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: secr@ifac.co.athttp://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