Twenty years ago, the field of Robotics was defined and galvanized bythe creation of an IEEE Journal devoted to the topic. We now have theopportunity to do the same for the field of Automation.

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Announcing:

“In the past, the good work in Automation Science was spread over awide variety of journals. IEEE's new Transactions on AutomationScience and Engineering fulfills the need of the Automation scientistand engineer for a premier specialist journal that brings out the synergy between disciplines.”

Peter WillResearch Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering, USC Chair, National Academy Study on Information Technology in Manufacturing

Editorial Board:

Related Fields:

T-ASE reaches beyond the mass production roots of Automation to includeinterdisciplinary approaches from:

� Computer science� Control systems� Electrical engineering� Mathematics� Mechanical engineering� Operations research� and other fields.

Editor-in-Chief:

Peter B. LuhElectrical & Computer Engineering,University of Connecticut

Editors:

Placid M. FerreiraMechanical and Industrial Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Deirdre MeldrumElectrical Engineering, University of Washington

N. ViswanadhamMechanical Engineering, NationalUniversity of Singapore

Michael Y. WangAutomation and Computer AidedEngineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Associate Editors:

Srinivas AkellaComputer Science, RensselaerPolytechnic Institute

Hisayuki AoyamaMechanical Engineering &IntelligentSystems, University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Saif BenjaafarMechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Karl F. BöhringerElectrical Engineering, University ofWashington

Darek J.CeglarekIndustrialEngineering, The University ofWisconsin-Madison

Byoung Kyu ChoiIndustrial Engineering, Korea AdvancedInstitute of Science and Technology

Han DingRobotics Institute, Shanghai JiaotongUniversity

Jerry (Ying Hsi) FuhMechanical Engineering, NationalUniversity of Singapore

Harold (Skip) GarnerU. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Han-Pang HuangMedical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Philip M. KaminskyUC Berkeley, IEOR

Mark LawleyIndustrial Engineering, PurdueUniversity

Kok-Meng LeeMechanical Engineering, GeorgiaInstitute of Technology

Andre MarzialiUniversity of British Columbia

László MonostoriComputer and Automation ResearchInstitute, Hungarian Academy ofSciences, Hungary

Antonello Monti Electrical Engineering, University ofSouth Carolina

Yadati NarahariComputer Science and Automation,Indian Institute of Science

A. Frank van der StappenInstitute of Information and ComputingSciences, Utrecht University, TheNetherlands

Tieniu TanInstitute of Automation, AcademiaSinica, China

Chung Piaw TeoDecision Sciences, National University of Singapore

Jeffrey D. TewManufacturing Systems Research Lab at General Motor's R & D Center

Jeffrey C. TrinkleComputer Science, RensselaerPolytechnic Institute

MengChu ZhouElectrical and Computer Engineering,New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Automation is a rigorous and exciting field making inroads intonearly every area of modern society.

IEEE publishes 18 of the top 20 journals in electrical and electronics engineer-ing, including the number one-cited journal in the field of Robotics, theIEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (T-RA).

In July 2004, T-RA will bifurcate into two journals: the IEEE Transactionson Robotics (T-RO) and the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science andEngineering (T-ASE).

Sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, the new quarterlyjournal (T-ASE) will be available both in print and online through IEEE Xplore®.

T-ASE will publish foundational research on Automation: scientific methodsand technologies that improve Efficiency, Productivity, Quality andReliability for methods, machines, and systems operating in structured environments over long periods, and the explicit structuring of environments.

Get a special two-issue charter subscription.$18 for IEEE members$16 for IEEE Robotics and Automation Society members

Advisory Board:

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Ken Goldberg (Chair)

IEOR and EECS, UC Berkeley

Brian CarlisleAdept Technology

David DornfeldME, UC Berkeley

Yu-Chi (Larry) HoEng. and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Stephen HollandChief Scientist for Manufacturing,General Motors

Takeo KanadeRobotics Institute, CMU

Shiv KapoorUIUC

Yoram KorenME, U Michigan

Peter LuhT-ASE Editor in Chief, ECE UConn, (ex officio)

George ShanthikumarIEOR, UC Berkeley

Warren SeeringME, MIT

Russell TaylorCS, Johns Hopkins

Masayoshi TomizukaME, UC Berkeley

Hendrik Van BrusselEngineering, Katholieke University,Leuven

Richard VolzIEEE RAS Publications Chair, CS TexasA&M (ex officio)

Peter WillISI, USC

Cheng Wu Department of Automation, Tsinghua University

By offering a new journal devoted to Automation Science and Engineering, theIEEE has an opportunity to provide a forum for research on a much broader set ofautomation related topics and to engage new members from the groups currentlyworking on these topics. By assembling the best work from these many domains,the new journal will contribute significantly to the integration of knowledge andconsequently will support a stronger research community.

Warren SeeringWeber-Shaughness Professor of ME, MIT

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering aims to become the flagship and most-cited journal devoted to Automation by publishing original, significant and visionary papers describing theory and new applications.

Submit your research to IEEE's new journal devoted specifically to the field ofAutomation. We are accepting both regular and shortpapers on a wide variety of subjects within Automation.

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Results are welcome from relevant industries such as:� Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care� Home, service and retail� Construction, transportation and security� Manufacturing, maintenance and supply chains� Food handling and processing

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IEEE Transactions on AutomationScience and Engineering address-es a research community willing tointegrate knowledge across disciplines and industries. For thispurpose, each paper shall includea Note to Practitioners that summarizes how its results can beapplied or how they might be extended to apply in practice.

Twenty years ago, the field of Robotics was defined and galvanized by the creation of an IEEE Journal devoted to the topic. We now have the opportunity to do the same forthe field of Automation.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON

AUTOMATION SCIENCEAND ENGINEERINGPremieres July 2004

Announcing:

T-ASE will reach beyond themass production roots ofAutomation to include:� Biotechnology and health

� Transportation, security and

maintenance

� Service, construction and retail

� Food handling and processing

Subscribe and submit your research:

www.ieee.org/t-ase

T-ASE will publish foundationalresearch on Automation — scientific methods andtechnologies that improve:� Efficiency

� Productivity

� Quality

� Reliability