The article discusses the highlights of the 2011 American Control Conference (ACC) which was held at the Hilton San Francisco in California on June 29 to July 1. Some sponsors of the conference are Boeing, Corning Inc. and Eaton Innovation Center. The conference received 1,409 paper submissions while the registration exceeded 1,200 participants. An overview of the preconference workshops held on June 28, 2011 is provided.
The article discusses the highlights of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Control Systems Society (CSS) Board of Governors (BoG) Meeting which was held in San Francisco, California on June 28, 2011. Some members of the BoG that were in attendance included Anuradha Annaswamy, Panos Antsaklis and Carlos Canudas-de-Wit. Nominating Committee chairman R. Tempo presented the motion to approve the line-up of 2012 CSS Executive Committee (ExCom) nominees.