1. Fractional Order Calculus Day at Utah State University Round Table Discussions YangQuan Chen, Acting Director Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent Systems (CSOIS), Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Utah State University E: yqchen@ece.usu.edu; T: (435)797-0148; F: (435)797-3054 W: http://www.csois.usu.edu/people/yqchen Sept. 3, 2007. Monday

2. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-2 Outline FOC related events: 2007 – ASME 3rd Symposium on Fractional Derivatives & Their Applications (ASME DETC FDTA07, Las Vegas; 2008 – the 3rd IFAC FDA08: Workshop on Fractional Differentiation & its Applications (http://www.cankaya.edu.tr/fda08/ ; Chair: J. A. Tenreiro Machado and co-Chairs: Alain Oustaloup and Wen Chen)http://www.cankaya.edu.tr/fda08/ Research directions, IP issues, industry interests

3. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-3 FC Conferences Odd year: USA, ASME DETC FDTA (since 2003) –2003 Chicago; 2005: Long Beach; 2007 Las Vegas Even year: IFAC FDA (since 2004) –2004: Bordeaux, France; 2006: Porto, Portugal; 2008: Turkey; 2010: Spain; 2012: China.

4. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-4 Discussions Research directions, IP issues, industry interests

5. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-5 Research Directions More physics? More applications? Interpretations in biology, justification

6. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-6 IP = Intellectual Property PAT. NO.Title 17,142,137 Reduced complexity nonlinear filters for analog-to-digital converter linearization 26,694,856 Magnetorheological damper and energy dissipation method 36,678,670 Non-integer order dynamic systems 46,596,236 Micro-machined thin film sensor arrays for the detection of H2 containing gases, and method of making and using the same 55,790,838 Pipelined memory interface and method for using the same 65,091,971 Method and apparatus for high-speed electronic data signal modification and improvement 74,900,935 Automated scanning of track recorders having variable track density 84,757,706 Geophone testing

7. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-7 Patent applications

8. 9/3/2007 Fractional Order Calculus Day @ Utah State Univ. 2007 Slide-8 Industry concerns FOC into a product? Demo first. “Publish or perish” vs. “sale or fail”. It takes time to get into a product.