Workshop on Integrated Control, Estimation and Communication

March 31 - April 2, 2005
California Institute of Technology

Organizers: Vijay Gupta, Richard M Murray
Supported by: Center for Mathematics and Information, Caltech.

Workshop information

New applications like cooperative control and sensor networks have sparked renewed interest in control and estimation of dynamical processes when constraints are placed on the communication structure between agents. Simultaneously there has been a growing realization that traditional information theory needs to be expanded to take into account issues like delay and quality of service which arise naturally in such applications. An integrated theory of the mathematics of information in distributed and dynamical systems is sorely needed. The workshop is intended to provide an informal forum to identify some of the interesting problems and some likely approaches and tools for solutions in the general area of intersection of control and communication.

Due to limited resources, pre-registration is required. If you are planning to attend, please send an e-mail to Vijay Gupta. There would also be a $30 fees to be collected at the time of the workshop. Payment by cash/check only.

Venue: Winnett Lounge (2nd floor above the Bookshop). Building no. 51 on the Caltech map. Parking is available in the Holliston parking lot (Building no. 66), located between Del Mar Boulevard & San Pasqual Street, entrances on Holliston Avenue. You will need a (free) temporary parking permit available in the lot.

Agenda (Tentative):

Thursday March 31st:
Friday April 1st:
Saturday April 2nd




9:00 AM : Session II : Control under Information Constraints
8:30 AM : Session V : Information and Complexity Theory in Computation and Control

11:45 AM : Lunch
10:30 AM : General discussion, moderated by  Richard Murray

12:30 PM: Session III : Packet-based Control and Estimation
11:30 AM: Adjourn

2:45 PM : Break

3:15 PM : Session I : Decentralized Estimation and Control
3:00 PM : Session IV : Sensor Networks

6:00 PM:  Welcome Reception in the Moore Foyer Area (North side of Building no. 93). 5:15 PM : Break for the day

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