From honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!vela.acs.oakland.edu!rcsuna.gmr.com!cmsa.gmr.com!BPRASAD Wed Sep 8 21:26:19 EDT 1993 Article: 18735 of comp.ai Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:18735 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!vela.acs.oakland.edu!rcsuna.gmr.com!cmsa.gmr.com!BPRASAD From: BPRASAD@cmsa.gmr.com Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: CFP: Concurrent Engineering Date: Tue, 07 Sep 93 14:29:34 EDT Organization: GM Research Labs Lines: 154 Message-ID: <16C42CBCE.BPRASAD@cmsa.gmr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cmsa.gmr.com Subject: CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS (CERA) -- International Journal -- An Announcement Dear Fellow Researcher: We are pleased to inform you that Concurrent Engineering (CE) Institute of International Society of Productivity Enhancement (ISPE) in collab- oration with Academic Press, London has started a new journal enti- tled: Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications (CERA) -- An International Journal." CERA is a refereed archival quality publica- tion. This journal fills a void for a very important and timely sub- ject matter. "Concurrent Engineering" has been recognized for some time to be a major force behind achieving international competitive- ness, responsiveness and improving productivity. If you have worked in this area, we would like to seek your inputs in making this endeavor a success. We take this opportunity to invite you to submit your original contri- bution to CERA for possible publication. Please inform your friends and colleagues or write to me, who can contribute. A "Call for Paper" is enclosed. If you are interested in subscribing CERA Journal in 1993, or would like to get a free sample copy for review please write/call/fax your request to Academic Press, London. They would send you the required information. If you have further question, please do not hesitate to write to us or EMAIL at CERA editorial office in USA. Thanking you and looking forward to hearing from you soon, Sincerely, Biren Prasad, Ph.D. Managing Editor Chairman, CERA J. Task Force. Email ID: BPRASAD@CMSA.GMR.COM _____________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS (CERA) - An International Journal CERA is a new international, multidisciplinary journal to promote a better understanding of Concurrency in enterprise modeling, informa- tion processing and computing. The purpose of this journal is to provide an international forum for the dissemination of scientific work on Concurrent Engineering based on computer technologies. Concur- rent Engineering (CE) is an official journal of the Concurrent Engi- neering Institute of the International Society for Productivity En- hancement (ISPE). CERA is the key publication for the newest and most exciting research arising from parallelism of product's life cycle functions. CERA deals with all basic tracks that enable CE including aspects of Information Modeling, Teaming & Sharing, Networking & Distribution, Planning & Scheduling, Reasoning & Negotiation, Collab- orative Decision Making, Organization and Management of CE. Emphasis is placed on CE technologies that result in faster product develop- ment, higher quality, lower costs, improved productivity and better customer value. The journal is an important source of information for design, engineering and manufacturing personnel and those with inter- est in research, development and applications of productivity tools, methods and concepts. The distinguishing nature of the journal will be to foster the ex- change and integration of concepts and theories from these diverse areas, and cross-fertilization of enabling CE technologies to stimu- late thinking that can generate new insights. A second goal is to publish interdisciplinary research that advances interactions among these are well known researchers and practitioners in the field from industy, university and government laboratories. The distinguished Editorial Board reflects the excellence of this important journal and the commitment to publish quality articles on the most timely and significant trends, issues, problems and applications of Concurrent Engineering in modern manufacturing. Research Areas include: o Principles of Concurrent Engineering o CE Process Characterization & Matrix o Enterprise Modeling o Requirements, Constraints, Workflow Tracking & Management o Multi-Enterprise Integration o Information Sharing and Collaboration o Project & Team Coordination o Decision Support & Design Assessment o Networked Collocation o Tools for Multi-media Conference on the Network o Distributed Computing Environments o Corporate Technical Memory o Capturing Design Intent o Integration Frameworks for CE o CE Languages and Tools o Intelligent Retrieval of Corporate Knowledge o Virtual Team Support Environments o Blackboard and other AI Architectures o Emerging Standards & Practices o Case Histories & Research Briefs The journal is published by Academic Press four times a year beginning January 1993. Potential authors should submit papers or write for instructions to any of the editors or managing editor. Requests for subscriptions and other information can be obtained from the managing editor or the publisher. Managing Editor: Associate Editor: DR. MARK S. FOX Dr. Biren Prasad Computer Science & Mgt. Science CERA Institute University of Toronto P.O. Box 250254, 4 Taddle Creek; Roseburgh Bldg. West Bloomfield, MI 48325, USA. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4 Tel: (313)492-0551; Fax:(313) Tel: (416) 978-6823; 661-8333 Fax: (416) 971-1373 Email: bprasad@cmsa.gmr.com Associate Editors: Prof. Shuichi Fukuda Dr. Philip Barkan Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Tech. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Management Eng. Stanford University 6-6, Asahigaoka, Hino Design Division Tokyo 191, JAPAN Stanford, CA 94305, USA Tel: +81 425-83-5111 ext. 266 Tel: (415) 967-8534 (O) /Fax: +81-425-83-5119 Associate Editors: Publisher: Dr. A.M. Agogino Academic Press Ltd. 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