Brief History


THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (J-KICS) (formerly, the Korea Information and Communications Society) launched THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (J-KICS) (formerly, the Journal of Korean Institute of Communications Sciences) in 1976. During the early six years, this publication was published annually and now it is published monthly since 1990. This publication has been printed in three parts since 2001: Part A (Communication Theory and Systems), Part B (Networks and Services), and Part C (Convergence Technologies). Currently, it categorizes papers into regular papers (A: AI for ICT Applications, B: Communications Systems, C: Networks and Computings, D: Services Applications and Emerging Topics, E: ICT Convergence) and special papers. During the last ten years, about 400 papers have been published yearly. The title of this publication has been changed from THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES to THE JOURNAL OF KOREAN INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SCIENCES in 2007, under the same ISSN of 1226-4717.