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IEEE R1 Board of Governors Meeting – Aug 24, 2013 - Providence, RI

IEEE R1 Board of Governors Meeting – Aug 24, 2013 - Providence, RI. Dr. Ali Abedi , BSEE, MSEE, PhD ECE Associate Professor and Director, UMaine Senior Member IEEE , M’IET, ARRL VE R1 Director-Elect Candidate ME* Section. * ME: Maine. Balanced Work Experience. Government:

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IEEE R1 Board of Governors Meeting – Aug 24, 2013 - Providence, RI

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  1. IEEE R1 Board of Governors Meeting – Aug 24, 2013 - Providence, RI Dr. Ali Abedi, BSEE, MSEE, PhD ECE Associate Professor and Director, UMaineSenior Member IEEE, M’IET, ARRL VER1 Director-Elect CandidateME* Section * ME: Maine

  2. Balanced Work Experience Government: • Guest Researcher, Computer Security Div, National Inst. Of Standards and Technology • Chaired Proposal Review Panels at National Science Foundation • Managed several projects for NASA, US Army, National Guard, FEMA, … • Consultant for Gov agencies and advised Senators and Representatives (State/Federal) Industry: • Project Engineer, TEC Consultants1, 1997-2000 • Project Manager, ISC Corporation1, 1999-2000 • Co-founder, President/CTO, Activas-Diagnostics2, 2009-Present • VP of Technology and Board of Directors member, Beyran Inc4, 2012-Present • Co-founder and Board member, Navindor LLC4, 2012-Present Academia: • Adjunct Professor, ECE Dept, Queens’ University3, 2004-5 • Assistant Professor, ECE Dept, UMaine2, 2005-11 • Associate Professor, ECE Dept, UMaine2, 2011-Present • Visiting Professor, ECE Dept, Univ. of Maryland – College Park4, 2012 • Director, Center for Undergraduate Research2, 2013-Present Tehran, Iran 2. Orono, ME, USA 3. Kingston, ON, Canada 4. MD, USA

  3. IEEE Related Experience - MGA IEEE COMMITTEES: • Volunteer Leadership Training (VOLT) team, 2013 • Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE),2012-13 • Ad hoc Conferences Committee (Tiger Team), 2012 • Ad hoc Member Benefits Committee, 2012 REGIONS 1, 7, and 8: • Region-1 Student Conference General Chair, 2006 • Region-1 Board of Governors Member, 2008 (attend 17 BoG) • Region-1 Chapters Coordinator, 2009-11 • Region-1 Student Paper Contest Chair, 2012 facebook.com/Abedi4IEEE

  4. IEEE Related Experience - Local SECTIONS/CHAPTERS: • Maine Section, Chair (2008), Vice Chair (2007), Secretary (2005-6), Student Activities Chair (2011) • COM/CS Founding Chapter Chair (2005-7, 2013), Vice Chair (2010-12), Treasurer/Webmaster (2005-13) • IEEE R7, KW Section, Waterloo, ON, Canada, IT Chapter Distinguished Visitor ProgChair, 2002-4 • IEEE R8, Iran Section, Student chapter volunteer

  5. IEEE Related Experience - Technical Editorial Board Member • AE1 IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks • AE IET Wireless Sensor Systems Journal, • GE2IEEE Sensors Journal and IEEE/KICS Special Issues, • Editorial board of High Frequency Electronics Magazine. Reviewer • IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, and several IET and ACM Journals. 1 Associate Editor 2 Guest Editor facebook.com/Abedi4IEEE

  6. Conferences Tutorials Co-Chair: IEEE VTC 2015, Boston, MA Prog. Co-Chair: Int'l Workshop on WSN, 2012 and 2013, Korea General Co-Chair: • IEEE Int’l Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments, 2013, Baltimore, MD • IEEE Northeast Industry Day, Sep 2010, NH • IEEE Int'l Fly By Wireless Conf, Aug 2010, ME

  7. Technical Program Committees SSP'13 (Baltimore), WOCC'13 (China), WiNMee'13 (Japan), WSS'13 (Baltimore), ICC'14 (Australia) and 2013 (Hungary), ICNC'13 (San Diego, CA), WINSYS 2012 (Rome, Italy), ICACCI 2012 (India), ICNC 2012 (Hawaii), ICEED 2011 (Malaysia), ACC 2011 (India), IEEE FBW 2011 (Canada), IEEE Globecom 2012 (Anaheim, CA), 2011 (Houston), IEEE CCECE 2012 and 2011 (Canada), IEEE WCNC 2010 (Australia), IEEE QBSC 2012, 2010, 2008 (Canada), IEEE/ACM IWCMC 2009 (Germany), IEEE GCC 2009 (Kuwait), IEEE CWIT 2011, 2009 (Canada), IEEE WTS 2009 (Czech Republic), IEEE VTC 2015 (MA), 2009 (Alaska), World Academy of Science ICWN 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (Las Vegas) facebook.com/Abedi4IEEE

  8. Major Accomplishments • Organized Regionalindustry day in 2010, student conference (2006) and international research conferences with new model, record attendance, within budget, and with high quality. • Founder of Maine COM/CS Chapter, WIE and GOLD AG. • Published over 70 proceedings, journal articles, and 3 books. • Received best paper awards (both Conference and journal). • Invited talks at Stanford, MIT, Cornell, GMU, LMCO, NASA JSC (TX) and GSFC (MD), INRIA (France), UofT (Canada), and several conferences (e.g. Sensors 2013 and ICNC 2014). • Received over $5M research awardsand managed 21 private, federal and state funded projects in the past 8 years.

  9. Position Statement WHY WHAT HOW • Worked at both academic and industry sector • Served IEEE in both technical and regional levels • Member retention is my high priority • Focus on members' and volunteers' needs equally • Emphasize on high quality theoretical ANDpractical publications • Rethink the way local chapters used to provide value • Efficiently manage the IEEE budget to the advantage of members facebook.com/Abedi4IEEE

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