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IFAC
International Federation of Automatic Control
IFAC’s AIMS
• Promote control science and technology
• Advance international collaboration
• Stimulate research, development and application of automatic control and systems engineering
• Promote dissemination and exchange of information
• Stimulate improvement and extension of education
IFAC• Founded September 1957
• IFAC Members: National Member OrganizationsThe NMOs represent control engineers from each of the following:
AFRICA
EgyptSouth Africa
AMERICA
CanadaUSAArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCubaMexico
AUSTRALIA
AustraliaNew Zealand
ASIA
ChinaHong KongIndonesiaIranIsraelJapanKorea Rep.Singapore
EUROPEAustriaBelgiumCroatiaCzech Rep.DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyLatviaLithuaniaMacedonia
NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSlovak Rep.SloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom
IFAC’s STRUCTURE
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IFAC EVENTS
• World Congresses• Symposia (the Technical Board defines the Masterplan)• Conferences• Workshops
Approximately 30 events per year
IFAC COORDINATING COMMITTEESAND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
CC on Manufacturing and Instrumentation
•Advanced Manufacturing Technology •Enterprise Integration•Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control •Robotics•Components and Instruments•Low Cost Automation•Mechatronic Systems
CC on Systems and Signals
•Modeling, Identification and Signal Processing•Adaptive Control and Tuning•Discrete Event Dynamic Systems•Stochastic Systems•Fuzzy and Neural Systems
CC on Design Methods
•Control Design•Linear Systems•Nonlinear Systems•Optimal Control•Robust Control
CC on Life Support Systems•Modeling and Control in Agricultural Processes•Intelligent Control in Agricultural Automation•Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems•Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems
IFAC COORDINATING COMMITTEESAND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
CC on Systems Engineering and Management
•Large Scale Systems•Man-Machine Systems •Computer Aided Control Systems Design•Business and Management Techniques•Computation in Economic, Financial & Engineering-Economic Systems•Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability
CC on Global and Educational Issues of Automation•Control Education •Social Impact of Automation•Developing Countries
CC on Industrial Applications
•Chemical Process Control•Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing•Power Plants and Power Systems•Control of Biotechnological Processes•Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes - SAFEPROCESS
IFAC COORDINATING COMMITTEESAND TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
CC on Transportation and Vehicles
•Aerospace•Automotive Control•Marine Systems•Air Traffic Control Automation•Transportation Systems•Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
CC on Computer Control
•Distributed Computer Control Systems•Real Time Software Engineering •Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control•Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control•Safety of Computer Systems
IFAC PUBLICATIONS
• Periodicals
AUTOMATICA
Control Engineering Practice
Reviews in Automatic Control
Affiliated Journals
Newsletter
• IFAC Proceedings
• Technical Committee Reports
• Monographs
• Multilingual Glossary/Dictionary of Automatic Control Technology
IFAC AwardsPresented at each Triennial World Congress
• THE GIORGIO QUAZZA MEDAL
1981 Prof. John F. Coales1984 Prof. Iakov Z. Tsypkin1987 Prof. Karl J. Aström1990 Prof. Petar Kokotovic1993 Prof. Edward J. Davison1996 Prof. Alberto Isidori1999 Prof. Brian D.O. Anderson
• THE NATHANIEL NICHOLS MEDAL
1996 Prof. Jürgen Ackermann1999 Prof. Gunter Stein
• IFAC Young Author Prize
• IFAC Applications Paper Prize
• IFAC Control Engineering Textbook Prize
• IFAC Poster Paper Prize
• AUTOMATICA Paper Prize Awards
• CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE Paper Prize Awards
• INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WHAT IS IFAC ALL ABOUT ?
Enthusiastic engineers and scientists from about 50 countries
organizing approximately 30 technical meetings per year
investing time, energy and expertise
for the benefit of the control engineering community.
IFAC SECRETARIAT
Schlossplatz 12A-2361 LaxenburgAUSTRIA
Tel: +43/2236/71447Fax: +43/2236/72859e-mail: [email protected]://www.ifac-control.org
Coordinating Committee on Manufacturing and Instrumentation
Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Enterprise Integration
Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control
Robotics
Components and Instruments
Low Cost Automation
Mechatronic Systems
Coordinating Committee on Design Methods
Control Design
Linear Systems
Nonlinear Systems
Optimal Control
Robust Control
Coordinating Committee on Systems and Signals
Modeling, Identification and Signal Processing
Adaptive Control and Tuning
Discrete Event Dynamic Systems
Stochastic Systems
Fuzzy and Neural Systems
Coordinating Committee on Life Support Systems
Modeling and Control in Agricultural Processes
Intelligent Control in Agricultural Automation
Modeling and Control of Biomedical Systems
Modeling and Control of Environmental Systems
Coordinating Committee onSystems Engineering and Management
Large Scale Systems
Man-Machine Systems
Computer Aided Control Systems Design
Business and Management Techniques
Computation in Economic, Financial and Engineering-Economic Systems
S W I I S
Coordinating Committee onGlobal and Educational Issues of Automation
Control Education
Developing Countries
Social Impact of Automation
Coordinating Committee on Industrial Applications
Chemical Process Control
Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing
Power Plants and Power Systems
Control of Biotechnological Systems
Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes - SAFEPROCESS
Coordinating Committee on Transportation and Vehicles
Aerospace
Automotive Control
Marine Systems
Air Traffic Control Automation
Transportation Systems
Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
Coordinating Committee on Computer Control
Distributed Computer Control Systems
Real-Time Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control
Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control
Safety of Computer Control Systems