Prof. Eric Rogers, University of Southampton, UK

Title:

Iterative Learning Control from Analysis to Engineering to Robotic-assisted Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation

Abstract:

Iterative learning control can be applied to systems that repeat the same task over a finite duration with resetting to the starting point once each one is complete. The idea of iterative learning control is to make use of information from previous executions of the task in order to update the control signal applied during the current execution and thereby sequentially improve performance. Since the idea was first proposed a very large volume of research has appeared in the engineering literature with follow through to experimental testing of some of the resulting algorithms and actual implementations. The first part of this lecture will review the steps in this for one algorithm class from the theory through to actual implementation and the second part will describe recent work where the same algorithms have been used in robotic-assisted upper limb stroke rehabilitation with supporting clinical trials.

Brief Biography:

Professor Eric Rogers received the BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University Belfast, UK, and the postgraduate masters and PhD degrees in control systems from the University of Sheffield, UK. In 2004 he was awarded the DSc degree by Queens University Belfast, UK, for research in control systems. Currently he is Professor of Control Systems Theory and Design in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK. His research interest currently include multidimensional systems theory and applications, the control of processes with repetitive dynamics, iterative learning control and its applications in engineering and healthcare, flow control, and the control of underwater vehicles. Much of this research involves substantial collaborations with other groups in the University of Southampton, elsewhere in the UK, and overseas. A major theme of his current research is collaboration with colleagues from Health Sciences on the use of iterative learning for upper limb stroke rehabilitation which has already led to successive clinical trials and the best paper award at the 2009 IEEE 11th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics.

His main contribution to the control systems community at large currently is as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Control.

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Prof. Tsu-Tian Lee, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Title:

Intelligent Transportation Systems in Taiwan

Abstract:

In the 21st century, the technology development mainstream is the interdisciplinary integration, together with the human-centered technologies (i.e., Human-Technologies, HT) that emphasizes on friendly service for human rather than the forced adaptation by human. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) represents a typical human-centered large-scale and highly complex dynamic system, while it is the mainstream of the development of next-generation technologies. ITS is an integrated discipline of sensing, controls, computers, electronics, communications and traffic management.

This lecture discusses some achievements of HT-ITS in Taiwan, including ITS information and communication platform, traffic dynamics simulation platform, driving safety assistance systems, and intelligent control technologies applied to next generation smart vehicles. Some real-life demonstrations of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and Advanced Vehicle Control and Safety Systems (AVCSS) on our experimental car are also included in this lecture.

Brief Biography:

Professor Tsu-Tian Lee is currently the National Endow Chair of Ministry of Education, National Taipei University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, OK, in 1975. Previously, he had served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Control Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, as a Visiting Professor (1987), as a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, KY ( 1988-1990), as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), as Dean of the Office of Research and Development, NTUST, and as a Chair Professor of the Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, NCTU. From February 1, 2004 to January 31, 2011, he has severed as the President of National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). He received the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council, Taiwan, during 1991–1998, the Academic Achievement Award in Engineering and Applied Science from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, in 1997, the National Endow Chair from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and the TECO Science and Technology Award from TECO Technology Foundation in 2003. He was elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow in 1997 .He became a Fellow of IET in 2000, a Fellow of New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) in 2002, and a Fellow of Chinese Automatic Control Society (CACS) in 2007. In 2003, he received the IEEE SMC Society Outstanding Contribution Award, and in 2009, IEEE SMC Society Norbert Wiener Award. He has served as Vice President for Membership for the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and General Chair, General Co-Chair, Program Chair, and Invited Session Chair in many IEEE sponsored international conferences.

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Prof. Akira Inoue, Okayama University, Japan

Title:

Integrated Information Systems for Safety and Supporting Functions of Plants in Complex Industrial Area

Abstract:

At March 11, 2011, huge earthquake hit north-east Japan. More than 23,000 people died or still are missing by this earthquake and more than 170,000 houses were damaged or swept away by tsunami. In this way, disaster such as the earthquake impacts deeply people daily life. Also, the earthquake influenced severely on industry and economy. For example, factories of car parts makers in the area were damaged and the supply of the pars stopped, This shortage of the parts caused shutdown of many factories of car makers even in outside of Japan. It is said that the earthquake is so huge that it occurs once in one thousand years. But earthquakes or other disasters that influence heavily on industry occur in several years and we need to have countermeasure to prevent the influence on industry.

In Japan, there are several complex industrial areas where many factories and plants are integrated. When a disaster such as earthquake hits one of the areas, even if the earthquake is not so large as the quake hit at March 11, the impact on the area is large. The influence is not only halt of production of the plants in the area, but also it affects industries outside of the area and also safety and natural environment of the surrounding areas, Actually companies having plants in the area took some countermeasures to prevent the effect on other plants or surrounding areas. But the measures need to be wide range including such as safe storage and prevention of contaminated chemicals, training of employee, fault detection, control of the plants and management of process information To realize such measures, it is necessary to construct an integrated information system for safety and supporting plants. The speaker with other researchers established an plan of the integrated information system. The system is constructed on a computer network and consists of agents connected by the network. The agents have functions to process simulation, production management, control and fault detection. The agents are planned based on activity models.

Brief Biography:

Professor Akira Inoue received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in applied mathematics and physics from Kyoto University in 1966, 1968, 1977 respectively. In 1970, he was appointed research associate at Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics in Kyoto University, Japan. From 1977 to 1978, he was a visiting research associate at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. He was an associate professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumamoto University in 1978, and he became a professor at Department of Applied Mathematics, Kumamoto University, Japan in 1982. From 1987 to 1997, he was a professor at department of Information Technology and from 1997 to 2008, at Department of Systems Engineering, Okayama University, Japan. In 2006, he was visiting professor at Control Systems Centre, the University of Manchester, UK, Nanjing Normal University and Zhongyuan University of Technology, China. In 2009, he became Professor Emeritus, Okayama University.

Dr. Inoue authored 100 journal papers and 180 conference papers. He received SICE-ICCAS Best Paper Award in 2006, Gugao Applied Research Award in 2004 and Paper Award from the Institute of Systems, Control, and Information Engineers in 1997. He is Fellow of SICE and JSME and a senior member of IEEE. He served as General Chairs of SICE Annual Conference in 2005 and International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control. He received research grant under of “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research” from JSPS on “Safety in Industrial Complex”. His research interest is in adaptive control, adaptive observer, nonlinear control, control of mechanical systems, fault detection and plant safety control.

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