text: 1998 ACC Survey Highlights of the 1998 ACC Survey
  There was an impressive number of respondents to the 1998 ACC PULSE which was distributed in the Advanced Registration packages and during the ACC banquet. The results were tabulated and carefully discussed during the December AACC Steering Committee Meeting in Tampa, FL. Such an "extended" survey will be used only every three years, while in the interim years an abbreviated one page version will be used. Below is a brief summary of the survey results:
  The vast majority continue to support the three sets of two hour sessions with 20 minute presentations for each regular or short paper.
  Since tutorial sessions started in 1997, the number of such sessions has increased rapidly from 1 in 1997, 5 in 1998, and 7 planned in 1999.
  The conference proceedings for the next four ACC's will be published in the form of a CD ROM that will be available at the conference site, and printed proceedings at an added cost to be available within 3-5 weeks after the conference.
  The position for a Program Vice Chair for Industry and Applications, created in 1997, is now considered a permanent one in every ACC. As a result, industry and application tracks are designated and highlighted in each ACC program. Four such tracks are planned for 1999.
  Papers submitted as regular or short will be evaluated as such; the possibility of the editorial board moving a regular paper to the short category is ruled out.
  Session Chairs will be sent an advance copy of the printed papers in their session with specific guidelines to ensure smooth running of the session and allowing a discussion time.
  There is continued concern about "no-show" authors.
  As indicated in Masayoshi Tomizuka's President's Corner, the sites for at least the next four ACC's have already been determined. Hotel choices for each of these sites have been made in response to feedback from the attendees at recent ACC's.
  We plan to put the entire summary of the 1998 survey on a web page that can be accessed via a link from the AACC web page.
  The next "extended" survey will be used in the 2001 ACC; in 1999 and 2000, your comments will be solicited on a brief one page survey.
  All attendees are urged to indicate only ONE society identifying their affiliation on the registration form.
  For a complete report on the 1998 ACC, please refer to the report published in the December 1998 issue of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine (pp. 91-93).