The International Journal of Control Automation and Systems (IJCAS) is a joint publication of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS) and The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE), which is published as bimonthly periodical as of 2003. The two institutes have been discussing the launch of a joint publication, since 2001; by discontinuing the former English journals of their respective institutes, they aim to establish a high-quality archival journal. In addition to introducing a new journal name, the IJCAS, the joint steering committee has set a new publication direction. To broaden the scope of the journal, the committee has invited distinguished scholars from abroad as well as from Korea to serve on the editorial board. I am honored to work with them to make this a truly international journal.Our desire is to provide a forum for original research results on theory, design, experiments, and applications in all technical areas of control, automation, and systems. The journal covers three strongly related research areas including control, automation, and systems. This type of coverage is unique and it is the only journal covering these three areas combined in the world. To become a premier journal, however, we warmly welcome your active participation and contribution, not only by submitting your precious works but also by making constructive suggestions for improving of the journal.

《國際控制、自動化和系統雜志》(IJCAS)是控制、機器人和系統研究所(ICROS)和韓國電氣工程師學會(KIEE)的聯合出版物，自2003年起以雙月刊的形式出版。自2001年以來，兩家研究所一直在討論聯合出版一份刊物；通過停止各自學院原有的英文期刊，建立高質量的檔案期刊。除了引入一個新的期刊名稱IJCAS外，聯合指導委員會還確定了一個新的出版方向。為了擴大期刊的范圍，委員會邀請了來自國外和韓國的杰出學者加入編輯委員會。我很榮幸能與他們合作，使這本雜志成為真正的國際期刊。我們的愿望是為理論、設計、實驗和在控制、自動化和系統的所有技術領域的應用方面的原始研究成果提供一個論壇。該雜志涵蓋了三個緊密相關的研究領域，包括控制、自動化和系統。這種類型的報道是獨特的，它是世界上唯一涵蓋這三個領域的雜志。為了成為一份一流的期刊，我們熱忱歡迎您的積極參與和貢獻，不僅提交您寶貴的作品，而且為期刊的改進提出建設性的建議。