The issue contains:
1. Conference Highlights
- Paper, Rubber, Plastics, and Polymerization Industries (PRP) Conference
- Contributor: Prof. A. R. Van Cauwenberghe
- Date & Location: June 3–5, 1980 | Ghent, Belgium
- Explains how process computers and microprocessors are increasingly used to automate manufacturing, save energy, and control product quality.
- Information Control Problems in Manufacturing Technology
- Contributor: Prof. Dr. Ing. U. Rembold
- Date & Location: October 22–24, 1979 | Stuttgart, Germany
- Discusses flexible factory setups, laser machining, tool monitoring, material handling, and assembly robots.
2. In Memoriam: Academician Boris N. Petrov
- Contributor: IFAC Secretariat
- Pays tribute to Soviet scientist Boris Petrov, who passed away on August 23, 1980, after serving in multiple IFAC leadership roles.
3. Preview for “Automatica” (November 1980)
- Contributor: IFAC Journal Editorial Board
- Summarizes research papers featured in the upcoming journal issue, covering satellite trajectory control, power system models, wastewater treatment, and assembly robots.
4. Forthcoming Events
- Contributor: IFAC Event Organizers
- Lists upcoming international conferences and summer schools covering system optimization, educational technology, differential equations, and microcomputers.
5. What Goes in IFAC: AFCET Spotlight
- Author: R. Chaussard
- Details the history, structure, and journal publications of AFCET, the French member organization created by merging three technical societies.
6. Who is Who in IFAC
- Featured Person: Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Eykhoff
- Profiles Prof. Eykhoff’s career in electrical engineering, his research on system identification, and his publishing contributions to IFAC.
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