Contributed by: SSC IFAC Conference 


                        FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

                               and

                         CALL FOR PAPERS


          International Federation of Automatic Control

        3rd IFAC Conference "System Structure and Control"

                       October 23-25, 1997
                       Bucharest, Romania


SCOPE

The aim of this conference is to promote a fruitful exchange within
the comunity of scientist involved in the area of Systems and Control.
The topics of the conference are focused on those aspects that are
directly related to modern systems structure theory. Practical applications
in industrial process control are also included.

TOPICS

Linear Systems,Structural Theory,Singular Systems,Nonlinear Systems,
Time Delay Systems,Infinite Dimensional Systems,Riccati Theory,H-infinity
Control,Optimal Control,Numerical Methods and LMIs,Interpolation Theory,
Sliding Modes,Adaptive Control and Systems,Signal Processing,Identification
and Parameter Estimation,Distributed Parameter Systems,Computer Aided Design,
Artificial Intelligence,Process Control,Aerospace,Biotechnological Process
Control.

The conference will include minicourses, plennary lectures and invited
sessions.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Please submit 5 copies of draft papers (4-6 pages) in English.
The first page must contain the paper title, authors names affiliations,
complete address of the corresponding author (including e-mail)
and an abstract of 200-300 words. Selected full papers will be prepared
according to the instructions sent to the authors (max. 6 pages).
Accepted papers must be presented in person at the conference.


DEADLINES

        December 1, 1996        Submission of draft papers
        March 15, 1997          Notification of acceptance
        May 15, 1997            Submission of full papers


CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

        IFAC SSC '97 Secretariat
        Politehnica University of Bucharest
        Faculty of Control and Computers
        313, Spl. Independentei
        77206, Bucharest
        ROMANIA

        Tel: +40-1-4100400/167
        Fax: +40-1-3124517
        e-mail: ssc97@indinf.pub.ro