FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ADVANCES IN CONTROL & OPTIMIZATION OF
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (ACODS - 2016 )
FEBRUARY 1-5, 2016
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, INDIA
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T) is proud to host the Fourth International
Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS 2016)
during February 1-5, 2016. In the continuing series of IFAC events held earlier at IISc Bangalore
General Chairs:
and IIT Kanpur, ACODS 2016 will be held at NIT-T to commemorate its Golden Jubilee.
Anuradha Annaswamy
ACODS 2016 will be a five-day event. As a preamble, on February 1, there will be tutorials on
MIT, USA
emerging and proven technologies in different areas of control. Formal conference proceedings
Ramakalyan Ayyagari
will be during 02-04 February 2016. On the last day, there will be visits to tourist attractions
NIT Tiruchirappalli, INDIA
around Trichy, as well as an industrial visit.
Program Chairs:
Radhakant Padhi
IISc Bangalore
Sukumar Mishra
IIT Delhi
Technical Chair:
Ravindra D. Gudi
IIT Bombay
Finance Chair:
K. Srinivasan
NIT Tiruchirappalli
Local Arrangements Chair:
N. Sivakumaran
NIT Tiruchirappalli
Publicity Chair:
Shaik Faruque Ali
IIT Madras
Registration Chair:
T. K. Radhakrishnan
NIT Tiruchirappalli
Major Sponsor: TEQIP II
HIGHLIGHTS
6 PLENARY TALKS 12 SEMI-PLENARY TALKS ORAL PRESENTATIONS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS
FREE TUTORIALS FREE INDUSTRIAL & CITY TOUR FREE MEMBERSHIP OF ACDOS* FOR 2 YRS
IMPORTANT DATES
EARLY REGISTRATION (Until 31 Dec 2015)
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Sep 15, 2015: Initial Submission
Nov 15, 2015: Acceptance/Rejection
Dec 15, 2015: Final Submission
Acad. Inst. / Govt. R&D: INR 12000 / USD 200
Private / Industry:
INR 15000 / USD 250
Students / Project Staff: INR 5000 / USD 80
PAPER SUBMISSION
Paper submissions are invited in all traditional and modern areas of theory and applications
where control and optimization of dynamical systems play an important role.
Papers submitted to ACODS 2016 must be original, not previously published or accepted for
publication elsewhere, and they must not be submitted to any other event or publication during
the entire review process. Papers must be submitted electronically by the submission deadline
through PaperCept Conference Management System at http://controls.papercept.net. A maximum of 8 pages is allowed for each paper, all figures and references included. Submitted papers
will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Technical Committee. As in earlier IFACACODS events, all the accepted and presented papers will be available on IFAC papers online
www.ifac-papersonline.net.
For registration and more details:
Website: h t t p : / / a c o d s 2 0 1 6 . n i t t . e d u
Email: a c o d s . 2 0 1 6 @ n i t t . e d u
NIT TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT-T), formerly Regional Engineering
College, Tiruchirappalli, is a public engineering and technology university located 20 km near
the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. The institute was founded in 1964 to cater to the
country's growing need for technological manpower. It is one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India. About 3,500 students are enrolled in various undergraduate and postgraduate
programs at this institute. More details at http://www.nitt.edu
Tiruchirappalli is the fourth most populous city of Tamil Nadu, situated at the heart of the
state on the banks of river Cauvery. This city, with over 2500 years of known history, is home to
many historic places and has always been the epitome of fine arts in Southern India. The city is
well connected by road, rail and air with most cities and towns in India. The national highways NH
45, 45B, 67, 210 and 227 pass through the city, and NIT-T is located on NH 67. More about the
city at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruchirappalli
*ACDOS: Automatic Control & Dynamic Optimization Society (https://acdos.org) is the Indian
National Member Organization (NMO) of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC,
www.ifac-control.org)