The issue contains:
- Streamlining the IFAC Constitution
- Author: J. Gertler
- Proposes updating IFAC’s 1966 constitution to account for its growth from 31 to 40 member organizations, expanded technical committees, and a sharp increase in technical meetings.
- Modeling of Large Scale Energy Systems
- Author: M. Porias
- Reports on the IIASA/IFAC Symposium held in Laxenburg, Austria (Feb 25–29, 1980), covering energy modeling applications, decision-making, and interactions between energy, capital, and policy.
- Who is Who in IFAC
- Subject: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Thoma (Second Vice President 1978–81)
- Profiles his background, academic position at the University of Hannover, research in control engineering, and publication history.
- Visitors to IFAC
- Notes visits to the secretariat by Harold Chestnut (first IFAC president) and L. Kirchmayer.
- Next IFAC Events
- Details upcoming symposia in Berlin (Systems Analysis) and Warsaw (Control Aspects of Artificial Organs), alongside a workshop at Youngstown State University (Impact of Automatic Control).
- Non-IFAC Events
- Lists the IEEE Computer Science Symposium in Lake Placid and the IFORS Transportation Conference in New Delhi.
- Preview for the Next Issue of “Automatica” (July 1980)
- Outlines scheduled papers, brief papers, technical communiques, and reports for the upcoming issue.
- New Conference Centre in Laxenburg
- Brief note on the newly renovated conference space in Schloss Laxenburg.
- New Journals
- Brief announcements for Speculations in Science and Technology and Human Futures.
- Book Reviews
- Summarizes books on CAD systems, urban/regional planning, and a directory of measurement/instrumentation institutes.
- Next EC- and Related Meetings
- Announcement for the Executive Council meeting scheduled for June 15, 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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