Call for Participation NE{S|T}COC: - Symposium on Recent Trends in Networked Systems and Cooperative Control - Workshop on Network Induced Constraints in Control September 28/29, 2009 Stuttgart, Germany http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/nestcoc/ The NE{S|T}COC Symposium and Workshop will be held on September 28/29, 2009 in Stuttgart Germany. This two day event is meant to give an overview over the rapidly developing field of networked systems and cooperative control and will serve as a platform to discuss current issues and future trends in the field. On the first day, eight invited speakers will give plenary talks on recent trends in networked systems and cooperative control within the "Symposium on Recent Trends in Networked Systems and Cooperative Control" (NESCOC). Confirmed speakers are: - Murat Arcak (Berkeley) - Pierre-Alexandre Bliman (INRIA) - Francesco Bullo (UCSB) - Joao Hespanha (UCSB) - Ali Jadbabaie (UPenn) - Karl Henrik Johansson (KTH) - Antonis Papachristodoulou (Oxford) - Rodolphe Sepulchre (Liege) On the second day, a tutorial "Workshop on Network Induced Constraints in Control" (NETCOC) provides introductory presentations to different aspects of network induced constraints in control and serves as a platform for discussion. This workshop will deal with different aspects of network induced constraints like quantization or loss and delay of packets. It is perfectly suited as an introduction to this expanding area. The registration fee is Euro 90 (Euro 120 when registering after August 14) and includes lunches and an evening banquet on September 28. Please register online at http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/nestcoc/registration.shtml The events take place on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control (IST) at the University of Stuttgart. Further information about NE{S|T}COC can be found at the conference web page at www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/nestcoc or by contacting the conference organizers Frank Allgower, Ulrich Muenz and Peter Wieland [log in to unmask] Tel. +49-711-68567734 Fax. +49-711-68567735 -- ********************************************************* Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Allgower Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 9 70550 Stuttgart Germany Tel. +49-711-685-67733 Fax. +49-711-685-67735 email. [log in to unmask] http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de