Abstract :
According to the new Journal Citation Report released by Thomson Reuters in June, IEEE Intelligent Systems´ impact factor (IF) was 3.144 in 2009, making it the number one publication in the AI field. In addition, IS is now seventh in generalized computational intelligence publications, twelfth in electrical and electronic engineering, and twelfth in all IEEE transactions, journals, and magazines. This issue brings theme articles on social learning as well as a new Cyber-Physical-Social Systems (CPSS) department.