Travel to attend the U.S.-Italy Workshop on "Systems, Modelsand Feedback: With Applications to Underwater Robots"

拟议的研讨会将直接侧重于系统、模型和反馈及其在水下机器人中的应用等研究课题。将特别强调将非线性和智能控制理论的最新进展用于水下机器人的分析、综合、操作和控制。近十年来，美国和意大利将非线性和智能控制理论应用于飞行控制、卫星控制和机器人控制都非常成功，这次研讨会必将在水下机器人的建模、控制和操作方面产生重要成果。因为水下机器人及其控制在美国和意大利都继续变得越来越重要。这次研讨会将集中讨论最及时和最新的研究主题。来自两国的参与者都是顶尖的研究人员，他们已经通过之前的接触进行了卓有成效的互动。进一步的合作将有助于更深入地了解该领域的重要问题。因此，这次研讨会应该对两国都有利，并导致建立有价值的国际联系，实现国际思想的交流。这必将促进水下机器人的建模、控制和操作的进步。事实上，我们已经收到了来自欧洲和日本的知名研究人员的参加研讨会的请求。

The proposed workshop will focus directly on research topics of systems, models and feedback with applications to underwater robots. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of recent advances in nonlinear and intelligent control theory in analysis, synthesis, operation and control of underwater robots. The use of nonlinear and intelligent control theory in flight control, satellite control, and robot control in both the United States and Italy was very successful in the last decade; this workshop will certainly generate important results in the modeling, control and operation of underwater robots. Because underwater robots and its control in both the United States and Italy is continuing to grow in importance. This workshop will focus on the most timely and current subject of research. The participants from both countries consist of leading researchers and they have already developed fruitful interactions through previous contacts. Further collaboration would lead to deeper understanding of the important problems in the area. So this workshop should benefit both countries and lead to building valuable international connections and achieving international cross-fertilization of ideas. It certainly will lead to the advancement of modeling, control, and operation of underwater robots. In fact, we have received requests for participation in the workshop by well-known researchers from Europe and Japan.