Sergio Benedetto

benedetto@polito.it

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : Sergio has been Vice President of Technical Activities of IEEE Communications Society in 2006-2007, Vice-President for Publications in 2008-2009, Vice President for Member Relations in 2010-2011. In 2012 he has been elected to the position of President-Elect of the Communications Society, and has held the position of President of the IEEE Communications Society in 2014-2015

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions :

* Biography: Sergio Benedetto is an Emeritus Professor at Politecnico di Torino and a Fellow of the IEEE. He has coauthored 4 books and over 250 papers, three of which have received more than 1,000 citations. He has been an ISI Most Cited Researchers for several consecutive years. He has received the "Italgas International Prize for Research and Technological Innovation" in 1998, the “Cristoforo Colombo International Award for Communications” in 2006, and the “IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award” in 2008. Sergio Benedetto has held three Vice-President positions in the IEEE Communications Society and has been its President in 2014-2015. He is a member-at-large of the IEEE PSPB and of its Strategic planning Committee since January 2016. He is a member of the Turin Academy of Science and a corresponding member of the Spanish Academy of Engineering

WOLFRAM BETTERMANN, Ph.D. Graduate Faculty Member Penn State Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering and Technology Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA Wolfram Bettermann received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University Duisburg, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Technical University Aachen, Germany. In 1999 he joined Wake Forest University in NC where he was involved in Research and Development of new medical technologies for a large healthcare provider in the U.S. He has

over two decades experience in software engineering development and managing projects nationally and internationally in research, industry and as an entrepreneur. In 2010, Dr. Bettermann joined the faculty of Penn State Harrisburg, where he specializes in teaching physics and electrical engineering (EE) courses. He is actively involved in nanotechnology related research. He is also a faculty advisor for EE students and is actively engaged with the mentoring of next generation IEEE members.

ELIZABETH “LIZ” L. BURD Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor University of Newcastle, Australia Newcastle, Australia Liz is Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of

Newcastle, Australia, and previously Professor of IT and Dean at the University of Durham, UK. From 2005-2011, Liz was the Director of the UK’s Centre for Excellence in Computing. Liz is globally recognized having received 5 University awards for enhancing computing education. She has held research collaborations with IBM, Microsoft, BT, BAE and Logica and received $12m in funding. Liz has produced over 80 articles and 40 keynotes. She has represented the Computer Society BoG for 6 years taking roles of VP for EAB and MGA, and from 2014-2015 as the Society’s 1st VP. She has been a member of the IEEE EAB for the last 6 years, currently as EAB’s Editor in Chief of Education Products Editorial Board. Liz also sits on TAB’s Society and Council Review Committee and its Strategic Planning Committee.

MANUEL CASTRO, Ph.D. Director and Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) Madrid, Spain

Manuel Castro received Industrial Engineering degree and Ph.D. from the ETSII/UPM, Spain. He received the Extraordinary Doctoral Award and the Viesgo 1988 Award, and 1999 UNED's Social Council Award. He works in systems applications of simulation, solar system and advanced microprocessor simulation to distance learning applications and systems, acting as senior technical Director. He is Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and was UNED's New Technologies Vice-Rector, UNED’s Information Services Center Director, Engineering School Research and Doctorate Vice-director and Engineering School Academic Affairs Vice-director. He worked 5 years in Digital Equipment Corporation as senior system engineer. He publishes technical, research and teaching books and articles for journals and conferences and multimedia materials. He co-chaired FIE 2014 (IEEE-ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference) and REV 2016 (Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentations sponsored by IAoE) both in Madrid, Spain. He is co-editor of IEEE-RITA (Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje).

Kukjin Chun

k.chun.kr@ieee.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : • He is a founding chair of the Section/subsection Elevation Committee of Region 10 which approves the validity and sustainability of new IEEE geographical unit formation.• As Vice-chair of Member activities of Region 10, coordinated chairs of award, membership development, section/chapter, WIE, student activities and GOLD committees. It ensures close collaboration among chairs resulting in synergy and better solution to imminent problems in the Region.• He initiated poster session for Region 10 EXCOM members to disseminate their yearly work plans to section chairs during annual meeting so that section chairs obtain the information through face to face conversation.• He served Award Committee in MGA and Region 10 for promoting and selecting distinguished sections and outstanding volunteers.• He has been a member of IEEE MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Assessment Committee and served India TFT Chair in 2013.• As the Seoul Section Chair, he rejuvenated all student chapters by appointing new mentor professors and chairs and maintained the highest regular membership.

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : •IEEE:- Region 10 Director-Elect• MGA: - Member of Region Vitality subcommittee, 2015-2016.- Member of Award committee, 2015- Member of MGA Strategic Direction and Environmental Assessment Committee, 2013-2014(India TFT Chair, 2013, Japan TFT member, 2014)• REGION 10:- Secretary, 2009-10- Vice-chair of Membership Activities, 2011-2012.- Member of Operational Committee, 2011-2012, 2015-2016- Chair of Section/Subsection Elevation Committee, 2011-2012.- Chair of Awards & Recognition Committee, 2013-2014.- Member of Advisory Committee, 2015-2016.• SEOUL SECTION:- Secretary, 2004.- Web Coordinator, 2005-2006.- Section Chair, 2007.• CONFERENCES: - International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems: International Steering Committee, 2006-2013.- IEEE MEMS: TPC, 2001-2003.- IEEE SENSORS: TPC, 2008-2014; General Chair, 2015.- IEEE NEMS: TPC, 2009-2014.

* Biography: Kukjin Chun is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University, where he served as department chair in 2009-2011 and as the Director of the Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center in 2005. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1986. He served as IEEE Seoul Section Chair in 2007 and Region 10 secretary in 2009-2010 and currently a member of IEEE MGA Region Vitality subcommittee and Region 10 Director-Elect.Chun was President

of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea which has the longest history and largest membership in Korea. He has been a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea since 2007. He served on the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering editorial board and Fellow of the Institute of Physics of UK. He currently serves on the Advisory Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineering of Japan.

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JAMES M. CONRAD Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina, USA James Conrad has spent an equal amount of time working in industry and academia. He received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in computer engineering from

North Carolina State University. He is currently a professor at UNC Charlotte and recently served as Associate Department Chair. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and as an instructor at North Carolina State University. He has worked for IBM, Ericsson/Sony Ericsson, and two start-up companies as a software engineer and project manager. Conrad is a Professional Engineer and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He teaches and conducts research in the areas of embedded systems, robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education. He has published five books in the field of embedded systems and robotics, including three books with IEEE Computer Society Press.

THOMAS M. CONTE Professor School of Computer Science, and School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Tom Conte is an active researcher in the field of computer architecture. He received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Delaware in 1986; and, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 and 1992, respectively. From 1995 to 2008, he was on the faculty of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Center for Embedded Systems Research at North Carolina State University. While on leave from NC State in 2000-'01, Tom served as the Chief Microarchitect for DSP startup BOPS, Inc. He is currently a Professor joint appointed in the Schools of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he directs the interdisciplinary Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies focused on post-Moore’s Law computing. Conte is the named inventor on 40 US Patents.

  

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ALFRED “FRED” E. DUNLOP Retired Pilot Knob, New York, USA Dr. Dunlop received his BEE from the University of Delaware, MSEE and PhD from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1975, 1977 and 1979 respectively. He holds 14 patents in the areas of circuit

design, system initialization and algorithms. Since 2001, he has been president of Crossbow Consulting, LLC where he has worked for clients on topics including circuit design, system architecture, system startup and Electronic Design Automation (EDA). He was founder and VP of Engineering at a startup 2002. Dr. Dunlop worked at Bell Laboratories 25 years where he held research and development positions. He was responsible for the IC layout tools in the mid 1980s. He later built clock recovery circuits for packet systems. In research, he held the position of Director of Design Principles Research and later Director of Optical Data Systems Research before retiring in 2001.

DAVID B. DUROCHER Global Industry Manager Eaton Corporation Wilsonville, Oregon, USA David B. Durocher is an industry veteran, currently serving as Global

Industry Manager, Mining, Metals & Minerals for Eaton Corporation. Dave holds two US patents and is a technology leader at Eaton Corporation. He has over 38 years of experience with Westinghouse and Eaton serving in a variety of product engineering, sales and global marketing roles, authoring over 30 technical papers that have been presented at conferences around the world and published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Plant Engineering, World Cement and EC&M Magazine. Dave is a Senior Member of the IEEE and served as IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) President 2015-2016. He presently serves on the Board of the IEEE IAS and the Board of the Washington Pulp & Paper Foundation. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University.

Robert Fish

rob.fish@ieee.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : Dr. Robert S. Fish is Vice President of Industry and Standards Activities of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). Dr. Fish has been a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Standards Association, was Chair of IEEE-SA’s Global Committee, and was a founding member of the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group. He co-edited a series in IEEE Communications Magazine on IEEE standards in communications and networking. During his career, Dr. Fish and his organizations have initiated and managed standards development activities in IEEE, ISO/IEC JTC1, 3GPP, OMA, IETF, ATSC, CableLabs, OSGi, and probably a few others.He is a member of the IEEE Conferences Committee, and chairs an ad-hoc there on Industry Engagement in Conferences. He is Steering Committee chair and Co-founder of ComSoc’s Consumer Communications and Networking Conference. He is the former chair of ComSoc’s GLOBECOM and ICC Management and Strategy Committee. For his leadership and contributions to the Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, Dr. Fish was the recipient of MMTC’s Distinguished Service Award.

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions :

* Biography: Dr. Robert S. Fish is President of NETovations, LLC, a consulting company focused on the creation of communications and networking technology innovation and a faculty member in the Computer Science Department of Princeton University. From 2007 to 2010, he was Chief Product Officer and Senior VP at Mformation, Inc. a company specializing in carrier software for mobile device management. From 1997 to 2007, Rob was Vice President and Managing Director of Panasonic US R&D; laboratories working on embedding networking into consumer devices. Prior to this, he was Executive Director, Multimedia Communications Research at Bellcore/Telcordia after starting his career at Bell Laboratories. Besides his many publications, Dr. Fish has been awarded 17 patents. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

TOSHIO FUKUDA Professor Emeritus/Visiting Professor Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan; and Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Dr. Fukuda studied at Yale University 1973-1975 and received Ph.D.

from the University of Tokyo in 1977. Presently Professor of Meijo University and Beijing Institute of Technology as well as Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University. He is mainly engaged in intelligent robotic systems and micro-nano robotics, and has published 2,300+ publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings and reports. Served as VP of IFSA (1998-2003) and President of SOFT (2003-2005). He was awarded Humboldt Research Prize (2003), Award from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Japan (2005, 2013), Friendship Award from PR Chinese Government (2014), Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, Government of Japan (2015), and is a member of Japan Council of Science (2008-2014), Japan Academy of Engineering (2013) and Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017).

Jill Gostin

jgostin@ieee.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : Ms. Gostin currently serves as a member of the Computer Society BoG (2014-2016) and as the CS MGAB Vice Chair for Outreach and Geographic Activities. She is also serving on the CS Portfolio Review committee, and served as the CS Elections Chair (2014) and on the CS Nominations Committee (2015). She was the CS representative on the Sensors Council in 2014, then became the Treasurer for the Sensors Council (2015-2016) and serves on Council's Member Society Relations Committee. She has also served on the Sensors Council's Distinguished Lecturer Committee. She was the Atlanta Computer Society Chapter Chair in 2012-2013, rejuvenating a chapter that hadn't held meetings in several years, inspite of having over 700 members. She was the Administrative Chair for AESS's RadarCon 2012. She also serves as the CS Representative to WIE. She is a reviewer for the SENSORS Conference, and has served as a reviewer for IEEE Software Technology Conf, Transactions on Information Theory, and for the Christian Engineering Conference.

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : Ms. Gostin is currently the Chair of the Region 3 Leadership Development and Regional Support Committee, and the Chair of the Leadership Development Training Committee. For the previous 2 years, she served as the project lead for the Region 3 Volunteer Integration Process project, which is automating the task of training volunteers that are stepping into new elected or volunteer positions within their section. She was the Region 3 Awards Chair in 2013-2015 and has represented Region 3 on the IEEE-USA Awards Committee and the MGA Awards Committee. She served on the Region 3 Committee while she was the Atlanta Section Chair in 2012-2013. She also has served on the Region 3 Conferences Committee, and was the R3 SoutheastCon 2009 Tutorials Chair. She was the General Chair for the Atlanta Metro Area Workshop in 2013, and the Administrative Chair for IEEE AESS RadarCon 2012. She has lead many sessions at Region 3 meetings, including sessions on SAMIEEE, Volunteer Recruitment, Awards, and Volunteer Training.

* Biography: Ms. Gostin has an MS in applied mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is a Principal Research Scientist and the Deputy Director of the Information and Communications Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute

(GTRI). She has served on multiple GTRI and Georgia Tech committees and is currently the Chair of the GTRI Awards Council. She has worked at GTRI since 1985, where her work has focused on radar systems and software, stationary target detection methods including Fractal techniques, algorithm assessment, and software test and evaluation. She has authored or co-authored numerous technical papers, has won multiple technical and service awards, has managed large technical programs, was instrumental in creating an acoustic environment simulation, and has successfully developed fractal geometry applications. Full bio at http://jgostin.wordpress.com/.

JASON JIANJUN GU Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jason Gu received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2001) from University of Alberta and is Professor and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Dalhousie University. He published over 250 Journal, book chapters and conference papers in biomedical engineering, robotics, systems and control. He was editor-in-chief of International Journal of Automation and Logistics (2012) and editor of Journal of Control and Intelligent Systems (2007). He was associate editor for many IEEE periodicals, Program/General Chair for over a dozen IEEE conferences and was the IEEE Canada Atlantic Section (CAS) Vice Chair and Chair. He is currently the IEEE Canada Conference Editorial Board Chair and Awards Committee Vice Chair. Jason received the Outstanding IEEE Student Branch Counselor Award (2004), the IEEE CAS Murugan Memorial Award (2014), and the IEEE J. J. Eastern Canada Merit Service Award (2016). He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and Canadian Academy of Engineering.

T.W. HISSEY Retired Electric Power Automation Consultant Glen Mills, PA / St. Petersburg, FL Theodore W. “TED” Hissey, has been a long time technical and administrative worker for the IEEE, the IEEE Power Engineering Society, (PES), and the IEEE Corporate administration. He is an engineer, technical manager, and an internationally

recognized lecturer and consultant in the field of Electric Power Network Automation, and Electric Power Sector Re-structuring. He worked for Leeds and Northrup Company for 43 years in a variety of application, engineering, and management positions. Mr. Hissey has traveled to, and worked with engineers and executives in over 50 countries, providing technical lectures, seminars, and meetings with the local engineers, technical societies, students and young professionals, and national engineering societies, in addition to his commercial activities. This international experience and understanding has enabled Ted to contribute significantly to the IEEE's global technical outreach activities and international cooperation. He continues to work diligently to insure the recognition of - and activation of IEEE projects and programs for - Students and Young professionals. Elected by the IEEE Board of Directors to serve as Executive Director of the IEEE, as a volunteer, from November, 1994 through December, 1996. Then, was elected as Director Emeritus in 1997 – and still serves on the IEEE Board of Directors. He was 1997-1998 President of the United Engineering Trustees – during the organization’s re-structuring; sale of the United Engineering Center; and, transition from the United Engineering Trustees to the present United Engineering Foundation. The UET / UEF represents some 800,000 engineers, and is composed of the American Society of Civil Engineers - ASCE; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers - AIChE; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME; the American Institute of Mining Engineers - AIME; and, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE. His continuing passion and mission is working with, promoting, mentoring, and training young professionals throughout the world in the skills they require throughout their personal and professional lives.

IEEE ACTIVITIES: (S’47-48-M'53-SM'83-LM'92-LF’98) OFFICES: IEEE Board of Directors, 1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96, 1997 - ; Executive Director, 1995-96; Director Emeritus 1997- ; Treasurer, 1991-93, Division VII Director, 1988-89; IEEE Foundation, 1995-2004; Second VP, 1997; Secretary, 2000-04; Director Emeritus, 2005- COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Audit, 1988-89; Executive, 1991-93, 1995-96; Finance, Ch.,1991-93; IEEE Employee Benefits, 1991-93; Facilities, 1995-2001; Individual Benefits & Services, 1991-2000, Ch. 1997-1999; Investment, 1989, 1991-1993; Life members Committee – 2004-5 (Liaison with IEEE Foundation); Regional Activities Board 1990; RAB Public Affairs, Ch., 1990; RAB/TAB Transnational, 1990; RAB-SAC Student Exchange Program - SEP – Task Force, 2000; Standards, 1988-90; Standards Development Panel, 1991; Standards Review Board, 1988-90; Technical Activities Board, 1986-90; TAB Liaison to Standards Board, 1990; TAB OpCom, 1988-89; TAB Strategic Planning & Review, 1989-91, Ch., 1990; TAB Liaison Council, 1990; TAB Nominations and Appointments, 1990; TAB Ad Hoc Restructure, 1989; IEEE USA - AAES Liaison, 1990-91.; SOCIETIES: Power Engineering: Executive Board, 1978-91; President, 1986-87; Vice President, 1984-85; Meetings Department, 1968-83, Ch., 1978-83; General Meetings, 1968-77, Ch., 1968-77; Strategic Planning, 1990-91; Constitution and Bylaws, 1990-91; Nominations and Appointments, 1984-90; Task Force Role in International Activities, 1990-91; Power System Engineering, 1967-91; System Controls Subcommittee, 1961-71, Ch., 1969-71; International Practices Subcommittee, 1972-91, Ch., 1972-73, 1983; Technical Sessions Improvement, 1972-75 SECTIONS: Chicago: APS-IEEE Liaison, 1953-56. Philadelphia: Dinner Dance Committee, 1958-60; PES Chapter, 1957-00. STUDENT BRANCHES: Penn State, Chairman, 1947-48. CONFERENCES: Joint Power Generation Conference, Sponsors Committee, 1964-69, Ch., 1967-68. PES International Meeting Coordinator, India, 1990, Brasil, 1990, Greece, 1993; International Forum - Re-Structuring & Re-Organization in the Electric Power Sector, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, November,1995; Forum on Electric Power Re-Structuring, San Jose, Costa Rica, August, 1997; IEEE Entrepreneurial Skills Seminars - Moscow, Russia and Warsaw, Poland, 1995; IEEE Entrepreneurial Skills Seminars – St. Petersburg, Russia; Minsk, Belarus; and, Budapest, Hungary - October, 1997. FOUNDER'S SOCIETIES; United Engineering Trustees /United Foundation Foundation - Trustee, 1994-2001 ; UET President, 1997-1998; UET First Vice President 1996; UET Finance Committee, 1994-95; UET Nominations &

Appointments Committee, 1995, 1999 - 2000; UET/UEF Executive Committee 1996-2000. REPRESENTATIVE: AAES International Affairs Council, 1990-91; WFEO, U.S. Representative--Standing Committee for Engineering Information and Documentation, 1990-91; AAES, Governing Board, 1995. AWARDS: IEEE Power Engineering Society – Meritorius Service Award, 1991: IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award, 1995; Honorary Member, Russian Popov Society, 1996; IEEE Fellow, 1998; American Association of Engineering Societies – Kenneth Andrew Roe Award – for promoting unity among engineering societies, 2000; IEEE Regional Activities Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award, 2001; IEEE Region 9 “Theodore W. Hissey” Award = for outstanding support for the activities of Students and GOLD in Region 9, 2005

DAVID ALAN KOEHLER Senior Laboratory Manager-Western Area Doble Engineering Company Indianapolis, Indiana, USA David received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Indiana University and obtained his M.B.A. He is the Senior Laboratory Manager-Western Area for the Doble Engineering Company Insulating Materials Laboratory. He has 18 years of experience in the testing of insulating fluids and management

of analytical laboratories. He has provided numerous technical presentations and published technical articles within the power industry. David serves as the Doble Engineering Insulating Materials Committee Asst. Secretary and on the ASTM D-27 Technical Committee on Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases. In 2011, David was an Executive Committee Member of the Indiana American Chemical Society and remains active within the organization. David, an IEEE Senior Member, is an extremely active volunteer within IEEE both at the section and region level. He has continued to increase his responsibilities within IEEE based on his effective volunteerism.

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KAZUHIRO KOSUGE Professor Department of Bioengineering and Robotics Tohoku University Sendai, Japan www.irs.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/?page_id=20 Kazuhiro Kosuge is a Professor in the Department of

Bioengineering and Robotics at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in control engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978, 1980, and 1988 respectively. From 1980 through 1982, he was with DENSO Co., Ltd. After having served as a Research Associate at Tokyo Institute of Technology, an Associate Professor at Nagoya University, he has been serving as a Professor at Tohoku University since 1995. For more than 30 years, he has been conducting research on robotics and automation. He received the JSME Awards for the best papers from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2002 and 2005, the RSJ Award for the best papers from the Robotics Society of Japan in 2005, the Best Paper Award of IROS’97, etc. He is an IEEE Fellow, a JSME Fellow, a SICE Fellow and an RSJ Fellow.

Kathleen Kramer

k.kramer@ieee.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies :

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions :

* Biography: Kathleen A. Kramer (S88–M90–SM01) is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, where she served as Director of Engineering from 2004-2013. She has also been a Member of Technical Staff at several companies, including ViaSat, Hewlett Packard, and Bell Communications Research. Author or co-author of over 100 publications, she maintains an active research agenda in the areas of multisensor data fusion, intelligent systems, and neural and fuzzy systems. Her teaching interests are in capstone design, signal processing, and wireless communications, and she is a leader in engineering accreditation activities. She received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering magna cum laude with a second major in physics from Loyola Marymount University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Kathy Land

skland@computer.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : As President for the IEEE-CS, I led Society efforts for financial recovery and future growth. I was directly responsible for the generation of a balanced budget and elimination of $3.7M deficit during my 2008-2010 leadership tenure. I worked to increasing revenues in the areas of standards activities, conferences, publication, and governance and was dedicated to increasing the value proposition provided to membership. I was the primary author of the 2008 Computer Society strategic plan which changed the strategic planning process incorporating measurable organizational and governance goals and activities.

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : I am currently serving as Region 3 Awards Chair. During my time as Chair I have rewritten the Awards Program Manual and made improvements to the awards program and presentation.

* Biography: Ms. Land has over 25 years of experience in program management with industry, non-profit and the Federal Government. She has led staff teams as project, department and program manager. Duties include staff oversight, supervision and hiring. Responsibilities have included acquisition and acquisition oversight for programs ranging from $200K to $1.2B. She is currently assigned as a Deputy Program Manager for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Huntsville, AL.Ms. Land is the author or co-author of a number of texts, papers, podcasts, webinars all supporting sound software engineering principles and practical application of software process methodologies and the implementation of software process improvement and is a recognized expert in this area.

Joseph Lillie

j.lillie@ieee.org

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : IEEE-USA Board of Directors 1998-2002IEEE Foundation Board of Directors 2008-13, Director Emeritus 2014Awards Board 2015Finance Committee 2001-12, 2015, Chair 2005-06Investment Committee 2005-06, 2011-12Employee Benefits Committee 2005-06Compensation Committee 2005-06Individual Benefits and Services Committee 2000-07, 2011-13, Chair2012-13Infrastructure Oversight Committee 2000-01, 2007-08New Initiatives Committee 2010-

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : Region 5 Director 2000-01Numerous region 5 committeesLafayette Section Chair 1979Board of Directors 2000-01, 2005-06, 2008-09MGA (RAB) Board of Directors 2000-01, 2003-04, 2008-10 Chair 2008-09

* Biography: Joe received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1974) and M.S. in Telecommunications (1997) from the University of SouthwesternLouisiana. He has 42 years experience in telecommunications engineering and management, and was employed by BellSouthTelecommunications 1973 - 2002. During these years, Joe held positions of Design Engineer, Planner and Engineering Manager. WhenJoe retired in 2002 he was on the Louisiana State Staff providing engineering and construction support. In 2003 Joe joined NorthStarCommunications as Quality Director. In September 2005 Joe returned to BellSouth working on Hurricane Katrina restoration and providedengineering support to AT&T; till 2014. Joe currently performs internal audits to the ISO9000, TL9000 and M-1003 standards. During hisprofessional career Joe has attended training sessions on telephony, management, leadership, contract administration, and qualitymanagement. Joe has been married to Debbie for 43 years. They have two children, both Electrical Engineering graduates of ULL, and five grandchildren.

 

JAMES R. LOOK, PE Self Employed Boulder, Colorado, USA Jim Look has made the IEEE the major focus of his activities since leaving full time employment in 2003. After completing a 28 year career in the international oil and gas industry, Jim has dedicated

time to non-profit organizations including, Habitat for Humanity, the Colorado Engineering Council, the City of Boulder (advisory committees) and many levels of the IEEE. He graduated with a BSEE in 1972, achieved his PE license in 1976 and added an MBA in 1981. The majority of his professional career was spent with Saudi Aramco, a very large international oil company. Over that period he was involved with a wide variety of engineering and management assignments. He progressed from a refinery utility engineer, to project manager, to the leadership of a 140-person multidisciplinary, multi-national engineering group and finally, advisor to corporate management. He has been a continuous member of the IEEE for over 45 years (StM-1970, M-1972, SM-2005, LS-2016).

KEITH A. MOORE, PE Senior Engineer US Army Information Systems Engineering Command Fort Huachuca, Arizona, USA Keith Moore currently works for the US Army Information Systems Engineering Command as a senior engineer at Fort Huachuca,

Arizona. Keith’s career has taken him all over the world to establish and maintain computer and communications systems. Keith holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering and a master in business administration and management information systems. Keith maintains professional engineer status with the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration. Keith has served in a number of volunteer and other organizations to work with others for the good of all stakeholders.

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JOSÉ M. F. MOURA Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and BioMedical Engineering Department Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA www.ece.cmu.edu/~moura

José Moura is Chaired University Professor at CMU, member US National Academy of Engineering, corresponding member of Portugal Academy of Sciences, Fellow of US National Academy of Inventors, IEEE Fellow and AAAS Fellow. He is a member of the US National Academies Navy Study Board. He holds a doctorate from MIT and an EE from IST, Portugal. He was a Professor at IST, visiting Professor at MIT and NYU. Accomplishments: founded a large research program between CMU and Portugal, www.cmuportugal.org; holds 14 patents, two used in 3 billion disk drive chips in 60% of all computers sold in last 12 years ($750Million settlement between CMU and chip manufacturer); cofounded Spiralgen www.spiralgen.com; technology licensed by Intel (10 million lines of code in Intel’s IPP) and Siemens (MRI scanners). He received the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award and the Society Award for outstanding technical contributions and leadership in Signal Processing.

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities (S’71-M’75-SM’90-F’94-LF’12)

IEEE Accomplishments. As Technical Activities Vice-President (VP), I formed committees to address challenges facing IEEE: one, joint with the Member and Region Activities VP, to determine what is the value of an IEEE membership, for example, to young professionals, professionals from different countries and different industries, and what membership models can best serve them; another, joint with the Education Activities VP, to create new education products that best leverage technology; a committee to address the diversity of our membership; another to increase transparency in IEEE finances, develop new businesses, and better ways to manage IEEE operations–which IEEE operational units should run as service centers, competing with outside businesses. I challenged the organization to develop a new large type event bringing participants and technology industry leaders together, exposing participants to new technologies, providing networking and mentoring opportunities. In the late 90’s, as Editor-in-Chief and then VP Publications, I proposed and then led the digitization of >50 years of content of the Signal Processing Society, since its 1948 origins. Partnering with 6 or 7 other Societies, we formed Opera, the first digital library that evolved into the IEEE Digital Library Xplore®, the most successful IEEE product ever. IEEE Selected Activities. COMMITTEES/BOARDS: IEEE Board of Directors: Past Chair Technical Activities Board, 2017; Vice-President Technical Activities, Officer, and Director, 2016; Member and Division IX Director, 2013-14; IEEE Awards Board, 2012-14; Technical Activities Board (TAB), 2008-09, 2012-13; Educational Activities Board, 2010; Publication Services and Products Board (PSPB) 2008, 2011-12; PSPB

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Strategic Planning Committee, 2008-09, 2011-12. IEEE Proceedings, 1999-2007. Signal Processing Society (SPS): Chair Awards Board, 2013-14; President, 2008-09; Long Range Planning Committee Chair, 2006-07; Vice-President Publications, 2000-02; Signal Processing Magazine, 2003-05; Signal Processing Letters, Interim Editor-in-Chief, 2002; Transactions on Signal Processing, Editor-in-Chief, 1995-99. Sensors Council: VP Publications, 2000-02. IEEE Portugal Section: Founding Member, 1980-84.

AKINORI NISHIHARA Professor Human Assets Promotion Program for Innovative Education and Research (HAPPIER) Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan Akinori Nishihara received the B.E., M.E. and Dr. Eng. degrees in electronics from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1973, 1975 and 1978, respectively. Since 1978 he has been with Tokyo Institute

of Technology, where he is now Professor of Human Assets Promotion Program for Innovative Education and Research (HAPPIER). His research interests are in signal processing and educational technology. He published more than 300 technical papers in refereed international journals and conferences. He received IEICE Best Paper Award (1999), IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), Distinguished Service Award for IEEE Student Activities (2006), Tokyo Tech Best Teacher Award (2009), Tokyo Tech Best Engineering Teacher Award (2013), IEEE Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award (2015), and Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2016). He is an IEEE Fellow, an IEICE Fellow, and a member of AACE, APSIPA, and JSET.

EDUARDO PALACIO Mr. Palacio is active in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has held multiple Executive Committee positions in the Long Island Section, Regional, and Institute levels of IEEE. Mr. Palacio is currently a member of the State University of New York at Stony Brook Electrical Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Committee; he is also a member of the Stony Brook Alliance for Sensor Systems and Technologies. He was Chairman of SUNY Stony Brook’s Friends of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Advisory Board. Mr. Palacio is a member of the IEEE Engineering Managers Society and the Association of Old Crows.

IEEE POSITIONS HELD: LONG ISLAND SECTION

Treasurer (1991/92), Vice Chair (1992/93), Chair (1993/94, 1994/95), METSAC

Committee Member (1994), Chair (1995), Treasurer (1996), Electro Tech Program - Chair (1994), Electro Director (1996/97)

REGION

Student Activities Chair (2000/03), Executive Committee (2002/03) IEEE COMMITTEES

Teller’s Committee (1996/00), Teller’s Committee Chairman (2001/02), RAB VC (2004/05), Chairman – Student Activities Committee (2004/05) RAB SAC – past chair (2006/2007) RAB Membership Development Committee (2004/05), RAB Operations Committee (2004/05), RAB Financial Committee (2004/05) RAB VC - Chair Sections/Chapter Support ( 2006/2007) RAB Opcom/FinCom ( 2006/07) MGA VC - Chair Strategic Planning – (2008/09) MGA Opcom/FinCom- (2008/09) IEEE Nominations and Appointments – Member Ad hoc(2008/09)

AWARDS

1. IEEE L.I. SECTION ALEX GRUNWALD AWARD (1995), 2. IEEE REGION 1 AWARD (1996), 3. IEEEE THIRD MILLENNIUM MEDAL (2000)

My vast experience in RAB/MGA boards and committees as well as my recent 2 years on the IEEE N&A should allow me to be a useful member of this committee.

ITT Electronic Systems 77 River Road Clifton, New Jersey 07014

Executive Bio I will most likely serve on MGA Strategic planning committee as Past Chair. I will hold no other position. Eduardo F. Palacio ITT Electronic Systems Vice President, Program Management

Ed Palacio is Vice President of Program Management for ITT Electronic Systems, a $1.5B Value Center and leading supplier of electronic warfare and electronic systems for the armed forces of the United States and allied nations. In this position, he is responsible to lead Program Management throughout all of Electronic Systems’ fourteen locations. Previously, Ed was Sector Vice President for EDO Corporation’s Electronic Warfare Sector. This sector consisted of three business entities with annual sales of more than $350 million. Ed has more than 34 years of experience in directing development and production of complex military electronic systems with a history of proven performance. Ed holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union School of Engineering and Science. He also holds two Masters’ degrees, in Electrical Engineering and Technology Management, from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Stephen Phillips 

stephen.phillips@ieee.org 

 

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : Through the IEEE control systems society I served during 1999‐2001 on the Conference Program Board 

for the 2000 and 2001 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.  I also served as the Publication chair 

for the 2004 American Control Conference (co‐sponsored by the Control Systems Society) during 2001‐

2004.  I have more than 30 publications in IEEE sponsored journals and conference proceedings and 

have reviewed numerous submission to these publications. 

 

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : IEEE Cleveland Section:I have served in every officer position (secretary, treasurer, vice‐chair and chair) 

of the IEEE Cleveland section from 1995‐1999 and was awarded the IEEE 3rd millennium medal by the 

section in 2001.  I also served as the branch counselor for the IEEE Cleveland section CWRU student 

branch for most of the 1990’s.IEEE Educational Activities:I have served since 2012 as a voting member of 

the IEEE Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities (CEAA) which falls under the IEEE 

Educational Activities Board (EAB).  I have severed as a nonvoting member of CEAA for several years 

prior to this as a representative of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads 

Association (ECDHA).  Most recently I have served as Chair of the University Resources Committee of the 

EAB and as a voting member of the EAB.I was appointed by the IEEE to the ABET board of directors in 

2013 and to the ABET board of delegates in 2015. 

 

* Biography: Stephen M. Phillips earned the BS degree (Cornell University) and the MS and PhD degrees (Stanford 

University) in electrical engineering.  In 1988 he joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University.  

In 2002, he joined the faculty of Arizona State University and was appointed department chair in 2005. 

He currently leads the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering as its first director.  He was 

elected president of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and has 

served on its board of directors.  He is a professional engineer registered in Ohio and has served as a 

program evaluator for ABET Inc.    He was appointed by the IEEE to the ABET Board of Directors and 

currently serves on the ABET board of delegates.  His teaching and research interests include modeling 

and implementation of control systems and microsystems, teaching methods to improve student 

learning, and web‐delivered engineering education and its assessment. 

Magdalena Salazar‐Palma 

m.salazar‐palma@ieee.org 

 

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : SOCIETIES:‐ Member, AP‐S, Communications Society, Education Society, Magnetics Society, MTT‐S, and 

WIE.‐ Reviewer Panel Member/Associate Editor, numerous journals: since 1993/since 2002.‐ Elected 

member, AP‐S Administrative Committee: 2004‐2006, 2010‐2015.‐ Member, several MTT‐S Committees: 

Technical Committee # 15: since 2006; Education: since 2013; Image & Visibility / Member and 

Geographic Activities (MGA) / Publications / SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian 

Technologies) AdHoc: all since 2015; Operations: since 2016.‐ Member, several AP‐S Committees: 

Transnational: 2007‐2014; Distinguished Lecturer Program: 2010‐2014; Past Presidents Council: since 

2010; Nominations: since 2012; Field Awards / Meetings / Joint Meetings / New Technology Directions: 

all since 2015; Constitution and Bylaws: since 2016.‐ President‐Elect, AP‐S: 2010.‐ President, AP‐S: 2011.‐ 

Chair, several AP‐S Committees: Past Presidents Council: 2012; Nominations: 2012; History: since 2013; 

Constitution and Bylaws: 2015.‐ Elected member, MTT‐S Administrative Committee: since 2015.‐ 

Vicechair, MTT‐S Intersociety Liaison Committee: since 2015.OTHER:‐ IEEE Fellow: 2014. ‐ Attendee, 

Sections Congress: 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011.  ‐ Host, BoD meeting: May 1997, Madrid, Spain.‐ Host 

and Organizer, R8 Committee meeting: March 2001, Sevilla, Spain.‐ Secretary, Technical Program 

Committee, 1993 European Microwave Conference (EuMC): September 1993, Madrid, Spain. ‐ General 

Chair, European Microwave Week (EuMW): September 2018, Madrid, Spain. 

 

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : COMMITTEES/BOARDS:‐ Member:• WIEC: 2000‐2007.• Ethics&Member; Conduct Committee: 2002.• 

History Committee: 2007‐2008.• MGAB Geographic Unit Operations Committee: 2008‐2009.• TAB: 

2011.• Service Awards Committee (Awards Board): 2012‐2015.• Honorary Membership Committee 

(Awards Board): since 2013. • Division IV N&A; Committee: 2013.• TAB Society Review Committee: 

2013‐2015.• TAB N&A; Committee: since 2015.• IEEE Joint MGAB‐EAB‐TAB AdHoc Committee Member 

Development: 2015.• TAB Hall of Honor Selection Committee: since 2016.• MGAB: since 2016.• Sections 

Congress 2017 Committee: since 2016.• Fellow Committee: since 2016. ‐ Chair:• WIEC: 2003‐2004.• 

Sections Congress 2014 Committee: 2012‐2014.REGION 8:‐ Member: • R8 Committee: 1997‐2001; • 

N&A; Subcommittee: 2001‐2002.• Strategic Planning Committee: since 2015.‐ Chair: • Conference 

Coordination Subcommittee: 2003‐2004.SECTIONS/CHAPTERS:‐ Vice Chair/Chair, Spain Section AP‐S/ 

MTT‐S Joint Chapter: 1989‐1991/1992‐1996.‐ Chair, Spain Section: 1997‐2001.‐ Officer, Spain Section: 

2002‐2011, since 2014.‐ Founder member, Spain Section WIE Affinity Group (first WIE Affinity Group 

worldwide): 1999.STUDENT BRANCHES:‐ Invited as Section Chair, Spain Section Student Branches 

National Congress, 2001. ‐ Invited speaker: • R9 Student Branches Symposium, 2002.• Ecuador Section 

Student Branches National Meeting, 2006.• R8 Student Branch/GOLD Symposium, 2006.• Spain Section 

Student Branches National Congress, 2015.• Iberian Student Branches Congress, 2015.CONFERENCES:‐ 

Numerous IEEE and IEEE‐sponsored Conferences/Workshops/Short Courses: • Author and Attendee: 

since 1988.• Member, TPC/TPRC/Steering Committee: since 1990.• Session Chair/Organizer: since 

1990/since 1992.‐ Co‐Chair, IEEE 2004 Finite Element Workshop, 2004.  ‐ Member, Organizing 

Committee: R8 MELECON, 2004; R8 EUROCON, 2015. 

* Biography: She received EE, MS and PhD degrees from Polytechnic University, Madrid, Spain, where she has been 

Associate Professor. In 2004 she joined the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Carlos III 

University of Madrid, where she is Full Professor, codirector of the Radiofrequency, Electromagnetics, 

Microwave and Antennas Research Group, and has served as Department head. Her research deals with 

numerical methods for microwave components and antennas, and passive devices advanced synthesis 

methods.Co‐author of 2 European/USA patents, 20 books, 28 books contributions, 102 journal papers, 

and over 360international conferences papers. She has delivered numerous invited presentations, 

seminars, and short courses. She has participated in 91 projects and contracts financed by USA, 

European, and Spanish institutions and companies. She served in evaluation panels of USA, EU, and 

Spanish institutions, and as associate editor and reviewer of several journals. She is Doctor Honoris 

Causa from Aalto University and has other awards. 

 

ALBERTO SANCHEZ Professor Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ); and Co-Founder I&DE Cia. Ltda Quito, Ecuador

Alberto is currently a professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ). He obtained his degrees in Electronics & Control Engineering from Escuela Politécnica Nacional (1999), MSc in Power Electronics & Control with Distinction from the University of Bradford (2000), UK, and the PhD in Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (2004). He worked as a Research Assistant for project SMAC Smart Control of Waste Water Treatment Plants. His experience has led him to conduct multidisciplinary research for which he developed skills to communicate and collaborate with people from completely different backgrounds. In 2005 he co-founded I&DE Cia. Ltda.; which to this day is the number three company in Ecuador for the production of lifts. From 2007 to 2011, Alberto worked for Petrobras, and in 2011 he re-joined USFQ. He has more than 25 published articles in journals and conferences.

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MIRIAM P. SANDERS, PE Miriam P. Sanders (Student Member 1978, Member 1980, Sr. Member 1991) received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1980. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida and North Carolina. Her career has concentrated on protective relay with emphasis in teleprotection and communications. The most recent position is with Schweitzer

Engineering Laboratories, Inc. as senior communications applications engineer. Her previous experience includes 5 years as a senior instructor with SEL University teaching protection and communication fundamentals, and 30 plus years with Westinghouse, ABB, Pulsar Technologies and Ametek Power Instruments as product manager for the Power Line Carrier products. She has also done consulting work with Quanta Technology.

Tapan Sarkar

tksarkar@syr.edu

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Societies : SOCIETIES:- Several Societies: Reviewer, Trans. Geoscience Remote Sensing, Trans. Aerospace Electronic Systems, Trans. Signal Processing, since 1979.- EMC-S: Reviewer (since 1979) and Associate Editor (1986-1989), Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, since 1979. - MTT-S: Reviewer, Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. - AP-S:• Reviewer: Trans. Antennas Propagation, Antennas Wireless Propagation Letters, since 1979.• Associate Editor: Antennas Propagation Newsletter (Feature Articles), 1986–1988; Trans. Antennas Propagation, 2004–2010.• Distinguished Lecturer, 2000–2003, 2011–2013.• Elected Member, AdCom, 2005–2007, 2013-2018.• President-Elect, 2013. • President, 2014. • Past-President, since 2015.• Member, History Committee, since 2013; Past-Presidents Council, since 2013.• Chair, Past Presidents Council, 2015; Nomination Committee, 2015. • Chair, Member Geographic Activities Committee, since 2015.• Member, New Technology Directions Committee; SIGHT Committee, since 2015.• Started three outreach projects: in R9, in ASEAN countries, R10, and in Africa, R8, to promote IEEE, AP-S, and Electromagnetic research and education.• Initiated two new Journals as AP-S President: - Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (AP-S, MTT-S, EMC-S). - Radiofrequency and Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology (AP-S, MTT-S, EMB-S).• Initiated a joint effort with MTT-S to launch several projects under IEEE New Initiatives Committee, Humanitarian Activities Committee, and SIGHT: a project on Internet of Space, and several humanitarian activities projects in India, Thailand (R10), Mauritius and Tunisia (R8).OTHERS: - IEEE Fellow, 1992.- Graduated 45 PhD, 25 MS students.- Principal Investigator of many research projects funded by US and international institutions and companies.

What are your most significant activities and accomplishments in IEEE Regions : COMMITTEES/BOARDS:- Member, Electromagnetics Award Committee, Technical Field Awards Council, Awards Board, 2004-2007.- Member, TAB/PSPB (Technical Activities Board/Publication Services and Products Board) Products and Services Committee, 2013.- Member, TAB, 2014.- Alternate member, IEEE Fellow Committee, 2015.SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: - Chair, Syracuse Section AP-S/MTT-S/EMC-S (Antennas and Propagation Society/Microwave Theory and Techniques Society/Electromagnetic Compatibility Society) Joint Chapter, Region 1, 1995–2000.- Speaker, numerous AP-S Chapters meetings, all Regions.CONFERENCES: - Chair, TPC, IEEE Int. Symposium Antennas and Propagation, Syracuse, NY, R1, 1988.- TPC Member, Review Committee Chair, Session Chair, Special

Sessions/Short Courses/Workshops/Panel Sessions Organizer/Lecturer, Invited Speaker, numerous IEEE AP-S, MTT-S, EMC-S Conferences, several Regions.- Invited Speaker, numerous IEEE or IEEE sponsored conferences, and non-IEEE conferences, several Regions.- General Chair, numerous AP-S sponsored conferences and other conferences, all Regions.- General Chair, numerous AP-S sponsored conferences in India, R10.- Launched three new AP-S fully owned conferences while serving as AP-S President-Elect/President and has been General Chair or Committee Member of them: • Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA (R8, R10, R1), • International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics, ICCEM (R10), • Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean, RADIO (R8).PUBLICATIONS:- See information under Biography, Committees/Boards above and under Society Activities (next section).- Associate Editor, Digital Signal Processing – A Review Journal. - Best Paper Award, Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1979.- Made major contributions to the scientific community in the form of numerous journal, conferences papers and books dealing with electromagnetics, antennas, communications and signal processing. - Listed among ISI highly cited researchers.

* Biography: Tapan K. Sarkar received B.Tech. (IIT, Kharagpur, India), M.Sc.E. (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada) and M.S. and Ph.D. (Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY). He was an engineer at General Instruments, a faculty member at RIT, Rochester, NY and a research fellow at Gordon McKay Laboratory, Harvard University. He is now Professor at Syracuse University. He has authored or coauthored more than 380 journal articles and numerous conference papers, 38 chapters in books and 19 books. He has an H-index of 61 with 16,154 citations. He received three Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand, France, in 1998; Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 2004; and Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, in 2012. He is president of OHRN Enterprises, Inc., a small business incorporated in New York state (1985) performing research for government, private and foreign organizations in system analysis. He is a professional engineer registered in New York

LJILJANA TRAJKOVIC Professor Simon Fraser University British Columbia, Canada Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from University of

Pristina, Yugoslavia, M.Sc. degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, NY, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles. She was a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, from 1988 to 1990 and a Research Scientist at Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ, from 1990 to 1997. From 1995 to 1997, she was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include communication networks, computer-aided circuit analysis and design, and theory of nonlinear circuits and dynamical systems. Her personal interests focus on the need for global inclusion and diversity created by the rapid growth of new innovative technologies.

JOHN P. VERBONCOEUR Associate Dean for Research; and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Dean for Research Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA

John Verboncoeur (M’94,SM’08,F’13) received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California-Berkeley (UCB) in 1992. Faculty appointments include Associate Research Engineer (UCB-EECS 1996), Professor (UCB-Nuclear Engineering Associate-2001, full-2008, Chair Computational Engineering Science 2001-2010), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU) 2011+, Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering 2015+, Associate Dean for Research 2014+. His research interests are in theoretical and computational plasma physics. He has authored/coauthored over 350 journal articles and conference papers, with over 3500 citations. He is an Associate Editor for Physics of Plasmas, and Past President of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. Technology startup activities include development of one of the big three consumer credit reports, work on the hardware/software of the US Postal Service Mail Forwarding System, command and control software in the defense sector, computerized exercise equipment, and a pioneering cloud based health care management system.

RABAB KREIDIEH WARD Professor Emeritus Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Rabab has 43 years of post-doctoral experience in leadership, education and research. She was IEEE Signal Processing Society

president, Director of a research institute of 160 professors (1996-2007), held high leadership positions at University of British Columbia and was member of advisory boards and committees of international organizations including NRC, NSF, RSC, BC ASI, PIMS, QNRF. She published 530-refereed journal and conference papers in signal processing. Her work was transferred to US and Canadian industries. Rabab holds many firsts for women in engineering, e.g. the first woman appointed as professor in engineering in British Columbia, Canada (1981) and Zimbabwe (1975). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, IEEE, CAE and EIC. She holds the top research, mentoring, professional, and service awards from her university, IEEE Signal Processing Society (including the Society Award), various women’s organizations, British Columbia’s Association of Professional Engineers and Confederation of University Faculty Associations.