Aim & Scope This publication provides a systems-level, focused forum for application-oriented manuscripts that address complex systems and system-of-systems of national and global significance. It intends to encourage and facilitate cooperation and interaction among IEEE Societies with systems-level and systems engineering interest, and to attract non-IEEE contributors and readers from around the globe. Our IEEE Systems Council job is to address issues in new ways that are not solvable in the domains of the existing IEEE or other societies or global organizations. These problems do not fit within traditional hierarchical boundaries. We need to think about changing and enlarging the paradigm to include systems issues. The IEEE Systems Journal (ISJ) is the technical journal of the IEEE Systems Council and is published quarterly. Visit the IEEE Systems Journal Website Editor-in-Chief Amir G. Aghdam Concordia University Canada 7 (Canada) Email Editorial Board View the Editor(s)