The issue contains:
IFAC ’96: A Challenge to the International Control Systems Community
- Author: John Slaughter
- Date: 30 June 1996
- What it covers: Excerpts from the keynote address given at the 13th IFAC World Congress in San Francisco, discussing the responsibility of control systems engineers to address global societal issues and combine technological development with moral and human values.
Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A biographical profile of Dr. John Brooks Slaughter highlighting his academic background, career in digital control systems, and achievements.
The Automatica and Editor-in-Chief’s World Wide Web Sites
- Author: Huibert Kwakernaak
- What it covers: Details on the online web and FTP resources provided by Elsevier Science and Automatica, including database searches, LaTeX style files, and planned electronic paper submissions.
Control Engineering Practice Volume 4 Nos 11 & 12
- What it covers: Previews and tables of contents for Control Engineering Practice, including special papers from the 1995 IFAC Workshop on AI in Real-Time Control and IACA ’95.
Papers from the Forthcoming Issues of Automatica, Nos 11 & 12
- What it covers: A list of accepted papers, brief papers, and editorials scheduled for publication in the November and December 1996 issues of Automatica.
Forthcoming Events 1997
- What it covers: A continuation list of upcoming IFAC symposia, workshops, and conferences scheduled for late 1997, along with locations, submission deadlines, and contact information.
Newly Approved Events
- What it covers: Announcements for newly approved IFAC events taking place in 1998, including symposia in Korea and Austria.
Renewal of Affiliate Membership – Reminder
- What it covers: A reminder notice to subscribers regarding the renewal process for IFAC affiliate membership for the upcoming year.
New E-mail address of the IFAC Secretariat
- What it covers: Notification of the updated official email contact address for the IFAC Secretariat in Laxenburg, Austria.
Season’s Greetings
- What it covers: Holiday greetings extended to the IFAC community from the Secretariat.
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