Departments
In addition to full-length articles, IEEE Intelligent Systems has a range of departments:
A Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief James Hendler offers insights into artificial intelligence and related topics.
In the News: This department reports on recent AI research and events.
Trends & Controversies: In each installment, several leading AI researchers and experts offer differing perspectives on AI’s hot topics.
Agents: This department revisits the evolution and application of intelligent agents and considers how agents are shaping emergent technologies or becoming embedded within applications. Department editor: Terry Payne .
Histories & Futures: This department looks at the people and technologies that brought AI to where it is today and that will take the field in new directions.
Intelligent Transportation Systems: This department examines the cutting-edge research and technologies that will help increase traffic safety, decrease commute time, and improve the transportation infrastructure. Department editor: Daniel Zeng.
AI in Space: This department reports on initiatives, progress, results, and viewpoints relating to research at NASA and its partners to achieve autonomy in platforms for space missions. Department editor: Richard Doyle
Global IS: This department highlights AI organizations and research centers around the world. Department editor: Alun Preece
The Semantic Web: This department keeps you up to date on efforts to make the Web smarter and more useful. Department editor: Steffen Staab
Human-Centered Computing: This department covers topics, innovations, and developments that fall at the nexus of computer science and cognitive science. Department editor: Robert R. Hoffman
Calendar/Calls for Papers: This department lists upcoming AI conferences and calls for papers.
Applications: This occasional department focuses on practical applications of AI research.
Expert Opinion: This occasional department brings you the viewpoints of leading AI experts.
Book Review: This occasional department lists reviews recent important AI-related books.
If you’d like to contribute to a department, please contact either the listed department editor or Dennis Taylor, IEEE Intelligent Systems’ lead editor.
General guidelines
Read our complete article and editorial guidelines for more information about submission, editing, and style. For departments, we try to have articles that are accessible to a general reader, with perhaps some part of it being more technical but clearly explained. Keep in mind that our department editors want to bring readers information they can really use, not public relations or marketing material. Department pieces usually must be approved by the editor in chief and sometimes might be refereed.
For information on managing magazine departments, see our Department Editor Guidelines. Word count and formatting
Authors should submit an MS Word document or a PDF file. Department articles range from 1,500 to 3,500 words, with illustrations and tables counting as 200 words each. An article should have no more than 10 references.
