SAC REPORT April 2004

(Student Activities)

Prof. Marzuki KhalidStudent Activities Chair (Region 10)

Darrel ChongRegion 10 Student Representative

IEEE REGION 10 ANNUAL MEETINGAdelaide (16th & 17th April. 2004)

Region 10 SAC Committee (2004)

Marzuki Khalid: RSAC

Darrel Chong: RSR

Peter Wills: Australia

Wahidin Wahab: Indonesia

Tuptim Angkaew: Thailand

A. Nishihara: Japan

S. Sankaran: India

Norman Mariun: Malaysia

IEEE Geographic Organization

Region 1 78Region 2 73Region 3 89Region 4 59Region 5 81Region 6 80Region 7 56Region 8 196Region 9 198Region 10 330

Number of Student Branches according to Region

(as of 31 Dec 2003)

IEEE Student Branches

Top Ten Student Branches worldwide by membership size as of 31 December 2003

Section Student Branch

1. Atlanta GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 778

2. Central Texas UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN 648

3. Madras ANNA UNIVERSITY- COL. OF ENGINEERING 492

4. Central Illinois UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA/CHAMPAIGN 461

5. Bombay PUNE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 423

6. Houston TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE STATION 422

7. Santa Clara Valley STANFORD UNIVERSITY 419

8. W. Puerto Rico UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO-MAYAGUEZ 412

9. Phoenix AIRZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 370

Region 10 SBs – Top Ten

RANK STUDENT BRANCH SECTION COUNTRY MEMBERS

1 ANNA UNIV-COLLEGE OF ENG-MADRAS MADRAS INDIA 492

2 PUNE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECH BOMBAY INDIA 423

3 SATHYABAMA ENGRG COLLEGE MADRAS INDIA 329

4 THADOMAL SHAHANI ENG COLLEGE BOMBAY INDIA 288

5 NANYANG TECHN. UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE S’PORE 282

6 NEW SOUTH WALES UNIV OF NSW AUS 258

7 VES INSTITUTE OF TECH BOMBAY INDIA 256

8 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY TAIPEI TAIWAN 247

9 MANIPAL INST OF TECH BANGALORE INDIA 207

10 JAYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE MADRAS INDIA 201

(as of 31st Dec 2003)

NO. OF STUDENT BRANCHES/(STUDENT MEMBERS) BY COUNTRY (as of 31 Dec. 2003)

65

2016 14 14

6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 10

10

20

30

40

50

60

70INDIA

AUSTRALIA

PAKISTAN

KOREA

JAPAN

CHINA

HONG KONG

NEW ZEALAND

MALAYSIA

PHILIPINES

BANGLADESH

THAILAND

SINGAPORE

TAIWAN

MACAU

SRI LANKA

No. of Student Branches

9307

74634

1

908 60

4

287

310

434

27

260

54138

445

422

24 2

225240

Student Membership

IND

IA

AU

ST

RA

LIA

PA

KIS

TA

N

KO

RE

A

JAP

AN

CHINASPORE

TAIWAN

Major Activities/Awards of SAC 2004

(Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each year)

[1] Student Paper Contests 2004 (IN PROGRESS) Deadline: 29th February 2004

(1). Undergraduate Contest (REVIEWING PROCESS) (2). Postgraduate Contest (REVIEWING PROCESS) (All Prizes for both categories will be provided by HQ except for PG Contest Winner USD1,000 Travel Grant)

[2] Student Best Website Contest 2004 (REVIEW PROCESS) Deadline: 15th March 2004 (R10 LEVEL DONE, INTER-REG ONGOING)

Two Levels: Region 10 and All Regions Region 10 Level (Prizes awarded by Region 10)

[3] Larry K. Wilson Award 2003 (Best student volunteer of the year) Deadline: 29th February 2004 (DONE)

[4] Outstanding Student Branch Award 2003 Deadline: 29th February 2004 (DONE)

Other Awards/Activities for 2004 (Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each

year) Outstanding Student Branch Counselor & Advisor

Recognition Award - $500 and a certificate, applications to HQ. Deadline 30th May, 2004. [Submit nomination form to l.durrett@ieee.org]

AT&T Award - for a Technical project - run by a Branch, funding up to US$1000 - applications to HQ deadline - 1 November, 2004.

Outstanding Student Certificate - 1 award per 100 members in a Section, on request from a Section SAC to the HQ.

Leadership WorkshopsCan be organized by a Section or a Group of Student Branches. (Apply for partial supporting fund from RSAC)

[3] Students Awareness Activities S-PAC: Student Professional Awareness Conference S-PAVe: Student Professional Awareness Ventures S-TAC: Student Technical Awareness Conference ST

SAC Activities (Comparisons)

ACTIVITY 2001 2002 2003 2004STUDENT PAPER CONTESTS(Both UG/PG)

18 33 44 28

WEBSITE CONTESTS

10 17 32 25

LARRY K WILSON AWARD

1 2 4 4

OUTSTANDING SB AWARD - 2 2 2

MEMBERSHIPS

15,660(31stDec’0

1)

22,393(31stDec’0

2)

11,823(31stDec’0

3)

2004 Region 10 Student Paper Contest (UNDER

REVIEW)

Postgraduate Submissions: 8 papers (HK:3, China:2, Malaysia:1, NZ:1;

Thailand:1)

Undergraduate Submissions: 20 papers

(HK:4; India:12; NZ:2; Pakistan:2)

Region 10 Website Contest• 25 SBs participated

• Deadline of Submission: 31st March 2004

• Prizes: US$500, US$350, US$200, + Merit Awards

• Statistics according to Country: India: 12, Pakistan: 3, Australia: 3, Spore: 2, HK: 2, M’sia: 1, Japan: 1 and Taiwan: 1

• Winner will compete in the IEEE Inter-Regional Contest (23rd April 2004)

Larry K Wilson Award(for Outstanding Student Volunteer

2003) 4 Nominations:

• C. Praveen Kumar (Karnataka, India)

• Abhinav Chanran (Maharashtra, India)

• Shrutisagar Chandrasekaran (Chennai, India)

• Balakrishna Mohan (Hyderabad, India)

And the AWARD GOES TO:

Shrutisagar Chandrasekaran (Chennai, India)

RAB Outstanding Student Branch Award 2003

Certificate + US$250 2 Nominations:• Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. College SB (Hyderabad, India)• Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

(Mumbai, India)

And the AWARD GOES TO:Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

(Mumbai, India)

Region 10 Student Congress 2004Hong Kong16-18 July 2004

Venue: Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

Organized by:• University of Hong Kong• The Chinese University of Hong Kong• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

16 July ‘04 17 July ‘04 18 July ‘04

REGION 10

STUDENTSCONGRESS

2004

HONG KONG

A Students Technical Exhibition Proposed by UTM Student Branch, Malaysia

(Postponed to Dec 2004)

SUMMARY OF SAC ACTIVITIES IN 2003 AND ISSUES OF CONCERN

Inactive Student Branches – Definition: SBs less than 10 members over a 3-year period (consecutively) 33 SBs are in the Inactive List Of these, 9 SBs have “0” members over the

last 3 years

There are 40 new SBs formed in 2003 Bangladesh: 1, Bangalore: 4, Mumbai:

16, Kolkata: 1, Delhi: 3, Hyderabad: 3, Kansai: 1, Lahore: 1, Madras: 5, NSW: 1, Philipines: 1, South Aus: 1, UP: 1, and Victoria: 1.

GOOD NEWS

• $50.00 or $100.00 allotment• send to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual plan of activities

due 1 November• $50 for membership <50 and $100 for 50 or more

• $2.00 per Student Branch member rebate and $1.00 per Branch Chapter member

• sent to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual report of activities due 1 May

Student Branch Financial SupportHas Increased in 2004

In addition to the direct support to Student Branches, Sections receive a $3.00 rebate for Student members in the Section

At Region 10 each new SB gets a $50 subsidy upon approval and another $50 if it can retain at least 20 members in the second year

In addition Region 10 provides a $1 rebate for each member in a SB (cheque send to Section)

Goals/Proposals for 2004

[1] Students Congress in HK (16-18 July 2004)

[2] Should study Trends in Memberships on SBs and Student Memberships over last 5 years in terms of countries (need to work with MDC and REP)

[3] Set up a Database of all SAC in Councils/SB Counselors/SAC Chairs/SB Chairs of Sections

[4] Organize Internet Discussions with SAC Chairs of Sections / SB Counselors in Sections and SBs Chairs in Region 10

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

New SBs formed in 2003