Professor Michael J. Grimble, Professor of Industrial Systems and Director Industrial Control Centre, University of Strathclyde, Graham Hills Building, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE, United Kingdomm.grimble@eee.strath.ac.ukProfessor Antonella Ferrara, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italyantonella.ferrara@unipv.it

E.F. Camacho, Universidad de Sevilla, SpainS. Engell, Universität Dortmund, GermanyG. Goodwin, The University of Newcastle, AustraliaT.J. Harris, Queen’s University, CanadaT.H. Lee, National University of Singapore, SingaporeO.P. Malik, University of Calgary, CanadaK.-F. Man, City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongG. Olsson, Lund Institute of Technology, SwedenA. Ray, Pennsylvania State University, USAD.E. Seborg, University of California Santa Barbara, USAK.K. Tan, National University of Singapore, SingaporeIkuo Yamamoto, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan