Chapter Events

• New Biomimetic Robotic Systems and Advanced Vehicles
  Speaker: Professor Ikuo Yamamoto (University of Kitakyushu, Japan)
  Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2009, 2:00pm
  Venue: Stokes Room, Building 83, Cranfield University
  See Abstract for further information. If you plan to attend and will travel by car, please contact James Whidborne ( ) for a parking permit.
• ICSE2006 - Twentieth International Conference on Systems Engineering
  Date: 8-10 September 2009
  Venue: Coventry University
  The chapter is supporting this event. See website for call for papers and further information.

Other Events of Interest

• The Eleventh IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications (CA 2009)
  Date: 13-15 July, 2009
  Venue: Cambridge

See website for further information.

Some Past Chapter Events

• 2008:

  16 September, 2008: Queen's University Belfast
  Challenges for Control Research from Systems Biology
  by Prof Richard Middleton, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  See Abstract for further information.

  19th March 2008: University of Sheffield
  IEEE Colloquium/workshop on Control Education and Sharing Education Resources
  See website for further information.

  10 January, 2008: University of Manchester
  Research Students Colloquium
  See Programme for further information.

• 2007:

  14 September, 2007: Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London
  Research Students Colloquium
  See Programme for further information.

  12 September, 2007: Division of Engineering, Kings College London
  Semi-algebraic geometry and semi-definite programming for systems control and signal processing
  by Professor Didier Henrion, LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse and Czech Technical University
  See Abstract for further information.

  10 September, 2007: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
  Control over Complex Networks
  by Professor Guanrong (Ron) Chen, City University of Hong Kong
  See Abstract for further information.

  26 March 2007: University of Sheffield
  Control in Systems Biology
  See Colloquium website for further information.

• 2006:

  1st November 2006: Control Systems Centre, University of Manchester
  Passive Mechanical Control
  by Prof. Malcolm Smith (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
  See Abstract for further information.

26 April 2006: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
The Scenario Approach to Robust Control
by Prof. Marco Campi - IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (University of Brescia)
See Abstract for further information.

24 April 2006: University of Sheffield
Colloquium on Optimisation for Control
See Colloquium website for further information.

5-6 April 2006: University of Strathclyde
Nonlinear Control Design for Industrial Applications -- a 2-Day Workshop
See workshop flyer for further information.

25 January 2006: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University
Performance Analysis of 802.11 Technology for Wireless Feedback Control
by Prof. George Irwin (Virtual Engineering Centre, Queen's Univ. Belfast)
See Abstract for further information.

• 2005:

  11 November 2005: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
  Schrodinger's Legacy: Systems and Life
  by Prof. Peter Wellstead (Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth)
  See Abstract for further information.

  9 November 2005: Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Sheffield
  Women in Control II (Control Seminar Day)
  See Programme and abstracts for further information.

  7 April 2005: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
  Model Predictive Control and Communications Resource Assignment in Coordinated Systems
  by Prof. Robert Bitmead - IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (University of California, San Diego)
  See Abstract for further information.

4 April 2005: University of Sheffield
Colloquium on Predictive Control
See Colloquium website for further information.

• 2004:

  4th November 2004: University of Strathclyde
  Future Developments in Nonlinear Industrial Control
  See event details for further information.

  13th October 2004: Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Sheffield
  Control Seminar Day
  See event poster for further information.

  16 June, 2004: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
  TCP Congestion Control for High-Speed Networks
  by Professor Doug Leith, Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth
  See Abstract for further information.

• 2002:

  9th September 2002: Department of Engineering, University of Leicester
  Workshop on anti-windup, bumpless transfer and related problems
  See Abstract for further information.

COMMITTEE

Dr James Whidborne (Chairman), Department of Aerospace Sciences, Cranfield University. ( )
Professor Alan Zinober (Treasurer), Applied Mathematics Section, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield
Dr Zhengtao Ding, Control Systems Centre, University of Manchester
Prof Mike Grimble, Industrial Control Centre, University of Strathclyde
Dr Eric Kerrigan, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College
Dr Kang Li, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast
Dr Arthur Richards, Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Bristol
Dr Anthony Rossiter, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Sheffield University
Prof Sarah Spurgeon, Department of Electronics, University of Kent
Dr Argyrios Zolotas, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University