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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights the scopes of the Coordinating Committee on Design Methods and its underlying Technical Committees. It features event reports from major international conferences and workshops, including MCPL 2000, LTDS 2000, SYROCO 00, DCCS 2000, and the 9th Latin American Congress of Automatic Control. Readers will also find a conference calendar of forthcoming events, tables of contents for recent issues of Automatica and Control Engineering Practice, and biographical profiles in the "Who is Who in IFAC" section.

The issue contains:

IFAC Technical Committees and their Scopes

  • What it covers: Details the Coordinating Committee on Design Methods and its corresponding Technical Committees, including Control Design, Linear Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Optimal Control, and Robust Control.

Management and Control of Production and Logistics – MCPL 2000

  • Author: Zdenek Binder, Bernard Descotes-Genon
  • Date: 5–8 July 2000
  • What it covers: A report on the 2nd IFAC/IFIP/IEEE Conference held in Grenoble, France, covering interdisciplinary topics in production modeling, management, and automation.

Linear Time Delay Systems – LTDS 2000

  • Author: Giuseppe Conte
  • Date: 11–13 September 2000
  • What it covers: A summary of the second IFAC Workshop in Ancona, Italy, focusing on theoretical and practical aspects of linear time delay systems.

9th Latin American Congress of Automatic Control

  • Date: 1–4 November 2000
  • What it covers: An overview of the congress held in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, featuring plenary lectures, technical sessions, short courses, and an exhibition.

Robot Control – SYROCO 00

  • Author: Peter Kopacek, Bernd Kopacek
  • Date: 21–23 September 2000
  • What it covers: Highlights of the 6th IFAC Symposium held in Vienna, Austria, showcasing classical robot control, mobile and intelligent robotics, and new application areas.

Distributed Computer Control Systems – DCCS 2000

  • Date: 29 November–1 December 2000
  • What it covers: Summary of the 16th IFAC workshop in Sydney, Australia, discussing real-time network protocols, open software architecture, and pre-conference tutorials.

Forthcoming Events

  • What it covers: A conference calendar listing upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences across various international locations.

Papers from Control Engineering Practice, Nos 3&4 2001

  • What it covers: Lists tables of contents and selected published papers from the March 2001 and April 2001 issues of the journal Control Engineering Practice.

Papers from Automatica, Nos 4&5 2001

  • What it covers: Lists contents, survey papers, brief papers, technical communiques, and book reviews from the April 2001 and May 2001 issues of Automatica.

Who is Who in IFAC

  • What it covers: Biographical profiles and background information on key IFAC officers and committee members.

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