Category: Publications

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.

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.