Support for the 8th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems-WODES '06. The workshop will be held on July 10-12, 2006 in Ann Arbor on the campus of University of Michigan

B项目概要：从NSF寻求支持，以帮助组织第八届离散事件系统国际研讨会-WODES 06，将于2006年7月10日至12日在密歇根大学校园内的安阿伯举行。WODES是一个两年一次的系列会议，完全致力于离散事件系统领域。它有100-150名研究人员参加（主要来自学术界），具有相当大的国际多样性。所有过去的七个版本的WODES都在欧洲举行，自1992年以来每隔一年举行一次。WODES会议不受任何技术组织的资助。在过去，主办机构一直赞助会议。WODES 06是第一个版本的WODES将在美国举行。它将为来自不同领域的研究人员（控制理论家和控制工程师，软件工程师和计算机科学家，运筹学专家）提供一个交流信息和新思想的机会，并讨论离散事件系统理论和应用的新发展。这次会议将特别吸引那些过去无法参加WODES的美国学生。它提供了一个独特的机会，让他们接触到最新的研究趋势，在多学科领域的离散事件系统。会议的组织者打算降低学生与会者的注册率，以鼓励他们的参与。此外，主办方还通过行业赞助、邀请会议和软件演示等方式，特别努力吸引行业研究人员参加会议。WODES 06将对美国控制工程、嵌入式系统、软件系统和运筹学研究生群体产生广泛的教育影响，并将对建模感兴趣的理论家和实践者聚集在一起，离散事件系统的分析、验证、诊断、控制、优化和仿真。

B Project SummarySupport is sought from NSF to help with the organization of the 8th International Workshop on DiscreteEvent Systems - WODES06, to be held in Ann Arbor on the campus of the University of Michigan, July 10-12, 2006. WODES is a bi-annual series of conferences entirely devoted to the field of discrete event systems.It is attended by 100-150 researchers (primarily from academia), with considerable international diversity.All past seven editions of WODES have been held in Europe, every other year since 1992. WODES conferencesare not financially sponsored by any technical organization. In the past, host institutions have beensponsoring the conference.WODES06 is the first edition ofWODES to be held in the US. It will provide researchers from differentfields (control theoreticians and control engineers, software engineers and computer scientists, operationsresearch specialists) with an opportunity to exchange information and new ideas, and to discuss new developmentson the theory and applications of discrete event systems. The conference will be particularlyattractive to US students in these fields who have not been able to attend WODES in the past. It offersa unique opportunity for them to get exposed to the latest research trends in the multidisciplinary area ofdiscrete event systems. The organizers of the conference intend to offer reduced registration rates to studentattendees in order to encourage their participation. Moreover, the organizers are making a special effortto solicit participation of industrial researchers at the conference through industrial sponsorship, invitedsessions, and software demonstrations.Broader Impacts: WODES06 will have broad educational impact on the US graduate student communityin control engineering, embedded systems, software systems, and operations research as well as broadimpact in bringing together theoreticians and practitioners with interest in modeling, analysis, verification,diagnosis, control, optimization, and simulation of discrete event systems.