IEEE R10 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE 2012

1. IEEE R10 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE 2012 Vice Chair: Marzuki Khalid Presented by: Borhan Ali

2. 5 Sub-Committees in 1 Conference and Technical Seminar Humanitarian Activities Educational Activities TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Professional Activities & History Industry Relations

3. Technical Activities • R10 Conference & Technical Seminar Coordinator (Borhanuddin Mohd Ali) • R10 Educational Activities Coordinator (Supavadee Aramvith) • R10 Professional Activities & History Coordinator (Yat Wing Liu) • R10 Humanitarian Technical Activities Coordinator (Deepak Mathur) • R10 Industry Relations Coordinator (RajendraAsthana)

4. CTS: 2011 Activities • Technical Seminar in Taipei’s NTU, • 14th January 2011 at NTU, • 5 Speakers and attended by 150 people. • Humanitech 2011 • Combining 2 Events in 1, • 4th March 2011 at UGM, Jogkajarta, • 6 Speakers and attended by 100 people. • Chinese Leadership Workshop • July 201, Beijing. • Adoption of Spring TENCON for R10, • approved at Sections Congress (August 2011) in SF, • Need to open for bidding by next R10 Annual Meeting in Kolkata. • TENCON 2011 – Bali, Indonesia • 276 papers accepted out of 500 submissions, • Over 300 participants.

5. CTS: 2011 Other Conferences • R10 Technical Co-Sponsorship • ISMS 2012 – UK Simulation Society. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. • ICEIC(International Conference on Electronics, Information and Communication) February 1-3, 2012 High1 Resort, Pyungchang, Korea • General chairs: Kukjin Chun (SNU, Korea) and Stephen Dukes (IEEE CE Society) • One and a half day technical program with 6 parallel tracks presenting about 300 papers in oral and poster sessions.

6. CTS: 2012 Workplan • To assist Philippines Section to hold TENCON 2012, • Cebu, Philippines, • mid November, 2012. • Monitor and assist TENCON 2013 preparation in Xian, China, • Select winning bid for TENCON Spring 2013, • Open bidding for TENCON 2014, • Kickoff DLP.

7. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (EAC): 2011 Activities • EAC Support Fund • 53 applications. • Evaluate, award, and monitor 18 educational activities projects (from 6 countries and 12 sections) • Focused on the technical symposium / workshop, soft skill development, and educational outreach. • TISP (Teacher in Service Program) in R10 • Initiated 2 TISPs and pre university outreach projects in Thailand, • Facilitated the set up of IEEE TISP India Ad Hoc Committee under R10 EAC .

8. EAC: 2012 Workplan • Promote EA among Sections, • Organize F2F meeting and Special Tracks in Tencon 2012 in Cebu, Philippines, • Coordinate with EAB for IEEE TISP workshop in Australia, • Assist in the organization of accreditation seminars, • Provide input toSection outreach Committee (SEOC) of EAB and participate in SEOC monthly conference call.

9. Professional Activities and History (PAH): 2011 Activities • Started promoting information on free e-books and webinars, • History website done, • IEEE already has a History Centre with an IEEE History Committee.

10. PAH: 2012 Workplan • Do an audit of professionals in the 57 sections – start by 20 sections first, • Continue highlighting list of e-books available and webinars which can be used as a basis for conducting courses, • Compile list of Sections that shall celebrate their 25th anniversary with their history.

11. IndustryRelations(IRC): 2011 Activities • Increased industry members in 44 Sections out of 57, • Hosted Industry Day, jointly with MGA, at Bangalore on 10th & 11th March, • Awarded MMI (Most Members from Industry) to Beijing Section. • Awarded MIMI (Maximum increase in members from Industry) to Bangladesh Section.

12. IRC: 2012 Workplan • To review Industry Relation activities in Sections, • whether or not they have Industry Relation Chair, • get statistics of members from industries. • To organize 1 major event with MGA,

13. Humanitarian Technology Activities (HTA): 2011 Activities • Organized Humanitarian Technology Hour during WIE Student's/GOLD/WIE congress in Auckland, and IEEE India Student's Congress, • Organized a Panel Discussion at the INDICON event at Hyderabad, • Launched Special Interest Group (SIG) on Humanitarian Technology at Trivandrum India, • Helped Pakistan Fund - 4 projects.

14. HTA: 2012 Workplan • To create SIGHT in 20% of Sections, • To organize HT Tracks in major conferences of the Region including TENCONs, • To create an exclusive webpage/website in R10 website, • To plan for a major Humanitarian Conference in 2013.

15. 2012: TAC Major Projects • CTS: • Kickoff TENCON Spring in 2013. Make it more thematic and focused, • Organize Technical Seminars at Colombo and Kolkata (done), • Revive DLPs for Sections. • EAC: • Engage Section Chairs Workshop to share their experience (starting with Kolkata meeting), • Organize a 1-day Seminar on EA in TENCON 2012, • IRC: • Organize 1-joint activity with MGA, • HTA: • Form SIGHT in 20% of R10 Sections and carry out HTA projects in those Sections, • Organize HTA Tracks in major R10 conferences such as TENCON to create awareness,

16. TAC: Looking Forward • To get feedback from Sections what else they would like to see from TAC, • Examples: • Better technical events that can be more beneficial to our members such as DLPs, • To organize a kind of regional POCO to educate local conference organizers? Use of Webminar, Virtual Meetings?