FRIEDLAND@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Peter Friedland) (02/11/86)
From: Peter Friedland <FRIEDLAND@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> I have recently been named to the Editorial Panel of Communications of the ACM (CACM) with responsibility for artificial intelligence. CACM is by far the widest-read computing publication with a current circulation of over 75,000. I would like to encourage submissions to CACM in one of several forms: articles of general interest (surveys, tutorials, reviews), research contributions (original, previously-unpublished reports on significant research), and reports on conferences or committee meetings. In particular, manuscripts which act to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence research and traditional computing methodologies are welcome. All contributions will be fully reviewed with authors normally notified of acceptance or rejection within 3 months of receipt. In addition, CACM intends to devote substantial amounts of space to special collections of related, high-quality, "Scientific American-like" articles. For examples, see the September 1985 issue on "Architectures for Knowledge-Based Systems" or the November 1985 issue on "Frontiers of Computing in Science and Engineering." These special sections are usually composed of invited papers selected by a guest editor from the community. Professional editors at ACM headquarters devote on the order of man-weeks per article in developing graphics and helping to make the articles readable by a wide cross-section of the computing community. I welcome suggestions (and volunteers) from anybody in the AI community for such special sections. Articles and research contributions should be submitted directly to: Janet Benton Executive Editor, CACM 11 West 42nd St. New York, NY 10036 Ideas for articles or special sections, and volunteers for helping in the review process to insure the highest quality of AI publication in CACM should be sent to me as FRIEDLAND@SUMEX (or call 415-497-3728). Peter Friedland -------