The International Workshop on Complex Engineering Systems and Design will be held in Hong Kong on Friday, May 22, 2009. This workshop aims to provide a venue for promoting exchange and collaboration among researchers in the area of complex engineering systems. A few researchers from Australia, Europe, Japan and China will be invited to deliver lectures at the workshop. Topics of interest include complex networks, complex systems, nonlinear electronics, telecommunication systems, and related applications.

• Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks, City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
• Applied Nonlinear CAS Group, Dept. of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

• Prof. Xiang Li, Fudan University, China
• Prof. Jinhu Lü, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Prof. Mario di Bernardo, Bristol University, UK
• Prof. Yoshifumi Nishio, Tokushima University, Japan
• Prof. Maciej Ogorzalek, Jagiellonian University, Poland, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Prof. Tetsushi Ueta, Tokushima University, Japan
• Prof. Xiaofan Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Prof. Xinghuo Yu, RMIT University, Australia

• Lecture Room Y306, Building Y, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  See campus map for direction

• Some photos taken during the workshop can be downloaded from
  http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/~enmcyau/eie/2009/05/IWCESD2009.zip

Tentative Program  

08:20	Opening - Ron Chen
	Session 1 (Chair: Francis Lau)
08:45	Markov Chain Modeling and Analysis of Complicated Phenomena in Coupled Chaotic Oscillators [Presentation Slides]
	Yoshifumi Nishio, Tokushima University, Japan
09:30	Analysis of Dermoscopic Images for Computer-Assisted Diagnosis [Slides Not Available]
	Maciej Ogorzalek, Jagiellonian University, Poland, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:15	Coffee break
	Session 2 (Chair: Wallace Tang)
10:45	Recent Advances in Consensus of Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems [Presentation Slides]
	Jinhu Lü, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
11:30	Adaptive Synchronization and Consensus of Complex Networks: Theory and Applications [Slides Not Available]
	Mario di Bernardo, University of Bristol, UK
12:15	Lunch (all participants)
	Dim Sum lunch at Chinese Restaurant, 14/F Li Ka Shing Tower
	Session 3 (Chair: Michael Small)
14:00	Understanding Power Grids Using a Complex Networks Approach [Presentation Slides]
	Xinghuo Yu, RMIT University, Australia
14:45	Exploring Links between Complex Networks and Control Theory [Presentation Slides]
	Xiaofan Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai
15:30	Coffee break
	Session 4 (Chair: Michael Tse)
16:00	On the Cooperation and Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Networks [Presentation Slides]
	Xiang Li, Fudan University, Shanghai
16:45	Bifurcations and Synchronizations of Coupled BVP Oscillators [Presentation Slides]
	Tetsushi Ueta, Tokushima University, Japan
17:30	Close
18:30	Speakers & VIP Dinner

• General inquiry: Michael Tse
• Advance registration is required. Your university's contacts for registration are:
  • CityU: Ron Chen
  • PolyU & elsewhere: Michael Tse
• Registration is free, and includes a lunch where people are encouraged to continue to share their experience and research ideas.