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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. T-ASE Printed Pages 2004 2005 2006 Page Budget 180 424 440
Page Budget
Pages
Regular Paper 9 27
Short Paper

7. 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, , ,612
1-6/05 7, , ,335
7,8/05 3, , ,456
When adjusted for hits/

8. Subscriptions (2005) Possible causes: Projected Actual
Regular member, print
Regular member, electronic
Student member, print
Student member, electronic
Non-member subscriptions
Possible causes:
The onset of electronic subscriptions
Natural start-up curve & lack of projection experience
Lack of support from IEEE

9. 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

10. 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!