Message of the Coordinator
It is a pleasure for to me to have a lot of good news to mention to you with the start of the Summer break !
As you probably have heard already, phase VII of the IAP budget has been approved for a new five year period starting in March 2012. This means we can apply for another five year grant and that we have strong hopes to be able to guarantee continued support for our numerous PhD students and postdocs. Notice that the two months gap still has to be addressed but, here also, a possible smooth transition is being negotiated. The first call for proposals is expected this weekend, and we will meet next week to discuss our proposal with the strategic team and the promotors. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all who have helped to make this possible via petitions or other forms of lobbying; special thanks are due for the BELSPO team, but also to Michel Gevers who managed to rally the industrial world behind this cause.
The other good news are the recognition of the scientific contributions of two of our members : Rik Pintelon (VUB) received the 2012 IEEE Joseph Keithly award in instrumentation and measurement, and Bart Vandereycken (KUL/CW) was awarded the Alston Householder Prize for his PhD thesis research. You will find more information on these awards in the newsletter. Congratulations to both of them for a well deserved recognition.
Paul Van Dooren
DYSCO coordinator
Staff Movements and Visitors
UCL
- Bivas MITRA (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India) joined us on July 1st for a one-year postdoctoral stay. He will work with V. Blondel, Jean-Charles Delvenne and Julien Hendrickx in the framework of the European project EULER on the topic "study of the topological properties of the Internet network in order to develop efficient information routing algorithms".
KUL 1
- 01/07/2011 : Ahmad Hammad, promotor : M. Diehl
- 25/08/2011 : Fan-Chiang Yi, promotor : M. Moonen
VUB-ELEC
- Mikaya Lumori, University of San Diego, CA, USA: from 03/06/2011 until 26/08/2011.
Seminars
KUL 1
- July 12, 2011 - ESAT Aud. A at 11h00 - 12h00 - Seminars on Optimization in Engineering
Andrew Wynn (Imperial College London, UK) : Observer design for non-linear systems with an energy preserving non-linearity - July 14 & 15, 2011 - ESAT Aud. A - 00.62 - 00.60 - OPTEC Tutorial Course on Automatic Control and Dynamic Optimization.
More information : http://www.kuleuven.be/optec/ACADO2011
Papers produced by the IAP Network
UCL
Ngoc-Diep Ho, Paul Van Dooren, Vincent D. Blondel, Descent Methods for Nonnegative Matrix Factorization, in Van Dooren, P.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Chan, R.H.; Olshevsky, V.; Routray, A. (Eds.), Numerical Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and Control Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, Heidelberg, Vol. 80, Chap. 13, pp. 251-293, 2011.
Thomas P. Cason, Pierre-Antoine Absil, Paul Van Dooren, Comparing Two Matrices by Means of Isometric Projections, in Van Dooren, P.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Chan, R.H.; Olshevsky, V.; Routray, A. (Eds.), Numerical Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and Control Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, Heidelberg, Vol. 80, Chap. 4, pp. 77-93, 2011.
Pierre-Antoine Absil, Nicolas Boumal, RTRMC: A Riemannian trust-region method for low-rank matrix completion, submitted for presentation at Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2011, Granada, Spain, 12-15 December 2011.
Van Dooren, P.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Chan, R.H.; Olshevsky, V.; Routray, A. (Eds.), Numerical Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and Control Series, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, Vol. 80, Heidelberg, 2011.
KUL 1
Emile-Geay J., Schneider T., Cobb K.M., Sima D.M., Van Huffel S., Wittenberg A.T., Imputation of Missing Values in Climate Datasets: Data-Adaptive Regularization Methods and their Applications, Internal Report 11-106, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), 2011.
Cornelis B., Moonen M., Wouters J., Binaural voice activity detection for MWF-based noise reduction in binaural hearing aids, Internal Report 11-110, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), 2011. Accepted for publication in Proc. of European signal processing conference (EUSIPCO).
De Vos M., Van Huffel S., Automated artifact removal as preprocessing refines neonatal seizure detection, Internal Report 11-113, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), 2011. Accepted for publication in Clinical Neurophysiology.
Lou X.Y., Suykens J.A.K., Finding Communities in Weighted Networks Through Synchronization, Internal Report 11-115, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), 2011.
De Brabanter K., De Brabanter J., De Moor B., Nonparametric Derivative Estimation, Internal Report 11-117, ESAT-SISTA, K.U.Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), 2011.
F. Logist, B. Houska, M. Diehl, J. Van Impe, Robust multi-objective optimal control of uncertain (bio)chemical processes, Chemical Engineering Science, 2011, accepted for publication
F. Logist, B. Houska, M. Diehl, J.F. Van Impe, Robust optimal control of a biochemical reactor with multiple objectives, In: E.N. Pistikopoulos, M.C. Georgiadis and A.C. Kokossis (Eds), Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 21), pp. 1460-1464, Chalkidiki (Greece), May 29 - June 1, 2011.
F. Logist, J. Lauwers, B. Trigaux, J.F. Van Impe, Model based optimisation of a cyclic reactor the production of hydrogen, In: E.N. Pistikopoulos, M.C. Georgiadis and A.C. Kokossis (Eds), Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 21), pp. 457-461, Chalkidiki (Greece), May 29 - June 1, 2011.
F. Logist, D. Telen, E. Van Derlinden, J.F. Van Impe, Multi-objective optimisation approach to optimal experiment design in dynamic bioprocesses using ACADO toolkit, In: E.N. Pistikopoulos, M.C. Georgiadis and A.C. Kokossis (Eds), Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 21), pp. 462-466, Chalkidiki (Greece), May 28 - June 1, 2011.
T. Skåra, A.M. Cappuyns, E. Van Derlinden, J.T. Rosnes, V.P. Valdramidis, J.F.M. Van Impe, Quantifying the combined effect of salt and temperature on the growth of Listeria strains isolated from salmon and salmon processing environments, In: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food, Athens (Greece), May 22-26, 2011.
T. Skåra, A.M. Cappuyns, S.O. Johnsen, E. Van Derlinden, J.T. Rosnes, Ø. Olsen, J.F.M. Van Impe, V.P. Valdramidis, A thermodynamic approach to assess a cellular mechanism of inactivation and the thermal resistance of Listeria innocua, In: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food, Athens (Greece), May 22-26, 2011.
UGent-SYSTeMS
Gning A., Mihaylova L., Boel R., Interval Macroscopic Models for Traffic Networks, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, June 2011, Vol. 12, n° 2, pp. 523-536.
Ionescu C., De Keyser R., Sabatier J., Oustaloup A., Levron F., Low frequency constant-phase behaviour in the respiratory impedance, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 6, pp. 197-208, 2011.
Ionescu C., Muntean I., De Keyser R., The influence of asymmetric space filling in the human lung, Acta Universitatis Apulensis, Special Issue on Understanding Complex Systems, (Eds): B. Iantovics, L. Hluchy, R. Kountchev, ISSN 1582-5329, pp. 28-36, 2011.
Chirita M., Ionescu C., Effects of constriction in a mechanical model of lung parenchyma, Scientific Study and Research: Chemistry & Chemical Eng., Biotechnology, Food Industry, 12(1): 81-84, 2011.
Neamtu D., Wyns B., De Keyser R., Ionescu C., Leader-follower formation control of non-holonomic robots in a remote laboratory, CSEDU 2011 - 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, The Netherlands, 4-6 May, pp. 485-490, 2011.
Pop C., De Keyser R., Ionescu C., A Simplified Control Method for Multivariable Nonsquare Systems with Multiple Time Delays, Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, 20-23 June 2011, Corfu, Greece.
Ionescu C, Schoukens J., De Keyser R, Detecting and analyzing non-linear effects in respiratory impedance measurements, American Control Conference, 29 June - 2 July 2011, San Francisco, USA.
Chirita M., Ionescu C., Models of Biomimetic Tissues for Vascular Grafts, Biomimetic, ISBN 978-953-307-271-5, www.intechweb.org/books.php (open access), to appear in August 2011.
Zhong Y., Wyns B., De Keyser R., Pinte G., Stoev J., An implementation of genetic-based learning classifier system on a wet clutch system, 14th Conference of the ASMDA International Society, pp. 1431-1439, Rome, Italy, 2011.
De Bock J., De Cooman G., State sequence prediction in imprecise hidden Markov models, accepted for presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA '11), Innsbruck, Austria, 25-28 July 2011.
De Cooman G., Miranda E., Independent natural extension for sets of desirable gambles, accepted for presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA '11), Innsbruck, Austria, 25-28 July 2011.
Miranda E., Zaffalon M., De Cooman G., Conglomerable Natural Extension, accepted for presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA '11), Innsbruck, Austria, 25-28 July 2011.
VUB-ELEC
W. Van Moer, K. Barbé, Influence of the cuff deflation mode on oscillometric blood pressure measurements, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2011, Bari, Italy, 29-30 May 2011, pp. 652-656.
K. Barbé, W. Van Moer, Exploring the fractional haemodynamics in fMRI data, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2011, Bari, Italy, 29-30 May 2011, pp. 182-187.
O. Olarte, W. Van Moer, K. Barbé, Y. Van Ingelgem, A. Hubin, Using Random Phase Multisines to Perform Non-Invasive Glucose Measurements, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications 2011, Bari, Italy, 29-30 May 2011, pp. 300-304.
D.J. Rijlaarsdam, P.W.J.M. Nuij, J. Schoukens, M. Steinbuch, Frequency domain based friction compensation, industrial application to transmission electron microscopes, 2011 American Control Conference - ACC 2011 San Francisco, California, USA, June 29 - July 1, 2011.
E. Louarroudi, J. Lataire, R. Pintelon, Frequency Domain Total Least Squares Identification of Linear, Periodically Time-Varying Systems from noisy input-output data, 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.
D.J. Rijlaarsdam, P.W.J.M. Nuij, J. Schoukens, M. Steinbuch, Spectral analysis of block structured nonlinear systems, 18th IFAC World Congress; Milan, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.
J. Lataire, R. Pintelon, Frequency Domain Errors-In-Variables Identification of a Time-Varying, Discrete Time System, 18th IFAC World Congress; Milan, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.
Jonas Sjoberg, J. Schoukens, Initializing Wiener-Hammerstein Models Based on Partitioning of the Best Linear Approximation, 18th IFAC World Congress; Milan, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.
M. Zivanovic, J. Schoukens, Constrained time-variant signal modeling for identifying colliding harmonics in sound mixtures, Proceedings of the 19th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2011), Barcelona, Spain, August 29 - September 2, 2011.
W. Van Moer, L. Lauwers, D. Schoors, K. Barbé, Linearizing Oscillometric Blood-Pressure Measurements: (Non)Sense?, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 1267-1275, 2011.
K. Barbé, W. Van Moer, L. Lauwers, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: an improved short record signal model, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 1724-1731, 2011.
L. Gommé, G. Vandersteen, Y. Rolain, A high-speed on-chip pseudo-random binary sequence generator for multi-tone phase calibration, Measurement Science and Technology, 22 (2011) 075901 (14pp).
C. Neus, W. Foubert, L. Van Biesen, Y. Rolain, P. Boets, J. Maes, Binder Identification by Means of Phantom Measurements, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 60, No. 6, June 2011, pp. 1967-1975.
KUL 2
Bultheel, Adhemar, Book review Mathematics everywhere edited by M. Aigner and E. Behrends, Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society, European Mathematical Society, 2011 (Submitted).
Chesnokov, Andrey; Van Barel, Marc; Mastronardi, Nicola; Vandebril, Raf., Homotopy algorithm for the symmetric diagonal-plus-semiseparable eigenvalue problem, TW Reports, volume TW595, 26 pages, Department of Computer Science, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, May 2011.
Choque Rivero, Abdon E.; Lasarow, Andreas; Rahn, Armin, On ranges and Moore-Penrose inverses related to matrix Carathéodory and Schur functions, Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, volume 5, issue 2, pages 513-543, 2011.
Cools, Ronald; Poppe, Koen, Chebyshev lattices, a unifying framework for cubature with Chebyshev weight function, BIT, volume 51, issue 2, pages 275-288, 2011.
Dubovoj, Vladimir K.; Fritzsche, Bernd; Kirstein, Bernd; Lasarow, Andreas, Shift operators contained in contractions, pseudocontinuable Schur functions and orthogonal systems on the unit circle, Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, volume 5, issue 2, pages 579-610, 2011.
Fritzsche, Bernd; Kirstein, Bernd; Lasarow, Andreas, On canonical solutions of a moment problem for rational matrix-valued functions, Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2011 (Accepted).
Jarlebring, Elias; Vanbiervliet, Joris; Michiels, Wim, Characterizing and computing the H2 norm of time-delay systems by solving the delay Lyapunov equation, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, volume 56, issue 4, pages 814-825, 2011.
Lasarow, Andreas, More on a class of extremal solutions of a moment problem for rational matrix-valued functions in the nondegenerate case, Journal of Approximation Theory, volume 163, issue 7, pages 864-887, 2011.
Levrie, Paul, Stirred, not shaken, by Stirling's formula, Mathematics Magazine, volume 84, issue 3, pages 208-211, 2011.
Michiels, Wim, Spectrum-based stability analysis and stabilization of systems described by delay differential algebraic equations, IET Control Theory and Applications, 2011 (Accepted).
Speleers, Hendrik, On multivariate polynomials in Bernstein-Bézier form and tensor algebra, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2011 (Accepted).
Van Assche, Walter; Kuijlaars, Arno; Bultheel, Adhemar (eds.), Proceedings 10th International Symposium on Orthogonal polynomials, special functions and applications, International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications (OPSFA), Leuven, Belgium, 20-25 July 2009, Journal of Approximation Theoy, volume 163(7), 109 pages, Elsevier, 2011.
Meerbergen, Karl; Vandebril, Raf, A reflection on the implicitly restarted Arnoldi method for computing eigenvalues near a vertical line, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, issue accepted, 2010 (Accepted).
ULB
Emanuele Garone, Francesco Tedesco ,Alessandro Casavola', Sensorless Supervision of Linear Dynamical Systems: The Feed-Forward Command Governor Approach, Automatica, Volume 47, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 1294-1303.
Emanuele Garone, Roberto Naldi, Alessandro Casavola, A Traveling Salesman Problem for a Class of Carrier-Vehicle System, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 34, Number 4, 2011.
Emanuele Garone, Bruno Sinopoli, Andrea Goldsmith, Alessandro Casavola, LQG Control For MIMO Systems Over Multiple Erasure Channels with Perfect Acknowledgement, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, accepted, 2011.
Marianne Rooman, Jaroslav Albert, Yves Dehouck, Alexandre Haye, Detection of perturbation phases and developmental stages in organisms from DNA microarray time series data, submitted, 2011.
Graduate School in Systems, Optimization, Control and Networks
The 2011-2012 programme will be announced soon.
Awards
VUB-ELEC
Rik Pintelon received the 2012 IEEE Joseph F. Keithly award in Instrumentation and Measurement. This award was established in 2001 and replaced the IEEE Morris E. Leeds Award. The recipient selection is administered by the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. it is presented to an individual or a team for outstanding contributions in electrical measurements during the last three years. The award consists of a bronze medal, a certificate and a cash honorarium. The nomination of Rik Pintelon was "For the development of innovative system identification methods for measurement applications."
KUL 2
Bart Vandereycken has received the prestigious Alston S. Householder Award. This award, given every three years, recognizes the outstanding contributions of Alston S. Householder, 1904-1993, to numerical analysis and linear algebra. Eligible for the 2011 award were all PhDs earned between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010. Bart received the award during the 18th Householder Symposium, which took place in Tahoe City, California, June 12-17, 2011 for his thesis on "Riemannian and multilevel optimization for rank-constrained matrix problems". This thesis was obtained at the K.U.Leuven on December 23rd, 2010 under the direction of Stefan Vandewalle. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.
IAP Contact Persons
| UCL-INMA | Isabelle Hisette |
| KUL 1 | Ida Tassens, Kristel Bernaerts |
| UGent-SYSTeMS | Margot Roels |
| VUB-ELEC | Ann Pintelon |
| KUL 2 | Wim Michiels, Jan Swevers |
| ULg-SYST | Rodolphe Sepulchre |
| ULB | Michel Kinnaert |
| UMONS | Alain Vande Wouwer |