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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights major conference outcomes from across the globe covering robotics, networked systems, transportation, and international stability. It features initiatives to expand indexing for IFAC publications in academic databases and calls for journal paper award nominations. Additionally, it explores strategic recommendations to support women in engineering and outlines upcoming technical events for 2013–2014.

The issue contains:

  1. IFAC-PapersOnLine and Academic Indices
  • Author: Juan A. de la Puente
  • What it covers: An overview of IFAC’s ongoing efforts to index its conference proceedings in major academic search engines, detailing indexing status in Google Scholar, Scopus, Engineering Index, and Web of Science.
  1. Calls for Nominations for Journal Paper Awards
  • What it covers: An announcement regarding the call for nominations for triennial best paper prizes across IFAC journals ahead of the 2014 IFAC World Congress.
  1. International Stability and Systems Engineering – SWIIS 2012
  • Author: Larry Stapleton
  • Date: 11-13 June 2012
  • What it covers: A summary report on the IFAC Conference held in Waterford, Ireland, covering keynote topics on economic stability, human-machine symbiosis, system risk, and e-health applications.
  1. Women in Engineering
  • What it covers: A feature article addressing gender disparities in STEM fields and outlining strategic recommendations for IFAC and its National Member Organizations to increase female participation.
  1. Robot Control – SYROCO 2012
  • Author: Ivan Petrović, Péter Korondi
  • Date: 5-7 September 2012
  • What it covers: A report on the 10th IFAC Symposium held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, highlighting key plenary lectures, technical tracks, and industry showcases in advanced robotics.
  1. Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems
  • Date: 14-15 September 2012
  • What it covers: A summary of the 3rd IFAC Workshop (NECSYS’12) in Santa Barbara, California, emphasizing its unique format of plenary lectures and technical poster sessions.
  1. Control in Transportation Systems CTS’12
  • Date: 12-14 September 2012
  • What it covers: An overview of the 13th IFAC Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria, detailing research contributions in traffic modeling, optimization, and autonomic transport systems.
  1. Forthcoming Events
  • What it covers: A listing of upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences scheduled worldwide for 2013 and 2014.

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