NL 1996_1 – The International Federation of Automatic Control

NL 1996_1

This issue of the IFAC Newsletter highlights key outcomes and reports from several international symposia and workshops, including events on human-centered automated systems, adaptive control, biomedical measurements, autonomous vehicles, and youth automation. It also features news from sister organizations such as IMEKO, previews of upcoming papers in Control Engineering Practice and Automatica, and an extensive schedule of future global control engineering conferences.

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The issue contains:

1. Automated Systems Based on Human Skill – Joint Design of Technology and Organization

Author: Dietrich Brandt
What it covers: Reports on the 5th IFAC Symposium held in Berlin, Germany, which focused on human-machine interaction, shopfloor empowerment, and balancing technology with human skill and creativity.

2. Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing (ACASP ’95)

Author: G. Hencsey, Cs. Banyasz
What it covers: Details the 5th IFAC Symposium in Budapest, Hungary, highlighting plenary presentations, invited sessions, and paper contributions on adaptive control and neural networks.

3. Model-Based Biomeasurements

Author: Milan Tysler
What it covers: Outlines the 7th IMEKO/IFAC/IEEE Conference in Stara Lesna, Slovak Republic, covering biomedical engineering topics, signal processing, and young scientist awards.

4. Intelligent Components for Autonomous- and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles (ICASAV ’95)

Author: P. Bidan
What it covers: Summarizes the IFAC Workshop in Toulouse, France, which explored future vehicle automation, safety, fuel efficiency, and traffic management components.

5. News from Sister Organization: XIV IMEKO Congress

What it covers: Announces the upcoming IMEKO Congress in Tampere, Finland, detailing its technical scope, call for papers, and abstract submission deadlines.

6. Control Engineering Practice – Volume 4 Numbers 2 & 3 Previews

What it covers: Contains table of contents previews for upcoming issues, featuring special sections on real-time control, complex computer systems, and marine systems.

7. Youth Automation (IFAC YAC ’95)

Author: Wang Hong, Wang Qinglin
What it covers: Reviews the first international Youth Automation Conference held in Beijing, China, detailing plenary talks and technical sessions led by young researchers.

8. Papers from the Forthcoming Issues of Automatica

What it covers: Lists paper titles and authors for upcoming February and March 1996 issues of the Automatica journal.

9. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture

What it covers: Reports on the IFAC/IFIP/EurAgEng Workshop in Wageningen, Netherlands, focusing on AI applications in agricultural processes and bio-production.

10. List of Forthcoming Events