Guest Editorial: Special Section on Invited Papers From the 2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2022)

The sixth IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2022) took place at the Stazione Marittima, Trieste, Italy, from August 23 to 25, 2022, with technical workshops held on August 22, 2022. This event was conducted as a hybrid format, offering both in-person and virtual participation, marking the first hybrid conference sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), since the COVID-19 pandemic. The CCTA 2022 was organized in collaboration with the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers and co-sponsored by the European Control Association. The CCTA 2022 is the premier event of the CSS focusing on advancements in systems and control technologies and applications. This peculiar focus of the conference establishes a natural connection with the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST). Two initiatives were introduced in the CCTA 2022 to nourish this kindred relationship between the premier application-oriented journal and conference of the CSS. Authors of recently published papers in TCST that have not been previously presented at the CCTA were encouraged to give oral presentations of their work at the conference. Furthermore, the authors of the selected articles presented at the CCTA 2022 were invited to submit extended versions of their work for consideration in this special section of the September 2024 Issue of the TCST dedicated to the conference.