Conference: 2001 IEEE CDC. To Be Held in Orlando Florida, December 4-7, 2001.

第40届IEEE决策与控制会议（CD01）是关于系统和自动控制研究的年度国际会议。它是由IEEE控制系统协会赞助，并与工业和应用数学学会，运筹学和管理科学研究所合作进行。今年将于2001年12月4日至7日在佛罗里达奥兰多的凯悦大柏树酒店举行。会前工作坊将于2001年12月3日星期一举行。会议为研究人员提供了一个绝佳的机会，介绍该领域的最新发展，促进新的想法，并讨论和评估过去的成就。会议的技术内容传统上是最高质量的，吸引了来自世界各地的领先科学研究。会议通常每年吸引约1 000名与会者。这样一个场地是特别重要的新的研究人员和研究生在系统和控制的培训。美国国家科学基金会多年来一直支持这些活动，为参加会议的研究生提供部分旅费支持。在这个提案中，我们要求NFS继续这一长期的传统，并为将参加2001年IEEE CDC的研究生提供旅行支持。

The 40th IEEE Decision and Control Conference (CD01) is the premiere, annual international conference on systems and automatic control research. It is sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and conducted in cooperation with the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the Institute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences. This year it will be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando Florida, December 4-7, 2001. Pre-conference workshops will be held on Monday December 3, 2001. The Conference provides an excellent opportunity for researchers to present the latest developments in the field, promote new ideas, and discuss and evaluate past accomplishments. The technical content of the Conference has traditionally been of the highest quality drawing leading scientific researches from all over the world. The Conference typically draws some one thousand participants each year. Such a venue is of special importance for the training of new researchers and graduate students in systems and control. The National Science Foundation has consistently supported these activities over the years by providing partial travel support for graduate students participating in the Conference. In this proposal we are asking that NFS continue this long-standing tradition and provide travel support for graduate students who will be participating in the 2001 IEEE CDC.