2009 American Control Conference

The ACC is the annual conference of the American Automatic Control Council, the U.S. national member organization of the International Federation for Automatic Control. The 2009 ACC technical program covers new developments related to theory, application, and education in control science and engineering. In addition to regular technical sessions the program also features interactive and tutorial sessions and preconference workshops.

National and international society cosponsors of ACC include the the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Society for Measurement and Control (ISA), and the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS).

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