The 2011 Asian School of Automatic Control

Call for Application

The 2011 Asian School of Automatic Control  

Advances in Automatic Control Systems for Sustainable Industries

(Fist announcement: September 1, 2010)

Goals

The main goal of this program is to provide seminal material to raise the possibilities to create, promote or consolidate research and educational groups dealing with automatic control theory and technology from developing countries in the South East Asian region. The ultimate objectives of the course should be to provide the participants with an overview of the main principles and technologies for the latest development of control. In addition, this event will provide a forum for discussion of new ideas, research, development and applications, including techniques and methods to stimulate and inspire pioneering works in control engineering. Particularly, recent issues in the application of control technology in some areas of special local interest will be emphasized.

Intended Participants

The course should be addressed to graduate students, PhD students and engineers with some background in control engineering.

Social Impact

Besides improving the knowledge in the development of control system, by attending the course, the participants and the control community are also given more opportunity to have access to the latest information in research, technology and applications in the field of control systems. Moreover, the interaction during the course with leading persons in the subject could also be used as starting point to establish international linkages with other institutions and to create new research opportunities as part of improving the quality of research and teaching in the regions and to comply to the international standards.

1. Objectives

a. To promote the existing and the cooperation of IFAC and ACA and AUN/SEED-Net and ETCI Thailand and their programs on education to the South East Asian countries

IFAC                          International Federation of Automatic Control                                                            www.ifac-control.org

ACA                           Asian Control Association            www.asia-control.org        

AUN/SEED-Net        ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network        www.seed-net.org

ECTI Thailand          Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology Association of Thailand     www.ecti-thailand.org

b. To establish a network of graduate students and/or young faculty staff whose interest in automatic control from universities of the South East Asian countries

c. To disseminate lectures on advances on automatic control systems and engineering applications which address the key issues in the South East Asian countries

d. To provide an opportunity for further collaboration in automatic control education & research between universities of the South East Asian countries  

e. To introduce IFAC to professors, researchers and students with an aim to encourage Thailand to become an IFAC national member organization.

2.  Program

The program covers 3-day lectures on “Advances in Automatic Control Systems for Sustainable Industries.” 

The potential application topics include

·         Advanced process control

·         Robotics

·         Control of renewable energy 

·         Food/Biotechnology

·         Biomedical engineering

·         Impacts to environment

·         Disaster mitigation

·         Water resource management 

The precise topics will be confirmed from lecturers.

Dates: January 19-21, 2011 (3 days of lectures)

Venue: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Participants: The program invites maximum 24 participants who currently are graduate students and/or young faculty staff with background in control engineering from overseas universities in the South East Asian countries: Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, 3 participants from each country. In addition, the program invites maximum 20 local participants.

3. Organizing Committee

Advisor                       Harijono A. Tjokronegoro, Institut Teknologi Bandung, hanegoro@indo.net.id                    

Program                     David Banjerdpongchai, Chulalongkorn University, bdavid@chula.ac.th           

Publicity                     Manop Wongsaisuwan, Chulalongkorn University, wmanop@chula.ac.th        

Finance                     Waree Kongprawechnon, Thammasat University, waree@siit.tu.ac.th  

4. Lecturers

The lecturers are voluntary basis. The following have agreed to give lectures.

Prof. Hidenori Kimura, RIKEN, Japan

Prof. Wook Hyun Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea

Prof. Chang Chieh Hang, National Singapore University, Singapore

Prof. Marzuki Bin Khalid, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Prof. Suchin Arunsawatwong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

5. Sponsors

a.    IFAC Foundation

b.    Commission on Higher Education of Thailand and AUN/SEED-Net 

c.    ECTI Thailand

d.    ACA

e.    Chulalongkorn University

Overseas participants (maximum 3 persons from each country) receive return tickets, travel insurance, local transportation, accommodation of maximum 4 nights, luncheons, coffee breaks, lecture notes, stationery & seminar kits. Financial support for overseas participants is provided by IFAC Foundation

Local participants receive luncheons, coffee breaks, lecture notes, stationery & seminar kits.

5. Application for Financial Support

The application form is for those requesting financial support to attend the lectures. We urge you to apply as early as possible. Applications received by November 15, 2010 will receive consideration. A complete application with two letters of endorsement, one from the advisor or senior professor, and the other from the department head may be sent to the contact email address ASAC.2011@gmail.com. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as funding decisions are made.

We have funding to support attendance of the overseas participants who are currently graduate students, young lecturers and/or young researchers from the Southeast Asian Countries. The eligible applicants for financial support include, but not limited to, the following member institutions of AUN/SEED-Net.

6.  Program Schedule