IEEE COMPUTER Standards Column - Articles Solicited

COMPUTER Standards Column
Standing Request for Submissions

Contributions are solicited for the six annual installments of this bimonthly column (articles appear in the odd months).

If you have an article in mind, please contact me.
John Harauz <j.harauz@ieee.org> +1 416 493 0010

Please note the following submission deadlines for 2005:

Issue Month/Yr		Deadline	Title of Article
Jan	2005	15Nov04	Software Engineering
Mar	2005	14Jan05	Voting
May	2005	15Mar05	Binary FP Arith. Std 754
Jul	2005	13May05	Common Criteria
Sep	2005	12Jul05	Security in Storage
Nov	2005	13Sep05	Symbolic Music

Jan	2006	mid-Nov	IEEE 1516
Mar	2006	mid-Jan	Learning Object Metadata
May	2006	mid-Mar	IEEE 1220
Jul	2006	mid-May	Fault-Tolerant CORBA
Sep	2006	mid-Jul	IEEE, Int'l Standards Gap
Nov	2006	mid-Sep	Tech Detail in Standards

Article subject areas may deal with any information technology (IT) area. It just happens that this web page appears at an information assurance (IA) web site.

The target length for each column is 2-2.5 magazine pages, or about 1,500-1,900 words. Each figure or table is counted as 300 words, and obviously we prefer to include appropriate graphic elements when they are available. Columns do not include a bibliography or an acknowledgments section.

Articles are published in odd numbered months and deadlines are roughly 1.5 months in advance.

Areas that may be discussed in these articles include, but are not limited to:

Explanation or criticism of existing or developing standards
Analysis of the need (or not) for standards in general or in a particular technology or application of that technology
Fundamental problems (or strengths) of standards or the development process
Collaboration or lack thereof between standards groups, whether ISO/ANSI-accredited or based on an industry consortium or arising from a government committee
Collisions of standards with each other, with laws, policies
Describing current or planned activities of a standards group or organization

Sources for these articles are practically unlimited, and include:

Individuals without affiliation to any group
Members of ISO, ANSI, or any ANSI-accredited standards development organization (SDO)
Individuals or agencies of governments
Industry consortia or their members
Other consortia or their members

Anyone can write and submit an article.

You can submit an article if:

You are actively working on a standard
You never have worked on a standard
You love standards or the process
You hate standards or the process
You are affiliated with the IEEE
You are affiliated with another organization (e.g., iNCITS)
You have no affiliation