Symposium on Control of Mechanical Systems. To be Held June 19-20, 2006 at the University of California.

University Of California-Berkeley, Berkeley CA

Investigators

Abstract

The Symposium on Control of Mechanical Systems (SCMS) will be held on June 19-20, 2006 at the University of California, Berkeley in Honor of Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka. The conference, chaired by Professor Roberto Horowitz (University of California, Berkeley) will bring leading researchers and practitioners from academics, industry, and government agencies to interact on the latest advances in modeling and control of mechanical systems. SCMS will bring together leading researchers in the field to assess the current state of research and areas for future research and application. Participation is open and the Symposium has been announced in important conferences and in relevant electronic media. SCMS draws upon many disciplines, including system theory, control theory, computer and communication networks, signal processing, and a wide array of application areas. A total of approximately 120 attendees are expected to participate in this conference, of which 60 will be students. An amount of $20,000 is requested to support this conference. The funds will be used to partially pay for the travel expenses of a number of graduate and undergraduate students that will be selected from among the students that attend this symposium and apply for travel support and for student dinning expenses. The remaining funds will be used to partially support the travel expenses of some of the invited speakers, who have retired and do not have other sources to support their travel. Intellectual Merit: The purpose of this workshop is to bring leading researchers and practitioners from academics, industry, and government agencies to interact on the latest advances in modeling and control of mechanical systems. The primary goal of this proposal is to seek financial support from NSF to invite approximately 60 students to the symposium and expose them to current advances in the control of mechanical systems and its applications. The invited students will present posters or orally in the workshop. We also seek financial support to fund some of the invited speakers who have retired and do not have other sources to support their travel. A book will be published, which will contain the symposium memories and will include a series of tutorial and survey chapters, written by many of the symposium presenters, in diverse subjects of mechanical systems control, including adaptive, repetitive, nonlinear and optimal control ad estimation, as well as state of the art applications. Travel support for student attendees will be advertised nationally. Women, minorities, and disabled students will be especially encouraged to apply. Broader Impacts: Undergraduate and graduate students who attend the conference, present papers, and participate in student-oriented activities are likely to pursue careers in the field of control theory and its applications. The book that will be published as the memories of this symposium will be a valuable reference and learning tool for many undergraduate and graduate students, who may be pursuing or considering entering the field of mechanical systems control.