1. SAC REPORT April 2004 (Student Activities) Prof. Marzuki Khalid Student Activities Chair (Region 10) Darrel Chong Region 10 Student Representative IEEE REGION 10 ANNUAL MEETING Adelaide (16 th & 17 th April. 2004)

2. Region 10 SAC Committee (2004) u Marzuki Khalid: RSAC t Darrel Chong: RSR u Peter Wills: Australia t Wahidin Wahab: Indonesia u Tuptim Angkaew: Thailand t A. Nishihara: Japan u S. Sankaran: India t Norman Mariun: Malaysia

3. IEEE Geographic Organization u Region 178 u Region 273 u Region 389 u Region 459 u Region 581 u Region 680 u Region 756 u Region 8196 u Region 9198 u Region 10330 Number of Student Branches according to Region (as of 31 Dec 2003)

4. IEEE Student Branches Top Ten Student Branches worldwide by membership size as of 31 December 2003 u SectionStudent Branch 1. AtlantaGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 778 2. Central TexasUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN 648 3. MadrasANNA UNIVERSITY- COL. OF ENGINEERING 492 4. Central IllinoisUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA/CHAMPAIGN 461 5. BombayPUNE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 423 6. HoustonTEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE STATION 422 7. Santa Clara ValleySTANFORD UNIVERSITY 419 8. W. Puerto RicoUNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO-MAYAGUEZ 412 9. PhoenixAIRZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 370

5. Region 10 SBs – Top Ten RAN K STUDENT BRANCHSECTION COUNTRYMEMBERS 1ANNA UNIV-COLLEGE OF ENG-MADRASMADRASINDIA492 2PUNE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHBOMBAYINDIA423 3SATHYABAMA ENGRG COLLEGEMADRASINDIA329 4THADOMAL SHAHANI ENG COLLEGEBOMBAYINDIA288 5NANYANG TECHN. UNIVERSITYSINGAPORES’PORE282 6NEW SOUTH WALES UNIV OFNSWAUS258 7VES INSTITUTE OF TECHBOMBAYINDIA256 8NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYTAIPEITAIWAN247 9MANIPAL INST OF TECHBANGALOREINDIA207 10JAYA ENGINEERING COLLEGEMADRASINDIA201 (as of 31 st Dec 2003)

6. 9307 746 341 908 604 287 310 434 27 260 54 138445 422 24 2 225 240 Student Membership INDIA AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN KOREA JAPAN CHINA SPORE TAIWAN

7. Major Activities/Awards of SAC 2004 (Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each year) [1] Student Paper Contests 2004 (IN PROGRESS) Deadline: 29 th February 2004 (1). Undergraduate Contest (REVIEWING PROCESS) (2). Postgraduate Contest (REVIEWING PROCESS) (All Prizes for both categories will be provided by HQ except for PG Contest Winner USD1,000 Travel Grant) [2] Student Best Website Contest 2004 (REVIEW PROCESS) Deadline:15th March 2004 (R10 LEVEL DONE, INTER-REG ONGOING) Two Levels: Region 10 and All Regions Region 10 Level (Prizes awarded by Region 10) [3] Larry K. Wilson Award 2003 (Best student volunteer of the year) Deadline: 29 th February 2004 (DONE) [4] Outstanding Student Branch Award 2003 Deadline: 29 th February 2004 (DONE)

8. Other Awards/Activities for 2004 (Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each year) u Outstanding Student Branch Counselor & Advisor Recognition Award - $500 and a certificate, applications to HQ. Deadline 30th May, 2004. [Submit nomination form to l.durrett@ieee.org] u AT&T Award - for a Technical project - run by a Branch, funding up to US$1000 - applications to HQ deadline - 1 November, 2004. u Outstanding Student Certificate - 1 award per 100 members in a Section, on request from a Section SAC to the HQ. u Leadership Workshops Can be organized by a Section or a Group of Student Branches. (Apply for partial supporting fund from RSAC) [3] Students Awareness Activities u S-PAC: Student Professional Awareness Conference u S-PAVe: Student Professional Awareness Ventures u S-TAC: Student Technical Awareness Conference ST

9. SAC Activities (Comparisons) ACTIVITY 2001200220032004 STUDENT PAPER CONTESTS (Both UG/PG) 18334428 WEBSITE CONTESTS 10173225 LARRY K WILSON AWARD 1244 OUTSTANDING SB AWARD -222 MEMBERSHIPS 15,660 (31 st Dec’01) 22,393 (31 st Dec’02) 11,823 (31 st Dec’03)

10. 2004 Region 10 Student Paper Contest (UNDER REVIEW) Postgraduate u Submissions: 8 papers u (HK:3, China:2, Malaysia:1, NZ:1; Thailand:1) Undergraduate u Submissions: 20 papers (HK:4; India:12; NZ:2; Pakistan:2)

11. Region 10 Website Contest 25 SBs participated Deadline of Submission: 31 st March 2004 Prizes: US$500, US$350, US$200, + Merit Awards Statistics according to Country: India: 12, Pakistan: 3, Australia: 3, Spore: 2, HK: 2, M’sia: 1, Japan: 1 and Taiwan: 1 Winner will compete in the IEEE Inter-Regional Contest (23 rd April 2004)

12. Larry K Wilson Award (for Outstanding Student Volunteer 2003) u 4 Nominations: C. Praveen Kumar (Karnataka, India) Abhinav Chanran (Maharashtra, India) Shrutisagar Chandrasekaran (Chennai, India) Balakrishna Mohan (Hyderabad, India) And the AWARD GOES TO: Shrutisagar Chandrasekaran (Chennai, India)

13. RAB Outstanding Student Branch Award 2003 u Certificate + US$250 u 2 Nominations: Jawaharlal Nehru Tech. College SB (Hyderabad, India) Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (Mumbai, India) And the AWARD GOES TO: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (Mumbai, India)

14. Region 10 Student Congress 2004 Hong Kong 16-18 July 2004 Venue: Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Organized by: University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

15. TENTATIVE PROGRAM 16 July ‘04 17 July ‘04 18 July ‘04 REGION 10 STUDENTS CONGRESS 2004 HONG KONG

16. A Students Technical Exhibition Proposed by UTM Student Branch, Malaysia (Postponed to Dec 2004)

17. SUMMARY OF SAC ACTIVITIES IN 2003 AND ISSUES OF CONCERN u Inactive Student Branches – Definition: SBs less than 10 members over a 3-year period (consecutively)  33 SBs are in the Inactive List  Of these, 9 SBs have “0” members over the last 3 years u There are 40 new SBs formed in 2003 u Bangladesh: 1, Bangalore: 4, Mumbai: 16, Kolkata: 1, Delhi: 3, Hyderabad: 3, Kansai: 1, Lahore: 1, Madras: 5, NSW: 1, Philipines: 1, South Aus: 1, UP: 1, and Victoria: 1.

18. GOOD NEWS $50.00 or $100.00 allotment send to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual plan of activities due 1 November $50 for membership <50 and $100 for 50 or more $2.00 per Student Branch member rebate and $1.00 per Branch Chapter member sent to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual report of activities due 1 May Student Branch Financial Support Has Increased in 2004  In addition to the direct support to Student Branches, Sections receive a $3.00 rebate for Student members in the Section  At Region 10 each new SB gets a $50 subsidy upon approval and another $50 if it can retain at least 20 members in the second year  In addition Region 10 provides a $1 rebate for each member in a SB (cheque send to Section)

19. Goals/Proposals for 2004 u [1] Students Congress in HK (16-18 July 2004) u [2] Should study Trends in Memberships on SBs and Student Memberships over last 5 years in terms of countries (need to work with MDC and REP) u [3] Set up a Database of all SAC in Councils/SB Counselors/SAC Chairs/SB Chairs of Sections u [4] Organize Internet Discussions with SAC Chairs of Sections / SB Counselors in Sections and SBs Chairs in Region 10

20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

21. New SBs formed in 2003