Conference on Future Directions in Distributed Parameter Systems

North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC

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Abstract

0080784 Smith The Conference on Future Directions in Distributed Parameter Systems will provide a forum that illustrates past accomplishments in distributed parameter systems and indicates open questions, challenges, and future research directions. The organizers have contacted and received tentative acceptance from 14 plenary speakers who will address the state of the art and future research directions in their respective fields. The plenary speakers will also be asked to write 10-15 page chapters, summarizing the perspectives and recommendations made in their addresses, which will be published within a year after the conference. Secondly, younger scientists will be invited to present contributed talks that focus on specific applications modeled by distributed parameter systems. This will provide the younger scientists with exposure to the perspectives provided by the plenary speakers and a mechanism for disseminating their own research. The conference is scheduled for October 5-7, 2000 at North Carolina State University. Significant advances in both theoretical and computational resources have recently facilitated the development and implementation of distributed parameter models and control designs that incorporate the full spatial and temporal behavior of complex physical systems. Because distributed parameter methods are based on the physical mechanisms that produce the system dynamics, the approach provides advanced capabilities with regard to system design and control. The Conference on Future Directions in Distributed Parameter Systems, which is scheduled for October 5-7, 2000 at North Carolina State University, will provide a forum that illustrates past accomplishments in this field and indicates open questions, challenges, and future research directions. The organizers have contacted and received tentative acceptances from 14 internationally recognized scientists who will address the state of the art and future research directions in their respective fields. The plenary speakers will also be asked to write 10-15 page chapters summarizing the perspectives and recommendations made in their addresses. These will be published within a year after the conference. Secondly, younger scientists will be invited to present contributed talks that focus on specific applications modeled by distributed parameter systems. This will provide the younger scientists with exposure to the perspectives provided by the plenary speakers and a mechanism for disseminating their own research.