The issue contains:
Before and After IFAC ’87
- Author: The Editor
- What it covers: Discusses preparations for the 10th IFAC World Congress in Munich and announces that a full review of the event will be published in the October issue.
Large Scale Systems Theory and Application
- Author: M. Mansour
- What it covers: Reports on the 4th IFAC/IFORS Symposium held in Zürich, Switzerland, detailing key theoretical topics, application areas, plenary presentations, and attendee metrics.
LAST CALL
- What it covers: Issues a final reminder for subscribers to confirm their Newsletter subscription to avoid being removed from the mailing list.
Automation and Data Processing in Aquaculture
- Author: Jens G. Balchen
- What it covers: Summarizes the IFAC Symposium in Trondheim, Norway, covering session topics, plenary presentations, excursions, and upcoming publication plans.
Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnological Process Analysis and Control
- Author: E. Heinzle
- What it covers: Details an IFAC Workshop in Graz, Austria, focusing on on-line mass spectrometry developments, industrial applications, and limitations in process control.
Instrumentation and Automation in the Paper, Rubber, Plastics, and Polymerization Industries
- Author: A. Kaya
- What it covers: Highlights the 6th International IFAC/IFIP/IMEKO Symposium in Akron, Ohio, focusing on productivity improvements, sensor developments, and adaptive control.
Automatic Measurement and Control in the Woodworking Industry
- Author: Branislav Hruz, Milan Cicel
- What it covers: Covers the IFAC Symposium in Bratislava, CSSR, highlighting automation challenges, defect detection vision systems, and forest products research.
Theory of Robots
- Author: P. Kopacek
- What it covers: Summarizes an IFAC/IFIP Symposium in Vienna, Austria, focused on robot kinematics, dynamic models, control algorithms, and future sensor-equipped systems.
Working Group: “Guidelines for CACSD-Software”
- What it covers: Outlines the scope and goals of three subgroups tasked with setting standards for user interfaces, data structures, and numerical algorithms in CACSD software.
News from NMOS – Singapore
- What it covers: Reports on the leadership council, operational committees, and recent educational and technical activities of the Instrumentation and Control Society of Singapore.
Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: Lists upcoming research papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the September 1987 issue of Automatica.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: Provides a biographical profile of Prof. Lennart Ljung, Chairman of the IFAC Technical Board, detailing his education, academic posts, and publications.
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