IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Status Report to IEEE SysC AdCom
from
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Presented by
Dr. Wai-Chi Fang
Chair of the Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
IEEE Systems Council
Date: December 3, 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Acknowledgment
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I would like to thank Robert Rassa and Paul
Gartz for valuable discussions and support
that help me to initiate this committee.
I would also like to thank the support from
the CASS ExeCom and BoG. Especially the
CASS Region Activities Committee for
providing me the Chapter Chair’s Kit.
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Welcome to the IEEE Systems Council's
Regional Activities and Chapters Committee
(Winston) Wai-Chi Fang, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow
Chairman, Regional Activities Committee of IEEE Systems Council
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
IEEE Regional World Map
Chapters - Worldwide
The IEEE has sectioned the world into 10
regions as shown on the map:
Each region encompasses the
following geographical areas:
Region 1 USA – Northeast
Region 2 USA – East
Region 3 USA – Southeast
Region 4 USA - North Central
Region 5 USA - South Central
Region 6 USA – West
Region 7 Canada
Region 8 Europe, Middle East, Africa
Region 9 Latin America
Region 10 Asia, Australia and the Pacific
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee Members
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Region 1 (USA Northeast) Director:
THEODORA S. SAUNDERS
296 Blake Circle, Hamden CT 06517, Home Phone: (203) 624-3826, Work Phone: (203) 386-6349, Home Email:
theoarven@sbcglobal.net, Work Email: Tsaunders@sikorsky.com
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(USA East) Director: TBD
(USA Southeast) Director: Rob Lyons
(North Central) Director : TBD
(South Central) Director: TBD
(West) Director: Senior Manager from JPL
(Canada) Director: TBD
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Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Director: Dr. Daniel Howard (QinetiQ, UK)
Region 9 (Latin America) Director: TBD
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Region 10 (Asia, Australia and the Pacific) Director:
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Prof. Peter Wu (to be
confirmed), President of National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Note: Formulate joint chapters at LA, GTRI, SF, Dayton, Seattle, STx
IEEE Systems Council’s Chapters in
Region 10 Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Chapters - Region 10-Taiwan
Region 10-Taiwan Director:
Prof. Peter Wu (to be confirmed)
President of National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Tainan Chapter Chair:
Prof./Dean Jhing-Fa Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Department of Electrical Engineering
National Cheng Kung University
One University Road
Tainan 70101
TAIWAN
Taipei Chapter Chair:
Prof./Dean C. T. Lin, National Chiao-Tung University
Hsinchu, 300
TAIWAN
Tel: +886-3-5131475
Fax: +886-3-5710580
Email: jerryjou@mail.nctu.edu.tw
Korea Chapter:
Chair- Prof. Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
SysC Chapters in Region 10-China
Region 10-China Director:
Prof. Zhenhui Tan
President of Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Beijing Chapter Chair:
Prof. Yao Zhao, Chapter Chair
Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Shanghai Chapter Chair:
Prof. Zhen-Ya He, Chapter Chair
Southeastern University
Dept. of Radio Engineering, Nanjing 210018, CHINA
Tel: +86 25 379 2481, Email: zyhe@seu.edu.cn
Hong Kong Section:
Prof. Oscar C. Au, Chair
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, CHINA
Tel: +852 2358 7053, Fax: +852 2358 1485, Email: eeau@ust.hk
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
SysC Chapters in Region 1-6 (USA)
Region 1 Director:
LA Chapter:
Dr. Wai-Chi Fang
San Francisco Chapter:
TBD
Seattle Chapter:
TBD
Dayton Chapter:
TBD
S-Texas Chapter:
TBD
GTRI Chapter:
TBD
IEEE Systems Council
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Chapter of Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
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The Regional Activities & Chapter Committee should pledge their
support for local Chapters and also provide Chapter Chair’s Kit for
running local Chapters.
The Regional Activities & Chapter Committee is composed of one
Chairman and 10 Regional Directors to provide direct support for
the Chapters -- representing Asia/Pacific, Europe/Africa/MiddleEast, Latin America, and North America. Contact information for the
current Regional Directors should be available in the SysC web site.
Organizing a Chapter
The minimum Chapter requirements are:
(1) Maintain a membership of at least ten, other than students
(2) Hold at least two (for SysC) technical meetings per year
(3) Maintain a level of activity acceptable to the IEEE Regional
Director and the Council President.
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IEEE Regional Activities evaluates each inactive Chapter
carefully and provides support to make inactive Chapter viable.
A Chapter is considered active if it holds at least two technical
meetings per year. A Chapter is placed on probation if it holds
less than two technical meetings per year. IEEE will recommend
that a Chapter be dissolved if it remains on probation for three
consecutive years.
Organization of Local Chapter
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A Chapter is administered by an Executive Committee, which
may consist of only one officer -- the Chair.
Other possible positions for the executive Committee include:
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Past Chair
Publicity Chair
Membership Chair
Vice-Chair
Arrangements Chair
Secretary-Treasurer
Student Relations Chair
Program Chair
The number and types of officers that lead a Chapter depend on
the needs and resources of the Chapter. It is not necessary to
fill all of these positions.
Activities Goal of Local Chapter
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Chapters should engage five or more activities per
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Run an active membership recruiting campaign.
Run a mentor program.
Hold one workshop based on local chapter needs.
participation in Council-level sponsored conferences/meetings.
Prepare annual activity report and planning document (with budget).
Chapters should Identify local synergistic societies
to partner with in running Chapter activities.
IEEE Systems Council’s
Chapter Information
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Chapter Information Why should Society/Council members form a Chapter?
Chapters are ideal vehicles for informative technical meetings and for networking at the local level. Chapters can receive funding
from both the parent technical Society and the parent Section.
Who can form an IEEE Chapter?
To form a Chapter, you must be an active member of the IEEE holding the grade of Member, Senior Member or Fellow. You
must also be a member of the Section, and the Society. If it is a joint Chapter, membership in only one of the Sections is
required.
How do I form a Chapter?
By completing a Society Chapter petition which must be signed by at least 12 qualified members and approved by the Section
Chair. IEEE Staff is available to assist you in any step of the process of Chapter Development. Please visit the IEEE Society
Chapter home page or direct any questions to: April Nakamura, IEEE Society Chapter Coordinator, phone: +1 732 562 3846,
fax: +1 732 981 1769, e-mail: tad-chap-dev@ieee.org.
What is the difference between a Region, a Section and a Chapter?
The membership of the IEEE is divided geographically into three administrative Units. The first division is that of Regions of
which there are 10 worldwide. They are: Regions 1-6 which consist of the IEEE membership in the United States; Region 7 is
Canadian members; Region 8 is Europe, Africa and the Middle East; Region 9 is Latin America and the Caribbean; and Region 10
is Asia, Australia and the Pacific Rim countries. The second division is Sections. There are about 300 Sections, which are
subunits of Regions, divided geographically to facilitate administration and local activities. The third division is Chapters.
Chapters are technical subunits of one or more Sections. There are 37 different Technical Societies which are represented by the
Chapters in each Section.
Who is eligible to hold office in a Chapter?
To be eligible to hold office in an IEEE Section you must be an active member of the IEEE. You must hold the grade of Member,
Senior Member, or Fellow, or Life Member, Life Senior, or Life Fellow. You must also be a member of the Section. Society
Chapter Officers must be members of the Society (if it is a joint Society Chapter, membership in only one of the Societies is
required).
What reporting requirements must Chapters follow?
Chapters are required to annually report meeting activity, financial activity and current officers to the parent Section. These
reports must be submitted at the end of each year. Additional reporting may be required from the Society. For more information,
see the IEEE Chapter Reporting Requirements web page.
Are there funds available for my Chapter?
Yes, funds are provided to eligible units through the annual Section rebate. $180 per Chapter which meets the reporting
requirements explained above. Additional funding may be available from your Society. For more information on Society funding,
please review the Society Chapter Funding Guide.
IEEE Systems Council’s Financial Support
to Chapters (Motion to the AdCom)
In addition to IEEE funding, the System
Council provides the following financial
support to its Chapters:
 $500 in "start-up" funds for NEW chapters.
 $500 per year for ACTIVE chapters which
submit report (& request) to the Council.
 $500-$1,000 to assist a Chapter planning a
"special event" (e.g., int'l workshop, industryoriented exhibition, short course, etc.)
IEEE Systems Council
Chapter-of-the Year Award
(Motion to the AdCom)
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The purpose of this award is to recognize the
Systems Council Chapter with the best yearly
activities. The award is based on best yearly
activities in the categories of Chaptersponsored technical activities, increase in
membership and participation in Council-level
sponsored conferences/meetings.
The first award is to be granted in year 2008.
Introduction to IEEE Systems Council’s
Regional Activities & Chapters Committee
Backup Information
An Introduction to…
IEEE Systems Council
The IEEE Technical Activity Board has approved a
Systems Council to build systems application
focused synergy among 15 IEEE Societies who have
formed this Council. These societies include:
The logo of IEEE Systems Council
was approved by the IEEE Systems
Council AdCom on May 13, 2006.
• Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
• Instrumentation and Measurement (IMS)
• Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT)
• Aerospace & Electronic Systems (AES)
• Product Safety Engineering (PSES)
• Computational Intelligence (CIS)
• Robotics and Automation (RAS)
• Engineering Management (EMS)
• Oceanic Engineering (OES)
• Circuits and Systems (CAS)
• Power Electronics (PES)
• Communications (COMSOC)
• Control Systems (CSS)
• Computer (CS)
• Reliability (RS)
IEEE Systems Council Website:
http://www.ieeesystemscouncil.org
IEEE Systems Council
FIELD OF INTEREST
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This Council integrates IEEE activities regarding aspects of multiple
disciplines and specialty areas associated with the engineering of
systems.
This Council covers, but is not limited to the following:
• Systems engineering, education, standards, processes and
methodologies
• Modeling, simulation and integration related to design, testing,
production and support
• Design aspects for robust design, human factors, safety, security and
usability
• Transition of products from design to production, deployment and use
• Quality control and system management
• Program/product/project management interactions
• Risk management
• Systems architecture
IEEE Systems Council Governing Documents :
IEEE Systems Council Constitution
- FINAL (RCR) 5/18/05
(http://www.ieeesystemscouncil.org/docs/IEEE%20Systems%20Council%20Constitution%20FINAL.pdf)
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE
Section 1 Name
Section 2 Purpose
ARTICLE II FIELD OF INTEREST
Section 1 Field of Interest
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL
Section 1 Council and Member Societies
Section 2 New Member Societies
Section 3 Removal of Member Societies
Section 4 Officers of Council Administrative Committee
(AdCom)
Section 5 Voting Members of Council AdCom
Section 6 IEEE Membership Requirement
Section 7 Member Representative Appointment and Voting
Privileges
Section 8 Terms of Member Society Representatives
Section 9 Vacancies of Member Society Representatives
Section 10 Non-Voting Ex-Officio Members of Council AdCom
ARTICLE IV ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
Section 1 Election of Officers
Section 2 Method of Election
Section 3 Filling of Council Office Vacancies
Table of Contents (conti.)
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ARTICLE V POWERS, PRIVILEGES, AND DUTIES
Section 1 Duties of Officers and Members
Section 2 Appointment of Secretary, Editors, Committee Chairpersons
Section 3 Duties of Council President
Section 4 Establishment of Standing Committees
Section 5 Expenditures and Debts
ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL SUPPORT & EXPENDITURES
Section 1 Regular Income
Section 2 Additional Revenues
Section 3 Prohibited Expenditures
ARTICLE VII MEETINGS
Section 1 Meetings
Section 2 Annual Meeting
Section 3 Quorum and ex-officio members
Section 4 Alternate Representatives
Section 5 Business Conducted by Telecommunication
Section 6 Lack of Quorum
ARTICLE VIII PUBLICATIONS
Section 1 Publication Policies
Section 2 Publication of Council Periodicals
ARTICLE IX CONFERENCES AND TECHNICAL MEETINGS
Section 1 Meetings Policies
ARTICLE X RECALL
Section 1 Recall of Member Society Representatives
Section 2 Recall of Voting Procedures
ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS
Section 1 Adoption and Amendment of Constitution
Section 2 Precedence of IEEE Constitution, Bylaws, and Policies
Section 3 Effective Date of Constitution
IEEE Systems Council currently has 15
Society Members (as May 13, 2006):
IEEE Society
Instrumentation & Measurement
Steve Dyer
Aerospace & Electronic Systems
Jim Leonard
Engineering Management
Tariq Durrani
Circuits And Systems
Ellen Yoffa
Microwave Theory & Techniques
Karl Varian
Systems, Man & Cybernetics
Larry Hall
Reliability
Bill Tonti
Computer
Deborah Cooper
Product Safety Engineering
Henry Benitez
Communications
Nim Cheung
Power Electronics
Rik DeDoncker
Oceanic Engineering
Jim Barbera
Computational Intelligence
Vincenzo Piuri
Robotics & Automation
Dick Volz
Control Systems Society
John Baillieul
Member?
Rep
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Steve Karlovic *
Dr. Stephen Adam
yes
Bob Lyons *
Theodora Saunders
yes
Dr. Gerard H (Gus) Gaynor
open
yes
Mario di Bernardo
Dr. Wai-Chi Fang *
yes
Dr Roger Kaul *
Dr W. Gregory Lyons
yes
Richard Saeks
Don Brown *
yes
Lon Chase
Dr. Shuichi Fukuda
yes
Byron Purves
Stephanie White
yes
Mark Montrose
open
yes
Prof Amitabh Mishra *
Prof Stu Milner
yes
Marcelo G. Simoes *
Antonello Monti
yes
Dr Albert (Sandy) Williams *
Steve Holt
yes
Dr Witold Pedrycz *
open
yes
Alicia Casals *
open
yes
Prof N. Harris McClamroch
open
* Senior Rep
IEEE Systems Council Officers and
Appointed Committees (as May 13, 2006):
Elected Officers
Society
President
I&M
Bob Rassa
Raytheon
VP-Technical Operations
CS
Paul Croll
CSC
VP-Publications
EMS
Wade Shaw
Florida Inst of Tech
VP-Conferences
OES
Jim Barbera
Consultant
VP-Finance
I&M
Clyde Chittister
Software Engrg Inst
President-Elect
AES
Paul Gartz
Boeing
Treasurer
CAS
Ian Hiskens
University of Wisconsin
Secretary
AES
Theodora Saunders
see above
Chair, Regional Activities and Chapters Committee
CAS
Wai-Chi Fang
NASA-JPL, Caltech
Editor, IEEE Systems Journal
SMC
Mo Jamshidi
Univ of Texas SAT
Chair, Publications Committee
EMS
VP Publications
Appointed & Automatic Positions
Chair, Meetings Committee
CS
Chair, Nominations & Appointments
Chair, Constitution & ByLaws
VP Technical Ops
open
PSES
Mark Montrose
Chair, Fellows Committee
I&M
Steve Adam
Chair, Standards Committee
I&M
Steve Adam
Chair, Finance Committee
I&M
VP Finance
Liaison & Transnational
CAS
Wai-Chi Fang
NASA-JPL, Caltech
CALL FOR PAPERS
IEEE Systems Journal
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Scope: This journal is created to provide a systems-level focused forum for
application-oriented manuscripts that address complex systems and systemof-systems of national and global significance. It is intended to encourage and
facilitate cooperation and interaction among IEEE societies, and other
professional societies, with systems-level and systems engineering interest.
Journal Need: The journal in intended to stimulate awareness, appreciation
and utilization of systems thinking and the supporting systems engineering
disciplines. Themes that will be addressed include complexity, integration,
inter-operability, dynamics, communication, effectiveness, ethics and
completeness. This publication fills a void un-addressed by most other
journals, both within IEEE and outside. Within the scope of this journal, areas
of interest include, but are not limited to: Energy, Management, Disaster
Response, Space Exploration, Manufacturing, Automation, Communication,
Information and Computer Technologies including Cyberspace, Internet,
Distributed Networks, Transportation, Environment including Earth Sciences,
Socio-economic, Agricultural, Biological, Medical, Services, Educational
Systems, Global Warming, Ozone Layer issues, Safety concerns and Systems
Engineering related topics to the System-of-Systems environment.
Submit your electronic papers (Acrobat PDF format) in 25 or less manuscript
pages with standard IEEE format (double column, font 12 Times Roman,
keywords, and corresponding author) to:
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Mo Jamshidi
IEEE Systems Journal
Department of ECE and ACE Center, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
Phone: +1-210-458-7074, Fax: +1-210-458-5947 Email: mo.jamshidi@utsa.edu
Call for Papers:
1st Annual IEEE Systems Conference
April 8-11, 2007, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Honolulu Hawaii USA
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Conference Theme
The theme of the IEEE Systems Conference is Engineering Complex Integrated
Systems and Systems-of-systems – Implications for Systems Engineering,
Systems Integration, and Systems Thinking.
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Background
The IEEE Systems Council facilitates interactions among communities of
interest on system-level problems and applications. System-level thinking is
essential in the world today, not only for technical systems but also for society
at large. The Council addresses the discipline of systems engineering,
including the issues and complexities of system-level and system-of-systems
applications, focusing on the total systems effectiveness of complex integrated
systems of national and global significance.
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Conference Objectives
This conference seeks to create an interactive forum for the advancement of the practice
of system design, development, and management, across the multiple disciplines and
specialty areas associated with the engineering of systems. The conference will provide a
venue for systems engineering practitioners, managers, researchers, and educators to
exchange innovative concepts, ideas, applications, and lessons learned addressing:
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• Applications-oriented topics on large-scale systems and system-of-systems in
topics noted below
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• Systems engineering, education, standards, processes and methodologies for the
system-of-systems environment
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• Research opportunities and results relating to system-of-systems
Topic areas for consideration include: (see next page)
Call for Papers:
1st Annual IEEE Systems Conference
April 8-11, 2007, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Honolulu Hawaii USA
Topic areas for consideration include:
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System architecture, especially at the system-of-systems level
Engineering systems of systems including risk management
Systems reliability
Engineering Processes for the system-of-systems design environment
Systems engineering quality management
Systems modeling & simulation
Systems Verification and Validation
Systems engineering education and training
Program/Project management for system-of-systems
“Systems thinking” benefits
Technology transfer between academia and industry
Societal and Political impacts of systems and systems design
The impact of systems engineering on other engineering fields
Systems considerations such as:
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Disaster response
Energy management & sustainability, including renewable energy
Communications systems
Medical systems
Gaming and entertainment systems
Transportation Systems
Global Earth Observation
Sensors integration and Application for a Net-centric environment
Large-scale systems integration in any application area
We invite authors to submit short (not to exceed 750 words) abstracts of proposed technical papers. Abstracts must fully
describe the planned content. Abstracts must include the following administrative information: paper title, author’s name(s)
and title, e-mail address, phone number(s), mailing address and organization. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to
the Technical Program Chair, Paul Croll, at pcroll@csc.com
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IMPORTANT MILESTONES:
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Abstract Submission Deadline: October 01, 2006
Acceptance Notification and Author Instructions: November 10, 2006
Submission of Camera-Ready Papers: February 01, 2007
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Technical Program information contact: Paul R. Croll, Technical Program Chairman Computer Sciences Corporation 5166
Potomac Drive King George, VA 22485 (540) 644-6224 pcroll@csc.com
Conference information contact: Bob Rassa, General Chairman Raytheon Company 2000 E. El Segundo Blvd, MS R01/B523 El
Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 334-0764 RCRassa@raytheon.com
2006 IEEE Systems Council
Meetings
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The 1st 2006 meeting was held Jan 27-28,
2006, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver
Canada.
The 2nd 2006 meeting was held May 12 -13,
2006, at the Renaissance Resort, Orlando,
United State.
The 3rd 2006 meeting will be held Sept 2006
in Canada (TBD).
What is Happening in IEEE Systems
Council? (up to date: May 21, 2006)
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Systems Journal
Systems Conferences
Focused Workshops
Chapters
SE Program Recommendations/Accreditation
SE Certification
Council Website
Contributions to our Member Societies
What is news?
IEEE Systems Journal
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Editor in Chief: Prof Mo Jamshidi
New IEEE Journal is an elaborate process
with several approval stages. The IEEE
Systems Journal is in the Form II stage,
meaning the final submittal to the TAB
Periodical Committee – and this is scheduled
to happen in June.
What is news?
IEEE Systems Conferences & Workshops
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The 2007 IEEE Systems Conference will be
held July, 2007 at Hawaii, USA. The
Conference will involve the populated Field of
Interest special topics.
Focused Workshops is in planning stage. Paul
Croll, the VP-Technical Operation, is taking
lead on this activities.
What is news?
IEEE Systems Chapters
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The IEEE Systems Council is allowed to have
Chapters per IEEE .
Wai-Chi Fang is appointed as the Chapters
Coordinator in the System Council AdCom
Meeting on May 13.
Status: Chapters Coordination is in an early
planning stage.
Recommendations to the CAS
ExeCom/BoG (in the 2006 BoG meeting)
1) The IEEE System Council has been performing very well and on-track
to provide a synergistic mechanism to foster interaction and
cooperation among Societies with an overlapping Field of Interest.
2) The CASS would benefit from joint activities with IEEE System
Council by perform as an active Society Member Overlapping areas
include systems-on-chip, effective multimedia systems-of-systems,
and some other system-thinking driven complex systems and circuits
areas.
3) The CASS should keep playing an active role in IEEE Systems
Council as an active Society Member.