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The Sensors Council’s Distinguished Lecturer
Program (DLP) promotes the field of Sensors to the broad engineering and
scientific community, and to the public at large.
The Program’s goal is to have a minimum of
three (3) Distinguished Lecturers (DLs), one per geographic region (Asia
& Pacific, Europe, Americas).
Distinguished Lecturers are recommended
by the VP-Technical Activities (VP-TA), and appointed by the President
Elect for a two (2) year term, renewable only in cases of exceptional
performance and perceived continuing need for a specific type of
lecture(s). A budget shall be provided to cover the DL’s transportation
expenses when traveling to speaking engagements. Normally the expenses
shall not exceed $1,500 per trip, or $2,500 when traveling to another
continent. The requesting organization – a local chapter, a university,
a college, etc. - are expected to cover all local expenses. This
requirement may be waived/modified by the VP-TA if deemed justified.
Lectures presented by Distinguished
Lecturers are meant to be public events aimed at specialists as well as
non-specialists. These can be given in local IEEE chapters, at
universities and companies, high schools, senior citizen homes, science
fairs, science museums, etc.
Duties of a
Distinguished Lecturer
- Serve as an Ambassador of the
Sensors Council, promoting the field of Sensors and the Council.
- At lecture events encourage young
professionals and students to pursue IEEE membership.
- Arrange and present at least two
lectures per year, ideally more.
- Respond to press inquiries
pertinent to the area of sensors, if so requested by the Council’s
ExCom.
- Interact with the Council’s
relevant Technical Committees.
- The DL should minimize travel
expenses to the extent possible, by seeking low cost air fare and
combining multiple talks within a given geographic region during a
given trip - e.g., a USA-based DL should not travel to Asia to
present a single lecture.
- Adhere to the IEEE travel policy
and guidelines, found at
http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/travel/index.html
.
- Promptly submit expense reports,
semi-annual reports to VP-TA on interim activities, and at the end
of the DL’s term, a summary report for the IEEE Sensors Newsletter.
Criteria for appointment
- To be appointed, the candidate must
demonstrate an established reputation for outstanding research
and/or teaching.
- Appointments will reflect the
geographical distribution of IEEE chapters, and representation of
the Council’s member societies.
- The perceived ability of the
candidate to generate/arrange a number of lectures will be
considered a plus.
Appointment Process
- The Program will be administered by
a DLP Committee comprised of the VP-Technical Activities (VP-TA), VP
– Publications, and at least two additional members. Representation
from multiple regions (Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific) is a
priority.
- Nominations for Distinguished
Lecturers shall be solicited from the Sensors Council AdCom, Chairs
and Co-Chairs of Technical Committees, Editorial Board of the
Sensors Journal, and current DLs.
- Any IEEE member of any SC member
society can nominate a candidate. A nominee must be an IEEE member.
Self-nominations are allowed. During their terms the ExCom members
cannot be nominated.
- A list of nominees is submitted to
VP-TA, and reviewed by the DLP Committee.
- As part of this work, VP-TA sends
each nominee a description of DL responsibilities. The DL nominees
must confirm in writing their willingness to serve.
- The list of recommended
appointments is then submitted by VP-TA to the SC President Elect
for approval.
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