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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
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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: Luleå 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
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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.
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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:
Advance registration prior to May 1st is highly recommended, as capacity is limited.
You may access the registration website from:
Half-day Workshops:
Control of Power Inverters for Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation [Power
inverters] Organizer: Q.-C. Zhong
Controlling Software Execution: An Emerging Application Area for Control Engineering
[Software Execution] Organizers: Y. Wang, S. Lafortune, and S. Reveliotis
Modeling, Control, and Optimization for Aerospace Systems [Aerospace Systems]
Organizers: L. Rodrigues, H. H.-T. Liu, and B. Samadi
Real-time Optimization of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Extremum-Seeking Control
[Real-time Optimization] Organizers: M. Guay and D. Dochain
Full-day Workshops:
Analysis and Design of Cyber-Physical Transportation Systems: Challenges, Progress,
and Future Directions [Transportation Systems] Organizer: D. Del Vecchio
Controlling Green Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities [Green Buildings] Organizers:
F. Borrelli, and M. Stylianou
Design and Assessment of Alarm Systems for Industrial Automation and Control [Alarm
Systems] Organizers: I. Izadi, T. Chen, and S. L. Shah
Health Management, Fault-tolerant Control, and Cooperative Control of Unmanned Aircraft
[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 [Nonlinear Regression] Organizer:
R. Rhinehart
Quasilinear Control: Analysis and Design of Systems with Nonlinear Actuators and
Sensors [Quasilinear Control] Organizers: S. M. Meerkov, P.T. Kabamba, Y. Eun,
and S. Ching
Robust Networked Infrastructures: Reliability and Security from Game Theoretic
Perspectives [Networked Infrastructures] Organizers: S. Amin, T. Basar, S.
Sastry, G. Schwartz, J. Walrand, and H. Tembine
Smart Grid Markets: Integration of Renewables, Pricing, Modeling, and Optimization
[Smart Grids] Organizer: A. Annaswamy
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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. MuÒoz de la PeÒa, J. Liu, X. Chen p. 528
Integrated design of symbolic controllers for nonlinear systems G. Pola, A. Borri,
M. D. Di Benedetto p. 534
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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. GiarrÈ, 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
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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
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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 Åstrøm
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
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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
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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. Ordóñez-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 Söylemez 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-Ibáñez, Hebertt Sira-Ramírez, Miguel S. Suárez-Castañón,
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 Söderström 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 & Ülle 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
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4.7 Contents: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
Contributed by: Brian Fauth, fauth@siam.org
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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 Groß, 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
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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
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
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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
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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 E&P: 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 E&P
Jason Bryant, C&I 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 C&I Engineer, Scottish Power
Russell Fraser, C&I Engineer, SSE
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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
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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.
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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/
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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
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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
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/
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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


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