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This issue of the IFAC Newsletter reports on recent international symposia and workshops covering adaptive systems, intelligent manufacturing, distributed computer control, real-time programming, and system structure. It highlights member organization activities from The Institution of Engineers, Australia, and features upcoming event calendars, affiliate membership survey details, and upcoming paper previews for Automatica and Control Engineering Practice. Additionally, it presents a biographical profile of Professor Rob Evans under the "Who is Who in IFAC" section.

The issue contains:

  1. News from NMOs – The Institution of Engineers, Australia
    • Author: R A Breen
    • What it covers: An introduction to Australia’s National Member Organization for IFAC, detailing its structure, membership, newsletters, and preparations for the upcoming 1993 IFAC World Congress in Sydney.
  2. Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing – ACASP ’92
    • Author: L. Dugard
    • Date: 1-3 July 1992
    • What it covers: A summary of the IFAC Symposium in Grenoble, France, detailing attendance, plenary talks, invited sessions, and key focus areas like intelligent tuning and adaptive control.
  3. Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
    • Author: N. Kheir
    • Date: 1-2 October 1992
    • What it covers: An overview of the first IFAC technical meeting on intelligent manufacturing systems in Dearborn, Michigan, highlighting participation, tutorial topics, and session themes.
  4. Newly Approved Events
    • What it covers: A listing of upcoming IFAC conferences, symposia, and workshops, including dates, locations, submission deadlines, and contact information for organizers.
  5. Distributed Computer Control Systems – DCCS 1992
    • Author: Gong Bingzheng
    • Date: 23-25 August 1992
    • What it covers: A report on the 11th IFAC Workshop in Beijing, China, detailing participation, paper selection, session topics, panel discussions, and technical visits.
  6. Real-Time Programming – WRTP ’92
    • Author: L. Boullart, J.A. de la Puente
    • Date: 23-26 June 1992
    • What it covers: A report on the 18th IFAC/IFIP Workshop in Bruge, Belgium, covering keynote sessions on real-time software time concepts and technical topics in real-time programming and control systems.
  7. Control Engineering Practice (Volume 1, Number 2, Preview)
    • Date: April 1993
    • What it covers: A preview listing of paper titles and authors scheduled for publication in Volume 1, Number 2 of the Control Engineering Practice journal, covering real-time AI and system structure and control.
  8. Mutual Impact of Computing Power and Control Theory
    • Author: K. Warwick, M. Kárny
    • Date: 1-2 September 1992
    • What it covers: A summary of the IFAC Workshop in Prague, Czechoslovakia, addressing the gap between available computer power and classical control theory algorithms, highlighting notable paper presentations.
  9. System Structure and Control
    • Author: S. Celikovsky
    • Date: 3-5 September 1992
    • What it covers: A report on the 2nd IFAC Workshop in Prague, Czechoslovakia, focusing on linear and nonlinear control systems theory, including special sessions on chaotic systems control.
  10. Confirmation of Affiliate Membership / Newsletter Survey
    • What it covers: A tear-off form and survey for readers to confirm their IFAC affiliate membership, update contact details, and evaluate newsletter services.
  11. Automatica – Papers From the Next Issue
    • Date: May 1993
    • What it covers: A preview list of article titles, authors, and book review topics featured in the May 1993 issue of the Automatica journal.
  12. Who is Who in IFAC
    • What it covers: A biographical profile of Professor Rob Evans, highlighting his academic career, industry projects, research contributions, and leadership roles within IFAC.

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