September 2005
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  This issue of the IEEE SMCS eNewsletter features three research reports, four TC reports, and a wonderful conference progress report about SMC’05 by Mo Jamshidi in the Features corner.


  SMC Transactions Tables of Contents

Recent Publications of SMC Society Members


  Welcome to 2005 IEEE SMC International Conference – HAWAII 05

Introduction to Embedded Intelligent System Lab. at NCCU, Taiwan

On the Dynamic Pattern Analysis, Discovery and Recognition

Development of Face Recognition Techniques at
NEC Laboratories


Introduction of TC on Industrial Applications (Systems)

IEEE SMC Systems Safety & Security TC

Technical Committee on Conflict Resolution

SMCS Technical Committee
on Knowledge Acquisition in Intelligent Systems



Recent Ph.D. Theses
  Recent Ph.D. Theses


  Three Faculty Openings for the rank of Assistant, Associate and/or Full Professor, Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan


  Conferences sponsored by the SMC Society

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Table of Contents
Please see each issue by clicking the following links.

Part A: SYSTEMS AND HUMANS
Volume: 35 Issue: 4
Date: July 2005

Volume: 35 Issue: 5
Date: Sept. 2005


Part B: CYBERNETICS
Volume: 35 Issue: 4
Date: Aug. 2005

Part C: APPLICATIONS AND REIVEWS
Volume: 35 Issue: 3
Date: Aug. 2005

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IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Part A: SYSTEMS AND HUMANS
Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Date: July 2005

Introduction to the Special Issue on Human–Robot Interaction
Adams, J.A.; Skubic, M.
Page(s): 433- 437

Validating human-robot interaction schemes in multitasking environments
Crandall, J.W.; Goodrich, M.A.; Olsen, D.R., Jr.; Nielsen, C.W.
Page(s): 438- 449

Implementation of a situation awareness assessment tool for evaluation of human-robot interfaces
Scholtz, J.C.; Antonishek, B.; Young, J.D.
Page(s): 450- 459

Enabling effective human-robot interaction using perspective-taking in robots
Trafton, J.G.; Cassimatis, N.L.; Bugajska, M.D.; Brock, D.P.; Mintz, F.E.; Schultz, A.C.
Page(s): 460- 470

Autonomous spherical mobile robot for child-development studies
Michaud, F.; Laplante, J.-F.; Larouche, H.; Duquette, A.; Caron, S.; Letourneau, D.; Masson, P.
Page(s): 471- 480

A flexible delegation-type interface enhances system performance in human supervision of multiple robots: empirical studies with RoboFlag
Parasuraman, R.; Galster, S.; Squire, P.; Furukawa, H.; Miller, C.
Page(s): 481- 493

Shared understanding for collaborative control
Bruemmer, D.J.; Few, D.A.; Boring, R.L.; Marble, J.L.; Walton, M.C.; Nielsen, C.W.
Page(s): 494- 504

The (in)accuracy of novice rover operators' perception of obstacle height from monoscopic images
Kanduri, A.K.; Thomas, G.; Cabrol, N.; Grin, E.; Anderson, R.C.
Page(s): 505- 512

Tracking control properties of human-robotic systems based on impedance control
Tsuji, T.; Tanaka, Y.
Page(s): 523- 535

Evaluation of virtual fixtures for a robot programming by demonstration interface
Aleotti, J.; Caselli, S.; Reggiani, M.
Page(s): 536- 545

Fast block-based image restoration employing the improved best neighborhood matching approach
Wen Li; Zhang, D.; Zhiyong Liu; Xiangzhen Qiao
Page(s): 546- 555

Interaction effects of consumers' product class knowledge and agent search strategy on consumer decision making in electronic commerce
Rathnam, G.
Page(s): 556- 573

Human-machine haptic interface design using stochastic resonance methods
Repperger, D.W.; Phillips, C.A.; Berlin, J.E.; Neidhard-Doll, A.T.; Haas, M.W.
Page(s): 574- 582

Approximating performance measures for public services
Berman, O.; Vasudeva, S.
Page(s): 583- 591

 


 
Voting materials for the 2005 IEEE Annual Election are available on-line at: www.directvote.net/ieee/. Three SMC members are on the ballot. They are :
 

James M. Tien
Candidate for IEEE President
Bill Gruver

Candidate for Division X Director
Ferial El Hawary

Candidate for Region 7 Director

This year, there are three candidates competing for the 2006 IEEE President-Elect.
Please see the position statement of each candidate by clicking their names.

Leah H. Jamieson
Gerald H. Peterson
James M. Tien

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The IEEE SMC Distinguished Lecturer Program provides opportunities for SMCS members to meet and interact with the following lecturers for the year 2005:

Speaker: Donald E. Brown
Title: Learning from Simulations
Speaker: William A. Gruver
Title: Distributed Intelligent Systems: Technologies and Applications
Speaker: Lawrence O. Hall
Title: Learning from Large Amounts of Data
Speaker: Tsu-Tian Lee
Title: Intelligent Transportation Systems
Speaker: Daniel S. Yeung
Title: Feature and Sample Reduction for Classification Problems
Speaker: Mengchu Zhou
Title 1: Deadlock Control in Automated Manufacturing Systems
Title 2: Clustered Water and Bio-signal Networks - an Emerging Area for Systems, Man and Cybernetics Research

For more information about the DL program please visit DLP website

Call for Applications and Recommendations for Distinguished Lecturers

The IEEE SMC Society is accepting applications and recommendations for Distinguished Lecturers, Distinguished Lecturers Program (Please visit DLP websiteand the links therein). The successful candidates will be appointed for a two year term to begin January 1, 2006, with a possible two year extension. Potential applicants are encouraged to send a biosketch, abstracts of two lectures, and availability for lectures in 2006 to the Vice President of Memberships, Tsu-Tian Lee president@ntut.edu.tw

The successful candidate must be a member of the SMC Society in good
standing. All applications must be received prior to November 1, 2005.

2005 WSC registration is now open!

The 2005 Winter Simulation Conference registration is now open. Take advantage of the early registration savings and come join us in Orlando, Florida (USA), December 4-7, 2005. Read More

Congratulations to the following members of the SMC Society who were elevated to the IEEE Senior Member grade at the last meeting of the IEEE Admission and Advancement Review Panel.

June 2005 Senior Member
Qilian Liang
Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin
Stanko Strmcnik
Tao Zhang

August 2005 Senior Member
Charles J. Kim
Joseph O. Palmiter


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