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IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY
APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF(2001-2002)
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

The IEEE Computer Society is seeking applicants for the position of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING (TKDE) for the publication years 2001 and 2002. The EIC is a two-year appointment by the President of the Computer Society.

Publications are one of the most tangible services provided to its members by the Computer Society. Therefore, EICs play a critical role in the success of the Computer Society.

SCOPE OF IEEE TKDE
The IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering is an archival journal published bimonthly. The information published in this Transactions is designed to inform researchers, developers, managers, strategic planners, users, and others interested in state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice activities in the knowledge and data engineering area. It includes well-defined theoretical results and empirical studies that have potential impact on the acquisition, management, storage, and graceful degeneration of knowledge and data, as well as in provision of knowledge and data services. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: a) artificial intelligence techniques, including speech, voice, graphics, images, and documents; b) knowledge and data engineering tools and techniques; c) parallel and distributed processing; d) real-time distributed; e) system architectures, integration, and modeling; f) database design, modeling and management; g) query design and implementation languages; h) distributed database control; j) algorithms for data and knowledge management; k) performance evaluation of algorithms and systems; l) data communications aspects; m) system applications and experience; n) knowledge-based and expert systems; and, o) integrity, security, and fault tolerance.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF CANDIDATES
Key qualities of the EIC are a good understanding of industry, academic, and government needs, plus the managerial skills to guide manuscripts through the editorial cycle in a timely fashion. The EIC must be able to attract respected experts to his/her editorial board.

Major responsibilities of the future EIC of TKDE include:

a) Active solicitation of high quality manuscripts from potential authors, and providing assistance to these authors (with the help of the IEEE-CS staff) in getting their manuscripts published;

b) Identification and appointment of editorial board members with the concurrence of the Publications Board;

c) With the help of editorial board members, selection of competent reviewers for manuscripts, and management of timely reviews of these manuscripts;

d) Solicitation of special issue proposals and manuscripts in specific areas;

e) Provision of a clear board focus through promotion of personal vision and guidance where appropriate;

f) Resolution of conflicts or problems as necessary.

Applicants should have recognized expertise in the computer science and engineering community, possess editorial experience, and be able to lead an active editorial board and to work effectively with technical and publishing professionals. Applicants must have clear employer support for this activity.

SEARCH PROCEDURE
Prospective candidates are asked to provide a condensed CV in summary form and a vision statement describing the candidate's vision of the future of TKDE by March 15, 2000. Following initial screening by the committee, we will further request a letter of support from the candidate's employer and a complete CV, due April 1, 2000.

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit position statements and CVs electronically. Letters of support from individual organizations should be mailed via regular mail to Carl Chang.

The search committee consists of:

Farokh Bastani, University of Texas-Dallas bastani@utdallas.edu
Angela Burgess, IEEE-CS Publisher aburgess@computer.org
Carl K. Chang, The Univ. of Illinois at Chicago chang@uic.edu
Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute giles@research.nj.nec.com
Tsang-Ming Jiang, University of Alaska-Fairbanks jiang@cs.uaf.edu
Betty Salzberg, Northeastern University b.salzberg@computer.org
Sallie Sheppard, Vice president-Publications s.Sheppard@computer.org

For further information, please contact:

Carl K. Chang, Chair
IEEE Software EIC Search Committee
Center for Innovations in Mobile, Pervasive, and Agile Computing Technologies
Department of CSSE (Dunstan 107)
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
1-334-844-6990 (Office)
1-334-844-6329 (Fax)
E-mail: chang@auburn.edu

International Center for Software Engineering

Iowa State Univerisity,  Department of Computer Science

226 Atanasoff Hall, Ames, IA 50011

1-515-294-4377 (Office) 1-515-294-0258(Fax) E-mail: chang@cs.iastate.edu

Copyright © 2002, Prof. Carl K. Chang