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IFAC Newsletter – December 2025

View and download the December 2025 issue of the Newsletter.

Contents in this issue are:

  • IFAC Fellows 2023-2026
    Twelve of the 25 IFAC Fellows for the 2023-2026 triennium are introduced in detail. The series will continue in upcoming newsletters.
  • President’s Column
    Dong-Il “Dan” Cho discusses the motto “Feedback in Busan” of the IFAC World Congress. It symbolizes IFAC’s return to Korea and the central role of feedback control in Korea’s technology-driven growth, built on strong interaction between academia and industry.
  • IFAC Affiliates Portal statistics
    The newsletter presents updated statistics on IFAC affiliates from the portal. After a cleanup of inactive profiles, the database now contains around 6,000 entries, and affiliates are encouraged to update their profiles and make them at least IFAC-public.
  • IFAC Journal Awards: Call for Nominations
    IFAC awards several triennial journal paper prizes to recognize outstanding papers. The deadline for nominations for all journal paper prizes is April 15, 2026.
  • IFAC Distinguished Lecturer Reports
    Hideaki Ishii (Japan) visited Thailand for one IFAC Distinguished Lecture, Lei Guo (China) visited Bali, Indonesia, delivering two talks, and Alexandre Dolgui (France) visited Colombia, giving two talks.
  • IFAC 2026 World Congress information
    The regular and invited paper submission closed on December 5 with 3,898 papers submitted. However, late-breaking papers can be submitted until February 28, 2026.
  • Calendar of upcoming IFAC Conferences

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