ANNOUNCEMENT

                    XI CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE AUTOMATICA                    

                    Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2-6 September 1996

Organized by SBA  (Sociedade Brasileira de Automatica), the national member 
organization of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

Brazilian  Automatic  Control  Conferences  (CBA)  have been held every two 
years since 1976. The 1996 meeting will take place at the University of Sao 
Paulo campus in Sao Paulo between 2-6 September 1996. 

Applied and theoretical  contributions in all fields related to Control and 
Automation are welcome. The topics of interest include, but are not limited 
to:  i) Systems theory;  ii)  Control and automation;  iii) Robust control; 
iv) Optimization;  v)  Adaptive and decentralized control;  vi) Intelligent 
control;  vii) Electric power systems; viii) Control of vehicles, machines, 
and electric converters;  ix)  Signal  processing;  x)  Process control and 
instruments; and xi) Education, history, and social implications of control 
and automation. 

Papers in  Portuguese,  Spanish,  and  English  are invited. For submission 
and further information, please contact the organizers at 

XI Congresso Brasileiro de Automatica
Coordenacao de Eventos da Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo
C.P.: 61548 CEP: 05424-970  Sao Paulo SP Brasil

TEL: (55-11) 818-5420 or 818-5430
FAX: (55-11) 814-5909
EMAIL: cba@lac.usp.br