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APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS SOCIETY
& NEWSLETTER
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The first issue of the ACES Newsletter on numerical
modeling in electromagnetics was published in February,
1986. Pre-paid subsciptions will run one year from the date
of the first issue, and will include a minimum of two
issues. Other subscriptions will begin with the next issue
and will also run for one year. Back issues of the
Newsletter may be ordered until the supply has been
exhausted at a price of $15.00 per copy. A limited supply
of 1986 Conference Proceedings are available for $35.00 per
copy.
Motivation for both the Newsletter and the Society
stems from the fact that, over the past ten years or so,
computer modeling has matured as a problem-solving tool in
real-world electromagnetics applications. Use of computer
modeling has become so routine that sessions at the various
professional society meetings deal primarily with new
developments, as also do most of the articles found in the
technical literature. As a result, those areas where
modeling is routinely used are not highlighted, and
information exchange among the practitioners (both users and
developers) is inhibited.
Consequently, it seems worthwhile to explore
alternatives that could provide a forum for those working in
applications of computer modeling in electromagnetics.
Response to our first meeting "The First Annual NEC Review"
(130+ attendance and over 40 presentations) held at Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory in March 1985, and our second
meeting "The Second Annual Review of Progress in Applied
Computational Electromagnetics" (100+ attendance and nearly
50 presentations) held at the Naval Postgraduate School
shows that there is a need for an applications forum, and
the consensus was that both a regular meeting and a
publication were appropriate. The Newsletter is the initial
phase of a publication that we expect to become a journal
under the aegis of the Applied Computational
Electromagnetics Society. This organization is now being
formally chartered, having had a constitution and by-laws
adopted at the Monterey Meeting along with a slate of
officers. Membership in ACES can be attained through either
attending an annual meeting, or by payment of a membership
fee (see below). Corporate membership includes Newsletter
reproduction rights (for internal use) and a listing in each
Newsletter issue.
NEWSLETTER GOALS AND ORGANIZATION
The overall goal of ACES is to foster information
exchange among computer modelers in electromagnetics. The
focus of ACES is on computer-applications issues as opposed
to the research and development emphasis provided by other
societies and media. In order to promote this goal and
focus, the ACES Newsletter/Journal will be organized as
follows:
1. There will be several regular departments or
features to appear in the Newsletter including--
--A modeling column that will contain announcements of
general interest such as problems and limitations discovered
in codes and fixes developed thereto, enhancements and
improvements added, innovative applications discovered, and
new codes available.
--Applications notes, to consist of an
introductory summary which describes in 1-2 pages the
problem, the approach used, the results obtained, and
conclusions and recommendations, followed by a maximum of 8-
10 pages which provide more detail, including results and
validation thereof.
--Code descriptions which briefly describe new codes
that have become available.
--Tutorial articles that give an introduction/overview
of various modeling topics from an applications viewpoint,
covering material likely to help the modeler do more
accurate, efficient and reliable modeling.
--An ACES column to provide news of Society activities.
2. Material published in the Newsletter will be so
organized that as subsequent Newsletters become available,
the various sections can be removed to be kept in a common
binder, thus allowing various subjects (applications notes
for example) to be accumulated as a separate reference
document. This topic-oriented organization of the
Newsletter material should provide a more useful way to
collect information than the chronological format used by
most journals.
3. For the ease and convenience of both the readers
and contributors to the Newsletter, standard formats will be
adopted wherever possible for providing material for
inclusion. By requiring an application-note summary to
contain specific information in a particular order, the
reader can always be sure of what the note's minimum
content will be, and the authors will not have to design
their own format.
ARTICLE-PUBLICATION CRITERIA
Finally, because the ACES Newsletter/Journal is
intended to deal with applications, each contribution will
be required to satisfy at least one of the following
criteria to be considered for publication:
1. Code validation. This may be done using
experimental, analytical or computational data.
2. Code applications to design. This could include
studies of parameter sensitivity tradeoffs for the purpose
of tabulating handbook-type data or achieving some desired
performance.
3. Code studies of basic physics. This might involve
using a code to simulate reality in such a way that better
or new physical insight or understanding is achieved.
4. Code enhancements and fixes. This category is self
explanatory, but could cover significant changes to existing
codes, including extending their applicability or improving
their performance, and correcting problems or removing
limitations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information regarding the Newsletter or
becoming a member in the Applied Computational
Electromagnetics Society, please contact ACES secretary
Dr. Richard W. Adler, Code 62AB, Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterey, CA 93943, telephone (408)646-2352. You can
subscribe to the Newsletter (and become a member of ACES) by
completing and returning the form below. Information for
prospective authors follows on the next page.
ACE NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION FORM (Please type or print)
NAME___________________________TITLE___________________
ORGANIZATION___________________________________________
ADDRESS________________________________________________
CITY______________STATE_____ZIP_______PHONE( ) ________
FOREIGN ADDRESS_________________________________________
( ) US Subscription ($25.00 personal, $75.00
organizational).
( ) Foreign Subscription (Add $10.00 to the above).
PLEASE REMIT PAYMENT WITH THIS FORM BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER,
MADE PAYABLE TO "Applied Computational Electromagnetics
Society".
SUBMITTAL OF MATERIAL FOR THE ACES NEWSLETTER
In preparing material for submittal to the ACES
Newsletter, please keep the following guidelines in mind.
APPLICATIONS NOTES
FORMAT
During the start-up phase of the ACES Newsletter, and
for the forseeable future thereafter, we plan to employ
camera-ready final copy because of the cost savings and
convenience it provides. Please follow the guidelines used
by the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society Newsletter which
are paraphrased below.
"...Materials intended for publication in the
Newsletter should be typed single-space in photo-ready
condition--all typing must be kept within a 4 1/2 inch
column width. Any plain white paper can be used but special
paper with light blue column guidelines such as can be
obtained from the IEEE Headquarters for its Newsletters is
convenient. An alternative method is to type on plain bond
paper using heavy black guidelines on a back-up sheet..."
CONTENT
In order to ensure an appropriate level of quality
control and review, contributions for the Applications Notes
will be refereed. We intend to have the Associate Editors
perform this function whenever possible in order to reduce
time delays in publication. Contributions will be reviewed
both for technical correctness and for adherence to the
guidelines listed above with respect to information content.
Contributors might therefore want to submit the initial
manuscript in draft form so that any suggested changes can
be made before the photo-ready copy is prepared.
STYLE
Although it is our intention to be reasonably flexible
with espect to the style of the applications articles which
appear in the ACES Newsletter, it is advisable to provide
some guidelines. We suggest that article preparation with
respect to equations, referencing and layout follow that of
Radio Science. In particular, equation numbers are put in
parentheses at the right column margin, and references are
given by author(s) name and year in the body of the article
and listed in alphabetical order at the end.
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions of other kinds are also welcomed. These
include items for the modeling column, code descriptions and
suggested topics for the tutorial articles.
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include items for the modeling column, code descriptions