Workshop on Nonlinear Control Theory and Emerging Applications will be held on April 20-21, 2007 in Lubbock, Texas.

eccs - 0726039 c吗。本提案的目的是为一个名为“非线性控制理论及其新兴应用”的研讨会寻求资金支持。该研讨会将于4月20日和21日在德克萨斯州拉伯克举行。研讨会将在德克萨斯理工大学的校园内举行，与会者将住在当地的酒店里。该组织将由克莱德·马丁、比乔伊·高什和劳伦斯·斯科瓦内克领导。我们预计演讲者不超过20人，与会者约40人。会议的主题将反映Dayawansa教授广泛的跨学科工作。本次研讨会将涵盖控制理论的许多现代领域和一些非常重要的新兴应用领域。研讨会将讨论从低维非线性控制系统的稳定、最优控制、几何控制、鲁棒控制到新兴应用，如人体运动的控制、昼夜节律的分析、化学中使用的光学设备的输出建模以及作为低维互联非线性系统建模的大量小镜子的控制等问题。像这样的研讨会是对有抱负的年轻控制理论家教育的必要组成部分。研究生和本科生将接触到该领域的一些主要人物，并将在理论和应用方面看到当前感兴趣的一系列问题。会议的另一个方面是，将有非数学，工程或控制理论的演讲者。这次会议的跨学科方面对几乎所有参加研讨会的人来说都是一次宝贵的教育。研讨会的目标之一是召集一些控制理论界的领军人物来讨论非线性控制理论及其应用中的重要问题。我们期望这个研讨会能激发控制社区的想象力。另一个主要目标是跨学科的努力。研讨会将展示控制理论可以应用于不同的科学领域。本次研讨会旨在展示现代非线性控制的各种可能应用，研讨会的目标是鼓励世界级的控制理论家在跨学科研究中进行合作。另一个目标是表明在控制理论可以有效应用的其他科学领域有真正的优势。

ECCS-0726039C. Martin, Texas Tech UniversityThe purpose of this proposal is to ask for funds to support a workshop entitled"Nonlinear Control Theory and Emerging Application". The workshop will be held on April 20 and 21 in Lubbock, Texas. The meetings of the workshop will be held on the campus of Texas Tech University and the participants will be housed in a local hotel. The organization will be under the direction of Clyde Martin, Bijoy Ghosh and Lawrence Schovanec. We anticipate no more than 20 speakers and around 40 participants. The topics of the conference will reflect the broad interdisciplinary work of Professor Dayawansa.This workshop will cover many of the modern areas of control theory and some very important emerging areas of application. The workshop will address issues ranging from stabilization of low dimensional nonlinear control systems, optimal control, geometric control, robust control to emerging applications such as the control of human motion, the analysis of circadian rhythm, the modeling of the output of optical devices used in chemistry and the control of large numbers of small mirrors modeled as low dimensional interconnected nonlinear systems.Intellectual Merit A workshop such as this is a necessary part of the education of young aspiring control theorists. Graduate students and undergraduates will be exposed to some of the major people in the field and will see a spectrum of problems of current interest in both theory and application. Another aspect of the conference is that there will be speakers that are not form mathematics, engineering or control theory. This cross disciplinary aspect of the conference will be a valuable education for almost everyone at the workshop. One goal of the workshop is to bring together some of the leading figures of the control theory community to discuss the question of what are the important problems in nonlinear control theory and its applications. We expect that this workshop will excite the imagination of the control community. Another major goal is the interdisciplinary effort. The workshop will show that control theory can be applied in diverse areas of science.Broad Impacts This workshop is designed to showcase the diverse applications that are possible using modern nonlinear control, the goal of the workshop is to encourage world class control theorists to collaborate in interdisciplinary studies. Another goal is to show that there are real advantages in other areas of science where control theory can be effectively applied.