The organizing committee of RASM 2015 extends a cordial invitation to you to come to Istanbul to meet renowned scholars and practitioners from all over the world at a place that is reputed to be one of the most attractive cities of the Europe. The aim of RASM 2015 is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in discontinuous control paradigm, within the general framework of automatic control theory, and to provide an assessment of recent advances and the most promising trends for future research. Contributions are invited in all areas pertaining to the theory and application of variable-structure systems and discontinuous control including analysis, control, observation and simulation for linear, nonlinear and distributed parameter systems, and integration with other systems and control areas such as intelligent systems and technologies. Contributions on applications in various fields, such as robotics, process industry, transportation systems, aerospace, fault diagnosis, electrical drives, power systems, etc are encouraged.