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AADECA (Asociación Argentina de Control Automático)
[Argentine Association of Automatic Control].

What kind of association is AADECA?

Objectives.

The Argentine Association of Automatic Control – national member of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) – is an unlucrative civil association of professionals whose mission is to gather those scientists, technicians, students, companies and institutions interested in some of the forms of automatic control and its applications, in order to enlarge the knowledge of this important scientific and technical area, as well as to disseminate the new opportunities that the applications of automation provide for the whole society.

[By-Laws (in Spanish only)]

AADECA as such, is a great family which maintains itself with the payment of membership fees and the collaboration of professionals who constitute AADECA'S Council Board, work committees and other members. Such professionals also collaborate ad-honorem in different activities.

Brief History of AADECA:

AADECA was first created as a professional group in 1960 and it became a founding member of IFAC in the same year. In 1968 AADECA was registered as “Sociedad Argentina de Control Automático” [Argentine Society of Automatic Control]. Since 1976, AADECA has borne its present denomination: “Asociación Argentina De Control Automático”.

Although our organization has its origins in the senates of important Universities of our country, the prestigious professionals who have led this institution have never lost the focus on the importance of the union amongst Universities, Industries and Users.

From its By-Laws to the planning of the different activities performed in more than forty years, AADECA's goal has always been to combine different opinions and to sum talents from different areas that constitute the association.

AADECA does not receive any subsidy from the state nor from private sectors and its resources come exclusively from the membership fee paid by its members and from the profits left by the activities organized by the association.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BOARD (2006-2008)

HONORARY MEMBER: HUMBERTO CIANCAGLINI

Structure:

AADECA is chaired by a Council Board composed by a President, nine regular members and two substitutes. The members of the Council are professional members of the Association coming from different academic and industrial areas, and they are elected every two years in a meeting of members of the association. The members of the Council meet once a month to deal with the fundamental issues that govern the activities of the association; their work is not remunerated.

The President, the 1 st Vice-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer constitute the board of directors. They call a meeting once a week and they deal with those affairs of the institution which are considered urgent.

Ms. Susana Terlizzi is in charge of the Management. Management is in charge of the following areas: Members, Accounts, Personnel, Library and Dissemination of Activities. Management counts on the permanent collaboration of Karina Gabriel in the Administrative area and Guillermo Moreyra Webmaster.

AADECA also has work committees such as: computing, courses and seminars, members, library, hosting, organization of events, as well as planning of events, and other activities which are performed according to the needs of the organization.

At present, our association has more than 600 members who belong to the automation environment.

AADECA's books, newspapers and periodicals library.

AADECA offers a large Room destined to the library and reading room. Our organization has a great amount of bibliography on the subject. Such amount of material increases permanently.

Users may find in our web site a list with available material, and they also may find through different search engines articles or publications that they may consider interesting.

Members who live in other provinces of Argentina than Buenos Aires can also request by e-mail part of the existent material.

Activities

National Congresses

In these congresses, members of AADECA can participate with important discounts. Congresses are held up every two years, with an increasing acceptance among professionals. Up to the moment, 1800 papers have been presented in these events. Such presentations are undoubtedly an important source of investigation and application developed in the academic and industrial environment of Argentina.

Latin American Congresses

Together with other Latin American associations members of IFAC (from Brazil Chile Mexico and Colombia), AADECA organizes Latin American Congresses of Automatic Control to be hosted in every of the mentioned countries alternately.

In these Congresses, which are held up every two years, professionals and students of this environment submit papers of investigation on the field of automation. Such papers show the level of development achieved in the academic and industrial areas in different Latin American countries, enabling the dialogue among professionals who have similar socio-economic realities.

International Symposia

• 6 th MMM '89 - Sponsored by IFAC - Organized by AADECA, September 3 rd to 8 th , 1989 - Sixth Symposium on Automation in Mining and Mineral and Metals Processing.
• 4 th LCA '95 - Sponsored by IFAC - International Symposium on Low Cost Automation, organized by AADECA, September 13 th to 15 th ,1995, in the Facultad de Ingenieria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.
• SICICA 2000 -Sponsored by IFAC - 4 th International IFAC - Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments of Control Applications. This Congress was held up in Buenos Aires, from September 13 th to 15 th , 2000.

Fairs

Every two years AADECA organizes fairs on Instruments and Control. Such exhibitions include the participation of the most representative associations in this field with an exhibition of their newest products.

Fairs are attended by a qualified audience, composed of professionals, lecturers from universities, and people from important organizations. In the last few years the number of visitors has increased in each of these fairs, with an average number of 7000 attendants during the five days that the fair was open to the public.

Activities performed by AADECA

• Argentine Symposia and Congresses on Automatic Control.
• National Exhibitions.
• Latin American Symposia being hosted in Argentina.
• International Symposia being hosted in Argentina.

1967 I National Symposium on Automatic Control - Universidad de la Plata, Argentina.

1970 II National Symposium on Automatic Control - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1972 III National Symposium on Automatic Control - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1974 IV National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

1 st Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1976 V National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

2 nd Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1978 VI National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

3 rd Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1980 VII National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

4 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1982 VIII National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

5 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1984 IX National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

6 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Cultural Gral. San Martin, Argentina.

1986 X National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

2 nd Latin American Congress on Automatic Control

7 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1988 XI National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

8 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1989 6 th Symposium on Automation in Mining and Mineral and Metals Processing - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1990 XII National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

9 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1992 XII National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

10 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1994 XIV National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

11 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1995 4 th Symposium on Low Cost Automation

1996 XV National Symposium on Automatic Control - Argentina.

7 th Latin American Congress on Automatic Control

12 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

1998 XVI National Congress on Automatic Control - Argentina.

13 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Sheraton Hotel, Argentina.

2000 SICICA 2000 - 4 th IFAC International Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications.

XVII National Congress on Automatic Control - Argentina.

14 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Predio Retiro, Argentina.

2002 XVIII National Congress on Automatic Control - Argentina.

15 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Costa Salguero, Argentina.

2004 XIX National Congress on Automatic Control - Argentina.

16 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Costa Salguero, Argentina.

2006 XX National Congress on Automatic Control – Argentina.

17 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - from August 28 th to September 1 st , 2006. Centro Costa Salguero, Argentina.

Coming soon: 2008 XXI National Congress on Automatic Control – Argentina.

18 th Fair on Instruments and Control Systems - Centro Costa Salguero, Argentina.

Intensive Courses and Seminars

AADECA organizes intensive courses, round tables and workshops related to subjects that are connected with automatic control and its applications. These courses are usually given with the contribution of professionals from prestigious academic institutions and enterprises. Members of our association can participate in such activities with significant discounts. Furthermore, the Council Board intends to extend these courses to the rest of Argentina.

Material handed out in these courses, as long as authorized by the corresponding lecturers, are made available on our website exclusively for those members who were not able to attend such courses for different reasons. This especially benefits members who live in other provinces of Argentina than Buenos Aires.

Courses Schedule (in Spanish Only)

Dissemination

“Noticiero AADECA“ (AADECA's Newsletter on automation, Control and Instrumentation).

It is a newsletter carried out by Management and it is forwarded by e-mail to subscribed members and to those members who sent their e-mail to the association. This newsletter informs readers once a week about the important news on the subject, namely: courses and other activities organized by AADECA and by other institutions, with a plus of information about job vacancies published on local newspapers, or job requests made by other organizations (for members who are up to date with the association fee only).

Compilations of News (In Spanish Only)

The magazine “Revista Instrumentación & Control Automático”, published by Editoral Control S.R.L., is AADECA's main source of dissemination, and such magazine is received for free by all the members of the association from Argentina.

Publications

All through the years, AADECA has arranged the publication of books and professional handouts of practical applications. Such publications have been received by members of the organizations, as well as other interested people. Furthermore, libraries of universities and tertiary schools have received these publications through donations made by AADECA.

Books

The following books have been published as a result of the “Concursos AADECA” (a competition) of unpublished papers on Control issues: (In Spanish)

• Control Lineal Avanzado y Control Óptimo
• Introducción a la Teoría del Control Robusto
• Introducción a los Sistemas no Lineales de Control y sus Aplicaciones
• Control de la interferencia Electromagnética
• Teoría de Control para Procesos Industriales

Professional Handouts

AADECA's professional handouts of practical application have been published since 1995 so as to spread knowledge on the subject of Control. The following titles have been published up to present: (in Spanish)

C.P. Nº 1 Control De Procesos. Conceptos Básicos, Terminología.
C.P. Nº 2 Calderas I. Conceptos Y Control Básico.
C.P. Nº 3 Performance De Lazos De Control.
C.P. Nº 4 Calderas Ii.
C.P. Nº 5 Buses De Campo.
C.P. Nº 6 Control Fuzzy: Estado Actual Y Aplicaciones.
C.P. Nº 7 Control Robusto.
C.P. Nº 8 Control De Motores De Inducción.
C.P. Nº 9 Fieldbus. ¿Adonde Vamos?
C.P. Nº 10 Automatización De Procesos E Informática.
C.P. Nº 11 Control De Un Reactor De Copolimerizacion Estireno Divinal- benceno por medio de Lógica Difusa
C.P. Nº 12 Detección De Gases: Teoría Y Práctica.
C.P. Nº 13 Cuando La Temperatura Importa.
C.P. Nº 14 El Predictor De Smith y El Filtro De Kalman: Ejemplos De Predicción Y Estimación
Serie 1 - Instrumentación en Separadores de Ensayo

Federations and Agreements.

AADECA is the Argentine member of IFAC -International Federation of Automatic Control- and W.F.I.M.A. - World Fair International Measurements and Automation-.

Moreover, AADECA is a founding member of the “Comité Latinoamericano de Control Automático” (Latin American Committee of Automatic Control) and has maintained strong bonds with similar associations in Latin America.

In Argentina AADECA has signed agreements of co-operation and exchange with associations such as SADIO and IEEE, and has a good relationship with a great number of professional engineering councils, as well as with a great number Universities and companies related to the automation field.

AADECA-CEA Agreement

AADECA has recently signed an agreement with the Comité Español de Automática (Spanish Committee of Automation), NMO of IFAC, to co-publish the magazine “RIAI” – Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial- (Iberian-American Magazine of Automation and Industrial Computing).

AADECA - Asociación Profesional sin Fines de Lucro, Fundada en 1968
Av.Callao 220 7º - (C1022AAP) Buenos Aires, Argentina - Tel./Fax: (+54-11) 4372-6746 / 4374-3780