pedro ray salvador, brazil 7 april 2011
DESCRIPTION
President’s Report What your Board of Directors has done for you lately. Pedro Ray Salvador, Brazil 7 April 2011. Outline. The flavor of 2011 Board priorities in 2011 Selected activities Life Sciences Humanitarian Activities Africa On continuity Questions . “The Flavor of 2011”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Pedro RaySalvador, Brazil
7 April 2011
President’s Report
What your Board of Directors has done for you lately
Outline
The flavor of 2011– Board priorities in 2011
Selected activities– Life Sciences– Humanitarian Activities– Africa
On continuity
Questions
2
“The Flavor of 2011”The Board has declared its priorities
Emphasis on the external environment wherein IEEE operates– De-emphasis of internal machinations and
committee structure– Rationale: we have spent most of 2010 on matters of
internal structure
Spotlight on key large-scale activities– Publications and conferences
Expansion into new areas and strengthening of IEEE competitiveness
3
2011 priorities (1)
Ensure sustainable progress toward establishing IEEE’s leadership in important new technical areas– Including SMART GRID and selected areas intersecting with
LIFE SCIENCES
Develop and approve a plan to ensure that IEEE is at the forefront of digital publishing technology– Including making IEEE XPLORE® a state of the art
platform
4
2011 priorities (2)Develop and implement an IEEE Conference Strategy, including protection of quality of IEEE publications
Develop collaborative strategic alliances with other associations and publishers – Including exploration of new joint membership
agreements and incorporation of new publications in Xplore
To ensure all members are engaged and find a professional home in IEEE; create a global strategic member development plan – Particularly emphasizing practicing
engineers/technologists and young professionals – Especially where IEEE membership is declining
5
A few themes that interpret the priorities – conferences
We are looking seriously at our conference operation– Maintenance of quality is paramount– We need to make sure that technically co-sponsored
conferences are beneficial to the participants, to the profession and to IEEE
We are struggling with the question “who can be a technical co-sponsor of an IEEE conference?”
– Pressure to publish in IEEE-labeled conferences is high
With unintended consequences, all the way to fake IEEE conferences
6
A few themes that interpret the priorities – conferences
We are looking seriously at our conference operation– Maintenance of quality is paramount– We need to make sure that technically co-sponsored
conferences are beneficial to the participants, to the profession and to IEEE
we are struggling with the question who can be a technical co-sponsor of an IEEE conference
– Pressure to publish in IEEE-labeled conferences is high
With unintended consequences, all the way to fake IEEE conferences
7
Quality is the Key
A few themes that interpret the priorities – publications
We are investing in our delivery platform, XPLORE– Want to make it as user friendly and useful to our
readers
The platform offers materials that were created by other organizations– IET, AIP, IBM – We expect this trend to continue
We continue to look at alternative access packages for members– Realizing many of our members seek more access
8
Selected Activities
- The Life Sciences- Humanitarian Activities- Africa
We continue to develop IEEE presence in the Life Sciences
New Initiative on Life Sciences in IEEE
IEEE is already active…
EMBSNPSSSPSCISRASCASEDSPhotonicsMTT-S
UFFCSMCSSCSComSocComputerSensors CouncilBiometrics CouncilNanotechnology CouncilSystems Council
The 2010 IEEE International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Life Science Modeling and Computing
12
IEEE Conferences with the Keywords “Bio” or “Bioengineering”
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
5
10
15
20
25
30
Keyword BioKeyword Bioengineer-ing
Life Sciences
IEEE Standards Activities
Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Standards
Computational Biology/ Bioinformatics
Biomedical Instrumentation
Image Processing and Signal Processing
Healthcare information systems and services
A few elements at the intersection of Life Sciences and IEEE’s “traditional disciplines”
“Life Sciences in IEEE” Initiative
Aimed at… – Better coordination of Life Sciences
technical activities as currently distributed among various Societies/Councils
– Promoting the technical leadership of IEEE in Life Sciences and Engineering Including bioengineering, biomedical
engineering, healthcare technology, and applications of various technologies to life sciences and healthcare.
Common themes to Technical Committees
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology– CIS, Computer Society, EMBS, SMC
Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing– EMBS, SPS
Bio-robotics– EMBS, RAS, SMC
Unique themes to Technical Committees
E-health (Communication Society)
Surgical Robots (RAS)
Biomedical Circuits and Systems (CAS)
Applications and biological effects of Microwave Radiation (MTT-S)
Sample of LS-related Conferences: 2010In the last four months of 2010, there were 46 IEEE LS-related conferences
General ObservationsLife Sciences -- including healthcare -- represent (roughly) 7% of our current activities – Measured by publications and conferences
Activities are expanding and growingThere are obvious opportunities to bring together groups that work in relative isolation– Especially in computational biology and
bioinformatics IEEE has several areas where it has advantage over other organizations– Standards; Medical Robotics; E-health
Presence in PubMed will affect our ability to recruit members from the LS community
IEEE Life Sciences Portal is on the way
20
Regions 1-69%
Region 835%Region 10
54%
Elsewhere2%
Regional Distribution of LS-Related Conferences
21
Geographic Distribution of Conferences
China (incl. Hong Kong)
35%
Region 10 exclud-ing China
19%
Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt26%
Region 8 elsewhere
9% USA9%
Other 2%
22
Sponsorship of Conferences
Geo Unit24%
Soci-ety/
Council60%
Other16%
Geo Unit in most cases is from P.R. China or Taiwan
Humanitarian Activities
We are reorganizing our activities in the humanitarian arena
We feel pressure from groups of members to expand IEEE’s presence in the humanitarian arena – Primarily from group of students and from GOLD
IEEE is organizing its humanitarian activities through the “Engineering for Change” project– Collaboration between IEEE, ASME and Engineers
without Borders
We are seeking a long-term model for organizing and sustaining humanitarian activities– Possibly through use of Affinity Groups 24
25
IEEE Articles with the word “Humanitarian” in Metadata
26
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
27
EPICS in IEEE Projects Around the World
2011 Ad Hoc Committee on Humanitarian Activities
Amarnath Raja, In-App (India) – Chair Christopher Baker-Brian, BBOXX Ltd (UK)* Kartik Kulkarni, NIXI (India)* Adrian Pais, TNO (The Netherlands) Gertjan van Stam, LinkNet (Zambia) Peter Staecker, AMP M/A-COM (retd. USA) William Walsh, NSWC Dahlgren (USA) Matt Loeb – Staff Executive, IEEE (USA)
*Winners of the IEEE Presidents’ Change the World Competition
28
Ad Hoc Committee on Activities in Africa
The (Short) History of the Committee
Established in response to requests from IEEE Region 8 to examine and decide on a path for IEEE’s activities in Africa
Announced in the IEEE Board of Directors meeting on February 2011
Membership selected from different constituencies in Africa
30
Tasks assigned to the IEEE Activities in Africa Ad Hoc Committee
Review and report on IEEE current activities in Africa – scope, geographical distribution, and observable trends
Conduct gap analysis for a horizon of 3-5 years in the following categories
Educational activitiesTechnical activities – Conferences, publications
IEEE organizational units in AfricaMembership – Models, composition, engagement, growth
prospectsTechnological infrastructure support – Power, water, communications
Africa
Develop a preliminary “short list” of recommendations for action based on the previous two reviews for further analysis and development of action plan
– Further analysis would define scope, volunteer and staff support needs, and required budget
Africa
34
Committee MembershipName Affiliation Country
Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei (Chair)
Pentecost University College – Accra
Ghana
Zaipuna O Yonah Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology
Tanzania
Krishna Seeburn University of Technology Mauritius
Zacchaeus Olusegun Oyedokun
Polytechnic of Namibia Namibia
Fesseha Mekuria CSIR Modeling and Digital Sciences
South Africa
Oyewole John Funso-Adebayo
Huawei Technologies Nigeria
Milton Edimu University of Cape Town South Africa
Africa
Final Comment – Continuity
A Trivial Observation…Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour
Translation: the most successful IEEE Presidents were succeeded by Presidents who shared their vision and provided continuity for key projects – While adding new ones and redirecting
Examples of good transitions– Bordogna – Laker – Eisenstein– Lightner – Jamieson – Terman
The best intentioned president would not be successful if his/her successor completely resets the system
36
The Good News:We may be lucky in 2010-2011-2012-2013
When the 3Ps are united IEEE can reach new heightsWhen the 3Ps are divided they tend to neutralize each other with great enthusiasm – much effort/little progress
We face a good opportunity that several programs and efforts will go forth for at least four (4) years
Ray-Kam-Day-Pollard/Staecker
37
IEEE Presidents 2010-2013
38
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS