24-26 June 1998
The Adam's Mark Hotel
Philadelphia, PA, USA
The Adam's Mark Hotel
Philadelphia, PA, USA
The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) will hold the seventeenth American Control Conference (ACC) Wednesday through Friday, June 24-26, 1998 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Held in cooperation with the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), this conference will bring together people working in the fields of control, automation, and related areas from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Society for Measurement and Control (ISA), and the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS). Approximately 1000 presentations are expected.
The '98 ACC will cover a range of topics relevant to theory and practical implementation of control and automation. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: robotics, manufacturing, guidance and flight control, power systems, process control, measurement and sensing, identification and estimation, signal processing, modeling and advanced simulation, fault detection, model validation, multivariable control, adaptive and optimal control, robustness, intelligent control, expert systems, neural nets, industrial applications, control engineering education, and computer aided design.
Papers will be classified as either "contributed" or "invited" and as either "regular" or "short." When an individual paper is submitted for consideration, it is "contributed." "Invited" papers are specifically solicited by an organizer of a specific session. "Regular" papers are allotted 5 pages in the Proceedings and are to be a complete description of finished work. "Short" papers are allotted 2 pages in the proceedings and are to be an exposition of a novel idea or preliminary results. Based on reviewers' direction, the Program Committee may move regular papers into the short paper category. For all papers, review criteria include:significance of the problem, novelty, clarity, completeness, and accuracy.
Philadelphia is the one of the oldest cities in the United States, having been founded by William Penn in 1682. The First Continental Congress met at Carpenter's Hall in 1774, and in 1787 the Constitutional Convention was held at Independence Hall. Philadelphia served as the U.S. capital from 1790 to 1800. With a history this rich, visits to the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and other historical sites will be uniquely remembered by participants and their families.
Check out the Philadelphia Official Internet Visitors Guide for information on sightseeing, history, culture, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, maps and driving directions.
Contributed papers must be accompanied by a Manuscript Submission Form (MSF), which will be used for reviewer selection and session assignment. Papers received without a completed MSF can not be processed. Submit 5 copies of regular papers and an MSF to a Society Review Chair. Submit 5 copies of short papers and an MSF to the Program Vice-Chair for Contributed Papers. The deadline is September 15, 1997. Electronic version of the Manuscript Submission Forms are available using the following link :
or by sending a blank email message to ieeerev@nwu.edu
Papers in each Invited Session should present a cohesive and comprehensive focus on a relevant topic. Tutorial Sessions are a special type of Invited Session and have a different structure from other Invited Sessions. Organizers should download an
Submit 5 copies of the proposal (per instructions, with a clear motivation for the session, and not less than a 1000 word summary of the results for each paper) to the Vice Chair for Invited Sessions by September 15,1997, (October 15,1997 for Tutorial Sessions).
The AACC is particularly interested in enhancing the applications and industrial perspective of the ACC. Prospective authors from industry are encouraged. For more information contact the Vice Chair, Industry and Applications.
To be eligible primary, first-listed author and presenter of regular contributed papers must be students at the time of submission. Up to five finalists based on their written papers will be awarded limited travel grants to the Conference. To apply, send a copy of the paper, with a cover letter on University letterhead from your professor (certifying eligibility), to the Program Chair by September 15, 1997.
The Operating Committee intends to arrange tutorial workshops to be held in conjunction with the 1998 ACC. Suggestions are solicited for appropriate subjects. Potential organizers should contact the Workshop Chair by September 1, 1997.
A tutorial is an ACC Invited Session. The purposes of the Tutorial Session are to integrate industrial practice and theoretical results, to increase industrial attendance in the ACC, and to educate attendees on an important technology.
The two-hour Tutorial Session will start with an hour-long presentation on a well-developed, relatively new, yet ready for industrial practice technology. It will be followed by four 15-minute presentations revealing industrial applications. This format can be modified if more than four industrial presentations are planned.
The hour-long tutorial is intended to attract an audience of control experts who want to broaden their knowledge on a specific topic. The tutorial presenter should be a recognized expert who has both academic and industrial credibility, who can present the technological concepts and implementation issues in an easily understandable manner, and who can satisfy questioners from either the theoretical or the practice community. The tutorial paper will be allowed 15 pages in the proceedings. The vision is, that after the AACC has 10 or so tutorials, the collection will be published as a text.
In contrast to the state-of-the-art, research flavor of most of ACC papers, the tutorial will be more like a chapter in a textbook which is designed for a clear exposition. In contrast to the visionary perspective and passive audience role of a plenary lecture, the tutorial will teach a standard technology and will encourage audience questions throughout the presentation. The Tutorial Session will be like a mini-Workshop, but free to the registered ACC attendees.
The tutorial presentation will be followed by four 15-minute presentations from industrial representatives who will reveal industrial implementation of the technology. Since the general technology will have been presented, these speakers can focus on establishing practice credibility; and most importantly, can feedback a practice view of the applicability, benefits, cautions, and needs for remaining technology development. The industrial representatives should reflect a variety of Professional Society Members of the AACC. These industrial presentations will be allowed 2 pages in the proceedings. While submission of a paper will be encouraged, in order to accommodate the publication issues within many businesses, a paper will neither be required nor expected.
Quality of the Tutorial Sessions is of primary importance. The organizer will submit the proposal for the Tutorial Session to the Vice Chair for Invited Sessions so that it can be evaluated through an independent review process. In the proposal, the organizer should submit a summary of the tutorial session that argues for the relevance of the topic, the benefit of presenting it to the ACC, and the qualifications of the tutorial presenter. The tutorial presenter will include a substantial portion of the tutorial so that reviewers can judge its completeness, quality, and whether the presentation is understandable to a wide range of ACC attendees. Industrial "authors" will have to describe their contribution in an extended abstract (about 1000 words). The submission deadline for Tutorial Sessions will be extended to October 15, 1997.
All registered attendees will obtain the Proceedings as a CD-ROM. Paper volumes and extra CD-ROM's can be purchased separately.
Authors will be notified and author's kits will be distributed by January 20, 1998. The deadline for camera-ready mats or electronic format for the Proceedings is March 15, 1998.
View the AACC homepage on http://web.eecs.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc.html or contact:
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General Chair
Joe H. Chow Electrical, Comp. and Sys. Engr. Dept. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180-3590 Tel:518-276-6374 Fax:518-276-6261 chowj@rpi.edu |
Program Chair
Bonnie S. Heck School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 Tel:404-894-3145 Fax:404-894-4641 bonnie.heck@ee.gatech.edu |
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Finance Chair
Garng Huang Department of Electrical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Tel:409-845-7476 Fax:409-845-6259 huang@ee.tamu.edu |
Local Arrangements Chair
Harry G. Kwatny Dept. of Mech. Engr. and Mechanics Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel:215-895-2356 Fax:215-895-xxxx hkwatny@coe.drexel.edu |
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Registration Chair
Edwin Chong School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University 1285 Electrical Engineering Building West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285 Tel:765-494-9143 Fax:765-494-3371 acc98reg@ecn.purdue.edu |
Publications Chair
David G. Taylor School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 Tel:404-894-8910 fax:404-894-4641 dtaylor@ee.gatech.edu |
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Publicity Chair
B. Wayne Bequette Department of Chemical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth St. Troy, NY 12180-3590 Tel: 518-276-6683 Fax: 518-276-4030 bequeb@rpi.edu |
Workshops Chair
Michael Masten Texas Instruments 2309 Northcrest Plano TX 75075 Tel:972-997-5179 Fax:972-997-5693 m.masten@ieee.org |
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Exhibits Chair
Dr. Jacob Apkarian Quanser Consulting Inc. 102 George Street Hamilton, Ontario L8P 1E2 Canada Tel: 905-527-5208 Fax: 905-570-1906 jacob@quanser.com |
Program Vice-Chair For
Contributed Papers
Peter Meckl 1288 Mechanical Engineering Building Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1288 Tel:765-494-5686 Fax:765-494-0539 meckl@ecn.purdue.edu |
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Program Vice-Chair For
Invited Sessions
Linda G. Bushnell US Army Research Office PO Box 12211 4300 S. Miami Blvd. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211 Tel:919-549-4319 Fax:919-549-4354 bushnell@aro-emh1.army.mil |
Program Vice-Chair For
Industry & Applications
Daniel Repperger AL/CFBA, Building 441 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, OH 45433-7901 Tel:937-255-3671 Fax:937-255-2781 D.Repperger@ieee.org |
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Thomas E. Alberts Department of Aerospace Engineering Old Dominion University Norfolk VA 23529-0247 Tel:757-683-3736/3720sec Tel:757-864-1184(NASA) Fax:757-683-3200 talberts@aero.odu.edu |
S. N. Balakrishnan Mechanical & Aerospace & Engineering Mechanics 219 ME ANNEX University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65401-0249 Tel:573-341-4675 Fax:573-341-4607. bala@umr.edu |
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Linda G. Bushnell US Army Research Office P.O. Box 12211 4300 S. Miami Blvd. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211 Tel:919-549-4319 Fax:919-549-4354 bushnell@aro-emh1.army.mil |
Prof. Emmanuel Collins Mech. Eng. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 2525 Pottsdamer St. Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046 Tel:904-487-6373 Fax:904-487-6337 ecollins@eng.fsu.edu |
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Aniruddha Datta Department of Electrical Engineering Texas A & M University College Station TX 77843-3128 Tel:409-845-5917; Fax:409-845-6259 datta@eesun1.tamu.edu |
Benito Fernandez-Rodriguez ETC 5.160, Mail Code C2200 Neuro Engineering Research & Development Laboratory Mechanical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1063 Tel:512-471-7852, Fax:512-471-7682 benito@NERDLab.me.utexas.edu http://NERDLab.me.utexas.edu/~benito/ |
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John D. Finney ABB Power T&D Co. Electric systems Technology Institute 1021 Main Campus Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 work:919-856-2409 john.d.finney@USTRA.mail.abb.com |
Randy Freeman Electrical and Computer Engineering Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208-3118 Tel:847-467-2606 Fax:847-491-4455 freeman@ece.nwu.edu |
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Datta Godbole California PATH University of California, Berkeley Richmond Field Station, Bldg. 452 1357 S. 46th Street, Richmond, CA 94804-4698 Tel:510-231-9582 Fax:510-231-9565 godbole@eecs.berkeley.edu |
Prof Oscar R. Gonzalez(IEEE) Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kaufman Hall Rm. 231B Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0246 Tel:757-683-4966/3741 Tel:757-864-4017 NASA Fax:757-683-3220 o.gonzalez@ieee.org |
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Robert Judd Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 Tel:614-593-0106 Fax:614-593-0007 juddrp@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu |
Dr. Kenneth C. Kalnitsky Homer Research Labs C-251 Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem, PA 18016 Tel:610-694-4822 Fax:610-694-2981 rkck1@bsco.sys.eds.com |
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Ioannis Kanellakopoulos Electrical Engineering Department UCLA Box 951594 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594 Tel310-206-5278 Fax310-206-1022, -4685 ioannis@ee.ucla.edu http://ansl.ee.ucla.edu/ioannis |
Atul G. Kelkar Mechanical Engineering Department 341 Durland Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Tel:913-532-5610 Fax:913-532-7057 atul@euler.me.ksu.edu |
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Brad Lehman 409 Dana Research Building Dept. Elect. & Computer Engineering Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 Voice617-373-3052 Fax617-373-8970 lehman@cdsp.neu.edu |
Prof. Michael D. Lemmon(IEEE) Dept. of Electrical Engr. Univ. of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Tel:219-631-8309 Fax:219-631-4393 lemmon@maddog.ee.nd.edu |
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Dr. James T. Lo Maryland Technology Corporation 10210 Sunway Terrace Ellicott City, MD 21042 Tel:410-461-3158 nfilters@clark.net |
S. Atique Malik PSE Process Control Division, A32H1 Air Products and Chemicals 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18195 Tel:610-481-2630 Fax:610-481-4948 |
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Sami F. Masri(ASCE) Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California 3620 S. Vermont Ave, KAP 210, MC 2531 Los Angeles, California 90089-2531, USA Tel:213-740-0602 Fax:213-744-1426 masri@vivian2.usc.edu |
Peter Meckl 1288 Mechanical Engineering Building Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1288 Tel:765-494-5686 Fax:765-494-0539 meckl@ecn.purdue.edu |
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Pradeep Misra RC-311, Electrical Engineering Wright State University 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy. Dayton, OH 45435-0001 USA Tel:937-775-5062 Fax:937-775-5009 pmisra@cs.wright.edu |
Richard M. Murray Division of Engineering and Applied Science Mail Code 104-44 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125 Tel:818-395-6460 Fax:818-568-2719 murray@indra.caltech.edu http://avalon.caltech.edu/~murray |
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Michael Nikolaou Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3122 Tel:409-845 0406 Fax:409-845 6446 m0n2431@acs.tamu.edu http://www-chen.tamu.edu/chen/profs/nikolaou |
Brad Paden ME/E Department UCSB Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5070 paden@engineering.ucsb.edu Tel:805-893-8165 Fax:805-893-8651 |
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Ahmet Palazoglu Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 Tel:916-752-8774 Fax:916-752-1031 anpalazoglu@ucdavis.edu http://www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~pcdhome/ahmet/ |
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan Mathematics Department University of Kansas Lawrence , Kansas 66045 Tel:913-864-5162 or 913-864-7300 Fax:913-864-5255 bozenna@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu |
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Thomas E. Pilutti Ford Research Lab 20000 Rotunda Drive MailDrop 1170 SRL Dearborn, MI 48121-2053 Tel:313-337-1128 Fax:313-248-5167 tpilutti@ford.com |
Zhihua Qu, Ph.D. CAE/LINK Distinguished Professor Associate Professor and Assistant Chair Department of Electr. & Computer Engineering College of Engineering University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816 Tel:407-823-5976 Fax:407-823-5835 quz@engr.ucf.edu |
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Daniel Repperger AL/CFBA, Building 441 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, OH 45433-7901 Tel:513-255-3671 Fax:512-255-2781 D.Repperger@ieee.org |
R. Russell Rhinehart Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University 6th and Canton Streets Lubbock, TX 79409-3121 Tel:806-742-1763 Fax:806-742-3552 rhinehart@coe1.coe.ttu.edu |
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Masoud Soroush Department of Chemical Engineering Drexel University 32nd & Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel:215-895-1710 Fax:215-895-5837 masoud.soroush@coe.drexel.edu |
Dr. Bill F. Spencer, Jr. Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-0767 Tel:219-631-6247 Fax:219-631-9236 http://www.nd.edu/~quake/ |
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Gang Tao Department of Electrical Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 Tel:804-924-4586 Fax:804-924-8818 gt9s@virginia.edu |
John T. Wen CII 8213 Center for Advanced Technology in Automation, Robotics & Manufacturing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th St. Troy, NY 12180 Tel:518-276-8744 Fax:518-276-4897 wen@cat.rpi.edu http://cat.rpi.edu/~wen |
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Warren N. White Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Department 302 Durland Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-5106 Tel:913-532-2615 Fax:913-532-7057 wnw@ksu.edu |
Mohamed Zohdy Department of Electrical and Systems Engr. Oakland University 148 Dodge Hall Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Tel:810-370-2234 Fax:810-370-4633 zohdyma@vela.acs.oakland.edu |
Society Review Chairs
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AIAA
Ping Lu Iowa State University Aerospace Engr. and Engr. Mech. 498 Town Engr. Bldg Ames, IA 50011-3231 Phone: (515)294-6956 Fax: (515)294-3262 plu@iastate.edu |
AIChE
B. Wayne Bequette Department of Chemical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth St. Troy, NY 12180-3590 Phone: (518)276-6683 Fax: (518)276-4030 bequeb@rpi.edu |
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AISE
Kenneth C. Kalnitsky Homer Research Labs C-251 Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem, PA 18016 Phone: (610) 694-4822 FAX: (610) 694-2981 usbscsfc@ibmmail.com |
ASCE
Bill F. Spencer, Jr Dept of Civil Engr, & Geol. Sci University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-0767 Phone: (219) 631-6247 Fax: (219) 631-9236 spencer.1@nd.edu |
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ASME
Wayne Book The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Room 472 MARC Building 813 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0405 Tel:(404)894-3247 Fax:(404)894-9342 wayne.book@me.gatech.edu |
IEEE
Michael Peshkin Council on Dynamic Systems & Control Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208-3111 Phone: (847) 467-2666 Fax: (847) 491-3915 acc98@nwu.edu |
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ISA
Gary G. Yen School of Electrical and Computer Engineering 202 Engineering South Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-5032 Tel: (405)744-7743 Fax (405)744-9198 gyen@master.ceat.okstate.edu |
SCS
Mohammed A. Zohdy Department of Electrical and Systems Engr Oakland University 148 Dodge Hall Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Phone: (810)370-2234 Fax: (810)370-4633 zohdyma@vela.acs.oakland.edu |
Paper title: _____________________________________________________
Corresponding author name: _______________________________________
Full mailing address: ____________________________________________
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____________________________________________
phone: ___________________________
fax: ______________________________
email: ____________________________
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
* This form, with keyword chart (below) completed. Be sure to designate a
primary keyword per instructions at the bottom.
* 5 hard copies of your manuscript, with address and email for all authors
WHERE TO SUBMIT:
* Send Regular papers to the appropriate Society Review Chair (see Call for
Papers)
* Send Short papers to the Program Vice-Chair for Contributed Papers
* Send Invited Session proposals to the Program Vice-Chair for Invited
TIMELINE:
Deadline for receipt: Sept. 15, 1997
Notification: January 20, 1998
Mats due: March 15, 1998
MATS check one:
__ Final paper will be laserprinted actual size, or
__ Oversize typing sheets are needed (sheets will be mailed to author).
MODEL/TREATMENT check all that apply
__ Purely theoretical
__ Purely experimental
__ Theory & experiment
__ Linear
__ Nonlinear
__ Discrete time
__ Continuous time
__ Chaotic
__ Decentralized
__ Discrete event
__ Distributed parameter
__ Embedded
__ Hybrid
__ Large-Scale
__ Multi-rate
__ Multi-variable
__ Parameter-varying
__ Singular / Descriptor
__ Stochastic
__ Time-delay
__ Time-varying
__ Uncertainty
__ Non model-based
SCOPE choose up to three (or none, if none apply).
Mark the most important '1', the second most important '2', the third, '3'
__ Survey / Tutorial
__ Education
__ Experimental, lab-scale
__ Experimental, commercial-scale
__ Analysis
__ Control
__ Disturbance Rejection
__ Dynamics
__ Estimation
__ Fault handling
__ Identification
__ Modeling/model reduction
__ Numerical methods
__ Observer
__ Optimization
__ Reliability
__ Robustness
__ Simulation
__ Stability / Qual. behavior
__ Synthesis
APPLICATION check one
__ No specific domain
__ Actuators
__ Aircraft / air traffic
__ Automotive
__ Bio-engineering
__ Chemical process
__ Communications
__ Computer
__ CACSD
__ Economic
__ Electro-mechanical
__ Electronic
__ Flexible structures
__ Industrial processes
__ Instrumentation
__ Manufacturing
__ Marine/Underwater veh
__ Mechanical
__ Medical
__ Network
__ Noise cancellation
__ Planning / Scheduling
__ Power / Energy
__ Robotics, mobile
__ Robotic manipulators
__ Rotormachinery
__ Sensors
__ Servomechanism
__ Signal processing
__ Spacecraft
__ Target tracking
__ Traffic / Transportation
__ Virtual reality
__ Other domain: _________________________
METHODOLOGY choose up to three (or none, if none apply).
Mark the most important '1', the second most important '2', the third, '3'
Adaptive:
__ Direct
__ Indirect
__ Multi-model switching
Algebraic/Geometric:
__ (Differential) Algebraic
__ (Differential) Geometric
__ Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI)
__ Spectral
__ State-space
Time-domain:
__ Classical
__ Internal model
__ LQR / LQG
__ Lyapunov 2nd method
__ Variable Struct./Sliding Mode
__ Repetitive controlFunctional:
__ Fourier / Frequency
__ Fractals / Maps / Chaos
__ H1 / H2 / H-infinity
__ L1 / L2 / L-infinity
__ Laplace Transform
__ Mu-synthesis
__ QFT
__ Wavelet
__ Other integral transform
__ Other operator methods
Linearization:
__ Local approximation
__ Coordinate transformation
__ Gain Scheduling
__ Feedback linearization
__ Pseudo-linearization
Statistical / Stochastic:
__ Covariance analysis
__ Kalman-Bucy filtering
__ Maximum likelihood
__ Minimax
__ Perturbation methods
__ Principle component analysis
__ Statistical
__ Wiener filtering
__ Other statistical/stochastic
Intelligent:
__ Artificial intelligence
__ Decision tree
__ Fuzzy logic
__ Genetic algorithm
__ Knowledge-based
__ Neural networks
__ Other intelligent methods
Optimization:
__ Dynamic programming
__ Fixed-point search
__ Game theoretic
__ Gradient search
__ Least squares
__ Linear programming
__ Non-linear programming
__ Variational calculus
__ Other optimization methods
Other:
__ Other method: ___________
MAIN CONTRIBUTION / SESSION ASSIGNMENT
1) Choose one keyword from among those you selected above which would be
the best theme for a session that includes your paper. Write it here:
___________________________
2) Does your paper's theme focus on an industrial control problem? Check
one:
__ YES
__ NO.