U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Analysis, Computer Aided Design and Applications of Time Delay Systems

这个为期一年的计算机辅助设计和应用奖涉及来自美国九所美国大学和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)和法国国家信息学和应用数学研究所(INRIA)七个实验室的研究人员。南伊利诺伊大学的顾克勤和法国康比涅科技大学的西尔维乌-尤利安·尼库列斯库是这项联合行动的主要组织者。美国和法国的工程师、数学家和计算机科学家将以研讨会的形式会面，就时延问题进行合作，包括：稳定性和性能问题、输入-输出方法、预测和反馈控制设计，以及在能源分配网络、计算机网络和并行计算中的负载平衡方面的应用。研究人员将开发新的软件，包括适用于时滞系统的计算机辅助控制系统设计的综合工具箱。这次合作利用了美国和法国在系统和控制领域的互补专业知识。时滞系统存在于自然界中，从生物学模型到种群动力学，从工程到经济学。合作将促进对这些系统及其在各种科学学科和问题上的应用的了解。这一奖项代表了美国方面对NSF和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)的平行建议。NSF将支付美国调查人员的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。

0129062GuThis one-year award in computer aided design and applications involves researchers from nine US universities in the US and seven laboratories of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French National Institute for Research in Informatics and Applied Mathematics (INRIA). Keqin Gu of Southern Illinois University and Silviu-Iulian Niculescu at the University of Science and Technology in Compiegne, France are the principal organizers of this joint effort. US and French engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists will meet in a workshop format to collaborate on time-delay topics including: stability and performance issues, input-output approaches, prediction and feedback control design, and applications in energy distribution networks, computer networks, and load balancing in parallel computation. The researchers will develop new software, including a comprehensive toolbox for computer aided control systems design applicable to time delay systems.The collaboration takes advantage of complementary US and French expertise in systems and control areas. Time-delay systems are present in nature, from biology models to population dynamics and from engineering to economics. The collaboration will advance understanding of these systems and their applications to a wide variety of scientific disciplines and problems. This award represents the US side of parallel proposals to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the US investigators. The CNRS will support visits by French researchers to the United States.