1. Luís Gomes VP-Technical Activities
IES AdCom meeting Dallas, Texas, USA November 2, Motions from Committee on Technical Activities
Luís Gomes
VP-Technical Activities

2. Proposed new TC structure
From current structure
Chair (elected by AdCom)
Vice-Chair(s) (appointed by TC Chair after consultation of TC members)
Secretary (appointed by TC Chair after consultation of TC members)
Regular long-term Sub-committees (zero or up to N, for specific techical-scientific topics)
Vice-Chair for “sub-committee topic”
Secretary
Ad-hoc Sub-committees (zero or up to N, for specific techical-scientific topics)
Supporting activities
Liaison for conference and workshop activities
Liaison for publications
Liaison for tutorials
Liaison for TC membership
Liaison for Industry Forum and Standards
Proposed new TC structure

3. Proposed new TC structure
Chair
Vice-Chair (optional if S-C)
Secretary
Vice-Chair for X
Vice-Chair for Y
Vice-Chair for X
Vice-Chair for Y
Secretary for X
Secretary for Y
Secretary for X
Secretary for Y
Regular
Sub-committee
Ad-Hoc
Sub-committee
Technical activities
Liaison for confs & works
Liaison for pubs
Liaison for tutorials
Liaison for IF & standards
Liaison for TC membership
Supporting activities
Members

4. Proposal for structuring IES Technical Committees
1 – About structure
2 - Procedures for setting-up and dissolve a Regular Long-Term Sub-Committee
3 - Procedures for setting-up and dissolve an Ad-hoc Sub-Committee
Ad-hoc sub-committees will automatically be dissolved at the end of the third year after its constitution (considering that the ad-hoc subcommittee has launched during year N, will stop activity at the end of year N+2).
4 – Transient
Current TC Sub-Committees if defined within current TCs will be considered as Ad-Hoc Sub-Committees, being necessary to be approved during next two years by AdCom

5. Motion to AdCom
To approve guidelines for IES Technical Committee structure, to be in effect starting January 2015.
Supporting document: 09.GuidelinesOnTecnicalCommitteesStructure.pdf

6. TC on Automotive Technologies Name Change Proposal
Current name: TC on Automotive Technologies
Proposed change: Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification (TCTE)
Supporting document: 09_2014-IES-TCTE-NAME CHANGE REASONING REPORT.pdf

7. TC on Automotive Technologies Name Change Proposal
The Transportation Electrification initiative is top priority for the IEEE; IES should lead this initiative. Hence, a Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification is most warranted.
TC on Transportation Electrification will serve the purpose of satisfying IEEE’s demands in the technical areas of not only “automotive” technology, but also global electrification of road, air, sea, undersea, rail, and space transportation vehicles.

8. Motion to AdCom
To change the name of the Technical Committee on Automotive Technologies to Technical Committee on Transportation Electrification

9. Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications (CWAIA)
Proposed by
KF Tsang, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M Gidlund, Senior Principal Scientist, R&D project manager and Research Area Coordinator ,ABB Corporate Research Sweden
GP Hancke, Assistant Professor , City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
and 47 more

10. Motion to AdCom
To approve the creation of a Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications, starting January 2015
Supporting documents: 09.A_CWAIA_Activities_2014&2015.docx,
09.A_CWAIA_Activity_Report_2014.xlsx,
09.A_CWAIA_Composition_2014.xlsx

11. Motion to AdCom
To approve the appointment of Prof. Kim F Tsang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, as Chair of the Technical Committee on Cloud and Wireless Architecture for Industrial Applications, for the term starting January 2015

12. Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems
Proposed by
Armando W. Colombo, Schneider Electric, Germany
Yang Shi, University of Victoria, Canada
Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey and HIT, China
and 26 more

13. Motion to AdCom
To approve the creation of a Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, starting January 2015
Supporting documents: 09_IES_TC_Proposal_ICPS_Oct20.docx

14. Motion to AdCom
To approve the appointment of Prof. Armando W. Colombo, Schneider Electric, Germany, as Chair of the Technical Committee on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, for the term starting January 2015