Scammers/spammers purporting to be IFAC officials
Again the IFAC community is being targeted by scammers/spammers purporting to be IFAC officials. Some of you may have received a "request" for assistance from the IFAC president. He did not send this email, nor is this email any email address that he has.
Please do not engage with these email senders- don't reply to the messages, don't provide information, funds, etc!!!!
CONTROL FOR SOCIETAL-SCALE CHALLENGES: ROAD MAP 2030
Now Available:
CONTROL FOR SOCIETAL-SCALE CHALLENGES: ROAD MAP 2030
EDITED BY: Anuradha M. Annaswamy | Karl H. Johansson | George J. Pappas
PUBLISHED BY:
IEEE Control Systems Society
May 2023
SPONSORS:
IEEE Control Systems Society
International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Digital Futures
https://ieeecss.org/post/control-societal-scale-challenges-road-map-2030
Lecture given by Maria Prandini (April 20) on IFAC YouTube
The recordings of the lecture from 20 April 2023
“Addressing complexity in contemporary control applications via data-driven and distributed optimization”
Speaker: Prof. Maria Prandini, Conference Board Chair, IFAC President-Elect 2026-2029
are now published on the IFAC YouTube channel.
2023 EECI International Graduate School on Control
EECI-IGSC-2023: the summaries of the courses of the IFAC and IEEE CSS co-sponsored 2023 EECI International Graduate School on Control, a series of 23 independent graduate week modules, are described here and the registration will open mid November 2022.
MILAN - PARIS SACLAY - SEVILLE - AACHEN - L’AQUILA - LUCCA - BERLIN - EINDHOVEN - ROME - DELFT - LONDON - CAGLIARI - PARIS - BOLOGNA - ZÜRICH
IFAC Executive Officers Statement about the war in Ukraine
A war, initiated by the Russian Federation, is taking place in Ukraine. The consequences of this war in terms of death, destruction and displacement of population are devastating and will have a detrimental impact for a long time in Ukraine and also worldwide.
The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) aims to promote automatic control for the benefit of humankind. According to its mission and values of honesty and integrity, IFAC condemns this aggression and deplores its consequences.
The IFAC Executive Officers have decided on the following measures, which will be maintained as long as the military conflict is active.
- The affiliates of IFAC are invited to provide as much support as needed to those Ukrainian colleagues and students that may ask for help in their professional and educational activities. Ukrainian colleagues are invited to contact the IFAC Secretariat that will establish links with IFAC affiliates who could provide help and support.
- The organizers of IFAC Conferences are invited to offer free registration to Ukrainian colleagues. If they seek compensation for the missed income they are invited to approach the IFAC Secretariat.
- IFAC waives the 2022 IFAC fees from the Ukrainian NMO and considers the possibility of financial support to Ukrainian scientific organizations.
- IFAC shall not organize any Conference in the Russian Federation or support any event led under the name of Russian organizations.
- This is by no means an action against individuals. Russian colleagues and students are welcome to participate in IFAC activities and IFAC shall be attentive to requests from those who may be facing difficulties related to the ongoing conflict.
IFAC Executive Officers: Hajime Asama (IFAC President), Frank Allgöwer, Dong-il Cho, John Lygeros, Dimitri Peaucelle, Carlos E. Pereira, Maria Prandini, Sarah K. Spurgeon.