Category: Publications

This issue previews the 9th Triennial IFAC World Congress in Budapest and provides detailed reports on recent workshops covering power plant control and management control system dynamics. It highlights UNIDO’s Fourth General Conference preparations on technological advancement in developing nations along with a biographical profile of Automatica Editor-in-Chief George S. Axelby. Additionally, readers will find…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights preparations for the 9th World Congress in Budapest and provides reports on key technical committee activities, including a critique of the “manless factory” concept from the Karlsruhe workshop. It also features a comprehensive overview of IFAC’s Automatic Control Education initiatives, a biographical profile of Systems Engineering Committee Chairman…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights recent organizational updates, including the establishment of new Technical Committee Working Groups and a new initiative on robotics education. It provides detailed event reports on international symposia covering safe real-time computing, large scale systems, power electronics, and adaptive control systems. Additionally, readers will find announcements regarding Austrian government…

This newsletter issue reports on the annual meetings of IFAC’s governing bodies in Laxenburg and previews the major program structure for the 9th IFAC World Congress in Budapest. It features detailed reports from recent technical events, including the DCCS ’83 workshop, the SOCOCO ’82 symposium, and the SWIIS workshop on international stability. Readers will also…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights the human element in engineering through Professor H. H. Rosenbrock’s address on collaborating with technology rather than replacing human skill. It also features reports from recent workshops on real-time programming and nonlinear programming, alongside announcements for upcoming global events, new control systems publications, and a profile of Policy…

This newsletter issue features the announcement of IFAC President T. Vamos receiving the Hungarian State Prize for his accomplishments in artificial intelligence, alongside news on a cooperation agreement between the National Member Organizations of Argentina and Brazil. Readers will also find a detailed report on the Systems Approach to Appropriate Technology Transfer symposium, a biographical…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights major organizational updates, including the upcoming Council meetings in Laxenburg and the signing of a new supplemental agreement with the Austrian Government. It provides detailed summaries of past international symposia covering automatic space control, real-time digital control applications, and distributed computer control systems. Additionally, the issue features call-for-paper…

This issue highlights international developments in automation, including a report on the UN-ECE meeting regarding the production and deployment of industrial robots. It features key insights from the First International Conference on Man-Machine Systems, introduces Chile as the 41st IFAC National Member Organization, and presents a biographical profile of Professor Mohamed Najim. Additionally, a detailed…

This issue features a report on automatic control education initiatives tailored for development projects in developing nations, alongside coverage of the 3rd IFAC Symposium on Control of Distributed Parameter Systems held in Toulouse. Readers will also find a biography honoring IEEE Edison Medal recipient Nat Cohn, an announcement for IMEKO’s new journal Measurement, and a…

This issue covers highlights from the IFAC Council Meeting in Heidelberg, including major decisions on event access, nominations, and awards. It provides updates on preparations for the 1984 IFAC World Congress in Budapest, reports on recent technical workshops, and features announcements on upcoming conferences and new control engineering publications.