Technical Program

Plenary Sessions

Semi-plenary Sessions                                                                    Top of page

 Tutorial Sessions                                                            Top of page

Energy Management and Drivability Control of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

Organizer: Rizzoni, Giorgio The Ohio State Univ.
Monday, December 12, 16:00 – 18:00   Ecija

Molecular Systems Biology and Control
Organizer: Sontag, Eduardo D. Rutgers Univ.
Tuesday, December 13, 10:00 – 12:00   Estepa

Airspace De-Confliction
Organizer: Parthasarathy, Sanjay Honeywell Tech. Center
Organizer: Samad, Tariq Honeywell Lab.
Tuesday, December 13th, 16:00 – 18:00 Giralda V

Sensor Networks and Cooperative Control
Organizer: Cassandras, Christos G. Boston Univ.
Wednesday, December 14, 10:00 – 12:00  Giralda II

Hybrid Control of Networked Embedded Systems
Organizer: Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Francoise CNRS
Wednesday, December 14, 16:00 – 17:40  Giralda I

Panel discussions                                                        Top of page

An industrial view on the areas for future controls research

Organizers: Mike Grimble, and Reza Katebi

Panel (provisional): Alkis Konstantellos, EU Programme Officer, Chris Elston, RWEnpower, Matt MacDonald, SELEX-SAS, Andy Scarisbrick, Ford, UK, Chris Fryer, Alstom, Ron Patton, Hull.

Monday, December 12, 18:15 – 19:15  Santa Cruz

Control Aspects of the Cassini / Huygens – Mission to Explore the Saturnian System

Organizer: Klaus Schilling

Panel: Bob Mitchell (NASA / JPL, Pasadena), Claudio Sollazzo (ESA / ESTEC, Darmstadt) and Klaus Schilling (Univ. of Werzburg).

Tuesday, December 13, 18:15 – 19:15   Santa Cruz

Workshops                                                                     Top of page

Full-day workshops:

Half-day workshops:

HD-1 Dynamics and Control of Smart Structures (CANCELLED *)

HD-2 Advanced Control in Siderurgy (CANCELLED *)

HD-3 Identification of Hybrid Systems

 *  If you are registered in a cancelled workshop you can either register in another Workshop of the same duration (just e-mail registration co-chair Carlos Bordons) or  you can have  the money refunded. You can also register in another Workshop if you wish (go to  PaperPlaza). If we do not hear from you  by Nov 14th we will refund the money.

Special Lunchtime Sessions                                         Top of page

How do control system design engineers use models and simulation ?

Pieter J. Mosterman
Corporate Communications, The MathWorks

Monday, December 12
12:15 – 13:15
Giralda I

In control system design, we typically model the plant in detail and then make the model amenable to control law synthesis. With this law at its core, the controller model is gradually refined with implementation detail. Physical models are combined with computational models to ensure we can realize the design. At present, computational modeling increasingly replaces physical modeling. This requires sophisticated modeling formalisms and tools. For example, in plant modeling, domain specific languages for, e.g., multi-body systems and image processing systems as well as extensive tool infrastructure, are needed.

The challenges we face to further this trend are (i) providing domain-specific modeling formalisms, (ii) providing tool support, (iii) combining different formalisms, and (iv) automatic model translation.

We discuss the role of models in control system design and address questions such as: Is there a set of sufficient semantic notions for our modeling languages or a general ‘computing API’ to combine different formalisms? Is simulation a sufficiently powerful technology? What is the best approach to generating modeling formalisms (libraries, meta-modeling, API, other)? Is there an optimal formalism to translate between formalisms? Can we derive denotational or operational models from axiomatic specifications (i.e., generate models from ‘scenarios’)? How about producing target specific code? How can style guidelines be enforced and is there a need to configure tools for controller design? How about support for enterprise-wide modeling? Can model reduction techniques handle industrial models for control synthesis? How can you guarantee model composability? How can we obtain explicit models (e.g., hybrid automata) from models in a more practicable representation?

Making Research Breakthroughs and Breaking Glass Ceilings: The Communication Challenges of Women in Higher Education

Organizers:
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Chair, CSS Technical Committee on Control Education and Anna Maria Pardon, Chair, CSS Standing Committee on Women in Control

Keynote Speaker:
Diana Carlin, University of Kansas

Panel:
"Women in Research Funding", Fahmida Chowdhury and Mary Ann Horn, NSF; Fahroo Fariba and Sharon Heise, AFOSR; and Alkis Konsstantellos, European Union

Wednesday, December 14
12:00 - 13:30
The Terrace Room (lunch provided), Melia Sevilla Hotel, Seville, Spain

Diana Carlin is Dean of the Graduate School and International Programs and a professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. Her research interests are in political communication and gendered communication. She has taught courses on communication and gender and women in politics and has conducted research on attitudes toward women politicians. She is a frequent speaker for professional women's associations on topics related to gender and communication and women in organizations.

Cheryl Schrader is a recipient of the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)--a program supported and administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is a professor and Dean of the College of Engineering at the Boise State University, has a distinguished record of mentoring at both her present institution and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She has demonstrated an enduring, strong, and personal commitment to providing students with useful faculty guidance.

Women in Research Funding Panel Discussion Although the overall proportion of women funded is comparatively low, statistics show that this is more a reflection of the number of proposals received from women, rather than a bias against women at the funding stage. Through a presentation of some of the recent trends and statistics, we hope to generate discussion on issues such as how the low numbers of women receiving funding may affect students and younger researchers, why fewer women submit proposals, and what the community can do to improve the situation.



Evening Panel Session

Math, Science and Technology in Control Engineering Education

Organizers:
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Chair, CSS Technical Committee on Control Education

Panel Discussion with:
Michael Athans, Alain Bensoussan, John Baras, Sergio Bittanti, Peter Caines, Tyrone Duncan, P.R. Kumar, Lennart Ljung, Sanjoy Mitter, Victor Solo, Pravin Varaiya.

Tuesday, December 13
6:00 - 7:30 pm
The Terrace Room, Melia Sevilla Hotel, Seville, Spain

Social Program                                                                    Top of page