Call for Application

The 2011 Asian School of Automatic Control

Advances in Automatic Control Systems for Sustainable Industries

(First announcement: September 1, 2010)

Goals
The main goal of this program is to provide seminal material to raise the
possibilities to create, promote or consolidate research and educational groups
dealing with automatic control theory and technology from developing countries in
the South East Asian region. The ultimate objectives of the course should be to
provide the participants with an overview of the main principles and technologies
for the latest development of control. In addition, this event will provide a forum for
discussion of new ideas, research, development and applications, including
techniques and methods to stimulate and inspire pioneering works in control
engineering. Particularly, recent issues in the application of control technology in
some areas of special local interest will be emphasized.

Intended Participants
The course should be addressed to graduate students, PhD students and
engineers with some background in control engineering.

Social Impact
Besides improving the knowledge in the development of control system, by
attending the course, the participants and the control community are also given
more opportunity to have access to the latest information in research, technology
and applications in the field of control systems. Moreover, the interaction during the
course with leading persons in the subject could also be used as starting point to
establish international linkages with other institutions and to create new research
opportunities as part of improving the quality of research and teaching in the
regions and to comply to the international standards.

1. Objectives

a. To promote the existing and the cooperation of IFAC and ACA and AUN/SEED-
Net and ECTI Thailand and their programs on education to the South East Asian
countries

IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control

www.ifac-control.org

ACA Asian Control Association www.asia-control.org

AUN/SEED-Net ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering

Education Development Network www.seed-net.org

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 ECTI Thailand Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer,
Telecommunications and Information Technology Association
of Thailand www.ecti-thailand.org

b. To establish a network of graduate students and/or young faculty staff whose

interest in automatic control from universities of the South East Asian countries

c. To disseminate lectures on advances on automatic control systems and

engineering applications which address the key issues in the South East Asian
countries

d. To provide an opportunity for further collaboration in automatic control education

& research between universities of the South East Asian countries

e. To introduce IFAC to professors, researchers and students with an aim to

encourage Thailand to become an IFAC national member organization.

2. Program

The program covers 3-day lectures on “Advances in Automatic Control Systems for
Sustainable Industries.”

The potential application topics include

• Advanced process control

• Robotics
• Control of renewable energy
• Food/Biotechnology
• Biomedical engineering
• Impacts to environment
• Disaster mitigation
• Water resource management

The precise topics will be confirmed from lecturers.

Dates: January 19-21, 2011 (3 days of lectures)

Venue: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Participants: The program invites maximum 24 participants who currently are

graduate students and/or young faculty staff with background in control engineering
from overseas universities in the South East Asian countries: Cambodia, Laos,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, 3 participants from
each country. In addition, the program invites maximum 20 local participants.

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3. Organizing Committee

Advisor Harijono A. Tjokronegoro, Institut Teknologi Bandung,

hanegoro@indo.net.id

Program David Banjerdpongchai, Chulalongkorn University,

bdavid@chula.ac.th

Publicity Manop Wongsaisuwan, Chulalongkorn University,

wmanop@chula.ac.th

Finance Waree Kongprawechnon, Thammasat University,

waree@siit.tu.ac.th

4. Lecturers

The lecturers are voluntary basis. The following have agreed to give lectures.

Prof. Hidenori Kimura, RIKEN, Japan

Prof. Wook Hyun Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea

Prof. Chang Chieh Hang, National Singapore University, Singapore

Prof. Marzuki Bin Khalid, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Prof. Suchin Arunsawatwong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

5. Sponsors

a. IFAC Foundation
b. Commission on Higher Education of Thailand and AUN/SEED-Net
c. ECTI Thailand
d. ACA
e. Chulalongkorn University

Overseas participants (maximum 3 persons from each country) receive

return tickets, travel insurance, local transportation, accommodation of maximum 4
nights, luncheons, coffee breaks, lecture notes, stationery & seminar kits. Financial
support for overseas participants is provided by IFAC Foundation

Local participants receive luncheons, coffee breaks, lecture notes,

stationery & seminar kits.

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5. Application for Financial Support

The application form is for those requesting financial support to attend the lectures.
We urge you to apply as early as possible. Applications received by November 15,
2010 will receive consideration. A complete application with two letters of
endorsement, one from the advisor or senior professor, and the other from the
department head may be sent to the contact email address
ASAC.2011@gmail.com. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as funding
decisions are made.

We have funding to support attendance of the overseas participants who are

currently graduate students, young lecturers and/or young researchers from the
Southeast Asian Countries. The eligible applicants for financial support include, but
not limited to, the following member institutions of AUN/SEED-Net.

Cambodia Institute of Technology of Cambodia

Indonesia Gadjah Mada University
Institute Teknologi Bandung
Lao PDR National University of Laos
Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia
University of Malaya
Myanmar University of Yangon
Yangon Technological University
Philippines De La Salle University
University of the Philippines-Diliman
Vietnam Hanoi University of Technology
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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6. Program Schedule

Tue Jan 18, 2011 Arrival Day: Overseas participants

check in at the hotel
Wed Jan 19, 2011 1st Lecture Day
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcoming and opening addresses
9:15-12:00 Lecture 1-2
12:00-13:15 Lunch
13:15-16:00 Lecture 3-4
16:00-17:00 Open discussion
Thu Jan 20, 2011 2nd Lecture Day
9:00-9:15 Registration
9:15-12:00 Lecture 5-6
12:00-13:15 Lunch
13:15-16:00 Lecture 7-8
16:00-17:00 Open discussion
Fri Jan 21, 2011 3rd Lecture Day
9:00-9:15 Registration
9:15-12:00 Lecture 9-10
12:00-13:15 Lunch
13:15-16:00 Lecture 11-12
16:00-16:30 Closing address
Sat Jan 22, 2011 Departure Day: Overseas
participants check out the hotel

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