The issue contains:
- IFAC Technical Board Identifies Emerging Areas
- Author: Mike Masten
- What it covers: Reports on a workshop and panel session in Rotterdam identifying major emerging trends and application areas in control systems and automation.
- IFAC Approaches its 50th Anniversary
- Author: S. Kahne
- What it covers: Details the planned activities, celebratory events, and key historical projects leading up to the 50th anniversary of IFAC in 2006.
- Control Systems Design
- What it covers: Summarizes the proceedings and scope of the 2nd IFAC Conference on Control Systems Design held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
- Call for Nominations of Significant Works on Control Education – The IFAC 50th Anniversary Control Education Database
- Author: Ljubo Vlacic
- Date: 28 February 2004
- What it covers: Invites nominations for landmark control education papers, talks, and technologies to build an archival database for IFAC’s 50th anniversary.
- Robot Control – SYROCO
- What it covers: Overview of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control held in Wrocław, Poland, highlighting trends in medical, space, and mobile robotics.
- Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: A chronological listing of upcoming IFAC conferences, symposia, and workshops planned across the globe.
- Papers from Automatica, Nos 12, 2003 & 1, 2004
- What it covers: Lists the table of contents and technical paper titles for the December 2003 and January 2004 issues of Automatica.
- Papers from Control Engineering Practice, Nos 12, 2003 & 1, 2004
- What it covers: Features table of contents entries and paper titles for the December 2003 and January 2004 issues of Control Engineering Practice.