Tentative Schedule: 8.30am: Introduction: Anthony Bloch (University of Michigan) and Fatima Leite (University of Coimbra) 8.45 : John Baillieul (Boston University) Title: The Standard Parts Optimal Control Problem and the Design of High-Performance Control Libraries 9.30: Coffee/Soda Break 9.45 : Roger Brockett (Harvard University) Title: On the stability of electromechanical systems with periodic potentials - dumb and smart electrical grids 10.30 Anthony Bloch ( University of Michigan) Title: Geometry in nonholonomic mechanics and optimal control and the work of Peter Crouch. 11.15 : Arjan van der Schaft (University of Groningen) Title: When gradient and Hamiltonian systems meet 12 --1.30 lunch 1.30: Jan Willems (K.U. Leuven) Title: Energy in circuits and mechanics 2.15: Matthias Kawski (Arizona State University) Title: Geometry and algebra of noncommuting flows 3 Coffee Break 3.15: Alex Mahalov (Arizona State University) Title: High Performance Computing and Control of Environmental Flows 4.00: Dieter Armbruster (Arizona State University) Title: Netball - The network structure of NBA basketball 4.45-5.30 Summary and discussion 6.30 Dinner