The issue contains:
- Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (5th ACDOS 2018)
- Author: Ramakalyan Ayyagari
- Date: 18-22 February 2018
- What it covers: A report on the 5th ACDOS conference in Hyderabad, India, featuring plenary talks, workshops, and technical presentations on control and optimization.
- Advances in Proportional Integral-Derivative Control (3rd PID 2018)
- Author: Clara M. Ionescu and Antonio Visioli
- Date: 9-11 May 2018
- What it covers: A summary of the PID ’18 conference in Ghent, Belgium, covering academic and industrial developments, benchmark challenges, and control education panels.
- Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control (6th LHMNC 2018)
- Author: Juan I. Yuz and Yann Le Gorrec
- Date: 1-4 May 2018
- What it covers: An overview of the 6th LHMNC workshop held in Valparaiso, Chile, focusing on modeling, analysis, and control of nonlinear and multi-physical systems.
- From the IFAC President
- Author: Frank Allgöwer
- What it covers: A presidential column explaining the benefits of IFAC’s Gold Open Access repository, PapersOnLine (POL), and how it serves the control engineering community.
- Who’s Who in IFAC: IFAC Council Member Alexander M. Tarasyev
- What it covers: A professional profile and biography highlighting the academic career, achievements, and research contributions of IFAC Council Member Alexander M. Tarasyev.
- Council and Related Meetings 2018 Reminder
- Date: 4-6 September 2018
- What it covers: An announcement and schedule reminder for the upcoming IFAC Council and related board and committee meetings in Florianópolis, Brazil.
- IFAC Journal of Systems and Control: Highlights
- What it covers: Key highlights, aims, and scope of the IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, including information on recently published articles.
- Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: A comprehensive calendar listing upcoming IFAC-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences, symposia, and workshops worldwide.