November 3, 2013 Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel Chris
Schober N&A Committee Chair
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2013 Sensors Council Officers President: Vladimir Lumelsky
President Elect:* H. Troy Nagle Past President: Christina M.
Schober Past Past President: Mona E. Zaghloul VP Finances: Mike
McShane VP Publications: John Vig VP Conferences*: Michael Shur VP
Technical Operations*: Tom Wiener Secretary/Treasurer: David
Horsley Sensors Journal EIC: Krikor B. Ozanyan IEEE Sensors Council
*2013 Elections held for these offices Elected to term
2014-2015
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2013 Sensors Council Members-at -Large 2012-2013* Elfed Lewis
Paul C. P. Chao 2013-2014 Anil Roy Hulya Kirkici IEEE Sensors
Council *2013 Elections held for these offices Elected to term
2014-2015
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2013 Elections Odd Year Elections (2 yr terms) Even Year
Elections (2 yr terms) President Elect VP Conferences VP Technical
Operations Member-at-Large (up to 2) VP Publications VP Finances
Member at-Large (up to 2) Appointments by President Confirmed by
Adcom Secretary/Treasurer Journal EIC
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2013 N&A committee Chris Schober, Chair (Jr Past President)
Georg Brasseur (Instrumentation & Measurement Society rep) Amie
Lay-Ekuakille (Sensor Journal Assoc. Editor) Thilo Sauter
(Industrial Electronics rep) VR Singh (Sensors Journal Assoc.
Editor) Judy Scharmann (Executive Staff)
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New for 2013 N&A Committee Used Review Room a tool used by
MGA and TAB for nominations Review Room allows secure sharing of
candidate information.
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Voting Members of Council President President Elect Past
President Past-Past-President Vice President -Finances Vice
President Publications Vice President Conferences Vice President -
Technical Operations Secretary- Treasurer IEEE Sensors Journal EIC
Members-at-Large (up to 4) Society President Appointed Adcom
members who have not exceeded two consecutive term limit 25 total
member societies Max. Eligible voters = 39, 38 for 2013
election
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The Sensors Council consists of 25 member societies: Aerospace
and Electronic Systems Society Antennas and Propagation Society
Broadcast Technology Society Circuits and Systems Society
Communications Society Computer Society Components, Packaging and
Manufacturing Technology Society IEEE Sensors Council
www.ieee-sensors.org
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Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society Electromagnetic
Compatibility Society Electron Devices Society Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Society Industrial Electronics Society
Industry Applications Society Instrumentation and Measurement
Society Magnetics Society Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society IEEE Sensors Council
www.ieee-sensors.org
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Oceanic Engineering Society Photonics Society Power and Energy
Society Robotics and Automation Society Signal Processing Society
Solid-State Circuits Society Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and
Frequency Control Society Vehicular Technology Society IEEE Sensors
Council www.ieee-sensors.org
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CMSchober
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TAB solicitation for nominees Your name has come to the
attention of the IEEE Nominations & Appointments (N&A)
Committee for the following positions . If youre interested in
being considered for any or all of the above mentioned position(s),
please follow the link and the instructions below to provide
documentation by xxx Apply here:
https://ieee-noms.myreviewroom.com/
https://ieee-noms.myreviewroom.com/ Important information: Your
IEEE website username/password will not work. You will need to
create a new username and password for the online form unless you
have a ReviewRoom account already. If you have an account, access
the site using your original account name/password and select the
new committees which you have been nominated for on the designated
page.This year the IEEE Nominations and Appointments Committee
(N&A) is continuing to use an online nomination process to
provide applicants with a secure, easily accessible/alterable form.
If you participated in our process last year, youll notice you will
be able to start with the form you submitted last year if you
choose. Please make sure all of the auto-completed information is
correct before proceeding.
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Review Room for Sensors Council
http://sensorscouncil.myreviewroom.com Only accessible to Admins
& Reviewers at this time. This system is used by MGA and TAB
board N&A and awards. We are using the MGA license and IEEE
Staff have supported us in the setup. Gail Sheedy and Khanh Luu
Khanh Luu Information Management Analyst Member and Geographic
Activities Department http://www.ieee.org/mga/ Help video
http://myreviewroom.com/video-help.http://myreviewroom.com/video-help
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Log in with credentials provided in email
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Users have assigned roles allowing specific access
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Rate for each election
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Constitution & Bylaws (as of October 1, 2013)
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Constitution Article IV 1 of 2 ARTICLE IV ELECTION AND
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS Section 1. The AdCom shall elect every two
years a President-Elect whose term of office will be for two years.
The President-Elect shall assume the Presidency for a two-year term
at the conclusion of his/her term as President-Elect. On a schedule
specified by the Bylaws, the AdCom shall also elect a
Vice-President for Conferences, a Vice-President for Technical
Operations, a Vice-President for Publications, and a Vice President
for Finances. Eligibility and terms of office for the Officers of
the Council are specified by the Bylaws.
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Constitution Article IV 2 of 2 Section 2. Officers shall be
elected and appointed in accordance with the rules specified in the
Council Bylaws. Section 3. If the Office of President becomes
vacant, the President- Elect shall become President for the
remainder of the term assumed. If the President is incapacitated,
the duties of the President shall be performed by the
President-Elect for the duration of the Presidents incapacity, when
the incapacity is certified by a majority of the Executive
Committee. In the absence of the President, and under written and
time-limited delegation from the President, the President- Elect
may also carry out the duties of the President. If the office of
the President-Elect, or a Vice-President becomes vacant, the voting
members of the Council AdCom shall promptly elect a new officer. If
the office of Immediate Past President becomes vacant, the
President may appoint another Past President to that office.
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Bylaws Article III Nominations, Elections and Appointments
Section 1. The Nominations and Appointments Committee, which is a
Standing Committee of the Council, shall consist of a Chairperson
and four other members. At least one shall not be a current Council
member but shall belong to at least one Member Society. The
Immediate Past President shall be the Chair of the Nominations and
Appointments Committee, except for the first two years when the
Administrative Committee shall elect the chair. Other officers of
the Council may not serve on the Nominations and Appointments
Committee nor be members ex-officio. Section 2. The Chairperson of
the Nominations and Appointments Committee shall consult with each
candidate prior to nomination to determine willingness to serve if
elected.
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Bylaws Article III continued (2) Section 3. The Nominations and
Appointments Committee shall be guided in its selections by the
principles of efficiency, geographical distribution, past history,
and technical interest. Section 4. The Chairperson of the
Nominations and Appointments Committee shall submit the Committee
Report to the Council AdCom at the beginning of its Annual Meeting,
or with the approval of the Council President, by letter or email
to all qualified voting officers and representatives on the Council
AdCom prior to the Annual Meeting. From the floor of the same
meeting or by letters or email mailed to the entire Council AdCom,
the officers and representatives may make additional nominations.
Section 5. The names of any candidates of the Council who are not
eligible under the Constitution or Bylaws shall be withdrawn by the
President of the Council. Nominations allowed from the floor
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Section 6. Election of the officers, whenever a vacancy exists,
shall be from those nominates as specified in these Bylaws, Article
III, Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5. Elections shall be by secret ballot
of the voting members of the Council AdCom. For the first year of
operation of the Council, the officers must be elected by secret
ballot or or by email directly by the Council AdCom. Nominations
must be made by the voting AdCom members. Bylaws Article III
continued (3) Secret Ballot voting
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Section 7. The AdCom shall elect the President-Elect, the
Vice-President for Technical Operations, the Vice-President for
Conferences, the Vice- President for Publications, and the Vice
President for Finances from its current members or among those past
members who have served as Society- appointed or ex-officio AdCom
members. Nominees for the Vice-President for Conferences and the
Vice-President for Publications may also come from IEEE Sensors
Conference committees and from the IEEE Sensors Journal editorial
boards, respectively. The AdCom shall elect the President-elect
from its members who have served as Officers within the previous
four years. If a candidate for President-elect cannot be found who
meets this criterion, then candidates for President-elect may be
chosen from the current Society-appointed members of AdCom or among
those past members who have served as Society-appointed AdCom
members within the previous three years. Bylaws Article III
continued (4)
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Section 8. The terms of office for the Officers of the Council,
and their eligibility for re-election shall be: the President-elect
(2 year term, odd year election), the President (2 year term
nonrenewable), the Immediate Past-President (2-year term
nonrenewable), the Senior Past-President (2-year term
nonrenewable), the Vice-President for Technical Operations (2 year
term, odd year election, renewable once), the Vice-President for
Conferences (2 year term, odd year election, renewable), the
Vice-President for Publications (2 year term, even year election,
renewable), and the Vice President for Finances (2 year term, even
year election, renewable). Eligibility for a particular office
shall be restored after a lapse from that office of one year. The
President-elect, Vice-President for Technical Operations and the
Vice-President for Conferences will be elected to begin their terms
in even numbered years while the Vice-President for Publications
and the Vice President for Finances will be elected to begin their
terms in odd numbered years. Following 2 years as President-Elect,
the elected individual will take the office of President for 2
years, Immediate Past-President for the next 2 years, and Senior
Past President for the next 2 years. Bylaws Article III continued
(5)
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Section 9. If any Council office becomes vacant at any time
during the year, and if the vacant office cannot be filled by
logical succession of an existing Council officer as described in
the Constitution and Bylaws, the Council will promptly hold an
election to fill the existing vacancy. Bylaws Article III continued
(6)
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Section 10. As needed, elections shall be held separately for
the offices of President-elect, Vice-President for Conferences,
Vice President Technical Operations, Vice President for
Publications and Vice President for Finances, in that order. To be
elected, a nominee must receive a majority of the proper votes
cast. If no candidate receives a majority on a ballot, the name of
the candidate receiving the smallest vote shall be withdrawn and a
second ballot taken. This procedure shall be repeated until one
candidate receives a majority vote. The Council AdCom may hold
contingent elections to be effective if an elected officer fails to
accept office, is disapproved by IEEE Headquarters because there
has been some irregularity in the nominations and election
procedures, or has failed to maintain IEEE membership and Society
membership. Bylaws Article III continued (7) Must receive MAJORITY
of votes
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Section 11. The President of the Council shall inform each
successful candidate of his election and shall arrange for the
transfer of responsibility. The name of each elected officer shall
be reported to the Chairman and Secretary of the IEEE Technical
Activities Board. Bylaws Article III continued (8)
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TAB IEEE requirement 2 candidates per elected position or
exception approval needed from TAB VP Application of 1.5 Rule in
Technical Activities Organizational Units prepared by Jayne Cerone
We have met the requirement for all positions
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Sensors Council website home page & election page, emails
with monthly reminders to AdCom, Sensor Journal Editors, Past Adcom
members
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Call for Nominations The Nominations Committee requests you to
consider carefully a self- nomination or recruiting qualified
individuals whom you would recommend for the 2013 nominations slate
(for positions in 2014-2015). We are looking for 2 candidates for
each of the elected positions; this will exceed the 1.5 minimum
rule 1 per IEEE TAB. The following two year term positions are up
for election at the AdCom meetings in even years: President Elect
(2 year term) Vice-President for Conferences (2 year term,
renewable once). Vice-President for Technical Activities ( 2 year
term, renewable once) Member-at-Large (2 year term)
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Job Descriptions on SC website
http://www.ieee-sensors.org/job-descriptions
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The following information will be required from the candidate
or nominator by the Nominations Committee for each candidate, by
September 5 th, 2013. The elections will be during the next AdCom
meeting (at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace hotel,
tentatively Nov 2 & 3rd, 2013) prior to the 2013 SENSORS
Conference in Baltimore, MD, USA. 1. Candidate Information: Name
(as it should appear on all election materials), Business
Title/Position, Business Name, Business Address, Preferred Phone,
Mobile Phone, Email. 2. Personal Biography: A brief statement not
to exceed 350 words describing support for all IEEE and IEEE
Sensors Council activities. Explain the candidates strengths and
how these strengths would support the IEEE-SC leadership position.
3. Statement of Candidacy: Not to exceed 300 words in length. This
should include a description of what plans the candidate has for
using their office to improve or strengthen the IEEE Sensors
Council. Please send candidate nominations packages to Chris
Schober, [email protected], with a cc to Judy Scharmann,
[email protected]@[email protected]
The list of proposed nominees will be sent to the AdCom members by
October 1, 2013.
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President Elect 2014-2015 President Elect - 2 candidates
Michael J. McShane Michael Shur Will be President 2016-2017
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Any nominations from the floor?
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Mike McShane Statement of Candidacy: If elected to the position
of President-Elect, I will attempt to continue to build on the
momentum we have in new journals and conferences while trying to
grow the technical activities areas. I think several activities can
help to do this. First, strategic planning is in order. While we
must be vigilant in watching expenses as well as quality in all
that we do, we should expand our activities to provide greater
value to the sensors community rather than continue to build
reserves. As President-Elect, I would fully participate in such
planning activities if initiated soon, and strive for development
of a prioritized list of new initiative projects that can be
pursued as finances allow. It is time to think bigidentify some
substantial, impactful goals and find ways to achieve them through
the collective expertise of our AdCom as well as hired
professionals as needed. As President, I will remain committed to
these carefully devised goals and actively lead with these purposes
in focus. Second, I would like to greatly increase the engagement
of AdCom members and, through them, create more value for our
member societies and the sensors community in general. I envision
this may be done through more frequent and deeper communication
with both AdCom and home society leadership. We can do much more
with local chapters, giving them opportunities and incentives to
promote sensor activities on a regional level. The Distinguished
Lecturer program can be leveraged as well, having DL visits
combined with local AdCom member or other chapter activities
intended to promote Council involvement (i.e. larger event such as
a workshop). Finally, I see many opportunities to expand our use of
multimedia in the journals and conferences, as well as potential to
partner with member societies, to gain more visibility for sensors
through online content.
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Michael Shur Statement of Candidacy: I have been affiliated
with IEEE Sensors Council since 2002, as VP for Publications,
Technical Activities, and Conferences, and as Technical Program
co-Chair of the inaugural IEEE Sensors Conference. As an elected
Member of IEEE EDS Board of Governors, I am also familiar with IEEE
Society Governance. As an Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center
Director and faculty member and a co-founder and Vice-President of
Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., I have an extensive experience
in academic and sensors industry leadership. My company, SET Inc.,
has been cited as DARPA success story and has received the PRISM
Award from SPIE for the most innovative product of the year. In
both academia and industry, I lead by consensus, but make quick
decisions when consensus cannot be reached. If elected, I will work
with EXCOM, ADCOM, IEEE Sensors Council Chapters, and volunteers to
facilitate information exchange, and raise and provide resources
supporting students and researchers. This will be achieved by
promoting and improving the IEEE Sensors publications, conferences,
and the WEB site. Working with EXCOM, I will establish clear
policies and guidelines for all activities of the Sensors Council.
My key initiatives will promote a much broader ADCOM participation,
achieving visibility of the Council in national and international
trade and professional publications and news services. I will also
establish better collaboration with the IEEE Gold program and
Sensor Council member societies, advertising and promoting IEEE
Sensors Council Fellow program and IEEE Sensors Council Awards. I
will raise funds from industry for new awards in the sensor field.
I will encourage the establishment of new Council chapters as well
as support existing chapters. I will pay special attention to
creating and promoting networking opportunities for engineers,
scientists, and students in the sensor field by expanding
interactions via the WEB forums and live exchanges during the IEEE
Sensors Council conferences.
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President Elect 2014-2015 Michael J. McShane Michael Shur
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VP Conferences 2014-2015 VP Conferences - 4 candidates Venkat
R. Bhethanabotla Fabrice Labeau Elfed Lewis Yu-Cheng Lin
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Any nominations from the floor?
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Venkat Bhethanabotla Statement of Candidacy: In the proposal to
host IEEE Sensors 2016 in Orlando, I have considered all details
described as duties and responsibilities of the VP-Conferences.
Some important aspects include: conference format and tracks,
selection of diverse and strong programming committee members,
finances of the conference, site selection, venue negotiations, and
interaction with the Sensors Council and staff members. As VP of
Conferences, I shall: Utilize my 27 years of academic and 3 years
of Bell Laboratories experience to stay focused on technical and
innovation excellence in arranging our Sensors Conferences. Utilize
my exposure to meetings, organizations and research in non-EE areas
(such as AIChE, BMES, MRS, and ECS) to broaden awareness of our
conferences. Utilize my administrative experience as Department
Chair, Center Director, Academic Program Director, Research Council
Chair and Governance Council Chair at USF, to address details of
conference organization. Utilize my experience with organizing
Symposia, Topicals and Sessions at ECS, AIChE, IEEE and MRS to
organizing our Sensors Conference. Utilize the experience I gained
in proposing to organize Sensors 2016 in planning future Sensors
Council conferences. This experience is directly beneficial to this
position, as I have assembled an excellent team of 28 researchers
from around the world as organizing committee members, negotiated
with venues, worked with the VP-Conferences and SC staff, worked
out local support, thought through the conference structure, and
produced a detailed budget estimate based on hard data. Strive to
interface with high-quality conferences to promote our conferences,
and to co-sponsor our conferences and theirs. Utilize my financial
management experience with large grants, department and center
administration, and other USF financial responsibilities to
organize or help organize profitable, effective and efficient
conferences. Utilize my international experience, living and
working in diverse places and connections with people, to identify
or help identify excellent locations for our conferences.
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Fabrice Labeau Statement of Candidacy: Conferences form a
central part of the Councils offering, both as networking and
exchange opportunities for Sensors experts and as one of the main
sources of revenue for the Council. They support both the position
of the Sensors Council as a scientific and technical home for
sensors research and the Councils financial ability to provide
services to the IEEE sensors community. In this perspective, the VP
conference should, over the coming few years, lead the development
of topical and/or regional conferences to complement the main
Sensors conference. In particular, it is important for a council
with a wide technical scope such as the Sensors Council to be able
to cater to its many constituents in their area of speciality,
through small, topical workshops. Regional events are also
important, in particular in the prevailing economic context, in
which travel to remote locations to attend the main Sensors
conference may not be affordable. In the same vein, the ongoing
process of making contents from the conferences available after the
events should be continued, and additional thought should be given
to the possibility of making specific contents such as keynotes
available to all IEEE members, e.g. through IEEE TV. In terms of
the conference technical contents, the VP conferences will need to
exercise technical leadership in order to make sure that the
conferences (in particular the flagship Sensors conference) provide
a dynamic environment for technical exchanges; this involves making
sure that innovative initiatives are included in the program of
each conference (special sessions, panels, industry workshops,
demonstrations, etc)
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Elfed Lewis Statement of Candidacy: The principle role of the
VP Conferences is to oversee the successful implementation IEEE
Sensors Conference and its development on an annual basis. The
flagship conference of the Council has become a popular and
successful event since the inaugural event in 2002. If appointed to
the position of VP conferences I would continue to work with the
management group (currently Conference Catalysts LLC), successive
general chairs and colleagues on the AdCom to ensure that this goal
is delivered. As chair of the meetings committee I will also work
hard to ensure that the best possible venues are selected and the
academic standing of the conference is upheld and protected. As
with all major activities there is always scope for improvement as
well as the need to keep up with a rapidly changing international
communications and dissemination landscape. In order to flourish in
this climate it is essential that IEEE Sensors Conference embraces
these changes e.g. linking up to social media Twitter, Linkedin and
Facebook etc. The question of industrial involvement including
attendance and exhibition is critical to the future well being of
this conference. It therefore essential that cognisance is given in
choosing the location and thereafter working with general
chair/chairs to facilitate delivery of this e.g. any bid must be
able to show proximity to world class sensor industry and evidence
of working closely with them. Apart from the IEEE Sensors
Conference it is also essential that the Council and the conference
itself continues to be proactive in seeking linkages with other
conferences and organisations in appropriate areas e.g. Institute
of Physics in the UK. In summary the Conference is in very good
shape entering into the second decade of existence and we (the
Sensors Council) have a responsibility to ensure its continued
success. If appointed it would be my absolute pleasure and honour
to serve as VP conferences and be given the opportunity to fulfil
this objective.
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Yu-Cheng Lin Statement of Candidacy: The VP of conferences is
responsible to accomplish the yearly IEEE SENSORS Conference. To
let the participants have a great impression of the IEEE Sensors
Conference, the VP of conferences must have the experiences of
choosing the venue by previously attending many different
conferences, controlling budget and making surplus without
sacrificing the conference quality, arranging great technical
programs, providing decent social events, and transferring valuable
experience and information from one conference to the next
conference. I have been actively participating in several major
sensor-related conferences, such as IEEE Sensors Conference, IEEE
NEMS, IEEE NanoMed, Transducers, MicroTas, etc. Furthermore, I have
been devoting to organizing several IEEE conferences and non-IEEE
conferences. I am very skillful and familiar with conferences
organizing. If elected to the position of the VP of conferences, I
will keep contributing my experience in organizing IEEE Sensors
Conferences and attempt to have better IEEE Sensors Conferences
ever.
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VP Conferences 2014-2015 Venkat R. Bhethanabotla Fabrice Labeau
Elfed Lewis Yu-Cheng Lin
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VP Technical Operations 2014-2015 VP Technical Operations - 2
candidates Paul C.-P. Chao Michael C. Wicks
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Any nominations from the floor?
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Paul C.-P.Chao Statement of Candidacy: The primary role of VP
Technical Operations is to effectively interact with membership
societies, oversee Local Chapters and manage the Distinguished
Lecture (DL) program. If elected, I will strive to revive the
afore-mentioned activities and programs by taking advantage of my
prior experience in establishing/managing the local Taipei chapter
and dedication to SCs varied initiatives as a member-at-large in
the past three years. Specific efforts will be on the followings.
For Local Chapters: Reach out proactively local sensors communities
around the globe to identify potential chapter chairs for
establishing new chapters. Vitalize the local chapter board by
building a web forum to increase the interaction among existing
chapters and SC. Work with SC president to foster the chances and
incentives for the local chapters to promote sensor activities at a
regional level. For Distinguished Lecturer Program: Encourage local
chapters to invite SC Distinguished Lecturers (DL) for local
visits. I will seek helps from the SC president to locate possible
traveling funding for the DLs. Invite new noted scholars to serve
as DLs, in order to broaden the DL base to varied areas. Identify
proactively the leaders in local sensors communities to urge them
to host DL visits. For Member Societies: Establish a web forum for
member society representatives. In this forum, SC decision and
activities will be conveyed for fostering conference technical
co-sponsorship and posting availability of representatives.
Interact intensively with the Councils member societies to ensure
their active participations in the SC. Others: Endeavor to
establish the IEEE Asia-Pacific Sensors Conference in 2015 or 2016
with the helps from local chapters and member societies, in order
to ensure a general support from the overall Asia-Pacific Sensors
Community. If appointed, I will be fully devoted to elevate the
activities of local chapters and the lecturer program to the next
level.
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Michael Wicks Statement of Candidacy: Sensor technology is
changing with explosive advances in computing, materials,
manufacturing, and systems engineering. The way in which sensors
change the way we work and live is accelerating. The Sensors
Council is in the enviable position to foster that change, and the
sharing of ideas and inventions. I want to be part of that process.
The emerging smart grid, dark factories, the intelligent
transportation system, classrooms of the future, and much more, all
depends upon how we grow the IEEE Sensors Council. The
Vice-President of Technical Affairs represents the Sensors Council
working across the Institute to develop, define and implement
policy and procedures that facilitates and guides the coming change
for the betterment of the IEEE, and the whole of humanity. Our
ongoing technical activities from conferences, workshops and
lectures, to nominations and awards, depend upon an active,
well-articulated, and fully integrated vice president. A systems
approach to the management of technical operations will create a
process which is open and easily understood by all members of the
Sensors Council. This will permit timely organization and execution
of studies essential to the formulation of policy and procedures
which guides future endeavors at all levels. A systems approach
thus permits reliable yet flexible direction on all aspects of
operations from policies to scientific studies, which not only
changes with technology, but guides and documents that change. A
robust program of distinguished lectures could facilitate the
establishment of local chapter boards working together with
existing boards to recognize and reward excellent researchers. This
will further advance the quality and participation in Sensor
Council conferences, which in turn, establishes a forum for
advancing technical projects and positions of the Sensor Council.
From this simple systems-oriented approach, Sensor Council sections
and chapters will flourish, and emerge as foundational to the
future of IEEE.
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VP Technical Operations 2014-2015 Paul C.-P. Chao Michael C.
Wicks
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Member-at-Large 2014-2015 Member-At-Large - 5 candidates 2
positions available Okyay Kaynak Kathy Land Anna Grazia Mignani
Andrei Shkel Ning Xi
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Any nominations from the floor?
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Okyay Kaynak Statement of Candidacy: The strengths of the
candidate are in his varied IEEE activities and extensive
international connections. These should positively support the
activities of the Sensor Council on a worldwide scale. His
connections to China as a 1000 Talent Program professor will be
very useful in this respect. It is to be noted additionally that
Dr. Kaynak has been serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors
Journal for the past six years.
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Susan K. Land Statement of Candidacy: If elected to the
position of IEEE Sensors Council Member-at- Large, I will strive to
ensure that Council activities continue to be relevant to
sponsoring societies and the larger global technical community. The
technical diversity of IEEE membership is directly addressed by
IEEE technical councils as these activities are designed to cover
broad, boundary-crossing, technologies. I am a strong proponent of
the IEEE Sensors Council mission and vision and as a previous
society liaison representative understand the continual challenge
the IEEE Sensors Council faces to provide value to each
stakeholder. I will aim to maintain a focus on what is required to
establish and nurture mechanisms that help us understand, respond
to, and serve our current, and potential, stakeholder community. I
will work to ensure that all Sensors Council products and services
provide true value this community and I will focus on the
definition of initiatives and direction that support successful
Sensors Council activities and products.
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Anna Grazia Mignani Statement of Candidacy: In addition to
continuing with dedication the service of IEEE-SJ Associate Editor,
and to support and advertise the IEEE Sensors Conference wherever
possible, the main intention of Mignani is twofold: 1) to increase
as much as possible the participation of Chinese scientists, and 2)
to increase the active participation of young scientists. Mignani
is Guest Professor at the Harbin Engineering University located in
the Heilongjiang Province of China, and she is frequently going to
China for joint research activities. During these trips she can
better spread the IEEE Sensors Council ideas and initiatives, thus
increasing the participation of numerous scientists. Also, since
she is regularly involved in technical schools and seminars, she
can help in increasing the numbers of IEEE young scientists, who
are the pillars of future IEEE Sensors community. Mignani is an
active member of AICT the Italian Association of Information
Technology, which is running every year a highly attended national
conference on photonics (see last conference in note ), where IEEE
is technical co-sponsor. At the moment, conference proceedings are
published as a technical report without ISBN. Another action of
Mignani can be the adoption of IEEE as conference proceedings
publisher. Lastly, Mignani can offer and exploit her position of
SPIE Fellow for a better coordination of SPIE and IEEE
actions.
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Andrei M. Shkel Statement of Candidacy: Andrei is a past VP,
Conferences of the Sensors Council. He has also served as the
general Chair of the IEEE Sensors 2005, vice-general chair for the
IEEE Sensors 2004, and IEEE Sensors 2006. He is the founding chair
of the Sensor Councils sponsored IEEE International Symposium on
Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISISS), with the inaugural event in
February 2014. He will be contributing to the development of
policies and procedures of the flagship IEEE Sensors conference,
satellite Sensor Councils conferences and symposia, and special
issues of the IEEE Sensor Journal.
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Ning Xi Statement of Candidacy: As the IEEE Sensor Council
Member-at-Large, I intend to work with the AdCom in increasing the
technical spectrum of the IEEE Sensor Council, specifically
activities in the areas of nano sensors and sensors for medicine
and biology. The effort will be focused on increasing the
industrial participations of the IEEE Sensor Council by creating a
platform in which the industry can both contribute to and benefit
from. In addition, I will also strive to increase the international
representation of the IEEE Sensor Council.
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Member-at-Large 2014-2015 Vote for 2 Okyay Kaynak Kathy Land
Anna Grazia Mignani Andrei Shkel Ning Xi
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Section 9. If any Council office becomes vacant at any time
during the year, and if the vacant office cannot be filled by
logical succession of an existing Council officer as described in
the Constitution and Bylaws, the Council will promptly hold an
election to fill the existing vacancy. Bylaws Article III
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Election causing a vacancy If a current officer with a opposite
start year is elected, their position becomes open so an election
would occur to fill that spot. Vacancy Options 1. Election
immediately at the November AdCom meeting. Nominations from the
floor. 2. AdCom can decide to solicit nominations & hold the
election by teleconference call or email ballots. Vacancy elections
Elections require 2 candidates Officer positions are very important
and time consuming. Candidates may need to confirm with their
employer suport Is it too impulsive to put candidates on the spot.
Only candidates in the room would be able to confirm they agree to
run & serve. Waiting and sending out a call for nominations
would allow other eligible candidates to consider running.
Statements of candidacy & bios could be written specific for
the officer position.
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Election of officer whose term will not finish before new one
starts? If a vacancy is created. Does the AdCom want to run an
election immediately for that vacancy (what has been done in the
past), or postpone so candidates can self-nominate after gaining
support from their employer, reviewing job description &
workload and submitting a bio and candidate statement specific for
the postion?
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If a vacancy is created. Current officer comments on the
position & workload. Q&A