The issue contains:
News about the Tallinn World Congress – The IPC Meets
- Author: V. Utkin
- Date: June 15, 1988
- What it covers: Reports on the International Program Committee meeting in Oulu regarding preparations and procedural updates for the upcoming 1990 IFAC World Congress in Tallinn.
Hardware and Software for Real Time Process Control
- Author: Janusz Zalewski
- Date: May 30 – June 1, 1988
- What it covers: Summary of the IFIP/IFAC Working Conference in Warsaw discussing real-time computing developments across hardware, software, and integration tracks.
Strategic Plans of IFAC Technical Committees – APCOM
- What it covers: Details the scope, policy, and long-range planning of the Technical Committee on Applications, including the role of its Working Groups.
Software for Manufacturing – PROLAMAT ’88
- Author: Prof. Dr. Kochan
- Date: June 14–17, 1988
- What it covers: Overview of the 7th IFIP/IFAC Conference in Dresden covering developments in CAD/CAM, flexible manufacturing systems, and artificial intelligence.
Request for Benchmark Problems
- What it covers: An invitation from the IFAC Theory Committee for contributions toward a standardized collection of control design and algorithm benchmark problems.
Reminder for AUTOMATICA Subscribers
- What it covers: Informs readers that the IFAC Newsletter will no longer be distributed with Automatica starting in 1989 and details how to subscribe directly.
Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems
- Author: C. Cobelli, L. Mariani
- Date: April 6–8, 1988
- What it covers: Highlights from the first symposium in Venice on the application of modelling, simulation, and control methods to biological and biomedical systems.
Special Service: Mailing List for IFAC Events
- What it covers: Announces a database setup by IFAC to send calls for papers directly to interested individuals based on specific technical keywords.
Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
- Date: November 1988
- What it covers: A list of upcoming papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the November 1988 issue of Automatica.
Real Time Programming
- Author: J.A. de la Puente
- Date: May 25–27, 1988
- What it covers: Summary of the 15th IFAC/IFIP Workshop in Valencia focusing on formal specifications, programming languages, and operating systems for real-time applications.
Forthcoming Events 1989
- What it covers: A schedule and calendar listing upcoming IFAC-sponsored and co-sponsored symposia, workshops, and conferences throughout 1989.