IEEE Reliability Society: Promoting Excellence in Technology

1. RS Chapter Congress Reliability Society Overview Dennis R. Hoffman RS President June 17, 2012

2. IEEE Mission Statement • Foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology • 416,000 members, including 107,000 students • Members living and working in over 160 countries • 333 Sections in 10 geographic regions worldwide • 38 Societies and 7 Councils representing a wide range of technical interests • More than 2000 Technical Chapters that unite local members with similar • technical interests • Sponsors more than 1,300 annual conferences and meetings worldwide • Publishes 155 Transactions, Journals, and Magazines • Over 2 million documents in the IEEE / IET Electronic Library (Xplore) • Nearly 1,000 Standards with projects under development

3. Reliability Society Overview • One of the focused technical societies within the IEEE • Focused on the broad aspects of Reliability, allowing our Society • to be viewed as the “IEEE Specialty Engineering” organization • Develops and provides technical information via: • Publications • Training • Conferences • Standards • Technical Library (IEEE Xplore) Data • Technical Committees • Broad membership / great contacts Real Value in Membership

4. Reliability Society Overview Vision / Goal To be the recognized leader for the broad aspects of reliability Mission Statement Promote recognition of the Reliability and related professions, develop and disseminate Best Practices for effective reliability, and be a resource for collaboration among Reliability and its related professionals Purpose / Objective To be the organization of choice to bring Reliability professionals together by providing value-added benefits, technically and professionally

5. Reliability Society Field of Interest The Reliability Society is concerned with strategies and best practices for attaining, assessing, and assuring system reliability, in the broadest sense, and maintaining it throughout its life cycle. Reliability is a design attribute of a system (encompassing service and process). Even though reliability is intangible physically, it is a true system performance measure. The Society membership encompasses engineers who are designing, analyzing, producing and assessing some portion or level of a system, be it hardware, software, devices, processes, or materials.

6. Broad Reliability Aspects Reliability – Availability – Dependability Specifications – Requirements – Development – Testing – Monitoring System of Systems to Devices / Processes Hardware – Software – Specifics

7. Broad Reliability Aspects Reliability – Availability – Dependability Reliability Maintainability Testability Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Human Interface Integrity System Safety Supportability System Security Privacy / Trust

8. Reliability Society Purpose • Founded for practicing engineers, scientists, system analysts, and engineering managers to: • Become more competent in reliability disciplines and updated in state-of-the-art reliability activities • Provide a medium for technical exchange in reliability and related fields • Advance the reliability discipline • Mold the body of specialists in reliability and related fields into a more effective force dedicated to product improvement

9. 2012 RS Leadership President Dennis Hoffman Sr. Past President N/A Jr. Past President Jeff Voas Publication VP Bob Loomis Membership VP Lon Chase Technical Activities VP Eric Wong Meetings & Conference VP Marsha Abramo Secretary Alfred Stevens Treasurer Christian Hansen

10. 2012 RS AdCom Members Elected: Marsha Abramo Scott Abrams Loretta Arellano Lon Chase Joe Childs Pierre Dersin (France) Irving Engelson Carole Graas Lou Gullo Christian Hansen Dennis Hoffman Samuel Keene Phil LaPlante Bob Loomis Todd Weatherford Eric Wong Appointed: Way Kuo (Hong Kong) Pradeep Lall Rex Sallade Shiuhpyng Shieh (Taiwan) Alfred Stevens

11. Reliability Society Chapters • North America Europe / UK / Russia • 15 chapters 5 chapters • MidEast / India • 0 chapters • South America Africa Asia / Japan / Australia / China • 0 chapters 0 chapters 3 chapters

12. Reliability Society Chapters Baltimore Binghamton Boston Chicago Cleveland Croatia Dallas Denver / Pikes Peak France Italy Japan Council Mohawk Valley Ottawa Philadelphia San Diego Santa Clara Valley Singapore South Plains Switzerland Taipei / Tinan (Taiwan) Toronto Twin Cities UK & RI • A Chapter is a technical sub-unit • that serves the needs of Reliability • Society members at the local level • There are 23 Reliability Society • Chapters worldwide

13. Reliability Society Desires of RS Chapters • Assure RS members understand & appreciate the Reliability Society • Present IEEE and RS overviews periodically • Convince non-IEEE / RS Chapter participants to join IEEE & RS • Gain membership participation in your Chapter and the RS • Chapter Leadership • Chapter presenters • RS Technical Committees • Webinar / Training presenters • Publication Associate Editors / Leadership • Conference Team members / presenters • Standards Working Group members • RS VP Team members

14. Reliability Society Offers to RS Chapters • RS membership expansion appreciations ($/new membership) • RS AdCom members if on travel to your location to offer • to meet with your Chapter leaders • to present at your Chapter meeting • If the Chapter leaders have questions / requests, ask Reliability Society Thanks the RS Chapters • The RS appreciates your involvement / support / leadership • Thanks for maintaining your Chapter • Thanks for the technical meetings for your local Reliability engineers

15. Reliability Society Goals • Increase member awareness of our Society and its benefits • Continued dissemination of technical material to members • Increased focus on Reliability of emerging technologies • Increase membership participation, globally • Continued collaboration with other IEEE Societies Real Value in Membership

16. Reliability Society Member Benefits • Free Access through IEEE Xplore: • Publications • Proceedings • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp • Newsletter, available via RS Web site • Web and CD-based low-cost time-of-need training modules • Discount registration fees to sponsored conferences • Numerous focused topic Technical Committees available for participation • Opportunities to interact with discipline "movers and shakers” Membership = Great opportunities for professional growth!

17. Future Focuses For Reliability All Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles Power Generation and Storage Smart Grid for Enhanced Power Availability System Security / Privacy / Trust Life Sciences Systems Reliable Operation Is A User Must Aspect

18. Broad Product Business Involvements Manufacturing Equipment Power Generation Systems Fuel & Electric Autos Industrial / Agricultural / Defense / Space Systems Generation Battery Support Commercial Products Reliability Techniques applicable to all Product Businesses

19. Thanks to each of you, our RS Chapter Chairs We Greatly Appreciate Your Involvement, Support, and Leadership