2009 Northeast Control Workshop. To Be Held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 24-26, 2009.

该提案要求资金支持第四届东北学生系统与控制研讨会，该研讨会将于2009年4月24日（星期五）至4月26日（星期日）在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡的卡内基梅隆大学举行。研讨会的目标是为研究生、博士后学者和初级研究人员提供教育机会，以了解控制系统研究的最新发展，特别是在新兴应用领域；展示他们的研究成果；并与他们的同龄人以及来自其他大学的教职员工分享和讨论想法。东北大学的临近为实现这一目标提供了极好的机会，而且旅行成本最低。与前几届不同的是，今年的东北系统与控制学生研讨会将包括关于工业职业和融资机会的小组讨论。前者将为学生和博士后学者提供与行业代表互动的机会，并了解行业的研究职业。资助机会小组将为博士后学者和初级研究人员提供一个独特的视角，了解各种资助机构的资助机会。所提议的活动的智力价值在于，它将为控制系统理论的持续研究提供刺激，以及在其他科学和工程领域的更多应用。拟议的讲习班产生的更广泛的影响将是鼓励更广泛和更多样化的学生群体（比那些已经能够参加该领域主要会议的学生）从事研究事业。已经作出了有针对性的努力，以吸引来自传统黑人学院和大学的教师和学生参加这次研讨会。

This proposal requests funds to support the fourth Northeast StudentWorkshopon Systems and Control, to be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, from Friday, April 24, through Sunday April 26, 2009. The goal of the workshop is to offer educational opportunities to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior researchers to learn about the latest developments in control systems research, particularly in emerging application areas; to present their research results; and to share and discuss ideas with their peers, as well as with faculty members from other universities. The proximity of the universities in the Northeast provides an excellent opportunity to realize this goal with minimal travel cost. In contrast toprevious editions, this year the Northeast Student Workshop on Systems and Control will include panels on careers in industry and on funding opportunities. The former will give students and postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to interact with industry representatives and learn about research careers in industry. The panel on funding opportunities will give postdoctoral scholars and junior researchers a unique perspective on the funding opportunities at various funding agencies.The intellectual merit of the proposed activity is that it will provide a stimulus for sustained research in control systems theory, as well as increased number of applications in other fields of science and engineering.The broader impact resulting from the proposed workshop will be the encouragement of a broader and more diverse group of students (than those who are already able to attend major conferences in the field) to pursue research careers. A directed effort has been made to attract faculty and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend this workshop.