E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 186, February, 2004 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 March eletter: February 29, 2004 Contents 0. Editorial 1. Personals 1.1 Change of Address: Alexander Fay 1.2 Change of Address: Idris A. Gadoura 2. Awards Honors 2.1 Nominations: 2004 CSS Awards 2.2 SIAM Student Paper Prize 3. General Announcements 3.1 Nominations: SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engr 3.2 Nominations: Theodore von Karman Prize 3.3 Nominations: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize 4. Positions 4.1 Director: Automation and Robotics Research Inst UT Arlington USA 4.2 Faculty: Technical University of Hamburg Germany 4.3 Faculty: US Naval Academy Maryland USA 4.4 Faculty: Umea University Sweden 4.5 PDF: Lisbon Portugal 4.6 PDF: National Research Council of Canada 4.7 PDF: Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology Norwey 4.8 PDF PhD: University of Leicester UK 4.9 PhD: Helmut Schmidt University Germany 4.10 PhD: Oklahoma State University USA 4.11 Research Associate: University of Melbourne Australia 4.12 Research Associate: University of Newcastle Australia 5. Books 5.1 The Calculus of Variations and Functional Analysis 6. Journals 6.1 CFP: International Journal of Engineering Education 6.2 Contents: Automatica 6.3 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 6.4 Contents: European Journal of Control 6.5 Contents: IEEE Trans Control Systems Technology 6.6 Contents: International Journal of Hybrid Systems 6.7 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems 6.8 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications 7. Conferences 7.1 2004 International Conference on Dynamics Instrumentation and Control 7.2 Advanced Technologies and Integrated Manufacturing Systems 7.3 Advances in Vehicle Control and Safety 7.4 Conference On Robotics Automation And Mechatronics 7.5 FORMATS and FTRTFT 2004 7.6 Fifth IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems 7.7 Generalized Solutions in Control Problems 7.8 ICARCV 2004 7.9 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 7.10 IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems 7.11 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 7.12 RoboCup 2004 7.13 Symposium on Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems 7.14 System Modeling and Optimization 7.15 VSS 04 7.16 WISES 04 +----------------------------------------+ | | Editorial | | +----------------------------------------+ Welcome to the 186-th 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 March 2004. 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 Fay, Change of Address: Alexander Fay Dear colleagues, I have recently taken up a faculty position: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay Institute for Automation Technology Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg 22043 Hamburg, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)40 65 41 22 54 Fax: +49 (0)40 65 41 20 04 Email: alexander.fay@unibw-hamburg.de *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Idris A. Gadoura, Change of Address: Idris A. Gadoura My new contact address is Idris A. Gadoura Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 C A N A D A Tel: +1 (506) 447-3470 Fax: +1 (506) 453-3589 Email: igadoura@unb.ca +----------------------------------------+ | | Awards Honors | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis, Nominations: 2004 CSS Awards Calls for Nominations for the 2004 CSS Awards The society offers four major awards each year in addition to the two student conference paper awards. Brief descriptions of these four awards and calls for nominations are included below. Further information on Control Systems Society sponsored awards can be obtained from the IEEE Control Systems Society Awards web page: http://www.ieeecss.org/awards/. Note that it is possible to submit nominations using the on-line nominations forms available on the web, which are accessible from the CSS Awards web page. CSS Technology Award Nominations are solicited for the 2004 IEEE Control Systems Technology Award. This annual award is given for outstanding contributions to control systems technology, either in design and implementation or in project management. It may be conferred on either an individual or a team. The award is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The deadline for nominations is 14 May, 2004. Please send nominations, together with supporting documentation, to the Chair of the CSS Technology Award Committee, Dr. Suresh M. Joshi, Mail Stop 161, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA, Tel: 757 864 6608, Fax: 757 864 7797, s.m.joshi@larc.nasa.gov George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award Every year, the CSS presents up to three outstanding paper awards to authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control during the preceding two calendar years. This outstanding paper award is based on originality, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control, importance and practical significance in applications, and clarity. The award is named after George S. Axelby, founding editor of the Transactions. Nominations are solicited for the 2004 award from papers published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control from January 2002 through December 2003 (Volumes 47 and 48). The award is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The deadline for nominations is 14 May, 2004. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Axelby Award Committee, Professor Abraham Haddad, ECE Dept. (L352), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3118, Tel 847 491 3641, Fax 847 491 4455, ahaddad@ece.northwestern.edu IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award This annual award is selected among papers that appeared in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology during the previous two years, 2002-2003 (Volumes 10 and 11), based on originality, relevance of the application, clarity of exposition, and demonstrated impact on control systems technology. At most one award per year is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The award consists of a plaque (one for each author). The deadline for nominations is 14 May, 2004. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the TCST Outstanding Paper Award Committee, Professor Marc Bodson, University of Utah, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 50 S Central Campus Dr. Rm 3280, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206, Tel.: (801) 581-8590, Fax: (801) 581 5281, bodson@ece.utah.edu IEEE Control Systems Magazine Outstanding Paper Award This annual award is selected from articles and columns that appeared in IEEE Control Systems Magazine during the previous two years, 2002-2003 (Volumes 22 and 23), based on the impact on and benefit to CSS members. At most one award per year is presented at the annual CSS awards ceremonies held at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The award consists of a plaque (one for each author). The deadline for nominations is 14 May, 2004. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the CSM Outstanding Paper Award Committee, Dr. Tariq Samad, ACS Advanced Technology Lab, Honeywell Laboratories, 3660 Technology Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55418, U.S.A., Tel. +1.612.951.7069, Fax.+1.612.951.7438, tariq.samad@honeywell.com. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, 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. 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. Each recipient of the SIAM Student Paper Prize shall receive a framed certificate and a cash award of ,000. Winners also receive toward travel expenses and gratis registration for the meeting. 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. 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. 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 +----------------------------------------+ | | General Announcements | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Nominations: SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engr The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering will be awarded for the second time at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering to be held February 12-15, 2005, in Orlando, Florida. The prize was established in 2002 and first awarded in 2003. It is awarded every other year by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the area of computational science in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for the solution of science and engineering problems. The prize is intended to recognize either one individual or a group of individuals for outstanding research contributions to the field of computational science and engineering. The contribution(s) for which the award is made must be publicly available and may belong to any aspect of computational science in its broadest sense. The award will include a total cash prize of ,000 and a certificate containing the citation. SIAM will reimburse reasonable travel expenses to attend the award ceremony. A letter of nomination, including a description of the contribution(s) should be sent by July 31, 2004, to: Chair, SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joanna Littleton, Nominations: 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. 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. The award consists of a hand- alligraphed certificate and a ,000 cash prize. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by SIAM. The winner is requested to present a lecture as part of the award ceremony. 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: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize 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. The award consists of an engraved medal and a ,000 cash prize. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by SIAM. The winner is requested to present a lecture as part of the award ceremony. 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. 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 +----------------------------------------+ | | Positions | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: F.L. Lewis, Director: Automation and Robotics Research Inst, UT Arlington, USA The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) seeks candidates to fill the position of Director of the Automation & Robotics Research Institute and the Fort Worth Chamber Foundation Endowed Chair in Manufacturing. The Director reports to the Dean of the College of Engineering. The Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), http://arri.uta.edu, established in 1987, is the premier manufacturing assistance, applied research, and technology deployment center in the Southwest. UTA seeks a Director who is nationally recognized for accomplishments in an area compatible with the mission of ARRI, who has exhibited successful administrative capabilities, and who has the insight and enthusiasm necessary to shape the goals and vision of ARRI for future years. ARRI was established because of the recognition by area leaders of the critical importance of manufacturing to the economic growth and the financial well being of the DFW metroplex. The new Director will be challenged to lead ARRI to make significant contributions to its mission to improve the competitiveness of manufacturing and related enterprises through excellence in research and the sharing and deployment of knowledge. The successful candidate will be expected (1) to provide organizational and research leadership, (2) to successfully interact with the faculty and chairs of the College of Engineering departments, (3) to develop sources of external funding, (4) to build relationships with industry and (5) interact with local, state and national government and elected officials. Candidates must have an earned PhD in an engineering discipline with a record of achievement and scholarship commensurate with an outstanding academic and/or industrial career. Candidates must have demonstrated success in administration of an academic and/or industrial research organization, securing research funding from both government and industry and transferring technology from research to industry. Both academic and industry experience are desired. Candidates with the prerequisite experience and accomplishments may be considered for a tenured faculty position in the College of Engineering as well. UTA’s ARRI is situated in the center of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, a hub of industry and DoD activity in manufacturing, aerospace, telecommunications, MEMS & nanotechnology. Thousands of large and small companies are situated in the DFW area. DFW universities, medical institutes, incubators, and other major organizations offer opportunities for collaboration and R&D. Texas is ranked third behind the East Coast and California as a leader in high-technology industry and small company startups. The DFW metroplex plays a major role in securing this ranking. Please send resumes with three references to john.patterson@uta.edu, Chair of Search Committee, Box 19019, Arlington, Texas, 76019. Phone: 817 272 3679. The University of Texas at Arlington is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Herbert Werner , Faculty: Technical University of Hamburg, Germany The Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg is inviting applications for a tenured position (professorial chair), endowed by Airbus Deutschland GmbH (Stiftungsprofessur C4) for Systems Integration in Aircraft The primary responsibilities associated with this position include research on strategies, methods, and tools for the design, development and integration of aircraft systems as well as contributions to teaching in these areas. We are looking for an experienced person in systems engineering who will initiate and direct a new research effort on the integration of aircraft cabin/payload related systems at the TUHH. Candidates should have extensive experience in at least two of the following fields: - Design methods and tools (including "virtual development") for integration of aircraft cabin/payload related systems - System design with special attention to operational and safety aspects - hardware/Software-Integration and methods for verification and certification of electronic systems - Systems diagnostics and maintenance strategies. In teaching, the new professor should contribute to existing courses in aircraft systems engineering and to the masters programs in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology. Applications will be considered until the position is filled, and should be submitted (stating the Ref. Nr. 2003 - 403) to: Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg Der Präsident Schwarzenbergstraße 95 21073 Hamburg Germany For further information see www.tu-harburg.de/fst *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joel Esposito, Faculty: US Naval Academy, Maryland, USA The Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The department teaches an ABET accredited major with emphasis on automatic control. We seek candidates that have experience in control system applications. The department's areas of interest include robotics, computer-based control, and communication systems. Excellent opportunities exist for collaboration with faculty within the department as well as nearby government organizations. The successful candidate is expected to teach courses, develop course material, and publish scholarly work. An earned doctorate in engineering or a related field is required. The Naval Academy is an undergraduate institution dedicated to teaching excellence. Class sizes are moderate and laboratories are generously equipped. Filling the position is contingent on availability of funding. Preference will be given to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The Naval Academy is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Send a cover letter and resume to: Professor Terry E. Dwan, Chairman, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department, 105 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21402-5025. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Anton Shiriaev, Faculty: Umea University, Sweden The Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Umeå, Sweden invites applications for a position at the Assistant Professor level available in summer-fall 2004. The department seeks an outstanding individual in the subject of control systems, who is expected to contribute and lead research activity within in the areas of advanced nonlinear systems, autonomous robotics and analysis/design in industrial and manufacturing applications. Competence in related areas as sensor technology and data fusion or applications in navigation is an advantage. The successful applicant will have only limited teaching duties and will be mainly responsible for conducting and leading significant research activity within newly established control group at the department. Assistant Professor position is post for up to 5 years. Candidates for the Assistant Professor positions should have a PhD and up to 5 years postdoctoral experience. Applications should include description of past research accomplishments including a list of publications, description of teaching experience, curriculum vitae, up to 8 relevant publications, a research plan, and the names of three references all in 2 copies. The University of Umeå is an Equal opportunity Employer. At present a small part of all senior researchers at the department are females and females are actively encouraged to apply. For further information please contact Anton Shiriaev, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics, University of Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden, phone: (+46) 90 786 9198, email: anton.shiriaev@tfe.umu.se. Your complete application, marked with reference number 312-222-04 should be sent to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden, to arrive 2004-04-15 at the latest. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Pedro Lima, PDF: Lisbon, Portugal ISR/IST, Lisbon - Post-Doc Grant Candidates wishing to apply for a Post-Doc grant to pursue research activities at the Intelligent Systems Laboratory of ISR-Lisbon (http://islab.isr.ist.utl.pt) in the area of Guidance, Navigation, Control and Coordination of Formation Flying Spacecraft should submit their applications to the e-mail below (Prof. Pedro Lima) during the period from February 1 to February 29, 2004 for research programs starting mid/late March 2004. The Post-Doc grants will only be available for candidates who have obtained their Ph.D. degrees in the last five years. Part of the work will be developed within the framework of European projects funded by ESA and other institutions. 1. THE APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: - Curriculum Vitae (including full name, date and place of birth, nationality, ID or passport number and validity date, postal address, fax number and e-mail, education record, previous employment, scientific area of interest, written and spoken languages and publications); - Statement of purpose, describing the objectives the candidate intends to pursue during the period of the grant (1-2 years, depending on performance); - Name and address (electronic and postal) of two referees; - Copy of diploma(s) (English official translation); 2. CONDITIONS OFFERED - A monthly grant of 1,500 EUR - Travel expenses (one flight ticket to Lisbon and one flight ticket back to the home country at the end of the program) - Contribution to installation expenses (one single payment of 1,000 EUR on arrival) Whenever vacancies are available students will be accommodated at one of the University residences (monthly rent varies from 200 to 300 EUR). Contact Prof. Pedro Lima at pal@isr.ist.utl.pt or fax: +351-21-8418291 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Evgueni Bordatchev, PDF: National Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Position in Monitoring and Optimal Control of High Precision Laser Machining Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI) National Research Council of Canada (NRC) 800 Collip Circle, London, ON CANADA N6G 4X8 The Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (http://www.nrc.gc.ca/imti) has post-doctoral research position available. Candidates with advanced knowledge in: - optimal control of machining processes and systems - monitoring and diagnostics of machining processes and systems - advanced digital signal processing - optimization and optimal planning of toolpath trajectory - high-precision motion control are sought. Appointment duration will be two years. Appointment starting date is April 1st, 2004 or later. Our research is focused on dynamic performance of the high-precision laser micromachining systems and laser-material removal processes. Interested persons should contact as soon as possible Prof. Evgueni V. Bordatchev E-mail: evgueni.bordatchev@nrc.gc.ca Tel: (519) 430-7107 Fax: (519) 430-7064 Expected applicant qualification: - PhD or equivalent degree in electro-mechanical engineering, control systems engineering, manufacturing or related engineering sciences within last 5 years - A strong interest and competence in dynamic modelling, monitoring, and control of complex electro-mechanical systems - A strong academic and research record *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Thor I. Fossen, PDF: Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology, Norwey Outstanding young and responsible researchers are invited to apply for a postdoctoral research position in nonlinear control of ships and underwater vehicles in the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The appointment is available for a period of 2 years. Qualified applicants should have a PhD in nonlinear and adaptive control theory (Lyapunov methods) with specialization in trajectory tracking and maneuvering control. Experience with experimental work is preferable. For more information regarding the position, please contact Professor Thor I. Fossen, E-mail: tif@itk.ntnu.no The position is remunerated according to wage levels 50 to 70 on the Norwegian State salary scale, with gross salary from NOK 343.400 to NOK 494.400 (approx. USD 52.000 to USD 75.000) a year, of which 2% is deducted for the State Pension scheme. The successful applicant must agree to the conditions laid down for public employees. The national labour force must reflect the composition of the population to the greatest possible extent. It is therefore a major political objective to achieve a balance of age and gender and to recruit persons with an immigrant background. Immigrants are encouraged to apply for this post. NTNU wants to increase the proportion of women in its scientific posts. Women are encouraged to apply. The application must contain information about education, examinations and previous experience. Certified copies of testimonies and documents must be attached. Three copies of publications and any other work which the applicant wishes to be taken into account should also be enclosed. Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to specify the input of the applicant in a joint work, a short summary should be attached outlining the applicant's input. Please list the submitted publications in the application. Applications are to be sent to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (IME), IT-bygget, Sem Sælands vei 9, 7491 Trondheim. The application deadline is 29 February 2004. The file number for the position (j.nr. IME-345) is to be clearly stated on the application. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Dr Chris Edwards, PDF, PhD: University of Leicester, UK Applications are invited for (i) a Postdoctoral Research Associate post and (ii) a PhD studentship in the Control and Instrumentation Research Group at the University of Leicester, U.K. The successful candidates will work on a three-year EPSRC-funded research project due to start in April 2004. This research is concerned with the development of novel theoretically rigorous methods for fault detection and isolation, based on sliding mode principles, which may be applied to nonlinear complex and uncertain processes. The research will focus on the use of sliding mode observers, which employ both linear and discontinuous output error feedback to force the outputs of the observer to exactly follow the measured system outputs. The proposed research is fundamental in nature and would potentially be applicable to many real control domains. However one important potential application area is aerospace systems. For this reason the project will take advantage of a GARTEUR (Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe) Action Group on Fault Tolerant Control, which includes Leicester University, as a test-bed for these ideas. Applicants for the Postdoctoral Research Associate position should have a PhD, or be close to completing, and have a proven track record of research in a relevant discipline. Applicants for the PhD studentship should have a Masters degree or 1st class Bachelors degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. The successful applicants will join a large research group with an international reputation, in an RAE 5A-rated department, which offers a stimulating, friendly and multicultural working environment. The salary for the Postdoctoral Reseach Assocaite postition will be on the RA1 scale (GBP 18,265 - 27,339). The PhD studentship will cover all fees and include a tax-free maintenance award of at least GBP 9,000 per year for three years. Downloadable application forms and further particulars for the RA post are available by following the link below, or in hardcopy from the Personnel Office, tel: 0116 252 5114, fax: 0116 252 5140, email: personnel@le.ac.uk, www.le.ac.uk/personnel/jobs. Informal enquiries for the RA post and applications for the PhD studentship should be directed in the first instance to: Dr Chris Edwards Department of Engineering University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH, UK Email: chris.edwards@le.ac.uk Closing date: 5 March 2004. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Alexander Fay, PhD: Helmut Schmidt University, Germany At the Institute for Automation Technology at the Helmut Schmidt University / Universtity of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany, there are two open postgraduate positions in the recently-installed Automation Technology group, emerging from the former Control Technology group (Prof. Lunderstädt). Selected candidates will have the chance to participate in and contribute to the group's research on decentralised and autonomous factory automation, process automation, and transportation automation systems, and to accomplish a Ph.D., at a competitive sallary. Graduates with theoretical background and/or practical experience in automation and control of production, processes, or transport, are especially desired. Graduates with interest in being a part of this exciting educational and research opportunity are encouraged to send their Curriculum Vita and their Resume along with a description of their research interests to: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Fay Institute for Automation Technology Helmut Schmidt University / Universtity of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg D-22043 Hamburg, Germany preferably as PDF file via email to: alexander.fay@unibw-hamburg.de *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Rafael Fierro, PhD: Oklahoma State University USA Optimization-Based Control of Interconnected Systems A PhD position is available at the MARHES (Multi-Agent, Robotics, Hybrid and Embedded Systems) Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University. Candidates should have a master or equivalent degree in electrical/computer engineering/science with strong background and interest in one or more of the following areas: hybrid control systems, optimization, MPC (model predictive control), and coordination of multi-vehicle systems. Programming skills (C++, Matlab, Java) are a plus. Please send, preferably in electronic form (PDF or plain text): CV, transcripts, a statement of research interests, list of publications, and the names and contact information (phone and email) of two academic referees to: Dr. Rafael Fierro Oklahoma State University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 202 Engineering South Stillwater OK 74078-5032 Tel. (405) 744 1328 Fax (405) 744 9198 e-mail: rfierro@okstate.edu http://rfierro.okstate.edu/marhes/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Barbara La Scala, Research Associate: University of Melbourne, Australia Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department University of Melbourne, Australia. The Research Fellow will work in a team including Professor Rob Evans, Professor Bill Moran and Dr Barbara La Scala. The incumbent will conduct research into sensor systems including the following areas: novel design of radar waveforms and waveform libraries for optimal detecting and tracking, scheduling algorithms for sensors and sensor networks. Requirements: - A PhD degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline, e.g. Electrical Engineering, Operations Research or Mathematics. - Research experience in some aspects of radar or other active sensor systems. - Knowledge of basic ideas of stochastic control, dynamic programming, waveform design, tracking and data fusion, Fourier analysis etc. - An eagerness to liaise and work with industry and to work on industry funded projects. - Experience with software packages such as Matlab and programming languages such as C++. - Good communication skills and the ability to present research results both orally and in writing. - Strong analytical skills. For more information and a copy of the complete position description access the University of Melbourne Positions Vacant web site: *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Reza Moheimani , Research Associate: University of Newcastle, Australia School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science The University of Newcastle General Information: A Research Academic with an interest in novel control analysis and synthesis techniques for smart structures is sought to join a multidisciplinary research team associated with the Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures. There is a particular interest in applications of these techniques to the fields of nano-and micro-positioning systems, active noise and vibration control systems, aeronautical systems and control of spatially distributed systems. Research and computing facilities of the laboratory are of the highest standard. This position is intially available on a fixed term basis for 2.5 years. By mutual agreement the appointment may be extended for a further 2.5 years. Women are particularly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented in the Faculty's academic profile. ESSENTIAL CRITERIA: * Have completed or submitted a PhD thesis in a relevant field of Engineering * Strong analytical skills, particularly in systems and control * Strong publication record * Strong background in robust control, system identification or signal processing * A capacity to work effectively with a minimum supervision together with good problem solving skills * Good communication skills including an ability to interact effectively with staff and the profession. DESIRABLE CRITERIA: * Industrial or laboratory research experience * Experience with smart materials such as piezoelectric, SMAs, magnetostrictive, etc * Experience with rapid prototyping systems and real-time control systems * Strong background in analogue electronics and power electronics Benefits: Academic Level B ,031 to ,164 per annum Academic Level C ,188 to ,321 per annum. Salary level within this range will be dependent on the qualifications and experience of the successful applicant For additional information on the position contact Dr Reza Moheimani on telephone number +61 2 4921 6030 or by emailing reza@ee.newcastle.edu.au To find out more details and for application procedure visit the website: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/services/employment/adv/ra22_04.html +----------------------------------------+ | | Books | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Leonid P. Lebedev, The Calculus of Variations and Functional Analysis "The Calculus of Variations and Functional Analysis with Optimal Control and Applications in Mechanics" by Leonid P. Lebedev (National University of Colombia) and Michael J. Cloud (Lawrence Technological University, USA), World Scientific, 2003, 432 p. Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Series A - Vol.12 ISBN: 981-238-581-9 http://worldscientific.com/books/mathematics/5374.html http://geocities.com/lebedev1946/ This is a book for those who want to understand the main ideas in the theory of optimal problems. It provides a good introduction to classical topics (under the heading of "the calculus of variations") and more modern topics (under the heading of "optimal control"). It employs the language and terminology of functional analysis to discuss and justify the setup of problems that are of great importance in applications. The book is concise and self-contained, and should be suitable for readers with a standard undergraduate background in engineering mathematics. +----------------------------------------+ | | Journals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Denis Gillet, CFP: International Journal of Engineering Education IJEE calls for papers conforming to the theme of Innovative Approaches to Control Engineering Education. Control systems have evolved rapidly over the last century, from manual control of essentially mechanically or pneumatically actuated devices in the early 1900s to modern distributed control systems with Internet connectivity using digital controllers. In fact, the control engineering education involves now numerous disciplines, including but not limited to computing and communication. It is a challenge to educate new generations of control engineers adequately in this multidisciplinary area to cope with the demands from modern control engineering practice. This special issue is intended to collate ideas as well as tested implementations of innovative approaches to control engineering education in all branches of engineering. Examples of topics of interest include, but not limited to: New Topics in Control Engineering Education - Innovative Control Course Syllabus - Advanced Analysis, Synthesis, and Implementation Solutions - Remote and Wireless Control Systems - Distributed and Complex Digital Control Systems - Project- based Control Engineering Education - Creative Hands-on Learning Activities. The deadline for the submission of extended abstracts is March 31, 2004. Submissions are to be sent by e-mail in MSWord to Associate Professor Kok Kiong, Tan at eletankk@nus.edu.sg or Associate Professor Denis Gillet at denis.gillet@epfl.ch. Papers exceeding 5 MB must be sent on a CD-ROM. General information and guidelines are available on the IJEE Web site: http://www.ijee.dit.ie *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, Contents: Automatica March, 2004, Volume 40, Issue 3 For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions visit http://www.autsubmit.com Regular papers Chenggui Yuan, Xuerong Mao Robust stability and controllability of stochastic differential delay equations with Markovian switching C. Bonivento, A. Isidori, L. Marconi, A. Paoli Implicit fault tolerant control: Application to induction motors R. Skjetne, T. I. Fossen, P. V. Kokotovic Robust output maneuvering for a class of nonlinear systems Brief papers D.A. Carlson, A. Haurie, J. P. Vial, D. S. Zachary Large scale convex optimization methods for air quality policy assessment S. Ibrir Linear time-derivative trackers Xing-Song Wang, Chun-Yi Su, Henry Hong Robust adaptive control of a class of nonlinear systems with unknown dead-zone M. A. Demetriou, N. Kazantzis A new actuator activation policy for performance enhancement of controlled diffusion processes A. P. Loh, Cai X., W. W. Tan Auto-tuning of phase lead/lag compensators S. Duncan, P. Wellstead Processing data from scanning gauges on industrial web processes Daizhan Cheng, Xiaoming Hu, Yuzhen Wang Non-regular feedback linearization of nonlinear systems via a normal form algorithm D. Angeli, E. Mosca Adaptive switching supervisory control of nonlinear systems with no prior knowledge of noise bounds K. Roebenack, O. Vogel Computation of state and input trajectories for flat systems using automatic differentiation Xiaoping Liu, A. Jutan, S. Rohani Almost disturbance decoupling of MIMO nonlinear systems and application to chemical processes I. V. Miroshnik Attractors and partial stability of nonlinear dynamical systems R. Abdursul, H. Inaba, B. K. Ghosh Nonlinear observers for perspective time-invariant linear systems H. Rehbinder, M. Sanfridson Scheduling of a limited communication channel for optimal control M. S. Mahmoud Uncertain jumping systems with strong and weak functional delays J. Bokor, G. Balas Detection filter design for LPV systems - a geometric approach Technical communiques Chong Lin, Qing-Guo Wang, Tong Heng Lee An improvement on multivariable PID controller design via iterative LMI approach Xiaojing Yang Some necessary conditions for Hurwitz stability S. Takai Maximizing robustness of supervisors for partially observed discrete event systems *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A.H. Glattfelder, Contents: Control Engineering Practice Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 123-238 (February 2004) Table of Contents: A methodology for robust fault detection in dynamic systems I. R. Petersen, D. C. McFarlane, pp 123-138 Application of robust and adaptive control techniques to cooperative manipulation I. Uzmay, R. Burkan, H. Sarikaya, pp 139-148 A robust adaptive nonlinear control approach to missile autopilot design S.H. Kim, Y.S. Kim, C. Song, pp 149-154 Design and implementation of a grey sliding mode controller for synchronous reluctance motor drive H.-K. Chiang, C.-H. Tseng, pp 155-163 Control of GDI engines using torque feedback exemplified by simulations M. Gafvert, K.-E. Arzen, L.M. Pedersen, B. Bernhardsson, pp 165-180 Advanced detection of rolling bearing spalling from de-noising vibratory signals F. Bolaers, O. Cousinard, P. Marconnet, L. Rasolofondraibe, pp 181-190 RBF-ARX model-based nonlinear system modeling and predictive control with application to a NO"x decomposition process H. Peng, T. Ozaki, Y. Toyoda, H. Shioya, K. Nakano, V. Haggan-Ozaki, M. Mori, pp 191-203 Modular supervisory control of an experimental automated manufacturing system M. Nourelfath, E. Niel, pp 205-216 Modelling end-of-roll dynamics in positioning servos A. Guesalaga, pp 217-224 Proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control of ventilation rate in agricultural buildings C.J. Taylor, P. Leigh, L. Price, P.C. Young, E. Vranken, D. Berckmans, pp 225-233 Neural networks for modelling and control of dynamic systems - M. Norgaard, O. Ravn, N. K. Poulsen and L. K. Hansen. Springer-Verlag, London Berlin Heidelberg, 2000, pp. xiv+246 Book Review by J. Sjöberg, pp 235-236 Nonlinear system identification - O. Nelles (Ed.); Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2000, xvii+785pp. Book Review by J. Sjoberg, pp 237-238 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Danila Ferrara, Contents: European Journal of Control ISSUE N. 6/2003 Switched Integrator Control Schemes for Integrating Plants K. Lau, R. Middleton Discussion on "Switched Integrator Control Schemes for Integrating Plants" John Lygeros Discussion on "Switched Integrator Control Schemes for Integrating Plants" Jun-ichi Imura Final comments by the authors Robust H_infinity Output Feedback Control for Uncertain Distributed Delay Systems S. Xu, T. Chen Discussion on "Robust H_infinity Output Feedback Control for Uncertain Distributed Delay Systems" Qing-Long Han, Dong Yue Discussion on "Robust H_infinity Output Feedback Control for Uncertain Distributed Delay Systems" Eun Tae Jeung Final comments by the authors Passification of Nonsquare Linear Systems and Feedback Yakubovich-Kalman- Popov Lemma A. Fradkov Discussion on "Passification of Nonsquare Linear Systems and Feedback Yakubovich-Kalman-Popov Lemma" Boundary Control of a Class of Hyperbolic Systems Chapelon, Xu Discussion on "Boundary Control of a Class of Hyperbolic Systems" J. Malinen Final comments by the authors Quadratic Stability of Two-Dimensional Dynamics T. Ooba Adaptive Extremum-Seeking Control of Fed-batch Bioreactors M. Titica, D. Dochain, M. Guay Discussion on "Adaptive Extremum-Seeking Control of Fed-batch Bioreactors" Miroslav Krstic Call for papers List of reviewers 2003 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Misha Skliar, Contents: IEEE Trans Control Systems Technology January 2004, Vol. 12, No. 1 EDITORIAL Control at the Molecular Level F. J. Doyle PAPERS Control of a Combined GTO/IGBT Drive System for Low Torque Ripple in a Large Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor G. Tadmor Observers and Feedback Control for a Rotating Vortex Pair G. Tadmor Development and Analysis of a Feedback Treatment Strategy for Parturient Paresis of Cows R. Padhi and S. N. Balakrishnan Fuzzy Plus Integral Control of the Effluent Turbidity in Direct Filtration M. Onat and M. Dogruel Optimal Pulse Shaping for Plasma Processing T. L. Vincent and L. L. Raja A Practical Design Approach to Stabilization of a 3-DOF RC Helicopter K. Tanaka, H. Ohtake, and H.O. Wang Reconfigurable Flight Control System Design Using Adaptive Neural Networks D.-H. Shin and Y. Kim A Nonlinear Observer Design for Fuel Cell Hydrogen Estimation M. Arcak, H. Gorgun, L. M. Pedersen, and S. Varigonda Hinf Control of Nonperiodic Two-Dimensional Channel Flow L. Baramov, O. R. Tutty, and E. Rogers Identification-Based PID Control Tuning for Power Station Processes S. Glickman, R. Kulessky, and G. Nudelman BRIEF PAPERS Optimal Sensor Design and Control of Piezoelectric Laminate Beams W. Chen, M. Buehler, G. Parker, and B. Bettig Nominal Performance Recovery by PID+Q Controller and Its Application to Antisway Control of Crane Lifter With Visual Feedback T. Matsuo, R. Yoshino, H. Suemitsu, and K. Nakano Observer-Based Control for Tail-Controlled Skid-to-Turn Missiles Using a Parametric Affine Model D. Chwa and J. Y. Choi Data-Driven Control Design for Neuroprotheses: A Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning (VRFT Approach) F. Previdi, T. Schauer, S. M. Savaresi, and K. J. Hunt A Note on Simultaneous Isolation of Sensor and Actuator Faults C. Kwan and R. Xu Constrained Nonlinear Control Allocation With Singularity Avoidance Using Sequential Quadratic Programming T. A. Johansen, T. I. Fossen, and S. P. Berge Control Under Constraints: An Application of the Command Governor Approach to an Inverted Pendulum A. Casavola, E. Mosca, and M. Papini Modeling of Thermal Generating Units for Automatic Generation Control Purposes I. Egido, F. Fernandez-Bernal, L. Rouco, E. Porras, and A. Saiz-Chicharro *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Aghalaya S.Vatsala, Contents: International Journal of Hybrid Systems Volume 3, Numbers 2&3, June & September 2003 CONTENTS Aaron Diaz Extraction of Finite State Controllers, AD and DA Maps, and Associated Small Topologies for Measure Valued Control Laws Wolf Kohn, Vladamir Brayman, Pawel Cholewinski and Anil Nerode Control in Hybrid Systems S. Ibrir and E. K. Boukas Stabilization of Singular Switching Systems with Constant Gain Controllers Oliver Altet, Cedric Nouillant, XavierMoreau and Alain Oustaloup Hydractive CRONE suspension as Hybrid Systems Gino Labinaz and Martin Guay Viability, the Solution Set, and Fixed Point Approximation of Hybrid Systems Magdi S. Mahmoud and Peng Shi Control of Markovian Jump Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems by Guaranteed Cost Approach Guisheng Zhai, Shigemas Takai, Anthony N. Michel and Xu Xuping Improving Closed-Loop Stability of Second-Order LTI Systems by Hybrid Static Output Feedback Dongmei Xie, Long Wang, Fei Hao and Guangming Xie An LMI Approach to Disturbance Rejection of Switched Systems 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: Yuri L. Sachkov, Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems Incorporating Dynamics and Control Vol 10, No. 1 January 2004 http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1079-2724 Stabilization of linear parabolic equations defined in an exterior of a bounded domain by a boundary control A.V. Gorshkov, 1--9 On Nonlinear Control Systems with Multiple Time Scales G. Grammel, 11--28 Regular Elements and Global Controllability in SL(d, R) Richard M. Mamani Troncoso, 29--54 H_infty Reliable Control of Uncertain Linear State Delayed Systems Zidong Wang and Hong Qiao, 55--76 A Trajectory Planning Approach for the Regulation of the Induction Motor H. Sira-Ramirez and C. Aguilar-Ibanez, 77--97 Conference Reports, 99--145 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider, Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications Volume 379, Pages 1-538 (1 March 2004) Special Issue on the Tenth ILAS Conference (Auburn, 2002) Auburn, USA, 10 June - 13 June 2002 Edited by R.B. Bapat, R. Kaashoek, R. Mathias, T.Y. Tam and F. Uhlig http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2004-996209999-477635 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages 1-2 R. B. Bapat, R. Kaashoek, R. Mathias, T. Y. Tam and F. Uhlig Cones and norms in the tensor product of matrix spaces, Pages 3-41 T. Ando On a class of rational matrix differential equations arising in stochastic control, Pages 43-68 G. Freiling and A. Hochhaus The high road to an exponential formula, Pages 69-75 Wasin So The inverse eigenvalue problem for symmetric doubly stochastic matrices, Pages 77-83 Suk-Geun Hwang and Sung-Soo Pyo Gradient flow methods for matrix completion with prescribed eigenvalues, Pages 85-112 Moody T. Chu, Fasma Diele and Ivonne Sgura Improved perturbation estimates for the matrix equations X+/-A*X-1A=Q, Pages 113-135 V. I. Hasanov, I. G. Ivanov and F. Uhlig Norm bounds for summation of two normal matrices, Pages 137-157 Man-Duen Choi and Chi-Kwong Li Existence of minimal nonsquare J-symmetric factorizations for self-adjoint rational matrix functions, Pages 159-178 L. Lerer, M. A. Petersen and A. C. M. Ran Strong linear preservers of symmetric doubly stochastic or doubly substochastic matrices, Pages 179-200 Shwu-Huey Lin and Bit-Shun Tam Hermite indices and equivalence relations, Pages 201-211 I. Baragana, V. Fernandez and I. Zaballa An H2-corona theorem on the bidisk for infinitely many functions, Pages 213- 227 Tavan T. Trent On matrix inverses modulo a subspace, Pages 229-237 Miguel V. Carriegos and M Isabel Garcia-Planas Dimension of the orbit of marked subspaces, Pages 239-248 Albert Compta, Josep Ferrer and Marta Pena Assignment of infinite structure to an open-loop system, Pages 249-266 A. Amparan, S. Marcaida and I. Zaballa An estimation of the spectral radius of a product of block matrices, Pages 267-275 Mei-Qin Chen and Xiezhang Li Relationships between partial orders of matrices and their powers, Pages 277- 287 Jerzy K. Baksalary, Jan Hauke, Xiaoji Liu and Sanyang Liu A nonlinear matrix equation connected to interpolation theory, Pages 289-302 Andre C. M. Ran and Martine C. B. Reurings Properties of Schur complements in partitioned idempotent matrices, Pages 303- 318 Jerzy K. Baksalary, Oskar Maria Baksalary and Tomasz Szulc Completely positive matrices, Pages 319-327 Changqing Xu Versal deformations in orbit spaces, Pages 329-343 F. Puerta, X. Puerta and S. Tarragona Unitary dilation approach to contractive matrix completion, Pages 345-352 Li Qiu and Tongwen Chen On computing canonical forms using flows, Pages 353-379 Kenneth R. Driessel Nonnegative matrices A with AA#[ges]0, Pages 381-394 S. K. Jain and John Tynan Duality and separation theorems in idempotent semimodules, Pages 395-422 Guy Cohen, Stephane Gaubert and Jean-Pierre Quadrat Kronecker-product approximations for some function-related matrices, Pages 423-437 Eugene Tyrtyshnikov Student discussions on a linear algebra problem in a distance-education course, Pages 439-455 Asuman Oktac Inclines and incline matrices: a survey, Pages 457-473 K. H. Kim and F. W. Roush The nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem, Pages 475-490 Patricia D. Egleston, Terry D. Lenker and Sivaram K. Narayan Should we teach linear algebra through geometry?, Pages 491-501 Ghislaine Gueudet-Chartier Report on the 10th ILAS Conference Challenges in Matrix Theory at Auburn University in June 2002, Pages 503-535 Frank Uhlig Author index, Pages 537-538 Photo, Page xiv Editorial board, Pages ii-iii +----------------------------------------+ | | Conferences | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Chun-Yi Su, 2004 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control CFP: 2004 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control August 18-20, 2004, Nanjing, China REMINDER. The submission deadline for the 2004 International Conference on Dynamics, Instrumentation and Control has been extended to February 20, 2004. Further information about the conference, including topics of interest and submission guidelines, is available at the web site: http://www.me.concordia.ca/~cdic04 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Evgueni Bordatchev, Advanced Technologies and Integrated Manufacturing Systems The International Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) 2004 June 1-2, 2004 at NRC-IMTI in London, Ontario, Canada http://imti-itfi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/AMT_2004/AMT2004_en.html Organized by the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), this workshop is featuring Advanced Technologies and Integrated Manufacturing Systems. This Workshop promotes international multi-disciplinary research, development and implementation of findings on advanced technologies and integrated manufacturing systems. Emphasis is placed on the integration of product/process/system development and full cycle manufacturing processes through the application of a synergetic combination of fundamental and applied engineering knowledge for the solution of complex manufacturing problems. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers, technology providers, manufacturing executives, strategic planners and decision makers to share innovative strategies and knowledge relevant to manufacturing technologies and systems. Please visit our website for further details or contact Evgueni Bordatchev Event Chair Ph.D., Dr.Sc. (Eng), Prof. Senior Research Officer National Research Council Canada 800 Collip Circle, London, ON N6G 4X8 Government of Canada Tel/Tel: (519) 430-7107 Fax: (519) 430-7064 E-Mail: AMT2004@nrc.gc.ca *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mustapha Ouladsine, Advances in Vehicle Control and Safety International conference on Advances in Vehicle Control and Safety (AVCS'04) Genova (Italy) Under the auspice of I3M International Mediterranean Modeling Multi-conference AVCS’04 is sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) and by the Iternational Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) through its technical committeees on "Transportation Systems" and "Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles." General Chairs: A. Rachid and M. Ouladsine Topics: Please visit the web site of the conference http://www.liophant.org/i_m_scs/i3m2004/avcs/ Submission Please submit the full paper in PDF format (6 pages, double column, single spacing) by email to the publication chair at mustapha.ouladsine@lsis.org. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings edited by the SCS. The first page of each manuscript must contain the title of the paper, author’s name and affiliation, full address, telephone, e-mail address, an abstract not exceeding 200 words and 5 keywords. The Program Committee is also soliciting proposals for invited sessions, particularly in one of the above theme areas. Interested organizers are invited to contact the Tutorials and Special Sessions Chair at: rachid@u-picardie.fr Deadlines: Submission of papers: 29 February 2004 Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2004 Camera ready papers: 1 July 2004 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Danwei Wang, Conference On Robotics, Automation And Mechatronics IEEE Conference On Robotics, Automation And Mechatronics (RAM) December 1 - 3, 2004, Singapore http://cis-ram.nus.edu.sg The goal of the RAM 2004 is to bring together experts from the field of robotics, automation and mechatronics to discuss on the state-of-the-art and to present new research findings and perspectives of future developments with respect to the conference themes. The RAM 2004 is organized by the IEEE R&A Singapore Chapter, and is held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS 2004). The conference welcomes paper submissions from academics, researchers, engineers, and students worldwide in but not limited to the following areas: Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environment, Personal and Service Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Medical Robots and Systems, Robotics and Automation Applications, Sensor Design, Integration, and Fusion, Computer and Robot Vision, Human-Robot Interfaces, Haptics, Teleoperation, Telerobotics, and Network Robotics, Micro/Nano, Distributed, Cellular, and Multi Robots, Biologically-Inspired Robots and Systems, Sensor Based Robotics, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Modeling, Planning and Control, Kinematics, Mechanics, and Mechanism Design, Legged Robots, Wheeled Mobile Robots, Dynamics, Motion Control, Force/Impedance Control, Architecture and Programming, Methodologies for Robotics and Automation, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Petri Nets, Virtual Reality, Manufacturing System Architecture, Design, and Performance, Evaluation Computer Aided Production Planning, Scheduling, and Control, Total Quality Management, Maintenance, and Diagnostics, etc. Papers must be written in English and should describe original work. Papers should be submitted in the form *.pdf on-line to the conference website: http://cis-ram.nus.edu.sg by 30 June 2004. The length of the paper is limited to a maximum of 6 pages (A4 size, single spacing, Times Roman of font size 10, double columns format), including figures, tables and references. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one of the authors is officially registered. Invited Sessions The conference will feature invited sessions on specialized topics of interests. The invited sessions are intended to usher in, in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme. The session organizers will coordinate the associated review process. The conference proceedings will include all papers from the invited sessions. Important Dates Full Paper Submission/Special Session Proposal : 30 June, 2004 Notification of Acceptance : 15 Augest, 2004 Camera-Ready Copy and Advanced Registration : 15 September, 2004 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sergio Yovine, FORMATS and FTRTFT 2004 Joint Conference on Formal Modelling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS) and Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault Tolerant Systems (FTRTFT) September 22-24, 2004, Grenoble, France http://www-formats-ftrtft.imag.fr FORMATS.FTRTFT@imag.fr Computer systems are becoming increasingly widespread in real-time and safety-critical applications such as embedded systems. Such systems are characterised by the crucial need to manage their complexity in order to produce reliable designs and implementations. The importance of timing aspects, performance and fault-tolerance is continuously growing. Formal techniques offer a foundation for systematic design of complex systems. They have beneficial applications throughout the engineering process, from the capture of requirements through specification, design, coding and compilation, down to the hardware which embeds the system into its environment. The joint conference is devoted to considering the problems and the solutions in designing real-time and/or fault-tolerant systems, and to examining how well the use of advanced design techniques and formal methods for design, analysis and verification serves in relating theory to practice. The conference unites two previously independently organised conferences FORMATS and FTRTFT. FORMATS has been organised in 2003 as a satellite workshop of CONCUR'03 and is related to three independently started workshop series: MTCS (held as satellite event of CONCUR'00-02), RT-TOOLS (held as satellite event of CONCUR'01 and FLoC'02) and TPTS (at ETAPS'02). Important Dates: * Submission deadline: April 1, 2004 * Notification to authors: June 1, 2004 * Final version: July 1, 2004 FORMATS Steering Committee: Rajeev Alur (U. Pennsylvania, USA), Flavio Corradini (Uni. di L'Aquila, Italy), Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University, Denmark), Oded Maler (VERIMAG, France), Walter Vogler (U. Augsburg, Germany), Wang Yi (Uppsala University, Sweden). FTRTFT Steering Committee: Mathai Joseph (TCS, India), Amir Pnueli (NYU, USA), Willem-Paul de Roever (U. Kiel, Germany), Jan Vytopil (U. Nijmegen, The Netherlands). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Wim Michiels, Fifth IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems TDS04 K.U. Leuven, Belgium September 8-10, 2004 http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/conference/tds04/ tds04@cs.kuleuven.ac.be The objective of this IFAC workshop is to bring together specialists in the field of control of time-delay systems. High level contributions on the many aspects of this research area, ranging from theory over numerics to various applications, are awaited. Contributions on related domains (e.g. control of uncertain systems, 2D and nD systems, tele-operated control systems) will be considered with great interest, provided they contain relations with time-delay systems. In order to provide a joint forum for and create interaction between specialists in control and numerical mathematics, and to increase industrial participation, special attention will be paid to: - numerical methods for time-delay systems - applications, emphasizing delay effects in telecommunication systems DEADLINES Submission of a manuscript: March 15, 2004 Submission of an invited session proposal: March 15, 2004 Submissions should be done electronically using the procedure available at the conference web-site. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov, Generalized Solutions in Control Problems IFAC Workshop on Generalized Solutions in Control Problems September 22-26, 2004 Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia The objective of this workshop is to provide an international forum for the discussion of recent developments and advances in the field of mathematical investigation of generalized solutions (GS) in control problems: discontinuous, impulse, sliding modes, minimizing sequences, etc. including those ones for distributed systems. In-depth discussions of the relevant theories and applications by competent experts of this field are expected. Topics include: Unbounded control systems. Degenerate and abnormal optimal control problems. Sufficient optimality conditions for GS. Reachable set based optimization algorithms. Estimation of reachable and controllability sets. Controllability of distributed systems in terms of GS. Numerical methods and multimethod approaches. Geometrical methods for the investigation of GS. GS in applied problems. Coordinated control of networked systems. International Program Committee Chair: V.A. Ilin (Russia) Co-Chair: F.L. Pereira (Portugal) SATELLITE EVENTS Tutorials (22 - 24.09) Seminar (27 - 29.09): Approximation methods and algorithms in optimal control. CONFERENCE VENUE The Workshop will be held in Pereslavl-Zalessky, an ancient Russian town located on the Golden Ring of Russia within 130 km from Moscow, on the shore of the famous Plestcheevo lake. Address of the Organizing Committee GSCP - 2004, Program Systems Institute, 152020 Pereslavl-Zalessky, RUSSIA Tel.: +7-08535-98234, +7-08535-98210 Fax: +7-08535-98210 E-mail: gscp@cprc.botik.ru Web-site: http://www.botik.ru/PSI/CPRC/GSCP2004 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Han Wang, ICARCV 2004 The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2004, Kunming, China 6-9 December, 2004. http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv 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: Modeling and simulation of complex systems; Identification & stimation; Adaptive control; Robust control; Nonlinear control; Intelligent control; Hybrid systems; Computer networks control; Networked control systems; Control applications; Control education Automation: Instrumentation systems; Flexible manufacturing systems; Process Automation; Man-Machine Interactions; Computer Integrated Manufacturing; Factory modeling and simulation; Intelligent automation Robotics: Kinematics, dynamics and control; Mobile robot & navigation; Intelligent sensors and actuators; Dexterous manipulation and task planning; Medical robots; Humanoid robots; Underwater robots; Telerobotics and man-machine systems; Mechatronics; Mechanism design and applications Computer Vision: Active and robot vision; Biomedical image analysis; Feature extraction, grouping and segmentation; Illumination and reflectance modeling; Image and video analysis/retrieval/indexing; Pattern recognition; Physics-based vision; Stereo/multiview geometry /SFM; Tracking and surveillance; Applications Emerging Technologies: Machine learning; Soft computing; Modeling and simulations of biological systems; Biomedical instrumentation and applications; Micro-electromechanical systems Invited Sessions: The Technical Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions focusing on topics of ICARCV 2004. Prospective organisers should submit proposals to the Technical Program Chairman, Professor Lihua Xie at elhxie@ntu.edu.sg by 1 March 2004. Best Paper Award: Selection of the best paper will be made at the Conference based on both the technical content and presentation. The winner will be chosen by the Technical Program Committee in consultation with the International Advisory Committee. Submission Procedure: Papers must be written in English and should describe original work in detail. Please submit full papers to the website address http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv by l March, 2004. All submitted papers should be in the form of .pdf or .ps file and are to be limited to a maximum length of 6 pages (A4 size, single space, Times Roman of font size 10, two columns format), including figures, tables and references. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings only if at least one of the authors is officially registered. We are pleased to announcement that Proceedings of ICARCV are included in EI Compendex. Please feel free to email us at icarcv@ntu.edu.sg if you have any queries. Meng Joo Er General Chair *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: David L. Pepyne, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2004 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (43rd CDC) December 14-17, 2004 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas http://control.bu.edu/ieee/cdc04 The 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) will be held Tuesday through Friday, December 14-17, 2004 at Atlantis (a resort of "mythical" proportions, www.atlantis.com), Paradise Island, the Bahamas, with preconference workshops and tutorials to be announced. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and is organized in cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Japanese Society for Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), and the European Union Control Association (EUCA). The CDC brings together an international community of experts to discuss the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to control, automation, and related areas. For the most up to date information please continue to visit the conference website (http://control.bu.edu/ieee/cdc04). KEY DATES * Deadline for all submissions and proposals: March 1, 2004 * Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: July 2004 * Final manuscript submission deadline: September 1, 2004 * Final manuscript submission deadline: September 1, 2004 Call for Contributed Papers Papers are invited in the form of regular manuscripts (allotted 6 Proceedings pages) and short manuscripts (allotted 2 Proceedings pages). Manuscripts must be submitted through the CSS conference submission website (http://www.paperplaza.net) and must conform to the NEW CDC POLICY (described below) requiring that all manuscripts be in 2-column format and meet strict page limits. Call for Invited Sessions Proposals are sought from those wishing to organize an invited session. An invited session consists of six papers, which should present a unifying theme from a diversity of viewpoints. Proposals for invited sessions are submitted through the CSS conference submission website (http://www.paperplaza.net), and must contain a Summary Statement describing the motivation and relevance of the proposed session, accompanied by FULL versions of each invited paper. Invited papers are allotted 6 Proceedings pages, and must conform to the NEW CDC POLICY described below; ABSTRACTS of invited papers will NOT be accepted. Please note that each paper in a proposed invited session will be individually reviewed, and that the proposed invited session itself will also be rated as a whole. To ensure the continuity of the program and that papers addressing similar issues are grouped together, at the discretion of the Program Committee, individual papers may be removed from a proposed session and replaced by appropriate contributed papers. Likewise, selected papers from rejected invited sessions may be placed into the regular program. Call for Workshops/Tutorials The Organizing Committee intends to arrange workshops and tutorials to be held prior to the Conference, and solicits proposals for appropriate subjects. Potential organizers can submit their proposals through the CSS conference electronic submission site (http://www.paperplaza.net). NEW CDC POLICY * All papers submitted to the CDC for review and publication after acceptance must be formatted in the standard 2-column Proceedings format. See the Author's Kit at the conference website (http://control.bu.edu/ieee/cdc04) for Word and LaTeX style files. * For the purposes of REVIEW, regular and invited papers are limited to 8 pages and short papers to 3 pages. Papers exceeding these limits will NOT be considered. * For PUBLICATION in the Proceedings, accepted regular and invited papers are limited to 6 pages and short papers to 2 pages. Papers exceeding these limits will be published only after payment of a page overlength fee. * All submissions (papers, invited sessions, workshops, and tutorials) must be done electronically through the CSS conference submission website (http://www.paperplaza.net). For complete details see the conference website: http://control.bu.edu/ieee/cdc04 or contact the following conference organizers: General Chair Christos G. Cassandras Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) 15 St. Mary's St. Boston University Brookline, MA 02446 Tel: (617) 353-7154 FAX: (617) 353-4830 Email: cgc@bu.edu Program Chair, Weibo Gong Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 Tel: (413) 545-0384 Email: gong@ecs.umass.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Paul Kostek, IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems Washington, D.C. , October 3-6, 2004 Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel www.ITSC2004.org Advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems Given the advances in information technology applied to ITS, we have added many new program topics that address the important IT components in ITS. We also continue with the traditional IEEE ITSC Conference program tracks and the numerous advances in those associated areas. PROGRAM TOPICS Information Technology for ITS Computers (hardware, software, networks, wireless) * Human-Computer-Interface (displays, artificial speech) * Information Systems (databases, data archiving, data management, quality assurance) * Security (hardware, software, communications, risk analysis, information assurance) * Geographic Information Systems (real-time traffic, planning) * Software Engineering (processes, metrics) * ITS Systems Integration * Wireless/Location-Based Services Applications Systems Analysis and Modeling for ITS * Intelligent Data Analysis (statistical modeling, data mining, forecasting, data fusion) * Simulation Models (continuous, discrete, real-time) * Optimization Modeling (routing, route guidance) * Decision Systems (expert systems, intelligent agents) * Traffic Theory for ITS (capacity analysis, safety) * Economic Analysis Models (cost/benefit, life-cycle, performance evaluation) * Control Theory (traffic networks, vehicular) * ITS Technology * Communications * Vehicle Control * Air Traffic Control * Port and Terminal Automation * Navigation and Guidance Systems * Reliability and Quality Assurance * Signal Processing * Imaging and Image Analysis * Sensors (infrastructure and vehicle based) * Standards for ITS Technology * Transit Systems * Automated ncident Detection Of Special Interest. All papers submitted will be considered for a special issue(s) of the IEEE Transactions on ITS. ITSC 2004 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chair: Paul Kostek Air Direct Solutions p.kostek@ieee.org Program Co-Chairs: William Scherer University of Virginia Proposals for Short Courses are invited and should be forwarded to Hamed Benouar: benouar@nt.path.berkeley. Short courses will provide CEU credits. Proposals for Special Sessions are invited and should be forwarded to Azim Eskandarian: eska@gwu.edu Complete manuscripts in PDF format must be electronically submitted for review no later than March 1, 2004 at the following address: http://its.papercept.net/conferences/index.html Submitted manuscripts must be no longer than six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figure and references. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak, Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 12th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED'04) June 6-9, 2004, Kusadasý, TURKEY http://mecha.ee.boun.edu.tr/med'04 Sponsored by: Mediterranean Control Association Technical co-sponsor: IEEE Control Systems Society The deadline for submission of papers has been extended to Sunday, 15 February. MED'04 is the 12th conference of a series of meetings that has been going on since 1993. It has the goal of bringing together experts from different areas of expertise and from different countries to discuss the state-of-the- art and to present new research results and perspectives of future developments in control theory and applications and automation. Plenary speakers of the conference are: General Chair: Okyay Kaynak Tech. Prog. Co-chairs: Petros Ioannou, Robert King and Li Qiu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Pedro Lima, RoboCup 2004 The eight edition of RoboCup (http://www.robocup.org) is scheduled to take place in Lisbon from 27 June to 5 July, 2004. The RoboCup comprises a series of robot soccer and robot rescue competitions followed by a Symposium on 4-5 July. RoboCup is expected to draw a large number of participants from all over the world with expertise in the field of intelligent cooperative mobile robots and multi-agent systems. The deadline for submission of papers to the Symposium is Feb 3, 2004. To apply for to the competition leagues, teams must submit a list of qualification materials until March 1, 2004. Check http://www.robocup2004.pt for details and continuous updates. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Eric Feron, Symposium on Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems The Third Annual Symposium on Autonomous Intelligent Networks and Systems June 15-17, 2004, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River Maryland The goal of this annual symposium is to explore the operational concepts requiring the use of intelligent networks of large numbers of autonomous agents, including UAV's, UGV's, or AUV's. This workshop will also explore research on how such agents interact with the physical world in a distributed but coordinated fashion, and applications of such systems for defense, security, industrial control, environmental monitoring, and planetary exploration. This symposium will bring together operations experts from the armed forces, the Coast Guard, the Police, Fire Departments, Environmental Protection officers to present their needs and how large systems of networked, unmanned and autonomous systems may help answer them. This symposium will explore technological advances in a number of disciplines that would answer such needs, presented by intelligent agent technologists and scientists from academia, industry and research laboratories; these include communications systems, collaborative robotic systems, battlefield networks, and neuro-biological systems. A major goal is to foster collaboration through the identification of common models, tools and methodologies and of opportunities for collaboration among users, engineers and scientists working on related problems with different perspectives. Sollicted papers may describe concepts of operations, operational needs, research or technology advances as well as ongoing prototyping efforts, experience reports, and case studies. Submissions that describe future visions as well as practical technologies of significance and relevance to this area are encouraged. Papers, written in English, should not exceed 3000 words. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. A selection of the papers will be published as a Reference Book. Authors should submit an extended abstract (max 3 pages), a complete list of authors and their affiliations, a contact person for correspondence, and e-mail addresses. Papers may be accepted either for oral or poster presentation. For further information, look at http://lids.mit.edu/AINS/ Phone and email contact: Ms. Angela Copyak (617) 258 5810 acopyak@mit.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: L. Pandolfi, System Modeling and Optimization 22nd IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization Turin, Italy July 18-22, 2005 http://www.polito.it/ifip2005 Interested people are invited to submit abstracts at the address of the conference to ifip2005@polito.it Information on the format required for the abstract can be found at the web page of the conference. THEMES AND SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE Mathematical models methods and algorithms in optimization, identification, simulation and their applications: Optimization; optimization with PDE constraints; structural systems optimization; algorithms for linear and nonlinear programming; stochastic optimization; control and game theory; combinatorial and discrete optimization. Identification and inverse problems; fault detection; shape identification. Complex systems; stability and sensitivity analysis; neural networks; fractal and chaos; reliability. Computational techniques in distributed systems and in information processing environments; transmission of information in complex systems; data base design. Applications of optimization techniques and of computational methods to scientific and technological areas (such as medicine, biology, economics, finances, aerospace and aeronautics etc.) are very welcome. Local organizing committee: L. Pandolfi (chair), F. Fagnani (cochair), A. Bacciotti, F. Ceragioli *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gerard Olivar, VSS 04 8th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems Vilanova i la Geltru (Spain) 6-8 September 2004 http://anduril.eupvg.upc.es/vss04 VSS'04 is the eighth in a series of biannual workshops bringing together researchers in the VSS area to discuss and share the latest developments in theoretical and application aspects of variable structure systems. The workshops will be held at the Engineering School of Vilanova i la Geltru, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, 50 km south of Barcelona, ia zone well known for both its cultural attractions and its beaches. Subject areas: Technical presentations concerning mathematical formulation, design principles, application studies and engineering design issues of VSS and VSS-related methodologies are solicited. Important dates: Submission deadline (full papers): April 30th, 2004. Communication of acceptance: May 31st, 2004. Camera-ready submission: June 30th 2004. Submissions should be sent as attached PDF files to vss2004.epsevg@upc.es Please provide full information about the contact author in the body of the message. Papers should be formatted preferably in LaTeX using the IEEE transactions class (ieeetran.cls, version V1.6b) or similar. For any inquiry about the workshop, please feel free to contact Dr. Enric Fossas, Institute of Control and Industrial Engineering Technical University of Catalonia Diagonal 647, 11a. pl. Barcelona 08028 SPAIN Phone: +34 934017779; Fax: +34 934016605 email: enric.fossas@upc.es *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: J.A. Tenreiro Machado, WISES 04 2nd Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems June 25, 2004 - Graz Austria www.wises04.TUGraz.at Many embedded systems require innovative and intelligent solutions in order to satisfy the challenging demands such as increasing functionality, real- time operation and constraints concerning cost, size and power consumption. This workshop is intended as a forum for students, researchers and practitioners interested in the advances in and the application of intelligent methods in embedded systems engineering. It is organized in cooperation with the Telematik-Ingenieur-Verband (TIV). We are soliciting submissions on all aspects of intelligent solutions in embedded systems including the design, implementation and application of smart embedded systems as well as solutions at the hardware-, software- and system-level. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Smart embedded systems * Pervasive computing & multi-sensor systems * Power-, location-, and context-awareness * Fault tolerance and robustness * Real-time computing * Soft computing in embedded systems IMPORTANT DATES * Manuscript Submission: March 15, 2004 * Notification of Acceptance: May 3, 2004 * Pre-Registration: May 21, 2004 * Camera-Ready Paper Submission: May 21, 2004 * Workshop: June 25, 2004 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Manuscripts should be full papers or extended abstracts (minimum 700 words). Full papers are limited to a length of 5000 words. Submissions will only be accepted electronically via the workshop homepage at www.wises04.TUGraz.at in PDF format. Accepted papers will be published in printed proceedings and made accessible via world-wide web. Each paper must be presented by one of the authors at the workshop. Selected papers will be published in a special-issue of the Telematik magazine. ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE Workshop Chair Wilfried Elmenreich Vienna University of Technology, Austria Program Chair Bernhard Rinner Graz University of Technology, Austria +----------------------------------------+ | | End of Eletter 186 | | +----------------------------------------+