Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) is published quarterly since July 2004. T-ASE and its sibling publication, the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) are published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and edited by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

N Viswanadham

Editor in Chief - T-ASE

	Indian School of Business, Center for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies
	Hyderabad, India
	n.viswanadham@gmail.com

Calls for papers and Special Issues

• Special Issue on Scientific Workflow Management and Applications. Submissions Deadline 31 March 2008.
• T-ASE Call for Papers (also available in pdf format)

Archives

• Special Issue on Automation and Engineering for Ambient Intelligence. Extended Submissions Deadline 15 June 2007.
• Special Issue on Drug Delivery Automation. Submissions Deadline 1 January 2007.
• Special Issue on eManufacturing in the Semiconductor Industry. Submissions Deadline July 31, 2006.
• Special Issue on Home Automation. Submissions Deadline ended 15 March 2006.
• Special Issue on Nano-Scale Automation and Assembly.
• Special Issue on Automation for the Life Sciences.
• Special Issue on Distributed Sensing for Quality and Productivity Improvement.

T-ASE Press Release (July 2006, .doc format)

June 2006: T-ASE has been reviewed and approved by the IEEE Publications, Financial, and Technical Committees. Congratulations to everyone involved!

IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE-CASE)

• IEEE-CASE 2007: September 22-25, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
• IEEE-CASE 2006: October 8-10, 2006, Shanghai, China.
• IEEE-CASE 2005: August 1-2, 2005, Edmonton, Canada.

Articles and samples from T-ASE

• First T-ASE Editorial
• T-ASE Premier Issue (July 2004): with linksto the first page of each article
• Sample Automation Topics from IEEEICRA 2004 Conference
• IEEE Xplore On-line Gateway to T-ASE Articles (and other IEEE Publications)

Automation plays an increasingly important role in the global economy and in our daily lives. 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. To meet these challenges, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society will establish a major archival journal on Automation Science and Engineering to publish the abstractions, algorithms, theory, methodologies, models, systems, and case studies that can be applied across industries to significantly advance efficiency, quality, productivity, and reliability for society.

The new Transactions will define Automation very broadly, including applications such as DNA chip and biological sample handling, agriculture, security, demining, healthcare, transportation, as well as the myriad of applications related to manufacturing.

T-ASE will be theoretical yet have a wide readership among practioners in industry. T-ASE will publish foundational research on Automation: scientific methods and technologies that improve efficiency, productivity, quality, and reliability, a variety of results related to methods, machines, and systems operating in structured environments over extended periods and the explicit structuring of environments.

T-ASE will dispel the conventional wisdom that Automation is limited to only manufacturing. For example, we welcome papers on DNA or pharmaceutical testing; automation methods and intelligent systems for hospitals and health delivery; mobile surveillance robots and systems that operate over extended periods for security; real-time inspection algorithms using computer vision; intelligent and flexible manufacturing, survice, and supply chain coordination; CAD, assembly, new grippers, fixtures, and a variety of subjects about putting intelligent machines and systems into practice.

Discussions with leading automation researchers (both within and outside of IEEE) and a detailed analysis of competing journals revealed the need for a major archival journal devoted to Automation. Two other IEEE Societies, Industrial Applications (IAS) and Systems Man and Cybernetics (SMC), are Technical Co-Sponsors.

Initiating a new journal is a major milestone for a research society. It requires years of planning, input from hundreds of members, and approval from the IEEE. The sponsoring Society of a new IEEE journal must confirm its commitment by providing the first three years of funding. After years of grassroots effort, RAS VP Publications Dick Volz, working closely with RAS President Paolo Dario, appointed a Steering Committee including T-RA Editor-in-Chief Peter Luh, to develop a proposal. In May 2002, the RAS AdCom, Officers, Publications Activities Board, and T-RA Editorial Board voted unanimously to endorse their proposal. In February 2003, the IEEE approved the proposal, establishing the new journal. This is a timely and important investment in the future of both the RAS and the IEEE.

Quotes from Leading Researchers

Detailed Background, Scope Statements, and Application Areas (also available in pdf format).