Asian Control Conference

Asian Control Conference
Name	Asian Control Conference
Acronym	ACC
Discipline	Control theory, Systems engineering
Established	1994
Frequency	Biennial/Annual
Venue	Various cities in Asia and Oceania
Organizer	Asian Control Association

Asian Control Conference is a major international conference focused on control theory, systems engineering, and related applications in robotics, communications, and cyber-physical systems. Founded in the 1990s, the conference has convened researchers and practitioners from institutions such as Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, Indian Institute of Science, National University of Singapore, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. It serves as a regional hub comparable to IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, IFAC World Congress, and American Control Conference for exchange among participants from China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, and other nations.

History

The conference originated in response to growing activity at institutions like Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Osaka University, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, University of Melbourne, and KAUST in the early 1990s, paralleling events such as IFAC World Congress 1993 and CDC 1994. Early editions featured programs influenced by pioneers affiliated with Tsinghua University faculty, researchers from University of Tokyo labs, and collaborations with groups at Seoul National University and National Taiwan University. Over time the conference expanded to include special sessions coordinated with societies such as IEEE Control Systems Society, Asian Control Association, and regional bodies linked to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation initiatives. Milestones include partnerships with conferences like ECC and co-located workshops modeled after ICASSP-style tutorials and sessions inspired by work from labs at Nanyang Technological University and Indian Institute of Science.

Organization and Governance

Governance is typically handled by an organizing committee composed of elected members from universities and research institutes such as KAIST, Kyoto University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Peking University. Technical program committees have included representatives from Zhejiang University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of New South Wales, University of Auckland, and industry labs like Siemens and Toyota Research Institute. Financial and sponsorship ties often involve professional societies such as IEEE, regional academies including Indian National Academy of Engineering, and national funding agencies like National Natural Science Foundation of China and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Steering committees set policy in consultation with editors from journals such as Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and Control Engineering Practice.

Conferences and Locations

The conference has been hosted in major Asian cities and regional hubs including Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Bangalore, Melbourne, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. Special thematic editions have been organized alongside international meetings at venues like Kyoto International Conference Center and Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre. Notable editions featured keynote speakers and panels drawn from institutions such as University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University, and industrial research centers at ABB and Mitsubishi Electric. Regional satellite workshops have been coordinated with conferences like IEEE SMC and ICRA.

Topics and Technical Scope

Sessions cover a broad technical scope including work on nonlinear control, optimal control, robust control, adaptive control, model predictive control, networked control systems, multi-agent coordination, and cyber-physical systems, with contributions from groups at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Carnegie Mellon University, ETH Zurich (collaborations), and Imperial College London collaborators. Application domains span power systems with contributors from National Grid, aerospace systems with presenters from Airbus-affiliated labs, automotive systems with authors associated with Toyota and Hyundai, and biomedical control with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Singapore General Hospital partnerships. The program often includes tutorials on topics pioneered by researchers linked to Kalman-inspired filtering work and algorithmic advances influenced by teams at Microsoft Research and Google DeepMind.

Awards and Recognitions

The conference presents awards for best paper, best student paper, and lifetime achievement honors conferred by panels including professors from Tsinghua University, Seoul National University, Indian Institute of Science, and University of Tokyo. Special recognitions have been associated with named lectures honoring figures from institutions such as Tokyo Institute of Technology and Peking University. Award committees often feature editors from IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and members of academies like Academia Sinica and Indian Academy of Sciences.

Participation and Membership

Participants include academics, industry researchers, and government lab scientists affiliated with CSIR, RIKEN, A*STAR, DST (India), and multinational corporations such as Bosch, Honeywell, and Schneider Electric. Student chapters from IEEE Control Systems Society and regional student groups at NUS, Tsinghua University, and Korea University frequently organize competitions and poster sessions. Membership in the organizing bodies is commonly held by faculty from KAIST, IIT Madras, National Taiwan University, and University of Hong Kong.

Publications and Proceedings

Proceedings are published in conference volumes and indexed in digital libraries maintained by IEEE Xplore, with selected papers extended in journals including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica, Systems & Control Letters, and Journal of Process Control. Special issues have been guest-edited by scholars from Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University to showcase advances presented at notable editions. Proceedings archiving and DOI registration have involved partnerships with publishers such as Elsevier and Springer Nature.

Category:Engineering conferences