IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Automation an increasingly important role in the global economy and in our daily lives. Automation is changing manufacturing as well as healthcare, security, and energy. The IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) publishes new 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.

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.

As of 2016, the T-ASE Impact Factor is 2.696 (up 11% from last year and now slightly greater than that of T-RO (2.028) and IJRR (2.489)). The T-ASE acceptance rate is under 15%. The average time from paper submission to first decision is under 3 months and the average time from submission to publication online is under 8 months. Submissions have grown steadily from under 400 in 2011 to over 1000 in 2015.

All inquiries about submissions and papers under review should be directed to Samantha Jacobs, Editorial Assistant, via email to: jacobs.s@ieee.org or t.ase.eic.office@gmail.com.

Articles and Editorial Board

• Table of Contents of the latest T-ASE issue (IEEE Xplore)
• Early Access Articles
• NEW! List of all published T-ASE papers: titles and authors from 2004-2015
• Most Downloaded Articles
• Matrix of All Editors and AE's with Areas of Expertise
• Editorial Board
• 1-Page Powerpoint Slide on T-ASE
• Guidelines on Paper Reviewing for T-ASE
• Guidelines for T-ASE Editors and AEs for Handling Papers
• T-ASE Reviewer Honor Roll

Recent Editorials

• "One Robot is Robotics, Ten Robots is Automation" (EiC Ken Goldberg, October 2016)
• Guest Editorial - Can Drones Deliver? (July 2014)
• Special Section on Advances in Discrete-Event Systems for Automation (DES) (January 2014)
• In Memoriam Richard A. (Dick) Volz (October 2013)
• Special Section on 2012 Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) (October 2013)
• Special Section on 2012 Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) (October 2013)
• Microassembly for Manufacturing at Small Scales (July 2013)
• Exciting Trends for Automation in Manufacturing (April 2013)
• Automation in Green Manufacturing (January 2013)
• Introduction to Guest Editorial (October 2012)
• Guest Editorial - A Revolution in the Warehouse: A Retrospective on Kiva Systems and the Grand Challenges Ahead (October 2012)
• A Secret to Advancing Research and Increasing Citations to Your Papers (July 2012)
• Tracking T-ASE Inventory and Application (April 2012)

For Potential and Current Authors

• What is Automation? (March 2014)
• NEW - IEEE Open Access - T-ASE is a Hybrid Journal, authors can request OA for $1950
• Methodologies and Applications Covered by T-ASE
• Info for Authors
• Author Checklist for New Papers and Resubmissions
• Author Checklist for Final Papers
• T-ASE Editorial Board - Primary Methodologies and Applications
• IEEE Xplore On-line Gateway to T-ASE Articles (and other IEEE Publications)
• Paper Reviewing Guidelines for T-ASE
• Procedures Manual

New RAS Page Overlength Policy

(for papers submitted after 20 Nov 2015)

To reduce financial burden on authors and members, increase consistency, and to clarify distinctions between the two Transactions and the new RA-Letters, the page overlength policy has been revised as follows:

For T-ASE and T-RO papers submitted after 20 November 2015, there will be no overlength charges for the first 12 pages of Regular papers nor the first 6 pages of Short papers. Overlength charges will apply to any pages between 13-20 of Regular papers and to pages 7 or 8 of Short papers.
T-ASE and T-RO Regular papers cannot exceed 20 pages and Short papers cannot exceed 8 pages.

The RA-Letters overlength policy will be the same as that for Short Transactions papers above. For the RA-Magazine, there are no overlength charges for the first 9 pages but page charges will apply to any pages between 10-16.

Upcoming Special Issues (accepting submissions)

For more information on Special Issues, click here.

• Special Section on Control & Automation in Cyber-Physical Systems: Selected Papers from the Sixth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2015)

Upcoming Special Issues (reviews in process, now closed to submissions)

• Topic-Based Special Issue on "Emerging Advances in Logistics Systems: Integrating Remote Sensing, IT, and Autonomy"
• Human-Centered Automation
• Home Automation
• Special Issue/Section on Advances and Applications of Internet of Things for Smart Automated Systems
• 2014 Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (to appear Oct 2015)
• 2014 Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (to appear Jan 2016)

Past Special Sections and Special Issues

• Integrated Optimization of Industrial Automation
• Cloud Robotics and Automation
• Networked Cooperative Autonomous Systems
• Discrete Event Systems for Automation-Published January 2014
• 2012 Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics - Published October 2013
• 2012 Annual Conference on Automation Science and Engineering - Published October 2013
• Micro-Assembly for Manufacturing at Small Scales - Published July 2013
• Exciting Trends for Automation in Manufacturing - Published April 2013
• Automation in Green Manufactoring-January 2013
• Automation for Automative Manufacturing – October 2010
• Equipment and Operations Management in the Semiconductor Industry – January 2010
• Automation and Engineering for Ambient Intelligence -  October 2009 
• The ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling and Applications (ACM SPM)  - July 2009
• Drug Delivery Automation – April 2009
• Radio Frequency Identification - January 2009
• Home Automation – January 2008
• eManufacturing in the Semiconductor Industry – October 2007
• Distributed Sensing for Quality and Productivity Improvement – October 2006
• Nano-Scale Automation and Assembly – July 2006
• Automation for the Life Sciences – April 2006

IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

• IEEE CASE 2015: August 24-28, Gothenburg, Sweden
• IEEE CASE 2014: August 18-22, Taipei, Taiwan
• IEEE CASE 2013: August 17-21, Madison, WI
• IEEE CASE 2012: August 20-24, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• IEEE CASE 2011: August 24-27, Trieste, Italy
• IEEE CASE 2010: August 21-24, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• IEEE CASE 2009: August 22-25, Bangalore, India
• IEEE CASE 2008: August 23-26, Washington DC, USA
• 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

T-ASE Archives

• First T-ASE Editorial
• T-ASE Premiere Issue (July 2004): with links to the first page of each article
• Sample Automation Topics from IEEEICRA 2004 Conference
• T-ASE Call for Papers (original, 2004)
• T-ASE Press Release (July 2006, .doc format)
• T-ASE Flyer July 2004
• Topics on Automation (ICRA 2004)
• Quotes from Leading Researchers
• Detailed Background, Scope Statements, and Application Areas
• Getting Automation Some Respect (Trudy Bell, IEEE Institute)
• "Automating Our World" CBS Larry Magid Radio Interview with Ken Goldberg 2 Nov. 2006, mp3 audio

December 2011: T-ASE has completed the IEEE 5-year publication review and has been approved by the IEEE Publications, Financial, and Technical Committees. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Articles and Samples from T-ASE

The new Transactions defines 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 is theoretical yet has a wide readership among practitioners in industry. T-ASE publishes 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 dispels 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, service, and supply chain coordination; CAD, assembly, new grippers, fixtures, and a variety of subjects about putting intelligent machines and systems into practice.