Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
Ken Goldberg
Editor in Chief - T-ASE

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Automation plays an increasingly important role in the global economy and in our daily lives. Today automation is no longer restricted to manufacturing but has a notable impact in a wide range of industries beyond manufacturing. New emerging application areas include bio-technology, pharmaceuticals and health care delivery, home and business automation, software, etc.
To address these areas, the Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) aims to publish the abstractions, algorithms, theory, methodologies, models, systems, and case studies that can be applied across industries. T-ASE publishes foundational theory and research relevant to manufacturing as well as to a spectrum of new applications such as healthcare, security, energy, home and business automation, etc.
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.
All inquiries about submissions to T-ASE can be directed to Faith Agnew, Editorial Assistant, via t.ase.eic.office@gmail.com, or by phone at 732-465-6606.
Quick Links
Recent Editorials
- A Secret to Advancing Research and Increasing Citations to Your Papers (July 2012)
- Tracking T-ASE Inventory and Application (April 2012)
- What is Automation? (January 2012)
For Potential and Current Authors
- 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)
Upcoming Special Issues
- Discrete Event Systems for Automation
- Micro-Assembly for Manufacturing at Small Scales - Submission Deadline EXTENDED - June 15, 2012
- Automation in Green Manufacturing- closed to paper submissions
- Integrated Optimization of Industrial Automation - Submission deadline Jan 15, 2013 - more info coming soon!
For more information on Special Issues, click here.
Past Special Issues
- Green Manufacturing (October 2012)
- Multi-Agent Systems for Ubiquitous Enterprises
- Automation and Engineering for Ambient Intelligence.
- Scientific Workflow Management and Applications.
- Drug Delivery Automation.
- eManufacturing in the Semiconductor Industry.
- Home Automation.
- Nano-Scale Automation and Assembly.
- Automation for the Life Sciences.
- Distributed Sensing for Quality and Productivity Improvement.
- IEEE CASE 2012, August 20-24, Seoul, Republic of Korea
IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
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
- 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 Premier 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 (also available in pdf format).
- Getting Automation Some Respect (Trudy Bell, IEEE Institute )
- http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/t-ase/Larry-Magid-Interview-2006-11-02-audio2147904.mp3" _mce_href=""Automating">http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/t-ase/Larry-Magid-Interview-2006-11-02-audio2147904.mp3">"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 practioners 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, 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.
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