Student Support for 2007 Conference on Decision and Control Held in New Orleans, LA

智力优势：系统理论在广泛的应用领域的技术进步中发挥着关键作用：从飞机和其他航空航天器的新飞行控制或制导系统到先进的制造技术和高速通信网络。通过更好地理解基本模型，它们的局限性以及它们的潜力，系统理论的不同分支正在成为应对新挑战的工具，特别是在大型复杂系统的建模和控制领域。例如，大型网络系统和电力系统特别容易受到故意和意外干扰。它们相互关联的结构意味着孤立的事件可以在整个网络中级联，造成灾难性的影响。“系统”观点在其他重要领域也显示出巨大的潜力，如生物学、量子计算、机器人技术以及安全系统。这将是一个为期三天的疾病控制和预防中心，我们计划有18个平行会议加10个互动下午。将有上午会议，下午会议和下午会议。会议记录将以光盘形式出版，其中载有所有被接受的论文。更广泛的影响：在过去的四十年里，IEEE CDC为这种审议提供了可能是最好的科学论坛，因为它汇集了来自世界各地的研究人员，并促进了他们在有利环境中的互动。今年，疾病预防控制中心正在新奥尔良举行，洛杉矶的目标是促进当地的经济和教育，是卡特里娜飓风灾难破坏。我们预计疾控中心？07将吸引约1,200名与会者。他们中的许多人将是科学界的杰出成员，其他人将是经验丰富的研究人员和实践者，而其他人将是即将开始职业生涯的研究生。我们特别关注这些年轻的参与者，因为他们是我们的未来。认识到这个小组的重要性，疾病预防控制中心的运作委员会？07，和控制系统协会（CSS）的领导层希望支持和鼓励研究生的参与。我们已经制定了一个特殊的研究生注册费是普通与会者的一半。在这份提案中，我们要求NSF继续其支持本次会议的悠久传统，提供可用于研究生旅行支持的资金。除了传播控制研究界成员的研究成果外，组委会的密切国际合作将为选定的受赠者提供独特的机会，交流思想，参观新奥尔良这样的历史名城，并在比以往更广泛的层面上交流思想。会前的大量讲习班和互动形式为传统的疾病预防控制中心会议之外的培训和学习提供了额外的机会。更重要的是，控制系统协会（CSS）提供了实质性的支持，学生旅行计划的疾病预防控制中心？07，远超以往水平。NSF的支持将验证这一承诺，并将有助于为未来几代学生制定类似的计划。

Intellectual Merit: System theory plays a critical role in technological advancements in a wide array of applications: from new flight control or guidance systems for airplanes and other aerospace vehicles to advanced manufacturing techniques and high-speed communication networks. By providing a better understanding of the underlying models, their limitations as well as their potential, different branches of system theory are emerging as instrumental tools in dealing with new challenges that have emerged especially in the areas of modeling and control of large complex systems. For example, large-scale networked systems and power systems are particularly vulnerable to both deliberate and accidental disturbances. Their interconnected structure implies that isolated events can cascade throughout the network with disastrous effects. The "systems" view also shows tremendous potential in other important fields such as biology, quantum computing, robotics, and security and safety systems. This will be a three-day CDC and we are planning to have eighteen parallel sessions plus ten interactive afternoon. There will be morning sessions, mid afternoon sessions and afternoon sessions. Conference Proceedings will be published on CD-ROM containing all the accepted papers. Broader Impact: The IEEE CDC has for the last forty years provided perhaps the best scientific forum for such deliberations as it brings researchers from all over the world and facilitates their interaction in a conducive setting. This year, CDC is being held in New Orleans, LA with the objective to contribute to the local economy and education that is devastated by Katrina disaster. We anticipate that CDC?07 will draw approximately 1,200 participants. Many of them will be distinguished members of the scientific community, others will be seasoned researches and practitioners, while others will be graduate students who are about to launch their careers. We are particularly concerned about these younger participants as they constitute our future. Recognizing the importance of this group, the Operating Committee of CDC?07, and the leadership of the Control Systems Society (CSS) would like to support and encourage the participation of graduate students. We have already instituted a special graduate student Registration Fee that is one half that of regular attendees. In this proposal we are asking that NSF continue its long tradition of support of this Conference by providing funds that can be used for graduate student travel support. Beyond dissemination of research result by members of the control research community, the close international collaboration at the organizing committee will afford unique opportunity for selected grantees to exchange ideas, visit a historic city like New Orleans and exchange ideas at a much broader level than before. The large number of workshops before the conference and the interactive format allows additional opportunity for training and learning beyond the traditional CDC conferences. More critically, the Control System Society (CSS) has provided substantial support for Student Travel Program of CDC?07, far beyond previous levels. The support of NSF will validate this commitment and will help the development of similar initiatives for future generations of students.