Fourth Northeast Control Workshop, held on April 26-27, 2008 at The University of Maryland, College Park.

这项提案要求资金支持第四届东北学生工作场所系统和控制，将于2008年4月26日星期六至4月27日星期日在马里兰大学学院公园举行。研讨会的目标是为研究生、博士后学者和初级研究人员提供教育机会，让他们了解控制系统研究的最新发展，特别是在新兴应用领域；展示他们的研究成果；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实现这一目标提供了一个极好的机会，旅行成本最低。与往届不同的是，今年的东北学生系统与控制研讨会将包括关于工业职业和融资机会的小组讨论。前者将为学生和博士后学者提供与行业代表互动和了解行业研究职业的机会。资助机会小组将为博士后学者和初级研究人员提供一个独特的视角，了解各资助机构的资助机会。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。拟议的讲习班产生的广泛影响将是鼓励更广泛和更多样化的学生群体(而不是那些已经能够参加外地主要会议的学生)从事研究事业。有针对性地努力吸引来自历史上黑人学院和大学的教职员工和学生参加这次研讨会。

This proposal requests funds to support the fourth Northeast StudentWorkshopon Systems and Control, to be held at The University of Maryland, CollegePark, from Saturday, April 26, through Sunday April 27, 2008. The goal of theworkshop is to offer educational opportunities to graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior researchers to learn about the latest developments in control systems research, particularly in emerging application areas; to present their research results; and to share and discuss ideas with their peers, as well as with faculty members from other universities. The proximity of the universities in the Northeast provides an excellent opportunity to realize this goal with minimal travel cost. In contrast to previous editions, this year the Northeast Student Workshop on Systems and Control will include panels on careers in industry and on funding opportunities. The former will give students and postdoctoral scholars the opportunity to interact with industry representatives and learn about research careers in industry. The panel on funding opportunities will give postdoctoral scholars and junior researchers a unique perspective on the funding opportunities at various funding agencies. The intellectual merit of the proposed activity is that it will provide a stimulus for sustained research in control systems theory, as well as increased number of applications in other fields of science and engineering. The broad impact resulting from the proposed workshop will be the encouragement of a broader and more diverse group of students (than those who are already able to attend major conferences in the field) to pursue research careers. A directed effort has been made to attract faculty and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend this workshop.