Chapters Update

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Chapters Update

• Presented by
• J.Van der Spiegel
• August 29, 2005

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Overview

• SSCS Chapters in the News
• Chapters Update
• Fall Program Deadlines

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SSCS Chapters in the News
                                                
            
Half of SSCSs Chapter Chairs met February 8 in
San Francisco to discuss the work of their local
chapters, providing technical speakers in their
communities. Shown from left to right are Jerry
Lin, Bruce Hecht, Shen-Iuan Liu, Jan Van der
Spiegel, and Alvin Loke.
In March, the Denver Chapter hosted a Technical
Forum on Intel Itanium Processor. L to R Jeff
Brisnehan (newly elected University Relations
Officer), Alvin Loke (Chair), Sam Naffziger,
Patrick Mahoney, Ben Patella, Jim Ignowski, Bob
Barnes (Treasurer), and Tin Tin Wee
(Secretary/Webmaster)
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SSCS Chapters in the News
Prof. Jan Van der Spiegel, SSCS Chapters
Committee Chair, who visited the Denver Chapter
from the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a
fascinating seminar on "Biologically Inspired
Smart CMOS Vision Sensors." This seminar was
jointly held with the Chapter's Centennial
Section in order to grow awareness of chapter
activities beyond SSCS membership.

                                                
            
July Denver Chapter meeting with officers from
the Centennial Subsection of the Denver Section.
The Centennial Subsection encompasses Fort
Collins one hour north of Denver. L to R Bob
Barnes (Treasurer), Tin Tin Wee
(Secretary/Webmaster), Alvin Loke (Chair), Prof.
Jan van der Spiegel (SSCS Chapters Committee
Chair), Pete O'Neill (Centennial Program
Director), Ron Peiffer (Centennial Treasurer),
Osvaldo Buccafusca (Centennial Vice Chair)
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Current Status

• 53 chapters
• 2 New Chapters in 2005
• Green Mountain, VT (Pascal Nsame)
• Uruguay, Montevideo (Enrique D. Ferreira)

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Single vs. Joint Chapters
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Geographical Distribution

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Geographical Distribution
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Regions 1- 6 13 chapters
Green Mountain
Chicago
Boston
Santa Clara
Baltimore
Los Angeles
North Carolina
San Diego
Atlanta
Denver
Dallas
Tucson
Austin
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Region 7 7 chapters
Vancouver
Canada Atlantic (Nova Scotia)
Southern Alberta
Montreal
Ottawa
Waterloo
Toronto
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Region 8 22 chapters
Belarus BeneluxBulgaria (student) Bulgaria,
(Varna) Estonia (Finland Section) France
(Grenoble) Germany (Aachen) Greece UK and Rep of
Ireland(Cork) Israel Russia, (Nizhny
Novgorod) Russia, Novosibirsk
Russia, Novosibirsk (student) UK and
Scotland Sweden Turkey, Middle East Technical
Univ Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (Nis, Student
Chapter) West SwitzerlandCentral Ukraine
(Kiev) West Ukraine Zurich
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Region 9 FIRST chapter
Uruguay
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Region 10 10 chapters
Tokyo
Beijing
Kansai
Seoul
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Tapei
Bangalore
Singapore
Australia
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Fall Program Deadlines
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Fall Program Deadlines

• Deadline for Subsidy Requests is September 1
• Deadline for Outstanding Chapter Award
  application is October 1

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Outstanding Chapter Awardees

• 2000 Tokyo, Japan Chapter
• (Dr. H. Ishikawa)
• 2001 Seoul, Korea Chapter
• (Prof. M.K. Lee)
• 2002 Tapei, Taiwan chapter
• (Prof. J.T. Wu)
• 2003 Bangalore, India chapter (Dr. Navakanta
  Bhat)
• 2004 Santa Clara Valley, California, USA (Dan
  Oprica)

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Some concerns Inactive Chapters

• Some of these Chapter are inactive or have the
  chair retired without new appointments. We are
  looking for new chair. (recommendations are
  welcome)
• Benelux chapter
• Scotland
• New South Wales
• We are working with this new chair to rejuvenate
  this chapter
• Orange County (Los Angeles) Jacob Rael
  (Broadcom)
• One chapter was de-activiated in 2004, for lack
  of activities.
• Oakland-East Bay

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Extra Budget request

• 12K for extra chapters activities such as
• Educational workshop, short course, conference
  co-sponsoring, student registration support, etc.
• Chapter has to submit a short proposal to the
  committee for approval.

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Chapter Committee

• Jonathan David
• Bruce Hecht (new member)
• David Johns
• Dr. Masakazu Yamashina
• C.K. Ken Yang (new member)
• Jan Van der Spiegel (Chair)
• Eric Vittoz

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Thanks for support

• SSCS Office
• Katherine Olstein
• Anne ONeill

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SSCS Chapters in the News

                                                
            
With the aid of SSCS subsidies for 2005, the
Novosibirsk Student Chapter established a
Student Branch Library and CADFEM Laboratory, and
renovated the Student Branch Web site. It is now
being reconstructed and will be restored in
September.
The IEEE SSCS Zurich Chapter and Philips
Semiconductors, Zurich jointly organized a
lecture on the design of ESD protection
circuitry. The IEEE distinguished lecture
entitled "Mixed-Mode ESD Protection Circuitry
Design for RF/M-S ICs Prediction and
Characterization" was given by Prof. A. Wang,
Faculty of ECE, Illinois Institute of Technology,
USA. Prof. Albert Wang (right) and Dr. Markus
Helfenstein (organizer, Philips Semiconductors
Zurich) exploring the old town of Zurich