Special Topics
on Control Technology
( Doing Research in Control )
Electrical Engineering Department
National Taiwan University
111-1 (Sep 2022 - Dec 2022)
  • ---------------============== News & Actions ==============---------------
  • 階段 (Stage) 動詞 (Verb) 名詞 (Noun) 作業 (HW) 週次 (Week)
    1 聽 (Listen) 演講 Speech - HW 01 - 1, 2
    2 看 (Look) 學會 會議
    Society Conference
    - HW 02 - 3, 4
    3 搜 (Survey) 論文 Paper - HW 03 - 5
    4 讀 (Read) 論文 Paper - HW 04 - 6
    5 整 (Organize) 問題 Question - HW 05 - 7
    6 定 (Decide) 主題 Topics - HW 06 - 8
    7 做 (Do) 研究 Research - -
    8 畫 (Plot) 數據 Data - HW 07 - 9
    9 寫 (Write) 論文 Paper - HW 08 - 10
    10 心 (Mind) 倫理 Ethics - HW 09 - 11, 12
    階段 (Stage) 動詞 (Verb) 名詞 (Noun) 作業 (HW) 週次 (Week)

  • 主要的討論主題
      • 學術機構: IEEE, ASME, IFAC, CACS, SICE, ICROS, etc.
        - 主題: 他們是誰?
        - 歷史: 他們怎麼形成的?
        - 功能: 他們要幹什麼?
        - 資源: 可以從他們獲得什麼?
      • 學術活動: (HW01, HW02)
        - Seminar, Talk, Speech, etc.
        - Workshop, Tutorial, Forum, etc.
        - Symposium, Conference, Congress, etc.
      • 學術著作: (HW03, HW04)
        - Journal Paper
        - Conference Paper
        - Article, etc.
      • 控制研究課題: (HW05, HW06)
        - Control vs Automation vs Intelligent
        - Control vs Robotics
        - Robotics vs Vehicle
        - Control vs Systems
      • 研究數據整理: (HW07)
        -
      • 研究論文寫作: (HW08)
        -
      • 研究態度與倫理: (HW09)
        - 研究數據?真的還是假的嗎?
        - 論文文章?真的還是假的嗎?
        - . . . . . . 抄襲人家的論文 或是 引用人家的論文?
        - . . . . . . 論文作者的貢獻度?
        - 論文審查?真的還是假的嗎?
        - 論文出版社?真的還是假的嗎?
        - 您的學位論文?假的嗎?真的在哪裡?

    • 主要參考書籍 (5/10, 2020)
  • ---------------============== Lecture Notes ==============---------------
  • Wk Date Subject Note Website/Video HW
    16 12/21 Final Exam Week
    -
    --- No Lecture ---
    -
    -
    -
    15 12/14 Research
    Integrity

    - News
    - Methodology
    -
    -
    14 12/7 Write
    Paper

    - Format
    - File
    - Read Paper
    - Write Paper
    -
    - 從 文章 到 心智圖
    - 從 心智圖 到 文章
    -
    - IEEE Xplore 分享
    - 投稿流程與注意事項
    - IEEE Xplore 分享
    - 科技論文寫作淺析
    -
    HW08
    - WritePaper

    - By 12/13
    13 11/30
    -
    --- No Lecture ---
    -
    -
    12 11/23 Plot
    Data

    - Figures in Paper
    - Program, Function
    -
    -
    -
    HW07
    - PlotData

    - By 11/29
    11 11/16 Control
    Elements

    - Control Textbook
    - Control Experiment
    -
    -
    HW06
    - Controls

    - By 11/22
    10 11/9
    -
    --- No Lecture ---
    -
    -
    09 11/2 Reseach
    Topics

    - People,
    ..... advisors, scholars
    - Demonstration,
    ..... exhibition, show
    - Observation,
    ... daily life, natural behavior
    -
    -
    HW05
    - Topics

    - By 11/15
    08 10/26 Midterm Exam Week
    -
    --- No Lecture ---
    -

    -
    -
    07 10/19
    Read Paper

    - Major Information
    - Core Content

    -
    -
    -
    HW04
    - ReadPaper

    - By 11/1
    -
    06 10/12 Paper Survey
    at IEEEXplore

    - Find Jounals
    - Find Proceedings
    - Keyword Search
    - Advanced Search
    - Find related papers
    - Download files
    -
    - Survey at IEEExplore
    - Advanced Search
    - File Organization
    -
    - IEEE Xplore 分享
    ...... 10/21 14:30-15:30,
    大海撈“珍”,高效發掘重要文獻
    - Slides
    ...... 10/28 14:30-15:30,
    深入鑽研,進階檢索與文獻管理
    - Slides - Video
    ...... 11/25 14:30-15:30,
    選我!選我!投稿流程與注意事項
    - Slides - Video
    ...... 12/2 14:30-15:30,
    下筆如有神,科技論文寫作淺析
    - Slides - Video
    -
    HW03
    - SurveyPaper

    - By 10/18/22
    -
    05 10/5 Conference
    Symposium
    Workshop
    Seminar

    - ACC,
    - ASCC, ECC,
    - CCA,
    - ROBIO, ICIA
    - ICMA, SII
    - CACS
    - SICE, ICROS, CAA

    - Conferences
    ....by IFAC, SICE, ICROS, etc.
    -
    - History of CACS Conferences
    -
    04 9/28 Conference
    Symposium
    Workshop
    Seminar

    - CDC
    - ACC
    - ICRA
    - IROS

    - Intro
    - CDC
    - ACC
    - ICRA, IROS
    - SMC, ITS
    - Book, CD, Flash
    -
    HW02
    - Conference

    - By 10/4/22
    03 9/21
    -
    --- No Lecture ---
    -
    -

    02 9/14 Society
    Institute

    - IEEE, CSS, RAS
    - IET, ASME, IFAC
    - SIAM, ACM
    - CACS SICE ICROS
    -

    01 9/7 Introduction
    Lecture Outline
    HWs
    - Introduction
    -
    - 課程資料網站
    - 繳交作業 at Cool
    - 檔案下載區
    - 線上討論 at MS-Teams
    -
    HW01
    - Speeches

    - By 9/13/22

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    The - -- following --
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    07 11/4 CACS Conference
    Automation Conference

    - No Lectures
    - No Homeworks
    -
    - CACS 2021

    - 控制學門 成果報告
    -

    9/27
    -
    10/1
    IROS 2021
    - Intelligent Robots and Systems -
    - IROS 2021
    -
    -
    10/13
    -
    10/16
    IECON 2021
    - Annual Conference of IEEE
    ... Industrial Electronics Society
    -
    - IECON 2021
    -
    -
    12/13 -
    12/17
    CDC 2021
    - 60th IEEE Conference
    ...... on Decision and Control
    -
    - CDC 2021
    -
    -

    Wk Date Subject Note Video HW
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  • ---------------============== Homeworks ==============---------------
    • Homework 08 (updated on 12/7/22)
      • Topics: Write Paper
      • Read the IEEE Paper format (.DOCX)
        to understand the guidelines of writing one IEEE paper.
      • ..... ...... Use the result of HW05 for Section I: Introduction,
        ..... and Use the result of HW03, HW04 for Section II: Literature Survey,
        ..... and Use the result of HW06 (Control), HW07 (Plot) for Section III: Analysis & Section IV: Result,
      • Use the IEEE Paper format ===> Start to write you paper.
      • In your paper, you should include the following parts, at least:
        - Paper Title, Authors, Department, Journal Title, etc.
        - Abstract, at least 5 sentences.
        - Introduction, at least 2 paragraphs, 1 paragraph is the paper outline.
        - Literature Survey, at least 3 paragraphs.
        - Analysis, at least 3 figures and 1 paragraph.
        - ....... 1 figure from Reference Paper, 1 figure from HW06, 1 re-plotted figure
        - Simulation and Experiment, at least 3 figures and 1 paragraph.
        - ....... 1 figure from Reference Paper, 1 figure from HW07, 1 re-plotted figure
        - Conclusion, at least 1 paragraph.
        - References, at least 10 papers used in Literature Survey.
      • Submit your HW08 report, (one report file (pdf) )
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 12/13, 2022 (Tue) by 11pm of 12/13, 2022 (Tue)
        ----- Important Information:
        ...Based on:
        ......... .Which paper? Which page? Which text? which picture? and many more,
        ......... Which idea? Which web book? Which text? which picture? and many more,
        ......... so that readers can find a comparison version!
        ...The process: the ins and outs!
        ......... Let the reader understand the thinking or execution process,
        ......... which can be replicated and replicated faithfully!
        ... Thoughts: Learnings!
        ......... Let readers know your thoughts or learn from your experiences!
        ...
        ...依據:有所本!
        ......... 哪一個論文?哪一頁?哪一段文字?哪一個圖?等等,
        ......... 哪一個想法?哪一網頁書籍?哪一段文字?哪一個圖?等等,
        ......... 讓讀者可以找到對照版本!
                                       ---> 這段文字,為什麼這樣寫?
                                       ---> 這張圖或表,為什麼這樣畫,編輯?
                                       ---> 這幾圖,為什麼這樣排列,編排?
                                       ---> 使用的資料(圖/表),為什麼直接複製貼上,沒有練習編輯呢?
                                       ---> 哪些資料是您的,哪些是原本就有的?
                                       ---> 某些東西刪掉了,怎麼加回來?
        ...過程:來龍去脈!
        ......... 讓讀者可以瞭解思考或執行過程,可以如實仿照重複實現一次!
        ... 感想:學到之處!
        ......... 讓讀者可以瞭解您的想法或學習到您的經驗!

    • Homework 07 (updated on 11/23, 2022)
      • Topics: Plot Research Data
      • Find any data set and analyze and plot the data using Matlab, Python, or R.
      • Edit your program to plot at least 3 figures for the same set of data.
      • Put as many descriptions/ideas/findings as possible on your figures.
      • Discuss with your classmates at least twice:
        - At your first meeting,
        ... discuss the data format and possible methods/functions
        ... to analyze/plot the data.
        - At your second meeting,
        ... discuss your preliminary plots and
        ... exchange experience/idea/suggestion.
      • Use the PPTX format to edit your own result
        on the tasks/codes/jobs you did the analysis and
        and the detailed description of your data/plots/explanation.
      • Submit your HW07 report
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 11/29, 2022 (Tue)
      • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 參考的依據 References
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 哪一個論文? Which papers
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 哪一頁? Which pages
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 哪一個圖?Which figures
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 使用的時機 When to use
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 論文中用? For paper
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 簡報中用? For presentation
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 顏色 Color
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 文字 Font type/size
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 線條 Line type/size
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 大小粗細 Size/Width
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 文字 Words
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - 線條 Line
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 資訊量,空間配置 Information, Layout
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 清晰度,解析度 Resoution, Clearness
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 依據:有所本! Reference/Source
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 過程:來龍去脈!Procedure
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 感想:學到之處!Thought

    • Homework 06 (updated on 11/16, 2022)
      • Topics: Identify Control-Elements in Research Topics
      • Please define the key ingredients of a control system or control problem,
        for example, feedback loops, sensors, actuators, controllers, etc.
      • For the research topics you decieded in HW05,
        try to identify the key ingredients (feedback, sensor, actuator, controller)
        of the problems or topics.
      • Furthermore, you can use these topics as the keywords to survey nore papers.
      • Then, describe your ideas and related information in the PPTX format,
        and
      • Submit your HW06 report
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 11/22, 2022 (Tue)
      • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 研究主軸,控制核心,搜尋關鍵
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - Block Diagram
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - Feedback
        . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - Plant, Sensor, Actuator, Controller
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Block Diagram 是否完整?
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 如何分析出 Block Diagram 的每一個元件?
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 對照原本系統中,哪一個是哪一個?
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 只有結果嗎?
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 有沒有分析的過程嗎?

    • Homework 05 (updated on 11/2/22)
      • Topics: Find Research Topics
      • Pick up some topics which you are interested in
        and/or have been researching in your lab.
      • Then, go to the Internet to search for some documents, images, videos, etc.,
        that can help you understand the topics you selected.
      • Report: Write a summary of your survey and study.
      • Use the PPTX format to edit the report of your survey and study:
        - including:
        - the titles or keywords of these topics,
        - how or where did you identify these toipcs? i.e., information sources,
        - what information did you find,
        - where did you find these informaiton, e.g., website, news, etc
        - what do you want to do for these topics?
      • Submit your HW05 report in PDF
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 11/15/22 (Tue)

    • Homework 04 (updated on 10/19/22)
      • Topics: Read Journal Paper and Summary
      • Choose 3 IEEE journal papers.
      • Roughly Read these 3 IEEE papers.
      • Use the 3-page PPTX format to summarize each IEEE paper.
      • For page 3,
        - 問題,情境,系統:
        ....... CACR, Smart Factory, Manufacturing, IIOT
        - 工作,功能,動作:
        ....... Material Handling, Convey System, Mobile Robotics
        - 理論法則,演算法,核心技術:
        ....... Cloud-enabled SLAM, Decision Making, Itinerary Planning
      • Read the Literature Survey Section of these 3 journal papers.
      • Edit one Node Diagram or Mind Graph or Knowledge Map of the topics discussed in these papers.
      • Submit your HW04 report
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 11/1/22 (Tue)

    • Homework 03 (updated on 10/12/22)
      • Topics: Survey at IEEE Digital Library
      • Please go to the website of IEEE Xplore Database:
        at ieeexplore.ieee.org
        - Search for some papers and identify 10 papers
      • Write a summary of how and why you choose these 10 papers,
        such as, the keywords you used,
        the important information to judge,
        the steps to finalize the list of these 10 papers.
      • For example,
        - Step/Procedure/Keywords/Parameters/Record/List
        - 步驟/過程/關鍵字/參數/紀錄/列表
        - Content 資料內涵:
        = Idea/Thought/Descrition 文字想法
        = Data/Table 數據表格
        = Graph/Trend/Classification 圖示趨勢分類圖
      • Submit your HW03 report
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 10/18/22 (Tue)

    • Homework 02 (updated on 9/28/22)
      • Topics: Familiar with Conferences on Control and Robotics
      • ---------- Please go to the following conferece websites
        ---------- to find the required information for the following questions.
      • Conferences:
      • The 2017 American Control Conference
        May 24-26, 2017, Seattle, WA, USA
      • The 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
        December 11-13, 2019, Nice, France
      • The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
        May 16-21, 2016, Stockholm, Sweden
      • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
        November 4–8, 2019, Macau, China
      • Questions:
      • For each conference,
        find all the plenary/keynote speeches.
        List these titles, speaker's names of each conference.
      • For each conference,
        find the rough number of regular parallel sessions at the same time.
      • For each conference,
        identify one session which interests you most!
        Write the session title and the titles of these 5/6 papers in the session.
      • For each conference,
        identify locations and dates of current and the last two conferences.
        For example, make a table to list the locations and dates of
        (at least, three years) ACC 2021, ACC 2020, ACC 2019, ACC 2018, ACC 2017, etc.
      • Report:
      • Use PPTX to edit your own result
      • Submit your HW02 report in PDF format
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 10/4/22 (Tue)
      • Note:
        - Understand the basic structure of an international conference
        - Understand the main common elements, trends and contexts
        ...in the same series of international conferences
        - In an international conference,
        ... you can find the discussion sessions and materials of a certain topic,
        ...and how to find them
        - Focus: work items, delivery time
        - 瞭解一個國際會議的基本格局
        - 瞭解同一系列的國際會議之中,主要的共同元素,趨勢,脈絡
        - 在一個國際會議之中,可以找到某主題的討論場次與資料,以及如何找到
        - 重點:工作事項,繳交時間

    • Homework 01 (updated on 9/7/22)
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    • The following homeworks are to be modified and assigned later.
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    • Homework 09 (updated on 12/30, 2021)
      • Topics: Write Paper
      • Read the IEEE Paper format (.DOCX)
        to understand the guidelines of writing one IEEE paper.
      • Re-fine and re-edit your HW07 and HW08 on control elements and analyzing data.
      • Try to describe the detail of your plots and figures.
      • On your plots/figures, put as many descriptions as possible.
      • Use the IEEE Paper format (.DOCX) to write your own result
        on the tasks/codes/jobs you did the analysis and
        and the detailed description of your data/plots/explanation.
      • In your paper, you should include the following parts, at least:
        - Paper Title, Authors, Department, Journal Title, etc.
        - Abstract, at least 5 sentences.
        - Introduction, at least 2 paragraphs, 1 paragraph is the paper outline.
        - Literature Survey, at least 3 paragraphs.
        - Analysis, at least 1 figure and 1 paragraph.
        - Simulation and Experiment, at least 1 figure and 1 paragraph.
        - Conclusion, at least 1 paragraph.
        - References, at least 10 papers and used in Literature Survey.
      • Submit your HW09 report, (one report file (pdf or docx) and one paper pdf file )
        ----- to NTU Cool by 11pm of 1/12, 2022 (Wed)
        ---------- Important Information:
        . . . . . . . . . . 依據:有所本!
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 哪一個論文?哪一頁?哪一段文字?哪一個圖?
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 哪一個想法?哪一網頁書籍?哪一段文字?哪一個圖?等等,
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 讓讀者可以找到對照版本!
                                       ---> 這段文字,為什麼這樣寫?
                                       ---> 這張圖或表,為什麼這樣畫,編輯?
                                       ---> 這幾圖,為什麼這樣排列,編排?
                                       ---> 使用的資料(圖/表),為什麼直接複製貼上,沒有練習編輯呢?
                                       ---> 哪些資料是您的,哪些是原本就有的?
                                       ---> 某些東西刪掉了,怎麼加回來?
        . . . . . . . . . . 過程:來龍去脈!
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 讓讀者可以瞭解思考或執行過程,可以如實仿照重複實現一次!
        . . . . . . . . . . 感想:學到之處!
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 讓讀者可以瞭解您的想法或學習到您的經驗!

    • Homework 10 (updated on 1/13, 2022)
      • Topics: Research Integrity
      • Read the newes on the folloiwng NAGATIVE evernts of doing reaserch:
        - (1) 研究數據?假的嗎?: (楊泮池)
        - (2) 論文文章?假的嗎?論文抄襲或引用?論文作者的貢獻?: (管中閔)
        - (3) 論文審查?假的嗎?: (蔣偉寧)
        - (4) 論文出版社?假的嗎?:
        - (5) 蔡英文的博?論文?假的嗎?真的在哪裡? (蔡英文)
      • For each evern, write a report on the folloiwng issues:
        - (A) 基本資料: 按照時間順序或脈絡,整理?事時地物等,
        - (B) 錯誤之處: 應該或可能有錯的部分,或有問題的部分,
        - (C) 改正之處 : 正確的作法,避免的?法,需要特別注意的點,等等等。
      • Submit your HW10 report to NTU Cool by 11pm of 1/26, 2022 (Wed)
    • 參考資料:

    • Course Information:

      • What:
        • Topics: Speical Topics on Control Technology
        • Course No: EE5052
        • Credit: 3
      • Who:
        • Students:
          • Graduate Students
        • Instructor:
          • Name: Feng-Li Lian (連豊力)
          • Office: Room EE-MD717,
          • Phone: 02-3366-3606
          • Email: fengli@ntu.edu.tw
      • When:
        • Lectures: 1:30pm-4:20pm, Tuesdays (Mar 2020 - Jun 2020)
        • Office Hours: appointment by e-mail
      • Where:
        • Lecture Room: EE-MD303
        • Webpage: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~fengli/Teaching/CtrlTech
      • Why:
        • Course for EE graduate students interested in System and Control
        • Project-oriented discussion and lectures
      • How:
        • Preview: ~6 hours/per week
        • Lecture: ~3 hours/per week
          • Demonstration, derivation and practice, etc.
        • Review: ~6 hours/per week
        • Homework: ~3 hours/per week
        • Q & A & lecture participation:
          • group discussion
          • lecture questionnaire
          • e-mail
          • BBS etc.
    • Reference Books:

    • Key Ingreidents on Controls:

      • SYSTEM ANALYSIS
        • linear vs nonlinear
        • discrete vs continuos
        • math model
        • characterization
      • CONTROL DESIGN
        • state feedback and estimation
        • optimal control
        • adaptive control
        • robust control
        • intelligent control: fuzzy, neural network, genetic algo
      • SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATION
        • C, Matlab
        • toolbox
      • HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION
        • sensor and filter
        • actuator and motor
        • A/D, D/A and counter

    • Grading:
      • Weekly reports and final project and report   100%

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    • Future Lectures (updated on 10/25/15)
      • Do and Submit Homeworks
        - HW1 to HW8:
    • Homework 8 (updated on 10/23/15)
      • Re-fine and re-edit your HW6 on analyzing the GPS data using Matlab.
      • Try to describe the detail of your processing data.
      • When you have any result and conclusion,
        please show the reasons or theorem or proof.
      • When you have problems or difficulties,
        please show some examples of these problems/difficulties.
      • On your plots, put as many descriptions as possible.
      • Use the PPTX format to write your own result
        on the tasks/codes/jobs you did the analysis and
        and the detailed description of your data/plots/explanation.
      • E-mail the report to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 5pm, 10/29 (Thu)
    • Homework 7 (updated on 10/12/15)
      • Please go to the following conferece websites
        to find the required information for the following questions.
      • Conferences:
      • The 2015 American Control Conference
        July 1–3, Chicago, IL, USA
      • The 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
        December 15-18, 2015, Osaka, Japan
      • The 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
        May 26-30, 2015, Seattle, WA, USA
      • The 2015 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
        June 28 - July 1, 2015 - Seoul, Korea
      • The 10th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
        May 5-7, 2014 - Toulouse, France
      • Questions:
      • For each conference,
        find all the plenary/keynote speeches.
        List these titles, speaker's names of each conference.
      • For each conference,
        find the rough number of regular parallel sessions at the same time.
      • For each conference,
        identify one session which interests you most!
        Write the session title and the titles of these 5/6 papers in the session.
      • For each conference,
        identify locations and dates of current and the last two conferences.
        For example, make a table to list the locations and dates of
        ACC 2015, ACC 2014, ACC 2013.
      • Report:
      • Use the PPTX format to write your own result
        on the tasks/codes/jobs you did the analysis and
        and the detailed description of your data/plots/explanation.
      • E-mail the report to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 5pm, 10/22 (Thu).

    • Homework 6 (updated on 9/25/15)
      • Analyze and plot the GPS data using Matlab.
      • Put as many descriptions as possible on your plots.
      • Discuss with your classmates at least twice:
        - At your first meeting,
        ... discuss the data format and possible methods/funcitons
        ... to analyze/plot the data.
        - At your second meeting,
        ... discuss your preliminary plots and
        ... exchange experience/idea/suggestion.
      • Use the PPTX format to write your own result
        on the tasks/codes/jobs you did the analysis and
        and the detailed description of your data/plots/explanation.
      • E-mail the report to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 5pm, 10/1 (Thu), Changed to 10/16 (Fri)

    • Homework 5 (updated on 9/25/15)
      • Choose 1 IEEE journal papers.
      • Read the IEEE paper.
      • Use the 3-page PPTX format to summarize the IEEE paper.
      • E-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 5pm, 10/1 (Thu).

    • Homework 4 (updated on 8/28/15)
      • Please go to the website of IEEE Xplore Database
        - Search for some papers and identify 10 papers
      • Write a summary of how and why you choose these 10 papers,
        such as, the keywords you used,
        the important information to judge,
        the steps to finalize the list of these 10 papers.
      • E-mail the summary (in PPTX format)
        to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 9/12/15 (Sat).

    • Homework 3 (updated on 8/28/15)
      • Try to decide the research topics of Autonomous Vehicles or Other Areas.
      • Try to identify the sensors, problems, and/or goals.
      • You can first use these topics as the keywords to survey related papers.
      • Then, write down your thoughts.
      • E-mail the summary (in PPTX format)
        to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 9/5/15 (Sat).

    • Homework 2 (updated on 8/21/15)
      • Pick up some topics which you are interested in
        and have been researched in our lab.
      • Then, go to the Internet to search for some documents, images, videos,
        that can help you understand the topics you selected.
      • Write a summary of your survey and study, including:
        such as, the titles or keywords of these topics,
        what information did you find,
        where did you find these informaiton, website, news, etc
        what do you want to do for these topics?
      • E-mail the summary (in PPTX format)
        to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by 12noon, 8/27/15 (Thu).

    • Homework 1 (updated on 8/7/15)
    • Special Events (updated on 12/31/14)
      • 8/7: Regular Discussion at MD325
        -
      • 8/20 (Thu): Submit 1st Homework
        - Use PPTX to summarize the 2 talks
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 12noon, 8/20 (Thu)
        -
      • 8/21: Regular Discussion at MD325
        -
      • 8/27 (Thu): Submit 2nd Homework
        - Use PPTX to summarize the information of some interesting topics
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 12noon, 8/27 (Thu)
        -
      • 8/28: Regular Discussion at MD325
        -
      • 9/25: Regular Discussion on Fridays, 9am at MD325
        -
      • 10/22 (Thu): Submit 7th Homework
        - HW5: Use PPTX to summarize the 1 paper
        - HW7: Use PPTX to summarize your report of related conferences
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 5pm, 10/22 (Thu)
        -
      • 10/1 (Thu): Submit 5th and 6th Homeworks
        - HW5: Use PPTX to summarize the 1 paper
        - HW6: Use PPTX to summarize your analysis of the GPS data
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 5pm, 10/1 (Thu), changed to 10/16 (Fri)
        -
      • 10/29 (Thu): Submit 8th Homework
        - HW8: Re-fine and Re-edit your HW6
        and Use PPTX to summarize the result
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 5pm, 10/29 (Thu)
        -
    • Month/Day: progress report
      - On the result of experimental tests
      - On the paper reading of related topics
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    • Seminar at NTU (updated on 9/22/14)

    • Homework 5 (updated on 10/27/14)
      • Read one journal paper.
      • Follow the guideline in the SOP slides of
        "Chapter 2: Read Paper". and
        "Chapter 6: Prepare Your First Presentation"
      • Use PPT to edit the key content discussed in the paper.
      • E-mail the paper PDF to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 11/2.
      • E-mail your PPTX to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 11/9.

    • Homework 4 (updated on 10/13/14)
      • Choose 3 journal papers.
      • Read these 3 papers.
      • Use the 3-page PPT format to summarize these 3 papers.
      • E-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/26.

    • Homework 3 (updated on 10/6/14)
      • Please go to the website of IEEE Xplore Database
        - Search for some papers and identify 10 papers
      • OR, Please go to the website of the NTU Library
        - Find 電子資源/資料庫
        - Find Engineering Village
        - Search for some papers
        - Find IEEE Xplore Database (old IEEE/IEE Electronic Library)
        - Search for some papers and identify 10 papers
      • Write a summary of how and why you choose these 10 papers,
        such as, the keywords you used,
        the important information to judge,
        the steps to finalize the list of these 10 papers.
      • E-mail the summary (in PPTx format)
        to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/12.

    • Homework 2 (updated on 10/6/14)
      • (B) Please watch the talk
        - at 2013 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control
        - on Signal Processing via Sampled-Data Control
        - - - A Challenge to Go Beyond Shannon

        - by Prof. Yutaka Yamamoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
        > Video: Lecture Link
        > Host: Prof. Mathukumalli Vidyasagar (General Chair of MSC 2013)
      • Write a summary of the talk and your thoughts in PPTx format
        and e-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/5/14

    • Homework 1 (updated on 9/22/14)
    • Special Events (updated on 12/31/14)
      • 1/9 (Fri): Submit Final Report
        - Use PPTX to summarize the work done in this semester
        - e-mail the PPTX file by 1/9 (Fri)
      • 12/29: Student Presentation at MD303
        - 黃建豪 王昱凱 曹維雨 江怡澤
      • 12/22: Student Presentation at MD303
        - 麥禮聰 賴柏任 陳昱廷 張仲霆
      • 12/15: Student Presentation at MD303
        - 黃建豪 王昱凱 曹維雨 江怡澤
      • 12/8: Student Presentation at MD303
        - 麥禮聰 賴柏任 陳昱廷 張仲霆
      • 12/1: No Class (Take a break)
        -
      • 11/24: Regular Discussion at MD303
        -
      • 11/17: 專題演講: 2:20pm-4pm, 工綜203
        - Professor Hedrick
        - Nonlinear Control, with Applications to Automotive Control Systems
      • 11/3: 專題演講: 2:30pm-4pm, 臺大集思國際會議廳
        - Professor Kleinrock
        - The Internet History and a View of its Future
      • 10/20: 機械所演講: 2:20pm, 工綜203
        - 葉廷仁-新型個人載具之機電整合與控制
      • 09/29: 停課一次
        - 參加臺大教發中心-教學科技論壇-資訊世代下的高等教育
      • Month/Day: progress report
        - On the result of experimental tests
        - On the paper reading of related topics
    • Speech on Dec 24, 2014 (updated on 11/17/14)
      • Signaling for Decentralized Routing in a Queueing Network
      • 歐陽奕 (Yi Ouyang; Ph.D. Candidate), - EECS, Univ of Michigan
      • Date: Dec 24, 2014, (Wed)
      • Time: 3:30pm,
      • Room: EE2-229 NTU

    • Speech on Dec 22, 2014 (updated on 12/22/14)
      • NBA職籃賽之戰術分析
      • 廖弘源 特聘研究員 , - 中研院 資訊科學所
      • Date: Dec 22, 2014, (Mon)
      • Time: 4:30pm,
      • Room: 博理館113

    • Speech on Dec 15, 2014 (updated on 9/15/14)
      • 打動人心機器人之設計與未來挑戰
      • 宋開泰教授 , - 國立交通大學 電機系
      • Date: Dec 15, 2014, (Mon)
      • Time: 4:30pm,
      • Room: 博理館113

    • Workshop on Fuzzy Control Nov 30, 2014 (updated on 9/22/14)
      • Workshop on Fuzzy Control, Workshop Website
      • Time: 11/30/14, (Sunday) 13:50~17:10
      • Location: RB 102, NTUST (Taiwan Tech)
      • Keynote Speeches:
        1. Dr. Kazuo Tanaka,
        - FIEEE, Professor,
        - Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems,
        - University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
        2. Dr. Peng Shi,
        - Professor,
        - School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
        - University of Adelaide, Australia
        3. Dr. Hak Keung Lam,
        - Reader,
        - Department of Informatics,
        - King's College London, United Kingdom

    • Conference: CACS on Nov 26-28, 2014 (updated on 9/22/14)
      • 2014 CACS International Automatic Control Conference, Website
    • Conference: iFuzzy on Nov 26-28, 2014 (updated on 9/22/14)
      • 2014 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications, Website
      • Time: 11/26 (Wed) - 11/28 (Fri), 2014,
      • Location: The Ambassador Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
      • Keynote Speeches:
        1. Prof. Jun Wang, Website
        - Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
        - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
        2. Prof. Ren C. Luo Website
        - Department of Electrical Engineering,
        - National Taiwan University, Taiwan
        3. Prof. Toshio Fukuda, Website
        - Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering,
        - Nagoya University, Japan
        4. Prof. Jwu-Sheng Hu, Website
        - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
        - National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

    • Speech on Nov 24, 2014 (updated on 11/17/14)
      • Cerebellar Model Neural Networks and their Applications
        on Control, Signal Processing, and Image Classification
      • 林志民教授 , - 元智大學 電機系
      • Date: Nov 24, 2014, (Mon)
      • Time: 4:30pm,
      • Room: 博理館113

    • Speech on Nov 17, 2014 (updated on 10/27/14)
      • Nonlinear Control, with Applications to Automotive Control Systems
      • Professor J Karl Hedrick , - UC Berkeley, ME
      • Date: Nov 17, 2014,
      • Time: 2:20pm,
      • Room: 工綜203

    • Speech on Nov 10, 2014 (updated on 9/15/14)
      • 虛擬角色動畫之自動產生機制
      • 李蔡彥教授 , - 國立政治大學 資訊科學系
      • Date: Nov 10, 2014,
      • Time: 4:30pm,
      • Room: 博理館113

    • Speech on Nov 3, 2014 (updated on 10/27/14)
      • The Internet History and a View of its Future
      • Professor Leonard Kleinrock , - UCLA, Computer Science
      • Date: Nov 3, 2014,
      • Time: 2:30pm-4pm
      • Room: 臺大集思國際會議廳

    • Speech on Oct 27, 2014 (不去參與,在MD303上課) (updated on 10/13/14)
      • 熱聲引擎之功率放大控制器
      • 洪博雄教授 , - 中正大學 機械系
      • Date: Oct 27, 2014,
      • Time: 2:20pm,
      • Room: 工綜203

    • Speech on Oct 20, 2014 (updated on 10/6/14)
      • 新型個人載具之機電整合與控制
      • 葉廷仁教授 , - 清華大學 動機系
      • Date: Oct 20, 2014,
      • Time: 2:20pm,
      • Room: 工綜203

    • Speech on Sep 15, 2014 (updated on 9/15/14)
      • Learning control: Idea and problems in adaptive fuzzy control
      • 蘇順豐教授 , - 國立台灣科技大學 電機系
      • Date: Sep 15, 2014,
      • Time: 4:30pm,
      • Room: 博理館113
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    • Future Lectures (updated on 10/28/13, 11/22/13, 12/16/13)
      • 11/4: no lecture (midterm exam week)
      • 11/11: progress report
        - On the result of exprerimental tests
        - On the paper reading of related topics
      • 11/18: no lecture (Seminar on Automated Bus)
      • 11/25: progress report
        - On the result of exprerimental tests
        - On the paper reading of related topics
      • 12/2: no lecture (CACS conference, Seminar on Personalized Medicine)
      • 12/9: no lecture
      • 12/16: progress report and seminar
        - On the result of exprerimental tests
        - On the paper reading of related topics
        - Seminar on Mechatronics and Controls
      • 12/23: no lecture
      • 12/30: progress report
        - On the result of exprerimental tests
        - On the paper reading of related topics
      • 1/17: Submit Final Report
        - Use PPT to summarize the work done in this semester
        - e-mail the PPT file by 1/17 (Fri)

    • Seminar: Mechatronics and Controls on Dec 16, 2013 (updated on 12/16/13)
      • Overview of Pedagogy and Research in Mechatronics and Controls
      • Dr. Tsu-Chin Tsao ,
        University of California, Los Angeles, California (MAE)
      • Date: Dec 16, 2013, Time: 2:20pm, Room: 工綜734

    • Conference: iFuzzy on Dec 6-8, 2013 (updated on 9/27/13)
      • 2013 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications
      • Conference Website
      • Keynote Speeches:
        -
        1. Collaboration and Synergy in Fuzzy System Modeling
        1. Prof. Witold Pedrycz
        1. Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ of Alberta
        -
        2. Computational Intelligent Brain-Machine-Body Interface
        for Natural Cognition
        2. Prof. Chin-Teng Lin
        2. Dept of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung Univ
        -
        3. Fusing Inconsistent (Even Contradictory) Information
        and Behavior Change
        3. Prof. Eugene Santos Jr.
        3. Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
        -
        4. 2B OR NOT 2B: the case of transitivity (Abstract)
        4. Prof. Bernard De Baets
        4. Ghent University

    • Conference: CACS on Dec 2-4, 2013 (updated on 9/27/13)

    • Seminar: Personalized Medicine on Dec 2, 2013 (updated on 11/24/13)
      • FSC Based Personalized Medicine
      • Dr. Chih-Ming Ho (何志明院士) ,
        University of California, Los Angeles, California (MAE, BioEng)
      • Date: Dec 2, 2013, Time: 2:20pm, Room: 工綜203

    • Seminar: Automated Bus on Nov 18, 2013 (updated on 9/27/13)
      • Design of an Automatic Bus for Revenue Service based on How Drivers Steer
      • Dr. Han-Shue Tan , PATH, University of California at Berkeley
      • Date: Nov 18, 2013, Time: 2:20pm, Room: 工綜734

    • Seminar: Biomedical Engineering on Oct 21, 2013 (updated on 10/12/13)
      • Development of User-Centered Mobility Aids
      • 游忠煌教授 , 陽明大學物理治療與輔助科技學系
      • Date: Oct 21, 2013, Time: 2:20pm, Room: 工綜203

    • Field Robot Competition on Oct 17, 2013 (updated on 10/10/13)

    • Homework 4 (updated on 10/7/13)
      • Read one journal paper.
      • Follow the guideline in the SOP slides of
        "Chapter 2: Read Paper". and
        "Chapter 6: Prepare Your First Presentation"
      • Use PPT to edit the key content discussed in the paper.
      • E-mail the paper PDF to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/13.
      • E-mail your PTT to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/20.

    • Homework 3 (updated on 9/5/13)
      • Choose 3 journal papers.
      • Read these 3 papers.
      • Use the 3-page PPT format to summarize these 3 papers.
      • E-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 10/6.

    • Homework 2 (updated on 9/5/13)
      • Please go to the website of the NTU Library
        - Find 電子資源/資料庫
        - Find Engineering Village
        - Search for some papers
        - Find IEEE Xplore Database (old IEEE/IEE Electronic Library)
        - Search for some papers and identify 10 papers
      • Write a summary of how and why you choose these 10 papers in PPT format
        and e-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 9/29.

    • Homework 1 (updated on 9/5/13)
      • Please watch the talk
        on Accomplishments and Prospects of Control
        by Prof. Karl Johan Astrom (Lund Univ)
        > Lecture Link
      • Write a summary of the talk and your thoughts in PPT format
        and e-mail the summary to fengli@ntu.edu.tw by Sunday, 9/22.

    • Research Demonstration (updated on 9/5/13)

    • Recent Conference Information (updated on 9/25/13)

    • IEEE Information (updated on 9/5/13)

    • Information about writing (updated on 9/10/12)

    • Lecture Note (updated on 9/19/11)
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    • Information about writing (updated on 12/8/08)

    • Presentation Agenda (updated on 12/4/08)
      • The student presentation agenda is as follows:
        - 12/15: 鄞銘佐, 劉沛怡, 張晉棠
        - 12/22: 李運鋼, 吳東翰, 潘建志
        - 12/29: 鄞銘佐, 劉沛怡, 張晉棠
        - 1/5: 李運鋼, 吳東翰, 潘建志
      • Please e-mail me the final report and presentation slides by 1/20/09.

    • Lecture Note (updated on 12/1/08)

    • Presentation on 10/8 (updated on 10/6/08)
      • Time: 10/8, Wed, 2pm-3:15pm
      • Room: MD325
      • Title: Traffic Flow Characteristic Based on A Phase Plane Approach
      • Authors: Chih-Ming Hsu and Feng-Li Lian,
      • Source: Proceedings of The 11th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Oct. 12-15, 2008, Beijing, China, pp. 754-759.

    • Lecture Note (updated on 10/6/08)
      • Story about Super Star and Citation Format: Note

    • Presentation on 10/1 (updated on 9/29/08)
      • Time: 10/1, Wed, 2pm-3:15pm
      • Room: MD325
      • Title: Visual Motion Planning for Mobile Robots
      • Authors: Hong Zhang, and James P. Ostrowski,
      • Source: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 199-208, Apr. 2002

    • Presentation on 9/24 (updated on 9/22/08)
      • The information about the presentation on 9/24, Wed, is as follows.
      • Time: 9/24, Wed, 2pm-3:15pm
      • Room: MD325
      • Title: Spatio-Temporal Context for Robust Multitarget Tracking
      • Authors: Hieu T. Nguyen, Qiang Ji, and Arnold W.M. Smeulders
      • Source: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 52-64, Jan. 2007

    • Lecture Note (updated on 9/22/08)

    • Lecture Note (updated on 9/22/08)

    • Homework 1 (updated on 9/15/08)
      • About your research topics
      • assigned on 9/15/08, due on 9/19/08
        => e-mail the MS-Word file to fengli@ntu.edu.tw, with content as follows:
        - Title of your research topics
        - Name:
        - Student ID:
        - Department, University
        - Date
        - Description of your research: probolem, motivation, solution, etc.

    • Lecture Note (updated on 9/15/08)