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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights key decisions from the 2004 Council and related meetings in St. Petersburg, including major award winners and the selection of Milan for the 2011 World Congress. It provides detailed summaries of past IFAC symposia and conferences on aerospace control, marine craft manoeuvring, system identification, and cost-oriented automation. Additionally, readers will find information on upcoming IFAC events, publication updates, and extended deadlines for prestigious control engineering prizes.

The issue contains:

IFAC Council- and Related Meetings

  • Date: June 16 -19, 2004
  • What it covers: Reports on decisions made during annual meetings in St. Petersburg, including selecting Milan for the 2011 World Congress, announcing major medal winners, introducing IFAC Fellows, and reviewing affiliate survey results.

Automatic Control in Aerospace

  • Author: V. Peshekhonov, A. Nebylov
  • Date: 14-18 June, 2004
  • What it covers: Details on the 16th IFAC Symposium held in St. Petersburg, highlighting session topics, key plenary lectures, participant stats, and social events.

The Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize

  • Date: 31 December 2004
  • What it covers: Announcement extending the submission deadline for nominations for the textbook prize awarded at the 16th IFAC World Congress in Prague.

Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft

  • Author: Mogens Blanke, Joan Batlle
  • Date: 17-19 September, 2003
  • What it covers: A summary of the 6th IFAC Conference in Girona, Spain, focusing on nonlinear control theory applications for surface ships and underwater vehicles.

System Identification

  • Author: Bo Wahlberg, Paul Van den Hof, Siep Weiland
  • Date: 27-29 August, 2003
  • What it covers: Overview of the 13th IFAC Symposium in Rotterdam, covering data-based modeling, signal processing, and key plenary presentations.

Cost Oriented Automation (COA 2004)

  • Date: June 7-9, 2004
  • What it covers: Highlights from the 7th IFAC Symposium in Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada, discussing cost-effective automation strategies and industrial applications.

Forthcoming Events

  • What it covers: A comprehensive schedule listing upcoming IFAC conferences, symposia, and workshops organized by date, location, and topic.

IFAC Journals

  • What it covers: A table of contents and listing of published papers across major IFAC journals, including Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, Annual Reviews in Control, Journal of Process Control, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and Journal of Real-Time Systems.

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