May 2004 T-ASE 1
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
Status Report An Important/Exciting Beginning
May 2004, New Orleans
Peter B. Luh, Editor-in-Chief Ken Goldberg, Chair, Advisory Board
– Scientific methods and technologies that improve efficiency, productivity, quality, and reliability
– Emphasizing solutions for structured environments, and the explicit structuring of such environments
– First issue July 2004 – Notes to Practitioners– http://www.ieee.org/t-ase
May 2004 T-ASE 3
• Submissions– Transferred from T-RA: 13 accepts
– 2003 T-ASE Submissions: 61
– 2004 T-ASE Submissions: 62 (as of 4/22/04)
– Estimated in the original T-ASE Proposal: 60 for 2004
• Review Status– Accepted and Conditionally Accepted: 26
– Revise/Resubmit: 27 Rejected: 13
– Withdrawn: 5 Review: 65
– Acceptance rate: 24.5% (=13/(13+27+13)) ~ Reasonable
Submissions and Review Status
May 2004 T-ASE 4
• Five Regular Papers– A web-based rapid prototyping system
– Energy management networks for building automation
– Port yard storage optimization
– Design of six sigma supply chains
– Autonomous and agile information coordination systems
• Four Short Papers– Root cause determination of manufacturing processes
– Scheduling robotic cells for semiconductor equip. manuf.
– A case study of automotive paint shops
– A productivity study of parallel production lines
First Issue: July 2004 (Mostly from T-RA)
May 2004 T-ASE 5
• Workholding and Fixturing– TC on Manufacturing Automation. M. Wang, E.
DeMeter, S. Melkote, K. Goldberg (E: Ian Walker)– A Special Section for the October 2004 issue
• Nano-scale Manipulation and Assembly – Wen Li and Ning Xi – A high quality proposal
• A few other proposals are on the drawing board
Special Issues/Sections
May 2004 T-ASE 6
Publication Statistics
2004 2005 2006
Page Budget 180 392 424
Pages
Regular Paper
Short Paper
Comm. Items
Book Reviews
Correspondence
Pages/Reg Pap
Submissions for 2004 by 4/22/04: 62 Estimated 2004 submissions: 186 (= 623) 25% acceptance rate 46 papers (=186/4) 1/3 Short Papers 31 Regular + 15 Short 12 pages/regular equivalent 462
(=1238.5) Achieving 424 one year in advance
(424)
May 2004 T-ASE 7
Major Development
• T-ASE Googol Technology Best Paper Award – Zexiang Li of Hong Kong UST, AE of T-RA/T-RO,
and founder/Chairman of Googol Technology (HK) Ltd agreed to contribute $1000 per year for five years
– Googol Best New Application Paper Award
• Migrate to ManuscriptCentral soon• Building the Community: Not an easy task
– Promotion by A/E Boards and IEEE Creative Services
– Working with Technical Activities Board and Conference Board to promote automation in general
– Advices will be highly appreciated
May 2004 T-ASE 8
Concluding Remarks
• An exciting and critical beginning• Ideas and comments are welcome• Special thanks to Ken and Dick for the excellent
leadership, dedication, and efforts• Your support are highly appreciated
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