New-ACE: A Network for New Academics in Control Engineering

控制工程是一门经典的工程学科，在现代科学技术中占有重要地位。除了机械工程、化学工程、机器人技术和航空航天工程等传统领域外，控制技术还被应用于各种先进的学科领域，如生物系统、通信、信号处理、可再生能源等。该提案旨在寻求资金建立控制工程新学者网络（New-ACE），旨在塑造控制工程合作研究和教育的未来。该网络为控制及相关学科领域的新学者，研究人员和工业家提供了一个支持框架和联络点，为他们提供了一个交流思想，经验和实践的平台，以加强合作活动，加强长期合作活动，支持控制工程及相关领域的潜在未来领导者，并在英国发展/维持控制工程的强大未来。该网络由咨询成员、核心成员（调查人员和项目伙伴）和参与者组成。计划由EPSRC提供资金运行三年，然后通过会员订阅或学术出版商和行业合作伙伴的赞助自我维持。该网络的主题是合作研究活动和新学者的职业发展。该网络的活动分为一个非技术性工作包和六个技术性工作包，其中建议每年在核心成员的机构利物浦、贝尔法斯特、帝国、拉夫堡和谢菲尔德举办两次讲习班。将邀请主题演讲人谈论未来前景，职业发展，撰写成功的助学金申请，先进的教学和学习，课程设计等。该网络背后的一些想法受到EPSRC倡议“网络工程”的启发，更加强调参与者之间的共同语言。

Control engineering, one of the classical engineering subjects, plays an important role in modern science and technology. Control techniques have been applied to various advanced subject areas, such as bio-systems, communications, signal processing, renewable energy etc, in addition to the conventional areas e.g. mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, robotics, and aerospace engineering. This proposal seeks funds to establish a network of New Academics in Control Engineering (New-ACE), aiming to shape the future of collaborative research and education in control engineering. The network offers a support framework and focal point for new academics, researchers and industrialists in the area of control and related subjects, providing them a platform to exchange ideas, experience and practices, to strengthen collaboration activities, to strengthen long-term collaboration activities, to support potential future leaders in control engineering and related areas and to develop/sustain a strong future for control engineering in the UK. The network consists of advisory members, core members (the investigators and project partners) and participants. It is planned to run for three years with funds from EPSRC and then to self-sustain afterwards, with membership subscriptions or sponsorship from academic publishers and industrial partners. The main theme of the network is collaborative research activities and career development of new academics. The network activities are divided into one non-technical work package and six technical work packages, in which six workshops are proposed to take place, two per year, at the core members' institutions: Liverpool, Belfast, Imperial, Loughborough and Sheffield. Keynote speakers talking about future perspectives, career development, writing successful grant applications, advanced teaching & learning, course design etc will be invited. Some of the thinking behind the network has been inspired by the EPSRC initiative 'Challenging Engineering', with more emphasis on common language among participants.