MCT'03
Louisiana Conference on
Mathematical Control Theory
April 10-13, 2003
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Scope of Conference
This conference includes talks by leading researchers in
control engineering and mathematical control theory. Topics include
nonsmooth analysis, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations, computational
methods in control, stabilization, and industrial applications. The
conference promotes interdisciplinary contact between engineering and
mathematical control researchers, and provides opportunities for young
researchers and graduate students interested in applied controls and
optimization to meet and interact with the established control
community. Awards from the Louisiana Board of Regents and the National
Science Foundation support attendance at the conference by young
researchers and participants without other means of travel support.
This conference fosters advances in mathematical control
theory and increased interaction between the engineering and applied
mathematics communities. The meeting includes five plenary talks, and
sessions on open problems in control engineering. The conference
includes speakers from ten countries, including students and young
faculty, furthering collaboration among research groups in different
parts of the world. Broad dissemination of the conference papers will
be achieved through the publication of conference proceedings.
Acknowledgement:
The organizers thank the LSU Department of
Mathematics staff and Louisiana Travel for helping organize this
conference.
Organizers
Organizer
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Responsibility
|
Affiliation
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Marcio
S. de Queiroz
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Assistant Organizer
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Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Louisiana State University, USA |
Michael
A. Malisoff
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MCT'03 Conference Co-Chair
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Department of Mathematics,
Louisiana State University, USA |
Peter
R. Wolenski
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MCT'03 Conference Chair
|
Department of Mathematics,
Louisiana State University, USA |
Sponsors
Local Information
This conference will take place on the main campus of Louisiana State
University (LSU) in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. The nearest airport to LSU is Baton
Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR), which is 8 miles away. BTR is
serviced by Continental Airlines, and offers service to international
airports in Altanta, Houston, and Memphis. Participants may find it
more
convenient to use the New Orleans International Airport (MSY), which is
75 miles away. However, there is no train service between Baton Rouge
and New Orleans, and the bus service from New Orleans to LSU is very
limited. To help find their way around LSU, participants can go to the
LSU Visitor
Information Center to get campus directions and parking
instructions.
The Visitor Information Center is at the corner of Dalrymple Drive and
Highland Road. Hotel accomodations are available at the Cook Conference Center
& Hotel at LSU. The hotel web page includes detailed
directions to the hotel. The approximate cost of a taxi ride from
BTR to the hotel is $18. Speakers receiving support from MCT'03 can
make
reservations at this hotel by contacting the Conference Chair,
specifying the dates they plan to stay at the hotel. All other
participants can make reservations by calling the hotel at
1-866-610-2665, specifying that they are attending the mathematics
conference at LSU. A number of social events are being planned,
including an excursion to New Orleans on Sunday April 13th.
Details on MCT'03 social events will be posted later. The weather in Baton Rouge
for the conference is expected to be rain-free with highs in the 60's
and lows in the 40's.
Accepted Plenary Speakers
Speaker
|
Title of Talk
|
Affiliation
|
| Francis
Clarke |
The Euler
Equation in the Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: A Survey
|
Institut Girard Desargues,
Université Claude-Bernard
(Lyon I), FRANCE |
| R.
Tyrrell Rockafellar |
Feedback
and Cost-to-Go in Control Problems of Convex Type
|
Department of Mathematics,
University of Washington, USA |
| Héctor
J. Sussmann |
Finite-Dimensional
Generalized Differentiation Theories that Satisfy the Chain Rule and
Have an Open Mapping Property
|
Department of Mathematics,
Rutgers University, USA |
Andrew R. Teel
|
Discrete
Time Receding Horizon Optimal Control: Is the Stability Robust?
|
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering,
University of California-
Santa Barbara, USA |
| Richard
Vinter |
Differential
Games and Controller Design: A Case Study in Process Control
|
Department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering,
Imperial College, UK |
Other Confirmed Speakers
|
Name
|
Title of Talk
|
Affiliation
|
| Fabio
Ancona |
Stabilization
by Patchy Feedbacks and Robustness Properties
|
Dipartimento di Matematica,
Università di Bologna, ITALY |
| Zvi Artstein |
Switches
and Impulses Induced by Singular Perturbations
|
Department of Mathematics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, ISRAËL |
| Boris
Belinskiy |
Some
New Developments in Exact Control Theory and the Method of Moments
|
Mathematics Department, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA |
Gaemus Collins
|
Min-Plus Eigenvector Methods for
Nonlinear H-Infinity Problems with Active Control
|
Department of
Mathematics, University of California-San Diego, USA
|
| Giovanni
Colombo |
On a
Class of Generalized Distances in Hilbert Spaces
|
Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed
Applicata,Università di Padova, ITALY |
Luca Consolini
|
Locally Controlled Invariance of a Manifold
for Nonlinear Systems
|
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University
of Parma, ITALY
|
| Maria
do Rosário de Pinho |
Euler-Lagrange
Inclusions for Optimal Control Problems
|
Faculty of Engineering (FEUP),
University of Porto, PORTUGAL |
| Marcio S. de Queiroz |
A
Continuous Control Mechanism for Asymptotic Tracking of Uncertain
Multi-Input Nonlinear Systems
|
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Louisiana State University, USA |
| Tzanko
Donchev |
Relaxed
One-Sided Lipschitz Multifunctions and Applications
|
Department of Mathematics, University
of Architecture and Civil Engineering, BULGARIA |
| Asen
Dontchev |
An
Inverse Function Theorem for Metrically Regular Mappings
|
Mathematical Reviews, American
Mathematical Society, USA |
| Elza
Farkhi |
Characterizations
of Reachable Sets for a Class of Differential Inclusions
|
School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel
Aviv University, ISRAËL |
| Fernando Fontes |
Continuous-Time
Model Predictive Control and Discontinuous Feedback Stabilization
|
Departamento de Matemática para
a Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade do Minho, PORTUGAL |
| Grant Galbraith |
Solution
Regularity via Nonsmooth Value Functions
|
Department of Mathematics, London
School of Economics, UK |
Pando Georgiev
|
Parametric
Variational Principles in Optimal Control Problems
|
Brain Science Institute, The Institute
of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), JAPAN
|
| Rafal Goebel |
Duality
and Uniqueness of Convex Solutions to Stationary Hamilton-Jacobi
Equations
|
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA |
| Lars
Grüne |
Qualitative
and Quantitative Aspects of the Input-To-State Stability Property
|
Mathematical Institute, University of
Bayreuth, GERMANY |
| Zhong-Ping Jiang |
Control
of Interconnected Nonlinear Systems: A Small-Gain Viewpoint
|
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Polytechnic University, USA |
Matthias
Kawski
|
Nonconvex
Needle Variations
|
Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Arizona State University, USA
|
| Miroslav Krstic |
Infinite
Dimensional Backtepping for Boundary Control of Parabolic PDE's
|
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical
Engineering, University of California-San Diego, USA |
| Yuri Ledyaev |
Multidirectional
Mean Value Inequalities and Weak Monotonicity
|
Department of Mathematics, Western
Michigan University, USA |
Yuri Levin
|
The
Newton Bracketing Method for Minimizing Convex Functions
|
Queen's School of Business, Queen's
University, CANADA
|
Michael Malisoff
|
Remarks on Input to State Stabilization
|
Department of
Mathematics, Louisiana State University, USA
|
| William McEneaney |
A
Max-Plus Method for Bellman Equations via Summation of Dual-Space
Operators
|
Department of Mathematics, University
of California-San Diego, USA |
| Boris Mordukhovich |
Optimal
Control of Differential-Algebraic Inclusions
|
Department of Mathematics, Wayne State
University, USA |
Todd Murphey
|
Controllability
and Kinematic Reductions for Overconstrained Mechanical Systems
|
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Northwestern University, USA
|
| Chadi
Nour |
Nonconvex
Duality in Optimal Control
|
Institut Girard Desargues,
Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, FRANCE |
Yuri
Orlov
|
Control
Applications of Schwartz' Distributions in a Nonlinear Setting
|
CICESE Research Center, USA
|
Norma
Ortiz
|
Existence of
Solutions and a Decoupling Method for a Neutral Problem of Bolza
|
Department of Mathematics, Louisiana
State University, USA
|
| Daniel Ostrov |
Nonuniqueness
in Systems of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations
|
Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science, Santa Clara University, USA |
Daniel
Pasca
|
Periodic
Solutions of Second-Order Differential Inclusions
|
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
|
| Fernando
Lobo Pereira |
Second
Order Necessary Conditions for Optimal Impulsive Control Problems
|
Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade
do Porto, PORTUGAL |
| Franco
Rampazzo |
Multitime
Hamilton-Jacobi Systems
|
Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed
Applicata,Università di Padova, ITALY |
| Alain
Rapaport |
Turnpike
Theorems in Infinite Horizon by a Value Function Approach
|
Unité de Biométrie,
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), FRANCE |
| Ludovic Rifford |
The
Stabilization Problem: AGAS and SRS Feedbacks
|
Institut Girard Desargues,
Université Claude-Bernard (Lyon I), FRANCE |
Vinicio Rios
|
A Characterization of Strongly Invariant
Systems for a Class of non-Lipschitz Multifunctions
|
Department of
Mathematics, Louisiana State University, USA
|
| Ilya
Shvartsman |
Minimax
Design of Constrained Parabolic Systems
|
Department of Mathematics, Wayne State
University, USA |
| Ronald Stern |
Brockett's
Necessary Condition for Stabilization: The State Constrained Case
|
Department of Mathematics, Concordia
University, CANADA |
| Andrzej Swiech |
Bellman
Equations for Optimal Control of Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations
|
School of Mathematics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| Vladimir Veliov |
Optimal
Control of Uncertain Systems with Incomplete Information for the
Disturbances
|
Institute of Mathematics and
Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BULGARIA |
| Bingwu Wang |
Generalized
Differentiation for Moving Objects |
Department of Mathematics,
Eastern Michigan University, USA |
| Lianwen
Wang |
Optimal
Control of Constrained Delay-Differential Inclusions with Set-Valued
Tail Conditions
|
Department of Mathematics,
Wayne State University, USA |
Stanislav Zabic
|
Sampling Methods for Impulse Systems
|
Department of
Mathematics, Louisiana State University, USA
|
Vera
Zeidan
|
Critical
Cones and Critical Tangent Cones in Optimization and Control Problems
|
Department of Mathematics, Michigan
State University, USA
|
| Qiji J.
Zhu |
Nonsmooth
Analysis on Smooth Manifolds |
Department of Mathematics,
Western Michigan University, USA |
Contributed Papers
The conference will include contributed talks. Researchers interested
in presenting a contributed paper at MCT'03 should send a plain text
proposed abstract of less than 500 words to Prof. Peter Wolenski,
MCT'03
Conference Chair, at wolenski@math.lsu.edu.
To ensure full consideration, proposed abstracts should be
submitted by February 28, 2003.
Travel Grants
Support for the main invited speakers in this conference has been
provided through a grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Support
Fund. The organizing committee also intends to provide additional
travel
grants, primarily to graduate students and recent doctoral recipients.
A
grant from the US National Science Foundation has been applied for to
provide the necessary funds. Only those who are presenting a paper at
MCT'03 are eligible for a travel grant. Recent Ph.D.'s should be within
7 years of the degree and, if academically employed, should not be
tenured. Applicants for these additional travel grants should include
(1) a cover letter that includes a 1 page outline of the applicant's
research, (2) a curriculum vitae including a complete list of the
applicant's publications, (3) an estimate of the amount of support the
applicant needs to attend the conference, and (4) one letter of
recommendation from an advisor, postgraduate mentor, or other
individual
which discusses the applicant's research ability and presentation
skills. To ensure full consideration, these materials should be
received
in triplicate by February 28, 2003 and be addressed to:
Professor Peter R. Wolenski, MCT'03 Chair
Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4918.
Late applications will be considered only if funds are available.
Applicants are asked to submit all their application materials in paper
form, rather than electronically, if possible.
Deadlines
Authors are asked to send an abstract of their talk to the Conference Co-Chair, using the abstracts
template. The organizers plan to publish the MCT'03 proceedings in Springer's
LNCIS series. The estimated deadline for authors to submit their
papers for inclusion in the proceedings is August 15, 2003. Details
about the proceedings, including
instructions to authors, will be posted on this web page soon.
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