The issue contains:
1. IFAC Technical Committees and their Scopes – CC on Systems and Signals
- What it covers: An introduction to the Coordinating Committee on Systems and Signals and its underlying Technical Committees, detailing their scope, chairs, and research focus areas.
2. Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes – SAFEPROCESS 2000
- Author: Dr. András Edelmayer
- What it covers: A report on the 4th IFAC Symposium held in Budapest, Hungary, covering safety-critical process control, key topics, plenary lectures, and technical tours.
3. Control Engineering Practice
- What it covers: A listing of tables of contents and featured paper titles for Volume 8, Numbers 8, 9, and 10 (August, September, and October 2000 issues).
4. Control Systems Design – CSD 2000
- Author: Štefan Kozák, Mikuláš Huba
- What it covers: A summary of the IFAC Conference held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, highlighting key topics, sessions, and discussions on advanced control methods.
5. Modelling and Control in Agriculture, Horticulture and Post-Harvest Processing – AgriControl 2000
- Author: G. van Straten
- What it covers: An overview of the first international IFAC Conference on agricultural control applications held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, including keynote topics and award recipients.
6. Automatica
- What it covers: A listing of contents, survey papers, technical notes, and book reviews for the November 2000 issue (Volume 36, Number 11).
7. Who is Who in IFAC
- What it covers: A biographical profile of Romeo Ortega, Member of the Technical Board and Chair of the Coordinating Committee on Systems and Signals.