Category: Activity Fund
IFAC Activity Fund — direct funding for TC-led initiatives, summer schools, workshops, outreach and regional events.
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April 2022 Call
The IFAC Activity Fund’s April 2022 Call highlights sponsored projects such as “inControl,” the first podcast dedicated to control theory. The initiative aims to reach new audiences, discuss control-theoretic research with experts and the public, highlight real-world applications, and expand the field’s presence across major social media platforms.
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Two student competitions to help promote controls amongst University and high-school students during the 19th IFAC MMM Symposium
Two (2) student competitions, to help promote controls for both University and high-school students.
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Innovation, Sustainability and Resiliency from a Systems-&-Control Perspective: A forum for ideas and networking
The main aim of the event is creating the awareness of the crucial role of Systems and Control in the implementation of the measures needed to achieve the present main goals of the local, national and international policy, like the transition to digitalization, green and sustainable industry, cleaner energy, and low-emission mobility
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Gender in research or how to successfully include female researchers in the scientific world.
In addition to the gender aspects in the different committees (IPC, organizing committees, keynote speeches or presentations in sessions), activities will be organized on the theme of the place of gender in research.
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October 2021 Call
Two student competitions to help promote controls for both University and high-school students. To ensure equity and diversity, teams must include at least one woman or visible minority.
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An Open Access I/O Model of a Real-World Inverted Triple Pendulum for Education, Development, and Implementation of Control Algorithms and for Public Testing of Feedback Controllers
We will make a well-documented Simulink model of our triple pendulum available to the public to test control algorithms in simulation and live experiments.
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Control Conference Africa (CCA) 2021 – Sponsorship of deserving academics and graduate students from Africa
The Control Conference Africa (CCA) 2021 was held on December 7–8 in Muldersdrift, South Africa, and delivered in a hybrid format due to the onset of the Omicron variant. Supported by the IFAC Activity Fund, the event provided six sponsorships for African academics and graduate students, with SACAC waiving their registration fees. To ensure smooth…
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An Open Repository of Self-Assessment Resources for a Larger and More Inclusive Control Community
smaller This IFAC project funds a scholarship for a South Pacific researcher to build a free, standardized repository of control theory exercises.
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KIDS IN CONTROL: A control-centered workshop for promoting STEM skills and inclusion for kids from 8 to 10 years old
A 3-hour workshop helping kids aged 8–10 achieve intellectual independence and self-efficacy towards technology.
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Hands-on Drone-Building Workshops
Our proposed activity aims to stimulate diverse, youth-based community engagement with the control systems community by providing the opportunity for middle- and high school-aged children to receive and learn how to build, program, and control a small aerial drone.