Contents

Prelude to Eight Essays on Control Science in the XX-th Century

S. Bittanti and M. Gevers

Early Control Development in Sweden

K.J. Aström

Haphazard Remarks on What I Recall about the Field of Control in the 1960's

R. Brockett

Early Developments of Control Theory in China

H.-F. Chen, D. Cheng

The Dawn of Control in France

A.J. Fossard

The Dawn of Control Science in Italy. From Intuitive Engineering to Modern Control

Theory and Automation Technology

G.O. Guardabassi

50 Years of Coexistence in Control. The Contributions of the Russian Community

A.B. Kurzhanski

Personal Impressions of the Dawn of Modern Control

D.Q. Mayne

In Control, Almost from the Beginning Until the Day After Tomorrow

J.C. Willems