The issue contains:
Executive Council Met in Cleveland
Discusses the annual governing meeting in Ohio, covering a proposed new IFAC constitution, financial updates, publication progress with Pergamon Press, and opening up future workshops to broader audiences.
Next IFAC Events
Lists upcoming sponsored workshops, including energy generation systems engineering in Houston and scientific laboratory automation in Czechoslovakia.
New Neighbour to IFAC
Announces that the International Federation for Systems Research is establishing its secretariat next door in Laxenburg, Austria.
What Goes in IFAC (TC on Computers)
Highlights the activities, leadership, and upcoming event schedules of the Technical Committee on Computers, focusing on hardware, software development, and distributed control systems.
New Journal: Modeling, Identification and Control
Introduces a new quarterly Norwegian research bulletin covering mathematical modeling, control strategy designs, and system simulations.
Non-IFAC Events
Outlines related external industry conferences, including the Joint Automatic Control Conference (JACC) in San Francisco, bridge/structural engineering events in Vienna, traffic electronics in Yugoslavia, and an IEEE conference on decision making and control.
Can We Find a Common Language?
Summarizes a workshop on real-time programming where engineers and computer specialists debated communication protocols, system requirements, and the programming language ADA.
