The issue contains:
- Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control – AIRTC
- Author: Prof. R. Karba
- What it covers: A summary of the IFAC/IMACS Workshop held in Bled, Slovenia, highlighting key topics, plenary lectures, and technical sessions on AI applications in control engineering.
- IFAC’96 Home Page and FTP Site
- What it covers: Information on how to access the 13th IFAC World Congress preliminary program, registration forms, and schedule via the WWW Home Page and FTP site.
- Control of Power Plants and Power Systems
- What it covers: A report on the 2nd IFAC Symposium held in Cancun, Mexico, detailing plenary presentations and session topics on power plant and power system control.
- Newly Approved Events
- What it covers: A table listing upcoming IFAC symposia and workshops with details on titles, dates, locations, deadlines, and contact information.
- Control Engineering Practice
- What it covers: Previews and tables of contents for Volume 4, Numbers 4 (April 1996) and 5 (May 1996), including special sections on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Advanced Motion Control, and Adaptive Systems.
- Control Applications of Optimization
- Author: J. Shinar
- What it covers: An overview of the 10th IFAC Workshop held in Haifa, Israel, covering technical sessions, plenary lectures, and discussions on optimal control and trajectory optimization.
- Papers from the Forthcoming Issue of Automatica
- What it covers: A listing of accepted papers, brief papers, technical communiques, and book reviews for the April 1996 issue (No. 4) of Automatica.
- Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (AARTC’95)
- What it covers: A summary of the 3rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop in Ostend, Belgium, covering presentation topics ranging from robotics and intelligent control to parallel algorithms and hardware architectures.
- Control Applications in Post-Harvest and Processing Technology (CAPPT ’95)
- What it covers: A brief report on the joint IFAC/CIGR/EURAGENG/ISHS Workshop held in Ostend, Belgium, focusing on agricultural product processing and storage automation.