Category: Publications

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…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights preparations for the 1981 World Congress in Kyoto alongside reports from major symposia on process control, maritime safety, and spacecraft reconfiguration. It also covers international developments such as the UN International Year of Disabled Persons and previews upcoming publications and conferences. Additionally, readers will find a biography of…

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights discussions on using control engineering and systems analysis to contribute to international peace and stability. It also presents reports on IFAC committee activities, profile summaries of affiliated national organisations, and updates on upcoming global conferences, including the VIIIth IFAC World Congress in Kyoto. Additionally, it features details on…

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.