Workshop: Proposal for a Systems and Control Workshop, to be held in Santa Barbara, CA on May 28-29, 2009.

研讨会的总体目标是探索新的方法和技术，以增加系统理论渗透到其他领域和教学系统理论和控制。该研讨会将开放的所有主题有关的系统和控制理论的广泛领域，但特别强调的主题，可能有重大影响，在工程和基础科学的应用。学术价值研讨会将包括四个简短的教程，大约十几个技术讲座，和两个小组部分。教程和技术讲座将由学术界和工业界的一组选定的研究人员提供，这些研究人员以其跨学科工作以及与系统和控制领域以外的研究人员的合作而闻名。将为讲习班建立一个网站，以提供所有会谈沿着相关参考资料。还将编写一份报告，总结各小组的讨论情况和主要结论。所有这些材料都将公开提供。更广泛的影响本提案的一个关键目标是寻求所需的资金，以确保广泛参与这一活动。我们将积极寻求本科生和研究生参与系统和控制理论领域以及工程和基础科学的其他领域，其中系统的观点可以产生重大影响。为了使研讨会特别吸引学生，我们将支付选定的学生和博士后研究人员的费用。通过让这些学生接触到一个充满活力的研究社区，我们希望吸引他们从事科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的研究事业。学生选拔计划将优先考虑，从而为STEM学科中代表性不足的群体的学生提供机会。

The overall objective of the workshop is to explore new methodologies and techniques for increasing the penetration of systems theory into other fields and for teaching systems theory andcontrol. The workshop will be open to all topics pertaining to the broad area of systems and control theory, but with especial emphasis on topics that are likely to have significant impact inapplications to engineering and the basic sciences. Intellectual merit The workshop will consist of four short tutorials, about a dozen technical talks, and two panel sections. The tutorials and technical talks will be delivered by a selected groupof researchers in academia and industry, internationally known for their interdisciplinary work and collaborations with researchers outside the systems and control area. A web site for the workshopwill be created to host all the talks along with related reference materials. A report will also bewritten to summarize the discussion and key conclusions of the panels. All these materials will bemade publicly available.Broader impacts A key objective of this proposal is to seek the funds needed to ensure wideparticipation in this event. We will actively seek participation by undergraduate and graduatestudents in the areas of systems and control theory as well as other areas of engineering and the basicsciences, where a systems perspective can have significant impact. To make the workshop especiallyappealing for students, we will cover the expenses to a selected group of students and postdoctoralresearchers. By exposing these students to a vibrant research community, we expect to attract themto research careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The student selectionplan will give priority and thus extend opportunities to students from underrepresented groups inthe STEM disciplines.