E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 89, Part 1, January 1, 1995 HAPPY NEW YEAR FROHES NEUJAHR BONNE ANNEE FELIZ ANO NUEVO GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31-40-2465995 Siep Weiland Dept. of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31-40-2434582 Contents 1. Editorial 2. Personals 3. General announcements 3.1 SIAM Election Results 3.2 SCAD 4. Positions 4.1 Two faculty positions Univ. of Texas at San Antonio 4.2 Post-Doctoral Position, Univ. of Texas at Dallas 5. Books 5.1 Qualitative theory of dynamical systems, Michel/Wang 5.2 The science of computer benchmarking, Hockney 5.3 Balanced control of flexible structures, Gawronski 5.4 Nonlinear systems, 2nd Ed., Khalil 6. Journals 6.1 TOC Lin. Alg. Appl., Vol. 233, 234 6.2 TOC Automatica, Vol. 31:12, 32:1 6.3 TOC J. Mathematical Systems Estimation and Control, Vol. 6:1 6.4 TOC Circuits, Systems, and Signal Proc., Vol. 15:1 6.5 TOC Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 15:4, 16:1 6.6 CfP Special Issue on Hybrid Control Systems, IEEE Trans. Aut. Cont. 6.7 TOC IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 41:1 7. Conferences 7.1 Workshop on Interactive Voice Techn. for Telecommunications App. Basking Ridge, NJ, USA 7.2 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., London, U.K. 7.3 and associated Fifth Communication Theory Mini-conference 7.4 Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics, Brussels, Belgium 7.5 Brazilian Automatic Control Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil 7.6 Chinese Control Conference, Qingdao, Shandong, China 7.7 Conf. on Variational Calculus, Optimal Control and Appl. Trassenheide, Germany 7.8 Symposium on Applied Mathematics, Univ. Notre Dame 7.9 Int. Summer School Modelling and Control of Mechanisms and Robots, Bertinoro, Italy 7.10 1996 MTNS, St. Louis 7.11 IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Control, Dearborn, Michigan 7.12 Int. Conf., IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Taipei, Taiwan 7.13 NATA Adv. Study Inst. Soft Computing & Appl., Istanbul, Turkey ****************************************** * * * Editorial * * * ****************************************** Welcome to E-letter number 89 !!! We plan to send out the E-letter monthly. The next issue of E-letter will appear February 1. Please send contributions before this date. We encourage contributors to provide essential information only and reserve the right to require contributors to cut certain parts of their contribution. We remind you of the following. -1- Contributions have to be sent to: "eletter-request@win.tue.nl" It would be useful if articles are already sent in the format that we use, starting with a "Contributed by:..." and a title centered in the next line. 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My coordinates, as before, are: Clarence W. de Silva NSERC Chair Professor of Industrial Automation Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of British Columbia 2324 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 CANADA Tel: (604) 822-6291 Fax: (604) 822-2403 Labs: (604) 822-3147 and 4850 e-mail: desilva@mech.ubc.ca Thank you. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Uwe Helmke please note that I have now moved to Wuerzburg. My new address is: ---------------------------------------------- | Prof. Dr. Uwe Helmke | | Mathematisches Institut | | Universitaet Wuerzburg | | Am Hubland | | 97074 Wuerzburg | | Tel.: 0931/888-5004 | | Fax : 0931/888-4611 | | email: helmke@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de | ---------------------------------------------- ****************************************** * * * General announcements * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: bogardo@siam.org SIAM Election Results Following are the results of the recent SIAM election. The terms are effective January 1, 1996. President-Elect: John Guckenheimer (will assume the presidency January 1, 1997; Margaret Wright continues as president through the end of 1996) VP at Large: Thomas A. Manteuffel Secretary: Peter E. Castro Board of Trustees: Margaret Cheney James M. Hyman Cleve Moler Council: Kathryn Eleda Brenan Eric Grosse Nicholas John Higham Lloyd N. Trefethen *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober Xu Huang UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE -- December 1995 #### #### ## ##### # # # # # # # #### # # # # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # #### #### # # ##### Systems and Control Archive at Dallas gopher: gopher.utdallas.edu ftp address: ftp.utdallas.edu IP number: 129.110.10.14 Worldwide web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/ queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu We wish a H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ============================ to all friends of SCAD. New contents: ============= Eletters: Number 88 ========= Theses: ======= Douglas Peters: "Doubly Adaptive Filters for Nonstationary Applications" SCAD ADDRESS LIST: ================== Recently we have started an address list for systems and control people. About 480 people have added their addresses to the list. To register your, simply: - go to SCAD - go to the ADDRESS LIST link - click: add your address - fill in the form. You can check out addresses by using the search facility or by scanning through the full list. !!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, Add your Address to the SCAD ADDRESS LIST !!!!!!!!!!! ********************************************************************** How to access scad: =================== 1.) Using gopher: Type gopher -p 1/research/scad gopher.utdallas.edu or gopher gopher.utdallas.edu Select `UT-Dallas Research' and then `Systems and Control Archive at Dallas' 2.) Using ftp: ftp ftp.utdallas.edu Then cd /pub/scad 3.) Using Worldwide Web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/ More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to scad@utdallas.edu After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains more information about SCAD. ****************************************** * * * Positions * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sumit Roy Divn. of Engineering, U of Texas at San Antonio: Applications are invited for two tenured/tenure-track positions in Electrical Engineering - one at the Assistant Prof. level and the other at the Assoc. Prof. level. The successful applicants must have a Ph. D. in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering and keen interest in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates for the Asst. Prof. position must be dedicated to developing a strong program of funded research. Assoc. Prof. applicants must demonstrate a strong track record of funded research and show leadership in guiding the proposed Ph. D. program currently awaiting final approval. Applications are invited in the following academic disciplines: digital/computing, communications and control systems. Of particular interest are candidates with the following areas of specialization: for Digital/Computing in the areas of VLSI Design and CAD Tools, High Performance Computer Architectures, Multiprocessor Architectures, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Hardware Design; for Communications, in the areas of Wireless Networks, Multi-media Communications and Multiple Access (protocols, routing and flow control); for Control, in the areas of Intelligent Control, Robust/Adaptive Control, and Discrete-event Systems. Resumes and names of three references (along with postal and e-mail addresses, phone/FAX) and a description of teaching and research interests should be submitted to: Chair, Search Committee Division of Engineering University of Texas 6900 North Loop 1604 West San Antonio, TX 78249. Applicants who are not U. S. citizens must indicate their visa and residency status. In the cover letter, please indicate the position applied for. The deadline for receiving applications is Feb. 15, 1996. UTSA is an equal opportunity employer, and particularly encourages women and minority candidates to apply. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober Post-Doctoral Position A post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of a collaborator, Prof. E.S. Ward at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. The position is to perform data analysis and delevop algorithms to assist in the processing, analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance data and the design of experiments. The experiments are conducted to determine the structure of proteins of immunological interest. The position is available effective immediately. Please send inquiries to ober@utdallas.edu and formal applications to Prof. E.S. Ward Department of Microbiology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Harry Hines Boulevard Dallas, TX 75235-8676, USA ****************************************** * * * Books * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Anthony N Michel Dear Colleagues, We have recently published the book QUALITATIVE THEORY OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS - The Role of Stability Preserving Mappings, by Anthony N. Michel and Kaining Wang, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1995 (x + 450 pp). (Pure and Applied Mathematics Series) The book is primarily concerned with the Lyapunov stability of general dynamical systems. The treatment is applicable to finite and infinite dimensional systems, including systems that cannot be characterized by equations, inequalities and inclusions. The usual approach of developing the Lyapunov theory for dynamical systems relies on generalized energy (or generalized distance) arguments. In contrast to this, the approach advocated in the present book makes use of STABILITY PRESERVING MAPPINGS (which establish qualitative equivalences between dynamical systems) to develop the subject on hand. 1. Introduction 1.1 Dynamical Systems 1.2 Stability Preserving Mappings 1.3 Stability of Motion 1.4 Finite Dimensional Systems 1.5 Infinite Dimensional Systems 1.6 Differential Inclusions 2. Dynamical Systems 2.1 Notation 2.2 Dynamical Systems 2.3 Ordinary Differential Equations 2.4 Ordinary Difference Equations 2.5 Ordinary Differential Inequalities 2.6 Ordinary Difference Inequalities 2.7 Functional Differential Equations 2.8 Volterra Integrodifferential Equations 2.9 Semigroups 2.10 Partial Differential Equations 2.11 Notes and References 2.12 Problems 3. Stability Preserving Mappings 3.1 Invariant Sets 3.2 Qualitative Characterizations 3.3 Stability Preserving Mappings 3.4 Comparison Theorems 3.5 Applications 3.6 A Perspective 3.7 Notes and References 3.8 Problems 4. Stability of Motion 4.1 Systems of Differential and Difference Inequalities as Comparison Systems 4.2 Results Involving Quasimonotonicity Conditions: Continuous-Time Case 4.3 Results Involving Monotonicity Conditions: Discrete-Time Case 4.4 The Principal Lyapunov Theorems for General Dynamical Systems 4.5 Converse Theorems 4.6 Autonomous Systems 4.7 Invariance Theory 4.8 Uniqueness of Motions 4.9 Lyapunov Functions and Stability Preserving Mappings 4.10 Applications to Discrete Event Systems 4.11 Notes and References 4.12 Problems 5. Finite Dimensional Systems 5.1 Preliminaries 5.2 Stability and Boundedness 5.3 Instability 5.4 Invariance Theory 5.5 Converse Theorems 5.6 Comparison Theory 5.7 Applications: Absolute Stability of Regulator Systems 5.8 Applications to Artificial Neural Networks 5.9 Applications to Digital Filters 5.10 Notes and References 5.11 Problems 6. Infinite Dimensional Systems 6.1 Preliminaries 6.2 Stability and Boundedness 6.3 Instability 6.4 Invariance Theory 6.5 Converse Theorems 6.6 Comparison Theory 6.7 Hybrid Systems 6.8 An Application to Artificial Neural networks with Time Delays 6.9 Application to a Multicore Nuclear Reactor Model 6.10 Notes and References 6.11 Problems 7. Differential Inclusions 7.1 Preliminaries 7.2 Stability Analysis 7.3 Invariance Theory 7.4 Dynamical Systems Determined by Differential Inequalities 7.5 Applications to Robust Stability 7.6 Applications to Absolute Stability of Regulator Systems 7.7 Applications to a Class of Nonlinear Circuits and Artificial Neural Networks 7.8 Notes and References 7.9 Problems Index *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Roger Hockney I have recently published a book with SIAM, entitled: "The Science of Computer Benchmarking" Roger W. Hockney ISBN 0-89871-363-3 Available at the SIAM stand, Supercomputing95, San Diego ________________________________________________________ Published November 1995, it consists of 129 pages and is a softcover volume at US$ 21.25. Those of you interested in computer benchmarking and performance analysis should find the book valuable. It is a tutorial exposition of the methodology and low-level benchmarks of the Parkbench committee's report on parallel computer benchmarking, together with the dimensionless theory of scaling and the graphical presentation of results. It is suitable as a teaching text for tutorials, advanced undergraduate and MSc courses. The chapter headings are: Chapter-1: "Introduction" - survey of Parkbench committee and other benchmarking activities, and the usefulness of benchmarking. Chapter-2: "Methodology" - units, symbols and performance metrics with examples. Critique of Speedup. Chapter-3: "Low-level Parameters and Benchmarks" - tutorial definition of the r-infinity and n-half performance parameters, and the benchmarks to measure them. Chapter-4: "Computational Similarity and Scaling" - dimensionless theory of scaling with the principle of "Computational Similarity". Chapter-5: "Presentation of Results" - The Univ. of Tennessee's "Performance Database Server" and the Univ. of Southampton's "Graphical Benchmark Information Service". Prepayment is required and shipping charge will apply. Please contact SIAM for further ordering information: service@siam.org Or the author regarding the book itself: Roger W. Hockney (Professor Emeritus, Reading University, UK) (Visiting Professor, Southampton University,UK) e-mail: rwh@ecs.soton.ac.uk Ordinary mail: 4 Whitewalls Close, Compton, Newbury, England, UK. Telephone: +44 (1635) 578 679 (also fax after speaking). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Wodek Gawronski New Book Announcement: BALANCED CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES by Wodek Gawronski Published by Springer Verlag, London (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol.211) This book provides analysis and design tools for the control of flexible structures. It explains the balanced techniques, derives the properties of flexible structures in the open- and closed-loop configuration, and presents a uniform approach to open- and closed-loop analysis and design. CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Flexible Structures 2.1 Definition 2.2 State-Space Representations 2.3 Modal Representations 2.4 Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, Deep Space Network Antenna) 3 Balanced Open-Loop Systems 3.1 Observability and Controllability Grammians 3.2 Time-Limited Grammians 3.3 Band-Limited Grammians 3.4 Time- and Band-Limited Grammians 3.5 Systems with Integrators 3.6 Balanced Representation 3.7 Balanced Systems with Integrators 3.8 Balanced Flexible Structures 4 Model Reduction 4.1 Reduction Technique and Reduction Indices 4.2 Near-Optimal Reduction in Balanced Coordinates 4.3 Near-Optimal Reduction in Modal Coordinates 4.4 Closed-Form Near-Optimality Conditions 4.5 Reduction in Finite Time and Frequency Interval 4.6 Reduction of Systems with Integrators 4.7 Reduction Using Transfer Function 4.8 Reduction with Actuator and Sensor Dynamics (Actuators/Sensors in a Cascade Connection, Accelerometers, Proof-Mass Actuators) 5 Balanced Actuator and Sensor Placement 5.1 Balanced Grammian Assignment and Uniformly Balanced Systems 5.2 Actuator and Sensor Placement (Additive Property of the Hankel Singular Values, Placement Matrix and Placement Indices) 6 Balanced System Identification 6.1 Discrete Time Balanced Systems 6.2 Identification Algorithm 6.3 Applications 7 Balanced Dissipative Controllers 7.1 Definition and Properties 7.2 Balanced Dissipative Controller for Flexible Structures 7.3 Design Examples 8 Balanced LQG Controllers 8.1 Definition and Properties 8.2 Weights of Special Interest 8.3 Balanced LQG Controller for Flexible Structures 8.4 Frequency Weighting 8.5 Tracking LQG Controller 8.6 Reduced-Order LQG Controller 8.7 Procedure for the Balanced LQG Controller Design 8.8 Design Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, and DSN Antenna) 9 Balanced H_inf Controllers 9.1 The H_inf Norm of a Flexible Structure 9.2 Definition and Properties (Balanced H_inf and H_2 Controllers) 9.3 Balanced H_inf Controller for Flexible Structures 9.4 Frequency Weighting 9.5 Closed-Loop System 9.6 Tracking H_inf Controller 9.7 Reduced-Order H_inf Controller 9.8 Design Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, and DSN Antenna) Appendix. Matlab Functions B1 Transformation to the Modal Form 2 B2 Open-Loop Balanced Representation B3 Finite Time and Frequency Balanced Representation B4 LQG Balanced Representation B5 H_inf Balanced Representation *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hassan Khalil Nonlinear Systems Second Edition Hassan K. Khalil Prentice Hall This is the second edition of the textbook Nonlinear Systems which was published in 1992 by Macmillan. The book is available for the term starting in January, 1996. The order should specify the second edition. The second edition is different from the first one in three aspects: 1. The material of the book has been reorganized into analysis vs design chapters. The first nine chapters deal with nonlinear analysis tools that apply to general nonlinear systems. Chapter 10 presents analysis tools for feedback systems. The last three chapters deal with control design for nonlinear systems. 2. There is an expanded coverage of some material as well as coverage of new topics not included in the first edition. The new topics include: Passivity approach to analysis of feedback systems. Gain scheduling Backstepping Sliding mode control The expanded coverage includes: Input-output stability (including L2 gain) Design via linearization (including output feedback and integral control) Feedback linearization (including input-output linearization and differential geometric approach) 3. New exercises have been added, bringing the total number of exercises to over 400, many of which are multiple-part exercises. A solution manual is available from the publisher for instructors. The complete table of contents is given below. 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Examples 5 1.1.1 Pendulum Equation 5 1.1.2 Tunnel Diode Circuit 7 1.1.3 Mass-Spring System 8 1.1.4 Negative-Resistance Oscillator 11 1.1.5 Artificial Neural Network 14 1.1.6 Adaptive Control 16 1.2 Second-Order Systems 19 1.2.1 Qualitative Behavior of Linear Systems 23 1.2.2 Multiple Equilibria 33 1.2.3 Qualitative Behavior Near Equilibrium Points 36 1.2.4 Limit Cycles 41 1.2.5 Numerical Construction of Phase Portraits 46 1.3 Exercises 47 2 Fundamental Properties 57 2.1 Mathematical Preliminaries 58 2.1.1 Euclidean Space 58 2.1.2 Mean Value and Implicit Function Theorems 62 2.1.3 Gronwall-Bellman Inequality 63 2.1.4 Contraction Mapping 64 2.2 Existence and Uniqueness 67 2.3 Continuous Dependence on Initial Conditions and Parameters 78 2.4 Differentiability of Solutions and Sensitivity Equations 81 2.5 Comparison Principle 84 2.6 Exercises 88 3 Lyapunov Stability 97 3.1 Autonomous Systems 98 3.2 The Invariance Principle 113 3.3 Linear Systems and Linearization 120 3.4 Nonautonomous Systems 132 3.5 Linear Time-Varying Systems and Linearization 143 3.6 Converse Theorems 148 3.7 Exercises 154 4 Advanced Stability Analysis 167 4.1 The Center Manifold Theorem 167 4.2 Region of Attraction 177 4.3 Invariance Theorems 191 4.4 Exercises 196 5 Stability of Perturbed Systems 203 5.1 Vanishing Perturbation 204 5.2 Nonvanishing Perturbation 211 5.3 Input-to-State Stability 217 5.4 Comparison Method 222 5.5 Continuity of Solutions on the Infinite Interval 228 5.6 Interconnected Systems 230 5.7 Slowly Varying Systems 239 5.8 Exercises 250 6 Input-Output Stability 261 6.1 L Stability 262 6.2 L Stability of State Models 269 6.3 Input-to-Output Stability 275 6.4 L_2 Gain 276 6.5 Exercises 284 7 Periodic Orbits 289 7.1 Second-Order Systems 289 7.2 Stability of Periodic Solutions 299 7.3 Exercises 309 8 Perturbation Theory and Averaging 313 8.1 The Perturbation Method 314 8.2 Perturbation on the Infinite Interval 326 8.3 Averaging 330 8.4 Weakly Nonlinear Second-Order Oscillators 339 8.5 General Averaging 342 8.6 Exercises 347 9 Singular Perturbations 351 9.1 The Standard Singular Perturbation Model 352 9.2 Time-Scale Properties of the Standard Model 358 9.3 Slow and Fast Manifolds 365 9.4 Stability Analysis 372 9.5 Singular Perturbation on the Infinite Interval 384 9.6 Exercises 388 10 Analysis of Feedback Systems 399 10.1 Absolute Stability 400 10.1.1 Circle Criterion 407 10.1.2 Popov Criterion 419 10.1.3 Simultaneous Lyapunov Functions 423 10.2 Small-Gain Theorem 430 10.3 Passivity Approach 436 10.4 The Describing Function Method 450 10.5 Exercises 468 11 Feedback Control 479 11.1 Control Problems 479 11.2 Design via Linearization 485 11.2.1 Stabilization 485 11.2.2 Regulation via Integral Control 488 11.3 Gain Scheduling 493 11.4 Exercises 509 12 Exact Feedback Linearization 519 12.1 Input-State Linearization 519 12.2 Input-Output Linearization 531 12.3 State Feedback Control 545 12.3.1 Stabilization 545 12.3.2 Tracking 552 12.3.3 Regulation via Integral Control 554 12.4 Differential Geometric Approach 558 12.4.1 Differential Geometric Tools 558 12.4.2 Input-Output Linearization 564 12.4.3 Input-State Linearization 567 12.5 Exercises 570 13 Lyapunov-Based Design 577 13.1 Lyapunov Redesign 578 13.1.1 Robust Stabilization 578 13.1.2 Nonlinear Damping 586 13.2 Backstepping 588 13.3 Sliding Mode Control 601 13.4 Adaptive Control 617 13.4.1 Model Reference Controller 618 13.4.2 Model Reference Adaptive Control 622 13.5 Exercises 640 Appendix A: Proofs 651 Notes and References 705 Bibliography 711 Symbols 725 Index 727 ****************************************** * * * Journals * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Richard Brualdi LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Contents Volume 233, January 15, 1996 Call for Challenges in Matrix Theory 1 Roberto Bevilacqua (Pisa, Italy) and Paolo Zellini (Roma, Italy) Structure of Algebras of Commutative Matrices 5 M. A. Dehghan and M. Radjabalipour (Kerman, Iran) On Products of Unbounded Collections of Matrices 43 Karla Rost (Chemnitz, Germany) and Zdenek Vavrin (Praha, Czech Republic) Recursive Solution of Lo@a2wner-Vandermonde Systems of Equations. I 51 Reinhard Nabben (Bielefeld, Germany) A Note on Comparison Theorems for Splittings and Multisplittings of Hermitian Positive Definite Matrices 67 Yonghong Chen (Storrs, Connecticut), Stephen J. Kirkland (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Michael Neumann (Storrs, Connecticut) Nonnegative Alternating Circulants Leading to M-Matrix Group Inverses 81 Frieder Knuppel (Kiel, Germany) Products of Similar Matrices 99 H. Valiaho (Helsinki, Finland) Criteria for Sufficient Matrices 109 Jose A. Hermida-Alonso (Leon, Spain), M. Pilar Perez, and Tomas Sanchez-Giralda (Valladolid, Spain) Brunovsky's Canonical Form for Linear Dynamical Systems over Commutative Rings 131 Zeev Nutov and Michal Penn (Haifa, Israel) On Non-{0, 1/2, 1} Extreme Points of the Generalized Transitive Tournament Polytope 149 Richard Varro (Montepellier, France) Dupliquee d'Une Train Algebre et d'Une Algebre de Bernstein Periodique 161 Suk-Geun Hwang (Taegu, Republic of Korea), Si-Ju Kim (Kyungpook, Republic of Korea), and Seok-Zun Song (Cheju, Republic of Korea) On Convertible Complex Matrices 167 Wen Li and Mou-Cheng Zhang (Guangzhou, People's Republic of China) On Upper Triangular Block Weak Regular Splittings of a Singular M-Matrix 175 Hans Gradl (Munchen, Germany) A Result on Exponents of Finite-Dimensional Simple Lie Algebras and Its Application to Kac-Moody Algebras 189 Chen Xu-Zhou and Robert E. Hartwig (Raleigh, North Carolina) The Hyperpower Iteration Revisited 207 Shu-An Hu (Chattanooga, Tennessee) and Eugene Spiegel (Storrs, Connecticut) The Similarity Class of a Matrix 231 S. Gonzalez, J. C. Gutierrez, and C. Martinez (Oviedo, Spain) Second Order Bernstein Algebras of Dimension 4 243 Author Index 275 LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Contents Volume 234, February 1996 Michael H. Freedman (La Jolla, California) and William H. Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Truncation of Wavelet Matrices: Edge Effects and the Reduction of Topological Control 1 C. Brezinski (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) The Methods of Vorobyev and Lanczos 21 Gustaf Gripenberg (Helsinki, Finland) Computing the Joint Spectral Radius 43 Yi-Jia Tan (Fuzhou, People's Republic of China) and Mou-Cheng Zhang (Guangzhou, People's Republic of China) Primitivity of Generalized Circulant Boolean Matrices 61 Ricardo D. Fierro (San Marcos, California) and James R. Bunch (La Jolla, California) Perturbation Theory for Orthogonal Projection Methods With Applications to Least Squares and Total Least Squares 71 Ying Huang (Briarcliff Manor, New York) A Canonical Form for Pencils of Matrices With Applications to Asymptotic Linear Programs 97 Hong Goo Park (Jeonju, Korea) p-Groups in the Betti-Mathieu Group 125 Andrew A. Anda and Haesun Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Self-Scaling Fast Rotations for Stiff and Equality-Constrained Linear Least Squares Problems 137 G. A. Watson (Dundee, Scotland) Computing the Numerical Radius 163 Leonid Khachiyan (New Brunswick, New Jersey) Diagonal Matrix Scaling is NP-Hard 173 M. Domokos (Budapest, Hungary) Criteria for Vanishing of Eulerian Polynomials on *in*bx*in Matrices 181 Huang Liping (Xiangtan, People's Republic of China) The Matrix Equation AXB-GXD=E Over the Quaternion Field 197 Krzysztof Galkowski (Wroclaw, Poland) Matrix Description of Multivariable Polynomials 209 Caixing Gu (Bloomington, Indiana), Onur Toker, and$L Hitay Ozbay (Columbus, Ohio) On the Two-Block H infinity Problem for a Class of Unstable Distributed Systems 227 K. Manjunatha Prasad and K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao (Bangalore, India) On Bordering of Regular Matrices 245 Jean-Daniel Rolle (Geneva, Switzerland) Optimization of Functions of Matrices With an Application in Statistics 261 Author Index 277 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Huibert Kwakernaak AUTOMATICA Table of contents December, 1995 Issue 31:12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorials T. Soederstroem, K. J. Trends in system identification Astroem Special Section L. Ljung, A. Benveniste, B. Nonlinear black-box modelling in system Deylon, H. Hjalmarsson, et identification: A unified overview A. Juditski,H. Hjalmarsson, Nonlinear black-box models in system A. Benveniste, B. Deylon, et identification: Mathematical foundations P.M.J.Van den Hof, R.J.P. Identification and control - closed loop Schrama issues B. Ninness, G. C. Goodwin Estimation of model quality P. M. Makila, J. R. Worst-case control-relevant identification Partington, T. K. Gustafsson P.M.J. van den Hof, P.S.C. System identification with generalized Heuberger, J. Bokor orthonormal basis functions M. Viberg On subspace-based methods for the identification of linear time- invariant systems P. van Overschee, B. de Moor A unifying theorem for three subspace system identification algorithms M. Deistler, K. Peternell, Consistency and relative efficiency of W. Scherer subspace methods P. van Overschee, B. de Moor About the choice of state space basis in combined deterministic-stochastic subspace identification Technical Communiques P. FitzSimons Reducing the computation required to solve a standard minimax problem J.L. Maryak, J.C. Spall, Uncertainties for recursive estimators in G.L. Silberman nonlinear state-space models, with applications to epidemiology A. Bartoszewicz A comment on "A time-varying sliding surface for fast and robust tracking control of second-order uncertain systems" AUTOMATICA Table of contents January, 1996 Issue 32:1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorials H. Kwakernaak Automatica and applications papers Regular Papers S. S. Mulgund, R. F. Stengel Optimal nonlinear estimation for aircraft flight control in wind shear K. Yamalidou, J. Moody, M. Feedback control of Petri nets based on place Lemmon, P. Antsaklis invariants Zongli Lin, A.A. Stoorvogel, Output regulation for linear systems subject A. Saberi to input saturation F. Matsuno, M. Hatayama, H. Modeling and control of a flexible solar array Senda, et al. paddle as a clamped- free-free-free rectangular plate O. O. Badmus, S. Chowdhury, Nonlinear control of surge in axial C. N. Nett compression systems E. Poulin, A. Pomerleau, A. Development and evaluation of an auto-tuning Desbiens, D. Hodouin and adaptive PID controller Brief Papers Z. Aganovic, Z. Gajic, X. New method for optimal control and filtering Shen of weakly coupled linear discrete stochastic systems H.G. Natke, C. Cempel Holistic modelling as a tool for the diagnosis of critical complex systems C. Frangos, Y. Yavin Feasible control design for plants with discrete time Markov jump parameters P. Martin, S. Devasia, B. A different look at output tracking: Control Paden of a VTOL aircraft D-C. Liaw, E. H. Abed Active control of compressor stall inception: A bifurcation- theoretic approach C. Kambhampati, S. Manchada, The relative order and inverses of recurrent A. Delagado-Rivera, et al. networks Technical Communiques S.B. Phadke, M.M. Kuber Comments on "On compensation for neglected actuator dynamics" F. Najson, E. Kreindler Reply to "Comments on 'On compensation for neglected actuator dynamics"' M. I. Troparevsky Adaptive stabilization of time-varying discrete-time linear systems C-J. Wang State feedback impulse elimination of linear time-varying singular systems *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Elizabeth Hyman Table of Contents Journal of Mathematical Systems Estimation and Control Submitted by Edwin F. Beschler Volume 6, number 1 1996 On the Nonlinear Dynamic Disturbance Decoupling Problem Paulo Sergio Pereira da Silva 1 Extended Controller Form and Invariants of Nonlinear Control Systems with a Single Input Wei Kang 27 Fixed Gain Off-line Estimators of ARMA Parameters Laszlo Gerencser 53 The Multivariable Parabola Criterion for Robust Controller Synthesis: A Riccati Equation Approach Wassim M. Haddad and Dennis S. Bernstein 79 Summary: Asymptotic Stabilization of a Class of Three Dimensional Homogeneous Control Systems Sandra Lee Samelson 105 Summary: Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations Arising in Nonlinear H*-Control Joseph A. Ball and J. William Helton 109 Summary: Versions of Sontag's Input to State Stability Condition and Output Feedback Global Stabilization J. Tsinias 113 Summary: Error Estimates for Distributed Parameter Identification in Linear Elliptic Equations Tommi Karkkainen 117 Summary: Well-Posedness and Stability Analysis of Hybrid Feedback Systems Piotr Grabowski 121 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A.H. Zemanian Table of Contents for: CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (Vol. 15, No. 1, 1996) Birkhauser, 675 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 601, Cambridge, MA 02139-3309 Tel. (617) 876-2333 Model conversions of uncertain linear systems via the interval Pade approximation method, Leang S. Shieh, Jingfong Gu, and Jason S.H. Tsai PNS modules for the synthesis of parallel self-organizing hierarchical neural networks, Faramarz Valafar and Okan K. Ersoy Auxiliary computations for perceptron networks, William A. Porter, Wei Liu, and Chin-Yi Wu Sequential speech segmentation based on the spectral ARMA transition measure, Srbijanka R. Turajlic and Soran M. Saric Implementation of cascaded and recursive stack filters, Karen O. Egiazarian, Olli Vainio, and Jaakko T. Astola Reflections on Schur-Cohn matrices and Jury-Marden tables and classification of related unit circle zero location criteria, Yuval Bistritz Direction finding of coherent sources with nonlinear arrays, Ming Zhang and Zhao-Da Zhu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yvonne Campfens ______________________________________________________________ Robotics and Autonomous Systems Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1995 ______________________________________________________________ Special Issue: Reinforcement Learning and Robotics Contents: B.J.A. Krse Learning from delayed rewards V. Gullapalli Skillful control under uncertainty via direct reinformecement learning C.K. Tham Reinforcement learning of multiple tasks using a hierarchical CMAC architecture J. del Milln Reinforcement learning of goal-directed obstacle-avoiding reaction strategies in an autonomous mobile robot S. Thrun An approach to learning mobile robot navigation W. Ilg and K. Berns A learning architecture based on reinforcement learning for adaptive control of the walking Calendar ______________________________________________________________ Robotics and Autonomous Systems Vol. 16, No. 1, November 1995 ______________________________________________________________ Special Issue: Intelligent Robotics Systems - SIRS '94 Contents: J.L. Crowley Intelligent Robotics Systems - SIRS'94 M. Devy, R. Chatila, P. Fillatreau, S. Lacroix and F. Nashashibi On autonomous navigation in a naturel environment J.L. Crowley Integration and control of reactive visual processes C. Colombo, E. Kruse and P. Dario Control of camera motions from the planning of image contours R. Bauer Active manoeuvres for supporting the localisation process of an autonomous mobile robot F. Wallner and R. Dillmann Real-time map refinement by use of sonar and active stereo- vision P. Reignier Supervised incremental learning of fuzzy rules J. Racz and A. Dubrawski Artificial neural network for mobile robot topological localization V. Sequeira, J.G.M. Goncalves and M.I. Ribeiro 3D environment modelling using laser strange sensing M. Piasecki Global localization for mobile robots by multiple hypothesis tracking Calendar More information on the journal can be found at its titlepage on the World Wide Web, URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/robot ****************************************** * * * Journals * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control announces a Special Issue on HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEMS Edited by Panos Antsaklis Department of Electrical Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 antsaklis@nd.edu and Anil Nerode Mathematical Sciences Institute Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 anil@math.cornell.edu This special issue is devoted to recent developments in hybrid control system modeling, analysis and synthesis. Hybrid systems contain two distinct types of components, subsystems with continuous dynamics and subsystems with discrete event dynamics, that interact with each other. Hybrid systems are models for networks of digital and continuous devices, in which digital control programs sense and supervise continuous and discrete plants governed by differential or difference equations. Hybrid control systems are typically found when continuous processes interact with, or are supervised by, sequential machines. Such systems frequently arise from computer aided control of continuous processes and such hybrid systems arise in varied contexts such as manufacturing, communication networks, autopilot design, computer synchronization, traffic control, and industrial process control, for example. Another important way in which hybrid systems arise is from the hierarchical organization of complex control systems. In these systems, a hierarchical organization helps manage complexity and higher levels in the hierarchy require less detailed models (discrete abstractions) of the functioning of the lower levels, necessitating the interaction of discrete and continuous components. Examples of such systems include flexible manufacturing and chemical process control systems, interconnected power systems, intelligent vehicle highway systems, air traffic management systems, computer communication networks. More generally, hybrid systems arise from the interaction of discrete planning algorithms and continuous control algorithms. As such, hybrid systems provide the basic framework and methodology for the synthesis and analysis of autonomous and intelligent systems. Examples of this type not already mentioned above include biological motor control models, robotic systems, data base retrieval systems, medical informatics systems. Since the continuous and discrete dynamics coexist and interact with each other it is important to develop models that accurately describe the dynamic behavior of such hybrid systems. In this way it is possible to develop control strategies that fully take into consideration the relation and interaction of the continuous and discrete parts of the system. In the past, models for the continuous and discrete event subsystems were developed separately; the control law was then derived in a rather empirical fashion, except in special cases such as the case of digital controllers for linear time-invariant systems. The study of hybrid control systems is essential in designing sequential supervisory controllers for continuous systems, and it is central in designing intelligent control systems with a high degree of autonomy. It also provides the backbone for the formulation and implementation of learning control policies. In such policies, the control acquires knowledge (discrete data) to improve the behavior of the system as it evolves in time. Hybrid systems has become a distinctive area of study due to opportunities to improve on traditional control and estimation technologies by providing computationally effective methodologies for the implementation of digital programs that design or modify the control law in response to sensor detected events, or as a result of adaptation and learning. The main emphasis in this special issue is on fundamental results in modeling and analysis, and on synthesis methodologies for hybrid control systems. Application of results to real life examples is encouraged. Before submitting, prospective authors should consult past issues of the Transactions on Automatic Control to identify the type of results and the level of mathematical rigor that are the norm in this journal. The papers are due by July 1, 1996 and should be sent to Panos Antsaklis. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 31, 1996. The special issue is targeted for 1997 or early 1998. All papers will be refereed as per IEEE Guidelines. Please consult the inside back cover of any recent issue of the Transactions on Automatic Control for style and length of the manuscript and number of required copies (seven copies with cover letter) to be sent to the Editor of this Special Issue. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: John Baillieul IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL Table of Contents - Volume 41, Number 1 - January, 1996 ___________________________________________________________________________ Scanning the Issue ___________________________________________________________________________ PAPERS Duality and Linear Programs for Stability and Performance Analysis of Queuing Networks and Scheduling Policies ........ P.R. Kumar and S. P. Meyn Linear Estimation in Krein Spaces--Part I: Theory .................................B. Hassibi, A.H. Sayed, and T. Kailath Linear Estimation in Krein Spaces--Part II: Applications .................................B. Hassibi, A.H. Sayed, and T. Kailath Stabilization of Uncertain Linear Systems: An LFT Approach .................................W.-M. Lu, K. Zhou, and J. C. Doyle The Marginalized Likelihood Ratio Test for Detecting Abruot Changes .........................................................F. Gustafsson Self-Convergence of Weighted Least-Squares with Applications to Stochastic Adaptive Control ......................................L. Guo Passive Stochastic Approximation with Constant Step Size and Window Width ...............................................G.G. Yin and K. Yin ____________________________________________________________________________ TECHNICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE The Fornasini-Marchesini and the Roesser Model: Algebraic Methods for Recasting ........................................................K. Galkowski Optimal Control of Wear Processes ................M. Lefebvre and J. Gaspo A Counterexample in Power Signals Space ..........................J. Mari Linear and Nonlinear Stabilizing Continuous Controllers of Uncertain Dynamical Systems Including State Delay...................H. Wu and K. Mizukami On the Reduction of Certain Frequency-Shaped Linear Quadratic Dissipative Design Problems to an H$_inifity$ Formulation ...........................C.A. Jacobson, A.M. Stankovie,and G. Tadmor Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Quadratic Stability and Stabilizability of Uncertain Linear Time-Varying Systems ....................................F. Amato, A. Pironti, and S. Scala On the Largest Input-Output Linearizable Subsystem......Z. Xu and L.R. Hunt An Algorithm for Checking Stability of Symmetric Interval Matrices .............................................................J. Rohn On Applicability of the Interacting Multiple-Model Approach to State Estimation for Systems with Sojourn-Time-Dependent Markov Model Switching .......................................A.I. Petrov and A.G. Zubov New Methods to Design an Integral Variable Structure Controller ..................................J.-D.Wang, T.-L. Lee, and Y.-T.Juang Assigning Invariant Polynomials Over Polytopes......................L. Jetto A Multivariable Extension of the Tsypkin Criterion Using a Lyapunov-Function Approach.............................V. Kapila and W. M. Haddad On a Class of Marginally Stable Positive-RealSystems .....................................S. M. Joshi and S. Gupta Properties of the Mixed n Problem and Its Bounds ............................................P.M. Young and J.C. Doyle _____________________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers ****************************************** * * * Conferences * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Murray F Spiegel CALL FOR PAPERS THIRD IEEE WORKSHOP ON INTERACTIVE VOICE TECHNOLOGY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= September 30 - October 1, 1996 The AT&T Learning Center 300 N Maple Ave Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 USA Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The third of a series of IEEE workshops on Interactive Voice Technology for Telecommunications Applications will be held at the AT&T Learning Center, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, from September 30 - October 1, 1996. The conference venue is on 35 semi-rural acres and is close enough (1 hour) for side trips to New York City. Our workshop will be held immediately before ICSLP '96 in Philadelphia, PA, approximately 80 miles from our location. The IVTTA workshop brings together application researchers planning to conduct or who have recently conducted field trials of new applications of speech recognition, speaker indentity verification, text-to-speech synthesis over the telephone network. The workshop will explore promising opportunities for applications and attempt to identify areas where further research is needed. ______________________________________________________________________ Topic areas of interest: - ASR/verification systems for the cellular environment - User interface / human factors of applying speech to telecommunications tasks - Language modeling and dialog design for "audio-only" communication - Experimental interactive systems for telecommunication applications - Experience in deployment & assessment of deployed ASR/verification systems - Text-to-speech applications in the network - Speech enhancement for telecommunications applications - Telephone services for the disabled - Architectures for speech-based services ______________________________________________________________________ Prospective authors should submit 1-page abstracts of no more than 400 words for review. Submissions should include a title, authors' names, affiliations, address, telephone and fax numbers and email address if any. Please indicate the topic area of interest closest to your submission. Camera-ready full papers (maximum of 6 pages) will be published in the proceedings distributed at the workshop. Due to workshop facility constraints, attendance will be limited with priority given to authors with accepted contributions. For further information about the workshop, please contact: Dr. Murray Spiegel, Bellcore, 445 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 USA Phone: 1-201-829-4519; Fax: 1-201-829-5963; E-mail: spiegel@bellcore.com For full information, visit our web page: http://superbook.bellcore.com/IVTTA.html ______________________________________________________________________ Send abstracts (fax or email preferred) to: Dr. David Roe IEEE IVTTA '96 AT&T Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA Phone: 1-908-582-2548; Fax: 1-908-582-3306 E-mail: roe@hogpb.att.com ______________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE Abstracts due (400 words, maximum 1 page): Mar 15, 1996 Notification of acceptance: May 1, 1996 Submission of photo-ready paper (maximum 6 pages): Jun 15, 1996 Advance registration to be received before: Jun 15, 1996 Late registration cut-off: Aug 30, 1996 IVTTA '96 Evening welcoming reception: Sep 29, 1996 IVTTA '96 Conference: Sep 30 & Oct 1, 1996 ______________________________________________________________________ WEB PAGE Check our web page for late breaking news and developments: http://superbook.bellcore.com/IVTTA.html ______________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION INFORMATION Early registration (prior to June 15, 1996): Day-only: $390 Full: $650 Late registration (Jun 15 - Aug 30, 1996): Day-only: $465 Full: $725 IEEE members: charges are $25 less Additional proceedings: $25 Day-only registration includes all technical sessions, welcoming reception, lunches, snacks, banquet, and a copy of the proceedings. Full registration includes all of the above plus: dinner on evening of arrival, breakfast both days, two nights lodging at the conference center, and use of the center facilities (jogging track, exercise center, pool, etc). ______________________________________________________________________ WORKSHOP COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR REGISTRATION & FINANCE Candace Kamm Dick Rosinski AT&T Bell Laboratories AT&T Bell Laboratories cak@research.att.com rrr@arch4.att.com PROGRAM CHAIRS PUBLICITY David Roe Murray Spiegel AT&T Bell Laboratories Bellcore roe@hogpb.att.com spiegel@bellcore.com George Vysotsky LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS NYNEX Science & Technology David Pepper george@nynexst.com Bellcore dpepper@bellcore.com INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE Sadaoki Furui, NTT PROCEEDINGS Matthew Lennig, BNR Jay Naik David Roe, AT&T Bell Laboratories NYNEX Science & Technology Christel Sorin, CNET naik@nynexst.com George Vysotsky, NYNEX *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: W.-Y. Chan IEEE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 18-22 November 1996 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Westminster, London CALL FOR PAPERS Signal Processing for Telemedicine ---------------------------------- You are invited to submit original technical papers to Globecom'96 addressing the area of Signal Processing for Telemedicine. With increasing integration of computer and telecommunications networks, and consolidation within the health care sector, telemedicine is poised for rapid growth. Opportunities abound for innovations in communications and signal processing to support the development of telemedical services. It is timely to bring a session focus to Globecom'96 on this important subject. Topics under the heading of Signal Processing for Telemedicine include but are not limited to: o Radiological Image Compression for Communications and Archival o Lossless and Near-Lossless Radiolgical Image Compression Techniques o Picture Archival and Communication Systems (PACS) o Compression of Biomedical Signals for Telemedicine o Signal Processing for Telemedical Applications in Emerging Wireless/PCS Networks o Telemedical Signal Processing for Mobile Emergency or Resuscitative Care o Remote Vital-Signs Monitoring o New Developments in Radiological Image Format Interchange Standards o Multimedia Communications for Telemedical Care AUTHORS' SCHEDULE +++++++++++++++++ Manuscript Due: March 1, 1996 Acceptance Notice Mailed: July 5, 1996 Camera Ready Paper Due: August 23, 1996 MANUSCRIPT FORMAT +++++++++++++++++ Submit a full manuscript written in English, double-spaced, and with no more than 3000 words. The title page of your submission must include: 1) the name, complete return address, email, telephone and fax numbers of the author to whom all correspondence will be sent, 2) a 100-word abstract, 3) the specification of the technical subject category as "Telemedical Signal Processing" and the technical committee as "SPCE". All other pages of your manuscript should be marked with the title of the paper and the name of the first author. In addition, please send the title and author names of your manuscripts to the session organizer (listed below) responsible for your geographic region. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS TO +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Send five copies of the manuscript to: Professor Hamid Aghvami Technical Programme Committee Chairman, Globecom'96 Kings College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Strand, London WC2R 2LS UK Tel: +44 171 873 2898 Fax: +44 171 836 2664 e-mail: h.aghvami@kcl.ac.uk SESSION ORGANIZERS ++++++++++++++++++ Europe and Africa: Rosa Lancini CEFRIEL Via Emanueli, 15 Milano 20126 Italy Tel: +39-2-66161209. Fax: +39-2-66100448 E-Mail: rosa@mailer.cefriel.it Asia and Oceania: Tetsurou Fujii NTT Optical Network Systems Labs 1-2356, Take, Yokosuka-shi, 238-03 Japan Tel: +81-468-59-3032. Fax: +81-468-59-3014 E-Mail: tetsu@exa.onlab.ntt.jp Western Hemisphere: Wai-Yip Geoffrey Chan Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Illinois Institute of Technology 3301 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60616-3793 U.S.A. Tel: +1-312-567-3383. Fax: +1-312-567-8976. E-Mail: chan@ece.iit.edu GLOBECOM'96 WEB SITE ++++++++++++++++++++ For more information about Globecom'96, please access the Web site: http://crg.eee.kcl.ac.uk/gc96.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ezio Biglieri -------------------------------------------------------- FIFTH COMMUNICATION THEORY MINI-CONFERENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH GLOBECOM'96 London, UK 18-22 November 1996 -------------------------------------------------------- A Communication Theory Mini-Conference (CTMC) will be held in parallel and co-located with GLOBECOM'96. It will hold six sessions in parallel with the Technical Program of GLOBECOM'96. Participants are required to register for GLOBECOM'96 as well as the CTMC. Papers submitted for consideration to the mini-conference should focus on the theoretical aspects of digital communications. Examples of topics of interest include: * Wireless computer/communication networks * Theoretical aspects of recording * Mobile radio/wireless communications * Simulation methods in communications * Spread spectrum * Multiple random access * Coding and modulation * Equalization and channel identification * Speech and image coding INSTRUCTIONS: The title page must include the author's name, complete address, telephone and fax numbers, and a 100-word abstract. Papers with multiple authors must clearly denote the corresponding author. The manuscript should not exceed 3000 words. Five double-spaced copies of the manuscript, in English, should be sent to the Mini-Conference Technical Program Chairman at the address given below. ----------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULE: Manuscript due: March 1, 1996 Acceptance notification: July 5, 1996 Camera-ready paper due: August 23, 1995 ----------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL CHAIR: F. Marvasti King's College, London Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK Tel: +44 171 8732858 fax: +44 171 8732664 e-mail: fam@orion.eee.kcl.ac.uk TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR: Ezio Biglieri Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 I-10129 Torino, Italy Tel: +39 11 5644030 fax: +39 11 5644099 e-mail: biglieri@polito.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by the Communication Theory Committee of the IEEE's COMSOC, and the Information Theory Society ------------------------------------------------------------ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Peter De Smedt -------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENT CONFEDERATION Technical Committee on Robotics TC-17 Second Announcement Call for Papers 6th International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics - ISMCR '96 - Brussels, 9 - 11 May 1996 -------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION : You can also view the complete file by the Internet on the site HTTP://WWW.AUTOCTRL.RUG.AC.BE/ismcr96.html (Prof. L. Boullart) -------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Symposium: ISMCR'96 is the 6th edition in a series of international conferences on Measurement and Control in Robotics; this event which will be held in Brussels succeeds ISMCR'95 held in Slovakia on 12-16 June 1995. The objective of this symposium is to bring high quality papers on relevant topics for reporting new research results, together with cross-fertilization among experts in each speciality. Today's robots can be considered as advanced mechatronic motion systems that combine mechanics, actuation and control, to achieve complex tasks with computer interaction. These mechatronic devices are often combined with sensory systems and sequential control to obtain complex production systems. Different sensors such as ultrasonic, vision camera, laserbeam equipment atso are combined to obtain better and more reliable information. The fact that problems are encountered during the extraction of the required information from the multiple sensors, is described as sensor fusion requirements. The complexity of all these applications put new demands to the performance of the interface systems to the programmers or operators of such systems. The need for improvement can also be observed at the equipment level. The increased demand for accuracy for surgery or for dynamic applications where the robot is not static for example, has revealed the limitations of actual robots. More accurate motion control is still required. The robots must be calibrated or recalibrated using state-of-the-art calibration systems if high accuracy is required. The application of robots for special technologies is limited by the availability or the performances of sensors. The new sensors have to fulfil requirements of size (miniaturisation), strength, robustness (hazardous environments). These different aspects and some more special applications of robots such as in space or in home can be found in the list of the main topics below. -------------------------------------------------- Main Topics: Robotic Sensors Sensory Systems Human Interface Motion Control Artificial Reality/Virtual Reality Kinematics and Dynamics Micro Machines/Micro Robots Intelligent Manipulation Micro Sensors/Micro Actuators Robot Language Space Robotics Locomotion Robots in Hazardous Environment Autonomous Navigation New Applications of Intelligent Robots Sensor Fusion Home Robots Robot Measurement Robots for Health Care Telerobotics National Projects/R&D Projects Intelligent Robot Control Real-Time Aspects of Measurement & Control Emergent Architectures for Robot Control -------------------------------------------------- Submission of Abstracts: Abstracts, in English, must be headed as follows: Title. Topic (max. 3 keywords). Author's Name(s) and Affiliation(s). Speaker's Name. Address. Telephone. Facsimile. E-mail. Six copies of the abstract (250-400 words) should be received by the Conference Secretariat before 31 December 1995. Deadlines: Submission of Abstracts 31 December l995 Notification of Acceptance 15 January 1996 Receipt of Final Papers 15 March 1996 Early Registrations 8 April 1996 -------------------------------------------------- Registration Fees: All participants, including authors/speakers have to pay a registration fee. Rates include admission to all sessions and the international exhibition EUROTECH96, lunches and refreshments during the breaks, social event(s), and proceedings. -------------------------------------------------- Conference Secretariat: BSMEE (Belgian Society for Mechanical and Environmental Engineering) 21 Rue des Drapiers B 10SO Brussels, Belgium Tel. + 32 2 511 82 86 Fax +32 2 51217 48 E-mail: Baudoin@mapp.rma.ac.be *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Felipe Pait ANNOUNCEMENT XI CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE AUTOMATICA Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2-6 September 1996 Organized by SBA (Sociedade Brasileira de Automatica), the national member organization of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). Brazilian Automatic Control Conferences (CBA) have been held every two years since 1976. The 1996 meeting will take place at the University of Sao Paulo campus in Sao Paulo between 2-6 September 1996. Applied and theoretical contributions in all fields related to Control and Automation are welcome. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: i) Systems theory; ii) Control and automation; iii) Robust control; iv) Optimization; v) Adaptive and decentralized control; vi) Intelligent control; vii) Electric power systems; viii) Control of vehicles, machines, and electric converters; ix) Signal processing; x) Process control and instruments; and xi) Education, history, and social implications of control and automation. Papers in Portuguese, Spanish, and English are invited. For submission and further information, please contact the organizers at XI Congresso Brasileiro de Automatica Coordenacao de Eventos da Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo C.P.: 61548 CEP: 05424-970 Sao Paulo SP Brasil TEL: (55-11) 818-5420 or 818-5430 FAX: (55-11) 814-5909 EMAIL: cba@lac.usp.br *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Zhang Jifeng Call for papers Chinese Control Conference (CCC) Sept. 1996, Qingdao, Shandong, China General topics of interests will include, but are not limited to: Linear systems Nonlinear systems Stochastic control systems Expert systems Distributed parameter systems Large scale systems Social economy systems Bio-environment systems Optimal control Robust control H infinity control Prediction control Fuzzy control Neural network control Intelligent control Robot control Adaptive control Industrial control Model reduction Stability analysis Optimization methods System modeling and identification DEDS CIMS Key dates: March 31, 1996 Submission deadline May 15, 1996 Notification of acceptance June 30, 1996 Submission of camera-ready copy Sept., 1996 Conference at Qingdao, Shandong Official language is Chinese, but English is acceptable for both the presentation and proceedings. Submission and enquiries: Ms. Yuetian Zhang Institute of Systems Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100080, P.R. China Phone: 86-10-2553063 Fax: 86-10-2587343 Email: epwang@iss03.iss.ac.cn Conference Award: Guan-Zhao-Zhi Award is the highest award named by the Control Theory Committee of the CAS for young researchers. To apply for it, please submit 9 copies of your manuscript together with a recommendation letter and a copy of your ID card, and indicate that you are applying for the award. The age limit for all of the authors (including co-authors) of the candidate papers is less than or equal to 35. You are welcome to spread this call-for-paper message over the world. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Knut Heier First Announcement and Call for Papers ERNST-MORITZ-ARNDT-UNIVERSIT"AT GREIFSWALD 12th Conference on Variational Calculus, Optimal Control and Applications Trassenheide, Germany September 23-27, 1996. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit"at Greifswald): Werner Schmidt Leonhard Bittner Knut Heier PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Roland Bulirsch (TU M"unchen) Werner Krabs (TH Darmstadt) Siegfried Dietze (TU Dresden) Winfried Kampowsky (FH Stralsund) Sabine Pickenhain (TU Cottbus) Helmut Rudolph (TH Leipzig) TOPICS This series of conferences was first organized in 1972 by R. Kl"otzler (Leipzig) and L. Bittner (Greifswald). Both founders will celebrate their 65th birthday in 1996. This conference, which continues their work, has been organized in honour of these two men. Topics related to the aim of the conference are: optimal control, nonlinear programming, existence theory, necessary and sufficient conditions, numerical methods, feedback control, Bellman's PDE, applications CONFERENCE SITE The conference will take place in Hotel "Waldhof" in Trassenheide >from Monday morning, September 23, to Friday afternoon, September 27. Trassenheide is a picturesque Baltic Sea village on the island Usedom about 30 km east of Greifswald. It can be reached by railway via Z"ussow and Wolgast. Detailed information can be found later in our conference WWW pages. REGISTRATION FEE AND ACCOMODATION The conference fee is 50,- DM. The costs for accommodation (23.9.-27.9.) are about 400,- DM (including full board). Support for invited speakers from foreign countries has been applied for: I. Capuzzo-Dolcetta (Rom), A. Cegielski (Zielona Gora), P. E. Gill (San Diego), P. Kenderov (Sofia), V. I. Korobow (Charkow), O. Kostyukova (Minsk), A. B. Kurzhanskij (Moskau), G. Leitmann (Berkeley), U. Raitums (Riga), T. Roubicek (Prag), J. E. Rubio (Leeds), V. M. Tikhomirov (Moskau) CONTRIBUTIONS Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract of max. two pages for a lecture of 20-30 min to the conference address before the end of May 1996. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the programme committee in July 1996. Publication of the proceedings is intended in: Preprint-Reihe Mathematik, Universit"at Greifswald. CONFERENCE ADDRESS 12. CONTCONF z. Hd. Dr. Knut Heier Fachrichtung Mathematik/Informatik Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit"at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 15a D-17487 Greifswald Phone: +49 3834 864601 (K.Heier) +49 3834 864611 (W.Schmidt) Fax: +49 3834 864615 e-mail: heier@rz.uni-greifswald.de KEY DATES February 15, 1996 Registration March, 1996 Second announcement May 31, 1996 Submission of abstracts July 31, 1996 Notification of acceptance REGISTRATION Interested persons should announce their intention to participate and to present papers by February 15, 1996. Numbers of participants and papers are limited. To register please send a letter to the conference address listed above or send a short message to contconf@rz.uni-greifswald.de This announcement and further information is also available via WWW under: http://www.uni-greifswald.de/fakul/mathematics/contconf where on-line registration is possible. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal We are happy to announce a symposium on Applied Mathematics for the Spring of 1996. Here are the details. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The University of Notre Dame Symposium on Current and Future Directions in Applied Mathematics April 18 - 21, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Invited speakers will deliver one hour lectures on current and future trends in their research field. The lectures will be complemented by a number of Mini-Sessions which will focus on specific research areas in applied mathematics. A panel discussion is planned for Saturday, April 20 about the role of applied mathematics in the next decade. Because of the special scope of this symposium, the organizers encourage the participation of graduate students. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The principal speakers are as follows: - Roger Brockett, Harvard University - Christopher Byrnes, Washington University St. Louis - John Chadam, Fields Institute - Nicholas Ercolani, University of Arizona - Richard Ewing, Texas A and M University - Avner Friedman, IMA University of Minnesota - David McLaughlin, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences - Jerrold Marsden, Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech - Mike Todd, Cornell University -------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed Talks: The organizers are soliciting contributed talks and small cohesive sessions focusing on new or emerging topics in applied mathematics. Prospective contributors and organizers of sessions should submit an extended abstract of approximately 2 pages to the organizing committee by February 15, 1995. Submissions should be sent either electronically to the mail collector: sym@kenna.math.nd.edu, or by regular mail to Applied Mathematics Symposium, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556-5683. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee: The symposium is organized by the Applied Mathematics Group in the Department of Mathematics at Notre Dame: Mark.Alber@nd.edu Gerard.Misiolek@nd.edu Leonid.Faybusovich@nd.edu Joachim.Rosenthal@nd.edu Bei.Hu@nd.edu Hong-Ming.Yin@nd.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Department of Mathematics, College of Science, and Center for Applied Mathematics, Notre Dame. BRIMS Hewlett Packard. Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Lab. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Further Information: All request about the symposium should be sent to sym@kenna.math.nd.edu. Further Information can be obtained via the world-wide-web address: http://www.science.nd.edu/math/symposium.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Antonio Tornambe' ERNET, Alma Mater C.I.R.A. HCM Programme, Universita` di Bologna Centro Interuniversitario di DG-XII Ricerca in Automatica ANNOUNCEMENT International Summer School MODELLING AND CONTROL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTS Residential Centre Universita` di Bologna Bertinoro (Forli`), Italy July 22-26, 1996 Organisers and Scientific Responsibles: CLAUDIO MELCHIORRI ANTONIO TORNAMBE` LAR - DEIS DMA Universita` di Bologna Terza Universita` di Roma via Risorgimento, 2 via C. Segre, 60 40136 Bologna, Italy 00146 Roma, Italy with the support of ERNET, European Robotics Network Human Capital and Mobility Programme DG-XII in collaboration with DEIS, Universita` di Bologna DMA, Terza Universita` di Roma INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: email: cmelchiorri@deis.unibo.it www: http://deis58.deis.unibo.it/RoboticsSchool 1. AIMS OF THE SCHOOL A summer school on the modelling and control of mechanisms and robots is organized in the period July 22-26, 1996, at the residential centre of Universita` di Bologna, in Bertinoro, (Forli`), Italy. Aims of the school are: - to provide doctorate students and professionals with basic and advanced material on modelling and control of complex mechanical systems, with particular emphasis on robotic manipulators, so to discuss and identify open problems and future research directions; - to bring together young persons active in robot control and related fields and give them the opportunity of knowing each other. Besides the activity during the teaching hours, in a consistent part of the school software tools will be used for demonstrative and (simulative) experimentation of the illustrated concepts. Moreover, the participants will be asked to solve a collection of problems and, at the end of the programme, to present a little report on a given topic on a selected argument of the School. The notes of the school will be published in the book "Modelling and Control of Mechanisms and Robots", C. Melchiorri, A. Tornambe` Eds., to be published by World Scientific Publishing, Ltd.. During the school, a technical workshop will be held on July 26, 1996, presenting ongoing research results achieved in the framework of the ERNET initiative. Moreover, a poster session will be organized for the participating students, who will have the possibility of presenting their research activity. The number of students is limited to 50, and a pre-registration before May 1, 1996, is mandatory. The participants will be accepted in the order received. The school will be held in the residential centre of Universita` di Bologna, located in three large historical buildings placed on the top of the built up area of the ancient town of Bertinoro. The centre consists of: living quarters (60 beds in single and double rooms), a teaching center, computer centre (20 work stations), lecture hall and self service canteen. All the activities (i.e., lessons, lunches and livings) will take place in the center. In order to cover the expenses, a registration fee is asked. The fee is comprensive of half-board accomodation (breakfast, lunch, bed) for 6 days, the lecture notes and the book, the social dinner on Thursday, July 25, and the participation to the technical meetings on Friday 26. The fee is 650.000 Italian Liras for academies and 1.000.000 Italian Liras for industries. For a limited number of students from the East Countries of Europe the fee is 100.000 Italian Liras (in this case, send a brief CV). 2. SCHOOL TOPICS Modelling of Mechanical Systems; Kinematics of Robots; Control of Hamiltonian Systems; Elastic and Flexible Robots; Telemanipulation; The Contact Problem in Classical Mechanics; Force Control; Technologies and Methodologies for Motion Control. Each topic will be presented and discussed also with the use of CACSD tools. 3. WHO SHOULD ATTEND The school is mainly intended for doctorate students and young professionals engaged in the design and use of complex mechanical systems (such as robots), with a particular emphasis on the modelling and control aspects of these devices. 4. PREREQUISITE Undergraduate level courses on feedback control and robotics are suggested as adequate preparation for this school. 5. AWARD At the end of the school, a presentation of one of the topics of the school will be given by the participating students. The best presentation will be awarded with a special prize. It is planned to include a selection of the presentations in a volume, along with the ERNET technical papers. 6. MATERIAL Each participant will receive: - a copy of the notes and transparencies; - a copy of the demonstrative software examples; - a copy of the book Modelling and Control of Mechanisms and Robots. 7. CANCELLATIONS The organization reserves the right to cancel any programme due to insufficient registration. Participants will be notified immediately and a full refund will be issued. Substitution of participants may be made at any time. No reimbursement of the registration fee is possible for cancellation after May 1st, 1996. 8. IMPORTANT DATES: May 1, 1996: Pre-registration and payment of the first part (50%) of the fee; July 21, 1996: Registration and payment of the remaining part (50%) of the fee; July 22-26, 1996: School 9. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Claudio Melchiorri, LAR - DEIS Universita` di Bologna via Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy Tel. ++39 - 51 - 644.3034; Fax ++39 - 51 - 644.3073; email: cmelchiorri@deis.unibo.it www: http://deis58.deis.unibo.it/RoboticsSchool 10. SECRETARIAT OF THE SCHOOL: Mrs. F. Ruffilli, Mr. A. Bandini SER.IN.AR, University Residential Centre C.so Diaz 43 47100 Forli` tel. ++39 - 543 - 450259; fax ++39 - 543 - 450260 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Bijoy K. Ghosh This is to remind all potential participants of the 1996 MTNS conference to be held at the The Ritz-Carlton, Saint Louis, Missouri June 24-28, 1996 the following important details. The Chairmen of the Symposium are Christopher I. Byrnes, Biswa Nath Datta and Clyde F. Martin. The symposium will consist of plenary talks, workshops and lectures in special topics together with contributed papers and invited sessions. Contributed papers and invited sessions for MTNS 96 are hereby solicited in all traditional areas involving Mathematics of Networks and Systems as well as emerging fields in Engineering and Mathematics with potential impact in Circuits, Automatic Control Systems and Signal Processing. Such topics include, but are not limited to Mathematical Theory of Networks and Circuits, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Wavelets, Information Networking, Visionics, Robotics, Stochastic Systems, Distributed Parameter and Infinite Dimensional Systems, Nonlinear Systems and Control, System Identification, Robust Control, Adaptive Control, Computation and Control, Flow Control and Computational Fluid Dynamics. We also encourage contributions in the application areas of Aerospace, Communication, Bio-Medical, Manufacturing, Transportation and Process Control. The authors for regular contributed papers should submit hard copies of extended abstracts in duplicate by January 15, 1996 to the Symposium Charman Biswa Nath Datta. Organizers for invited sessions should submit proposals containing the title of the session and the names and affiliations of the speakers. Session organizers should plan on 4 or 5 speakers in a session and should submit the proposal by January 15, 1996 to the Symposium Chairman Clyde F. Martin. ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSIONS REGULAR PAPERS MTNS-96 Prof. Biswa Datta Department of Mathematical Sciences Northern Illinois Ubiversity DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ph: 815 753 6759 fax: 815 753 1112 dattab@math.niu.edu INVITED SESSIONS: MTNS-96 Prof. Clyde F. Martin Department of Mathematics Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 ph: 806 742 1511 fax: 806 742 1112 gqcfm@ttacs1.ttu.edu GENERAL INFORMATION Prof. C. I. Byrnes Office of the Dean, School of Engineering and Applied sciences. Campus Box 1163 Washington Univrsity Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899 phone: 314 935 5363 mtns96@seas.wustl.edu SCHEDULE SUMMARY: 15 January, 1996 Deadline for submission of contributed papers and invited session proposals. 1 March, 1996 Notification of acceptance of papers and invited sessions. 15 April, 1996 Early Registration 24-28 June, 1996 Conference *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Marios Polycarpou 11th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC-96) FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS September 15-18, 1996 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, USA Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and held in conjunction with: The 1996 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA) and The IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design (CACSD) ISIC General Chair: Kevin M. Passino, The Ohio State University ISIC Program Chair: Jay A. Farrell, University of California, Riverside ISIC Publicity Chair: Marios Polycarpou, University of Cincinnati Intelligent control, the discipline where control algorithms are developed by emulating certain characteristics of intelligent biological systems, is being fueled by recent advancements in computing technology and is emerging as a technology that may open avenues for significant technological advances. For instance, fuzzy controllers which provide for a simplistic emulation of human deduction have been heuristically constructed to perform difficult nonlinear control tasks. Knowledge-based controllers developed using expert systems or planning systems have been used for hierarchical and supervisory control. Learning controllers, which provide for a simplistic emulation of human induction, have been used for the adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear systems. Neural networks have been used to emulate human memorization and learning characteristics to achieve high performance adaptive control for nonlinear systems. Genetic algorithms that use the principles of biological evolution and "survival of the fittest" have been used for computer-aided-design of control systems and to automate the tuning of controllers by evolving in real-time populations of highly fit controllers. Topics in the field of intelligent control are gradually evolving, and expanding on and merging with those of conventional control. For instance, recent work has focused on comparative cost-benefit analyses of conventional and intelligent control techniques using simulation and implementations. In addition, there has been recent activity focused on modeling and nonlinear analysis of intelligent control systems, particularly work focusing on stability analysis. Moreover, there has been a recent focus on the development of intelligent and conventional control systems that can achieve enhanced autonomous operation. Such intelligent autonomous controllers try to integrate conventional and intelligent control approaches to achieve levels of performance, reliability, and autonomous operation previously only seen in systems operated by humans. This year the ISIC is being held in conjunction with the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications and the IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design. Effectively this is one large conference at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton hotel. The programs will be held in parallel so that sessions from each conference can be attended by all. There will be one registration fee and each registrant will receive a complete set of proceedings. For more information, and information on how to submit a paper to the conference see the back of this sheet. ++++++++++ Submissions: ++++++++++ Papers: Five copies of the paper (including an abstract) should be sent by Jan. 22, 1996 to: Jay A. Farrell, ISIC'96 College of Engineering ph: (909) 787-2159 University of California, Riverside fax: (909) 787-3188 Riverside, CA 92521 Jay_Farrell@qmail.ucr.edu Clearly indicate who will serve as the corresponding author and include a telephone number, fax number, email address, and full mailing address. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 1996. Accepted papers, in final camera ready form (maximum of 6 pages in the proceedings), will be due in June 1996. Invited Sessions: Proposals for invited sessions are being solicited and are due Jan. 22, 1996. The session organizers should contact the Program Chair by Jan. 1, 1996 to discuss their ideas and obtain information on the required invited session proposal format. Workshops and Tutorials: Proposals for pre-symposium workshops should be submitted by Jan. 22, 1996 to: Kevin M. Passino, ISIC'96 Dept. Electrical Engineering ph: (614) 292-5716 The Ohio State University fax: (614) 292-7596 2015 Neil Ave. passino@osu.edu Columbus, OH 43210-1272 Please contact K.M. Passino by Jan. 1, 1996 to discuss the content and required format for the workshop or tutorial proposal. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Symposium Program Committee: ++++++++++++++++++++++++ James Albus, Karl Astrom, Matt Barth, Michael Branicky, Edwin Chong, Sebastian Engell, Toshio Fukuda, Zhiqiang Gao, Dimitry Gorinevsky, Ken Hunt, Tag Gon Kim, Mieczyslaw Kokar, Ken Loparo, Kwang Lee, Michael Lemmon, Frank Lewis, Ping Liang, Derong Liu, Kumpati Narendra, Anil Nerode, Marios Polycarpou, S. Joe Qin, Tariq Samad, George Saridis, Jennie Si, Mark Spong, Jeffrey Spooner, Harry Stephanou, Kimon Valavanis, Li-Xin Wang, Gary Yen. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak Invitation for Participation in Emerging Technologies Track of IECON'96 (Track Chairs : Toshio Fukuda and Okyay Kaynak) The 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society will take place in Taipei, Taiwan during August 5 -9, 1996. You are invited to contribute to the Emerging Technologies track covering industrial applications of neural networks, fuzzy systems, genetic algorithms. industrial applications of intelligent systems, artificial intelligence and expert systems and intelligent mechatronics. The deadline for the submission of paper proposals (in full form, not abstract or summary) is January 15, 1996. Please contact: Okyay Kaynak, e-mail : kaynak@boun.edu.tr. Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on SOFT COMPUTING AND ITS APPLICATIONS ORGANIZED BY Director : Okyay KAYNAK (Bogazici University, Istanbul, TURKEY) Co-directors : Lotfi A. ZADEH (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Burhan TURKSEN (University of Toronto, CANADA) Imre J. RUDAS (Banki Donat Polytechnic, HUNGARY) TOPICS TO BE COVERED Fuzzy Logic Artificial Neural Networks Neuro-Fuzzy Control Probabilistic Reasoning Hardware Realizations OBJECTIVES The planned NATO Advanced Study Institute aims at creating an opportunity for the engineers and the scientists working in the area of Soft Computing to come together in an informal atmosphere and to discuss and disseminate knowledge on the application asp ects of soft computing techniques, especially in intelligent control systems and mechatronics. Two particular areas that the institute will put a special emphasis on are (1) how to achieve a synergetic combination of the three constituents of soft computing (2) how can such a combination be applied to achieve a high Machine Intelligence Quotient. The latter will include a critical investigation of existing applications. Hardware realization possibilities in the form VLSI chips will also be addressed. WHAT IS AN ASI? The objectives of ASIs is to disseminate advanced knowledge not yet in university curricula and foster scientific contacts through high level teaching courses. An ASI is a post doctoral-level teaching activity lasting ten days; the meeting normally has 12-15 lecturers and 60-80 ASI students of different nationalities. Financial support is available to qualified students from NATO or cooperating countries. FACULTY OF ASI James BEZDEK, University of West Florida, USA Daniel M. DUBOIS, Universitede Liege, Belgium Toshio FUKUDA, Nagoya University, Japan Okyay KAYNAK,Bogazici University, Turkey (Director of ASI) James M. KELLER, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Rudolf KRUSE, Technische UniversittBraunschweig, Germany Rinaldo POLUZZI, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Italy Germano RESCONI, Universita Cattolica, Italy Imre RUDAS, Banki DonatPolytechnic, Hungary (Co-director of ASI) Enrique H. RUSPINI, SRI Institute, USA Burhan TURKSEN, University of Toronto, Canada (Co-director of ASI) Ronald R. YAGER, Iona College, USA Lotfi A. ZADEH, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Co-director of ASI) Hans-Jurgen ZIMMERMANN, Rheinisch-Westfalische Techn. Hoch., Aachen, Germany WHEN AND WHERE? The institute will be held at Hotel Kaya in Titreyengol region (near Side) of Antalya, Turkey, during August 21 - 31, 1996. APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION For more information on participation please apply to Okyay KAYNAK Fax : +90-212-287 2465 e-mail : kaynak@boun.edu.tr ****************************************** * * * THE END * * * ******************************************