Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

MathWorks products are used throughout the automotive, aerospace, communications, electronics, and industrial automation industries as fundamental tools for research and development. They are also used for modeling and simulation in increasingly technical fields, such as financial services and computational biology. MathWorks software enables the design and development of a wide range of advanced products, including automotive systems, aerospace flight control and avionics, telecommunications and other electronics equipment, industrial machinery, and medical devices. More than 5000 colleges and universities around the world use MathWorks solutions for teaching and research in a broad range of technical disciplines. MATLAB�, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink� is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. The company produces nearly 100 additional products for specialized tasks such as data analysis and image processing. For more information, visit www.mathworks.com

Get hands-on experience with Springer's multi-format publishing model: print – eBook – MyCopy (printed eBooks for € 24.95). With more than 5,500 books currently available in the Engineering eBook Collection, our mission is to support your research. Come browse our books in your preferred format: print, online, or on an eReader or iPad. Visit us at the booth, on springer.com or on facebook.com/SpringerEngineering – we're looking forward to meeting you!

GE Global Research is one of the world’s most diversified industrial research labs, providing innovative technology for all of GE’s businesses. Global Research has been the cornerstone of GE technology for 112 years, developing breakthrough innovations in areas such as medical imaging, energy generation technology, jet engines and lighting. GE Global Research is headquartered in Niskayuna, New York and has research facilities around the world in Silicon Valley, California; Bangalore, India; Shanghai, China; Munich, Germany; and Rio de Janeiro Brazil. We employ some 3,000 researchers who are driving new technological breakthroughs to grow our businesses and solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. Our diverse set of technology expertise ranges from electronics to chemistry, biosciences to computing, metallurgy to fluid mechanics, materials to imaging – and everything in between.

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeSciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Nursing Consult, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

Silver Sponsors

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is an international society of over 14,000 individual members. These include applied and computational mathematicians and computer scientists, as well as other scientists and engineers. Members are researchers, educators, students, and practitioners from more than 90 countries working in industry, government, laboratories, and academia. The Society, which also includes nearly 500 academic and corporate institutional members, serves and advances the disciplines of applied mathematics and computational science by publishing a variety of books and prestigious peer-reviewed research journals, by conducting conferences, and by hosting activity groups in various areas of mathematics. SIAM provides many opportunities for students including regional sections and student chapters. Further information is available at www.siam.org.

The University of Texas at Dallas is one of nine campuses in the University of Texas system and is located in the heart of the Telecom Corridor, which is the second largest high-tech economy in the United States after Silicon Valley. UT-Dallas has grown since its founding in 1969 to become recognized by Times Higher Education magazine as one of the most outstanding universities in the world under 50 years old. The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UTD was started in 1986 and has become the premier engineering research school in North Texas. The Jonsson School at UTD is proud to be a sponsor of the 2012 IEEE CDC.

The College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is very pleased to support the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in beautiful Maui. The College of Engineering provides the only full spectrum, higher education program in engineering in Hawaii and is proud to include in its partners all of the constituent campuses of the University of Hawaii System in its Engineering Consortium that supports the graduation of engineers over all Hawaii. The College wishes the 51st CDC a great success and hopes that it provides a memorable, pleasurable and rewarding experience for all attendees.

Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. Operating from a network of 20 global offices, the Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 1,500 journals and around 1,800 new books each year. Come along to our stand to pick up a FREE Journal sample. A selection of books will be on display where discounted rates are available up to 4 weeks after the conference finishes, so don't forget to take an order form! www.tandfonline.com.

Bronze Sponsors

Visual Solutions is the creator of VisSim world-class graphical software for model-based development of complex dynamic systems and embedded controllers. VisSim combines a powerful nonlinear dynamic simulation engine with OMG 2.1 compliant UML state charts to provide a comprehensive platform for model-based design. Visual Solutions partnership with Texas Instruments extends VisSim’s power making it ideal for embedded development. VisSim/Embedded Controls Developer (VisSim/ECD) lets you rapidly create low-cost embedded controllers for Texas Instruments DSPs and microprocessors. VisSim/ECD provides support of on-chip peripherals like PWM, quadrature encoder, event capture, CAN, I2C, Serial, SPI, ADC and GPIO, allowing a faster and deeper coverage of commercial actuators, sensors and communication buses. VisSim HotLink technology lets you interactively change controller gains on the target from VisSim, and observe on-target signals like phase currents and internal controller signals in VisSim digital scopes. VisSim embedded projects are found in the cockpit of the Joint Strike Fighter, in the main control system of multi-megawatt wind turbines, electric vehicles and in medical respirators. Since its founding in 1989, Visual Solutions has maintained a strong connection with the academic community. VisSim is used in classrooms and research laboratories at thousands of universities and colleges worldwide. Students and teachers report enhanced learning, faster progression through the course material and better retention.

Wolfram Research is the company where "computation meets knowledge." A powerhouse in technical innovation, it pursues a long-term vision to develop the science, technology, and tools to make computation an ever-more-potent force in today's and tomorrow's world. The company is the developer of/Mathematica/, the ultimate computation platform used by millions around the world, and Wolfram|Alpha, the widely used and continually growing computational knowledge engine released in May 2009. Wolfram Research also sponsors the world's largest free network of technical information websites, including /MathWorld/--the #1 website devoted to mathematics--and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project. For more information, visit the company website: http://www.wolfram.com.

The Journal of The Franklin Institutei has an established reputation for publishing high-quality papers in the field of engineering and applied mathematics. Its current focus is on communications, signal processing, control systems, and their applications. All submitted papers are peer-reviewed. The Journal will publish original research papers and research review papers of substance. Papers and special focus issues are judged upon possible lasting value, which has been and continue to be the strength of the Journal of The Franklin Institute.

For more information or to submit your paper, please visit www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-franklin-institute .

Copper Sponsors

We the Translators is a professional multi-language service company that specializes in a wide range of technical subjects. Our experienced team is located all over the globe and are able to use their knowledge and experience in various different languages, cultures and fields to help you transform your business and reach out to a wider audience both locally and globally.

For more information visit www.wethetranslators.com.

I hope you will have a good experience at this venue for your exhibits. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. On behalf of the entire Operating Committee, I look forward to working with you to ensure an exciting and productive Exhibits Area at the 2012 CDC.

Ann Rundell
[email protected]
Exhibits and Sponsorships Chair of CDC 2012