Support For International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems (DYCOPS-7); July 5-7, 2004; Cambridge, MA

本次会议的重点是化学过程动力学和控制方面的最新研究领域。这些包括过程控制在许多涉及化学过程和产品的行业中的新应用，包括生化和材料加工；新型传感器的开发；将工艺设计和调度与控制相结合的新技术的发展；性能监测的新方法；以及建模和识别的新方法。与以往的会议一样，DYCOPS-7预计将促进过程动力学和控制应用在使用批量工艺的特种化学品制造、生化和生物医学应用以及改进设计策略以实现更可控的过程等许多领域的扩展。广泛的影响由于三个关键因素，dycop -7研讨会应该产生广泛的影响。首先，来自世界各地的160多名过程动力学和控制领域的杰出研究人员将参加会议。全体发言人和个别研究人员报告的进展旨在显著提高化工厂的可操作性和安全性，提高其生产力和盈利能力，同时防范日益增加的恐怖主义威胁。第二，这次研讨会将使美国的研究人员能够从世界各地同事的经验中受益，其中许多人参与了在发展中国家经营世界级化工厂的工作。第三，研讨会将汇集来自美国的优秀年轻研究生和研究人员，其中许多人将首次在技术会议上展示他们的研究成果。这些年轻的研究人员应该带着更大的动力和基于与新同事互动的新想法回到他们的博士研究中。

Intellectual Merit The foci of this conference are in the latest research areas in chemical process dynamicsand control. These include new applications of process control throughout the manyindustries that involve chemical processes and products, including biochemical andmaterials processing; the development of new sensors; the development of newtechniques that integrate process design and scheduling with control; new methods forperformance monitoring; and new methods for modeling and identification. Like past conferences, DYCOPS-7 is expected to catalyze the expansion of processdynamics and control applications in the manufacture of specialty chemicals using batchprocesses, in biochemical and biomedical applications, and in improved design strategiesto achieve more controllable processes, among many other areas.Broad ImpactThe DYCOPS-7 symposium should have a broad impact due to three key factors. First,over 160 outstanding researchers in process dynamics and control will be participatingfrom a broad array of countries worldwide. The advances reported by the plenaryspeakers and individual researchers are intended to significantly advance the operabilityand safety of chemical plants, increasing their productivity and profitability whileprotecting against the increased threat of terrorism. Second, the symposium will enableresearchers in the United States to benefit from the experiences of colleagues worldwide,many of whom are involved in operating world-class chemical plants in developingcountries. Third, the symposium will bring together outstanding young graduate studentresearchers from the United States, many of whom will present the results of theirresearch for the first time at a technical conference. These young researchers shouldreturn to their doctoral research studies with increased motivation and new ideas basedupon interactions with their new colleagues.