June 4 to 6, 2003
The Adams Mark Hotel,
Denver, Colorado USA
The 2003 ACC technical program reflects the continued interest by the control community in the field of control engineering and its applications to emerging technologies, as well as the theoretical developments that are needed to meet the ever-increasing demands placed on control systems. The variety of sessions included in this program should be of value to conference attendees, included those that have diverse backgrounds and interests. There are many applications sessions, ranging from control of micro and nano-systems, biological and chemical processes, to spacecraft and aircraft systems. A plethora of control theory sessions are offered, including topics involving adaptive, infinite-dimensional, nonlinear, hybrid, robust, stochastic and time-delay systems. There are three tutorial sessions, each beginning with an hour-long survey of the thematic topic of the session, followed by brief state-of-the-art presentations of industry applications specially tailored to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and interaction between industrial and academic participants. The 2003 ACC technical program consists of both contributed and invited paper sessions, organized in 18 parallel tracks. The 947 papers included in the 159 technical sessions were selected from over 1400 submissions. The 2003 ACC also offers a number of special features, some of them being introduced for the first time. The first of these are interactive sessions, where presenters will make use of a combined media of computers, demonstrations, and posters, so as to promote a stimulating interactive exchange between the speakers and the audience. The second is an NSF-sponsored special workshop for high school teachers of mathematics and science on Ideas and Technology of Control Systems. In addition, there are two special sessions, one that "looks back" on the History of Centers of Control in the US, and the other that "looks forward" on the NSF CAREER program for young investigators, who are starting their career. As in the past ACCs, several workshops
on emerging and important areas of control will also be held. Also
included in the ACC, as in the past, is the Best
Student Paper Award competition. Some of these features are
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Interactive Sessions: |
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| Wednesday, June 4,
2003, 9.30-11.30am |
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This year we will introduce a new medium for presentation at
the ACC. We are planning a set of sessions in which the presenters
will be allowed to make creative use of poster boards as well as
computer simulations (possibly web-based) and hands-on demonstrations.
We are hoping that this unique medium will attract a substantial
audience to exchange ideas with the presenters. Four Interactive
Sessions will be held on Wednesday from 9.30 am to 11.30 am in the
Exhibits Area behind Adams Mark Hotel tower registration area on
street level. These sessions contain both invited and contributed
papers that are chosen based on the suitability of their topic to
exploiting this medium. Papers in all sessions appear in the proceedings
and all papers are eligible for awards, whether they are presented
orally or in the interactive sessions, so please keep this in mind
when considering suggestions for the best paper award. The session
topics include the following: |
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NSF Sponsored Workshop for High School Teachers |
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IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGY of CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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June 4, 2003 |
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| The purpose of the workshop is to enhance the cooperation among
various control groups and high school teachers of mathematics and
science throughout the United States and the world, to give attention
to control and systems ideas and technology, and to increase the general
awareness of the importance of control and systems technology and
its cross-disciplinary nature among high school teachers and students. |
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| Sponsors: National Science Foundation IEEE Control Systems Society American Automatic Control Council |
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Special Sessions |
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Special Session I: Wednesday, June 4, 2003, 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
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"The History of Important Centers of Control" |
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| The IEEE CSS History Committee has organized the first in a planned series of special sessions on the history of control work at institutions that have had a significant role in the development of control theory and applications. The speakers for this session are Robert Clark of the University of Washington, Daniel Repperger of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Bernard Friedland of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and David Auslander of the University of California at Berkeley. Following the presentations, there will be a question and answer session. The speakers include: | |||||||||||||||||
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Special Session II: Friday, June 6, 11:30-12:30pm |
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"Writing a Winning NSF
CAREER Proposal" |
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| The session will discuss the goals of CAREER program, NSF review
process and merit review criteria. A number of CAREER grantees representing
broad areas of control engineering will share their ideas and experience
in writing an innovative proposal. |
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Best Student Paper Award |
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| As in past ACCs, the 2003 ACC solicited nominations for the Best Student Paper Award competition. There were 38 nominations this year. The nominated papers were reviewed through the usual review process and by a panel of experts chosen from the Program Committee. Based on the reviews, the following five papers have been selected as finalists for the Student Best Paper Award Competition: | |||||||||||||||||
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