Workshop on Neurocontrol

[Rafal W Zbikowski]

                            CALL FOR PAPERS
 
        Neural Adaptive Control Technology Workshop: NACT II
 
                     9--10 September, 1996
 
       Daimler-Benz Systems Technology Research Berlin, Germany
 
 
NACT Project
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The second of a series of three workshops on Neural Adaptive Control
Technology (NACT) will take place on September 9--10, 1996 in Berlin,
Germany.  This event is being organised in connection with a
three-year European Union funded Basic Research Project in the ESPRIT
framework.  The project is a collaboration between Daimler-Benz
Systems Technology Research, Berlin, Germany and the Control Group,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow,
Scotland.
 
The project, which began on 1 April 1994, is a study of the
fundamental properties of neural network based adaptive control
systems. Where possible, links with traditional adaptive control
systems will be exploited. A major aim is to develop a systematic
engineering procedure for designing neural controllers for non-linear
dynamic systems. The techniques developed are being evaluated on
concrete industrial problems from within the Daimler-Benz group of
companies:  Mercedes-Benz AG, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA),
AEG Daimler-Benz Industrie and DEBIS.  The project leader is
Dr Ken Hunt (Daimler-Benz) and the
other principal investigator is Professor Peter Gawthrop (University
of Glasgow).
 
NACT II Workshop
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The aim of the workshop is to bring together selected invited
specialists in the fields of adaptive control, non-linear systems and
neural networks.  The first workshop (NACT I) took place in Glasgow
in May 1995 and was mainly dedicated to theoretical issues of neural
adaptive control. Besides monitoring further development of theory
the  NACT II workshop will be focused on industrial applications and
software tools.

A number of contributed papers will also be included. As well as
paper presentation, significant time will be allocated to round-table
and discussion sessions. In order to create a fertile atmosphere for
a significant information interchange we aim to attract active
specialists in the relevant fields. Professor Karl Johan Astrom of
Lund Institue of Technology, Sweden and Professor Hassan K. Khalil of
Michigan State University have kindly agreed to act as invited
speakers.

Proceedings of the meeting will be published in an edited book
format.

 
Contributed papers
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The Program Committee is soliciting contributed papers in the area of
neurocontrol for presentation at the conference and publication in
the Proceedings. Prospective authors are invited to send an extended
abstract of up to six pages in length to the address below no later
than

	Friday, 31 May 1996.
 
Final selection of papers will be announced at the end of June and
authors will have the opportunity of preparing a final version of the
extended abstract by the end of July which will be circulated to
participants in a Workshop digest.

Following the Workshop selected authors will be asked to prepare a
full paper for publication in the proceedings.  This will take the
form of an edited book produced by an international publisher. LaTeX
style files will be available for document preparation.

Each submitted paper must be headed with a title, the names,
affiliations and complete mailing addresses (including e-mail) of all
authors, a list of three keywords, and the statement NACT II.  The
first named author of each paper will be used for all correspondence
unless otherwise requested.

Address for submissions
 
        Dr Kenneth J Hunt
        Daimler-Benz AG
        Systems Technology Research
        Alt-Moabit 96A
        10559 BERLIN
        Germany
        hunt at DBresearch-berlin.de

For more information visit the NACT Web page
	http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~nactftp/nact.html