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Awards Committee- Aug ‘11. John Corcoran (Chair), Agilent Frank Chang, UCLA Terri Fiez, Oregon State Ali Hajimiri, Cal Tech Paul Hurst, UC Davis Todahiro Kuroda, Keio Univ. Domine Leenaerts, NXP Ian Young, Intel. Some Recent Fellow Review Statistics.
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Awards Committee- Aug ‘11 • John Corcoran (Chair), Agilent • Frank Chang, UCLA • Terri Fiez, Oregon State • Ali Hajimiri, Cal Tech • Paul Hurst, UC Davis • Todahiro Kuroda, Keio Univ. • Domine Leenaerts, NXP • Ian Young, Intel
Some Recent Fellow Review Statistics 48% average approval rate for SSCS-reviewed nominations
Ideas to Increase Fellow Nominations • Increase “feeder pool” of Senior Members • Announce new SSCS Senior Members quarterly in Magazine and e-mail blast • Include short note on process for becoming Senior Member in same articles • Publicize Senior Member process in Chapters • Publicize March due date for Fellow nominations • Include in November magazine • Include in September e-mail blast • Include short note on process for nominating Fellows in same articles; provide link to SSCS Fellow list. • Publicize Fellow process in Chapters in Fall of each year
SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award • We have now formally initiated this program • Replaces $25K Predoctoral Fellowship • Several awards will be granted; probably 3-5 this year • Criteria are basically the same: • Academic record and promise • Quality of publications • A graduate study program well matched to SSCS • Membership in SSCS • Award includes $1000 honorarium plus ISSCC hotel and travel expenses; ISSCC registration fee is waived. • Application period is Sep 1 to Oct 15, 2011 • Recipients will be notified by Nov 30, 2011. Propose to publicize at ISSCC Awards Session (one slide for all). • Application information on SSCS web site.