Northeast Student Workshop On Nonlinear and Hybrid Control. The workshop will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on April 1-2, 2005.

该提案要求提供资金，以支持将于2005年4月1日(星期五)至4月2日(星期六)在伦斯勒理工学院举行的首届东北学生非线性和混合控制研讨会。研讨会的目标是为研究生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；介绍他们的研究成果；并与他们的同行以及其他大学的教职员工分享和讨论想法。东北地区大学的近在咫尺，为以最低的旅行成本实现这一目标提供了绝佳的机会。在国家可持续发展基金的帮助下成功启动后，这些讲习班将每两年继续举办一次。拟议活动的智力价值在于，它将刺激控制系统理论的持续研究，以及在其他科学和工程领域的更多应用。拟议的工作坊产生的广泛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。

This proposal requests funds to support the inaugural NortheastStudent Workshop on Nonlinear and Hybrid Control, to be held at theRensselaer Polytechnic Institute from Friday, April 1, throughSaturday, April 2, 2005. The goal of the workshop is to offereducational opportunities to graduate students and juniorresearchers to learn about the latest developments in controlsystems research, particularly in emerging application areas; topresent their research results; and to share and discuss ideas withtheir peers, as well as with faculty members from otheruniversities. The proximity of the universities in the Northeastprovides an excellent opportunity to realize this goal with minimaltravel cost. Upon a successful initiation with the help of NSFfunds, these workshops will be continued biannually. Theintellectual merit of the proposed activity is that it will providea stimulus for sustained research in control systems theory, as wellas increased number of applications in other fields of science andengineering. The broad impact resulting from the proposed workshopwill be the encouragement of a broader and more diverse group ofstudents (than those who are already able to attend majorconferences in the field) to pursue research careers.