• Motorcycles: The Science, The Folklore and Going Fast – UJ

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be hosting an evening talk on the modelling and optimal control of motorcycles in closed-circuit racing. The lecture will start with a brief review of the history of bicycle and motorcycle modelling. This will include such things as design evolutions, modelling developments and methodologies, and the […]

  • Control System Functional Specification Documentation Workshop – CT

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be presenting a one-day interactive workshop on preparing Control System Functional Design Documentation. The guidelines presented will be completely generic and will not necessarily align with any specific automation product or manufacturer. At the conclusion of the workshop the attendees will have a thorough understanding of […]

  • THE SACAC AGM AND LUNCHEON

    Please join us at this unique Hotel and Venue, set within a private game estate and enjoy a fine dining luncheon with us at the award-winning Roots restaurant. We shall be happy to see as many SACAC members and friends as possible at this important event on the SACAC calendar.

  • Join Cova as we explore funding innovation post COVID-19

    At Cova Advisory, we’re always working to bring you news and events that will benefit your business. Together with the South African Council for Automation and Control (SACAC), we’re hosting a free webinar on funding innovation in the post-pandemic world. We’d love you to join us. We have put together a panel of experts from […]

  • Online Control Systems Open Day 2020

    The South African Council for Automation and Control (SACAC) invites you to participate in an online Control Systems Open Day on the 5th of November 2020. This event showcases control related research undertaken at universities across South Africa, giving postgraduate students, researchers and industry experts working in the field of automation and control the opportunity […]

  • Practical guide to the management of “Bad Actor” alarms

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be hosting a webinar on the management of “bad actor” alarms. Abnormally high process alarm rates can usually be traced back to a few “Bad Actor” alarms. These “Bad Actor” alarms are the result of instrument faults, poor DCS/SCADA configuration or process design. Excessive alarms to […]

  • Motorcycles: the science, the folklor and going fast

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be hosting an evening talk on the modelling and optimal control of motorcycles in closed-circuit racing. The lecture will start with a brief review of the history of bicycle and motorcycle modelling. This will include such things as design evolutions, modelling developments and methodologies, and the […]

  • OBSERVER DESIGN

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be presenting a one-day interactive course on model-based observer design. This will be a hybrid event that can be attended in person or online. The aim is to determine which states and parameters of an observer model can be estimated with reasonable accuracy from available measurements. […]

  • Machine Learning for Process Control

    The South African Council for Automation and Control will be hosting a workshop showcasing industrial applications of machine learning in process monitoring and control (details below) as well as providing hands-on experience in the application of basic ML techniques. Participants will be guided through examples illustrating fundamental concepts of ML, including the bias-variance trade-off, linear […]

  • SACAC CCA2021 Author Sponsorship

    The Control Conference Africa 2021 (CCA2021) will be held at Misty Hills Country Hotel and Conference Centre in Muldersdrift from 7 to 8 December 2021. To enable employees and students of SACAC’s industrial or institutional members to participate in this international event, sponsorship money is made available to send eight SACAC member to the congress. […]