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IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) at GLOBECOM’09. Joe Touch (USC/ISI) Sonia Fahmy (Purdue Univ) Xiaoming Fu (Univ Goettingen) TCCC Meeting@GLOBECOM’09 chaired by Tilman Wolf. Agenda. CCW’09 Status Election Recent results Endorsement procedure TCCC re-cert
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IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications(TCCC) at GLOBECOM’09 Joe Touch (USC/ISI) Sonia Fahmy (Purdue Univ) Xiaoming Fu (Univ Goettingen) TCCC Meeting@GLOBECOM’09 chaired by Tilman Wolf
Agenda • CCW’09 Status • Election • Recent results • Endorsement procedure • TCCC re-cert • Upcoming events • Membership advancement • DL nominations • INFOCOM’10, CCW’10, etc
Computer Communications Workshop • http://www.ieee-ccw.org/ • 2.5 day, panel-based • Held at various times, organized as: • a medium-attendance workshop, with groups of technical presentations as panels • a small-attendance retreat, with groups of position presentations as panels
CCW‘09 Status • Held in Lenox, MA, Oct 21-23, 2009 • 5 technical sessions w/ 21 presentations • Plus 3 invited presentations ranging from semantic web, middleware, to e-science • 24 participants • Look to expand next year • CCW 2010: CA, Oct ??, co-chairs: Joe Touch, … • Contact Joe
Election • Current officers started in office since 10/2008 • Term: 2 years • Next term 10/2010 – 09/2012 • Volunteers for new officers welcome • Nomination committee to start in INFOCOM‘10 • Voting begins early 09/2010
TCCC Endorsement • New approval procedure: effective since 08/31/2009 • TAC suggests the general guidelines & procedure • Considering adopting process from ITC, TCHSN • Key requirements : • In-scope • Largely peer review (3 reviews) • Appropriate TPC • Appropriate accept rate history • Prior to submission deadline • Visible, nonprofit budget
When an Event Expects to Receive TCCC Endorsement… • Must have a representative who reports to TCCC • Reminders of IEEE policy that must appear in the meeting material: • Submitted papers must be unpublished, original material and must not be currently under review for any other publication or conference. • Manuscripts that are not compliant with the submission requirements may be rejected without review • IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. • AUTHORS MUST BE NOTIFIED IN THE CFP April 21, 2009 7
Supporting Member Grade Promotion • IEEE has various member grades: • Student, Member, Senior Member, Fellow • Senior = member + appr. 10 years of professional experience (incl. graduate study period) + visible contribution • Fellow = Senior + distinguished contributions (<X%) • Require letters of support at/above new grade • TCCC will provide clearinghouse for support • Anyone can volunteer to be visible • Coordinate areas of contribution
Senior Member • Requirements: • Work on IEEE related fields • 10 years professional experience: • 6 years for a baccalaureate degree in an IEEE-designated field; • 4 years if you hold a baccalaureate and masters degree; • 5 years if you hold a doctorate. • 5 years of significant performance, e.g.: • Substantial job responsibilities such as team leader, task supervisor, project leader • Publication of papers, books or inventions • Faculty developing and teaching courses with research and publications • Need to be referenced by 3 Fellows/SMs, one of which could be a section or chapter (as nominator) instead • TCCC is willing to nominate 3-6 senior members per year • More: possible as long as qualifications are satisfied and active in TCCC
Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) • TCCC may propose distinguished lecturer candidates every year • 2009 a bit late for the process • Interested candidates contact us ASAP for 2010 DL April 21, 2009 10
Upcoming Activities • Meetings at ComSoc major conferences: • INFOCOM’10, San Dieog, CA, Mar 15-19 • CCW’10, CA: session proposals solicited (contact Joe) • SM and DL programs • Suggestions input
Our role… • TCCC is here to represent you • to the ComSoc • to our publication and conference boards • to the IEEE as a whole • What issues would you like us to address?
Contact Us • Officers individually: • Chair: Joe Touch (USC/ISI): touch@ISI.EDU • Vice Chair: Sonia Fahmy (Purdue U.): fahmy@cs.purdue.edu • Secretary: Xiaoming Fu (U. Goettingen): fu@cs.uni-goettingen.de • All officers: tccc_officers@comsoc.org • Conference Coordinator: • Joerg Ott (Tech U. Helsinki/TKK): jo@netlab.tkk.fi