The Mohammed Dahleh symposium brought together leading researchers in
several areas of engineering and science. Many of the presentations
focused on new emerging research areas of key significance. These new
areas have in common that the dynamics and control theory and methods
provide the appropriate framework for the understanding of the
corresponding phenomena, while at the same time providing many of the
tools necessary for their application to relevant technologies. Examples
of these opportunities include the areas of systems biology, quantum
feedback and control, fluid dynamics, and control applications in
nanotechnology. This collected volume demonstrates the importance of
these emerging areas in the current research agenda in science and
technology and shows that a unique opportunity exists to drastically
extend the scope and impact of dynamics and control methods far beyond
their traditional areas of application in engineering.