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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter covers key administrative decisions and technical committee developments from the 1991 Council meetings in Swansea, UK, alongside updates on German member organization unification post-reunification. Readers will find reports on the EUROCAST '91 workshop, affiliate interest statistics, upcoming journal publications, and technical committee profiles. It also highlights achievements of prominent IFAC members, Secretariat communication upgrades, and ordering information for recent congress proceedings.

The issue contains:

  1. Council and Related Meetings 1991, Swansea, UK, July 15–19, 1991
    • What it covers: An overview of the annual IFAC Council and related meetings in Swansea, detailing proposed structural changes, publication strategies, and preparations for future World Congresses.
  2. Introducing IFAC Technical Committees and Working Groups: The Technical Committee on Manufacturing Technology and its Working Groups
    • What it covers: Details the scope, leadership, and sponsored symposia of the MANTECH committee alongside its working groups on intelligent systems, autonomous vehicles, and control architectures.
  3. News from NMOs – Germany
    • What it covers: Reports on the unification of German engineering associations into the VDI/VDE-GMA following German reunification, including its organizational structure and upcoming IFAC-sponsored events.
  4. Trends in Automatic Control
    • What it covers: Presents data on the growth of IFAC Affiliates worldwide and breaks down member interest across various technical keywords and control engineering fields.
  5. IFAC Workshop: Computer Aided Systems Theory (EUROCAST ’91), April 15–19, 1991, Krems, Austria
    • Author: P. Kopacek, F. Pichler
    • What it covers: A summary of the EUROCAST ’91 workshop in Krems, highlighting topics in CAST software, control engineering applications, and participant engagement.
  6. IFAC Congratulates
    • What it covers: Announcements of academic honors, honorary doctorates, and royal recognition awarded to key IFAC figures including B.D.O. Anderson, Pieter Eykhoff, and Manfred Thoma.
  7. New Communication Facilities at the IFAC Secretariat
    • What it covers: Details the establishment of an e-mail service at the Secretariat and the scheduled discontinuation of the legacy telex service.
  8. Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica
    • What it covers: Lists the upcoming papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the September 1991 issue of Automatica.
  9. Proceedings of the 11th Triennial World Congress of IFAC, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR, 13–17 August, 1990
    • What it covers: Information on the six-volume published proceedings from the Tallinn World Congress, including volume contents, editors, and ordering details.
  10. Who is Who in IFAC
    • What it covers: A biographical profile of Professor Azmi Kaya, highlighting his academic background, industrial experience, research achievements, and role as Chairman of DECOM.

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