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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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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

Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems is a 
multidisciplinary journal featuring peer-reviewed high-quality research 
papers and survey articles of expository nature from all aspects of natural 
and man-made dynamical systems. Submission of a manuscript to this journal 
is representation by the author(s) that it has not been previously published 
in any language, copyrighted or submitted simultaneously for publication 
elsewhere, and the copyright for the article will be transferred to the 
publisher upon acceptance of the article. Articles published in the journal 
will be indexed or abstract in: CompuMath Citation Index, Science Citation
Index Expanded, Mathematical Review, Research Alert, SciSearch, ISI Alerting 
Services, Zentralblatt Fur Mathematik/Mathematics Abstract, Current 
Mathematical Publications and Mathsci. For further information, see our Home 
Page: http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~journal


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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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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 Information: Signal and Image Processing, 
Speech and Audio Processing, Image and Video Coding and Transmission, Video 
Processing and Analysis, Image Video Storage, Retrieval and Multimedia, 
Digital Watermarking and DRM, Artificial, Intelligence, Computing and 
Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, Biometric and Biomedical 
Applications, Sensor and Neural Networks, Knowledge Discovery 
and Data Mining. 
(2) Intelligent System and Control: Fuzzy Mathematics and Applications, uzzy 
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Knowledge-based Systems, Hybrid Systems 
Modeling and Design,Fault Detection and Identification, Optimization and 
Decision Making, Control Systems and Applications, Systems Identification, 
Risk Analysis and Management, Modeling and Simulation Techniques. 

Paper Submission
Papers are invited from prospective authors with interest on the related 
areas (oral or poster presentations). Each paper should follow the IEEE 
format with title, authors' names, affiliation, email addresses, an up to 
150-words abstract, and a two-column body with 4 single-spaced pages and 
with font size at 10 pts. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF 
format only: http://bit.kuas.edu.tw/~icic07/

Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission ------ March 10, 2007
Notification of acceptance ------ April 10, 2007
Camera-ready manuscript Submission ------ April 30, 2007


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Chair: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boise State University, USA

Contributed by: John Chiasson, johnchiasson@boisestate.edu

Department Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boise State University
AA-0049-67

The College of Engineering at Boise State University invites applications 
and nominations for the position of ECE Department Chair (see 
http://coen.boisestate.edu).  A chair is sought to lead the Department in 
enhancing educational and research programs and further developing a newly 
established doctoral degree. The college recently received a large grant 
from the Micron Technology Foundation to support the PhD program, 
complementing the BS, MS and MEngr programs.  

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience and is 
expected to have a strong record of research and scholarly activity, a 
commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, proven leadership, 
communication, and administrative skills.  An earned PhD in electrical or 
computer engineering or closely related field is required.
The College of Engineering offers ABET accredited programs and enjoys strong 
support from high tech industry located in Idaho and in the intermountain 
west.  Boise State University is a member of the state system of higher 
education and is the largest university in Idaho, with an enrollment of more 
than 18,000 students.  The University is located in Idaho’s capital city and 
largest metropolitan area, which serves as the government, business, 
economic, health care, and cultural center of the state.  The Boise area is 
home to an expanding array of high technology companies, regional medical 
centers, and a growing service industry. The city is convenient to outdoor 
recreation including world-class whitewater rivers, skiing, mountain biking, 
hunting, fishing, and camping.

Qualified applicants should send a CV, one-page statement of professional 
interests, and contact information for at least three professional 
references to: ECE Chair Search Committee Search # AA-0049-67, 1910 
University Drive, MS 2100, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, 83725. 
Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2007 and will continue 
until a qualified applicant pool is established.  Boise State University is 
strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity.  The 
University actively encourages applications and nominations of women, 
persons of color, and members of other underrepresented groups. EOE/AA 
Institution, Veterans preference may be applicable.


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8.2 Endowed Chair: Virginia Tech USA


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Endowed Chair: Virginia Tech, USA

Contributed by: William Devenport , devenport@vt.edu

The Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering requests applications and
nominations for the Norris E. and Laura A. Mitchell Endowed Professorship in 
Aerospace Engineering. Candidates are sought with expertise and a 
distinguished record of achievement in the areas of aerodynamics, gas 
dynamics, propulsion, dynamics and control, or design of aerospace vehicles. 
Applicants must hold an earned doctorate in Aerospace Engineering or a 
closely related field, and will be expected to develop a significant 
externally funded research program. Responsibilities will include teaching 
at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, directing graduate students, 
and establishing a research program. Review of applications and nominations 
will begin on February 1st, 2007 and will continue until the position is 
filled. Interested persons should apply on the internet at ttp://jobs.vt.edu 
(posting number 061299) along with a cover letter, current curriculum
vita and the names and addresses of three references. All nominations and 
inquiries can be sent to: Prof. William Devenport (devenport@vt.edu), Chair, 
AOE Faculty  Search Committee, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia 
Tech, 215 Randolph Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0203. Virginia Tech is an 
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.


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8.3 Faculty: American University of Beirut Lebanon


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Faculty: American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Contributed by: Danielle C. Tarraf, dtarraf@mit.edu

Position in mechatronics and micromechatronics

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & 
Architecture, American University of Beirut invites applications to fill a 
faculty position at the assistant professor level. Exceptional candidates 
with established research and teaching credentials may be considered at the 
associate professor rank. Visiting faculty applications are also welcome.

Applications are sought in the primary area of mechatronics and 
micromechatronics with complementary expertise in one or more of the 
following areas: mechanics, material science, sensors and controls, 
biomedical related applications and MEMS.

Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering or in 
closely related field with a minimum of three years of professional and/or 
teaching experience. At least one degree must have been earned in mechanical 
engineering, although both the bachelor and doctorate degrees in ME are 
preferred. The applicant is expected to teach graduate and undergraduate 
courses in the candidate’s field as well as fundamental courses in 
Mechanical Engineering, participate in program development and be active in 
research. Applicants must display a commitment to scholarly work and 
research that will lead to external funding and journal and conference 
publications. Postdoctoral experience in teaching and an interdisciplinary 
research orientation are desirable. 

Salary is commensurate with education and experience. To ensure full 
consideration, applications must be received by December 30, 2006. The 
proposed starting date for the position is September 18, 2007. Initial 
screening of applicants will begin January 5, 2007. The application pool 
will remain open until position is filled.

Applicants should include a complete resume, a brief statement of their 
interests that includes their vision of their teaching and research, and the 
names and addresses of at least three references. The complete application 
should be sent via air mail before December 30, 2006 to: Dean Faculty of 
Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-
0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon. An electronic copy must aslo 
be sent by email to: fea@aub.edu.lb.


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8.4 Faculty: Colorado School of Mines USA


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Faculty: Colorado School of Mines, USA

Contributed by: Tyrone Vincent, tvincent@mines.edu

Colorado School of Mines (CSM) invites applications for an anticipated 
tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Division of Engineering – 
Electrical Engineering Specialty. The Division of Engineering offers a 
nontraditional, ABET-accredited undergraduate degree in Engineering, 
together with M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Engineering Systems. The 
undergraduate program offers specialties in civil, electrical, environmental 
and mechanical engineering. At the graduate level, the program seeks depth 
at the interfaces between the more traditional engineering and science 
disciplines. Interdisciplinary collaboration across campus is also strongly 
encouraged. More information about the school and the division can be found 
at http://egweb.mines.edu.

Located in Golden in the foothills of the Rockies, 13 miles west of downtown 
Denver and 21 miles south of Boulder, CSM has an enrollment of approximately 
3000 undergraduates and 700 graduate students in a broad range of applied 
science and engineering disciplines. Research funding is approximately $30 
million annually.

Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to develop and 
teach undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering as well 
as to develop and conduct a successful funded research program.

Qualifications: Candidates must have a doctoral degree in electrical 
engineering or a related discipline. They must have a clear commitment to 
excellence in interdisciplinary engineering education at both the 
undergraduate and graduate levels and should have demonstrated potential to 
develop a self-sustaining research program. Preference will be given to 
candidates who have an established record of scholarly accomplishments 
and/or funded research. Candidates must possess excellent interpersonal and 
communication skills.

Candidates for the position must have a research focus on the analysis and 
design of power electronics and renewable energy systems; integration, 
monitoring, and control of renewable/alternative energy; electrical energy 
systems and industrial applications; or networked communication and/or 
sensing systems. Preference will be given to applicants focused on large-
scale integrated systems and multidisciplinary engineering networks, and
whose interests intersect with one or more of the existing research areas of 
the EE specialty group (power electronics, electrical energy systems, 
renewable energy systems, wireless communication theory and hardware, 
control systems and robotics, and computer vision).

Compensation: CSM offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits 
package, which includes fully-paid health benefits.

How to Apply: Applicants must send a letter of interest, curriculum vita, 
statement of research and teaching interests, and the names and addresses of 
three references to: Colorado School of Mines, Human Resources Office, 
Search #06-011270, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, Fax: (303) 384-
2025.

Review of applications will begin by January 15, 2007.

CSM is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to enhancing the diversity of its 
campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with 
disabilities are encouraged to apply.


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8.5 Faculty: Hamilton Institute Ireland


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Faculty: Hamilton Institute, Ireland

Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug.leith@nuim.ie

Applications are invited from well qualified candidates for a senior faculty
position (full professor) at the Hamilton Institute.

The successful candidates will be outstanding researchers who can demonstrate 
an exceptional research track record at international level and significant 
success in winning competitive grant funding. We are looking for leaders who
will be a vital part of the future growth and development of the Institute. A
strong commitment to research excellence, developing research partnerships,
and the ability to establish a dynamic and world class research programme are
essential.

The Hamilton Institute seeks to genuinely bridge the gap between mathematics 
and its applications in ICT and biology.  Areas of interest include, but are 
not limited to,

*Applications of control to networked systems.  This includes application of
dynamical systems theory to network congestion control problems, queueing 
theory and distributed algorithms for routing, channel allocation and 
scheduling in wireless networks, as well as conventional control over wireless 
applications.

*Multi-agent systems. This includes the analysis and design of multi-agent
systems with application to Robotics, Aerospace applications, and wireless
networks.

*Logistics and optimisation of high-volume production.  This includes
application of statistical machine learning for fault prediction/detection,
online and distributed optimisation of scheduling in queueing networks.

*Systems and mathematical biology.  This includes application of graph theory
and dynamical systems theory to signalling pathways and inter-cellular
interaction.

Successful candidates will be expected to assume leadership positions within 
the Institute and to take-up their posts no later September 1st, 2007. 
Appointments will be at professorial level on the national university scale
EUR81002-EUR136298.  Informal enquires regarding the posts can be made to
Douglas Leith (doug.leith@nuim.ie). Applications with cv including contact
details of three referees and two significant papers should be sent
(electronically or otherwise) to :

Professor D. Leith
Hamilton Institute
NUI Maynooth
Co. Kildare
Ireland
email: hamilton@nuim.ie

to be received no later that Dec 15th, 2007.


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8.6 Faculty: Harbin Institute of Technology China


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Faculty: Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Contributed by: J.F. Wei, jxw92@case.edu

The department of mathematics and natural sciences in Harbin Institute of 
Technology - Shenzhen Graduate School, is planning for major expansion, 
moving forward in exciting new directions. Technical areas of interest 
include, but are not limited to:
*Applied Mathematics
*Computational Mathematics & Applications 
*Statistics & Probability 
*Discrete Mathematics & Applications
*Algebra 
*Operation Research and Optimization
*Mathematical and Systems Biology

The department invites applications for a number of tenure track and tenure 
faculty positions at all levels, from Assistant Professor, to Associate 
Professor, and to Full Professor. Applicants should have an earned Doctorate 
degree in mathematics, applied mathematics or related fields. Applicants 
should also possess good oral, written, and interpersonal communication 
skills in both Chinese and English. Postdoctoral experience is highly 
desirable.

Successful candidates are expected to teach at the graduate level and 
supervise graduate students. They are also expected to make a strong 
commitment to the research programs in the department, and to the 
establishment of externally-funded research programs. New Faculty will have 
the opportunity to participate in building the department and to collaborate 
with faculty in engineering, computer science and economics. Review of 
applicants will begin immediately and continue until the positions are 
filled.
The commencing salary will depend on the candidate's qualifications, 
experience and the level of appointment offered. Information commencing is 
available at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School.

To apply, applicants should send, via e-mail, his/her three publications, 
curriculum vitae, a statement of his or her vision for research and 
teaching, a list of at least 3 references to:

Ms. Xuan Zhou 
Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School
HIT Campus Shenzhen University Town Xili, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
Tel: 86-755-2603 2119
E-mail: zhoux@hitsz.edu.cn


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8.7 Faculty: Munich University of Technology Germany


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Faculty: Munich University of Technology, Germany

Contributed by: M. Buss, m.buss@ieee.org

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology invites
applications for a tenured full professor position (chair) as head of the
institute for “Real time Computer Systems” (German W3 position). Candidates
are expected to have excellent scientific experience in the area of real time
and embedded systems – both in methods and in theoretic foundations, and in
applications, especially interdisciplinary applications in the fields of
medical or automotive systems.
Research experiences in at least two of the following fields are expected:
architectures of embedded systems, model based design and analysis of real
time systems, software and software engineering for real time applications,
methods for real time schedulability, distributed real time systems,
automotive vision or robot vision. Relevant application experience in
automotive systems, cognitive technical systems, medical engineering,
mechatronics, or robotics is required. An active participation in the
excellence cluster "Cognition for Technical Systems" www.cotesys.org is
expected, as well as in the collaborative research centers "High-Fidelity
Telepresence and Teleaction" www.sfb453.de and "Cognitive Automobiles"
www.kognimobil.org, both funded by German National Science Foundation (DFG).
Teaching contributions to the regular bachelor, master, and diploma courses,
and in new master programs "Automotive" or "Mechatronics, Adaptronics, and
Automation" are desired.
Candidates must hold a doctoral degree and a well--established research and
publication record in the above mentioned areas, evidence of teaching
qualifications and experience in developing strong research programs.
He/she may start to teach in English but should be prepared to learn German.
The TU Munich aims at an increased share of women in professorships and
therefore explicitly encourages respective applications.
Applications with a curriculum vitae (including important documents, a list of
publications and awards, and selected copies of paperwork) should be sent to
the Dean of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich,
Germany or by E-mail to dekanat@ei.tum.de. Deadline for applications is
January 8, 2007.


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8.8 Faculty: NTNU Norwey


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Faculty: NTNU, Norwey

Contributed by: Morten Hovd, morten.hovd@itk.ntnu.no

The Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of 
Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applications for a tenured position at 
the rank of full professor.

The position is in the area of medical cybernetics. Applicants must have a 
PhD in engineering cybernetics or a closely related discipline, and a proven 
strong track record in research, incl. applied research and development in 
medical cybernetics, and a strong commitment to teaching. The ability to 
initiate and lead research activities is important. 

The successful candidate should have a broad knowledge of medical 
cybernetics, incl. sensor technology, control actuators, and methodology 
related to problems in medical technology. Moreover, the candidate should be 
familiar with system architectures for minimal energy dissipation, weight, 
and volume, as well as with mathematical systems theory and modeling of 
physiological processes, with emphasis on biological motion and neuromotoric 
systems. 

Further details about the Professorship can be obtained from Professor 
Morten Hovd, e-mail: morten.hovd@itk.ntnu.no or see (URL is broken over two
lines):
http://innsida.ntnu.no/nettopp_lesmer.php?
kategori=nyheter&dokid=456d5312cde4a6.44851133

The application deadline is 2007-03-01.


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8.9 Faculty: Univ. of Michigan USA


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Faculty: Univ. of Michigan, USA

Contributed by: Dawn Tilbury, tilbury@umich.edu

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in various areas of
mechanical engineering including design and manufacturing, dynamics, systems
and controls, materials and solid mechanics and thermal/fluid sciences.
Candidates with research interests in automotive engineering, biotechnology,
eco/sustainable systems, energy-systems, manufacturing, and micro/nano systems
are particularly encouraged to apply.

Applicants should have an earned Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or related
fields, a demonstrated record for conducting independent research, and the
potential for leadership and impact in teaching and research. Appointments at
all levels will be considered. For best consideration, candidates should apply
by February 28, 2007, but the positions will remain open until filled.

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
employer. For application details, see our website at http://me.engin.umich.edu


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8.10 Faculty: University of California Berkeley USA


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Faculty: University of California Berkeley, USA

Contributed by: Masayoshi Tomizuka, tomizuka@me.berkeley.edu

Assistant Professor in the area of controls 
University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering Department 

THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, University of California at 
Berkeley, seeks applications for a tenure track, Assistant Professor 
position in the area of controls. Strength in both control theory and 
application is essential. Specific areas may include, but are not limited 
to: embedded control systems, distributed sensing and control, and synthesis 
of mechatronic systems. 

Applicants must hold a doctorate and should apply in writing by submitting a 
resume, statement of research and teaching interests, one copy of each 
significant publication, and names, addresses and phone numbers of five 
professional references to: 

Chair of the Search Committee: Controls ID#1127,
Department of Mechanical Engineering MC#1740,
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740. 

Only applications postmarked by February 12, 2007 will be considered. 
Appointment is subject to budgetary approval. 

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action 
Employer.


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8.11 Faculty: University of Oklahoma USA


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Faculty: University of Oklahoma, USA

Contributed by: Thordur Runolfsson, runolfsson@ou.edu

The University of Oklahoma, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions to commence
in August, 2007. Several positions are anticipated. Salary and startup will 
be highly competitive based on qualifications.  Positions require an earned 
doctorate in electrical and computer engineering or a closely related
discipline as well as a deep personal commitment to excellence in both
teaching and research. The unit is growing rapidly and a new building is
currently under construction.

Serious consideration will be given to applicants in all areas of electrical
and computer engineering, including but not limited to computer hardware and
software design and co-design, signal processing, biomedical imaging, VLSI
design, solid state devices, communications, control and electric power.
Special consideration will be given to candidates in computer engineering.
Appointments are expected to be at the rank of assistant professor but
exceptional candidates at other ranks will also be considered.  

Send resume, a list of four references, and a statement of research interests 
to ECE Search Committee Chair, School of ECE, University of Oklahoma, 202 W.
Boyd, Room 219, Norman, OK  73019 or e-mail to ECEsearch@ou.edu. Screening of
applicants will begin on Feb. 1, 2007. For more information, visit us online
at http://ece.ou.edu/. The University of Oklahoma is an EEOA employer. Women
and minorities are specifically encouraged to apply.


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8.12 Faculty: University of Patras Greece


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Faculty: University of Patras, Greece

Contributed by: Nick T. Koussoulas, ntk@ece.upatras.gr

FACULTY: University of Patras, GREECE

The Division of Systems and Automatic Control of the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department at the University of Patras has a faculty opening in
the general area of Systems and Control. Potential candidates are invited to
express their interest by the 31st of December 2006.  Candidates must hold a
Ph.D. degree and have a strong commitment to high-quality undergraduate and
graduate engineering education and research; they must also have a thorough
command of the Greek language. For more information please contact Prof. Nick
T. Koussoulas at ntk@ece.upatras.gr, tel.: +30 2610 996451 (also, please see
the URL http://www.ece.upatras.gr/en/tmima_en/tom_sae.php)


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8.13 Faculty: University of Strathclyde UK


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Faculty: University of Strathclyde, UK

Contributed by: Sheila Campbell, s.campbell@eee.strath.ac.uk

University of Strathclyde
Academic Opportunities in Control Engineering
We are looking to fill positions at Professor level (Ref 128/06) and
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader level (Ref 129/06) within the Industrial
Control Centre (ICC) of the RAE 5 rated Department of Electronic
and Electrical Engineering. The posts will particularly be concerned
with the development of new research areas for the future of the
Department that have real applications potential and are scientifically
challenging. The Centre is internationally recognised and has been
recently awarded an EPSRC Platform Grant. It also has an established
track record of very successful co-operation with industry.

For an application pack (available on request in alternative formats for 
applicants with a disability), visit Vacancies at our website www.strath.ac.uk 
or contact Human Resources, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ,
Tel: 0141 553 4133 (24 hour Voicemail Service) quoting appropriate reference.

Applications closing date: 21 December 2006.
Some University posts will be subject to a pre employment
Disclosure Scotland Check.


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8.14 Faculty: University of Twente NL


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Faculty: University of Twente, NL

Contributed by: Stefano Stramigioli, S.Stramigioli@ieee.org

Assistant Professor in Humanoid Robot Control

The position is intended to strengthen the 3TU Centre for Intelligent
Mechatronic Systems through education and research in Robot Control. The
research focuses on theory and application in humanoid robot control using
advanced methods based on analytical mechanics and port based methodologies
like port-Hamiltonian systems. The candidate will be working within the chair
of Advanced Robotics of the faculty of EE, Math and Computer science. Besides
working toward worldwide scientific recognition of the local research
activities through high level scientific publications and acquisition of
external projects, the candidate is expected to participate as an active
teacher for the curriculum of mechatronics and electrical engineering. The
candidate will have a motivating environment and continually expanding
infrastructure to achieve challenging scientific goals and prototyping of ideas.

The candidate is expected to have an internationally recognized Ph.D. degree.
The candidate is expected to have proven its research, educational and
organizational capabilities during and after his/her doctoral research. He/she
is expected to have a strong analytical background possibly in analytical
mechanics and a good attitude to engineering and real prototypical testing of
novel ideas. He/she should have good communication capabilities for teaching,
to work in a team and to create and enforce international collaborations. Last
but not least the candidate should be able to acquire external funding for
research in this field and actively contribute to all the activities of the
group.  

The candidate will get a full time appointment as an assistant professor (UD)
at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of
the University of Twente. The employment conditions are in accordance with the
Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. Salary depends on
experience and qualifications of the candidate.
 
Information and application
For more detailed information, please contact Prof. dr. ir. S. Stramigioli,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. Phone:
+31 53 489 2794; e-mail: s.stramigioli@utwente.nl. 

Applicants should address their written applications preferably by email to
Prof. dr. ir. A. J. Mouthaan, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, 
e-mail:A. J.Mouthaan@ewi.utwente.nl


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8.15 Faculty: University of Washington USA


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Faculty: University of Washington, USA

Contributed by: Eric Klavins, klavins@ee.washington.edu

University of Washington Electrical Engineering

We seek outstanding individuals for tenure-track positions. Applicants with 
inter-disciplinary expertise in dynamical systems and systems biology or 
nanoscience/technology and physics-based simulation are particularly 
encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will be conversant in the languages 
of multiple disciplines, be grounded in the fundamental underlying sciences, 
and driven by system level applications; he/she will complement our existing 
strengths and bridge between various departmental groups and research 
activities and provide an interface between EE and other disciplines.
UW has the highest level of federal funding of all public universities, and 
the second highest among all universities in the nation. The Electrical 
Engineering Department currently has 37 tenure track faculty (30 men / 7 
women). We have 9 research track faculty, over 450 undergraduate majors 
(mostly juniors and seniors) and over 300 graduate students. External 
research funding of the department in 2005-2006 was over $15M. Information 
about the department is available at http://www.ee.washington.edu/
The Department is committed to outstanding teaching and research. Successful 
applicants will be expected to build a research program and provide 
innovation and quality teaching that integrates research with instruction, at 
both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We primarily seek individuals at 
the assistant professor rank, but appointments at the associate or full 
professor ranks are possible for exceptional candidates. Applicants must have 
an earned doctorate by the date of appointment.
Please submit your resume, list of publications, statement of research and 
teaching interests and goals, and the names and addresses of at least five 
references on our website:

  http://www.ee.washington.edu/facsearch/

Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2007 or until the positions 
are filled. For any administrative issues related to the search, please 
contact Ann Langford-Fuchs (annf@ee.washington.edu) The University of 
Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages 
applications from female and minority candidates. The University of 
Washington is the recipient of a 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Faculty 
Career Flexibility and a 2001 National Science Foundation ADVANCE 
Institutional Transformation Award to increase the advancement of women 
faculty in science, engineering, and math (see 
www.engr.washington.edu/advance). The University is an Equal Opportunity, 
Affirmative Action Employer and is responsive to the needs of dual-career 
couples.


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8.16 Faculty: Virginia Tech USA


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Faculty: Virginia Tech, USA

Contributed by: William Devenport, devenport@vt.edu

The Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering requests applications for 
two tenure-track faculty positions in any of the areas relevant to aerospace 
and ocean engineering including, but not limited to structures, dynamics and 
control, aero/hydrodynamics, propulsion, avionics and automation systems of 
aerospace and ocean going vehicles. Applicants must hold an earned doctorate 
in Aerospace or Ocean Engineering or a closely related field, and will be 
expected to develop a significant externally funded research program. While 
it is expected that the two positions will be filled at the assistant 
professor rank, persons nationally recognized for their work in the field 
may be considered for a more senior position. Responsibilities will include 
teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, directing graduate 
students, and establishing a research program. Review of applications will 
begin on February 1st, 2007 and will continue until the positions are 
filled. Interested persons should apply on the internet at http://jobs.vt.edu
(posting number 061320) along with a cover letter, current curriculum vita 
and the names and addresses of three references. All enquiries can be sent 
to: Prof. William Devenport (devenport@vt.edu), Chair, AOE Faculty Search 
Committee, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 215 Randolph 
Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0203. Virginia Tech is an Equal 
opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.


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8.17 Faculty Program Director: WPI USA


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Faculty, Program Director: WPI, USA

Contributed by: Michael A. Demetriou, mdemetri@wpi.edu

THE WPI ROBOTICS ENGINEERING PROGRAM is looking for an outstanding faculty
member for a tenure-track position at the Associate Professor level to serve
as the Program Director starting in the Fall of 2007. Candidates should have a
PhD, extensive experience in Robotics, and demonstrated excellence in research
and teaching.

The Robotics Engineering Program is a joint venture by the Computer Science,
Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Departments. 
The Program comprises over 20 associated faculty and staff from these
departments, and plans to hire additional tenure-track faculty.  Please refer
to our web site at http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/RBE/ for complete
information.

The Program Director is expected to play an active role in all aspects of the
curriculum of the Robotics Engineering Program, lead a vigorous externally
funded research effort, develop external relations, and recruit additional
faculty.

WPI is an elite national university with an enrollment of 3,700, including
1,000 graduate students. It has a core focus on engineering, science and the
management of technology, and grants degrees at the Bachelor's, Master's and
Doctoral levels in more than 30 disciplines. WPI's acclaimed and long-standing
project-based undergraduate curriculum is singled out by professional
societies as a model program. That curriculum, combined with a significant
graduate program, offers faculty a unique balance between research and
teaching.

WPI is in Worcester, Massachusetts, the second largest city in Massachusetts
and the third largest in New England.  It is approximately one hour from both
Boston and Providence; cultural and recreational resources abound in the
region.  The UMass Medical Center and large number of technology companies,
colleges, and universities in the immediate area make it ideal for dual career
families.

To apply, submit detailed Research and Teaching Statements, Curriculum Vitae,
and the names, postal addresses, and email addresses of at least five
references.  Applications and any questions about the hiring process should be
addressed to: robotics-recruit@wpi.edu

For full consideration, applications should be received by 01/31/2007.

To enrich education through diversity, WPI is an affirmative action, equal
opportunity employer.


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8.18 MS PhD Post-Doc: Ryerson University Canada


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MS, PhD, Post-Doc: Ryerson University, Canada

Contributed by: Krishna Kumar, kdkumar@ryerson.ca

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University has a strong 
and vibrant research programme involving the development of pico- and femto-
satellites (weighing less than 1 kilogram) under Dr. Krishna Kumar, a well 
known expert in the area of spacecraft dynamics and control. Research 
assistantships for several masters’ and PhD students and postdoctoral 
fellowships are available in his areas of research starting Fall 2007 or 
earlier. Dr. Kumar’s areas of research include Dynamics and Control of Space 
Systems, Orbit and Attitude Dynamics and Control, Formation Flying, 
Microsatellite systems, Pico- and Femto-Satellites using Nanotechnology and 
Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). 

To pursue research in these exciting areas, the candidates should have a 
bachelor/master’s degree in Aerospace/ Mechanical/ Electrical/  Electronics/ 
Computer engineering with a strong background in dynamics and control 
systems, mathematics as well as high GPA and TOEFL score.  The candidates 
with experience in computational analysis or designing real-time controllers 
and communication systems are highly preferable.

Interested candidates should send their resumes with names and contact 
information of three references as well as copies of research papers latest 
by December 20, 2006 (preferably by email) to:

Dr. Krishna Kumar
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Space Systems Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering 
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5B 2K3
Tel +1 416 979 5000 Ext. 4908
Fax +1 416 979 5056
Email: kdkumar@ryerson.ca
http://www.ryerson.ca/~aeronet/faculty/kkumar.html; http://www.kdkumar.com


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8.19 MS PhD Post-Doc: University of Leicester UK


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MS, PhD, Post-Doc: University of Leicester, UK

Contributed by: Sarah Spurgeon, eon@le.ac.uk

This EPSRC funded research programme within the Control and Instrumentation 
Research Group at the University of Leicester, UK is concerned with the 
development of novel, theoretically sound sliding mode control techniques 
for application to nonlinear, complex and uncertain industrial processes. 
The research will focus on extending the existing sliding mode control 
design paradigm to enable the application of the methodology, with its 
proven robustness properties, to systems with after effect, otherwise known 
as time-delay systems and only given output signals are available for 
measurement. The applied research will focus on the production of two 
significant implementation studies relating to control of autonomous and 
semi-autonomous vehicles and also the control of satellites to demonstrate 
the efficacy of the underlying philosophy and the new design algorithms. 
These are pertinent design studies to inform the development of the 
theoretical research programme as well as being used as vehicles to 
illustrate the research outcomes. The broad objectives are

1.       To provide practical yet theoretically rigorous solutions to the 
problem of robust sliding mode control for uncertain nonlinear systems in 
the presence of time-delay based upon knowledge of the measured system output
(s). The problem will be considered from both a continuous and discrete time 
perspective.

2.       To produce significant implementation studies relating to control 
of satellites and autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles which demonstrate 
the relevance of the theoretical results to industry.

Post 1: Research Associate Grade 7: £27,193 to £31,525 per annum (Ref: 
R3053):

Applicants for this post should have a good honours degree and hold a PhD in 
a relevant area of control engineering. Expertise in sliding mode control 
and the analysis of systems in the presence of time delay would be an 
advantage.


Downloadable application forms and further particulars are available by 
following the link below, or in hardcopy from Personnel Services, tel: 0116 
223 1341, fax: 0116 252 5140, email: recruitment3@le.ac.uk, 
http://www.le.ac.uk/personnel/jobs. Please note that CVs will only be 
accepted in support of a fully completed application form.  

Post 2: Research Studentship: Full fees and maintenance are available to the 
successful candidate.

Applicants for the Research Studentship should have a good honours degree, 
or internationally recognised equivalent, in engineering or mathematics.

Please send a full CV to Professor Sarah Spurgeon, Department of Engineering 
University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH.  Tel: 0116 252 
2531, fax: 0116 252 2619, email: eon@le.ac.uk


Closing date for both posts:  15 December 2006.


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8.20 PhD: Boise State University USA


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PhD: Boise State University, USA

Contributed by: John Chiasson, johnchiasson@boisestate.edu

The Boise State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
is pleased to announce up to five (5) Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Ph.D. Micron Research Fellowships for the Fall 2007 in support of our new 
Doctoral Program.  Twelve month stipends range from $18,000 to $24,000 for 
qualified applicants in any of the areas below.

Areas of Study
- Nanotechnology (Devices and Electronic Materials)
- Integrated Circuit Design
- Devices (Solid-State, Photonic, Opto-Electronic, and Vacuum)
- Computer Engineering
- Systems (Signals, Communication, Power, and Control)
- Plasma Engineering

Located in beautiful Boise, Idaho, BSU is the fastest growing university in 
the State of Idaho.  Application deadline for the Fall 2007 semester Ph.D. 
program is January 7, 2007.  

For information on the doctoral program, polices, and procedures as well as 
on how to apply, please visit the website 
http://coen.boisestate.edu/ece/phdece.asp. For more information on our 
programs and faculty research areas, please visit our website at 
http://coen.boisestate.edu/ece/home.asp or contact the doctoral program 
coordinator 

Dr. John Chiasson
ECE Dept., Boise State University
1910 University Dr.
Boise, Idaho 83725-2075
johnchiasson@boisestate.edu


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8.21 PhD: Eindhoven University of Technology NL


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PhD: Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

Contributed by: Siep Weiland, s.weiland@tue.nl

The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) has 6 PhD vacancies at the
Department of Electrical Engineering. The positions are available within the
following 3 projects:

 >>> I. Project: Gaussmount (2 PhD’s) <<<

The groups Electromechanics and Power Electronics (EPE) and Control Systems
(CS) cooperate in designing and building struts based on magnetism and
control. Exclusively based on well-controlled electromagnetics, such struts,
named Gaussmounts, combine passive gravity compensation by permanent magnets,
electrically adjustable equilibrium, Lorentz actuators for actively
controlling disturbance rejection and magnetic bearings for linear damping
characteristics due to eddy currents. One application is in lithographic
industry (ASML). This Gaussmount is intended to replace the airmounts, that
are utilized for isolating the high precision equipment from disturbing
vibrations. Another, automotive, Gaussmount will be a substitute for the
spring and damper in the wheel suspension of cars for improving the dynamic
behavior of the car (SKF, TNO). For both applications a prototype will be
produced.

One PhD-student (EPE) will focus on the electromechanic design, simulation and
testing. The vacancy at CS concerns the identification and control of the
Gaussmounts such that the desired characteristics are achieved. Focus points
are the observability and controllability for optimal control of the candidate
Gaussmount-architectures, a proper sensor system, the magnetic bearing
control, the active disturbance reduction and the simulation and
identification of the two prototypes.

 >>> II. Project: Optimal ancillary services (2 PhD’s) <<<

Ancillary services in electric power systems concern capacity to bring online
above or below the negotiated power levels in case of an unpredicted unbalance
of power on several time scales (seconds to hours). For example, spinning
reserve and switchable loads yield a fast, droop control a medium and
additional units a slow response.
In future power systems the need for ancillary services will increase. Driving
forces are the reduced relative contribution of spinning inertia, the
increased penetration of less predictable wind and solar power, many
heterogenic participants and intelligent market player that actively influence
their production and loads. Taking the mutual dependence between power and
ancillary services into account, a better solution could be obtained by
integrating the day-ahead markets for power and ancillary services. When, in
one system, both power and ancillary services can be traded, all participants
can make their own compromise between these quantities. When power of a unit
is sold, it is no longer available as capacity to be used when ancillary
services are needed. In the same way, capacity reserved for ancillary services
can not be traded as power in the day-ahead market, which introduces loss of
opportunity costs.

This project proposes a new ancillary services market operating in parallel
with the day-ahead power market such that all participants can make their own
compromise how to use their resources (production, consumption) to maximize
their profits while securing their own and the market’s ancillary services. 
Challenging technical questions are how to guarantee stability and performance
of the markets in case of small and large unpredicted load or supply
deviations, how to guarantee that the markets converge to the lowest prices
for the consumers, how to implement these markets on different time scales
(24-26 hours for the day-ahead and several hours for the reserve capacity). A
Model Predictive Control Strategy with a receding horizon could be used to
cope with better predictions when the future events come closer when time
progresses.

This project delivers the requirements, arrangements and technical algorithms
needed to realize such a market that delivers an attractive environment for
producers and consumers of power and ancillary services with a granted
reliability and yet attractive economic performance for its participants. One
PhD will be positioned at Control Systems (CS) and one at Electric Power
Systems (EPS). The research is coordinated with the companies TenneT, APX,
GPX, ECN and Kema.

 >>> III. Project: Electron-microscopes (2 PhD’s) <<<

Modern electron-microscopes are highly accurate (nanometers), but less
flexible and versatile. Calibration, focusing and making pictures require
tedious, time-consuming and highly-skilled adjustments of tenths of
adjustments knobs. As industry is demanding at least as accurate but more
versatile and flexible microscopes with a higher throughput, their basic
design has to be changed. In a large research project with industry (FEI) and
several university groups from The Netherlands and Belgium this new generation
of electron-microscopes will be designed. Two PhD’s are supervised by Control
Systems (CS) and will focus on the introduction of new sensors and associated
control loops to facilitate auto-calibration and auto-focussing. With a
properly- designed electron-microscope, making pictures requires less
calibration steps, less microscope knowledge and still will yield faster, more
accurate image sessions with more flexible, well-understood, operating modes
to satisfy different imaging demands.

 >>> Requirements <<<

Candidates for these challenging projects should have a Master’s degree in
Electrical Engineering , in Mechanical Engineering or in Applied Physics. 
He/she should have a strong affinity with mechatronics or power systems and
control design. 

 >>> Appointment and Salary <<<

The appointment is for four years. As an employee of the university you will
receive a competitive salary as well as excellent secondary benefits (holiday
allowance, etc.). The research in this project must be concluded with the
attainment of a PhD degree. A salary is offered starting at Euro 1877,00  per
month (gross) in the first year and increasing up to Euro 2407,00 per month
(gross) in the last year. Moreover 8% bonus share (holiday supplement) is
provided annually. Assistance for finding accommodation can be given. 

 >>> Information <<<

If you are interested in one of these PhD positions and want more information,
please contact prof.ir.P.P.J.vdBosch ( p.p.j.v.d.bosch@tue.nl),+31 40 2473760
or dr.ir. A.A.H. Damen ( a.a.h.damen@tue.nl), +31 40 2474701. For information
concerning employment conditions you can contact Ms. F. Verheggen, personnel
officer ( f.verheggen@tue.nl), +31 04 2474796.

 >>> Application <<<

If you are interested in one of these PhD positions, please send a detailed
curriculum vitae, an explanation of your interest in the proposed research
topic, a publication list, your course programme and corresponding grades,
references and all other information that might be relevant to your
application to the address below, mentioning the required PhD position.

Eindhoven University of Technology
Measurement and Control group CS
prof.dr.ir. P.P.J. van den Bosch 
Pt 4.33
P.O. 513
NL 5600 MB Eindhoven 
The Netherlands 

Please apply before 01-01-2007.


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8.22 PhD: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium


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PhD: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Contributed by: Sabine Van Huffel, sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.be

Location: Department of Electrical Engineering, Division ESAT-SCD, research
group BioMed, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
(http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/members/biomed/)

We seek one or more outstanding graduate students for a multidisciplinary
European Marie Curie Research Training Network, entitled ``Advanced
Signal-Processing for Ultra-Fast Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging, and
Training’’. The overall objective of the project is to investigate and develop
cutting-edge Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) software – eMRSI
– for quantitation and imaging of metabolites. The PhD research work at
K.U.Leuven is focused on Automatic Statistical Semi-Parametric Estimation,
encompassing novel, advanced signal processing and experimental design for
metabolite quantitation, properly accounting for the nuisance signals of
water, macromolecules, and lipids. The research is done in a multidisciplinary
environment in collaboration with the Department of Radiology in the
University Hospitals Leuven. The project starts on December 1, 2006. The PhD
work will be supervised  by Prof. Sabine Van Huffel.

Profile: We are particularly seeking candidates with a Master-of-Science
degree in engineering (biomedical/electrical/computer science/mathematical) or
mathematics, and with strong interests in optimization, signal processing,
statistics, numerical computations, and biomedical applications. The ability
to become acquainted with new methods within short time and good familiarity
with scientific tools like MATLAB programming and statistical analysis are
appreciated. The chosen candidate will be an enthusiastic person and initiator
with good communication skills and a good knowledge of English. 

Application: To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter before January 15,
2007 to Prof. Sabine Van Huffel (sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.be) 

Information: The salary will be assigned according to the Belgian university
salary system. The PhD-student appointment is for the duration of four years

Professor Dr. Ir. Sabine Van Huffel 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 
Departement elektrotechniek 
Division ESAT-SCD, BioMed group 
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 
3001 Leuven 
tel. 016/32 17 03       fax. 016/32 19 70 
email: sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.be 
web: htttp://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/members/vanhuffel.html


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8.23 PhD: North Carolina State University USA


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PhD: North Carolina State University, USA

Contributed by: Fen Wu, fwu@eos.ncsu.edu

Two Research Assistant positions will be available for Ph.D. students in the 
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State 
University, in the area of reconfigurable aircraft control. 

Candidates are expected to have good mathematical and analytical skills, and 
strong background in modern control theory. Particularly relevant areas of 
research include aircraft modeling, probablistic robust control, gain-
scheduling control, fault detection and fault-tolerant control.  A 
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, 
electrical engineering, or system and control is required, and a Master's 
degree in relevant fields is preferred. 

Applications are invited for Spring or Fall 2007. Interested students should 
contact Professor Fen Wu  (fwu@eos.ncsu.edu) for more information and apply 
online for the graduate school admission at 
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/grad/applygrad.htm. 


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8.24 PhD: The University of New South Wales Australia


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PhD: The University of New South Wales, Australia

Contributed by: Valery Ugrinovskii, v.ougrinovski@adfa.edu.au

The School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE) at the
Australian Defence Force Academy campus of the University of New South Wales,
Canberra, Australia, is seeking expressions of interest from highly qualified
students to join the PhD program funded by the UNSW@ADFA Research Training
(UNSW@ADFA RT) scholarship scheme.

The PhD scholarship provides living allowances of AUD$20,431 per annum
tax-free (including AUD$1,200 top-up). An additional scholarship covering
tuition fees (for an international student) or a top-up (for an Australian
resident) may also be offered to successful applicants. Conditions of
scholarship are as for the UNSW@ADFA Postgraduate Research scholarship
(http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/student/scholarships/ucprs.html).

Topic: Estimation and control of hidden Markov models

The proposed thesis topic will involve research into a systematic robust
estimation and control theory for hidden Markov processes with uncertain
structure. While a number of estimation algorithms are available for hidden
Markov processes, a key problem remains that even small modeling errors can
be detrimental to the accuracy of the algorithm. It is expected that the
research will lead to new efficient and robust HMM estimation and control
algorithms. In addition, specific applications will be considered.

Application Process: The successful applicant is expected to have a
first-class honours or equivalent in Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or
other relevant areas. All applicants are expected to possess excellent
communication and research skills. An ideal applicant for the project would
have knowledge in stochastic control and filtering theory, and stochastic
processes. Applications should include a detailed CV, a certified copy of
academic transcripts and a cover letter detailing the applicants' research
interest and its relevance to the project. The applicant should satisfy UNSW
admission requirements for the PhD program. Potential applicants should
discuss the application and send the paperwork to Dr Valery Ugrinovskii
(v.ougrinovski@adfa.edu.au) or A/Prof Himanshu R Pota (h-pota@adfa.edu.au).
Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled, for a
possible starting date of July 2007. Applications should be sent by email.


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8.25 PhD: University of Texas at Dallas USA


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PhD: University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober, ober@utdallas.edu

Several Ph.D. positions are available to work on bioengineering problems 
in joint NIH funded projects with Prof. E.S. Ward at UT Southwestern 
Medical Center at Dallas.

The projects aim to develop novel image processing and data analysis
methods for fluorescence microscopy live cell experiments (including
single molecule detection) and surface plasmon resonance experiments 
for the analysis of protein-protein interactions. No prior knowledge 
of these techniques is required.  However, a strong technical background in 
engineering or mathematics is desirable and a keen interest in getting 
involved in bioengineering related research is necessary. A number of the 
proposed techniques make use of advanced system theoretic ideas.
For further details please see www4.utsouthwestern.edu/wardlab.

The positions will provide the opportunity to not only work on projects 
of significant technical interest but also to become familiar with the 
fundamental biological questions that are being addressed in the 
laboratory.

Please send inquiries (resume, names of referees etc.) to 

	Prof. Raimund J. Ober
	Department of Electrical Engineering EC33
	University of Texas at Dallas
	Richardson, TX 75083
	USA
	email: ober@utdallas.edu


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8.26 Post-Doc: Deakin University Australia


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Post-Doc: Deakin University, Australia

Contributed by: Yong Xiang, yxiang@deakin.edu.au

Two visiting scholar positions are available at the School of Engineering and 
Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia. These positions are 
part of a project on blind signal processing for wireless communications. 
Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent experience in signal processing, 
wireless communications, automatic control, or other related areas. A living 
allowance up to A$15,000/per annum (tax free), as well as a return airline 
ticket, will be provided. For further information please contact Dr Yong 
Xiang (yxiang@deakin.edu.au).


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8.27 Post-Doc: Texas A and M University USA


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Post-Doc: Texas A and M University, USA

Contributed by: Aniruddha Datta, datta@ece.tamu.edu

Training Program at Texas A&M University for New and Established 
Investigators in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

The Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University anticipates openings 
for its two-year training program in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics with 
an emphasis on the Biology of Nutrition and Cancer	 
(http://stat.tamu.edu/B3NC). Program participants will receive training via 
a structured format in biology, genetics, microarray technology, genomic 
signal processing, and the biological mechanisms of cancer that may be 
activated by nutrition-related factors. No teaching duties are required. 
Each participant will be mentored by a multidisciplinary team of experienced 
researchers from Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Nutrition and 
Biochemistry and will be provided with excellent computing support. 
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a quantitatively oriented discipline, such 
as statistics, electrical engineering and applied mathematics. A participant 
with a background in EE, for instance signal processing or control, will 
work in the Genomic Signal Processing Laboratory (http://gsp.tamu.edu). Both 
recent and established investigators are invited to apply. Funding is 
restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Stipends are 
competitive with initial tenure-track positions in statistics. Interested 
applicants should send a vita and three letters of reference (for new or 
recent Ph.D.s) by February 15, 2007 to:

Raymond Carroll
Department of Statistics
Texas A&M University
College Station TX 77843-3143
carroll@stat.tamu.edu
AA/EOE


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8.28 Program Director: CMMI Division NSF USA


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Program Director: CMMI Division, NSF, USA

Contributed by: Kishan Baheti, rbaheti@nsf.gov

The Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)within 
the Engineering Directorate (ENG) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
announce a nationwide search for an individual to serve as Program Director 
for the Control Systems (CSP) Program at the National Science Foundation 
(NSF). Applications for this position will be accepted through December 15, 
2006.

The Control Systems Program enables research and education in the prediction 
and control of complex systems, with broad applicability to civil and 
mechanical systems, and with the goal of innovative advances in control theory 
and control technology. Control theory refers to the mathematical framework to 
analyze, design, or validate control systems. Control technology refers to the
integration of sensing, actuation, and computation, with physical or 
information systems to realize a working control system. The control 
technology component of the program considers also innovative advances in 
actuation concepts.

While disciplinary expertise will be expected, the focus of the search is to 
identify a scholarly, mentoring and open-minded person to join the present 
diverse and intellectually integrated CMMI team of Program Directors.

Applications and questions concerning this Program Director position should be 
directed to:

      Dr. Eduardo Misawa, Chair CSP Search Committee
      ENG/CMMI, Room 545
      National Science Foundation
      Arlington, VA  22230
      Or via e-mail to: emisawa@nsf.gov

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/cmmi0701/cmmi0701.txt


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8.29 Research Engineer: Honeywell USA


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Research Engineer: Honeywell, USA

Contributed by: Greg Stewart, greg.stewart@honeywell.com

Job Description:

This position is responsible for the development, deployment, and support of 
control solutions in various automotive applications.  This includes 
preparation of technical specifications, performing simulations, implementing 
and coding control strategies, verifying and validating features, supporting 
systems in the field and preparing technical reports.  As an important aspect 
of this position is the on-site support, the successful candidate must have 
the ability to travel for extended periods of time and to interact with 
customer personnel from a variety of technical backgrounds.

Qualifications:

- Master's or PhD in Engineering, usually in Electrical, Control, Mechanical 
or Chemical Engineering with a specialty in Control Engineering 
- Multivariable control, model predictive control, robust and optimal 
control, nonlinear control, Kalman filtering, model identification, and 
nonlinear modeling of dynamical systems 
- Working knowledge of automotive applications; including turbocharging, 
combustion, emissions, aftertreatment, sensors, and actuators 
- Matlab, Simulink, and embedded software implementation 
- Excellent communicator, ability to learn quickly and enthusiastically 
- Preference given to candidates with some experience in deploying advanced 
control in industrial situations 
- Able to travel 50% time and qualified to provide extended hands-on support 
at customer installations
 
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce 

Please use Req# 00060509 to apply online before December 4, 2006 at
http://www.honeywell.com/careers/jobsearch.html


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8.30 Research Faculty: University of Newcastle Australia


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Research Faculty: University of Newcastle, Australia

Contributed by: Reza Moheimani, Reza.Moheimani@newcastle.edu.au

Three fixed-term Research Faculty positions are available within the
Mechatronic Systems Laboratory at the University of Newcastle, Australia. We
are seeking highly talented and committed individuals with the ability to work
well in a multi-disciplinary research environment. The areas of interest
include: i) dynamics and control of micro- and nano-systems, ii) control of
dual-stage hard disk drives, and iii) modeling and control of electrostatic
micro-actuators in MEMS.

All positions are available immediately for an initial period of two years.
The first two positions can be extended for a further two years, while the
third position is extendable for another three years with mutual agreement.
The applicants must have a Ph.D. (or be close to completion) in a relevant
field and a thorough knowledge of applied mathematics. A deep knowledge of
advanced control systems design is a requirement for the first two positions.
Familiarity with MEMS fabrication processes is a requirement for the third
position. Affinity with real-time control system implementation on DSPs, or
rapid prototyping systems is a great plus. A background in analogue
electronics or power electronics is desirable but not essential.

The successful applicants will join a multidisciplinary research team. They
are expected to collaborate with other researchers in the group. The positions
are associated with the Mechatronic Systems Laboratory, incorporating
Laboratory for Dynamics & Control of Smart Structures and Nanodevices &
Systems Research Laboratory. Research and computing facilities of the
laboratory are of the highest standard. The first position is funded by the
ARC Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems & Control. The remaining positions are
funded by ARC-Discovery grants.

Interested applicants should send their CV, including a list of publications
and names and addresses of three references to Dr. Reza Moheimani
Reza.Moheimani@newcastle.edu.au to be considered for these positions. The
salary is competitive. All positions are open until filled.


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8.31 Research Fellow: University of Melbourne Australia


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Research Fellow: University of Melbourne, Australia

Contributed by: Erik Weyer, e.weyer@ee.unimelb.edu.au

RESEARCH FELLOW IN MODELLING, FAULT DETECTION and CONTROL OF IRRIGATION
CHANNELS.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 
The University of Melbourne, Australia

A two year fixed term Research Fellow position is available in the
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University
of Melbourne. The Research Fellow will join a team, comprising other
researchers, academic staff and postgraduate students, working on the
development of modelling, detection, estimation and control system 
design techniques, to the end of improving the management of large-scale
open-channel irrigation networks. The position will also involve interaction
with an industry partner.

We are seeking an outstanding candidate with a PhD degree in Engineering or
Applied Mathematics, with a high exposure to mathematical modelling,
estimation, fault detection and control. The position is available for 2 years.

The Benefits: Salary: $A 65 630 - $A 77 934 p.a. (Research Fellow Level B)
plus employer superannuation contributions of 9 percent, salary
packaging options and staff training and development opportunities.

Employment Type: This is a full-time (fixed-term) position available
for 2 year

For further details contact Erik Weyer, email: e.weyer@ee.unimelb.edu.au.
Position description is available at  http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au
Closing date 5th of January 2007. Position number: 0015689.
Apply online at http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au using the above position number as
keyword.


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