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E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 257
February 2010 Editor:
Magnus Egerstedt
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
Tel: +1 404 894 3484
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*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contents 1. IEEE CSS Headlines
1.1 Call for Nominations for the IEEE CSS Board of Governors
1.2 Call for Nominations for 2010 CSS Awards 2. Books
2.1 Observation and Control of Operator Semigroups
2.2 Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 6th Ed.
2.3 Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty 3. Journals
3.1 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems
3.2 Contents: European Journal of Control
3.3 Contents: AIChE Journal
3.4 Contents: Journal of Process Control
3.5 Contents: International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems
3.6 Contents: Automatica
3.7 Contents: Automatica
3.8 Contents: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
3.9 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
3.10 Contents: Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing
3.11 Contents: TWMS Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
3.12 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
3.13 CFP: Automatica
3.14 CFP: IET Control Theory & Applications
3.15 CFP: IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
3.16 CFP: Asian Journal of Control
3.17 CFP: Journal of Control Theory and Applications 4. Conferences
4.1 The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems
4.2 International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks
4.3 8th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems
4.4 ICNPAA 2010 World Congress: Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences
4.5 IFAC Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES2010)
4.6 2010 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference
4.7 ALCOSP 2010 & PSYCO 2010 5. Workshops
5.1 IET Symposium on Humanoid Robotics
5.2 3rd International IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education
5.3 Third International Workshop on Numerical Software Verification
5.4 Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID 2010)
5.5 Symposium on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies and Applications (SUAVTA) 6. Positions
6.1 PhD: University of Exeter, UK
6.2 PhD: The University of Tennessee
6.3 PhD: Ghent University
6.4 Post-Doc: K.U. Leuven ESAT-SCD Belgium
6.5 Post-Doc: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
6.6 Post-Doc: University of Oxford, UK
6.7 Post-Doc: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, France
6.8 Post-Doc: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy, France
6.9 Post-Doc: University of Washington
6.10 Faculty Position: Rutgers University
6.11 Faculty Position: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
6.12 Faculty Position: Tel Aviv Univesity (Israel)
6.13 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: UNSW, Australia *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.**
*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1. IEEE CSS Headlines 1.1 Call for Nominations for the IEEE CSS Board of Governors.
Contributed by: Mario Sznaier,
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The CSS invites nominations for election to its Board of Governors. All CSS
members are eligible to submit nominations for election to the CSS Board of
Governors and all members are eligible to serve on the Board. Two nomination
mechanisms are available as noted below. For both mechanisms, a petition form
must be used to submit the nomination. This form is available by request from
the society's Executive Director, Professor Mario Sznaier (
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).
All nominations must be submitted to the Executive Director no later than 15
March, 2010. Prior to submission of a nomination petition, the petitioner shall
have determined that the nominee named in the petition is willing to serve, if
elected; evidence of such willingness to serve shall be submitted with the
petition.
First nomination mechanism: A nomination can be made to the CSS Nominating
Committee for consideration and potential inclusion on the ballot, at the
discretion of the Nominating Committee. The nomination requires the completion
of the petition form and signatures of at least 25 members of the Society. Second nomination mechanism: A nomination is submitted to the Executive
Director that requires the completion of a petition signed by at least 168
members of the society (2% of the society membership). On receipt of the
petition form, a link to a secure site will be made available at
www.ieeecss.org; members may log in using their IEEE Web account to sign the
petition electronically. If signatures are collected on a paper form the
originals must be received by the Executive Director by 15 March, 2010.
Nominees are automatically placed on the ballot if they garner the 168 required
signatures by 15 March, 2010. The current Board of Governors roster is available on the CSS Website at:
http://www.ieeecss.org/about-the-society/governance/css-board-of-governors.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.2 Call for Nominations for 2010 CSS Awards
Contributed by: Ted Djaferis,
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The IEEE Control Systems Society seeks nominations for the six awards it sponsors each
year, which have a May 15th nomination deadline. Brief descriptions of these
awards and calls for nominations are included below. Further information, including
instructions for submitting nominations, may be obtained from the IEEE CSS Awards
web page: http://www.ieeecss.org/awards. Note that the CSS Awards web page has links
to additional awards including IEEE awards. In addition, CSS offers two student
conference best paper awards each year. Information regarding the student conference
paper awards is included on the websites of the conferences and may also be accessed
from the CSS website. Nominations are solicited for the following 2010 awards of the IEEE Control Systems Society. George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award Every year, the CSS presents up to three outstanding paper awards to authors of papers
published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control during the preceding two
calendar years. This outstanding paper award is based on originality, potential impact
on the theoretical foundations of control, importance and practical significance in
applications, and clarity. The award is named after George S. Axelby, founding editor
of the Transactions. Nominations are solicited for the 2010 award from papers published
in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2008–2009, Volumes 53 and 54). The award
is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control. The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2010. Nominations should be sent
to the Chair of the Axelby Outstanding Paper Award Committee. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award This annual award is selected from papers that were published in the IEEE Transactions
on Control Systems Technology during the previous two years (2008-2009, Volumes 16 and 17)
based on originality, relevance of the application, clarity of exposition, and demonstrated
impact on control systems technology. At most one award per year is presented at the
annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The
deadline for nominations is May 15, 2010. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of
the TCST Outstanding Paper Award Committee. IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award This annual award is selected from articles and columns that were published in the
IEEE Control Systems Magazine during the previous two years (2008-2009, Volumes 28
and 29) based on the impact on and benefit to CSS members. At most one award per
year is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference
on Decision and Control. The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2010. Nominations
should be sent to the Chair of the CSM Outstanding Paper Award Committee. Control Systems Technology Award Nominations are solicited for the 2010 IEEE Control Systems Technology Award. This
annual award is given for outstanding contributions to control systems technology,
either in design and implementation, or in project management. It may be conferred
on either an individual or a team. The award is presented at the annual CSS awards
ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The deadline for
nominations is May 15, 2010. Please send nominations, together with supporting
documentation, to the Chair of the CSS Technology Award Committee. IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Award Nominations are solicited for the 2010 IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to
Practice Award. The award recognizes an individual or a team whose research activity
arising from industry-university collaboration has produced substantive results with
demonstrated impact to practice. The winner accepts the award at the IEEE Multi-
conference on Systems and Control. The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2010.
Please send nominations, together with supporting documentation, to the Chair of
the CSS Transition to Practice Award Committee. Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize
Nominations are solicited for the 2010 Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize.
This award recognizes contributions to multidisciplinary research, innovation,
and impact on both theory and real world applications in systems and control.
To be eligible, the nominee must be 40 years old or younger on January 1, 2010.
The award is funded by the Antonio Ruberti Foundation of Italy and is presented
at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control. The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2010. Please send nominations,
together with supporting documentation, to the Chair of the Antonio Ruberti
Young Researcher Prize Committee. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.**
*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 2. Books 2.1 Observation and Control of Operator Semigroups
Contributed by: George Weiss,
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Observation and Control of Operator Semigroups by Marius Tucsnak and George Weiss
(Nancy University and Tel Aviv University) Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, 2009 http://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/book/978-3-7643-8993-2 The evolution of the state of many systems modeled by linear partial
differential equations (PDEs) or linear delay-differential equations
can be described by operator semigroups. The state of such a system is
an element in an infinite-dimensional normed space, whence the name
``infinite-dimensional linear system''. The study of operator semigroups is a mature area of functional
analysis, which is still very active. The study of observation and
control operators for such semigroups is relatively more recent. These
operators are needed to model the interaction of a system with the
surrounding world via outputs or inputs. The main topics of interest
about observation and control operators are admissibility,
observability, controllability, stabilizability and
detectability. Observation and control operators are an essential
ingredient of well-posed linear systems (or more generally system
nodes). In this book we deal only with admissibility, observability
and controllability. We deal only with operator semigroups acting on
Hilbert spaces. This book is meant to be an elementary introduction into the topics
mentioned above. By ``elementary'' we mean that we assume no prior
knowledge of finite-dimensional control theory, and no prior knowledge
of operator semigroups or of unbounded operators. We introduce
everything needed from these areas. We do assume that the reader has a basic
understanding of bounded operators on Hilbert spaces, differential
equations, Fourier and Laplace transforms, distributions and Sobolev
spaces on $n$-dimensional domains. Much of the background needed in
these areas is summarized in the Appendices, often with proofs. Another meaning of ``elementary'' is that we only cover results for
which we can provide complete proofs. The abstract results are
supported by a large number of examples coming from PDEs, worked out
in detail. We mention some of the more advanced results, which require
advanced tools from functional analysis or PDEs, in our bibliographic
comments. One of the glaring omissions of the book is that we do not
cover anything based on microlocal analysis. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 2.2 Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 6th Ed.
Contributed by:
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Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 6th Ed.
Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, and Abbas Emami-Naeini Prentice-Hall
ISBN-10: 0-13-601969-2 Cloth | January 2010 |
820 pp.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Feedback-Control-of-Dynamic-Systems/9780136019695.page This revision of the textbook on feedback control with the associated web site,
www.FPE6e.com, provides greater instructor flexibility and student readability.
Chapter 4 on A First Analysis of Feedback has been substantially rewritten to
present the material in a more logical and effective manner. A new case study
on biological control introduces an important new area to the students, and each
chapter now includes a historical perspective to illustrate the origins of the field.
As in earlier editions, the book has been updated so that solutions are based on
the latest versions of MATLAB and SIMULINK. Finally, some of the more exotic topics
have been moved to the web site. Digital control is treated early on. The book provides enough information, early
and simply, so that a student could implement a controller in a digital computer,
and an instructor could cover it in one lecture. With this approach, students will
understand how control systems are being implemented in most cases today, and
instructors will have a method of teaching modern design and implementation at
an undergraduate-level course.
The authors focus on design as a theme early on and throughout the entire book.
This book illustrates real-world problems and applies techniques from earlier
chapters. It also brings together the classical and state-space techniques with
discussions of the relative strengths and their role in design. Unique to this
book is an entire chapter devoted to case studies covering real problems in a
variety of fields that draw on all the design methods covered in the book. The
authors have specifically developed an important new case study on a biological
control system—case study #10.7—which introduces the student to the increasingly
important study of Bioengineering and the application of the concepts of control
to living organisms. Interesting but concise historical background sections for
the material are also included in each chapter. Contents Preface
Chapter 1. An Overview and Brief History of Feedback Control
Chapter 2. Dynamic Models
Chapter 3. Dynamic Response
Chapter 4. A First Analysis of Feedback
Chapter 5. The Root-Locus Design Method
Chapter 6. The Frequency-Response Design Method
Chapter 7. State-Space Design
Chapter 8. Digital Control
Chapter 9. Nonlinear Systems
Chapter 10. Control System Design: Principles and Case Studies
Appendix A. Laplace Transforms
Appendix B. Solutions to the End-of-Chapter Questions
Appendix C. MATLAB Commands
Bibliography
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Contributed by: Aleksandar I. Zecevic,
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New Book Announcement Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty Aleksandar I. Zecevic and Dragoslav D. Siljak Springer, Communications and Control Engineering Series
Hardcover / February 2010 / $112.91 / 250 pp.
"Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty" focuses
on control design under information structure constraints and uncertainty,
with a particular emphasis on large-scale systems. The complexity of such
systems poses serious computational challenges and severely restricts the
types of feedback laws that can be used in practice. This book systematically
addresses the main issues, and provides a number of applications that illustrate
potential design methods. Most of these methods utilize Linear Matrix Inequalities,
which have become a popular design tool over the past two decades. Authors use
their years of experience in the control field to also: Address the issues of large-scale systems as they relate to robust control,
dynamic network interconnections, and information structure constraints
Discuss a new approach to applying standard LMI techniques to large-scale systems,
combining graphic-theoretic decomposition techniques with appropriate low-rank
numerical approximations to dramatically reduce the computational effort
Provide numerous examples in a wide variety of applications, ranging from
electric power systems and nonlinear circuits to platoons of vehicles and
large flexible mechanical structures Introduce a series of new theoretical results related to dynamic graphs and
Boolean networks. Applications of these results include gene regulation and
growth models for large-scale organic structures "Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty" will
appeal to practicing engineers, researchers and students working in control
theory, feedback design, and other related areas. Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Decompositions of Large-Scale Systems
Chapter 2. Information Structure Constraints
Chapter 3. Algebraic Constraints on the Gain Matrix
Chapter 4. Regions of Attraction
Chapter 5. Parametric Stability
Chapter 6. Future Directions: Dynamic Graphs
Bibliography (at the end of each chapter)
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3.1 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems
Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov,
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JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Incorporating Dynamics and Control
http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/10883
Vol 16, No. 1 January 2010 CONTENTS Closed Loop Stability of Measure-Driven Impulsive Control Systems
W.J. Code and G.N. Silva
1--21 Compact Global Attractors of Control Systems
D. Cheban
23--44 Existence of Travelling Waves in a Diffusive Vector Disease Model
with Distributed Delay
Guo-Can Huang and Hai-Feng Huo
45--57 Homotopy of Dynamical Systems on Manifolds
and Morse Theory on Covering Space
L. A. Luxemburg
59--76 Boundary Singularities and Characteristics
of Hamilton--Jacobi Equation
A. Melikyan and G. J. Olsder
77--99 Generic Profit Singularities in Time Averaged Optimization.
The Case of a Control Space with a Regular Boundary
H. Mena-Matos
101--120 Higher-Order Smoothing Splines versus Least Squares Problems
on Riemannian Manifolds
L. Machado, F. Silva Leite, and K. Krakowski
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contributed by: Maria Prandini,
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European Journal of Control
Table of Contents
Volume 16, Issue n. 2, 2010 Modelling and controller design for a UV disinfection plant
Simon van Mourik, Bernard J. Geurts, Hans Zwart, Karel Keesman Identification of frequency of biased harmonic signal
Stanislav Aranovskiy, Alexey Bobtsov, Artem Kremlev, Nikolay Nikolaev, Olga Slita Adaptive control for a mobile robot under slip conditions using an LMI-based
approach Ramon Gonzalez, Mirko Fiacchini, Teodoro Alamo, Jose Luis Guzman,
and Francisco Rodriguez A Decentralized Sliding Control Approach for Distributed Simulation of
Differential-Algebraic Equation Systems S.M. Azizi, B.W. Gordon, and
V. Ramachandran A Control Based Solution for Integrated Dynamic Capacity Assignment, Congestion
Control and Scheduling in Wireless Networks
Francesco Delli Priscoli Consensus of Second-Order Delayed Multi-Agent Systems with Leader-Following
Hong-Yong Yang , Xun-Lin Zhu, Si-Ying Zhang *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.3 Contents: AIChE Journal
Contributed by: Youqing Wang,
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AIChE Journal Volume 56 Issue 2 (February 2010) Efficient optimization strategies with constraint programming (p 387-404)
Prakash R. Kotecha, Mani Bhushan, Ravindra D. Gudi Enhancing molecular discovery using descriptor-free rearrangement clustering
techniques for sparse data sets (p 405-418)
Peter A. DiMaggio Jr., Scott R. McAllister, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Xiao-
Jiang Feng, Genyuan Li, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Herschel A. Rabitz Integrated multi-echelon supply chain design with inventories under uncertainty:
MINLP models, computational strategies (p 419-440) Fengqi You, Ignacio E. Grossmann Recipe determination and scheduling of gasoline blending operations (p 441-465)
Jie Li, I. A. Karimi, Rajagopalan Srinivasan *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.4 Contents: Journal of Process Control
Contributed by: Youqing Wang,
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Journal of Process Control Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 1-124 (January 2010) Regular Articles
3. Real-time hybrid predictive modeling of the Teniente Converter
Pages 3-17
M. Schaaf, Z. Gómez, A. Cipriano 4. Properties and control of the quadruple-tank process with multivariable
dead-times Pages 18-28 D. Shneiderman, Z.J. Palmor 5. Cascaded two-degree-of-freedom control of seeded batch crystallisations
based on explicit system inversion Pages 29-44
Tobias Kleinert, Martin Weickgenannt, Bernd Judat, Veit Hagenmeyer 6. On unscented Kalman filtering with state interval constraints Pages 45-57
Bruno O.S. Teixeira, Leonardo A.B. Tôrres, Luis A. Aguirre, Dennis S. Bernstein 7. Estimation of process parameters on a moving horizon for a class of
distributed parameter systems Pages 58-62
Stephan Studener, Khaled Habaieb, Boris Lohmann, Roland Wolf 8. Generalized predictive control and tuning of industrial processes with
second order plus dead time models Pages 63-72
A.R. Neshasteriz, A. Khaki Sedigh, H. Sadjadian 9. Adaptive peak seeking control of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Pages 73-82 Ravi N. Methekar, Sachin C. Patwardhan, Ravindra D. Gudi, Vinay Prasad 10. Time delay estimation for MIMO dynamical systems – With time-frequency domain analysis
Pages 83-94
Boyi Ni, Deyun Xiao, Sirish L. Shah 11. Free-living inferential modeling of blood glucose level using only noninvasive inputs
Pages 95-107
Derrick K. Rollins, Nidhi Bhandari, Jim Kleinedler, Kaylee Kotz, Amber Strohbehn,
Lindsay Boland, Megan Murphy, Dave Andre, Nisarg Vyas, Greg Welk, Warren E. Franke 12. Development of Box–Jenkins type time series models by combining conventional
and orthonormal basis filter approaches Pages 108-120
Lemma D. Tufa, M. Ramasamy, Sachin C. Patwardhan, M. Shuhaimi Corrigendum
13. Corrigendum to “On the control of non-linear processes: An IDA-PBC approach”
(H. Ramírez et al., Journal of Process Control 19 (1) (2009) 405–414) Pages 121-122
Carles Batlle, Romeo Ortega, Daniel Sbarbaro, Hector Ramírez
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Contributed by: Changan Jiang,
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International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems, vol. 2, no. 1/2, January, 2010
The articles can be retrieved on IEEE Xplore:
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=308&year=2010&vol=2&issue=1/2 Contents:
Special Issue on Human Adaptive Mechatronics: Editorial
pp. 1-3 Accelerated norm-optimal iterative learning control
D.H. Owens, B. Chu
pp. 4-18 Minimum entropy control for a class of macro-micro robot based on ILC frame
Haiyong Chen, De Xu, Ping Yang, Hong Wang
pp. 19-27 A self-paced online BCI for mobile robot control
Tao Geng, John Q. Gan, Huosheng Hu
pp. 28-35 Design and implementation of a brain-computer interface based on virtual instrumentation
Genghuang Yang, Longteng Xiao, Hui Shen, Yan Bian, Li Zhao, Shigang Cui
pp. 36-45 Towards human skill adaptive manual control
K. Tervo, H. Koivo
pp. 46-58 Topological localisation based on monocular vision and unsupervised learning
Zeng-Shun Zhao, Zeng-Guang Hou, Xiao-Guang Zhao, Min Tan
pp. 59-67 Review of modelling and remote control for excavators
Hongnian Yu, Yang Liu, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan
pp. 68-80 Robotic small unmanned aerial vehicle system for disaster information gathering
Jinjun Rao, Tongyue Gao, Zhenbang Gong, Jun Luo
pp. 81-89 From the biological model to a small climbing caterpillar robot
H.X. Zhang, J.W. Zhang, W. Wang
pp. 90-98 Design and validation of an FPGA-based self-healing controller for hybrid machine tools
Shouwen Fan, Robert Bicker
pp. 99-107 Additional Papers: ILC-based model reference neuro-adaptive technique for stochastic distribution control
Puya Afshar, Hong Wang
pp. 108-116 Accumulative drift model of inertial platform under high frequency linear vibration
Zhen Xian Fu, Quan Min Zhu, Hassan Nouri
pp. 117-123 A novel mechatronic design of a 3D laser scanning system
Zi Ma, Yang Wang, Aiguo Li, Furong Gao, Quanmin Zhu
pp. 124-131 Face pose estimation from eyes and mouth
M. Shafi, P.W.H. Chung
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Contriubted by: Becky Lonberger,
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Table of Contents of Automatica Volume 46 (2010), Issue 1 (January) Regular Papers Frequency-domain identification of continuous-time output error models:
Part I - Uniformly sampled data and frequency-function approximation
Jonas Gillberg, Lennart Ljung Frequency-domain identification of continuous-time output error models:
Part II - Non-uniformly sampled data and B-spline output approximation
Jonas Gillberg, Lennart Ljung Parameter estimation and compensation in systems with nonlinearly
parameterized perturbations
Håvard Fjær Grip, Tor Arne Johansen, Lars Imsland, Glenn-Ole Kaasa An integral predictive/nonlinear H-infinity control structure for a
quad-rotor helicopter
Guilherme Vianna Raffo, M. G. Ortega, Francisco R. Rubio Bayesian system identification via Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques
Brett Ninness, Soren Henriksen Distributed model predictive control of nonlinear systems subject to
asynchronous and delayed measurements
Jinfeng Liu, David Muñoz de la Peña, Panagiotis D. Christofides Realization of Boolean control networks
Daizhan Cheng, Zhiqiang Li, Hongsheng Qi Gossip consensus algorithms via quantized communication
Ruggero Carli, Fabio Fagnani, Paolo Frasca, Sandro Zampieri A new kernel-based approach for linear system identification
Gianluigi Pillonetto, Giuseppe De Nicolao Brief Papers Rational approximations in simulation and implementation of fractional
order dynamics: A descriptor system approach
Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei, Mohammad Haeri Distribution function tracking filter design using hybrid characteristic functions
Jinlin Zhou, Donghua Zhou, Hong Wang, Lei Guo, Tianyou Chai Performance improvement of robust controllers for polynomially uncertain systems
Javad Lavaei, Amir Aghdam Global stablization of complex networks with digraph topologies via a local
pinning algorithm
Wenlian Lu, Xiang Li, Zhihai Rong On the equivalence between stable inversion for nonminimum phase systems and
reciprocal transfer functions defined by the two-sided Laplace transform
Takuya Sogo Power-based control of physical systems
Eloisa Garcia-Canseco, Dimitri Jeltsema, Romeo Ortega, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen Sufficient conditions for connectivity maintenance and rendezvous in leader-
follower networks
Tove Gustavi, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Magnus Egerstedt, Xiaoming Hu Composite adaptive control for Euler-Lagrange systems with additive disturbances
Parag Patre, William Mackunis, Marcus Johnson, Warren E. Dixon Observer design via immersion and invariance for vision-based leader-follower
formation control
Fabio Morbidi, Gianluca Mariottini, Domenico Prattichizzo An adaptive controller for nonlinear teleoperators
Emmanuel Nuño, Romeo Ortega, Luis Basanez Passivity-based switching control of flexible-joint complementarity mechanical systems
Irinel Constantin Morarescu, Bernard Brogliato Noncausal linear periodically time-varying scaling for robust stability analysis
of discrete-time systems: Frequency-dependent scaling induced by static separators
Tomomichi Hagiwara, Yasuhiro Ohara Collective motions and formations under pursuit strategies on directed acyclic graphs
Wei Ding, Gangfeng Yan, Zhiyun Lin A globally exponentially convergent immersion and invariance speed observer for
mechanical systems with non–holonomic constraints
Alessandro Astolfi, Romeo Ortega, Aneesh Venkatraman Non-conservative matrix inequality conditions for stability/stabilizability of
linear differential inclusions
Tingshu Hu, Franco Blanchini Synchronization of complex dynamical networks under recoverable attacks
Yan-Wu Wang, Hua O. Wang, Jiang-Wen Xiao, Zhi-Hong Guan Geometric properties of partial least squares for process monitoring
Gang Li, S. Joe Qin, Donghua Zhou A state-feedback approach to event-based control
Jan Lunze, Daniel Lehmann Delay-dependent stability of reset systems
Antonio Barreiro, ALFONSO BAÑOS Technical Communiques Gain-scheduled, model-based anti-windup for LPV systems
Fulvio Forni, Sergio Galeani Improvements on the efficiency of linear MPC
Shuang Li, Basil Kouvaritakis, Mark Cannon Closed-form solution for a class of continuous-time algebraic Riccati equations
Alejandro J. Rojas Correspondence Items A counterexample to "Generalized eigenvalue-based stability tests for 2-D linear
systems: Necessary and sufficient conditions" by Fu, P., Chen, J., and S.I. Niculescu
Paolo Rapisarda, Kiyotsugu Takaba Author's reply to "A counterexample to 'Generalized eigenvalue-based stability
tests for 2-D linear systems: necessary and sufficient conditions'"
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Contriubted by: Becky Lonberger,
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Table of Contents of Automatica Volume 46 (2010), Issue 2 (February) Regular Papers Dynamical properties of hybrid systems simulators
Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel Multi-model unfalsified adaptive switching supervisory control
Simone Baldi, Giorgio Battistelli, Edoardo Mosca, Pietro Tesi On the equivalence of time and frequency domain maximum likelihood estimation
Juan C Aguero, Juan I. Yuz, Graham C. Goodwin, Ramón A. Delgado Unknown input observer for state affine systems: A necessary and sufficient condition
Hassan Hammouri, Zied TMAR Adaptive posicast controller for time-delay systems with relative degree n*<=2
Yildiray Yildiz, Anuradha Annaswamy, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Diana Yanakiev Fault diagnosis of a class of nonlinear uncertain systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities
using adaptive estimation
Xiaodong Zhang, Marios M. Polycarpou, Thomas Parisini Design of consensus and adaptive-consensus filters for distributed parameter systems
Michael A. Demetriou A unified method for the design of non-overshooting linear multivariable state- feedback tracking controllers
Robert Schmid, Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis Brief Papers Discrete-time dynamic average consensus
Minghui Zhu, Sonia Martinez A power system nonlinear adaptive decentralized controller design
Rui Yan, Zhao Yang Dong, T. K. Saha, Rajat Majumder On absolute stability approach to quantized feedback control
Bin Zhou, Guang-Ren Duan, James Lam Sliding-mode observers for systems with unknown inputs: A high-gain approach
Karanjit Kalsi, Jianming Lian, Stefen Hui, Stanislaw H. Zak Reconstruction of the Fourier expansion of inputs of linear time-varying systems
Jonathan Chauvin, Nicolas Petit On robust stability of LTI fractional-order delay systems of retarded and neutral type
Kamran Akbari Moornani, Mohammad Haeri Modeling and identification of systems with backlash
Jozef Voros An insight into instrumental variable frequency-domain subspace identification
Huseyin Akcay A convex optimization approach to filtering in jump linear systems with state dependent transitions
Agostino Capponi Decentralized estimation and control of graph connectivity for mkobile sensor networks
Peng Yang, Randy Freeman, Geoffrey Gordon, Kevin M. Lynch, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Rahul Sukthankar Near-optimal control problems for linear forward-backward stochastic systems
Jianhui Huang, Xun Li, Guangchen Wang SMC design for robust H-infinity control of uncertain stochastic delay systems
Lirong Huang, Xuerong Mao Adaptive output control of uncertain nonlinear systems with non-symmetric dead-zone input
Ma Hong-Jun, Guang-hong Yang A refined input delay approach to sampled-data control
Emilia Fridman Control system design subject to SNR constraints
Eduardo I Silva, Graham C. Goodwin, Daniel E. Quevedo Multi-rate stochastic H-infinity filtering for networked multi-sensor fusion
Yan Liang, Tongwen Chen, Quan Pan Estimating the region of attraction for large-scale systems with uncertainties
Aleksandar I. Zecevic, Dragoslav D. Siljak Speed regulation in steering-based source seeking
Nima Ghods, Miroslav Krstic Partitioning datasets based on equalities among parameters
Riccardo Porreca, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate Technical Communiques Improved delay-range-dependent stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delays
Jian Sun, Guoping Liu, Jie Chen, David Rees Time-invariant uncertain systems: A necessary and sufficient condition for stability
and instability via HPD-QLFs
Graziano Chesi Modified criterion for global asymptotic stability of fixed-point state-space digital
filters using two’s complement arithmetic
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contributed by: Youqing Wang,
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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume 49, Issue 2 (January 20, 2010) Turbulent Liquid−Liquid Dispersion in Sulzer SMX Mixer
Flicie Theron, Nathalie Le Sauze and Alain Ricard
pp 623–632 An Analysis of Some Unit-Specific Event-Based Models for the Short-Term Scheduling
of Noncontinuous Processes Jie Li, Naresh Susarla, I. A. Karimi, Munawar A. Shaik
and Christodoulos A. Floudas
pp 633–647 New Approach To Develop Dynamic Gray Box Model for a Plasticating Twin-Screw Extruder
Mohammad H. Iqbal, Uttandaraman Sundararaj and Sirish L. Shah
pp 648–657 Detection of Safe Operating Regions: A Novel Dynamic Process Simulator Based
Predictive Alarm Management Approach Tams Varga, Ferenc Szeifert and Jnos Abonyi
pp 658–668 Phase-Based Joint Modeling and Spectroscopy Analysis for Batch Processes Monitoring
Chunhui Zhao, Furong Gao and Fuli Wang
pp 669–681 Conceptual Evaluation of Integrated Process Configurations for the Recovery of
l-Phenylalanine Product Crystals during Fermentation
Maria C. Cuellar, Adrie J. J. Straathof, Emile J. A. X. van de Sandt, Joseph
J. Heijnen and Luuk A. M. van der Wielen
pp 682–689 Simple Analytical min−max Model Matching Approach to Robust Proportional-
Integrative-Derivative Tuning with Smooth Set-Point Response
S. Alcntara, C. Pedret, R. Vilanova and W. D. Zhang Optimal Production Scheduling and Lot-Sizing in Dairy Plants: The Yogurt Production Line
Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner and Michael C. Georgiadis
pp 701–718 Design and Control of the Cumene Process
William L. Luyben
pp 719–734 Design and Control of Dimethyl Carbonate−Methanol Separation via Extractive
Distillation in the Dimethyl Carbonate Reactive-Distillation Process
Kai-Yi Hsu, Yuan-Chang Hsiao and I-Lung Chien
pp 735–749 Plantwide Design of Transesterification Reactive Distillation to Co-Generate Ethyl Acetate and n-Butanol
San-Jang Wang, Hsiao-Ping Huang and Cheng-Ching Yu
pp 750–760 Multivariable Process Control: Decentralized, Decoupling, or Sparse?
Yuling Shen, Wen-Jian Cai and Shaoyuan Li
pp 761–771
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3.9 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu,
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Asian Journal of Control
Vol.12, No.1
January, 2010
CONTENTS Regular papers:
1. Paper Title: Identification of Cascaded Systems with Linear and Quantized Observations
Authors: Le Yi Wang, G. Yin, and Cheng-Zhong Xu 2. Paper Title: Proximal Point Method for Optimal Control Processes Governed by Ordinary
Differential Equations
Authors: IVadim Azhmyakov and Salvador Noriega Morales 3. Paper Title: Recursive Identification for Dynamic Systems with Backlash
Authors: Ruili Dong, Yonghong Tan, and Hui Chen 4. Paper Title: Design of Robust Non-fragile H-infinity Filters for Uncertain Neutral Stochastic
Systems with Distributed Delays
Authors: Bo Song, Shengyuan Xu, Jianwei Xia, Yun Zou, and Yuming Chu 5. Paper Title: Delay Distribution Based Robust H-infinity Control of Networked Control Systems with
Uncertainties
Authors: Chen Peng, Dong Yue, and Yu-Chu Tian 6. Paper Title: Properties of Parameter-dependent Open-loop MPC for Uncertain Systems with Polytopic
Description
Authors: Baocang Ding 7. Paper Title: Controller Design Based on Similar Skew-Symmetric Structure for Nonlinear Plants
Authors: Yicheng Liu, Tao Zhang, Jingyan Song, and Bin Liang Brief papers:
1. Paper Title: Minimizing Operating Points for Way Point Tracking of an Unstable Nonlinear Plant
Authors: Guangyu Liu and Ran Yang 2. Paper Title: A New Tracking Controller for Discrete Time SISO Non Minimum Phase Systems
Authors: Mohsen Ruzbehani 3. Paper Title: Globally Decentralized Adaptive Backstepping Neural Network Tracking Control
for Unknown Nonlinear Interconnected Systems
Authors: Weisheng Chen and Junmin Li 4. Paper Title: On a Robust Synchronization Problem via Internal Model Approach
Authors: Weijie Sun and Jie Huang 5. Paper Title: Output Feedback Stabilization of a Class of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems with Delays in Input
Authors: Jun-e Feng and Shengyuan Xu
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3.10 Contents: Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing
Contributed by: Patrick Keene,
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Special Issue on Low-Power Digital Filter Design Techniques and Their Applications;
Guest Editors: Yong Lian and Ya Jun Yu Volume 28, Issue 6
Table of Contents:
* Guest Editorial: Low-Power Digital Filter Design Techniques and Their Applications
Yong Lian & Ya Jun Yu * Frequency-Response Masking Filters Based on Serial Masking Schemes
Ying Wei & Yong Lian
* Synthesis of Wideband Linear-Phase FIR Filters with a Piecewise-Polynomial-Sinusoidal
Impulse Response
Raija Lehto, Tapio Saramäki, & Olli Vainio
* Digital Filter Design Using Computer Algebra Systems
Miroslav D. Lutovac, Jelena D. Ćertić & Ljiljana D. Milić * Optimization of Linear Phase FIR Filters in Dynamically Expanding Subexpression
Space
Ya Jun Yu & Yong Ching Lim * Integer Linear Programming-Based Bit-Level Optimization for High-Speed FIR Decimation
Filter Architectures
Anton Blad & Oscar Gustafsson * Two Classes of Cosine-Modulated IIR/IIR and IIR/FIR NPR Filter Banks
Linnéa Rosenbaum, Per Löwenborg & Håkan Johansson * Quality Analog Scramblers Using Frequency-Response Masking Filter Banks
Y.C. Lim, J.W. Lee, & S.W. Foo * A Low-Power Memory-Efficient Resampling Architecture for Particle Filters
Shao-Hua Hong, Zhi-Guo Shi, Ji-Ming Chen, & Kang-Sheng Chen
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Contributed by: Gamar Mammadova,
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TWMS Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics,Vol.1, No.1, 2010
ISSN 2076-2585 Mathematical Modeling of the Well-bed System While Gaslift Operation the Records
of Immersion Depth Effect
F.A. Aliev, M.A. Jamalbayov, S.M. Nasibov On the Basicity from Exponents in Lebesgue Spaces with Variable Exponents
Bilalov B.T., Guseynov Z.G Optimal Real-Time Control of Nondeterministic Models on Imperfect Measurements
of Input and Output Signals
R.Gabasov, F.M.Kirillova, E.I.Poyasok Inequalities for B-convolution Operators
Akif D. Gadjiev, Mubariz G. Hajibayov A Perturbative Approach to the Solution for Expectation Value Based Quantum
Optimal Control of Multiharmonic Oscillators under Linear Control Agents
Esma Meral, Metin Demiralp On Nonclassical Limit Theorems for Sums of Independent Random Variables
Shakir Formanov, Askar Akhmedov, Lola Sharipova Some Integral Formulas for Closed Minimally Immersed Hypersurface in the Unit Sphere Sn+1
Mihriban Külahci, Mahmut Ergüt Identities of Dual Leibniz Algebras
Altyngul Naurazbekova, Ualbai Umirbaev Log-concave Measures
D. Feyel , A.S.Üstünel Optimal Control of the Neumann Problem for the Nonlinear Elliptic Equation without
the Differentiability of the Control-state Mapping
Simon Serovajsky Some Integral Formulas for Compact Surfaces
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Contributed by: Fernando Camisani,
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Journal: Control Engineering Practice
Volume: 18
Number: 1
Year: 2010
Date: January Editorial Board, Page IFC Multi-step prediction error approach for controller performance monitoring, Pages
1-12, Yu Zhao, Jian Chu, Hongye Su, Biao Huang
Open Preview PDF (788 K) | Related Articles An adaptive self-organizing fuzzy sliding mode controller for a 2-DOF rehabilitation
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23-30, Olli Haavisto Tracking and anti-sway control for boom cranes, Pages 31-44, Jörg Neupert,
Eckhard Arnold, Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny An algorithm for computerized automatic tuning of power system stabilizers,
Pages 45-54, Ricardo V. de Oliveira, Rodrigo A. Ramos, Newton G. Bretas Induction machine speed control with flux optimization, Pages 55-66, H. Ouadi,
F. Giri, A. Elfadili, L. Dugard Multi-objective optimization and selection for the PI control of ALSTOM gasifier
problem, Pages 67-76, Yali Xue, Donghai Li, Furong Gao Use of dynamic modelling and plant historian data for improved control design,
Pages 77-83, Philip Masding, Barry Lennox Nonlinear pressure control of self-supplied variable displacement axial piston
pumps, Pages 84-93, W. Kemmetmüller, F. Fuchshumer, A. Kugi Adaptive relay-based control of household freezers with on-off actuators,
Pages 94-102, Alberto Leva, Luigi Piroddi, Massimiliano Di Felice, Alessandro Boer,
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Contributed by: Frank Allgower,
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CALL FOR PAPERS for an
Automatica Special Issue on Systems Biology
The control community has made significant contributions to the field of systems biology, bringing rigorous tools
from dynamic systems, feedback, modeling and robustness analysis. These contributions range from elegant theories
to explain principles of regulation, to more technological developments that advance the state of treatments and
therapies. The field has reached a certain level of maturity in both tools and applications that make the
timing opportune for a special issue capturing its current state of development. Accordingly, this special
issue of Automatica will address the state of the art in theories, tools, and applications of control to systems
biology. Among the topics to be covered in the special issue are:
- Robustness in gene regulatory networks
- Information processing in signal transduction cascades
- Control architectures that shed light on biological regulation
_ Multiple scales of length and time in biophysical networks
- Network inference and problems of model identification
- Synchronization phenomena in coupled oscillators at the cellular and subcellular level
- Control principles that led to novel approaches to drug target identification
- Novel approaches to biomarkers in complex biophysical models
- Applications of control principles to specific disease problems (with clinical or experimental studies)
High quality papers on topics listed above, or related ones, are invited for publication in the Special Issue.
The timetable is:
Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010
Tentative Publication Date: March 2011 The Special Issue will be prepared by a team consisting of guest editor, Francis J. Doyle III, and Automatica
Editor Frank Allgöwer. Prospective authors should submit their contributions by February 1, 2010 via the Automatica web-based paper
handling system, available at http://www.autsubmit.com.
Submissions can be in either full paper format or brief paper format. They should be submitted as a Special
Issue Paper to Special Issue Corresponding Editor Frank Doyle. The submission site is open starting October
2009. Frank Allgower
Automatica Editor for
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Contributed by:
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Call for Papers: IET Control Theory & Applications is seeking contributions for a forthcoming
Special Issue dedicated to Continuous-time Model Identification, to be guest
edited by Hugues Garnier, Torsten Soderstrom and Juan Yuz. Full details including submission and publication timelines can be found here: http://www.ietdl.org/journals/doc/IEEDRL-home/info/pdf/cta_ctmi.pdf *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.15 CFP: IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
Contributed by: L. Baldwin,
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A brand new journal, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation (launching
March 2011) is accepting submissions at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iet-est
from 01-Feb-2010. Email
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Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu,
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CALL FOR PAPERS
“Analysis and Control of Biological Networks”
A Special Issue of Asian Journal of Control
http://www.ajc.org.tw In systems biology, one of the ultra goals is to engineer unnatural organic molecules
that function in living systems to investigate natural biological phenomena and for
a variety of applications. In control engineering, the overall aim is to synthesize
controllers which can achieve desired performance. The notion of feedback, which is
the core of control engineering, is now a central recurring theme in the design of
biological regulatory networks. In fact, feedback is so prevalent in biological
systems that it can be found at all levels of organization, from the molecular and
cellular levels, to the organism and ecological levels. It is impossible to overstate
the importance of feedback as a strategy for the maintenance and evolution of life.
Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that ideas from control theory will lead to new
understanding of the underlying biological processes, and therefore have potential
applications in system biology and synthetic biology. The complexity of biological networks (BNs) poses many challenges for scientists and
engineers. In particular, the biological systems have apparently become dependent on
the complex infrastructure of the networks to such an extent that it is difficult to
analyse and control these networks thoroughly with our current capabilities. Therefore,
there is an urgent need to research into modelling, analysis, synchronization and control
of BNs using the available systems and control theory. Although many fundamental questions
have been addressed with the hope to understand network structures and dynamic properties,
some major problems have not been fully investigated, such as the behaviours of switching,
oscillating, stability, synchronization and chaos control for BNs, as well as their
applications in systems biology and bioinformatics. This special issue aims to bring together the latest advances in analysis and control of
biological networks, which comprise gene regulatory networks, signal transduction networks,
metabolite networks and intra-species or interspecies communication networks in microbial
communities. Topics of this special include, but are not limited to the following aspects:
(1) systems and control analysis of BNs; (2) Modelling of BNs; (3) dynamics analysis of
regulatory motifs; (4) robustness and fragility analysis of BNs; (5) synchronization of
BNs; (6) design of synthetic BNs, and (7) methods and algorithms for BN analysis.
Guest Editors:
Prof. Luonan Chen
Osaka Sangyo University
Japan
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Prof. James Lam
The University of Hong Kong
China
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Prof. Zidong Wang
Brunel University
United Kingdom
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Important Dates:
Jan. 1, 2010 Call for Papers
June 30, 2010 Deadline for Paper Submission
Oct. 31, 2010 Completion of First Review
Feb. 28, 2011 Completion of Final Review
Sep. 30, 2011 Publication (Tentatively Vol.13, No.5) Potential authors are strongly encouraged to upload the electronic file of their manuscript
(in PDF format) through journal website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/asjc. If you encounter any submission problem, feel free to contact Prof. Li-Chen Fu, Editor-in-Chief:
Professor Li-Chen Fu
Department of Electrical Engineering, EE II-524
National Taiwan University
Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-3366-3558
Fax: +886-2-2365-4267
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All submission should include a title page containing the title of the paper, an abstract
and a list of keywords, authors’ full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic
address, phone and fax numbers. The contacting author should be clearly identified. For detailed
submission guidelines, please visit http://www.ajc.org.tw.
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Contributed by: Lihua Xie,
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Call for Papers
Journal of Control Theory and Applications (Springer)
(http://www.jcta.ac.cn/cta_en/ch/common_item.aspx?parent_id=7&menu_id=20091228164518001&flag=1&child=0&is_three_menu=0)
Special Issue on
Wireless Sensor Networks: From Theory to Practices and Applications
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is characterized by the dense deployment of sensor
nodes that continuously observe physical phenomenon. The main advantages of WSN
include its low cost, rapid deployment, self-organization, and fault tolerance.
WSN has received tremendous interests of various research communities, and significant
progresses have been made in various aspects including sensor platform development,
wireless communication and networking, application signal and information processing,
as well as network performance evaluation and design. Such work has established good
foundation for WSN research and development. The research and development of WSNs are stimulated by novel exciting applications.
For example, WSNs, particularly the wireless body sensor network, make the old
people/patient healthcare monitoring possible in smart home environment, where
advanced signal processing algorithms are required to extract medical parameters
like heart beat rate from raw sensor measurements such as ECG signal, estimation
algorithms are required for occupant location and motion tracking, and machine
learning algorithms are required for occupant activity recognition. The indoor
environment (e.g., temperature and humidity) can be monitored by ambient wireless
sensor network, and help design highly efficient distributed air-conditioning
control system to improve the energy efficiency and enhance occupant comfort. Such WSN applications must address a number of key technological challenges
induced by limited network resources such as node energy and network bandwidth.
As a result, the application algorithms should be resource constrained and the
network protocols should be application-driven. Advanced closed-loop system can
be expected as an integrated system solution to link the application algorithms
and the lower layer networking protocols by means of control theoretic or
optimization approaches. To be scalable and reliable, such algorithms and
protocols should also be distributed in nature via node local processing and
collaboration with limited information exchange to achieve complex overall
network goal. This special issue is a follow-up of the previous special issue on Networked
Sensing, Decision Making and Control in Journal of Control Theory and Applications
organized by Lihua Xie and Frank L. Lewis, which received warm responses. Different
from that special issue, which mainly addresses the theoretic approaches for WSNs
and networked control systems challenged by network uncertainties and limited
resources, this special issue will be more focused on novel real WSN applications
and application-driven research and development. Papers with real practices on
platform development, network deployment, and system operational lessons or
experience are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• WSN theoretic approaches:
- Distributed and collaborative signal processing
- Target detection, classification, and tracking
- Network modeling and optimization
- Sensor tasking, control, and actuation
- Coverage and topology control
- Adaptive and mobile sampling
- Consensus estimation and cooperation
• WSN applications:
- Healthcare monitoring
- Environment monitoring
- Surveillance system
- Networked manufacturing system
- Structural health monitoring;
- Cognitive sensing and spectrum management
- Military and battlefield applications
All the submissions will be subject to peer review in accordance with the standard
review procedures of the Journal of Control Theory and Applications. Prospective
authors are invited to submit manuscripts in PDF format to one of the guest editors below: Wendong Xiao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore,
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Sajal K. Das, the University of Texas at Arlington, USA,
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Haibin Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China,
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Chen Khong Tham, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore,
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Important Dates
1 March 2010 Deadline for submissions
1 May 2010 Acceptance notification
1 August 2010 Final manuscripts
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Contributed by: C.C. Cheah,
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THE 4th IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CYBERNETICS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (CIS)
and
THE 4th IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ROBOTICS, AUTOMATION AND MECHATRONICS (RAM)
28--30 JUNE, 2010
Singapore
HTTP://WWW.CIS-RAM.ORG/2010/
The 4th IEEE intentional conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) and the
4th IEEE intentional conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) will be
held in Singapore from 28th to 30th June 2010. The goal of the CIS 2010 and RAM 2010 is
to bring together experts from the fields of cybernetics, intelligent systems, robotics,
automation and mechatronics to discuss on the state-of-the-art and to present new research
findings and perspectives of future developments with respect to the conference themes.
The conferences welcome paper submissions from academics, researchers, engineers, and
students worldwide.
About Singapore: Unique is the word that best captures Singapore, a dynamic city rich
in contrast and colour where you'll find a harmonious blend of culture, cuisine, arts
and architecture. A bridge between the East and the West for centuries, Singapore, located
in the heart of fascinating Southeast Asia, continues to embrace tradition and modernity
today. Brimming with unbridled energy and bursting with exciting events, the city offers
countless unique, memorable experiences waiting to be discovered. A single day's trails
will take you from the past to the future, from a colourful ethnic enclave to an efficient
business centre, from serene gardens to sleek skyscrapers. Singapore is truly a city like
no other, a world of possibilities. With its friendly and welcoming people, state-of-the-art
infrastructure and something new happening everyday, your stay will be a memorable mix-and-match
of all the things you have always wanted to do. Come and enjoy countless fascinating experiences,
and take away memories that are uniquely Singapore.
Invited Sessions: The conference will feature invited sessions on specialized topics of
interests. The invited sessions are intended to usher in, in-depth discussions in special
areas relevant to the conference theme. The session organizers will coordinate the associated
review process. The conference proceedings will include all papers from the invited sessions.
Paper Submission: Papers must be written in English and should describe original work. Papers
should be submitted in the form *.pdf to http://www.cis-ram.org/2010/onl-pap.html by 18th
January 2010. The length of the paper is limited to a maximum of 6 pages (A4 size, single
spacing, Times Roman of font size 10, double columns format), including figures, tables and
references. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers.
Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one of the authors
is officially registered.
All the papers in the conference proceedings will be indexed in the IEEE Library, ISI
Proceedings, and EI Compendex database.
Important Deadlines:
Conference/Invited Session Paper Submission : 18 January 2010
Notification of Acceptance : 15 March 2010
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Contributed by: Ling Shi,
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Call for Papers for the 1st International Workshop on
Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN-2010)
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/WiSARN2010/ To be held in conjunction with the
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia
Networks (WoWMoM 2010)June 14-17, 2010, Montreal, Canada. Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSAN) are the confluence point
where the traditional fields of wireless sensor networks (WSN),
robot networks and control theory meet. In WSAN, nodes collaborate to
accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by the control
and mobility of actors, the networking process and applications embrace a whole
new set of possibilities. Actors may deploy, repair and relocate sensors to
improve coverage, build routes and fix network partition to ensure data
communication, change network topology to shape routing patterns and balance
energy consumption, and respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner. The benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field,
WSAN are in need of new networking techniques, by which they can fully
exploit their particularities and potentials. WiSARN aims to bring
together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification
and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for
current and future applications of WSAN. Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in ALL aspects of WSAN, WSN,
robot networks, and robotics and automation. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* Autonomous sensor networks
* Emergent behavior in WSAN
* Modeling and simulation of WSAN
* WSAN architectural and operational models
* Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication
* Sensor-actor (robot) and actor-actor coordination
* Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols
* Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols
* Distributed control and management in WSAN
* Neighborhood discovery and mobility management
* Communication protocols for swarms of mobile actors (robots)
* Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots
* Actor (robot) task assignment
* Biologically inspired communication
* Ecological systems
* Architectures and topology control
* Localization in WSAN
* Probabilistic integration in WSAN
* Quality of service, security and robustness issues
* Applications and prototypes
* Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
* Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing Accepted papers with a FULL registration to the main conference will be included
in the conference proceedings. No-shows of accepted papers at the workshop will
result in those papers NOT being included in the IEEE Digital Library. Selected
best papers will be invited to a special issue of Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks:
an international journal. Important dates
Paper submission: Feb. 15, 2010
Author notification: Mar. 25, 2010
Camera ready: Apr. 10, 2010
Workshop day: Jun. 17, 2010 General Chair
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada Program Co-Chairs
Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China
Hannes Frey, Univerity of Paderburn, Germany
Xu Li, University of Ottawa, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs
Nathalie Mitton, INRIA, France
Ling Shi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Gongjun Yan, Old Dominion University, USA Submission Chair
Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, Canada For further information, please refer to the above WiSARN 2010 website,
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4.3 8th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems
Contributed by: Agnes Schubert,
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We invite you to submit a paper/abstract in the area of "Marine Systems"
included in the 8th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems
(CAMS 2010) to be held on September 15 -17, 2010 in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. www.cams2010.uni-rostock.de The scope of the CAMS 2010 conference is to bring together players in new
technologies, methodologies and development of control systems that are
significant for surface vessels, floating structures, sub-sea vehicles, and
other devices within the marine environment. The aim of the CAMS 2010 is to highlight all these topics, present the state
of the art and the current research activities and advances in this field,
establish the lines of innovative activities and analyze the transfers of
innovative solutions to the industrial production of marine systems. IMPORTANT DATES
Extended Abstracts: 22.03.2010
Invited Session, Tutorial/Workshop Proposal: 22.03.2010
Decision on Paper Acceptance: 31.05.2010
Final Paper Due: 30.06.2010
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Contributed by: Seenith Sivasundaram,
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"ICNPAA 2010 World Congress: Mathematical problems in engineering,
aerospace and sciences" to be held in São José dos Campos (SP), Brazil, on June
30, 2010 – July 3, 2010. website: http://www.icnpaa.com
Conference General Organizer: Seenith Sivasundaram
Conference local Organizers:Antonio F Bertachini A Prado and Vivian M Gomes
Conference Coordinator: Eva Kaslik
Conference Program Chairs: Stefan Balint, Antonio F.B.A. Prado
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Contributed by: Joerg Raisch,
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The 10th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES2010)
will be held on the campus of TU Berlin, August 30 - September 1, 2010. The Workshop Series on Discrete Event Systems started in 1992. Since
then, workshops have been held every two years: in Prague
(1992), Antibes (1994), Edinburgh (1996), Cagliari (1998), Ghent (2000),
Zaragoza (2002), Reims (2004), Ann Arbor, Michigan (2006)
and Gothenborg (2008). WODES 2010 will provide researchers from different fields (control
theoreticians and control engineers, software engineers and
computer scientists, operations research specialists) with an
opportunity to exchange information and new ideas, and to discuss
new developments in the field of DES theory and applications. The workshop will cover all topics in discrete event theory and
applications, including (but not limited to) the following:
a) Formalisms and modelling methodologies: Petri nets, automata,
statecharts, process algebras, max-plus algebra...
b) Control of discrete-event systems with emphasis on supervisory
control and on real time control
c) Performance evaluation, diagnosis, optimisation, implementation and
scheduling
d) Discrete approaches for hybrid systems and reactive systems
e) Applications including manufacturing systems, transportation systems,
process control, distributed systems, software engineering, office
automation, telecommunication systems ... Plenary talks will be presented by:
Rajeev Alur, University of Pennsylvania
Rene Boel, Ghent University
Paulo Tabuada, UCLA Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers and proposals for
special sessions by March 31, 2010. The Proceedings of
WODES 2010 will be hosted on-line on the IFAC-PapersOnLine website. For more information, please visit
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Contributed by: Jingang Yi,
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CFP: Invited Sessions on Vehicle/Robot Dynamics and Control at the 2010
ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference The Robotics and Automotive and Transportation Systems Technical Committees of
the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) are jointly sponsoring
invited sessions on vehicle/robot dynamics and control at the 2010 ASME Dynamic
Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) held on September 13-15, 2010 in Cambridge,
Massachusetts (http://www.dsc-conference.org). Papers are invited on original
investigations relating to design, modeling, analysis, and control of robotic
vehicles and transportation systems. Specific topics of interest include, but
not limited to: Robotic vehicle control systems; Integrated vehicle dynamics
and controls; Integrated driver/electronics control; Driver-assist systems;
Vehicle/environment sensing systems; Drivetrain/driveline systems control;
Intelligent transportation systems; Modeling/control of alternative vehicle
energy sources; Engine/powertrain dynamics and control; Novel mobile robot
design and control; Robot navigation and motion planning; Modeling and control
of legged and space robotics; and Sensing/actuations for robotic vehicles.
You are invited to submit a paper or extended summary describing problem
formulation, methodology, work performed, results, conclusions, and key
references. Extended summaries should be no less than 1000 words and must
be of sufficient detail to allow peer review of results. Submissions of
papers or extended summaries should be emailed directly to
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or
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and should (1) be in PDF format, (2) include the Paperplaza
PIN for each contributing author, and (3) indicate the corresponding author
and contact information.
Papers or extended summaries should be received by February 15 (Monday),
2010. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by February 17
(Wednesday), 2010. Session code will be sent to accepted authors for their
on-line submission. Full manuscripts (not extended summaries) accepted for
inclusion in an invited session should be submitted online via
http://asme-dscd.papercept.net by February 22, 2010. Any paper not accepted
for inclusion in an invited session can be submitted as a regular paper to
DSCC by the same deadline of February 22, 2010. All DSCC submissions must
strictly follow the page limit and column specifications outlined on the ASME
DSCC website or risk rejection without review. The ASME DSCC Program Committee will make the decision regarding final
acceptance of the invited sessions by May 15, 2010. Complete papers will be
due on June 15, 2010 and must conform to the same standards as regular
contributed papers. The ASME DSCD is particularly interested in enhancing
the applications and industrial perspective of the ASME DSCC. Consequently,
prospective authors from industry and other agencies are encouraged to submit. Session Organizers: Jingang Yi, Ph.D.
Dept. of Mech. & Aero. Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Engineering D-157, 98 Brett Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8058
Tel: 732-445-3282 Fax: 732-445-3124
Email:
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and Karl Iagnemma, Ph.D.
Dept. of Mech. Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 35-237A
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-452-3262 Fax: 617-253-9637
Email:
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Contributed by:
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IFAC International Workshop on the Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal
Processing (ALCOSP 2010) and IFAC International Workshop on Periodic Control Systems
(PSYCO 2010) that will take place in Antalya, Turkey, during 26-28 August 2010. A unique feature of ALCOSP 2010 and PSYCO 2010 is that they will be held concurrently
to maximize the participants' experience from technical, social and financial
points of view -- one registration fee grants access to both workshops! The details of the workshops can be found at the URL www.ifacworkshops.org If you would like to organize a special session for ALCOSP 2010 and PSYCO 2010,
please contact the Special Sessions Chair; Prof. Fouad Giri (
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),
and the General Chair; Prof. Okyay Kaynak (
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). We hope that you will be able to participate. Aside from being amply rewarded
technically, you will be surprised by what you can do in Antalya as well. Some
highlights on the venue and the workshop include: 1. Antalya is the most favorite destination on the southern coast of Turkey with
its long beaches, wonderful sea, cliffs and caves in the Taurus Mountains...
2. Temperature in late August is perfect.
3. There are many hotels nearby the workshop site, ranging from 5-star to very economical ones.
4. A post conference tour is planned to Cappadocia through Konya (the home of the whirling dervishes).
5. The biggest airport of Turkey is in Antalya. It is very easy to reach the airport, as it is
only 11 kms away from the city center. There are a number of local & connection flights
to Antalya from the major cities of Europe and Istanbul.
6. ...... We hope we will have the pleasure of seeing you in Antalya. ALCOSP 2010 & PSYCO 2010
Organization Committee *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.**
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5. Workshops 5.1 IET Symposium on Humanoid Robotics
Contributed by: Martin Brown,
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IET Symposium on Humanoid Robotics, London, 8th March, 2010 A 1 day Symposium on Humanoid Robotics and an evening lecture by Prof Darwin
Caldwell (Director, Italian Institute of Technology - IIT, Genoa) is being
organised by the IET in London on 8th March, 2010. The 1 day Symposium will include speakers from a range of UK Universities
(Aberystwyth, Bristol, Edinburgh, Hertfordshire, Imperial, Manchester, Plymouth
& Sheffield) as well as 4 talks from leading researchers at IIT and more details
can be found on the IET website list below. Topics covered will include
mechatronic design, sensors, control and cognitive reasoning. It is also planned
to include an exhibition focussing on the iCub humanoid robot which will cover
the latest developments being done both at IIT and at UK Universities. The free Evening Lecture will be given by Prof Darwin Caldwell who will explore
the history of humanoid development from the early 1970s to the most advanced
current systems and future possibilities. This will focus on the mechatronic
development of the iCub (a child sized (4 years old) humanoid) before considering
the design of a (as yet unnamed) humanoid that introduces a number of new technical
innovations. The lecture will outline future advances in the mechatronics (and
cognitive aspects of the humanoids) that yet need to be achieved. There will be a
brief consideration of the social, ethical and economic viability of humanoids. To register for the 1 day Symposium on Humanoid Robotics (£60), or find out more details see:
http://www.theiet.org/events/2010/humanoid-robot.cfm To register for the Evening Lecture by Prof Darwin Caldwell (free), or find out more details see:
http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/london/icub.cfm *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.2 3rd International IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education
Contributed by: Denis Gillet,
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3rd International IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education
(IBCE'10), June 27-29, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA Web: http://ibce10.epfl.ch/ The IBCE’10 workshop is the third in a series, whose precedents are the IBCE’01
(held in Madrid) and IBCE’04 (Grenoble), focusing on delivering control education
using new information and communication technologies. The motivation for this
workshop is the recognition that student learning can be enhanced through the
judicious and effective use of online resources and services accessible on the
Internet. New Information and Communication Technology for Education provides
many ways to enhance and expand educational activities and services. A wide range
of educational material is now available in a variety of formats including audio
and video podcasts, simulations and animations, and is easily accessible through
Internet. Web accessible databases and online laboratory resources allow teachers
to share and reuse pedagogical material. This workshop will serve as an international
forum for interaction among engineers, scientists, and practitioners of control
engineering who are interested in adopting and promoting Internet-based methodologies
for teaching control engineering. This workshop has been approved by the American
Automatic Control Council, by the IFAC Technical Committee on Control Education,
and by the IFAC Committee on Computers, Communications and Telematics; official
approval from IFAC has been solicited and final approval is still pending. Under the main theme Connected Learners, the workshop will address the following topics:
- Internet-based control education
- e-learning in control engineering
- Teleoperation
- Distributed pedagogical agents and smart devices
- Virtual and remote labs, virtual reality
- Open Learning repositories
- Web-based educational environments
- Personal learning environments
- Social software (Web 2.0) in control education
- Continuing control education
- Internet-based control education assessment
- Quality Assurance in e-learning
- Social and educational issues in developing countries
- Collaborative learning
- Problem-based learning
- Online tutoring
- Closing the gap between control education practice and control engineering practice Important dates
-Full paper submission: February 28, 2010
-Acceptance notification: March 31, 2010
-Final manuscript: April 18, 2010
-Early registration: April 19, 2010
-Final Program: May 31, 2010 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.3 Third International Workshop on Numerical Software Verification
Contributed by: Georgios Fainekos,
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CALL FOR PAPERS NSV-3: Third International Workshop on Numerical Software Verification.
http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/Labo/Sylvie.Putot/NSV3 Submission deadline: April 1, 2010 Location/Date: Edinburgh, Scotland, July 15, 2010. Part of FLOC 2010 (http://www.floc-conference.org) and affiliated with
CAV 2010 and LICS 2010. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.4 Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID 2010)
Contributed by: Eric Rutten,
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Fifth International Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and
Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID 2010) In conjunction with ACM SIGOPS EuroSys 2010 Conference, Paris, France http://controlofsystems.org/febid2010/ - The submission page is up at: http://febid2010.inrialpes.fr
The deadline is february 1, 2010. - A limited number of grants, sponsored by INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, will
be available to help, e.g. with registration costs,of attendees, e.g. PhD
students. Interested applicants, please contact the co-chairs with a statement
explaining your motivation. Synopsis
FeBID is a series of workshops. In 2010, FeBID is associated with the
ACM SIGOPS EuroSys 2010 conference. The workshop aims to bring together
researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers,
and others interested in the latest advances in the control of computer
systems and networks. The focus of the workshop is on novel, practical,
systems-oriented work. Please see the Conference Website for further
details: http://controlofsystems.org/febid2010/ FeBID explicitly encourages members of the systems community to explore
leading-edge topics and ideas before they are presented at a major
conference. Two formats of contributions are welcome: regular papers (6
pages), and position papers (2 pages). FeBID will feature a Keynote speech on Introduction to "Control Theory
and Its Application to Computing Systems", given by Joseph L.
Hellerstein, Google. This talk provides an introduction to control
theory for computer scientists with an emphasis on applications,
industry implementations as well as research directions. Dissemination
Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of FeBID in the ACM
Digital Library. Furthermore, selected papers from FeBID will be published in a special
issue of the ACM Operating Systems Review (OSR), see
http://www.sigops.org/osr.html. Important dates
Paper submission: February 1, 2010
Acceptance notification: March 1, 2010
Final paper due: March 29, 2010
Workshop: April 13, 2010 Contact Email:
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Program Chairs
· Sara Bouchenak, Grenoble University
· Eric Rutten, INRIA Grenoble
Submission Chair - Gwenaël Delaval, INRIA Grenoble
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Contributed by: YangQuan Chen,
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Call for papers The Second Symposium on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technologies and
Applications (SUAVTA) as a part of the The Sixth IEEE/ASME International Conference
on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA) IEEE/ASME MESA2010
Jul. 15 – 17, 2010, Qingdao, Shandong, China http://www.asmemesa.org/ In recent years, new developments in MEMS sensors, embedded systems, wireless
technologies as well as cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence make it
possible to use small and affordable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in both
military and civilian applications. While the UAV market so far has been mainly
driven by military and security applications, this new generation of UAVs also
has the potential to generate a broader range of civilian applications like in-
and outdoor surveillance, disaster management, agriculture, remote sensing etc.
However, there are still many unsolved problems in the area of small UAVs like
the design of vehicles with a higher degree of intelligence and autonomy, the
integration in the airspace, sense and avoidance technologies or the coordination
of teams of small UAVs, to mention only a few. This symposium aims at presenting
latest results in small UAV research and application. Manuscripts are solicited
in the following topics but not limited to:
o Fixed wing small UAV technologies
o Rotary wing small UAV technologies
o Low cost UAV platforms
o Low cost IMU and autopilot development
o State Estimation for small UAVs
o Vision-based navigation for small UAVs
o Multi-UAV cooperative navigation and cooperative control
o Small UAV software architectures
o Small UAV as flying sensors and applications
o Student UAV/UAS competitions Papers with the e-mail addresses of the authors must be submitted online at
http://www.asmemesa.org before February 12, 2010. All manuscripts after a successful
review procedure will be published in the conference proceedings. For further
information, please contact: Prof. YangQuan Chen or Haiyang Chao
Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS)
Department of Electrical & Computer Engr.
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4160, USA
Tel: 1-435-797-0148
Fax: 1-435-797-3054
Emails:
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The First SUAVTA papers can be found at http://mechatronics.ece.usu.edu/uav+water/MESA09-SUAVTA/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.**
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Contributed by: Prof. Declan Bates,
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Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship to work with Prof.
Declan Bates on a number of European Space Agency funded projects in Advanced
Control of Space Systems. The studentship will be available from the 1st of
March in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences of the
University of Exeter. The studentship includes full fees and maintenance, is
open to applicants of any nationality and will be awarded solely on the basis
of academic merit. The studentship is available for three years, and the
student is not required to undertake any teaching activities. The student will
join a rapidly expanding research group working on a number of space related
control research projects, e.g. flying qualities analysis for hypersonic
re-entry vehicles, worst-case analysis of autonomous satellite rendezvous
systems, LFT-modelling for satellite applications and robust flight control
of launcher systems. The student will also have the opportunity to work
closely with industrial control engineers from a number of leading space
companies, as well as research scientists from the European Space Agency.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a young researcher to obtain direct
experience of cutting-edge control research in a number of European space
programmes. Candidates should have an outstanding academic record and a
first-class Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
The ideal candidate would also have a Masters degree in Systems or Control theory,
or Aerospace Engineering with a specialism in flight control and dynamics.
Candidates should apply in the first instance by email to Dr. Declan Bates
(
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), attaching a detailed CV and the names of up to three referees.
Applications will be accepted until the post is filled. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.2 Post-Doc: The University of Tennessee
Contributed by: Mingjun Zhang,
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We are seeking two post-doctoral research associates to work on the following three
projects. Applicants should send CV and selected papers to
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Project one: The research objective of this proposal is to study the fundamental
mechanics and mechanical properties of the nanoparticles-based adhesive secretion
produced by ivy rootlets for surface affixing and climbing. Both experimental
(using AFM) and theoretical (mathematical modeling) studies will be conducted.
More generally, we aim to use insight from nature to elucidate theoretical principles
governing the extraordinary adhesive properties of ivy. The specific aims are: Specific Aim 1: Characterize the intra- and inter- molecular bonding forces and
determine how they can be used to explain interactions that exist both between
components of the ivy adhesive secretion and between the secretion and the affixing
surface. Specific Aim 2: Characterize the macroscopic mechanical properties of natural ivy
secretions. Specific Aim 3: Determine structure-property relationships via systematic alteration
of the composition of the natural ivy secretions. Specific Aim 4: Build finite element models (FEM) to quantitatively characterize
and interpret the adhesive properties of ivy nanoparticles. Project two: The goal of this research is to develop a highly sensitive and specific
lab-on-a-chip device for comprehensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor analysis.
It is well-known that cardiovascular disease is related to multiple risk factors, but
it is still not clear how these risk factors in combination contribute to the disease,
and how they can be used to diagnose as well as treat the disease. The ELISA assay has
often been used for risk factor analysis, but it is time-consuming and not cost-effective,
especially for multiple risk factor analysis. Currently, no well-developed techniques
can be used for simultaneous multiple risk factor analysis for cardiovascular disease.
A device is needed that can generate fast, highly specific and sensitive data on multiple
risk factors simultaneously, so that researchers can use the data for studying the
pathology of cardiovascular disease. Such a device can also be used in clinics for the
cardiovascular risk factor assessment and treatment. Project three: External Control of a Complex Cellular System, S. cerevisiae. This
research will demonstrate external, multivariable control of the budding yeast, a
relatively well-characterized complex system. The experimental studies will integrate
both feedback and feed-forward control of highly instrumented, computer-controlled
microfabricated bioreactor, and enable on-demand selection of metabolic and signaling
pathways and hence control of cell fate. Best regards, Mingjun Zhang
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Nano Bio-systems and Nano Bio-mimetics Lab
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering
408 Dougherty Engineering Building
1512 Middle Drive
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2210
Phone: (865)974-7620
Fax: (865)974-5274 E-mail:
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Contributed by: Tom Dhaene,
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Open PhD positions at Ghent University : parameterized model order
reduction (PMOR) Several fully paid 4 year Ph.D. positions are available to work on parameterized
model order reduction and parametric macromodelling. The positions are funded by
grants of the Research Foundation Flanders and are open to applicants of any
nationality with good knowledge of English and/or Dutch. The projects aim to develop novel macromodelling methods for parameterized modelling
and model order reduction (MOR) applied to data output from dedicated software
tools (e.g. EM solvers, etc.) No prior knowledge of these software tools is required.
However, a strong technical background in engineering or mathematics is desirable
and a keen interest in getting involved in linear and nonlinear systems and control
related research is necessary, since a number of the proposed techniques make use of
advanced system theoretic ideas. Typical profiles are candidates with Master degrees in engineering, computer science,
physics or mathematics with strong interdisciplinary interest in modelling and
simulation. Good programming skills (e.g. Matlab, etc.) are also highly desirable. We invite applicants to send their resume (with names of referees, research
interests, etc.), by e-mail to Prof. Tom Dhaene (tom.dhaene @ ugent.be) and Prof.
Luc Knockaert (luc.knockaert @ ugent.be). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.4 Post-Doc: K.U. Leuven ESAT-SCD Belgium
Contributed by: Johan Suykens,
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A postdoctoral research position is currently available (period till end
Sept 2010, potentially extendable) in the area of multi-agent and distributed
optimization at K.U. Leuven ESAT-SCD Belgium http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/ Interested candidates should contact Prof. Johan Suykens at
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Contributed by: Heinz Koeppl,
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The School of Communication and Computer Sciences at
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland together with the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Basel, Switzerland is inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellow in the field of Computational Drug-Target Identification. The position is funded by the Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology (SystemsX.ch) and
is hosted by the systems biology group of Dr. Koeppl at the Laboratory of Nonlinear
Systems, EPFL. Goal of this interdisciplinary project is to assess the feasibility
and performance of rule-based modeling approaches for applied pathway modeling and
for in silico drug intervention analysis. The case study considered is the TOR (Target
of Rapamycin) signaling pathway in yeast and mammals. Planned steps are – (1)
documentation of known TOR-pathway-related events in a formal and executable
representation utilizing rules, (2) equipping those rules with kinetics through
literature mining, dedicated measurements and calibration algorithms and finally
(3) validating the rule-based description in perturbation scenarios and identifying
optimal intervention points through a generalized sensitivity analysis. We are seeking outstanding candidates with a firm mathematical and computational
background as well as experience in dynamical modeling of biochemical reaction networks.
The candidate may hold a Ph.D. degree in computer science, applied mathematics, physics,
electrical engineering, bioinformatics or biochemistry. The position will initially be
filled for one year and is extendable upon positive evaluation. The yearly gross salary
amounts to CHF 90k. Candidates should send their publication list and CV including at
least three references per email (in pdf) to: Dr. Heinz Koeppl
Laboratory of Nonlinear Systems
School of Communication and Computer Sciences
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Email:
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Tel.: +41 21 693 2734 Application deadline: 21.02.2010 (although applications will be considered until the
position is filled) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.6 Post-Doc: University of Oxford, UK
Contributed by: Antonis Papachristodoulou,
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Post Doctoral Research Assistant in the design of sustainable policies for greenhouse
gas emissions We are seeking a Research Assistant for an EPSRC-funded project on applying
concepts from modern robust control theory to develop algorithms for determining the
optimal policy that both achieves sustainable levels of emissions of CO2 (and other
greenhouse gases) and minimises the impact on the economy, while explicitly addressing
the high levels of uncertainty associated with predictions of future emissions. You should hold (or be near to completion of) a doctorate in control engineering or a
related discipline that includes a strong component of modern control theory. In
addition, you should have an excellent understanding, or the clear potential to
develop an understanding, of the following areas: nonlinear systems, optimization,
optimal control, computer simulation and numerical methods. Strong MATLAB and Simulink
skills are also required. You should have experience of carrying out independent research and organizing and
prioritizing own work. You should be able to communicate effectively in writing and
orally. Good personal organisational and time management skills and the ability to
perform to time constraints while maintaining close attention to detail, are also required. Further particulars are available at http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/fp/DF10002fps.pdf.
Application is by CV and covering letter, explaining how you meet the requirements of
this post. You must also submit a completed personal details and equal opportunities
monitoring form (PDF can be downloaded from http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/fp/personal
_details_form.pdf and MS Word from http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/fp/personal_details_form.doc).
Applications should be sent by e-mail to
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or by post to Mrs
Debbie Wyatt, Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ, UK, Tel. (01865) 273013. Please quote DF10002 in all correspondence. The closing date for applications is noon Monday 22nd February 2010. Committed to equality and valuing diversity http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/eop/policy/cop.shtml. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.7 Post-Doc: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
Contributed by: RAGOT José,
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Postdoctoral Position, CRAN, France. 1) Research center: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy The «Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy» (Automatic Control) is a Research Centre
funded by the " Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) " and two universities
in Nancy: UHP (Université Henri Poincaré) and INPL (Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine).
\textsc{Cran} (http://www.cran.uhp-nancy.fr) has well established activity covering 30 years
of research in the field of Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) in uncertain and complex
control systems for industrial control problems (jet engines, satellite attitude control,
steel mills, environmental process, etc). 2) Title: Fault diagnosis of nonlinear system by kernel principal component analysis. 3) Description: In the general sense, a fault is something that changes the behavior of
a system such that it does no longer satisfy its purpose. Therefore fault diagnosis is
of great practical significance whatever the system being considered. It involves to detect
faults, to isolate the faulty components and to characterize faults. Principal component analysis (PCA) has been applied successfully in the monitoring of complex
systems. PCA is a widely used method for dimensionality reduction when there exists some data
redundancy that stems from linear relation between process variables. Unfortunately for nonlinear
system, linear PCA is unable to disclose nonlinear relationships between variables. This has
naturally motivated various developments of nonlinear PCA in an effort to model non trivial
data structures more faithfully. Compared to other nonlinear methods based on neural networks,
the kernel-PCA method (k-PCA) involved an interesting formalism for learning k-PCA model.
Therefore the goal of this project is to explore k-PCA method for fault detection and isolation.
Firstly future work consists in generalizing the methods developed for fault diagnosis by linear
PCA to k-PCA. The project is expected to make contributions to all aspects of fault diagnostic,
from k-PCA model learning theory to fault isolation. 4) Requirement: The candidate will have a PhD in applied mathematics or engineering (process
control and monitoring, ...). Experience in machine learning or related field (with publications)
is required. Applications should comprise a letter of motivation, a CV plus the names and contact
information of two individuals who have agreed to send letters of recommendation. 5) Duration: 12 months, starting in January 2010. 6) Salary: Equivalent to a starting French assistant professor (around 28 k\euro/year) (including
coverage of health insurance). 7) Advisor: José Ragot
Adresse : CRAN, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, F-54506 Vandoeuvre.
E-mail :
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Téléphone : 03 83 59 56 82 - Fax: 03 83 59 56 44
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Contributed by: RAGOT José,
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Our laboratory proposes a postdoctoral position in the field of fault detection
and diagnosis (FDI) based on kernel PCA (principal components analysis). We are
looking for a candidate with competences in data analysis and machine learning. Prof. José RAGOT, senior member IEEE Tel : 03 83 59 56 82 - Fax : 03 83 59 56 44
mail :
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web : http://www.ensem.inpl-nancy.fr/Jose.Ragot
Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
UMR 7039 - Nancy-Université, CNRS
2, avenue de la Forêt de Haye
54516 Vandœuvre les Nancy Cedex, FRANCE *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.9 Post-Doc: University of Washington
Contributed by: Mehran Mesbahi,
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A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Aeronautics
and Astronautics at the University of Washington. The ideal candidate should have
a strong background in optimization theory and algorithms and their applications,
e.g., shortest path algorithms, model predictive control, dual decomposition methods,
and distributed optimization algorithms. To apply for this position, please email
your CV, research statement, and a sample of your work related to optimization
theory and/or algorithms, to Mehran Mesbahi (Email:
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). Applications
from female and minority candidates are strongly encouraged. The University of
Washington in an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.10 Faculty Position: Rutgers University
Contributed by: Jingang Yi,
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The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers
University invites applications from outstanding individuals to fill one open
tenure-track faculty position in the areas of Mechanical Systems & Design in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Applicants are invited at all levels.
Senior level appointments with tenure, will be considered for applicants with
appropriate accomplishments and stature. The applicants must have a demonstrated
excellent research record and expertise in design principles and applications
in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering. The appropriate fields include, but are
not limited to, large-scale system optimization, multidisciplinary design
optimization, reliability and risk analysis, decision-based design, product
family design, geometrical modeling and visualization, virtual reality and rapid
prototyping, kinematics, robotics/mechatronics, MEMS, nanotechnology, and controls
Of particular interest are advanced manufacturing,materials processing at micro
and nanoscale, and innovative design strategies for alternative energy systems and
nanodevices. Successful candidates will have access to extensive laboratory
facilities, including dynamics/controls/mechatronics laboratories, wind and water
tunnels, rapid prototype manufacturing systems, advanced computer clusters, and
aerospace laboratories with subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels. A Ph.D.in Mechanical
Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics or a related field is required.
Postdoctoral academic or industrial experience in teaching and research is desirable.
The successful candidate will be expected to establish a strong externally funded
research program, publish in archival journals, teach graduate and undergraduate
courses and develop strong industrial ties. An ability to work in multidisciplinary
teams and collaborate with researchers in growth areas is strongly encouraged.
Applicants should send a curriculum vita, a brief statement of their interests
that includes their vision for their research and teaching, copies of two or three
publications, and complete contact information for at least three references, to:
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway NJ 08854-8058.
Review of applicants will begin as soon as possible and will continue until the
position is filled. Further information on the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering is available at http://mech.rutgers.edu. Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Rutgers is also
an ADVANCE institution, one of a limited number of universities in receipt of NSF
funds in support of our commitment to increase diversity and the participation and
advancement of women in the STEM disciplines.
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Contributed by: Li Zhang,
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The Institute of Intelligent System and Information Technology (ISIT), University
of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is recruiting outstanding
faculties at all level, Assistant/Associate/Full Professors in the following research
areas: intelligent control and applications, artificial intelligence, intelligent
information processing, intelligence surveillance, game engine, human machine
interaction, data mining, cloud computing, virtual reality, computer vision, machine
learning, pattern recognition, software engineering, and other related fields in the
broadly defined area of intelligent systems and information technology. The Institute of Intelligent System and Information Technology (ISIT) is a key lab
consisted of faculty with expertise ranging broadly from control, communication,
Computer Science & Engineering. Applicants should:
- have an earned PhD degree from a reputable university;
- have performed high-quality research with a good track record of competitive
research experience in terms of good journal publications and research grants;
- have good command of English and Chinese;
- have the potential to reach excellence in the research field;
- have an ambition to build a research group and attract external funding Interest in and experience from teaching and supervising undergraduate/graduate students
is considered a merit. Teamwork, leadership, organizational and entrepreneurial
skills are an advantage. For further information of the institute, please visit http://www.isit.org.cn Application Procedure:
The complete application package consists of 1) two application forms downloadable
at http://www.isit.org.cn 2) a detailed CV that shall include but is not limited
to distinctly separate sections for education, experience, published refereed journal
articles, conference proceedings, grants, patents, and other reports, 3) a letter of
application stating teaching and research goals as well as relevant experience, and
4) contact information for at least two references. Electronic submission of application is encouraged and can be forwarded to:
Ms. Li Zhang
Assistant Director and Human Resource Manager
The Institute of Intelligent System and Information Technology (ISIT)
The Robotics Institute (RI)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chengdu, China 611731 Additional questions about the position, the institute, or further information
regarding the application process may be addressed to Ms. Li Zhang via e-mail
at
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and
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or please call +86-28-61830633 Additional information:
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) is a research-
intensive and project-oriented university. Four of the SCIE’s programs are nation’s
key Ph.D. program, including Communication and Information Systems, Signal and
Information Processing, Circuits and Systems, and Electromagnetic Field and Microwave
Technology. For over forty years, the SCIE has grown into one of the most important
national education, research and high-tech development bases in the areas of Electronic
communications and information science and technology. It locates at Chengdu, a
friendly city in the southwestern of China. Chengdu’s altitude and nice climate are
conducive to both outdoor and indoor activities. The city hosts frequent musical,
theatrical, and sporting events. Chengdu offers numerous options for shopping and
fine dining. A wide variety of other cultural and recreational opportunities,
including several major metropolitan centers, natural attractions and wilderness
areas, and hot spring, are easily accessible by car. The cost of living index has
historically been low compared to national norms. Therefore, the brilliant title
"A city to stay for ever whenever comes" goes to Chengdu. Faculty Positions at all levels in Robotics and Control
The Robotics Institute, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Contributed by: Hong Cheng,
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The Institute of Robotics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
(UESTC) is recruiting outstanding faculties at all level, Assistant/Associate/Full
Professors in the robotics and related areas, but not limited to, such as robot design,
intelligent control, artificial intelligence, vision, sensor fusion, pattern
recognition/planning. The Robotics Institute, School of Automation has a faculty with expertise ranging
from control and applications, robotics, measurement, machine learning, energy control
and more. For more information of the division, you can visit http://www.isit.org.cn Minimum qualifications:
- A Ph.D degree earned from a reputable university
- A good track record of competitive research experience in terms of good journal
publications and research grants;
- A good command of English and Chinese
- Experiences in applying Systems and Control Engineering to Emerging Areas such as
intelligent systems, biological systems and so on are particularly preferred. Application Procedure:
The complete application package consists of 1) two application forms downloadable at
http://www.isit.org.cn 2) a detailed CV that shall include but is not limited to distinctly
separate sections for education, experience, published refereed journal articles, conference
proceedings, grants, patents, and other reports, 3) a letter of application stating
teaching and research goals as well as relevant experience, and 4) contact information
for at least two references. Electronic submission of application is encouraged and can be forwarded to:
Ms. Li Zhang
Assistant Director and Human Resource Manager
The Institute of Intelligent System and Information Technology (ISIT)
The Robotics Institute (RI)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Chengdu, China 611731 Additional questions about the position, the institute, or further information regarding
the application process may be addressed to Ms. Li Zhang via e-mail at
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and
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Contributed by: George Weiss,
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The School of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University (Israel) is
looking for applicants (at any academic rank) with expertise in one of the areas of
power electronics, electric drives, renewable energy generation and power systems.
Tel Aviv University and the high-tech companies in the area offer a top class
research environment. For further details please contact George Weiss,
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and preferably attach your CV. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.13 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: UNSW, Australia
Contributed by: Prof. Jayantha Katupitiya,
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Position in Mechatronics, UNSW - Australia Lecturer / Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
REF. 6922NET
Salary Level: A$78,459 - A$109,332 per year (plus 17% employer superannuation
and leave loading)
The School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, being one of the major
schools of the Faculty of Engineering, ranked within the world's top thirty by
the Times Higher Education Supplement in 2008, has been active in excellent
research and teaching for sixty years. It conducts a range of research programs
in Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Mechanical
Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, Naval Architecture and related areas,
as well as undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in the same five
areas. It is also one of Australia's largest schools of Mechanical Engineering,
having forty academic and research staff members and thirty-one professional
and technical staff members. Research and teaching activities are supported by
excellent laboratory and workshop facilities with office and laboratory space
in two buildings.
The School is seeking a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with expertise in Non-Linear
Control Systems and Industrial Automation. Applicants must have Control Systems
bias in their research and will be expected to be involved in teaching of control
of novel and conventional air and ground vehicles, robotics, autonomous systems
and industrial automation. The successful applicant will work within the research
group of Mechanical and Autonomous Systems. An area of research within this group
focuses on heterogeneous collaboration of air and ground vehicles to achieve
persistent autonomy. The successful applicant is expected to carry out research
in the area of air vehicles stabilisation and flight stability. The position is
full time with provision for conversion to continuing after three years, subject
to satisfactory performance. The position is available from February 2010.
Applicants should systematically address the selection criteria in their application.
Having read all the documentation, you may then direct any enquiries to either
A/Prof Philip Mathew, Acting Head of School on (+61) 2 9385 4252 or email
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or A/Prof Jayantha Katupitiya on (+61) 2 9385 4096, email
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Applications close : 14 February 2010 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.**
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