Editorial: Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

The editor-in-chief would like to update everyone on CAL\´s progress. So far this year, there have been 60 submissions, which is about the same pace as last year, but up dramatically from prior years. The acceptance rate has actually dropped slightly, to 24%. The turnaround time has also improved dramatically. In 2010 so far, all of submissions received a first decision within 2 months, 93% within 6 weeks (a 9% improvement over 2009), and 85% within one month (a 27% improvement over 2009). The goal is that all submissions should be decided within one month, and we are continuing to work on procedures to achieve that. However, we never want to sacrifice the quality of a decision for the sake of expediency, and prefer to take extra time when necessary to get an extra review or clarify some aspect of a review. Once a paper is accepted and the final camera-ready copy is submitted, it is posted immediately to IEEE Xplore, where it appears under CAL\´s "forthcoming" papers until it appears in print. We look for papers that provide ideas or insights that are novel or likely to have lasting importance. We welcome papers presenting early work in new areas, and recognize that such work is also likely to provide only early evidence to support the paper??s claims. Papers on more established topics are expected to be able to provide stronger evidence in support of their claims.