August 7, 1999 -- Session B
Chateau Laurier
Drawing Room

SESSION IX -- (B) Selected Topics in Systems and Control

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

9:10-9:30	An Optimal Solution to Adaptive Prediction
		Abstract
		B. Shahrrava and J.D. Aplevich
		    (University of Waterloo, CANADA)


9:30-9:50	TBA 


9:50-10:10	Connection Between the Generalized Riccati Equations
		and Matrix Quadratic Equations
		Abstract
		H. Xu
		    (The University of Tsukuba, JAPAN)


10:10-10:30	BREAK

SESSION X -- (B) Robust and Optimal Control

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

10:30-10:50	Probablistic Robustness of Control Systems:  A New
		Paradigm for Monte Carlo Simulation
		Abstract
		B.R. Barmish
		    

10:50-11:10	Sinusoid Estimation from Corrupted Measurement Data
		Using a Minimax Criterion
		Abstract
		S.K. Biswas 
		    (Temple University, USA)


11:10-11:30	Controllability of Decentralized Control Systems
		with Symmetry
		Abstract
		R. Tanaka
		    (Keio University, JAPAN)
		K. Murota
		    (Kyoto University, JAPAN)


11:30-11:50 	A Hybrid Approach for Generating a Continuous
		Manipulator Trajectory
		Abstract
		J. Xu and G.W. Blanchard
		    (University of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)


11:50-12:10	Hankel Norm Computation for LTI Systems with
		Single Feedthrough Delay
		H-N. Huang


12:10-13:30	LUNCH

SESSION XI -- (B) Advances in Systems and Control

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

14:10-14:30	Solving a Class of Nonlinear Optimal Feedback
		Control Problems Using Cubic B-Splines with Optimal
		Partition Points
		Abstract
		W.R. Lee, S. Wang
		    (Curtin University, AUSTRALIA)
		K.L. Teo
		    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG)


14:30-14:50	Optimal Control of a Batch Crystallization Process
		Abstract
		V. Rehbock
		    (Curtin University of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
		I. Livk
		    (University of Ljubljana, SLOVENIA)
		M.O. Tade
		    (Curtin University of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
		D. Ilievski
		    (CSIRO, AUSTRALIA)


14:50-15:10	TBA 


15:10-15:30	BREAK

SESSION XII -- (B) Microwave and Optical Sensors and Control Devices

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

15:30-15:50	Six-Port Technology (SPT) in RF Microwave and Optical Sensors
		Abstract
		T.M. Visan and R.G. Busigo 
		    (Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, CANADA)


15:50-16:10	Microwave and Millimeterwave Radar/Sensors
		S. Tam
		    (MPB Technologies, Inc., CANADA)


16:10-16:30	CMOS Optical Sensors
		C. Wang


16:30-16:50	Acoustic Echoes from a Coated Wedge
		Abstract
		H. Uberall
		    (Catholic University of America, USA)
		R. Hughes, J. Niemiec and S. Solomong
		    (Naval Surface Warfare Center, USA)


16:50-17:10	Temperature Effect on Sound Velocity and
		Attenuation in Unconsolidated Sediments
		Abstract
		R. Carbo and A.C. Molero
		    (Instituto de Acustica, SPAIN)


17:10-17:30	Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) Tactile
		Sensor Array
		S.K.S. Yeung





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