2008 American Control Conference

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Special Sessions


There are several Special Sessions organized for ACC 2008. The sessions are categorized into three different groups - Industry sessions from our sponsors, Informational sessions by governmental funding agencies, and sessions on emerging control areas. The list of Special Sessions is given below:

INDUSTRY SPECIAL SESSIONS:

Title: Controls & Optimization - Technologies to help products be more "Green" Sponsor: GE Speakers: Minesh Shah and other speakers from GE Global Research Time: Wednesday, 11.30am-12.30pm. (Lunch provided) Industry Contact: Minesh Shah, Manager, Automation and Controls Laboratory Title: "Modernization of Air Traffic Management and Control-a Global Perspective." Sponsor: Honeywell Speakers: Don Bateman, Rosa Weber, and Datta Godbole Time: Wednesday, 11.30am-12.30pm. (Lunch provided) Industry Contact: Datta Godbole, Director, Aerospace Advanced Technology Title: "Career & Collaboration opportunities in Aerospace, Building and Power System Controls at UTRC" Sponsor: UTRC Speakers: Andrzej Banaszuk and Scott A. Bortoff Time: Wednesday, 11.30am-12.30pm. (Lunch provided) Industry Contact: Subbarao Varigonda, Group Leader, Control Systems Title:"Control Opportunities in Energy Conversion and Storage Systems" Sponsor: BOSCH Speakers:
Dr. Jasim Ahmed (Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center, North America) Dr. Andrews Burton (Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center, North America) Dr. Aleksandar Kojic (Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center, North America) Dr. Rainer Nitsche (Robert Bosch Corporate Research, Advance Engineering - Hardware) Hakan Yilmaz (Robert Bosch Gasoline Systems)
Time: Wednesday, 6.30pm - 8:30 pm. (Dinner provided) Industry Contact: Aleksandar Kojic Title: "Panel Discussion: What skills do controls engineering graduates need to have for industry?" Sponsor: MATHWORKS Co-Sponsor: Quanser Inc.
Speakers:
Industry Panelists: Jacob Apkarian, PhD, Founder and CTO, Quanser Inc. Greg Stewart, PhD, Fellow - Control Engineering Research and Development, Honeywell Michael Dudzic, General Manager, Arcelor Mittal Dofasco Andrzej Banaszuk , PhD, Research Engineer, Controls Technology, United Technologies Research Center Michael R Moan, PhD, Intelligence and Information Systems Division, Science and Technology Group, Raytheon Academia Panelists: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas Academic Panelist #2 - YangQuan Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University Moderator - To be finalized
Time: Wednesday, 11.30am - 1.00pm. (Lunch provided) Industry Contact: Rohit Shenoy, Control Systems Tools Marketing
	Keith Blanchet, Director, Business Development
Title: Low Cost and Embedded Control Technology for Mobile Applications Sponsor: National Instruments Speakers:
Jeannie Sullivan Falcon Ph.D., Principal Engineer, Control and Simulation, National Instruments Masayoshi Tomizuka, Ph.D., Cheryl and John Neerhout, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley Tsu-Chin Tsao, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California at Los Angeles Todd Murphey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Time: Wednesday, 6.30pm - 7:30 pm. Industry Contact: Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Ph.D., Senior Engineer, Control and Simulation Title: Next-Generation Modeling and Simulation tools for Control Design Sponsor: Maplesoft Speakers: Mohamed Bendame Time: Wednesday, 11.30pm - 12:30 pm. (Light lunch provided) Industry Contact: Kent Chisamore, 519-747-2373 Ext. 315
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES SPECIAL SESSIONS

Title: Dynamics and Control at AFOSR: Challenges and Future Directions Agency: AFOSR Speakers: Dr. Fariba Fahroo, AFOSR -Directorate of Mathematics, Information and Life Sciences Time: Thursday, 8.00pm-10.00pm. Title: Dynamics and Control Research in NASA Aeronautics Agency: NASA Panelists:
Kalmanje Krishnakumar, Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control Project, Aviation Safety Program Peter Ouzts, Hypersonics Project, Fundamental Aeronautics Program Diana Acosta, Subsonic Fixed-wing Project, Fundamental Aeronautics Program
Time: Thursday, 8.00pm-10.00pm.
Title: NSF Merit Review: How the Proposal Review and Funding Recommendations are Made Agency: NSF Speakers:

Dr. Kishan Baheti, Program Manager, Control, Division of Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems (ENG/ECCS) Dr. Maria Burka, Program Manager, Division of Chemical and Thermal Systems Dr. Suhada Jayasuriya, Program Manager, Dynamical Systems, CMMI Dr. Eduardo Misawa, Program manager, Control Systems, CMMI
Time: Friday 11:30am - 12:30pm
EMERGING TOPICS SPECIAL SESSIONS:
Title: Panel Discussion: Adaptive Neurocontrol: Are we on the right path? Coordinator / Moderator: Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy Speakers:
Dr. Kumpati S. Narendra, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA Dr. Marios Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Greece
Time: Thursday, 6.30pm-7.30pm.

Title: Systems Biology Speakers: Mike Hensen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA: Introduction and overview of the session
Followed by 4 presentations (25 minutes each) 1. Eric Schadt, Rosetta Inpharmatics, Seattle, WA: An integrative biology approach to reconstructing whole gene networks that predict complex system behavior 2. Christopher Rao, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL: Control motifs for intracellular networks 3. Peter Linsley, Rosetta Inpharmatics, Seattle, WA: Microarrays, microRNAs and cancer 4. Domitilla Del Vecchio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: Modularity in systems biology Leonidas Bleris, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Concluding remarks and lead open discussion Time: Thursday, 8:00pm-10.00pm.

Title: Glucose Control Technology: Applications to Patients with Diabetes and ICU Glucose Management Coordinator / Moderator: Dr. Eyal Dassau, University of California, Santa Barbara Speakers:
Dr. Francis J. Doyle III, University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Howard Zisser, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Dr. Bruce Buckingham, Stanford University Dr. B. Wayne Bequette, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Time: Friday, 11.30am-12.30pm.

Title: The Impact of Offshoring on the US Economy - Policy and Model Analysis Organizer: Janos Gertler, George Mason University Speakers:
Janos Gertler, George Mason University Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology Michael Raimondi, Global Insight
Time: Friday, 11.30am-12.30pm. Title: Special Session on Academic Job Hunting Coordinators:
- Andrew Alleyne, University of Illinois, search committee chair - Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan, former search committee chair
Speakers: TBD Time: Thursday, 6.30pm-7.30pm

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