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

该项目包括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。这项建议强调并强调使用拟议的旅费补助金来促进初级教员和研究生的参与，并明确打算从事学术/高等教育事业。自1960年以来，IFAC大会每三年举行一次。本届大会为国际思想交流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贡献，而在本届大会上，这一比例仅为11%。今年的大会正在北京举行，中国为国际控制界提供了一个独特的论坛，回顾过去一个世纪自动化的影响，并展望下一个世纪的需求和发展。

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.