Category: Publications

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter focuses on the landmark 10th IFAC World Congress in Munich, marking 30 years of the federation and highlighting key events, technical sessions, and leadership handovers. It details the election of new IFAC officers and National Member Organizations, alongside prestigious award presentations such as the Quazza Medal and Automatica Prize…

This issue features updates on the upcoming 10th IFAC World Congress alongside comprehensive reports from several international symposia and workshops, including events on large-scale systems, aquaculture, mass spectrometry, plastics, woodworking, and robotics. It also provides news on CACSD software guidelines, organizational developments from the Singapore National Member Organization, and a biography of Technical Board Chairman…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter covers the latest preparations for the 10th IFAC World Congress in Munich alongside tributes to long-serving officer Michel Cuénod. It details new awards, including the Young Author and Applications Paper Prizes, and announces the Fred Margulies Memorial Workshop on automation and society. Additionally, it features upcoming international events, upcoming…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights various international symposia and workshops, covering topics such as control system simulation, adaptive systems, distributed computer control, and low-cost automation. It also explores interdisciplinary developments, including the integration of economics with artificial intelligence and the role of FIACC in intelligent product design. Additionally, the issue features educational course…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights key updates across the automatic control community, including reports on workshops covering social phenomenon modeling, nonlinear programming, skill-based manufacturing, and national economy control. It welcomes new National Member Organizations from Nigeria and Singapore while announcing the new IFAC Control Engineering Textbook Prize. Readers will also find a profile…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights major preparations for the 10th IFAC World Congress in Munich alongside summaries of key international conferences, symposia, and workshops held throughout 1986. Topics covered across these events include transportation control systems, flexible manufacturing, software project management, stochastic control, reliability of instrumentation, and distributed parameter systems. Readers will also…

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…

This issue highlights key administrative activities and international gatherings, including the informal meeting of IFAC Presidents in Laxenburg and upcoming events through 1989. It features detailed reports from technical workshops in Kuwait on petroleum and desalination automation and in Rabat on systems analysis for water management. Readers will also find updates on the Chinese Association…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights upcoming organizational meetings in Zurich and provides updates on the 11th Triennial Conference on Operations Research (IFORS ’87). It features a retrospective report on the Modelling and Control of Biotechnological Processes symposium, along with a schedule of forthcoming international events for late 1986. Additionally, readers will find a…

This issue opens with a memorial tribute honoring former Honorary Secretary Fred Margulies for his contributions to IFAC. It features reports on recent IFAC conferences and workshops covering model errors, process control, computer safety, water resource management, real-time programming, and adaptive control. Readers will also find organizational updates from India’s National Member Organization, an announcement…