The issue contains:
IFAC’s Governing Bodies Discuss IFAC’s Future
- What it covers: Details key decisions from the annual meetings of IFAC Committees, Boards, and Council, including leadership nominations, financial reports, constitution amendments, and secretarial changes.
Real-Time Concept Vital to Distributed Computer Control (DCCS ’83)
- Author: Mike Rodd
- What it covers: A report on the 5th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Computer Control Systems, highlighting papers on computer architecture, real-time consistency, and industrial applications.
SOCOCO ’82
- Author: G. Ferrate
- What it covers: A summary of the 3rd IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Software for Computer Control held in Madrid, detailing paper submissions, topics, and plenary sessions.
Shaping IFAC ’84 – the 9th World Congress in Budapest
- Author: J. Gertler
- What it covers: Outlines the preparations, structure, session topics, panel discussions, and plenary speakers for the upcoming 1984 IFAC World Congress.
Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability (SWIIS)
- What it covers: Reports on a workshop in Laxenburg where control engineers and system experts discussed peaceful, novel approaches to resolving international disputes.
EMSCOM – IFAC Economic and Management Systems Committee
- Author: L. F. Pau
- What it covers: Explains the scope, working groups, and major technical areas of interest for IFAC’s Economic and Management Systems Committee.
Automatica Award
- What it covers: Announces the nomination process and criteria for the Automatica Prize Paper Awards to be presented at the 1984 World Congress.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: Provides a biographical profile and career overview of Professor P. Martin Larsen, Chairman of the IFAC Technical Committee on Education.
Forthcoming Events
- What it covers: Lists upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences scheduled between 1984 and 1986 along with their dates and locations.