aims at
developing an integrated theoretical framework and its realization in
practically useful algorithms for the efficient analysis and synthesis of
robust and scheduled controllers against mixtures of time-varying and dynamic
uncertainties.
Applicants for the PhD position (4 years, salary starting from 2000,- Euros /
month before taxes) should have a Masters degree with a strong background in
control engineering and mathematics.
Applicants for the post-doc position (1-2 years, negotiable salary of at
least 2700,- Euros/month before taxes) should have a Ph.D. degree in
Engineering or Mathematics with a specialization to robust control theory.
Applications should include an extended curriculum vitae (with details on
qualifications, experience, achievements and the addresses of at least two
academic referees) and they should be sent no later than October 31, 2002 to:
Carsten Scherer
Mechanical Engineering Systems and Control Group
Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 2
2628 CD Delft
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-15-2785899
Fax: +31-15-2789387
Email: c.w.scherer@wbmt.tudelft.nl
http://www.ocp.tudelft.nl/sr/personal/Scherer/
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4.5 PhD positions: ETH Zurich
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PhD positions: ETH Zurich
Contributed by: Pablo A. Parrilo, parrilo@aut.ee.ethz.ch
We are looking for qualified applicants for several PhD positions at the
Automatic Control Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland (http://www.aut.ee.ethz.ch). The general field
of research is control theory, system analysis and convex optimization (in
particular, semidefinite programming), with a view towards the application of
the results to practically relevant applications. We plan to emphasize the
multidisciplinary aspect, incorporating succesful techniques from other
fields such as computer algebra, operations research and computer science.
The application targets will be drawn from the many diverse fields where
systems theory and optimization-based techniques have a significant impact,
such as engineering design, communications, finance, and biological systems.
We offer an inspiring academic environment, superb research and computer
facilities, very competitive economic conditions, and excellent education and
career opportunities. Overview and activities of our lab may be seen at:
http://www.aut.ee.ethz.ch/info/intro/intro.msql
Candidates should ideally have an undergraduate or masters degree in
electrical engineering, operations research or applied math, though all
qualified applicants will be considered. A solid mathematical background is
required, with a strong formation in Control Theory and/or Convex
Optimization being highly desired. Practical experience with software
(Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, etc.) and programming are a definite plus.
Please send your curriculum vitae, including cover letter, statement of
purpose, listing of courses taken and the corresponding grades, and the names
and contact info of three references. If available, detail your previous
research experience, publications, etc., as well as any other relevant
additional information. Please send your completed application to the email
address below (preferred, it's faster) or via regular mail.
Prof. Pablo A. Parrilo
Automatic Control Laboratory
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Physikstrasse 3, ETL I 24.2
CH-8092 Zurich - SWITZERLAND
E-mail: parrilo@aut.ee.ethz.ch
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4.6 Post-Grad: Hamilton Institute Ireland
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Post-Grad: Hamilton Institute, Ireland
Contributed by: Robert Shorten, robert.shorten@may.ie
Applications are invited for a number of postgraduate research positions at
the Hamilton Institute in the general area of dynamics and control. In
particular, applications are invited in the following areas: congestion
control algorithms for the internet and networked systems; multiple-model
adaptive control; data fusion algorithms for automotive applications. The
successful candidates are likely to have demonstrated an outstanding level of
academic achievement at undergraduate level. The Hamilton Institute is
committed to research excellence. These posts offer an exciting opportunity
for successful candidates to tackle fundamental research problems within a
stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with state of the art
facilities and strong links to the international research community. For
further details visit www.hamilton.may.ie
Applications with cv including details of three referees to hamilton@may.ie.
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4.7 Research Associate: Medical Imaging USA
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Research Associate: Medical Imaging, USA
Contributed by: Hiro Yoshida, yoshida@uchicago.edu
Research Associate in Medical Imaging
University of Chicago, IL, USA
Research in the host laboratory focuses on the computer-aided diagnosis in
medical imaging. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in computer science/
engineering, bioengineering, or similar discipline. Technical area of
experience should include image processing, computer vision, pattern
recognition, and computer graphics (in particular, surface/volume rendering
and GUI). If you have no experience in image processing or analysis, please
do not apply. Experience in medical imaging, in particular post-processing
methods, is required, although it does not have to be substantial. The
successful candidate should have a strong skill in C/C++ programming in one
of the above areas because the candidate is expected to spend approximately
half of his/her time for developing a research tool for medical image
analysis and half of the time for conducting research based on the tool.
Research areas will include the development of a system for the detection of
polyps in virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography), although other areas of
research in computer-aided diagnosis are also available. This is an
opportunity for a Ph.D. graduate from engineering discipline whose goal is to
develop an academic career in medical imaging, or those who have already
experiences in medical imaging to further advance their careers.
There is no formal deadline for this application. However, the position will
be closed as soon as an appropriate candidate is found. Appointment to the
position is renewable every year.
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their C.V., preferably in an
PDF format, by email to the address below. Please state "Research Associate
Application: Medical Imaging at the University of Chicago" in the subject
line.
Dr. Hiro Yoshida
Assistant Professor of Radiology
The University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland Ave. MC2026
Chicago, IL 60637
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5. Books
5.1 Catastrophies in Control Systems
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Catastrophies in Control Systems
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Catastrophies in Control Systems
Dare Afolabi
Indiana University Purdue University
(xvii, 429 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0-9721254-0-X, $120.00)
Darsaki Publications
http://www.darsaki.com
Catastrophes occur in a control system when a small perturbation of the
parameters of the controller leads to a considerable and unexpected change in
the qualitative properties of the closed loop system. Such a controller is
said to be fragile. In order to understand fragile controllers, it is useful
to first understand fragile polynomials and matrices. This book begins with
an examination of fragile polynomials, including the well-known Wilkinson
polynomial.
It is shown in this book that optimal controllers are particularly fragile,
that the fragility is intrinsic because of the underlying optimization
methods, and that the fragility is related to hidden degeneracies within the
controllers.
The author explains with clarity the mathematical concepts of versal
deformation and transversality, which may be used to detect latent
degeneracies. He also shows how these catastrophe-theoretic ideas are
relevant to understanding the pathological behavior of fragile matrices,
polynomials and controllers when exposed to arbitrary perturbations.
This book is written primarily for engineers, but it should also be of
interest to numerical analysts, physicists, economists and others who use
matrices and polynomials in computational processes.
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5.2 New Books from the IEE Control Series
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New Books from the IEE Control Series
Contributed by: Michael McCabe, mmccabe@inspecinc.com
The following forthcoming and recently published books are available from the
IEE as part of the IEE Control Engineering Series:
Stepping Motors: A Guide to Theory and Practice, 4th Edition
Paul Acarnley, Professor of Electric Drives, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
This outstanding reference book on stepping motors has now been significantly
updated for the Fourth Edition. This new edition adds coverage of many new
applications.
Contents: Preface; 1: Stepping Motors; 2: Drive Circuits; 3: Accurate load
positioning: static torque characteristics; 4: Multi-step operation:
torque/speed characteristics; 5: High-speed operation; 6: Open-loop control;
7: Closed-loop control; 8: Microprocessor-based stepping motor systems; 9:
Appendix: pull-out torque/speed characteristics of bifilar-wound motors;
References.
Readership: Electrical and electronic engineers, researchers, system
developers and students of motor control systems and devices.
IEE Control Series No. 63, CE 063, 176pp, ISBN 0-85296-029-8, 2002, US$70
Active Sound and Vibration Control
M.O. Tokhi, University of Sheffield, and S.M. Veres, University of Southampton
This book presents the established fundamentals in the area of active sound
and vibration control as well as exploring the new and emerging technologies
and techniques.
Contents: Foreword; Part I - Review of Fundamentals; 1: An overview of ASVC,
D. Guicking; 2: Active control of noise in three-dimensional propagation, M.
Tokhi and K. Mamour; 3: Adaptive methods in active control, S. Elliott; Part
II - Recent algorithmic developments; 4: Multichannel active noise control,
T. Shimizu et al.; 5: Adaptive harmonic control, S. Veres and T. Meurers; 6:
Model-free iterative tuning, T. Meurers and S. Veres; 7: Model-based control
design for AVC, S. Veres; 8: ANVC using neural networks, M. Tokhi and R.
Wood; 9: Genetic algorithms for ASVC systems, C. Hansen et al.; Part III -
Applications; 10: ANC around a human's head, S. Honda and H. Hamada; 11:
Active control of microvibrations, G. Agliette et al ; 12: Vibration control
of manipulators, M. Tokhi et al.; 13: ANC in an electric locomotive, M.
Viscardi et al.; 14: ANC for road noise attenuation, Y. Park et al.; 15:
Techniques of real-time processing, M. Tokhi and M. Hossain; References;
Bibliography.
Readership: Electrical, mechanical, and control engineers, designers and
researchers interested in noise and vibration control.
IEE Control Series No. 62, CE 062, c. 450pp, ISBN 0-85296-038-7, October
2002, US$95
Non-Linear Predictive Control: Theory and Practice
Edited by Basil Kouvaritakis, Professor of Engineering Science, Oxford
University, and Mark Cannon, Departmental Lecturer, Engineering Department,
Oxford University
Non-linear model based predictive control is of particular interest as
this best represents the dynamics of most real plants, and this book
collects together the important results which have emerged in this field
which are illustrated by means of simulations on industrial models.
Contents: 1: Qin and Badgwell, A Review of Non-linear Model Predictive
Control Applications; 2: RS Parker et al, Non-linear model predictive
control: issues and applications; 3: L. Magni et al, Model predictive
control: output feedback and tracking of non-linear systems; 4: M Sznaier and
J Cloutier, Model predictive control of non-linear parameter varying systems
via receding horizon control Lyapunov functions; 5: M Niemiec and C Kravaris,
Non-linear model-algorithm control for multivariable nonminimum-phase
processes;.4: A Zheng, A computationally efficient non-linear model
predictive control algorithm for large-scale constrained non-linear systems;
6: M Cannon and B Kouvaritakis, Interpolation techniques for efficient NMPC;
7: B Kouvaritakis et al, Closed-loop predictions in model based predictive
control of linear and non-linear systems; 8: Zheng, A computationally
efficient non-linear model predictive control algorithm for control of
constrained non-linear systems; 9: M Soroush, Long-prediction-horizon non-
linear model predictive control; 10: B. A. Ogunnaike, An industrial
perspective of applicable non-linear model-based control; 11: S Townsend and
G Irwin, Non-linear model-based predictive control using multiple local
models; 12: B Lennox and GA Montague, Neural network based predictive control
of non-linear model predictive control.
Readership: Control, systems and process engineers, computational modellers
and researchers; applied mathematics students.
IEE Control Series No. 61, CE 061, 272pp, ISBN 0-85296-984-8, 2001, US$95
People in Control: Human Factors in Control Room Design
Edited by Jan Noyes, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol, and Matthew
Bransby
The aim of this book is to provide state-of-the-art information on various
aspects of human-machine interaction and human-centred issues encountered in
the control room setting.
Contents: Preface: Humans and technology by Erik Hollnagel; Part 1 - Human
Performance; 1: Human error by Jan Noyes; 2: Memory and complex systems by
Malcolm Cook; 3: Vigilance by Craig Donald; 4: Situational awareness by Carl
Sandom; 5: Supporting control room teamwork by Raph Pascual, Matthew Mills &
Simon Henderson; 6: Training for control room tasks by Andrew Shepherd; Part
2 - Methods; 7: Humans and machines: allocation of function by Neville Moray;
8: Task analysis by Les Ainsworth; 9: Training teams by Raph Pascual, Matthew
Mills & Simon Henderson; 10: Naturalistic analysis of control room activities
by Paul Luff & Christian Heath; 11: Development of a railway ergonomics
control assessment package by Lucy Cordiner & Sarah Nichols and John Wilson;
Part 3 - Control Room Design; 12: Control room mock-up trials by John Wood;
13: The design of control room alarm systems by Matthew Bransby; 14: Decision
support by Charlotte Skourup & Arthur Aune; 15: Train controllers, interface
design and mental workload by Wendy MacDonald; 16: Power generation: the
advanced control desk by Andy Lichnowski & Chris Dicken; 17: Human centred
design for railway applications by Lynne Collis and Felix Schmid; 18:
Integrated platform management system design for future naval warships by
Iain MacLeod & Derek Smeall.
Readership: Control engineers, industrial engineers, researchers and managers
in human-factors and ergonomics.
IEE Control Series No. 60, CE 060, 300pp, ISBN 0-85296-978-3, 2001, US$93
Modelling Distributed Control Systems Using IEC 61499
R.W. Lewis
The new IEC 61499 standard has been developed specifically to
model distributed control systems, defining concepts and models so that
software in the form of function blocks can be interconnected to define the
behaviour of a distributed control system.
Tools based on IEC 61499 are likely to emerge soon to model, validate and
simulate the behaviour of complex networks of function blocks and it is
expected that this standard will become key to complex distributed systems.
Contents: 1: Introduction; 2: IEC 61499 models and concepts; 3: Defining
function block and subapplication types; 4: Service interface function
blocks; 5: Event function blocks; 6: Industrial application examples; 7:
Future development; Bibliography; Appendix A: Common elements; Appendix B:
Overview of XML; Appendix C: Frequently asked questions (IEC 61499 FAQs);
Appendix D: PID function block example; Index.
Readership: Control, automation, systems and process engineers; electrical
engineers.
IEE Control Series No. 59, CE 059, 208pp, ISBN 0-85296-796-9, 2001, US$59
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5.3 Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of Recurrent Neural Networks
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Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of Recurrent Neural Networks
Contributed by: Derong Liu, dliu@ece.uic.edu
Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of Recurrent Neural Networks
Anthony N. Michel and Derong Liu
Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001
ISBN: 0-8247-0767-2/ 504 pages
This reference/text analyzes the qualitative properties, limitations, design,
and implementations of artificial recurrent neural networks and evaluates
system operation with applications to associative memories. It develops
techniques including the Outer Product Method, the Projection Learning Rule,
the Eigenstructure Method, and procedures based on the Perceptron Training
Algorithm for appraisals of network performance; it investigates the effects
of parameter perturbations, time delays, and interconnection constraints on
network function; it assesses the global stability of various neural
networks; it presents methods to decrease the number of spurious states; it
develops processes for optimal network operation and memory storage; and it
estimates the number of stable memories and determines their location in
state space.
For ordering information, please visit
http://www.dekker.com/servlet/product/productid/0767-2
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or email to anthony.n.michel.1@nd.edu or dliu@ece.uic.edu
Contents of the book:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Some Neural Networks Models
3. Qualitative Analysis of Analog Hopfield-Type Neural
Networks: Global Results
4. Stability Analysis of Linear Systems Operating on a
Closed Hypercube: System (M)
5. Qualitative Analysis of Hopfield-Type Neural Networks:
Local Results
6. Qualitative Effects of Parameter Perturbations
7. Qualitative Effects of Time Delays
8. Some Synthesis Methods for Associative Memories
9. Effectts of Interconnection Constraints
Index
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6. Journals
6.1 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
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Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
Table of Contents: Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2002)
1. "Adaptive Dynamic Output Feedback Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems"
Authors : Ilichmann and A. Isidori
2. "Recursive Back-Stepping Design of an Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for
Strict Output Feedback Nonlinear Systems".
Authors : Wei-Yen Wang, Mei-Lang Chan, Tsu-Tian Lee and Cheng-Hsin Liu
3. "Tracking Control of Multiple Mobile Robots: A Case Study of Inter-Robot
Collision-Free Problem".
Authors : Jurachart Jongusuk and Tsutomu Mita
4. "Controller Design Using Walsh-Basis-Function Neural Network".
Authors : Shing-Chia Chen and Wen Liang Chen
5. "A State-Space Based New Approach to Directional Interpolation Problem".
Authors : Kazumi Horiguchi
6. "Synthesis of m Controllers Using Statistical Iterations".
Authors : Ciann-Dong Yang and Hung-Chung Tai
7. "Two Stage Tracking Control Via Output Feedback".
Authors : Shang-Teh Wu
8. "Exponential Stabilization of Bilinear Systems with Open-Loop Unstable
Dynamics".
Authors : Yean-Ren Hwang
9. "A Fuzzy Logic Based Discrete Mode Power System Stabilizer".
Authors : M. Chetty
10."H-infinity Control & Sliding Mode Control of Magnetic Levitation System".
Authors : Jing-Chung Shen
11."Systematic Gain-Scheduling Control Design: A Missile Autopilot Example".
Authors : Fen-Wu, Andy Packard and Gary Balas
12."Stability Analysis of Linear Shift-Invariant Dynamics in Honeycomb
Structure".
Authors : Tatsushi Ooba and Yasuyuki Funahashi
13."Observability of Depth Estimation for a Hand-Eye Robot System".
Authors : Chang-Jia Fang and Shir-Kuan Lin
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6.2 Contents: Automatica
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Contents: Automatica
Contributed by: H.Kwakernaak, automatica@math.utwente.nl
Contents: Automatica, October, 2002
Volume 38, Issue 10
For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions
visit http://www.autsubmit.com
Survey papers
M. Nordin, P-O. Gutman
Controlling mechanical systems with backlash - A survey
Regular papers
A. Kawamoto, T. Katayama
The semi-stabilizing solution of generalized algebraic Riccati equation
for descriptor systems
G. Gatt, N. Kalouptsidis
Identification of discrete-time state affine state space models using
cumulants
R. Pintelon, J. Schoukens
Some peculiarities of identification in the presence of model errors
Brief papers
G. Marro, D. Prattichizzo, E. Zattoni
Convolution profiles for right inversion of multivariable nonminimum-phase
discrete-time systems
Ki Baek Kim
Implementation of stabilizing receding horizon controls for time-varying
systems
M. Akar, Ü. Özgüner
Decentralized sliding mode control design using overlapping decompositions
S. Di Gennaro
Output attitude tracking for flexible spacecraft
X. F. Shi, C. Y. Chan
A passivity approach to controller design for quasi-resonant converters
L. Zaccarian, A. R. Teel
A common framework for anti-windup, bumpless transfer and reliable designs
H. Ishii, B. A. Francis
Stabilization with control networks
R. A. Casas, R. R. Bitmead, C. A. Jacobson, C. R. Johnson, jr.
Prediction error methods for limit cycle data
J. Stoev, Jin Young Choi, J. Farrell
Adaptive control for output feedback nonlinear systems in the presence of
modeling errors
K. Fujimoto, J. M. A. Scherpen, W. S. Gray
Hamiltonian realizations of nonlinear adjoint operators
F. Grognard, R. Sepulchre, G. Bastin
Improving the performance of low-gain designs for bounded control of
linear systems
G. Bartolini, A. Pisano, E. Usai
Second order sliding mode control of container cranes
K. B. Datta, A. RaiChaudhuri
H2/H(infinity) control of discrete singularly perturbed systems: The state
feedback case
N.D. Evans, M.J. Chapman, M.J. Chappell, K.R. Godfrey
Identifiability of uncontrolled nonlinear rational systems
P. Suchomski
A J-lossless coprime factorization approach to H(infinity) control in
delta domain
Chee Pin Tan, C. Edwards
Sliding mode observers for detection and reconstruction of sensor faults
Technical communiques
L. Menini, A. Tornambč
State estimation of (otherwise unobservable) linear mechanical systems
through the use of non-smooth impacts: the case of two mating gears
Book reviews
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Control-oriented system identification: An H_{\infty} approach, by Jie
Chen and Guoxiang Gu
A. Loria
Qualitative theory of dynamical systems, by A.N. Michel, K. Wang and B. Hu
R. Vinter
Dynamic optimization, by A. E. Bryson
F. Gomez-Estern
Computational principles of mobile robotics, by Gregory Dudek and Michael
Jenkin
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6.3 Contents: IEEE Trans. Automatic Control - July
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Contents: IEEE Trans. Automatic Control - July
Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 47 Issue: 7 , July 2002
Liveness-enforcing supervision of bounded ordinary petri nets using partial
order methods. He, K.X.; Lemmon, M.D.
Page(s): 1042 -1055
The structure of state covariances and its relation to the power spectrum
of the input. Georgiou, T.T.
Page(s): 1056 -1066
Optimization with few violated constraints for linear bounded error parameter
estimation. Er-Wei Bai; Hyonyong Cho; Tempo, R.; Yinyu Ye
Page(s): 1067 -1077
Fundamental limitations on the time-domain shaping of response to a fixed
input. Hill, R.D.; Eberhard, A.C.; Wenczel, R.B.; Halpern,
Page(s): 1078 -1090
Distributed control of spatially invariant systems. Bamieh, B.; Paganini, F.;
Dahleh, M.A.
Page(s): 1091 -1107
Stability analysis of piecewise discrete-time linear systems. Gang Feng
Page(s): 1108 -1115
Analytic perturbation of sylvester matrix equations. Avrachenkov, K.E.;
Lasserre, J.B.
Page(s): 1116 -1119
Characterizing all optimal controls for an indefinite stochastic linear
quadratic control problem. Hanzhong Wu; Xun Yu Zhou
Page(s): 1119 -1122
Robust stability and stabilization for singular systems with state delay and
parameter uncertainty. Shengyuan Xu; Van Dooren, P.; Stefan, R.; Lam, J.
Page(s): 1122 -1128
Singular lq problem for nonregular descriptor systems. Jiandong Zhu;
Shuping Ma; Zhaolin Cheng
Page(s): 1128 -1133
An upper bound for carriers in a three-workstation closed serial production
system operating under production blocking. Kim, D.S.; Kulkarni, D.M.; Lin,
F.
Page(s): 1134 -1138
On the sensitivity of the coupled continuous-time lyapunov equation. Czornik,
A.; Swierniak, A.
Page(s): 1138 -1142
A bias correction method for identification of linear dynamic errors-in-
variables models. Wei Xing Zheng
Page(s): 1142 -1147
A feedback min-max MPC algorithm for lpv systems subject to bounded rates of
change of parameters. Casavola, A.; Famularo, D.; Franze, G.
Page(s): 1147 -1153
A note on input-to-state stabilization for nonlinear sampled-data systems.
Nesic, D.; Laila, D.S.
Page(s): 1153 -1158
Sequential versus concurrent languages of labeled conflict-free petri nets.
Hsu-Chun Yen
Page(s): 1158 -1162
A new algorithm for an eigenvalue assignment problem from singular control
theory. Chu, D.; Ho, D.W.C.
Page(s): 1163 -1167
Optimal threshold control in discrete failure-prone manufacturing systems.
Youyi Feng; Baichun Xiao
Page(s): 1167 -1174
A curve-shaping approach for determining bounds on H_inf performance under
hard constraints. Davison, D.E.
Page(s): 1174 -1178
Robust kalman filtering for discrete time-varying uncertain systems with
multiplicative noises. Fuwen Yang; Zidong Wang; Hung, Y.S.
Page(s): 1179 -1183
Further results on nonlinear receding-horizon observers. Alamir, M.;
Calvillo-Corona, L.A.
Page(s): 1184 -1188
Global frequency estimation using adaptive identifiers. Xia, X.
Page(s): 1188 -1193
On semiglobal stabilizability of antistable systems by saturated linear
feedback. Tingshu Hu; Zongli Lin
Page(s): 1193 -1198
Author's reply
Han Ho Choi
Page(s): 1213 -1213
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6.4 Contents: IEEE Trans. Automatic Control - June
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Contents: IEEE Trans. Automatic Control - June
Contributed by: C. Stewart, cstewart@bu.edu
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume: 47 Issue: 6 , Jun 2002
Guest editorial: special issue of the IEEE transactions on automatic control
on systems and control methods for communication networks
Weibo Gong; Basar, T.
Page(s): 877 -879
A time-scale decomposition approach to adaptive explicit congestion
notification (ECN) marking. Kunniyur, S.; Srikant, R.
Page(s): 882 -894
Stability of distributed congestion control with heterogeneous feedback
delays.
Massoulie, L.
Page(s): 895 -902
Mixed equilibrium (ME) for multiclass routing games. Boulogne, T.; Altman,
E.;
Kameda, H.; Pourtallier, O.
Page(s): 903 -916
Nash equilibria for combined flow control and routing in networks: asymptotic
behavior for a large number of users. Altman, E.; Basar, T.; Srikant, R.
Page(s): 917 -930
Fair allocation of utilities in multirate multicast networks: a framework for
unifying diverse fairness objectives. Sarkar, S.; Tassiulas, L.
Page(s): 931 -944
Analysis and design of controllers for AQM routers supporting TCP flows.
Hollot, C.V.; Misra, V.; Towsley, D.; Weibo Gong
Page(s): 945 -959
A practical controller for explicit rate congestion control. Laberteaux, K.P.;
Rohrs, C.E.; Antsaklis, P.J.
Page(s): 960 -978
Burst-level congestion control using hindsight optimization. Wu, G.;
Chong, E.K.P.; Givan, R.
Page(s): 979 -991
Control of mobile communications with time-varying channels in heavy traffic.
Buche, R.; Kushner, H.J.
Page(s): 992 -1003
Adaptive call admission control in circuit-switched networks. Gokbayrak, K.;
Cassandras, C.G.
Page(s): 1004 -1015
On packet marking at priority queues. Gibbens, R.J.; Kelly, F.P.
Page(s): 1016 -1020
On the use of packet classes in communication networks to enhance congestion
pricing based on marks. Alvarez, J.; Hajek, B.
Page(s): 1020 -1026
On localized control in QoS routing. Nelakuditi, S.; Varadarajan, S.;
Zhi-Li Zhang
Page(s): 1026 -1032
Application of optimization techniques to a nonlinear problem of communication
network design with nonlinear constraints. Wieselthier, J.E.; Nguyen, G.D.;
Ephremides, A.; Barnhart, C.M.
Page(s): 1033 -1038
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6.5 Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Syst Technology
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Contents: IEEE Trans on Control Syst Technology
Contributed by: Mikhail Skliar, mikhail.skliar@utah.edu
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,
September 2002, Vol. 10, No.
Full-Length Papers:
MIMO Control Design for a Compact Disc Player with Multiple Norm
Specifications, M. Dettori and C. W. Scherer
Design and Experimental Testing of a Multivariable Controller on a Tokamak,
M. Ariola, G. Ambrosino, A. Pironti, J. B. Lister and P. Vyas
Frequency-domain Identification Algorithm for Servo Systems with Friction,
Y-Y. Chen, P.-Y. Huang, and J.-Y. Yen
A Miniaturized Levitation System with Motion Control using Piezoelectric
Actuator, T. Morita, K. Shimizu, M. Hasegawa, K. Oka, and T. Higuchi
Speed-Gradient Approach to Torque and Air-to-Fuel Ratio Control in Disc
Engines, I. V. Kolmanovsky, M. Druzhinina, and J. Sun
Model-Based Diagnosis of an Automotive Engine using Several Types of Fault
Models, M. Nyberg
Brief Papers:
On Stability Margins of the Fiat Dedra Engine Model, M. Kanno, and T.C. Yang
Radar Cross-Section Reduction via Route Planning and Intelligent Control,
F.W. Moore
Effects of Control Structure on Performance for an Automotive Powertrain with
Continuously Variable Transmission, S. Liu, and A.G. Stefanopoulou
An Implementation of the Matrix-Based Supervisory Controller of Flexible
Manufacturing Systems, S. Bogdan, F.L. Lewis, Z. Kovacic, A.Gurel, and M.
Stajdohar
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition-Based Control of Transverse Beam Vibrations:
Experimental Implementation, R.C.H del Rosario, H.T. Tran, and H.T. Banks
Fixed-Order Dynamic Compensation for Axial Flow Compression Systems, W.H.
Haddad, J.R. Corrado, and A. Leonessa
Multivariable Robust Controller Design for a Boiler System, W. Tan, H.J.
Marquez, and T. Chen
Active Control of Underwater Installation, S.I Sagatun
Observer Based Control of Vortex Motion in a Combustor Recirculation Region,
G. Tadmor and A. Banaszuk
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Contents: Jour of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Contributed by: Jen Samuels, jens@aiaa.org
Table of Contents, Volume 25, Number 5, Sept.-Oct. 2002
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
FULL-LENGTH PAPERS
Analytical Modeling of Sensor Quantization in Strapdown Inertial Navigation
Error Equations
P. G. Savage, p. 833
Multivariable Adaptive Control Design with Applications to Autonomous
Helicopters
A. S. Krupadanam, A. M. Annaswamy, R. S. Mangoubi, p. 843
In-Space Calibration of a Skewed Gyro Quadruplet
I. Y. Bar-Itzhack and R. R. Harman, p. 852
Model Predictive Lateral Pulse Jet Control of an Atmospheric Rocket
B. Burchett and M. Costello, p. 860
Minimax Design of Robust Controllers for Flexible Systems
T. Singh, p. 868
Trajectory Optimization for Air-to-Surface Missiles with Imaging Radars
A. Farooq and D. J. N. Limebeer, p. 876
Optimal Coordinated Maneuvers for Three-Dimensional Aircraft Conflict
Resolution
J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry, p. 888
Automated Tuning of an Extended Kalman Filter Using the Downhill Simplex
Algorithm
T. D. Powell, p. 901
Robust Control System Design for Rotorcraft
C.-M. Lin and C.-L. Ying, p. 909
Robust Individual Blade Control Algorithm for a Dissimilar Rotor
B. Roget and I. Chopra, p. 915
Nonlinear Receding Horizon Control of an F-16 Aircraft
R. Bhattacharya, G. J. Balas, M. A. Kaya, A. Packard, p. 924
Optimal Control of Interplanetary Trajectories Using Electrical Propulsion
with Discrete Thrust Levels
A. Axelrod, M. Guelman, D. Mishne, p. 932
Method for Calculating Collision Probability Between a Satellite and a
Space Tether
R. P. Patera, p. 940
Integrated Algorithm for Lunar Transfer Trajectories Using a Pseudostate
Technique
R. V. Ramanan, p. 946
Monitoring of Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellites in Russian Space
Surveillance Center
Z. N. Khutorovsky, p. 953
Flutter, Postflutter, and Control of a Supersonic Wing Section
P. Marzocca, L. Librescu, W. A. Silva, p. 962
ENGINEERING NOTES
Analysis of Formation Flying Control of a Pair of Nanosatellites
S. M. Veres, S. B. Gabriel, D. Q. Mayne, E. Rogers, p. 971
Unifying Treatment to Control of Nonlinear Systems with Two Timescales
P. Lu and Z. Shen, p. 975
Nonlinear Tracking Control of an Underactuated Spacecraft
A. Behal, D. Dawson, E. Zergeroglu, Y. Fang, p. 979
Method of Unsteady Aerodynamic Forces Approximation for Aeroservoelastic
Interactions
I. Cotoi and R. M. Botez, p. 985
Composite Optimization Scheme for Time-Optimal Control
M. C. Reynolds and P. H. Meckl, p. 987
Height Control System for Sea-Skimming Missile Using Predictive Filter
S. E. Talole and S. B. Phadke, p. 989
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6.7 Contents: Modeling Identification and Control
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Contents: Modeling, Identification and Control
Contributed by: Lars Imsland, lsi@itk.ntnu.no
Modeling, Identification and Control (MIC)
Vol. 23, No. 3, July 2002
O. M. Aamo and T. I. Fossen, "Tutorial on Feedback Control
of Flows, Part 1: Stabilization of Fluid Flows in Channels
and Pipes" ................................................ 161
Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available at
http://www.itk.ntnu.no/mic/mic.html.
MIC is now available online for subscribers and for others on a
pay-per-view basis, at EBSCO Online,
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Journal.asp?JournalID=106042.
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7. Conferences
7.1 17th IEEE International Symp on Intelligent Control
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17th IEEE International Symp on Intelligent Control
Contributed by: Gary G. Yen, gyen@ceat.okstate.edu
17th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 27-30, 2002
http://pami.uwaterloo.ca/~isic02/isic02.html
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
On behalf of the Operating and Program Committees of the 17th IEEE
International Symposium on Intelligent Control, we would like to invite you
to participate in the symposium as well as pre-conference workshops/tutorials
listed below. Each workshop is single-track, half-day event detailed the
specific subjects interested to the community. The workshop registration
can be made through conference website listed above.
On October 27, Morning (8:00am-12:00pm)
Intelligent Controllers Design for Nonlinear Systems
Elmer P. Dadios, coeepd@mail.dlsu.edu.ph
Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance for Dynamic Systems
Fabrizio Caccavale, caccavale@unibas.it
Luigi Villani, luigi.villani@unina.it
On October 27, Afternoon (1:00pm-5:00pm)
Fuzzy-Neural Computing Systems
Madan M. Gupta, guptam@sask.usask.ca
Noriyasu Homma, homma@abe.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems
Tong H. Lee, eleleeth@nus.edu.sg
Ben M. Chen, bmchen@nus.edu.sg
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7.2 2003 American Control Conference
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2003 American Control Conference
Contributed by: Roberto Horowitz, horowitz@me.berkeley.edu
2003 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE
June 4-6, 2003
The Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado USA
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu
Deadline for submission: September 15, 2002
The American Automatic Control Council will hold the 22nd American
Control Conference (ACC) Wednesday through Friday, June 4-6, 2003 at the
Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The 2003 ACC will feature the
presentation of contributed and invited papers, tutorial sessions and
workshops, and a Student Best Paper competition. In addition to the standard
oral presentations, the 2003 ACC will also feature poster presentations in
order to encourage an interactive presentation and exchange with the audience.
Topics include: industrial applications, robotics, manufacturing, guidance
and flight control, power systems, process control, measurement and sensing,
identification and estimation, signal processing, modeling and advanced
simulation, fault detection, model validation, multivariable control,
adaptive and optimal control, robustness, intelligent control, expert
systems, neural nets, control engineering education, and computer aided
design.
Call for Contributed Papers and Invited Sessions
Contributed papers are sought in the form of regular manuscripts (which are
allotted 6 pages in the proceedings) or short manuscripts (allotted 2
pages). Invited Sessions organized about a specific theme with invited
authors are also solicited. Consult the conference web site
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu for submission details.
Call For Tutorial Sessions - Industry and Applications Area
The 2003 ACC will include Tutorial Sessions featuring a one-hour tutorial
presentation on an industrially-proven but still relatively new technique,
followed by a series of short presentations from industrial participants
discussing the implementation, application, and benefits of the technique.
For more information, contact the Vice Chair for Industry and Applications:
Louis P. Russo, lrusso@houston.rr.com, or visit the conference web site
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu.
Call for Workshop Proposals
Suggestions and workshop proposals are solicited for appropriate subjects.
Potential organizers should contact the Workshop Chair: Molly H. Shor,
shor@ece.orst.edu or visit the conference web site
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu.
Submission Deadlines
September 15, 2002 is the deadline for submission of regular and short
contributed papers, invited-session proposals, extended abstracts for invited
sessions, tutorial-session proposals, and workshop proposals.
Further Information
For complete conference information, visit the conference web site at
http://acc2003.me.berkeley.edu. You may also contact the General Chair of
the conference, B. Wayne Bequette, bequette@rpi.edu, or the Program Chair,
Anuradha Annaswamy, aanna@mit.edu.
The conference is sponsored by the American Automatic Control
Council (AACC), and topics span the scope of the 8 member societies of AACC:
AIAA, AIChE, AISE, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, ISA, and SCS. The 2002 ACC is being
held in cooperation with IFAC (the International Federation of Automatic
Control) and SICE (the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers).
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7.3 41st Conference on Decision and Control
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41st Conference on Decision and Control
Contributed by: Enrique Barbieri, ebarbieri@uh.edu
IEEE 2002 Conference on Decision and Control
December 10 - 13, 2002
The Venetian Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.eecs.tulane.edu/cdc02/index.html
Call for Participation:
The Operating Committee of the 41st Conference on Decision and Control
invites you to visit the Conference web site www.eecs.tulane.edu/cdc02 for
a look at the Conference features that include, an outstanding technical
Advance Program; the Plenary Lectures by three highly respected members of
our community, Professors Stephen Boyd, Chris Byrnes, and Christos
Cassandras; the Hendrik W. Bode Lecture by Professor Eduardo Sontag; a
special session by Dr. Siva Banda.
In addition, you may register to attend any of the following six workshops
offered by leading control engineers:
Workshop M-1: Synchronization under control
Dr. Henk Nijmeijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr. Henri Huijberts, University of London, UK
Workshop M-2: Fractional Calculus Applications in Automatic Control & Robotics
Dr. Blas M. Vinagre Jara , University of Extremadura, Spain
Dr. YangQuan Chen, Utah State University, USA
Workshop M-3: New tools in non-linear adaptive control: theory & applications
Dr. A. Astolfi, Imperial College, UK
Dr. R. Ortega, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes, Supelec, France, Romeo
Workshop M-4: The control of quantum systems
Dr. Roger Brockett and Dr. Navin Khaneja, Harvard University, USA
Workshop M-5: Wireless Communication Channels
Dr. C.D. Charalambous, University of Ottawa , Canada
Dr. Nickie Menemenlis, McGill University, Canada
Workshop M-6: Linguistic Dynamic Systems
Dr. Feiyue Wang and Dr. Tao Yang , the University of Arizona, USA
Registration fees and links to on-line registration appear at the following
link: http://www.eecs.tulane.edu/cdc02/Registration/registration.html
The deadline for advance registration is October 30, 2002.
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7.4 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
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Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
Contributed by: Oded Maler, maler@imag.fr
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC 2003)
6th International Workshop
Prague, The Czech Republic
http://www-hscc03.imag.fr
Important Dates
Submission deadline: October 15, 2002
Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2002
Final versions due: January 15, 2003
Workshop: April 3-5 (Thu-Sat), 2003
The Workshop on Hybrid Systems attracts researchers from academia and
industry 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. 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. See conference web-site for further details.
Submissions
Researchers are invited to submit either a postscript or pdf file
of an extended abstract using the electronic-submission procedure
through the workshop web-page http://www-hscc03.imag.fr
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:
Amir Pnueli
Department of Computer Science
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100
Israel
amir@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
Oded Maler
CNRS-VERIMAG
2, av. de Vignate
38610 Gieres
France
maler@imag.fr
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7.5 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
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Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
Contributed by: A. Astolfi, a.astolfi@ic.ac.uk
2nd IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
3-5 April 2003, Seville, Spain
http://www.esi.us.es/lhmnlc03
SCOPE
The workshop aims to present new approaches to nonlinear control that exploit
the structure and the properties of mechanical and electromechanical system,
namely the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structure. This workshop will cover new
developments in nonlinear control theory, design methods and applications
where techniques have been effectively tailored to exploit the mechanical and
electromechanical system structure. The workshop program will include
contributed papers as well as a number of invited papers by leading
international authorities. In-depth discussions by all participants on basic
problems and future directions will be encouraged.
Topics to be covered include among others:
- control of mechanical, electromechanical and electrical systems
- control of autonomous vehicles
- Hamiltonian and Lagrangian control systems
- use of symplectic, Poisson and Dirac structures in control
- role of symmetry, reduction and integrability in control
- analysis of global phase space structure and qualitative phenomena with
application to control
- effect of physical and feedback-controlled dissipation
- nonholonomic control systems
- geometric nonlinear control of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems
- tracking and regulation for Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems
- infinite dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems
- control of mechanical and electromechanical systems in the presence of
delays and transmission lines
Important Deadlines
Submission of draft papers: 30 November, 2002
Notification of acceptance: 15 January, 2003
Final paper submission: 15 February, 2003
Further information may be found on the workshop web site:
http://www.esi.us.es/lhmnlc03
Contact address:
Silvia Vallejo. Workshop Secretariat
Depto. de Ing. de Sistemas y Automática
Escuela Superior de Ingenieros
Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n
41092 Sevilla, SPAIN
Phone: +34 95 4487386 Fax: +34 95 4487340
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7.6 New Technologies for Automation of Metallurgical Industry
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New Technologies for Automation of Metallurgical Industry
Contributed by: Wei Wang, wangwei@dlut.edu.cn
IFAC Workshop on New Technologies for Automation of Metallurgical Industry
Shanghai, China, October 11-13, 2003
www.baosight.com/ifac03
Organized by
Dalian University of Technology, China
Shanghai Baosight Software Company, Ltd, China
Sponsored by
IFAC - International Federation of Automatic Control
Technical Committee on Automation in Mining Mineral and Metal Processing
International Program Committee Chair and Vice-Chair
Chair: S-L Jamsa-Jounela (Finland)
Vice-Chair: Wei Wang (China)
Vice-Chair: Sang-Chul Won (Korea)
National Organizing Committee
Chair: Le-Jiang Xu
Vice-Chair: Jian-Xin Hua
Vice-Chair: Cheng Shao
Call for Papers
The workshop aims at providing researchers and practitioners with a forum to
report on recent developments in the technologies and method and their
applications for automation of metallurgical industry in order to face the
challenge of complex industrial process measurement, modeling, control,
scheduling, management and optimization. The emphasis is placed on practical
use of those technologies and method, but such theoretical researches as
accompanied with appropriate practical experience / consideration are also
welcome.
Three (3) copies of the full draft paper should be sent to the address of the
workshop IPC secretariat not later than 28 Feb., 2003. The cover page should
give the title, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail
address of the corresponding author and each author. Paper submitted
electronically are also accepted. For electronic submission, paper must
comply with the IFAC format and should not exceed 6 two-column pages. For
detailed formatting instructions, see the IFAC publications web site:
www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac
Call for Invited Sessions
Each invited session may include four to six papers with a well-defined
cohesive focus on a topic relevant to the workshop. The proposal should
contain the title and aim of the session and list of papers together with
abstracts, the names, affiliations, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and
e-mail addresses of authors. Three (3) copies of the proposal should be
sent to the IPC secretariat not later than 28 Feb., 2003.
IPC Secretariat Address
Prof. Wei Wang
Dalain University of Technology
Research Center of Information and Control
Dalain, 116024 P.R.China
Phone: +86-411-4707580, Fax: +86-4114707579
E-mail: wangwei@dlut.edu.cn
Due dates
28 Feb., 2003 Submission of draft papers and session proposals
31 May, 2003 Notification of acceptance
31 July, 2003 Submission of camera-ready papers
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7.7 Second Joint IEEE CSS/RAS Workshop EURON and RJS
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Second Joint IEEE CSS/RAS Workshop EURON and RJS
Contributed by: Domenico Prattichizzo, prattichizzo@dii.unisi.it
Second Joint IEEE CSS/RAS EURON and RSJ
Las Vegas, NV, USA. Dec. 14, 2002
The CPRA workshop will be held at the IEEE 2002 Conference on Decision
and Control venue, on the first day after CDC sessions end.
The IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society (RAS), EURON, the European Robotics Network and the Robotics Society
of Japan will sponsor an International Workshop on Control Problems in
Robotics and Automation, to help important problems and promising control
solutions meet in the area of manufacturing, automation, and robotics. A
first edition of this workshop was held in 1996, resulting in a widely known
and referenced edited book.
The basic idea behind the Workshop is to present to a larger community,
including in particular researchers in automatic control, applied
mathematics, mechanical engineering, robotics, computer science, etc. the
many interesting problems that arise from robotics and automation, so as to
stimulate their involvement. Topics covered by the Workshop represent many
of the most innovative areas in contemporary robotics research, and range
from visual servoing, to Robotics Society of Japan will sponsor an
International Workshop on Control Problems in Robotics and Automation, to
help important problems and promising control solutions meet in the area of
manufacturing, automation, and robotics.
Further information may be found on the workshop web site:
http://www.dii.unisi.it/WCPRA02
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7.8 Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems
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Symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems
Contributed by: Nicole Elzebroek, eis2002@global-conf.org
International NAISO symposium on Engineering of Intelligent Systems (EIS'2002)
Background and Scope:
The EIS conference series pursue the synthesis of Artificial Intelligence
techniques with Control Engineering methods to produce Intelligent Systems
for Engineering applications. In recent years, the combination of Control
Engineering and extensive knowledge of AI techniques has allowed scientists
and practitioners to make a number of significant contributions to this
rapidly developing field, for example in qualitative control, fuzzy
qualitative simulation and model based diagnosis, Artificial Neural Networks
(ANNs), Genetic Algorithms (GAs), Fuzzy Logic (FL), and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
(NFS).
For further information, please see
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/eis2002/index.html
or you can contact:
NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division)
P.O. Box 1091
3360 BB Sliedrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-184-496999
Fax: +31-184-421065
Email: eis2002@global-conf.org
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7.9 Symposium on Info Tech in Environmental Engineering
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Symposium on Info Tech in Environmental Engineering
Contributed by: Asia Koerten, itee2003@globa-conf.org
First World Congress on Information Technology in Environmental Engineering
ITEE 2003, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, June 24 - 27, 2003.
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/index.html
Call for Paper
The ITEE 2003 conference will provide a forum for exchanging information
among pollution engineers, knowledge engineers and scientists. Some of the
objectives include discussion of projects for long-term storage of data, data
update and validation, and the consistency of data. Research topics and
funding opportunities discussed at the conference will be of interest to all
researchers. Another objective is to discuss means of assessing the potential
of individual teams in implementation and modelling of large-scale systems.
CONGRESS TOPICS
Topics of Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering (ITEE'2003)
1. Tools and measurement techniques
2. Formal methods and data processing techniques
3. Modelling and simulation problems
4. Information systems
5. Practical applications and experiences
(A more detailed listing may be found on the conference website).
PLENARY SPEECHES:
Stanislaw R. Massel: Measurements, Data Processing and Modelling in the
Modern Marine Studies
Jozef M. Pacyna: THE DPSIR Framework as a Scientific Support for Policy
Response and Management Options in the Coastal Zone
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
A. Sydow: Simulation Software for Air pollution Management
TUTORIALS:
Peter G. Anderson: Genetic Algorithms
Kurt Fedra: Urban Environmental Management: towards the City of Tomorrow
CALL FOR INVITED SESSIONS
The organization of invited sessions is encouraged. Prospective organizers
are requested to send a session proposal - consisting of 4-5 invited papers -
to the general chair and respective area co-chair. Invited sessions should
preferably start with the title and the purpose of the session and a tutorial
paper. The registration fee of the session organizer will be waived, if at
least 4 authors of invited papers register to the conference.
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Several workshops/tutorials are planned for ITEE 2003. Each workshop will
focus
on a particular topic, and consist of several presentations/open discussions.
The proposal for a workshop should include the title, topics covered, proposed
speakers, targeted audiences, and estimated length (hours) of the workshop.
The
proposal should be submitted to the general chair and respective area co-chair
by September 30, 2002, and the NAISO Planning department: planning@icsc.ab.ca
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Submission of papers can be done through our web site
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003/indexsub.html
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline October 30, 2002
Notification of Acceptance December 31, 2002
Delivery of Manuscripts February 28, 2003
Early bird-registration February 28, 2003
Registration March 31, 2003
Conference June 24 - 27, 2003
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Achim Sydow (Honorary General Chair)
Cezary Orlowski Ph.D (General Chair)
TU Gdansk
Email: mailto:cor@zie.pg.gda.pl
Edward Szczerbicki (Co-Chair)
University of Newcastle, Australia
Email: mailto:mees@cc.newcastle.edu.au
CONGRESS ORGANIZER
NAISO The Netherlands (Operating Division)
P.O. Box 1091
3360 BB Sliedrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 184 496999
Fax: +31 184 421065
Email: itee2003@global-conf.org (Operating Division)
planning@icsc.ab.ca (Planning Division)
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/itee2003
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