IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering AdCom Meeting   October 2005 – San Francisco Peter B. Luh, Editor-in-Chief Ken Goldberg, Chair, Advisory Board

Automation Engineers strive to combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems for a rapidly expanding range of applications and human activities.

Rationale for T-ASE Automation is a vital topic for the 21st century New Applications and Methods are appearing Automation is important to the IEEE RA Society T-RA emphasizes Robotics Automation lacks a flagship journal Attract leading researchers from Automation Expand Scope of RAS

STATUS as of 14 months: Successful new companion conference – IEEE Conference on Automation Science & Engineering (IEEE CASE) (Edmundton Canada) Submissions 2003 T-ASE Submissions: 61 2004 T-ASE Submissions: 216 2005 T-ASE Submissions: 260 (218 as of October 11) Acceptance Rate Since June 2004: 32% Included in Thomson Scientific ISI Citation Index

PAPER HANDLING PROCEDURES Handling papers in a quality, timely, and constructive manner for better papers at the end 90/90 Rule  90% of the paper should be completed within 90 days (13 weeks) Increase the number of IEEEXplore downloads Maintain high quality and look out for emerging areas Pay attention to search enabling abstracts and keywords AEs search Xplore to ensure relevant T-ASE papers are cited.

T-ASE Printed Pages 2004 2005 2006 Page Budget 180 424 440 2004 2005 2006 Page Budget 180 424 440 Pages 188 430 Regular Paper 9 27 Short Paper 5 12

IEEE REVIEW IN FEB 2006 19 months after the start of publication Number of submissions: Very good (260 vs Est. 130) Timeliness of publication: Perfect Meeting the page budget: Perfect Number of Xplore hits: Growing T-ASE T-RO RAM 1-12/04 4,984 7,407 45,612 1-6/05 7,554 13,510 24,335 7,8/05 3,005 7,400 7,456 When adjusted for hits/

Subscriptions (2005) Possible causes: Projected Actual Regular member, print 525 173 Regular member, electronic 200 78 Student member, print 2 24 Student member, electronic 25 16 Non-member subscriptions 58 18 Possible causes: The onset of electronic subscriptions Natural start-up curve & lack of projection experience Lack of support from IEEE

Forthcoming SPECIAL ISSUES Nano-scale Manipulation and Assembly W. Li and N. Xi; M. Wang Automation for the Life Sciences M. Zhang, E. S. Kim, B. Pruitt, R. Felder, B. Nelson, and Y. Zheng; D. Meldrum Distributed Sensing for Quality and Productivity Improvement Y. Ding and J. Shi; P. Ferreira Automation for the Home Environment P. Fiorini, E. Prassler, Y. Tsumaki, C. Nugent; Meldrum IEEE CASE Conference in Shanghai, Oct 2006

Summary T-ASE is forging the future of Automation Science and Engineering Submissions: Excellent Editorial and Publication procedures: Excellent Xplore hits: Good, Growing Subscriptions: Needs Improvement The baby is growing! We appreciate your parental advice and support… Thank you!