Modern engineering and science cannot do without computer-aided research and technologic processes. The new journal, Studies and Materials in Applied Computer Science (ISSN 1689-6300), is aimed at scientists who, in their research work on diverse engineering branches, use computer science methods in their broad sense. With that journal, it will be possible to consolidate different engineering branches that are aided by common computer-related methods. We would like all employees, PhD students, students and particularly those who represent engineering in its broad sense and whose research works are closely related to Applied Computer Science to feel invited to actively cooperate with the journal. We address that invitation especially to young researches and to leaders of scientific circles. We would like SiMIS to become a forum where PhD students or MSc. candidates publish their first papers, often together with their thesis supervisor, and thus they enter the world of scientific activity.