Category: Publications

This issue reports on the annual IFAC Council and related committee meetings scheduled for June 1985 in Boston, alongside an update on the Federation’s newly modified publication policy. It also includes a schedule of upcoming global events, a preview of technical papers for the May 1985 issue of Automatica, and a profile of IFAC Advisor…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights leadership transitions within the Secretariat, alongside statistical retrospectives from the IFAC ’84 World Congress in Budapest. Readers will find reports on international collaborations with UNIDO and the ECE, a profile on Vice President Prof. Brian D. O. Anderson, and details on new publications. Additionally, it features announcements for…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights organizational updates, including the tradition of IFAC congress banners and editorial changes as Fred Margulies hands over duties to Gusztáv Hencsey. It covers technical reports from recent workshops on reconfigurable spacecraft systems and international stability initiatives. Additionally, the issue outlines international member news, upcoming publications, and a comprehensive…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights key outcomes from the 1984 IFAC World Congress, including the successful debut of the Industrial Problem Sessions. It covers major international events such as the 1st IFAC Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Leningrad, the UNIDO IV conference in Vienna, and the Systems Engineering Workshop in the Netherlands. Additionally,…

This issue covers the events of the 9th IFAC World Congress in Budapest, including participant statistics, executive handovers, and major constitutional decisions made by the General Assembly. It also highlights prestigious awards presented to distinguished control engineers, introduces the incoming IFAC Council members for 1984–1987, and provides a comprehensive schedule of upcoming international symposia and…

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…