Category: Publications

This issue covers global developments in computer control and factory robotics, honors the late Soviet scientist Boris N. Petrov, introduces France’s member organization AFCET, and profiles IFAC council member Pieter Eykhoff.

This newsletter provides an overview of IFAC’s administrative and scientific developments leading up to the 1981 World Congress in Kyoto. Highlights include the draft for a new IFAC Constitution, updates on upcoming global events and technical committee initiatives, introducing a new research journal, and summarizing recent discussions on real-time programming standardizations and automation technologies.

All these developments call for an updating of the fundamental regulations of IFAC, in order to adapt them to the changed situation and practices and to provide a more flexible framework for future activities.

The March 1980 issue of the IFAC Newsletter reports on preparations for the 8th IFAC World Congress in Kyoto, announces the next IFAC events, and carries a report on a US/European workshop on systems engineering for power. It also includes book reviews, a note on visitors to the Secretariat, a preview of the next issue…

The January 1980 issue of the IFAC Newsletter marks the first issue produced by the IFAC Secretariat in its new home in Laxenburg. It reports the symposium schedule stretching to 1983, announces the next IFAC events, reviews the first workshop on control applications of nonlinear programming, presents highlights of the Executive Council meeting, and profiles…

The November 1979 issue of the IFAC Newsletter introduces the IFAC publications programme and the arrangements with the official IFAC publisher, and reports on the IFAC Symposium held in Bari on criteria for selecting appropriate technologies. It also lists non-IFAC activities on simulation, control theory, photon-detectors, and microprocessing and microprogramming.

The September 1979 issue of the IFAC Newsletter announces the 2nd IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology and the 3rd IFAC/IFIP Symposium Manufacont ’80. It reports cancellations of previously announced meetings, publishes the revised list of IFAC approved symposia, conferences and co-sponsorships for 1979 to 1982, and lists non-IFAC activities.

The July 1979 issue of the IFAC Newsletter announces the 3rd IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing and the 6th IFAC/IFIP Conference on Digital Computer Applications to Process Control. It also notes the 1979 IFAC information brochure, announces the appointment of a new editor of the Newsletter, and presents recent IFAC…

The May 1979 issue of the IFAC Newsletter announces the 8th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Space and forthcoming conferences on instrumentation and automation in the paper, rubber, plastics and polymerisation industries and on automation for safety in shipping and offshore petroleum operations. It also explains how to apply for IFAC sponsorship of a…

The January 1979 issue of the IFAC Newsletter announces forthcoming events on the safety of computer control systems, computer aided design of control systems, large scale systems, and real-time datahandling and process control. It also publishes the opening address of the chairman of the new Committee on Developing Countries and a full list of IFAC…