[news.announce.conferences] CFP: IEEE Int'l Symposium on Intelligent Control

heldeib@gmu90x.UUCP (Dr. Hany K. Eldeib) (03/30/88)

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                               CALL FOR PAPERS
                        
                     Third IEEE International Symposium
                                   On
                          Intelligent Control

                           August 24-26, 1988

                  Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia

                 Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society
                            In Cooperation With
                  The IEEE Council on Robotics and Automation
                  IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
                      IEEE Industrial Electronics Society                     
                                    and
                 The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

                       Hosted by George Mason University

General Chairman: H.E. Stephanou    George Mason University  (703) 323-3451
Program Chairmen: J.Y.S. Luh        Clemson University       (803) 656-5926
                  A. Meystel        Drexel University        (215) 895-2220
Local Arrangements: H.K. Eldeib     George Mason University   (703) 323-3369

Tutorials will be held on August 24, 1988
Proposals for invited, tutorial sessions, and panels are welcome.
Bound proceedings will be published immediately after the symposium.

Deadlines

1000-word summary:             June 1, 1988
Acceptance notification:       July 1, 1988
Final paper due:               August 15, 1988

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Control
	Adaptive and self-organizing controllers.
	Intelligent controllers for large scale systems.
	Learning control systems.
	Hierarchical control systems.
	Sensor-based robot control.
	Sensor Integration in feedback  controllers.
	Event-driven controllers.

Machine Intelligence
	Knowledge-based control systems.
	Qualitative reasoning in intelligent control.
	Models of approximate reasoning.
	Fuzzy control systems.
	Linguistic control systems.
	Evidential reasoning and control.
	Multiple agent systems; cooperative and antagonistic systems.

Architectures and Tools
	Neural networks as a control tool.
	Information structures for intelligent control.
	Computer Architectures for intelligent control.
	Controllers with associative memory.
	Expert databases for intelligent control.
	Software productivity tools for control system design.
	Interactive graphics and human-machine interfacing. 

Applications
	Computer integrated manufacturing.
	Communication protocols for intelligent manufacturing systems.
	Cognitive controllers for autonomous robots.
	Intelligent control of multifingered robot hands.
	Space and underwater exploration.
	Intelligent systems for command, control, and communications.
	Social and economic systems.

Submit summaries and proposals for invited sessions to:

	Professor Harry E. Stephanou
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	School of Information Technology and Engineering
	George Mason University
	Fairfax, VA 22030
        (703-323-3451)

	Professor John Y.S. Luh
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	Clemson University
	Clemson, SC 29631
        (803-656-5926)
or
	Professor Alexander Meystel
	Electrical Engineering Department
	Drexel University
	Philadelphia, PA 19104
        (215-895-2220)

If you'd like further information, you may also contact me via E-mail
on one of the following addresses:

Bitnet:             heldeib@gmuvax

UUCP:               uunet!pyrdc!gmu90x!heldeib

or you can write or call :
 
	Dr. Hany K. Eldeib
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	George Mason University
	4400 University Dr.
	Fairfax, VA 22030.
	(703) 323-3369
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