90 likes | 199 Views
VP-Technical Activities Report. Daniel Zeng ITSS VP for Technical Activities zeng@email.arizona.edu ITSS ExCom meeting Las Vegas, NV February 27, 2010. Most Active TCs. Most Active TCs (Contd.). Most Active TCs (Contd.). TCs Needing Attention. Public Transportation Management
E N D
VP-Technical Activities Report Daniel Zeng ITSS VP for Technical Activities zeng@email.arizona.edu ITSS ExCom meeting Las Vegas, NV February 27, 2010
Most Active TCs IEEE ITSS Technical Activities
Most Active TCs (Contd.) IEEE ITSS Technical Activities
TCs Needing Attention • Public Transportation Management • Intelligent Water Transportation Systems • Railroad Systems and Applications • ITS for Air Traffic • Port Automation and Management • Vehicular Safety Technologies and Applications • Software Infrastructure in ITS
Conference Coordination • Working closely with ITSC 2010 Program Chair • All TC Chairs have been automatically assigned AE role • Multiple special sessions being organized • All TCs helping recruit reviewers • Proposal: starting in ITSC 2011, experimenting with at least 3 tracks from • Communications Networks, Mobile Comm., Traffic and Travel Mgmt, Logistics & Services • How to help with IV?
Technical co-Sponsorship Approval Process • Technical co-sponsorship requests need to be formally submitted to both VP for conferences & VP for technical activities. • These 2 VPs make a joint recommendation. If approval is recommended, the VP for Adm. Will be notified and a request for ExCom votes broadcasted to the ExCom mailing list. • VP for conferences and VP for technical activities inform the submitters of the evaluation outcome. Applicable IEEE Conf. report forms need to be filed.
ITSS Website • www.ieee.org/itss and www.ieeeitss.org (thanks to Charlie) • Current ITSS Web content updating procedurals • Jointly between VP for Technical Activities and VP for Administrative Affairs • Alberto’s suggestions
IEEE ITSS Technical Activities ITSS Website - Operations • IEEE Tech Navigator database: continued work on ITS portion • Closer coordination with the Newsletters & Magazine to post feature articles • Better coordination with the Transactions & possibly ITS conferences to feature most popular Xplorer downloads • RSS feeds already online • An award section featuring recipients of past ITSS awards and their work (starting with 09 awardees) • A TC Corner (committed so far: MESA; Comm. Networks; Mobile Comm.)