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This issue features reports on recent IFAC workshops covering cultural aspects of automation, discrete event systems, and expert systems in mineral and metal processing. It provides updates on upcoming 1992 IFAC Council meetings in Malaga, new working groups within the Technical Committee on Components and Instruments, and newly approved international events. Additionally, it highlights upcoming papers for Automatica, organizational congratulations, and a profile on Professor Pedro Albertos.

The issue contains:

IFAC Council- and Related Meetings 1992

  • Author: Gusztáv Hencsey
  • What it covers: Details about the upcoming annual council and committee meetings in Malaga, Spain, including discussions on publications policy, Technical Board structure, and future Congress venues.

Cultural Aspects of Automation – CAA’91

  • Date: 16–18 October 1991
  • What it covers: A summary of the first IFAC workshop in Krems, Austria, covering topics such as technology design, man-machine systems, and cross-cultural impacts of automation.

Discrete Event System Theory and Application to Manufacturing and Social Phenomena

  • Date: 25–27 June 1991
  • What it covers: An overview of the workshop held in Shenyang, China, focusing on DEDS modeling, Petri Nets, system dynamics, and practical manufacturing applications.

Expert Systems in Mineral and Metal Processing

  • Author: E. Saarelainen, A. Niemi
  • Date: 26–28 August 1991
  • What it covers: A report on the workshop held in Espoo, Finland, highlighting applications of expert systems, neural networks, and process modeling in the iron and steel industries.

TC on Components and Instruments

  • What it covers: An overview of the Technical Committee’s structure, its four working groups, and upcoming sponsored events for 1992.

Newly Approved Events

  • What it covers: A structured list of newly approved IFAC workshops and symposia, including dates, locations, deadlines, and contact information.

Papers from the Next Issue of Automatica

  • Date: May 1992
  • What it covers: A listing of upcoming papers, brief papers, and book reviews scheduled for publication in the May 1992 issue of Automatica.

IFAC Congratulates

  • What it covers: An announcement congratulating Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr. sc. h.c. Manfred Thoma on receiving an honorary degree from Ruhr-University Bochum.

Who is Who in IFAC

  • What it covers: A biographical profile of Professor Pedro Albertos, Chairman of the IFAC Technical Committee on Components and Instruments.

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