Nonlinear Circuits and Systems Technical Committee (NCAS) – 2005-2006 Annual Report

(June 2006)

During the period 2005-2006, between the ISCAS at Kobe and the ISCAS at Kos, the members of the Nonlinear Circuits and Systems Technical Committee (TC-NCAS) published 2 technical books in the field of nonlinear circuits and systems, edited 1 Special Issue in a related journal, organized several special and invited sessions, participated/co-sponsored in numerous major conferences, and workshops and contributed to the Advances in Circuits and Systems.

Books:

  • [1] Z. Li, W. A. Halang and G. Chen (eds.), Integration of Fuzzy Logic and Chaos Theory. Berlin: Springer, January 2006.
  • [2] L. Kocarev and G. Vattay (eds.), Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks. Berlin, New York: Springer, 2005.

Special Issues in CAS-related Journals:

  • [1] T. Kohda (Guest Editor), Special Section on “Nonlinear Theory and its Applications,” IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals, October 2005.

Special/Invited Sessions/Tutorials organized:

  • [1] ISCAS’05 – Special Session on “Networks-on-Chip (NoCs): Theory and Applications,” Organizers: G. M. Maggio and Lj. Kocarev.
  • [2] ISCAS’05 – Special Session on: “Behavioral Modeling and AMS Simulation,” Organizer: L. Goldgeisser.
  • [3] ISCAS’05 – Special Session on “Complex Dynamical Networks,” Organizers: G. Chen and X. Wang.
  • [4] ISCAS’05 – Special Session on “Modeling and Analysis of Power/Signal Integrity,” Organizer: H. Asai.
  • [5] The 5th EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Eindhoven (Aug. 7 -12, 2005 ), “Mini-symposium on Control of Chaos,” Co-chair: G. Chen
  • [6] The European Nonlinear Oscillation Conference, Eindhoven (Aug. 2005), “Mini-symposium on Nonsmooth Dynamical Systems,” Organizer: M. di Bernardo
  • [7] Second International Conference Physics and Control (Aug. 24-26, 2005) – Special Session on: “Complex Networks, Analysis Synchronization and Control,” Organizer: G. Chen
  • [8] NOLTA’05 – Special Session on: “Nonlinear Dynamics Based Applications in CNNs,” Organizer: M. Gilli.
  • [9] NOLTA’05 – Special Session on: “Verified Numerical Computation and Related Topics,” Organizers: S. Oishi and T. Ogita.
  • [10] NOLTA’05 – Special Session on: “Nonlinear Circuits and Systems with Excitation,” Organizers: W. Mathis, W. Schwarz, and R. Stoop.
  • [11] NOLTA’05 – Special Session on: “Multi-scroll Chaotic Attractors,” Organizer: M. E. Yalcin.
  • [12] IEEE Control and Decision Conference ( Dec. 2005 ) – Special Session on: “Analysis and Control of Networks,” Organizers: M. di Bernardo, T. Basar, and L. Chisci.
  • [13] ISCAS’06 – Special Session on: “Multi-Scroll Chaos: Generation, Analysis and Applications,” Organizers: G. R. Chen and J. Lu.
  • [14] ISCAS’06 – Special Session on: “Behavioral Modeling and Analog and Mixed Signal Simulation,” Organizer: L. Goldgeisser.

Conferences, Workshops, Schools:

  • [1] International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks, Hong Kong, May 20, 2005.
  • [2] International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS’05), Kobe, Japan, May 23-26, 2005.
  • [3] International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems, Hong Kong, May 27-30, 2005.
  • [4] Second Shanghai International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Applications, Shanghai, June 3-7, 2005.
  • [5] European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD’05), Cork, Ireland, August 29-September 1, 2005.
  • [6] International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems (NDES’05), Potsdam, Germany, September 18-22, 2005.
  • [7] International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA’05), Bruges, Belgium, October 18-21, 2005.
  • [8] International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits and Signal Processing (NCSP’06), Honolulu, U.S.A., March 3-5, 2006.

“Advances in CAS” Newsletters:

  • [1] “Pinning a Complex Dynamical Network to its Equilibrium (2005 Guillemin-Cauer Award),” X. Li, X. Wang, and G. Chen, August 2005.
  • [2] “New Advances in Multi-Directional Multi-Scroll Chaos Generation” J. Lu, F.L. Han, X.H. Yu, G. Chen, and H. Leung, November 2005.

WWW Site and Mailing List:

  • The TC-NCAS WWW page http://diva.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ljilja/tcncas contains links to members’ WWW pages, TC news, conference reports, and meeting minutes, information regarding past and future conferences, and links to other sites of interest.
  • The TC-NCAS mailing list address is (Click to show email). The list currently consists of 88 subscribers (NCAS Technical Committee members and guests). The list is private and supports geographically diverse membership. Members may subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to ljilja at cs.sfu.ca.

TC-NCAS OFFICERS (term ending at ISCAS 2006)Joos VANDEWALLE, Chair
(joos.vandewalle at esat.kuleuven.ac.be)

Yoshifumi NISHIO, Past-Chair
(nishio at ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp)

Toshimichi SAITO, Chair-Elect
(tsaito at k.hosei.ac.jp)

Ljupco KOCAREV, Secretary
(lkocarev at ucsd.edu)

Chi K. TSE, Track Chair for NCAS at ISCAS 2006
(encktse at polyu.edu.hk)