IFAC_Control

IFAC is concerned with automatic control and its representation in the fields of engineering, science and the impact of control technology on society.

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🇮🇹 TDS 2027 — Stability, control and estimation of time delay systems — the 20th edition.

From June 27 to 30, 2027 in Naples, Italy.

👉 https://t.co/HrlCXajR54

#AutomaticControl #ControlEngineering

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🔍 What is control research working on? Busan World Congress submissions, mapped onto 520 new keywords.

Titles: learning (368), estimation (348), networks (275), data (265)
Applications: energy (260), robots (216), vehicles (183)

https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl

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🔬 #SYSID2027 — 21st IFAC Symposium on System Identification

From July 7–9, 2027 in Lyon, France.

System ID meets machine learning, reinforcement learning & industrial applications.

📅 Paper submission opens June 1, 2026

👉 https://t.co/OjpqtZxxZx

#AutomaticControl

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Got an idea that brings control engineering closer to the public? 💡

The IFAC Activity Fund supports outreach and engagement initiatives with funding from €2,500 to €12,500.

📅⚠️ Submit your application by 31 October 2026!
More info & how to apply 🔗 https://t.co/DsJyz9lH3B

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🔗 Recap: BIKA 2025, the IFAC Workshop on Blockchain Intelligence & Knowledge Automation, met in Macau from Nov 8–9, 2025: 34 submissions, 14 accepted, 3 sessions, 4 keynotes on blockchain-AI integration and DAOs.

📄 https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl #BIKA2025

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🎓 IFAC Distinguished Lecturer Hideaki Ishii gave his plenary on resilient multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks at ASCC 2026 in Bali. Since the Busan World Congress he is IFAC Vice President for Technical Activities.

📄 https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl

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🤖 Recap: an IFAC Activity Fund project in Ireland taught primary school kids control theory — voice-guiding a robot through a maze, placing numbers on an electronic number line. 450+ participants reached.

📄 https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl #STEM

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🔍 Call for Papers — SAFEPROCESS 2027
Theme: "AI for Safety"

📍 TU Delft, Netherlands
📅 from Jun 29 to Jul 2, 2027

⚡ Sep 30: session & tutorial proposals
⚡ Oct 31: regular & invited papers

👉 https://t.co/KVrRempdSW

#AutomaticControl #SAFEPROCESS2027

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🎓 IFAC Distinguished Lecturer Bruno Siciliano gave his plenary "Robot Manipulation and Control" at ASCC 2026 in Bali: nonprehensile manipulation, learning meets model-based control, aerial robotics, shared control.

📄 https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl #Robotics

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📈 One IFAC triennium in numbers:

➡️ 106 conferences from 35 NMOs in 38 countries and regions
➡️ IFAC journals ranked Q1 in the JCR: from 3 to 5
➡️ A World Congress first: 570 papers submitted to journals at the same time

https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

#AutomaticControl

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🇪🇺 ECC 2027 — 25th European Control Conference

Jul 13–16, 2027 in Brussels, Belgium. In cooperation with @IFAC_Control.

✅ European Control Award
✅ Paper + Student awards
✅ Student bursaries

👉 https://t.co/nA2RDlsF7t

#AutomaticControl #ControlEngineering #ECC2027

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🛠️ IFAC's technical structure had barely changed since 2002. In three years:

➡️ 950 keywords streamlined to 520
➡️ New CC10 on Power and Energy Systems
➡️ Technical Committees from 39 to 41
➡️ TC Senior Members introduced

https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

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🌊🤖 Recap: 16th IFAC CAMS 2025 (Aug 25–28, Wuhan, China) — a first for mainland China.

200+ participants, 155 papers, 14 sessions on marine robotics & autonomy. Hosted by @2024_HUST.

Video ⬇️ https://t.co/TeQzcD150E

#AutomaticControl #CAMS2025

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😄 Control engineering, but make it funny.

The IFAC Cartoon Archive gathers the lighter side of feedback loops, stability & the daily life of control engineers.

👉 https://t.co/aKdjtYMSt7

#AutomaticControl #ControlEngineering #ControlHumor

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📖 The IFAC Story is now an e-book.

Trace the people, ideas & milestones behind automatic control's international home, with a Secretariat in Laxenburg, Austria since 1978.

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https://t.co/cPG2G3Casy

#AutomaticControl #ControlEngineering #IFACHistory

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🇨🇿 PDES 2027 — Programmable devices and embedded systems — Call for Papers is open.

From May 19 to 21, 2027 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

📅 Draft papers due October 1, 2026.

👉 https://t.co/LuaYXiT1Ny

#AutomaticControl #ControlEngineering

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🔁 "In feedback control, performance is judged by the output. The judgment therefore belongs to you."

Dongil "Dan" Cho's final message as IFAC President. He hands the presidency to Maria Prandini (2026–2029).

https://t.co/4T7Yn0sYE2

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The IFAC seal has a new keeper. 🤝

At the Closing Ceremony in Busan, Dongil "Dan" Cho handed the IFAC presidency to Maria Prandini, who leads the federation through 2026–2029.

Thank you, Dan. Welcome, Maria.

#IFAC2026 #AutomaticControl

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The last awards of the 23rd IFAC World Congress, presented at the Closing Ceremony in Busan. 🏅

Congratulations to every recipient — and thank you to the committees who read everything to get here.

#IFAC2026 #Busan #AutomaticControl

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The 23rd IFAC World Congress closed with an orchestra made of its own delegates. 🎻

The IFAC Control Orchestra played the Closing Ceremony at BEXCO — researchers on stage with instruments they brought from home. Standing ovation.

Thank you, Busan.

#IFAC2026 #AutomaticControl