E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 139, March 1, 2000 E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31 40 246 5995 Siep Weiland Dept. of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31 40 243 4582 Contents 1. Editorial 2. Personals 3. General announcements 3.1 NICONET Newsletter 4 3.2 Call for nominations Linear Algebra prize 3.3 SIAM outreach membership 3.4 NSF Engineers the Transport Industries 4. Positions 4.1 Staff positions Computer Science of FORTH 4.2 Post-Doctoral Research Positions IMTI 4.3 5 Ph.D. positions TU Eindhoven 4.4 Ph.D Position - UK/EU Nationals Leicester University 4.5 Postdoctoral Position Hong Kong Univ. 4.6 Three Research Fellowships CSSIP 4.7 Post-Doctoral Research Positions Washington University 5. Books 5.1 "Adaptive Control: Stability, Convergence, and Robustness" 5.2 "Discrete-Time Dynamic Models" 5.3 "Compartmental Modeling with Networks" 5.4 "Classical Feedback Control with Matlab" 5.5 "Handbook on semidefinite programming" 6. Journals 6.1 New editor IEEE Trans on control systems techn. 6.2 Special issue LAA 6.3 Special issue LAA 6.4 Special issue LAA 6.5 TOC LAA Vol. 306:1-3 6.6 TOC J. of Dynamical and Control systems, vol. 6:2 6.7 TOC MIC, Vol. 20:4 6.8 CFP Multidimensional systems and signal processing 6.9 TOC Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis Vol. 8 6.10 TOC Journal of Process Control 6.11 TOC Asian Journal of Control vol. 1:1-4 6.12 TOC IJC, Vol. 73:4 6.13 New IFAC Proceedings recently published 6.14 TOC Automatica, vol. 36:5 6.15 TOC CEP, Vol. 8 7. Conferences 7.1 CFP Latin American Congress on Automatic Control 7.2 CFS WSES 7.3 CFP GCTAA-2000 7.4 CFP 10th International Conference on Computing and Information 7.5 Submission deadline IV2000 7.6 CFP APCCM'2000 7.7 CFP Workshop Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods 7.8 CFP ITS2000 7.9 CFP Sensors and controls for intelligent manufacturing 7.10 CFP 7th International Workshop PASE 2000 7.11 CFP 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Control and Measurement 7.12 CFP 2nd DARPA-JFACC Symposium on advances in enterprise control 7.13 CFP Second Nonlinear Control Network (NCN) Workshop 7.14 CFP Conf. on Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers 7.15 CFP 50th Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Conference ****************************************** * * * Editorial * * * ****************************************** Welcome to E-letter number 139 !!! We plan to send out the E-letter monthly. The next issue of E-letter will appear April 1. Please send contributions before this date. 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Pappas Department of Electrical Engineering University of Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215-898-9780 FAX: 215-573-2068 E-mail : pappasg@seas.upenn.edu Web : http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~pappasg/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Elling W. Jacobsen, Stockholm, Sweden ----------------------------------------------------------- Jens G. Balchen receives the Nordic Process Control Award ----------------------------------------------------------- The Nordic Process Control Award is awarded for lasting and significant contributions to the field of process control. The fourth recipient of this award is professor Jens G. Balchen from NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. The award was presented to professor Balchen on January 14 2000 during the 9th Nordic Process Control Workshop held at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. The title of his award lecture was "Some Comments about Model Based Control of Multivariable Processes". The three previous recipients of this prestigious award are Howard H. Rosenbrock (1995), Karl Johan Astrom (1997) and F. Greg Shinskey (1998). The award, consisting of a travel grant and a diploma, is awarded by the Nordic Working Group on Process Control. For more information on the working group, see: www.chembio.ntnu.no/users/skoge/npc.html ****************************************** * * * General announcements * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ad van den Boom NICONET Newsletter 4, dated 31 January 2000, is now available and can be downloaded as compressed postscript file from the World Wide Web URL: http://www.win.tue.nl/niconet/ and choose: Newsletters or from the WGS ftp site: ftp://wgs.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (directory pub/WGS/NEWSLETTER/) ( filename: issue-1-00.ps.Z) Contents: 1. Editorial 2. New developments in the SLICOT benchmark library 3. Basic numerical SLICOT tools for control 4. SLICOT tools for model reduction 5. SLICOT tools for subspace identification 6. SLICOT tools for robust control 7. SLICOT tools for nonlinear systems in robotics 8. SLICOT: a useful tool in industry? 9. Highlights of the second NICONET workshop at INRIA-Rocquencourt, France 10. NICONET information corner NICONET is an acronym for Numerics in Control Network. NICONET promotes the development and evaluation of numerically reliable software in control engineering and its implementation in production technologies. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? Deadline Approaching CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for SIAM ACTIVITY GROUP ON LINEAR ALGEBRA PRIZE The SIAG/LA Prize ----------------- The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra will present the award at its Seventh SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra at North Carolina State University in October 2000. The prize, the fifth to be given, is awarded to the author(s) of the most outstanding paper on a topic in applicable linear algebra published in a peer-reviewed journal. Eligibility Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date between January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1999. The papers must contain significant research contributions to the field of linear algebra, as commonly defined in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications. Nominations should include a full bibliographic citation for the paper and a brief statement outlining the justification for the nomination in terms of its importance and impact. Authors are discouraged from nominating their own papers. Description of Award The award consists of a plaque and a certificate containing the citation. Nominations Nominations including a copy of the nominated paper should be sent by March 15, 2000 to: Professor Volker Mehrmann Chair, SIAG/LA Prize Selection Committee c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104 Telephone: 215-382-9800 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: bogardo@siam.org Selection Committee The members of the selection committee for the award are Volker Mehrmann (TU Chemnitz), chair; Uwe Helmke (University of Wuerzburg); Daniel Hershkowitz (Technion Haifa); Nicholas Higham (University of Manchester); and Zdenek Strakos (Emory University). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? The SIAM Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to provide an affordable membership option for individuals who live and work in developing countries (as identified by the World Bank). This new category of membership, called "outreach membership," was created to help make SIAM products and services accessible to a wider and more global group of applied and computational mathematicians. This is a great alternative for individuals in developing countries who cannot afford the full SIAM dues. For just $25 per year, eligible individuals receive a slightly reduced set of benefits. Outreach Members receive all print issues of SIAM News and electronic-only access to SIAM Review. They can join any of the SIAM Activity Groups at $10 per group, are entitled to 20% off list prices on all SIAM books, and receive member discounted registration at SIAM sponsored meetings. No additional journal subscriptions at membership rates are available as part of the Outreach Membership. The Outreach Membership application (secure) form can be found at https://www.siam.org/membership/outreachmem.htm. The list of developing countries (as identified by the World Bank) can be found at http://www.siam.org/membership/outreachlist.htm. SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA 215-382-9800 fax 215-386-7999 siam@siam.org www.siam.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Kishan Baheti EXPLORATORY RESEARCH ON ENGINEERING THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES The Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a research initiative on Engineering the Transport Industries. It addresses a broad class of complex engineering systems in the modern service industry, focusing on one of the most vital services in modern society, namely transportation. The transport of people, goods, energy, and information -- in systems as diverse as highways, railways, air transport, shipping, gas-, fuel-, and water distribution pipelines, power distribution grids, communication networks and the Internet -- is an increasingly important component of an economy based on rapid response, wide geographical coordination, and inter-linking of physical distribution networks with information networks. This initiative is intended to encourage the development of new engineering principles, methods of analysis, simulation, design, experiments and field studies of key transport systems. Proposals are encouraged to integrate the modeling of physical distribution and transport networks with the analysis and design of information networks that support sensing, decision-making and real-time control. Proposals that address only the routing and flow of information in conventional communications networks will not fully meet the intent of this initiative. The initiative encourages cooperative and interdisciplinary activities, particularly the direct involvement of applications-domain experts and industry participants, as well as the use of shared facilities, of advanced experimental and computational facilities, and access to federally-supported laboratories and experimental facilities. Researchers are encouraged to visit the ENG web-site (www.eng.nsf.gov/programs/nsf00-42.htm ) for information related to this initiative. ****************************************** * * * Positions * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dimitris Tsakiris (tsakiris@ics.forth.gr) STAFF POSITIONS AT THE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS (ICS - FORTH) The Institute of Computer Science of FORTH, a leading Greek research institution in Heraklion, Crete, invites applications for several full-time staff positions in its Computer Vision and Robotics Group. The positions are related to R&D projects in the areas: 1) Design and development of robotic systems, with emphasis on sensor-based robot navigation and control. 2) Design and development of computer vision, image processing and image/video communication systems. 3) Design and development of Internet/WWW applications. All positions require at least an M.S.-equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline, with exposure to relevant subjects. Also required are a very good knowledge of English and the ability to work in a team. Previous experience in related projects is highly desirable. The positions are of limited duration (1 to 2 years), with the possibility of extension. Salary will be in the range of 1200 to 2000 ECU/month and will depend on qualifications. Information on the research activities of the Institute can be obtained from its WWW site (http://www.ics.forth.gr). More information on the above positions can be obtained from Dr. Dimitris Tsakiris (e-mail: tsakiris@ics.forth.gr). Interested applicants should submit a cover letter specifying the position for which they apply and a detailed resume. Electronic submissions are acceptable and should be addressed to the above e-mail address. Hard copy submissions should be addressed to: The Secretariat, Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Vassilika Vouton, P.O.Box 1385, GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Phone: +30 81 39 16 04, Fax: +30 81 39 16 01. Review of applications is already in progress. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Evgueni Bordatchev (evgueni.bordatchev@nrc.ca) Post-Doctoral Research Positions in Optimal Control of High Precision Laser Machining Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI) National Research Council of Canada (NRC) 800 Collip Circle, London, ON CANADA N6G 4X8 The Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (http://www.nrc.ca/imti) has post-doctoral research positions available. Candidates with advanced knowledge in optimal control theory and laser-machining systems are sought. Appointment duration will be two years. Appointment starting date is flexible. Our research includes development and implementation of optimal control algorithms which take into account actual feed motions, laser parameters and thermodynamic modelling. Interested persons should contact as soon as possible Prof. Evgueni V. Bordatchev E-mail: evgueni.bordatchev@nrc.ca Tel: (519) 430-7107 Fax: (519) 430-7064 Expected applicant qualification: - PhD or equivalent degree in control systems engineering, manufacturing or related engineering sciences. - A strong interest and competence in applications of physical system modelling, control and identification. - A strong academic and research record. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Maurice Heemels 5 Ph.D. positions in the Measurement and Control Group Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) The Netherlands http://www.er.ele.tue.nl/ The Measurement and Control group invites applications for Ph.D. positions in the following areas. All appointments are for four years. (1) L1-optimal control (1 Ph.D. position) Together with the Department of Mathematics (EUT) we have a Ph.D. position in the area of linear systems subject to saturations and L1-optimal control. The purpose of the research is the development of algorithms for the synthesis of optimal or almost optimal controllers which guarantee amplitude bounds for controlled system behaviours. Both fundamental as well as practical aspects are subject of investigation. The project team consists of Dr. A.A. Stoorvogel (EUT, Dept. of Mathematics) and Dr. S. Weiland (EUT, Dept. of Elect. Eng.). The research will be in close cooperation with a Ph.D. student who is already working in this area. Preference will be given to candidates with a background in electrical engineering, mathematics or related engineering sciences. (2) Model Predictive Control (3 Ph.D. positions and/or PostDocs) Many markets are becoming "demand-driven". Consequently, a fast and accurate response to the needs of the customer is becoming a prerequisite. In the process industry Model Predictive Control (MPC) is used to guarantee the product quality during set-point changes. However, present day controllers have a limited bandwidth, which prevents to cover both fast and slow dynamics. Since disturbance rejection requires a fast response and the calculation of a change between two operating modes needs a large computation time, the MPC strategy has to be improved. To improve the current MPC technology two projects have been formulated with several industrial and academic partners. The first project "INCOOP", which is financed by the European Union, aims at complete integration of process control and model based process optimization. The use of complex first-principle models is the central idea to optimize the changes between operating points. Nowadays, mainly black box models are used inside MPC systems. The research must lead to a new generation of technologies in the area of Process Control. The project includes both fundamental and practical aspects. The importance of the project is demonstrated by the industrial and academic partners in the project: Shell (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Bayer (Antwerp, Belgium), MDC (UK), IPCOS Technology (Boxtel, The Netherlands) and the universities of Delft (The Netherlands) and Aachen (RWTH in Germany). The project team consists of Prof.dr.ir. A.C.P.M. Backx, Prof.dr.ir. P.P.J. van den Bosch, Dr.ir. A.A.H. Damen, Dr. S. Weiland (all EUT, Electrical Engineering) and Prof.dr.ir. R. Beerkens (EUT, Chemical Technology) The second project entitled "REGLA" is a joint project of the above mentioned project team, Prof.dr.ir. Beerkens (EUT/Chemical Engineering) and Prof.dr.-ing Preisig (EUT). The object is the development of new technologies, which must lead to control methodologies improving the quality and flexibility of industrial glass-production. Modelling the dynamical behaviour of the glass melting process, the design of dedicated sensors and the development of model based control systems are the key issues of the project. There will be a close cooperation with the companies TNO-TPD, IPCOS Technology, PPG Fiber Glass, Vereenigde Glasfabrieken, Philips Lighting, PLM and the Dutch Glass Institute (NCNG), which represents the glass industry in the Netherlands. Aspects that play a crucial role are: - The use of white-box models within MPC systems - The design of high performance MPC systems, which guarantee good quality control and allow fast and completely predictable changes between operating modes. It may be clear that the projects INCOOP and REGLA are closely related and that cooperation will be stimulated. (3) Hybrid systems: modelling embedded controllers (1 Ph.D. position) Embedded systems are frequently used to control processes and devices. Embedded controllers allow a large complexity and flexibility of many products at acceptable production costs. The final products exhibit a hybrid ("mixed") behaviour. The physical (e.g. mechanical, electrical) components behave in a time-continuous manner. On the other hand, the controller, implemented in software, is generally some form of finite-state machine on a digital processor and is, therefore, asynchronous and time-discrete. The controller takes care of functions such as start-up, mode switching, constraint handling, safety and - using a synchronous, time-discrete feedback controller - stability and performance. The controller, excluding the basic feedback controller, can be described and analysed with process algebra as used in computer science. System and control theory allows the analysis of the basic feedback controller and the physical process. Due to a lack of common models and theories between computer science and system theory the design of the controller software for a dedicated application is still a heuristic, time-consuming and error-prone activity, which generates only limited transferable knowledge. Until now, the control theories of time-continuous systems and time-discrete systems have been studied as two separate fields. The challenge of this project is to integrate knowledge of controllers from computer science and system theory for the analysis and synthesis of real industrial embedded systems. The proposal is aimed at describing and generalising this design knowledge, leading to a better understanding of these systems. It is expected to lead to an increased throughput of the process, a substantial decrease of development time and more predictable and reliable results. Focussing on the type of applications suggested by industry, this research project brings closer continuous and discrete control systems by comparing and, possibly, combining their techniques. The expectation is that this will lead to an improved mutual understanding, cross-fertilisation and to generic results for analysing and synthesising the dynamic behaviour of industrial embedded systems. The project team consists of Prof.dr.ir. P.P.J. van den Bosch, Dr.ir. W.P.M.H. Heemels, Dr. S. Weiland (all EUT, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Systems) and Prof.dr.ir. J.F. Groote, Prof.dr.ir. C.A. Middelburg (EUT, Dept. Mathematics and Computer Science, Formal Methods). The following industrial participants support the project: - Philips CFT (Technology Center of Philips in the area of Mechatronics and Manufacturing, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) - Toolex (Manufacturer of Optical Recorder Mastering Machines, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) - Oce (Manufacturer of (Digital) Copiers in Venlo, The Netherlands). For further inquiries and applications, please contact Dr. ir. W.P.M.H. Heemels Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology P.O.Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel: +31.40.2473587 Fax: +31.40.2434582 E-mail: w.p.m.h.heemels@tue.nl *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: D.J. Walker HELICOPTER IDENTIFICATION & CONTROL (Ph.D Position - UK/EU Nationals) Industrial CASE Award: (GKN Westland Helicopters/Leicester University). Recent research has highlighted the importance of more accurate mathematical models, if better helicopter handling qualities are to be achieved. This project will involve modelling and identification of the DERA/GKN Westland experimental rotor rig. The aim: to pinpoint deficiencies in and improve the accuracy of currently available models. We will identify and validate a range of black-box dynamic models. Control systems will be designed using the new models, and tested on the rig. Applications are invited from individuals having - or expecting shortly to obtain - a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree in a relevant branch of Engineering, Physics or Applied Mathematics. Relevant experience in dynamics, system identification, and control would be an advantage. The successful candidate will be expected to register for the degree of Ph.D in the Control and Instrumentation Research Group at Leicester University Engineering Dept. More information on the Research Group is available at http://www.le.ac.uk/eg/research/groups/control/menu.html. Applicants should send a c.v. and names and addresses of three referees by regular mail to: Dr. Daniel Walker Dept. of Engineering University of Leicester University Road LEICESTER LE1 7RH, U.K. Informal enquiries (phone or e-mail) are also welcome. Tel +44 (0)116 252 2529 Fax +44 (0)116 252 2619 e-mail: wjd@le.ac.uk Please note that this studentship can only be awarded to UK and EU nationals, to whom its value is as follows:- UK nationals:- fees + standard EPSRC maintenance grant + industrial top-up EU nationals:- fees + industrial top-up The value of the industrial top-up will be at least GBP 3000 p.a. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Li Qiu Postdoctoral Position in Systems and Control Hong Kong University of Science and Technology A postdoctoral position is available in the area of Systems and Control Theory. Expected research topics include, but not limited to, multi-objective control, control with input and state constraints, interplay of control, signal processing and communications. The position is initially for one year but may be extended to the second year. The salary range is HK25,000-HK$30,000 (approximentely US$3,200-US$4,000) per month. The successful candidate is expected to start as early as possible. Please send your application, including a CV, three representative publications, and names of three referees, to Professor Li Qiu Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: 852-2358-7067, Fax: 852-2358-1485 Email: eeqiu@ee.ust.hk *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gwenda Pittaway - G.Pittaway@ee.mu.oz.au Research Fellow in Tracking and Data Fusion (1 position) Research Fellow in Hybrid & Distributed Systems (2 positions) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing (CSSIP) The Position: Three Research Fellows are required in areas relating to control, modelling and estimation for hybrid and distributed systems, and multi-sensor multi-target tracking and data fusion. The Research Fellows will be attached to The University of Melbourne node of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing (CSSIP). The incumbents will work with other researchers, academic staff and postgraduate students to conduct high-quality research into the design, analysis and implementation of estimation, optimization and control algorithms for hybrid and distributed systems, or multi-sensor multi-target tracking and data fusion. The Person: You will hold a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Maths or an equivalent qualification. A demonstrated research record, evidenced by research publications in good international conferences and journals is essential. The ability to present research results in a comprehensive and timely manner, through verbal and written means is required. You will demonstrate high level knowledge and experience in the fundamental techniques and applications of systems theory, particularly estimation, system identification and control. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential, as are skills in implementing numerical algorithms in C, C++ and Matlab under Unix. Eligibility for an Australian Security Clearance is desirable. The Benefits: Total remuneration package up to $69,339 per annum for Research Fellow Grade 2. Depending upon qualifications and experience, appointments may be made at Senior Research Fellow with a total remuneration package up to $82,477 per annum. The total package includes employer superannuation contributions of 17 percent. Duration: These are Fixed Term (Research) positions for 3 years Contact: Further information at www.ee.mu.oz.au or Ms Gwenda Pittaway. Tel:+61 3 9344 0376, fax: +61 3 9344 6678, email: g.pittaway@ee.mu.oz.au Applications to: Deputy Principal, Human Resources, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010. Fax: + 61 3 9344 4694 by 7th March 2000. Please quote position number Y9628011 (Research Fellow Tracking and Data Fusion) or position number Y0008702 (Research Fellow Hybrid & Distributed Systems) and include the names, phone and facsimile numbers of three referees in your application. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hiro Mukai (mukai@zach.wustl.edu) Post-Doctoral Research Positions in Control Systems Department of Systems Science and Mathematics Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 USA The Department of Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University has post-doctoral research positions available. Candidates with advanced knowledge in control systems theory are sought. The term of appointment will be from March 1, 2000 till Feb. 28, 2001. Your computational experience in the following fields is important: Kalman filtering, optimal control, dynamic programming, LQG, differential game-theoretic approach to control, receding-horizon optimal control, control of a hybrid system, control of a discrete- continous system and differential-geometric nonlinear control. Our applications include military enterprise control, military air operations, flight control, and operations analysis. If interested, immediately send your CV by e-mail to Prof. Hiro Mukai Tel: 314-935-6064 or +1-314-935-6064 Email: mukai@zach.wustl.edu In your cover letter, please tell us how fluent you are in English and why you are fluent in English. Furthermore tell us your computational experience. For example, what languages have you used? C? Matlab? How familiar are you with Unix and Windows NT computers? What was the largest program you have created? How many lines of codes have you written for this program? For what purpose have you computed? Also tell us when you will be available. ****************************************** * * * Books * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Marc Bodson FREE BOOK The book: "Adaptive Control: Stability, Convergence, and Robustness," by Shankar Sastry and Marc Bodson, published by Prentice-Hall in 1989 (ISBN 0-13-004326-5) is out-of-print. However, a scanned version (PDF format) may now be downloaded for free (for personal use). Check the URL: http://www.elen.utah.edu/~bodson/acscr.html Also available on the web site is a list of corrections to the book, and a set of homework problems. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ronald K. Pearson (pearson@aut.ee.ethz.ch) NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Discrete-Time Dynamic Models by Ronald K. Pearson Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-512198-8 Hardback, 466 pages Price 65.00 UK pounds Industrial interest in model-based computer control is strong and growing, but successful applications of this approach require the availability of discrete-time models that are both accurate enough to adequately approximate process dynamics and simple enough to yield tractable control system design problems. The first step in the development of such a model is the specification of a model structure (e.g., bilinear models, Hammerstein models, Wiener models, Lur'e models, Volterra models, linear multimodels, etc.), and it is often not clear how to make this choice, despite its significant influence on both the predictive adequacy of the final model and the difficulty of the resulting control problem. This book has two primary objectives: first, to describe some of the useful model structures that have been proposed in the process control, time-series analysis, and digital signal processing literature and second, to describe some of the important qualitative behavior of these model structures to provide a rational basis for matching classes of potentially useful mathematical models with specific applications. Brief table of contents: Ch. 1. Motivations and Perspectives Ch. 2. Linear Dynamic Models Ch. 3. Four Views of Nonlinearity Ch. 4. NARMAX Models Ch. 5. Volterra Models Ch. 6. Linear Multimodels Ch. 7. Relations between Model Classes Ch. 8. The Art of Model Development *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? New Book Announcement Compartmental Modeling with Networks By Gilbert Walter & Martha Contreras A new book providing a thorough and comprehensive guide for compartmental models, model construction and interdisciplinary applications. The presentation is divided in four parts: part one is devoted to the structure of the models as represented by directed graphs; part two addresses Markov Chains; part three is devoted to diverse applications; while part four covers the theoretical aspects of compartmental models. All topics, models, and methods are presented in a clear, accessible style with many helpful examples (with selected examples using computational program, MAPLE, in graph theory and matrix algebra problems) and background information. Birkhauser Boston 1999 275 pp. / Hardcover / ISBN 0-8176-4019-3 / $59.95 For further information and complete table-of-contents, please visit http://www.birkhauser.com/cgi-win/isbn/0-8176-4019-3. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: B.J.Lurie@jpl.nasa.gov New Book: Classical Feedback Control with Matlab, Boris J. Lurie and Paul J. Enright, JPL, Caltech Marcel Dekker, 2000, 480 pp, 500 illustrations, numerous problems, booklets with solutions are available for instructors only ISBN: 0-8247-0370-7 < http://www.dekker.com> , The book presents frequency-domain design methods for high-performance, linear and nonlinear, analog and digital control systems. High-performance controllers must be high-order and nonlinear, even for low- order linear plants. Since modern technology allows implementation of such controllers at a very low cost, design tools for low-order (and therefore low-performance) compensators are granted only a brief treatment in the book, making room for loop shaping, structural simulation of complex systems, multiloop systems, and nonlinear controllers, all of which are essential for good design practice. Bode integrals are employed to estimate the available system performance and to determine the frequency responses which maximize the disturbance rejection and the feedback bandwidth. This ability to quickly estimate the attainable performance is critical for system-level trades in the design of complex engineering systems, of which the controller is one of many subsystems. Only at the final design stage and only for the finally selected option of the system configuration do the compensators need to be designed in detail, by approximation of the already found optimal frequency responses. Nonlinear dynamic compensation provides global and process stability, and improves the transient responses. The nearly-optimal high-order compensators are then economically implemented using analog and digital technology. The first six chapters support a one-semester course in linear control. The rest of the book considers the issues of complex system simulation, robustness, global stability, and nonlinear control. The book contains many examples of mechanical and electrical control systems designed by the authors (for Deep Space Network, Cassini, DS-1, Mars Pathfinder, Space Interferometer, and other space robotic missions). CONTENTS: Feedback and Sensitivity Feedforward, Multiloop, and MIMO Systems Frequency Response Methods Shaping the Loop Frequency Response Compensator Design Analog Controller Implementation Linear Links and System Simulation Introduction to Alternative Methods of Controller Design Adaptive Systems Provision of Global Stability Describing Functions Process Instability Multi-window Compensators Appendices: Feedback control, elementary treatment Frequency responses Causal systems, passive systems, and positive real functions Derivation of Bode integrals Program for phase calculation Generic single-loop feedback system Effect of feedback on mobility Dependence of a transfer function on a parameter Balanced bridge feedback Phase-gain relation for describing functions Discussions Design sequence Examples Bode Step toolbox Bibliography; Notation; Index *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? Subject: Edited Volume: HANDBOOK on SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING Edited Volume: HANDBOOK on SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING Henry Wolkowicz, Romesh Saigal, Lieven Vandenberghe (editors) Kluwer Series: INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Frederick S. Hillier Volume: 27 ISBN: 07923-7771-0 Publication date: Feb. 25, 2000, xxvi+654 pages, hardcover Price: $185 **SPECIAL PRE-PUBLICATION PRICE: $100 US. (orders must be received by Friday, March 31, 2000) Order form, table of contents, and preface, are available at: http://orion.math.uwaterloo.ca/~hwolkowi/henry/book/fronthandbk.d/handbooksdp.html To take advantage of the SPECIAL OFFER, please use the ORDER FORM and follow the directions on the above website. [regular price order form is at the Kluwer web page http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-7923-7771-0] ----------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Semidefinite programming (SDP) has been one of the most exciting and active research areas in optimization during the 1990's. It has attracted researchers with very diverse backgrounds, including experts in convex programming, linear algebra, numerical optimization, combinatorial optimization, control theory, and statistics. This tremendous research activity was spurred by the discovery of important applications in combinatorial optimization and control theory, the development of efficient interior-point algorithms for solving SDP problems, and the depth and elegance of the underlying optimization theory. The HANDBOOK OF SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING offers an advanced and broad overview of the current state of the field, It contains nineteen chapters written by the leading experts on the subject. The chapters are organized in three parts: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications and Extensions. -------------------- CONTRIBUTION AUTHORS: Abdo Alfakih, Farid Alizadeh, Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, Dimitris Bertsimas, Aharon Ben-Tal, Etienne de Klerk, Laurent El Ghaoui, Valerii Fedorov, Michel Goemans, Christoph Helmberg, Florian Jarre, Serge Kruk, Jon Lee, Zhiquan Luo, Renato Monteiro, Yurii Nesterov, Arkadi Nemirovski, Francois Oustry, Gabor Pataki, Franz Rendl, Kees Roos, Romesh Saigal, Katya Scheinberg, Stefan Schmieta, Jay Sethuraman, Alexander Shapiro, Jos Sturm, Tam\'as Terlaky, Michael J. Todd, Levent Tuncel, Lieven Vandenberghe, Fan Wang, Henry Wolkowicz, Yinyu Ye ****************************************** * * * Journals * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Marc Bodson NEW EDITOR: IEEE TRANS. ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY I have replaced Professor Mark Spong as editor of IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology. Thanks to Mark's help, the transition has proceeded smoothly so far. Please note my coordinates at the end of the message, and use the address for new submissions as well as for inquiries regarding papers in review. Professor Sebastian Engell will continue to serve as co-editor for a few months. Authors of papers that were submitted to Sebastian should contact him for information about the status of their paper. New papers, however, should only be submitted to Sebastian's office until May 1, 2000. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mailing address: PROFESSOR MARC BODSON UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 50 S CENTRAL CAMPUS DR RM 3280 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84112-9206 U.S.A. Phone: USA (801) 581 8590 Direct e-mail: bodson@ee.utah.edu Fax: USA (801) 581 5281 TCST phone: (801) 581 5721 TCST web page: http://tcst.elen.utah.edu TCST e-mail: editor@tcst.elen.utah.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS CALL FOR PAPERS: Fourth Special Issue on Linear Systems and Control. In the past, LAA has published three special issues devoted to the field of Linear Systems and Control: 1983 (vol. 50), 1989 (vols. 122-124) and 1994 (vols. 203-204). More than six years after the publication of the last special issue, it is time to take stock of recent and current interactions between Linear Algebra and Systems Theory. The cross fertilization between these two fields has been very fruitful in the past. While linear algebraic methods have been instrumental for much of the development of linear systems theory, many system theoretic concepts and constructions are now part of the body of linear algebra. Today systems theory is a place where methods from many different parts of mathematics are combined. As a result linear systems theory has become a rich source of linear algebraic problems. More recently, new paradigms, new problems and areas of application have appeared on the scene: the behavioural approach, coding theory, distance problems and parameter uncertainty, the dynamic systems approach to algorithms, computational complexity issues in systems theory and discrete event systems. These important subject areas have enriched linear systems theory and will influence the future development of linear algebra, too. We hope that the upcoming issue will further this process and we encourage all authors working in these areas to submit their contributions. As in previous issues, this one will be open for all papers with significant new results in Systems and Control Theory where either linear algebraic methods play an important role or new tools and problems of linear algebraic nature are presented. Also survey papers are very welcome which illustrate specific areas where the interaction of Systems Theory and Linear Algebra has been particularly successful. Papers must meet the publication standards of Linear Algebra and Its Applications and will be refereed in the usual way. Areas and topics of interest for this special issue include: - Structure theory of linear systems and system families - Stability theory - Distance problems and analysis of uncertain systems - Methods of robust control - Approximation and interpolation problems arising in systems theory - Geometric control theory and geometry of linear systems - Linear behaviors - Multidimensional systems and systems over rings - Module theoretic techniques in system theory - Coding theory with connections to systems theory - Algorithms for linear systems - Numerical issues in linear systems theory - Computational complexity in linear algebra and systems theory - Discrete event systems The deadline for submission of papers is 31 December 2000, and the special issue is expected to be published in the first half of 2002. Papers should be sent to any of its special editors: Vincent Blondel Department of Mathematical Engineering, CESAME Universite catholique de Louvain Avenue Georges Lemaitre, 4 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium E-mail: blondel@inma.ucl.ac.be Diederich Hinrichsen Institut fuer Dynamische Systeme, Universitaet Bremen Postfach 330 440 D 28334 Bremen Germany E-mail: dh@math.uni-bremen.de Joachim Rosenthal Department of Mathematics University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-5683 U.S.A. E-mail: rosen@nd.edu Paul Van Dooren Department of Mathematical Engineering, CESAME Universit catholique de Louvain Avenue Georges Lemaitre, 4 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium E-mail: vdooren@anma.ucl.ac.be *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Volker Mehrman Special Issue of Linear Algebra and its Applications on Linear Algebra Methods in Representation Theory In the last three decades in the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras over a field or even of more general algebraic structures several new methods have emerged, including combinatorial, homological, categorical and geometric aspects. One underlying aspect is the input from Linear Algebra in a wider sense. One basic problem in the representation theory is the classification of indecomposable objects in some Krull-Remak-Schmidt category, or in linear algebra terminology normal forms of indecomposable matrices. In case there exists (up to isomorphism) only finitely many such indecomposable objects (finite type) much more information is available and progress has been made in case this classification depends only on one-parameter families of indecomposable objects (tame type). In the remaining case which is usually called the wild case, there is only scattered information available. Due to a vast number of internal questions but also problems arising in applications such as perturbation and control theory the wild case should be treated seriously. In the last thirty years the area of representation theory has been extending in several directions. We want to take this opportunity to devote a special issue on the Linear Algebra aspects. A preliminary list of topics would include. Representations of quivers Representations of posets and BOCS's Normal forms of matrices with additional structure Involutive algebras and their representation theory Hall algebras Applications to numerical linear algebra This is a sample, but not an exclusive list of topics. If there is doubt about suitability of a particular paper, please contact one of the editors of the special issue. Please submit three (3) hard copies to one of the special issue editors listed below. The format should follow the instructions given in the `Information for Authors' in a recent issue of LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS. The deadline for submission is DECEMBER 31, 2000. Special editors: Yuri Drozd Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University 252 033 Kyiv, Ukraine} e-mail: drozd@uni-alg.kiev.ua Robert Guralnick Department of Mathematics University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 90089-1113, USA e-mail: guralnic@math.usc.edu Dieter Happel Fakultaet fuer Mathematik Technische Universitaet Chemnitz D-09116 Chemnitz, Germany e-mail: happel@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de Claus Michael Ringel Fakultaet fuer Mathematik Universitaet Bielefeld D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany e-mail: ringel@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider Linear Algebra and its Applications Special Issue on INFINITE SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS FINITELY SPECIFIED Second Announcement One of the traditional hunting grounds of linear algebra is the area of finite systems of linear equations, as described by a matrix equation $Ax = b$. Here $A$ is a known matrix, $b$ a known vector of finite dimensions, and $x$ is an unknown vector of finite dimensions, which is to be determined such that the equation is either satisfied, or, if that is not possible, approximately satisfied. Many techniques are known for finding solutions or approximate solutions, depending on the properties of the given data and the approximation technique choosen. If the system of equations is not finite, i.e. $A$ is not a matrix but an operator, and $b$ and $x$ are of infinite dimension, then algebraic and numerical techniques can still be used provided the given data are finitely specified. Operators with such a property are often called 'structured operators', and it turns out that one can solve such infinite equations in an exact or approximate sense using finite methods and algorithms. The conjunction of linear algebra and inversion theory for finitely specified infinite operators brings interesting connections to the forefront: algebraic equivalents of inner-outer factorizations e.g., or the algebraic significance of Kalman filtering. Structured matrices can be of many types, e.g. systems with finite displacement ranks or time-varying systems with state spaces of finite dimensions and whose limiting behaviour is known, e.g. as a time invariant system. A non-limiting list of topics of interest in this area is (assuming $A$ is an infinite but finitely described operator of some kind): - inversion methods - decomposition methods for the operator A - quadratic approximation methods - complexity reduction - equivalencies - canonical forms - transform techniques. Examples of operator structure: - systems with low displacement rank - finitely described time-varying systems - finitely described almost-periodic systems - differentials of non-linear systems. Interested authors are kindly invited to submit full papers with significant contributions to this area to any of the three guest editors listed below before June 1st, 2000. Patrick Dewilde DIMES, Delft University of Technology POB 5031, 2600GA Delft, the Netherlands. Fax: +31 15 262 3271 email: dewilde@DIMES.tudelft.nl Vadim Olshevsky Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Georgia State University University Plaza Atlanta, GA 30303, USA Fax: +1 404 651 2246 email: volshevsky@cs.gsu.edu Ali Sayed Rm 44-123A Engr. IV Bldg Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594, USA Fax: +1 310 206 8495 email: sayed@biruni.icsl.ucla.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider ContentsDirect from Elsevier Science ===================================== URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/jnlnr/07738 Journal: Linear Algebra and Its Applications ISSN : 0024-3795 Volume : 306 Issue : 1-3 Date : 22-Feb-2000 pp 1-13 Equivalence constants for matrix norms: a problem of Goldberg A Tonge pp 15-24 Classes of Schur D-stable matrices R Fleming pp 25-31 A representation theorem for algebras with commuting involutions M Cabrera pp 33-44 Sparsity of orthogonal matrices with restrictions GS Cheon, BL Shader pp 45-57 On sums of three square-zero matrices K Takahashi, PEIYUAN Wu pp 59-86 The Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problems and power moment problems for matrix-valued functions III: The infinitely many data case GONGNING Chen pp 87-102 Generalized totally positive matrices M Fiedler pp 103-121 On almost regular tournament matrices C Eschenbach, JR Weaver pp 123-130 Dual graphs and knot invariants M Lien, W Watkins pp 131-143 Decomposing a matrix into circulant and diagonal factors M Schmid, R Steinwandt pp 145-154 Centrogonal matrices O Krafft pp 155-163 Spectral clustering properties of block multilevel Hankel matrices D Fasino pp 165-182 On condensed forms for partially commuting matrices YUA Alpin, L Elsner pp 183-188 A tree whose complement is not eigensharp VL Watts pp 189-202 Growth in Gaussian elimination for weighing matrices, W(n,n-1) CHRISTOS Koukouvinos pp 203-209 Semidefiniteness without real symmetry CR Johnson, RB Reams pp 211-211 Author index NOTE: ContentsDirect, which is automatically generated, lists the first author of each paper and the corresponding author (if different). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Vol. 6, No. 2 April 2000 CONTENTS Yu.L. Sachkov Classification of Controllable Systems on Low-Dimensional Solvable Lie Groups pp. 159--217 A.I. Gladyshev On the Riemann--Hilbert Problem in Dimension 4 pp. 219--264 M. Guerra Highly Singular L-Q Problems: Solutions in Distribution Spaces pp. 265--309 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Lars Imsland (lsi@itk.ntnu.no) TABLE OF CONTENTS Modeling, Identification, and Control (MIC), Vol. 20, No. 4, October 1999 K. Y. Pettersen and H. Nijmeijer, "Global Practical Stabilization and Tracking for an Underactuated Ship - A Combined Averaging and Backstepping Approach" ............... 189 Geir E. Hovland and Brenan J. McCarragher, "Hidden Markov Models as a Process Monitor in Robotic Assembly" ............ 201 Trygve Lauvdal and Richard M. Murray, "Stabilization of a Pitch Axis Flight Control Experiment with Input Rate Saturation" ................................................. 225 Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available at http://www.itk.ntnu.no/publikasjoner/mic/mic.html. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Zhiping Lin CALL FOR PAPERS MULTIDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING An International Journal Special Issue on Applications of Groebner Bases in Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing Since Groebner bases play a similar role in multidimensional systems and signal processing to Euclidean Division Algorithm in one-dimensional systems and signal processing, there has been a growing interest in applying Groebner bases in multidimensional systems and signal processing over the past fifteen years. The purpose of this special issue is to report on recent developments in applications of Groebner bases in multidimensional systems and signal processing. Papers dealing with applications of Groebner bases in all areas of multidimensional systems and signal processing are welcome, including but not limited to: multivariate polynomial and matrix factorization schemes, multidimensional control systems, multidimensional realization theory, multidimensional circuits and systems, multidimensional signal analysis and processing, multidimensional filters and filter banks, and image and video signal processing. Guest Editors: Dr. Zhiping Lin School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University Block S2, Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Tel: +65 790 6857 Fax: +65 792 0415 Email: ezplin@ntu.edu.sg Dr. Li Xu Dept. of Electronics and Information Systems Faculty of System Science and Technology Akita Prefecture University 84-4 Ebinokuchi, Tsuchiya, Honjo Akita 015-0055, Japan Tel: +81-184-27-2101 Fax: +81-184-27-2187 Email: xuli@akita-pu.ac.jp Instructions For Authors All manuscripts are subject to review. To be considered for this special issue, prospective authors should submit six copies of their complete manuscript by October 1, 2000 to Ms. Melissa Sullivan, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park, Norwell, MA 02061; USA Tel: 781 871-6600; Fax: 617 871-6528; E-mail: melissa.sullivan@wkap.com. Please note each submission: Special Issue on Applications of Groebner Bases in Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing. Instructions for authors are regularly published in the Journal and may also be obtained from Ms. Melissa Sullivan. Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing is an archival, peer reviewed journal publishing survey and original papers, spanning fundamental as well as applicable research contributions. It is published in four issues per year with worldwide distribution to engineers, researchers, educators and libraries. Readers interested in subscribing to this journal should contact Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358, USA; Tel: 781 871-6600; Fax: 617 871-6528; E-mail: Kluwer@wkap.com. Deadlines The following is the time schedule for this Special Issue: Submission Deadline: October 1, 2000 Final Selection of Papers: May 1, 2001 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ?? Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA), vol. 8, 1999: L. F. Pavarino, Domain decomposition algorithms for first-order system least squares methods R. S. Varga and A. Krautstengl, On Gersgorin-type problems and ovals of Cassini. A. A. Dubrulle, An optimum iteration for the matrix polar decomposition. A. Bjorck and J. Y. Yuan, Preconditioners for least squares problems by LU factorization. M. Dobrowolski, S. Graf and C. Pflaum, On a posteriori error estimators in the finite element method on anisotropic meshes. I. Presson, K. Samuelsson and A. Szepessy, On the convergence of multigrid methods for flow problems. M. Benzi, W. Joubert and G. Mateescu, Numerical experiments with parallel orderings for ILU preconditioners. P. Benner, V. Mehrmann and H. Xu, A note on the numerical solution of complex Hamiltonian and skew-Hamiltonian eigenvalue problems. K. Chen, Discrete wavelet transforms accelerated sparse preconditioners for dense boundary element systems. V. Gradinaru and R. Hiptmair, Whitney Elements on pyramids. --- Table of Contents, Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis (ETNA), vol. 9, 1999: This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Orthogonal Polynomials held at University Carlos III de Madrid in Leganes, Spain, 1998, organized by M. Alfaro, R. Alvarez-Nodarse, J. Arvesz and F. Marcellan (Chair). The proceedings were edited by R. Alvarez-Nodarse and F. Marcellan. M. Alvarez de Morales, T. E. Pirez, M. A. Piqar and A. Ronveaux, Non-standard orthogonality for Meixner polynomials. G. S. Ammar, D. Calvetti and L. Reichel, Computation of Gauss-Kronrod quadrature rules with non-positive weights. F. Cala Rodriguez, P. Gonzalez-Vera, and M. Jimenez Paiz, Quadrature formulas for rational functions. C. Costa and R. Serodio, A footnote on quaternion block-tridiagonal systems. E. M. Garcma-Caballero, T. E. Pirez and M. A. Piqar, Sobolev orthogonal polynomials: interpolation and approximation. W. Gautschi, Orthogonal polynomials and quadrature. W. Koepf, Software for the algorithmic work with orthogonal polynomials and special functions. M. Lorente, Creation and annihilation operators for orthogonal polynomials of continuous and discrete variables. F. Marcellan and J. C. Medem, q-Classical orthogonal polynomials: a very classical approach. P. Natalini, S. Noschese and P. E. Ricci, An iterative method for computing the eigenvalues of second kind Fredholm operators and applications. J. Segura and A. Gil, Evaluation of associated Legendre functions off the cut and parabolic cylinder functions. Doron Zeilberger, Proof of a conjecture of Chan, Robbins, and Yuen. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Martin Ruck Journal of Process Control Contents of Volume 10, issues 2-3 (April 2000) Special issue of selected papers from the IFAC DYCOPS'99 meeting p 93 Editorial T McAvoy p 95 Guest Editorial C Georgakis pp 97-111 Perspectives on the synthesis of plant-wide control structures G Stephanopoulos, C Ng pp 113-123 Nonlinearity measures: definition, computation and applications A Helbig, W Marquadt, F Allgower pp 125-134 Global optimization in design and control of chemical process systems CA Floudas pp 135-148 Quality control of polymer production processes M Ohshima, M Tanigaki pp 149-155 Subspace state space system identification for industrial processes W Favoreel, B De Moor, P Van Overschee pp 157-166 Inferential control system of distillation compositions using dynamic partial least squares regression M Kano, K Miyazaki, S Hasebe, I Hashimoto pp 167-175 Modelling for control analysis and design in complex industrial separation and liquefaction processes JA Mandler pp 177-184 Order reduction for nonlinear dynamic models of distributed reacting systems SY Shvartsman, C Theodoropoulos, IG Kevrekidis, R Rico-Martinez, ES Titi, TJ Mountziaris pp 185-194 A new measure of process output controllability DR Vinson, C Georgakis pp 195-202 Constrained parameter estimation with applications to blending operations K Murakami, DE Seborg pp 203-208 Application of the method of characteristics to crystallizer simulation and comparison with finite difference for controller performance evaluation KI Sotowa, K Naito, M Kano, S Hasebe, I Hashimoto pp 209-218 Nonlinear model-based control of a batch reactive distillation column FJ Doyle, LS Balasubramhanya pp 219-227 The interactions of design and control: double-effect distillation systems V Bansal, R Ross, JD Perkins, EN Pistikopoulos pp 229-236 PLS based monitoring and control of batch digesters P Kesavan, JH Lee, V Saucedo, GA Krishnagopalan pp 237-243 A case study for control structure selection: air separation plant JO Trierweiler, S Engell pp 245-250 Determining the number of principal components for best reconstruction SJ Qin, R Dunia pp 251-258 Ethylene quench column optimal operation annd controllability analysis B Solovyev, R Miller, G Emoto, DR Lewin pp 259-268 State observers for tubular reactors with unknown kinetics D Dochain pp 269-274 Nonlinear robust constrained control of partially uncontrollable and open-loop unstable systems O Slupphang, BA Foss pp 275-282 Multi-scale aspects in model-predictive control G Stephanopoulos, O Karsligil, M Dyer pp 283-289 Linear programming and model predictive control CV Rao, JB Rawlings Journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jprocont Journal of Process Control is an IFAC affiliated journal. Visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac for more details. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? Asian Journal of Control URL: http://ajc.csie.ntu.edu.tw. Contributed by : Li-Chen Fu Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Hidenori Kimura (The University of Tokyo), Prof. Li-Chen Fu (National Taiwan University) Vol.1, No.1 First Issue (March, 1999) 1. Title: "Super-Heuristics and Their Applications to Combinatorial Problems," Author: Tak Wing Edward Lau and Yu-Chi Ho 2. Title: "Nonlinear Optimal Control GA Control Lyapunov Function and Receding Horizon Perspective," Author: James A. Primbs, Vesna Nevistic and John C. Doyle 3. Title: "The Role of Euler Parameters in Robot Control," Author: Fabrizio Caccavale, Bruno Siciliano and Luigi Villani 4. Title: "Improved Continuation Method Controller for PWM SystemsGAn Experimental Case Study," Author: T. Iwata, M. Yamakita and K. Furuta 5. Title: "Observer-based Control of Systems with Monotonic Nonlinearities," Author: Murat Arcak and Petar Kokotovic 6. Title: "Control System Design Considering a Tradeoff Between Evaluated Uncertainty Ranges and Control Performance," Author: Y. Wakasa and Y. Yamamoto 7. Title: "Modeling of a Three-phase Step Up/Down AC /DC Converter," Author: Jeng-Yue Chen, Ching-Tsai Pan and Yi-Shuo Huang ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol.1, No.2 Second Issue (June, 1999) 1. Title: "Model Set Identification in Frequency-Domain and Its Application to Joint Design with Robust Contro," Author: Hiroaki Fukushima and Toshiharu Sugie 2. Title: "Adaptive Control and Synchronization of Chua's Circuits," Author: Teh-Lu Liao and Sheng-Hung Lin 3. Title: "On the Controller Synthesis for Linear Hybrid Systems," Author: M. De la Sen 4. Title: "Indirect Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Systems with System Perturbation," Author: Kuo-Ming Chang 5. Title: "Dual Stroke and Phase Control and System Identification of Linear Compressor of a Split-Stirling Cryocooler," Author: Yee-Pien Yang and Wei-Ting Chen 6. Title: "Force/Position Sliding-Mode Control of a Robot Manipulator in a Non-rigid Environment," Author: Yon-Ping Chen and Zhen-Zhong Lu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vol.1, No.3 Third Issue (September 1999) 1. Title: "Landing an Unmanned Air VehicleG Vision Based Motion Estimation and Nonlinear Control," Author: Omid Shakernia, Yi Ma, T. John Koo and Shankar Sastry 2. Title: "Block Decoupling Control of Linear Multivariable Systems," Author: Ching-An Lin and Chang-Ming Wu 3. Title: "Tracking Control in the Presence of Nonlinear Dynamic Frictional EffectsGRobot Extension," Author: M. Feemster, D.M. Dawson, A. Behal and W. Dixon 4. Title: "A Stable Self-Learning Optimal Fuzzy Control System," Author: Sinn-Cheng Lin and Yung-Yaw Chen 5. Title: "Training Algorithm of Uniform Parzen Window Neural Networks," Author: Chao-Yin Hsiao and Shan-Hung Hsien 6. Title: "Robust Neural Network Control of Rigid Link Flexible-Joint Robots," Author: C.M. Kwan, F.L. Lewis and Y.H. Kim 7. Title: "Robust Sampled-Data Control Systems Analysis by Approximate Z- transform Using Higher-Order Integrators," Author: T.C. Lin, C.C. Teng, C.H. Wang and K.H. Yu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vol.1, No.4 Fourth Issue (December 1999) 1. Title: "Nonlinear Network Structures for Feedback Control," Author: F. L. Lewis 2. Title: "Tracking Domains for Unstable Plants with Saturating-like Actuators," Author: V.A. Yakubovich, S. Nakaura and K. Furuta 3. Title: "Optimal Control for Two-Dimensional Linear Systems with Variable Coefficients," Author: Jimshone Li, Jason Sheng-Hong Tsai and Leang-San Shieh 4. Title: "A Recursive 4SID from the Input-Output Point of View," Author: Hiroshi Oku and Hidenori Kimura 5. Title: "Vibration Attenuation of an Axially Moving String via Active In-Domain Control Method," Author: Jyh-Feng Lin and Jwusheng Hu 6. Title: "Application of H-infinity Control and Closed Loop Identification to a Magnetic Levitation System," Author: Taro Tsujino, Ken'ichi Nakashima and Takao Fujii ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anyone who is interested in submitting papers to the journal, he can either submit four copies of the manuscript by airmail or send the electronic file in postcript, pdf or word (version 7.0 or above) format to either of the two Editor-in-Chiefs at the following addresses: Prof. Li-Chen Fu Dept. of Electrical Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan Tel: +(886-2) 2362-2209 Fax: +(886-2) 2365-7887 E-mail: lichen@ccms.ntu.edu.tw Prof. Hidenori Kimura Dept. of Mathematics Engineering and Information Physics The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan Tel: (+81-3) 5841-6890 E-mail: kimura@crux.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* Contributed By: Clarence de Silva, Regional Editor (desilva@mech.ubc.ca) Journal: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (International Journal of Intelligent Real-Time Automation) ISSN : 0952-1976 Volume : 13 Issue : 2 Date : 25-Feb-2000 pp 109-119 Global stability analysis of fuzzy path tracking using frequency response J Aracil, G Heredia, A Ollero pp 121-135 Fuzzy-logic-based process modeling using limited experimental data HH Lou, ZP Liu, YL Huang pp 137-145 A fuzzy irrigation controller system M Bahat, G Inbar, O Yaniv, M Schneider pp 147-157 The exploitation of neural networks in automotive engine management systems. PJ Shayler, M Goodman, T Ma pp 159-164 An improved approach to the solution of inverse kinematic problems for robot manipulators. B Karlik, S Aydin pp 165-178 Automated vectorization of cartographic maps by a knowledge-based system. KH Lee, SB Cho, YC Choy pp 179-197 Heterogeneous control and qualitative supervision, application to a distillation column F Neves Junior, JA Martin pp 199-213 A case-based reasoning system for identifying failure mechanisms TW Liao, ZM Zhang, CR Mount *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ?? Volume 73, Number 4 of: International Journal of Control a journal from Taylor and Francis is now available online via the Catchword service, and contains the following articles: A solvability condition of an extended H infinity control problem using Riccati inequalities M. Hirata; K. Z. Liu; T. Sato; K. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Taylor & Francis Ltd, PO Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3UE, UK. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Martin Ruck New IFAC Proceedings recently published Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing 1998 26-28 August 1998, Glasgow, UK Edited by R.R. Bitmead, M.A. Johnson & M.J. Grimble Price: NLG 210 / US$ 110 ISBN: 0 08 043238 7 For more information and to order, visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080432387 Space Robotics 19-22 October 1998, St Hubert, Quebec, Canada Edited by S. Rondeau Price: NLG 139 / US$ 73 ISBN: 0 08 043050 3 For more information and to order, visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/isbn/0080430503 For a list of all available IFAC Proceedings, visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ifac *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak AUTOMATICA Table of contents May, 2000 Issue 36:5 Regular Papers J. H. Lee, K. S. Lee, W. C. Model-based iterative learning control with a Kim quadratic criterion for time-varying linear systems Brief Papers C. Batlle, A. Miralles On the approximation of delay elements by feedback D. J. Stilwell, W. J. Rugh Stability preserving interpolation methods for the synthesis of gain scheduled controllers J-X. Xu, L. Chen, C. C. Hang Parallel structure and tuning of a fuzzy PID controller Tong Zhou Unfalsified model parametrization based on frequency domain noise information A. Palazoglu, A. Karakas Control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems using generalized invariants C-C. Yu, C-J. Huang, S-H. Selection of measurement locations for the Shen control of rapid thermal processor T-Y. Kuc, W-G. Han An adaptive PID learning control of robot manipulators A. V. Savkin, A. S. Matveev Cyclic linear differential automata: A simple class of hybrid dynamical systems T. Mita, X. Xin, B. D. O. Extended H(infinity) control - H(infinity) Anderson control with unstable weights C. Edwards, S. K. Spurgeon On the limitations of some variable structure output feedback controller designs U. Forssell, L. Ljung Some results on optimal experiment design Technical Communiques M. S. Mahmoud Robust H(infinity) control of linear neutral systems Y. Kakutani, T. Hagiwara, M. LMI representation of the shifted Popov Araki criterion X-R. Cao A unified approach to Markov decision problems and performance sensitivity analysis A. V. Savkin, A. S. Matveev Existence and stability of periodic trajectories in switched server systems Correspondence C. G. Cassandras, C. G. Correction to "Optimization of Kanban-based Panayiotou manufacturing systems" Book Reviews S. P. Bhattacharyya P. J. Antsaklis, A. N. Michel: Linear systems P. Zagalak S. Skogestad, I. Postlethwaite: Multivariable feedback control *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Submitted by: George W Irwin IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice CONTENTS LIST Volume 8 February 2000 pp 113-120 Experimental demonstration of reset control design. Y Zheng, Y Chait pp 121-131 Grey box fault detection of heat exchangers E Weyer, G Szederkenyi, K Hangos pp 133-138 Continuous gain scheduling control for a micro-positioning system SUNGQ Lee, YONGSANG Kim, DAEGAB Gweon pp 139-146 A flexible interactive environment for embedded controllers. J Eker pp 147-154 On-line PID tuning for engine idle-speed control using continuous action reinforcement learning automata MN Howell, MC Best pp 155-163 Optimization of power system controls within a simulation software package XIANZHANG Lei, D Povh pp 165-173 Monitoring and control of fluid bed drying of tea SJ Temple, ST Tambala, AJB Van Boxtel SPECIAL SECTION: CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN MARINE SYSTEMS pp 175-176 Preface TI Fossen pp 177-184 An adaptive neural-net controller system for an underwater vehicle KAZUO Ishii, TAMAKI Ura pp 185-190 Autopilot and track-keeping algorithms for high speed craft CG Kallstrom pp 191-203 Decoupled cushion control in ride control systems for air cushion catamarans D Bertin, S Bittanti, SM Savaresi pp 205-213 Positioning of small-waterplane-area marine constructions with roll and pitch damping AJ Sorensen, JP Strand pp 215-219 Bayesian estimation of directional wave spectra based on ship motions TOSHIO Iseki, KOHEI Ohtsu pp 221-224 IFAC meeting papers pp 225-231 Index of IFAC meeting papers 1993/4/5/6/7/8 Prof. George W Irwin Intelligent Systems and Control Group Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT9 5AH UK Voice: +44(0)28 90335439 Fax: +44(0)28 90664265 email: g.irwin@ee.qub.ac.uk web: www.ee.qub.ac.uk IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice (cep@ee.qub.ac.uk) ****************************************** * * * Conferences * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Carlos M. Velez S. IX LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL IV CONGRESS OF THE COLOMBIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUTOMATION AADECA - ACA - ACCA - AMCA - SBA (NMOs IFAC) November 1-3, 2000 Cali, Colombia SCOPE The 9th Latin American Congress on Automatic Control (CLCA00), and the 4th Congress of the Colombian Association of Automation (ACA00), will be held in Cali, Colombia, from November 1-3, 2000. The Congress is sponsored by IFAC and supported by the different Latin American members of IFAC. ACTIVITIES The Congress will consist of technical sessions that include papers, panels, specific technical lectures, and plenary lectures. In addition to the technical sessions (papers, panels, tutorials) and social activities, there will also be a number of short courses and industrial exhibitions. Add it all up, and it promises to be a great week. PAPER FORMAT Papers in all the automatic control fields will be considered. Papers should be in IFAC format (corresponding to the Automatica journal of IFAC, Word, Latex) , but in letter paper size (8.5" x 11"). The papers should not exceed six pages. PAPER SUBMISSION According to the rules approved by the Latin American Committee of Automatica, the full paper (3 copies) must be sent to the Local Associations (Argentina, Brasil and Chile) for the peer review process. Colleagues from other countries must send the papers directly to the Chairman of the International Program Committee (IPC) in Cali, Colombia. As soon as the Local Associations finish their review process, they should send the accepted original papers (camera ready), to the Chairman of the IPC, who will communicate the final acceptance to the authors. The official languages of the Congress are Spanish, Portuguese and English. DEADLINES February 18, 2000 - Reception of the complete papers in Local Associations and in Colombia (IPC). May 5, 2000 - Communication to the authors about acceptance, modifications, and rejection. July 28,2000 - Reception of final papers at Local Associations and Colombia. August 18, 2000 - Communication to the authors of the final decision from the IPC. November 1-3, 2000 - The Congress. TOPICS OF THE CONGRESS Computer Aided Design and Analysis Design Methods Industrial Applications of Automatic Control and Automation Process Modelling and Simulation Control Architectures and Algorithms Signal Processing Low Cost Automation Computer Networks Automatic Process Control Robotics Education and Overall Aspects of Automation Discrete Event Systems Automation Technology Procurement Real Time Systems Process Identification Distributed Control Systems Instrumentationn Artificial Intelligence Mecatronics ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information about the activities of the Congress, please mail: Freddy Naranjo Prez. fnaranjo@verne.cuao.edu.co Corporacin Universitaria Autnoma de Occidente Cali - COLOMBIA *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ?? Dear Colleague, I cordially invite you to organize a Session in one of the following WSES Congresses: <> Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry (MCBC 2000) <> Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics (MCBE 2000) <> Acoustics and Music: Theory and Applications (AMTA 2000) that will take place in JAMAICA, Montego Bay, December 20-22, 2000 WEB SITES: http://www.worldses.org/wses/mcbc http://www.worldses.org/wses/mcbe http://www.worldses.org/wses/AMTA EMAIL ADDRESSES mcbc@worldses.org mcbe@worldses.org usa@worldses.org 2. Those (Faculty Members) that wish to participate in the International Scientific Committees of MCBC or MCBE or AMTA 2000, by reviewing papers (<5), proposing potential invited speakers or tutorials, must, please, reply to mcbc@worldses.org or mcbe@worldses.org or usa@worldses.org as soon as possible. Deadline for paper submission: APRIL 15, 2000 In order to help colleagues to learn about these conferences I would be most grateful to you, if you could forward this message to the people of your e-Address File (colleagues and collaborators). Also, in order to help colleagues to learn about the WSES/MIUE/HNA MCBE 2000 Conference you (or one of your students or assistants) could put Links from yours or your university/department web page to the conferences web pages: http://www.worldses.org/wses/mcbc http://www.worldses.org/wses/mcbe http://www.worldses.org/wses/AMTA As for the papers of the conferences CSC'98, CSCC'99, MCP'99, MCME'99 we schedule post-conference publications with the WSES Press Publishing Company. Accepted papers in WSES MCBE 2000 (after Review and full Registration of their Authors) will be included in these Books. Previously Special Issues with WSES-Press can be found at: http://www.worldses.org ALL THE ACCEPTED PAPERS will be published twice (two different publications) 1)in the CD-ROM Proceedings (with Search Facilities and Page Numbering) as well as 2)in the International Reference Book Series of WSES PRESS as Post-Conference Books (Hard cover, velvet paper, international circulation). These will be different International Editions (with different ISBN). Also SPECIAL ISSUES have been scheduled for the journals : 1)INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER RESEARCH (IJCR) 2)INFORMATICA 3)INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 4)OTHER JOURNALS OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (responsible: Session Organisers) See these Journals at the site: http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~mastor/EditorJournals.htm TOPICS: See the relevant web sites COMMITTEES: See the relevant web sites Looking forward to seeing you in Jamaica, in December 2000. Best Regards Prof.G.T.Olivares WSES Brasil Chapter, Inst. of Advanced Technology, Research and Development Rio de Janeiro Brasil *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: fmp@hp9000a1.uam.mx "GEOMETRIC CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS" GCTAA-2000 Mexico City, UAM-Azcapotzalco September 4, 5 and 6, Year 2000 GCTAA-2000 is the second edition of an international conference on new trends and the state of the art in *Geometric Control Theory *Optimal control theory on Lie Groups *Sub-Riemannian Geometry *Applications and related topics. The conference shall take place on September 4, 5 and 6, of year 2000, in the campus Azcapotzalco of the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (UAM-A), the second largest University of Mexico. In this ocassion the conference shall celebrate the 60th. Anniversary of VELIMIR JURDJEVIC. As in our previous conference (CMS, Proc. Series Vol 25, 1998), we plan to make proceedings, and we are asking all the contributors to participate in the conference with his/her paper ready for submission. Deadlines For titles and abstracts: May 31, year 2000. For papers: September 4, year 2000. We expect to cover partially the local expenses of the speakers. For further information please contact Felipe Monroy-Perez fmp@hp9000a1.uam.mx control@hp9000a1.uam.mx Web site: http://petite.uam.mx/congreso/ We are looking forward to seeing you in Mexico City in September. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? The 10th International Conference on Computing and Information ICCI '2000, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2000 http://mcs.sci.kuniv.edu.kw/~icci2000 http://kais.mines.edu/~xwu/icci-00/ Second Call For Papers ====================== Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2000 ICCI2000 will provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present new results in research, development, and applications in computing and information. Since 1989, ICCI conferences have attracted participants from over 40 different countries. ICCI '2000 will consist of five streams ranging from theoretical computer science to applied software systems. It will provide a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization and interdisciplinary information exchange. Stream A: Theory. Theory of Data and Logic. Information and Coding Theory. Algorithms. Theory of Computation. Chair: Monty Newborn, newborn@opus.cs.mcgill.ca Stream B: Distribution and Parallelism. Distributed Computing and Communications. Concurrency and Parallelism. Cluster Computing. Chair: Albert Zomaya, zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au Stream C: Systems and Development. Database Systems. Software Engineering and CASE Methodologies. Expert Systems. Chair: Hans Loeper, Loeper@mcs.sci.kuniv.edu.kw Stream D: Data and Knowledge Engineering. AI Methodologies. User Interfaces. Data Mining. Approximate Reasoning. Chair: Susan Craw, smc@scms.rgu.ac.uk Stream E: Networking and Internet. Information Exploration on the World Wide Web. Mobile Computing. Chair: Richard Lai, lai@cs.latrobe.edu.au Papers for any of the above streams are welcome. All submissions should be limited to a maximum of 5,000 words (approximately 15 A4 pages), and will be reviewed on the basis of technical correctness, quality, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Furthermore, a selected number of the accepted papers will be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in the following journals: * Journal of Computing and Information * Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal All paper submissions (by e-mail or in hardcopy) should be sent to the Program Committee Chair at the following address. Xindong Wu (xwu@kais.mines.edu) Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Colorado School of Mines 1500 Illinois Street Golden, Colorado 80401, USA Phone: +1-303-273-3874 Fax: +1-303-273-3875 Important Dates March 1, 2000 Paper submissions. May 1, 2000 Acceptance notices. July 1, 2000 Final camera-readies. November 18-21, 2000 Conference. Organization General Chair: Waldemar W. Koczkodaj, Laurentian University, Canada. E-mail: icci@nickel.laurentian.ca; URL: http://www.cs.laurentian.ca/faculty/wkoczkodaj.html Organizing Committee Chair: Mohammed Almulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait. E-mail: almulla@mcs.sci.kuniv.edu.kw; URL: http://www.sci.kuniv.edu.kw/~almulla/ Program Committee Chair: Xindong Wu, Colorado School of Mines, USA. E-mail: xwu@kais.mines.edu; URL: http://kais.mines.edu/~xwu/ General inquiries should be sent to the Organizing Committee Chair at Mohammed Almulla Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Kuwait University P.O.Box 5969 Safat, 13060, Kuwait Telephone: (965) 481-1188 Ext. 5303 or 5624 Fax: (965) 481-7201 E-mail: almulla@mcs.sci.kuniv.edu.kw *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? Dear colleague, the paper submission deadline for the next +============================================+ | IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium IV2000 | | Dearborn, MI, October 4-5, 2000 | +============================================+ is approaching: please submit your paper by March 1st, 2000. The following special sessions will be held during the symposium: * Military Applications and Current Research organized by Bruce Brendle, U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command * Autonomous Driving on Extreme Courses organized by Christoph Stiller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany * User Interfaces for On-Board Systems organized by Mauro Mosconi, University of Pavia, Italy * Vehicle Motion Control Systems organized by Aurelio Piazzi and Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco, University of Parma, Italy * Autonomous Vehicles Cooperation and Coordination organized by Giovanni Adorni, University of Parma, Italy and Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Labs, Japan Further information can be found in the Call for Papers enclosed below and in the IV2000 official web site at http://www.ce.unipr.it/IV2000 Looking forward to meeting you in Dearborn, Alessandra Fascioli, IEEE IV2000 Publicity Chair Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione Universita` di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze, 181A I-43100 Parma, ITALY Phone: +39 0521 905711 Fax: +39 0521 905723 E-mail: fascal@CE.UniPR.IT * DEADLINES Papers due for peer review . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 2000 Notification of acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1, 2000 Camera-ready copy for proceedings due . . . . . . July 1, 2000 * UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION Please refer frequently to the following websites for the most up-to-date information or contact the General Chair (Jim Rillings, jrilling@notes.gmr.com) or the Program Chair (Alberto Broggi, broggi@ce.unipr.it): IV-2000 Home Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.ce.unipr.it/iv2000 ITSC-2000 Home Page: . . http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/cfp-itsc-2000.html IEEE ITS Council Home Page: . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.ieee.org/its *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Prof.H.Kashiwagi CALL FOR PAPERS APCCM'2000( 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Control and Measurement) 9-12 July, 2000 Guilin China http://www.ac.nuaa.edu.cn/apccm2k/ Scope: APCCM'2000 will be the 4th event in a series of biennial international conferences on control and measurement. The conference will provide a survey of the advances in this field, including topics such as modeling, analysis, verification, synthesis, simulation, and the application of these methods in the design of automation systems. The aim of the APCCM'2000 is to bring together researchers and practitioners with backgrounds in control, electronics or computer science and to initiate discussions on how concepts from these different domains can be integrated to improve the existing engineering methods for control and measurement systems. Technical Program: The technical program will consist of invited lectures by distinguished experts in control and measurement systems and reviewed papers and posters, either as individual contributions or in special sessions. Submissions: Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the engineering of control and measurement systems. (I) Individual Papers and Posters: Authors are invited to submit an abstract about 1000 words, either a PS or PDF file or 4 hard copies. The organizers strongly encourage electronic submission. The extended abstract must contain each author's affiliation and complete address (postal, e-mail, phone, fax) and a short summary. Please identify the corresponding author. Submissions should also indicate the preferred form of presentation, oral or poster. Poster presentations are encouraged in particular for reports on tool development. The conference program will include poster sessions during which no oral sessions will take place. (II) Special Sessions: Proposals for special sessions on particular aspects of control systems are invited. A special session should consist of 4 to 6 papers in the format described for individual contributions and a one page abstract summarizing the aim and content of the session, starting with a session title, name and full address of the session organizer, a list of the included papers, and the preferred form of presentation (oral or poster). Survey papers at the beginning of special sessions are encouraged. They can replace two regular contributions. Deadlines: February 29, 2000 - Submission of extended abstracts and special session proposals March 31, 2000 ---- Notification of acceptance May 15, 2000 ------ Final papers due, Address for all Submissions: Hardcopies: Yuping Lu Co-Chair APCCM'2000 Department of Automatic Control Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016, China PS or PDF files: apccm@ac.nuaa.edu.cn Conference Secretary (for all organizational inquiries): Shi Yong Department of Automatic Control Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016, China phone: +8625 489 2440 fax: +8625 449 8069 email: apccm@ac.nuaa.edu.cn or masterac@nuaa.edu.cn For any further details, do not hesitate to contact the secretariat or visit our homepage: http://www.ac.nuaa.edu.cn/apccm2k/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Naomi Leonard (naomi@princeton.edu) Announcement International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Workshop on LAGRANGIAN AND HAMILTONIAN METHODS FOR NONLINEAR CONTROL March 16-18, 2000, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Co-Chairs: Naomi Ehrich Leonard (Princeton University, USA) Romeo Ortega (LSS-SUPELEC, France) For final program and registration, travel and hotel information please see the workshop web page: http://motion.csl.uiuc.edu/~workshop/ Note: Deadline for early registration is Thursday, MARCH 2, 2000. WORKSHOP ADDRESS: Ms. Sharon Matarese, IFAC Workshop Secretariat Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544-5263 USA Tel: 1 609 258-5127; Fax: 1 609 258-2404 http://graham.princeton.edu/~auvlab/workshop.html Sponsors: IFAC - Technical Committee on Nonlinear Systems American Automatic Control Council (AACC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Army Research Office (ARO) Confirmed invited speakers include A. Astolfi (UK), J. Baillieul (USA), E. Belbruno (USA), A. Bicchi (Italy), A. Bloch (USA), R. Brockett (USA), P. Crouch (USA), A.L. Fradkov (Russia), A. Galper (Israel), P.S. Krishnaprasad (USA), A. Lewis (Canada), J. Marsden (USA), B. Maschke (France), R. Murray (USA), N.H. McClamroch (USA), K. Schlacher (Austria), T. Sugie (Japan), A.J. van der Schaft (The Netherlands). There will also be a mini invited session on Quantum Control featuring: R. Brockett (Harvard), M. Dahleh (UCSB), and H. Rabitz (Princeton). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? Participate to the WORKSHOPS at ITS 2000 This is to recall you that seven workshops are scheduled at ITS 2000, Montreal. You can consult the respective call for papers or consult the site itself at http://www.info.uqam.ca/its2000/its2000.html. Also any comments or questions can be adressed to the Workshop chair : Esma Aimeur, mailto:aimeur@iro.umontreal.ca *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Evgueni Bordatchev (evgueni.bordatchev@nrc.ca) CALL FOR PAPERS Conference on SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING as part of SPIE International Symposium on INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING (ISAM) 5-8 November 2000 Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts, USA > Extended Abstract Due Date: 10 April 2000 (possibly, it can be extended to May 1st, 2000) Manuscript Due Date: 9 October 2000 SPIE's International Symposium on Intelligent Systems for Advanced Manufacturing brings together an international body of researchers, application developers, product engineers, and OEM vendors in advanced manufacturing and robotics systems. The 2000 symposium offers a unique and interesting perspective on recent developments in factory and environmental sensors, automated inspection and metrology, cooperative design and manufacturing tools, intelligent process control and flexible factory floor scheduling, parts production and design for reliability. The conference on SENSORS AND CONTROLS FOR INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING is the third in the series, having been part of ISAM for number of years. The topics of interest include: * smart sensors * MEMS based sensors and actuators * sensor and information fusion * adaptive and intelligent control * machine health monitoring * on-line process monitoring and control * fuzzy logic and neural networks * modeling complex processes * control system architectures * open architecture control * mechanisms and controls * product inspection * case studies of real-world applications. The invited speaker of the conference is Professor Andrew Kusiak from the University of Iowa. The title of his presentation is: "Data Mining in Design and Manufacturing". The conference will feature a special session on "Sensors and Controls for Laser-Based Machining", organized by Dr. Suwas Nikumb of the National Research Council Canada. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? 7th International Workshop PASE 2000 Parallel Applications in Statistics and Economics Managing the Unexpected, Unmodeled Dynamics in Engineering and Finance KULeuven, Belgium April 2-5, 2000 http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/sista/pase/ PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP: ------------------------ The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioneers interested in non-linear dynamical systems and their applications in the areas of econometrics and finance. The focus will be on in-depth presentations of state-of-the-art methods and applications as well as on communicating current research topics. This workshop is intended for industrial and academic participants seeking new ways to measure, to model and to manage unexpected events in: + Financial Risk Management, Hedging in Incomplete Markets, + Benchmarking and Performance Measurements, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, + Non-Linear Time Series Prediction, Chaotic Systems, + Time Series Analysis, Non-Linear Signal Processing, Bioinformatics WORKSHOP SITE: -------------- The workshop will be held in Leuven (Belgium), where one of the world's oldest universities is located. The best connection to Leuven is to fly to Brussels and then to take the train. It will take about 40 minutes. ACCOMMODATION AND REGISTRATION: ------------------------------- Participants will be accommodated in hotels in walking distance from the conference location. The workshop starts on Sunday afternoon, April 2nd, with registration and ends on Wednesday, April 5th, after lunch. Because the number of prebooked rooms is limited, early registration is recommended. WORKSHOP FEE AND PROCEEDINGS: ----------------------------- The workshop fee is in case of early registration, before Dec. 30st, 25,000.-- BEF for profit-making companies and 15,000.-- BEF (372.-- EURO) for others. Late registration after January 1st, 2000, is 30,000.-- BEF (745.-- EURO) and 18,000.-- BEF (446.-- EURO), respectively. The fees include the "Welcome Party" on Sunday evening, lunches on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, "the Workshop Dinner" on Tuesday evening, and the proceedings, published as a special issue of the journal Neural Network World - International Journal on Neural and Mass-Parallel computing and Information Systems. For students and a limited number of participants some support and scholarships will be available: please contact the organizers. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Prof.H.Kashiwagi CALL FOR PAPERS APCCM'2000( 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Control and Measurement) 9-12 July, 2000 Guilin China http://www.ac.nuaa.edu.cn/apccm2k/ Scope: APCCM'2000 will be the 4th event in a series of biennial international conferences on control and measurement. The conference will provide a survey of the advances in this field, including topics such as modeling, analysis, verification, synthesis, simulation, and the application of these methods in the design of automation systems. The aim of the APCCM'2000 is to bring together researchers and practitioners with backgrounds in control, electronics or computer science and to initiate discussions on how concepts from these different domains can be integrated to improve the existing engineering methods for control and measurement systems. Technical Program: The technical program will consist of invited lectures by distinguished experts in control and measurement systems and reviewed papers and posters, either as individual contributions or in special sessions. Submissions: Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the engineering of control and measurement systems. (I) Individual Papers and Posters: Authors are invited to submit an abstract about 1000 words, either a PS or PDF file or 4 hard copies. The organizers strongly encourage electronic submission. The extended abstract must contain each author's affiliation and complete address (postal, e-mail, phone, fax) and a short summary. Please identify the corresponding author. Submissions should also indicate the preferred form of presentation, oral or poster. Poster presentations are encouraged in particular for reports on tool development. The conference program will include poster sessions during which no oral sessions will take place. (II) Special Sessions: Proposals for special sessions on particular aspects of control systems are invited. A special session should consist of 4 to 6 papers in the format described for individual contributions and a one page abstract summarizing the aim and content of the session, starting with a session title, name and full address of the session organizer, a list of the included papers, and the preferred form of presentation (oral or poster). Survey papers at the beginning of special sessions are encouraged. They can replace two regular contributions. Deadlines: February 29, 2000 - Submission of extended abstracts and special session proposals March 31, 2000 ---- Notification of acceptance May 15, 2000 ------ Final papers due, Address for all Submissions: Hardcopies: Yuping Lu Co-Chair APCCM'2000 Department of Automatic Control Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016, China PS or PDF files: apccm@ac.nuaa.edu.cn Conference Secretary (for all organizational inquiries): Shi Yong Department of Automatic Control Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016, China phone: +8625 489 2440 fax: +8625 449 8069 email: apccm@ac.nuaa.edu.cn or masterac@nuaa.edu.cn For any further details, do not hesitate to contact the secretariat or visit our homepage: http://www.ac.nuaa.edu.cn/apccm2k/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Paul Hubbard CALL FOR PAPERS 2nd DARPA-JFACC SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ENTERPRISE CONTROL Minneapolis, MN July 10-11, 2000 Submission Deadline: April 14, 2000 Aim and Scope This Symposium is second in the series inaugurated by the Symposium on Advances in Enterprise Control (AEC) held in San Diego, CA on November 15-16, 1999. The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry, government and academe to present and discuss the latest developments in all aspects of enterprise control. The Symposium is sponsored by the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Program in the Information Systems Office (ISO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Symposium seeks papers that (a) describe the results of original research on the topics of interest (listed below), (b) provide broad reviews of the state-of-the-art, or (c) propose and advocate new research directions. Also invited are papers that describe significant practical experiences with current enterprise control systems that exhibit complex dynamic phenomena, illustrate interesting causes for successes or failures, or that illustrate requirements and unmet needs in enterprise control systems. Note that the security classification of this Symposium is unclassified. For your reference, proceedings of the 1st AEC Symposium are available on-line at http://www.darpa.mil/iso/jfacc/aec-symp.htm. The modern enterprise is a large-scale dynamic system with broadly distributed and potentially conflicting goals, resources and constraints, and with multiple semi-autonomous participants -- both human and artificial (e.g., large military operations, financial/trading institutions, logistics systems, manufacturing plants, power grids, etc.). The increasing capabilities of technology to collect, automatically generate, and disseminate information offer the possibility for large-scale enterprises to be more responsive to change. Enterprise plans and orders quickly become obsolete as new information about the current situation becomes available. The challenge is to use real-time information to re-direct enterprise operations effectively. Such systems and challenges define the scope of the Symposium. Topics of Interest Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis and implementation of enterprise control systems. Topics include but are not limited to: * modeling and representations of large-scale enterprise control systems * analysis, simulation and verification of discrete-event and hybrid systems * integrated planning/scheduling/control * distributed and multi-agent control architectures * adaptive control in large-scale enterprises * game-theoretic control and adversarial control * role and impact of humans on the control loop * reasoning at multiple levels of abstraction * failures and pathological behavior in enterprise control * applications and case studies Submissions Researchers are invited to submit an extended abstract as a postscript, MS-Word, PDF or RTF file via e-mail (mailto:aec-papers@jfacc.cgi.com). The abstract should not exceed 10 double-spaced pages or 4 pages in two-column format. The first page should include the title of the paper, each authors name and affiliation, complete contact information for the corresponding author (postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and a one-paragraph summary of the contribution. Full versions of the accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings following the Symposium. Full versions of the papers must conform to the standards of IEEE Computer Society Press guidelines for conference proceedings (see http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). It is an intent of this Symposium to encourage interactions of practitioners and theoreticians, and to make the innovative research more accessible to the enterprise leaders and decision-makers. To this end, all theoretical papers should contain a section that illustrates the key idea and significance of the paper in qualitative terms and examples, and does not require an extensive control-theoretic background. Important Dates Abstract Submission Deadline: April 14, 2000 Notification of Acceptance: May 12, 2000 Full Versions of Papers Due: June 23, 2000 Symposium Dates: July 10-11, 2000 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue Second Nonlinear Control Network (NCN) Workshop SOME CHANGES: Fax number and Registration http://www.supelec.fr/lss/NCN/Events/NCN-Paris-2d-workshop.html June 5 - 9, 2000 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 3 rue Michel-Ange - 75794 Paris cedex 16, France Organized by Alberto ISIDORI, Universit di Roma, Italy isidori@giannutri.caspur.it Franoise LAMNABHI-LAGARRIGUE, CNRS, France lamnabhi@lss.supelec.fr Witold RESPONDEK, INSA Rouen, France wresp@lmi.insa-rouen.fr Mailing address: Dr. F. LAMNABHI-LAGARRIGUE Nonlinear Control Network coordinator Laboratoire des signaux et systmes SUPELEC 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Phone: +33 1 69 85 17 27 Fax: +33 1 69 85 17 65 Conference fees: Registration is free of charge for NCN members and young researchers working with them. For non-NCN members it will amount to 200 EUROs when registering before April 15th and 220 EUROs after that date. Registration form and hotel accommodation is available on http://www.supelec.fr/lss/NCN/reg-acc.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? 4th WORLD MULTICONFERENCE ON Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers (CSCC 2000) CONFERENCE PLACE: VOULIAGMENI (suburb of Athens), GREECE, JULY 10-15, 2000 http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~mastor/cscc.htm Jointly with the 2nd WorldSES MCP and 2nd WorldSES MCME http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~mastor/mcp2000.htm http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~mastor/mcme2000.htm Dedicated to the Memory of SIDNEY DARLINGTON (1906-1997) CONFERENCE PLACE: The Paradise of Vouliagmeni and the ASTIR PALACE (A unique Group of 3 Premier De Luxe Hotels which will host CSCC 2000) The 4 WORLD Conferences that compose the CSCC Multiconference will take place at the ASTIR PALACE. CSCC 2000 MULTICONFERENCE STRUCTURE: ==================================== 4th WSES CSCC (CSCC 2000) will be composed by four independent World meetings: * 4th World Conference on Circuits Subject Matter Covered By Meeting: Fundamental Theory, Network Theory and Applications, Electronics: Components, Devices, Systems. Silicon Devices: Technology, Modeling, Reliability. Optoelectronic Devices, Electron Devices for Control and Robotics, Electron Devices for Power Technology, High Voltages and Electric Machines. Device Physics. Physical Design. High-Level Synthesis and Testing. Non-Linear Circuits. Formal Verification. Semiconductors. Superconductivity Circuits, Computer-Aided Design. Microelectronics, Microcircuits. Very Large Scale Integration Systems (VLSI), Applications. Military Electronics, Electronics for Space exploration, Consumer Electronics, Circuits in Power Technology, Electron Devices for Video Technology. Circuits for Antennas Technology. Electron Devices and Systems for Radar and Sonar Systems. Circuit Models, Electrical and Electronic Measurement, Instrumentation. Laser and Optical Systems. Sensor Technology. Instrument-Computer Interface. Circuits for Industrial Applications. Circuit models for Electromagnetic Fields. Electronics for Signal Processing and other Applications. * 4th World Conference on Systems Subject Matter Covered By Meeting: Systems Theory, Control Systems, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks, VLSI Realization of Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence in Systems Theory, Knowledge Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Hierarchical Control Systems, Aerospace Systems, Lightwave Engineering, Stochastic Systems, Non-linear Systems, Telecommunication Systems, Information Systems, Signal Processing Systems, Multidimensional Systems,Multivariable systems, Hybrid Systems, Multirate Systems, Speech and Image Processing Systems, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Manufacturing Systems, Decentralised Systems, Remote Sensing, Microelectromechanical Systems, Human-Machine Systems. Environment Modeling. Sonar and underwater acoustic systems. Undersea Systems. Navigation and Tracking Systems. Space Systems. Wavelets. Systems Techniques for Wireless Applications. Filter design. Verification and Validation. Systems for Statistical Signal and Array Processing. * 4th World Conference on Communications Subject Matter Covered By Meeting: Modern Communications. Microwaves. Polarization effects in materials. Wave-guides. Microwave propagation. Ferrites devices. Cavities. Microwave Circuits, Periodic Structures and Filters. Tubes, Masers, Amplifiers, Antennas. Scattering. Propagation. Optical Fiber Systems. Communication Electronics, Radio Engineering. Satellite Communications, Radar Systems. Applied Electromagnetism. Signal Processing for Wireless Communication. Computational Techniques for Electromagnetic Fields. Physical Layer. ISDN. Computer Networks. Architectural Aspects. ATM Networks. Protocols, Queuing Theory and Communications. Traffic Problems. Internet. WWW. Programming Techniques in Communications Networks. Simulation Techniques in Telecommunications. Applications of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms in Communications. Military Applications. Cryptography. Applications. * 4th World Conference on Computers Subject Matter Covered By Meeting: Software Engineering, Data Structures, File Structures and Design, Data Bases, Compilers, Knowledge and Data Technology, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, File Structures for on-line Systems, Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems , Information Systems, Management and Economic Systems. Multimedia, Complexity Theory, Computing Theory. Numerical and Semi-Numerical Algorithms, Computers in Armed Forces, Object-Oriented Programming, Parallel Programming, Computerised Signal Processing, Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry, Numerical Analysis, Finite Elements, Genetic Algorithms, Game Theory, Operations Research, Optimization Techniques, Real Time Systems, Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, Computer Algebra, Symbolic Computation, Simulation, Adaptive and Learning Systems, Classification, Identification, Chaos Fractals and Bifurcations, Graph theory. Analysis and design tools, simulation, modeling and emulation, Fault analysis. Hardware Engineering, Microprocessors, Computer Architecture, Special Topics and applications. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: ? 50th Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Conference October 15-18, 2000 Montral, Qubec, Canada URL: www.csche2000.ca Systems & Control Division - Call for Papers The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering will hold its 50th annual meeting October 15-18, 2000, in Montral, Qubec, Canada. As part of this conference the Control and Systems Division of the CSChE is planning to hold sessions focused on emerging areas of process control as well as established application areas. The following sessions are currently planned and we will be adding other sessions based on the response to this call for papers. Session 1: Advances in Process Control Session 2: Model-Based Control Session 3: Fault Diagnosis & Process Monitoring Session 4: Observer Design Session 5: Plantwide Control Session 6: Dynamics and Control of Pulp & Paper Processes Session 7: Dynamics and Control of Polymer Processes Session 8: Dynamics and Control of Bioprocesses Please send us your abstracts, so we can ensure a high quality meeting. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION Abstracts can be submitted in English or French and should have a length of minimum 1 page and maximum 2 pages (mandatory length of 2 pages for symposia). Abstracts should begin with the title, the names of the authors, the authors affiliation(s) and the Email address of the corresponding author. The abstracts must be submitted by Email to csche2000@csche2000.ca. Receipt will be acknowledged to make sure that the received file is in proper format. The electronic file containing the abstract should be in WORD, WORDPERFECT,Postscript or PDF format with 14 cpi (12-point) fonts and single spaced. The abstracts will be available before the conference and will be posted on the website. Full length papers will not be required for the conference except for symposia. The DEADLINE for submitting abstracts for presentation in the regular sessions is MARCH 15th. CSChE2000 Theme Organizers, Systems & Control Control Michel Perrier, cole Polytechnique Michel.Perrier@urcpc.polymtl.ca Fraser Forbes, University of Alberta Fraser.Forbes@UAlberta.ca Martin Guay, Queen's University guaym@chee.queensu.ca Fraser Forbes email: Fraser.Forbes@UAlberta.ca Chemical & Materials Eng. phone: (780) 492-0873 University of Alberta fax: (780) 492-2881 Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G6 URL: www.ualberta.ca/CHEMENG/forbes/