2005 SOCIETY PRESIDENT DANIEL LITYNSKI—PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
To discover, to understand, to pass it on...
Education is a most fundamental human activity that includes all these things. Education done by engineers and scientists that involves innovation and creativity can be exciting and rewarding. Our profession and our passion for education are among the reasons we have an IEEE Education Society.
We say in our Society constitution that "the society shall strive for the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical and computer engineering and of the allied arts and sciences, and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members and affiliates…" and that "The field of interest of the Society shall be Educational Methods, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials, History of Science and Technology, and Educational and Professional Development Programs within Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and allied disciplines."
Members of our Society have been, and are today, leaders at all levels of the profession. Our over 3,000 members from around the world comprise one of the 37 member societies of the IEEE and include academic administrators, faculty members, students, government professionals, and private sector leaders who are active in the field of science and engineering education. Many are also members of different societies in the IEEE or other professional societies. We are at the center of professional innovators who are devoted to educating future generations of engineers and scientists in the broad spectrum of domains spanned by the IEEE.
The IEEE today has over 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. It is the global leader of professional societies devoted to development and implementation of information, electrical, computer, and emerging bio-engineering technologies. These areas are fundamental and critical to the health, prosperity, and security of our world. The IEEE produces 30 percent of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology, holds annually more than 300 major conferences and has nearly 900 active standards with 700 under development. There are more than 300 local organizations worldwide for member networking and information sharing and over 1,150 student branches at universities worldwide.
I am honored to be selected by the Society to serve as its President for the next year. I want to thank all of our volunteers who do such an outstanding job of administering our society, publications, conferences, awards, and other activities. We want to especially thank our now Junior Past President David Kerns and our Administrative Committee for their excellent service and leadership over the past two years.
As we start this year, our society will undergo a periodic (5 year) review by the IEEE. In the next few months, we will build on this review and our current strategic plans to examine who we are, where we are going, and how we plan to get there. We look forward to working with all of you as we seek to integrate the broad issues and challenges in engineering and science education with the goals and needs of our global society membership.
Best wishes to all for a professionally rewarding and a prosperous New Year,
Dan Litynski
President, IEEE Education Society
d.litynski@ieee.org
See Dan Litynski's biography.
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IEEE AWARDS BOARD SEEKS MEMBERS
The IEEE Awards Board Nominations and Appointments Committee (AB N&A) is currently seeking
candidates for:
- Awards Board Members-at-Large
- Awards Board Presentation & Publicity Chair
- Awards Board Finance Committee Chair
- Awards Board Medals Council Chair
- Awards Board Recognitions Council Chair
- Awards Board Technical Field Awards Council Chair
- Award/Medal Selection Committee Members
Criteria for appointment consists of, but is not limited to, membership on an Awards Board
selection committee, receipt of an IEEE Institute-level award, membership on society, section or
region awards committee, and membership on another IEEE board. If interested, send a brief
biography along with a complete list of IEEE award activity experience in two pages or less to
Leslie Russell (l.russell@ieee.org), IEEE Awards. The
deadline is 1 March.
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ENCORE: GETTING PUBLISHED IN THE IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION
In May 2004, Ted Batchman, a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Education, was a guest speaker on
the Education Society's online forum. His topic was entitled:
"Getting Published in the IEEE Transactions on Education." Professor Batchman's talk has been available online since
May 2004 and has
proven to be a well-traveled web page. Each month approximately 7% of the traffic to the Education Society's web site goes
directly to Ted Batchman's talk.
A few of the questions that Professor Batchman addresses are:
- What are some common problems with submitted papers?
- What's the difference between a conference paper and a journal paper (e.g., the review process, the level of expectation of the peer-review-journal reviewer vs. the conference paper reviewer)?
- What makes an 'acceptable' journal paper and what makes an 'award winning' journal paper?
- How important is the bibliography/references?
- So that we can better understand the time-element of the review process, can you review the editorial process from submission to publication?
- Any advice for authors whose native language is not English?
- and more...
To see Ted Batchman's complete presentation go to:
www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/batchman.html
Other Guest Speaker presentations have been made via the Education Society's electronic mailing list. Those
presentations by invited Guest Speakers have been archived and are available at:
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ENCORE: NOMINATE SOMEONE AS AN IEEE FELLOW
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Notice: Due to the increased volume of applications the IEEE Fellows Committee (not the Education Society) has changed the deadline for submitting completed Fellow nominations. The new
deadline is March 1st (the previous deadline was March 15th). This is
a firm deadline! |
| Also: The Education Society, as an organization, does not initiate Fellow nominations or provide references. The Education Society's
Fellows Committee reviews the Fellow-candidate's nomination package for the purpose of providing the IEEE Fellows
Committee with a recommendation. Essentially this recommendation places the individual Fellow-candidate's accomplishments
in perspective for the IEEE Fellows Committee.
However: While the Fellow nomination process does not allow Societies (as such) to make nominations, many Education Society Fellows
are more than willing to provide references and/or make nominations for deserving individuals.
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The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon an IEEE Senior Member with an:
"extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE Fields of Interest."
The total number of new Fellows
selected in any single year can not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting Institute membership.
Frequently asked questions about the Fellows nomination process.
The IEEE has established the Fellows Nomination Resource Center (FNRC) to assist nominators in locating the required number of references to support a nomination to IEEE Fellow Grade. Primarily the Center's main function is
to help nominators of candidates who are practitioners and/or who reside in Region 9, which is Central and South America. The FNRC will operate on an experimental basis for a 3-year period.
For more information about the FNRC, click here.
For all members in all IEEE Regions, if you wish to nominate someone for Fellow, please refer to the IEEE's Fellow
Program Web page for details. Bear in-mind that March 1st is the hard deadline for submission of
completed applications. And, given the logistics of the process it is best to allow 5-6 months—start the
Fellow Nomination process in September or October.
For more information
go the Education Society's Fellow Web resource
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ENCORE: IS THERE AN EDUCATION SOCIETY CHAPTER NEAR YOU?
A review of the 2003 IEEE All-Society Review reveals that 50% of the Education Society (EdSoc) members do not
know if there is an EdSoc Chapter in their local area. We need to address that as Chapters serve several purposes and could
prove useful to you, or, you may want to start a Chapter in your area!
The EdSoc has some 2 dozen Chapters scattered throughout the world. For a listing of those Chapters and to review what is available for Chapters,
see:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/chapters.html.
And, I might add, there are a number of Chapters that are just about to become
official. They include: Central & Southern Italy, Austria, Alabama USA, Slovenia, Switzerland, Singapore, Central Indiana USA, Southeast
Michigan USA, and Malaysia.
All these chapters exist for a number of reasons—some obvious, some not so obvious. The obvious reasons for chapter
development are:
- to facilitate membership growth,
- to provide community service, and
- to promote collegial networking in various localities.
However there are other very powerful reasons to develop chapters. Chapter development CAN ALSO
provide a mechanism:
- to foster the identification and development of LEADERS who can, for example:
- represent their colleagues and present a unified position to their federal government, to their college administration, to the
European Union Education Commission, to the United Nations education committees, etc., or,
- represent their colleagues and formulate grant/funding proposals.
- to establish VISIBILITY for the Education Society!
If there is no Chapter in your area, it is relatively easy to start one. The Chair of the EdSoc Chapters Committee has
templates that can be customized for your area and placed online so that EdSoc members in your Section can access them
via the Internet, print them out, sign them and return them to you. Contacting the EdSoc members in your Section can also
be accomplished quite easily. The Chair of the Chapters Committee can use the IEEE's e-Notice mechanism to send an email
notice to EdSoc members in your area, which would inform them of the Chapter Formation Drive and direct them to the online Petition. See for example, the
Austria Chapter Formation Petition (www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/austria.html).
EdSoc Chapters exist for many reasons. Some IEEE Sections may not have a reason to establish one, some IEEE Sections
may greatly benefit from having a Chapter. If you would like to lead an effort to establish an EdSoc Chapter
in your IEEE Section contact the Chair or the EdSoc Chapters Committee via email — Rob Reilly at reilly@media.mit.edu.
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NEWS&NOTES ADMINISTRIVIA
This publication is a service of the IEEE Education Society. It will be published as the need for information dissemination arises.
Our expectation is that News & Notes will be published monthly. However, if urgent information surfaces, a bulletin with just that information will be
published immediately.
If you would like an item placed in News & Notes, send it to:
Rob Reilly, Editor (reilly@media.mit.edu).
A special thank you to Burks Oakley II who serves as editorial review board for the
News&Notes bulletin.
Click here to view a list of the Education Society officers.
Click here to view a list of Administrative Committee (AdCom) members.
All issues of News & Notes are available on the EdSoc's web site just click here.
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visit the Education Society's Web site at: www.ieee.org/edsoc