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This issue highlights key emerging trends in control and automation identified by the IFAC Technical Board, alongside upcoming projects commemorating IFAC's 50th anniversary. It features event summaries from major conferences in Slovakia and Poland, a call for nominations for the Control Education Database, and upcoming event schedules. Additionally, the issue provides tables of contents for recent publications in Automatica and Control Engineering Practice.

The issue contains:

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. Forthcoming Events
  • What it covers: A chronological listing of upcoming IFAC conferences, symposia, and workshops planned across the globe.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.

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