Background and Overview
The 4th International Workshop on Structural Control (4IWSC) will be
held June 10-11, 2004 at Columbia University in New York. The
International Workshop on Structural Control, organized by the
International Association on Structural Control (IASC), is held every 4
years, and is staggered by two years from each of the World Conferences
on Structural Control. The first workshop was held in 1993 in Honolulu,
the second in 1996 in Hong Kong and the third in Paris in 2000. The
workshops are typically smaller than the world conferences, and in
fact, serve as a focused forum to chart new directions in the field.
(Note: The 4IWSC workshop date falls on the two days preceeding the
17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM2004) hosted at University
of Delaware. The Univ. of Delaware is a 1 1/2 train-ride from New York
City.)
Objectives for the 4IWSC
First and foremost, a major effort will be made to create a true
workshop atmosphere rather than simply another mini-conference with a
series of presentations alone. The two-day schedule will include a
block of ‘keynote’ lectures each day, which focus on major research
trends and applications of structural control and structural monitoring
technologies, and a particular focus will be given to new sensors and
sensor networks, together with the integration of the sensed data for
large-scale model-based simulation.
Because this is not a mini-conference but rather a true working
workshop, there is no call for paper submission. There
will, however, be an opportunity for researchers to present very brief
(on the
order of 5 minutes) summaries
of work during the Working Group sessions. Such presenters may
also submit, at the time of the Workshop, an extended summary of their
Working Group presentation, subject to a 6-page limit.
Accomodations Dormitory-style
housing will be available for the workshop on the
Columbia University campus. All rooms are air-conditioned. Most rooms
share their bathroom with another room in a suite configuration. The
room rates vary between about $50-80 per night depending on whether it
is a single or double.
A block of hotel accomodations has
been reserved at three New York
hotels. Room rates are approximately $110-$175 per night. These hotels
are within a 10-15 minute taxi or subway ride to Columbia University's
main campus.
Registration Registration is open, and the
registration fee is $200. This will cover all sessions, the
proceedings, lunch, coffee breaks and a banquet dinner.
To be added to the email list for announcements on 4IWSC simply follow
the link to the IASC Email
List Sign-up form.