TC-NCAS 2004-05 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE IEEE-CAS SOCIETY
(April 2005)

During the period 2004-2005, the members of the Nonlinear Circuits and Systems Technical Committee (TC-NCAS) published 2 technical books in the field of nonlinear circuits and systems, edited 4 Special Issues in related journals, organized several special and invited sessions, and participated in numerous major conferences and workshops.

Books:
  • [1] A.H. Zemanian, "Graphs and Networks: Transfinite and Nonstandard," Birkhauser, ISBN 0-8176-4292-7, 2004.
  • [2] M.E. Yalcin, J.A.K. Suykens, J.P.L. Vandewalle, "Cellular Neural Networks, Multi-Scroll Chaos and Synchronization," vol. 50, World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series A, World Scientific Pub. Co Singapore, ISBN 981-256-161-7, 2005.
    Special Issues in CAS-related Journals:
  • [1] Mamoru Tanaka (Guest Editor) Special Issue on "Nonlinear Circuits and Signal Processing" RISP Journal of Signal Processing, November 2004.
  • [2] Tohru Kohda (Guest Editor) Special Section on "Nonlinear Theory and its Applications" IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals, to appear in October 2005. [3] C.K. Tse, G. Kolumban and F.C.M. Lau (Guest Editors)
  • Special Issue on "Applications of Chaos in Communications" Journals of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, to appear in October 2005.
  • [4] Hideki Asai (Guest Editor) Special Issue on "Nonlinear Circuits and Signal Processing" RISP Journal of Signal Processing, to appear in November 2005.
    Special/Invited Sessions/Tutorials organized:
  • [1] ISCAS'04 - Special Session on: "Behavioral Modeling and Analog and Mixed Signal Simulation" Organizer: Leonid Goldgeisser.
  • [2] ISCAS'04 - Special Session on: "Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity in Network Traffic Modeling and Control" Organizers: Gianluca Setti, Gianluca Mazzini and Riccardo Rovatti.
  • [3] NOLTA'04 - Special Session on: "Nonlinear Analysis and Modeling of Neural Signal Processing and Coding" Organizers: Martin Hasler, Kazuyuki Aihara, Naoki Masuda, Oscar De Feo.
  • [4] NOLTA'04 - Special Session on: "Continuous-Discrete Systems Part I: Theory and Analysis" Organizers: Chi Kong Tse, Wolfgang Schwarz, Toshimichi Saito and Hiroo Sekiya.
  • [5] NOLTA'04 - Special Session on: "Continuous-Discrete Systems Part II: Applications to Power Electronics" Organizers: Chi Kong Tse, Wolfgang Schwarz, Toshimichi Saito and Hiroo Sekiya.
  • [6] NOLTA'04 - Special Session on: "Nonlinear and Statistical Signal Processing" Organizers: Gianluca Setti, Riccardo Rovatti and Gianluca Mazzini.
  • [7] ISCAS'05 - Special Session on "Networks-on-Chip (NoCs): Theory and Applications" Organizers: Gian Mario Maggio and Ljupco Kocarev.
  • [8] ISCAS'05 - Special Session on: "Behavioral Modeling and AMS Simulation" Organizer: Leonid Goldgeisser.
  • [9] ISCAS'05 - Special Session on "Complex Dynamical Networks" Organizers: Guanrong Chen and Xiaofan Wang.
  • [10] ISCAS'05 - Special Session on "Modeling and Analysis of Power/Signal Integrity" Organizer: Hideki Asai.
    Conferences, Workshops, Schools:
  • [1] International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS'04), Chengdu, China, June 27-29, 2004.
  • [2] The Third Asia-Pacific Workshop on Chaos Control and Synchronization (APWCCS'04), Melbourne, Australia, July 18-19, 2004.
  • [3] International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA'04), Fukuoka, Japan, November 29 - December 3, 2004.
  • [4] International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits and Signal Processing (NCSP'05), Honolulu, U.S.A., March 4-6, 2005.
  • [5] International Workshop on Complex Systems and Networks (CSN'05), Hong Kong, China, May 20, 2005.
  • [6] International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems (ICCCAS'05), Hong Kong, China, May 27-30, 2005.
  • [7] The Second International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Applications (NSA'05), Shanghai, China, June 3-7, 2005.
  • [8] Second International Conference Physics and Control (PhysCon'05), St. Petersburg, Russia, August 24-26, 2005. >hr> "Advances in CAS" Newsletters:
  • [1] "Chaos-based Frequency Modulated Signals" S. Callegari, R. Rovatti and G. Setti, August 2004.
  • [2] "A general Method to Predict the Amplitude of Oscillation in Nearly-Sinusoidal Oscillators" G.M. Maggio, O. De Feo and M.P.Kennedy, February 2005.
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    TC-NCAS OFFICERS (term ending at ISCAS 2005)

    Yoshifumi NISHIO, Chair
    (nishio@ee.tokushima-u.ac.jp)

    Gian Mario MAGGIO, Past-Chair
    (maggio@ieee.org)

    Joos VANDEWALLE, Chair-elect
    (joos.vandewalle@esat.kuleuven.ac.be)

    Toshimichi SAITO, Secretary
    (tsaito@k.hosei.ac.jp)

    Ljupco KOCAREV, Track Chair for NCAS at ISCAS 2005
    (lkocarev@ucsd.edu)