IEEE R8's Role in EGIDA as a GEOSS Stakeholder

Saurabh SinhaVice Chair, Technical Activities

IEEE Region 8

1st Joint Workshop of the EGIDA Stakeholder Network and Advisory Board

Connecting GEOSS and its Stakeholders in Science and Technology

Bonn, Germany, May 9-11, 2011

Overview

IEEE Region 8 as an EGIDA Stake HolderIEEE as an organizationIEEE R8 – Facts and FiguresIEEE R8 – Structurally IEEE R8 – Role in dissemination/outreachIEEE R8 & EGIDA – Summary of potential interactionsIEEE R8 contacts

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IEEE as an organization

IEEE is the world's largest professional association advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.  We publish technical journals, sponsor conferences, develop technology standards, and support the professional interests of more than 400,000 members.

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The World

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Membership Growth 1999-2010

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44,732

73,297

Percent of total IEEE Membership by Region(31 December 2010)

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Organizational Units

56 Sections– a few new ones

“in formation”

6 Subsections– 2 outside Sections

495 Society Chapters

57 Affinity Groups

342 Student Branches69 Student Branch Chapters 40 Student Branch Affinity Groups8

Size Distribution of Sections(size range, number of Sections)

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Size (members)

Number of Sections

0-100 4

100-500 22

500-1000 11

1000-2000 9

2000-3000 5

3000-7000 3

7000-11000 2

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5-Oct-1954 Israel8-Sep-1955 Egypt13-May-1959 Benelux13-May-1959 Italy13-Dec-1960 Switzerland17-Oct-1961 France10-Jul-1962 UK & Rep of Ireland 28-Mar-1963 Norway22-Apr-1963 Germany29-Mar-1965 Sweden16-Apr-1968 Spain18-Aug-1968 Denmark12-Feb-1970 Iran17-Mar-1970 Greece21-Jun-1971 Croatia21-Jun-1971 Serbia & Montenegro21-Jun-1971 Slovenia12-Jun-1972 Finland1-Dec-1972 Poland5-Aug-1977 South Africa12-Jan-1978 Nigeria21-Dec-1979 Austria5-Jun-1981 Saudi Arabia4-Dec-1981 Portugal19-Nov-1982 Kenya20-Jun-1987 United Arab Emirates21-Aug-1987 Hungary18-Nov-1988 Western Saudi Arabia

18-Aug-1989 Turkey20-Feb-1990 Kuwait15-Aug-1990 Romania15-Aug-1990 Russia21-Nov-1991 Ukraine1-Aug-1992 Czechoslovakia30-Jun-1993 Cyprus24-Jun-1995 Bulgaria14-Feb-1997 Republic of Macedonia12-Nov-1999 Jordan24-Jun-2000 Iceland23-Jun-2001 Bahrain15-Feb-2002 Belarus13-Feb-2003 Russia (Northwest)13-Feb-2003 Russia (Siberia)18-Nov-2004 Lebanon18-Nov-2004 Morocco18-Nov-2004 Qatar18-Jun-2005 Lithuania12-Nov-2005 Bosnia & Herzegovina18-Feb-2006 Oman26-Jun-2006 Estonia18-Nov-2006 Malta16-Feb-2008 Latvia18-Jul-2009 Iraq 18-Jul-2009 Tunisia 18-Jul-2009 Zambia18-Jul-2009 Ghana10

REGION 8 COMMITTEE COMPOSITION

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Standing (sub-)committees

Daniel Pasquet (France)

Carl Debono(Malta)

Ghaleb Dandan 

(Saudi Arabia)

Bakr Hassan(Bahrain)

David Law 

(UKRI) 

Conferences

EuroConMEleConAfriCon

SibirCon

EnergyCon

HistelCon

Approximately 300 IEEE conferences are held in Region 8 every year– Most are technically co-sponsored

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R8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress

2010 Student Branch and GOLD conference with about 300 attendees was held in Leuven, Belgium

Publication

R8 website – www.ieee.org/r8January 2011: 11,635 visits from 132 countries/territories

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IEEE R8's Role in EGIDA as a GEOSS Stakeholder - Summary

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EGIDA deliverables IEEE R8 as a Stakeholder

Evaluation processes • ICEO (IEEE wide)• IEEE Region 8• IEEE society chapters and council chapters

Tests and assessment indexes • 73,000 IEEE R8 members• “Army of IEEE volunteers”

Expertise databases • 73,000 IEEE R8 members• “Army of IEEE volunteers”• Conference/Journal reviewers

A "GEO label" concept • IEEE Standards Association

Surveys • 73,000 IEEE R8 members• IEEE Research Centre• “Army of volunteers”

Other instruments

http://technav.ieee.org/

IEEE Region 8 Contacts

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Marko Delimar, Director, IEEE Region 8Croatia

m.delimar@ieee.org

Saurabh Sinha, Vice-Chair – Technical Activities, IEEE Region 8South Africa

ssinha@ieee.org

Vladimir Katić (Adhoc committee lead)Serbia & Montenegro

vladimir.katic@ieee.org

Thank you!