| CNCS
Meeting 2003 |
CNCS
MURI Review Meeting
George Sherman Union
Boston University
Room 320-21, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Hotel
information...
There will be a $30 registration fee for all attendees
to cover lunch and coffee breaks.
To register and for information, contact:
Liz Katz
Boston University
Department of Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering
110 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617) 353-2814
Fax: (617) 353-5866
Email: lkatz@bu.edu
Monday, October 20, 2003
Afternoon Session |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Registration |
Lunch for those arriving in time |
| 13:00-13:05 |
John Baillieul |
Orientation and Schedule |
| 13:05-13:15 |
Randy Zachery |
The MURI and Current Research Thrusts in the DoD |
| 13:15-13:45 |
John Baillieul |
Overview of Current Research on Communicating Networked Control
Systems |
| 13:45-14:15 |
John Baillieul |
Real-time Information Management for Coordinated
Motion Control |
| 14:15-14:45 |
Keyong Li |
Robust Quantization for Digital Finite Communication Bandwidth Control
(DFBC) |
| 14:45-15:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 15:00-15:30 |
P.S. Krishnaprasad |
Maryland Overview |
| 15:30-16:00 |
P.S. Krishnaprasad |
Distributed Sensing, Control and Uncertainty |
| 16:00-17:00 |
@110 Cummington St. Room 202 |
Lab Demos |
| 17:00-17:15 |
John Baillieul |
Day one wrap-up |
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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Morning Session |
| 09:00-09:30 |
T.G. Bifano |
Communicating Control Systems, MEMS, and Optical Communication |
| 09:30-10:00 |
I. Ch. Paschalidis |
On a new class of scheduling and routing policies for network control
systems and sensor networks |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Prakash Narayan |
Reliable Communication Over Time-Varying RF and Optical Fading Channels |
| 10:30-10:40 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 10:40-11:10 |
John S. Baras |
Collaborative control of moving agents under communication and functionality
constraints |
| 11:10-12:00 |
R.W. Brockett |
Harvard Overview: Towards an Engineering Solution to the Problem
of Optimal Quantization and State Reconstruction from Quantized Data
|
Afternoon Session |
| 13:00-14:00 |
P.R. Kumar |
Illinois Overview |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Eric Justh |
Swarms, Curvature and Convergence |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Babak Azimi-Sadjadi |
Multi-user Estimation |
| 15:00-15:15 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Dimitris Hristu |
Distributed optimization and navigation |
| 15:45-16:30 |
Advis. Comm. |
Panel Meetings |
| 16:30-16:45 |
Ensemble |
Panel/PI Discussions - Planning |
| 16:45 |
|
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Previous Meetings
CNCS Review Meeting
Boston University
Wednesday, August 7, 2002
Morning Session |
| 08:30-08:45 |
|
Registration and coffee |
| 08:45-08:50 |
John Baillieul |
Orientation/Schedule |
| 08:50-09:00 |
Robert Launer |
The MURI and Current Research Thrusts in the DoD |
| 09:00-09:30 |
John Baillieul |
Center Overview and Research Plan |
| 09:30-10:10 |
P.S. Krishnaprasad |
Maryland Overview - Distributed Sensing, Control, and Uncertainty |
| 10:10-10:30 |
E.Justh |
UAV Formation Control and Pulsed Communication |
| 10:30-10:40 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 10:40-11:10 |
T.G.Bifano |
Communicating Control Systems and Freespace Optical Communication |
| 11:10-11:40 |
John S. Baras |
Distributed and Asynchronous Control under Communication Constraints |
| 11:40-12:00 |
Babak Azimi-Sadjadi |
Stability of Networked Control Systems in the Presence of Packet
Losses |
Afternoon Session |
| 13:00-13:30 |
John Baillieul |
The data-rate theorem, coding, and information-based
control of formations of unmanned vehicles |
| 13:30-14:05 |
P.R.Kumar |
Illinois Overview - Wireless Networking and Control |
| 14:05-14:35 |
Ioannis Paschalidis |
On Allocating Network Resources to Competing Interconnected Devices |
| 14:35-15:05 |
K. Chakraborty & P. Narayan |
Reliable Communication Over Time-varying Fading Channels |
| 15:05-15:15 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 15:15-15:50 |
Roger Brockett & J. Zou |
Harvard Overview - Coding for Centralized Control |
| 15:50-16:00 |
|
Technical wrap-up |
| 16:00-16:30 |
EAB & TAC |
Panel Meetings |
| 16:30-16:45 |
Ensemble |
Panel/PI Discussions - Planning |
| 16:45 |
|
ADJOURN |
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CNCS Kickoff Meeting
Boston University
Monday, July 30 2001
Morning Session |
| 08:30-08:45 |
|
Registration and coffee |
| 08:45-08:50 |
David K. Campbell |
Dean's Welcome |
| 08:50-09:00 |
John Baillieul |
Orientation/ Schedule |
| 09:00-09:15 |
Hua Wang |
The MURI and Current Research Thrusts in the DoD |
| 09:15-09:30 |
Linda Bushnell |
The Origin of the Networked Control Systems MURI |
| 09:30-10:00 |
John Baillieul |
Center Overview and Research Plan |
| 10:00-10:20 |
P.S. Krishnaprasad |
Maryland Overview - Networks, Control and Uncertainty |
| 10:20-10:30 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:00 |
P. Emmerman |
Agentization of the Battlefield |
| 11:00-11:30 |
John S. Baras |
Distributed and Asynchronous Control |
| 11:30-12:00 |
E. Justh |
Pulsed Communication for Networked UAV's |
Afternoon Session |
| 13:00-13:30 |
Bob McMillan |
Recent Advances in Radar |
| 13:30-14:15 |
P.R.Kumar |
Illinois Overview - Protocols and Architecture in Networked Systems |
| 14:15-14:45 |
Tariq Samad |
Communication and Coordination in Autonomous Systems--Targets for
Research |
| 14:45-15:00 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Ioannis Paschalidis |
Quality of Service Guarantees in Networked Control Systems |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Prakash Narayan |
Capacities of Time-varying Channels |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Greg Walsh |
Protocols and Control Networks |
| 16:30-17:00 |
P.S. Krishnaprasad |
Distributed Control and Uncertainty Management |
| 17:00 |
John Baillieul |
Day 1 Wrap-up |
Tuesday, July 31 2001
Morning Session |
| 08:00-08:30 |
|
Coffee/Breakfast |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Thomas G. Bifano |
MEMS for optics |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Roger Brockett |
Harvard Overview - Feedback and Complexity in Control Networks |
| 09:30-10:00 |
John Baillieul |
Information and Reliable Control |
| 10:00-10:15 |
|
Coffee Break |
| 10:15-10:45 |
D. Hristu-Varsakelis |
Control with Limited Communication |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Center Principals |
Q & A Wrap-up |
| 11:00-12:00 |
EAB, TAC |
Closed panel meetings |
| 12:00-13:00 |
|
Panel/PI Meetings |
| 13:00 |
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