1. April 2005T-ASE1 IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering AdCom Meeting April 2005 – Barcelona, Spain Peter B. Luh, Editor-in-Chief Ken Goldberg, Chair, Advisory Board The Seemingly Too Fast Anniversary

2. April 2005T-ASE2 Submissions –Transferred from T-RA: 13 accepts –2003 T-ASE Submissions: 61 –2004 T-ASE Submissions: 216 –2005 T-ASE Submissions: 79 (as of today) Acceptance Rate: 16% Page Budget 1. OVERALL SUMMARY 200420052006 Page Budget180424440 Pages188212 Regular Paper912 Short Paper59

3. April 2005T-ASE3 Workholding and Fixturing –Appeared in the November 2004 issue Nano-scale Manipulation and Assembly –18 papers submitted completed the first round of review Automation for the Life Sciences –20 papers submitted at the initial phase of review Distributed Sensing for Quality and Productivity Improvement –Paper due end of this month Open to new proposals, especially for non-traditional applications 2. SPECIAL ISSUES

4. April 2005T-ASE4 3. BEST PAPER AWARDS T-ASE Best Transactions Paper Award –K. G. Gopalakrishnan, K. Goldberg, G. M. Bone, M. Zaluzec, R. Koganti, R. Pearson, and P. Deneszczuk, “Unilateral Fixtures for Sheet Metal Parts with Holes,” T- ASE Vol. 1, No. 2, October 2004, pp. 110-120 Googol Best New Application Paper Award –Contributed by Zexiang Li of Hong Kong UST, AE of T- RA/T-RO, and founder/Chairman of Googol Technology (HK) Ltd for five years –D. Garg, Y. Narahari and N. Viswanadham, “Design of Six Sigma Supply Chains,” T-ASE Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2004, pp. 38-57

5. April 2005T-ASE5 4. PAPER HANDLING PROCEDURES Handle papers in a quality, timely, and constructive manner for better papers at the end Review Target: 90/90 Rule  90% of the paper should be completed within 90 days (13 weeks) –Reviewers: 5-6 weeks –AE: 10 weeks –Editor: 13 weeks end to end

6. April 2005T-ASE6 CONCLUDING REMARKS An seemingly too fast anniversary Forging the future of automation Best Value of ICRA: Half-year subscription of T- ASE $8 Print, $5 Electronic, or $9 Combo, Students with discount Ideas and comments are welcome Your effort and support are greatly appreciated