Wednesday July 11, 2007

Some Stochastic Control Problems In Mathematical Finance

Dr. Ioannis Karatzas

Eugene Higgins Professor of Applied Probability
Department of Mathematics
Columbia University, MailCode 4438
619 Mathematics Bldg, 2990 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, USA

Thursday July 12, 2007

Feedback Representations of the Impact of Information Technology in Air Transportation

Dr. R. John Hansman

T. Wilson Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Professor of Engineering Systems
Director, MIT International Center for Air Transportation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
33-303 MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139

Consummating the Union Between Communications and Control

Dr. Andrea Goldsmith

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Bredt Faculty Development Scholar
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94025

Friday July 13, 2007

Structure and Passivity in Large-Scale Network Analysis and Design

Dr. Murat Arcak

2006 Donald P. Eckman Award Winner
Associate Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Dept.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York 12180-3590

Control Systems Research for Building Automation

Steven T. Bushby

Leader, Mechanical Systems and Controls Group

Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8631 USA