Asia Pacific Board (APB) Takaya Yamazato

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1 Asia Pacific Board (APB) Takaya Yamazato Director - Asia/Pacific Region Nagoya University, Japan yamazato@ieee.org

2 Agenda Welcome and Introduction APB Team APB Committee Action Plans and Updates Committee Meeting Reports Any Other Business Next APB General Meeting

3 APB congratulates Malaysia local chapters and organizers for success of ICC2016

4 Slate of APB Officers APB Director Past Director Prof. Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya University, Japan) Prof. Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Vice Directors Prof. Saewoong Bahk (Seoul National University, Korea) Dr. Sumei Sun (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang (The University of New South Wales, Australia) Secretaries Prof. Hiroshi Shigeno (Keio University, Japan) Dr. Takaya Miyazawa (NICT, Japan) New York Staff Ms. Carol Cronin Singapore Staff (AP Office) Manager Ms. Fanny Su Executive Ms. Ewell Tan IEEE India Office Program Specialist ComSoc & ehealth Mr. Munir Mohammed

5 Slate of APB Officers (Committee Chairs) Technical Affairs Committee (AP Young Researcher Award, AP Outstanding Paper Award, APCC Best Paper Award) (Vice Director (TAC): Prof. Saewoong Bahk) Prof. Jianwei Huang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Prof. Takahiko Saba (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan) Meeting & Conference Committee (Vice Director (ISC and MCC) Dr. Sumei Sun) Prof. Jiming Chen (Zhejiang University, China) Information Services Committee (Web, AP Newsletter) (Vice Director (ISC and MCC) Dr. Sumei Sun) Prof. Yao-Win Peter Hong (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Prof. Hung-Yun Hsieh (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Membership Development Committee (Industry Outreach, Student Outreach) (Vice Director (MDC and CCC) Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang) Assoc. Prof. Youngchul Sung (KAIST, Korea) Prof. Meixia Tao (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China) Chapters Coordination Committee (DLT/DSP, Sister Society) (Vice Director (MDC and CCC) Assoc. Prof. Wei Zhang) DLT/DSP Coordinator Prof. Eiji Oki (University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Sister Society Prof. Miki Yamamoto (Kansai University, Japan)

6 Slate of APB Officers (Special Liaison for ComSoc Activities and Advisors) Special Liaison for ComSoc Activities: Prof. Chen Hsiao-Hwa (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) Prof. Nei Kato (Tohoku University, Japan) Prof. Borhanuddin Mohd Ali (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia) Prof. Tomoaki Ohtsuki (Keio University, Japan) Prof. Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National University, Japan) Advisors: Tomonori Aoyama (Keio University, Japan) Kwang-Cheng Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Daehyoung Hong (Sogang University, Korea) Noriyoshi Kuroyanagi (Chubu University, Japan) Byeong Gi Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Kwang Bok Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Lin-Shan Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Zhisheng Niu (Tsinghua University, China) Naohisa Ohta (Keio University, Japan) Iwao Sasase (Keio University, Japan) Desmond Taylor (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) Naoaki Yamanaka (Keio University, Japan)

7 MISSION OF THE BOARD Address all ComSoc activities and programs related to members and chapters in the Asia Pacific region Activities: Promoting the professional activities in the AP region Expand ComSoc membership in AP Foster the provisioning of professional development and information services to ComSoc members in AP Encourage the participation of AP members in ComSoc activities Liaison with national scientific and professional societies in AP

8 Accomplishments 1 st Half-Year 10 DLTs and 4 DSPs granted/delivered Final approval by Zhensheng Zhang (Membership Services Director) Distinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters AP DLT #1: Anura Jayasumana January 2016 Bombay Gujarat Pune AP DLT #2: J. B. Othman March 2016 India Council Bombay Pune Gujarat AP DLT #3: Zhu Han 23 May - 4 June 2016 Malaysia Delhi Singapore AP DLT #4: Mohamed-Slim Alouini May 2016 Bangladesh AP DLT #5: Dusit Niyato May 2016 Seoul Tokyo AP DLT #6: Jianwei Huang May 2016 Tokyo Kansai AP DLT #7: Jiajia Liu March 2016 Taipei AP DLT #8: Mahbub Hassan May 2016 Malaysia AP DLT #9: J. B. Othman May June 2016 New Zealand North, South & Central Distinguished Lecturer Lecture Date Hosting Chapters DSP #1: Lingyang Song 16-Feb-16 Sendai DSP #2: Nirwan Ansari 1-Jun-16 Indonesia DSP #3: Tarik Taleb 27-May-16 Malaysia DSP #4: Zhensheng Zhang 19-May-16 Harbin Summary DLT DSP AP DLT #10: Ying-Dar Lin May 2016 Singapore Malaysia Thailand

9 Accomplishments 1 st Half-Year (cont d) AP Newsletter No.49 distributed at ICC 2016 Table of Contents: Awards Message from the APB Director Trending Topics in the Eyes of IEEE Fellows Past APB Best/Outstanding Young Researchers Then and Now Call For Application/Nomination of APB Awards Report on DLTs in the AP Region Report on Student Activities from Local Chapters What's Up on the Asia-Pacific Board? Upcoming Conferences Asia-Pacific Region Officers Call for Applications of the 11th Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award Call for Nominations of the 5th Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award

10 AP Regional Chapter Chair meeting Targeting GLOBECOM , Dec 2017 at Singapore Coordinate with Sister and Related Societies meeting (Director Curtis Siller) Tentative date: 02 (Sat) and 03 (Sun) Dec 2017 Two days before GLOBECOM

11 ComSoc Meeting Report Member Services Board Meeting Monday 23, 11:00-12:30 Parkview 1 Zhensheng Zhang, Director - Membership Services Member Relations Council Monday 23, 13:30-15:30 Amber Stefano Bregni, Vice-President for Member and Global Activities Sister and Related Societies Board Monday 23, 16:00-17:30 Parkview 2 Curtis Siller, Director Sister and Related Societies Industry Outreach Tuesday 24, 10:30-12:30 Quartz Ashutosh Dutta, Director of Industry Outreach

12 Member Service Report Zhensheng Zhang May :00 12:30

13 Board Members Member Service Board Director - Membership Services - Zhensheng Zhang Director - Asia/Pacific Region -Takaya Yamazato Director - Europe, Middle-East, & Africa Region - Andrzej Jajszczyk Director - Latin America Region - Carlos Lozano Garzon Director - North America Region - Scott Atkinson Director - Sister & Related Societies - Curtis Siller Director - Education Director - Industry Outreach Ashutosh Dutta Past Director: Koichi Asatani Staff Representative: Carol Cronin 1 3

14 Overview Goal: Focus on promoting and furthering the interests of individual members worldwide to increase member retention, renewal, recruitment, and recognition Programs: Chapters Funding and Awards Membership Development Support Grant (MDSG) Distinguished Lecturer Tours Program (DLT) Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) Regional/Local Programs

15 Work Done So Far/Accomplishments 21 DLT s TOTAL: $27,689 AP 10 (in fact 12) approved Total: $14,997 EMEA 4 approved - Total: $4,350 LA 2 approved Total: $3,900 NA 5 approved Total: $ /22/2016

16 Work Done So Far/Accomplishments Member Development Support Grant 2 from NA Region Total: pending from LA Region DSP Total $ AP Region Total: $ EMEA Region Total: $321 1 LA Region Total: $500 4 NA Region Total: $1720

17 Work Done So Far/Accomplishments CHAPTER QUESTIONNAIRES AP Region 19 EMEA Region 16 LA Region 19 NA Region - 28

18 Problems Encountered DLT P&P guidelines are not clear Issues with DLTs co-locating Comsoc conferences DLT budget limitation within same region: $1000 Number of DLTs per chapter per year Whether chapter involvement for talks at Universities/keynotes/industrial Purchased tickets before approval Application Procedures not clear need to draft a standard procedure

19 Problem Solution Plans To discuss the issues identified at the Board meeting and exchanges

20 Chapter Questionnaires Future Work Funding allocation (recommendation) Best chapter selection Member Service Support Challenges Membership growth Chapter does not have budget, no funds from section Increasing industry/academia cooperation

21 Curtis Siller Director Sister and Related Societies BoG1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May /22/2016

22 Work Done/Accomplishments In Reconstituted Board (11) 1 st Half-Year MALs, Regional Directors, S&RS contacts, Stefano B., Sergio, Curtis Approved P&Ps Action Item Carried Over from 2015 Updated SS Cooperation Agreements to Reflect Elimination of TCS Conference Fee Waiver Began Planning (with Harvey and Doug) for January 2017 ComSoc Retreat and Coordination with Pacific Telecommunications Council (an RS) Conference ComSoc will propose a notable speaker and panel(s) or technical session(s) Linking S&RS Contacts with ComSoc Chapter Chairs in the Corresponding Region - to Reciprocally Share Programs of Common Interest. Working with Peter Nagy (Hungary-HTE) to Create an HTE & ComSoc Student Thesis (in English) Award

23 Work Done/Accomplishments In 1 st Half-Year Cont d Continue Distributing GCN Some are beginning to respond with their own contributions; also passing GCN on to their members Inviting Folks to Use Our ComMag Conference Calendar for Their Events Modest participation Pre-announcing Discounted Registration for Our Signature Conference Events And affirming that registration form includes S&RS discount Some have been lacking such discount

24 Problems Encountered Monthly Availability of a ComSoc Magazine Paper Has Changed: Articles will only be made available if there is a sponsor; no sponsor, then no articles Four articles were made available 18 April? Can recipients post an article to their website? Action item given to Susan and Sergio

25 2nd Quarter's Work Continue Connecting ComSoc Chapter Chairs to S&RS Contacts in Their Locale Develop More Specific Plans for the ComSoc-PTC Collaborative Gathering (and PTC Conference) in January 2017 Inviting S&RS Officers to ICC and GLOBECOM Awards Luncheons Several already signed up for 2016 ICC, Kuala Lumpur

26 3 rd Quarter's Work Begin Renewal of Cooperation Agreements with S&RS: Russia (SS) Singapore (SS) EastWest Institute (RS) Identify Potential New S&RS 2015 overture to BOG 2015 was notably unremarkable Will give BOG 2016 an opportunity Assiduously Proceed with Agreement Reciprocity How would I reach out to our ComSoc members?

27 4 th Quarter 2016 and 2017 Targeting GLOBECOM 2017 for a S&RS Summit to be held in Collaboration with Asia/Pacific Region GLOBECOM 2017 to be held in Singapore Asia/Pacific Region planning a Regional Chapter Chair meeting Will coordinate my efforts with Takaya Yamazato, A/P Director 2 7 6/22/2016

28 Industry Outreach Ashutosh Dutta, Director of Industry Outreach Agenda and Place Day/Date - Tuesday May, 24 10:30 12:30 Room: Quartz Proposded Agenda: - Status of Series of 5G Summits - There are 7 more planned this year - Planning about other Industry events in other verticals (e.g., Healthcare, Fog etc.) - Discussion on Industry Outreach Activities - Engaging and Empowering Local Chapters - Discussion on Best Current Practice on Industry Outreach - Webinars

29 Next APB General Meeting IEEE GLOBECOM December 2016 (1 st day) Washington, DC USA

30 Appendix (Attendees List at the ComSoc APB General Meeting in ICC 2016)

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34 Report on Member and Global Activities Slides selected and adapted from Stefano s presentation slides at Member Council on 23 May Presented by Wei Zhang, Vice Director, at APB meeting on 24 May # Stefano Bregni

35 Member and Global Activities Report of Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni Vice-President for Member and Global Activities Politecnico di Milano, Italy # Stefano Bregni

36 Membership Strategies Students are Missing Sharp decrease of ComSoc membership Sept to Sept Members: -32.3% Graduate Student Members: -58.4% Student Members: -83.7% stopping ComSoc Free of Charge membership explains the -32.3% for members, but it is not the only reason for Students students did not renew and new students did not enroll need to focus our effort on students Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

37 Regional Activities Asia Pacific Distinguished Lecturer/Speaker Tours 12 DLTs India, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand 4DSTs Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China Newsletters ComSoc AP Newsletter No.49 published and distributed at ICC Awards Call for Application for 11 th Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award Call for Nomination for 5 th Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award AP Regional Chapter Chair Congress targeting GLOBECOM 2017 in Singapore coordinate with Sister and Related Societies Meeting tentative date: 2 days before GLOBECOM 2017 Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

38 4th Student Competition 2016 Communications Technology Changing the World Now a well-established and smooth-running MGA Program significant workload for staff, committee and chairs! the 2015 selection Committee included 39 members! precisely defined smooth two-rounds review process Marketing Dept. (Ting) runs the advertising campaign social media channels, GCN, ComMag ads, Blog Highlights, to IEEE and ComSoc students and non-student prospects, Chapters Time plan for 2016 May: launch the campaign and registration site ready June-July: set up the committee and preparation August 15: submission deadline (extended to Sep. 15?) September/October: 2-rounds review and selection November: winner announcement (award at GC 2016) Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

39 Standing Committee Women in Communications Engineering Chair Octavia Dobre Members Publicity Chair: Sinem Coleri Ergen Secretary: Ana Garcia Armada Industry Relation Coordinator: Nada Philip Student Activity Coordinator: Meryem Simsek IEEE WIE Committee Society Coordinator: Mari Carmen Aguayo-Torres Maite Brandt-Pearce Meixia Tao Shalinee Kishore Sarah Kate Wilson Urbashi Mitra Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

40 Childcare Program at Conferences A feasible solution has been identified set aside a small budget for childcare grants at ICC/GLOBECOM to support onsite childcare at conference location to support childcare at home, if parents come to attend the conference parents are responsible for making own arrangements ComSoc might arrange for discounts, but parents choose the provider kids admitted at Exhibit Hall if a Minor Release Form is signed Suggested budget: ~$300/grant, max total $4000/year Magnetics Society: 10 grants $300 for conferences ~1500 attendees Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society: pilot program, up to $400 per family Firsts trial under planning at GLOBECOM 2016 led by Maite Brandt-Pearce Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

41 Funding Cut to APO Office Recently, $30,000 was cut from the contributions to APO. Try to get Extra-funding to the Singapore APO Office revert (at least partially) the $30k as an incentive, specifying for what activities list the activities that they were doing they are not doing anymore Member and Global Activities BoG , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Stefano Bregni #

42 IEEE ComSoc APB General ICC 2016 TAC report May 24, 2016 Takahiko Saba, TAC Co-Chair Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan

43 TAC Members APB Vice-Director: Prof. Saewoong Bahk TAC, Co-Chair: Prof. Jianwei Huang TAC, Co-Chair: Prof. Takahiko Saba TAC, Vice Chair: Prof. Lingyang Song TAC, Vice Chair: Prof. Hsuan-Jung Su

44 TAC Action Plan TAC Action Plan: Promote the Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award and select winners for 2016 and Promote the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award and select winners for 2016 and Current Status: Promoting the above awards for 2016 at ICC and also through various lists. (Deadline for application and nomination is July 31)

45 Call for Application (1/3): The 11 th AP Young Research Awards The IEEE ComSoc AP Young Researcher Award honors young researchers who have been very active in IEEE ComSoc publications and conference activities over the last 3 years (Jan to Dec ). Eligibility: Age 35 or younger (i.e., born on or after 1980/01/01) Member of the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific region. Award Prize: ONE Best YRA with a certificate and US $500 and SEVERAL Outstanding YRAs with a certificate and US $250.

46 Call for Application (2/3): The 11 th AP Young Research Awards Application should include: A cover page that contains the applicant's name, affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax number, and address. The applicant s biography (up to 400 words). Description of the applicant s major research contributions over the last 3 years, including clear discussions of 3 most representative publications (e.g., journal/conference/magazine papers and monographs) published over the last 3 years. For each publication, please provide SCI and Google citation information, impact factor (if applicable), significance of the publication, and the applicant s own contribution to the publication (up to 2 A4 pages). A complete list of publications and conference activities (over the last 3 years only), and the SCI/Google Scholar citations and H-index (of the entire career). Awards/recognitions received (over the last 3 years only).

47 Call for Application (3/3): The 11 th AP Young Research Awards Important Dates: Application Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016 Announcement of Awardees: October 1, 2016 Award Ceremony at Globecom 2016 (December, 2016) For inquires and applications, send to APB TAC:

48 Call for Nomination (1/2): The 5 th AP Outstanding Paper Award The IEEE ComSoc AP Outstanding Paper Award honors outstanding original papers authored by members in the AP region over the last 3 years (Jan to Dec ). Eligibility: Appeared in IEEE ComSoc journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and so on (including those technically co-sponsored by ComSoc). All authors affiliations must be from the AP region. Nominated by IEEE ComSoc AP region members (not selfnomination). Award Prize: Plaque and honorarium up to US $500.

49 Call for Nomination (2/2): The 5 th AP Outstanding Paper Award Nomination should include: Cover page with nominator s name and contact information. Paper Information (including title, authors, source, etc.) A copy of nominated paper. Letter of recommendation (up to one A4 page). Number of SCI and Google scholar citations, impact factor if applicable. Important Dates: Application Submission Deadline: July 31, 2016 Announcement of Awardees: October 1, 2016 Award Ceremony at Globecom 2016 (December, 2016) Send to APB TAC: apb-officers-tac@ieee.org

50 ISC Report ICC 2016 Hung-Yun Hsieh ISC co-chair National Taiwan University

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52 ISC Mission To publish and distribute AP Newsletters To manage and update the AP Region Homepage To manage the APB broadcast to its members To provide liaison to the IEEE Global Communication Newsletter (GCN) To collaborate with the AP Office in information service related matters

53 AP Newsletter AP Newsletter No. 49 (ICC 16 Issue) has been published Printed for distribution at the APB general meeting Available for download from APB website ( Maintain coverage of conventional topics Message from APB Director (or Vice Directors) Call-For-Application of APB Young Researcher Awards Call-For-Nomination of APB Outstanding Paper Awards Reports on completed and upcoming DLTs Reports on Student Activities from Local Chapters Committee Reports (``What s up on the Asia-Pacific Board? ) Upcoming Conferences

54 AP Newsletter New contents in issue No. 49 (ICC 16 issue): Trending Topics in the Eyes of IEEE Fellows è Invite articles from newly elevated IEEE Fellows in AP region. è Motivated by the previous Hot Topics column, but focuses on people in the AP region. è Thanks to Prof. Ta-Sung Lee and Prof. Jianwei Huang. Past APB Best/Outstanding Young Researchers Then and Now è Interview the first (2001) APB award winners. è To promote the CFA/CFN of APB awards for this year. è Thanks to Dr. Byoung-Hoon Kim, Prof. Wen-Jyi Hwang, and Prof. Eiji Oki for their contribution. Redesign of the APB newsletter format.

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57 APB Webpage ComSoc web hosting changes ComSoc moves away from its existing IIS web hosting to Wordpress hosting New host provides an easy to use interface with improved handling of images and multimedia New host provides a CMS tool for building and maintaining web sites by designated webmasters Director, vice director, ISC chairs and vice chairs

58 APB Webpage Old URL New URL Consistent themes and styles across all ComSoc region board webpages

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61 Membership Development Committee (MDC) Youngchul Sung and Meixia Tao MDC Co-Chairs

62 MDC Commitee Co-Chairs Youngchul Sung, KAIST, Korea Meixia Tao, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China Vice Chairs Osamu Muta, Center for Japan-Egypt Coop. in Sci. and Tech, Japan Hai Lin, Osaka Preferecture Univ. Japan Munir Mohammed, IEEE India Office, Inida

63 Contents Report on member statistics of AP region Report on ComSoc Membership Program Development Board (MPDB)

64 Member Statistics in AP Region 7,733 members in total (See Table I) Represent 24.8% out of 31,112 ComSoc members 7,430 higher grade members Graduate students are included in higher grade members, who have the voting right. 303 student members (147 or 49.5% are from India)

65 Number of Members per Country

66 Percentage of Members per Country Korea, 519, 7% Australia, 928, 12% Taiwan, 512, 7% Malaysia, 237, 3% dia, 1302, 17% Singapore, 232, 3% Indonesia, 142, 2% New Zealand, 105, 1% Pakistan, 105, 1% Thailand, 60, 1% その他, 157, 2% Sri Lanka, 59, Bangladesh, 27, Philippines, 26, Vietnam, 25, Japan, 1482, 19% China, 1952, 25% Others, 18, Nepal, 2,

67 List of Areas WITHOUT ComSoc Chapters Area Country Higher Grade Membership Student Membership Total Total per Country Wuhan China Changwon Korea Daejeon Korea Kwangju Korea Taegu Korea Islamabad Pakistan Others Total

68 Sister Societies in AP Country Sister Society URL 1 Australia Australian Computer Society (ACS) 2 China China Institute of Communications (CIC) - 3 China The Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) 4 The Institute of Electronics & India Telecommunications Engineers (IETE) 5 Communications Multimedia Applications India Infrastructure (CMAI) 6 The Institute of Electronics, Information & Japan Communication Engineers (IEICE-CS) 7 The Korean Institute of Communication Korea Sciences (KICS) 8 Malaysia The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) 9 Singapore Singapore Computer Society (SCS) 10 Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering Taiwan (CIEE) 11 The Radio & Electronics Association of Vietnam Vietnam (REV) -

69 Chapters/Councils & Sister Societies 42 chapters/councils in total (See Table II) 396 members (corresponding to 5%, from Korea, China, and Pakistan) are not part of any chapter/council (See Table III) 11 sister societies from 9 countries (See Table IV)

70 Reduction in Number of Members in AP Region from Dec to Dec.2015 Country/Region Higher Grade 2015 Higher Grade 2014 Student Member 2015 Student Member 2014 Total 2015 Total 2014 # of Chapters 1 China 1,914 2, ,952 2, Japan 1,470 1, ,482 1, India 1,155 2, ,485 1,302 4, Australia 911 1, , Korea Taiwan Singapore Malaysia Indonesia New Zealand Pakistan Thailand Sri Lanka Bangladesh Philippines Vietnam Nepal Others Total 7,430 11, ,010 7,733 13,178 42

71 Reduction in Number of Members in AP Region from Dec to Dec.2015 Overally, the number of members reduces in all countries from Dec to Dec In particular, the reduction in India is drastic. The reason may be the recent worldwide economic recess and the quite mature communication technologies. Further study is required. Need to set up new chapters/councils in Korea, China, and Pakistan Need to admit more student ComSoc members who are potential researchers, technologists, and educators in the communication field.

72 Goal: Membership Program Development Board (MPDB) Focus on promoting and furthering the interests of individual members worldwide to increase member retention, renewal, recruitment, and recognition Programs: Chapters Funding and Awards Distinguished Lecturer Tours Program (DLT) Distinguished Speaker Program (DSP) Support for Young Professionals Programs (GOLD) and IndustryNow (INN) Programs

73 Chapter Awards Chapter Achievement Awards (CAA) One per Region, Nominated by RD, $1000 award 2014 CAA went to: Malaysia Chapter - Nordin Ramli (Chapter Chair) 2015 CAA went to: Kolkata Chapter Chapter of the Year (COY) Award One per year, chosen by the committee from the four CAA winners, $2000 for COY + $1000 for CAA 2014 COY Award went to: Malaysia Chapter - Nordin Ramli (Chapter Chair)

74 Conclusion Plan to set up new chapters/councils in Korea, China, and Pakistan Need to find out the cause of the reduction in the number of members Need to actively promote members in the AP region

75 References [1] IEEE Annual Statistics Report. ership/statistics/index.html [2] AP ComSoc Membership Statistics and Graphs. oc_statsandgraphs.html [3] ComSoc Sister Societies. eements

76 Chapters Coordination Committee (CCC) Report Eiji Oki and Miki Yamamoto CCC Chairs

77 Chapters Coordination Committee Chairs (CCC) Eiji Oki, The University of Electro- Communications, Tokyo, Japan Miki Yamamoto, Kansai University, Kansai, Japan Vice Chairs Byonghyo Shim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Masaki Bandai, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

78 APB-CCC Plans for Collaborate with the AP Office in running Distinguished Lecturer Tours (DLTs) and Distinguished Speaker Programs (DSPs) DLTs and DSPs so far in DLTs and 4 DSPs granted/delivered Collaborate with the AP Office in coordinating ComSoc Executives' visit to Chapters New Activities Collaboration with Sister Societies in AP region

79 2016 IEEE ComSoc DLTs in Asia Pacific Distinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters AP DLT #1: Anura Jayasumana January 2016 Bombay Gujarat Pune AP DLT #2: J. B. Othman March 2016 AP DLT #3: Zhu Han 23 May - 4 June 2016 India Council Bombay Pune Gujarat Malaysia Delhi Singapore AP DLT #4: Mohamed-Slim Alouini May 2016 Bangladesh AP DLT #5: Dusit Niyato May 2016 Seoul Tokyo AP DLT #6: Jianwei Huang May 2016 Tokyo Kansai

80 (Continue:-) 2016 IEEE ComSoc DLTs in Asia Pacific Distinguished Lecturer Tour dates Hosting Chapters AP DLT #7: Jiajia Liu March 2016 Taipei AP DLT #8: Mahbub Hassan May 2016 Malaysia AP DLT #9: J. B. Othman May June 2016 New Zealand North, South & Central AP DLT #10: Ying-Dar Lin May 2016 Singapore Malaysia Thailand

81 2016 IEEE ComSoc DSPs in Asia Pacific Distinguished Lecturer Lecture Date Hosting Chapters DSP #1: Lingyang Song 16 February 2016 Sendai DSP #2: Nirwan Ansari 1 June 2016 Indonesia DSP #3: Tarik Taleb 27 May 2016 Malaysia DSP #4: Zhensheng Zhang 19 May 2016 Harbin

82 Introduction of Sister Societies CIC (China) CIEE (Taiwan) CMAI (India) IEICE-CS (Japan) IETE (India) KICS (South Korea) REV (Vietnam) SCS (Singapore)

83 Articles in AP News Letter for Sister Societies Introductory articles of Sister Societies CFP of Special Issue/Section of Sister Society Journals