Workshop: Proposal for a Systems and Control Workshop, to be held in Santa Barbara, CA on May 28-29, 2009.

讲习班的总体目标是探索新的方法和技术，以增加系统理论对其他领域的渗透，并用于教授系统理论和控制。研讨会将向与系统和控制理论的广泛领域有关的所有主题开放，但特别强调可能对工程和基础科学的应用产生重大影响的主题。智力价值研讨会将由四个简短的教程、大约12个技术讲座和两个小组讨论部分组成。教程和技术讲座将由学术界和工业界选定的一批研究人员讲授，他们以跨学科工作以及与系统和控制领域外的研究人员合作而闻名国际。将为工作坊创建一个网站，以主办所有讲座以及相关的参考材料。还将编写一份报告，总结小组的讨论情况和主要结论。所有这些材料都将公之于众。布罗德影响这项提议的一个关键目标是寻求所需的资金，以确保广泛参与这一活动。我们将积极争取本科生和研究生参与系统和控制理论领域以及工程和基础科学的其他领域，在这些领域，系统观点可以产生重大影响。为了使研讨会对学生特别有吸引力，我们将向选定的学生和博士后研究人员支付费用。通过让这些学生接触到一个充满活力的研究社区，我们希望吸引他们从事科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)的研究工作。学生选拔计划将优先考虑STEM学科中代表性不足群体的学生，从而为他们提供机会。

The overall objective of the workshop is to explore new methodologies and techniques for increasing the penetration of systems theory into other fields and for teaching systems theory andcontrol. The workshop will be open to all topics pertaining to the broad area of systems and control theory, but with especial emphasis on topics that are likely to have significant impact inapplications to engineering and the basic sciences. Intellectual merit The workshop will consist of four short tutorials, about a dozen technical talks, and two panel sections. The tutorials and technical talks will be delivered by a selected groupof researchers in academia and industry, internationally known for their interdisciplinary work and collaborations with researchers outside the systems and control area. A web site for the workshopwill be created to host all the talks along with related reference materials. A report will also bewritten to summarize the discussion and key conclusions of the panels. All these materials will bemade publicly available.Broader impacts A key objective of this proposal is to seek the funds needed to ensure wideparticipation in this event. We will actively seek participation by undergraduate and graduatestudents in the areas of systems and control theory as well as other areas of engineering and the basicsciences, where a systems perspective can have significant impact. To make the workshop especiallyappealing for students, we will cover the expenses to a selected group of students and postdoctoralresearchers. By exposing these students to a vibrant research community, we expect to attract themto research careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The student selectionplan will give priority and thus extend opportunities to students from underrepresented groups inthe STEM disciplines.