The American Automatic Control Council (AACC) will hold the sixteenth American Control Conference (ACC) Wednesday through Friday, June 4-6, 1997 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 '97 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.

Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande River and near to the Sandia Mountains, offers historic missions, art galleries, southwest charm, a diverse heritage, and tasty New Mexico cuisine. Trips to neighboring Santa Fe will be uniquely remembered by participants and their families.

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, 1996.

Registered attendees will obtain the Proceedings as both a CD-ROM and paper volumes. Registered student/retiree attendees will get the CD-ROM only.

• August 15, 1996: Deadline for contacting the Program Vice-Chair, Invited Sessions, regarding invited sessions.
• September 15, 1996: Deadline for submission of contributed papers and invited session proposals.
• January 20, 1997: Authors notified and author's kits distributed.
• March 15, 1997: Deadline for camera ready mats or electronic format for Proceedings.

View the AACC homepage on http://web.ece.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc/ or contact:

• Brief description of the state of New Mexico, the city of Albuquerque, and the University of New Mexico.
• VIVA New Mexico! All kinds of stuff about New Mexico, including pictures and art
• Interesting places places to go in Albuquerque.

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• Other Information:
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• Student Housing Available on the UNM campus: Available only with advance registration for four nights (6/3/97-6/6/97). The cost is $60 for single occupancy and $96 for double occupancy (please make your own arrangements to find a roommate).

W.1 THEORY AND APPLICATION OF LINEAR PARAMETER VARYING CONTROL TECHNIQUES

Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3
Andy Packard, University of California at Berkeley and Gary Balas, University of Minnesota

This two-day workshop presents the theory of H-infinity based linear parameter varying control design techniques, and shows how to apply these techniques to real-world control problems. It is intended for both theorists and practitioners interested in robust control, linear matrix inequalities (LM), and complex optimization techniques using LMI procedures

W.2 AUTOMOTIVE POWERTRAIN DYNAMICS AND CONTROL

Monday, June 2
Giorgio Rizzoni and Steve Yurkovich, The Ohio State University, Center for Automotive Research

This tutorial presents the essential aspects of modeling and control of automotive powertrains, with particular focus on internal combustion engines and their integration within the total automotive powertrain. It is intended for practicing engineers and/or university researchers who wish to integrate diverse engineering disciplines into automative powertrain applications.

W.3 HIERARCHICAL HYBRID CONTROL OF LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS

Monday, June 2
Datta Godbole, Alex Gollu, Tom Henzinger, John Lygeros, Shankar Sastry, Pravin Varaiya, University of California at Berkeley

This workshop presents new modeling, design, verification and simulation results for multi-agent, large scale, hybrid systems; examples include Automated Highway Systems (AHS) and Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS). It is primarily intended for university researchers, but is also interest to practitioners in automated highway and air traffic management systems.

W.4 NEURAL NETWORKS FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL

Tuesday, June 3
K.S. Narendra, Center for Systems Science, Yale University

This workshop shows how concepts and methods developed in systems theory and artificial neural networks can be suitably combined for the intelligent control of complex dynamical systems in the presence of uncertainty. It is intended for industrial engineers and academic researchers interested in both theoretical developments and applications of neural network-based control.

W.5 CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN: A UNIFIED ALGEBRAIC APPROACH

Tuesday, June 3
R.E. Skelton, Purdue University, K.M. Grigoriadis, University of Houston, T. Iwasaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology

This workshop presents a new unified formulation of linear control theory, develops new analysis/design tools (based on elementary matrix algebra), and provides numerical algorithms to solve fixed-order robust control problems. It is intended for anyone interested in state-space based unified approaches and computational methods for designing low-order robust controllers.

W.6 AUTOMATED MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS

Tuesday, June 3
Wallace E. Larimore; Adaptics, Inc, Dale E. Seborg; University of California, Santa Barbara, Nancy Kirkendall, George Washington University and Office of Management and Budget

This workshop presents automatic identification methods using stable singular value decomposition (SVD) computations; examples include an industrial boiler, tank and autothermal reactors, distillation column, and aircraft wing flutter. The intended audience is those wishing to do automated model identification on applications data or those teaching graduate or undergraduate identification courses.

W.7 NONLINEAR CONTROL: COMPARISONS AND CASE STUDIES

Saturday, June 7
John Doyle, California Institute of Technology, Randy Freeman, University of California, Santa Barbara, Miroslav Krstic, University of California, Santa Barbara

This workshop invites several speakers to present tutorials of various popular nonlinear control methods; followed then by results achieved when the methods are applied to some common benchmark examples. This workshop will appeal to university researchers interested in nonlinear control, but it will also be useful to nonexperts interested in evaluating state-of-the-art techniques.

W.8 SUPERVISION, FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

Saturday, June 7
M. Ayoubi, D. Fuessel and R. Isermann, Darmstadt U of Technology, M. Blanke, Aalborg U., P. M. Frank, Gerhard Mercator U. and, J. Gertler, George, Mason U.

This workshop reviews the basic principles of supervision methods including model based fault detection and fault diagnosis and appropriate actions to improve reliability and safety of technical systems. It is intended for industrial practitioners, university researchers, and engineering students and uses examples from machine tools, robots, engines, actuators, and sensors.

For more information link to the 1997 ACC homepage from http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc/

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General Chair Naim Kheir - ACC97 Oakland University Department of Electrical and Sys. Engr. Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Tel:810-370-2177 Fax:810-370-4633 kheir@vela.acs.oakland.edu	Program Chair Stephen Yurkovich - ACC97 The Ohio State University Department of Electrical Enginering 2015 Neil Ave. Columbus OH 43210-1272 Tel:614-292-2586 Fax:614-292-7596 s.yurkovich@ieee.org
Finance Chair Ka C. Cheok - ACC97 Oakland University Department of Electrical and Sys. Engr. Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Tel:810-370-2232 Fax:810-370-4261 cheok@vela.acs.oakland.edu	Local Arrangements Chair Chaouki Abdallah - ACC97 University of New Mexico EECE Department Albuquerque, NM 87131 Tel:505-277-0298 FAX:505-277-1439 chaouki@eece.unm.edu
Registration Chair M. Edwin Sawan - ACC97 Wichita State University Departement of Electrical Enginering Wichita KS 67260-0044 Tel:316-978-3415 Fax:316-978-3853 ed@shocker.ee.twsu.edu	Publications Chair Robert Judd - ACC97 Ohio University College of Electrical Eng. & Computer Science Stocker Center, Athens OH 45701 Tel:614-593-0106 fax:614-593-0007 juddrp@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu
Publicity Chair R. Russell Rhinehart - ACC97 Texas Tech University, Box 43121 Department of Chemical Enginnering Lubbock TX 79409-3121 Tel:806-742-1763 Fax:806-742-3552 rhinehart@coe1.coe.ttu.edu	Workshops Chair Michael Masten - ACC97 Texas Instruments 2309 Northcrest Plano TX 75075 Tel:214-995-7986 Fax:214-995-2770 m.masten@ieee.org
Exhibits Chair Tom Robbins - ACC97 Prentice Hall Publishing 1 Lake Street Room 3G81 Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 Tel:201-236-7363 Fax:201-236-7141 atomrob@aol.com	Program Vice-Chair For Contributed Papers Suhada Jayasuriya - ACC97 Texas A&M University Department of Mechanical Enginnering College Station TX 77843 Tel:409-845-0271 Fax:409-845-3081 s0j8248@zeus.tamu.edu
Program Vice-Chair For Invited Sessions Robert Skelton - ACC97 Purdue University Space Systems Control Laboratory 1293 Potter Engr. Ctr. W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1293 Tel:317-494-4206 Fax:317-494-2351 sscl@ecn.purdue.edu	Program Vice-Chair For Industry Applications S. Joe Qin - ACC97 The University of Texas Department of Chemical Engineering Austin, TX 78712-1062 Tel:512-471-4417 Fax:512-471-7060 qin@che.utexas.edu

Society Review Chairs

AIAA S.N. Balakrishnan - ACC97 Dept of Mech & Aero Engr & Engr Mech University of Missouri - Rolla Rolla, MO 65401-0249 (573) 341-4675/FAX -4607 bala@umr.edu	AIChE Babatunde A. Ogunnaike - ACC97 DuPont Company Experimental Station PO Box 80101 Wilmington, DE 19880-0101 (302) 695-2535/FAX-2645 ogunnaike@esspt0.dnet.dupont.com
AISE Christopher D. Kelly - ACC97 Inland Steel 3001 East Columbus Dr. East Chicago, IN 46312 (219) 399-6313/Fax-6562 cdkelly@inland.com	ASCE B.F. Spencer, Jr Dept of Civil Engr, & Geol. Sci University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-0767 (219) 631-6247/Fax-9236 spencer.1@nd.edu
ASME Wayne J. Book - ACC97 School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0405 (404) 894-3247/Fax-9342 wayne.book@me.gatech.edu	IEEE Michael Peshkin - ACC97 Council on Dynamic Systems & Control Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208-3111 (847) 467-2666/Fax 491-3915 acc97@nwu.edu
ISA R. Russell Rhinehart - ACC97 Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University 6th and Canton Streets Lubbock, TX 79409-3121 (806)742-1763/Fax-3552 rhinehart@coe1.coe.ttu.edu	SCS Mohammed A. Zohdy - ACC97 Department of Electrical and Systems Engr Oakland University 148 Dodge Hall Rochester, MI 48309-4401 (810) 370-2234/Fax-4633 zohdyma@vela.acs.oakland.edu

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