IFAC(International Federation of Automaticcontrol)创建于 1957年,是一个由40个国家组成的世界性组织。它的一项重要活动是每三年召开一次学术年会。第一次年会是1960年召开的,今年9月24日—28日在日本京都召开的是第八届年会。前七届召开的地点分别是在莫斯科(苏联,1960)、巴塞尔(瑞士,1963)、伦敦(英,1966)、华沙(波兰,1969)、巴黎(法国,1972)、波士顿(美国,1975) IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) was founded in 1957, is a worldwide organization of 40 countries. One of its major activities is to hold an academic annual meeting every three years. The first annual meeting was held in 1960, and the eighth annual meeting was held in Kyoto, Japan from September 24 to 28 this year. The first seven venues were held in Moscow (Soviet Union, 1960), Basel (Switzerland, 1963), London (British 1966), Warsaw (Poland, 1969), Paris (France 1972), Boston )