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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights key activities across the control engineering community, including reports on the Distinguished Lecturer lectures in South Africa and the awardees of the IFAC Activity Fund. Readers are introduced to upcoming award nomination deadlines for Busan 2026 by IFAC President Dong-Il Cho alongside profiles of featured Distinguished Lecturers. Additionally, the newsletter includes comprehensive reports from recent major conferences and workshops such as ACC 2024, IBCE 2024, and LHMNC 2024.

The issue contains:

  1. Distinguished Lecturer Program Report from Activities in South Africa
  • Author: Na (Lina) Li
  • What it covers: Details the lectures given at Pretoria and Stellenbosch Universities on representation-based control and learning, along with outreach involvement in the Girls in Control workshop.
  1. From the IFAC President
  • Author: Dong-Il “Dan” Cho
  • What it covers: Provides an update on the triennial IFAC cycle, opening call for nominations for Major Awards and IFAC Fellows for Busan 2026, and end-of-year greetings.
  1. Who’s Who in IFAC: Distinguished Lecturer Program Lecturers
  • What it covers: Introduces bios and lecture topics for IFAC Distinguished Lecturers Alexandre Dolgui, Mihoko Niitsuma, and Eduardo D. Sontag.
  1. IFAC Activity Fund: Awarded Projects from the April 2024 Call
  • Author: Tariq Samad
  • What it covers: Highlights eight selected initiatives aimed at boosting control engineering engagement, diversity, and educational outreach.
  1. American Control Conference (ACC) 2024
  • Author: Martha Grover
  • What it covers: Summarizes key highlights, attendance statistics, technical sessions, and award presentations from the ACC 2024 conference held in Toronto.
  1. 4th IFAC Workshop on Internet-based Control Education (IBCE 2024)
  • Author: Dana Copot
  • What it covers: Reports on the workshop activities in Ghent focusing on interconnected control education and insights shared across clinical, industrial, and academic sectors.
  1. 8th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control (LHMNC 2024)
  • What it covers: Reviews the proceedings, invited sessions, and physical structure modeling discussions during the LHMNC 2024 gathering in Besançon, France.

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