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

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The Symposium on Control of Mechanical Systems (SCMS) will be held on June 19-20, 2006 atthe University of California, Berkeley in Honor of Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka. Theconference, chaired by Professor Roberto Horowitz (University of California, Berkeley)will bring leading researchers and practitioners from academics, industry, and governmentagencies 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 ofresearch and areas for future research and application. Participation is open and theSymposium has been announced in important conferences and in relevant electronic media.SCMS draws upon many disciplines, including system theory, control theory, computer andcommunication networks, signal processing, and a wide array of application areas. A totalof approximately 120 attendees are expected to participate in this conference, of which 60will be students. An amount of $20,000 is requested to support this conference. The fundswill be used to partially pay for the travel expenses of a number of graduate andundergraduate students that will be selected from among the students that attend thissymposium and apply for travel support and for student dinning expenses. The remainingfunds will be used to partially support the travel expenses of some of the invitedspeakers, 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 andpractitioners from academics, industry, and government agencies to interact on the latestadvances in modeling and control of mechanical systems. The primary goal of this proposalis to seek financial support from NSF to invite approximately 60 students to the symposiumand expose them to current advances in the control of mechanical systems and itsapplications. The invited students will present posters or orally in the workshop. Wealso seek financial support to fund some of the invited speakers who have retired and donot have other sources to support their travel. A book will be published, which willcontain 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 systemscontrol, including adaptive, repetitive, nonlinear and optimal control ad estimation, aswell as state of the art applications.Travel support for student attendees will be advertised nationally. Women, minorities, anddisabled students will be especially encouraged to apply.Broader Impacts: Undergraduate and graduate students who attend the conference, presentpapers, and participate in student-oriented activities are likely to pursue careers in thefield of control theory and its applications. The book that will be published as thememories of this symposium will be a valuable reference and learning tool for manyundergraduate and graduate students, who may be pursuing or considering entering the fieldof mechanical systems control.