[news.announce.conferences] 3RD IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL

heldeib@gmu90x (heldeib) (07/12/88)

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*                          ADVANCE PROGRAM AND                         *
*                          REGISTRATION INFO.                          *
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*                   THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM                 *
*                          ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL                      *
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*                             August 24-26, 1988                       *
*                          Key Bridge Marriott Hotel                   *
*                            Arlington, Virginia                       *
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*     Registration Forms are Attached at End of Announcement             *
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Sponsored by:         IEEE Control Systems Society
in cooperation with:  IEEE Robotics and Automation Council
                      IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
                      IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Hosted by:            George Mason University

General Chairman:    Dr. H.E. Stephanou, George Mason University

Program Chairmen:    Dr. J.Y. S. Luh, Clemson University
                     Dr. A. Meystel, Drexel University

Local Arrangements:  Dr. H.K. Eldeib, George Mason University
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The Symposium will be held at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington,
Virginia, which is located across the Potomac river from beautiful
Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The hotel has a scenic view of Washington
and the Potomac, and is within a very short walking distance to Rosslyn
Metro Station. Metro provides an inexpensive, safe, and pleasant access
in a few minutes to Washington's National Airport and to the Washington Mall
where the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the National Air and Space Museum,
the Smithonian Institution, the Vietnam Memorial, and many other national
monuments are located.  Georgetown is a lively and beautiful area with a
great variety of shops, restaurants and night entertainment.
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The Symposium includes six tutorials and 150 contributed and invited
papers. A summary description is given below. For detailed information
send e-mail to Dr. Hany K. Eldeib at one of the following addresses:
               Bitnet:    heldeib@gmuvax
               Internet:  heldeib@gmuvax.gmu.edu
               UUCP:      uunet!pyrdc!gmu90x!heldeib
or write to:
               Dr. Hany K. Eldeib
               Department of Electrical
               and Computer Engineering
               George Mason University
               4400 University Drive
               Fairfax, VA 22030
               U.S.A.
or call:
               (703) 323-3369
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TUTORIALS:

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 1988

TUTORIAL A  8:30-17:30
COMMAND AND CONTROL: ARCHITECTURES FOR DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
    by
    Alexander H. Levis (MIT)
    Guest Lecturers
    S.K. Andreadakis (MIT)
    John Brode (Meta Software Corp.)
    Outline:
      - Intro to Command and Control
      - Design and Evaluation of C3 Systems
      - Petri Net Description of Organizational Structure
      - Algorithms for Designing Architecture
      - The Human Decisionmaker Model
      - Measures of Performance and Effectiveness
      - Petri Net Software Design and Evaluation
      - Case Studies

TUTORIAL B1  8:30-12:30
INTRODUCTION TO NEURAL NETWORKS
    by
    Edouard Philippe (Rice University)
    Outline:
    - What are Neural Networks ?
    - Engineering Intro to Biological Neuron Information processing
    - Computational Neuron Modelling, Data Encoding, and Net Building Blocks.
    - Network Architectures and Functions
    - Neural Network Learning
    - Application in Computational Vision
    - Applications to Robotics

TUTORIAL B2  8:30-12:30
A UNIFIED BAYESIAN APPROACH FOR COMPUTER VISION
    by
    Fernand S. Cohen (Drexel University)
    David B. Cooper (Brown University)
    Outline:
    - 3D Object and Image Models
    - Overview of General Decision-Theoretic Tools
    - Segmentation
    - Shape, Location, and Orientation
    - Applications

TUTORIAL B3  8:30-12:30
MULTI-RESOLUTIONAL CONTROL ALGORITHMS:
A REBIRTH OF HIERARCHICAL CONTROL
    by
    Alexander Meystel (Drexel University)
    Outline:
    - Survey of Hierarchical Models, Hierarchical Algorithms, and
      Hierarchical Control Structures.
    - Multiresolutional methods of information and knowledge representation.
    - Recursive algorithms for Multiresolutional Control.
    - Applications

TUTORIAL C1  13:30-17:30
NEUROCOMPUTING ARCHITECTURES FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL
    by
    Allon Guez and Moshe Kam (Drexel University)
    Outline:
    - Intro to Neural Nets
    - Signal Processing iand Control Applications

TUTORIAL C2  13:30-17:30
NETWORKING FOR COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
    by
    Asok Ray and Suk Lee (Pennsylvania State University)
    Shashi Phoha (IT&T Defense Communications Division)
    Outline:
    - Basic Concepts and Architectures of CIM
    - Discrete-Event Simulation for Network Performance Evaluation
    - Impact of Network Induced Delays on Control System Stability
    - Network Management and Control

AUGUST 25, 1988
8:15-9:00 Plenary Session (Y.C. Ho, Harvard University)
9:20-10:40 Techincal Sessions:
    TA1 INTELLIGENT MACHINES
    TA2 MONITORING SYSTEMS
    TA3 NEURAL NETWORKS
    TA4 SENSOR FUSION
    TA5 GRASPING
    TA6 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

11:00-12:20 Technical Sessions:
    TB1 PLANNING
    TB2 DIAGNOSIS
    TB3 LEARNING 1
    TB4 SENSOR FUSION II
    TB5 MANIPULATOR CONTROL I
    TB6 APPLICATIONS

12:20-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Technical Sessions:
    TC1 HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS
    TC2 RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY
    TC3 LEARNING II
    TC4 KNOWLEDGE-BASED CONTROL I
    TC5 MANIPULATOR CONTROL II
    TC6 VISION

15:40-17:00 Technical Sessions:
    TD1 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
    TD2 INTELLIGENT COMMAND CENTERS
    TD3 LEARNING III
    TD4 KNOWLEDGE BASED CONTROL II
    TD5 COLLISION DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE
    TD6 ROBOTICS

FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 1988

8:15-9:00 Plenary Session (T. Vamos, Hungarian Academy of Science)

9:20-10:40 Technical Sessions:
    FA1 REASONING
    FA2 FAULT DETECTION
    FA3 BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    FA4 FUZZY CONTROL
    FA5 PLANNING

11:00-12:20 Technical Sessions:
    FB1 MOTION ANALYSIS
    FB2 COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
    FB3 ADAPTATION
    FB4 SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, AND SOFTWARE
    FB5 MOBIL ROBOTS

12:20-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15;20 Technical Sessions:
    FC1 CELLULAR ROBOT CONTROLLERS
    FC2 MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
    FC3 IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTATION
    FC4 ARCHITECTURES
    FC5 ROBOT NAVIGATION

15:40-17:00 Panel Discussion
            Moderator: George Saridis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
            Panel Members:
            James Albus, national Bureau of Standards
            Roger Brockett, Harvard University
            Arthur Sanderson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
            Wesley Snyder, North Carolina State University
            Charles Weisbin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
            Lotfi Zadeh, University of California at Berkeley
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REGISTRATION FORM
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    THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL
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                      August 24-26, 1988
                  SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION FORM

Please return this form with check payable to Intelligent Control to:
      Dr. Harry Stephanou
      ECE Dept, Room ST-119
      George Mason University
      Fairfax, Virginia 22030


Name:_______________________________________________________

Institution:________________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________

City/State/Zip/Country:_____________________________________

Telephone:__________________________________________________

IEEE Membership Number:_____________________________________

On-site registration will be accepted during the symposium.
Payment may be made in cash or check.

For more information, call (703) 323-3451
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Please register me as follows (circle appropriate fee):

Before August 15:
                         IEEE Member    Non-Member      Student
                         -----------    ----------      --------
Symposium  Only            $175           $225             $50
Full Day Tutorial          $120           $160             $120
1 Half Day Tutorial        $90            $120             $90
2 Half Day Tutorials       $170           $220             $170

After August 15:
                         IEEE Member    Non-Member       Student
                         -----------    ----------       --------
Symposium Only             $200           $250             $75
Full Day Tutorial          $145           $185             $145
1 Half Day Tutorial        $115           $145             $115
2 Half Day Tutorials       $195           $245             $195

Total amount enclosed ________________________

Please list the title(s) of the tutorials that you will be attending
(please register early as the number of seats will be limited):

1)____________________________________________

2)____________________________________________

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      THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT CONTROL
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                       August 24-26, 1988
                    HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM

A block of rooms for the Symposium is reserved until August 2. Reservations
received after this date will be confirmed on an availability basis. Early
registration is recommended to take advantage of the reduced hotel rate.
The Marriott is within walking distance from the Rosslyn Metrorail Station,
serviced by the Orange line and the Blue line. Metro provides inexpensive
and safe access from and to Washington's National Airport as well as most
of the Washington area. The hotel has a scenic view of Georgetown and the
potomac and is within a very short walking distance to the many restaurants
and shops of famous M Street. For those driving, free hotel parking will be
available.

Name:_____________________________________________________________________

Institution:______________________________________________________________

Address:__________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip/Country:___________________________________________________

Telephone:________________________________________________________________

Arrival Date and Time:____________________________________________________

Departure Date:___________________________________________________________

Rooms will be held until 6 PM on specified arrival date, unless otherwise
noted. Should you wish to guarantee your accomodation for late arrival,
supply the following information:

Circle one:     American Express    Diners Club      Visa/Mastercard

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Room Rate      Single      $76
               Double      $96

Forward to:
               Key Bridge Marriott Hotel
               1401 Lee Highway
               Arlington, Virginia 22209
or call:
              (703) 524-6400
              (800) 228-9290  (toll free)