Together with the European Network for Industrial Applications of Polynomial Design Methods EUROPOLY we announce

The POLYX 2000 PRIZE
for the
BEST PAPER ON POLYNOMIAL METHODS

General Conditions

1. The author(s) of the winning paper will be awarded EUR 500 and a Diploma.
2. The winner will be announced at the IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control (IFAC SSSC 2001) conference (Prague CZ, August 29 - 31, 2001).
3. The papers published or accepted for publication in international technical journals or conference proceedings in the year 2000 will be considered that describe

• new theoretical achievements in polynomial methods or
• new algorithms for polynomials, polynomial matrices and/or polynomial equations or
• industrial applications of polynomial methods in systems, control and signals.

4. The papers must be submitted to PolyX, Ltd., before the end of 2000 along with the Paper Submission Form filled in and signed.
5. The Polynomial Toolbox 2.0 or later must be used during the research or design and must be referred to in the paper. The author or his/her employer must own a valid 2000 license of Polynomial Toolbox 2.0 or later.
6. Depending on the number and quality of papers submitted, PolyX Ltd. reserves the right to award more papers or none.

Prize Advisory Committee

Professor Vladimir Kucera, Czech Technical University, Prague, CZ
Professor Huibert Kwakernaak, University of Twente, Enschede, NL
Doc. Vladimir Havlena, Ph.D., Honeywell Technology Center, Prague, CZ

EUROPOLY is the European Community project No. CP97/7010. For more info visit www.utia.cas.cz/europoly/ or mail to europoly@utia.cas.cz