NL 1977_2 – The International Federation of Automatic Control

NL 1977_2

The March 1977 issue of the IFAC Newsletter provides information about the 7th Triennial IFAC World Congress in Helsinki, Finland, including its scope, special interest sessions, paper submission deadlines, and registration details. It also announces an IFAC Workshop on the Control of Management Systems and several non-IFAC conferences and symposia related to distributed computer control systems, microprocessing, and measurement.

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The issue contains information on:

7th Triennial IFAC World Congress
Helsinki, Finland — 12–16 June 1978.
Includes the scope of the congress, technical committees, special interest sessions, paper submission requirements, and important deadlines.
IFAC Workshop on Control of Management Systems
Varna, Bulgaria — 10–13 October 1977.
Focuses on management system control techniques, large-scale management systems, centralized and decentralized control, management structures, and artificial intelligence applications in economics and management.
6th International Conference of the IMECO Technical Committee on Measurement of Force and Mass with Special Emphasis on Industrial Weighing
Odessa, Soviet Union — 20–22 September 1977.
Distributed Computer Control Systems Conference
University of Aston, Birmingham, U.K. — 26–28 September 1977.
Covers developments in hardware, software, theory, design, and applications of distributed computer control systems.
EUROMICRO, Third Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming
Amsterdam, Holland — 3–6 October 1977.
Covers new concepts, recent developments, and original applications in microprocessing and microprogramming.