Guest editorial [change of Editor-in-Chief]

At the helm of G-AE publications since 1965, Mr. Frederick Van Veen, of Teradyne, Inc., Boston, Mass., recently requested to be relieved of his duties as Editor-in-Chief because of increasingly conflicting demands being placed on his time. We owe him a great debt of gratitude for his invaluable contributions toward revitalizing the Group's TRANSACTIONS. Under his leadership, the TRANSACTIONS pages published annually increased over 250%. This growth has not been at the expense of quality; on the contrary, the Group has published many truly significant papers and has become a forum for reports of new work in the exciting field of digital signal processing. Evidence of this fact is the run on some special issues, especially those devoted to digital signal processing. Incidentally, an anthology of the best papers on digital signal processing, currently in preparation, will rely largely on papers published in the G-AE TRANSACTIONS. Owing in no small part to Mr. VanVeen's organizational talents, the TRANSACTIONS now receives a steady supply of high-quality papers. But this makes it more difficult to schedule special issues without holding up publication of accepted papers. In view of the importance of special issues, then, the Group is moving in the direction of changing the publication schedule from quarterly to bimonthly. Dedicating the additional issues to special topics will, in effect, allow us to meet the demands for special issues without lengthening the interval between regular issues. We expect that this scheduling change will help us serve our membership better. The turnaround of the TRANSACTIONS is based on the relentless effort of a dedicated few, of which Mr. VanVeen has been a key member. On behalf of the Group on Audio and Electroacoustics, I want to express my sincere appreciation for all of his accomplishments in carrying out the demanding task of Editor-in-Chief. We welcome Mr. William E. Collins, of General Radio Company, Concord, Mass., who has assumed the post of Editor-in-Chief.