1. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Magazine Report Stefano Stramigioli, Incoming EiC RAM Kimon P. Valavanis, Ending EiC RAM Rosalyn Snyder, Editorial Assistant OUTLINE Fact and Figures Future guidelines IEEE Panel of Editors, New Orleans WWW Submission Conclusions

2. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Editorial Board Stefano Stramigioli (EIC-elect) Starting January 1, 2006 Lydia Kavraki(12/31/2006) Howie Choset(12/31/2006) Carlos Balaguer(12/21/2006) Alex Zelinsky (12/31/2006) Kathryn Jablokow (Penn State) (12/31/2007) Herbert Tanner (U of New Mexico) (12/31/2007) Frank Park(RAM / T-RO Liaison) Michael Yu Wang(RAM/ T-ASE Liason) Kostas KyriakopoulosEURON Representative

3. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Coming up Issues Ready for publication Intelligent Transportation Systems March 2005 R&A in European Union June 2005 Industrial Robotics Applications & Sept 2005 Industry-University Cooperation in Europe Visual ServoingDec 2005 Climbing RobotsMarch 2006 Planned UAVs June 2006 MARS roversSept 2006 Automation Issue (to be defined)Dec 2006 Field and Service RoboticsMar 2007 Walking MachinesJun 2007

4. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 RAM ranked 4th among 12 “Robotics” publications in 2003, and 12th among 47 “Automation and Control publications in 2003 RAM ranked 3rd among “Robotics” publications in 2000, 2001, 2002. Publication 1-T-RA 2- Int’l J Rob. Res 3. J. Autonom. Robots 4. RA Magazine 5. Robotics & Auton. Sys Impact Factor 2.103 1.207 1.110 1.103 0.618 Ranking

5. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 I.F. Trends for RAS Pubs

6. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 IEEE Panel of Editors RAM will be the first magazine using rapid posting ! Investigating Multimedia attachments for Xplore: especially important for Tutorial articles. Guidelines will be developed Electronic Copyright form will be connected to the system 90/90 rule for review process

7. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Future Plans from 2006 New Structure Magazine Current Editorial Page budget is 296 (+64) p/y Pages for features 56 (+16) p/issue Invitation to Vote! Multimedia inclusion expecially for educational dutied.

8. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Features Plans from 2006 Special Issues Features: 4 (+1) art x 8 pages 1 Extra Non Topical: 1 (+1) art x 8 pages 1 Tutorial Paper: 8 pages + extra media (possibly in parts) Practitioner corner: 3 pages Educational Department: 1 page Guest article of general interest, possibly not technical: 4 pages (Industry ?)

9. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 WWW Submission

10. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 WWW Submission All operations go through the system: Submission Assignments to AEs Reviewers Communication Statistics will be available for PSPB reviews. Cost $3000 flat rate Very functional and much cheaper than MC

11. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdComm Meeting Barcelona, Spain April 2005 Conclusions Runs mainly on special issues Schedule planned until 2007 New Plan and structure from 2006 Attention to education and tutorials and call for vote (!) New On-Line submission system Thanks!