E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 182, October, 2003 Editor: Pradeep Misra Dept. of Electrical Engineering Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 USA Tel +937 775 5062 Fax +937 775 3936 Submit articles at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter/ Submission deadline for November eletter: October 31, 2003 Contents 0. Editorial 1. Personals 1.1 Change of Address: Alexander Leonessa 1.2 Change of Address: Hugues Garnier 1.3 Change of Address: Stephen Bates 1.4 Change of Address: Zhengtao Ding 1.5 Change of address: Ravi Rajamani 2. Awards Honors 2.1 2004 AACC Awards Nominations 2.2 Nominations Sought: The George Polya Prize 2.3 Nominations Sought: Theodore von Karman Prize 2.4 Nominations Sought: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize 2.5 Richard C. DiPrima Prize 2.6 Submissions Sought: SIAM Student Paper Prize 2.7 Systems Theory Day in honour of Jan C. Willems 3. General Announcements 3.1 1st Workshop on flatness signal processing and state estimation 3.2 7th workshop on dynamics and computation 3.3 Academy on Hot and Cold Mill Control and Technology 3.4 Course on LMI optimization with applications in control 3.5 Paris Graduate Control School 3.6 Thesis: Multirate Statistical Signal Processing 4. Positions 4.1 Faculty: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Canada 4.2 Faculty: University of Illinois USA 4.3 Faculty: University of Sydney Australia 4.4 Faculty Position: Embry-Riddle AZ USA 4.5 PhD: Delft Center for Systems and Control NL 4.6 PhD: Delft University of Technology NL 4.7 PhD: University of Kansas USA 4.8 PhD PDF: Hamilton Institute Ireland 4.9 PhD PDF: University of Texas at Dallas USA 4.10 Post-Doc: Cornell University USA 4.11 Post-Doc: Illinois Institute of Technology USA 4.12 Research Engineer: Scientific Systems USA 4.13 Research Fellow: University of Melbourne Australia 4.14 Research Positions: NICTA Australia 4.15 Research Positions: National University of Singapore 5. Books 6. Journals 6.1 Contents: Asian Journal of Control 6.2 Contents: Automatica 6.3 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 6.4 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control - August 2003 6.5 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control July 2003 6.6 Contents: Int Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science 6.7 Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems 6.8 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications 7. Conferences 7.1 11th IFAC Symp on Automation in Mining Mineral and Metal processing 7.2 2004 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems 7.3 8th Int Conf on Control Automation Robotics and Vision 7.4 Call for Participation: ADCHEM 2003/2004 7.5 Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 2004 7.6 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 7.7 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium 7.8 IFAC-Dycops 7.9 IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems 7.10 International Symposium in Advanced Vehicle Control 7.11 New manuscript submission policy for ACC and CDC +----------------------------------------+ | | Editorial | | +----------------------------------------+ Welcome to the 182-nd issue of the E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. The next issue of eletter will be mailed out at the beginning of Nov 2003. Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. Please forward this eletter to your colleagues. They can subscribe to eletter at: http://www.ieeecss.org/cgi-bin/PAB/eletter/subscribe_form.cgi To unsubscribe, send an email to p.misra@ieee.org A web version of this eletter with Table of Contents hyperlinked to contents is located at: http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter/archive/current.shtml +----------------------------------------+ | | Personals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Alexander Leonessa, Change of Address: Alexander Leonessa At the beginning of this fall semester I transferred to the University of Central Florida. My new contact information are: Alexander Leonessa University of Central Florida Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering P.O. Box 162450 Orlando, FL 32816-2450 Ofc: 407-823-5623 Fax: 407-823-0208 email: aleo@mail.ucf.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hugues Garnier, Change of Address: Hugues Garnier I am on a sabbatival leave until 31 August 2004 at: Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, 2308, AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 49 21 7072 Fax: +61 2 49 60 1712 e-mail: garnier@ee.newcastle.edu.au *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephen Bates, Change of Address: Stephen Bates I have recently taken up a faculty position at the University of Alberta. My new contact details are: Stephen Bates Dept.of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2V4 +1 780 492 2691 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Zhengtao Ding, Change of Address: Zhengtao Ding New contact information: Dr Zhengtao Ding Manchester School of Engineering The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK Email: zhengtao.ding@man.ac.uk Fax: +44 161 2753844 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ravi Rajamani, Change of address: Ravi Rajamani New contact information for Ravi Rajamani: Ravi Rajamani Pratt & Whitney 400 Main St., M/S 182-95 East Hartford, CT 06108 Email: ravi.rajamani@pw.utc.com Ph: 860-565-5945 +----------------------------------------+ | | Awards Honors | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Pradeep Misra, 2004 AACC Awards Nominations Deadline: December 1, 2003 Nominations for the five AACC (American Automatic Control Council) awards for 2002 are now being solicited. The awards consist of a certificate and an honorarium, and they will be presented at the Awards Luncheon during the 2004 ACC to be held in Boston, MA. Nomination packages should be prepared in accordance with the AACC Award Nomination Form and include the following: biographical information, a statement identifying and evaluating the accomplishments on which the nomination is based (not to exceed two double spaced pages), a minimum of three and a maximum of five reference letters, a current list of publications and patents, and any additional supporting material that could have bearing on the award. All materials should be collected in a single package and the original together with six (6) copies should be submitted at the same time. The nomination package is due by December 1, 2003. It should be sent to: Professor Pradeep Misra Department of ELectrical Engineering Wright State University 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy Dayton, OH 45435 Tel: (937) 775-5062 pmisra@cs.wright.edu ****Nomination Forms may be downloaded from http://www.a2c2.org/ **** The awards are described as follows: Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. For distinguished career contributions to the theory or applications of automatic control. The nominee is to have spent a significant part of his or her career in the United States. Posthumous nominations are not allowed. Donald P. Eckman Award. For outstanding accomplishments by a young engineer in the field of automatic control. Nominees must be younger than 35 years on January 1 of the year of award. The award is based on contributions made while the nominee was a resident of the United States. John R. Ragazzini Award. For outstanding contributions to automatic control education in any form. The awardee normally is a teacher, but there is no formal requirement that nominees be members of a university faculty. Control Engineering Practice Award. For significant contributions to the advancement of control practice including the application and implementation of innovative control concepts, methodology, and technology, for the planning, design, manufacture, and operation of control systems. O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award. For the best two papers presented at the previous American Control Conference. The papers must have been presented by the author or a co-author at the conference. Selection criteria include quality of the written and oral presentation, technical contribution, timeliness, and practicality, with one award emphasizing contributions to theory and the other emphasizing significant or innovative applications. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Nominations Sought: The George Polya Prize The Polya Prize The award will be presented at the 2004 SIAM Annual Meeting scheduled for July 12-16, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. The award honors the memory of George Polya and is given in even-numbered years for notable contributions in two alternating categories. The 2004 Prize will be given for a notable application of combinatorial theory. Eligibility There are no restrictions except that the prize is broadly intended to recognize specific recent work. Description of Award The award will consist of an engraved medal and a $20,000 cash prize. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by the prize fund. Nominations A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s) should be sent by December 31, 2003 to: Chair, Selection Committee George Polya Prize c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Nominations Sought: Theodore von Karman Prize SIAM will present the Theodore von Karman Prize at the SIAM Annual Meeting scheduled for July 12-16, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Principal Guidelines- The award will be given for a notable application of mathematics to mechanics and/or the engineering sciences made during the five to ten years preceding the award. The award may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of such achievements. Description of Award- The award consists of a hand-calligraphed certificate and a $1,000 cash prize. Expenses for the winner to attend the annual meeting to receive the award will be borne by SIAM. Further information about the award, including past winners, may be found at http://www.siam.org/prizes/vonkar.htm Nominations- A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s) should be sent by January 30, 2004, to: Von Karman Prize Selection Committee c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 E-mail: littleton@siam.org Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Nominations Sought: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize SIAM will present the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the SIAM Annual Meeting scheduled to be held July 12-16, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The prize may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of such achievements. Committee Chair John Burns wishes to stress the breadth of the eligible fields. He welcomes nominations in all areas of differential equations (ODEs, PDEs, etc.), both analytical and numerical, as well as in control theory. Eligibility The prize is awarded to any member of the scientific community who meets the general guidelines of the prize description above. Description of Award The award consists of an engraved medal and a $10,000 cash prize. Nominations A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s), should be sent to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by January 30, 2004. Professor John A. Burns Chair, Reid Prize Selection Committee c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Richard C. DiPrima Prize SIAM will present the award at the SIAM Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 12-16, 2004. The award honors the memory of Richard C. DiPrima, long-time chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and past President and energetic supporter of SIAM. The award, to be given to a young scientist, will be based on an outstanding doctoral dissertation in applied mathematics. Eligibility Candidates for the prize must have completed their doctoral dissertations and all other requirements for their doctorates during the period running from three years prior to the award date to one year prior to the award date (July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2003). The doctorate must have been awarded at least eight months prior to the award date. The requirements for the doctorate must have been equivalent to those for an American doctorate. It is preferable but not necessary that the recipient be a member of SIAM. Selection is based on the dissertations of the candidates. The dissertations must represent topics of applied mathematics (defined as those topics covered by the SIAM journals). They must be submitted in English. An English translation is acceptable. Nominations Nominations, along with a copy of the dissertation (in English), should be sent by December 31, 2003 to: Richard C. DiPrima Prize Selection Committee c/o Joanna Littleton Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Description of the Award The award consists of a framed, hand-calligraphed certificate and a cash prize of $1,000. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be paid by the prize fund. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Submissions Sought: SIAM Student Paper Prize The 2004 SIAM STUDENT PAPER PRIZE will be presented at the 2004 SIAM Annual Meeting scheduled for July 12-16, 2004, in Portland, Oregon. Principal Guidelines- The SIAM Student Paper Prize is awarded every year to the student author(s) of the most outstanding papers submitted to the SIAM Student Paper Competition. This award is based solely on the merit and content of the student's contribution to the submitted paper. Up to three papers will be selected for the prizes. The purpose of the Student Paper Prize is to recognize outstanding scholarship by students in applied mathematics and scientific computing. Selection Procedures- Eligibility is restricted to students in good standing who have not received their Ph.D. as of January 1 of the year in which the prizes are awarded. Submissions may be based on co-authored papers, provided that the student's advisor will attest that the student's work played a pivotal role in the results. A letter from the student's advisor or department chair must accompany each entry to verify these conditions. To enter the competition, a student must submit: (1) an extended abstract, in English, of a paper, and (2) a short biography. The total length of the submitted abstract (including bibliography) may not exceed five pages. The student also must submit (3) the complete paper, which will be used for clarification of any questions the committee may have about the extended abstract. In addition, the student's advisor or an interested faculty member must submit (4) a letter describing and evaluating the paper's contribution to the literature and the student's role in the scholarship. Deadline for Submissions- All papers and accompanying documentation must be received at the SIAM office by February 13, 2004. Notification of Prize Winners- The SIAM President will notify the recipient(s) at least six weeks before the award date. Each recipient is required to present his or her paper at the meeting where the prize(s) are awarded. If attending the meeting poses a serious hardship, an exception may be granted by the SIAM President. Description of the Award- Each recipient of the SIAM Student Paper Prize shall receive a framed certificate and a cash award of $1,000. Winners also receive $500 toward travel expenses and gratis registration for the meeting. Please direct your submission and any questions you may have to: Joanna Littleton Student Paper Prize SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 USA Telephone: (215) 382-9800 ext. 303 E-mail: littleton@siam.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: H.L. Trentelman, Systems Theory Day in honour of Jan C. Willems After having been Professor of Systems and Control in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, for 30 years, Jan C. Willems has officially retired on March 1, 2003. On the occasion of his retirement he will give his 'Afscheidsrede' on Tuesday, January 13, at 16:00 in the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. On that day there will also be a System Theory Day, which will be held in the Senaatszaal of the Academy Building. More information can be found at http://www.math.rug.nl/~trentelman/systday.html +----------------------------------------+ | | General Announcements | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hebertt Sira-Ramirez, 1st Workshop on flatness, signal processing and state estimation Cinvestav-IPN, located in the northern part of México City, will host, thanks to the kind cooperation of Conacyt-México, the celebration of the first 12 years of flatness with the First Workshop on Algebraic Methods applied to Flatness, Signal processing and State Estimation. The meeting will take place tuesday 18th to thursday 20th of November. The workshop will consist of a 1 day mini-course on flatness delivered by Professors Michel Fliess, Jean Levine, Philippe Martin and Pierre Rouchon (FLMR), who are the founders of the differential flatness concept in modern control theory (the mini-course will include hands-on practice on a digital computer laboratory session). The workshop also includes plenary lectures by each one of the 4 mentioned researchers, FLMR, a round table discussion and presentation of free contributions. The workshop is free, i.e. no admission fees will be charged. An edited book to commemorate the occasion will be published and it will be available at the time of the workshop. People interested in submitting original, unpublished, works in the areas of the workshop are welcome to write a 10 to 20 pages article in latex "book" format. Authors are requested to send their contribution via e-mail including: (1) the latex file of the contribution (2) the eps files of the figures and (3) a PDF file of the completed contribution (please use zipped files if it exceeds 1Mb; contributions larger than 2 MB are strongly discouraged). The article files are to be sent to the following e-mail address: hsira@mail.cinvestav.mx, no later than October 15th 2003. We hope to see you in fabulous Mexico City next fall. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Rodolphe Sepulchre, 7th workshop on dynamics and computation (ITERATED GAMES AND COOPERATION) Arenberg castle, Leuven, Belgium October 27-28, 2003 http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/dynamics/ This is the seventh of a series of annual workshops held in Belgium on topics related to dynamical systems. The goal of this series is to gather researchers from different disciplines around the general theme of dynamical systems in a casual and informal athmosphere, see http://www.inma.ucl.ac.be/~blondel/workshops/ The 7th workshop on dynamics and computation will focus on the dynamical aspect of iterated games. The first day of the workshop will be an introductory minicourse by Professor Karl Sigmund (University of Vienna, Austria). This introductory minicourse will be based on the textbook "Evolutionary Games and Population Dynamics", J. Hofbauer and K. Sigmund, Cambridge University Press, 1998. The second day will consist of invited talks. Confirmed invited speakers include K. Sigmund (University of Vienna, Austria), J. Hofbauer (University College London) and P. Deleenheer (Rutgers University, USA). All talks will be in tutorial format and informal discussions between participants will be encouraged throughout the two days. REGISTRATION There are no registration fees. Registration is by email. If you wish to participate in the workshop, please send your name and surname, affiliation and email address to dynamics@inma.ucl.ac.be. The closing date for registrations is October 15, 2003. VENUE The workshop will be held in Arenberg castle, on the university campus of the beautiful city of Leuven. Leuven is less than 20 miles from Brussels and easily reached by train from Brussels, Amsterdam, and Paris. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vincent Blondel, University of Louvain, Belgium Patrick Deleenheer, Rutgers University, USA Rodolphe Sepulchre, University of Ličge, Belgium *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gerrit M. van der Molen, Academy on Hot and Cold Mill Control and Technology Alstom Power Conversion and Industrial Systems and Control announce their next International Rolling Mill Academy on Hot and Cold Mill Control and Technology. Location: Alstom, Rugby, England. Date: 15-19 March, 2004. * The focus of the event will be on Hot and Cold Metal Rolling Mills and how improved control can provide benefits. * The academy will cover the principles of control in rolling mills, advanced control topics, case study examples and practical hands-on computer sessions. Very experienced industrial personnel together with leading researchers will present the lectures. * The academy will cover a wide range of issues in Hot and Cold Rolling and will present a variety of control methods, from classical PID tuning to advanced multivariable control, and model adaption. For registration or further information please see our web-site on: http://www.isc-ltd.com/rollingmill Or contact us at: Industrial Systems and Control 50 George Street Glasgow G1 1QE United Kingdom Email: iscmail@isc-ltd.com Tel: +44 141 5531111 Fax: +44 141 5531232 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Didier Henrion, Course on LMI optimization with applications in control by Didier Henrion, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France http://www.laas.fr/~henrion/courses/lmi Venue and dates: The course is given at the Czech Technical University, Charles Square, down-town Prague (Karlovo Namesti 13, 12135 Praha 2) from Monday November 10 to Friday November 14, 2003. It consists of five two-hour lectures (10am to 12am) and three two-hour labs (2pm to 4pm). There is no admission fee, but please send an e-mail to henrion@laas.fr to register. Description: This is a course for graduate students or researchers with a background in linear control systems, linear algebra and convex optimization. The focus in on semidefinite programming (SDP), or optimization over linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), an extension of linear programming to the cone of positive semidefinite matrices. Outline: In the first part of the course, historical developments of LMIs and SDP are surveyed. Convex sets that can be represented with LMIs are classified and studied. LMI relaxations are introduced to solve non-convex polynomial optimization problems. Finally, interior-point algorithms are described to solve LMI problems and latest achievements in software and solvers are reported. The second part of the course focuses on the application of LMI techniques to solve several control problems traditionally deemed as difficult, such as robustness analysis of linear and nonlinear systems, or design of fixed-order robust controllers with H-infinity specifications. The originality of the approach is in the simultaneous use of algebraic or polynomial techniques (as opposed to classical state-space methods) and modern convex optimization techniques. For the labs we use the Polynomial Toolbox and the YALMIP interface to define and solve LMI problems under the Matlab environment. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Antonio Loria, loria@lss.supelec.fr Paris Graduate Control School Place: Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees de Paris, 28, rue des Saints-P??semi999res, Paris, France Date: 26th/january-2nd/april 2004 Deadline for inscription: 15th november 2003 Inscription form: http://www.supelec.fr/lss/CTS/FAP.html Scholarships available: http://www.supelec.fr/lss/CTS/ Cost: 450 euros. Fully covered by scholarship for all CTS fellows from any Host Institute (see below). No cost for PhD students in France of any nationality. Contact: Antonio Loria (loria@lss.supelec.fr) Intensive teaching: one 2 1hrs module per week, 7 sessions of 3hrs each, Lectures in English. Preliminary program: P1 Modeling and boundary control of infinite dimensional systems B. Maschke, A.J. van der Schaft P2 Nonlinear control and mechanical systems B. Bonnard P3 Tools for analysis and control of time-varying systems J. M. Coron, A. Loria P4 Control of oscillating mechanical systems, synchronization and chaos J. Levine, H. Nijmeijer P5 Algebraic analysis of control systems defined by partial differential equations J-F. Pommaret P6 Nonlinear control of electrical and electromechanical systems A. Astolfi, R. Ortega P7 Linear systems, algebraic theory of modules, structural properties H. Bourles, M. Fliess P8 Lyapunov-based control: state and output feedback L. Praly, A. Astolfi, A. Loria P9 Nonlinear flatness-based control of complex electromechanical systems E. Delaleau - A.M. Stankovic P10 Modeling and control of chemical and biotechnological processes Jan van Impe, D. Dochain, Scholarships are available for students following a PhD education in Europe to do part of their graduate training and research within one of the 29 Host Institutes, members of the Control Training Site network. - Apply to European (and associated countries) nationals as well as to others living in a European or associated country since 5 years ago. - Scholarships are for research internships of 3 to 12 months in any of the 29 host institutes (see http://www.supelec.fr/lss/CTS/) Previous CTS fellows are welcome if their previous internship was shorter than 9 months. - The selected candidate receives 1200 euros per month for living expenses. The courses and travel expenses are also covered. - No deadline for applications is impossed but allow one month for scholarship to become effective after selection is completed. Notice also that the deadline for the FAP courses above is Nov. 15th. - French non CTS fellows are invited at no cost and scolarships from MNRT are available. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Omid S. Jahromi, omidj@control.toronto.edu Thesis: Multirate Statistical Signal Processing Title: Theory of multirate statistical signal processing Author: Omid Jahromi Supervisors: Professors Bruce A. Francis and Raymond H. Kwong Granting Institution: University of Toronto Available from http://www.multirate.org Abstract: In many engineering applications, it is possible and often advantageous to obtain measurement data using more than one sensor device. This thesis presents a statistical theory for merging information about a physical quantity obtained by a set of low-resolution measurements. More specifically, we consider a measurement model where a continuous random signal x(t) is being measured (observed) indirectly through several sensors. Each sensor is allowed to have its own sampling rate and bandwidth characteristics. The sensors’ output, thus, consists of multi-rate discrete- time data. Through the development of a unified inference theory, we pose and solve some important questions including the following: Is it possible to combine the information provided by a set of low- resolution (low-sampling-rate) sensors and estimate samples of the original signal x(t) as could have been measured by a single high-resolution (high- sampling-rate) sensor? Under what conditions can we emulate a high-precision (high-sampling-rate) measurement by several low-precision (low-sampling- rate) ones? How much information, in a multi-sensor setting, is gained by, say, sensor A and how much by sensors B and C? The general theory developed in this thesis consists of four sub-theories. The scope of each sub-theory is as follows: -Multirate Statistical Inference takes statistics of low-rate measured signals and estimates statistics of the original non-observable signal. -Information Theory of Multirate Systems provides a quantitative measure of the amount of information contained in the low-rate measurements about the original signal. This sub-theory enables one to compare different sensors in terms of the informativity or redundancy of their data. -Multirate Signal Estimation takes sample values of low-rate measured signals and estimates sample values of the original non-observable signal at a finer sampling rate. -Scalability of Multirate Systems provides a way of comparing different multirate measurement systems within a class of such systems. In addition, it defines what the optimal decomposition of a signal into low-rate components means. Furthermore, the thesis contains an introductory chapter introducing potential applications, a chapter providing the necessary mathematical background and a concluding chapter which outlines the contributions along with their possible future extensions. Contact Info: Omid S. Jahromi Artificial Perception Laboratory Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2E4 Canada +----------------------------------------+ | | Positions | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Lahcen Saydy, lahcen.saydy@polymtl.ca Faculty: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada The Electrical Engineering Department at École Polytechnique de Montréal invites applications for tenure track positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, Electrical Network and Energy Systems, VLSI Design, Microwave and Millimeter- Wave Integrated Circuits Technology, Telecommunication and Mecatronics (Embedded and Onboard systems). The department seeks individuals who can assume leadership roles in teaching, research and outreach. The new professors will be required to teach at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels, supervise graduate students and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills in order to favor close collaborations with existing research groups. Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or in a related engineering discipline. Industrial experience is desirable. The teaching language is French. The search will continue until the positions are filled. Candidates should send a CV, selected reprints/preprints of previous or current research contributions, names and addresses of three references and a brief statement outlining their research and teaching goals to: Professor Richard Hurteau, chairman Electrical Engineering Department Ecole Polytechnique P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-ville Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3C 3A7 Email: richard.hurteau@polymtl.ca Following Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Ecole Polytechnique is committed to employment equity. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu Faculty: University of Illinois, USA Faculty Openings in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering Department of General Engineering University of Illinois The Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, has recently established new M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering and is inviting applications for one or more full-time, tenure track positions. The primary interest is at the assistant professor level but candidates may also be considered at the associate professor or full professor level depending on qualifications. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in engineering or science. Candidates with Ph.D.s in business with a strong quantitative emphasis are also encouraged to apply. Candidates should be committed to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and to developing significant externally funded research programs in one or more subjects related to the business side of engineering, which includes product management, design for six sigma, entrepreneurship, systems engineering and design, product planning, financial engineering, costing, value engineering, decision theory, operations research, and operations management. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. The proposed starting date is August 16, 2004. Applications should include a letter of interest outlining teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, complete publication list, dissertation abstract, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and the names of four references. They should be sent to Dr. Harry E. Cook, Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801; (217-333-2730). To assure full consideration, applications should be received by February 15, 2004. The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hugh Durrant-Whyte, hugh@acfr.usyd.edu.au Faculty: University of Sydney, Australia Patrick Chair in Automation and Logistics, University of Sydney The University of Sydney School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering is seeking to appoint a Professor in the broad area of automation and logistics. The appointee is expected to initiate, develop and lead research in the area of automation, logistics and related areas. The appointee will also be expected to undertake teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Highly qualified applicants with backgrounds in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply: control systems, operations research, robotics, planning systems, or systems engineering. The new Chair will be associated with the Austrlian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR). The ACFR comprises over 100 research staff and students working in the general area of automation. The ACFR has extensive research facilities, and close collaborative links with a large number of industry sectors. Detailed information on this position can be found at: http://www.acfr.usyd.edu.au/acfr-info/join-us/patrick/index.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephen Kahne, kahne@erau.edu Faculty Position: Embry-Riddle, AZ, USA The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level available in Fall 2004. The successful candidate should have a BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering and an earned doctorate in Computer Engineering or a closely related field. Interest and ability to teach undergraduate electrical and computer engineering courses and laboratories is essential. Preferred areas of expertise include data networks, telecommunications, and software tools. Industrial and/or teaching experience would strengthen a candidate’s credentials. The successful candidates will be given opportunities for professional development including the use of our outstanding flight education center. Embry-Riddle is a small, residential university in the mountains of Arizona where faculty/student interaction is highly valued and is a central theme of the campus. The department is part of the College of Engineering that also includes a large Aerospace Engineering department and Computer Science. There are many opportunities for inter-departmental teaching and research. Our fully accredited undergraduate engineering programs place students in aerospace companies and major university graduate schools. A new academic complex is under construction and will be ready for occupancy in Fall 2004 with new office, laboratory and teaching facilities. Prescott is rated as one of the most livable areas in the Southwest and at 5000 above sea level has a mild climate, clean air and pristine wilderness areas close by. It is 100 miles North of Phoenix and 100 miles South of the Grand Canyon. Please send detailed vita information and contact information for three professional references to Professor Stephen Kahne, Chair, Search Committee, c/o HR Department, Embry-Riddle University, 3700 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, AZ 86503. Contact Professor Kahne at Kahne@erau.edu for further information. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2003. ERAU is an equal opportunity employer and particularly encourages applications from women and minorities. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Peter Heuberger, p.s.c.heuberger@dcsc.tudelft.nl PhD: Delft Center for Systems and Control, NL In the Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC) at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, there is an open position for a Ph.D. student Identification and control of LPV systems using orthonormal basis functions Group: The Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC) is a recently installed group, resulting from a merger of three former systems and control groups within Delft University of Technology, i.e. the groups of Electrical Engineering (Michel Verhaegen), Mechanical Engineering (Okko Bosgra) and Applied Physics (Paul Van den Hof). Project: The project, financed by the Dutch NSF (NWO), aims at the development and application of a new generation of tools for identification (experimental modeling) and control of these processes, enhancing results recently obtained in systems and control theory, with the goal to bridge the obvious gap between modeling and control requirements by the creation of relatively simple models, that are both accurate in the representation of the over-all system behavior, suited for control design. One of the approaches taken will consist of interpolation of locally linear models. The work will comprise both theoretical research as practical application of the research results on a laboratory device, such as a position dependent mechanical servo system, for instance a flight simulator platform. Requirements: We are looking for a candidate having a MSc. degree and a solid background in systems and control or a related field. Candidates are expected to be interested in fundamental research. A good command of the English language is required. Position: The appointment will be for four years and starts as soon as possible. As an employee you will receive a competitive salary (starting at approx 2000 euro pm) as well as good secondary benefits. In the first year you will join the graduate program of the research school DISC. You will work under the supervision of Prof. Paul Van den Hof and in cooperation with Dr. Peter Heuberger, Prof. Carsten Scherer and Dr. Vincent Verdult. Information and Application: Information on this position can be obtained from: Prof. Paul Van den Hof, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-15-27 84509, Fax: +31-15-27 84263, E-mail: p.m.j.vandenhof@dcsc.tudelft.nl, WWW: http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl. Interested applicants should send their resume, including MSc course program and the names of two professional referees, before November 1, 2003, to the address mentioned above. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jacquelien Scherpen, j.m.a.scherpen@dcsc.tudelft.nl PhD: Delft University of Technology, NL Delft Center for Systems and Control Delft University of Technology The Netherlands The new center for Systems and Control has a vacancy for a Ph.D. student within the Dutch NSF (NWO) financed project entitled "Model Reduction Algorithms for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems" This project aims at development of structured and computationally efficient model reduction algorithms for nonlinear systems. The developments are based upon the so-called nonlinear balancing theory, and should result in useful tools for dealing with classes of complex nonlinear systems. For achieving this goal, both system theoretical and numerical developments have to be made. We are looking for a candidate having an M.Sc. degree and a background in numerical analysis and/or systems and control. Candidates are expected to be interested in fundamental research and in working on the boundary of several research domains. A good command of the English language is required. The appointment will be for four years and as an employee you will receive a competitive salary as well as good secondary benefits. In the first year you will join the excellent graduate program of the research school DISC (Dutch Institute for Systems and Control), possibly in combination with courses in the field of numerical analysis. You will work under the supervision of Dr. ir. J.M.A. Scherpen and Prof. dr. ir. M.H. Verhaegen. If you are interested in this position, send a detailed curriculum vitae, your course programme and corresponding grades, references and all other information that might be relevant to your application to Dr. ir. Jacquelien Scherpen Delft Center for Systems and Control Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 2 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands Tel: +31-15-27 86152 Fax: +31-15-27 86679 E-mail: j.m.a.scherpen@dcsc.tudelft.nl WWW: http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/~jscherpen *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Richard Colgren, rcolgren@ku.edu PhD: University of Kansas, USA Graduate positions are available in UAV and autonomous control research at the University of Kansas. Positions are open beginning January 2004. For its 60th anniversary the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas is undergoing a major upgrade to its flight research program and its Flight Test Facility in Lawrence, Kansas. Research is being conducted on both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. Doctoral students with experience with the Matlab/Simulink/StateFlow/Real-time Workshop product line, remote control (RC) aircraft operation, and/or real-time control systems algorithms and software are especially desired. Students with interest in being a part of this exciting educational and research opportunity are encouraged to send their Curriculum Vita and/or their Resume along with a description of their research interests and three references to: Prof. Richard Colgren Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Kansas 2119C Learned Hall 1530 West 15th Street Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Phone: 785-864-2904 FAX: 785-864-3597 E-mail: rcolgren@ku.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Douglas Leith, doug.leith@may.ie PhD, PDF: Hamilton Institute, Ireland Applications are invited from well qualified candidates for a number of postgraduate/postdoctoral positions at the Hamilton Institute. The successful candidates will be work on the application of dynamic systems theory to internet and related network congestion control problems. Areas of interest include (i) Inference of network properties from time series data. This will include both off-line analysis to estimate end-to-end properties such as the number and type of bottleneck links and cross-traffic, and the study of algorithms for real-time inference as an enabling technology for new tcp congestion control algorithms. Candidates should have a strong background in system identification and time-series analysis. Research will involve collaboration with international partners in the US and Europe. (ii) The application of dynamics systems theory to congestion control analysis/design for TCP, including the study of stability, convergence, efficiency and fairness issues and the development of novel protocols for high-speed and heterogeneous networks. Candidates will require a strong mathematical/dynamics background coupled, ideally, with experience of tcp and computer networks. The Hamilton Institute is committed to research excellence. These posts offer an exciting opportunity for successful candidates to tackle fundamental research problems within a stimulating multi-disciplinary research environment with state of the art facilities and strong links to the international research community. To apply, please send a cv (together with copies of two significant papers if applying for a postdoctoral post) to Professor Douglas Leith, doug.leith@may.ie For further details visit www.hamilton.ie *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Raimund Ober, ober@utdallas.edu PhD, PDF: University of Texas at Dallas, USA Ph.D. positions are available to work on bioengineering problems in joint NIH funded projects with Prof. E.S. Ward at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. For exceptionally well qualified candidates also post-doctoral positions are available. The projects aim to develop novel image processing and data analysis methods for fluorescence microscopy live cell experiments (including single molecule detection) and surface plasmon resonance experiments for the analysis of protein-protein interactions. No prior knowledge of these techniques is required. However, a strong technical background in engineering or mathematics is desirable and a keen interest in getting involved in bioengineering related research is necessary. A number of the proposed techniques make use of advanced system theoretic ideas. The positions will provide the opportunity to not only work on projects of significant technical interest but also to become familiar with the fundamental biological questions that are being addressed in the laboratory. Please send inquiries (resume, names of referees etc.) to Prof. Raimund J. Ober Department of Electrical Engineering EC33 University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75083 USA email: ober@utdallas.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hod Lipson, hod.lipson@cornell.edu Post-Doc: Cornell University, USA POSTDOC POSITION at CORNELL UNIVERSITY: The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering at Cornell is seeking a researcher interested in the area of biologically-inspired robotics. The postdoc is expected to lead research and development of a new, biologically-inspired autonomous multi- legged robot. This robot platform will be used to study new ideas such as decentralized neuro-control, utilization of smart materials as passive and active intersegmental body joints, adaptive morphology, evolutionary adaptation, and optical flow sensing. Applicants should be able to build upon a solid PhD in engineering, physics or computer science. Interested applicants should contact hod.lipson@cornell.edu with a detailed statement of interest, names and contact information of three references, and a URL linking to a current CV and list of downloadable publications. U.S. citizenship required due to federal funding constraints. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. For more information visit http://www.mae.cornell.edu/lipson/postdoc.htm *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ali Cinar, cinar@iit.edu Post-Doc: Illinois Institute of Technology, USA A postdoctoral research associate position is available to work on change detection in dynamic multivariable process behavior and fault diagnosis. The methods developed will be embedded in an agent-based process supervision and control system. Expertise in signal processing, modeling (state space and nonlinear), statistical and machine learning theory and techniques such as support vector machines, and multivariable statistical methods for pattern recognition and classification is expected. Advanced programming skill in Matlab is required, good command of C, C++, or Java is desirable. The initial appointment will be for one year, and the position is renewable upon satisfactory performance for additional years. The position is available immediately. Work will be conducted at Illinois Institute of Technology, an urban university located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Interested parties should send their resumes and contact information for three references to cinar@iit.edu. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sanjeev Seereeram, ssc-0332@ssci.com Research Engineer: Scientific Systems, USA SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS is a Boston-area company active in applied research and development of emerging technologies in the areas of advanced guidance and controls, system identification, image and signal processing, pattern recognition, and communication networks. Requirements: MSc in Electrical, Computer, Systems, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering. Duties: Research, Development, Implementation and Support of Advanced Control/System Identification Systems. The successful applicant will contribute to projects in the areas of advanced nonlinear systems and controls analysis/design for aerospace, industrial and manufacturing applications. Experience: 1. Master's thesis/project in Controls/Systems Engineering. Industrial project experience may be considered in lieu of this 2. Inro to advanced controls and linear system theory, analysis and design (graduate level) 3. Experience with systems analysis/design software: MATLAB, Matrix-X, or equivalent 4. Strong software engineering skills (C, C++ preferred) in Unix or DOS/Windows environments 5. Excellent written and oral communication skills: technical proposals for contracts, progress reports, and presentations This position requires existing employment authorization for USA Employment. Please direct all correspondence, questions, etc. to Ms. Patricia Kelly (Job code: SSC-0332) Human Resources Coordinator Scientific Systems Company 500 West Cummings Park, Suite 3000 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: (781) 933-5355 Fax: (781) 938-4752 Email: info@ssci.com *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Iven Mareels, I.mareels@unimelb.edu.au Research Fellow: University of Melbourne, Australia The Research Fellow will form part of a team comprising other researchers, academic staff and postgraduate students. The incumbent will work in the area of nonlinear control systems analysis and design, and will conduct high quality research into the development and activation of asymptotic based methods such as singular perturbations, averaging and other slowly varying techniques for the robust stabilization of nonlinear systems affected by disturbances. Requirements: - A PhD in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Maths or an equivalent qualification. - A quality research record as evidenced by research publications in good international conferences and journals and/or patents. - Excellent oral and written communication skills. Good interpersonal skills and an ability to interact with University staff at all levels. The ability to present research results in a comprehensive and timely manner, both through verbal and written means. - Very good knowledge and experience in nonlinear systems and control theory, with specialization in Lyapunov techniques, singular perturbations, averaging and optimization tools. - Skills in implementing numerical algorithms in C, C++ and Matlab under Unix. - Potential to achieve excellent levels of scholarship in service to the Department (including teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs). For more information and a copy of the position description access The Univeristy of Melbourne Positions Vacant web site: http://www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/jobs/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephanie Lam, jobs@nicta.com.au Research Positions: NICTA, Australia National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA) is seeking applicants from high performing and entrepreneurial researchers in specific programs of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) disciplines for a continuing appointment as Senior Researcher (Levels D/ E). This position is to work within the Systems Engineering and Complex Systems Program (SEACS). At this time positions are available for: Researcher Level B (Fixed Term 1 yr) Researcher Level B (Fixed Term 3 yrs) Researcher Level D/E Candidates will be expected to have an international reputation for research along with a vision of how their research can lead to technology with a potential for application in an Australian or international context. Experience with commercialisation of technology and generation of Intellectual Property is also desirable. Researchers with a proven track- record in any area within SEACS are encouraged to apply. These position will offer a high level of independence to pursue a research agenda of your choice within the framework and research vision of SEACS (http://nicta.edu.au/programs.html) We expect the position to be highly competitive and excellence of research record and potential to contribute to the mission of NICTA will be key factors in selecting applicants. Remuneration will be internationally competitive, and funds will be available also for research support and infrastructure, and international conference travel support. Further information, which details the information required from all applicants, is available on the NICTA website (http://www.nicta.com.au). Applications should be sent to jobs@nicta.com.au, and should include a full CV, list of publications, and a vision statement of one or two pages outlining the candidate’s research interests and their role in a technological society. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Peter Chen, engchenp@nus.edu.sg Research Positions: National University of Singapore We have several open positions (postdoc, PhD/Masters, lab technician, research engineers) to work on a project of a Skin Flap Planner for Reconstructive Surgery. This is a collaborative project between the National University of Singapore, Johns Hopkins Singapore and the National University Hospital, Singapore. Skin reconstruction involves identification of a donor site, flap design and cut, and placement on the recipient site. Flap design is complex because the cut flap changes its shape, cannot rereturn to original size without blood problems, has anisotropic and non-linear elasticity, and must fit a new three- dimensional shape. Poor design results in third site grafts, and in extra scarring, donor site trauma, surgery time and hospital stay. Third site grafts occur in a majority of cases, some unavoidable. Our flap simulator will provide surgeons with systematic decision support through the use of patient-specific skin measurement data and virtual manipulation tools to design the flap. We are interested in motivated individuals who will bring appropriate knowledge in mechatronics and system design and/or computational (bio)mechanics. They will be able to collaborate with the members of our group working on biomedical engineering (http://guppy.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~eburdet/), and to enjoy living in South East Asia with excellent conditions for life and work (http://www.newasia- singapore.com/). Salary commensurate with applicantˇŻs skills and experience. Applicants should email a detailed CV and the names and addresses of three referees. Send your application or ask for further information at e.burdet@ieee.org. Etienne BURDET (e.burdet@ieee.org), Dept of Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore, 119260 Singapore http://www.mpe.nus.edu.sg/~eburdet Fax: +65-6779-1459 +----------------------------------------+ | | Books | | +----------------------------------------+ No submissions +----------------------------------------+ | | Journals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw Contents: Asian Journal of Control Vol. 5, Nol. 4, December, 2003 Regular: 1.Title: Output Feedback Control of Container Cranes: A Comparative Analysis Author: Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano and Elio Usai 2.Title: Robust Vibration Control for Flexible Arms by Using Sliding Mode Method Author: Xinkai Chen, Chun-Yi Su and Toshio Fukuda 3.Title: Implicit Triangular Observer Form Dedicated to a Sliding Mode Observer for Systems with Unknown Inputs Author: T. Boukhobza, M. Djemai and j. P. Barbot 4.Title: Sliding Mode Control Synthesis of Uncertain Time-Delay Systems Author: Y. Orlow, W. Perruquetti and J. P. Richard 5.Title: Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control with Piecewise linear Switching Manifold Author: Mariagrazia Dotoli 6.Title: Universal Output-Feedback SISO Controllers Author: Arie Levant 7.Title: Model-Reference Output-Feedback Sliding Mode Controller for a Class of Multivariable Nonlinear Systems Author: Liu Hsu, Ramon R. Costa and jose Paulo Vilela Soares da Cunha 8.Title: An Asymptotic Second-Order Smooth Sliding Mode Control Author: Yuri B. Shtessel, Ilya A. Shkolnikov and Mark D. J. Brown 9.Title: Sliding Modes, ˇµ-Modulators, and Generalized Proportional Integral Control of Linear Systems Author: Hebertt Sira-Ramirez 10.Title: Frequency Domain Analysis of Fast and Slow Motions in Sliding Modes Author: Igor Boiko 11.Title: Robustness Analysis on Sliding Mode Control of Induction Motor Author: H. Chekireb, M. Tadjine and m. Djemai Brief: 12.Title: Second Order Sliding Mode Control of a Diesel Engine Author: M. Khalid Khan, Keng Boon Goh and Sarah K. Spurgeon 13.Title: A Combined Sliding Mode-Generalized PI Control Scheme for Swinging up and Balancing the Inertia Wheel Pendulum Author: Victor M. Hernandez 14.Title: Second-Order nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Decomposed Control of Uncertain Multivariable System Author: Yong Feng, Xuemei Zheng and Xinghuo Yu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contents: Automatica Contributed by: H. Kwakernaak, automatica@autsubmit.com Contents: Automatica Volume 39, Issue 10, October, 2003 For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions visit http://www.autsubmit.com Survey papers J-P. Richard Time delay systems: An overview of some recent advances and open problems Regular papers Fu-Shiung Hsieh Robustness of deadlock avoidance algorithms for sequential processes A. Lanzon, M. Cantoni On the formulation and solution of robust performance problems R. Pintelon, J. Schoukens, Y. Rolain Uncertainty of transfer function modeling using prior estimated noise models Brief papers J. D. Wolfe, J. L. Speyer The periodic optimality of LQ controllers satisfying strong stabilization L. Mirkin, N. Raskin Every stabilizing dead-time controller has an observer-predictor-based structure R. Marino, G. L. Santosuosso, P. Tomei Robust adaptive compensation of biased sinusoidal disturbances with unknown frequency Zhihua Qu, C. M. Ihlefeld, Yufang Jin, A. Saengdeejing Robust fault-tolerant self-recovering control of nonlinear uncertain systems F. Dabbene, P. Gay, B. T. Polyak Recursive algorithms for inner ellipsoidal approximation of convex polytopes S. Mijanovic, G. E. Stewart, G. A. Dumont, M. S. Davies A controller perturbation technique for transferring closed-loop stability between systems H. Ishii, B. A. Francis Quadratic stabilization of sampled-data systems with quantization D. R. Lewin, A. Parag A constrained genetic algorithm for decentralized control system structure selection and optimization F. Tjärnström Variance analysis of L_2 model reduction when undermodeling - the output error case R. Antonelli, A. Astolfi Continuous stirred tank reactors: Easy to stabilise? C. M. Lagoa A convex parameterization of risk-adjusted stabilizing controllers L. A. Montestruque, P. J. Antsaklis On the Model-Based Control of Networked Systems Errata A. Bemporad, M. Morari, V. Dua, E. N. Pistikopoulos Correction Note - The explicit linear quadratic regulator for constrained systems (Published January 2002, Vol.38, Issue 1, pages 3-20) R. Gorez Erratum for "New design relations for 2-DOF PID-like control systems" *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A. H. Glattfelder, ifacjcep@control.ee.ethz.ch Contents: Control Engineering Practice Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages 1229-1348 (November 2003) Modelling and optimisation of a refining process for fibre board production, Pages 1229-1241 T. A. Runkler, E. Gerstorfer, M. Schlang, E. Junnemann and J. Hollatz Launcher attitude control: discrete-time robust design and gain-scheduling, Pages 1243-1252 Olivier Voinot, Daniel Alazard, Pierre Apkarian, Sophie Mauffrey and Benoit Clement Hybrid automata for linearizing the model of high-pressure thawing, Pages 1253-1262 H. Fibrianto, L. Boillereaux and J. M. Flaus Using hypothesis testing theory to evaluate principles for leakage diagnosis of automotive engines, Pages 1263-1272 Mattias Nyberg Minimax LQG optimal control of a flexible beam, Pages 1273-1287 Ian R. Petersen and Himanshu R. Pota Diagnosis of process valve actuator faults using a multilayer neural network, Pages 1289-1299 M. Karpenko, N. Sepehri and D. Scuse Maximum allowable delay bounds of networked control systems, Pages 1301-1313 Dong-Sung Kim, Young Sam Lee, Wook Hyun Kwon and Hong Seong Park Implementation of neural network predictive control to a multivariable chemical reactor, Pages 1315-1323 D. L. Yu and J. B. Gomm A hybrid approach for supervisory control of furnace temperature, Pages 1325- 1334 Wei Wang, Han-Xiong Li and Jingtao Zhang Multirate control implementation for an integrated communication and control system, Pages 1335-1348 Vicente Casanova and Julian Salt *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control - August, 2003 Volume: 48, Issue: 8, Aug. 2003 Guest editorial new developments and applications in performance limitation of feedback control Jie Chen; Middleton, R.H., Page(s): 1297- 1297 Performance limitations in the robust servomechanism problem for discrete- time LTI systems Jemaa, L.B.; Davison, E.J., Page(s): 1299- 1311 Performance limitations for linear feedback systems in the presence of plant uncertainty Goodwin, G.C.; Salgado, M.E.; Yuz, J.I., Page(s): 1312- 1319 Best tracking and regulation performance under control energy constraint Jie Chen; Hara, S.; Gang Chen, Page(s): 1320- 1336 Dynamical system design from a control perspective: finite frequency positive-realness approach Iwasaki, T.; Hara, S.; Yamauchi, H., Page(s): 1337- 1354 Fundamental design limitations of the general control configuration Freudenberg, J.S.; Hollot, C.V.; Middleton, R.H.; Toochinda, V. Page(s): 1355- 1370 Fundamental performance limitations in tracking sinusoidal signals Weizhou Su; Li Qiu; Jie Chen, Page(s): 1371- 1380 Performance degradation in feedback control due to constraints Perez, T.; Goodwin, G.C.; Seron, M.M., Page(s): 1381- 1385 Performance limitations of nonlinear periodic sampled-data controllers for L/sub p/ disturbance rejection Schmid, R.; Cishen Zhang, Page(s): 1385- 1388 Undershoot and settling time tradeoffs for nonminimum phase systems Lau, K.; Middleton, R.H.; Braslavsky, J.H., Page(s): 1389- 1393 Selection of variables for stabilizing control using pole vectors Havre, K.; Skogestad, S., Page(s): 1393- 1398 Notions of controllability for bilinear multilevel quantum systems Albertini, F.; D'Alessandro, D., Page(s): 1399- 1403 PID controller design for robust performance Ming-Tzu Ho; Chia-Yi Lin, Page(s): 1404- 1409 Solution bounds of the continuous Riccati matrix equation Chien-Hua Lee, Page(s): 1409- 1413 Alternative proofs for improved LMI representations for the analysis and the design of continuous-time systems with polytopic type uncertainty: a predictive approach Yingmin Jia, Page(s): 1413- 1416 Semiglobal regulation of linear systems in presence of measurement constraint Marconi, L., Page(s): 1417- 1421 On the stability of coupled delay differential and continuous time difference equations Pepe, P.; Verriest, E.I., Page(s): 1422- 1427 Dissipative Hamiltonian realization and energy-based L/sub 2/-disturbance attenuation control of multimachine power systems Yuzhen Wang; Daizhan Cheng; Chunwen Li; You Ge, Page(s): 1428- 1433 A queueing model for call blending in call centers Bhulai, S.; Koole, G., Page(s): 1434- 1438 >From nonlinear to Hamiltonian via feedback Tabuada, P.; Pappas, G.J., Page(s): 1439- 1442 Constrained control of SISO bilinear systems Bacic, M.; Cannon, M.; Kouvaritakis, B., Page(s): 1443- 1447 Extended invariance principle for nonautonomous switched systems Orlov, Y., Page(s): 1448- 1452 Stability of discrete-time systems with quantized input and state measurements Richter, H.; Misawa, E.A., Page(s): 1453- 1458 Convergence of simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation for nondifferentiable optimization Ying He; Fu, M.C.; Marcus, S.I., Page(s): 1459- 1463 Robust adaptive tracking for time-varying uncertain nonlinear systems with unknown control coefficients Ge, S.S.; Wang, J., Page(s): 1463- 1469 Robust H/spl infin/ control for linear discrete-time systems with norm-bounded nonlinear uncertainties Yoonsun Kim; Youngjin Park, Page(s): 1469- 1470 Comments on "Nonlinear repetitive control" Lucibello, P., Page(s): 1470- 1471 Author's reply [to comments on "Nonlinear repetitive control"] Ghosh, J.; Paden, B., Page(s): 1471 Book Review Page(s): 1472- 1474 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu Volume: 48, Issue: 7, Year: July 2003 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, July 2003 A separation principle for a class of non-UCO systems Maggiore, M.; Passino, K.M., Page(s): 1122- 1133 Finite-time behavior of inner systems Ludlage, J.H.A.; Weiland, S.; Stoorvogel, A.A.; Backx, T.A.C.P.M. Page(s): 1134- 1149 Max-plus eigenvector representations for solution of nonlinear H_inf problems: basic concepts McEneaney, W.M., Page(s): 1150- 1163 Analysis and design of oscillatory control systems Martinez, S.; Cortes, J.; Bullo, F., Page(s): 1164- 1177 Positive polynomials and robust stabilization with fixed-order controllers Henrion, D.; Sebek, M.; Kucera, V., Page(s): 1178- 1186 Reduced supervisors for timed discrete-event systems Gohari, P.; Wonham, W.M., Page(s): 1187- 1198 Fault diagnosis in discrete-event systems: framework and model reduction Zad, S.H.; Kwong, R.H.; Wonham, W.M., Page(s): 1199- 1212 A decentralized model reference adaptive variable structure controller for large-scale time-varying delay systems Chien-Hsin Chou; Chih-Chiang Cheng, Page(s): 1213- 1217 Robustness of global asymptotic stability in indirect field-oriented control of induction motors Reginatto, R.; Bazanella, A.S., Page(s): 1218- 1222 Universal disturbance rejection for nonlinear systems in output feedback form Zhengtao Ding, Page(s): 1222- 1226 An algebraic model for performance evaluation of timed event multigraphs Huaping Dai; Youxian Sun, Page(s): 1227- 1230 Controlled Markov chains with safety upper bound Arapostathis, A.; Kumar, R.; Tangirala, S., Page(s): 1230- 1234 A sufficient condition for instability of buffer priority policies in re-entrant lines Chuang Lin; Mingwei Xu; Marinescu, D.C.; Fengyuan Ren; Zhiguang Shan Page(s): 1235- 1238 Stability of data networks under an optimization-based bandwidth allocation Heng-Qing Ye, Page(s): 1238- 1242 On p-normal forms of nonlinear systems Daizhan Cheng; Wei Lin, Page(s): 1242- 1248 On maximizing the convergence rate for linear systems with input saturation Tingshu Hu; Zongli Lin; Shamash, Y., Page(s): 1249- 1253 Variance-constrained filtering for uncertain stochastic systems with missing measurements Zidong Wang; Ho, D.W.C.; Xiaohui Liu, Page(s): 1254- 1258 Subspace identification with guaranteed stability using constrained optimization Lacy, S.L.; Bernstein, D.S., Page(s): 1259- 1263 A separation principle for non-UCO systems: the jet engine stall and surge example Maggiore, M.; Passino, K.M., Page(s): 1264- 1269 Contractibility of dynamic LTI controllers using complementary matrices Bakule, L.; Rodellar, J.; Rossell, J.M., Page(s): 1269- 1274 Semiglobal stabilization and output regulation of singular linear systems with input saturation Weiyao Lan; Jie Huang, Page(s): 1274- 1280 Controllability of nonstandard singularly perturbed systems with small state delay Glizer, V.Y., Page(s): 1280- 1285 Closed-form unbiased frequency estimation of a noisy sinusoid using notch filters Savaresi, S.M.; Bittanti, S.; So, H.C., Page(s): 1285- 1292 Comments on "A robust state observer scheme" Boutayeb, M.; Darouach, M., Page(s): 1292- 1293 Authors' reply [Comment on "A robust state observer scheme"] Da-Wei Gu; Fu Wah Poon, Page(s): 1293- 1294 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jozef Korbicz, J.Korbicz@issi.uz.zgora.pl Contents: Int Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 13, No. 3 Special Issue: Cancer Growth and Progression, Mathematical Problems and Computer Simulation Edited by: Marek KIMMEL, Mirosław LACHOWICZ, Andrzej ŚWIERNIAK 1. Kimmel M. and Gorlova O.Y. Stochastic models of progression of cancer and their use in controlling cancer-related mortality, pp. 279-287 2. Kolev M. Mathematical modeling of the competition between acquired immunity and cancer, pp. 289-296 3. Śmieja J. and Świerniak A. Different models of chemotherapy taking into account drug resistance stemming from gene amplification, pp. 297-305 4. Zhivkov P. and Waniewski J. Modelling tumour-immunity interactions with different stimulation functions, pp. 307-315 5. Foryś U. and Marciniak-Czochra A. Logistic equations in tumour growth modelling, pp. 317-325 6. Fujarewicz K. and Wiench M. Selecting differentially expressed genes for colon tumor classification, pp. 327-335 7. Simek K. Properties of a singular value decomposition based dynamical model of gene expression data, pp. 337-345 8. Polański A. and Kimmel M. Population genetics models for the statistics of DNA samples under different demographic scenarios-maximum likelihood versus approximate methods, pp. 347-355 9. Świerniak A., Ledzewicz U. and Schättler H. Optimal control for a class of compartmental models in cancer chemotherapy, pp. 357-368 10. Lukac R. and Smołka B. Application of the adaptive center-weighted vector median framework for the enhancement of cDNA microarray images, pp. 369-383 11. Renwick A., Bonnen P.E., Trikka D., Nelson D.L., Chakraborty R. and Kimmel M. Sampling properties of estimators of nucleotide diversity at discovered SNP sites, pp. 385-394 12. Gałach M. Dynamics of the tumor-immune system competition the effect of time delay, pp. 395-406 13. Szymańska Z. Analysis of immunotherapy models in the context of cancer dynamics, pp. 407-418 14. Polańska J. The EM algorithm and its implementation for the estimation of frequencies of SNP-haplotypes, pp. 419-429 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Aghalaya S. Vatsala, vatsala@louisiana.edu Contents: Int Journal of Hybrid Systems Volume 2, Number 4, December 2002 Stephane Blouin, Martin Guay and Karen Rudie, pp. 297 Discrete Abstractions for Nearly Integrable Continuous Systems: The Two-Dimensional Case Boris M. Miller and Karen V. Stepanyan, pp. 337 Observation Control for Discrete-Continuous (Hybrid) Stochastic Systems with the Estimate Dependent Noise Renming Wang, Xinzhi Liu and Zhihong Guan, pp. 369 Stability Analysis in Terms of Two Measures for Impulsive Hybrid Systems Amar Khoukhi and Adlene Moualek, pp. 383 Genetic Agents: A New Class of Quasi-Biologic Algorithms Address for submissions and subscriptions: Professor A. S. Vatsala Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504, U. S. A E-Mail: vatsala@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~asv5357/journal.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider, hans@math.wisc.edu Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications Volume 374, Pages 1-328 (15 November 2003) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2003-996259999-457894 TABLE OF CONTENTS Accurate ordering of eigenvectors and singular vectors without eigenvalues and singular values, Pages 1-17 K. V. Fernando Total dilations II, Pages 19-29 Jean-Christophe Bourin The isometries and the G-invariance of certain seminorms, Pages 31-40 Boris Lavri Commutative algebras of rational function matrices as endomorphisms of Kronecker modules I, Pages 41-62 Frank Okoh and Frank Zorzitto Commutative algebras of rational function matrices as endomorphisms of Kronecker modules II, Pages 63-85 Frank Okoh and Frank Zorzitto On the eigenproblem of matrices over distributive lattices, Pages 87-106 Yijia Tan On vector spaces with distinguished subspaces and redundant base, Pages 107- 126 Francesco Barioli, Clorinda De Vivo and Claudia Metelli Index of parabolic and seaweed subalgebras of , Pages 127-142 Alexander Dvorsky On the sensitivity of multiple eigenvalues of nonsymmetric matrix pencils, Pages 143-158 Huiqing Xie and Hua Dai Characterizations of classes of stable matrices, Pages 159-174 A. Bhaya, E. Kaszkurewicz and R. Santos D-optimal weighing designs for n[equiv]-1 mod4 objects and a large number of weighings, Pages 175-218 Bernardo M. Abrego, Silvia Fernandez-Merchant, Michael G. Neubauer and William Watkins Low rank perturbations and the spectrum of a tridiagonal sign pattern, Pages 219-230 L. Elsner, D. D. Olesky and P. van den Driessche The polynomial numerical hulls of Jordan blocks and related matrices, Pages 231-246 Vance Faber, Anne Greenbaum and Donald E. Marshall Equivalence constants for certain matrix norms, Pages 247-253 Bao Qi Feng Elementary divisors of tensor products and p-ranks of binomial matrices, Pages 255-274 Xiang-Dong Hou Relative volumes and minors in monomial subrings, Pages 275-290 Cesar A. Escobar, Jose Martinez-Bernal and Rafael H. Villarreal Finite linear spaces admitting a projective group PSU(3,q) with q even, Pages 291-305 Weijun Liu On spectral integral variations of mixed graphs, Pages 307-316 Yi-Zheng Fan Simple criteria for nonsingular H-matrices, Pages 317-326 Tai-Bin Gan and Ting-Zhu Huang Author index, Pages 327-328 Editorial board, Pages ii-iii +----------------------------------------+ | | Conferences | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 11th IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal processing MMM 2004 Nancy, France - September 8-10, 2004 http://www.cran.uhp-nancy.fr/ifac-mmm2004/ contacts: mmm2004@cran.uhp-nancy.fr Sponsored by: IFAC TC on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing IFAC Technical Committee on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes IFAC Technical Committee on Control of Biotechnological Systems Please notice the following deadlines: December 1, 2003 Submission of proposals for invited Sessions December 15, 2003 Submission deadline March 15, 2004 Notification of acceptance June 15, 2004 Final manuscripts After Sun City (South Africa, 1995), Dusseldorf (Germany, 1998) and Tokyo (Japan, 2001), the 11th IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal processing (MMM 2004) in held in Nancy (France). The organizing committee of the IFAC symposium MMM 2004 heartily invite all interested researchers to submit regular papers or to organize invited sessions. The aim of this symposium is to review the state of the art and to look at innovations in the field of automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal processing. In common with any other engineering fields, environmentals problems including Recycling, Safety and Reliability considerations as well, will be highlighted in the Symposium. However, the organizing committee maintains the view that developments in the basic control methologies and technologies such as measurement, instrumentation , networking, etc … are essential to the solution of global problems. The emphasis is placed on practice of those technologies, but such theoritical researches as accompanied with practical experience/consideration will be also welcome. TOPICS: modelling identification and estimation fault diagnosis advanced control fault tolerant control signal processing quality monitoring communication and data management maintenance scheduling production planning, process optimisation AI methods: expert systems, neural networks, fuzzy control APPLICATIONS metal processing hot/cold rolling steel making and continuous casting blast furnaces and furnaces electro refining hydro metallurgy environment and recycling waste water treatment mining and mineral processing grinding and flotation measurement and instrumentation supervision new sensor technologies For more details, consult the Symposium website at http://www.cran.uhp-nancy.fr/ifac-mmm2004/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Vladimir S. Jotsov, jotsov@ieee.org 2004 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems June 22 to 24, 2004 Bulgarian Council of Ministers Holiday Complex, St. St. Constantine and Helena Resort, Varna, Bulgaria http://www.fnts-bg.org/is DEADLINE (for all submissions): December 15, 2003 The IEEE IM/CS/SMC Joint Chapter of Bulgaria will hold the "2004 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems" Monday through Wednesday, June 22 to June 24, 2004 at the Bulgarian Council of Ministers Holiday Complex at the Black Sea resort near Varna, Bulgaria. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, IEEE Section Bulgaria, IEEE IM/CS/SMC Joint Chapter of Bulgaria and co-sponsored by IEEE Control Systems Society and IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. The topics for the conference cover all aspects of intelligent control engineering, soft computing, artificial intelligence, decision support, knowledge discovery and data mining, data fusion, intelligent measurement and applications and span the scope of the following Societies of IEEE: CS, SMC, IM, IT, Computer, IE. Papers are solicited in the form of draft manuscripts (6 proceeding pages). The conference also calls for proposals for invited sessions or tutorial sessions. Further information: Please consult the conference web site http://www.fnts-bg.org/is or contact the following conference organizers: General Coordinator Vladimir Jotsov Intelligent Systems Department Intstitute of Information Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences P.O.Box 161, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria Tel: (359 2) 970-8592 Email: jotsov@ieee.org Secretary Petia Koprinkova Institute of Control Systems Bulgarian Academy of Sciences P.O.Box 161, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria Tel: (359 2) 970-0337 Email: pkoprinkova@icsr.bas.bg *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Han Wang, 8th Int Conf on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2004, will be held in December 2004 in Kuming, China. The conference will be co-organised by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology. The conference will provide a forum for Control and Automation professionals, manufacturing engineers and academic researchers to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experiences. The conference will focus on both theory and applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be plenary, invited and tutorial sessions. The topics of interest are: Control, Automation, Robotics, Computer Vision, and Emerging Technologies. Papers must be written in English and should describe original work in details. Please submit full papers to the website address (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv) by l March, 2004. For enquiries, please email to icarcv@ntu.edu.sg. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Frank Allgower, Call for Participation: ADCHEM 2003/2004 International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes ADCHEM 2003/2004 January 11 - 14, 2004 Hong Kong http://www.ust.hk/adchem2003 The ADCHEM 2003/2004 conference will be held on January 11-14, 2004 in Hong Kong SAR, China. The conference was originally planned for June 18-20, 2003 and then postponed to the new date due to the outbreak of the SARS virus in Hong Kong. Organized under the auspices of IFAC, ADCHEM is a continuing series of international conferences held most recently in Pisa, Italy (2000), Banff, Canada (1997), Kyoto, Japan (1994), and Toulouse, France (1991). These meetings focus on advances in methods for control and modeling for all types of chemical processes. Conference topics include modeling and identification, model based control, real-time optimization and scheduling, process and control monitoring, batch process modeling and control and process control applications. Plenary speakers: M. Vidyasagar, Tata Consultancy Services F. Doyle, UC Santa Barbara P. Terwiesch, ABB Semi-plenary speakers: Richard Braatz, Mayuresh Kothare, Michel Perrier, Denis Dochain, Jan Richard Sagli, Sunwon Park, Yi Cao, John MacGregor, Jesus Alvarez, Elaine Martin, Yucai Zhu, Moses Tade, Dominique Bonvin. In addition to the plenary and semi-plenary talks there will be about 120 oral and 70 poster presentations. See the above webpage for the preliminary program. The registration process is now open. Please note that the deadline for early registration is on October 10, 2003. Hong Kong - the City of Life, is a fascinating place to visit. Hong Kong is coined as the shoppers' paradise and heaven of foods and offers a large number of tourist attractions. The Hong Kong Government has developed a number of actions to welcome back visitors. The city has become even more attractive, safer and cleaner. The number of tourists traveling has increased to the pre-SARS level. Therefore conference attendees are adviced to book their hotels early. Organizing Committee Chair: Furong GAO Department of Chemical Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology International Program Committee Chair: Frank ALLGOWER Institute for Systems Theory in Engineering University of Stuttgart *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: George J. Pappas, Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control 2004 7th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HYBRID SYSTEMS: COMPUTATION AND CONTROL (HSCC 2004) MARCH 25-27, 2004 Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA, USA http://www.seas.upenn.edu/hybrid/HSCC04/ The Seventh International Workshop on Hybrid Systems : Computation and Control (HSCC 2004), will be held at the Hilton Inn at Penn on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, from March 25-27, 2004. The annual workshop on hybrid systems attracts researchers from academia and industry interested in modeling, analysis, and implementation of dynamic and reactive systems involving both discrete and continuous behaviors. Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis, implementation, and applications of hybrid systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Modeling and representations * Computability and complexity issues * Tools for analysis and verification * Tools for synthesis and design * Programming language support and implementation * Control and optimization * Hybrid models in biology and other sciences * Engineering applications such as automotive control, avionics, energy systems, transportation networks, manufacturing, and robotics PAPER SUBMISSION The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Selected papers will be invited after the meeting to submit an extended version to a special issue of the journal Formal Methods in System Design (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Submitted papers must present original, unpublished research that has not been submitted elsewhere. Papers should be prepared using Springer's LNCS style, and must be at most 15 pages including abstract, figures, and bibliography. Instructions for submitting the papers electronically will be available on the conference homepage in September 2003. IMPORTANT DATES October 10, 2003: Submission deadline December 1, 2003: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection January 15,2004: Final Papers Due *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Maja Matijasevic, IEEE ICRA 2004 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004) April 26 - May 1, 2004 New Orleans Riverside Hilton & Towers New Orleans, LA 70140, USA http://www.icra2004.org The IEEE ICRA 2004 will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, from April 26 to May 1. This event is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The Program Committee is soliciting papers, videos, special sessions, tutorials and workshops to be presented in the conference program. Technical topics of the conference include all areas of robotics and automation. The special theme of the 2004 conference is "Environmental Robotics: Technical Innovations and Cutting Edge Technologies for Environment Clean up and Ecosystem Management". Areas of application include but are not limited to waste management, hazardous area activities, industrial applications in the oil and gas industry, for marine cable route surveys, near shore nautical charting and military surveys, pipeline inspection and monitoring of sensitive coastal environments. DEADLINE (for all submissions): November 7, 2003 SUBMISSION DETAILS: http://www.icra2004.org There will also be an exhibition at the conference. Exhibitors are encouraged to display state-of-the-art products and services in all areas of robotics and automation. CONTACTS General Chairs Tzyh-Jong Tarn Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA tarn@wurobot.wustl.edu Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp Program Chair Kimon Valavanis University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA k.valavanis@ieee.org Conference Secretariat icra2004@csee.usf.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Anton Cervin, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium - RTAS 2004 May 26-May 28, 2004, Le Royal Meidien, King Edward, Toronto, Canada WWW: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/rtas04 Submission deadline: January 12, 2004 RTAS 2004 has a new and expanded focus, including an explicit track on real-time control. This particular track will cover the role of feedback control in real-time computing, and the interaction between computing and control systems. Topics include the use of real-time control methods within infrastructures as well as end-user applications, including, but not limited to, the interaction of feedback control and scheduling, nonlinear and uncertain real-time systems, modeling and simulation of performance control, computational models and languages for control applications, resource-constrained control or resource-aware control, temporal robustness, robotics, embedded and hybrid systems, and hybrid control. Other special tracks at RTAS 2004 are: Real-Time Infrastructure and Development, Embedded Applications, and QoS in Open Systems. As usual, RTAS 2004 also seeks papers describing significant contributions to the broad field of embedded and real-time computing, control, and communication, that cover QoS issues in computation and networking, systems integration, scheduling, operating systems, middleware, software engineering, dependability, databases, programming languages, system development tools, performance modeling, and performance control. Special focus is on embedded and real-time applications ranging from industrial embedded applications such as aeronautics and automotive systems to multimedia, telecommunication and mobile computing systems. Of particular interest are papers detailing experiments, implementations, and experiences in application domains that present new model problems or identify significant temporal constraints. The best papers of RTAS 2004 will be published in an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Real-Time Systems. Important Dates: * Submission Deadline: Monday, January 12, 2004 * Acceptance Decisions: Monday, March 1, 2004 * Final Manuscript: Friday, March 19, 2004 * Conference: May 25 - May 28, 2004 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sirish Shah, IFAC DYCOPS-7 5-7 July, 2004 Boston www.dycops.org The DYCOPS-7 Symposium will bring together engineers and scientists from universities, R & D laboratories and the process industries to focus attention on new methodologies and challenging applications in the following areas of DYnamics and COntrol of Process Systems (DYCOPS). The DYCOPS 2004 conference will be held on July 5-7, 2004 in Boston. Organized under the auspices of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), the DYCOPS Symposium Series is a continuing series of international conferences held most recently in Korea (2001) and Greece (1998). These meetings focus on advances in methods for control and modeling for all types of chemical processes and are part of a three-year rotation of IFAC meetings in process control, which also include the IFAC ADCHEM series. The main topics for the meeting include, but are not limited, to the following: Particulate and Polymer Processes BioProcesses Control and Optimization Applied to Scheduling and Production Management Modeling and Identification Monitoring, Fault-Detection, Data reconciliation and Signal Processing Advances in Control and Emerging New Approaches to Dynamics and Control New Sensor Technologies and their Potential Impact on Control Industrial Applications Process Control Education Modeling and Control of Batch and Semi-batch Processes Interaction Between Design and Control The scientific program will consist of three plenary and several invited keynote lectures plus 2 to 3 parallel sessions each morning and afternoon over the three day period. The conference will also feature panel discussions on topical areas and poster sessions. Deadlines Submission of draft papers 28 November 2003 Notification of acceptance 14 February 2004 Submission of final papers 1 April 2004 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Frank Allgower, IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS 2004) September 1-3, 2004 Stuttgart, Germany http://www.nolcos2004.uni-stuttgart.de The NOLCOS 2004 symposium will be held on September 1-3, 2004 in Stuttgart, Germany. NOLCOS is a continuing series of conferences specialized to the area of nonlinear control systems which so far took place in Capri (I) 1988, Bordeaux (F) 1992, Lake Tahoe (USA) 1995, Enschede (NL) 1998, and Saint-Petersburg (RUS) 2001. For the upcoming NOLCOS conference, contributed papers and invited sessions are solicited in all areas of nonlinear systems and control including the following areas: 1. Advanced Nonlinear Control Methods -- Chair: A. Isidori (I) 2. Mathematical Systems Theory -- Chair: L. Grune (D) 3. Nonlinear Control Applications and Tools -- Chair: K. Schlacher (A) 4. Nonlinear System Identification & State Estimation -- Chair: L. Ljung (S) 5. Stability of I/O Systems -- Chair: D. Nesic (AU) 6. Nonlinear Model Predictive Control -- Chair: J.B. Rawlings (USA) 7. Flatness-based Methods -- Chair: J. Rudolph (D) 8. Nonlinear Control of Automotive Systems -- Chair: L. Guzzella (CH) Important Deadlines: Deadline for full paper submission: January 15, 2003 Proposals for invited sessions: January 15, 2003 Contributed papers in postscript- or pdf-format should be submitted electronically through the conference website. Further information about the NOLCOS conference can be found at the conference web page at: www.nolcos2004.uni-stuttgart.de or by contacting the conference organizers listed below. National Organizing Committee Chair: Michael Zeitz Institute for Systems Dynamics and Control Engineering University of Stuttgart 70550 Stuttgart, Germany Email: zeitz@isr.uni-stuttgart.de Tel: +49-711-685-6313 Fax: +49-711-685-6371 International Program Committee Chair: Prof. Frank ALLGOWER Institute for Systems Theory in Engineering University of Stuttgart 70550 Stuttgart, Germany Email: allgower@ist.uni-stuttgart.de or: nolcos2004@ist.uni-stuttgart.de Tel: +49-711-685-7733 Fax: +49-711-685-7735 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joop P. Pauwelussen, International Symposium in Advanced Vehicle Control (AVEC ’04). 23 – 27 August 2004 HAN University, Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.avec04.han.nl In association with IEEE-CSS, IAVSD, JSME, ASME DSMC, JSAE, FISITA, ImechE, SIA, SICE, ATA, KIVI and NIRIA This seventh AVEC conference, successfully held earlier in Ann-Arbor, Hiroshima, Aachen-Germany, Nagoya, will focus on the improvement of vehicle performance using advanced vehicle control technologies. The development of such intelligent and embedded vehicle control systems is progressing rapidly. There is a growing need to improve our understanding on the integration of these systems, within the framework of the functions for the vehicle and driver to fulfill, as part of a safe and efficient traffic environment. To achieve scientific progress, it is essential that the highly multi- disciplinary field of Advanced Vehicle Control is covered in all its aspects, with the interface between separate areas challenged during the conference. For that reason, the technical sessions will cover the following areas: A. Vehicle Dynamics and Control Steering assistance, suspension control, cruise assistance, traction and brake control, tire-road interface. B. Control of Vehicle Propulsion Intelligent speed control, powertrain/drivetrain control and management, electric and hybrid propulsion control C. Embedded Control and System Integratioon Integrated motion control, embedded automotive, active safety D. Advanced Driver Assistance Driver-vehicle interface, human workload, perception and control, driver assist systems E. The Vehicle as Part of and Advanced Traffic System. Intelligent transport systems, automated vehicle highway systems, advanced concept vehicles, collision avoidance and pre-crash management F. General Topics Modelling and simulation technology, monitoring, data acquisition and procession, sensors and actuators, vehicle diagnostics. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstracts: November 1, 2003. Notification of acceptance January 5, 2004. Deadline manuscripts May 1, 2004 After the symposium, some selected papers will be published in the JSAE Review and in a special issue of Vehicle Systems Dynamics ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Authors intending to present a paper at the AVEC ’04 are invited to submit an extended abstract. The extended abstracts should be two pages (between 500 and 800 words, and including figures), in English and should clearly reflect the contents of the paper including the objectives, state of the art, the scientific results and a discussion of the added value of its contribution. Electronic submission is highly recommended. The easiest way, which allows the author to keep track of the reviewing process, is to use the AVEC ’04 website. Abstracts in PDF format should be submitted through http://www.avec04.han.nl In case of problems with access to the website, it is possible to submit 4 copies of the abstract (accompanied with personal contactinformation) to: AVEC ’04 secretariat Attn of Mrs. Marian van den Berg HAN University P.O. Box 2217 6802 CE Arnhem The Netherlands Telefax: +31 (0) 26 365 82 93 Email: avec04@ft.han.nl *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Roberto Tempo, New manuscript submission policy for ACC and CDC **** STARTING CDC 2004 & 2005 ACC **** In the recent past, the length of papers submitted to the ACC and CDC increased dramatically. This creates various problems during the review process. Hence, the Executive Committee of the CSS and the Board of Directors of the AACC, decided to enforce strict limits regarding the number of pages for CDC and ACC papers at the time of submission for review. This new policy will be in effect for all CDCs and ACCs starting with CDC 2004 and ACC 2005. These limits and submission policy are given below: - FORMAT FOR REVIEW AND PUBLICATION: ALL papers submitted to the CDC and ACC at the time of review and at the time of final submission after acceptance, must be in the standard 2 Column Proceedings format. Word and LaTeX style files will be available on the paper submission site and/or on the conference web site. - PAGE LIMITS FOR "REVIEW" WHEN SUBMITTING A PAPER: For the purpose of review only, Regular and Invited papers will be limited to 8 proceedings pages, short papers will be limited to 3 proceedings pages. Papers longer than these limits will not be forwarded for review. - PAGE LIMITS FOR "PUBLICATION" IN PROCEEDINGS: Regular and Invited papers will be limited to 6 proceedings pages, short papers will be limited to 2 proceedings pages. Manuscripts longer than these limits will be published only upon payment of overlength page charges. Details regarding the payment and the specific amount will be provided for each conference. Additional motivations for this new CDC and ACC policy are now summarized: 1. No extra work for authors: The format and page constraints authors must conform to upon acceptance is simply transferred to the submission phase of the process. 2. Better reviewing: In recent years, reviewers have been burdened with many long papers to evaluate in a very limited time period. 3. Fairness: Some authors submit long papers, some submit shorter ones. Reviewers occasionally favor longer ones because more technical details are supplied, while other times reviewers favor more concise, easier-to-read shorter papers. Establishing a uniform format will promote a fairer and more uniform evaluation process. 4. In most cases, the page limit will not affect authors: 8 Proceedings pages is approximately equal to 20 "normal" pages. 5. The need to impose a uniform format is also justified by the variety of submitted manuscript styles currently adopted by authors (different font sizes, margins, line spacings, etc.). 6. Additional material related to a submission may be placed in a web site referenced in the submitted paper. This new policy will be effective for the CDC 2004, ACC 2005 and subsequent CDC and ACC conferences. +----------------------------------------+ | | End of Eletter 182 | | +----------------------------------------+