2014)

Five Generations of Sliding Mode Controllers: Stages of Evolution

by Dr. Leonid Fridman

Please register as soon as you can, but no later than 8:00 a.m. Tuesday December 9, 2014.

Location: Building: Dynetics, Inc., Solutions ComplexRoom Number: Main Conference Room 1004 Explorer Blvd Huntsville, Alabama United States 35806 Click here for Map
Date: 12-December-2014 Time: 11:30AM to 01:00PM (1.50 hours) All times are: US/Central Add Meeting to Calendar
Email meeting contact… Leandro G. Barajas, Ph.D., PMP, IEEE SM Chapter Chair, IEEE Joint Robotics and Automation – Controls Systems (JRACS) Society IEEE Huntsville Section, Huntsville, AL www.LeandroBarajas.com L.G.Barajas@ieee.org +1 (248)705-8192

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Speaker:

Dr. Leonid Fridman of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Topic: Five Generations of Sliding Mode Controllers: Stages of Evolution

The history and evolution of sliding control will be discussed. The reason for the crisis of the first order sliding modes will be explained. The second order sliding mode control algorithms and their specific features will be presented. The control chattering of the continuous second order super-twisting control algorithm will be discussed. The precision of the arbitrary order sliding mode controllers will be shown. The continuous arbitrary order sliding mode controllers will be presented and discussed. Videos with the experimental illustration of the properties of the main sliding mode algorithms will be presented.

Biography: Leonid M. Fridman received an M.S. degree in mathematics from Kuibyshev (Samara) State University, Samara, Russia, in 1976, a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the Institute of Control Science, Moscow, Russia, in 1988, and a Dr. Sc. degree in control science from Moscow State University of Mathematics and Electronics, Moscow, Russia, in 1998. From 1976 to 1999, he was with the Department of Mathematics, Samara State Architecture and Civil Engineering University. From 2000 to 2002, he was with the Department of Postgraduate Study and Investigations at the Chihuahua Institute of Technology, Chihuahua, Mexico. In 2002, he joined the Department of Control Engineering and Robotics, Division of Electrical Engineering of Engineering Faculty at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. His research interests are variable structure systems. Prof. Fridman is an Associated Editor of the Journal of Franklin Institute, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, and the Conference Editorial Board of IEEE Control Systems Society, Member of TC on Variable Structure Systems and Sliding mode control of IEEE Control Systems Society and TC on Discrete Events and Hybrid Systems of IFAC. He is an author and editor of seven books and 12 special issues and author of more than 350 technical papers on sliding mode control. He is a winner of Scopus prize for the best cited Mexican Scientists in Mathematics and Engineering 2010. He was working as an invited professor in 19 universities and research centers of Argentina, Australia, France, China, Germany, Italy, Israel, and Spain.

Email: lfridman@servidor.unam.mx

Address: Departamento de Ingeniería de Control y Robótica, División de Ingeniería Eléctrica,, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), D.F., Mexico, Mexico

Meeting Agenda:

11:30am – 11:45am Meet & Greet

11:30am – 11:45am Lunch

11:45am – 12:00pm Announcements & Speaker Introduction

12:00pm – 12:45pm Talk

12:45pm – 1:00pm Q&A & Adjourn

Technical Writing Workshop (10/21/14)

A basic tutorial for writing IEEE papers for publication and use the following material from the IEEE author Digital TOOL BOX.

Topics to include:
I) Preparing your article
II) Preparing your graphics or multimedia materials
III) Guidelines for article submission
IV) Post-acceptance procedures
V) Post-publication procedures
VI) Frequently asked questions

In addition, this presentation will cover the how and why of LATEX for technical writing.
Time/Place: Tuesday – October 21st, 2014 4-6pm Alabama A&M University – Bond Engineering Building (park in the back parking lot off Chase Road)

Directions: Up Meridian right on Chase Road past the main entrance – past the Engineering bldg. Left onto campus – left into parking lot next to Engineering building.
Signs will be posted… to a class room.

To Register for this Workshop: (Goto this link) https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/29435

Instructor: Phil Bording at (256)527-7530 or Phil.Bording@aamu.edu

IEEE Section Tour – Geeks & Nerds (GAN) Corp. (10/23/14)

All societies and members are welcomed to join us as we visit different businesses in the area, to learn more about their latest technologies.

This Section Tour will be limited to the first 20 guests to respond. You do not have to be an IEEE member to attend, guests are welcome. Lunch will be generously provided by GAN Corporation.

To Register for this event: (Go to this link) https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/28909

Technology Management Council: MindGear Labs Tour (Tues., 10/14/14)

IEEE Technology Managment Council (TMC) Presents

MindGear Labs Tour

Tour MindGear Labs facilities to learn more about the equipment and opportunities they offer to the general public. The tour will be Tuesday, 14 October at 1130-1230. The tour is open to the first 30 registrants.

Date: Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (11:20 am for Sign-in)

Location: MindGear Labs, LLC, 8331 Madison Blvd., #200B, Madison, AL 35758

To RSVP, click the link below

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/29053

MindGear Labs, LLC (http://mindgearlabs.com/) supports the Huntsville/Madison community by providing fab lab equipment for use by the general public and local businesses. Our lab is open to anyone who has a great idea and wants to build it. We are committed to providing a relaxing environment where members can share ideas, work on their projects, take classes and attend seminars, do research, and just hang out. If you like to tinker, no matter if you’re an engineer, artist, inventor, child, adult, learns by doing, or just someone who likes to tinker come check us out.

For additional information contact, Dr. Ebonee Walker (ebonee.a.walker@ieee.org)

IEEE CSS Distinguished Lecturer Talk: Control of Multi-Robot Systems – From Formations to Human-Swarm Interactions by Dr. Magnus Egerstedt

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Talk

Control of Multi-Robot Systems: From Formations to Human-Swarm Interactions

by Dr. Magnus Egerstedt

Date: Nov 4, 2014

Seating is limited to the first 50 people registered.

Please register as soon as you can, but no later than 8:00 a.m. Thursday October 30, 2014 using the link below

https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/28905

Abstract

The last few years have seen significant progress in our understanding of how one should structure multi-robot systems. New control, coordination, and communication strategies have emerged and in this talk, we summarize some of these developments. In particular, we will discuss how to go from local rules to global behaviors in a systematic manner in order to achieve distributed geometric objectives, such as achieving and maintaining formations, area coverage, and swarming behaviors. We will also investigate how users can interact with networks of mobile robots in order to inject new information and objectives. The efficacy of these interactions depends directly on the interaction dynamics and the structure of the underlying information-exchange network. We will relate these network-level characteristics to controllability and manipulability notions in order to produce effective human-swarm interaction strategies.

Biography

Magnus Egerstedt is the Schlumberger Professor and Associate Chair for Research and External Affairs in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology in 1996 and 2000 respectively, and he received a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Stockholm University in 1996. Dr. Egerstedt’s research interests include hybrid and networked control, with applications in motion planning, control, and coordination of mobile robots. Magnus Egerstedt is a Fellow of the IEEE, serves as Editor for Electronic Publications for the IEEE Control Systems Society, and is the director of the Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab. He received the ECE/GT Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award in 2005, and the CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation in 2003.