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First IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems April 6-8,1988, Venice, Italy

The aim of the symposium is to present and discuss recent developments relating to modelling and control in biomedical systems, in research, education, diagnosis and therapy . Focus will be placed on methodological issues relevant to modelling and control of physiological systems as well as to the various physiological systems of the organism visited from a control view-point . A wide range of topics will be discussed, including : Cellular, circulatory, respiratory, neuromuscular, neurosensory, endocrine-metabolic, and pharmacokinetic systems ; identification and optimal experiment design ; adaptive control of drug delivery systems ; nonlinear modelling; compartmental systems ; critical care medicine; artificial intelligence in medicine . Conference information and call for papers are available from : Secretariat IFAC-BME-88 Symposium Department of Electrical Engineering University of Padova Via Gradenigo 6/A 1-35131 Padova Italy Telephone : (49) 8070268 Telex : 430462 IEEUPD I

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IMACS Conference on Dynamical Systems Modelling October 1987, Kishinev, U .S.S .R.

Topics of the conference will include : -Modelling of dynamical systems -Computer hardware, simulators and trainers -Software for dynamical systems -Modelling of energy control systems The official languages of the conference will be English and Russian . Those interested in presenting a paper are invited to send a short abstract (about 30 lines) as soon as possible. Instructions and special typing paper will be sent to authors of accepted papers . Abstracts of proposed papers and requests for information should be sent to :

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Dr. N.A. Andronatij Organizing Committee IMACS Conference on Dynamical Systems Modelling Department of Energetical Cybernetics Moldavian Academy of Sciences Academic Grosul str . 5 277028 Kishinev U .S.S.R.

Who is Who in IMACS Professor Dr. Josef Heinhold Professor Dr . Josef Heinhold was made an Honorary Member of IMACS by the Board of Directors during its meeting which took place in Oslo, in August 1985, a well deserved distinction . He has been an important figure in the life and activities of IMACS . He was a member of the Board of Directors for many years, serving as Vice-President from 1973 to 1982 . He was the General Chairman of the 6th IMACS World Congress which took place in Munich in 1970, and in 1977, he served as one of the Organizers and Chairmen of the IMACS International Symposium on Parallel Computation, also in Munich . Professor Josef Heinhold's scientific interests are in the geometry of numbers, applied mathematics, complex variables, statistics, analog and hybrid computers, and operations research . He has published numerous books and journal articles in these areas . Dr. Heinhold was born in Dusseldorf on July 4, 1912. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Munich and the Technical University Munich . He holds a Dr .rer.nat . degree (1938) from the University of Munich and obtained the venia legendi in pure and applied mathematics from the Technical University Munich in 1940 . He subsequently joined the faculty of the Technical University Munich where he served in numerous capacities, including Professor (since 1955), Director of the Institute for Applied Mathematics (starting in 1957), and Dean of the School of Sciences (1966). In 1980 he was named Professor Emeritus . Dr. Heinhold was also president of the Deutsche Gesellschaft flir Unternehmungsforschung (1967) .