WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIRS

摘要

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, on September 30 - October 3, 2018. The conference venue is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta and only blocks away from major attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium and World of Coco Cola. DSCC is the flagship conference of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD), and we are celebrating its eleventh anniversary this year. This year's technical program contains 238 original papers organized in 9 invited sessions and 33 contributed sessions, which span all core areas of interest to the dynamic systems and control community. In addition, the conference features four exciting plenary talks given by our distinguished colleagues: Professor Huei Peng from University of Michigan delivering his Nyquist Lecture on how control theory improves energy-efficiency and safety of automotive systems; Professor Marcia O'Malley from Rice University speaking on the role of physical interaction in enabling robots to teach and learn from humans; Professor Roberto Horowitz from University of California, Berkeley, delivering his Oldenburger Lecture on modeling, control and estimation of traffic road networks; and Professor Magnus Egerstedt from Georgia Tech discussing new advances in long-duration autonomy and constraint-based coordination of multi-robot systems. The conference also offers five workshops on emerging topics including data analytics, energy-efficient mobile and wearable robotic systems, connected and automated vehicles, autonomous rotorcraft operation, and mechatronics and robotics education.