The issue contains:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: A listing of upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences scheduled worldwide for 2013 and 2014.