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The 37th Chinese Control Conference (CCC2018)

he 37th Chinese Control Con- and more than 100 consultants and ference (CCC2018) was held on committee members of the TCCT at- T July 25–27, 2018 at the Wuhan tended the conference. East Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center, Wuhan, Technical Program Province, . Wuhan is known as A total of 2704 papers were submitted a famous historical city in China. The to CCC2018, with authors from 24 coun- city, with its rich historical heritage tries and regions including Australia, and natural pride, is renowned for the Canada, China (including Hong Kong, Wuhan River Bridge and Yel- Yellow Crane Tower is a famous and tra- Macau, and Taiwan), Egypt, France, low Crane Tower. Over 2,300 attend- ditional Chinese tower located in Wuhan, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Republic the host city of the Chinese Control Con- ees, including over 2,100 registrants, ference 2018. of Korea, Malaysia, The Netherlands, 50 faculty and staff volunteers, and Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Swe- over 200 student volunteers from the the Academy of Mathematics and Sys- den, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and China University of Geosciences, Wu- tems Science of Chinese Academy of the United States. After a rigorous han, attended the conference. Sciences (CAS); the China Society for peer review process organized by the CCC2018 was sponsored by the Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Conference Program Committee, a Technical Committee on Control Theo- Huazhong University of Science and total of 1,840 papers were accepted and ry (TCCT) of the Chinese Association Technology; Wuhan University of Sci- included in the proceedings. These of Automation and Systems Engi- ence and Technology; Hubei Associa- proceedings are included in the IEEE neering Society of China and locally tion of Automation; the Asian Control Conference Publication Program with organized by the China University of Association; IEEE Control Systems the IEEE catalog number CFP1840A. Geosciences. The conference was also Society (CSS); Institute of Control, Seven distinguished scientists de- cosponsored by several organizations, Robotics and Systems, Korea; and the livered plenary lectures. Their speech- both domestic and abroad, including Society of Instrument and Control es, on timely topics, were Engineers, Japan. Many distin- »»“Towards a Theoretical Foun-

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCS.2018.2876962 guished guests from these sponsor- dation of PID Control” by Lei Date of publication: 16 January 2019 ing and cosponsoring organizations Guo, CAS

Xin , Program Committee chair, pre- Yanxin Wang, president of China Univer- sides over the opening ceremony of the sity of Geosciences, addresses the open- Min Wu, general chair, speaks during the conference. ing ceremony. conference’s opening ceremony.

FEBRUARY 2019 « IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE 73 »» “Beyond Consensus and Polarisa- Institute of Technology, Stock- »» “Real Haptics” by Kouhei Ohni- tion: Complex Social Phenomena holm, Sweden shi, Keio University, Tokyo in Social Networks” by Brian »» “Network Science and Kuramoto »»“The Certainty Equivalence D.O. Anderson, Australian Na- Oscillators” by Francesco Bullo, Uni- Principle and the Cooperative tional University, Canberra versity of California, Santa Barbara Control of Multi-Agent Systems” »» “Attitude Control of Multi-Rigid- »» “Broad Learning: A Paradigm by Jie Huang, Chinese Univer- body Systems: From Synchroni- Shift in Discriminative Incremen- sity of Hong Kong. zation to Intrinsic Formation” tal Learning” by Philip Chen, Uni- These plenary sessions were chaired by Xiaoming Hu, KTH Royal versity of Macau, China by Min Wu, Lihua Xie, Yong He, Ji-Feng

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The 2018 CCC plenary speakers: (a) Lei Guo, (b) Brian D.O. Anderson, (c) Xiaming Hu, (d) Francesco Bullo, (e) Philip Chen, (f) Kouhei Ohnishi, and (g) Jie Huang.

74 IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE » FEBRUARY 2019 Zhang, Xinping Guan, Jinhua She, and Yiguang Hong, respectively. A total of 2704 papers were submitted to CCC2018, In addition to these plenary speeches, there were 162 oral sessions, with authors from 24 countries and regions. including 49 invited oral sessions, ar- ranged in 27 parallel tracks, with a to- tal number of 957 oral session papers. There were also four poster sessions. Outstanding Contribution Award, fifth of the fifth Chen Han-Fu Award was The conference languages are Chinese Chen Han-Fu Award, 24th Guan Zhao- Yongchun Fang, Nankai University, and English (papers in English ses- Zhi Award, 12th SCIS-CCC Poster Paper China. The winning papers for the 24th sions were presented in English, and Award, CSS Beijing Chapter Young Guan Zhao-Zhi Award were “Maxi- papers in other sessions could be pre- Author Prize, and Outstanding Volun- mum Capability of Feedback Control sented in either English or Chinese). teers Award. for Network Systems” by Bo Li and The winner of the fifth TCCT Out- Guodong Shi and “Efficient Safe Cor- Awards standing Contribution Award was Ji- ridor Navigation with Jerk Limited The following awards were presented Feng Zhang, Academy of Mathematics Trajectory for Quadrotors” by Shupeng at the closing ceremony: the fifth TCCT and Systems Science, CAS. The winner Lai, Menglu Lan, and Ben M. Chen.

Han-Fu Chen (left), member of the Technical Committee on Control Theory Advisory Committee, presents the TCCT Outstanding Con- Ji-Feng Zhang (left), chair of the Evaluation Committee for the tribution Award to Ji-Feng Zhang. Chen Han-Fu Award, presents the award to Yongchun Fang.

Min Wu (center), vice-chair of the Evaluation Committee for Zongli Lin (center), chair of the Evaluation Committee for the SCIS- the Guan Zhao-Zhi Award, presents the awards. CCC Poster Award, presents the awards.

FEBRUARY 2019 « IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE 75 Francesco Bullo (left), president of CSS, presents the CSS Beijing Chapter Young Author Prize. A poster session in progress.

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The 2018 CCC preconference workshop speakers: (a) Witold Pedrycz, (b) Jinfeng Liu, (c) Jie Chen, (d) Dan Ma, (e) Tian Qi, and (f) Jing Zhu.

76 IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE » FEBRUARY 2019 Two papers received the 12th SCIS- CCC Poster Paper Award: “Bound- Many individuals, authors, and members of ed Consensus of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with External Disturbances the conference committees made significant Through a Reduced-Order Adaptive Feedback Protocol” by Xianwei Li contributions to the success of the conference. and Sandra Hirche and “Research on the Magnetic Field Generator of Overhauser Magnetic Sensor” by Xiangyu Qiu, Jian Ge, Haobin Dong, Center, China; Lihua Xie from Nan- tomation and Control Education.” Quan Han Li, Wang Luo, Huan Liu, Zhiwen yang Technological University, Singa- Pan from the Northwestern Polytechni- Yuan, Jun Zhu, and Haiyang Zhang. pore; Fu-Min Zhang from the Georgia cal University, Xi’an, China; Xianzhong The winner of CSS Beijing Chapter Institute of Technology, Atlanta; and Dai from Southeast University, Nanjing, Young Author Prize was Bingchang Guo-Cheng Zhao from Ewatt Tech- China; Kemin Zhou from Shandong Wang from Shandong University, Chi- nology Co., Ltd., as the panelists. The University of Science and Technology, na, with the paper “A Complete Solu- panel discussed the problems, trends, Qingdao, China; Guanghong Yang from tion to Mean Field Linear Quadratic industrial applications, and future Northeastern University, Shenyang, Control.” A total of 40 students from developments in this unmanned aer- China; and Hong Wang from Tsinghua China University of Geosciences were ial vehicle area. University were the speakers. recognized with the Outstanding Vol- The second panel session, “Talk Chenghong Wang from the National unteers Award. About Guan Zhao-Zhi Award,” in- Natural Science Foundation Commit- cluded Yong He, China University of tee, Beijing, and Yonghua Xiong from Panel Discussions Geosciences; Long Wang from Peking the China University of Geosciences Ben M. Chen from the National Uni- University, Beijing; Bin Xin, Beijing organized the forum “Automation, versity of Singapore and Jie Chen from Institute of Technology; and Wen- Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data,” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Xiao Zhao, the Academy of Math- which included Jian Chu from Ningbo organized two plenary panel discus- ematics and Systems Science, CAS, as Industrial Internet Institute, China; Jun sions. “Trend of Unmanned Systems the panelists. Ni from the University of Michigan, R&D and Industrial Applications” Li Yu from Zhejiang University of Ann Arbor; Zhunga Liu from North- included Hai-Bin Duan from Beihang Technology, Hangzhou, China, and western Polytechnical University; and University, Beijing; Qiang Wu from Qianchuan Zhao from Tsinghua Univer- Bo Yang from Shanghai Jiaotong Uni- AVIC Development and Research sity, Beijing, also organized a forum, “Au- versity, China, as the speakers.

Members of the Technical Committee on Control Theory during the Chinese Control Conference 2018.

FEBRUARY 2019 « IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS MAGAZINE 77 South Africa; and Lihua Xie, Nanyang There were over 50 faculty and staff Technological University, Singapore. The organizing committee successfully com- volunteers and 200 student volunteers in orange pleted the daunting task of local arrange- ments. There were over 50 faculty and shirts serving throughout the conference. staff volunteers and 200 student volun- teers in orange shirts serving throughout the conference. Their smiles and consid- erate service provided a pleasant expe- rience for the conference attendees and helped the conference run smoothly. At the closing ceremony of CCC2018, Xin Chen, Program Committee chair, gave a detailed summary of the con- ference and expressed sincere thanks to the units and individuals that made contributions to the conference. Ren- Welcome to the Chinese Control Conference 2019 in Guangzhou. quan Lu, Organizing Committee chair of CCC2019, then reported on the Preconference Workshops Aeronautics and Astronautics, progress of the preparation for the 2019 Three preconference workshops, orga- China, as speakers. conference and extended a warm invita- nized by Shaoyuan Li, Shanghai Jiao tion to participate. CCC2019 will be held Tong University, China, and Haobin Concluding Remarks and July 27–30, 2019 in Guangzhou, which is Dong, China University of Geosci- AN Invitation to CCC2019 known as a famous historical and cul- ences, were held at the Wuhan East Many individuals, authors, and mem- tural city, an international metropolis, Lake International Convention and bers of the conference committees made and China’s southern gateway to the Exhibition Center. significant contributions to the success world. Guangzhou has a unique blend »» “System Modeling and Control: of the conference. The 300 members of natural scenery, millennial traditional At the Junction with Data” fea- of the Program Committee undertook culture, modern civilization, and deli- tured Witold Pedrycz from the the tasks of reviewing papers, compil- cious local food. More information on University of Alberta, Edmon- ing the final program, and editing the CCC2019 is available on the conference ton, Canada, as a speaker. book of abstracts and proceedings. Nine website: http://www.ccc2019.cn/en/ »»“Economic Model Predictive program regional chairs were respon- index.html. We look forward to seeing Control” highlighted Jinfeng Liu sible for promoting the event within you in Guangzhou next July! from the University of Alberta their respective regions and organizing as a speaker. invited sessions: Tongwen Chen, Uni- »»“Stability and Stabilization of versity of Alberta; Xiaoming Hu, KTH Zhixin Liu Time-Delay Systems: An Opera- Royal Institute of Technology; Qinglong General Secretary, TCCT and tor-Theoretic Development” fea- Han, Swinburne University of Technol- CCC2018 tured Jie Chen from the City ogy, Melbourne, Australia; James Lam, University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, China; Guop- Qing-Shan Jia China, Dan Ma from the North- ing Liu, University of South Wales, Pon- Vice-General Secretary, TCCT eastern University, Tian Qi from typridd, United Kingdom; Wei Ren, South China University of Tech- University of California, Riverside; Ying Qu nology, Guangzhou, and Jing Zhu Tielong Shen, Sophia University, Tokyo; Secretary, TCCT and CCC2018 from the Nanjing University of Xiaohua Xia, University of Pretoria, ­Secretariat

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