Action Plan & 2006 Activity Report IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Board Daehyoung Hong, AP Director Sogang University, Korea AP-RCCC 2007 Meeting

IEEE Communications Society Asia Pacific Board (APB) Chair: Daehyoung Hong (Sogang University, Korea) Technical Affairs Committee (TAC) Meeting and Conferences Committee (MCC) Information Services Committee (ISC) Membership Development Committee (MDC) Chapters Coordination Committee (CCC) Special Liaison of IEEE Technical Activities

APB Structure AP Director: Daehyoung Hong Vice Director: Zhisheng Niu, Naoaki Yamanaka Advisors: B.G. Lee D.Taylor I.Sasase K.C. Chen L.S. Lee N. Ohta N. Kuroyanagi T. Aoyama T.T Tjhung TAC: Chair: S.W. Seo (Korea) VC: T. Yamazato (Japan) G. Fan (Japan) B. Qiu (Australia) Sec.: J.H. Kim (Korea) MCC: Chair: T. Ohtsuki (Japan) VC: J.S. Choi (Korea) Sec.: K. Shimoto (Japan) ISC: Chair: S. Chong (Korea) Home Page VC: J.H. Kang(Korea) Newsletter VC: Q. Zhang (Hongkong) Sec.: J.H. Mo (Korea) MDC: Chair: W. Liao (Taiwan) VC: M. Yamamoto (Japan) S.K. Park (Korea) Sec.: J. Li (Japan) CCC: Chair: A. Jamalipour (Australia) VC: K.B. Lee (Korea) Sec.: D. Saha (India) Secretary: J.W. Choi (Korea) L. Zhang (China) AP Office: Fanny Su Beh Noi Serena Dhing Treasurer: Y.Y. Kim (Korea) Liaison ComSoc: W.K. Hong (Korea)

TAC Action Plan (1) Strengthen technical activities 3rd Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award (With $1,500 Budget in 2007) Encourage people to participate in COMSOC TC activities Support Technical Session Arrangements ICC Business Application session Reviewers' List Update/Maintenance Editor/Liaison Arrangement for ComSoc Journals/Magazines

TAC Action Plan (2) (1) 3 rd Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award 3 rd APB Young Researcher Award will be award at ICC 2008, Beijing, China. Timetable and draft of open call as follows. –Young researchers who have been very active in ComSoc publication and conference activities over the last 3 years are candidates. –Age limit is 35. –Applicants must be members in the Asia/Pacific region (Several outstanding young researcher awards can be issued at the same time.) ICC 2006 Approve of the Award, Start Open Call Negotiation with ComSoc headquarter for Award Ceremony and Budget. Deadline of Application, Jul Globecom 2007 Report of the Award (May be approval), Inform to the applicants ICC 2008 Award ceremony

TAC Action Plan (3) (2)APB sponsored Globecom / ICC BAS session To encourage AP region technical activity and to increase visibility of AP technologies, TAC will promote BAS session at Globecom or ICC. Session title (Tentative) Mobile network and technology in Asia / Pacific (3)Prepare reviewers list in AP region TAC will make reviewers list with and area of interest in AP region. This list may only use for supporting AP technical activities. (4)Co-sponsored AP region workshop APB will sponsor some technical workshop in AP region. TAC may support reviewing and session chair / organizer for this workshop

MCC Action Plan The main objective of MCC is promoting Meetings and Conferences Activities. Our action plans are as follows. Promote AP Regional Conferences: (APCC, ISPACS, OECC, APNOMS) Promote submission of papers to ComSoc Major Conferences (ICC, GLOBECOM, INFOCOM, WCNC, NOMS) and AP Regional Conferences. Promote to participate in ComSoc Major Conferences and AP Regional Conferences Analyze Paper-Presentation Statistics at ComSoc Major Conferences and AP Regional Conferences Attract Major Conferences in the AP Region

ISC Action Plan (1) Improve information services (1) APB Homepage Enhancement and Maintenance ( Newsletter archive Upcoming APB meeting announcement APB Meeting minutes archive APB Committee activity update Conference information particularly in AP region Call for papers/participation particularly in AP region

ISC Action Plan (2) (2) Editing and Publication of AP Newsletter Published twice a year, distributed at ICC and GLOBECOM (3) Promote APB Homepage Access Homepage update announcement to members

MDC Action Plan Promote the membership development programs at major global/regional conferences, such as WCNC2007 in Honk Kong, ICC2008 in Beijing, APCC2006 in Busan Cooperate with the Sister Society Summit meetings Distribute ComSoc eNews to Sister Society members and vice versa Collaborate with the AP Office for attractive DLT tours to attract more student members Encourage and nominate more senior members for upgrading to IEEE Fellow degree

CCC Action Plan (1) The charter of CCC is to –To plan and coordinate the Regional Chapter meeting once a year –To collaborate with the AP Office in running the DLT program –To support the AP Office in organizing Executives’ visit to Chapters

CCC Action Plan (2) Regional Chapter Meeting The 2006 Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC2006) will be held in Busan, Korea, August 31 – September 2 ( The CCC Chair proposes to have the annual AP Regional Chapter Meeting during APCC2006 (Interim) APCC 2006 is selected as a good size venue where many of AP members may attend The CCC Chair proposes to have RCCC, the annual AP Regional Chapter Meeting during APCC2007 (Need Budget in 2007) Other proposals are welcome!

CCC Action Plan 2006 (3) Distinguish Lecturer Tour (DLT) The AP Office requested a show of interest by Chapters for ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers for ComSoc HQ has allocated funding for 4 DLTs in 2006 at US$1,700 per DLT. Four DLTs have been planned to cover various geographical areas such as India, Australia/New Zealand, East Asia and ASEAN. Please send us your request of other DLT!

Activities in 2006 Publication of AP Newsletter No.29 in November （ distributed at ICC2006) Publication of AP Newsletter No.30 in November （ distributed at Globecom2006) 5 DLT tours in AP region 26 Student Travel Grants in AP region 2 Special Professional Travel Grants in AP region APB Web Update 3rd Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award (Planned) AP Regional Chapter Chair Congress in Hong Kong at WCNC2007 (Planned)

DLT to AP Region AP DLT #1: 21 st – 31 st January 2006 Lecturer – Stefano Bregni Hosting Chapter2006 Chapter Chair Bombay ComSoc ChapterMadhukar V Pitke Delhi ComSoc ChapterRam Gopal Gupta Bangalore ComSoc Chapter Kerala ComSoc ChapterPrem Kumar

DLT to AP Region AP DLT #2: 12 th – 19 th March2006 Lecturer – Ezio Biglieri Hosting Chapter2006 Chapter Chair Japan Council ComSoc ChapterKenichi Mase Macau ComSoc ChapterRui Martins Hong Kong ComSoc ChapterPeter Tam The DLT covers Japan, Hong Kong and Macau. This DLT has attracted many participants from both academia and industry in all 3 countries. -Japan – 14 th March Macau – 16 th March Hong Kong – 17 th March 2006

DLT to AP Region AP DLT #3: 15th – 19th May 2006 Lecturer – Roberto Saracco Hosting Chapter2006 Chapter Chair Singapore ComSoc ChapterHo Hooi Chee Hong Kong ComSoc ChapterPeter Tam Indoensia ComSoc ChapterDadang Gunawan

DLT to AP Region AP DLT #4: 25 May – 25 June 2006 Lecturer: Jacob Gavan New Zealand Hosting Chapter2006 Chapter Chair New Zealand North & South ComSoc Chapter Harsha Sirisena Massey UniveristyRichard Harris New Zealand North SectionBruce MacDonald Australia Hosting Chapter2006 Chapter Chair Victorian ComSoc ChapterCraig Skinner New South Wales (Joint) ComSoc Chapter Sam Reisenfeld Queensland (Joint) ComSoc ChapterBouchra Senadji North Queensland Section ChairKeith Kikkert Western Australia ComSoc ChapterDaryoush Habibi

DLT to AP Region AP DLT #5 –Lecturer: Roth Glitho –4 locations in Indonesia(Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Malang) In Jakarta is colaborated with 2 private universities (Trisakti and UPH) In Bandung is colaborated with STTTELKOM (private university) In Surabaya is colaborated with ITS (public univeristy) In Malang is colaborated with UNIBAW (public univeristy) –December (planned), Delayed to Jan –Special Thanks to the Distinguished Industry Award winner (Henry Samueli) for Funding of This DLT

Student Travel Grant in AP region Good Program for Membership Development Only 20% Awarded Conference# of winner in AP# of applicant in AP# of winner (total) NOMS WCNC INFOCOM ICC SECON GLOBECOM Total26130 Number of winner and applicant in AP region and total number of winner

3rd Asia Pacific Best Young Researcher Award Call for Application of 3rd Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award Young researchers who have been very active in ComSoc publication and conference activities over the last 3 years are candidates. Age limit is 35. Applicants must be members in the Asia/Pacific region (Several outstanding young researcher awards can be issued at the same time.) Recipient will receive a certificate and US$500. Outstanding young researcher will receive a certificate and $250. With 1.5k budget of 2007

Committee Members Daehyoung Hong (Director) Seung-Woo Seo (TAC Chair) Takaya Yamazato (TAC Vice-Chair) Guangbin Fan (TAC Vice-Chair) Jae-Hyun Kim (TAC Secretary) TBD (Regional representative from APB Board member)

Selection Process [Step 1] Each committee member read all paper, biography etc. of all applicants. [Step 2] Score then by activity, originality, quality and total [5 (best) – 1 (worst)] with short comments, if any. [Step 3] Send score sheet direct to Jae-Hyun Kim (secretary). [Step 4] Each score sheet is sorted by the total. [Step 5] Show the best paper award candidate to all committee members and discussion. [Step 6] Award ceremony at ICC 2007 Schedule: Application submission due : March 1, 2007 Announcement of awardees : May 1, 2007 Award ceremony : APCC 2007

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IEEE ComSoc 2007 Asia Pacific Regional Chapters Chair Congress The AP-RCCC will be held in conjunction with the 2007 IEEE WCNC2007, to be held in Hong Kong, March 11-15, Date for AP-RCCC 2007: Thursday, 15 March 2007 Duration: One-Day With 35k budget of 2007

IEEE ComSoc 2007 Asia Pacific Regional Chapters Chair Congress List of potential attendees: 28 AP Chapter Chairs ComSoc and APB Officers: –ComSoc President –ComSoc Vice-President–Membership Development –ComSoc Director–Membership Programs –APB Director –APB CCC Chair

IEEE ComSoc 2007 Asia Pacific Regional Chapters Chair Congress Proposed Agenda (subject to change and confirmation from individuals): 08:30-09:00Registration 09:00-09:15Welcome Remark and briefing by APB CCC Chair (Abbas Jamalipour) Welcome Message by APB Director (Daehyoung Hong) 09:15-10:00Keynote Addresses by: (to be confirmed) ComSoc President (Nim Cheung) ComSoc VP - Membership Development (Byeong Lee) ComSoc Director - Membership Programs (Shri Goyal) Self-Introduction of Attendees 10:00-10:30Coffee Break 10: Presentation of “ComSoc Structure, Support, Activities, in AP” with Q&A by the IEEE Asia Pacific Office (Fanny Su) 11:00-11:30Presentation of “2006 Action Plan, and Activity Report in AP” by AP Director (Daehyoung Hong) 11:30-12:30Discussion on “How to provide better services to ComSoc members in AP region by APB Membership Development Committee Chair (Wanjiun Liao) and APB CCC Chair (Abbas Jamalipour) :00Lunch 14:00-15:30Briefing on Chapter Activities by Chapter Chairs 15:30-16:00Coffee Break 16:00-16:20Presentation of “Collaboration between ComSoc and Sister Societies” by AP Advisor (Naohisa Ohta) 16:20-17:30Presentation and Discussion on “How to promote ComSoc activities in AP region” by TBD 18:30-21:00Banquet and Wrap-up Conclusion

IEEE Members in AP region Total number of active members in Region 10 (all member grades) : 64,809 (downloaded from SAMIEEE on 13 November 2006) PS: Figure from The Annual Statistic of IEEE as at 31st December 2005: 62,533 Total number of active Comsoc members in Region 10 (all grades) : 9,729 (downloaded from SAMIEEE on 13 November 2006) PS: Figure from The Annual Statistic of IEEE as at 31st December 2005: 8,586 ComSoc members in AP region# of Members Associate member453 Affiliate member39 Fellow member126 Life Associate member0 Life Fellow member34 Life Member49 Life Senior member29 Member5,875 Student2,376 Senior Member748 Total Active Comsoc members9,726

28 ComSoc Chapters in AP 1. AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Section – Formed 28 Apr 98 (Joint Chapters – SP001) 2. BANGALORE Section – Formed 5 Jun 00 (Joint Chapters – EM014 & C016) 3. BEIJING Chapter – Formed 21 Dec BOMBAY Chapter – Formed 3 Dec CALCUTTA Chapter – Formed 13 Oct DELHI Chapter – Formed 1 Aug HONG KONG Section – Formed 3 Aug 88 (Joint Chapters – CAS004) 8. INDIA Council – Formed 8 Jul 91 (Joint Chapters – AES010 & LEO036) 9. INDONESIA Chapter – Formed 1 Oct JAPAN Council Chapter – Formed 26 Mar KARACHI Chapter – Formed 1 Jun KERALA Chapter – Formed 15 Oct LAHORE Chapter – Formed 1 Aug MACAU Section – Formed 1 Aug 05 (Joint Chapters – CAS004) 15. MALAYSIA Chapter – Formed 26 Jun MALAYSIA Section – Formed 9 May 06 (Joint Chapters – VT 006) 17. NEW SOUTH WALES Section – Formed 11 Aug 89 (Joint Chapters – SP001) 18. NEW ZEALAND NORTH & SOUTH Sections – Formed 21 Sep NORTH QUEENSLAND Section – Formed 9 Jul 01 (Joint Chapters – MTT017) 20. QUEENSLAND Section – Formed 27 Nov 01 (Joint Chapters – SP001) 21. SEOUL Chapter – 4 Dec SINGAPORE Chapter – Formed 29 may SOUTH AUSTRALIA Section – Formed 15 Jun 96 (Joint Chapters – SP001) 24. TAINAN Chapter – Formed 15 Dec TAIPEI Chapter – Formed 15 Jul THAILAND Chapter – Formed 11 Nov VICTORIAN Chapter – Formed 4 Apr WESTERN AUSTRALIA Chapter – Formed 26 Aug 96

Relations with Regional Sister Societies Asia Pacific Communications Conferences (APCC) Best Paper Award (in planning) Planning Jointly with: –CIC (China) –IEICE (Japan) –KICS (Korea)

APB Meeting, ICC2006

APB Meeting, Globecom2006 Nov. 29, 2006 (Wed), 53 Members attended

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