IFAC 2014 – call for papers
September 2013
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The nineteenth World Congress of the International Federation for Automatic Control is to be held in Cape Town from 4-29 August 2014. The theme of the congress is ‘Promoting automatic control for the benefit of humankind’.
Interested parties are invited to submit original papers covering the broad spectrum of topics in Automation and Control spanned by IFAC; papers should be of high quality in accordance with the tradition of previous IFAC World Congresses. A list of IFAC Technical Areas is given below and more details may be found at http://instrumentation.co.za/+C18089
Technical areas
* Systems and signals: modelling, identification and signal processing; adaptive and learning systems; discrete event and hybrid systems; stochastic systems; networked systems.
* Design methods: control design; linear control systems; non-linear control systems; optimal control; robust control; distributed parameter systems.
* Computers, cognition and communication: computers for control; computational intelligence in control; telematics: control via communication networks.
* Mechatronics, robotics and components: components and technologies for control; mechatronic systems; robotics; human machine systems.
* Manufacturing and logistics systems: manufacturing plant control; manufacturing modelling for management and control; enterprise integration and networking; large scale complex systems.
* Process and power systems: chemical process control; mining, mineral and metal processing; power and energy systems; fault detection, supervision and safety of technical processes.
* Transportation and vehicle systems: automotive control; marine systems; aerospace; transportation systems; intelligent autonomous vehicles.
* Bio and ecological systems: control in agriculture; biological and medical systems; modelling and control of environmental systems; biosystems and bioprocesses.
* Social systems: economic and business systems; social impact of automation; control education technology, culture and international stability
For more information contact Dr. Kevin Brooks, SACAC, +27 (0)11 251 5900, [email protected], www.ifac-control.org
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