The chapters of this book have been presented at the 1st Workshop of the
Nonlinear Control Network*, which was held in Ghent, March 15,16, 1999.
These contributions give an overview of some of the current and emerging
trends in nonlinear systems and control theory. As editors of this book
we would very much like to thank the speakers at this workshop for their
sti- lating presentations and for their efforts to bring this material
to its current form, which we are sure will provide stimulating reading
as well. Dirk Aeyels Franchise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue Arjan J. van der
Schaft 'The Nonlinear Control Network is a four year project within the
framework of the European Commission's Training and Mobility of
Researchers (TMR) Programme that started on December 1, 1997. There are
nine partners involved: Dirk Aeyels Universiteit Gent Dirk. Asysls4rug.
ac. be Belgium Alfonso Banos Universidad de Murcia abanostdif. um. es
Spain Fritz Colonius Universitat Augsburg ColoniusCmath. uni-augsburg.
de Germany Alberto Isidori Universita di Roma isidoriCgiannutri. caspur.
it Italy Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique lamnabhiClss. supslsc. fr France (coordinator) David H.
Owens University of Sheffield D. H. OnensCshsffield. ac. uk England
Arjan J. van der Schaft Universiteit Twente a. j. vanderschaftCmath.
ut8ents. nl The Netherlands Fatima Silva Leite Universidade de Coimbra
fleiteCmat. uc. pt Portugal John Tsinias National Technical University
of Athens jtsinCmath. ntua. gr Greece url: Nonlinear Control Network
http: //nuH. supelec. fr/lss/NCN Contents 1.
