First Multidisciplinary International Symposium on
POSITIVE SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Roma, Italy, 28-30 August 2003
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INTRODUCTION
Positive Systems are systems in which the relevant variables assume nonnegative values. These systems are quite common in applications where variables represent positive quantities such as populations, comsumption of goods, densities of chemical species, probabilities... 

The aim of the Symposium is that of joining together researchers working on different areas such as economy, biomedicine, chemistry, telecommunications, and so on in order to provide a multidisciplinary forum where they have the opportunity of exchange ideas and compare results in a unifying framework. 

The symposium is co-sponsored by the IEEE Control System Society and ANIPLA. The Proceedings of the Symposium will be published as a volume of the Springer Lectures Notes in Control and Information Sciences series.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Theory and applications of:

There will be ample time and space for informal discussions. 
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the analysis and applications of positive systems. 
Reports on case studies and papers emphasizing the links between positive systems and the specific field of application are particularly encouraged.

IMPORTANT DATES: 
Submission deadlines: January 10, 2003 (Expired)
Submission deadline for invited papers: January 25 (Expired)
Notification of acceptance: February  25, 2003 (Expired)
Final versions due: March 20, 2003 (Expired)

REGISTRATION FEE: 
The fee schedule is as follows:
By March 20 April 15, 2003 (Advance Registration): 350 Euros  (Expired)
The deadline for Advance Registration has been extended to April 15 (Expired)
After April 15, 2003 (On site or Late Registration): 400 Euros
One Day Registration (On site): 80 Euros

The Advance and Late Registration fees include:

The One Day Registration fee includes one coffee and one tea breaks.

At least one of the authors of each paper must register at the advanced registration period for their paper to be included in the proceedings.

To register, please refer to the Online Registration page

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Prospective authors are invited to submit a paper, maximum of 12 double-spaced, typed pages in 12pt format on the topics indicated and others falling within the scope of the symposium. Papers will be refereed by the Program Committee of the symposium. 
All papers must be submitted by e-mail in portable document format (PDF) or postscript format (PS). The file name must be the surname of the first author, in the case of multiple papers with the same first author, please add a number. The e-mail address is posta03@dis.uniroma1.it. 
The first page should contain: 
- the title of the paper, 
- each author's name and affiliation, 
- complete contact information for the corresponding author (postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers), and an abstract. 
Full versions of the accepted submissions will be published in the Springer LNCIS series. The proceedings will be available at the workshop. 

PROCEEDINGS

The Proceedings of the Symposium will be published as a volume of the Springer Lectures Notes in Control and Information Sciences and will be available at the symposium. Table of contents: here

At least one of the authors of each paper must register at the advanced registration period for their paper to be included in the proceedings.

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
To stay informed about POSTA 2003, refer to the symposium web-page.
Luca BENVENUTI, Alberto DE SANTIS, Lorenzo FARINA
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica "A. Ruberti"
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Via Eudossiana, 18
00184 Roma, Italy
Tel: +39-06-44585-973
       +39-06-44585-352
       +39-06-44585-690
Fax.: +39-06-44585367
E-mails: luca.benvenuti@uniroma1.it, desantis@dis.uniroma1.it, lorenzo.farina@uniroma1.it