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December 2006

1. Personals
2. General Announcements
3. Awards Honors
4. Books
 4.1A Software-Defined GPS and Galileo Receiver: A Single-Frequency Approach
 4.2Filtering Theory
 4.3Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach
 4.4Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control
 4.5Representation and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
5. Journals
 5.1CFP: Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems
 5.2CFP: Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
 5.3CFP: Drug Delivery Automation for an IEEE T-ASE Special Issue
 5.4CFP: Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems
 5.5CFP: IEEE RAM Special Issue on Multi-Robot Systems
 5.6CFP: Journal of Control Science and Engineering-Special Issue
 5.7CFP: Special issue Journal of Control Science and Engineering
 5.8Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics
 5.9Contents: Control Engineering Practice
 5.10Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
 5.11Contents: IET Control Theory and Applications
 5.12Contents: Int Journal of Innovative Computing Information and Control
 5.13Contents: International Journal of Control
 5.14Contents: International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems
 5.15Contents: International Journal of General Systems
 5.16Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
 5.17Contents: Journal of Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems
 5.18Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
 5.19Contents: Modeling Identification and Control
 5.20Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
 5.21Contents: atp international
6. Conferences
 6.113th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics
 6.23rd IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control
 6.37th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems NOLCOS 2007
 6.48th International Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
 6.5CFP: IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
 6.6CFP: SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
 6.7IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control
 6.8New Deadline of IEEE SECon2007
 6.9SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
 6.10Second Int. Conference on Innovative Computing Information & Control
7. Workshops
8. Positions
 8.1Chair: Electrical and Computer Engineering Boise State University USA
 8.2Endowed Chair: Virginia Tech USA
 8.3Faculty: American University of Beirut Lebanon
 8.4Faculty: Colorado School of Mines USA
 8.5Faculty: Hamilton Institute Ireland
 8.6Faculty: Harbin Institute of Technology China
 8.7Faculty: Munich University of Technology Germany
 8.8Faculty: NTNU Norwey
 8.9Faculty: Univ. of Michigan USA
 8.10Faculty: University of California Berkeley USA
 8.11Faculty: University of Oklahoma USA
 8.12Faculty: University of Patras Greece
 8.13Faculty: University of Strathclyde UK
 8.14Faculty: University of Twente NL
 8.15Faculty: University of Washington USA
 8.16Faculty: Virginia Tech USA
 8.17Faculty Program Director: WPI USA
 8.18MS PhD Post-Doc: Ryerson University Canada
 8.19MS PhD Post-Doc: University of Leicester UK
 8.20PhD: Boise State University USA
 8.21PhD: Eindhoven University of Technology NL
 8.22PhD: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
 8.23PhD: North Carolina State University USA
 8.24PhD: The University of New South Wales Australia
 8.25PhD: University of Texas at Dallas USA
 8.26Post-Doc: Deakin University Australia
 8.27Post-Doc: Texas A and M University USA
 8.28Program Director: CMMI Division NSF USA
 8.29Research Engineer: Honeywell USA
 8.30Research Faculty: University of Newcastle Australia
 8.31Research Fellow: University of Melbourne Australia

1. Personals
2. General Announcements
3. Awards Honors
4. Books
    4.1 A Software-Defined GPS and Galileo Receiver: A Single-Frequency Approach
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    A Software-Defined GPS and Galileo Receiver: A Single-Frequency Approach
    
    Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, ReginaG@birkhauser.com
    
    A Software-Defined GPS and Galileo Receiver: A Single-Frequency Approach
    
    Kai Borre, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    Dennis M. Akos, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
    Nicolaj Bertelsen, Klarup, Denmark
    Peter Rinder, Aalborg, Denmark
    Søren Holdt Jensen, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    
    October 2006, 200 pp. 98 illus., Softcover, $79.95, ISBN: 0-8176-4390-7
    Birkhaeuser
    
    This book and companion DVD provide hands-on exploration of new technologies 
    in the rapidly growing field of satellite navigation receivers. One of the 
    unique features of the work is the interactive approach used, giving readers 
    the ability to construct their own Global Navigation Systems (GNSS) 
    receivers. A complete GPS software receiver implemented using MATLAB code as 
    well as GPS and GIOVE-A signal records---available on the companion cross-
    platform DVD---allows readers to change various parameters and immediately 
    see their effects. 
    
    The book is aimed at applied mathematicians, electrical engineers, 
    geodesists, and graduate students. It may be used as a textbook in various 
    GPS technology and signal processing courses, or as a self-study reference 
    for anyone working with satellite navigation receivers. Supplementary course 
    material for instructors is available at http://gps.aau.dk/softgps.
    
    Table of Contents: 
    
    Preface * List of Figures * List of Tables * Abbreviations * Signals and 
    Systems * GPS Signal * Galileo Signal * GNSS Antennas and Front Ends * GNSS 
    Receiver Operation Overview * Acquisition * Carrier and Code Tracking * Data 
    Processing for Positioning * Problems * Appendix A. MATLAB Code * Appendix 
    B. GNSS Signal Simulation * Bibliography * Index
    
    For a full description of the book and ordering information, please visit:  
    http://www.springer.com/0-8176-4390-7
    
    
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    4.2 Filtering Theory
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    Filtering Theory
    
    Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, reginag@birkhauser.com
    
    Filtering Theory
    With Applications to Fault Detection, Isolation, and Estimation
    
    Ali Saberi, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
    Anton A. Stoorvogel, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The 
    Netherlands
    Peddapullaiah Sannuti, Rutgers Uniersity, Piscataway, NJ, USA
    
    December 2006 / 744 pp. / 44 illus. / Hardcover / $129.00 / ISBN: 0-8176-
    4301-X / Birkhaeuser
    
    The focus of this book is on filtering for linear processes, and its primary 
    goal is to design linear stable unbiased filters that yield an estimation 
    error with the lowest root-mean-square (RMS) norm. Various hierarchical 
    classes of filtering problems are defined based on the availability of 
    statistical knowledge regarding noise, disturbances, and other uncertainties.
    
    The authors employ a structural approach for several aspects of filter 
    analysis and design, revealing an inherent freedom to incorporate other 
    classical secondary engineering constraints in filter design. This approach 
    requires an understanding of powerful tools that then may be used in several 
    engineering applications besides filtering.
    
    "Filtering Theory" is aimed at a broad audience of practicing engineers, 
    graduate students, and researchers in filtering, signal processing, and 
    control. The book may serve as an advanced graduate text for a course or 
    seminar in filtering theory in applied mathematics or engineering 
    departments. Prerequisites for the reader are a first graduate course in 
    state-space methods as well as a first course in filtering.
    
    Table of Contents: 
    
    Preface * Introduction * Preliminaries * A Special Coordinate Basis (SCB) of 
    Linear Multivariable Systems * Algebraic Riccati Equations and Matrix 
    Inequalities * Exact Disturbance Decoupling via State and Full Information 
    Feedback * Almost Disturbance Decoupling via State and Full Information 
    Feedback * Exact Input Decoupling Filters * Almost Input Decoupled Filtering 
    Under White Noise Input * Almost Input Decoupled Filtering without 
    Statistical Assumptions on Input * Optimally (Suboptimally) Input Decoupling 
    Filtering Under White Noise—H2 Filtering * Optimally (Suboptimally) Input 
    Decoupled Filtering without Statistical Information on the Input---H-
    infinity Filtering * EID, H2 AID, H2 SOID Filtering in the Presence of an 
    Additional Input with Known Frequency * Generalized H-infinity Suboptimally 
    Input Decoupled Filtering * Fault Detection, Isolation, and Estimation---
    Exact or Almost Fault Estimation * Fault Detection, Isolation, and 
    Estimation---Optimal Fault Estimation * Index * References
    
    For a full description of the book and ordering information, please visit:  
    http://www.springer.com/0-8176-4301-X
    
    
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    4.3 Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach
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    Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach
    
    Contributed by: Raj Madhavan, raj.madhavan@nist.gov
    
    Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach
    
    Raj Madhavan Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL)
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    Elena R. Messina (NIST) and James S. Albus (NIST) (eds.)
    
    Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
    ISBN: 1-60021-260-3
    Publisher's Website:
    https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4545/
       Publication Date: December 2006 (expected)
    
    BOOK DESCRIPTION
    This book presents new research on autonomous mobility capabilities and
    shows how technological advances can be anticipated in the coming two
    decades. An in-depth description is presented on the theoretical
    foundations and engineering approaches that enable these capabilities.
    Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the 4D/RCS reference model
    architecture and design methodology that has proven successful in
    guiding the development of autonomous mobility systems. Chapters 2
    through 7 provide more detailed descriptions of research that has been
    conducted and algorithms that have been developed to implement the
    various aspects of the 4D/RCS reference model architecture and design
    methodology. Chapters 8 and 9 discuss applications, performance
    measures, and standards. Chapter 10 provides a history of Army and DARPA
    research in autonomous ground mobility. The Epilog provides a
    perspective on the potential future developments in autonomous mobility.
    
    INTENDED AUDIENCE 
    This book presents a comprehensive overview and
    systematic engineering approach for research and development of
    autonomous mobility systems. It can serve as a textbook or reference for
    advanced courses in artificial intelligence, robotics, and intelligent
    vehicle systems.
    
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Preface 	
    Chapter 1 4D/RCS References Model Architecture for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
    Chapter 2 A Task Analysis Methodology for the Derivation and Organization of
    Knowledge for Real-time Control Systems
    Chapter 3 Behavior Generation
    Chapter 4 World Modeling and Knowledge Representation
    Chapter 5 Sensory Processing
    Chapter 6 Temporal Registration of Sensed Range Images for Autonomous Navigation
    Chapter 7 Advanced LADAR for Driving Unmanned Ground Vehicles
    Chapter 8 Standards-Based Architectural Framework for Intelligent Autonomous
    Vehicles
    Chapter 9 Performance Evaluation of Autonomous Mobile Robots
    Chapter 10 Development of Semi-Autonomous Robotic Ground Vehicles: DoD's
    Ground Robotics Research Programs: Demo I through Demo III
    Epilog
    
    For additional information, see:  http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/IVSBook/
    
    
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    4.4 Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control
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    Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control
    
    Contributed by: Aniruddha Datta, datta@ece.tamu.edu
    
    Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control
    Aniruddha Datta    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 
    Edward R. Dougherty    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 
    CRC Press, Inc. 2006 
    Cat. #: 7198
    ISBN: 0849371988
    Publication Date: 11/13/2006
    Number of Pages: 288
    
    Introduction to Genomic Signal Processing with Control provides a tutorial 
    introduction to the current engineering research in genomics. This book 
    presents the necessary molecular biology background, assuming no prior 
    exposure, and discusses the application of engineering approaches for 
    attacking the challenging problems that arise in genomics-related research. 
    It also discusses classification and clustering, showing how they are 
    appropriate for carrying out gene-based disease classification, as well as 
    control approaches that can be used to alter the behavior of genetic 
    regulatory networks. The authors include examples in each chapter and the 
    latest engineering results obtained in the genomics context.
    
    
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    4.5 Representation and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
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    Representation and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
    
    Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, reginag@birkhauser.com
    
    Representation and Control of Infinite Dimensional Systems
    Second Edition
    
    Alain Bensoussan, University of Texas, Richardson, TX, USA
    Giuseppe Da Prato, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
    Michel C. Delfour, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    Sanjoy K. Mitter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
    
    December 2006 / 608 pp. / 5 illus. / Hardcover / $89.95 / ISBN: 0-8176-4461-
    X / Birkhaeuser
    
    This reorganized, revised, and expanded edition of a two-volume set is a 
    self-contained account of quadratic cost optimal control for a large class 
    of infinite dimensional systems. The study of this problem shows the 
    beautiful interplay between optimality and the qualitative properties of 
    systems such as controllability, observability, stabilizability, and 
    detectability.
    
    New material and original features of the Second Edition:
    
    • Part I on finite dimensional controlled dynamical systems contains new 
    material: an expanded chapter on the control of linear systems including a 
    glimpse into H8 theory and dissipative systems, and a new chapter on linear 
    quadratic two-person zero-sum differential games.
    • A unique chapter on semigroup theory and interpolation of linear operators 
    brings together advanced concepts and techniques that are usually treated 
    independently. 
    • The material on delay systems and structural operators is not available 
    elsewhere in book form.
    
    Control of infinite dimensional systems has a wide range and growing number 
    of challenging applications. This book is a key reference for anyone working 
    on these applications, which arise from new phenomenological studies, new 
    technological developments, and more stringent design requirements. It will 
    be useful for mathematicians, graduate students, and engineers interested in 
    the field and in the underlying conceptual ideas of systems and control.
    
    Table of Contents: 
    
    Preface to the Second Edition * Preface to Volume I of the First Edition * 
    Preface to Volume II of the First Edition * List of Figures * Introduction * 
    Part I. Finite Dimensional Linear Control of Dynamical Systems * Part II. 
    Representation of Infinite Dimensional Linear Control Dynamical Systems * 
    Part III. Qualitative Properties of Linear Control Dynamical Systems * Part 
    IV. Quadratic Optimal Control: Finite Time Horizon * Part V. Quadratic 
    Optimal Control: Infinite Time Horizon * Applendix A. An Isomorphism Result 
    * References * Index
    
    For a full description of the book, the table of contents, and ordering 
    information, please visit:  http://www.springer.com/0-8176-4461-X
    
    
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5. Journals
    5.1 CFP: Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems
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    CFP: Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems
    
    Contributed by: Elif Derya Ubeyli, edubeyli@etu.edu.tr
    
    SpecialIssue CALL FOR PAPERS
    Advances in Medical Decision Support Systems
    
    Expert Systems seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on Advances in 
    Medical Decision Support Systems scheduled to appear in October 2008.
    
    The foundation for any medical decision support is the medical knowledge 
    base which contains the necessary rules and facts. This knowledge needs to 
    be acquired from information and data in the fields of interest, such as 
    medicine. Three general methodologies to acquire this knowledge can be 
    distinguished: traditional expert systems, evidence-based methods, 
    statistical and artificial intelligence methods. The medical decision 
    support system consists of differential diagnosis, computer-assisted 
    instruction, consultation components and their subsystems. The differential 
    diagnosis component contains three subsystems: artificial neural network 
    (ANN) model, time series analysis and medical image analysis. Time series 
    analysis is based on the extraction of information from medical signal data. 
    Medical image analysis can be used for medical decision making. Important 
    tools in modern decision-making, in any field, include those that allow the 
    decision-maker to assign an object to an appropriate group, or 
    classification. Clinical decision-making is a challenging, multifaceted 
    process. Its goals are precision in diagnosis and institution of efficacious 
    treatment. Achieving these objectives involves access to pertinent data and 
    application of previous knowledge to the analysis of new data in order to 
    recognize patterns and relations. As the volume and complexity of data have 
    increased, use of digital computers to support data analysis has become a 
    necessity. In addition to computerization of standard statistical analysis, 
    several other techniques for computer-aided data classification and 
    reduction, generally referred to as ANN, have evolved. This special issue 
    will focus on illustrative and detailed information about medical decision 
    support systems and feature extraction/selection for automated diagnostic 
    systems.
    
    The focus of this special issue is on advances in medical decision support 
    systems including determination of optimum classification schemes for the 
    problem under study and also to infer clues about the extracted features. 
    Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
    
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines in Biological Signal Processing
    Decision Support Systems and Computer Aided Diagnosis
    Biomedical Signal Processing 
    Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing
    Modelling, Simulation, Systems, and Control
    
    Paper submission: Submitted articles must not have been previously published 
    or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. As an author, you 
    are responsible for understanding and adhering to our submission guidelines. 
    You can access them from http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?
    ref=0266-4720. Please thoroughly read these before submitting your 
    manuscript. Each paper will go through a rigorous review process.
    
    Please note the following important dates:
    
    Submission Deadline: January 1, 2008 
    Completion of First-Round Reviews: April 1, 2008 
    Revised Papers:  May 15, 2008
    Publication Materials Due: June 15, 2008
    Publication: October 2008
    
    Interested authors should submit digital copies (PDF preferred) of their 
    papers, including all tables, diagrams, and illustrations, to Guest Editor, 
    Dr. Elif Derya Übeyli, by e-mail:
    Dr. Elif Derya Übeyli
    Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, TOBB Economics and 
    Technology University
    Söðütözü, 06530 Ankara, TURKEY
    Phone: +90 312 2924080
    Email: edubeyli@etu.edu.tr 
    
    Contributors are also welcome to contact the Journal’s Editor, Dr. Lucia 
    Rapanotti, for further information:
    Dr. Lucia Rapanotti
    Computing Department, The Open University
    Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K.
    Phone: +44 (0)1908 654125
    E-mail: l.rapanotti@open.ac.uk 
    
    
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    5.2 CFP: Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
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    CFP: Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
    
    Contributed by: Yu-Chu Tian, y.tian@qut.edu.au
    
    Call for Papers on
    Large-Scale Systems and Networked Control
    	in a special issue of 
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (http://www.apjchemeng.com)
    	(Formally known as DCEMP)
    
    Guest Editors: 
    	- Prof Youxian Sun, Zhejiang University, China (qlin@iipc.zju.edu.cn)
    	- Dr Yu-Chu Tian, Queensland University of Technology, Australia 
    	  (y.tian@qut.edu.au, www.fit.qut.edu.au/~tian)
    
    Recent research and development progress of Large-Scale Systems and 
    Networked Control has inspired the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of 
    Chemical Engineering to dedicate a special issue to these areas. The editorial 
    board has invited Prof. You-Xian Sun and Dr. Yu-Chu Tian to edit this special 
    issue as guest editors. 
    
    Contributions that address recent advances in Large-Scale and Complex 
    Systems, and their Distributed and Networked Control are solicited. Topics of 
    interest include, but are not limited to: large-scale and/or complex systems; 
    systems engineering; distributed and networked control; process modeling, 
    identification, and estimation; model-based control; nonlinear control;
    plant-wide control; inferential control; adaptive control; real-time
    optimization and control; neural networks; intelligent engineering; system 
    design and integration methodology; hardware/software co-design; scheduling 
    and execution time analysis; models of computation and formal methods; 
    real-time programming and software; real-time communications; real-time 
    networks; reliability, safety, and fault tolerance; performance evaluation; 
    real-time sensing and control; automation instruments and equipment. 
    
    Papers are invited on the above mentioned topics and related issues. Priority 
    will be given to papers that discuss novel theories, new and innovative 
    strategies, novel applications, or the definition of new problem areas. Of 
    particular interest are papers that present a new or novel application of 
    large-scale systems engineering and/or distributed/networked control or 
    demonstrate how industry and/or social can benefit from the related 
    technologies. State-of-the-art review papers are encouraged. Papers that 
    demonstrate the application of existing theory to new problem areas are also 
    welcome. The contribution of the paper to the advancement of the state of the 
    art should be clearly stated. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed. 
    
    Interested authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts by 15 April 
    2007. The authors are asked to adhere to the instructions to authors of the 
    journal as carefully as possible (http://www.apjchemeng.com). Please send your 
    manuscripts to either one of the guest editors: 
    Prof. You-Xian Sun (qlin@iipc.zju.edu.cn)
    Dr. Yu-Chu Tian (y.tian@qut.edu.au, www.fit.qut.edu.au/~tian)
    
    
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    5.3 CFP: Drug Delivery Automation for an IEEE T-ASE Special Issue
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    CFP: Drug Delivery Automation for an IEEE T-ASE Special Issue
    
    Contributed by: Mingjun Zhang, mingjunzhang@ieee.org
    
    Drug delivery has attracted many researchers in recent years from the 
    medical and engineering communities. It is one of the fastest growing 
    healthcare sectors. The goal of drug delivery is to control the delivery, 
    speed, and release of a drug without harming other tissues. This requires 
    consideration of drug side-effects as well as dynamics and stability of the 
    drug, which may be affected by delivery devices and systems. Approaches for 
    drug delivery have advanced from traditional approaches to many new methods 
    using novel materials and new physical or chemical effects. Recently, the 
    focus of drug delivery system research has been moving towards the micro-
    /nano-scale. Automation is essential for this new phase of drug delivery, 
    and requires efficient integration of automation principles with medical 
    practices. The central theme of this Special Issue is recent progress in 
    automation for drug delivery. This special issue aims to publish original, 
    significant and visionary automation papers describing scientific methods 
    and technologies that improve efficiency, productivity, quality and 
    reliability of drug delivery. Special attention will be paid to papers 
    focusing on integrating automation science with biological and medical 
    principles, and to solve practical drug delivery problems, such as MEMS and 
    NEMS based systems for drug delivery, distributed systems for drug delivery, 
    sensor-network-based systems for drug delivery. Submissions of scientific 
    results from experts in academia and industry worldwide are strongly 
    encouraged. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to,
    
    * MEMS and NEMS based systems for drug delivery.
    * Sensor network based systems for drug delivery.
    * Intelligent distributed systems for drug delivery.
    * Advanced systems for controlled drug release.
    * Dynamics and control of drug delivery processes.
    * Mathematical modelling of drug delivery processes.
    * Control methods for micro-/nano-scale drug delivery.
    
    Important Dates:
    
    * January 1, 2007: paper submission deadline.
    * May 1, 2007: completion of the first round review.
    * September 1, 2007: completion of the second round review.
    * December 1, 2007: final manuscripts due.
    * April 2008: tentative publication date.
    
    Guest Editors:
    
    Mingjun Zhang
    Agilent Technologies 
    mingjunzhang@ieee.org
    
    Liwei Lin
    University of California 
    lwlin@me.berkeley.edu
    
    Channing Robertson
    Stanford University
    chanbo@stanford.edu
    
    Chiming Wei
    John Hopkins University 
    cmwei@jhmi.edu 
    
    T. C. Yih
    University of Texas 
    tc.yih@utsa.edu 
    
    Babak Ziaie
    Purdue University
    bziaie@purdue.edu
    
    Paper Submission:
    
    All papers are to be submitted through the IEEE¡¯s Manuscript Central for 
    Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 
    http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/t-ase. Please select "Special Issue" under 
    Manuscript Category of your submission. All manuscripts must be prepared 
    according to the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 
    publication guidelines http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ieeetase/. All papers will 
    be reviewed following the standard IEEE T-ASE review process.
    
    Please address inquiries to mingjunzhang@ieee.org.
    
    
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    5.4 CFP: Dynamics of Continuous Discrete and Impulsive Systems
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    CFP: Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems
    
    Contributed by: Jinhu Lu, jhlu@iss.ac.cn
    
    Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems
    SERIES B: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS (WATAM PRESS, CANADA)
    
    Call for Papers for Special Issue on SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND COMPLEX 
    NETWORKS
    
    Complex networks are ubiquitous in our life. The importance of complex 
    networks in biological, social, engineering and physical sciences attracts 
    increasing attention in various fields of science. Software engineering is a 
    discipline of creating, designing, and maintaining software by applying 
    theories and technologies from computer science, numerical analysis, 
    algorithmic complexity, statistics, engineering management, computer 
    networking and other related fields. This special issue is intended to 
    timely reflect the major progress in both research and technology 
    development of the new interdisciplinary field of software engineering and 
    complex networks. This special issue covers a broad spectrum topics,
    including, but not limited to: Software evolution: domain modeling, 
    requirement analysis, architecture design, adaptation, verification and 
    validation, management, service; Software solution engineering in complex 
    network environment; Theory and application of high trustworthy software; 
    Software interoperability and software metrics; Networked software; Modeling 
    of complex networks; Control and synchronization of complex networks; 
    Collective behaviors in complex networks; Theory and applications of complex 
    networks; Complexity and complex systems.
    
    All papers will be reviewed according to the peer review standard set by the 
    Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems. All manuscripts must 
    be formatted using the IEEE two-column format 
    (http://www.ieee.org/pubs/authors.html) and should be submitted 
    electronically (ONLY pdf or doc files) to secn@sklse.org
    
    Guest Editors: 
    
    Jinhu Lu
    Institute of Systems Science
    Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Beijing 100080, P. R. China
    e-mail:jhlu@iss.ac.cn
    
    Keqing He
    State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering
    Wuhan University
    Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
    e-mail: hekeqing@public.wh.hb.cn
    
    Schedule:
    Deadline for Submission of Manuscripts: March 1, 2007
    Notification of Acceptance:             June 1, 2007
    Final Manuscripts Submission:           August 1, 2007
    Tentative Publication Date:             October 1, 2007
    
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    5.5 CFP: IEEE RAM Special Issue on Multi-Robot Systems
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    CFP: IEEE RAM, Special Issue on Multi-Robot Systems
    
    Contributed by: Christopher Kitts, ckitts@scu.edu
    
    CALL FOR PAPERS
    Design, Control, and Applications of Real-World Multi-Robot Systems
    A Special Issue of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
    http://www.ncsu.edu/IEEE-RAS/_newras/ram/special.php
    Submission Deadline: 1st of June 2007
    
    Introduction - The field of multi-agent robotics has recently reached a level 
    of maturity in that systems are beginning to transition from proof-of-concept 
    laboratory environments to deployed real-world systems. This trend is mainly 
    performance-driven since multi-robot systems offer a number of advantages and 
    additional capabilities over their single-robot counterparts, including 
    redundancy, increased spatial coverage and throughput, flexible 
    reconfigurability, spatially diverse functionality, and the fusing of 
    physically distributed sensors and actuators. Applications in which these 
    capabilities constitute enabling technologies range from remote and in situ 
    sensing to the physical manipulation of objects, and the domains for such 
    applications include land, sea, air and space. Despite remarkable research 
    developments in the area, numerous technical challenges remain that must be 
    overcome in order to field cost-effective multi-robot systems. These 
    challenges include inter-robot communications, relative position sensing and 
    actuation, control paradigms appropriate to real-time multi-system systems, 
    the fusion of distributed sensors/actuators, man-machine interfaces allowing 
    efficient human direction/supervision of these systems, effective 
    reconfiguration of the system’s functionality, and design approaches 
    supporting the economical production of such systems. This Special Issue of 
    the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine aims at gathering and presenting 
    the current state-of-the art in order to showcase experimental results for a 
    wide range of applications and platforms, as well as highlighting the 
    remaining barriers to the adoption of such systems for field applications. 
    
    Scope - An explicit aim with this Special Issue is to showcase deployed multi-
    robot systems and to highlight the technical and scientific issues that arise 
    when multi-robot systems are transitioned to real-world platforms. As such, 
    we welcome contributions that describe the design and control of such 
    deployed (rather than simulated) multi-robot systems, as well as research 
    associated with their enabling technologies. In particular, we seek 
    contributions with relevance to diverse, heterogeneous robotic systems 
    operating in different environments such as land/sea/air/space, and which are 
    relevant to a wide variety of applications. These applications may include 
    industrial and construction applications such as physical transport and/or 
    manipulation of objects, civil applications such as search/rescue and land 
    management, homeland security applications such as border/port security and 
    disaster management, military applications such as scouting and 
    reconnaissance, and science applications such as remote/in situ sensing. 
    Apart from these applications, we also invite the submission of papers 
    focusing on enabling technologies or on implemented multi-robot systems, and 
    we emphasize that the papers should contain work that has progressed to a 
    stage in which experimental data is available in order to assess performance 
    of a functional prototype in a real-world setting. The papers are expected to 
    motivate the application or capability of interest, describe the design of 
    the multi-robot system or testbed, detail the conceptual underpinnings of key 
    technical research innovations, and provide experimental data that 
    demonstrates a key capability. Finally, the contributors are encouraged to 
    include conclusions reflecting on the viability of the specific technical 
    strategies of focus as well as on the applicability of multi-robot systems in 
    general. Consistent with the style of the Magazine, articles should be 
    written in a manner suitable for broad readership and without a focus on 
    minute technical details. 
    
    Gues Editors:
       Prof. Christopher Kitts
       Robotic Systems Laboratory, Santa Clara University
       Mechanical and Electrical Engineering 
       500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara CA 95053, USA 
       Phone: 408.554.4382 
       E-mail: ckitts@scu.edu 
       Web: http://rsl.engr.scu.edu 
    
       Dr. Magnus Egerstedt  
       Georgia Institute of Technology
       School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
       Atlanta, GA 30332, USA 
       Phone: +1 (404) 894-3484 Fax: +1 (404) 894-4641 
       E-mail: magnus@ece.gatech.edu 
       Web: http://www.ece.gatech.edu/~magnus 
    
    
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    5.6 CFP: Journal of Control Science and Engineering-Special Issue
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    CFP: Journal of Control Science and Engineering-Special Issue
    
    Contributed by: Meram Hassan, meram.hassan@hindawi.com
    
    Special Issue On
    Robustness Issues in Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control
    
    Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control have become critically important in
    modern complex systems such as aircrafts and petrochemical plants. Since no
    system in the real world can work perfectly all the time under all conditions,
    it is critical to be able to detect and identify the possible faults in the
    system as early as possible so that measures can be taken to prevent
    significant performance degradation or damages to the system. In the last
    twenty some years, fault diagnosis of dynamic systems has received much
    attention and significant progress has been made in searching for model-based
    diagnosis techniques. Many techniques have been developed for fault detection
    and fault tolerant control. However, the issue of robustness of fault
    detection and fault tolerant control has not been sufficiently addressed.
    Since disturbances, noise, and model uncertainties are unavoidable for any
    practical systems, it is essential in the design of any fault diagnosis /fault
    tolerant control system to take these effects into consideration so that fault
    diagnosis/tolerant control can be done reliably and robustly. The objective of
    this special issue is to report some most recent developments and
    contributions in this direction.
    
    Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):
        * Robustness of FDI,
        * FDI using robustness techniques including LMI/BMI, H-infty methods,
        * Active FDI,
        * FDI methods based on the Youla parameterization,
        * Fault tolerant control,
        * Fault tolerant control with robustness consideration,
        * Any other relevant topics.
    
    Authors should follow the JCSE manuscript format described at the journal site
    http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jcse/. Prospective authors should submit an
    electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the JCSE manuscript
    tracking system at http://www.hindawi.com/mts/, according to the following
    timetable.
        Manuscript Due	        April 1, 2007
        Acceptance Notification	August 1, 2007
        Final Manuscript Due	November 1, 2007
        Publication Date	        1st Quarter, 2008
    
    Guest Editors:
    Jakob Stoustrup, Department of Control Engineering, Aalborg University,
    Fredrik Bajers Vej 7C, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark; jakob@control.aau.dk
    
    Kemin Zhou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State
    University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; kemin@ece.lsu.edu
    
    
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    5.7 CFP: Special issue Journal of Control Science and Engineering
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    CFP: Special issue, Journal of Control Science and Engineering
    
    Contributed by: Kemin Zhou, kemin@ece.lsu.edu
    
    CFP. Journal of Control Science and Engineering
    Special Issue: Robustness Issues in Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control
    
    Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control have become critically important in
    modern complex systems such as aircrafts and petrochemical plants. Since no
    system in the real world can work perfectly at all time under all conditions,
    it is critical to be able to detect and identify the possible faults in the
    system as early as possible so that measures can be taken to prevent
    significant performance degradation or damages to the system. In the last
    twenty some years, fault diagnosis of dynamic systems has received much
    attention and significant progress has been made in searching for model-based
    diagnosis techniques. Many techniques have been developed for fault detection
    and fault tolerant control. However, the issue of robustness of fault
    detection and fault tolerant control has not been sufficiently addressed.
    Since disturbances, noise, and model uncertainties are unavoidable for any
    practical systems, it is essential in the design of any fault diagnosis /fault
    tolerant control system to take these effects into consideration so that fault
    diagnosis/tolerant control can be done reliably and robustly. The objective of
    this special issue is to report some most recent developments and
    contributions in this direction. 
    
    Topics of interests include (but are not limited to): 
    
    - Robustness of FDI, 
    - FDI using robustness techniques including LMI/BMI, H-infty methods, 
    - Active FDI,
    - FDI methods based on the Youla parameterization,
    - Fault tolerant control,
    - Fault tolerant control with robustness consideration
    - Any other relevant topics. 
    
    Authors should follow the JCSE manuscript 
    format described at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jcse/.
    Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete
    manuscript through the JCSE manuscript tracking system at
    http://www.hindawi.com/mts/, according to the following timetable:
    
    Manuscript Due	April 1, 2007*
    Acceptance Notification	August 1, 2007
    Final Manuscript Due	November 1, 2007
    Publication Date	1st Quarter, 2008
    
    * There will be no charges if your paper is submitted by December 31, 2006. 
    
    GUEST EDITORS: 
    Jakob Stoustrup, Dept. of Control Eng., Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej
    7C, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark. jakob@control.aau.dk
    
    Kemin Zhou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Louisiana State
    University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. kemin@ece.lsu.edu
    
    
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    5.8 Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics
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    Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics
    
    Contributed by: Fikret A. Aliev, f_aliev@yahoo.com
    
    CONTENTS for the Vol.5, No.2, December
    
    Paralleling Edmonds-Karp Network Flow Algorithm,
    S.D. Pogorilyy, A.D. Gusarov
    
    Optimal On-Line Control for Time-Delay Systems,
    R. Gabasov, F.M. Kirillova, O.P. Yarmosh
    
    Conditioning and Residual Error Estimation for Two-Point Boundary Value 
    Problems,
    N. Dogan, H.H. Sayan, O. Akin
    
    Stabilization of Systems by Static Output Feedback Via Heuristic Kalman 
    Algorithm,
    R. Toscano, P. Lyonnet
    
    Hard and Soft Computing in the Robust Flight Control Systems, 
    A.A. Tunik, M.A. Touat
    
    Entropy Principle and Momentum Exchange on a Discrete Momentum Space,
    E. Grycko, O. Moeschlin
    
    On Solvability of One Boundary-Value Problem for Operator - Differential 
    Equations of the Second Order with Discontinuous Coefficient,
    S.S. Mirzoev, L.A. Rustamova
    
    Newton-Tau Numerical Solution of a System of Nonlinear Fredholm Integral 
    Equations of Second Kind,
    K. Ivaz, B.S. Mostahkam
    
    To the Solution of "Territory Cutting" Problem,
    M.N. Khoroshko, G.V. Bogdanova
    
    PSO for Fuzzy Goal Programming,
    A. Rezaee
    
    Prospectives: 
    Information Society: Optimizing Management Strategies,
    A. Isazadeh
    
    On the memory of prof. A.M. Rubinov 
    
    Contents for the volumes I-V
    
    
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    5.9 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
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    Contents: Control Engineering Practice
    
    Contributed by: Fernando Camisani, cep@up.ac.za
    
    Journal: Control Engineering Practice
    Volume : 15
    Issue  : 1
    Date   : Jan-2007
    
    Mario Milanese and Carlo Novara, Structured Set Membership identification of
    nonlinear systems with application to vehicles with controlled suspension,
    Pages 1-16.
    
    E. Duviella, P. Chiron, P. Charbonnaud and P. Hurand, Supervision and hybrid
    control accommodation for water asset management, Pages 17-27.
    
    Adrián Mora and Antonio Barrientos, An experimental study about the effect of
    interactions among functional factors in performance of telemanipulation
    systems, Pages 29-41.
    
    Ping Li, Roger Goodall, Paul Weston, Chung Seng Ling, Colin Goodman and Clive
    Roberts, Estimation of railway vehicle suspension parameters for condition
    monitoring, Pages 43-55.
    
    Jonathan Soen, Alina Voda and Cyril Condemine, Controller design for a
    closed-loop micromachined accelerometer, Pages 57-68.
    
    Xiaoyun Zang and John Howell, Isolating the source of whole-plant oscillations
    through bi-amplitude ratio analysis, Pages 69-76.
    
    H.A. Thompson, D.N. Ramos-Hernandez, J. Fu, L. Jiang, I. Choi, K. Cartledge,
    J. Fortune and A. Brown, A flexible environment for rapid prototyping and
    analysis of distributed real-time safety-critical systems, Pages 77-94.
    
    Thomas R. Grochmal and Alan F. Lynch, Experimental comparison of nonlinear
    tracking controllers for active magnetic bearings, Pages 95-107.
    
    Timothy I. Salsbury, Continuous-time model identification for closed loop
    control performance assessment, Pages 109-121.
    
    Vincenzo Lippiello, Bruno Siciliano and Luigi Villani, Adaptive extended
    Kalman filtering for visual motion estimation of 3D objects, Pages 123-134.
    
    
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    5.10 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
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    Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
    
    Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
    
    	
    Volume: 51  Issue: 10   Date: Oct. 2006
    
    Control Reconfiguration After Actuator Failures Using Disturbance Decoupling
    Methods
    Page(s):  1589- 1589
    
    Control Reconfiguration After Actuator Failures Using Disturbance Decoupling
    Methods
    Lunze, J.; Steffen, T.
    Page(s):  1590- 1601
    
    On Parameter Estimation Using Nonparametric Noise Models
    Mahata, K.; Pintelon, R.; Schoukens, J.
    Page(s):  1602- 1612
    
    Scalable Decentralized Robust Stability Certificates for Networks of
    Interconnected Heterogeneous Dynamical Systems
    Lestas, I.; Vinnicombe, G.
    Page(s):  1613- 1625
    
    State-Dependent Scaling Problems and Stability of Interconnected iISS and ISS
    Systems
    Ito, H.
    Page(s):  1626- 1643
    
    On Uniform Global Asymptotic Stability of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems With
    Applications
    Lee, T.C.; Jiang, Z.P.
    Page(s):  1644- 1660
    
    Asymptotically$H^2$-Optimal Tuning of Low Gain Robust Controllers for DPS
    Hamalainen, T.; Pohjolainen, S.
    Page(s):  1661- 1668
    
    Stabilization of Arbitrary Switched Linear Systems With Unknown Time-Varying
    Delays
    Hetel, L.; Daafouz, J.; Iung, C.
    Page(s):  1668- 1674
    
    Uniform Estimates of Attracting Sets of Extended Lurie Systems Using LMIs
    Martins, A.C.P.; Alberto, L.F.C.; Bretas, N.G.
    Page(s):  1675- 1678
    
    An Improved ILMI Method for Static Output Feedback Control With Application to
    Multivariable PID Control
    He, Y.; Wang, Q.-G.
    Page(s):  1678- 1683
    
    Adaptive Repetitive Control for a Class of Nonlinearly Parametrized Systems
    Sun, M.; Ge, S.S.
    Page(s):  1684- 1688
    
    A Decomposition Algorithm for Feedback Min–Max Model Predictive Control
    Munoz De La Pena, D.; Alamo, T.; Bemporad, A.; Camacho, E.F.
    Page(s):  1688- 1692
    
    Global Robust Stabilization of Cascade-Connected Systems With Dynamic
    Uncertainties Without Knowing the Control Direction
    Liu, L.; Huang, J.
    Page(s):  1693- 1699
    
    Relationship Between Perturbation Realization Factors With Queueing Models and
    Markov Models
    Xia, L.; Cao, X.-R.
    Page(s):  1699- 1704
    
    A Method for Nonlinear Least Squares With Structured Residuals
    Shaw, S.R.; Laughman, C.R.
    Page(s):  1704- 1708
    
    New Approach to Robust$ cal D$-Stability Analysis of Linear Time-Invariant
    Systems With Polytope-Bounded Uncertainty
    Goncalves, E.N.; Palhares, R.M.; Takahashi, R.H.C.; Mesquita, R.C.
    Page(s):  1709- 1714
    
    On Uniform Stabilization of Discrete-Time Linear Parameter-Varying Control Systems
    Lee, J.-W.
    Page(s):  1714- 1721
    
    Reliable Control of Nonlinear Systems via Variable Structure Scheme
    Liang, Y.-W.; Xu, S.-D.
    Page(s):  1721- 1726
    
    Comments and Remarks on “On Improved Delay-Dependent Robust Control for
    Uncertain Time-Delay Systems”
    Han, Q.-L.
    Page(s):  1726- 1728
    
    Authors' Reply
    Kwon, O.M.; Park, J.H.
    Page(s):  1728- 1729
    
    Handbook of Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming
    Page(s):  1730- 1731
    
    Stochastic Differential Equations—An Introduction With Applications
    Page(s):  1731- 1732
    
    
    
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    5.11 Contents: IET Control Theory and Applications
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    Contents: IET Control Theory and Applications
    
    Contributed by: Marcus Corander, mcorander@theiet.org
    
    IET Control Theory Appl., Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2007
    (formerly published as IEE Proceedings Control Theory & Applications)
    
    Volume 1, Issue 1, Jan 2007
    
    Modified radial basis function neural network using output transformation
    X. Hong
    
    Intelligent motion control of linear ultrasonic motor with H tracking 
    performance
    Y.-F. Peng and C.-M. Lin
    
    Hierarchical approach for robust control design: S/KS mixed sensitivity with 
    genetic algorithm
    M.F. Miranda, R.C.H., Takahashi and F.G. Jota
    
    Robust adaptive control of nonlinear uncertain plants with unknown dead-zone
    J. Zhou and X.Z. Shen
    
    Fuzzy side force control for missile against hypersonic target
    C.-L. Lin and T.-L. Wang
    
    Online neural identification of multi-input multi-output systems
    A. Bazaei and M. Moallem
    
    Adaptive critic anti-slip control of wheeled autonomous robot
    W.-S. Lin, L.-H. Chang and P.-C. Yang
    
    Fuzzy modelling using Kalman filter
    K. Chafaa, M. Ghanaï and K. Benmahammed
    
    Improvement of transient performance in tracking control for discrete-time 
    systems with input saturation and disturbances
    K. Peng, G. Cheng, B.M. Chen and T.H. Lee
    
    Active disturbance rejection control for uncertain multivariable systems with 
    time-delay
    Y. Xia, P. Shi, G.P. Liu, D. Rees and J. Han
    
    H tracking-based adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller design for nonlinear 
    systems
    C.C. Kung and T.-H. Chen
    
    Online automatic tuning of a proportional integral derivative controller 
    based on an iterative learning control approach
    K.K. Tan, S. Khao and J.-X. Xu
    
    Delay-dependent output feedback guaranteed cost control for uncertain 
    discrete-time systems with multiple time-varying delays
    Q.-X. Chen, L. Yu and W.-A. Zhang
    
    Recursive robust least squares estimator for time-varying linear systems with 
    a noise corrupted measurement matrix
    W.S. Ra, I.H. Whang, J.Y. Ahn and J.B. Park
    
    Class of rational function matrices that satisfy two properties of linear 
    systems and structural controllability
    K.-S. Lu and G.-M. Liu
    
    H optimal singular and normal filter design for uncertain singular systems
    C.-M. Lee and I.K. Fong
    
    Stability conditions for time-delay fuzzy systems using fuzzy weighting-
    dependent approach
    C. Lin, Q.-G. Wang, T.H. Lee and Y. He
    
    Delay-dependent filtering for uncertain time delay nonlinear systems:
    an LMI approach
    S.K. Nguang and P. Shi
    
    Resilient L2–L filtering of polytopic systems with state delays
    M.S. Mahmoud
    
    Design of time-varying controllers for discrete-time linear systems with 
    input saturation
    J.M. Gomes da Silva Jr., F. Lescher and D. Eckhard
    
    Structure design of two types of sliding-mode controllers for a class of 
    under-actuated mechanical systems
    W. Wang, X.D. Liu and J.Q. Yi
    
    Pseudo-fractional ARMA modelling using a double Levinson recursion
    M.D. Ortigueira and A.J. Serralheiro
    
    Integrated tracking control strategy for batch processes using a batch-wise 
    linear time-varying perturbation model
    Z.H. Xiong, J. Zhang, X. Wang and Y.M. Xu
    
    Improvement on robust control of uncertain systems with time-varying input 
    delays
    Z. Wang, P. Goldsmith and D. Tan
    
    Robust state feedback H control for uncertain linear discrete singular systems
    X. Ji, H. Su and J. Chu
    
    H2 and H-Infinity E-guaranteed cost computation of uncertain linear systems
    E.N. Gonçalves, R.M. Palhares, R.H.C. Takahashi and R.C. Mesquita
    
    Model matching via multirate sampling with fast sampled input guaranteeing 
    the stability of the plant zeros: extensions to adaptive control
    M. De la Sen and S. Alonso-Quesada
    
    Robust finite impulse response equalisation for time-delay communication 
    channels: linear matrix inequality approach
    T.-J. Su and H.-W. Peng
    
    Design of a sliding mode controller for trajectory tracking problem of marine 
    vessels
    J. Cheng, J. Yi and D. Zhao
    
    Velocity controller with friction compensation
    P. Herman
    
    Tolerance design of robust controllers for uncertain interval systems based 
    on evolutionary algorithms
    C.-C. Hsu, S.-C. Chang and C.-Y. Yu
    
    Decentralised nonlinear control with disturbance rejection for on-ramp 
    metering in highways
    R. Becerril-Arreola and A.G. Aghdam
    
    Robust proportional integral derivative controller tuning with specifications 
    on the infinity-norm of sensitivity functions
    D. Garcia, A. Karimi and R. Longchamp
    
    Performance analysis of a soft tip robotic finger controlled by a parallel 
    force/position regulator under kinematic uncertainties 
    Z. Doulgeri and Y. Karayiannidis
    
    Speed regulation of permanent magnet synchronous motor via feedback 
    dissipative Hamiltonian realisation
    Y. Guo, Z. Xi and D. Cheng
    
    Optimal tracking of time-varying systems with the overdetermined recursive 
    instrumental variable algorithm
    E. Alameda-Hernández, D. Blanco, D.P. Ruiz and M.C. Carrión
    
    Adaptive disturbance rejection of nonlinear systems in an extended output 
    feedback form
    Z. Ding
    
    Robust and fault tolerant controller for attitude control of a satellite 
    launch vehicle
    R.K. Das, S. Sen and S. Dasgupta
    
    Evaluation of quadratic cost functionals for a class of distributed-delay 
    systems
    Y.-C. Cheng, C. Hwang and C.-T. Chen
    
    Synchronisation control of parallel dual inverted pendulums driven by linear 
    servomotors
    M.-C. Tsai and B.-H. Shen
    
    Min–max model predictive control as a quadratic program
    D. Muñoz de la Peña, T. Alamo, D.R. Ramírez and E.F. Camacho
    
    Stabilisation with feedback control utilising packet-dropping network links
    R. Touri and C.N. Hadjicostis
    
    Nonlinear control design of anti-lock braking systems with assistance of 
    active suspension
    J.-S. Lin and W.-E. Ting
    
    Robust control mixer method for reconfigurable control design using model 
    matching
    Z. Yang, M. Blanke and M. Verhaegen
    
    Automata control systems
    M.M. Lamego
    
    Iterative robust filtering for ground target tracking
    S. Cong, L. Hong and J.R. Layne
    
    Augmented Lyapunov functional for the calculation of stability interval for 
    time-varying delay
    Y. He, G.P. Liu and D. Rees
    
    Robust stability criterion for delayed cellular neural networks with norm-
    bounded uncertainties
    Z. Zuo and Y. Wang
    
    LMI-based stability design of fuzzy controller for nonlinear systems
    H.K. Lam and L.D. Seneviratne
    
    Solution to the generalised Sylvester matrix equation AV+BW=EVF
    A.-G. Wu and G.-R. Duan
    
    Analytical decoupling PI/PID controller design for two-by-two processes with 
    time delays
    Y.Y. Liu, W.D. Zhang and L.L. Ou
    
    Design of adaptive sliding surfaces for systems with mismatched perturbations 
    to achieve asymptotical stability
    Y. Chan and C.-C. Cheng
    
    Robust stability and stabilisation for nonlinear uncertain time-delay systems 
    via fuzzy control approach
    Z. Zuo and Y. Wang
    
    Wireless networked control systems with QoS-based sampling
    J. Colandairaj, G.W. Irwin and W.G. Scanlon
    
    Robust stability of cellular neural networks with delay: linear matrix 
    inequality approach: Comment
    J. Zhou and L. Wang
    
    Robust stability of cellular neural networks with delay: linear matrix 
    inequality approach: Reply
    V. Singh
    
    
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    5.12 Contents: Int Journal of Innovative Computing Information and Control
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    Contents: Int Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control
    
    Contributed by: Yan Shi, shi@ktmail.ktokai-u.ac.jp
    
    Volume 2, Number 6, December 2006.
    
    CONTENTS
    
    Output Feedback H¡Þ Control of a Class of Stochastic Hybrid Systems with 
    Wiener Process via Convex Analysis, pp.1179-1196. 
    Samir Aberkane, Jean Christophe Ponsart and Dominique Sauter
    
    Fuzzy Logic Controller with Interval-valued Inference for Distributed 
    Parameter System, pp.1197-1206. 
    Shaoyuan Li and Xianxia Zhang
    
    Multivariable Fuzzy Logic Controller Based on a Compensator of Interactions 
    and Genetic Tuning, pp.1207-1217. 
    Khaled Belarbl, Ahmed Belhani and Kuniaki Fujimoto
    
    Skill-assist Control of an Omni-directional Wheelchair by Neuro-fuzzy 
    Systems Using Attendants¡¯ Force Input, pp.1219-1248. 
    Juan Urbano, Kazuhiko Terashima and Hideo Kitagawa
    
    Optimal Multi-criteria Humanoid Robot Gait Synthesis ¨C An Evolutionary 
    Approach, pp.1249-1258. 
    Genci Capi, Masao Yokota and Kazuhisa Mitobe
    
    A New Method of Noise Removal for Body Vibration Signals in Wireless Sensor 
    Networks, pp.1259-1270. 
    Qian Tian and Noriyoshi Yamauchi
    
    Automatic Judgment of Spinal Deformity Based on Back Propagation on Neural 
    Network, pp.1271-1279. 
    Hyoungseop Kim, Joo Kooi Tan, Seiji Ishikawa, Marzuki Khalid, Yoshinori 
    Otsuka, Hisashi Shimizu and Takashi Shinomiya
    
    Early Classifications of Bearing Faults Using Hidden Markov Models, Gaussian 
    Mixture Models, Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients and Fractals, pp.1281-
    1299. 
    Fulufhelo V. Nelwamondo, Tshilidzi Marwala and Unathi Mahola
    
    A Survey of Digital Vector Map Watermarking, pp.1301-1316. 
    XiaMu Niu, ChengYong Shao and XiaoTong Wang
    
    Color Image Retrieval Schemes Using Index Histograms Based on Various 
    Spatial-domain Vector Quantizers, pp.1317-1326.
    Wei-Min Zheng, Zhe-Ming Lu and Hans Burkhardt
    
    A Block Recursive Algorithm for the Linear Complementarity Problem with an M-
    matrix, pp.1327-1335. 
    Lei Li and Yuji Kobayashi
    
    Nonlinear Model Decomposition for Robust Fault Detection and Isolation Using 
    Algebraic Tools, pp.1337-1354. 
    Denis Berdjag, Cyrille Christophe, Vincent Cocquempot and Bin Jiang
    
    Numerical Solutions of Time-varying Generalized Delay Systems via General 
    Legendre Wavelets, pp.1355-1363. 
    XingTao Wang
    
    A Fast Particle Swarm Optimization, pp.1365-1380. 
    Zhihua Cui, Jianchao Zeng and Guoji Sun
    
    Analysis of Module Reuse in Inverse Manufacturing, pp.1381-1390.
    Yong Ji, Lian-Yi Chen, Hirohisa Narita and Hideo Fujimoto
    
    New Method of Effective Array for 2-D Direction-of-arrival Estimation, 
    pp.1391-1397. 
    Maohui Xia and Ruiyan Du
    
    Parallel Memetic Algorithm with Selective Local Search for Large Scale 
    Quadratic Assignment Problems, pp.1399-1416. 
    Jing Tang, Meng Hiot Lim, Yew Soon Ong and Meng Joo Er.
    
    
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    5.13 Contents: International Journal of Control
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    Contents: International Journal of Control
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 80, Issue 1
    www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
    
    Partial controllability concepts
    A. E. Bashirov, N. Mahmudov, N. Þemý, H. Etýkan
    
    Output feedback receding horizon control of constrained systems
    P. J. Goulart and E. C. Kerrigan
    
    Sampled-data feedback practical semi-global controllability and 
    stabilization for time-varying systems
    J. Tsinias
    
    Robust clock generation system 
    R. B. Pinheiro, J. J. Da Cruz, J. R. C. Piqueira
    
    Adaptive actuator fault detection, isolation and accommodation in uncertain 
    systems
    W. Chen and M. Saif
    
    Quantitative fault estimation for a class of non-linear systems
    K. Vijayaraghavan, R. Rajamani, J. Bokor
    
    Numerical computation of sign-indefinite linear quadratic differential games 
    for weakly coupled large-scale systems 
    H. Mukaidani
    
    Static and dynamic quantization in model-based networked control systems 
    L. A. Montestruque and P. J. Antsaklis
    
    Optimal fast tracking observer bandwidth of the linear extended state 
    observer
    D. Yoo, S. S.-T. Yau, Z. Gao
    
    Anti-windup synthesis using Riccati equations 
    J. Sofrony, M. C. Turner, I. Postlethwaite
    
    Dynamics assignment with MiniMax Principle in decentralized servomechanism
    L. Xu and Ü. Özgüner
    
    New bound characteristics of NARX model in the frequency domain
    X. J. Jing, Z. Q. Lang, S. A. Billings
    
    GMV control of non-linear continuous-time systems including common delays 
    and state-space models
    M. J. Grimble
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Professor Eric Rogers
    School of Electronics and Computer Science
    University of Southampton
    etar@ecs.soton.ac.uk
    
    
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    5.14 Contents: International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems
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    Contents: International Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems
    
    Contributed by: Ying Wang, ywang@mech.ubc.ca
    
    VOLUME 34 / Number 3 / 2006
    
    SPECIAL ISSUE on Nonlinear Adaptive PID Control Part 2
    
    1. New Nonlinear PID-Based Multiple Controller Incorporating A Neural Network
    Learning Submodel,A. Hussain, M. J. Grimble, A. Zayed, 179
    	
    2. Robust PID Model Following Control, S. Skoczowski, S. Domek, K.
    Pietrusewicz, 186
    
    3. Robust PID / Backstepping Control Design for Permanent Magnet Synchronous
    Motor Drive, B. Hemici, L. Nezli, M. Tadjine,  M.S. Boucherit, 194
    
    4. Hybrid Learning Algorithm for Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems, G.M.
    Mendez, L.A. Leduc, 206
    
    5. Neorofuzzy Network-Based Adaptive Nonlinear PI Controllers, H.T. Mok, C.W.
    Chan, WK. Yeung, 216
    
    6. Maximizing Performance and Robustness of PI and PID Controllers by Global
    Optimization, L. Carotenuto, P. Pugliese, Ya.D. Sergeyev, 225
    
    7. A Partial Model Matching Design of Robust 2-DOF PID Controller for
    Time-Delay Systems, T. Kawabe, T. Tagami, 236
    
    8. Caustic Dilution Control: An Industrial Application,	M.S. Sidhu, K.E. Kwok,
    M.W. Foley, 243
    
    
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    5.15 Contents: International Journal of General Systems
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    Contents: International Journal of General Systems
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 35, Issue 6 
    www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
    
    Information entropy, rough entropy and knowledge granulation in incomplete 
    information systems 
    J. Liang, Z. Shi, D. Li, M. J. Wierman
    
    On the problem of retranslation in computing with perceptions 
    Olga Martin and George J. Klir
    
    Application of uncertainty measures on credal sets on the naive Bayesian 
    classifier
    Joaquín Abellán
    
    A t-norm based specificity for fuzzy sets on compact domains 
    L. Garmendia, R. R. Yager, E. Trillas, A. Salvador
    
    Coverage and invariability by structural functions 
    P. F. Esteve-Calvo and M. Lloret-Climent
    
    The hydraulic vortex - an autocatakinetic system 
    Rupp Carriveau
    
    Book reviews 
    Thaddeus Shannon
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Dr George Klir
    gensyst@binghamton.edu 
    Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering 
    Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science 
    State University of New York
    
    
    
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    5.16 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
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    Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
    
    Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
    
    Volume 37, Issue 14	
    www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
    
    An inventory model with Weibull demand rate, finite rate of production and 
    shortages 
    S. K. Ghosh, S. K. Goyal, K. S. Chaudhuri
    
    State probability of a series-parallel repairable system with two-types of 
    failure states 
    G. Levitin, T. Zhang, M. Xie
    
    Identification of coupled map lattice models for spatio-temporal patterns 
    using wavelets 
    S. A. Billings, L. Z. Guo, H. L. Wei
    
    Robust nonlinear control of sampled-data systems
    S. K. Nguang and P. Shi
    
    Iterative learning control with advanced output data for nonlinear non-
    minimum phase systems
    G.-M. Jeong and C.-H. Choi
    
    Practical stability of closed-loop descriptor systems
    C. Yang, Q. Zhang, Y. Lin, L. Zhou
    
    Stability bound of discrete multiple time-delay singularly perturbed systems
    J.-S. Chiou
    
    For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s 
    homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Professor Peter Fleming
    Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,
    University of Sheffield 
    ijss@sheffield.ac.uk
    
    
    
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    5.17 Contents: Journal of Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems
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    Contents: Journal of Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems
    
    Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen, mcss@cwi.nl
    
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
    
    Volume 18 (2006), Number 4
    
    
    D. Angeli, P.-A. Bliman,
    Stability of leaderless discrete-time multi-agent systems.
    MCSS 18 (2006), 293-322.
    
    E. Immonen,
    Some properties of infinite-dimensional systems capable of asympotically 
    tracking bounded uniformly continuous signals.
    MCSS 18 (2006), 323-344.
     
    R. Lopezlena, J.M.A. Scherpen,
    Energy funtions and dissipativity-based balancing of discrete-time nonlinear
    systems.
    MCSS 18 (2006), 345-368.
     
    A. Sanei, M. French,
    A performance comparison of robust adaptive controllers: linear systems.
    MCSS 18 (2006), 369-394.
     
    INFORMATION
    The tables of contents of MCSS and the .pdf files 
    of its papers are available from the publisher Springer at:
    http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00498/index.htm
     
    Information on MCSS is available also at the Editors' 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
    
    Eduardo Sontag and Jan van Schuppen (Editors)
    
    
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    5.18 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
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    Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
    
    Contributed by: Hans Schneider, hans@math.wisc,edu
    
    Linear Algebra and its Applications
    Volume 419, Issue 1, Pages 1-286 (1 November 2006)
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2006-995809998-632177
    
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    1) Lists of Editors, Pages ii-iii
    
    2) A note on the computation of the CP-rank, Pages 1-7
    Abraham Berman and Uriel G. Rothblum
    
    3) Perturbation analysis of generalized saddle point systems, Pages
    8-23
    Hua Xiang, Yimin Wei and Huaian Diao
    
    4) Multiple LU factorizations of a singular matrix, Pages 24-36
    Froilán M. Dopico, Charles R. Johnson and Juan M. Molera
    
    5) Characterizations of the polynomial numerical hull of degree k,
    Pages 37-47
    James V. Burke and Anne Greenbaum
    
    6) On weakly unitarily invariant norm and the ÿÿ -Aluthge
    transformation for
    invertible operator, Pages 48-52
    Kazuyoshi Okubo
    
    7) Perturbation of the SVD in the presence of small singular values
    Pages 53-77
    Michael Stewart
    
    8) Note the T -shape tree is determined by its Laplacian spectrum,
    Pages 78-81
    Wei Wang and Cheng-Xian Xu
    
    9) A new extension of Hermite matrix polynomials and its applications
    Pages 82-92
    Raed S. Batahan
    
    10) Bounds for the largest Mahalanobis distance, Pages 93-106
    Eugene G. Gath and Kevin Hayes
    
    11) Principal minors, Part I: A method for computing all the principal minors
    of a matrix, Pages 107-124
    Kent Griffin and Michael J. Tsatsomeros
    
    12) Principal minors, Part II: The principal minor assignment problem
    Pages 125-171
    Kent Griffin and Michael J. Tsatsomeros
    
    13) On the semi-continuity of generalized inverses in Banach algebras
    Pages 172-179
    Qianglian Huang and Jipu Ma
    
    14) The GLT class as a generalized Fourier analysis and applications
    Pages 180-233
    Stefano Serra-Capizzano
    
    15) Multipartite Moore digraphs, Pages 234-250
    M.A. Fiol, J. Gimbert and M. Miller
    
    16) Jordan derivations of triangular algebras, Pages 251-255
    Jian-Hua Zhang and Wei-Yan Yu
    
    17) Some inequalities for the Euclidean operator radius of two
    operators in Hilbert spaces, Pages 256-264
    Sever S. Dragomir
    
    18) Exact and inexact breakdowns in the block GMRES method Pages 265-285
    Mickal Robb and Miloud Sadkane
    
    
    Linear Algebra and its Applications
    Volume 419, Issues 2-3, Pages 287-780 (1 December 2006)
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2006-995809997-634354
    
    
    1) Lists of Editors, Pages ii-iii
    
    2) Multiplicative bases in matrix algebras Pages 287-298
    Carlos de la Mora and Piotr J. Wojciechowski
    
    3) Generalized matrix diagonal stability and linear dynamical systems
    Pages 299-310
    Octavian Pastravanu and Mihail Voicu
    
    4) Jordan isomorphisms and additive rank preserving maps on symmetric matrices
    over PID Pages 311-325
    Li-Ping Huang, Tao Ban, De-Qiong Li and Kang Zhao
    
    5) Certain finite groups as automorphism groups of forms of higher degree
    Pages 326-330
    Agnieszka Chlebowicz
    
    6) A general realization theorem for matrix-valued HerglotzÿÿNevanlinna
    functions, Pages 331-358
    Sergey Belyi, Seppo Hassi, Henk de Snoo and Eduard
    Tsekanovskiiÿÿ
    
    7) Absolute value equations, Pages 359-367
    O.L. Mangasarian and R.R. Meyer
    
    8) A note on a gap result for norms of semigroups of matrices, Pages 368-372
    Yung-Yih Lur
    
    9) Complex equiangular cyclic frames and erasures, Pages 373-399
    Deepti Kalra
    
    10) On the existence of a common quadratic Lyapunov function for a rank one
    difference, Pages 400-416
    Christopher King and Michael Nathanson
    
    11) Canonical bases for real representations of Clifford algebras
    Pages 417-439
    A.H. Bilge, ÿÿ. Koçak and S. Uÿÿuz
    
    12) The q -numerical range of a reducible matrix via a normal operator
    Pages 440-465
    Mao-Ting Chien and Hiroshi Nakazato
    
    13) Decomposition of Lie automorphisms of upper triangular matrix
    algebra over commutative rings, Pages 466-474
    Xing Tao Wang and Hong You
    
    14) On the second Laplacian eigenvalues of trees of odd order Pages 475-485
    Jia-yu Shao, Li Zhang and Xi-ying Yuan
    
    15) Using discrepancy to control singular values for nonnegative matrices
    Pages 486-493
    Steve Butler
    
    16) Permutation representations on invertible matrices, Pages 494-518
    Yona Cherniavsky and Eli Bagno
    
    17) On the algebraic connectivity of graphs as a function of genus
    Pages 519-531
    Jason J. Molitierno
    
    18) The pseudo-cosine sequences of a distance-regular graph, Pages 532-555
    Arlene A. Pascasio and Paul Terwilliger
    
    19) Normal matrices and their principal submatrices of co-order one
    Pages 556-568
    S.V. Savchenko
    
    20) Sets of matrices with given joint numerical rangem, Pages 569-585
    Naum Krupnik and Ilya M. Spitkovsky
    
    21) Multiplicative Jordan triple isomorphisms on the self-adjoint
    elements of von Neumann algebras, Pages 586-600
    Lajos Molnár
    
    22) Linear maps preserving products of positive or Hermitian matrices
    Pages 601-611
    Li Fang and Guoxing Ji
    
    23) A note on improvement on bounds for nonmaximal eigenvalues of
    symmetric positive matrices, Pages 612-617
    Xiao-Qin Liu, Ting-Zhu Huang and Ying-Ding Fu
    
    24) On the Laplacian spectral radius of trees with fixed diameter
    Pages 618-629
    Ji-Ming Guo
    
    25) On the pure imaginary quaternionic solutions of the Hurwitz matrix
    equations, Pages 630-642
    Yik-Hoi Au-Yeung and Che-Man Cheng
    
    26) Inequalities for the spectra of symmetric doubly stochastic
    matrices, Pages 643-647
    Rajesh Pereira and Mohammad Ali Vali
    
    27) Minimizing the Laplacian eigenvalues for trees with given
    domination number, Pages 648-655
    Lihua Feng, Guihai Yu and Qiao Li
    
    28) Szegö via Jacobi, Pages 656-667
    Albrecht Böttcher and Harold Widom
    
    29) Inverses of M -type matrices created with irreducible eventually
    nonnegative matrices, Pages 668-674
    Hien Thu Le and Judith Joanne McDonald
    
    30) J ÿÿ-unitary factorization and the Schur algorithm for
    Nevanlinna functions in an indefinite setting, Pages 675-709
    D. Alpay, A. Dijksma and H. Langer
    
    31) Alternating-projection algorithms for operator-theoretic
    calculations, Pages 710-734
    Vrej Zarikian
    
    32) Eigenvalues and extremal degrees of graphs Pages 735-738
    Vladimir Nikiforov
    
    33) Eigenmatrices and operators commuting with finite-rank operators
    Pages 739-749
    Rubén A. Martínez-Avendaño
    
    34) Coupled intervals for discrete symplectic systems, Pages 750-764
    Roman Hilscher and Vera Zeidan
    
    35) Relative perturbation bounds for the eigenvalues of diagonalizable and
    singular matrices ÿÿ Application of perturbation theory for
    simple invariant subspaces, Pages 765-771
    Yimin Wei, Xiezhang Li, Fanbin Bu and Fuzhen Zhang
    
    36) Complementary bases in symplectic matrices and a proof that
    their determinant is one, Pages 772-778
    Froilán M. Dopico and Charles R. Johnson
    
    37) Author index
    Pages 779-780
    
    
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    5.19 Contents: Modeling Identification and Control
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    Contents: Modeling, Identification and Control
    
    Contributed by: Jostein Bakkeheim, mic@itk.ntnu.no
    
    Modeling, Identification and Control (MIC), Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2006
    
    SPECIAL ISSUE FROM THE SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCE ON SIMULATION AND MODELING - 
    SIMS 2005 3/3
    
    H. Berland, B. Owren and B. Skaflestad, "Solving the nonlinear Schrödinger 
    equation using exponential integrators" p. 201
    
    C.S. Ferrero, Q. Chai, M.D. Díez, S.H. Amrani and B. Lie, "Systematic 
    Analysis of Parameter Identifiability for Improved Fitting of a Biological 
    Wastewater Model to Experimental Data" p. 219
    
    R. Skjetne and O. Egeland, "Hardware-in-the-loop testing of marine control 
    system" p. 239
    
    T. Perez, Ø.N. Smogeli, T.I. Fossen and A.J. Sørensen, "An Overview of the 
    Marine Systems Simulator (MSS): A Simulink Toolbox for Marine Control 
    Systems" p. 259
    
    
    Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available at 
    http://www.itk.ntnu.no/mic/mic.html.
    
    MIC is available online for subscribers and for others on a pay-per-view 
    basis, at IngentaConnect, http://www.ingentaconnect.com
    
    
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    5.20 Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
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    Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
    
    Contributed by: C. Cruz-Hernandez, ccruz@cicese.mx
    
    Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory: An International Journal of
    Research and Surveys 
    Volume:       6   
    Issue:        4
    Year:      2006 
    http://www.e-ndst.kiev.ua/
    
    CONTENTS
    
    PERSONAGE IN SCIENCE Academician 
    Yu. A. Mitropolskii  V. Lakshmikantham, A.A. Martynyuk and J.H. Dshalalow,   
    p. 309.
     
    Synchronization of Discrete-Time Hyperchaotic Systems Through 
    Extended Kalman Filtering
    A.Y. Aguilar-Bustos and C. Cruz-Hernandez,   p. 319.
    
    Stable Communication Topologies of a Formation of Satellites
    M. Dellnitz, O. Junge, A. Krishnamurthy and R. Preis,   p. 337.
     
    Optimal Reconfiguration of Spacecraft Formations Using a Variational 
    Numerical Method
    L. Garcia and J.J. Masdemont,   p. 343.
     
    Cause Effect Nonlinear Relations in Continuous Orbital Transfers under 
    Superposed Pitch and Yaw Deviations
    A.D.C. Jesús,   p. 353.
    
    Deterministic Chaos in a System Generator – Piezoceramic Transducer
    T.S. Krasnopolskaya and A.Yu. Shvets,   p. 367.
     
    A Survey on Space Trajectories in the Model of Three Bodies 
    A.F.B.A. Prado,   p. 389.
     
    Deployment Considerations for Spacecraft Formation at Sun-Earth L2 Point 
    G. Radice,   p. 401.
     
    Numerical Search of Bounded Relative Satellite Motion
    M. Sabatini, R. Bevilacqua, M. Pantaleoni and D. Izzo,   p. 411.
     
    Contents of Volume 6, 2006,   p. 421.
    
    For submission and subscription information please contact the 
    Editor-in-Chief of ND&ST:
    Professor A. A. Martynyuk
    Institute of Mechanics,
    Nesterov str., 3
    Kiev-57, 03680 MSP
    UKRAINE
    e-mail: anmart@stability.kiev.ua
    
    
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    5.21 Contents: atp international
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    Contents: atp international
    
    Contributed by: Birgit Vogel-Heuser, vogel-heuser@uni-kassel.de
    
    atp international
    
    Volume 4, 2006, issue 3
    
    Interviews
    R. Achatz
    Requirements engineering: A key success factor			p. 13-15
    
    J. Berra
    Potential to increase benefit of production plants		p. 16-18
    
    Reviewed Papers
    
    Fault Diagnosis
    N. McDowell, X. Wang, U. Kruger, G. McCullough and G. W. Irwin
    Fault diagnosis for internal combustion engines			p. 19-26
    
    Engineering
    J. Papenfort and G. Hoppe
    Evolvable skills for assembly systems				p. 27-31
    
    Distributed Systems
    A. Lüder, J. Peschke and R. Sanz
    Design patterns for distributed control applications		p. 32-40
    
    Ch. Schwab, M. Tangermann, L. Ferrarini, C. Veter and 
    A. P. Kalogeras
    Web based methodology for Distributed Control Systems		p. 41-52
    
    Editor-in-Chief
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Vogel-Heuser
    Chair for Embedded Systems
    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
    University of Kassel 
    Wilhelmshöher Allee 73
    34121 Kassel
    Germany
    
    
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6. Conferences
    6.1 13th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics
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    13th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics
    
    Contributed by: Leon Tarasiejski, leon@ps.pl
    
    13th IEEE/IFAC International Conference on
    Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR)
    August 27-30, 2007
    Radisson SAS Hotel, Szczecin, Poland
    
    SCIENTIFIC CO-SPONSORS:
    IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
    IEEE Control Systems Society
    IFAC Technical Committee on Robotics
    IFAC Technical Committee on Nonlinear Control Systems
    Committee for Automation and Robotics
    Committee for Metrology and Instrumentation
    Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
    
    SCOPE
    The objective of the Conference is to bring together scientists and engineers
    to present and discuss recent developments in the area of mathematical
    methods, modeling, simulation and identification in automation and robotics.
    This Conference is the thirteenth in a continuing series, which started in 
    1994.
    
    MAIN TOPICS
    Control and system theory, Control engineering, Robotics, Identification and
    measurements, Modeling and simulation, Integration in manufacturing,
    Industrial safety, Marine automation, Non-engineering applications
    
    LANGUAGE
    The official language of the Conference is English.
    
    TECHNICAL PROGRAM
    The Conference program will include plenary, invited and regular sessions.
    
    KEY SPEAKERS:
    Jan C. Willems (NL)
    Eric Rogers (UK)
    Andrzej Swierniak (PL) 
    
    SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR INVITED SESSIONS
    Authors of regular papers should submit a structured draft paper being
    equivalent to maximum of 10 double-spaced A4 pages. The cover page should
    contain the title, author's name, affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses,
    fax and telephone numbers of each author, an abstract and three keywords. In
    case of joint authorship, the first name mentioned will be used for all
    correspondence, unless otherwise requested.
    
    All papers chosen for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings.
    At least one author per paper is required to register at the time of the
    submission of the camera-ready paper.
    
    Detailed instructions on preparation of the final version will be sent to
    authors of accepted papers.
    
    Persons wishing to organize an invited session related to the main topics of
    the Conference should submit a proposal stating the topic of the session,
    briefly describing its scope and justifying its inclusion in the Conference
    Program. The proposal should contain the title, a short abstract with three
    keywords for each contribution, the name, affiliation, postal and e-mail
    addresses, fax and telephone numbers of each proposed speaker.
    Both draft papers and proposals for invited sessions should be e-mailed
    (preferably as a PDF document, or else as a Postscript or, in the last resort,
    as a MS Word DOC file) to the Conference Secretariat by the deadline shown.
    Instead of electronic submission it is allowed to deliver five hard copies of
    the contribution.
    
    IMPORTANT DEADLINE 
    5 March 2007    Deadline for submission of draft papers (for oral and poster 
    presentations) and proposals for invited sessions
    
    SECRETARIAT ADDRESS:
    MMAR 2007 Conference Secretariat
    Institute of Control Engineering
    Szczecin University of Technology 
    ul. Sikorskiego 37
    70-313 Szczecin, Poland
    Phone:  +48 91 4494723
    Fax:    +48 91 4494153
    E-mail: mmar@ps.pl
    URL:  http://www.mmar.ps.pl
    
    
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    6.2 3rd IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control
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    3rd IFAC Symposium on System, Structure and Control
    
    Contributed by: J.M. Gomes da Silva Jr., jmgomes@ece.ufrgs.br
    
    3rd IFAC Symposium on System, Structure and Control (IFAC' SSSC07)
    October 17 - 19, 2007
    Iguassu Falls, Brazil
    http://sssc07.ece.ufrgs.br
    
    1. Important dates
    -January 31th, 2007: deadline for submission of manuscript 
                         and proposal of invited session
                         (submission site will open by december 31th)
    - April 17th, 2007: Notification of acceptance
    - June 17th, 2007: Receipt of paper in camera-ready form
    - October 17th-19th, 2007: Symposium
    
    2. Background
    The origins of the IFAC Symposium on Systems, Structure and Control goes back
    to the IFAC workshops first held in Prague, Czech Republic in 1989 and 1992
    and subsequently in Nantes, France in 1995 and 1998 as conferences. The
    meeting returned to nd Prague in 2001, as an IFAC symposium, and its 2 edition
    was held in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2004. For the first time, the present meeting
    will be held in Brazil. 
    
    3. Scope 
    The topics of the conference include:
    - Linear and non linear systems
    - Structural invariants
    - Algebraic and geometric methods
    - Infinite dimensional systems
    - Time delay systems
    - Implicit and hybrid structures
    - Control strategies
    - Robust control
    - Constrained Control
    - Computational algorithms for analysis and Design
    
    4. Contact and Information
    The secretariat of the symposium may be contacted at the address:
    Secretaria IFAC SSSC07
    Departamento de Engenharia Eletrica
    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
    Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 103
    90035-190 - Porto Alegre - RS
    Brazil
    
    E-mail: sssc07@ece.ufrgs.br
    Phone: +55 (51) 3316-3561 
    FAX: +55 (51) 3316-3293
    
    Further information and a .pdf call for papers can be obtained in the
    symposium web site: http://sssc07.ece.ufrgs.br
    
    
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    6.3 7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems NOLCOS 2007
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    7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, NOLCOS 2007
    
    Contributed by: Fernando Camisani, noc@nolcos2007.org.za
    
    7th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems
    www.nolcos2007.org.za
    
    Due to several requests from authors, the deadline for paper submission has
    been extended to 11 January 2007.
    
    The IFAC NOLCOS symposium is a continuing series of symposia that were
    previously held in Capri (I) 1988, Bordeaux (F) 1992, Lake Tahoe (USA) 1995,
    Enschede (NL) 1998, Saint-Petersburg (RUS) 2001, and Stuttgart (DE) 2004. 
    
    Acknowledged as the major international gathering of leading experts in
    industry and academia in nonlinear control, NOLCOS aims at
    strengthening contacts between academia and industry to build up new networks
    and cultivate existing relations. High-level speakers will present the global
    spectrum of nonlinear control systems, state-of-the-art applications and
    developing directions.
    
    The paper submission site for NOLCOS 2007 can be found by following the Paper
    Submission link from www.nolcos2007.org.za .
    
    Submit manuscripts according to the following prescribed format:
    -Please submit your draft paper (A4 size) with 6 pages in English before
    11 January, 2007.
    -The draft paper should clearly show the merits of the new contributions,
    the relevance to the topics and areas of NOLCOS 2007 and related literature to
    allow a fair reviewing procedure by the International Program Committee. 
    -Only unpublished material may be submitted. Papers should be prepared in
    accordance with the IFAC-Elsevier style (style files are available on the
    conference homepage).
    -Please structure the first page as follows: (1) title, (2) each
    author's name and affiliation, (3) abstract (up to 300 words), 
    (4) up to 10 keywords. 
    -Acceptable file formats are Word, PDF and PS. Draft and final papers should
    be submitted electronically via the official homepage of NOLCOS 2007.
    -For users of Latex, style files found under the heading "Preparing IFAC
    papers with LaTeX " at the Elsevier website can aid manuscript preparation. 
    -For users of Word, a style file is available for download on the conference
    web site.
    -Authors who have been invited to submit their paper as part of a special
    session are required to indicate the organizer's name and the session title in
    the covering letter when they submit their papers. A sub-area chair will
    handle the reviewing process.
    
    Prof. Xiaohua Xia,
    IPC Chair: NOLCOS 2007 (ipc@nolcos2007.org.za)
    Prof. Fernando R. Camisani-Calzolari
    NOC Chair: NOLCOS 2007 (noc@nolcos2007.org.za)
    
    
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    6.4 8th International Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
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    8th International Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
    
    Contributed by: Per-Olof Gutman, peo@technion.ac.il
    
    8th International Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
    17-19 July, 2007
    
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
    The Weizmann Institute of Science
    POB 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
    
    The 8th International Symposium on Quantitative Feedback Theory and
    Robust Frequency Domain Methods  will be held at the Weizmann Institute of 
    Science, the “alma mater” of Prof. Isaac Horowitz, where he developed QFT 
    together with his numerous students. The Symposium will be the very last 
    independent one, after the successful ones held at Wright-Patterson Air 
    Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA (1992), Purdue University, West Lafayette, 
    Indiana, USA (1995), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (1997), 
    University of Natal, Durban, South Africa (1999), Universidad Pública de 
    Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (2001), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South 
    Africa (2003), and University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA (2005). In 
    2009, the QFT Symposium will join the IFAC Robust Control Design Symposium 
    (ROCOND).
    
    For further information, please send your request by e-mail to the Symposium 
    Chair Prof. Per-Olof Gutman (peo@technion.ac.il), indicating your interest 
    and providing an electronic address. E-mailed submissions (an abstract, 
    extended summary, or the full paper) should reach Prof. Gutman not later 
    than 30 April 2007. Notification of acceptance will be delivered by 31 May 
    2007. The full paper should be emailed before 30 June 2007.
    
    Confirmed plenary speakers include Prof. Mario García-Sanz, Universidad 
    Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, Prof. Carsten Scherer, Technische 
    Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands, and  Dr. Marcel Sidi, Holon Institute 
    of Technology, Holon, Israel.
    
    The symposium will include a half-day Tutorial Workshop on MIMO QFT, and an 
    Industry Day, devoted to some of the many Israeli industries that have 
    successfully applied QFT. 
    
    The web site of the Symposium is:  http://www.technion.ac.il/~qftsymp/
    
    The Symposium is organized under the auspices of the IFAC local member 
    organization, Israel Association for Automatic Control.
    
    
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    6.5 CFP: IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
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    CFP: IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
    
    Contributed by: Gokhan Inalhan, inalhan@itu.edu.tr
    
    FINAL CALL for PAPERS
    
    IV'07: IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Istanbul, Turkey, June 13-15, 2007
    (www.iv2007.itu.edu.tr)
    
    SCOPE
    The 2007 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV’07) which is an annual forum
    sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society will take
    place in Istanbul during June 13-15, 2007. The Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
    gathers researchers from industry and universities to discuss research and
    applications for Intelligent Vehicles and Intelligent Infrastructures. Three
    days of the symposium will be allocated for technical presentations and one
    additional day (June 16, 2007) will be dedicated to live vehicle
    demonstrations. There will be a day of workshops right before the symposium on 
    June 12, 2007 at Istanbul Technical University. The technical presentations 
    are characterized by a single session format so that all attendees remain in a
    single room for multilateral communication in an informal atmosphere. Papers
    dealing with all aspects of vehicle-related intelligent systems and
    cooperation between vehicles and infrastructures is being solicited for IV'07. 
    The motto for IV’07 is: Let's meet where the continents meet. Istanbul
    connecting the two continents of Europe and Asia and being a cross-road of
    civilizations for many centuries is an ideal location for the Intelligent
    Vehicles Symposium. The symposium venue is the Hilton hotel in Istanbul
    located at the center of the city.
    
    TOPICS
    Original contributions are solicited in all Intelligent Vehicle Technology
    research and applications. Contributions for industry and application sessions
    are also solicited. Topics include, but are not limited to:
    
    * Driver Assistance Systems
    * Automated Vehicles
    * Active and Passive Safety
    * Integrated Safety Systems
    * Vehicle Environment Perception
    * System Architecture
    * Smart Infrastructure
    * IVI
    * Impact on Traffic Flows
    * Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Systems
    * Floating Car Data for Safety
    * Dedicated Short Range Communications
    * AHS
    * Collision Avoidance
    * Sensors
    * Image, Radar, Lidar Signal Processing
    * Information Fusion
    * Vehicle Control 
    * Telematics
    * Decision and Expert Systems
    * Communications and Networks 
    * Human Factors
    * Human Machine Interaction
    * Inter-Vehicle Communications
    * Driver Attention Monitoring
    * Others
    
    PAPER SUBMISSION
    Prospective authors are requested to submit their paper as a pdf file in IEEE
    two column format through The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
    Conference Management System no later than January 15, 2007. A LaTeX style
    file and a Microsoft Word template are available at the website
    (http://its.papercept.net/conferences/index.html).
    
    WORKSHOPS
    Workshop Organization is encouraged. Prospective organizers should contact the
    special session chair at iv2007@itu.edu.tr. and please visit 
    http://www.iv2007.itu.edu.tr/workshop.php 
    
    * Workshop on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications is being organized by Onur
    Altintas (onur@jp.toyota-itc.com).
    
    * Workshop on Hybrid Electric Vehicle Modeling and Control is being organized
    by Tankut Acarman (acarman@ieee.org). More information can be found in Call
    for Papers - Workshop on HEV Modeling and Control
    
    * Workshop on Sensor Data Fusion is being organized by Heiko Cramer
    (cramer@infotech.tu-chemnitz.de) and Aris Polychronopoulos (arisp@iccs.gr).
    
    IMPORTANT DATES
    * Submission deadline       : January 15, 2007 (deadline extended)
    * Notification of acceptance: Feb. 15,   2007 
    * Final Manuscript due      : Mar. 1, 2007 
    * Workshop proposals due    : March 15, 2007
    
    
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    6.6 CFP: SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
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    CFP: SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
    
    Contributed by: Kirsten Wilden, wilden@siam.org
    
    SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT07)- Extended Deadline
    June 29-July 1, 2007
    Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, California
    
    The field of control theory is central to a wide range of aeronautic,
    aerospace, industrial, automotive and advanced technological systems and
    increasingly recognized as fundamental for emerging fields ranging from
    nanotechnology to cell regulation. In addition to its ubiquity for process
    regulation in the physical sciences, control concepts now pervade the
    biological, computer, and social sciences. This conference will showcase a
    wide range of topics in control and systems theory. The topics and
    applications include real-time optimization and data assimilation, cellular
    and biological regulation, control techniques for financial mathematics,
    cooperative control for unmanned autonomous vehicles, biomedical control, risk
    sensitive control and filtering, control of smart systems, flow control and
    quantum control. This conference is a continuation of a series of meetings
    started 1989 in San Francisco.  In 2007 it will return to San Francisco.
    
    Extended Deadlines:
    Minisymposium proposals: December 28, 2006
    Abstracts for all contributed and minisymposium presentations: December 28, 
    2006 
    
    For more information and participation information, visit
    http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct07/
    
    
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    6.7 IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control
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    IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control
    
    Contributed by: Aleksandar Kojic, aleksandar.kojic@rtc.bosch.com
    
    The Fifth IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control 
    August 20-22, 2007 | Monterey Coast, California, USA
    website: aac2007.stanford.edu
    
    The Fifth IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control will be a three day
    conference on new control technologies in the automotive field. This meeting
    is an opportunity for a free exchange of ideas between members of automotive
    communities. The retreat-like setting on California's coast coupled with a
    format of discussion-oriented sessions will foster connections between
    researchers in academia, industry, vehicle dynamics and powertrain control.
    
    Novel papers are welcome in any active area of autmotive controls research.
    Many entries may clearly fall into the categories of vehicle systems or
    powertrain systems. However, innovative crossover research blending the two
    general fields or sub-topics is especially welcome.
    
    Important Dates:
    *Draft submission Deadline: December 7th, 2006
    *Final papers due: April 1, 2007
    *Symposium: August 20-22, 2007
    
    More information can be found on the Symposium website: aac2007.stanford.edu
    
    
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    6.8 New Deadline of IEEE SECon2007
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    New Deadline of IEEE SECon2007
    
    Contributed by: Gang Tao, gt9s@virginia.edu
    
    The submission deadline for the Technical Conference of
    IEEE SoutheastCon 2007 has been extended to
    
    December 15, 2006.
    
    You are cordially invited to submit your work including research papers and 
    abstracts, and tutorials to IEEE SoutheastCon 2007, by this new deadline.
    
    All submitted full papers will go through a regular review process, and all 
    accepted full papers will be allowed 6 pages for publication in the conference 
    proceedings.
    
    If a paper cannot be accepted as a full paper, it may be acceptable as an 
    abstract. All submitted abstracts will be evaluated through a simplified 
    procedure, and all accepted abstracts will be allowed 1 page for publication
    in the conference proceedings.
    
    Proposals for tutorial sessions are also welcome and they will also be 
    evaluated after their submission.
    
    For more information, please visit the conference webpages:
    
    http://www.southeastcon.org/2007
    http://www.southeastcon.org/2007/technical/
    http://www.southeastcon.org/2007/papers
    
    For paper and abstract submission, please go to the webpage:
    
    http://www.softconf.com/start/secon07/
    
    
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    6.9 SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
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    SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
    
    Contributed by: Kirsten Wilden, wilden@siam.org
    
    June 29-July 1, 2007 Submit Now!
    Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, California
    
    The field of control theory is central to a wide range of aeronautic,
    aerospace, industrial, automotive and advanced technological systems and
    increasingly recognized as fundamental for emerging fields ranging from
    nanotechnology to cell regulation. In addition to its ubiquity for process
    regulation in the physical sciences, control concepts now pervade the
    biological, computer, and social sciences. This conference will showcase a
    wide range of topics in control and systems theory. The topics and
    applications include real-time optimization and data assimilation, cellular
    and biological regulation, control techniques for financial mathematics,
    cooperative control for unmanned autonomous vehicles, biomedical control, risk
    sensitive control and filtering, control of smart systems, flow control and
    quantum control. This conference is a continuation of a series of meetings
    started 1989 in San Francisco.  In 2007 it will return to San Francisco.
    
    Minisymposium proposals: November 28, 2006
    Abstracts for all contributed and minisymposium presentations:
    December 28, 2006 
    
    
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    6.10 Second Int. Conference on Innovative Computing Information & Control
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    Second Int. Conference on Innovative Computing, Information & Control
    
    Contributed by: Yan Shi, shi@ktmail.ktokai-u.ac.jp
    
    The Second International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and 
    Control (ICICIC2007), Sep. 5 - 7, 2007, Kumamoto, Japan. 
    http://www.ijicic.org/icicic2007.htm
    
    The ICICIC2007 is a continuation of ICICIC2006, which was held in Beijing in 
    2006. The conference will feature plenary speeches, organised sessions, 
    regular sessions and poster sessions. 
    
    Scope
    (1) Innovative Computing and I