Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Hybrid systems: computation and control

Abstract

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 17th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control -- HSCC'14. HSCC focuses on research that involves a blend of concepts, tools, and techniques from computer science, control theory, and applied mathematics for analysis and control of dynamical systems that exhibit combined continuous and discrete (hybrid) dynamics. By drawing on strategies from both computation and control, this field offers techniques applicable to both man-made, cyber-physical systems (ranging from mixed signal circuits and small robots to global infrastructure networks) and natural systems (ranging from biochemical networks to physiological models). HSCC has long been a leading, single-track conference for such rigorous, interdisciplinary approaches to dynamical systems with an emphasis on computational aspects, bringing together researchers from academia and industry with an interest in this exciting area. HSCC'14 was part of the 7th Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Week, alongside the Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), the International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), the Conference on High Confidence Networked Systems (HiCoNS), and the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS). HSCC'14 attracted 69 submissions for regular papers, tool papers and case study papers from authors in 21 countries around the world: in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Australia. The program committee comprising 38 Associate Editors was able to secure 223 reviews for these papers, an average of 3.23 reviews per paper. The authors had the opportunity to comment on the reviews before a final decision was reached. In the end 29 regular papers, 2 tool papers and 1 case study paper were accepted for presentation, an overall acceptance rate of 46%. In a second round poster and demo submissions were solicited for a joint CPS Week Poster and Demo session. A total of 13 posters and demos were accepted by HSCC'14 for this joint session. The program was completed by an invited keynote presentation by Gregory Batt of the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA) on the topic of "Cells driven by computers: long-term model predictive control of gene expression in yeast" and by a panel discussion on "The Role of Robustness in Hybrid Systems", moderated by Martin Fränzle (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) and featuring Antoine Girard (Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble), Pieter Mosterman (MathWorks), Maria Prandini (Polytechnico di Milano), Stefan Ratschan (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) and Thomas Stauner (BMW Group) as panelists.