E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing ISSUE No. 99, November 1, 1996 >>>>>>>>>> PART 1 <<<<<<<<<<< E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31 40 246 5995 Siep Weiland Dept. of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven the Netherlands Fax +31 40 243 4582 Contents >>>> PART 1 1. Editorial 2. Personals 3. General announcements 3.1 Contents Direct: electronic service from Elsevier 3.2 1997 IEEE fellow nominations 3.3 Release of `the pendubot' software 3.4 Request concerning report Techn. Committee on Control Education 3.5 Introduction NICONET and WGS 3.6 Announcement `robpole' software 3.7 SCAD update 4. Positions 4.1 Position at ABB Corp. Research, Switzerland 4.2 Faculty position control systems, Iowa State University 4.3 Interdiscipl. postdoc positions, Boston University 4.4 Postdoctoral research fellow position, Australian Nat. University 4.5 Research fellow position, Australian Nat. University 4.6 Research assistantship process control, New York State Center 4.7 Director position ECE dept., Stevens Institute of Technology 4.8 Postdoctoral fellowships, Inst. Syst. Research, Univ. of Maryland 4.9 Senior/junior faculty positions EE dept. Yale University 4.10 Senior/junior faculty positions, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio 4.11 Director division of Engineering, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio 4.12 Faculty positions Dept. of Mechanical Engr., Texas A & M 4.13 Job opportunities at Scientific Systems 4.14 Chair Dept. Mechanical Engr. and Materials Science, Rice Univ. 4.15 ERCIM Postdoctoral fellowship program 4.16 Faculty positions Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 5. Books 5.1 Course in digital signal processing --B. Porat 5.2 Subspace identification for linear systems - v.Overschee, de Moor 5.3 A theory of learning and generalization - Vidyasagar 6. Journals 6.1 Journal of Complexity Contents, December, 1996 (Vol. 12, No. 4) 6.2 TOC available online: Hybrid Systems III 6.3 TOC Journal of VLSI Signal Processing, Vol. 14:1 6.4 TOC LAA, Vol. 247, 1-3 6.5 TOC CSSP, Vol 15:6 6.6 CFP special issue IJRNC 6.7 TOC JDCS, Vol. 2:3 6.8 TOC Dynamics and Control, Vol. 7:1 6.9 Information on J. on Applied Math. and Computer Science on line 6.10 TOC Automatica, Vol. 32:11. 6.11 TOC Systems and Control Letters, Vol. 9:2 7. Conferences 7.1 Euromicro workshop on real time systems, Toledo, Spain 7.2. CFP Intl. workshop on sampling theory and applications, Aveiro 7.3 Announcement ECC-1997 7.4 CFP IEEE SPS workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Princeton 7.5 CFP 9th Informs Applied Prob. Conference, Boston 7.6 CFP Intl. Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis, London 7.7 CFP 4th WS on Algorithms and Architectures for Real Time Control 7.8 CFP 36th CDC, San Diego 7.9 CFP Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems 7.10 CFP 6th IEEE Conf. on Control Applications, Hartford ****************************************** * * * Editorial * * * ****************************************** Welcome to E-letter number 99 !!! We plan to send out the E-letter monthly. The next issue of E-letter will appear December 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. Each line should be no more than 80 characters wide. 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Paschalidis Boston University Department of Manufacturing Engineering 15 St. Mary's St. Boston, MA 02215 USA Tel.: (617) 353-0434 Fax: (617) 353-5548 e-mail: yannisp@ionia.bu.edu ****************************************** * * * General announcements * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Louise Angelou Announcing CONTENTSDIRECT - a free contents-alerting service for Elsevier Science journals. ContentsDirect delivers the contents page of every issue of a journal direct to your PC, via e-mail, 2-4 weeks prior to publication and is available absolutely free to anyone with an interest in that journal. In addition, it offers further benefits: discounts on new books, calls for papers, announcements of special issues, news of editorial board appointments and changes to aims and scope and information on other Elsevier Science activities. This service is available for many of our journals within the fields of automation, control, electrical and electronic engineering, including AUTOMATICA and CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE. If you would like to be added to this free, fast and direct service, simply send a message to CDsubs@elsevier.co.uk Or, for a full list of titles available in this service, send a message to CDhelp@elsevier.co.uk AUTOMATICA and CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE also have their own home pages on the Internet: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/automatica http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/conengprac These pages currently contain editorial contact details, aims and scope, a cumulative table of contents from January 1995, abstracting and indexing information, links to related Elsevier Science journals, subscription details, sample copy request forms, instructions for authors and a guest book for your comments. AUTOMATICA's home page also has a link to the Editor-in-Chief's site. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Frank L. Lewis CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY 1997 IEEE FELLOW NOMINATIONS Recognition by peers is a vital function of IEEE, with election to the grade of IEEE Fellow one of the most visible mechanisms for acknowledgment. The nomination of highly qualified individuals for Fellow status is one of the most important services one can render to the Control Systems Society. Nominations for IEEE Fellow are due at IEEE Headquarters by 15 March 1997, so that the first steps must be taken well prior to that date. Fellow nominees must be active IEEE Senior members, and have been an IEEE member for at least 5 years in any grade. A successful nomination requires a qualified candidate and a well- prepared nomination package. A key preliminary is a careful reading of the IEEE Guide for Fellow Grade Nominations, which contains the nomination forms and can be obtained from the IEEE Fellow Committee, 445 Hoes Lane, POB 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855- 1331, tel. 908-562-3843, fax 908-981-9019. Five references are required for the nomination; they must be IEEE Fellows. A list of Fellows is contained in the IEEE Membership Directory and the Feb. 1987 issue of the Control Systems Magazine. More recently elected Fellows are listed in the June issues of the Magazine since then. Nominations for IEEE Fellow are submitted as directed in the Fellow Nominating Package. However, if you plan to make an IEEE Fellow nomination, for coordination purposes please contact Frank L. Lewis, Coordinator, Control Systems Society Fellow Nominations, Automation and Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington, 7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S, Ft. Worth, Texas 76118- 7115; tel 817-272-5972, fax 817-272-5952, email flewis@controls.uta.edu. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mark W. Spong (m-spong@uiuc.edu) MS, Inc. Announces THE PENDUBOT Mechatronic Systems, Inc. announces the release of THE PENDUBOT, a two-link underactuated mechanical system for control research and education. The Pendubot is similar in spirit to the classic inverted pendulum on a cart but possess many attractive features and challenges not found in other systems. The Pendubot can be used for instruction at all levels; as simple demonstrations to motivate and instruct freshmen in the important concepts of dynamics and the systems approach to engineering design; in junior level courses in linear control systems; in senior courses in mechatronics and real-time control; all the way to advanced graduate level courses in nonlinear control theory. The Pendubot is even sophisticated and challenging enough for use in research in robust and adaptive control, geometric nonlinear control, and intelligent control, including hybrid and switching control, fuzzy logic control, neural networks and learning control. The Pendubot can also be used in Robotics classes to illustrate kinematics, dynamics, and control of robotics and underactuated mechanical systems. For further information please visit our homepage at http://www.prairienet.org/msi. For prices and quotes, send email to msi@prairienet.org or contact us at Mechatronic Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 11196 Champaign, IL 61826-1196 phone:(217)355-5396 fax:(217)244-1653 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: M. Eslami On behalf of the IEEE Control Society Technical Committee on Control Education Dear Colleagues: Hello! Last month I brought to your attention the recent report of YOUR "Technical Committee On Control Education", appeared in our Control Systems Magazine (April '96). Some of you have kindly responded and expressed your interest to help. However, many of you have not responded and I am asking you please: not only take this matter seriously and help us, but also ask your other colleagues to contribute as well. Thank you and I await your replies. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sabine Van Huffel Ruth Kool ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SET UP OF A EUROPEAN NUMERICS IN CONTROL NETWORK N I C O N E T # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # ###### ##### Working Group on Software Worldwide web: URL: http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/wgs.html queries (email): rkool@win.tue.nl More about WGS (http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/wgs.html) ============== The objectives of WGS are first to bring together the existing numerical software for control and systems theory in a widely available library, called SLICOT, and to extend this library to cover as far as possible the area of industrial applications. The WGS started as a Benelux initiative in the early eighties, but now operates on a more general European level. More about NICONET (http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/niconet.html) ================== The Commission of the European Communities has given an exploratory award to WGS in order to set up a thematic Numerics in Control network in the field of Industrial and Applied Technologies, entitled NICONET (contract number: BRRT-CT96-0038). The aim is to formalise and extend our current collaboration into a European network to coordinate the development of robust numerical software for control systems analysis and design. Such software is an essential ingredient in modern computer aided control system design (CACSD) and thus for the future of high-tech European industry. In order to evaluate the proposed network, we have set up a questionnaire for obtaining: 1. an inventory of existing research activities in the area of control software; 2. a list of potential partners ready to contribute actively to the collaborative effort and NICONET aims, 3. an assessment of the relevance of the NICONET objectives and network activities. We kindly ask you to fill in this questionnaire and return it to Sabine Van Huffel via mail or e-mail (to sabine.vanhuffel@esat.kuleuven.ac.be), no later than November 20, 1996. This questionnaire is available by anonymous ftp (at wgs.esat.kuleuven.ac.be in the directory pub/WGS/NEWSLETTER) and as a form on the World Wide Web (http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/quest.html). The results will be reported in our next WGS newsletter (available via anonymous ftp from wgs.esat.kuleuven.ac.be in the directory pub/WGS/NEWSLETTER or via World Wide Web at http://www.win.tue.nl/wgs/niconet.html). We think that you will benefit from this project and therefore we hope that you will find the time to answer all questions. We thank you in advance for your cooperation. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Andre Tits Announcing ROBPOLE: MATLAB code for robust pole placement by state feedback This code implements the algorithm proposed and analyzed in an article that appeared in the October 1996 issue of IEEE TAC: A.L. Tits and Y. Yang, {\it Globally Convergent Algorithms for Robust Pole Placement by State Feedback,} IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 41, No. 10, 1996, pp. 1432--1452. This algorithm appears to perform better than its competitors, especially when some of the prescribed closed-loop poles are complex (complex conjugate pairs). The code is available from the authors. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Raimund J. Ober Xu Huang UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE -- October 1996 #### #### ## ##### # # # # # # # #### # # # # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # #### #### # # ##### Systems and Control Archive at Dallas Worldwide web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/ queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu New contents: ============= Eletters: Number 98 ========= SCAD ADDRESS LIST: ================== Recently we have started an address list for systems and control people. About 1090 people have added their addresses to the list. To register your, simply: - go to SCAD using the web - 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: =================== 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: Peter Terwiesch (Peter.Terwiesch@chcrc.abb.ch) Position at ABB Corporate Research in Switzerland The Communication & Control Group at ABB Corporate Research in Switzerland invites applications for a permanent position as an Automatic Control Expert Candidates must have an excellent and recent (< 3 years) masters or Ph.D. degree in a control-related engineering or computer science discipline. A broad background in automatic control, including process modeling, simulation, and advanced control and optimization techniques is required. Successfull candidates should be able to analyze current practices, identify improvement potential, and to develop innovative modeling, simulation & control solutions. Experience in the following areas is a prerequisite (please state level): - mathematical modeling - dynamic process simulation - advanced control (e.g., robust, nonlinear, adaptive) Furthermore, experience in the following fields is an additional asset: - rail transport, power-plant, or chemical process applications - nonlinear model-predictive control / on-line optimization - advanced estimation and identification Communicative skills are essential, since the candidate will often have to interface between scientists, engineers, and managers in different fields and different countries, advise them on improvements, and articulate ideas in their own terminology. The position requires good working knowledge of English or German at start and the willingness to learn German. ABB is a world-wide leader in power generation and distribution, industrial automation, and mass transportation. In our Swiss Research Center near Zurich, about 200 scientists and engineers from over 20 countries are working on the basics of new products for ABB. Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae by e-mail (ASCII and/or PostScript) to , or to Peter Terwiesch ABB Corporate Research CH-5405 Baden-Daettwil Switzerland *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: M. Khammash Faculty Position in Control Systems Iowa State University: The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering invites applications for a faculty position at the junior level in the systems and control area. Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field. They must be able to communicate effectively and work closely with undergraduate and graduate students. Candidates must have a strong commitment and a demonstrated potential to successfully pursue basic or applied research in electrical and/or computer engineering, and must demonstrate potential for leadership in professional activities in areas of specialty. Duties and responsibilities include teaching effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, initiating and pursuing independent research at the cutting edge of areas of expertise, publishing research results in leading journals and conferences, guiding graduate students, seeking external funding, and participating in outreach activities. The Department offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree programs in both electrical and computer engineering with 47 full-time faculty, 250 graduate students, and 1000 undergraduate students. The Department maintains a strong undergraduate program with well-equipped instructional laboratories, and has active research oriented graduate programs in the areas of power, communications, signal processing, control and systems theory, microelectronics, computer engineering, VLSI, applied electromagnetics, and nondestructive evaluation. The total research expenditures for the Department in the year 1995-1996 has been 5+ million dollars. The department houses state-of-the-art computational facilities including Silicon Graphics workstations, HP workstations, DEC workstations, and personal computers. The Department is extensively involved in industrial research, and maintains strong ties with industry which benefit from centers such as the Electric Power Research Center, and the newly established VLSI design center. The department is heavily involved in cooperative research with the University's Institute for Physical Research and Technology centers in microelectronics, nondestructive evaluation, computational and applied mathematics, advanced manufacturing, materials processing, integrated materials, amorphous semiconductors, advanced technology development, and theoretical and applied physics. The application deadline is December 15, or until the positions are filled. Appointments will begin on or before August 16, 1997. Salary and rank are commensurate with qualifications. Applicants should send a letter of application and a resume including names and addresses of at least 3 references to S. S. Venkata, Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 201 Coover Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Tasso Kaper Interdisciplinary post-doctoral positions ========================================= Post-doctoral positions are available beginning 1 September 1997 for an N.S.F. funded research program in ``Applied Mathematics for Systems of Oscillators in Biology & Engineering" at Boston University. The explicit goal of this program is to provide the opportunity for collaborative interdisciplinary research training with faculty in Mathematics (N. Kopell, T. Kaper), Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (J. Baillieul, M. Berkemeier, A. Nadim), Biomedical Engineering (J. Collins, J. White), and Health Sciences (J. Schotland). The specific problems to be addressed using this approach fall into three classes of coupled oscillator systems: neural, mechanical, and neuro-mechanical. It is expected that strong candidates will have a substantial research interest in at least one of these areas. To apply, please send 1) a 1-page statement that includes your career goals, how this position satisfies those goals, and why you think you are a good candidate; 2) your C.V.; and 3) three letters of recommendation to: Oscillator Search Committee Department of Mathematics Boston University 111 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215 For more information, see our Web site http://eng.bu.edu/INTERDISC/Oscillation/ or write to the above address. Please include your area(s) of research interest (neural, mechanical, and/or neuro-mechanical) in any correspondence. Boston University is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: James Ashton THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Institute of Advanced Studies Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering. POSTDOCTORAL/JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY (Academic Level A/B) In 1997 and subject to availability of funds the School will offer a two-year fellowship for an outstanding scholar who has recently completed, or expects to complete, requirements for a PhD degree. World-class research within the School includes basic and applied activities in computer science (tenured staff: Professor Brent, and Drs Krishnamurthy and Millar), systems and telecommunications engineering (tenured staff: Professors Anderson, Moore and Bitmead, and Drs Kennedy and Bartlett), and Automated Reasoning (tenured staff: Professor Meyer and Dr Slaney), and includes the CRC's in Robust and Adaptive Systems and Advanced Computational Systems. Suitably qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply. Salary will be in the range $34,008 to $51,777, depending on qualifications and experience. (candidates holding a doctorate will be paid a salary no less than $38,587) Closing date: 31 October 1996 Ref: ISE 7/96 Application forms and further information must be obtained from the Business Manager, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, quoting the reference number above. Telephone: 06 279 8819, fax: 06 279 8688, email: bm@rsise.anu.edu.au THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: James Ashton The Australian National University INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES RESEARCH SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH FELLOW (ACADEMIC LEVEL B) A research and graduate teaching position is available (subject to availability of funds) for three years with possible extension to five years at level B in the Department of Systems Engineering in discrete-event systems with possible application to manufacturing/robotics. Suitably qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply. Salary: Level B Research Fellow $A43,602 - $A51,777 per annum Closing Date: 15 November 1996 Reference: ISE 8/96 A market related loading may also be payable. Enquires may be made to Professor John Moore at phone (06) 279 8686, fax (06) 279 8688, or email John.Moore@anu.edu.au. Potential applicants must contact the Business Manager's Office (email bm@rsise.anu.edu.au) for selection criteria and further particulars. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Johh T. Wen Research Assistantship in Process Control The Aluminum Processing Program (APP) in the New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in Automation, Robotics & Manufacturing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has a graduate research assistantship position in the area of process modeling, identification, and control for aluminum extrusion. The RA position is intended for a graduate student interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Engineering at RPI. Applicants for this position should have background in control system analysis, design, and optimization. Knowledge in heat transfer and mechanics of deformation is preferred, but not required. The student will be expected to have frequent interaction with corporate sponsors; strong interpersonal skill is a must. Interested applicants should send vita to wen@cat.rpi.edu with "RA Application for extrusion process control" in the Subject line. More information about the project can be found from the web site: http://cat.rpi.edu/research/app_process_control *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Derong Liu Director, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology: Stevens Institute of Technology invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Stevens Institute of Technology, a private institution founded in 1870, and a pioneer of broad-based engineering education in the nation, is located on the western banks of the Hudson river across from midtown Manhattan. The department director will be expected to provide leadership to the department and to further its distinctive role in teaching, research, and public service. The Department offers accredited Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. The Department Director is responsible directly to the Dean of the School of Engineering. Candidates must hold an earned doctorate in a related field. A reputation for scholarship and leadership experience are desirable. Letters of nominations or applications including current curriculum vitae should be sent to: Professor Francis T. Boesch, Chair, Director Search Committee, Dept. of ECE, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Email:fboesch@stevens-tech.edu. Tel: 201-216-5624. Web: http://www.stevens-tech.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Stevens Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and welcomes applications from qualified women and members of underepresented groups. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Susan Frazier Post-Doctoral Fellowships Contributed by the Institute for Systems Research University of Maryland, College Park Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Ph.D. recipients in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics and related areas The Institute for Systems Research is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Maryland and Harvard University. Located at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Institute generates fundamental knowledge and technologies of integrated design for control of complex engineering systems. The following thrust areas are emphasized: Intelligent Control Systems Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems Systems Integration Methodology The Institute's research programs are at the forefront of advances in modern systems engineering, and they incorporate sophisticated analytical and computational methods with progressive experimental and modeling techniques. A multi-disciplinary team of outstanding scientists and engineers is pursuing in-depth studies in the implications and applications of modern computer technology to control and communication systems technologies. Extensive industrial collaboration is an integral part of the program. The ISR's research projects encompass a diverse set of systems problems; they include intelligent control of processes, electromechanical motion control, wireless communication networks, high-speed satellite and terrestrial communication networks, telemedicine systems, and virtual factories for the manufacture of electromechanical devices. FELLOWSHIPS The ISR Post-Doctoral Fellowships are available for recipients of Ph.D. degrees who have interests in systems engineering and its applications. Candidates must have received their degrees by August 31 of the same year that the fellowship begins. Typically, fellowships are effective from September through August. Academic excellence and outstanding potential for basic research weigh heavily in fellowship selection. BENEFITS ISR Post-Doctoral Fellows enjoy the unique opportunity of participating in state-of-the-art research in systems engineering. Exceptional opportunities exist for research in collaboration with leading industrial and government research laboratories. Appointments offer generous stipends (approximately 40K per year) and provide excellent benefits. They are typically for one year and are renewable up to a second year based on performance and the availability of funds. APPLICATION To be considered for a post-doctoral appointment, applicants must submit the following materials: curriculum vitae including a list of publications, statement of research interests and goals, including the reason one wishes to participate in this program, sample publications, three letters of recommendation, a transcript from the institution where the Ph.D. was (or will be) earned showing grades in courses taken. All materials must be received by the Institute for Systems Research by January 15 to qualify candidates for fall consideration. Mail applications to: Institute for Systems Research A.V. Williams Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Attn: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Review Committee ISR's WWW server address: http://www.isr.umd.edu/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Stephen Morse Yale University's Electrical Engineering Department, in close cooperation with the University's Computer Science Department, invites applications from outstanding engineers and computer scientists for one senior and two junior faculty positions in all areas of computer engineering including CAD, VLSI, architecture, digital communications, graphics, visualization, and real-time, fault-tolerant, or embedded systems. All candidates should be strongly committed to both teaching and research. Senior candidates should have distinguished records of research accomplishments and should be willing and able to take the lead in the shaping of Yale's expanding program in computer engineering. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants should send a letter and curriculum vitae to A. S. Morse, Chair Computer Engineering Search Committee Yale University P. O. Box 208267 New Haven CT 06520--8267 Yale University: The Department of Electrical Engineering invites applications for existing and anticipated faculty positions , especially in the departments active areas of communications, computer engineering, computer vision and robotics, MEMS, microelectronics and optoelectronics, networks, electronic materials, signal processing, systems, and VLSI and analog design. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and the names of at least 3 references to: Professor Mark A. Reed, Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, P. O. Box 208284, New Haven, CT 06520. Yale University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Sumit Roy(roy@voyager1.eng.utsa.edu) Division of Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio: Applications are invited for two tenured/tenure-track positions in Electrical Engineering with one at the Professor level and one at the Associate Professor level. The successful applicants must have a Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or related area and an interest in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Associate and Full Professor applicants must demonstrate a strong track record of funded research and leadership in guiding the proposed Ph.D. Program in Electrical Engineering. Preferred areas of specialization are: Control Systems in Intelligent Control, Robust Adaptive Control, and/ or Discrete Event Systems; Communications in areas of Wireless and/or Multimedia Networks and Multiple Access Communications (protocols, routing, flow control); Digital Systems in the areas of VLSI Design, Microelectronics, Multiprocessor architectures, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Hardware Design Laboratories; Digital Signal processing in nonlinear signed processing and/or Biomedical Signal Processing. Resumes and names of three references (including postal addresses, fax phone and e-mail if applicable) and a description of teaching and research interest should be submitted to: Chair, Search Committee, Electrical Engineering, Division of Engineering, UTSA, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249. Applicants who are not US citizens must state their current visa and residency status. PLEASE INDICATE THE POSITION FOR WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING. The deadline for receiving applications is Dec. 15, 1996 for possible appointment no later than September 1, 1997. UTSA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Division of Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio: Applications are invited for tenure-track positions in Electrical Engineering, at the Assistant Professor level. The successful applicants must have a Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer Engineering or related area by Sept. 1, 1997 and an interest in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Pending budget approval, the Assistant Professor applicants must have a dedication to developing a strong program of funded research. Preferred areas of specialization are: Control Systems in Intelligent Control, Robust Adaptive Control, and/ or Discrete Event Systems; Communications, in areas of wireless networks, ATM and/or Multiple Access Communications (protocols, routing, flow control); Digital Systems in the areas of VLSI Design, Microelectronics, Multiprocessor Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Hardware Design Laboratories; Digital Signal Processing in nonlinear signal processing and/or Biomedical signal processing. Resumes and names of three references (including postal addresses, fax phone and e-mail if applicable) and a description of teaching and research interest should be submitted to: Chair, Search Committee, Electrical Engineering, Division of Engineering, UTSA, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W., San Antonio, Texas 78249. Applicants who are not US citizens must state their current visa and residency status. The deadline for receiving applications is February 1, 1997 for possible appointment no later than September 1, 1997. UTSA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Sumit Roy(roy@voyager1.eng.utsa.edu) THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO Director, Division of Engineering Applications are invited for the position of Director of the Division of Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The Division Director is the chief administrator of the Division of Engineering and reports to the Dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering. The Division of Engineering offers the B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. A Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering is being developed and we aspire to be a College of Engineering. Extramural funding has increased by 70 percent over the past three years in the Division of Engineering. It is the primary collaborator with the College of Business in offering the M.S. in Management of Technology jointly with the College of Sciences and Engineering. Currently, the Division has 28 faculty, 1000 undergraduates, and 110 graduate students. (See http://voyager1.utsa.edu.) Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. in engineering or a related field and must qualify for appointment as a tenured professor. Successful undergraduate and graduate teaching experiences, proven management capability, demonstrated achievement in research and effective communication skills are requirements for the position. UTSA is a comprehensive, metropolitan University which is one of the fastest growing universities in the state. The City of San Antonio combines a rich cultural heritage with a modern focus on education, research, and technology. UTSA is a primary contributor to the region's economic vitality and quality of life through its service to the multicultural population of San Antonio and South Texas. The position is a full-time, twelve-month appointment beginning September 1, 1997. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications should include a letter of interest, a resume, and the names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (if available) of at least five references. Send to: Chair, Engineering Director Search Committee Office of the Dean College of Sciences and Engineering The University of Texas at San Antonio 6900 North Loop 1604 West San Antonio, Texas 78249-0661 Applications must be received by January 15, 1997. UTSA is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Suhada Jayasuriya FACULTY POSITION Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Department of Mechanical Engineering invites applications for Assistant Professor positions in the general area of Dynamic Systems and Control. In exceptional cases, candidates for associate or full professor may be considered. The successful candidates must have demonstrated scholarly research accomplishments in at least one area of recent advances in control theory or nonlinear dynamical systems and must have strong interest in teaching engineering design. Preference will be given to those with expertise in application of active control methodologies in one or more of the following areas: acoustics and active noise control, fluid-structure interaction problems, com- bustion, active control of continua, and manufacturing. Some working knowledge of mechatron- ics is desirable. The department has top-tanked undergraduate and graduate programs with 52 faculty, 1100 undergraduate and 230 graduate students. The department possesses a wide range of state of the art research facilities which support an $8M dollar/yr. research program. Send a complete resume and a list of five references complete with addresses and phone numbers to: Professor Jerald A. Caton Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3123. The deadline for the receipt of applications is January 21, 1997. No electronic submissions will be accepted. Texas A&M University is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by : Raman K. Mehra Job Opportunity at Scientific Systems SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS is a small growing Boston area company active in applied research and development of emerging technologies in the areas of advanced guidance controls systems, system identification, image and signal processing, pattern recognition, and communication networks. SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS has many customers in government, industrial and commercial sectors, and collaborates with recognized academic/research institutions and large businesses to develop and apply new solution methods. SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS has a strong emphasis on becoming product oriented and has a focus on specific vertical markets in the areas of ATM and telecommunications, vibration analysis, and radar signal processing. Please direct all correspondence, questions, etc. to Ms. Patricia Kelly, Human Resources Coordinator Scientific Systems Company 500 West Cummings Park, Suite 3000 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: (617) 933-5355 Fax: (617) 938-4752 Email: info@ssci.com Level: PhD in Controls/Systems Engineering Duties: Applied Research and Development of Advanced Controls and System Identification technologies. Req'd Experience: * Dissertation in one of the following areas -- Advanced Guidance Control Systems (stochastic, optimal, robust, nonlinear or adaptive control); System Identification; Optimization Methods; Linear and Non-linear Systems Theory. * Familiarity with Modern/Classical Control System Analysis/Design, as well as topics listed above. Desirable: * Working knowledge of any of the following topics: Artificial Intelligence; Intelligent Control Systems; Neural Networks; Fuzzy Logic; Statistical Analysis; Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems; Robotics and Automated Manufacturing Systems. * Strong algorithm and software development skills (Matlab, Matrix-X, C, C++, etc.) * Experience in real-time implementation of advanced controls. Job code: SSC-9622 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Fathi Ghorbel RICE UNIVERSITY Chair Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Rice University invites applications and nominations for Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, effective with the 1997-98 academic year, or as soon as a suitable candidate is identified. The Department consists of 14 tenure-track faculty with approximately 50 students enrolled in graduate programs and 40 undergraduate students receiving degrees each year. It is a multi-disciplinary department with graduate education and research in the areas of computational and applied mechanics, robotics and control, thermal and fluid sciences, and materials science and engineering. Degrees offered are the bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Additional information about the Department is available on the internet at . Rice University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian, private university committed to cultural diversity and dedicated to undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, and professional training. Current enrollments are 2600 undergraduate and 1500 graduate students. Candidates must have an earned doctorate in Mechanical Engineering or Materials Science (or other materials-related discipline) which would justify an appointment of full professor with tenure. The Department is seeking a dynamic individual with a distinguished record of research and teaching accomplishments who will be a strong academic leader. The candidate must have an ability to work effectively with faculty and students, define long-term directions for the academic programs, and enhance the research effort and public service thrusts of the Department. The process of interviewing selected candidates will begin no later than February 1, 1997. Applicants should send a letter of interest, a resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses (if available) of four references to: MEMS Chair Search Committee George R. Brown School of Engineering - MS 364 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005-1892 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Jean-Baptiste.Pomet@inria.fr ERCIM POST-DOC FELLOWSHIPS --------------------------- GOOD NEWS ! Control is back among the topics covered by the ERCIM Post-doc Fellowship program. More precisely " Control and Systems Theory : - Control of hybrid systems and of discrete event systems - System identification, realization, and signal processing - Control of nonlinear systems " These fellowships are for an 18 months period. There is no citizenship restriction. The post-doc researchers will work in preferably more than one of the european research institutions member of ERCIM. Deadline for application: November 30. Please visit http://www-ercim.inria.fr/activity/fellows/fellowship.html for more details. NOTE: Before submitting an application, please contact the research teams that interest you so that we may set up together the objectives of your stay. To have more information on the ERCIM research groups involved in control, click on the item "ERCIM Working Group Control and Systems Theory" on this page (or go to http://www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/control/ercim/control.html). (*) European Research Consortium in Informatics and Mathematics. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: James A. Bucklew FACULTY POSITIONS IN THE SYSTEMS AREA FACULTY POSITION in Communications: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Applications are solicited for tenure-track faculty positions in the general area of communications. Specific areas include, wireless and mobile communications, computer communication networks, multiple access and cellular communications. Qualifications include an outstanding academic record, significant involvement in research, a strong publication record, a doctorate or equivalent in electrical engineering, and a strong commitment to teaching and research. Applications consisting of a comprehensive resume, a list of publications, a description of research interests, and the names of at least three professional references should be sent to: Professor Willis Tompkins Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706 The University of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer. FACULTY POSITION in Signal Processing: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Applications are solicited for tenure-track faculty positions in the general area of Signal Processing. All areas are of interest, but of particular interest are multidimensional signal processing, statistical signal processing, wavelets and filter banks. Qualifications include an outstanding academic record, significant involvement in research, a strong publication record, a doctorate or equivalent in electrical engineering, and a strong commitment to teaching and research. Applications consisting of a comprehensive resume, a list of publications, a description of research interests, and the names of at least three professional references should be sent to: Professor Willis Tompkins Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706 The University of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer. ****************************************** * * * Books * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Boaz Porat A COURSE IN DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING by Boaz Porat Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology (600 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0-471-14961-6) published by John Wiley and Sons http://www.wiley.com Due October 15, 1996 The book is a text on digital signal processing, at a senior or first-year-graduate level. My purpose in writing it was to provide the reader with a precise, broad, practical, up-to-date exposition of digital signal processing. Accordingly, this book presents DSP theory in a rigorous fashion, contains a wealth of material---some not commonly found in general DSP texts, makes extensive use of MATLAB software, and describes numerous state-of-the-art applications of DSP. The book contains 14 chapters, an index, a bibliography, a list of symbols, nearly 400 problems (with full solutions in a separate Solution Manual), about 280 figures, and 67 MATLAB programs. Among its highlights are (not necessarily in order of importance): * Discussion of physical aspects of sampling and reconstruction, including A/D and D/A converters. * A chapter on practical spectral analysis, including frequency estimation of sinusoids. * Presentation of the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and the Discrete Sine Transform (DST). * Design procedures for FIR and IIR filters. * A detailed discussion of finite wordlength effects in fixed-point implementation of digital filters. * A chapter on multirate signal processing, including filter bank basics. * A chapter on signal processing of random signals. * A chapter devoted to DSP applications for signal compression, speech, musical signals, communication, and biomedical signals; this chapter also presents current DSP microprocessor technology. The MATLAB programs are available by anonymous ftp from ftp.wiley.com /public/college/math/matlab/bporat or from: ftp.technion.ac.il /pub/supported/ee/Signal_processing/B_Porat Also available from these ftp sites is a PostScript file including all figures in the book, ready for printing transparencies. The chapters of the book are as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Review of Frequency-Domain Analysis Chapter 3: Sampling and Reconstruction Chapter 4: The Discrete Fourier Transform Chapter 5: The Fast Fourier Transform Chapter 6: Practical Spectral Analysis Chapter 7: Review of z-Transforms and Difference Equations Chapter 8: Introduction to Digital Filters Chapter 9: Finite Impulse Response Filters Chapter 10: Infinite Impulse Response Filters Chapter 11: Digital Filter Realization and Implementation Chapter 12: Multirate Signal Processing Chapter 13: Analysis and Modeling of Random Signals Chapter 14: Digital Signal Processing Applications *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Bart de Moor NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Subspace Identification for Linear System Theory, Implementation, Applications Authors: Peter Van Overschee (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Bart De Moor (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands 254 pp. Hardbound/ISBN: 0 7923 9717 7 Contains floppy disk with Matlab files for subspace identification Price: USD: 105, NLG: 195, GBP: 74.75 Publication date: May 1996 More information: services@wkap.nl peter.vanoverschee@esat.kuleuven.ac.be bart.demoor@esat.kuleuven.ac.be Website with ordering form: http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~vanovers/bookann.html Abstract: This book focuses on the theory, implementation and applications of subspace identification algorithms for linear time-invariant finite-dimensional dynamical systems. These algorithms allow for a fast, straightforward and accurate determination of linear multivariable models from measured input-output data. The theory of subspace identification algorithms is presented in detail. Several chapters are devoted to deterministic, stochastic and combined deterministic-stochastic subspace identification algorithms. For each case, the geometric properties are stated in a main 'subspace' Theorem. Relations between existing algorithms and literature are explored, as are the interconnections between different subspace algorithms. The subspace identification theory is linked to the theory of frequency weighted model reduction, which leads to new implementations and insights. The implementation of subspace identification algorithms is discussed in terms of the robust and computationally efficient RQ and singular value decompositions, which are well-established algorithms from numerical linear algebra. The algorithms are implemented in combination with a whole set of classical identification algorithms, processing and validation tools in Xmath's ISID, a commercially available graphical user interface toolbox. The basic subspace algorithms in the book are also implemented in a set of Matlab files accompanying the book. One application of ISID to an industrial glass tube manufacturing process is presented in detail, illustrating the power and user-friendliness of the subspace identification algorithms and of their implementation in ISID. The identified model allows for an optimal control of the process, leading to a significant enhancement of the production quality. The applicability of subspace identification algorithms in industry is further illustrated with the application of the Matlab files to ten practical problems. Since all necessary data and Matlab files are included, the reader can easily step through these applications, and thus get more insight in the algorithms. Table of Contents: 0. Preface 1. Introduction, motivation and geometric tools 2. Deterministic identification 3. Stochastic identification 4. Combined deterministic-stochastic identification 5. State space bases and model reduction 6. Implementation and applications 7. Conclusions and open problems Appendix A: Proofs Appendix B: Matlab functions Appendix C: Notation References Index *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by M. Vidyasagar (sagar@cair.ernet.in) BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Title: A Theory of Learning and Generalization Subtitle: With Applications to Neural Networks and Control Systems Author: M. Vidyasagar Publisher: Springer-Verlag London, 1997. Details: 382 pages, 36 figures, 150 references This book contains a comprehensive treatment of so-called statistical learning theory and its applications both to neural networks and control systems. Other names for the subject are PAC learning theory and computational learning theory. In addition to a thorough treatment of known results, the book also presents several new results for the first time, as well as a list of sixteen open problems. A postscript file containing the Preface, the Table of Contents, and the first chapter is available via anonymous ftp at the site ee.princeton.edu, under the directory pub/kulkarni, and the file name eletter.ps . The Table of Contents of the book is shown below: Preface xiii 1. Introduction 3 2. Preliminaries 15 2.1 Pseudometric Spaces, Packing and Covering Numbers 15 2.2 Probability Measures 19 2.3 Large Deviation Type Inequalities 21 2.4 Some Advanced Ideas 25 3. Problem Formulations 29 3.1 Uniform Convergence of Empirical Means 29 3.2 Learning Concepts and Functions 39 3.3 Model-Free Learning 59 4. Vapnik-Chervonenkis and Pollard (Pseudo-) Dimensions 69 4.1 Definitions 69 4.2 Bounds on Growth Functions 75 4.3 Growth Functions of Iterated Families 87 5. Uniform Convergence of Empirical Means 95 5.1 Restatement of the Problems Under Study 95 5.2 Equivalence of the UCEM and ASCEM Properties 99 5.3 Main Theorems 101 5.4 Preliminary Lemmas 108 5.5 Theorem 5.1: Proof of Necessity 119 5.6 Theorem 5.1: Proof of Sufficiency 124 5.7 Proofs of the Remaining Theorems 136 5.8 Uniform Convergence Properties of Iterated Families 140 6. Learning Under a Fixed Probability Measure 153 6.1 UCEM Property Implies ASEC Learnability 155 6.2 Shrinking Width is Equivalent to Consistent Learnability 161 6.3 Finite Metric Entropy Implies Learnability 167 6.4 Examples 176 6.5 Learnable Concept Classes Have Finite Metric Entropy 179 6.6 Model-Free Learning 185 7. Distribution-Free Learning 195 7.1 Uniform Convergence of Empirical Means 195 7.2 Function Learning 202 7.3 Concept Learning 207 7.4 Learnability of Functions with a Finite Range 219 8. Learning Under an Intermediate Family of Probabilities 223 8.1 General Families of Probabilities 225 8.2 Totally Bounded Families of Probabilities 235 8.3 Families of Probabilities with a Nonempty Interior 246 9. Alternate Models of Learning 249 9.1 Efficient Learning 250 9.2 Active Learning 264 9.3 Learning with Prior Information 273 10. Applications to Neural Networks 291 10.1 What is a Neural Network? 292 10.2 Learning in Neural Networks 295 10.2.1 Problem Formulation 295 10.2.2 Reprise of Sample Complexity Estimates 298 10.2.3 Complexity-Theoretic Limits to Learnability 303 10.3 Estimates of VC-Dimensions of Families of Networks 307 10.3.1 Multi-Layer Perceptron Networks 308 10.3.2 A Network with Infinite VC-Dimension 314 10.3.3 Neural Networks as Verifiers of Formulas 316 10.3.4 Neural Networks with Piecewise-Polynomial Activation Functions 323 10.3.5 A General Approach 328 10.3.6 Networks with Pfaffian Activation Functions 332 10.3.7 Results Based on Order-Minimality 335 10.4 Structural Risk Minimization 337 11. Applications to Control Systems 343 11.1 Identification 344 11.2 Robust Control 352 12. Some Open Problems 361 ****************************************** * * * Journals * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Art Werschulz To: eletter-request@win.tue.nl TABLE OF CONTENTS: Journal of Complexity -- December, 1996 Volume 12, Number 4 A Special Issue for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics Conference Rio de Janeiro, January 1997 FOREWORD Felipe Cucker and Mike Shub PLENARY PAPER Greg Wasilkowski, "Average Case Complexity of Multivariate Integration and Function Approximation" WORKSHOPS Homotopy Methods and Real Machines organized by Felipe Cucker and Herb Keller Pascal Koiran, "Hilbert's Nullstellansatz is in the Polynomial Hierarchy" Information-based Complexity organized by Erich Novak and Henryk Wozniakowski Karin Frank and Stefan Heinrich, "Computing Discrepancies of Smolyak Quadrature Rules" Peter Hertling, "Topological Complexity of Continuous Operations" Karl-Heinz K|fer, "On the Expected Number of Shadow vertices of the Convex Hull of Random Points Erich Novak and Ingo Roschmann, "Numerical Integration of Peak Functions" Erich Novak and Henryk Wozniakowski, "Topological Complexity of Zero-Finding" Sergei G. Pereverzev and Sergei G. Solodki, "The Minimal Radius of Galerkin Information for Fredholm Problem of the First Kind" Leszek Plaskota, "Worst Case Complexity of Problems with Random Information Noise" Arthur G. Werschulz, "The Complexity of Definite Elliptic Problems with Noisy Data" Optimization organized by Clovis Gonzaga and Michael Todd Shinji Mizuno, Mimrod Megido and Takashi Tsuchiya, "A Linear Programming Instance with Many Crossover Events" . Yinyu Ye, "How Partial Knowledge Helps to Solve Linear Problems" Systems of Algebraic Equations and Computational Algebraic Geometry organized by Thomas Lickteig and Marie-Frangoise Roy Dario Bini and Victor Y. Pan, "Graeffe's, Chebyshev-like and Cardinal's Processes for Splitting a Polynomial into Factors" John Dalbec, "An Algebraic Proof of Barlet's Join Theorem" Laureano Gonzalez-Vega and M'hammed El Kahoui, "An Improved Upper Complexity Bound for the Topology Computation of a Real Algebraic Plane Curve" Thomas Lickteig and Marie-Frangoise Roy, "Semi-Algebraic Complexity of Quotients and Sign Determination of Remainders" Victor Y. Pan, Myong-hi Kim, Akimou Sadikou, Xiaohan Huang, Ailong Zheng, "On Isolation of Real and Nearly Real Zeros of a Univariate Polynomial and Its Splitting into Factors" Vision and Related Computational Tools organized by Jean-Michel Morel and David Mumford Olivier Catoni, "Simulated Annealing and I.E.T. Algorithms: Theory and Experiments" *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Eduardo Sontag, sontag@hilbert.rutgers.edu Table of Contents available online: Hybrid Systems III The complete table of contents for the book: Hybrid Systems III. Verification and Control (Lect.Notes Comp.Sci. no. 1066), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1996. (R. Alur, T.A. Henzinger, E.D. Sontag, eds.) is available through the Web at the following URL: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/hybridbook.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Submitted by Mike Groth (mgroth@wkap.com) Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Contents, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1996 SPECIAL ISSUE ON ARRAY OPTIMIZATION AND ADAPTIVE TRACKING ALGORITHMS KUNG YAO AND FLAVIO LORENZELLI, GUEST EDITORS' INTRODUCTION 5 Jurgen Gotze and Pete Rieder, SVD-Updating Using Orthonormal u-Rotations Franklin T. Luk and Sanzheng Qiao, A Symmetric Rank- Revealing Toeplitz Matrix Decomposition Herve Lebret, Optimal Beamforming via Interior Point Methods Flavio Lorenzelli, Arthur Wang, Daniel Korompis, Ralph E. Hudson and Kung Yao, Subband Processing for Broadband Microphone Arrays Julia A. Olkin and Paul J. Titterton, Jr., Using Semi- Definite Programming for Multi-Constrained H2 Controller Design in Active Noise and Vibration Control Marc Moonen and Ed Deprettere, A Fully Pipelined RLS-Based Array for Channel Equalization Aleksandar Kavcic and Bin Yang, Subspace Tracking with Adaptive Threshold Rank Estimation Ronald D. DeGroat, Eric M. Dowling, and Darel A. Linbarger, Bias Correction and Forward-Backward Averaging in Frequency/DOA Tracking Problems Sylvie Marcos, Messaoud Benidir, and Javier Sanchez-Araujo, An Adaptive Tracking Algorithm for Direction Finding and Array Shape Estimation in a Nonstationary Environment For subscription information, aims & scope, instructions for authors, and previous tables of contents, see our homepage at http://www.wkap.com, or contact: Mike Groth Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 Tel: (617) 871-6600 Fax: (617) 871-6528 e-mail: mgroth@wkap.com *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider Starting with LAA volume 247, the editors-in-chief of LAA will be circulating the contents of LAA as received from the Elsevier service CONTENTS DIRECT FROM ELSEVIER SCIENCE. This service is available also for several other Elsevier journals; for more information see General Announcements in this Eletter Hans Schneider Journal : Linear Algebra and Its Applications Volume Number : 247 Issue Number : 1 - 3 Year : 1996 Time-Dependent Linear DAE's with Discontinuous Inputs P. J. Rabier, W. C. Rheinboldt Dualistic Differential Geometry of Positive Definite Matrices and Its Applications to Related Problems A. Ohara, N. Suda, S. Amari On Maximal Sign-Nonsingular Matrices T. J. Lundy, J. S. Maybee, J. Van Buskirk A Reverse Hadamard Inequality S. Ambikkumar, S. W. Drury Convergence Properties of Block GMRES and Matrix Polynomials V. Simoncini, E. Gallopoulos Polynomial Maps with Strongly Nilpotent Jacobian Matrix and the Jacobian Conjecture A. van den Essen, E. Hubbers Algebraic Representations for Finite-State Machines. II. Module Formulation T. L. Moeller, J. Milstein Degree of Indecomposability of Certain Highly Regular Zero-One Matrices D. de Caen On Almost Nilpotent-By-Abelian Lie Algebras K. Bowman, D. A. Towers On Approximation Problems with Zero-Trace Matrices K. Zietak An Elementary Proof of Barnett's Theorem About the Greatest Common Divisor of Several Univariate Polynomials P. L. Gonzalez-Vega Block Matrices and Multispherical Structure of Distance Matrices T. L. Hayden, J. Lee, J. Wells, P. Tarazaga Finding Norms of Hadamard Multipliers C. C. Cowen, P. A. Ferguson, D. K. Jackman, E. A. Sexauer, C. Vogt, H. J. Woolf Parallel Chaotic Extrapolated Jacobi-Like Methods R. Fuster, V. Migallon The Maximum Row Length Nonsingularity Radius B. I. Wainberg, H. J. Woerdeman On Linear Preservers of Immanants M. P. Coelho On a Character Formula Involving Borel Subgroups M. Maliakas On the Smith Normal Form of D-Optimal Designs C. Koukouvinos, M. Mitrouli, J. Seberry Upper and Lower Bounds for Inverse Elements of Finite and Infinite Tridiagonal Matrices P. N. Shivakumar, J. Chuanxiang On Polynomials Nonnegative on the Unit Circle and Related Questions Y. V. Genin A Note on Linear Transformations which Leave Controllable Multi-Input Descriptor Systems Controllable O. Fung On the Matrix Equation X+ATX-1A=1 X. Zhan, J. Xie Factorization of Banded Lower Triangular Infinite Matrices I. Gohberg, M. A. Kaashoek, L. Lerer Hermitian Solutions of the Equation X=Q+NX-1N A. Ferrante, B. C. Levy AUTHOR INDEX *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A.H.Zemanian (zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu) Table of Contents for: CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Vol. 15, No. 6, 1996: Network approximation of input-output maps and functionals, Irwin W. Sandberg amd Lilian Xu Infinite nonlinear resistive networks, after Minty, Bruce D. Calvert Frequency response of PID-controlled linear interval systems, A. Karamancioglu, V. Dzhafarov, and C. Ozemir Simple unified algorithm for estimating and tracking location of desired talker by microphone, Ming Zhang and M.H. Er Sensor location calibration for bearing estimation, Ming Zhang and M.H. Er A formal language description and inference strategy for analog circuit design, Krzystof Wawryn Computation of the frequency response of interval systems, Chyi Hwang and Jyh-Jia Chen *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Anton Stoorvogel CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue on "CONTROLLER REDUCTION AND SYSTEM APPROXIMATION" in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. The editorial board of International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control decided to have a special issue of the journal on "Controller Reduction and System Approximation". We invite high quality original papers on the topic to be submitted to either one of the guest editors. Six copies of the manuscript must be received by the guest editors by March 15, 1997. For details on the Journal's submission policy, please refer to any issue of the journal. The Team of Guest Editors: Davut Kavranoglu Department of Systems Engineering King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Tel: (966)-3-860 2689 Fax: (966)-3-860 2965 e-mail: davut@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa Kemin Zhou Department of Electrical Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA Tel: (504) 388-5533 e-mail: kemin@gate.ee.lsu.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov (sachkov@sys.botik.ru) JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS JULY 1996 Volume 2, Number 3 CONTENTS Stochastic Hamiltonian--Jacobi--Bellman Equation and Stochastic Hamiltonian Systems 299 V.N. Kolokoltsov Exponential Mappings for Contact Sub-Riemannian Structures 321 A.A. Agrachev Small Sub-Riemannian Balls on $R^3$\hspace 359 El-H.Ch. El-Alaoui, J.-P. Gauthier, I. Kupka Invariance Properties of Time Measurable Differential Inclusions and Dynamic Programming 423 A.E. Rapaport, R.B. Vinter *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mike Groth (mgroth@wkap.com) Dynamics and Control Contents, Volume 7, Number 1, January 1997 S. O. Reza Moheimani, Andrey V. Savkin, and Ian R. Petersen, Minimax Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Uncertain Systems with Structured Uncertainty M. Paskota, A. I. Mees, and K. L. Teo, Directing Orbits of Chaotic Systems in the Presence of Noise: Feedback Correction Thomas A. Trautt and Eduardo Bayo, Inverse Dynamics of Non-Minimum Phase Systems with Non-Zero Initial Conditions Kevin L. Tuer, Ascertaining the Stability of Internal-Resonance-Based Vibration Suppression Laws For subscription information, aims & scope, instructions for authors, and previous tables of contents, see our homepage at http://www.wkap.com, or contact: Mike Groth Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 Tel: (617) 871-6600 Fax: (617) 871-6528 e-mail: mgroth@wkap.com *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Slawomir Nikiel AMCS - ONLINE provides full information about the journal of "APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE". For instance apart of editorial info and the author's toolkit you can find there archives with short description of contents of the recent AMCS issues. !!!NEW!!! - AMCS Volume 6 Number 3 is devoted to Computational Intelligence The WWW site has changed and you should consider the new home address: http://www.irio.pz.zgora.pl/amcs.html The site is created for the NETSCAPE 2.0 or higher browsers and includes frames. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Huibert Kwakernaak AUTOMATICA Table of contents November, 1996 Issue 32:11 Editorial H. Kwakernaak The Automatica and editor-in-chief's world wide web sites Regular Papers J. Reiner, G. J. Balas, W. Flight control design using robust dynamic L. Garrard inversion and time scale separation T.J. Harris, F. Boudreau, Performance assessment of multivariable J.F. MacGregor feedback controllers R. F. Curtain, M. Weiss, G. Coprime factorization for regular linear Weiss systems K. Hastrudi-Zaad, K. An integral manifold approach to tracking Khorasani control for a class of non- minimum phase linear systems using output feedback P.D. Christofides, P. Compensation of measurable disturbances for Daoutidis two-time-scale nonlinear systems Brief Papers K. B. Datta, V. V. Patel H-infinity based synthesis for a robust controller of interval plants Xin Xin, Lei Guo, Chunbo Reduced-order controllers for continuous and Feng discrete time singular H(infinity) control problems based on LMI N.L.C. Chui, J.M. Realization of stable models with subspace Maciejowski methods D. Yu, D.N. Shields A bilinear fault detection observer Guang-Hong Yang, Si-Ying Decentralized robust control for Zhang interconnected systems with time-varying uncertainties C. Schwartz, A. Yan Smooth stabilization of nonlinear control systems Technical Communiques M. de Neyer, R. Gorez Comments on "Practical design of nonlinear fuzzy controllers with stability analysis for regulating processes with unknown mathematical models" H. Ying Author's reply Book Reviews B. Delyon Adaptive IRR filtering in signal processing and control, by P.A. Regalia Shaohua Tan Neurofuzzy adaptive modelling and control, by M. Brown and C. Harris: P. C. Young, W. Tych Operational control of water systems: Structures, algorithms and applications, by M. A. Brdys and B. Ulanicki *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: J.KASTELEIN SYSTEMS AND CONTROL LETTERS; Volume 29, No. 2, 21 OCTOBER (1996) (contents) J.W. Helton and M.R. James, On the stability of the information state system 61 V. Lomadze, Linear system theory An algebraist's point of view 73 A.V. Savkin, I.R. Petersen, E. Skafidas and R.J. Evans, Hybrid dynamical systems: robust control synthesis problems 81 A. Bloch and S. Drakunov, Stabilization and tracking in the nonholonomic integrator via sliding modes 91 W. Lin, Time-varying feedback control of nonaffine nonlinear systems without drift 101 Y. Yamamoto, K. Hirata and A. Tannenbaum, Some remarks on Hamiltonians and the infinite-dimensional one block {\it H}$^{\infty}$ problem 111 A. Hmamed and E. Tissir, Comments on ``delay independent robust stability of uncertain linear systems'' 119 For a free sample copy of Systems & Control Letters please send the message "SCL Sample Copy (E-letter)" with your professional postal address to P.SCHRADER@ELSEVIER.NL Only a few issues a year have larger print-runs to fulfil these requests, therefore requests for one specific issue cannot be honoured. ****************************************** * * * Conferences * * * ****************************************** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Juan A. de la Puente 9TH EUROMICRO WORKSHOP ON REAL TIME SYSTEMS Hotel Beatriz, Toledo, Spain June 11-13th 1997 The ninth Euromicro Workshop on Real Time Systems is a forum aimed at covering state-of-the-art research and development in real time computing, which, through the progress in areas such as multi-media systems, is more and more emerging as an essential discipline in the field of computer science and engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Specification and Design: behavior specification; description formalisms; design and verification methodologies; performance evaluation and verification; concurrent engineering. Hardware: architectures; real-time oriented devices; coprocessors; timing engines; hardware assisted scheduling. Software: design and analysis; debugging; languages; operating systems; distributed systems;scheduling; monitoring; software reuse; object oriented approaches. Communication: communication protocols; protocol engines; analysis tools; development tools.=20 Applications: multi-media systems; distributed real-time information systems / data bases; embedded systems for automation; sensors / actuators; knowledge-based systems; digital signal processing; animation and simulation. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors are encouraged to e-mail the LaTeX or uuencoded Postscript version of their full paper to the program chairman. When electronic submission is not possible, five hardcopies of the full paper should be sent. The material should be unpublished and not under submission elsewhere. The paper should not exceed 12 pages (5000 words). The title page should clearly show the name, mailing address, the e-mail address and fax number of the author to contact. In the cover letter the topic areas should be pointed out, to which the paper makes contributions. The following declaration should be added: All necessary clearances for the publication of this paper have been obtained. If accepted, the author will prepare the final manuscript in time for inclusion in the proceedings and will personally present the paper at the workshop. The closing date for submissions is NOVEMBER 15, 1996 Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 7,1997. Camera-ready versions of the full papers in 6 pages IEEE format will be required by March 14, 1997. The proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society. SPECIAL SESSIONS Proposals of special sessions or panels are welcome. Please send suggestions to the program chairman before the paper submission deadline. WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE http://www.dit.upm.es/~aalonso/ewrts GENERAL CHAIRMAN Gonzalo Leon; E.T.S.I. Telecomunicacion; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria; 28040-Madrid, Spain Phone +34-1-336-7334 Fax +34-1-336-6832 E-mail: gleon@dit.upm.es *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Paulo J.S.G. Ferreira (pjf@inesca.pt) CALL FOR PAPERS 1997 International Workshop on Sampling Theory and Applications June 23--26, 1997, Aveiro, Portugal URL: http://www.inesca.pt/conferences/sampta97.html 1. General information The 1997 International Workshop on Sampling Theory and Applications, SampTA-97, will be held at Aveiro, Portugal, from June 23 to June 26, 1997. Aveiro is a charming town 70 km south of Oporto on the coast of Portugal. Detailed information on accommodations, travel arrangements, excursions and the technical program will be included in subsequent mailings. 2. Submission of papers Papers will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract at least 2000 words in length, complete with figures and references. Four copies of the submitted papers or abstracts should be sent to the following address: Prof. Paulo J. S. G. Ferreira Program Chair, SampTA-97 Dep. de Electr\'onica e Telecomunicacoes Universidade de Aveiro 3810 Aveiro PORTUGAL E-mail: pjf@inesca.pt Do not send manuscripts through fax or e-mail. Include a one-page cover letter containing the title of the paper, author names, a set of keywords and the address and e-mail of the corresponding author. The final published papers will be limited to a maximum of six pages, in a double-column format similar to the one adopted by the IEEE Transactions. 3. Deadlines The deadline for submission of all papers is December 1, 1996, with notification of decision by February 15, 1997. The final papers are due April 1, 1997. 4. Scope of the workshop The theme of the workshop is Sampling Theory and Applications. Papers describing original research work are solicited. Topics for regular sessions include, but are not limited, to the following: SAMPLING THEORY: Sampling, wavelets and filter banks * Multirate and multichannel sampling * Random and pseudorandom sampling * Sampling and approximation theory * Sampling, frames and harmonic analysis * Sampling point processes * Adaptive sampling * Adequate signal representation * Sampling jitter * Error and stability analysis. NONUNIFORMLY SAMPLED SIGNAL PROCESSING: Alias suppression * Alias-free spectral and sequential transforms * Non-orthogonal transforms * Alias-free filtering and waveform reconstruction * Signal reconstruction when sets of samples are lost * Interpolation, extrapolation and prediction * High-resolution spectral analysis * Data compression * Fractional-sample delay and interpolation * Sample rate conversion * Unbiased estimation conditions. NONUNIFORMLY SAMPLED MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: Alias-free image encoding * Image reconstruction when sets of pixels are lost * Interpolation and extrapolation * Alias-free array processing * Complexity-reduced large aperture arrays * Geophysical and seismic signal processing * Data compression. APPLICATIONS: Information theory * Communications * Error control * High performance instrumentation * ASIC based DSP preprocessing * Transient recording * Event-time ranging * Laser-Doppler signal processing * Control systems * Robotics systems. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Bart de Moor 4th EUROPEAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ECC97) Brussels, July 1 - 4, 1997 SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE The European Control Conference is organised every two years with the aim to stimulate contacts between scientists who are active in the area of Systems and Control and to promote scientific exchange within the European community and between Europe and other parts of the world. The scope of the conference includes all aspects of Systems and Control, and ranges from fundamental research to applications in process control and advanced technology. An industry day, with a special focus on industrial control applications, will be organised within the framework of the ECC 97. WEB SITE : http://www.auto.ucl.ac.be/ECC97.html PLENARY LECTURES : - I.D. Landau (LAG., France) - F. Kubica (Aerospatiale, France) - P.V. Kokotovic (Univ. of California, USA) SEMI-PLENARY LECTURES : - S. Dasgupta (Univ. of Iowa, USA) - S. Yurkovich (Ohio State Univ., USA) - J. Maciejowski (Cambridge Univ., U.K.) - R. Kulhavy (Academy of Science, CK) - M. Vidyasagar (Centre for AI and Robotics, India) - M. van de Panne (Univ. of Toronto, CDN) MINI COURSES : - Differentially flat systems (R.M. Murray, California Inst. of Technology, USA, and P. Rouchon, Ecole des Mines de Paris,F) - Control design using linear matrix inequalities (S.P. Boyd, Stanford Univ., USA, and Y. Nesterov, Univ. Cath. de Louvain, BE) - Control of distributed parameter systems (J. Bontsema, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., NL, and H. Zwart, Univ. of Twente, NL) TIME AND LOCATION The European Control Conference will take place from the 1st of July 1997 to the 4th of July 1997 at the Brussels campus of the Universit Catholique de Louvain (Auditoires centraux, avenue E. Mounier, 1200 Brussels. Metro station : Alma) REGISTRATION FEE The registration fee of the conference is expected to be 11 000 BEF. There will be reduced fees for students. ACCOMODATION Information about hotel reservations will be provided by the Conference Secretariat. IMPORTANT DATES 25 September 1996 Submission of papers and proposals of invited sessions (deadline passed) 1 February 1997 Notification of acceptance of contributed papers and invited sessions 1 April 1997 Final version of the papers due 1-4 July 1997 Conference CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT ECC 97 Secretariat c/o Timshel Conference Consultancy and Management JB Van Moonstraat 8 B-3000 Leuven BELGIUM Tel.: +32-16-29.00.10 Fax : +32-16-29.05.10 e-mail : info@timshel.be THE INDUSTRY DAY The industry day will be a special event organised within the framework of the 1997 European Control Conference. The aim is to bring control applications closer to academic research, focusing on quality application-oriented contributions. The industry day will give engineers from industry the opportunity to present genuine applications. The industry day will give control scientists new and relevant research problems and challenges based on applications. After a special application oriented plenary session, the industry day will consist of a coordinated sequence of targeted application sessions, followed by a panel discussion on the (mythical ?) gap between theory and applications in control science. Preference will be given to papers reporting on a real industrial application of control methodologies with full scale experimental results or, at least, pilot plant experiments. Preference will be given also to papers co-authored by at least one person active in industry. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: K.J. Ray Liu THE FIRST IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY WORKSHOP ON MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING June 23-25, 1997, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society Organize by the Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee in cooperation with: Digital Signal Processing Technical Committee Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Technical Committee New Jersey Center for Multimedia Research FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS Thanks to the sponsorship of IEEE Signal Processing Society, the First IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) will be held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, on June 23-25, 1997. MMSP strives to bring together people in the signal processing society, the communications society, and the computer society, and to offer a forum for interaction. This workshop will feature keynote addresses, technical presentations, panel discussions, exhibit tours, and special sessions by invited speakers. To encourage interaction, we are planning sessions with the format of presentation followed by technical discussion on the same topic. These topics include, from a signal-processing viewpoint: integration of media, human/machine interfaces, and multimedia networks. In particular, papers are solicited for, but not limited to, the following general areas: 1 Multimedia Processing 2 Multimedia Databases 3 Multimedia System Design and Implementation 4 Human-Machine Interface and Perception 5 Multimedia Communications 6 Multimedia Applications 7 Standards and Related Issues Prospective authors are invited to submit 5 copies of extended summaries of no more than 4 pages. The top of the first page of the summary should include a title, authors' names, affiliations, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address if any. Camera-ready full papers (each up to 4 pages) of accepted proposals will be published in a proceedings and distributed at the workshop. For further information, please send email to kjrliu@eng.umd.edu or visit our home page at http://neuro.ece.wisc.edu/~tsuhan/mmtc.html. Please send paper submissions to: Amy Reibman, Room 4e520, AT&T Labs - Research, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holdmel, NJ 07733-3030 USA; phone +1-908-949-3470; fax +1-908-949-3697; Text-only abstracts may be submitted electronically to: amy@research.att.com SCHEDULE Extended summary received by: December 20, 1996 Notification of acceptance: February 1, 1997 Camera-ready accepted papers received by: March 15, 1997 Advanced registration received before: May 15, 1997 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ioannis Paschalidis (yannisp@ionia.bu.edu) CALL FOR PAPERS 9TH INFORMS APPLIED PROBABILITY CONFERENCE Marriott Hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts JUNE 30 - July 2, 1997, BOSTON The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Applied Probability Section will hold its ninth conference at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel on June 30 - July 2, 1997. TOPIC AREAS The topics of interest can be found on th internet page below List of Plenary Speakers Robert G. Gallager, Richard M. Karp, Stephen A. Ross, GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Two kinds of submissions will be accepted: 1. proposals for organized sessions; 2. proposals for single papers. A proposal for an organized session should include one-page abstracts for all presentations. A proposal for a paper should include a one-page abstract. All submissions will be reviewed by the program committee. The authors will be notified of the program committee's decision by February 15, 1997. DEADLINES FOR ABSTRACTS: November 1, 1996, Submission of organized session title, list of participants and title of presentations. December 1, 1996 Submission of abstract(s) for single papers and organized sessions. February 15, 1997, Acceptance notification The session proposals and abstracts may be submitted ELECTRONICALLY (for abstracts that include mathematical symbols please use LaTeX) to AP97@bu.edu or THREE TYPED COPIES may be sent to Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis Manufacturing Engineering Department 15 St. Mary's Street Boston, MA 02215 USA Fax: (617) 353-5548 This information and (future updates) is (will be) posted at INFORMS on-line and the WEB page of the INFORMS Applied Probability Section under Conferences. INFORMS: http://www.informs.org Applied Probability Section: http://hong.commerce.ubc.ca/www/informs Questions can be sent to AP97@bu.edu THE PRE_REGISTRATION FORM SHOULD BE SENT TO: INFORMS Applied Probability Conference 2 Charles Street, Suite 300 Providence RI, 02904 USA *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Michael R. Berthold (berthold@ira.uka.de) CALL FOR PAPERS The Second International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA-97) Birkbeck College, University of London 4th-6th August 1997 In Cooperation with AAAI, ACM SIGART, BCS SGES, IEEE SMC, and SSAISB [ http://web.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/ida97.html ] Objective ========= For many years the intersection of computing and data analysis contained menu-based statistics packages and not much else. Recently, statisticians have embraced computing, computer scientists are using statistical theories and methods, and researchers in all corners are inventing algorithms to find structure in vast online datasets. Data analysts now have access to tools for exploratory data analysis, decision tree induction, causal induction, function finding, constructing customised reference distributions, and visualisation. There are prototype intelligent assistants to advise on matters of design and analysis. There are tools for traditional, relatively small samples and for enormous datasets. The focus of IDA-97 will be "Reasoning About Data". We are interested in intelligent systems that reason about how to analyze data, perhaps as human analysts do. Analysts often bring exogenous knowledge about data to bear when they decide how to analyze it; they use intermediate results to decide how to proceed; they reason about how much analysis the data will actually support; they consider which methods will be most informative; they decide which aspects of a model are most uncertain and focus attention there; they sometimes have the luxury of collecting more data, and plan to do so efficiently. In short, there is a strategic aspect to data analysis, beyond the tactical choice of this or that test, visualisation or variable. Topics ====== See the Web page for topics of particular interest to IDA-97. Submissions =========== Participants who wish to present a paper are requested to submit a manu- script, not exceeding 10 single-spaced pages. We strongly encourage that the manuscript is formatted following the Springer's "Advice to Authors for the Preparation of Contributions to LNCS Proceedings" which can be found on the IDA-97 web page. This submission format is identical to the one for the final camera-ready copy of accepted papers. In addition, we request a separate page detailing the paper title, authors' names, postal and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Email submissions in Postscript form are encouraged. Otherwise, five hard copies of the manuscripts should be submitted. Submissions should be sent to the IDA-97 Program Chairs: Central, North and South America: Elsewhere: Paul Cohen Xiaohui Liu Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Lederle Graduate Research Center Birkbeck College University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of London Amherst, MA 01003-4610 Malet Street USA London WC1E 7HX, UK cohen@cs.umass.edu hui@dcs.bbk.ac.uk IMPORTANT DATES February 1st, 1997 Submission of papers April 15th, 1997 Notification of acceptance May 15th, 1997 Final camera ready paper Publications ============ Papers which are accepted and presented at the conference will appear in the IDA-97 proceedings, to be published by Springer-Verlag in its Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Authors of the best papers will be invited to extend their papers for further review for a special issue of "Intelligent Data Analysis: An International Journal". Apart from presentation of research papers, IDA-97 also welcomes demonstr- ations of software and publications related to intelligent data analysis and welcomes those organisations who may wish to partly sponsor the confe- rence. Relevant enquiries may be sent to appropriate chairs whose details can be found in the above-mentioned IDA-97 web page, or to IDA-97 Administrator Department of Computer Science Birkbeck College Malet Street London WC1E 7HX, UK E-mail: ida97-enquiry@dcs.bbk.ac.uk Tel: (+44) 171 631 6722 Fax: (+44) 171 631 6727 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Antonio Ruano IFAC Workshop AARTC'97 Late Breaking Papers 4th IFAC Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 9 - 11 April 1997 Late Breaking Papers Sessions This notice is for researchers who have recent work which they would like the opportunity to present at this Workshop (details below). Provision is made for authors to submit a 2-page extended abstract for rapid review by the International Programme Committee. If accepted, the papers will be presented at "Late Breaking Papers" sessions to be held at the Workshop. The abstracts will appear in the Preprints of the Workshop Proceedings. What to do? Submit four copies of a 2-page extended abstract (2-column format, in 10 points Times-New-Roman, with single line spacing), including author's title and affiliation, full address, telephone, fax, E-mail address and 5 keywords (see Scope of the Workshop), to the AARTC'97 Secretary: AARTC'97 Att. Mrs. Noemia Pereira Unidade de Ciencias Exactas e Humanas Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas 8000 Faro - Portugal Tel. + 351 89 800908 Fax + 351 89 818560 email: aartc97@mozart.si.ualg.pt, by the 25th of November 1996. Abstracts arriving later can not be considered. OFFICIAL WORKSHOP SECRETARY AARTC'97 Att. Mrs. Noemia Pereira Unidade de Ciencias Exactas e Humanas Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas 8000 Faro - Portugal SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP The 4th IFAC Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control is organized under the auspices of the IFAC Technical Committee. This Committee is concerned with the use of emerging software and hardware developments in real-time control. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION Prominent manufacturers and developers have already promised their cooperation. Other companies are invited to confirm their interest by means of the attached reply form. WEB SITE This Call for Papers and subsequent programme details can be found on Internet address: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~acse/aartc. DEADLINES 25 November 96 Submission of late breaking papers 15 December 96 Notification of paper acceptance / Mailing Programme Brochure 31 January 97 Receipt of final papers 10 March 97 Early registrations 9 April 97 Workshop *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Gary G. Yen, Publicity Chair, CDC97 THE 36TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON DECISION AND CONTROL The IEEE Control Systems Society Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) is the annual meeting of the IEEE Control Systems Society, conducted in coopera- tion with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Institute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The thirty-sixth CDC will be held December 10-12, 1997, with tutorial workshops preceding the conference on Monday and Tuesday, December 8-9. The venue is the Hyatt Regency San Diego. San Diego is one of the most exciting meeting desti- nations in the United States. With perfect weather year round, San Diego boasts a beautiful harbor and a multitude of attractions and activities to be experienced. Hyatt Regency San Diego located on San Diego Bay, offers a resort-like setting with the convenience of a downtown location. The Hyatt Regency is minutes away from San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, Sea World, Seaport Village, Balboa Park - the list is endless. Contributed papers (in Regular and Short) are solicited in all aspects of the theory and applications of systems, including decision-making, control, adaptation, optimization, industrial automation, and manufacturing. Invited sessions are also solicited. Cohesive proposals focusing on new or emerging topics in the above-listed areas are particularly encouraged, and will have priority over those of a classical or mainstream flavor. All submissions are due 4 MARCH 1997. Each submitted regular paper, short paper, or invited paper extended summary must be accompanied by the Manuscript Submission Form. Addresses, deadlines, submission requirements, and all future announcements may be found on our CDC97 home page: *.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.* *. http://master.ceat.okstate.edu/conference/cdc/cdc97.html * *.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.* For general information please contact the General Chair: Anthony N. Michel College of Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 219-631-5534 Fax: 219-631-8007 Email: anthony.n.michel.1@nd.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by Jack Rugh (rugh@jhu.edu) CALL FOR PAPERS CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SYSTEMS (1997 CISS) March 19-21, 1997 Authors are invited to submit papers describing new advances, applications, and ideas in the fields of signal and image processing, systems and controls, communications, and computer engineering. Two kinds of papers are solicited. (1) Regular papers requiring approximately thirty minutes for presentation; these will be reproduced in full (up to six pages) in the Conference Proceedings. (2) Short papers suitable for presentation in approximately fifteen minutes; one-page summaries of these papers will be published in the Proceedings. (One Proceedings page is approximately two standard double-spaced pages.) Instructions for Authors: A "regular" or "short" designation, title, summary, and a list of 2-3 keywords are to be submitted by January 13, 1997. Summaries should be of sufficient detail and length to permit careful reviewing. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 17, 1997. Instructions for the preparation of accepted papers for the Proceedings will be sent to each author. All manuscripts are to be submitted to: 1997 CISS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21218-2686 Program Directors: Gerard G. L. Meyer Howard L. Weinert Conference Office: Tel: (410) 516-7031 Fax: (410) 516-5566 Email: ciss97@ece.jhu.edu URL: http://www.ece.jhu.edu/dept/ciss/97/ciss97.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Albert D. Baker (bert.baker@uc.edu) The Sixth IEEE Conference on Control Applications Sheraton Hartford Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut October 5-7, 1997 CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITED SESSIONS The Sixth IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) is being sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society in cooperation with the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, to emphasize recent developments in advanced control technology. For this event we are highlighting a major cross-disciplinary area that has gained prominence recently, ACTIVE CONTROL. We have picked a time and place where you may combine the technical excitement of state-of-the-art control applications with New England's historical, cultural and scenic opportunities -- in particular, its spectacular Fall Foliage season. The program committee solicits papers presenting original work in all aspects of the application of control techniques such as Adaptive Control Artificial Intelligence Control & Modeling Decentralized Control Diagnostics Estimation Methods Expert Systems Fault Tolerance Logic/Neural Control Man-Machine Interface Optimization Robust Control Sensor Data Fusion Simulation System Identification In accordance with the ACTIVE CONTROL theme of the 1997 CCA, we encourage submissions in topical areas of interest including but not necessarily limited to the following: ACTIVE CONTROL OF - Flows (compressor stall, duct noise, nacelle drag, ...), - Structures (active magnetic bearings, active chatter control, active helicopter rotors, ...), and - Combustion processes (stability, NOx active control, ...) emphasizing applications of control as an enabling, as opposed to supporting, technology. To establish a greater degree of continuity from one CCA to the next, we are also particularly encouraging papers and invited sessions in - Automotive Control Systems (1996 CCA) -- engine & emissions control, transmission & drive-train control, active suspensions, intelligent vehicles and highways, ... - Power and Energy Systems (1995 CCA) -- power system stability, turbine/generator control, protection systems, alternative energy systems, combined cycle/Cogen, distribution, environmental impact, energy management, ... The Sixth IEEE CCA Program Committee invites authors to submit 5 copies of complete manuscripts for regular papers or 5 copies of extended summaries for brief papers. The first page of each manuscript must contain the title of the paper, authors' names and affiliations, and four keywords/phrases. In addition, please identify the corresponding author with full contact information, including fax and email if available. Your manuscripts should be sent to the Program Chair, Michael Fan School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA Tel: (404) 894-9828 Fax: (770) 939-8365 email: fan@ee.gatech.edu The Sixth IEEE CCA is featuring Best Student Paper Award. To qualify, the student must be the FIRST author of a REGULAR paper. Also, a letter from the student's advisor indicating the percentage of the student's contribution should be sent along with the manuscript to the Program Chair. The Program Committee is also soliciting proposals for invited sessions, particularly in one of the above theme areas. Prospective organizers should contact the Program Chair to obtain the forms for invited sessions, by January 24, 1997. Five copies of the completed forms should then be mailed to the Program Chair. Persons interested in organizing or participating in a pre-conference workshop should contact the Workshop Chair, Nejat Olgac University of Connecticut Department of Mechanical Engineering, U-139 191 Auditorium Road Storrs, CT 06269, USA Tel: (203) 486-2382 Fax: (203) 486-5088 email: olgac@uconnvm.uconn.edu IMPORTANT DATES: Obtain forms for invited sessions by JANUARY 24, 1997 Manuscripts and session proposals due by FEBRUARY 15, 1997 Workshop proposals due by APRIL 15, 1997 Notification of acceptance MAY 15, 1997 Camera-ready manuscripts due by JUNE 30, 1997 For further information, contact the General Chair: James H. Taylor Department of Electrical Engineering University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, NB, CANADA E3B 5A3 Tel: (506) 435-5101 Fax: (506) 453-3589 email: jtaylor@unb.ca ****************************************** * * * THE END * * * ******************************************