As the official means of communication for the IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Control Systems publishes material on all aspects of control systems modeling, analysis, and design for the benefit of control educators, practitioners, and researchers. The feature articles, applications of control, and lecture notes highlight developments of interest for the community at large, in a style that is deliberately less technical and more expository than in other publications of the IEEE Control Systems Society. Additional columns include a range of perspectives on the field and reports on the many activities of the Control Systems Society.