Intelligent Systems in a Connected World

Incoming IEEE Intelligent Systems Editor in Chief Fei-Yue Wang thanks Editor in Chief Emeritus Jim Hendler for his service to the magazine and welcomes Hsinchun Chen director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona to the editorial staff. As the new editor in chief, Wang outlines his vision to make IS the Science of AI, following in the footsteps of Hendler´s vision to make the magazine the Nature of AI. He also discusses the need to recruit young, up and coming researching to the magazine´s editorial staff and plans to add interesting new departments such as one on Cyber-Physical Systems. Wang also wants to follow through on promoting the magazine in China, Japan, and Korea.