Category: Publications

This issue highlights the celebration of IFAC’s 25th Anniversary in Heidelberg, emphasizing the connection between technological progress in automatic control and human advancement. It includes event summaries on shipyard computer applications and singular perturbations, alongside a list of upcoming 1983 global events. Readers will also find notices for new control engineering publications and a biography…

This newsletter issue presents a summary report on the Symposium on Theory and Application of Digital Control held in New Delhi. It details an IFAC initiative to enhance technology transfer and educational support to developing countries through exchange programs. Additionally, the issue outlines upcoming global events for 1982–1983, reports on recent presidential meetings in Laxenburg…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter provides an extensive list of upcoming global control engineering events alongside details for the federation’s 25th Anniversary Day in Heidelberg. It highlights international collaboration efforts with UN-ECE, updates on sister organisation congresses, and official member organisation announcements. Readers will also find a biography of Council Member Alistair G. J.…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights the upcoming 25th Anniversary celebration of IFAC in Heidelberg along with a comprehensive list of future international control engineering events. It contains a summary report from the historic 3rd Distributed Computer Control Systems Workshop held in Beijing, new leadership updates from IIASA, and membership updates regarding Portugal. Additionally,…

This issue previews the ongoing preparations for the 9th IFAC World Congress in Budapest and provides a comprehensive calendar of upcoming 1982 control engineering events. It summarizes a Kyoto Congress roundtable discussion on using systems engineering to improve international stability, highlights newly published domain literature, and profiles Prof. Stephen Kahne.

This issue highlights the details of IFAC’s newly approved Constitution and By-Laws being put to a three-year test period. Readers will also find a preview of upcoming 1982 events, a report on the Management Control Systems workshop, and plans for IFAC’s 25th Anniversary celebration. Additionally, the issue provides a biographical feature on Vice President Boris…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights the events and achievements of the VIIIth World Congress in Kyoto, including newly elected council members and major award recipients. It features presidential reflections, greetings from IIASA, and reports from technical committees focusing on components, instruments, and the social effects of automation. Additionally, a comprehensive schedule of upcoming…

This issue previews the upcoming 8th IFAC World Congress in Kyoto while reviewing recent international conferences on systems development and education. It provides call-for-papers details for several major 1982 symposia covering CAD, ship operation, man-machine systems, and system parameter estimation. Additionally, readers will find updates on Automatica’s editorial restructuring, new journal publications, and a profile…

This issue features reports on recent IFAC symposia covering systems analysis and simulation in Berlin as well as automatic control in power generation in Pretoria. It provides profile overviews of the German National Member Organization (GMR) and Executive Council member Prof. Dr. Karl Reinisch, alongside an obituary for Prof. Dr. N. Rajbman. Readers will also…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights the 25th anniversary conference of the Belgian National Member Organization, which explored the societal and economic impacts of automation and robotics. It provides detailed reports on recent IFAC symposia and workshops covering large scale systems, distributed computer control, and nonlinear optimization. Additionally, readers will find announcements for the…