Welcome to Beijing ! Volunteers Wanted In order to solve the air pollution of our capital Beijing , by reducing the levels of pm2.5 in the air, air purification volunteers are wanted , no one will be pushed away . We hope that, by doing appropriate Physical exercise , the air pollution could be removed through the generation of efficient dust vacuum cleaner effect by voluteers bodies .. 为解决首都北京的空气污染，降低空气中的pm2.5水平，现征收空气净化志愿者，数量不限。我们希望通过志愿者的适当强度的运动，通过人体吸尘器的高效除尘效果，把首都北京的空气从根本上加以治理....
i am working on the electric structure and optical properties of graphene, MoS2 theoretically. You are welcome to contact me if you do experiments on it.
请访问 http://www.biodegradablemetals.org/ Umang Island welcomes the 5 th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals Following the successes of the past four editions, we are proud to welcome you to the 5 th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals in Umang Island, Indonesia from Sunday August 25th to Saturday August 31st, 2013. This year again, the symposium will be characterized by its academic-conference-style with an openly discursive format, rather than a lecture and question–answer format. This style will be completed by the traditional discussions at the end of each session and the unconventional daily beach session early in the afternoon. Besides the presentations, this symposium aims to discuss open questions on the session topics, new approaches, background knowledge, and personal views among the participants. Furthermore, discussions at the poster session will focus on specific topics and will encourage the participants to raise critical questions or help each other advancing the field of biodegradable metals. The tropical environment offered by the beauty of the Umang Island, and overall Indonesia, will well complete the experience we intend to offer to all attendees. The location was especially selected for the 5 th Biometal 2013 to be closer to our numerous Australasian attendees. Please join us to deepen our knowledge in the field and to discover this part of the world! If potentially interested, we strongly suggest you to do not wait last minute to register as the number of attendees is limited and registration will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis. We really hope to welcome you in Umang Island next August! Co-Chairs Prof. Diego Mantovani, Prof. Mark Staiger, Prof. Yufeng Zheng, Prof. Frank Witte
Finally, I arrived at my final travel destination of this trip. I was quite concerned about the weather, but I was surprised by a warm temperature at 21C in Hangzhou around 4pm. However, I wo n't be so lucky tomorrow, since the temperature will DROP greatly. I hope I can survive this trip (without getting a cold).
Seb Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee,paid tribute to the UK’s unique Paralympic history as he welcomed athletes and spectators to the Paralympic Games. Recalling the archery competition staged by Ludwig Guttman for injured war veterans at the Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshirein 1948, Seb Coe declared: ‘It was this vision that launched Ludwig Guttman's great venture, it was this that launched the Paralympic Games.’ ‘So we say welcome home to this great sporting competition. Welcome home to a movement that shows what sport is all about.’ Greeting over 4,000athletes from 164 teams, Seb Coe promised that the London 2012 Paralympic Games would see exceptional levels of public engagement. ‘To the athletes I say, you will hear us. The enthusiasm for these Paralympics is extraordinary. The crowds will be unprecedented. These will be Games to remember. 'Prepare to be inspired. Prepare to be dazzled. Prepare to be moved by the Paralympic Games of London 2012.’ In his speech Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee, said: ‘Tonight is the start of something extremely special. Tonight is about welcoming the world to a global Games, an event where we will experience every single emotion, including ones we never thought possible. 'As we embark on the Games, we do so knowing that what happens here has the energy to change each and every one of us. 'Your performances will inspire and excite the world. You will not just inspire a generation here, but many generations to come.' After the speeches Her Majesty The Queen officially declared the Games open. 原文见 http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/news/articles/welcome-home-the-paralympic-games.html
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 285 June 2012 Editor: Magnus Egerstedt School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, USA Tel: +1 404 894 3484 Fax: +1 404 894 4641 Welcome welcome to the June issue of the Eletter, available electronically at ieeecss.org under Publications/E-Letter. To submit new articles, go "Article Submissions" on the Eletter website http://ieeecss.org/e-letter/article-submission To unsubscribe, reply to this email with the subject line UNSUBSCRIBE. And, as always, search for .** to navigate to the next item in the Eletter. The next Eletter will be mailed out in the beginning of June 2012. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contents 1. IEEE CSS Headlines 1.1 IEEE Control Systems Society Publications Content Digest 1.2 American Control Conference 1.3 CFP: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1.4 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1.5 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2. Misc 2.1 Benchmark on Adaptive Regulation 3. Books 3.1 Dynamics and Control of Switched Electronic Systems 3.2 Handbook of Marine Craft Hydrodynamics and Motion Control 3.3 Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Theory and Applications 3.4 Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Stability, and Robustness 4. Journals 4.1 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems 4.2 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 4.3 Contents: Asian Journal of Control 4.4 Contents: Asian Journal of Control 4.5 Contents: Control and Intelligent Systems 4.6 Contents: International Journal of Control 4.7 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science 4.8 Contents: International Journal of General Systems 4.9 CFP: Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems 5. Conferences 5.1 International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science 5.2 European Control Conference 5.3 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing 6. Workshops 6.1 Control Challenges in Disease: Unsolved Problems and Research Directions 6.2 Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings 6.3 Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation 6.4 Sustainable Control of Offshore Wind Turbines 7. Positions 7.1 PhD: INRIA Grenoble-Rhne-Alpe Research Center, France 7.2 PhD: University of Louisiana at Lafayette 7.3 PhD: Delft University of Technology 7.4 PhD: Western University London, Ontario, Canada 7.5 PhD: Supélec, South of Paris, France 7.6 PhD: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 7.7 PhD: The Australian National University 7.8 PhD: Louisiana State University 7.9 Post-Doc: University of Toulouse, France 7.10 Post-Doc: University of Manchester, UK 7.11 Post-Doc: University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7.12 Post-Doc: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 7.13 Faculty: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador 7.14 Faculty: Uppsala University, Sweden 7.15 Faculty: Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China 7.16 Faculty: The University of Hong Kong 7.17 Researcher: Honeywell Automotive Software *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1. IEEE CSS Headlines 1.1 IEEE Control Systems Society Publications Content Digest Contributed by: Elizabeth Kovacs, ekovacs2@nd.edu CSS Publications Content Digest New item on ieeecss.org The IEEE Control Systems Society Publications Content Digest is a novel and convenient guide that helps readers keep track of the latest published articles. The CSS Publications Content Digest, available at http://ieeecss.org/publications-content-digest provides lists of current tables of contents of the periodicals sponsored by the Control Systems Society. Each issue offers readers a rapid means to survey and access the latest peer-reviewed papers of the IEEE Control Systems Society. The index in the Digest contains the Table of Contents for our 3 journals (Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), and Control Systems Magazine (CSM)) with hyperlinks to the abstracts as well as the full articles in Xplore. Since TAC and CSM are published bimonthly, and TAC is published monthly, we will post the corresponding two TOCs in each (monthly) Digest. We also include links to the Society's sponsored Conferences to give readers a preview of upcoming meetings. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.2 American Control Conference Contributed by: Santosh Devasia, devasia@u.washington.edu Please plan to attend the 2013 American Control Conference at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, Monday to Wednesday, June 17-19, 2013 Conference Website: http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2013/ While the American Control Conference has been held near Washington, DC in the past, the 2013 ACC will be the first to be held inside the capital city of the US. The 2013 ACC will be held at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, within 7 blocks of the White House, the US Capitol building, the National Mall, and the Smithsonian Institution. The hotel is also within 2 blocks of an extensive restaurant district. In addition to the high-quality technical program that the 2013 ACC Organizing Committee is working hard to ensure, the traditional conference banquet will be transformed to an evening at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. ACC attendees and their guests will have exclusive use of the museum for the evening, including screenings of shows in NASM’s IMAX Theater and Planetarium and use of the flight simulators. Museum docents will be available throughout the evening. The outlines of the technical program are beginning to take shape, and we are planning to feature theme tracks in sustainability, societal challenges for control, and smart healthcare systems. For each theme, we are working to include a semi- plenary and special track, including tutorial and invited sessions. In additional to the special themes, the conference technical, (semi-)plenary, and special sessions will reflect the diversity of theory and applications of control that is one of the hallmarks of an ACC. To encourage industry participation, we have requested and have obtained permission from the American Automatic Control Council to have a one-day registration fee (on-site only, no paper upload privileges). Additionally, industrial participants are encouraged to contact the Vice Chair for Invited Sessions and/or the Vice Chair for Industry Applications with ideas for industrial themed invited or tutorial sessions and/or tracks in the conference. For more information on the 2013 ACC, please see our Call for Papers on our website: http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2013/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.3 CFP: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Contributed by: Diego Regruto, diego.regruto@polito.it SPECIAL ISSUE ANNOUNCEMENT "Relaxation methods in identification and estimation problems" A Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control http://www.nd.edu/~ieeetac/special.html Considerable efforts have been devoted in the last years to the problem of approximating the global solution of some classes of nonconvex optimization problems. The common idea behind all these approaches is to construct specific convex relaxations which are guaranteed to converge, under proper assumptions and conditions, to the global optima of the original nonconvex problem. The topic of convex relaxation is relevant for applications since many problems from different engineering fields lead to nonconvex optimization problems whose global optimal solution cannot be obtained exploiting common local optimization algorithms (gradient method, etc.). In particular, the problem of convexification of the estimation problems has become one of the major topics in system identification in the last years;enforcements of stability constraints, parameter bounds computation for errors-in-variables model structures, identification of hybrid and nonlinear block-structured models, optimal input design for identification, initialization of gradient-based identification algorithms, state estimation for linear Gaussian Markov model and state smoothing by sum-of-norms regularization are only some examples. The aim of this special issue is twofold: firstly, to highlight that many challenging open problems in system identification and estimation can be reliably addressed if a convexification/relaxation approach is taken; secondly, to show that the interplay between the optimization and the control communities can suggest new exciting research directions in identification and estimation problems. The topics relevant to this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following relaxation approaches to identification and estimation problems: - Convex relaxations – LMI/SDP relaxations – L1-based sparsification approaches – probabilistic/randomized methods – rank/nuclear-norm minimization Both theoretical and application-driven contributions are welcome. Guest Editors: Diego Regruto (Corresponding Guest Editor) Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, Italy. E-mail: diego.regruto@polito.it Fabrizio Dabbene CNR-IEIIT c/o Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, Italy. E-mail: fabrizio.dabbene@polito.it Daniel E. Rivera School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy Mail Stop 876106 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-6106, USA. E-mail: daniel.rivera@asu.edu Important dates: Paper submission DEADLINE: October 1, 2012; Acceptance: April 2, 2013; Tentative Publication: Late 2013. Submission Details: All papers submitted to the special issue will be subject to peer review in accordance with the established practices of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Papers that do not fall within the scope of the special issue will be returned to the authors without review, to enable resubmission as regular papers through the normal channels. Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts to the Corresponding Guest Editor, Diego Regruto, through the Transactions submission site TACON at http://css.paperplaza.net/journals/tac/scripts/login.pl . The TACON site will be open for submissions starting May 1st 2012. The manuscript format should follow the guidelines posted at the website: http://css.paperplaza.net/journals/tac/ . For further details, please contact the Corresponding Guest Editor Diego Regruto at diego.regruto@polito.it *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.4 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Contributed by: Elizabeth Kovacs, ekovacs2@nd.edu Please note that the contents of the IEEE-Transactions on Automatic Control, together with links to the abstracts of the papers may be found at the TAC web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ieeetac/contents.html Table of Contents of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Volume 57 (2012), Issue 5 (May) Papers Chattering-free digital sliding-mode control with state observer and disturbance rejection B. Brogliato, V. Acary, Y. Orlov p. 1087 On the Relationship between the Enforced Convergence Criterion and the Asymptotically Optimal Laguerre Pole A. Dankers, D. Westwick p. 1102 Optimal Supervisory Control of Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems V. Pantelic, M. Lawford p. 1110 On Saturation, Discontinuities, and Delays, in iISS and ISS Feedback Control Redesign P. Pepe, H. Ito p. 1125 Nonlinear Stabilization under Sampled and Delayed Measurements, and with Inputs Subject to Delay and Zero-Order Hold I. Karafyllis, M. Krstic p. 1141 Opacity-Enforcing Supervisory Strategies via State Estimator Constructions A. Saboori, C. Hadjicostis p. 1155 A Beamlet-based Graph Structure for Path Planning Using Multiscale Information (FP-10-588, Full Paper) Y. Lu, X. Huo, P. Tsiotras p. 1166 Max Weight Learning Algorithms for Scheduling in Unknown Environments M. J. Neely, S. T. Rager, T. La Porta p. 1179 Nash Equilibrium Seeking in Noncooperative Games (FP-11-270, Full Paper) P. Frihauf, M. Krstic, T. Basar p. p. 1192 Stability and stabilizability criteria for discrete-time positive switched systems E. Fornasini, M. E. Valcher p. 1208 Periodic Schedules for Bounded Timed Weighted Event Graph A. Benabid-Najjar, C. Hanen, O. Marchetti, A. Munier-Kordon p. 1222 Blocking in Fully Connected Networks of Arbitrary Size S. Nazari, J. G. Thistle p. 1233 Technical Notes and Correspondence On Stability of Discrete-Time LTI Systems with Varying Time Delays C-Y. Kao p. 1243 Convergence and Mean Square Stability of Suboptimal Estimator for Systems with Measurement Packet Dropping H. Zhang, X. Song, L. Shi p. 1248 Power control in wireless networks: stability and delay independence for a general class of distributed algorithms I. Lestas p. 1253 Distributed Failure Prognosis of Discrete Event Systems with Bounded-Delay Communications S. Takai, R. Kumar p. 1259 Verification of Infinite-Step Opacity and Complexity Considerations A. Saboori, C. Hadjicostis p. 1265 Nonlinear adaptive learning control with disturbances of unknown periods X. Ye p. 1269 Rigid Body Attitude Control Using a Single Vector Measurement and Gyro M. Namvar, A. Khosravian p. 1273 Improper L-infinity optimal/suboptimal controllers D. Pal, M. N. Belur p. 1280 H-infinity Control of Switched Nonlinear Systems in p-Normal Form Using Multiple Lyapunov Functions L. Long, J. Zhao p. 1285 Distributed Event-Triggered Control for Multi-Agent Systems D. V. Dimarogonas, E. Frazzoli, K. H. Johansson p. 1291 A Nonconservative LMI Condition for Stability of Switched Systems with Guaranteed Dwell Time G. Chesi, P. Colaneri, J. C. Geromel, R. H. Middleton, R. Shorten p. 1297 A fast algorithm for errors-in-variables filtering R. Diversi p. 1303 A framework for the observer design for networked control systems R. Postoyan, D. Nesic p. 1309 On the Nearest Quadratically Invariant Information Constraint M. C. Rotkowitz, N. C. Martins p. 1314 Stability and Robustness Analysis for Curve Tracking Control using Input- to-State Stability M. Malisoff, F. Mazenc, F. Zhang p. 1320 Small-gain based Output-feedback Controller Design for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Actuator Dynamic Quantization T. Liu, Z-P. Jiang, D. J. Hill p. 1326 Attitude Estimation Using Biased Gyro and Vector Measurements with Time-Varying Reference Vectors H. F. Grip, T. I. Fossen, T. A. Johansen, A. Saberi p. 1332 Optimal Pruning for Multi-Step Sensor Scheduling M. F. Huber p. 1338 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.5 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Contributed by: Elizabeth Kovacs, ekovacs2@nd.edu Please note that the contents of the IEEE-Transactions on Automatic Control, together with links to the abstracts of the papers may be found at the TAC web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ieeetac/contents.html Table of Contents of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Volume 57 (2012), Issue 6 (June) Scanning the Issue p. 1345 Papers Identification of Fault Estimation Filter from I/O Data for Systems with Stable Inversion J. Dong and M. Verhaegen p. 1347 Output-Based Event-Triggered Control with Guaranteed L-infinity Gain and Improved and Decentralized Event-Triggering M.C.F. Donkers and W. P. M. H. Heemels p. 1362 Combining Convex-Concave Decompositions and Linearization Approaches for Solving BMIs, With Application to Static Output Feedback Q. Tran Dinh, S. Gumussoy, W. Michiels and M. Diehl p. 1377 Computational Complexity Certification for Real-Time MPC With Input Constraints Based on the Fast Gradient Method S. Richter, C. N. Jones and M. Morari p. 1391 Adaptive Information Collection by Robotic Sensor Networks for Spatial Estimation R. Graham and J. Cortes p. 1404 Stability of a Class of Linear Switching Systems with Applications to Two Consensus Problems Y. Su and J. Huang p. 1420 Quantized H-infinity Control for Nonlinear Stochastic Time-Delay Systems with Missing Measurements Z. Wang, B. Shen, H. Shu and G. Wei p. 1431 Verification of Bounded Discrete Horizon Hybrid Automata V. Vladimerou, P. Prabhakar, M. Viswanathan and G. E. Dullerud p. 1445 Inner Approximations for Polynomial Matrix Inequalities and Robust Stability Regions D. Henrion and J.-B. Lasserre p. 1456 Stabilizing Model Predictive Control of Stochastic Constrained Linear Systems D. Bernardini and A. Bemporad p. 1468 Recursive Update Filtering for Nonlinear Estimation R. Zanetti p. 1481 Temporal Logic Control of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine Systems B. Yordanov, J. Tumova, I. Cerna, J. Barnat and C. Belta p. 1491 Technical Notes and Correspondence System Theoretic Aspects of Influenced Consensus: Single Input Case A. Chapman and M. Mesbahi p. 1505 Fourier-Hermite Kalman Filter J. Sarmavuori and S. Sarkka p. 1511 A Decomposition Technique for Nonlinear Dynamical System Analysis J. Anderson and A. Papachristodoulou p. 1516 Robustness and Safe Sampling of Distributed-Delay Control Laws for Unstable Delayed Systems F. Leonard and G. Abba p. 1521 A Supervised Switching Control Policy for LPV Systems With Inaccurate Parameter Knowledge L. Jetto and V. Orsini p. 1527 LMI Relaxations for Reduced-Order Robust H-infinity Control of Continuous- Time Uncertain Linear Systems C. M. Agulhari, R. C. L. F. Oliveira and P. L. D. Peres p. 1532 Stochastic Barbalat's Lemma and Its Applications Z. J. Wu, Y. Q. Xia, and X. J. Xie p. 1537 Discrete-Time Observer Error Linearizability via Restricted Dynamic Systems H.-G. Lee and J. M. Hong p. 1543 Robust Finite-Horizon Kalman Filtering for Uncertain Discrete-Time Systems With Uncertain Observations S. M. K. Mohamed and S. Nahavandi p. 1548 Distributed Containment Control with Multiple Dynamic Leaders for Double- Integrator Dynamics Using Only Position Measurements J. Li, W. Ren and S. Xu p. 1553 Extended H2 Controller Synthesis for Continuous Descriptor Systems Y. Feng, M. Yagoubi and P. Chevrel p. 1559 Characterization of Stability Region for General Autonomous Nonlinear Dynamical Systems L. F. C. Alberto and H. D. Chiang p. 1564 EKF-Like Observer With Stability for a Class of Nonlinear Systems L. Torres, G. Besancon and D. Georges p. 1570 Synchronization of Dynamical Networks by Network Control T. Liu, D. J. Hill and J. Zhao p. 1574 Robust Inversion Based Fault Estimation for Discrete-Time LPV Systems B. Kulcsar and M. Verhaegen p. 1581 Adaptive Output Feedback Design Using Asymptotic Properties of LQG/ LTR Controllers E. Lavretsky p. 1587 Single Integration Optimization of Linear Time-Varying Switched Systems T. M. Caldwell and T. D. Murphey p. 1592 Delay Robustness in Non-Identical Multi-Agent Systems U. Munz, A. Papachristodoulou and F. Allgower p. 1597 Fault Tolerance in Asynchronous Sequential Machines Using Output Feedback Control J.-M. Yang p. p. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 2. MISC 2.1 Benchmark on Adaptive Regulation Contributed by: Ioan Landau, ioan-dore.landau@gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr Benchmark on Adaptive Regulation: Rejection of unknown/time-varying multiple narrow band disturbances. The scientific objective of the benchmark is to evaluate current available procedures which may be applied in the fields of active vibration control and noise control. The benchmark specifically will focus in testing: 1) performances, 2) robustness and 3) complexity. The test bed is an active suspension using an inertial actuator and equipped with a shaker and a measure of the residual force. It is located at GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble (France) which has already experience on organizing benchmarks on test beds (see European J. of Control, no.2, 1995 and no.1, 2003). The disturbances are unknown/time-varying multiple narrow band disturbances located in a given frequency region. The plant model is (almost) constant. An identified model of the plant is provided. Further identification procedures can be carried on demand. A discrete time Matlab Simulink simulator of the plant is provided. The participants should give a Simulink simulation including complete control scheme built around the given model. The “test” protocol is available to the participants. The simulation should be compatible with the Matlab xPC Target environment, which will be used for real-time implementation on the test bed of the proposed solutions. The real-time implementation and experiments will be carried on by the GIPSA-LAB staff. Final evaluation will be performed on the basis of real-time results. Full information can be downloaded from the website: http://www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~ioandore.landau/benchmark_adaptive_regulation/ It is expected that the results will be presented at the ECC 2013, Zurich, Switzerland (invited session) and published in a special issue (or section) of European Journal of Control (EJC). For ECC the schedule is as follows: October 1st, 2012: Papers with preliminary results April 20th, 2013: Papers with final results (if accepted) The papers with preliminary results should include simulation results and at least one real time results. For the EJC special issue the deadline is February 1, 2013 Organizers: I.D. Landau, T.B. Airimitoaie, A. Castellanos-Silva, J. M. Martinez-Molina, M. Alma, G. Buche, GIPSA-Lab, Control Dept., Grenoble, France, A. Karimi, Automatic Control Lab., EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Interested persons should contact: ioan-dore.landau@gipsa-lab.inp-grenoble.fr *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3. Books 3.1 Dynamics and Control of Switched Electronic Systems Contributed by: Francesco Vasca, vasca@unisannio.it Francesco Vasca, Luigi Iannelli, Editors Publisher: Springer Series: Lecture Notes in Advances in Industrial Control ISBN 978-1-4471-2884-7 http://www.springer.com/engineering/control/book/978-1-4471-2884-7 From the “Series Editors’ Forward” of the book. “In many cases, it is the demands and constraints of applications that motivates new theoretical developments and extensions of existing generic control concepts and methods within a given domain. The book Dynamics and Control of Switched Electronic Systems illustrates this convincingly by showing the very significant recent contributions that system theorists and control engineers have made to the field of power electronics. The monograph also exemplifies the way in which our three tenets of industrial control engineering, domain knowledge, control systems techniques, and engineering skill and ingenuity come together to create a valuable contribution to the industrial control field. To achieve a nicely balanced and well-organised overview of developments in this power electronics field, the book’s editors have structured the presentations according to four topic themes: PART I - Inspiring Applications: introduces the reader to the essential “domain knowledge” and looks at the intricacies of pulse-width modulation and commercial circuit topologies amongst other topics. PART II - Mathematical Modelling Perspectives: includes four chapters of modelling approaches for power electronic systems. PART III - Advanced Control Strategies: includes control approaches based on hybrid systems/hybrid feedback, sliding-mode control, model predictive control and adaptive PI control; together they demonstrate how different control approaches can make an impact in this field. PART IV - Simulating Controlled Converters: is the closing group of chapters and covers offline simulation, discussion of numerical methods, test examples, and real-time simulation tools. Each chapter is well structured with a clear statement of what is to be covered, illustrative examples, insightful concluding remarks, and useful reference sections. The comprehensive presentation makes for a self-contained volume on recent contributions to power electronic systems from the control community that should interest control theorists and control engineers.” For more information visit: http://www.springer.com/engineering/control/book/978-1-4471-2884-7 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.2 Handbook of Marine Craft Hydrodynamics and Motion Control Contributed by: Thor I. Fossen, thor.fossen@itk.ntnu.no Handbook of Marine Craft Hydrodynamics and Motion Control by Thor I. Fossen Wiley 2011 | Hardcover | ISBN-13: 978-1119991496 | 596 pages Also available as eBook/Kindle editions Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/author/fossen Written for graduate students as well as professionals, this book covers modeling and control of ships, underwater vehicles, and marine structures. The book includes the latest tools for analysis and design of advanced guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems and presents new material on underwater vehicles and surface vessels. Topics include guidance systems, navigation systems, control systems, marine craft, and hydrodynamics. MATLAB and Simulink are introduced and used to solve numerous examples in the book. In addition, a supplemental set of MATLAB code files is available for download at http://www.marinecontrol.org . *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.3 Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Theory and Applications Contributed by: Alexandra Grancharova, alexandra.grancharova@abv.bg Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Theory and Applications Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol. 429 Alexandra Grancharova, Tor Arne Johansen 2012, 2012, XIV, 234 p. 66 illus., 17 in color Softcover, ISBN 978-3-642-28779-4 Publisher: Springer http://www.springer.com/engineering/control/book/978-3-642-28779-4 BOOK SUMMARY: Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) has become the accepted methodology to solve complex control problems related to process industries. The main motivation behind explicit NMPC is that an explicit state feedback law avoids the need for executing a numerical optimization algorithm in real time. The benefits of an explicit solution, in addition to the efficient on-line computations, include also verifiability of the implementation and the possibility to design embedded control systems with low software and hardware complexity. This book considers the multi-parametric Nonlinear Programming (mp-NLP) approaches to explicit approximate NMPC of constrained nonlinear systems, developed by the authors, as well as their applications to various NMPC problem formulations and several case studies. The following types of nonlinear systems are considered, resulting in different NMPC problem formulations: - Nonlinear systems described by first-principles models and nonlinear systems described by black-box models; - Nonlinear systems with continuous control inputs and nonlinear systems with quantized control inputs; - Nonlinear systems without uncertainty and nonlinear systems with uncertainties (polyhedral description of uncertainty and stochastic description of uncertainty); - Nonlinear systems, consisting of interconnected nonlinear sub-systems. The proposed mp-NLP approaches are illustrated with applications to several case studies, which are taken from diverse areas such as automotive mechatronics, compressor control, combustion plant control, reactor control, pH maintaining system control, cart and spring system control, and diving computers. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Multi-parametric Programming Chapter 2: Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Chapter 3: Explicit NMPC Using mp-QP Approximations of mp-NLP Chapter 4: Explicit NMPC via Approximate mp-NLP Chapter 5: Explicit MPC of Constrained Nonlinear Systems with Quantized Inputs Chapter 6: Explicit Min-Max MPC of Constrained Nonlinear Systems with Bounded Uncertainties Chapter 7: Explicit Stochastic NMPC Chapter 8: Explicit NMPC Based on Neural Network Models Chapter 9: Semi-explicit Distributed NMPC *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.4 Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Stability, and Robustness Contributed by: Ricardo Sanfelice, sricardo@u.arizona.edu Title: Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Stability, and Robustness Authors: Rafal Goebel (Loyola University, Chicago), Ricardo G. Sanfelice (University of Arizona), and Andrew R. Teel (University of California, Santa Barbara) Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781400842636 Publisher's URL: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9759.html Author's URL: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~sricardo/index.php?n=Main.Books Hybrid dynamical systems exhibit continuous and instantaneous changes, having features of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamical systems. Filled with a wealth of examples to illustrate concepts, this book presents a complete theory of robust asymptotic stability for hybrid dynamical systems that is applicable to the design of hybrid control algorithms--algorithms that feature logic, timers, or combinations of digital and analog components. With the tools of modern mathematical analysis, Hybrid Dynamical Systems unifies and generalizes earlier developments in continuous-time and discrete-time nonlinear systems. It presents hybrid system versions of the necessary and sufficient Lyapunov conditions for asymptotic stability, invariance principles, and approximation techniques, and examines the robustness of asymptotic stability, motivated by the goal of designing robust hybrid control algorithms. This self-contained and classroom-tested book requires standard background in mathematical analysis and differential equations or nonlinear systems. It will interest graduate students in engineering as well as students and researchers in control, computer science, and mathematics. Rafal Goebel is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Loyola University, Chicago. Ricardo G. Sanfelice is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona. Andrew R. Teel is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2 The solution concept Chapter 3 Uniform asymptotic stability, an initial treatment Chapter 4 Perturbations and generalized solutions Chapter 5 Preliminaries from set-valued analysis Chapter 6 Well-posed hybrid systems and their properties Chapter 7 Asymptotic stability, an in-depth treatment Chapter 8 Invariance principles Chapter 9 Conical approximation and asymptotic stability *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4. Journals 4.1 Contents: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems Contributed by: Yuri L. Sachkov, sachkov@sys.botik.ru JOURNAL OF DYNAMICAL AND CONTROL SYSTEMS Incorporating Dynamics and Control http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/10883 Vol 18, No. 2 (April) 2012 CONTENTS Regional Gradient Observability for Distributed Semilinear Parabolic Systems A. Boutoulout, H.Bourray, F.Z.El Alaoui 159--179 An Intrinsic Formulation of the Problem on Rolling Manifolds M.Godoy Molina, E.Grong, I.Markina, F.Silva Leite 181--214 Approximate Weak Invariance for Differential Inclusions in Banach Spaces O. Carja and A.I.Lazu 215--227 Travelling Waves of Nonlocal Isotropic and Anisotropic Diffusive Epidemic Models with Temporal Delay Guosheng Zhang and Yifu Wang 229--246 A Note on the Isomorphism of Cartesian Products of Ergodic Flows J. Kulaga 247--267 Exponential Stability and Spectral Analysis of the Inverted Pendulum System under Two Delayed Position Feedbacks Dong-Xia Zhao and Jun-Min Wang 269--295 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.2 Contents: Control Engineering Practice Contributed by: Thomas Meurer, cep@acin.tuwien.ac.at Control Engineering Practice Volume 20 Issue 7 July 2012 Editorial Board, Page IFC Irfan Ahmad, Alina Voda, Gildas Besanon, Gabriel Buche, Robust digital control approach for high performance tunneling current measurement system, Pages 643-653 Daiwei Feng, Junmin Wang, Dagui Huang, Hand-wheel steering signal estimation and diagnosis approaches for ground vehicles, Pages 654-662 Sarawut Sujitjorn, Sakrawee Raweekul, Thanatchai Kulworawanichpong, Control of paralleled single-phase motors for a crop chopping machine, Pages 663-673 Beibei Ren, Paul Frihauf, Robert J. Rafac, Miroslav Krstic, Laser pulse shaping via extremum seeking, Pages 674-683 Eugen Arinton, Sergiu Caraman, Józef Korbicz, Neural networks for modelling and fault detection of the inter-stand strip tension of a cold tandem mill, Pages 684-694 Edward N. Hartley, Paul A. Trodden, Arthur G. Richards, Jan M. Maciejowski, Model predictive control system design and implementation for spacecraft rendezvous, Pages 695-713 S. Bifaretti, V. Iacovone, A. Rocchi, P. Tomei, C.M. Verrelli, Nonlinear speed tracking control for sensorless PMSMs with unknown load torque: From theory to practice, Pages 714-724 A. Accetta, M. Cirrincione, M. Pucci, TLS EXIN based neural sensorless control of a high dynamic PMSM, Pages 725-732 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.3 Contents: Asian Journal of Control Contributed by: Lichen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw Asian Journal of Control Vol.14, No.3 May, 2012 CONTENTS Regular papers: 1. Paper Title: Limited Benefit of Joint Estimation in Multi-Agent Iterative Learning Authors: Angela P. Schoellig, Javier Alonso-Mora and Raffaello D'Andrea 2. Paper Title: On-Off Iterative Adaptive Controller for Low-Power Micro-Robotic Step Regulation Authors: Bongsu Hahn and Kenn Oldham 3. Paper Title: Design and Stability Analysis of a Variable Structure Adaptive Backstepping Controller Authors: Kurios Queiroz, Aldayr Araujo and Samaherni Dias 4. Paper Title: Direct data-driven control of linear time-delay systems Authors: S. Formentin, M. Corno, S. M. Savaresi and L. Del Re 5. Paper Title: Design of a Two-Level Controller for an Active Suspension System Authors: P. Gáspár, Z. Szabó, G. Szederkényi and J. Bokor 6. Paper Title: Stabilization of Impulsive Hybrid Systems Using Quantized Input and Output Feedback Authors: Zhichun Yang and Yiguang Hong 7. Paper Title: Lookup Table Control Method for Vibration Suppression of a Flexible Manipulator with Optimization of the Minimum Settling Time and Energy Consumption Authors: Van Phuoc Phan, Nam Seo Goo, Kwang-Joon Yoon and Do-Soon Hwang 8. Paper Title: UKF Based In-Flight Calibration of Magnetometers and Rate Gyros for Pico Satellite Attitude Determination Authors: Halil Ersin Sken and Chingiz Hajiyev 9. Paper Title: A Variable-Structure Gradient RBF Network with its Application to Predictive Ship Motion Control Authors: Jian-Chuan Yin, Li-Dong Wang and Ni-Ni Wang 10. Paper Title: Direct Adaptive Fuzzy Control with Membership Function Tuning Authors: Morteza Moradi, Mohammad Hosein Kazemi and Elnaz Ershadi 11. Paper Title: Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer-based Synchronization for Uncertain Chaotic Systems Authors: Ming-Chang Pai 12. Paper Title: LPV Modeling and Synthesis for DC Propulsion of Electric Scooters Authors: Boe-Shong Hong, Tsu-Yu Lin and Wen-Jui Su 13. Paper Title: Thermal Budget Control for Processes with Spike-Shaped Temperature Profile: Application to Rapid Thermal Annealing Authors: Jyh-Cheng Jeng and Bo-Chi Li 14. Paper Title: Intelligent Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Generator System Using PIDNNS Authors: Faa-Jeng Lin, Jonq-Chin Hwang, Kuang-Hsiung Tan, Zong-Han Lu and Yung-Ruei Chang 15. Paper Title: A New Result on State Feedback Robust Stabilization for Discrete- Time Fuzzy Singularly Perturbed Systems Authors: Jinxiang Chen, Yixin Yin and Fuchun Sun 16. Paper Title: Feedback Predictive Control for Constrained Fuzzy Systems with Markovian Jumps Authors: Jiwei Wen, Fei Liu and Sing Kiong Nguang 17. Paper Title: Exponential H∞ Filtering for a Class of Nonlinear Discrete-time Switched Stochastic Hybrid Systems with Mixed Delays and Random Missing Measurements Authors: Dan Zhang, Li Yu and Wen-An Zhang 18. Paper Title: Stability Analysis for a Class of Switched Linear Systems Authors: Rongwei Guo and Yuzhen Wang Brief papers: 1. Paper Title: A New Adaptive Control for periodictracking/disturbance rejection Authors: Chih-Hsien Chung, Min-Shin Chen and Albert Wen-Jeng Hsue 2. Paper Title: Dissipative Control for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Control Systems Authors: Yao-Chu Hsueh, Shun-Feng Su and Chih-Ching Hsiao 3. Paper Title: Finite-Horizon Robust Kalman Filtering for Uncertain Discrete Time-Varying Systems with State-Delay Authors: Zijian Liu 4. Paper Title: Global Finite-Time Stabilization of Planar Nonlinear Systems with Disturbance Authors: Peng Li and Zhiqiang Zheng 5. Paper Title: The Almost Sure Asymptotic Stability and Pth Moment Asymptotic Stability of Nonlinear Stochastic Delay Differential Systems with Polynomial Growth Authors: Lei Liu and Yi Shen 6. Paper Title: Some Properties of Exact Observability of Linear Stochastic Systems and Their Applications Authors: Ting Hou, Weihai Zhang and Hongji Ma *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.4 Contents: Asian Journal of Control Contributed by: Lichen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw Asian Journal of Control Vol.14, No.2 March, 2012 CONTENTS Regular papers: 1. Paper Title: Globally Exponential Controller/Observer for Tracking in Robots without Velocity Measurement Authors: Srinivasulu Malagari and Brian J. Driessen 2. Paper Title:Improvement of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model for the Estimation of Nonlinear Functions Authors: Agustín Jiménez, Basil M. Al-Hadithi, Fernando Matía and Rodolfo Haber-Haber 3. Paper Title: Passivity-Based Control for Large-Signal Stability of High-Order Switching Converters Authors: R. Leyva, C. Olalla, I. Queinnec, S. Tarbouriech, C. Alonso and L. Martinez-Salamero 4. Paper Title: Systematic Robustness Analysis of Least Squares Mobile Robot Velocity Estimation Using a Regular Polygonal Optical Mouse Array Authors: Sungbok Kim and Hyunbin Kim 5. Paper Title: Continuous- and Discrete-Time Fixed-Gain Controller Designs for the Control of Vehicle Lateral Dynamics Authors: Chien-Shu Hsieh and Der-Cherng Liaw 6. Paper Title: Discrete-Time Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Systems with Periodic Parameters: A Lifting Approach Authors: Deqing Huang and Jian-Xin Xu 7. Paper Title: Structure Reduction of Liveness-Enforcing Petri Nets Using Mixed Integer Programming Authors: Shao-Yong Li and Zhi-Wu Li 8. Paper Title: Reconstruction of 3D Contour with an Active Laser-Vision Robotic System Authors: Wen-Chung Chang, Van-Truong Nguyen and Ping-Rung Chu 9. Paper Title: Battery Power Loss Compensated Fractional Order Sliding Mode Control of a Quadrotor UAV Authors: Mehmet nder Efe 10. Paper Title: A Framework for Globally Optimal State Estimation for Systems with Unknown Inputs (I): Transformation Approach Authors: Chien-Shu Hsieh 11. Paper Title: The Design of Smooth Switching Control with Application to V/STOL Aircraft Dynamics under Input and Output Constraints Authors: Pang-Chia Chen 12. Paper Title: Estimation of the Variances of TCP/RED Using Stochastic Differential Equation Authors: Hua Fan, Yong Ren and Xiuming Shan 13. Paper Title: Stabilization of Nonlinear Networked Probabilistic Interval Delay Systems with Sensor random packet dropout Authors: Yong Zhang, Huajing Fang and Baoxian Wang 14. Paper Title: Proportional Multiple-integral Observer Design for Continuous- time Descriptor Linear Systems Authors: Ai-Guo Wu, Guang-Ren Duan and Wanquan Liu 15. Paper Title: Input-to-state Stability of Min-max MPC Controller Design for Nonlinear Time-varying Delay Systems Authors: Qiu-Xia Chen, De-Feng He and Li Yu 16. Paper Title: Robust Estimation for Discrete Time-Varying Systems with Limited Communication Capacity Authors: Bao-Feng Wang and Ge Guo 17. Paper Title: Robust H ∞ Fuzzy Observer-Based Tracking Control Design for a Class of Nonlinear Stochastic Markovian Jump Systems Authors: Ran Huang, Yan Lin and Zhongwei Lin 18. Paper Title: Exponential Stabilization of Uncertain Time-Delay Linear Systems With Markovian Jumping Parameters Authors: He Huang and Gang Feng 19. Paper Title: Bounds on the Optimal Quantization Performance of Dynamically Quantized Linear Systems with Bounded Noise Authors: Qiang Ling, Huihui Gu, Hai Lin and Yu Kang Brief papers: 1. Paper Title: Spectral Density Based Estimation of Continuous-time ARMAX Process Parameters Authors: M. Mossberg 2. Paper Title: Robust Attitude and Vibration Control of a Nonlinear Flexible Spacecraft Authors: Maryam Malekzadeh, Abolghasem Naghash and H. A. Talebi 3. Paper Title: A New Anti-windup Strategy for PID Controllers with Derivative Filters Authors: Shyi-Kae Yang 4. Paper Title: Augmented Lyapunov Functional Approach for Stability of Neutral Systems with Mixed Delays Authors: Wei Qian, Juan Liu and Shumin Fei 5. Paper Title: An Improved Delay-dependent Bounded Real Lemma (BRL) and H- infinity Controller Synthesis for Linear Neutral Systems Authors: Mehmet Nur Alpaslan Parlaki 6. Paper Title: A Simple Derivation of All Stabilizing Proportional Controllers for First Order Time-Delay Systems Authors: B. S. Nesimioglu and M. T. Soylemez 7. Paper Title: Dynamic Inversion Control for a Class of Pure-feedback Systems Authors: Dao-Xiang Gao, Zeng-Qi Sun and Jin-Hao Liu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.5 Contents: Control and Intelligent Systems Contributed by: Michael Whitaker, journals@actapress.com Editor-in-chief: Prof. Clarence W. de Silva http://actapress.com/Content_of_Journal.aspx?journalid=141 Table of Contents Current issue: Volume 40, Number 2 (April 2012) Improvement of Efficiency of an FLC Based IPMSM Drive by Incorporating Loss Minimization Algorithm Mohammad N. Uddin, Ronald S. Rebeiro A Robust Controller Based on Fractional Structure for MIMO Plant with Multiple Delays Moussa Sedraoui, Sofiane Gherbi, Samir Abdelmalek Tuning Employing Fuzzy and ANFIS for a pH Process Komala S. Saji, Madhavan Sasikumar Frequency Domain Approach for Sliding Mode Control of DC–DC Buck Converter Sumant G. Kadwane Design of Integral Sliding Mode Observers for State, Fault and Unknown Input Reconstruction Rahul Sharma, Mohammad Aldeen Design of Optimal Discrete Sliding Mode Controllers Mija S.J., Susy Thomas About Control and Intelligent Systems First published in 1972, this journal covers all aspects of control theory and related computational techniques and practical applications. Apart from conventional control, the journal publishes papers in the field of intelligent control and soft computing; particularly, intelligent systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms/evolutionary computing, and probabilistic techniques. It also includes book reviews, conference notices, calls for papers, and announcements of new publications. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.6 Contents: International Journal of Control Contributed by: Alison Oliver, Alison.Oliver@tandf.co.uk International Journal of Control Volume 85, Issue 7, 2012 Robust fault detection and isolation in stochastic systems - Jemin George - pages 779-799 Complete synchronisation of linear oscillator networks - Jan Lunze - pages 800-814 On Morse decompositions of control systems - Josiney A. Souza - pages 815-821 Stability analysis and stabilisation of switched nonlinear systems - Carlos A. C. Gonzaga, Marc Jungers Jamal Daafouz - pages 822-829 Approximating distributional behaviour of LTI differential systems using Gaussian function and its derivatives - Athanasios A. Pantelous, Nicos Karcanias George Halikias - pages 830-841 Robust control for nonlinear systems with unknown perturbations using simplified robust right coprime factorisation - Mingcong Deng Ni Bu - pages 842-850 Consensus of networked multi-agent systems with communication delays based on the networked predictive control scheme - Chong Tan, Guo-Ping Liu Guang-Ren Duan - pages 851-867 Adaptive control of the ODE systems with uncertain diffusion-dominated actuator dynamics - Jian Li Yungang Liu - pages 868-879 Traffic modelling framework for electric vehicles - Arieh Schlote, Emanuele Crisostomi, Stephen Kirkland Robert Shorten - pages 880-897 L 2-optimal identification of MIMO errors-in-variables models from the v-gap geometrical interpretation - Li-Hui Geng, Li-Yan Geng, Sheng-Li Lu Shi-Gang Cui - pages 898-905 Consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems without velocity measurements - Yuanshi Zheng Long Wang - pages 906-914 A predictive control scheme for systems with variable time-delay - Warody Lombardi, Sorin Olaru, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu Laurentiu Hetel - pages 915-932 Non-fragile robust H-infinity control for uncertain spacecraft rendezvous system with pole and input constraints - Xiangyu Gao, K.L. Teo Guan-Ren Duan - pages 933-941 Robustness bound for receding horizon finite memory control: Lyapunov–Krasovskii approach - Choon Ki Ahn - pages 942-949 A robust adaptive dynamic surface control for linear systems - Mingchao Song Yan Lin - pages 950-963 Factorised H-infinity control of nonlinear systems - Mike J. Grimble - pages 964-982 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.7 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science Contributed by: Alison Oliver, Alison.Oliver@tandf.co.uk International Journal of Systems Science Volume 43, Issue 7, 2012 Special Issue: Computational intelligence optimisation in the presence of uncertainties Guest Editorial - Computational intelligence optimisation in the presence of uncertainties - Chi-Keong Goh Ferrante Neri - pages 1191-1192 Centroid-based memetic algorithm – adaptive Lamarckian and Baldwinian learning - Cheng Wai Kheng, Siang Yew Chong Meng-Hiot Lim - pages 1193-1216 A data mining approach to evolutionary optimisation of noisy multi-objective problems - J.Y. Chia, C.K. Goh, V.A. Shim K.C. Tan - pages 1217-1247 Noise analysis compact differential evolution - Giovanni Iacca, Ferrante Neri Ernesto Mininno - pages 1248-1267 A memetic particle swarm optimisation algorithm for dynamic multi-modal optimisation problems - Hongfeng Wang, Shengxiang Yang, W.H. Ip Dingwei Wang - pages 1268-1283 Cultural-based particle swarm for dynamic optimisation problems - Moayed Daneshyari Gary G. Yen - pages 1284-1304 A hybrid model-classifier framework for managing prediction uncertainty in expensive optimisation problems - Yoel Tenne, Kazuhiro Izui Shinji Nishiwaki - pages 1305-1321 A low-cost evolutionary algorithm for the unit commitment problem considering probabilistic unit outages - V.G. Asouti K.C. Giannakoglou - pages 1322-1335 Incorporating weather uncertainty in demand forecasts for electricity market planning - C.J. Ziser, Z.Y. Dong K.P. Wong - pages 1336-1346 A self-adaptive memeplexes robust search scheme for solving stochastic demands vehicle routing problem - Xianshun Chen, Liang Feng Yew Soon Ong - pages 1347-1366 Wavelet evolutionary network for complex-constrained portfolio rebalancing - N.C. Suganya G.A. Vijayalakshmi Pai - pages 1367-1385 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.8 Contents: International Journal of General Systems Contributed by: Alison Oliver, Alison.Oliver@tandf.co.uk International Journal of General Systems Volume 41, Issue 5, 2012 Rosen's modelling relations via categorical adjunctions - Elias Zafiris - pages 439-474 Multiple granulation rough set approach to ordered information systems - Weihua Xu, Wenxin Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang Wenxiu Zhang - pages 475-501 Formal concept analysis and linguistic hedges - Radim Belohlavek Vilem Vychodil - pages 503-532 On terminological issues regarding linguistic hedges - Vilem Vychodil - pages 533-536 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.9 CFP: Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems Contributed by: Lars Gruene, lars.gruene@uni-bayreuth.de Deadline Extension, MCSS Special Issue on “Control, Communication, and Complexity” Due to several requests, the deadline for the special issue on “Control, Communication, and Complexity” of the journal Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems (MCSS) has been extended to June 30,2012 Guest Editors of the special issue are Charalambos D. Charalambous (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Pieter Collins (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) and Fritz Colonius (University of Augsburg, Germany). The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to - Communication for achieving control objectives - Entropy and topological dynamics in control - Control, communication, and complexity of distributed systems - Directed information flow for control/communication networks - Computability for hybrid and complex systems For the full call for papers please see http://scwww.math.uni-augsburg.de/~colonius/downloads/call.pdf *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* * 5. Conferences 5.1 International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science Contributed by: Tan K K, kktan@nus.edu.sg 2012 IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science Website： http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-785.html December 27 – 29, 2012 Colombo, Sri Lanka The IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012) will serve as a major forum for international researchers, professionals, and students to present their latest research, developments, applications, and ideas in all branches of engineering and applied science. EAS 2012 aims to strengthen relations between industries, research laboratories, and universities. Selected papers submitted to this conference will be considered for possible publication in a special issue of the journal Control and Intelligent Systems http://www.actapress.com/Content_of_Journal.aspx?JournalID=141#info-2 Sponsors：IEEE Sri Lanka Section,IASTED,WMSF *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.2 European Control Conference Conributed by: Colin Jones, colin.jones@epfl.ch CALL FOR PAPERS 2013 European Control Conference (ECC13) July 17 - 19, 2013, Zurich, Switzerland http://www.ecc13.ch/ It is our pleasure to announce the 12th European Control Conference (ECC13), which will be held in Zurich, Switzerland from July 17 - 19, 2013, hosted at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and organized under the auspices of the European Control Association (EUCA). The conference aims to bring together academic and industrial professionals in the field of systems and control, and to promote scientific cooperation and exchanges within the European Union and between Europe and the rest of the world. The ECC13 program will feature plenary lectures, semi-plenary lectures, contributed papers, invited papers, tutorial sessions and pre-conference workshops. Important dates - October 19, 2012 Submission deadline - Late February 2013 Acceptance/rejection decisions - April 26, 2013 Final paper submission Contributed papers Prospective authors are invited to submit the full versions of their manuscripts through the conference management system. Detailed instructions are available on the conference website http://www.ecc13.ch/ Invited session proposals Proposals are invited from participants wishing to organize invited sessions, comprising six thematically coherent papers. The session should provide added value over the individual papers, focusing for example on emerging challenges, or diverse views on established problems that one would not normally find together in a contributed paper session. Detailed submission instructions are available on the conference website http://www.ecc13.ch/ Pre-conference workshops Pre-conference workshops will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Interested instructors are requested to submit a brief proposal through the conference management system (details available at http://www.ecc13.ch/ ) We look forward to welcoming you in Zurich, Switzerland. General Chair: Prof. M. Morari, ETH Zurich, Switzerland General Vice-Chair: Prof. L. Guzzella, ETH Zurich, Switzerland International Program Committee Chair: Prof. J. Lygeros, ETH Zurich, Switzerland *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.3 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing Contributed by: Angie Ellis or Wendy Kunde, allerton-conf@illinois.edu Fiftieth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing Conference Co-Chairs: Tamer Basar and Bruce Hajek Dates: October 1-5, 2012 Location: Allerton House, Monticello, Illinois The Fiftieth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing will be held from Monday, October 1 through Friday, October 5, 2012, at Allerton House, the conference center of the University of Illinois. Papers presenting original research are solicited in the areas of communication systems, communication and computer networks, detection and estimation theory, information theory, error control coding, source coding and data compression, network algorithms, control systems, robust and nonlinear control, adaptive control, optimization, dynamic games,multi-agent systems, large-scale systems, robotics and automation, manufacturing systems, discrete event systems, multivariable control, computer decision-based control, learning theory, cyber-physical systems, security and resilience in networks, VLSI architectures for communications and signal processing, and intelligent transportation systems. Manuscripts must be submitted by Tuesday, July 10, 2012, following the instructions at the Conference website: http://www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton/ . Allerton Conference will be celebrating its Golden Anniversary this year. Because of this special occasion, the conference will be longer than its usual 2 ½ days format, to accommodate some special sessions and events in connection with the 50th celebration. Opening and Plenary Lectures: Professor Karl strm, University of Michigan, will be the opening lecturer scheduled for Monday, October 1, 2012. Professor David Tse, University of California at Berkley, will deliver this year’s plenary lecture scheduled for Friday, October 5, 2012. Allerton House is located twenty-six miles southwest of the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University in a wooded area on the Sangamon River. It is part of the fifteen-hundred acre Robert Allerton Park, a complex of natural and man- made beauty designated as a National natural landmark. Allerton Park has twenty miles of well-maintained trails and a living gallery of formal gardens, studded with sculptures collected from around the world. Notices: Final versions of papers to be presented at the conference will need to be submitted electronically by October 5, 2012. Conference Co-Chairs: Bruce Hajek and Tamer Basar Email: allerton@csl.uiuc.edu URL: http://www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton Sponsors: Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Website: www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6. Workshops 6.1 Control Challenges in Disease: Unsolved Problems and Research Directions Contributed by: Rick Middleton, richard.middleton@newcastle.edu.au A 1 day workshop, Tues 26 June (just before the American Control Conference), Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Supported by the IEEE Control Systems Society and GERAD (EPM) Organiser: Mathieu Clouthier Invited Speakers: • Peter Wellstead (Honorary Professor, Science Foundation of Ireland) • Andres Kriete (Drexel University, USA) • Rick Middleton (University of Newcastle, Australia) • Míriam R. García (National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland) • Mathieu Cloutier (GERAD - Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada) • Eberhard Voit (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) This one-day workshop meeting will serve the purpose of encouraging researchers from the control engineering community to reach out into new areas of control systems studies in disease research. In particular, this meeting will be targeted at young and established researchers who are looking for important challenges in life sciences, and give them a ‘getting-started’ in possible applications of mathematical modelling, optimization and control theory in the medical sciences. We will use existing work on systems approaches to age-related neurodegenerative disease as a motivation and a ‘worked example’, but other diseases, such as cancer, will also be discussed. Registration is free and is available at: https://symposia.gerad.ca/GERAD_IEEEControlSystemsSocietyOutreach/register *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.2 Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings Contributed by: Mario Alves, mjf@isep.ipp.pt BuildSys 2012 – first call for papers 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency in Buildings Toronto, Canada, November 6, 2012 | co-located with ACM SenSys 2012 http://www.buildsys.org/2012/ The world is increasingly experiencing a strong need for energy consumption reduction and for efficient use of scarce natural resources. Official studies report that buildings account for the largest portion of World’s energy expenditure and have the fastest growth rate. Information technology such as cyber-physical systems, wireless sensor networks, embedded control, computational modeling, machine learning, and simulation tools play a key role in enabling energy-saving measures for buildings, its surrounding spaces, and other networks such as smart grid and smart water networks that they connect to. We are interested in a life-cycle perspective across design, construction, and operation of buildings, and in energy consumption in both direct (electricity, gas etc.) and indirect (embedded energy in water) forms. We are particularly interested in contributions addressing the following areas, but papers addressing other emerging aspects of building energy are welcome: * Building controls, optimization, and learning * Sensing technologies and sensor information processing methods * Measurement, modeling, and visualization of building performance * Occupancy and occupant behavior modeling * Information feedback, incentives, and other methods for influencing occupant behavior * Computationally assisted design of energy-efficient buildings * Simulation and emulation tools and test-beds * Smart energy-aware devices and appliances * Efficient building systems: HVAC, enclosures, lighting, water heating etc. * Interaction with external networks and systems: electricity, transportation system, water * Demand-response technologies for smart-meter / smart-grid integration * Renewable energy integration * Local energy generation, harvesting, and storage * Energy considerations across multiple buildings at campus and regional scale * Energy-water nexus in buildings * Information technology standards for building energy management * Security, privacy, and robustness issues Important Dates * Paper/Poster submission deadline: Monday, July 30, 2012 * Demo submission deadline: Monday, September 3, 2012 * Notification of acceptance: Friday, September 14, 2012 * Camera Ready Due: Monday, October 1, 2012 * Workshop and Demo Session date: November 6, 2012 General Chair * George J. Pappas, University of Pennsylvania, US TPC Chairs * Mani Srivastava, UCLA, US * Mario Berges, Carnegie Mellon University, US Demo Chair * Yuvraj Agarwal, UC San Diego, US Publication Chair * Rasit Eskicioglu, University of Manitoba, Canada Publicity Chair * Mário Alves, Politécnico do Porto (ISEP-IPP), Portugal Steering Committee * Antonio Ruzzelli, University College Dublin, Ireland * David Culler, University of Berkeley, US * Michele Rossi, Universita di Padova, Italy * Alberto Cerpa, University of California Merced, US *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.3 Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Contributed by: Qing-Chang Zhong, Q.Zhong@Sheffield.ac.uk ACC2012 Workshop on Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation June 26, 2012, Montreal http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2012/workshops.php#1 Conference registrants can sign up for workshops directly through the registration site. For workshop-only registration (i.e., registering for a workshop without registering for the conference proper), please contact the Registration Chair with your name, e-mail address, and PaperPlaza PIN. Professor Qing-Chang Zhong, FIET, SMIEEE Chair in Control and Systems Engineering Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering The University of Sheffield United Kingdom Email: Q.Zhong@Sheffield.ac.uk http://zhongqc.staff.shef.ac.uk The Workshop Energy and sustainability are now on the top agenda of many governments. Smart grids have become one of the major enablers to address energy and sustainability issues. The integration of renewable energy, distributed generation and hybrid electrical vehicles into smart grids, through power inverters, is one of the most important research areas for smart grids. Power electronic systems, at the heart of smart grids, have provided an exciting stage for control engineers. The attention of the workshop will be paid to fully appreciate the beauty of the integration of control and power electronics with applications in smart grids. Various problems around inverters, e.g. power quality issues, provision of a neutral line, grid-connection, synchronisation and parallel operation of inverters, will be addressed with innovative concepts such as synchronverters (inverters that mimic synchronous generators), C-inverters (inverters with capacitive output impedances), robust droop control, sinusoid-locked loops etc. It will help researchers who want to move into the area of smart grids establish a solid technical foundation for modelling, optimisation and control of smart grids. Most of the artful control strategies to be presented will be demonstrated with experimental results and, hence, the workshop will also help practitioners understand how advanced control strategies could improve system performance. The workshop also provides an excellent opportunity for researchers, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows who work in the area to get familiar with the latest developments. The Instructor Qing-Chang Zhong is a Chair in Control and Systems Engineering at the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK. He is a Fellow of IET (2010) and a Senior Member of IEEE (2004). He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society. He is the Vice-Chair of IFAC TC 6.3 (Power and Energy Systems) responsible for the Working Group on Power Electronics. He also serves on the IFAC Technical Committee 2.2 (Linear Control Systems) and has been on the Program Committees of many international conferences. He was awarded one of the seven Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships in 2009 by the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has attracted over ￡2M research funding from EPSRC, RAEng, TSB, and industrial companies etc during the last five years. His current research focuses on advanced control theory, power electronics, renewable energy and control applications in other industrial sectors. The details of some of his projects can be found from http://zhongqc.staff.shef.ac.uk . Professor Zhong was educated as a control engineer and entered into the area of control of power electronic systems in 2001. He is one of the few international experts who have well established themselves in both control and power electronics. He is the (co-)author of Robust Control of Time-delay Systems (Springer, 2006), Control of Integral Processes with Dead Time (Springer, 2010) and Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation (Wiley and IEEE, 2012). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.4 Sustainable Control of Offshore Wind Turbines Contributed by: Professor Ron J. Patton, r.j.patton@hull.ac.uk A workshop "Sustainable Control of Offshore Wind Turbines", will be held at the University of Hull during 19th and 20th September. Please see http://www2.hull.ac.uk/administration/cas.aspx Contributions are invited on wind turbine control; fault tolerant control methods; fault tolerant control of wind turbines; benchmarking problems for wind turbine control; effective wind speed estimation; FDD/FDI for wind turbines; wind turbine power optimization. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7. Positions 7.1 PhD: INRIA Grenoble-Rhne-Alpe Research Center, France Contributed by: Bogdan Robu, bogdan.robu@ujf-grenoble.fr Title: Towards Adaptive Cloud Services Research topics: Distributed systems, Cloud computing, Scalability, Performance, Dependability Project description: The proposed PhD project will be conducted at the INRIA research center, within the SARDES research group. The SARDES group investigates the concepts and paradigms that underlie scalable and dependable distributed computing systems. In this context, the proposed PhD project aims, more precisely, at investigating paradigms and techniques to build Adaptive Cloud Computing environments. Cloud Computing is a paradigm for enabling remote, on-demand access to a set of configurable computing resources. A Cloud may stand at different levels of the hardware and software stack where: 1. an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud enables access to hardware resources such as servers and storage devices; 2. a Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud allows the access to software resources such as operating systems and software development environment; 3. a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud is an alternative to classical software applications running locally on personal computers which are, instead, provided remotely by the cloud (e.g. messaging services, document editing services, etc.). Amazon EC2, Google AppEngine and Microsoft SQL Azure are examples of such clouds. Although Cloud Computing provides a means to support remote, on-demand access to computing resources, its ad-hoc management poses significant challenges to the scalability, performance, dependability and economical costs of cloud services. The proposed PhD project aims at investigating novel protocols for scalable and efficient cloud provisioning, while guaranteeing dependability and reducing costs. The project may be organized as follows: I. The state of the art in the area of cloud computing, provisioning and scalability of the cloud will be studied. II. Novel protocols and mechanisms will be proposed for adaptive provisioning of the cloud. III. The proposed protocols and mechanisms will be designed, implemented and validated through an experimental evaluation. For the experimental validation, the Phd project will make use of several available environments, such as the Grid'5000 platform with 5.000 nodes distributed over geographically distributed clusters, and cloud environments such as Amazon EC2 and Google AppEngine. References: S. Bouchenak. Automated Control for SLA-Aware Elastic Clouds. ACM EuroSys Workshop on Feedback Control Implementation and Design in Computing Systems and Networks (FeBID 2010). Paris, France, Apr. 2010. J. Arnaud, S. Bouchenak. Adaptive Internet Services Through Performance and Availability Control. The 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM SAC 2010), Sierre, Switzerland, Mar. 2010. L. Malrait, S. Bouchenak, N. Marchand. Experience with ConSer: A System for Server Control Through Fluid Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 2010. Amazon. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). 2010. Google. Google App Engine. 2010. Skills: Distributed computing systems, Distributed algorithms, Java programming For further information, please contact: Sara Bouchenak: +33 (0)4 76 61 53 82 Sara.Bouchenak@inria.fr Nicolas Marchand: +33 (0)4 76 82 62 28 Nicolas.Marchand@gipsa-lab.fr Bogdan Robu: +33 (0)4 76 82 64 23 bogdan.robu@gipsa-lab.fr This position is available starting immediately. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.2 PhD: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Contributed by: Afef Fekih, afef.fekih@louisiana.edu The Advanced Controls Laboratory at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA has available funding to support a PhD student in the general area of Fault Tolerant Control design/Fault Detection and Identification with application to dynamic systems. The successful candidate is expected to have a strong background in control systems theory, fault tolerant control design and system identification via Neural Networks. Good programming skills and experience with MATLAB/Simulink is an asset. A background in automotive control as well as prior working experience with CarSim will be an advantage. Applicant to this position should already have completed (or will soon complete) a Masters degree in systems and controls, electrical engineering, automotive, and /or computer engineering. This three year PhD project is sponsored by the Louisiana Board of Regents. The funding covers the cost of full tuition and stipends at a competitive rate and can start as early as June 2012. The position will remain open until filled. Interested individuals should send their detailed curriculum vitae, copies of their recent transcripts, a copy of their best publication in English, and if applicable GRE/test scores to Dr. Afef Fekih ( afef.fekih@louisiana.edu ). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.3 PhD: Delft University of Technology Contributed by: Bart De Schutter, b.deschutter@tudelft.nl PhD position: "Advanced monitoring and management of intelligent rail infrastructures" (Delft University of Technology) The Delft Center for Systems and Control ( www.dcsc.tudelft.nl ) of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands has a vacancy for a PhD position on "Advanced monitoring and management of intelligent rail infrastructures". The aim of this project is to develop systematic, robust, and efficient methods for the prediction, quick detection, diagnosis, and localization of degradation, disturbances, and disruptions in the railway infrastructure as well as for the determination of preventive and corrective actions to deal with these problems. This will result in increased reliability, maintainability, robustness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of the railway infrastructure. The main challenges to be addressed are increasing the reliability, efficiency, and robustness of the monitoring process. To this aim we will combine state-of-the-art information fusion methods with new (possibly probabilistic) models for the dynamics and evolution of tracks and trains, for degradation, and for faults, as well as advanced fault diagnosis and detection methods, statistical analysis, and risk management methods. The innovative combination and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods (such as neural networks, fuzzy logic, and learning) with model-based methods will provide additional levels of efficiency and scope that cannot be obtained by a purely AI or a purely model-based approach. This project will be done in cooperation with the Railway Engineering group of Delft University of Technology, where another PhD student will focus on the data acquisition and hardware aspects and cooperate with the PhD student at the Delft Center for Systems and Control on the fault detection and diagnosis. We are looking for a candidate with an MSc degree in systems and control or applied mathematics, and with a strong background or interest in control, railway operations, and/or optimization. The candidate is expected to work on the boundary of several research domains. A good command of the English language is required. We offer the opportunity to do scientifically challenging research in a multi-disciplinary research group. The PhD student will also be able to participate in the research schools DISC and TRAIL. The appointment will be for up to 4 years. As an employee of the university you will receive a competitive salary, as well as excellent secondary benefits. More information on this position and on how to apply can be found at http://http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/~bdeschutter/vac/vac_phd_admire.html or by contacting Bart De Schutter (b.deschutter _at_ tudelft.nl). *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.4 PhD: Western University London, Ontario, Canada Contributed by: Abdelhamid Tayebi, atayebi@uwo.ca A Ph.D. position is available at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western University ( http://www.uwo.ca/ ), London, Ontario, Canada. The project is sponsored by NSERC and involves state estimation and nonlinear control of multi-agent systems with applications to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Successful candidates should have strong mathematical skills with background in nonlinear control theory. Hands on experience with UAVs will be an important asset. Applicants should submit a CV, a sample of publications (if available), and the names and contacts for three references via email to Dr. A. Tayebi: atayebi@uwo.ca , website: http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~tayebi/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.5 PhD: Supélec, South of Paris, France Contributed by: Antoine Chaillet, antoine.chaillet@supelec.fr Control laws for innovative deep brain stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson disease: provable approaches based on optogenitics experimental data Supervisors: Antoine Chaillet (main advisor) and William Pasillas-Lépine Brief description: This Ph.D. thesis aims at adapting methodologies issued from control theory and dynamical systems to the field of neurosciences. The development of formal analytical results allows a better understanding of some neurological phenomena, and is a necessary requirement for the achievement of significant progresses in therapeutic treatments such as deep brain stimulation. Recent experimental and theoretical breakthroughs now make such analytical studies reasonable. In particular, this work will focus on neuronal synchrony, which is involved in many healthy brain functions but can also lead to pathological phenomena (such as Parkinson disease). The objective of this work is to develop new analysis and control methods, able to cope with the fundamentally complex behavior of neuronal populations (interconnection, heterogeneity, uncertainties, delays…). These methods will be inspired from related domains involving stability analysis of interconnected nonlinear systems, analysis of hybrid dynamics and robust control. More precisely, the Ph.D. thesis will comprise: the development a spike-rate model of the basal ganglia network based on experimental optogenetics data of healthy and parkinsonian primates, the confrontation of this model with a single-unit numerical model, the formal analysis of pathological oscillations onset based on the spike-rate model, and the development of realistic DBS control laws to alter these pathological oscillations. Environment: The Ph.D. thesis will take place at Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes (L2S) – Supélec, South of Paris (France), in a team composed of applied mathematicians and control theoreticians. Prerequisite: Although aiming at practical fallouts and relying on state-of-the-art experimental data, the contributions expected from this Ph.D. thesis are mostly of a theoretical nature. The candidate must have a background in applied mathematics, nonlinear/hybrid control theory, or computational neurosciences. Interests in interdisciplinary research are required. Skills in simulation software are desirable. Knowledge of French language is not required, but an appropriate level of English is necessary. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.6 PhD: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Contributed by: Mahmut Reyhanoglu, reyhanom@erau.edu DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS PhD positions are available in the area of DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS under the supervision of Prof. Mahmut Reyhanoglu, Prof. Sergey Drakunov, and Prof. William MacKunis at the Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University located in Daytona Beach. These positions cover full tuition and fees plus a $20,000 per year stipend. Requirements include a strong background in control theory, dynamic systems and mathematics; a Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or applied mathematics; and excellent skills in using Matlab and Simulink. It is also desirable that the candidates have hands-on experience on feedback control. It is expected that the candidates have excellent GRE and TOEFL (if necessary) scores as well as strong communication and writing skills. For details and application procedures, please contact: Prof. Mahmut Reyhanoglu, Physical Sciences Department, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida. E-mail: reyhanom@erau.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.7 PhD: The Australian National University Contributed by: Dr. Changbin (Brad) Yu, brad.yu@anu.edu.au 1 PhD position at The Australian National University One PhD scholarship in the areas of “Distributed Control and Estimation in Networked Environments” are available for commencement in 2013 with the Research School of Engineering at The Australian National University and the Control and Signal Processing Group at NICTA (National ICT Australia)’s Canberra Research Laboratory. The candidates may be (jointly) supervised by Professor Brian D.O. Anderson, and /or Dr. Adrian Bishop, and/or Dr. Changbin(Brad) Yu. Candidature takes 3 to 4 years in most cases, with no requirement to undertake departmental teaching/tutoring duties. PhD candidates should have a Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours or equivalent level, i.e. GPA very close to 4.0, or preferably a Masters degree with research componenet, in engineering or applied math. A solid mathematical background is required together with a broad education in control systems or relevant disciplines, e.g. signal processing, optimization, communication networks. The scholarship covers tuition fee and a living stipend at least at AUD 23,728 per annum tax free (2012 rate). Outstanding students (and/or applicants who are Australian Citizen /Permanent Residents or New Zealand Citizen) may also receive a supplementary scholarship of up to AUD8,000 per annum. Previous successful candidates often have a GPA placing them in top 5%, and/or publications in major international conferences and/or ISI journals. Candidates should express their interest by emailing Dr. Changbin (Brad) Yu, brad.yu@anu.edu.au , or Dr. Adrian Bishop Adrian.bishop@nicta.com.au With at least (1) Curriculum Vitae; (2) Statement of Research Interest; (3) names and contacts of at least 3 academic referees; (4) if applicable, 3 significant publications. Note: The positions are open until filled. However, to receive a full consideration, candidates are advised to contact no later than 31/July for commencement in 2013. Candidates will be notified if they are shortlisted and they are required to lodge a formal application with ANU before 31/August, for more information, visit http://cecs.anu.edu.au/future_students/graduates/scholarships ANU is an equal opportunity employer, but to increase the demographical diversity in the research group, we specially encourage applicants from outside the Asia-Pacific Region and with differentiated experiences. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.8 PhD: Louisiana State University Contributed by: Marcio de Queiroz, dequeiroz@me.lsu.edu Graduate Assistantships in Nonlinear Control Systems Two graduate research assistantships are available for PhD students in mathematics or mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, LA for graduate studies in systems and controls theory and applications. The assistantships would be part of the NSF project "Theory, Methods, and Applications of Nonlinear Control Systems with Time Delays" that is being directed by Prof. Michael Malisoff with the assistance of Prof. Marcio de Queiroz. Each assistantship is for a maximum of 2 years. Desired qualifications include a strong mathematical background, familiarity with control systems, working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink or Mathematica, and an interest in control applications in biomedical engineering or robotics. The candidates would need to be admitted as PhD students at LSU. Candidates interested in a PhD in mathematics must be admitted by the normal application process described at https://www.math.lsu.edu/grad . Students would also be required to pass the LSU comprehensive exams on the normal schedule. Qualified candidates with degrees in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, or closely related fields are encouraged to apply. Applications are invited for the fall 2012 or spring 2013 semesters. Interested candidates should initially submit a resume and transcripts to Michael Malisoff at malisoff@lsu.edu or Marcio de Queiroz at dequeiroz@me.lsu.edu . Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, is approximately 1.5 hours by car from New Orleans. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport provides service to several U.S. cities. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.9 Post-Doc: University of Toulouse, France Contributed by: Didier Henrion, henrion@laas.fr We are seeking candidates for a post-doctoral position at LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France, within an ongoing project focusing on semidefinite programming and algebraic geometry for polynomial optimal control. The project may focus on software implementation (under our existing Matlab toolbox GloptiPoly for solving generalized problems of moments), transfer of knowledge to the French aerospace industry (contracts with EADS Astrium and the French space agency CNES), or more fundamental research activities covering real algebraic geometry (polynomial equations and inequalities), functional analysis (theory of moments), mathematical programming (convex optimization over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices), and nonlinear dynamical systems control. A strong background in applied mathematics is required. Some knowledge of systems control is welcome. For more information on the project see http://homepages.laas.fr/henrion/optigacom/ Interested candidates please send your detailed curriculum vitae to Didier Henrion. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.10 Post-Doc: University of Manchester, UK Contributed by: William Heath, william.heath@manchester.ac.uk Control Systems Centre, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK A post-doctoral position of up to two years is available to support an EPSRC funded project on absolute stability theory of feedback interconnections and robust antiwindup control design. This will involve the use of analysis techniques such as dissipativity and the theory of integral quadratic constraints. The aim is to develop and apply novel control design techniques that specifically take into account both plant uncertainty and actuator saturation. The work will involve both theoretical and experimental studies. The closing date for applications is 13 June 2012. Applicants will need to submit a detailed curriculum vitae which includes a list of publications and the names and contact details of three referees together with a completed university application form. Further particulars on this position together with formal application procedures can be found on the university webpage: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/ Reference: EPS-00282 For informal enquires, please contact Dr William Heath, email: William.Heath@manchester.ac.uk and/or Dr Alexander Lanzon, email: Alexander.Lanzon@manchester.ac.uk *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.11 Post-Doc: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Contributed by: Mingjun Zhang, mingjunzhang@ieee.org ONR Sponsored Post-doctoral Position on Dynamics Modeling and Control of Biological Swimming Microorganisms Greetings! We have an immediate opening position for theoretical researchers on dynamics modeling and control of fluid-body-flagellum interactions for biological swimming microorganisms. The goal is to discover potential scaling principles from micro- to macro-scale for propulsion system design in terms of nano-structures, mechanical configuration, and dynamics control. Training on dynamics and control, mathematics, engineering mechanics, or theoretical robotics is expected. This position will interact with biologists and experimental researchers on bio-inspired micro/nano-robots using biological molecules. Interested candidates please send CV and selected publications to mingjunzhang@ieee.org or mjzhang@utk.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.12 Post-Doc: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Contributed by: Naira Hovakimyan, nhovakim@illinois.edu A postdoctoral position is available at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong background in control theory and optimization and be willing to work with diverse applications. Interested applicants must direct the inquiries to Naira Hovakimyan. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.13 Faculty: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador Contributed by: Omar Aguirre, oaguirre@usfq.edu.ec Faculty: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) is an Ecuadorian private non-profit liberal-arts university. Founded in 1988, USFQ was the first totally private self- financed university in Ecuador. It is known as a liberal arts institution that promotes the quest for knowledge, individual liberties, and the entrepreneurial spirit as a means for the development of Ecuadorian society through excellence in teaching, supported by qualified and committed faculty, comprehensive and rigorous curricula, and adequate resources. Goodness, beauty, and truth are the guiding principles under which the university was created. USFQ students shall have instilled in them a passion for learning, love for justice, and the need for freedom in order to be citizens of the world objectively celebrating differences and strongly promoting free enterprise as a means for a better future. The university now enrolls 5,000 students, 3,300 of whom are undergraduates. Although USFQ receives no funding from the government of Ecuador, its 230 full- time and 450 part-time faculty comprise one-half of all the people in that nation who hold a doctorate. Their main campus is located in Cumbaya, outside Quito, recognized as the most beautiful campus in the country, students enjoy of their library, wireless connection, laboratories, classrooms and seven themed restaurants. Also USFQ is the only university in the world that owns a campus in the Galapagos Islands, GAIAS (Galapagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences), one of the earth’s most amazing natural laboratories, and a Research Station in Tiputini one of the most diverse locations in the world. We are currently accepting expressions of interest for faculty positions in the fields of Embedded Systems Design, Digital Systems Design, Digital Signal Processing and Optical Communications, full time Assistant Professors. We will consider highly qualified candidates with PhD degree with a strong theoretical background in electrical electronic engineering, computer science, physics, or with an orientation towards research on digital systems. Candidates must have a record of high-impact international publications. Expressions of interest should be submitted no later than June 30th 2012 via email ( oaguirre@usfq.edu.ec ) including a CV, three reference contacts, and a cover letter. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.14 Faculty: Uppsala University, Sweden Contributed by: Alexander Medvedev, alexander.medvedev@it.uu.se This is to inform you that Uppsala University (Sweden) has the intention to open a position as Professor of Automatic Control at the Department of Information Technology in near future. The profile of this professorship is automatic control in a broad sense. This recruitment is of strategic importance for the Department and will be endowed with complementary funding for a Post Doctoral Fellow and two PhD students. Duties: Research in the holder’s field of choice with supporting efforts to form a vital research group in this field; Leadership and administration of the research group; Research and education in Automatic Control, teaching and supervision at postgraduate level as well as teaching at advanced and basic levels; Planning of and raising funds for research. The ability to teach in English is a requirement. The holder is expected to be able to teach in Swedish within two years. The university aims to recruit the person who is judged to contribute to a positive development of the group and the Department. Interest in leadership will be given accorded weight. Younger successful researchers that seek employment at Senior Lecturer level are also encouraged to contact the Head of the Department and express their interest. Information on the Department: Education and Research at the Department of Information Technology are of the highest international quality. The Department has about 200 employees including 80 teachers and 80 PhD students. More than 3000 students take one or several courses at the Department annually. More info: http://www.it.uu.se/?lang=en At the Division of Systems and Control, the activities cover a broad spectrum of research and education within Automatic Control, Signal Processing, and Systems Analysis. If you are interested in applying for the position to be announced, need more information,or would like to be personally notified when it is officially opened, please do not hesitate to contact the Head of the Department, Professor Hkan Lanshammar: E-mail prefekt@it.uu.se Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.15 Faculty: Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China Contributed by: QiuXiang, qiuxiang@zjut.edu.cn The discipline of Information Processing and Automation Technology belongs to the College of Information Engineering of Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), and is one of prior disciplines in Zhejiang province. The discipline consisted of faculty with expertise ranging broadly from control, electronics, Computer Science and Engineering. For further information of the university, please visit http://www.zjut.edu.cn Excellent PhD and Distinguish Professor are needed in the discipline of Information Processing Automation Technology in the College of Information Engineering at Zhejiang University of Technology. Applicants are welcome from various research directions such as Advanced Control Theory, Embedded Systems Applications, Motion Control, Network Technology, also likely in areas such as intelligent systems and information technology. The applicants are expected to have a strong interest in pursuing academic research in information processing automation technology. Furthermore,we sincerely welcome distinguished scholars to join us to apply for various kinds of governments' talent projects. － ZheJiang 1000 Person Plan， http://www.zjhwrc.com/ － National 1000 Person Plan， http://www.1000plan.org/ － ZheJiang QianJiang talent Plan， http://www.rsc.zjut.edu.cn/veiwnews.asp?newsid=704 Requirements: － have an earned PhD degree from a reputable university; － have performed high-quality research with a good track record of competitive research experience in terms of good journal publications and research grants; － have good command of English and Chinese; － have the potential to reach excellence in the research field; － have an ambition to build a research group and attract external funding; － Strong leadership skills, along with an entrepreneurial attitude towards innovations. Treatments: － well research environment and development of space; － preferential allowance and other insurance, welfare, and so on; － sufficient research funding; － grants for purchase housing and other well treatment; Credentials: － one resume about personal information, detailed learning and working Experience, research and teaching achievements, and your request; － research projects and funding recently five years; － research achievements and awards, published paper recently five years; Electronic submission of application is encouraged and can be forwarded to: Mr. Xiang Qiu The College of Information Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology HangZhou, China , 310023 Additional questions about the position, the discipline, the treatment，or further information regarding the application process may be addressed to Mr. Xiang Qiu via e-mail at qiuxiang@zjut.edu.cn or please call +86-13867469319 Additional information about the ZJUT: The year 1953 saw the establishment of a new Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, the picturesque historical and cultural city in China. The present university, as a provincial key comprehensive university, can offer not only engineering courses, but also a large range of disciplines. And with a national key laboratory and three post-doctoral programs, the University is entitled to confer degrees of master, doctor, MBA. In addition, it has been granted the right to recommend outstanding undergraduates as candidates for graduate programs in other universities without entrance examinations and the right to recruit international students as well as students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. The university now consists of 3 campuses, covering a total area of over 213 hectares with a floor space of 840,000 square meters. It has 21 colleges and 2 departments. At present, there are about 30,000 registered full-time under- graduates and diplomats, together with 2,300 postgraduates. The university has a faculty of 2,800, among whom over 800 are professors and associate professors. ZJUT now has one academician of CAE (Chinese Academy of Engineering), and three academicians of CAE and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) whom ZJUT shares with other institutions of high education or research. Now it runs 14 doctoral degree programs，71 master degree programs, and 55 undergraduate programs. Its 60,000-square-meter university library now has collected books of over 3,200,000 volumes (with electronic books included) and over 17,000 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals and periodicals. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.16 Faculty: The University of Hong Kong Contributed by: James Lam, james.lam@hkku.hk Assistant/Associate Professor Position in Autonomous Robotics Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong Closing Date: January 31, 2013 Applications are invited for appointment as Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in autonomous robotics, including robotic dynamics, navigation technology, multi-sensor information fusion, robot control design or related areas, from as soon as possible, on a three-year fixed-term basis, with consideration for tenure after satisfactory completion of a second three-year fixed-term contract. Candidates with strong control systems background would be an advatnage. The Department offers B.Eng., M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree programmes. The Department also contributes to the Medical Engineering programme, which is jointly offered by the Faculties of Engineering and Medicine. The Department employs about 30 full-time faculty and has well-equipped teaching and research facilities and support. The Department has a vibrant research environment and promotes cutting-edge research in strategic areas. Information about the Department can be viewed at http://www.hku.hk/mech/ . Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field with an excellent research record. The appointee is expected to conduct frontier research in the above area(s). He/She will also be responsible for quality teaching in relevant subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and other fundamental engineering courses at the undergraduate level. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The appointment will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary. Housing benefits will be provided as applicable. Applicants should send a completed application form and an up-to-date C.V. to mepost@hku.hk . Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc . Further particulars can be obtained at http://jobs.hku.hk/ . Please indicate clearly in the form the post applied for, as well as the field and level (if applicable), and the reference number. Review of applications will start from August 2012 and continue until January 31, 2013. For further information on the research areas/directions, you may contact Professor James Lam, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, via james.lam@hku.hk . The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.17 Researcher: Honeywell Automotive Software Contributed by: Greg Stewart, greg.stewart@honeywell.com Several positions are available in Honeywell Automotive Software in research and development for the OnRAMP Design Suite for advanced powertrain control development. The OnRAMP product provides its users with a systematic approach through the steps of modeling, control design, and controller deployment that is accessible to a wide variety of practitioners. The technology requires integration of several technical areas including modeling and nonlinear model identification, robust and constrained control, and implementation of embedded software. An understanding of powertrain applications would be highly beneficial. Openings are available for excellent candidates in research, development, and applications. For detailed job descriptions, please proceed to www.honeywellonramp.com and check under the “Careers” tab. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** END OF E-LETTER 285
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 282 March 2012 Editor: Magnus Egerstedt School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332, USA Tel: +1 404 894 3484 Fax: +1 404 894 4641 Welcome welcome to the March issue of the Eletter, available electronically at ieeecss.org under Publications/E-Letter. To submit new articles, go "Article Submissions" on the Eletter website http://ieeecss.org/e-letter/article-submission To unsubscribe, reply to this email with the subject line UNSUBSCRIBE. And, as always, search for .** to navigate to the next item in the Eletter. The next Eletter will be mailed out in the beginning of April 2012. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contents 1. IEEE CSS Headlines 1.1 CSS Publications Content Digest 1.2 Workshops at the American Control Conference 1.3 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1.4 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2. General Announcements 2.1 Paul Van den Hof - Change of Address 2.2 Lorenz T. Biegler receives the Nordic Process Control Award 3. Books 3.1 Smoothing, Filtering and Prediction: Estimating The Past, Present and Future 3.2 Optimal Control 3.3 Model Predictive Control: Theory and Design 4. Journals 4.1 Contents: Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing 4.2 Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics 4.3 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 4.4 Contents: Control and Intelligent Systems 4.5 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science 4.6 Contents: International Journal of Control 4.7 Contents: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 4.8 Contents: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems 4.9 CFP: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 4.10 CFP: Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems 5. Conferences 5.1 ICSTCC 2012 Joint Conference 5.2 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing 5.3 International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics 5.4 ANTS 2012: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence 5.5 International Conference on Systems and Computer Science 5.6 ICNPAA 2012 World Congress 5.7 Automation Control for Energy Conference 6. Workshops 6.1 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems 6.2 ACC2012 Workshop on Control of Power Inverters 6.3 Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory 6.4 Advanced FDI and FTC Wind Turbine Benchmark Model Challenge 6.5 IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 7. Positions 7.1 PhD: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden 7.2 PhD: Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea 7.3 PhD: Toulouse University 7.4 PhD: Lund University, Sweden 7.5 PhD: The Australian National University 7.6 PhD: NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 7.7 PhD: Polytechnic Institute of New York University 7.8 PhD/Post-Doc: Tel Aviv University 7.9 PhD/Post-Doc: Hamilton Institute, Ireland 7.10 Post-Doc: The Royal Institute of Technology 7.11 Post-Doc: Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic 7.12 Post-Doc: NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 7.13 Post-Doc: Imperial College, London 7.14 Post-Doc: University of Maryland 7.15 Post-Doc: LTH, Lund University, Sweden 7.16 Faculty: Lule University of Technology 7.17 Faculty: Delft Center for Systems and Control 7.18 Faculty: University of Windsor 7.19 Faculty: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy 7.20 Senior Lecturer: University of Bath, UK 7.21 Researcher: The University of Melbourne 7.22 Researcher: The Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute (BHSAI) 7.23 Researcher: ABB Corporate Research Switzerland 7.24 Researcher: Corporate Research Centre at ABB, Bangalore, India 7.25 Research Fellow, Univeristy of Melbourne *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1. IEEE CSS Headlines 1.1 CSS Publications Contest Digest Contributed by: Frank Doyle, doyle@engineering.ucsb.edu New item on ieeecss.org The IEEE Control Systems Society Publications Content Digest is a novel and convenient guide that helps readers keep track of the latest published articles. The CSS Publications Content Digest, available at http://ieeecss.org/publications-content-digest provides lists of current tables of contents of the periodicals sponsored by the Control Systems Society. Each issue offers readers a rapid means to survey and access the latest peer-reviewed papers of the IEEE Control Systems Society. The index in the Digest contains the Table of Contents for our 3 journals (Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), and Control Systems Magazine (CSM)) with hyperlinks to the abstracts as well as the full articles in Xplore. Since TAC and CSM are published bimonthly, and TAC is published monthly, we will post the corresponding two TOCs in each (monthly) Digest. We also include links to the Society's sponsored Conferences to give readers a preview of upcoming meetings. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.2 Workshops at the American Control Conference Contributed by: Stephane Lafortune, stephane@eecs.umich.edu We are pleased to announce a very exciting set of workshops to be offered at the next American Control Conference to be held in Montreal on June 27-29, All workshops will take place the day before the ACC starts, Tuesday June 26. There will be a total of 12 workshops offered, eight full-day workshops and four half-day workshops in the afternoon of June 26. The complete list of workshops is indicated below. For full details, please consult the ACC website at: http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2012/workshops.php Advance registration prior to May 1st is highly recommended, as capacity is limited. You may access the registration website from: http://a2c2.org/conferences/acc2012/registration.php Half-day Workshops: Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Organizer: Q.-C. Zhong Controlling Software Execution: An Emerging Application Area for Control Engineering Organizers: Y. Wang, S. Lafortune, and S. Reveliotis Modeling, Control, and Optimization for Aerospace Systems Organizers: L. Rodrigues, H. H.-T. Liu, and B. Samadi Real-time Optimization of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Extremum-Seeking Control Organizers: M. Guay and D. Dochain Full-day Workshops: Analysis and Design of Cyber-Physical Transportation Systems: Challenges, Progress, and Future Directions Organizer: D. Del Vecchio Controlling Green Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities Organizers: F. Borrelli, and M. Stylianou Design and Assessment of Alarm Systems for Industrial Automation and Control Organizers: I. Izadi, T. Chen, and S. L. Shah Health Management, Fault-tolerant Control, and Cooperative Control of Unmanned Aircraft Organizers: Y. Zhang, C. A. Rabbath, Y. Chen, C. Edwards, C. Fulford, H. H.-T. Liu, L. Tang, D. Theilliol, and A. Tsourdos Nonlinear Regression Modeling: A Practical Guide Organizer: R. Rhinehart Quasilinear Control: Analysis and Design of Systems with Nonlinear Actuators and Sensors Organizers: S. M. Meerkov, P.T. Kabamba, Y. Eun, and S. Ching Robust Networked Infrastructures: Reliability and Security from Game Theoretic Perspectives Organizers: S. Amin, T. Basar, S. Sastry, G. Schwartz, J. Walrand, and H. Tembine Smart Grid Markets: Integration of Renewables, Pricing, Modeling, and Optimization Organizer: A. Annaswamy *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.3 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Contributed by: Elizabeth Kovacs, ekovacs2@nd.edu Please note that the contents of the IEEE-Transactions on Automatic Control, together with links to the abstracts of the papers may be found at the TAC web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ieeetac/contents.htmlThe IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Submission and Review Management System Table of Contents of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Volume 57 (2012), Issue 2 (February) Papers Scanning the Issue p. 273 Distributed Fault Detection and Isolation of Large-scale Discrete-time Nonlinear Systems: an Adaptive Approximation Approach R. M..G. Ferrari, T. Parisini, M. M. Polycarpou p. 275 Exponential stability of switched linear hyperbolic initial-boundary value problems S. Amin, F. Hante, A. M. Bayen p. 291 Robustness analysis for feedback interconnections of distributed systems via integral quadratic constraints M. Cantoni, U. T. Jonsson, C-Y. Kao p. 302 A maximum entropy enhancement for a family of high-resolution spectral estimators A. Ferrante, M. Pavon, M. Zorzi p. 318 Time Domain Model Order Reduction of General Orthogonal Polynomials for Linear Input- Output Systems Y-L. Jiang, H-B. Chen p. 330 Robust trajectory tracking for a class of hybrid systems: an internal model principle approach S. Galeani, L. Menini, A. Potini p. 344 Passivity-based Pose Synchronization in Three Dimensions T. Hatanaka, Y. Igarashi, M. Fujita, M. W. Spong p. 360 Many flows asymptotics for SMART scheduling policies C. Yang, A. Wierman, S. Shakkottai, M. Harchol-Balter p. 376 An Efficient Game Form for Unicast Service Provisioning A. Kakhbod, D. Teneketzis p. 392 Kalman Filtering with Intermittent Observations: Weak Convergence to a Stationary Distribution S. Kar, B. Sinopoli, J. M. F. Moura p. 405 Rendezvous Without Coordinates J. Yu, S. LaValle, D. Liberzon p. 421 On the Existence of Supervisory Policies that Enforce Liveness in Partially Controlled Free-Choice Petri Nets R. S. Sreenivas p. 435 Technical Notes and Correspondence LQG Control For MIMO Systems Over Multiple Erasure Channels with Perfect Acknowledgement E. Garone, B. Sinopoli, A. Goldsmith, A. Casavola p. 450 A Lifting Based Approach to Observer Based Fault Detection of Linear Periodic Systems P. Zhang, S. X. Ding p. 457 Max-Plus Control Design for Temporal Constraints Meeting in Timed Event Graphs S. Amari, I. Demongodin, J. J. Loiseau, C. Martinez p. 462 Parameter Identification of Sinusoids M. Hou p. 467 Model order reduction by balanced proper orthogonal decomposition and by rational interpolation M. Opmeer p. 472 Global state synchronization in networks of cyclic feedback systems A. O. Hamadeh, G-B. V. STAN, R. J. Sepulchre, J. M. Goncalves p. 478 Exponential Stability of Integral Delay Systems with a Class of Analytic Kernels S. Mondie, D. A. Melchor-Aguilar p. 484 Stability and Control of Acyclic Stochastic Processing Networks with Shared Resources Y-C. Hung, G. Michailidis p. 489 On the stabilizing PID controllers for integral processes F. Padula, A. Visioli p. 494 Invariance Principles Allowing of Non-Lyapunov Functions for Estimating Attractor of Discrete Dynamical Systems T. Ge, W. Lin, J. Feng p. 500 Reset Adaptive Observer for a Class of Nonlinear Systems D. Paesa, C. Franco, S. Llorente, G. Lopez-Nicolas, C. Sagues p. 506 Observer design for MIMO non-uniformly observable systems P. Dufour, S. Flila, H. Hammouri p. 511 Set-Membership error-in-variables identification through convex relaxation techniques V. Cerone, D. Piga, D. Regruto p. 517 Adaptive Control of Piecewise Linear Systems: the State Tracking Case Q. Sang, G. Tao p. 522 Iterative Distributed Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Systems: Handling Asynchronous, Delayed Measurements P. D. Christofides, D. Muoz de la Pea, J. Liu, X. Chen p. 528 Integrated design of symbolic controllers for nonlinear systems G. Pola, A. Borri, M. D. Di Benedetto p. 534 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 1.4 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Contributed by: Elizabeth Kovacs, ekovacs2@nd.edu Please note that the contents of the IEEE-Transactions on Automatic Control, together with links to the abstracts of the papers may be found at the TAC web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ieeetac/contents.html The IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Submission and Review Management System Table of Contents of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Volume 57 (2012), Issue 3 (March) Papers Discrete Abstractions of Nonlinear Systems Based on Error Propagation Analysis Y. Tazaki, J-i. Imura P. 550 L1 Adaptive Controller for Uncertain Nonlinear Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems with Input Quantization H. Sun, N. Hovakimyan, T. Basar p. 565 Network Stability under Alpha Fair Bandwidth Allocation with General File Size Distribution F. Paganini, A. Tang, A. Ferragut, L. L. H. Andrew p. 579 Dual Averaging for Distributed Optimization: Convergence Analysis and Network Scaling J. Duchi, A. Agarwal, M. Wainwright p. 592 Volterra Integral Approach to Impulsive Renewal Systems: Application to Networked Control D. Antunes, J. P. Hespanha, C. Silvestre p. 607 Distributed Receding Horizon Control of Vehicle Platoons: Stability and String Stability W. B. Dunbar, D. Caveney p. 620 A Sparsification Approach to Set Membership Identification of Switched Affine Systems N. Ozay, M. Sznaier, C. M. Lagoa, O. I. Camps p. 634 Lagrange Stabilization of Pendulum-like Systems: A Pseudo H-infinity Control Approach H. Ouyang, I. Petersen, V. Ugrinovskii p. 649 Connectivity and Set Tracking of Multi-agent Systems Guided by Multiple Moving Leaders G. Shi, Y. Hong, K. H. Johansson p. 663 Kalman Filtering with Intermittent Observations: Tail Distribution and Critical Value Y. Mo, B. Sinopoli p. 677 Second-Order Systems with Acceleration Measurements (FP-10-390) B. Jacob, K. Morris p. 690 Lyapunov-based Boundary Control for A Class of Hyperbolic Lotka- Volterra Systems L. Pavel, L. Chang p. 701 Technical Notes and Correspondence On Optimal Partial Broadcasting of Wireless Sensor Networks for Kalman Filtering Q-S. Jia, L. Shi, Y. Mo, B. Sinopoli p. 715 Slow-fast Controller Decomposition Bumpless Transfer for Adaptive Switching Control S.-Y. Cheong, M. G. Safonov p. 721 High-gain Observer-based Estimation of Parameter Variations with Delay Alignment X. DAI, Z. Gao, T. V. Breikin, H. Wang p. 726 On the Observability of Continuous-Time Switched Linear Systems Under Partially Unknown Inputs D. Gomez-Gutierrez, A. Ramirez-Trevino, J. Ruiz-Leon, S. Di Gennaro p. 732 How Nonlinear Parametric Wiener System Identification Is under Gaussian Inputs? E-W. Bai, Z. Cai p. 738 On the reachability and observability of path and cycle graphs G. Parlangeli, G. Notarstefano p. 743 Sampling theorem for periodic ripple problem H. Katoh p. 748 Synchronization in complex networks with stochastically switching coupling structures B. Liu, W. Lu, T. Chen p. 754 A Riccati based Interior Point Algorithm for the Computation in Constrained Stochastic MPC M. Shin, J. A. Primbs p. 760 On the Performance of Optimal Input Signals for Frequency Response Estimation B. Wahlberg, H. Hjalmarsson, P. Stoica p. 766 On Immediate, Delayed and Anticipatory Activation of Anti-windup Mechanism: Static Anti-windup Case X. Wu, Z. Lin p. 771 Variable Structure Control For Singularly Perturbed Linear Continuous Systems with Matched Disturbances T. Nguyen, W-C. Su, Z. Gajic p. 777 Quantized Dissensus in Networks of Agents subject to Death and Duplication D. Bauso, L. Giarr, R. Pesenti p. 783 Lower Bounds on the Infima in Some H-infinity Optimization Problems S. Wahls, H. Boche p. 788 Robust Team Decision Theory A. Gattami, B. M. Bernhardsson, A. Rantzer p. 794 Verification of Codiagnosability for Discrete Event Systems Modeled by Mealy Automata with Nondeterministic Output Functions S. Takai, T. Ushio p. 798 Distributed Optimization for MPC of Linear Networks with Uncertain Dynamics E. Camponogara, M. L. Lima p. 804 Comments on ``Decentralized Stabilization of Interconnected Systems With Time-Varying Delays" X-S. Xiao, Z-Z. Mao, J. Liu, D. Yue, S. Hu, Z. Gu p. 809 Author's Reply to "Comments on 'Decentralized Stabilization of Inter- connected Systems With Time-Varying Delays' " M. S. Mahmoud p. 811 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 2. General Announcements 2.1 Paul Van den Hof - Change of Address Contributed by: Paul Van den Hof, p.m.j.vandenhof@tue.nl As of March 1, Paul Van den Hof has moved to the Electrical Engineering Department in Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, as a full professor in the control systems group. His new addres is: Prof. Paul M.J. Van den Hof Control Systems Group Department of Electrical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven The Netherlands Tel. +31 40 2473839; Fax: +31 40 2434582 E-mail: p.m.j.vandenhof@tue.nl *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 2.2 Lorenz T. Biegler receives the Nordic Process Control Award Contributed by: John Bagterp Jorgensen,jbj@imm.dtu.dk The Nordic Process Control Award is awarded for lasting and significant contributions to the field of process control. The twelfth recipient of this award is Professor Lorenz T. Biegler. Lorenz T. Biegler is given the award for development of optimization algorithms for process control. In particular, Prof. Lorenz T. Biegler has made significant and lasting contributions to Nonlinear Model Predictive Control by development of the simultaneous method for optimization of dynamical systems and the software package IPOPT. The award was presented to Professor Biegler on January 26, 2012 during the 17th Nordic Process Control Workshop held at the Technical University of Denmark. The title of his inspiring award lecture was "A Nonlinear Programming Path to NMPC and Real-Time Optimization". You can find proceedings and pictures from the 17th Nordic Process Control Workshop at http://npcw17.imm.dtu.dk Previous winners of the Nordic Process Control Award: 1995: Howard H. Rosenbrock 1997: Karl Johan strm 1998: F. Greg Shinskey 2000: Jens G. Balchen 2001: Charles R. Cutler 2003: Roger W. Sargent 2004: Ernst Dieter Gilles 2006: Manfred Morari 2007: Jacques Richalet 2009: John MacGregor 2010: Graham C. Goodwin *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3. Books 3.1 Smoothing, Filtering and Prediction: Estimating The Past, Present and Future Contributed by: Garry Einicke, garry.einicke@csiro.au ISBN 978-953-307-752-9, Hard cover, 276 pages Publisher: InTech Publication date: February 2012 This book describes the classical smoothing, filtering and prediction techniques together with some more recently developed embellishments for improving performance within applications. It aims to present the subject in an accessible way, so that it can serve as a practical guide for undergraduates and newcomers to the field. The material is organised as a ten-lecture course. The foundations are laid in Chapters 1 and 2, which explain minimum-mean-square-error solution construction and asymptotic behaviour. Chapters 3 and 4 introduce continuous-time and discrete -time minimum-variance filtering. Generalisations for missing data, deterministic inputs, correlated noises, direct feedthrough terms, output estimation and equalisation are described. Chapter 5 simplifies the minimum-variance filtering results for steady-state problems. Observability, Riccati equation solution convergence, asymptotic stability and Wiener filter equivalence are discussed. Chapters 6 and 7 cover the subject of continuous-time and discrete-time smoothing. The main fixed-lag, fixed-point and fixed-interval smoother results are derived. It is shown that the minimum-variance fixed-interval smoother attains the best performance. Chapter 8 attends to parameter estimation. As the above-mentioned approaches all rely on knowledge of the underlying model parameters, maximum-likelihood techniques within expectation- maximisation algorithms for joint state and parameter estimation are described. Chapter 9 is concerned with robust techniques that accommodate uncertainties within problem specifications. An extra term within Riccati equations enables designers to trade-off average error and peak error performance. Chapter 10 rounds off the course by applying the afore-mentioned linear techniques to nonlinear estimation problems. It is demonstrated that step-wise linearisations can be used within predictors, filters and smoothers, albeit by forsaking optimal performance guarantees. The pdf version of the book is available for free download at http://www.intechopen.com *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.2 Optimal Control Contributed by: Frank L. Lewis, lewis@uta.edu OPTIMAL CONTROL, 3rd edition F.L. Lewis, D. Vrabie, and V. Syrmos John Wiley 2012. Two chapters have been added to Optimal Control, one on Differential Games and one on Reinforcement Learning Methods in Feedback Control. The games chapter lays out the mathematical background of two-player zero-sum games, H-infinity control, and multi-player nonzero-sum games. The chapter on reinforcement learning shows how to design novel adaptive control structures that converge online to optimal control solutions by measuring data along the system trajectories. This gives a family of optimal adaptive controllers that are capable of solving Hamilton-Jacobi design equations and Riccati equations online in real-time without knowing the drift dynamics (e.g. f(x), or in the linear case the A matrix). A novel integral reinforcement learning method is presented that allows the extension of RL methods to continuous -time systems. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 3.3 Model Predictive Control: Theory and Design Contributed by: James B. Rawlings, rawlings@engr.wisc.edu Nobhill Publishing http://www.nobhillpublishing.com/ ISBN 978-0-9759377-0-9 576 pages hardcover US$110 list Nob Hill Publishing is pleased to announce the availability of the textbook “Model Predictive Control: Theory and Design,” by James B. Rawlings, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and David Q. Mayne, Imperial College, London. This text provides a comprehensive and foundational treatment of the theory and design of model predictive control. It enables researchers to learn and teach the fundamentals of MPC without continually searching the diverse control research literature for omitted arguments and requisite background material. More than 200 end-of-chapter exercises support the teaching and learning of MPC. A solution manual for end-of-chapter exercises is available to course instructors who adopt the text. Appendices A-C are available on the web. Sample homeworks and exams for a one-semester graduate course are available at: www.che.wisc.edu/~jbraw/mpc . Order electronically here: http://www.nobhillpublishing.com/mpc/index-mpc.html Table of Contents Getting Started with Model Predictive Control Model Predictive Control – Regulation Robust Model Predictive Control State Estimation Output Model Predictive Control Distributed Model Predictive Control Explicit Control Laws for Constrained Linear Systems A. Mathematical Background B. Stability Theory C. Optimization The authors received the 2011 inaugural IFAC High Impact Paper award for an MPC review paper that preceded the text. The text was also recognized in the 2011 Ragazzini (Education) Award of the American Automatic Control Council. This book has been adopted for graduate courses at nine universities in six countries. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4. Journals 4.1 Contents: Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing Contributed by: Zhiping Lin, ezplin@ntu.edu.sg Table of Contents Volume 23, Numbers 1-2 / June 2012 Special Issue: Advances in Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing Guest Editors: Krzysztof Galkowski and Nicholas P. Karampetakis Guest Editorial Special issue on: advances in multidimensional systems and signal processing Krzysztof Galkowski and Nicholas P. Karampetakis 5-15 Finite multidimensional behaviors Eva Zerz and Lisa Wagner 17-48 A behavioral interpretation of Livšic systems Joseph A. Ball, Grant M. Boquet and Victor Vinnikov 49-77 Noncommutative rational functions, their difference-differential calculus and realizations Dmitry S. Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi and Victor Vinnikov 79-96 Detectability subspaces and observer synthesis for two-dimensional systems Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis and Michael Cantoni 97-118 On the computation of the inverse of a two-variable polynomial matrix by interpolation Nicholas P. Karampetakis and Alexandros Evripidou 119-130 Application of 2D systems to investigation of a process of gas filtration Dorota Bors and Stanisław Walczak 131-153 Disturbance attenuation of linear quadratic OL-Nash games on repetitive processes with smoothing on the gas dynamics T.-P. Azevedo-Perdicoúlis and G. Jank 155-162 Existence of optimal solutions of two-directionally continuous linear repetitive processes Dariusz Idczak and Marek Majewski 163-183 Numerical iterative methods and repetitive processes Rudolf Rabenstein and Peter Steffen 185-208 Iterative learning control for spatio-temporal dynamics using Crank-Nicholson discretization B. Cichy, K. Gałkowski and E. Rogers 209-236 A tensor decomposition approach to data compression and approximation of ND systems F. van Belzen and S. Weiland 237-253 Sampling multidimensional signals by a new class of quasi-random sequences Ewa Skublska-Rafajłowicz and Ewaryst Rafajłowicz 255-279 On the computational benefit of tensor separation for high-dimensional discrete convolutions Jan-P. Calliess, Michael Mai and Sebastian Pfeiffer 281-290 Realization of multidimensional signal processing systems given in natural k-D state space description Joerg Velten, Sam Schauland and Anton Kummert 291-312 On filtering by means of generalized integral images: a review and applications Anselm Haselhoff and Anton Kummert *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.2 Contents: Applied and Computational Mathematics Contributed by: Fikret Aliev, chief_ed@acmij.az Applied and Computational Mathematics - An International Journal, Vol.11, No.1, 2012 ISSN 1683-3511, www.acmij.az CONTENTS pages: 3-18 A Brief Overview of Signal Reconstruction via Sampled-Data H∞ Optimization Y.Yamamoto, M. Nagahara, P.P. Khargonekar pages: 19-26 Finite Element Approximation of an Optimal Design Problem A. Chakib, A. Nachaoui, M. Nachaoui pages: 27-36 Stability of Cauchy-Jensen Inequalities in Fuzzy Banach Spaces M. Eshaghi-Gordji, S. Abbaszadeh pages: 37-45 Note on a New Regularized Method for a Ill-Posed Heat Problem N.H. Tuan, D.D. Trong and P.H. Quan pages: 46-73 Modified Merging Clustering and Backbone Formation Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks O. Dagdeviren, K. Erciyes, D. Cokuslu pages: 74-80 A Hochstadt-Lieberman Theorem for the Hydrogen Atom Equation E.S. Panakhov, R. Yilmazer pages: 81-101 Constructing Dense, Sparse, and Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems by Applying Evolutionary Optimization Techniques K. Balázs, L.T. Kóczy pages: 102-109 The Generalized Difference of Entire Sequences of Fuzzy Numbers Defined by Orlicz Functions N. Subramanian, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, K. Balasubramanian pages: 110-136 A New Mathematical Model for the Force Analysis of Tubular String in HTHP Wells J. Xu, Z. Wu pages: 137-146 Lagrangian Heuristic for the Two-Stage Capacitated Facility Location Problem I.S. Litvinchev, M. Mata, L. Ozuna pages: 147 50th Birthday of Professor Abdeljalil Nachaoui *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.3 Contents: Control Engineering Practice Contributed by: Thomas Meurer, cep@acin.tuwien.ac.at Control Engineering Practice Volume 20 Issue 4 April 2012 Special Section: IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes – ADCHEM 2009 Edited by Sebastian Engell Editorial Board, Page IFC Sebastian Engell, Preface, Page 327 Mark L. Darby, Michael Nikolaou, MPC: Current practice and challenges, Pages 328-342 D. Sarabia, C. de Prada, E. Gómez, G. Gutierrez, S. Cristea, J.M. Sola, R. Gonzalez, Data reconciliation and optimal management of hydrogen networks in a petrol refinery, Pages 343-354 Rainer Dittmar, Shabroz Gill, Harpreet Singh, Mark Darby, Robust optimization- based multi-loop PID controller tuning: A new tool and its industrial application, Pages 355-370 Koichi Fujiwara, Manabu Kano, Shinji Hasebe, Development of correlation-based pattern recognition algorithm and adaptive soft-sensor design, Pages 371-378 M. Farenzena, J.O. Trierweiler, Valve stiction estimation using global optimisation, Pages 379-385 Fengmin Le, Ivan Markovsky, Christopher T. Freeman, Eric Rogers, Recursive identification of Hammerstein systems with application to electrically stimulated muscle, Pages 386-396 Christoph Hametner, Manuel Nebel, Operating regime based dynamic engine modelling, Pages 397-407 S. Kermani, S. Delprat, T.M. Guerra, R. Trigui, B. Jeanneret, Predictive energy management for hybrid vehicle, Pages 408-420 Nikhil Ravi, Hsien-Hsin Liao, Adam F. Jungkunz, Anders Widd, J. Christian Gerdes, Model predictive control of HCCI using variable valve actuation and fuel injection, Pages 421-430 A. Rahideh, M.H. Shaheed, Constrained output feedback model predictive control for nonlinear systems, Pages 431-443 Niel Canty, Thomas O'Mahony, Marcin T. Cychowski, An output error algorithm for piecewise affine system identification, Pages 444-452 Hans Butler, Acceleration feedback in a lithographic tool, Pages 453-464 Hong-Gui Han, Jun-Fei Qiao, Qi-Li Chen, Model predictive control of dissolved oxygen concentration based on a self-organizing RBF neural network, Pages 465-476 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.4 Contents: Control and Intelligent Systems Contributed by: Michael Whitaker, journals@actapress.com Control and Intelligent Systems Editor-in-chief: Prof. Clarence W. de Silva Guest editors: Jian Liang Wang, Maoqing Li http://actapress.com/Content_of_Journal.aspx?journalid=141 Table of Contents Current issue: Volume 40, Number 1 (January 2012) Guest Editors' Note Jian Liang Wang, Maoqing Li Vision-based Grasping using Mobile Robots and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Ying Wang, Haoxiang Lang, Han Lin, Clarence W. de Silva Cyclic Formation Control for Satellite Formation using Local Relative Measurements Baolin Wu, Danwei Wang, Eng Kee Poh Design and Construction Methodology of an Indoor UAV System with Embedded Vision Fei Wang, Swee K. Phang, Jun J. Ong, Ben M. Chen, Tong H. Lee Asymptotic Swarm Stability of High-Order Multi-Agent Systems: Condition and Application Ning Cai, Jian-Xiang Xi, Yi-Sheng Zhong Modelling and Analysis of the Falling Process Based on a Five-Link Gait Model Jian-Xin Xu, Yuanguang Sun Multi-Agent Swarm Based Localization of Hazardous Events Maja Varga, Zvonimir Piskovic, Stjepan Bogdan, Zhijun Li Adaptive Robust Tracking Control of an Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System with Sub-Region and Self-Motion Criteria Zool H. Ismail, Matthew W. Dunnigan About Control and Intelligent Systems First published in 1972, this journal covers all aspects of control theory and related computational techniques and practical applications. Apart from conventional control, the journal publishes papers in the field of intelligent control and soft computing; particularly, intelligent systems, fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms/evolutionary computing, and probabilistic techniques. It also includes book reviews, conference notices, calls for papers, and announcements of new publications. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.5 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science Contributed by: Alison Oliver,alison.oliver@tandf.co.uk Please see the latest table of contents from International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 43, Issues 1, 2, 3 43(1): Single machine group scheduling with learning effects and past-sequence-dependent setup times Chinyao Low Wen-Yi Lin pages 1-8 A new approach to non-fragile H-infinity observer-based control for discrete-time fuzzy systems Mourad Kchaou, Mansour Souissi Ahmed Toumi pages 9-20 Tracking control of chaotic coronary artery system Wenlei Li pages 21-30 Adaptive weighting input estimation for nonlinear systems Dong-Cherng Lin pages Two fusion predictors for continuous-time linear systems with different types of observations Haryong Song, Kyung Min Lee Vladimir Shin pages 41-49 H-infinty consensus control for multi-agent systems with linear coupling dynamics and communication delays Yang Liu Yingmin Jia pages 50-62 Adaptive H-infinity nonlinear velocity tracking using RBFNN for linear DC brushless motor Ching-Chih Tsai, Cheng-Kain Chan Yi Yu Li pages 63-72 Global finite-time stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems Yanjun Shen Yuehua Huang pages 73-78 Dynamic service integration for reliable and sustainable capability provision Lu Liu, Jie Xu, Duncan Russell, John K. Davies, David Webster, Zongyang Luo Colin Venters pages 79-96 Loop tuning with specification on gain and phase margins via modified second-order sliding mode control algorithm I.M. Boiko pages 97-104 LQ optimal and reaching law-based sliding modes for inventory management systems Przemysław Ignaciuk Andrzej Bartoszewicz pages 105-116 Delay-dependent reliable H-infinity filtering for sector-bounded nonlinear continuous-time systems with time-varying state delays and sensor failures Xiang-Gui Guo Guang- Hong Yang pages 117-131 Single-machine scheduling with deteriorating jobs Wen-Hung Kuo Dar-Li Yang pages 132-139 Delayed-state-derivative feedback for improving consensus performance of second-order delayed multi-agent systems Zhihai Wu Huajing Fang pages 140-152 Comparison of fuzzy numbers based on preference W.C. Tsai pages 153-162 Time-bound product returns and optimal order quantities for mass merchandisers Min- Chun Yu Mark Goh pages 163-179 Decentralised indirect adaptive output feedback fuzzy H-infinity tracking design for a class of large-scale nonlinear systems Yi-Shao Huang, Zhong-Xiang Huang, De-Qun Zhou, Xiao- Xin Chen, Qi-Xin Zhu Hui Yang pages 180-191 Joint stochastic distribution tracking control for multivariate descriptor systems with non-gaussian variables Liping Yin Lei Guo pages 192-200 43(2): Adaptive output feedback tracking controller for a class of uncertain strict feedback nonlinear systems in the absence of state measurements Shahin Salehi Mohammad Shahrokhi pages 201-210 Adaptive sliding mode control for a class of uncertain discrete-time systems using multi- rate output measurement Toshio Yoshimura pages 211-219 Precise control of linear systems subject to actuator saturation using tracking differentiator and reduced order composite nonlinear feedback control Hongbo Zhang, Xinhan Huang, Min Wang, Xinde Li Gang Peng pages 220-230 A hybrid of electromagnetism-like mechanism and back-propagation algorithms for recurrent neural fuzzy systems design Ching-Hung Lee, Fu-Kai Chang, Che-Ting Kuo Hao-Hang Chang pages 231-247 Robust MPC for the constrained system with polytopic uncertainty Xiangjie Liu, Sumei Feng Miaomiao Ma pages 248-258 Robust output feedback H-infinity control for networked control systems based on the occurrence probabilities of time delays Chenyu Guo, Weidong Zhang Jie Bao pages 259-271 H-infinity filtering for nonlinear singular Markovian jumping systems with interval time-varying delays Yuanqing Xia, Li Li, Magdi S. Mahmoud Hongjiu Yang pages 272-284 Statistical and economic analyses of an EWMA-based synthesised control scheme for monitoring processes with outliers Ling Yang, Yuh-Rau Wang Suzanne Pai pages 285-295 DNN-state identification of 2D distributed parameter systems I. Chairez, R. Fuentes, A. Poznyak, T. Poznyak, M. Escudero L. Viana pages 296-307 Stochastic stability of a class of unbounded delay neutral stochastic differential equations with general decay rate Yangzi Hu, Fuke Wu Chengming Huang pages 308-318 Identification of polynomial input/output recursive models with simulation error minimisation methods Marcello Farina Luigi Piroddi pages 319-333 Group consensus of multi-agent systems with directed information exchange Junyan Yu Long Wang pages 334-348 Optimal ordering and production policy for a recoverable item inventory system with learning effect Deng-Maw Tsai pages 349-367 Coordination of networked systems on digraphs with multiple leaders via pinning control Gang Chen Frank L. Lewis pages 368-384 Optimal distributed Kalman filtering fusion for a linear dynamic system with cross-correlated noises Jianxin Feng Ming Zeng pages 385-398 43(3): Conditional learning control for alignment initial condition Zaiyue Yang C.W. Chan pages 399-407 Robust tracking control of a unicycle-type wheeled mobile manipulator using a hybrid sliding mode fuzzy neural network Meng-Bi Cheng, Wu-Chung Su Ching-Chih Tsai pages 408-425 New results on H-infinity filter design for nonlinear systems with time-delay through a T-S fuzzy model approach Jinliang Liu, Zhou Gu, Engang Tian Ruixia Yan pages 426-442 Analytical forms for most likely matrices derived from incomplete information Kostas N. Oikonomou pages 443-458 Existence and global stability of equilibrium point for delayed competitive neural networks with discontinuous activation functions Xiaobing Nie Jinde Cao pages 459-474 Nonlinear model predictive control using parameter varying BP-ARX combination model J.-F. Yang, L.-F. Xiao, J.-X. Qian H. Li pages 475-490 Price sensitive demand with random sales price – a newsboy problem Shib Sankar Sana pages 491-498 Finite-time consensus for multi-agent systems with fixed topologies Yilun Shang pages 499-506 Warranty cost analysis using alternating quasi-renewal processes with a warranty option Sarada Yedida, Mubashir Unnissa Munavar R. Ranjani pages 507-517 A single period inventory model with a truncated normally distributed fuzzy random variable demand Oshmita Dey Debjani Chakraborty pages 518-525 On dynamical behaviour of two-dimensional biological reactors Gerardo Lara-Cisneros, Ricardo Femat Elías Pérez pages 526-534 Fault recoverability analysis of switched systems Hao Yang, Bin Jiang Marcel Staroswiecki pages 535-542 Active fault tolerant control for a class of linear time-delay systems in finite frequency domain Quanchao Dong, Maiying Zhong Steven X. Ding pages 543-551 A batch arrival queue under randomised multi-vacation policy with unreliable server and repair Jau-Chuan Ke, Kai-Bin Huang Wen Lea Pearn pages 552-565 Guaranteed cost control of synchronisation for uncertain complex delayed networks Shukai Li, Wansheng Tang Jianxiong Zhang pages 566-575 Denumerable continuous-time Markov decision processes with multiconstraints on average costs Qiuli Liu, Hangsheng Tan Xianping Guo pages 576-585 Dynamic output feedback control synthesis for stochastic time-delay systems Xiao-Jian Li Guang-Hong Yang pages 586-595 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.6 Contents: International Journal of Control Contributed by: Alison Oliver, alison.oliver@tandf.co.uk Please see the latest table of contents for International Journal of Control, Vol. 85, Issues 1, 2 3 85(1): Gradient projection-based performance improvement for JLQ problems Yifan Dong, Yu Kang, Xinghua Liu Hongsheng Xi pages 1-11 Finding common quadratic Lyapunov functions for switched linear systems using particle swarm optimisation R.H. Ordóez-Hurtado M.A. Duarte-Mermoud pages 12-25 Arbitrary precision computation of the set of stabilising gains for time-delay LTI systems Nevra Bayhan Mehmet Turan Sylemez pages 26-40 Sliding mode control scheme for a jumping robot with multi-joint based on floating basis Yao Jianjun, Di Duotao, Gao Shuang, He Lei Hu Shenghai pages 41-49 Continuous-time mean–variance portfolio selection with value-at-risk and no-shorting constraints Wei Yan pages 50-57 Robust and nonblocking supervisory control of nondeterministic discrete event systems with communication delay and partial observation Seong-Jin Park pages 58-68 The trajectory tracking problem for an unmanned four-rotor system: flatness-based approach Carlos Aguilar-Ibáez, Hebertt Sira-Ramírez, Miguel S. Suárez-Castaón, Edgar Martínez-Navarro Marco A. Moreno-Armendariz pages 69-77 Fault detection for discrete-time switched systems with intermittent measurements Dongsheng Du, Bin Jiang Peng Shi pages 78-87 Gain-scheduled controller synthesis for a nonlinear PDE Seyed Mahdi Hashemi Herbert Werner pages 88-97 Depth control of autonomous underwater vehicles using indirect robust control method Hejia Pan Ming Xin pages 98-113 LPV gain-scheduled control of SCR aftertreatment systems Mona Meisami-Azad, Javad Mohammadpour, Karolos M. Grigoriadis, Michael P. Harold Matthew A. Franchek pages 114-133 85(2) Stabilisation of polytopic singularly perturbed linear systems Ivan Malloci Jamal Daafouz pages 135-142 On the classical solution to the linear-constrained minimum energy problem Marc Boissaux Jang Schiltz pages 143-146 An almost optimal control design method for nonlinear time-delay systems A.J. Koshkouei, M.H. Farahi K.J. Burnham pages 147-158 Nonlinear and locally optimal controllers design for input affine locally controllable systems Mariem Sahnoun, Vincent Andrieu Madiha Nadri pages 159-170 LQ-boundary control of a diffusion-convection-reaction system L. Mohammadi, I. Aksikas, S. Dubljevic J.F. Forbes pages 171-181 Learning impedance control for physical robot–environment interaction Yanan Li, Shuzhi Sam Ge Chenguang Yang pages 182-193 Robust tracking control for a class of electrically driven flexible-joint robots without velocity measurements Yeong-Chan Chang Hui-Min Yen pages 194-212 Fractional discrete-time linear control systems with initialisation Dorota Mozyrska Ewa Pawłuszewicz pages 213-219 Anti-viral drug treatment along with immune activator IL-2: a control-based mathematical approach for HIV infection Amar Nath Chatterjee Priti Kumar Roy pages 220-237 85(3) Design of robust fault detection filters for MIMO uncertain plants with quantised information M.L. Corradini, A. Cristofaro, R. Giambó S. Pettinari pages 239-250 Combining H-infinity approach and interval tools to design a low order and robust controller for systems with parametric uncertainties: application to piezoelectric actuators Sofiane Khadraoui, Micky Rakotondrabe Philippe Lutz pages 251-259 General optimal attenuation of harmonic disturbance with unknown frequencies Jovan D. Stefanovski pages 260-279 Consensus recovery of multi-agent systems subjected to failures Jianhua Zhang, Xiaoming Xu, Liu Hong Yongze Yan pages 280-286 A generalised instrumental variable estimator for multivariable errors-in-variables identification problems Torsten Sderstrm pages 287-303 Advances beyond transfer system dynamics compensation in real-time dynamic substructuring tests I. Elorza pages 304-319 A transfer function approach to the realisation problem of nonlinear systems Miroslav Halás lle Kotta pages 320-331 Distributed H-infinity consensus of multi-agent systems: a performance region-based approach Yu Zhao, Zhisheng Duan, Guanghui Wen Guanrong Chen pages 332-341 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.7 Contents: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization Contributed by: Brian Fauth, fauth@siam.org Volume: 50 Issue: 1 http://link.aip.org/link/sjcodc/v50/i1?type=ALERT A Lyapunov Inequality Characterization of and a Riccati Inequality Approach to L-infinity and L2 Low Gain Feedback Bin Zhou, Zongli Lin, and Guang-Ren Duan pp. 1-22 Linear Programming and Constrained Average Optimality for General Continuous- Time Markov Decision Processes in History-Dependent Policies Xianping Guo, Yonghui Huang, and Xinyuan Song pp. 23-47 Stability and Resolution Analysis for a Topological Derivative Based Imaging Functional Habib Ammari, Josselin Garnier, Vincent Jugnon, and Hyeonbae Kang pp. 48-76 Mean Field Games: Numerical Methods for the Planning Problem Yves Achdou, Fabio Camilli, and Italo Capuzzo-Dolcetta pp. 77-109 Lyapunov Methods for Time-Invariant Delay Difference Inclusions R. H. Gielen, M. Lazar, and I. V. Kolmanovsky pp. 110-132 Optimal Structural Policies for Ambiguity and Risk Averse Inventory and Pricing Models Xin Chen and Peng Sun pp. 133-146 Optimal Control Models of Goal-oriented Human Locomotion Yacine Chitour, Frederic Jean, and Paolo Mason pp. 147-170 Action Time Sharing Policies for Ergodic Control of Markov Chains Amarjit Budhiraja, Xin Liu, and Adam Shwartz pp. 171-195 Asynchronous Rendezvous Analysis via Set-valued Consensus Theory Feng Xiao and Long Wang pp. 196-221 Some Compact Classes of Open Sets under Hausdorff Distance and Application to Shape Optimization Bao-Zhu Guo and Dong-Hui Yang pp. 222-242 An Eulerian Approach to the Analysis of Krause's Consensus Models C. Canuto, F. Fagnani, and P. Tilli pp. 243-265 Coprime Factorization and Optimal Control on the Doubly Infinite Discrete Time Axis Mark R. Opmeer and Olof J. Staffans pp. 266-285 Exponentially Stable Interval Observers for Linear Systems with Delay Frederic Mazenc, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu, and Olivier Bernard pp. 286-305 Mean Square Performance of Consensus-Based Distributed Estimation over Regular Geometric Graphs Federica Garin and Sandro Zampieri pp. 306-333 Structural Invariants of Two-dimensional Systems Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis pp. 334-356 Controllability as Minimality Vakhtang Lomadze pp. 357-367 Smooth MorseLyapunov Functions of Strong Attractors for Differential Inclusions Desheng Li and Yanling Wang pp. 368-387 Distributed Optimal Control of the CahnHilliard System Including the Case of a Double-Obstacle Homogeneous Free Energy Density M. Hintermuller and D. Wegner pp. 388-418 Gossip Coverage Control for Robotic Networks: Dynamical Systems on the Space of Partitions Francesco Bullo, Ruggero Carli, and Paolo Frasca pp. 419-447 The Linear Quadratic Regulator Problem for a Class of Controlled Systems Modeled by Singularly Perturbed Ito Differential Equations Vasile Dragan, Hiroaki Mukaidani, and Peng Shi pp. 448-470 Experimental Design for Biological Systems Matthias Chung and Eldad Haber pp. 471-489 A Convex Condition for Robust Stability Analysis via Polyhedral Lyapunov Functions R. Ambrosino, M. Ariola, and F. Amato pp. 490-506 Linear-quadratic Control for Stochastic Equations in a Hilbert Space with Fractional Brownian Motions T. E. Duncan, B. Maslowski, and B. Pasik-Duncan pp. 507-531 Stochastic Comparison, Boundedness, Weak Convergence, and Ergodicity of a Random Riccati Equation with Markovian Binary Switching Li Xie pp. 532-558 On 2-Step, Corank 2, Nilpotent Sub-Riemannian Metrics Davide Barilari, Ugo Boscain, and Jean-Paul Gauthier pp. 559-582 A Martingale Approach to Optimal Portfolios with Jump-diffusions Daniel Michelbrink and Huiling Le pp. 583-599 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.8 Contents: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems Contributed by: Lars Gruene, lars.gruene@uni-bayreuth.de Table of Contents, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS), Volume 23(4), http://www.springerlink.com/content/p43652005225/ Input-to-state stability for a class of hybrid dynamical systems via averaging, Wei Wang, Dragan Nešić and Andrew R. Teel 223-256 Null-controllability for some linear parabolic systems with controls acting on different parts of the domain and its boundary, Guillaume Olive, 257-280 An inner product space on irreducible and synchronizable probabilistic finite state automata, Patrick Adenis, Yicheng Wen und Asok Ray 281-310 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.9 CFP: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control Contributed by: Peter Fogh Odgaard, peodg@kk-electronic.com Papers are invited for a special issue “Fault Tolerant Control in Power Grids" for the Wiley International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. Prospective authors should contact one of the following issue editors: Peter Fogh Odgaard, peodg@kk-electronic.com , Christophe Aubrun, christophe.aubrun@cran.uhp-nancy.fr , Yrjo Majanne, yrjo.majanne@tut.fi for further information. Deadline for manuscripts submitted to the journal on-line at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rnc-wiley is 2nd July 2012. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 4.10 CFP: Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems Contributed by: Lars Gruene, lars.gruene@uni-bayreuth.de Call for papers, MCSS Special Issue on “Control, Communication, and Complexity” The journal Mathematics of Control, Signals and Systems (MCSS) welcomes submissions for a Special Issue on “Control, Communication, and Complexity” which is scheduled to be published in 2013. Guest Editors are Charalambos D. Charalambous (University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Pieter Collins (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) and Fritz Colonius (University of Augsburg, Germany). The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to - Communication for achieving control objectives - Entropy and topological dynamics in control - Control, communication, and complexity of distributed systems - Directed information flow for control/communication networks - Computability for hybrid and complex systems Submission deadline is May 1, 2012. For the full call for papers, including submission details and a precise description of the scope of the special issue, please see http://scwww.math.uni-augsburg.de/~colonius/downloads/call.pdf *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5. Conferences 5.1 ICSTCC 2012 Joint Conference Contributed by: Viorel Minzu, viorel.minzu@ugal.ro ICSTCC 2012 Joint Conference 16th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing Sinaia, ROMANIA October 12 – 14, 2012 Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Control System Society. The Joint Conference is for the third time organized in this format. The main goal of this conference is to provide a multidisciplinary forum between researchers from industry and academia to discuss state-of-the-art topics in system theory, control and computing, and to present recent research results and prospects for development in this evolving area. ICSTCC 2012 will feature several kinds of presentations including invited and contributed papers, special sessions and poster sessions. The conference will be hosted by the Palace Hotel, Sinaia. Sinaia is one of the most famous and oldest mountain tourist resorts in Romania, known as “The Carpathian Pearl”. Situated in breathtaking mountain scenery, Sinaia is located at 120 km distance from Bucharest, on the Prahova Valley. Blending astonishing beauty of nature with picturesque architecture, Sinaia is a formal royal residence. The topics of this conference include, but not limited to: 1) Automation and Robotics (Linear and Nonlinear Control System Design, System Identification and Modelling of Processes, Robust and Adaptive Control, Robotics and Intelligent Control, Applications Case Studies in Automation Robotics, Embedded Systems, Control Applications on Biotechnology, Energy etc.); 2) Computer Science and Engineering (Distributed Systems and Software Engineering, Databases and Systems of Programs, Web services, Internet Security, Software Tools and Methods, Cloud, Grid and High Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence , Computer Architecture); 3) Electronics and Instrumentation (Modelling, Simulation and CAD Tools, Signal Processing and Communication Systems, Linear and Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Evolutionary Electronics, Sustainable Energy). IMPORTANT DATES: May 1st, 2012: Submission of proposals for INVITED SESSIONS May 15th, 2012: Submission of papers July 5th, 2012: Notification of acceptance for papers and invited sessions September 1st, 2012: Final camera ready manuscript and registration payment of at least one of the authors CONTACT Web site: www.aie.ugal.ro/icstcc2012 E-mail: icstcc2012@ugal.ro *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.2 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing Contributed by: Barbara Horner, bhorner@illinois.edu Conference Co-Chairs: Tamer Basar and Bruce Hajek Dates: October 1-5, 2012 Location: Allerton House, Monticello, Illinois The Fiftieth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing will be held from Monday, October 1 through Friday, October 5, 2012, at Allerton House, the conference center of the University of Illinois. Papers presenting original research are solicited in the areas of communication systems, communication and computer networks, detection and estimation theory, information theory, error control coding, source coding and data compression, network algorithms, control systems, robust and nonlinear control, adaptive control, optimization, dynamic games, multi-agent systems, large-scale systems, robotics and automation, manufacturing systems, discrete event systems, multivariable control, computer vision-based control, learning theory, cyber-physical systems, security and resilience in networks, VLSI architectures for communications and signal processing, and intelligent transportation systems. Manuscripts must be submitted by Tuesday, July 10, 2012, following the instructions at the Conference website: http://www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton/ . Allerton Conference will be celebrating its Golden Anniversary this year. Because of this special occasion, the conference will be longer than its usual 2 ½ days format, to accommodate some special sessions and events in connection with the 50th celebration. Allerton House is located twenty-six miles southwest of the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University in a wooded area on the Sangamon River. It is part of the fifteen-hundred acre Robert Allerton Park, a complex of natural and man-made beauty designated as a National natural landmark. Allerton Park has twenty miles of well-maintained trails and a living gallery of formal gardens, studded with sculptures collected from around the world. Notices: Final versions of papers to be presented at the conference will need to be submitted electronically by October 5, 2012. Conference Co-Chairs: Bruce Hajek and Tamer Basar Email: allerton@csl.uiuc.edu URL: http://www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton Sponsors: Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Website: www.csl.uiuc.edu/allerton *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.3 International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics Contributed by: Pawel Dworak, pawel.dworak@zut.edu.pl 17th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR2012) 27 – 30 August 2012 Amber Baltic Hotel, Międzyzdroje, Poland http://www.mmar.edu.pl GENERAL INFORMATION The 17th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Control (MMAR’2012) is to be held August 27-30, 2012 in Miedzyzdroje (Poland). The conference aims to bring together engineers and scientists from academia, research institutes and industry so that they can discuss the latest developments and requirements in traditional and non-traditional areas of Automation and Robotics. Technical programme will include a broad range of topics covering new theoretical and technological developments and applications in: linear and non-linear predictive control robust and adaptive control networked control systems fuzzy logic, neural networks and intelligent control modelling and identification distributed parameter systems discrete events and hybrid systems cooperative, coordinated and decentralized control computer aided control systems design and other computational aspects marine and aerospace guidance and control advanced process control fault detection, diagnosis and fault tolerant control recent drive systems in robotics kinematics and dynamics of robots mathematical foundations of robotics motion planning and algorithms human-robot interaction advanced robotics robot control modeling nonholonomic systems sensory feedback in robots, visual systems feedback various applications of robotic systems hybrid control in robotics Apart from plenary and invited sessions the programme will also include invited and tutorial sessions, panel discussions, software demonstrations and hardware displays. For up-to-date information on MMAR2012, please visit the Conference site: http://www.mmar.edu.pl PAPER SUBMISSION Prospective participants are invited to electronically submit the full version of their work by the indicated deadlines, following the guidelines available on http://mmar2012.e-papers.org/ . Accepted and presented papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings, and included in the IEEE Xplore online digital library. For more information about the Conference, please contact the Conference secretariat: mmar@mmar.edu.pl *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.4 ANTS 2012: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Contributed by: Roderich Gross, r.gross@sheffield.ac.uk Eighth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence September 12-14, 2012. Brussels, Belgium Call for papers prepared on January 30, 2012 More details and up-to-date information at http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2012 Scope of the Conference Swarm intelligence is a relatively new discipline that deals with the study of self-organizing processes both in nature and in artificial systems. Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have proposed many models to explain interesting aspects of social insect behavior such as self-organization and shape-formation. Recently, algorithms and methods inspired by these models have been proposed to solve difficult problems in many domains. An example of a particularly successful research direction in swarm intelligence is ant colony optimization, the main focus of which is on discrete optimization problems. Ant colony optimization has been applied successfully to a large number of difficult discrete optimization problems including the traveling salesman problem, the quadratic assignment problem, scheduling, vehicle routing, etc., as well as to routing in telecommunication networks. Another interesting approach is that of particle swarm optimization, that focuses on continuous optimization problems. Here too, a number of successful applications can be found in the recent literature. Swarm robotics is another relevant field. Here, the focus is on applying swarm intelligence techniques to the control of large groups of cooperating autonomous robots. ANTS 2012 will give researchers in swarm intelligence the opportunity to meet, to present their latest research, and to discuss current developments and applications. The three-day conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on September 12-14, 2012. Relevant Research Areas ANTS 2012 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of swarm intelligence. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are: Behavioral models of social insects or other animal societies that can stimulate new algorithmic approaches. Empirical and theoretical research in swarm intelligence. Application of swarm intelligence methods, such as ant colony optimization or particle swarm optimization, to real-world problems. Theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems. Publication Details Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. The journal Swarm Intelligence will publish a special issue dedicated to ANTS 2012 that will contain extended versions of the best research works presented at the conference. Further details will be published on the web site. Best Paper Award A best paper award will be presented at the conference. Invited talks - Prof. Dirk Helbing (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) on "Towards Simulating the Foundations of Society" - Prof. Nigel R. Franks (University of Bristol, UK) on "Ants, Bees and Brains" - Prof. Vijay Kumar (University of Pennsylvania, USA) on "Architectures, abstractions, and algorithms for large teams of robots" Further Information Up-to-date information will be published on the web site http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2012/ . For information about local arrangements, registration forms, etc., please refer to the above-mentioned web site or contact the local organizers at the address below. Conference Address ANTS 2012 IRIDIA CP 194/6 Tel +32-2-6502729 Université Libre de Bruxelles Fax +32-2-6502715 Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2012 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium email: ants@iridia.ulb.ac.be Important Dates Submission deadline March 2, 2012 Notification of acceptance May 3, 2012 Camera ready copy May 17, 2012 Conference September 12-14, 2012 ANTS 2012 Organizing Committee General Chair: Marco Dorigo, IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium Technical Program Chairs: Christian Blum, ALBCOM, LSI, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa Roderich Gro, Sheffield University, UK Publication Chair: Anders Lyhne Christensen, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa, Portugal Organization Chairs: Mauro Birattari, IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium Thomas Stützle, IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium Local Arrangements: Andreagiovanni Reina, IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium Arne Brutschy, IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.5 International Conference on Systems and Computer Science Contributed by: Belkoura Lotfi, lotfi.belkoura@univ-lille1.fr 1st International Conference on Systems and Computer Science http://www-lagis.univ-lille1.fr/ICSCS2012/ Date: August 29-31, 2012 Venue : Lille, France Scope and Topics : The objective of the Conference is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in research areas connecting Systems and Computer Science. High level contributions are awaited on various domains, ranging from theory over numerics to various applications. Contributions at the crossroad of Systems and Computer Science fields will be considered with great interest. Industrial participants and junior researchers are particularly welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Networked and Hybrid Systems • Computer Control and Robotics • Embedded Systems Design • Grid computing • Large Scale Distributed systems • Symbolic Computation • Pervasive Computing • Multi-agent systems • Discrete event systems • Signal and Image Processing • BioComputing • Brain-Computer Interface • Assistive Technology • Intelligent Control and Sensor Networks • Change Detection problems • Diagnosis and Fault tolerant control • Robust Control Invited Sessions: A summary statement describing the motivation and relevance of the proposed session, invited paper titles and author names must be submitted by the organizer(s) and draft versions of each prospective invited paper must be submitted by the authors through the conference web site Student Paper Award: “Best Student Paper” Award will be conferred to the author(s) of a paper presented at the meeting, based on the best combined marks of paper reviewing and paper presentation quality, assessed by the Program Committee and session chairs. Paper submission: Manuscripts should be no longer than six (6) pages and should be submitted using the standard IEEE Transactions format. Technical Sponsor: IEEE Sponsors: ERRIC (European FP7 Project), INRIA, CNRS, University of Lille, Universite Catholique de Lille. The presented papers shall be included in the IEEE Xplore and IET Inspec databases Important dates March 15, 2012: Submission of draft papers and invited sessions May 15, 2012: Notification of acceptance June 15, 2012: Submission of final papers and early registration deadline August 29-31, 2012: Conference Best Regards from the ICSCS 2012 Conference Committee *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 5.6 ICNPAA 2012 World Congress Contributed by: Seenith Sivasundaram, seenithi@gmail.com ICNPAA 2012 World Congress: Mathematical problems in engineering, sciences and aerospace Vienna, Austria July 10-14, 2012 By popular request abstract deadline extended to March 15, 2012 On behalf of the International Organizing Committee, it gives us great pleasure to invite you to the ICNPAA 2012 World Congress: 9th International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace and Sciences, which will be held at Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria Please visit the web site : http://www.icnpaa.com for all details AIAA, IFIP co- sponsored event The proceedings will be published by American Institute of Physics PS: The Online version of the proceedings will be published simultaneously with the printed book and all conference participants and committees will have free access for one year. AIP Conference Proceedings articles are indexed in Thomson Reuters’ Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISTP) and can be accessed in their Web of Science database directly with AIP CONF PRO as the publication name. In addition, AIP Conference Proceedings are indexed in: Astrophysics Data System(ADS) Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Crossref EBSCO Publishing Electronic Library Information Navigator (ELIN), Sweden Elsevier - SCOPUS International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Thomson Reuters (ISI) SWETS Please visit the web site : http://www.icnpaa.com for all details *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* 5.7 Automation Control for Energy Conference Contributed by: Trina Chakravarti, trina.chakravarti@informa.com Automation Control for Energy Conference being held in London in March. Prospero House, London 15 - 16 March 2012 http://www.ibcenergy.com/FKA2263ICSS Featuring Case Studies on: Total EP: Overcoming obsolescence issues at North Alwyn Platforms Scottish Power: Improving alarm management across 12 of generation sites Maersk FPSOs: Upgrading Safety Instrumented Systems on older assets Sellafield: Safely disposing of waste at Sellafield’s B30 site EDF Energy: Integrating DCS and maintenance management systems Plus panel debates and discussions on: Alarms: Managing bad actors - How do you effectively manage and rationalise alarms? DCS versus SCADA - Which system should you be using? Challenges of integrating systems - Hear our expert panel discuss their experiences, challenges and solutions to these complex projects. Speakers will include: Ewen MacDonald, Lead Systems Instrument Engineer, Total EP Jason Bryant, CI Team Leader, EDF Energy Jai Chainani, Control and Instruments Engineer, Chevron Mufaddal Karimbhai, Instrument and Control Systems Technical Authority, Britannia Operator Limited Jos Menting, Senior Key Expert Process Automation, Laborelec, GDF Suez Andy Geddes, Group CI Engineer, Scottish Power Russell Fraser, CI Engineer, SSE *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6. Workshops 6.1 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems Contributed by: Janan Zaytoon, janan.zaytoon@univ-reims.fr Call for Proposals to Organize the 12th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, WODES 2014 The WODES steering committee is soliciting expressions of interest for the organization of WODES'14. All persons interested are invited to send a proposal to the WODES SC Chair Janan Zaytoon ( janan.zaytoon@univ-reims.fr ) by May 30, 2012. The proposal should contain the following information: Chair and organizing committee Venue Dates Other specific scientific and/or organizational information The WODES website http://www.diee.unica.it/giua/WODES/ contains information about the WODES series of Workshops. All the best, Janan Zaytoon On behalf of the members of the WODES Steering Committee *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.2 ACC2012 Workshop on Control of Power Inverters Contributed by: Qing-Chang Zhong, zhongqc@ieee.org Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Energy and sustainability are now on the top agenda of many governments. Smart grids have become one of the major enablers to address energy and sustainability issues. The integration of renewable energy, distributed generation and hybrid electrical vehicles into smart grids, through power inverters, is one of the most important research areas for smart grids. Power electronic systems, at the heart of smart grids, have provided an exciting stage for control engineers. The attention of the workshop will be paid to fully appreciate the beauty of the integration of control and power electronics with applications in smart grids. Various problems around inverters, e.g. power quality issues, provision of a neutral line, grid-connection, synchronisation and parallel operation of inverters, will be addressed with innovative concepts such as synchronverters (inverters that mimic synchronous generators), C-inverters (inverters with capacitive output impedances), robust droop control, sinusoid-locked loops etc. It will help researchers who want to move into the area of smart grids establish a solid technical foundation for modeling, optimisation and control of smart grids. Most of the artful control strategies to be presented will be demonstrated with experimental results and, hence, the workshop will also help practitioners understand how advanced control strategies could improve system performance. The workshop also provides an excellent opportunity for researchers, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows who work in the area to get familiar with the latest developments. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.3 Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory contributed by: Quanyan Zhu, zhu31@illinois.edu Message: The 1st Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory April 27-28, 2012 Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign For more information, please visit https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.4 Advanced FDI and FTC Wind Turbine Benchmark Model Challenge Contributed by: Peter Fogh Odgaard Your Email Address: peodg@kk-electronic.com Advanced FDI and FTC Wind Turbine Benchmark Model Challenge The abilities to detect wind turbine faults and to control turbines in the presence of faults are important aspects of decreasing the cost of wind energy and increasing penetration into electrical grids. Improvements in fault detection (FD) and fault-tolerant control (FTC) should increase reliability and decrease operations and maintenance costs, especially as wind turbines are installed in decreasingly accessible locations such as offshore. A previous benchmark model, (see Odgaard, et.al.; Fault Tolerant Control of Wind Turbines – a benchmark model; in Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes; pg. 155- 160, Barcelona, Spain, 2009) and competition drew enough high-quality papers to fill two sessions at the 2011 IFAC World Congress and submit proposals for two sessions at the IFAC Safeprocess Symposium in 2012. This challenge presented in this paper differs from the previous challenge in several ways. First, a higher-fidelity, more realistic wind turbine model is used, perhaps requiring more sophisticated fault detection and fault-tolerant control tools and likely making the results of greater applicability to the wind industry. This higher-fidelity model also allows the use of more realistic wind inputs that vary spatially across the rotor plane in addition to temporally. Also, the fault scenarios have been updated and additional information detailing their relevance has been provided. More details on the challenge and the benchmark model can be seen in the preprint paper which can be obtained from: http://www.kk-electronic.com/Files /Billeder/kk-electronic%202011/Turbine%20Control/FDI/FDbenchmark.pdf We encourage challenge participants from academia, research laboratories, industry, and other groups. Participants should implement their FD algorithms entirely within the Fault Detection Block of the Simulink-based FAST 5 MW turbine model available at http://www.kk-electronic.com/Default.aspx?ID=9589 . For the FTC part of the challenge, implementation should be contained within both the Fault Detection Block and the Wind Turbine Controller blocks, where the latter is a subsystem of the Pitch and Torque Controllers and Systems block. No other modifications should be made to the model and no other measurements should be assumed available. The organizers of this challenge should be informed on your interest in this challenge before June 1 2012. Participants may be invited to prepare submissions for one or more invited sessions for the 2013 American Control Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. on June 17-19, 2013. For ACC submissions, abstracts will be due to the authors by September 3rd to enable invited session proposals. You may then submit your paper to 2013 ACC with session code provide by the organizers of this challenge before the submission deadline September 17 2012. Submit your solution implemented in Simulink by email to Peter Fogh Odgaard, peodg@kk-electronic.com , October 15 2012 Both contributions to the FDI and FTC parts of the problem are welcomed. Organizers: Dr. Peter F. Odgaard, kk-electronic a/s, peodg@kk-electronic.com Professor Kathryn E. Johnson, Colorado School of Mines, kjohnson@mines.edu *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 6.5 IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft, a.j.van.der.schaft@rug.nl Message: 4th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, 29-31 August 2012 http://www.lhmnlc12.deis.unibo.it/ The aim of this workshop is to bring together nonlinear systems and control experts from different areas, and to present state-of-the-art results on the analysis and control of complex dynamical engineering systems, emphasizing the important role of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structures as analysis and design methods. The fourth edition of the IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control will be held at the Residential Center of the University of Bologna located in Bertinoro, a medieval village on the hills facing the Adriatic coast. The Center is a complex of three large historical and monumental buildings, forming a unique block on the top of the ancient town, in a quiet and hospitable place, surrounded by a very pleasant and peaceful atmosphere. For more details, visit http://www.ceub.it/ . Important dates: Submission of draft papers: April 1, 2012 Author notification: May 15, 2012 Final paper submission: June 15, 2012 IPC Co-Chairs Arjan van der Schaft (NL) and Bernhard Maschke (FR) NOC Chair Claudio Melchiorri (IT) For more information: http://www.lhmnlc12.deis.unibo.it/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7. Positions 7.1 PhD: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Contributed by: Michail Matthaiou, michail.matthaiou@chalmers.se Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden is now hiring two PhD students within the emerging areas of large-scale multiple-antenna (LSMA) systems and heterogeneous networks (HetNet). The positions are funded by the CHASE-Multi-Antenna Technologies for Wireless Access and Backhaul (MATWAB) project ( www.chalmers.se/s2/cha-en/chase ), supported by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA). The industry partners of the project are Ericsson AB ( www.ericsson.com ) and Qamcom AB ( www.qamcom.se ), and the research work will be done in collaboration with the industrial partners' research organization. Applications submission website: https://site1.reachmee.com/I003/chalmers/ENG/vacdetail.aspx?commadseqno=401postback%20=%20vacancies.aspx Application deadline: 2012-04-02 For questions, please contact: Assistant Professor Michail Matthaiou Department of Signals and Systems michail.matthaiou@chalmers.se +46 31 772 1724 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.2 PhD: Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea Contributed by: Yoonsoo Kim, yoonsoo@gnu.ac.kr A PhD/MSc position is available to work on networked control systems. The PhD/ MSc student will work on fundamental challenges in networked control systems and the demonstration of existing and newly proposed solutions to those challenges via a formation flight test platform. Candidates must hold a BEng/BSc degree (MEng/MSc for a PhD applicant) in mechanical, aerospace engineering or related fields. The position will remain open until it is filled. The tuition fees and living expenses shall be covered by multiple funding sources including BrainKorea21 (BK21; http://bnc.krf.or.kr/home/eng/bk21/aboutbk21.jsp ) and Priority Research Centers Program supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea. Some information on Gyeongsang National University ( http://eng.gnu.ac.kr/main/ ) may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongsang_National_University The applicants should email their CVs, brief statement of their background and interests and contact information to: Prof. Yoonsoo Kim Department of Aerospace and System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Repulic of Korea Email: yoonsoo@gnu.ac.kr *Previous work place (University of Stellenbosch in South Africa) website: http://www.mecheng.sun.ac.za/AboutUs/personnel/yk.html *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.3 PhD: Toulouse University Contributed by: Sophie Tarbouriech, tarbour@laas.fr A PhD position is available in September 2012 at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse University ( http://www.laas.fr ). Title: Analysis and Control of Limited Information systems The PhD proposal aims at investigating the influence of communication in the control theory context. More precisely, the objective is to examine to what extent controlled systems are impacted by imperfections due to communication between devices. Although the literature on control contains some preliminary works into this direction, there is a huge space for innovation and disruptive concepts as advocated by the content of this proposal. Similarly, the communication literature is very poor in terms of analyzing how communication systems should be designed for conveying quantities intended for control devices. This huge gap between the control and communication literature explains why such simple but major concepts like event-triggered systems have been developed only very recently. In order to fill this gap, this proposal comprises four specific tasks which can be summarized as follows : Modeling of information constraints, Analysis of the effect of information constraints on performance, Robust control design methods with respect to information constraints, Co-design control and communication schemes. Requirements: Master degree in Control/Engineering. The applicant should have very good knowledge of feedback control systems, nonlinear systems, and robust control. Experience with MATLAB/SIMULINK is needed. Experience with information theory will strengthen the application. Effective communication skills in English both oral and especially written are needed. The position is available in September 2012 for three years. The PhD student will be appointed by public funding with a salary of around 1400 Euros (free of charges). Candidates should apply by email to Dr. Sophie Tarbouriech ( tarbour@laas.fr ) and Dr. Frederic Gouaisbaut ( fgouaisb@laas.fr ) with a CV summarizing university backgrounds and research experiences. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.4 PhD: Lund University, Sweden Contributed by: Andreas Jakobsson, aj@maths.lth.se Ph.D. positions in Mathematical Statistics / Statistical Signal Processing Lund University, Sweden The positions are concerned with two different research projects: 1) The first project focuses on the problem of counterfeit medicines, which is a growing concern globally, with, according to the WHO, up to 25% of all medicines in developing countries being counterfeit. About 700.000 deaths, annually, from just malaria and tuberculosis can be attributed to fake medicines, giving an indication of the scope of the problem. The announced Ph.D. position is a part of an attempt to remedy this situation, and is focused on the developing of robust and reliable detection and classification algorithms for pharmaceutical substances using nuclear quadrupole resonance. 2) The second project focuses on the development of multitapers, which are low-rank approximations of time-frequency kernels. The methods should be optimal for robust classification, detection, and estimation of non-stationary spectra. Such methods have many possible application areas, where one is estimation of the electrical brain signals (EEG). Using optimal cross-spectra and coherence spectra we can measure, e.g., how we perceive our environment or select relevant information from irrelevant information. Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Andreas Jakobsson ( aj@maths.lth.se ) for project 1, and Prof. Maria Sandsten ( sandsten@maths.lth.se ) for project 2 for further information. Applicants should have a strong background in statistical signal processing and mathematical statistics, and should have a M.Sc. degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline. Proficiency in English is a requirement. You can find further details and the online application form for the two positions at: http://admin.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=22598Dnr=450977Type=E http://admin.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=22598Dnr=450991Type=E *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.5 PhD: The Australian National University Contributed by: Changbin (Brad) Yu, brad.yu@anu.edu.au 2 PhD positions at The Australian National University Two PhD scholarships in the areas of “Distributed Control and Estimation in Networked Environments” are available for commencement in 2012-13 with the Research School of Engineering at The Australian National University and the Control and Signal Processing Group at NICTA (National ICT Australia)’s Canberra Research Laboratory. The candidates may be (jointly) supervised by Professor Brian D.O. Anderson, and /or Dr. Adrian Bishop, and/or Dr. Changbin(Brad) Yu. Candidature takes 3 to 4 years in most cases, with no requirement to undertake departmental teaching/tutoring duties. PhD candidates should have a Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours or equivalent level, i.e. GPA very close to 4.0, or preferably a Masters degree with research componenet, in engineering or applied math. A solid mathematical background is required together with a broad education in control systems or relevant disciplines, e.g. signal processing, optimization, communication networks. The scholarship covers tuition fee and a living stipend at least at AUD 23,728 per annum tax free (2012 rate). Outstanding students, especially in later years, are expected to also receive a supplementary scholarship of up to AUD10,000 per annum. Previous successful candidates often have a GPA placing them in top 5%, and/or publications in major conferences and/or journals. Candidates should express their interest by emailing Dr. Changbin (Brad) Yu, brad.yu@anu.edu.au , or Dr. Adrian Bishop Adrian.bishop@nicta.com.au With at least (1) Curriculum Vitae; (2) Statement of Research Interest; (3) names and contacts of at least 3 academic referees; (4) if applicable, 3 significant publications. Note: The positions are open until filled. However, to receive a full consideration, candidates are advised to contact no later than 15/April for commencement in 2012, or 31/July for commencement in 2013. Candidates will be notified if they are shortlisted and they are required to lodge a formal application with ANU before respective deadlines, for more information, visit http://cecs.anu.edu.au/future_students/graduates/scholarships ANU is an equal opportunity employer, but to increase the demographical diversity in the research group, we specially encourage applicants from outside the Asia-Pacific Region and with differentiated experiences. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.6 PhD: NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Contributed by: Anton Shiriaev, anton.shiriaev@itk.ntnu.no Message: The Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, invites applications for a PhD-student position for the period of 3 years supported by the Norwegian Research Council. The department seeks an outstanding individual interested in developing new methods and experimental validation of approaches for motion, trajectory planning and motion and force controllers design for industrial robot manipulators. It is expected that the successful candidate will perform theoretical and experimental investigations in industrial robotics, mechatronics and control design of mechanical systems primarily focusing on constraints and limitations due to flexibility of joints, uncertainty in robot’s dynamics and robot’s environment, underactuation, limited sensing capabilities. The successful applicant should have earned MSc degree in subjects of in robotics, mechanical or control engineering. S/he will have limited teaching duties and will be mainly responsible for conducting both applied and fundamental research studies jointly with partners of the project. Experience in organizing and running independent robotics research projects as well as industrial experience or/and the previous work in robotics and mechatronics projects are advantages. Applications should be received by March 15, 2012 for full consideration, however the search will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a full resume, a cover letter, and the names and contact information of three references. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Professor Anton Shiriaev, phone: (+1) 4692795263, email: anton.shiriaev@itk.ntnu.no *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.7 PhD: Polytechnic Institute of New York University Contributed by: Z.P. Jiang, zjiang@poly.edu Ph.D. Position in Smart Grid Outstanding applications are solicited for a full-time PhD position in smart grid at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). NYU-Poly is known as “Brooklyn Poly” and is merging with NYU. The school is conveniently located in downtown Brooklyn with easy/quick subway connection to Manhattan. The scholarship covers both tuition and stipend and is competitive comparing to other schools. If you're an outstanding student with a strong background in control systems with working knowledge of power systems, please write directly to Professor Jiang via email at zjiang@poly.edu Please attach a copy of your latest CV with email addresses of at least 2 references and a copy of your academic transcript. The position will remain open until it is filled. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.8 PhD/Post-Doc: Tel Aviv University Contributed by: Michael Margaliot, michaelm@eng.tau.ac.il PhD and Postdoc Scholarships: School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University A PhD/Postdoc position in designing converters for renewable energy power generators is available at the School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Project Details: It is expected that in the coming years, the proportion of power generators using renewable energy sources will increase dramatically in many countries. One of the central problems now being investigated by many teams is how to connect large scale renewable energy sources to the electrical grid without jeopardizing the grid stability. The project will involve the theoretical analysis, design and construction of novel DC/AC converters that mimic the behavior of synchronous generators together with their controllers. The project is funded by the Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Fund; see http://www.i-saef.org/ The successful applicant is anticipated to have a first-class honours degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or other relevant areas, with specialization in either power conversion or control theory. Experience in building electronic circuits involving digital signal processors is most welcome. All applicants are expected to possess good communication skills in English (Hebrew in not required) and should satisfy the academic admission requirements for the PhD programme of Tel Aviv University. Applications should include a detailed CV, including e-mail addresses of two referees, a copy of academic transcripts and a cover letter detailing the applicant’s research interest and its relevance to the project. Potential applicants should discuss their application and forward their paperwork via e-mail to Michael Margaliot, michaelm@eng.tau.ac.il , or George Weiss, gweiss@eng.tau.ac.il The deadline for applications is 31 March 2012 or until the position filled, for the starting date we are flexible. Further information can be obtained by e-mail from the persons named above. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** 7.9 PhD/Post-Doc: Hamilton Institute, Ireland Contributed by: Doug Leith, hamilton@nuim.ie Postdoctoral and PhD positions in Green Transportation Networks, Hamilton Institute, Ireland Following a major Science Foundation Ireland investment in the area of Green Transportation networks, the Hamilton Institute invites applications for a number of research positions in the area of smart city transportation systems and networks: 1. Post-doctoral researcher in the area of transportation modelling and cooperative feedback control (with specific regard to new vehicle types and vehicle mixes); 2. Post-doctoral researcher in the area of mathematics of distributed optimization of massively large-scale systems; 3. Post-doctoral researcher in the area of cooperative mobility systems and applications of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies; 4. Ph.D. position in the area of cooperative control and optimization with application to transportation networks. 5. Ph.D. position in cooperative ECO adaptive cruise control. 6. Ph.D. position in cooperative algorithms for hybrid electric vehicle charging and grid integration. 7. Ph.D. position in cooperative sensing with specific application to cooperative GPS applications. 8. Ph.D. position in data privacy and anonymity-preserving communication networks. A number of these positions will be held jointly with the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG) and with Fraunhofer-Fokus in Berlin. A background and knowledge of one or more of the following areas is desirable: Control and Optimization; Queueing/Information theory; Pollution/Environmental Modelling and Sensing in cities; Wireless Communications; Automotive Systems including Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Postdoctoral candidates must be able to demonstrate an excellent international research track record and the potential to contribute leadership. Postgraduate candidates should hold a good (first-class honours or equivalent) degree in a cognate field and be motivated to tackle challenging research problems. Postdoctoral appointments will be on the Science Foundation Ireland Research Fellow scale
If you care about IPCC reports, you may know how important these CMIP workshops are. The participants compare many climate models and submit their manuscripts by certain deadline so that their results can be included in the upcoming IPCC report. This week is the WCRP Workshop on CMIP5 Climate Model Analyses, at U. Hawaii. It started to rain last night, when many of the participants were arriving. It continued to rain... ps. Just when I needed my umbrella most, it broke. My co-worker joked: "Made in China?" Unfortunately, she was right!
Peter Boyce ’13 wants you to be an entrepreneur. Well, maybe not you specifically, but certainly his Harvard College classmates. A co-founder of Harvard College Venture Partners , Boyce works to advance the group’s mission to create “a more venture-friendly culture on the Harvard campus and to form a community of entrepreneurs whose collection of skills and interests would help maximize the chance of launching successful ventures.” “It’s been my passion to help students organize around entrepreneurship and pursue careers in startups,” said the Mather House resident. “So I’ve been helping as much as I can to run events, to connect students with entrepreneurs and resources here at Harvard and in the Boston community, to work more closely with the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab), and to bring undergrads into that space to attend startup info sessions and talks. It’s what I do.” Boyce’s vision of an entrepreneur-friendly campus took a big step forward on Friday, when he and hundreds of his classmates filed into the i-lab’s bright, open spaces for the second annual Start-Up Career Fair . An initiative of Harvard’s Office of Career Services (OCS), the fair was an opportunity for undergraduates to meet with representatives from some of the country’s most innovative and fast-growing firms, and to learn about jobs and internships. “We understand that a startup job search can be difficult for students without the infrastructure in place for hiring as with other industries,” said the i-lab’s Jodi Goldstein, who helped organize the event. “We want to assist students with their search, and to make it easier for them to identify companies they might want to work with.” Representatives of nearly 100 businesses, many of them technology firms, filled the i-lab’s first floor, offering pizza, chocolate, T-shirts, and other tchotchkes to grab the attention of undergraduates. Representatives from Tumblr , a blogging platform that allows creators to share content easily, said that they came to Harvard to recruit “technical hires.” “We wanted to come in and make our presence felt,” said Tumblr’s Ari Shahdadi , a 2008 Harvard Law School graduate . “We’re at MIT this week too, so we wanted to come here and talk to people. We’re looking for engineers and designers.” Many of the company representatives were Harvard alums themselves. Yoseph Ayele ’11 connected with Silicon Valley’s Inflection , a firm that aggregates public records and puts them online, at an OCS event last year. This year he was back on campus to sing his company’s praises and to help recruit future graduates. “Last year, we recruited 11 students from the Class of 2011,” he said. “It’s really been fun to work here. It’s a very results-driven company. Very fast-growing. We have smart people in engineering, design, marketing, business development, and operations.” OCS officials say that student interest in entrepreneurship soared in the past year. Director Robin Mount credited the new energy and enthusiasm to the opening of the i-lab and the visit of Facebook founder and former undergrad Mark Zuckerberg in the fall. “Having Mark come to campus and having the i-lab as a physical presence has inspired a lot of students to pursue a path that’s innovative,” Mount said. “Undergraduates also love to cross boundaries and work with people from Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences . We saw students’ energy and enthusiasm and tried to capitalize on it.” Mount could easily have been speaking about Ashtynn Baltimore ’13. The Mather House resident, who already comes to the i-lab once a week for a social entrepreneurship class, said she loved being around new businesses and the people who start them. “When you’re around these people, the creative energy flows,” she said. “It gives me an opportunity to think about how I can make my idea better and add value to my teams in my different classes. There are so many different ideas flowing around here. It’s a great opportunity.” Many of Baltimore’s classmates seemed to agree, since nearly 600 undergraduates attended this year’s fair — almost three times the 2011 number. Annie Baldwin ’13 said that the startup fair and the i-lab make the College an exciting place to be for young entrepreneurs. “You get the sense that there’s a place for entrepreneurship to happen at Harvard. It’s great that they brought companies in to talk to students. It’s definitely a step in the right direction.” 原文见 http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/02/welcome-entrepreneurs/
就是这个会议有点晚。 Dear Yuxian Liu, On behalf of the Organization Committee of the International Conference on Innovative Methods for Innovation Management and Policy (IM2012), I am pleased to inform you that your abstract has been accepted. ID: IM013005957 Title: ... Congratulations and welcome to IM2012, which will be held in Beijing, May 21-24, 2012. (See the attachment for more information). We kindly ask you to: - Register for the conference to ensure your participation and pay the registration fee as soon as possible; - Inform your co-authors, as only first author will receive this notification; - Confirm that you will submit the extended abstract before April 10, and please use your paper ID and E-mail address: ... when you submit the extended abstract; - If you submit a full paper (not required), we would also like you to prepare PowerPoint slides and give a presentation. If you are submitting a full paper (or poster – as you have chosen when submitting your abstract), please do so before April 10. Templates can be downloaded from http://www.aaaa.org.cn/im2012/paper.php/ . - Please prepare your full paper ( if you have) to ensure it can be published. For further information on conference registration, hotels, and other questions, see http://www.aaaa.org.cn/im2012/ or email: imconference@bit.edu.cn . We sincerely hope that you will join us in making our conference a success. We look forward to welcoming you to China and to IM2012. Best regards Yours sincerely, ...... Conference Chair
厦门大学田中群教授担任英国皇家化学会旗舰期刊Chemical Society Reviews (CSR)审稿主编。对于中国化学界同仁来讲是一件非常好的事情。CSR在2011年的影响因子为26.583. 中国学者担纲如此高水平的审稿主编，标志着中国化学研究水平已经融入世界研究水准。希望广大化学研究工作者积极投稿，在国际舞台发挥更大的作用。引领中国化学科技的进步和创新。 Chem Soc Rev welcomes a new Associate Editor It gives us great pleasure to welcome Zhong-Qun Tian to the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board . Zhong-Qun Tian is Professor in the State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces at Xiamen University in China. His main research interests are surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, spectro-electrochemistry and nano-electrochemistry. He joins the Editorial Board as Associate Editor , Reviews , coveringphysical chemistry and nanoscience. If you are interested in writing a review for Chem Soc Rev , please contact the Editorial Office.
Cal family, friends and distinguished guests, welcome and hello! It is a special pleasure to be with all of you today for induction as the ninth Chancellor of this great teaching and research university. I take enormous delight in this gathering of all the communities that define Berkeley, and I thank you for participating in this auspicious occasion. If you look west from the Berkeley hills as the sun sets framed by the Golden Gate, you will see what was once the far edge of the Western frontier. Today Berkeley is positioned at the leading edge of new frontiers -- the frontiers of knowledge and education. In our age the threshold of the unknown is intellectual rather than geographic. Nobelist Glenn T. Seaborg, the last scientist who served as Chancellor of U.C. Berkeley, observed, "The spirit of our pioneering past is the spirit we must seek for our present and future. . . . Learning and discovery are the New Worlds and the Old West, the lands of opportunity." I would like to acknowledge the wonderful work done by my predecessors. These include Chancellors Emeriti Al Bowker, Mike Heyman, Chang-Lin Tien and Bob Berdahl. Mary Catherine and I especially want to thank Peg and Bob Berdahl for their exceptional friendship and warmth, which have made the transition from Toronto to Berkeley as seamless as possible. Because of the leadership of these great chancellors and the faculty and staff they have hired, Berkeley has sustained its pre-eminent position in American higher education. Today we also celebrate the 137th anniversary of Berkeley's founding. 137 may not sound like a special number to most of you, but for a physicist it is unique since the number 137 plays a profound role in the quantum theory of light. Accordingly it is a singular pleasure for a physicist to assume the leadership role in a university whose motto is "Fiat Lux" --"Let There Be Light" -- in its 137th year. We are fortunate that after 137 years, Berkeley continues to serve as a model for public education in this state and in this nation, and we will continue to break new paths on the frontiers of knowledge and education. Berkeley's role as a model public university is so important that we must summon ourselves to its highest aspirations. Any failure to lead as a pre-eminent research and teaching university not only diminishes Berkeley but also diminishes the standards to which public education in this nation aspires. Three themes must resonate in all of our minds and all of our lives -- in order to provide the foundation on which modern education can continue to build. These themes are Leadership, Connection and Inclusion, and they constitute my vision for Berkeley. As you may know, Mary Catherine and I were born and raised in Toronto, Canada. We attended St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. Our journey in life has led us to Yale University, Oxford, Bell Laboratories and then to MIT, where I spent much of my academic career before returning to Toronto as President of that great university. I have carried out most of my research at the premier U.S. national laboratories, including the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and, especially, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Now I have the privilege, and the responsibility, to lead what Clark Kerr called one of the great institutions in the history of the world, the University of California at Berkeley. As a physicist, I have learned what is required to pursue the frontiers of knowledge -- fortitude, belief in oneself and others, hard work, opportunity, resources, the willingness to take risks in one's research and, more often than not, a bit of luck. Beginning as a faculty member in the classroom and in the laboratory, I have progressively learned how to nurture others on such paths. Of course, what ultimately matters most in a leader are his or her core values. Leadership, Connection, and Inclusion epitomize mine. Leadership. I am a deep believer in the concept of the public "research and teaching university," and it is in this context that we must discuss leadership -- leadership in research, education and public service. At Berkeley, a coherent undergraduate experience, along with graduate research and teaching in the arts and sciences, the humanities, the social sciences, and in professional education are joined together harmoniously -- much like the sections in a great symphony orchestra. A distinguished research and teaching university offers the best possible education that one can obtain as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student. There is nothing more exciting than being taught by a professor who has made some discovery that promises to change the paradigm in her field. Every great researcher brings to the classroom a depth of understanding and a passion for the subject which is simply not obtainable otherwise. Thus our absolute first responsibility is to hire, nurture and retain a diverse faculty that leads the world in research and education. I believe that in the 21st century the faculty who have the greatest impact will, in the main, be those who are able to move effortlessly across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Berkeley, with its remarkable combination of intellectual breadth and depth, presents unparalleled opportunities for such multidisciplinary scholars and teachers. An excellent faculty that leads will attract both a superb staff and outstanding students. I cannot underscore adequately enough the importance of having an outstanding staff -- from custodians to senior managers. Their pride, dedication and hard work enable our university to function effectively. We cannot maintain our high international stature if we do not nurture and develop an exemplary staff. I have been extraordinarily pleased to discover that I have inherited a proud, deeply loyal and hard-working staff at Berkeley, people who take satisfaction in meeting the highest standards. As we consider leadership at Berkeley, we must clarify what is "public" in the public nature of the University. If we had enough financial resources to fund ourselves in every respect without any funds from public revenues and we were able to do everything we do today but as a private entity, would we have achieved Berkeley's mission? I say emphatically no. At the core of our mission is our commitment to fulfill the public trust and to bequeath to subsequent generations educational opportunities that extend the public good. We embody the desire of the people of California's to take ownership of the ideals of knowledge and education, their desire to accept nothing but excellence in this regard, and their historic commitment as a society to put their treasure where their heart is. A public university offers accountability and transparency for this ideal. Californians should be proud of Berkeley -- and they are. Berkeley is a name deeply synonymous with the public mission, and during my time as Chancellor it will remain so. I call on each of you to join in a rallying cry for public education. Each generation must have the courage of conviction not to subjugate higher education to the other needs of the state -- the conviction that higher education invests in the present and future of our citizens and yields many returns. To lead, we must be able to provide first-class infrastructure, especially in our classrooms and state-of-the-art research facilities. Our faculty must have adequate research support and teaching resources, and we must offer faculty and staff competitive salaries. For many academic researchers and educators, the quality of the graduate student body is also of paramount importance. In order to attract the top echelon of Ph.D. students, we must be able to offer graduate student support packages that are competitive. So, too, the people of California and the nation will benefit greatly if we continue to recruit the best international faculty and graduate students. As a public university, we expect that our major support should and will come from the state and federal governments. However, we also recognize that we have important relationships with society as a whole, most especially with the business sector. This means that we must lead here also, and be even more vigorous in facilitating the commercial applications of the results of our research. We need to continue to partner actively with the private sector and to do so in such a way that the rights and freedoms of both our own faculty and students as well as our industrial partners are properly protected. Let me discuss leadership in terms of individual support. Only in the last two decades have U.S. public universities recognized the critical importance of permanent private support in the form of an endowment. An adequate endowment enables us to guarantee that every qualified undergraduate student who is admitted to the University of California will be able to attend independent of family resources. With sufficient endowed funds, we will also be able to offer graduate fellowships that will bring the very best young scholars to Cal. Endowed chairs can provide both enhanced salaries and discretionary research resources for our most distinguished and accomplished faculty. We are deeply grateful to our alumni and friends for their support in the past and we look forward to, if anything, progressively increasing support in the future. This will undoubtedly be critically important as we at Berkeley strive to "Enhance our Edge." Let me now speak about Connections. Staying at the leading edge of the frontiers of public education requires not only resources but critical connections to meet the challenges of our day. What are these connections? In thinking about our connections at Berkeley, we must look both inward and outward. Inwardly, on this campus, we must make the intellectual connections among ourselves that are sometimes called "interdisciplinary," but in my view are better described as "multidisciplinary." Much of the rich intellectual and educational territory ripe for opportunity in our time requires attention from many different disciplines. As I have noted before, Berkeley is especially well-situated to meet such challenges because of the phenomenal breadth and depth of expertise on our campus. The voters of California have presented us with a model challenge for multidisciplinary research in which I expect Berkeley to play a lead role -- namely Stem Cell Research. Meeting the challenge posed by Proposition 71 will require distinguished research from scholars in areas as diverse as molecular biology, medicine, bioengineering, bioethics, computer science, philosophy, public policy, law, business, and public health. Researchers from all of these fields -- working together symbiotically and synergistically -- could make extraordinary contributions to human health and the human condition. Of course, there will always be intellectual challenges that can only be solved by a brilliant young faculty member working in her office alone, and we must enhance that aspect of Berkeley as well. Yet even that solitude is something of an illusion, as our experience working in a library or conversing with a colleague would suggest. Even an apparently solitary inquiry depends on -- and in turn expresses -- connections. Our connections must also look outward -- from our scholarly communities to the vast world in which our gifts of knowledge can make a profound contribution. It is a privilege to be a student at Berkeley, surrounded by exceptionally talented fellow students, faculty and staff. But with that privilege comes the obligation to give back to society in proportion to the benefits received. Berkeley is known for its service connections, and holds the historic record for Peace Corps volunteers. Let us continue this good work, whether we are the student volunteering as a tutor in Berkeley High or a "Big Sister" to a young girl in an impoverished neighborhood in Oakland -- or students and faculty helping the victims of the Tsunami rebuild their communities. I often am urged to talk about how Berkeley connects as an engine of innovation and economic powerhouse to the state and the nation. For instance, the 19 Nobel Prizes won by Berkeley scientists and scholars represent such risk-taking intellectual work as unraveling the secrets of photosynthesis and predicting the devastation of economic markets when ethics align against profits. In literature, the late Nobelist Czeslaw Milosz left us these words: "I knew, always, that I would be a worker in the vineyard, as are all men and women living at the same time, whether they are aware of it or not." In the United States, universities are virtually the only places where knowledge can be pursued for its own sake. As such, research universities have a special responsibility to maintain and indeed enhance our pursuit of fundamental knowledge independent of any economic imperatives. Fortunately, it has turned out historically that technological advances that are revolutionary rather than evolutionary most often have their roots in undirected basic research. My favorite recent example is the "World Wide Web," familiar to each of us, which originated from elementary particle physics research at CERN in Geneva. An enduring responsibility of a distinguished public university is to continue supporting undirected basic research, and especially in those fields among the arts, humanities, and social sciences which do not attract large grants or significant private-sector support. Leadership, Connection, Inclusion. Let me talk now about Inclusion. As we see these beautiful edifices of knowledge emerging on the intellectual frontiers, my final question for you today is this: who comprises the "we" I speak of? In my view, the most significant challenge that Berkeley faces today is that of inclusion. We are famous for leadership; we have a long history of connections; and inclusion -- equal opportunity for all -- is our ideal. But today, I fear inclusion is greatly threatened. This is such a compelling issue I have begun speaking publicly about it through various media. It is self-evident that we can neither achieve true excellence here at the University of California nor fulfill our public mission unless we access fully the entire talent pool. Minority representation in the Cal student body has been dropping since the passage of Proposition 209, which attempted to eliminate discrimination in admissions and hiring at universities and colleges. While the overall drop in underrepresented minorities here at Berkeley is appalling, the situation for African Americans is truly at the crisis point. The people of California, in what I believe was an honest attempt to create a non-discriminatory system, passed Proposition 209. However, they do not see what I see everyday on campus: that an effort at non-discrimination has resulted in creating an environment that many students of color see as explicitly discriminatory. The reduction of numbers for African American students enrolled as freshmen, from 260 in 1997 to 108 students this year, has meant the loss of essential, supportive community. Similarly Chicano/Latinos and Native Americans are egregiously underrepresented. The president of the University of Mexico once told me the single most important skill for the 21st century that an undergraduate must learn is what he termed "intercultural competence." Only through experience with and appreciation of other cultures can our citizens navigate today's globalized society. This is but one reason our student body at Cal must reflect the majestic tapestry of cultures and peoples that constitutes California. We must remember that education is a public good, not a private right. Inclusion covers financial as well as social, cultural and religious diversity. More than 90 percent of UC undergraduates come from within the state. For financial inclusion, we must keep tuition and fees affordable, meet financial need, and, most important of all, make sure that required "self-help" levels do not force low income students, who already come in with an economic handicap, to graduate with an even greater handicap -- in loans and other debts. I do point out with great pride that currently here at Berkeley we have more undergraduates whose family incomes are under $35,000 than all of the Ivy League universities combined. This is a remarkable achievement, and it represents the "public" nature of Berkeley more succinctly than any other statistic I might cite. We do, however, need to do much more. We must lead the discussion on the unintended consequences of Proposition 209. I am initiating a broad-based diversity research agenda at Berkeley to study this and myriad related issues. We must find ways to make this campus the inclusive and welcoming environment to which it aspires. This call to action extends the efforts of previous chancellors and others at Berkeley. As the current chancellor, I feel a moral obligation to address the issue of inclusion head-on. Ultimately it is a fight for the soul of this institution. Inclusion is about leadership and excellence, principles that California and its leading public university has long represented -- and must again. In closing, I would like to thank each of you for coming this afternoon, most especially former Berkeley Chancellors and their families Bob and Peg Berdahl, Di-Hwa and Norman Tien, Mike Heyman, and Al Bowker. Their presence helps us remember the important continuity of leadership. I also thank Consul General of Canada Alain Dudoit, Regent Gerald Parsky, Assemblywoman Carol Liu, Mayor Tom Bates and the many other distinguished academic and national laboratory leaders and institutional representatives who are here for this ceremony. I am especially grateful to my many colleagues from MIT, Toronto, Bell Labs and Yale, as well as to my scientific collaborators, and my former graduate students who have come there today; these colleagues have traveled from as far away as China, Japan and Indonesia. Your combined presence honors not only this city, state and country, but most especially, this great academic institution, the University of California, Berkeley. I am extremely grateful to the UC Berkeley Chancellor Search Committee for this wonderful opportunity to serve higher education. I also thank President Dynes and Chancellor Berdahl, truly great academic leaders, for their warm friendship and for the countless hours they have spent educating me and giving me counsel. I acknowledge the leadership team here at Berkeley including Provost Paul Gray, the academic and administrative leaders of our many units, and the Academic Senate, for their kindness to me in our first months of joint governance here and for their brilliant work on behalf of this great institution. Finally, I thank my own family for their love and support: my wife, Mary Catherine, our children Michael, Catherine, Patricia and Michelle, their spouses, Dawn Birgeneau, Christopher Prince, and Christopher Blake, and our grandchildren Jeffrey Prince, Ryan Birgeneau, Madelyn Blake, Anne Birgeneau and Meredith Prince. In achieving our goals of Leadership, Connection and Inclusion on the frontiers of knowledge and education we will require the participation of our entire community. Underlying these three themes is our deepest value, Academic Freedom, which is fundamental for any great university. I pledge to each and every one of you: I will provide Berkeley with the chancellorship demanded for leadership, connection and inclusion. Further, I pledge to exercise my leadership with fairness to all members of our community.
NS Selected Papers in 2010 近日,收到"自然科学"(Nature Science) 来函介绍: NS Selected Papers in 2010.希望我转载,现特在此义务宣传了,看对网友有没有帮助,经常有些国内外杂志希望我转载,请各位发表意见,看以后还有没有必要介绍这类杂志? Dear Fang Jin-qing, We have selected the most popular papers published by NS in the year 2010 for you. You are welcome to forward this message to your colleagues and friends in the related areas. Vol.2 No.1 (Click to view the issue) Review on nano-drugs Yong Liu, Tian-Shui Niu, Long Zhang, Jian-She Yang Predicting numerically the large increases in extra pressure drop when boger fluids flow through H. R. Tamaddon-Jahromi, M. F. Webster, K. Walters Study of some Indian medicinal plants by application of INAA and AAS techniques Ram Lokhande, Pravin Singare, Mahadeo Andhele, Raghunath Acharya Vol.2 No.2 (Click to view the issue) Optical nonlinearity in measurement of urea and uric acid in blood A. N. Dhinaa, P. K. Palanisamy Disinfection of swimming pools with chlorine and derivatives: formation of organochlorinated and organobrominated compounds and exposure of pool personnel and swimmers Maria-Cristina Aprea, Bruno Banchi, Liana Lunghini, Massimo Pagliantini, Antonio Peruzzi, Gianfranco Sciarra Metal ion-binding properties of L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid, a comparative investigation S. A. A. Sajadi Vol.2 No.3 (Click to view the issue) The antioxidant activity and hypolipidemic activity of the total flavonoids from the fruit of Rosa laevigata Michx Yue-Tao Liu, Bi-Nan Lu, Li-Na Xu, Lian-Hong Yin, Xiao-Na Wang, Jin-Yong Peng, Ke-Xin Liu Solid polymeric electrolyte of poly(ethylene)oxide-50% epoxidized natural rubber-lithium triflate (PEO-ENR50-LiCF3SO3) Siti Aminah bt. Mohd Noor, Azizan Ahmad, Mohd. Yusri bin Abd. Rahman, Ibrahim Abu Talib Investigation of nonlinear temperature distribution in biological tissues by using bioheat transfer equation of Pennes’ type Ahmed Lakhssassi, Emmanuel Kengne, Hicham Semmaoui Vol.2 No.4 (Click to view the issue) Study the effect of formulation variables in the development of timed-release press-coated tablets by Taguchi design Chikkanna Narendra, Mayasandra SrinavasaIyengar Srinath Effect of Ba2+ in BNT ceramics on dielectric and conductivity properties Konapala Sambasiva Rao, Kuan China Varada Rajulu, Bollepalli Tilak, Anem Swathi Review: the charnockite problem, a twenty first century perspective Samarendra Bhattacharya Vol.2 No.5 (Click to view the issue) Stability analysis of primary emulsion using a new emulsifying agent gum odina Amalesh Samanta, Durbadal Ojha, Biswajit Mukherjee Extraction, identification and adsorption-kinetic studies of a natural color component from G. sepium Konaghatta Narayanachar Vinod, Putta Swamy, Kurikempanadoddi Ninge Gowda, R. Sudhakar Kinetic spectrophotometric determination of certain cephalosporins using iodate/iodide mixture Salwa R. El-Shaboury, Fardous A. Mohamed, Gamal A. Saleh, Azza H. Rageh Vol.2 No.6 (Click to view the issue) Finite element modelling of the pull-apart formation: implication for tectonics of Bengo Co pull-apart basin, southern Tibet Ganesh Raj Joshi, Daigoro Hayashi Optical properties for N,N'-bis (lnaphyhly)N,N'-diphenyl-1,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine and tris (8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum in organic light emitting devices Mei Yee Lim, Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus, Zainal Abidin Talib, Anuar Kassim Thermophysical properties of dunite rocks as a function of temperature along with the prediction of effective thermal conductivity Aurang Zeb, Tayyaba Firdous, Asghari Maqsood Vol.2 No.7 (Click to view the issue) Review on dermatomycosis: pathogenesis and treatment Deepika T. Lakshmipathy, Krishnan Kannabiran Synthesis, structural characterization and formation mechanism of giant-dielectric CaCu3Ti4O12 nanotubes Nirupam Banerjee, Saluru Baba Krupanidhi Synthesis and characterization of an amphiphilic chitosan bearing octyl and methoxy polyethylene Guanghua Liu, Jianqun Gan, Aimin Chen, Qian Liu, Xusheng Zhao Vol.2 No.8 (Click to view the issue) Spectophotometric method for determination of certain cephalosporins using 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl) Azza H. Rageh, Salwa R. El-Shaboury, Gamal A. Saleh, Fardous A. Mohamed Assessment of biotechnological potential of phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from soils of Southern Kazakhstan Rakhilya Aipova, Svetlana A. Aitkeldiyeva, Askar A. Kurmanbayev, Amangeldy K. Sadanov, Olga B. Topalova Self-repairing material systems―a dream or a reality? Hartmut Fischer Vol.2 No.9 (Click to view the issue) Spectroscopic, thermal and magnetic properties of some transition metal complexes derived from 1-Phenyl-3-Substituted-4-Nitroso-5-Pyrazolones Samir A. AbdelLatif, Yousry M. Issa Smell reduction and disinfection of textile materials by dielectric barrier discharges Siegfried Müller, Rolf-Jürgen Zahn, Torsten Koburger, Klaus-Dieter Weltmann Thermal buckling analysis of ceramic-metal functionally graded plates Ashraf M. Zenkour, Daoud S. Mashat Vol.2 No.10 (Click to view the issue) Cell-PLoc 2.0: an improved package of web-servers for predicting subcellular localization of proteins in various organisms Kuo-Chen Chou, Hong-Bin Shen Transient response of multilayered hollow cylinder using various theories of generalized thermoelasticity Daoud S. Mashat, Ashraf M. Zenkour, Khaled A. 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