Mark Newman: mejn@umich.edu Steven Strogatz: shs7@cornell.edu Albert-Laszlo Barabasi: alb@nd.edu Stephen Morse: morse@sysc.eng.yale.edu Kevin M. Passino: passino@ece.osu.edu Richard M. Murray : murray@cds.caltech.edu Rafaello D’Andrea: rd28@cornell.edu P.S. Krihnaprasad: Krishna@isr.umd.edu Dr. Bert Tanner and I are proposing a special issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine: http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/csm/ that focuses on links between complex networks and interconnected control systems. We both felt that your contribution to this special issue would be very important and useful. Attached please find a brief description of our vision for this special issue. We would be very glad if you agree to submit a paper and look forward to your positive reply. In order to keep with the special issue's deadline, we would appreciate receiving your answer by October 30, 2004. Shortly thereafter, we will be requesting a short abstract (1-2 pages) from each of the potential contributors. Best Regards