NL 1986_5 – The International Federation of Automatic Control

NL 1986_5

This issue highlights the annual IFAC Council and Committee meetings held in Zürich, including updates on upcoming World Congress locations and newly established educational support grants for developing countries. Readers will also find reports on real-time programming and offshore safety symposia, member nation updates from Czechoslovakia, a profile on IPC Chairman Rolf Isermann, and upcoming event listings.

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The issue contains:

1. Annual IFAC Meetings in Zürich

What it covers: Reports on the IFAC Council, Board, and Committee meetings held at ETH Zürich, covering preparations for future World Congresses, budget approvals, and new award procedures.

2. IFAC Congratulates

What it covers: Congratulates Pieter Eykhoff on receiving the Rufus Oldenburger Medal and Karl Johan Åström on his honorary professorship at Xi’an Jiaotong University.

3. New Publications

What it covers: Summarizes newly released proceedings covering adaptive control in chemical processes, digital computer applications, nonlinear programming, and real-time programming.

4. Automatica Prize Paper Award

What it covers: Details the call for nominations for outstanding theoretical or practical papers published in Automatica between 1984 and 1986.

5. Real-Time Programming — 14th IFAC/IFIP Workshop, Balatonfüred

Author: János Szlankó
What it covers: Highlights the outcomes, topics, and attendance of the 14th Workshop on Real-Time Programming held on the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary.

6. Support of Developing Countries

What it covers: Outlines the scope and application procedure for grants established by IFAC to support control engineering authors, courses, and events in developing countries.

7. Automation for Safety in Shipping and Offshore Petroleum Operations — ASSOPO ’85, Trondheim

Author: Aage Jostein Thunem
What it covers: Reviews the ASSOPO ’85 symposium in Norway, covering advances in automation, risk analysis, fiber optics, and operator training for offshore operations.

8. News from NMOs: Czechoslovakia

What it covers: Traces the historical contributions and recent activities of Czechoslovak scientists within IFAC, including upcoming symposia and delegation details.

9. Who is Who in IFAC

What it covers: Presents a professional biography of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Isermann, IPC Chairman of the 1987 IFAC World Congress.

10. Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica

What it covers: Lists the upcoming main papers, brief papers, technical communiques, and book reviews scheduled for the November 1986 issue of Automatica.

11. Forthcoming Events