International Federation of Automatic Control 14th World Congress, Beijing, People's Republic of China of China

该项目涉及鼓励美国领先的学术研究人员参加国际自动控制联合会（IFAC）1999年大会。 该提案强调并强调使用拟议的旅费赠款，以促进有明确意图从事学术/高等教育事业的初级教师和研究生的参与。 国际会计师联合会大会自1960年以来每三年举行一次。 本届大会为国际交流思想提供了一个独特的机会，因为在国家控制会议上，通常70%的技术论文由美国研究人员撰写，而本届大会只有11%。 今年的大会在中国北京举行，为国际控制界提供了一个独特的论坛，以回顾过去世纪自动化的影响，并展望未来世纪的需求和发展。

This project involves the encouraging leading U.S. academic researchers to participate inthe International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) 1999 Congress. This proposal stresses and emphasis on using the proposed travel grants to promote involvement of junior faculty and graduate students with a clear intention to pursue a career in academic/higher education. The IFAC Congress is held only every three years since 1960. This Congress provides a unique opportunity for internationalexchangr of ideas, as at national Control conferences typically 70% of the technical papers are contributed by US researchers, compared with only 11% at this congress. This year's congress, which is being held in Beijing China, provides a unique forum for the international control community to review the impact of automation during the past century and to look forward to needs and developments for the century to come.