We are living in an exciting information-rich age. New ideas, new discoveries and new technological inventions pop up on a daily basis. Advances in information technology, nanotechnology and biotechnology have led to the betterment of human beings. We have plenty of reasons to believe that 21st century Science and Tehnology will continue to advance our knowledge about Nature's truths and bring many societal benefits. Naturally, we ask ourselves the following questions:
　  •  How can Control Science contribute to 21st century science and technology?
　  •  What are the fundamental problems in Controls that need to be addressed now?
　  •  What are the important key issues in Control and Automation that will have a direct           impact on the transformation of this information age?
　  •  What can we do, either as a control student or as a control researcher, to make a real           difference in the future?
         To look into these questions among many other issues, the Technical Committee in Control Theory of the Chinese Association of Automation has established a panel consisting of experts and active researchers working at the frontiers of Controls. A panel session will be held at the 2007 Chinese Control Conference (CCC); Please visit the conference website for more information: http://sise.csu.edu.cn/CCC07/indexdp.htm
          We invite you to join us in the search for the answers to these questions, and more importantly, we look forward to hearing your views about the future of our field of Control and Automation.

           Chair: Jie Huang (The Chinese University of Hongkong, IEEE Fellow)
           Co-chair: Zhongping Jiang (Polytechnic Univ.)
          Panelists: Xiren Cao (The Hongkong University of Science and Technology, IEEE                               Fellow)
                              Benmei Chen (National University of Singapore, IEEE Fellow)
                              Guangren Duan (Harbin Institute of Technology, winner of the National                               Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars)
                              Lei Guo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of Chinese Academy of                               Sciences, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World,                               IEEE Fellow)
                              Lin Huang (Peking University, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences)                               Zongli Lin (University of Virginia, IEEE Fellow)

Dowload of CCC'07 Panel-English. doc

                                       

                                                Tech. Com. on Control Theory, CAA