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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights recent technical events including the ACDOS 2018 conference in India, PID 2018 in Belgium, and LHMNC 2018 in Chile. It features an introductory message from IFAC President Frank Allgöwer on the Gold Open Access benefits of PapersOnLine, along with a profile of Council Member Alexander M. Tarasyev. Readers will also find updates on the IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, an event schedule for upcoming Council meetings in Brazil, and the global calendar of forthcoming control engineering events.

The issue contains:

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. Forthcoming Events
  • What it covers: A comprehensive calendar listing upcoming IFAC-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences, symposia, and workshops worldwide.

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