The workshop is a meeting of those interested in applying Advanced Process Control technology and Advanced Data Analysis technology to improve performance of the process industries. Practical installation experiences and results are presented for discussion.

Plant operations today are faced with ever-increasing pressure to improve efficiency, quality and productivity. Without making fundamental changes to their production processes, improvement can usually be made with the application of advanced control technology. Using modern computer hardware, software and innovative techniques, application engineers are able to collect real time and historical data on their processes. Data analysis, modeling and simulation provide a better understanding of the dynamics of process behavior. Once the process characteristics are accurately identified, the options for applying suitable control methodology are no longer limited to conventional control techniques.

Last year's Keynote Speaker was Charlie Cutler, inventor of Dynamic Matrix Control. Papers that have been presented at past workshops include:

• Robust Stability Condition as a Measure of Multivariable Controller Performance
• Multivariable Constrained Control and its application to FCC Unit
• Minimum Variance Optimal PI Controller Tuning for Averaging Level Control
• Optimal Averaging Level Control for Surge Tanks
• Paper Machine Reel Brightness Control
• Time Variant Modeling of TMP Refining
• Evaluating Alternative Designs to meet Large Steam Demand using Dynamic Simulation Modernization of an existing Kamyr digester: A case study
• Real Time Expert System in Metals Refining Industry
• Equipment Health Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis using Multivariate Modeling
• Powerhouse Energy Management System
• Application of Multiscale PCA to Web Break Diagnosis
• Application Experience with easy to use MPC
• Object Oriented controls approach for postal system automation

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Abstracts (200 words) should be received by November 30, 2001. Include a statement in your covering letter confirming that if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Please give the full name, affiliation, full address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Notification of acceptance and author kits will be sent within two weeks of receipt of the abstract. The final manuscripts and registration payment for authors are due by February 15, 2002. Papers received by this date will be published in the workshop proceedings.