IFAC Newsletter – August 2026
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LHMNC 2027
9th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control
ACNDC 2027
8th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Build, Control and Fly: Mini-drone Activities
The project aims to engage a diverse range of young people in interactive learning experiences with a focus on control engineering. High-school students will have the opportunity to explore, construct, program, and operate small aerial drones in the form of a hands-on workshop. In addition, captivating drone flight demonstrations will be conducted to educate the broader public.
Empowering Tomorrow’s Innovators: Unleashing the Potential of Girls in Control Engineering in South Africa
Three control face-to-face workshops have been conducted since 2022 in the Zululand region for 138 girls from three primary schools aged 9 to 15 years. This project will support additional workshops for girls, in Zululand and other parts of the country.
Reference Materials
Documents and links for reports, articles, etc. on industrial success stories for advanced control, perspective articles, interviews, etc.
IndCom Publications and Reports
Publications arising out of the work of IndCom
Industry and Academe Collaboration
Publications concerning improving collaboration in research. These are the result of the industry and academe taskforce which is now closed
Achievements and Publications
Achievements of and reports, presentations and publications generated by the IFAC Industry Committee.
Teaching Analytics: a feedback control approach to aid student self-assessment in higher education.
The project Teaching Analytics: a feedback control approach to aid student self-assessment in higher education focuses on developing an open web platform to help teachers share assessment materials globally. Teachers can upload, categorize, and search for exam questions in standard LaTeX format. Students can answer these questions online to track their learning progress through personalized concept maps.
Zoom Workshop Series on Control Systems and Data Science towards Industry 4.0
This workshop series highlights the integration of control systems theory, data science, and machine learning to advance Industry 4.0 applications. Organized by S. Joe Qin from the City University of Hong Kong, the three-module online event brought together global experts and industry leaders. It covered key topics including predictive analytics, process automation in chemical and biological engineering, and machine learning for electrical systems.
Development of an interactive wave energy exhibition tank to demonstrate energy-maximising control
This project resulted in the design and construction of an interactive wave energy demonstration tank. The equipment shows the importance of control in the efficient conversion of wave energy, while highlighting the benefits of renewable sources of energy to diverse audiences, including the non-technical public and other technical disciplines.
Pocket-Sized Portable Labs: Control Engineering Practice Made Easy
Pocket-Sized Portable Labs: Control Engineering Practice Made Easy demonstrates how simple experiments using compact, microcontroller-based kits like Arduino and Raspberry Pi can inspire students to study control engineering. Organized under the Portuguese Association for Automatic Control and led by Paulo Moura Oliveira, the project utilized the Temperature Control Laboratory (TCLab) kit to bring hands-on learning into classrooms and homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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