State of the Journal

Abstract

Welcome to 2018's first issue of the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS). I'm excited with my new role as incoming Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of TPDS and look forward to serving the community over the next few years. My goal as EIC is to continue to work on increasing the visibility and relevance and impact of TPDS, as well as the quality and timeliness of the review process, to ensure that TPDS is the premier Transactions in the field. The IEEE is a hallmark of quality for technical publication. The value TPDS brings to the international community is in its collection of the highest quality research that is relevant to academia, industry, and laboratories. I will investigate new opportunities for TPDS to capture the best research while maintaining its emphasis on highest quality papers. TPDS also needs to respond to a dynamic and rapidly evolving research and publication landscape. As EIC, I will work with the IEEE community to ensure that TPDS does respond appropriately, and will carefully work with the editorial board to revisit the scope and recruit new editorial board members as needed. An important and rapid growing conversation is related to the repeatability of published research and the submission of supplementary material such as code and data. I am part of this conversation, and will work with the EB and the community to explore how to bring these practices in meaningful and measured ways to TPDS.