Message from Conference Chairs

The Asian Control Conference started some fifteen years ago at Tokyo, which has since left its footprint in Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Melbourne, Bali, and now arrived at Hong Kong. The ASCC conferences are our festivals in celebration of the accomplishments of our community in Asia and Oceania. They are also the gathering moments attracting colleagues and friends in the field of systems and control from allover the world, when together we share, inspire and be inspired, and have the fun of control. And may we add, they are intellectual feasts, catering to and satisfying the ever growing appetite of control system researchers and practitioners in scientific and engineering inquiry and exploration. Thanks to the effort by many people whom we gratefully acknowledge below, the 7th ASCC continued the success of the past ASCC conferences. We are pleased to announce that the Conference received 438 paper submissions from 35 countries, 340 of which are accepted and 305 are uploaded which constitute the technical program of the 7th ASCC. We are grateful to the Asian Control Association, the IEEE Control Systems Society, and the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers for their technical sponsorship, and to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, KC Wong Education Foundation, the IEEE Control Systems Society, and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong for their financial support. We wish to thank the members of the Organization Committee, the members of the International Program Committee, the members of the Advisory Committee, the members of the Award Committee, and above all the numerous reviewers and many other individuals who have contributed their time and effort for the success of the Conference.