Asia Pacific Board (APB)
Takaya YamazatoDirector - Asia/Pacific Region
Nagoya University, [email protected]
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction APB Team 2016-2017 APB Committee Action Plans and
Updates Committee Meeting Reports Any Other Business Next APB General Meeting
APB congratulates Malaysia local chapters and organizers for
success of ICC2016
2016– 2017 Slate of APB OfficersAPB Director Prof. Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya University, Japan)Past Director Prof. Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Vice DirectorsProf. Saewoong Bahk (Seoul National University, Korea)Dr. Sumei Sun (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang (The University of New South Wales, Australia)
SecretariesProf. Hiroshi Shigeno (Keio University, Japan)Dr. Takaya Miyazawa (NICT, Japan)
New York StaffMs. Carol Cronin
Singapore Staff (AP Office)Manager Ms. Fanny SuExecutive Ms. Ewell Tan
IEEE India OfficeProgram Specialist ComSoc & eHealth Mr. Munir Mohammed
2016– 2017 Slate of APB Officers(Committee Chairs)
Technical Affairs Committee (AP Young Researcher Award, AP Outstanding Paper Award, APCC Best Paper Award)(Vice Director (TAC): Prof. Saewoong Bahk)
Prof. Jianwei Huang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Prof. Takahiko Saba (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan)
Meeting & Conference Committee(Vice Director (ISC and MCC) Dr. Sumei Sun)
Prof. Jiming Chen (Zhejiang University, China)
Information Services Committee (Web, AP Newsletter)(Vice Director (ISC and MCC) Dr. Sumei Sun)
Prof. Yao-Win Peter Hong (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)Prof. Hung-Yun Hsieh (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Membership Development Committee (Industry Outreach, Student Outreach)(Vice Director (MDC and CCC) Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang)
Assoc. Prof. Youngchul Sung (KAIST, Korea)Prof. Meixia Tao (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
Chapters Coordination Committee (DLT/DSP, Sister Society)(Vice Director (MDC and CCC) Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang)DLT/DSP Coordinator Prof. Eiji Oki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)Sister Society Prof. Miki Yamamoto (Kansai University, Japan)
2016– 2017 Slate of APB Officers(Special Liaison for ComSoc Activities and Advisors)
Special Liaison for ComSoc Activities:Prof. Chen Hsiao-Hwa (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)Prof. Nei Kato (Tohoku University, Japan)Prof. Borhanuddin Mohd Ali (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)Prof. Tomoaki Ohtsuki (Keio University, Japan)Prof. Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Japan)
Advisors:Tomonori Aoyama (Keio University, Japan) Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Daehyoung Hong (Sogang University, Korea)Noriyoshi Kuroyanagi (Chubu University, Japan) Byeong Gi Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Kwang Bok Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Lin-Shan Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Zhisheng Niu (Tsinghua University, China)Naohisa Ohta (Keio University, Japan)Iwao Sasase (Keio University, Japan)Desmond Taylor (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) Naoaki Yamanaka (Keio University, Japan)
MISSION OF THE BOARD
Address all ComSoc activities and programs related to members and chapters in the Asia Pacific region
Activities: Promoting the professional activities in the AP region Expand ComSoc membership in AP Foster the provisioning of professional development and
information services to ComSoc members in AP Encourage the participation of AP members in ComSoc
activities Liaison with national scientific and professional societies in
AP
Accomplishments 1st Half-Year 10 DLTs and 4 DSPs granted/delivered
Final approval by Zhensheng Zhang (Membership Services Director)
Distinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters
AP DLT #1: Anura Jayasumana 15 - 24 January 2016 Bombay
Gujarat
Pune
AP DLT #2: J. B. Othman 14 - 19 March 2016 India Council
Bombay
Pune
Gujarat
AP DLT #3: Zhu Han 23 May - 4 June 2016 Malaysia
Delhi
Singapore
AP DLT #4: Mohamed-Slim Alouini 13 - 14 May 2016 Bangladesh
AP DLT #5: Dusit Niyato 20 - 27 May 2016 Seoul
Tokyo
AP DLT #6: Jianwei Huang 20 - 27 May 2016 Tokyo
Kansai
AP DLT #7: Jiajia Liu 28 - 30 March 2016 Taipei
AP DLT #8: Mahbub Hassan 22 - 28 May 2016 Malaysia
AP DLT #9: J. B. Othman May 29 - 19 June 2016 New Zealand North, South & Central
AP DLT #10: Ying-Dar Lin 19 – 29 May 2016
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
Distinguished Lecturer Lecture Date Hosting Chapters
DSP #1: Lingyang Song 16-Feb-16 Sendai
DSP #2: Nirwan Ansari 1-Jun-16 Indonesia
DSP #3: Tarik Taleb 27-May-16 Malaysia
DSP #4: Zhensheng Zhang 19-May-16 Harbin
DLT DSP
2016 10 4
2015 12 5
2014 14 4
2013 7 0
Summary
Accomplishments 1st Half-Year (cont’d)
AP Newsletter No.49 distributed at ICC 2016 Table of Contents:
Message from the APB Director Trending Topics in the Eyes of IEEE Fellows Past APB Best/Outstanding Young Researchers – Then and Now Call For Application/Nomination of APB Awards Report on DLTs in the AP Region Report on Student Activities from Local Chapters What's Up on the Asia-Pacific Board? Upcoming Conferences Asia-Pacific Region Officers 2016-2017
Awards Call for Applications of the 11th Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award Call for Nominations of the 5th Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award
AP Regional Chapter Chair meeting
Targeting GLOBECOM 2017 04-08, Dec 2017 at Singapore
Coordinate with Sister and Related Societiesmeeting (Director Curtis Siller)
Tentative date: 02 (Sat) and 03 (Sun) Dec 2017 Two days before GLOBECOM
ComSoc Meeting Report
Member Services Board Meeting Monday 23, 11:00-12:30 Parkview 1 Zhensheng Zhang, Director - Membership Services
Member Relations Council Monday 23, 13:30-15:30 Amber Stefano Bregni, Vice-President for Member and Global Activities
Sister and Related Societies Board Monday 23, 16:00-17:30 Parkview 2 Curtis Siller, Director – Sister and Related Societies
Industry Outreach Tuesday 24, 10:30-12:30 Quartz Ashutosh Dutta, Director of Industry Outreach
Member Service Report
Zhensheng Zhang
May 2106 11:00 – 12:30
13
Board Members
Member Service Board Director - Membership Services - Zhensheng Zhang
Director - Asia/Pacific Region -Takaya YamazatoDirector - Europe, Middle-East, & Africa Region - Andrzej JajszczykDirector - Latin America Region - Carlos Lozano GarzonDirector - North America Region - Scott AtkinsonDirector - Sister & Related Societies - Curtis Siller
Director - Education Director - Industry Outreach – Ashutosh Dutta
Past Director: Koichi Asatani Staff Representative: Carol Cronin
Overview
Goal: – Focus on promoting and furthering the interests of individual members worldwide to increase member retention, renewal, recruitment, and recognition
Programs: – Chapters Funding and Awards – Membership Development Support Grant (MDSG) – Distinguished Lecturer Tours Program (DLT) – Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) – Regional/Local Programs
21 DLT’s – TOTAL: $27,689
AP– 10 (in fact 12) approved – Total: $14,997 EMEA – 4 approved - Total: $4,350 LA – 2 approved – Total: $3,900 NA – 5 approved – Total: $4442
15
6/22/2016
Work Done So Far/Accomplishments
Member Development Support Grant2 from NA Region – Total: 25001 pending from LA Region
DSP – Total $3981.60
3 AP Region – Total: $14401 EMEA Region – Total: $3211 LA Region – Total: $5004 NA Region – Total: $1720
Work Done So Far/Accomplishments
Work Done So Far/Accomplishments
CHAPTER QUESTIONNAIRES
AP Region – 19 EMEA Region – 16 LA Region – 19 NA Region - 28
Problems Encountered
DLT P&P guidelines are not clear Issues with DLTs co-locating Comsoc conferences DLT budget limitation within same region: $1000 Number of DLTs per chapter per year Whether chapter involvement for talks at
Universities/keynotes/industrial Purchased tickets before approval
Application Procedures not clear… need to draft a standard procedure
Problem Solution Plans
To discuss the issues identified at the Board meeting and email exchanges
Future Work Chapter Questionnaires
Funding allocation (recommendation) Best chapter selection
Member Service Support
Challenges Membership growth Chapter does not have budget, no funds from section Increasing industry/academia cooperation
6/22/201621
Curtis SillerDirector – Sister and Related Societies
BoG1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
25-26 May 2016
Work Done/Accomplishments In 1st Half-Year
Reconstituted Board (11) MALs, Regional Directors, S&RS contacts, Stefano B., Sergio, Curtis…
Approved P&Ps – Action Item Carried Over from 2015 Updated SS Cooperation Agreements to Reflect Elimination of TCS Conference
Fee Waiver Began Planning (with Harvey and Doug) for January 2017 ComSoc Retreat and
Coordination with Pacific Telecommunications Council (an RS) Conference ComSoc will propose a notable speaker and panel(s) or technical session(s)
Linking S&RS Contacts with ComSoc Chapter Chairs in the Corresponding Region - to Reciprocally Share Programs of Common Interest.
Working with Peter Nagy (Hungary-HTE) to Create an HTE & ComSoc Student Thesis (in English) Award
Work Done/Accomplishments In 1st Half-Year – Cont’d
Continue Distributing GCN Some are beginning to respond with their own contributions; also
passing GCN on to their members Inviting Folks to Use Our ComMag Conference Calendar for
Their Events Modest participation
Pre-announcing Discounted Registration for Our Signature Conference Events And affirming that registration form includes S&RS discount
Some have been lacking such discount
Problems Encountered
Monthly Availability of a ComSoc Magazine Paper Has Changed: Articles will only be made available if there is a
sponsor; no sponsor, then no articles Four articles were made available 18 April
? Can recipients post an article to their website? Action item given to Susan and Sergio
2nd Quarter's Work
Continue Connecting ComSoc Chapter Chairs to S&RS Contacts in Their Locale
Develop More Specific Plans for the ComSoc-PTC Collaborative Gathering (and PTC Conference) in January 2017
Inviting S&RS Officers to ICC and GLOBECOM Awards Luncheons Several already signed up for 2016 ICC, Kuala Lumpur
3rd Quarter's Work Begin Renewal of Cooperation Agreements with
S&RS: Russia (SS) Singapore (SS) EastWest Institute (RS)
Identify Potential New S&RS 2015 overture to BOG 2015 was notably unremarkable Will give BOG 2016 an opportunity
Assiduously Proceed with Agreement Reciprocity How would I reach out to our ComSoc members?
6/22/201627
4th Quarter 2016 and 2017
Targeting GLOBECOM 2017 for a S&RS “Summit” to be held in Collaboration with Asia/Pacific Region GLOBECOM 2017 to be held in Singapore Asia/Pacific Region planning a Regional
Chapter Chair meeting Will coordinate my efforts with Takaya
Yamazato, A/P Director
Industry OutreachAshutosh Dutta, Director of Industry Outreach
Agenda and Place Day/Date - Tuesday May, 24 10:30 12:30 Room: Quartz
Proposded Agenda: - Status of Series of 5G Summits - There are 7 more planned this year - Planning about other Industry events in other verticals (e.g.,
Healthcare, Fog etc.) - Discussion on Industry Outreach Activities - Engaging and Empowering Local Chapters - Discussion on Best Current Practice on Industry Outreach - Webinars
Next APB General Meeting
IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 5 December 2016 (1st day) Washington, DC USA
Appendix(Attendees List at the ComSoc
APB General Meeting in ICC 2016)
‹#›Stefano Bregni
Report on Member and Global Activities
Slides selected and adapted from Stefano’s presentation slides at Member Council on 23 May
Presented by Wei Zhang, Vice Director, at APB meeting on 24 May
‹#›Stefano Bregni
Member and Global ActivitiesReport of ActivitiesBoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Stefano BregniVice-President for Member and Global Activities
Politecnico di Milano, [email protected]
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
Membership Strategies Students are Missing
Sharp decrease of ComSoc membership Sept. 2014 to Sept. 2015Members: -32.3%Graduate Student Members: -58.4%Student Members: -83.7%stopping ComSoc Free of Charge membership explains the -32.3% for members, but it is not the only reason for Studentsstudents did not renew and new students did not enroll
need to focus our effort on students
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
Regional ActivitiesAsia Pacific
Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker Tours12 DLTs
– India, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand4 DSTs
– Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China
NewslettersComSoc AP Newsletter No.49 published and distributed at ICC
AwardsCall for Application for 11th Asia-Pacific Young Researcher AwardCall for Nomination for 5th Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award
AP Regional Chapter Chair Congresstargeting GLOBECOM 2017 in Singaporecoordinate with Sister and Related Societies Meetingtentative date: 2 days before GLOBECOM 2017
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
4th Student Competition 2016
Now a well-established and smooth-running MGA Programsignificant workload for staff, committee and chairs!the 2015 selection Committee included 39 members!precisely defined smooth two-rounds review process
Marketing Dept. (Ting) runs the advertising campaignsocial media channels, GCN, ComMag ads, Blog Highlights, email to IEEE and ComSoc students and non-student prospects, Chapters
Time plan for 2016May: launch the campaign and registration site readyJune-July: set up the committee and preparationAugust 15: submission deadline (extended to Sep. 15?)September/October: 2-rounds review and selectionNovember: winner announcement (award at GC 2016)
Communications Technology Changing the World
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
Standing CommitteeWomen in Communications Engineering
ChairOctavia Dobre
MembersPublicity Chair: Sinem Coleri ErgenSecretary: Ana Garcia ArmadaIndustry Relation Coordinator: Nada PhilipStudent Activity Coordinator: Meryem SimsekIEEE WIE Committee Society Coordinator: Mari Carmen Aguayo-TorresMaite Brandt-PearceMeixia TaoShalinee KishoreSarah Kate WilsonUrbashi Mitra
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
Childcare Program at Conferences
A feasible solution has been identified set aside a small budget for childcare grants at ICC/GLOBECOM
– to support onsite childcare at conference location– to support childcare at home, if parents come to attend the conference
parents are responsible for making own arrangementsComSoc might arrange for discounts, but parents choose the providerkids admitted at Exhibit Hall if a Minor Release Form is signed
Suggested budget: ~$300/grant, max total $4000/yearMagnetics Society: 10 grants $300 for conferences ~1500 attendeesNuclear & Plasma Sciences Society: pilot program, up to $400 per family
Firsts trial under planning at GLOBECOM 2016led by Maite Brandt-Pearce
‹#›Member and Global Activities BoG 2016-1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni
Funding Cut to APO Office
Recently, $30,000 was cut from the contributions to APO. Try to get Extra-funding to the Singapore APO Office
revert (at least partially) the $30k as an incentive, specifying for what activitieslist the activities that
– they were doing– they are not doing anymore
TAC report
May 24, 2016
Takahiko Saba, TAC Co-ChairChiba Institute of Technology, Japan
IEEE ComSoc APB General Meeting @ ICC 2016
TAC Members 2016-2017
APB Vice-Director: Prof. Saewoong Bahk TAC, Co-Chair: Prof. Jianwei Huang TAC, Co-Chair: Prof. Takahiko Saba TAC, Vice Chair: Prof. Lingyang Song TAC, Vice Chair: Prof. Hsuan-Jung Su
TAC Action Plan 2016-2017
TAC Action Plan: Promote the Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award and
select winners for 2016 and 2017. Promote the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award and
select winners for 2016 and 2017.
Current Status: Promoting the above awards for 2016 at ICC and also
through various email lists. (Deadline for application and nomination is July 31)
Call for Application (1/3):The 11th AP Young Research Awards The IEEE ComSoc AP Young Researcher Award honors
young researchers who have been very active in IEEE ComSoc publications and conference activities over the last 3 years (Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2015 ).
Eligibility: Age 35 or younger (i.e., born on or after 1980/01/01) Member of the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific region.
Award Prize: ONE Best YRA with a certificate and US $500 and SEVERAL
Outstanding YRAs with a certificate and US $250.
Call for Application (2/3):The 11th AP Young Research Awards
Application should include: A cover page that contains the applicant's name, affiliation, mailing
address, telephone, fax number, and e-mail address. The applicant’s biography (up to 400 words). Description of the applicant’s major research contributions over the last 3
years, including clear discussions of 3 most representative publications(e.g., journal/conference/magazine papers and monographs) published over the last 3 years. For each publication, please provide SCI and Google citation information, impact factor (if applicable), significance of the publication, and the applicant’s own contribution to the publication (up to 2 A4 pages).
A complete list of publications and conference activities (over the last 3 years only), and the SCI/Google Scholar citations and H-index (of the entire career).
Awards/recognitions received (over the last 3 years only).
Call for Application (3/3):The 11th AP Young Research Awards
Important Dates: Application Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016 Announcement of Awardees: October 1, 2016 Award Ceremony at Globecom 2016 (December, 2016)
For inquires and applications, send to APB TAC: [email protected]
Call for Nomination (1/2):The 5th AP Outstanding Paper Award
The IEEE ComSoc AP Outstanding Paper Award honors outstanding original papers authored by members in the AP region over the last 3 years (Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2015 ).
Eligibility: Appeared in IEEE ComSoc journals, magazines, conference
proceedings, and so on (including those technically co-sponsored by ComSoc).
All authors’ affiliations must be from the AP region. Nominated by IEEE ComSoc AP region members (not self-
nomination).
Award Prize: Plaque and honorarium up to US $500.
Call for Nomination (2/2):The 5th AP Outstanding Paper Award
Nomination should include: Cover page with nominator’s name and contact information. Paper Information (including title, authors, source, etc.) A copy of nominated paper. Letter of recommendation (up to one A4 page). Number of SCI and Google scholar citations, impact factor if
applicable.
Important Dates: Application Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016 Announcement of Awardees: October 1, 2016 Award Ceremony at Globecom 2016 (December, 2016)
Send to APB TAC: [email protected]
ISC ReportICC 2016
Hung-Yun HsiehISC co-chair
National Taiwan University
ISC Mission
● To publish and distribute AP Newsletters
● To manage and update the AP Region Homepage● To manage the APB email broadcast to its members
● To provide liaison to the IEEE Global Communication Newsletter (GCN)
● To collaborate with the AP Office in information service related matters
AP Newsletter
● AP Newsletter No. 49 (ICC’16 Issue) has been published● Printed for distribution at the APB general meeting● Available for download from APB website
(http://chapters.comsoc.org/~APB/newsletter/)
● Maintain coverage of “conventional” topics● Message from APB Director (or Vice Directors)● Call-For-Application of APB Young Researcher Awards● Call-For-Nomination of APB Outstanding Paper Awards ● Reports on completed and upcoming DLTs● Reports on Student Activities from Local Chapters● Committee Reports (``What’s up on the Asia-Pacific Board?’’)● Upcoming Conferences
AP Newsletter
● New contents in issue No. 49 (ICC’16 issue):● “Trending Topics in the Eyes of IEEE Fellows”
è Invite articles from newly elevated IEEE Fellows in AP region.è Motivated by the previous Hot Topics column, but focuses on people in
the AP region. è Thanks to Prof. Ta-Sung Lee and Prof. Jianwei Huang.
● “Past APB Best/Outstanding Young Researchers – Then and Now”è Interview the first (2001) APB award winners.è To promote the CFA/CFN of APB awards for this year.è Thanks to Dr. Byoung-Hoon Kim, Prof. Wen-Jyi Hwang, and Prof. Eiji
Oki for their contribution.
● Redesign of the APB newsletter format.
APB Webpage
● ComSoc web hosting changes● ComSoc moves away from its existing IIS web hosting to
Wordpress hosting
● New host provides an easy to use interface with improved handling of images and multimedia
● New host provides a CMS tool for building and maintaining web sites by designated webmasters
● Director, vice director, ISC chairs and vice chairs
APB Webpage
● Old URL
http://chapters.comsoc.org/~apb/● New URL
http://apb.regions.comsoc.org
● Consistent themes and styles across all ComSoc region board webpages
Membership Development Committee (MDC)
Youngchul Sung and Meixia TaoMDC Co-Chairs
MDC Commitee Co-Chairs
Youngchul Sung, KAIST, Korea
Meixia Tao, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China
Vice Chairs Osamu Muta, Center for Japan-Egypt Coop. in
Sci. and Tech, Japan
Hai Lin, Osaka Preferecture Univ. Japan
Munir Mohammed, IEEE India Office, Inida
Contents
Report on member statistics of AP region
Report on ComSoc Membership Program Development Board (MPDB)
Member Statistics in AP Region
7,733 members in total (See Table I) Represent 24.8% out of 31,112 ComSoc
members 7,430 higher grade members
Graduate students are included in higher grade members, who have the voting right.
303 student members (147 or 49.5% are from India)
Number of Members per Country
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2000
2500
Percentage of Members per Country
China, 1952, 25%Japan, 1482, 19%
dia, 1302, 17%
Australia, 928, 12%Korea, 519, 7%
Taiwan, 512, 7%
Malaysia, 237, 3%
Singapore, 232, 3%
Indonesia, 142, 2%
New Zealand, 105, 1%Pakistan, 105, 1%Thailand, 60, 1%
Sri Lanka, 59,
Bangladesh, 27,
Philippines, 26,
Vietnam, 25,
Others, 18,Nepal, 2,
その他, 157, 2%
List of Areas WITHOUT ComSoc Chapters
Area CountryHigher Grade
Membership
Student Membership Total Total per
Country
Wuhan China 46 2 48 48
Changwon Korea 18 1 19
200Daejeon Korea 124 6 130
Kwangju Korea 19 1 20
Taegu Korea 31 0 31
Islamabad Pakistan 50 0 50 50Others 18 0 18 18
Total 382 14 396 396
Sister Societies in APCountry Sister Society URL
1 Australia Australian Computer Society (ACS) https://www.acs.org.au2 China China Institute of Communications (CIC) -3 China The Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) http://www.cie-china.org4
India The Institute of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers (IETE) http://www.iete.org/
5India Communications Multimedia Applications
Infrastructure (CMAI) http://www.cmai.asia
6Japan The Institute of Electronics, Information &
Communication Engineers (IEICE-CS) http://www.ieice.org/cs
7 Korea The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS) http://www.kics.or.kr
8 Malaysia The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) http://www.myiem.org.my9 Singapore Singapore Computer Society (SCS) https://www.scs.org.sg10 Taiwan Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering
(CIEE) http://www.ciee.org.tw
11 Vietnam The Radio & Electronics Association of Vietnam (REV) -
Chapters/Councils & Sister Societies
42 chapters/councils in total (See Table II) 396 members (corresponding to 5%,
from Korea, China, and Pakistan) are not part of any chapter/council (See Table III)
11 sister societies from 9 countries (See Table IV)
Reduction in Number of Members in AP Region from Dec. 2014 to Dec.2015
Country/Region Higher Grade 2015
Higher Grade 2014
Student Member 2015
Student Member 2014
Total 2015 Total 2014 # of Chapters
1 China 1,914 2,083 38 89 1,952 2,172 7
2 Japan 1,470 1,670 12 22 1,482 1,692 3
3 India 1,155 2,919 147 1,485 1,302 4,404 10
4 Australia 911 1,301 17 51 928 1,352 7
5 Korea 507 670 12 14 519 684 1
6 Taiwan 495 628 17 41 512 669 2
7 Singapore 230 419 2 9 232 428 1
8 Malaysia 219 500 18 56 237 556 1
9 Indonesia 110 176 32 19 142 195 1
10 New Zealand 105 162 0 12 105 174 1
11 Pakistan 101 224 4 109 105 333 2
12 Thailand 59 92 1 2 60 94 1
13 Sri Lanka 58 96 1 36 59 132 1
14 Bangladesh 26 94 1 50 27 144 1
15 Philippines 25 60 1 13 26 73 1
16 Vietnam 25 36 0 2 25 38 1
17 Nepal 2 0 2 1
18 Others 18 38 0 38 18 38
Total 7,430 11,168 303 2,010 7,733 13,178 42
Reduction in Number of Members in AP Region from Dec. 2014 to Dec.2015 Overally, the number of members reduces in all countries from
Dec. 2014 to Dec. 2015 In particular, the reduction in India is drastic. The reason may be the recent worldwide economic recess and the
quite mature communication technologies. Further study is required. Need to set up new chapters/councils in Korea, China, and
Pakistan Need to admit more student ComSoc members who are potential
researchers, technologists, and educators in the communication field.
Membership Program Development Board (MPDB)
Goal:
Focus on promoting and furthering the interests of individual
members worldwide to increase member retention, renewal,
recruitment, and recognition
Programs:
Chapters Funding and Awards
Distinguished Lecturer Tours Program (DLT)
Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP)
Support for Young Professionals Programs (GOLD) and
IndustryNow (INN) Programs
Chapter Awards Chapter Achievement Awards (CAA)
One per Region, Nominated by RD, $1000 award
2014 CAA went to:
Malaysia Chapter - Nordin Ramli (Chapter Chair)
2015 CAA went to:
Kolkata Chapter
Chapter of the Year (COY) Award
One per year, chosen by the committee from the four CAA
winners, $2000 for COY + $1000 for CAA
2014 COY Award went to:
Malaysia Chapter - Nordin Ramli (Chapter Chair)
Conclusion
Plan to set up new chapters/councils in
Korea, China, and Pakistan
Need to find out the cause of the reduction
in the number of members
Need to actively promote members in the
AP region
References
[1] IEEE Annual Statistics Report. http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/statistics/index.html
[2] AP ComSoc Membership Statistics and Graphs. http://www.ewh.ieee.org/ieee/apo/ComSoc/Comsoc_StatsandGraphs.html
[3] ComSoc Sister Societies. http://www.comsoc.org/about/SisterSocieties/agreements
Chapters Coordination Committee (CCC)Report
Eiji Oki and Miki YamamotoCCC Chairs
Chapters Coordination Committee (CCC)
Chairs Eiji Oki, The University of Electro-
Communications, Tokyo, Japan Miki Yamamoto, Kansai University,
Kansai, Japan Vice Chairs
Byonghyo Shim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Masaki Bandai, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
APB-CCC Plans for 2016-2017 Collaborate with the AP Office in running
Distinguished Lecturer Tours (DLTs) and Distinguished Speaker Programs (DSPs) DLTs and DSPs so far in 2016
10 DLTs and 4 DSPs granted/delivered
Collaborate with the AP Office in coordinating ComSoc Executives' visit to Chapters
New Activities Collaboration with Sister Societies in AP region
2016 IEEE ComSoc DLTs in Asia PacificDistinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters
AP DLT #1: Anura Jayasumana 15 - 24 January 2016Bombay GujaratPune
AP DLT #2: J. B. Othman 14 - 19 March 2016India Council
BombayPune
Gujarat
AP DLT #3: Zhu Han 23 May - 4 June 2016 MalaysiaDelhi
Singapore
AP DLT #4: Mohamed-Slim Alouini 13 - 14 May 2016 Bangladesh
AP DLT #5: Dusit Niyato 20 - 27 May 2016 SeoulTokyo
AP DLT #6: Jianwei Huang 20 - 27 May 2016 TokyoKansai
(Continue:-) 2016 IEEE ComSoc DLTs in Asia Pacific
Distinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters
AP DLT #7: Jiajia Liu 28 - 30 March 2016 Taipei
AP DLT #8: Mahbub Hassan 22 - 28 May 2016 Malaysia
AP DLT #9: J. B. Othman May 29 - 19 June 2016 New Zealand North, South & Central
AP DLT #10: Ying-Dar Lin 19 – 29 May 2016 SingaporeMalaysia Thailand
2016 IEEE ComSoc DSPs in Asia Pacific
Distinguished Lecturer Lecture Date Hosting Chapters
DSP #1: Lingyang Song 16 February 2016 Sendai
DSP #2: Nirwan Ansari 1 June 2016 Indonesia
DSP #3: Tarik Taleb 27 May 2016 Malaysia
DSP #4: Zhensheng Zhang 19 May 2016 Harbin
Introduction of Sister Societies
CIC (China) CIEE (Taiwan) CMAI (India) IEICE-CS (Japan) IETE (India) KICS (South Korea) REV (Vietnam) SCS (Singapore)
Articles in AP News Letter for Sister Societies
Introductory articles of Sister Societies
CFP of Special Issue/Section of Sister Society Journals
