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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IEEE Conferences with the Keywords “Bio” or “Bioengineering”

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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

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Regions 1-69%

Region 835%Region 10

54%

Elsewhere2%

Regional Distribution of LS-Related Conferences

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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%

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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

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IEEE Articles with the word “Humanitarian” in Metadata

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IEEE Presidents 2010-2013

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