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SSCS AdCom Minutes
4 February 2001
Marriott Hotel, Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA
Part 1: Summary of Motions and Actions
Part 2: Meeting Minutes
Monday August 27, 2001 AdCom will meet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 480 Sutter Street, San Francisco
3. .WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Bruce Wooley
4. .SECRETARY'S REPORT Asad Abidi
5. .TREASURER'S REPORT Dave Hodges
6. .IEEE Trends: DIVISION I DIRECTOR'S REPORT Ralph Wyndrum
7. .MEETINGS COMMITTEE REPORT Mark Horowitz
8. .PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT Dick Jaeger
9. . NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT Bob Meyer
10. AWARDS COMMITTEE REPORT Dick Jaeger
11. CHAPTERS COMMITTEE REPORT Jan Van der Spiegel
12. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT Anne O'Neill
13. LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE Charlie Sodini
14. HISTORY PROJECT PROPOSAL Lew Terman
15. ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY COOPERATIVE VENTURES Cary Yang
16. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE REPORT Kevin O'Connor
17. EXECUTIVE OFFICE REPORT Anne O'Neill
18. 2001 ADCOM MEETING SCHEDULE Bruce Wooley
19. 2002 BUDGET status Dave Hodges
20. ADJOURNPart 1: Summary of Motions and Actions
Motion 1: To approve the minutes of 26-Aug-00. The minutes were corrected to read the price of the ISSCC/JSSC Archive would be $120 per DVD not $150. The motion passed.
Motion 2: To approve Anatha Chandrakasan as Vice- chair of ISSCC Program Committee. The motion passed.
Motion 3: To fund $20K as matching funds to SSCS sponsored conferences in order to support growth in the society through travel support for students and others. The motion passed.
Motion 4: To establish a page budget for the JSSC for 2002 of 2140 pages. The motion passed.
Motion 5: To fund up to $25K for printing and mailing of a special MTT issue on silicon rf and microwave circuits, integrated and non-integrated. The motion passed.
Motion 6: To confirm the appointment by the SSCS President of Bernard Boser as the new JSSC Editor. The motion passed.Motion 7: To authorize up to $130K to digitize VLSI circuits Symposium Proceedings for a merged JSSC/ISSCC/VLSI database and print 4,500 DVD sets. Sale price to members $120. The motion passed.
Motion 8: To provide travel support up to $10K for 2002 for chapter chairs to attend the chapter meeting at the time of the ISSCC. The motion passed.
Motion 9: To fund $15K for a History Project. The project will record oral histories on one topic. The motion passed.
Motion 10: To confirm the inclusion of all of the above expense elements separately approved during this meeting, in Society budget for 2002. The motion passed.
There are no open action items from this meeting.
Part 2: Meeting Minutes
The meeting was called to order by SSCS President Bruce Wooley.
A. Roll Call
(a.) Voting members present Asad Abidi Mark Horowitz Willy Sansen Bryan Ackland Kiyoo Itoh Charlie Sodini Gary Baldwin Dick Jaeger Christer Svenssen Anantha Chandrakasan Chris Mangelsdorf Lew Terman John Corcoran Robert Meyer Jan Van der Spiegel Jonathan David Kevin O'Connor Neil Weste Gerhard Fettweis Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio Bruce Wooley Dave Hodges
(b.) Voting members absent none
(c.) Additional Attendees Bernard Boser Steve Lewis John Trnka Stephen Kosonocky Anne O'Neill T.R. Viswanathan Rakesh Kumar Stan Schuster Ralph Wyndrum, Jr. Tim Tredwell Cary Yang
B. The minutes of the 26-Aug-00 SSCS AdCom meeting were distributed last fall by Secretary Asad Abidi.
Motion 1: To approve the minutes of 26-Aug-00. The minutes were corrected to read the price of the ISSCC/JSSC Archive would be $120 per DVD not $150. The motion passed.
C. The list of outstanding Action Items was reviewed. Both were closed during discussion at this meeting.
AI 8-99 I. Although some campuses still could use additional funding for their MOSIS project, the major support of the Semiconductor Industry Association to this program and the non-participation of any other IEEE entity to MOSIS, leaves little interest in SSCS funding MOSIS.
AI 8-00 A. The Long Term Planning Committee, chaired by Charlie Sodini, has reviewed its charge. The report is in the body of these minutes.
This AdCom was concerned at last year's meeting that SSCS was accumulating excessive budget surpluses. In fact, surpluses had been the pattern for more than 10 years. Now, with declining or leveling stock markets and substantial new requirements for support of centralized IEEE services to members, groups, and societies, SSCS is likely to have large deficits, rather than surpluses, at least for the next couple of years.
As usual, the JSSC and the Meetings/Conferences sponsored by SSCS ran very successfully in 2000. Net surplus for these activities will total about $400K, slightly more than budgeted. Other major activities, including the SSCS Executive Office and the CD-ROM publishing program, are meeting program objectives while operating close to their approved budgets. The largest financial item that is neither controllable nor predictable is the total return on our long-term investments. Over 1995-99, our investment returns averaged about 20% annually. Further, SSCS added $700K to reserves from operating surpluses during that period. With the recent declines of major market indices, SSCS net investment income was only about $1K for the year, compared to a 5-year average of $294K. The chart attached shows preliminary operating results for 2000 compared to actual averages for 1995-99 and the budget adopted last year for 2001. Recall that our budgets are always constructed very conservatively, so that actual results often have been $100K or $200K better than budget. Due to the changes described above, SSCS is certain to have substantial operating deficits for both 2000 and 2001.
As the result creative AdCom actions, the "All other" expense category has grown rapidly, from $104K in 1995 to a budget of $493K for 2000. As itemized on the attached spreadsheet titled 2001 IEEE S/C BUDGET, "All other" as charted on the attchment comprises the net of income and expense for everything SSCS does other than JSSC and Meetings. Among the items listed, accounts numbered 00100, 01499, 01600, 01701, and 01800 are not subject to little or no control. CDROM (00931) and Newsletter (01500) are explicit initiatives adopted by AdCom. The integrated income from the CDROM program eventually should exceed expenses, while providing SSCS members with full CDROM or DVD sets as a no-cost benefit of membership. The largest expenditures within the "Committee and Other" account (01900), comprising 96% of the total, are the Executive Office, Fellowships and Awards, Distinguished Lecturer, Membership, and Chapters. All of these named expenditures are controllable by AdCom.
The unwelcome new element in our financial picture is an involuntary "Reduction in reserves" (labeled Reserve tax on the chart) assigned to IEEE Societies and other entities that hold substantial reserves. These large new assessments are the consequence of IEEE deficits to cover sharply rising central costs of electronic publishing including electronic archiving, online submission and archiving of conference proceedings, rejuvenation of Spectrum, and improved provision for access to IEEE's internet services around the world. In the view of Hodges, these initiatives must be pursued if IEEE is to retain its position of worldwide leadership in the profession.
As shown on the Budget spreadsheet, the new assessments for SSCS are $194K in 2000 and $304K in 2001. Societies with smaller reserves have proportionately smaller assessments. Hodges believes that assessments should be based upon total revenues rather than on reserves, so that all entities pay a fair share. Mr. Wooley and Mr. Hodges have been delivering this message to Members of the Board of Directors including Technical Activities Board Chair Lew Terman and Division I Director Ralph Wyndrum.
The chart attached shows SSCS net worth for 1991 to 2001. Bars for 2000 and 2001 reflect the mandated reductions in reserves as described above. The bar for 2000 is preliminary, based upon incomplete information available at this time; the final result may differ by a few percent. The bar for 2001 is based upon assumed 2000 results and our adopted 2001 budget, with the addition of the $304K reserve tax.
On the present trajectory, SSCS will spend almost $800K in reserves in 2000 and 2001. AdCom must examine the budget for 2001 and beyond with the goal of substanitally reducing deficits. Here are the large next expense items, totaling $526K, that are under AdCom control in the 2001 budget.
ISSCC DVD Archive JSSC DVD/CDROM Fellowships Awards Incl. HG Expense Newsletter Membership incl. HQ expense Perhaps we must consider increases in non-member JSSC subscription rates and member dues for 2002 and beyond.
Please contact the SSCS Executive Office for information on this topic. sscs@ieee.org
A. ISSCC '01Report -- John Trnka
Includes 14 February post AdCom updates. See also Acrobat pdf file of attendance statistics
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ISSCC2001 Paper Statistics
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Source |
Accept |
Reject |
Total |
% accepted |
% of Conference |
| Americas |
90 |
67
|
157
|
57.4%
|
54.2%
|
| Europe |
34
|
42
|
76
|
44.7%
|
20.5%
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| Far East |
42
|
40
|
82
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51.7%
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25.3%
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| Totals |
166
|
149
|
315
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52.7%
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100%
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Papers Statsitics by Industry/University |
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Source |
Accept |
Reject |
Total |
% accepted |
% of Conference |
| Industry |
116
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88
|
204
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56.9%
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69.9% |
| University |
50
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61
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111
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45%
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30.1%
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Conference Highlights
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Financial Status/Outlook
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Item |
2000 Actual |
2001 Budget |
Status
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| Advance Member |
1730
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1557
|
1975
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|
| Advance Non Member |
658
|
592
|
711
|
|
| Subtotal |
2388
|
2149
|
2686
|
|
| On Site Member |
355
|
320
|
452
|
|
| On Site Non Member |
219
|
197
|
162
|
|
| Subtotal |
574
|
517
|
614
|
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| Total Fully Paid Registration |
2962
|
2666
|
* 3300
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| Short Course |
368
|
368
|
419
|
|
| Tutorial Sessions |
1646
|
1500
|
1865
|
|
| Total Income |
$1,532.5K
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$1,469K
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* $1,800K
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|
| Total Expense |
$1,388.7K
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$1,343K
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* $1,500K
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Net Income |
$143.8K |
$126K |
* $300K |
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* Numbers are approximate. There are some refunds pending which could change the registration slightly. The total income is excluding SSCS DVD sales income. The total expense will not be known until August, so this is an estimate only. Net income should be in the $300K range.
Changes in ISSCC2001
- Electronic Projection in all sessions
- WEB based registration for both Hotel and Conference Events:
- Instantaneous confirmation to Registrants.
- First Non-US Program Chair
- First Overseas Program Vice Chair
- Communications subcommittee divided into:
- Wireless and Wireline
- Submission of final text and figures electronically to website
- Submission of abstracts by website for Advance Program automation
- Contacted Mira Electronic Publishing for website and Advance Program generation
- Moved Publisher role from Nordcom (John Wuorinen) to Letter Systems. (John continues as the Editor).
ISSCC Attendance History
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Member
1146
1038
970
987
1134
1247
1456
1579
1737
1808
2085
2427
Non-Member
912
629
630
572
709
905
1010
1025
918
794
877
873
Students
155
170
179
140
149
177
215
263
310
303
395
460
Speakers
93
97
83
93
115
126
153
163
159
168
176
168
Total
2306
1934
1862
1792
2107
2455
2834
3030
3124
3073
3533
3928
B. 2001 VLSI Symposium Report -- Dick Jaeger for Bill Bidderman more details
Tables with registration and submissions statistics and financial for the technology symposium are attached.
- Are start-ups going to defeat big companies?
- Nicky Lu (Etron Technology)
- Kamran Azadet (Lucent)
- Power Supply for future system LSIs
- Tahahiro Kuroda (Keio University) Stephen Kosonocky (IBM)
- Can there be an all purpose solution for the DRAM market convergence?
- Masato Motomura (NEC)
- Harry Pon (Intel)
- High K gate dielectrics: What is the best?
- M. Niwa - Matsushita
- J. Lee - UT Austin
- Low-k dielectrics process integration for Cu damascene interconnects
- Hayashi – NEC
- B. Havemann - TI/Sematech
- Technology challenges and solution for scaling flash memory
- R. Shiota - Toshiba
- K. Parat – Intel
Merits/limitations of GaAs,SiGe, Bipolar, SOI CMOS and bulk CMOS in RF. Who's the winner in 2005?
- Moderators: Masao Hotta - Hitachi
- Asad Abidi - UCLA
- Iwai - Tokyo Inst. Tech.
- Sam Shichijo - TI
Circuits Invited Speakers are: Technology Invited Speakers are:
- Digital Vision Chip and Its Application on Real Time High-Speed Vision Systems Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa - University of Tokyo
- Future of Flat Panel Displays for Mobile Applications Dr. Kiyoshi Yoneda - SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
- Physics-Based Device Model for Circuit Simulation-BSIM Chenming Hu – UCB
- Digital Light Projectors, Pete VanKessel - Texas Instruments
- "Manufacturing in 21st Century- New Concept for 300mm Fab." Dr. A.Koike - Trecenti Technologies
- "Technology Needs for System-on-Chip Design" Dr. Raul Camposano - Synopsis
The Circuits Short Course is
"Physical Design for Low-power and High-performance Microprocessor Circuits".
The organizers are Matsui Masataka and Greg TaylorThe Technology Short Course is
“Future SoC Technologies”
- Overview of physical design (Toshiba or NEC)
- Interconnect design of 1GHz IA-32 Moench -AMD
- Physical design of VT-CMOS SH4 Ishibaishi –Hitachi
- Physical design of variable Vdd TBD Physical design of embedded DRAM SOC Kurose -Sony
- Physical design of low-V high-speed Strong-ARM Clark – Intel
- Physical design of low-power DSP Takahashi - TI
- System Applications - (NAE speaker)
- Design and Testing Issues - (NAE speaker)
- Technologies (Process/device) - Carlos Diaz (TSMC)
- Package Options - (JFE speaker)
The accounts for VLSI 2000 are closed. Circuits Surplus = $26,718 Technology Surplus = $97,627. The Symposia are reducing Short Course fees. 2001 plans continue to provide a CD-ROM of the Technical Digest.
1999/2000 Symposium on VLSI Circuits
30-Jan-0199/00 BUDGET 99/00 ACTUALS Attendance 375 394 Short Course 150 127 INCOME Registration Fees $148,713 $155,466 Publication Sales $13,025 $11,064 Exhibits $0 $0 Social Functions $1,350 $1,350 Other Income $95,629 $95,642 Total Income $258,717 $263,522 EXPENSES Promotion $17,900 $19,586 Publications $27,256 $26,656 Exhibits $0 $0 Social Functions $51,032 $51,032 Administrations $52,995 $51,406 Other $85,056 $88,124 Total Expenses 234239 $236,804 SURPLUS 24,478 26,718 10.45% 11.28%
C. CICC Report -- Rakesh Kumar Attendance trends
The Conference will be May 6 - 9, 2001 in San Diego
The Keynote presentation is
“Global Wireless Internet Momentum” by Lloyd Carney, President, Wireless Internet Network Solutions, NORTEL Networks.
The Luncheon presentation is:
“Storage Technology: Trends, Enabling and Enabled Technologies” Michael Workman, VP OEM Storage Subsystems Development, IBM
The Conference includes:
3 panels - 1 afternoon, 2 evening
4 Educational sessions
28 exhibit booths [ up 10%]Technical Papers Statistics:
257 papers submitted from 22 countries
121 accepted (47%) from 17 countries
12 Invited papers (up 50%)
Accepted papers - 43% US / 57% International
Accepted papers - 58% Industry / 42% Academia
Submitted papers - 39% US / 61% International
Submitted papers - 51% Industry / 49% Academia
Technical Registration Educational Sessions Income Expenses Surplus Surplus Percent
Budget Analysis
Income Up $ 25K Attendance/Proc Sales
Ed Sessions
Exhibits+ $ 10K
+ $ 3K
+ $ 12KExpenses Up $ 15K CDROM
A/V Support+ $ 9K
+ $ 6KD. Meetings Committee Report -- Mark Horowitz
Mr. Horowitz moved the following as agreed to by the Meetings Committee.
Motion 2: To approve Anatha Chandrakasan as Vice-Chair of ISSCC Program Committee. The motion passed.
Motion 3: To fund $20K as matching funds to SSCS sponsored conferences in order to support growth in the society through travel support for students and others. The motion passed.
Discussion on motion 3 indicated that ISSCC and VLSI when in Hawaii pay a total of about $8,000 each for such travel. When VLSI is in Hawaii subsidies are for students from Japan and the US to attend.
A. JSSC Report -- Stephen Lewis, Editor [see Acrobat pdf file of submission statistics]
Regular paper submissions continue at high level.
Publication Delay components (in days):
6-month Period
6-month Period
Detailed tables on Manuscripts Actions, Regular Issue Papers Published, Paper Publication Delay History and a bar chart of Manuscript Submission History are attached.
Associate Editor Changes:
Retired: Anantha Chandrakasan, Mehmet SoyuerEditor's term expires July 2001
New: John Long, Stephen Molloy
- 2000 page budget is 2300 pages.
- 2001 page budget is 2100 pages
- The page count in 2000 was 2140. (The page count in 1999 was 2,068)
- Page charge revenue 7/1/00 to 12/31/00 was $36,300 (2000 page charge income $68,310)
Seven manuscripts were submitted as attachments in pdf by email to jssc-subm@ieee.org.
Motion 4: To establish a page budget for the JSSC for 2002 of 2140 pages. The motion passed.
Motion 5: To fund up to $25K for printing and mailing of a special MTT issue on silicon rf and microwave circuits, integrated and non integrated. The motion passed.
Motion 6: To confirm the appointment by the SSCS President of Bernard Boser as the new JSSC Editor. The motion passed.B. Electronic Publishing Report -- Tim Tredwell
The Roadmap of the Electronic Publishing Archives first presented at the February 2000 AdCom meeting was distributed for reference.
Motion 7: To authorize up to $130K to digitize VLSI circuits Symposium Proceedings for a merged JSSC/ISSCC/VLSI database and print 4,500 DVD sets. Sale price to members $120. The motion passed.
The 2000 Nominations Committee consisted of the chair Bob Swartz (Linear Technology) and members Hugo DeMan (K.U. Leuven), Bob Meyer (UC Berkeley), Akihiko Morino(NEC), Behzad Razavi (UCLA)
The successful candidates for AdCom were:
Asad Abidi (UCLA) (reelection) Gary Baldwin (Agilent) Kiyoo Itoh (Hitachi) Bryan Ackland (Lucent) Dave Hodges (UC Berkeley)(reelection)
Election statistics
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
CANDIDATES ON BALLOT
8
8
9
8
8
BALLOTS MAILED OUT
7408
9164
10,158
11,120
12,069
BALLOTS RETURNED
1153
1183
1170
1,158
1,107
NUMBER OF WRITE-IN
28
23
15
?
8
PETITION CANDIDATES
0
2
2
0
0
HIGHEST VOTES
900
843
791
713
817
FEWEST VOTES
345
419
327
433
347
Margin of Victory
13
34
- PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND APRIL NEWSLETTERS
- PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY ISSUE OF JSSC
- PUBLISHED ON WEB PAGE
The second pre-doctoral Fellowship was awarded to Liang Dai. In August Jafar Savoj was announced as the first recipient of the pre-doctoral Fellowship.
Of the 12 nominations for IEEE Fellow that were evaluated by SSCS, nine were elevated by the IEEE .
The Chapters Committee Membership is
- Jonathan David
- Toshiaki Masuhara
- Eric Vittoz
- Jan Van der Spiegel (chair)
Mr. Van der Spiegel announced that Christer Svensson has been appointed chair of the Distinguished Lecturers Program. Mr. Van der Spiegel introduced Cathleen Macor, the new Administrative Assistant in the SSCS Executive Office who supports chapter activities.
Update on new chapter formation
SSCS has 36 chapters now, which includes 6 New Chapters in 2000!
- Central Ukraine (EDS/MTT/CPMT/COM) Y. Poplavko
- France - Laurent Fesquet
- Oakland-East Bay-Vojin G. Oklobdzija
- San Diego (AP/ED/MTT) Upkarjit S. Dhaliwal
- Toronto- Raymond Chik
- West Ukraine (ED/MTT/CPMT/SSC/AP) M. Andriychuk
New Chapters per Region in 2000
Strong Growth in Regions 1-7
4 new chapters in 1999
3 new chapters in 2000Strong growth in Region 8:
7 new chapters in 1999
3 new chapters in 2000Moderate growth in Region 10:
3 new chapters in 1999
0 new chapters in 2000Geographical Distribution
Nine in regions 1- 6
Three in Region 7 (Canada)
Sixteen in Region 8 (Europe)
Five in Region 10 (Far East)
A chapter in Region 9 (Porto Alegre) being formed
Three student chapters
Atlanta (CAS/SSC - P. Allen) Iran student Chpt Sharif Univ, Fotowat Seoul, Korea (SSCS/EDS), MK Lee Baltimore (ED/SSC), A.roesch Japan, H. Ishikawa San Diego (AD/EDS/MTT) U. Dhaliwal Beijing, Z. Wang Los Angeles, A. Abidi Taipei, JT Wu Benelux, M. Steyaert Minsk Belarus, Mulyarchik Toronto, Raymond Chik Boston, Bruce Hecht Montreal (M. Sawan) U.K and Rep. Ireland, M. P. Kennedy Bulgaria (CAS/SSC), Mladenov Nizhny, Novgorod (Russia) (EDS/MTT/AP/CPMT - Y. Belov) U.K and Scotland, J. Brown Chicago (SSC/ED/CS) N. Phoenix Novosibirsk student chpt, Novikov Central Ukraine (ED/MTT/CPMT/SSC), Y. Popolavko Dallas (Paul Yu) Novosibirsk (EDS/MTT/COM/CPMT - Boris Kapilevich) West Ukraine (ED/MTT/AP/CPMT/SSC), Y. Popolavko Finland/Estonia (SSC/SP/CAS), Vello Kukk NSW-Australia (CAS/SSC), Weste University of Nis, Yugoslavia Student Chpt (ED/SSC)D. Pantic France, L. Fesquet Oakland-East Bay, V. Oklobdija West Switzerland, C. Eng Germany, Blume Ottawa (SSCS/CAS/EDS), A. Gharbi Yugoslavia (SSCS/EDS), Ninoslav Stojadinovic Greece (CAS/SSC), Skodras
Santa Clara, P. Setty Zurich, Quitung Huang Plans for New Chapter Development includes inquiries for new chapter formation from the following locations:
Bombay
Chile
Campinas, BrazilIsrael
Lithuania
Uruguay
Seattle
Shanghai
PhiladelphiaOutstanding Chapter Award
Of the six nominations in 2000 the Japan Chapter was awarded outstanding. Their activites include:
- ISSCC 2000 Review Meeting
- Co-sponsored AP-ASIC
- VDEC LSI Designers Forum
- 3rd System LSI Biwak Workshop
- New Student Award Initiated
The outstanding chapter award:
- Acknowledges the outstanding work of chapter chairs
- Demonstrates that SSCS cares about chapters
- Motivates other chapters to follow best practices
- Advertises chapters and stimulates new chapter formation
Criteria for Selection
- The SSCS Outstanding Chapter award will be given to one or more chapters which have shown consistently excellent leadership and outstanding initiative in organizing activities.
- Selection will be based on several factors: the quality and quantity of activities and programs, the accrual of practical benefits for local members, demonstrations of successful outreach to the professional community, and growth in chapter size.
- The award will be based on programs organized during the period of June 1 to May 31.
Nominations can be by:
..members of the chapters committee, members of AdCom, or any SSCS member. Nominations are due by April 31st, using a nomination form (available on the web)
The nomination form is sent to all chapters via email.The Selection is judged by the Chapters committee:
who review and rank-orders the nominations. AdCom has delegated the decisio to the Chapters Committee.
Preferably one award and not more than two awards will be given annually upon recommendation of the chapters committee. A chapter cannot receive an award more than once every three years.Outstanding Chapter Award
The award will be presented during the week of the ISSCC, consisting of a certificate and a check for $1,000 for use of chapters activities.
Report on the Region 8 Div. I & IV Chapters Meeting: Paris
The meeting was held 1 October 2000 in Paris and attended by 12 SSCS chapter chairs. there were 54 Chapters represented and 85 attendees. The meeting provides an opportunity to explore joint chapter formation which contributes to strong growth of chapters in Region 8. The event improved communication of chapter issuesallows sharing of “Best Practices”.
Chapter Communication
Communication between the Executive Office and Chapters greatly increased in 2000. Here is a list of topics and months.
Distinguished Lecturer Survey (April)
Request for Subsidy Applications (May)
Outstanding Chapter Nominations (May)
Updated Distinguished Lecturer List (June)
Best Practices Information:Organizing Successful Chapter Meetings
New Distinguished Lecturer Webpage (Oct)
SSCS logo Available for Chapter Websites (Oct)
Distribution of Free CD’s (Mar and Oct)CD Distribution to Chapters: SSCS has offered 2 free CD’s to all chapters.
ISSCC 2000 Short Course: Circuits and Devices for RF Wireless Networks
-- Twenty Chapters requested and received one copyISSCC Proceedings vol. 39-42 (4 CD set)
-- Fifteen Chapters requested and received 1 or 2 sets each (4 CD’s per set)Benefits of CD distribution are increased chapter communication resulting in greater participation of chapters in SSC related topics. The CDs provide current topics of interest to help structure chapter meetings. The distribution indicates SSCS support of chapter development.
These Chapters Received a total 96 CDs
Baltimore
Boston
Dallas
Germany
Iran
Nizhny Novgorod
Novosibirsk
Scotland
Taiwan
Yugoslavia
Beijing
Bulgaria
Estonia
Greece
Montreal
Novosibirsk SB
Santa Clara
Seoul
West Ukraine
ZurichMotion 8: To provide travel support up to $10K for 2002 for chapter chairs to attend the chapter meeting at the time of the ISSCC. The motion passed.
New Membership Brochure
Copies of the new SSCS membership brochure were distributed. Sterling testimonials from a broad spectrum of design notables are a feature of the brochure. The IEEE marketing participated in design and contracted the production. SSCS had 10,000 copies printed for a cost of $7,000 including art work, layout and printing. The brochures are used at conferences and chapter meetings ISSCC, IEDM, CICC, VLSI, BCTM, GaAsIC, ESSCIRC, WesCon, AP-ASIC and mailed to non-member authors of JSSC. This design replaces 1998 brochure which is used up. 1998 brochure was 5 1/2” by 8 1/2”, two colors, with no graphics. It cost $2,000 for 8,000 copies.
Retention of New Members Who Join Through Subsidized Promotions [Rention Attachments]
SSCS in cooperation with EDS funds an annual program to attract new members at each Society's premier meetings. SSCS pay about $6,000 in annual subsidies, attracting about 300 new members who less apt to renew membership than other new members attracted without this subsidy.
Some values of the Membership Promotions are:
- Membership desk provides a high- profile Society presence.
- Allows non-members to sample materials
- Attracts about 300 new members
On the down side the membership promotion:
- Costs about $6 K in subsidies
- 57% renewed after ISSCC’99
- 37% still members after joining at ISSCC ‘98
- Poorer retention rate than the 85% of SSCS or IEEE overall
The Membership Promotions at ISSCC/IEDM are a decade long practice of cooperation. EDS promoted membership at ISSCC when SSCS was a Council. The promotion commonly offers $25 discounts off membership in IEEE and two Socieities. The sharing of the costs is as follows:
- IEEE always pays for one Society membership when joining at an IEEE conference. Since SSCS dues are higher than EDS, that Society membership is allocated to IEEE.
- The Society that sponsors the conference pays the $25 per new IEEE member
- The remaining society pays the least, the EDS dues.
Half-year membership is offered at the ISSCC FREE IEEE membership in 2000 offered by SSCS.
Retention -- society by conference
- People who join at ISSCC are more apt to remain members of SSCS than EDS.
- People who join at IEDM are more apt to remain members of EDS than SSCS.
2001 Membership survey -- Jonathan David
The first draft of the SSCS survey of membership was distributed and input was requested from the AdCom. Please respond.
Long Range Planning Committee Minutes - 2/4/01
Members: Bryan Ackland, Gary Baldwin, John Corcoran, Dave Hodges, and Charlie Sodini - Chair.This committee was formed in response to how SSCS might invest its surplus to benefit the Society. We endorsed two proposals that were passed by the ADCOM. The first motion was made by the Meetings Committee to have the SSCS provide "matching funds" to any SSCS Sponsored Meeting (ISSCC, CICC, VLSI Circuits) for ths support of student travel. The details of implementation were left to the individual conference. The second motion was made by the Chapters Committee for SSCS to provide travel assistance to the Chapters meeting.
The committee also decided that it would act as the strategic planning body for the Society. To this end we stated that at the present time SSCS has two major areas that serves its membership. The Journal and our meetings serve BOTH the industrial and academic members of our society. We all feel that it is important to continue to serve BOTH of these communities with our meetings and Journal.
We asked if there were other major areas that we should foster to serve our members. For example expansion of Chapters, Continuing Education, "Scanning" for new technology that should be nurtured by SSCS. We want this committee to be proactive on issues that have long range implications for the Society.
Mr. Terman reviewed the goal for this project as inititally presented August 2000: To capture the early history of the field. If the interest is sustained, he could see a three stage history project beginning with oral histories of solid-state circuits development to be funded this year. Stage two would develop a history of the field and/or the Society. The third stage would produce monographs. Mr. Terman asked for technical experts on AdCom and elsewhere to assist the IEEE History Center in interviewing pioneers.
Motion 9: To fund $15K for a History Project. The project will record oral histories on one topic. The motion passed.
Cary Yang, the President of the Elctron Devices Society listed the EDS Technical Committees and named their chairs.
- Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits H.S. Bennett
- Device Reliability Physics L.A. Kasprzak
- Electronic Materials J.M. Woodall
- Microelectromechanical Systems R.T. Howe
- Nanotechnology A.C. Seabaugh
- Optoelectronic Devices C. Jagadish
- Photovoltaic Devices J.D. Meakin
- Power Devices and ICs M.A. Shibib
- Semiconductor Manufacturing R. Singh
- Technology Computer Aided Design M.E. Law
- Vacuum Devices J.A. Dayton, Jr.
- VLSI Technology and Circuits W. Weber
Yang also listed New EDS Initiatives and invited SSCS to consider cooperating on projects of mutual interest.
- New Technical Committee on Compact Modeling
- Oral Histories Booklet & Technical Display for 50th Anniversary in 2002
- Graduate Fellowship Program
- Independent Short Courses (Live, Videotape & Web)
- Membership Fee Subsidy Program
- Senior Member Program
- Region 10 Chapters Meeting in Singapore on 8 July
- Region 9 Chapters Meeting in Mexico City on 18 Nov.
AdCom members concluded that the dialogue with EDS should be continued but that there was no immediate initiative.
ISSCC Short Course CD
A CD has been produced for the ISSCC 2000 Short Course, Circuits and Devices for RF Wireless Networks. The IEEE Education Department will take up advertising and inventory management now that product is delivered. Production costs were $21.1K for Incontrol Productions and $4.5K for taping during the hotel presentation. Complimentary copies were distributed to the AdCom members.
Although there is interest and funding set aside to make a CD for the 2001 ISSCC Short Course no volunteer has been identified to lead the effort.
The SSCS home page <www.sscs.org/info> is a good resource for AdCom roles and others interested in SSCS business. The headline news is updated at least monthly. There are typically 6 updates within the whole site per month. Beside SSCS information, there are also links to IEEE pages.
The button "ABOUT" reveals links to Minutes, Bylaws, Constitution, Roster, Announcements about upcoming Ad Com meetings. Also a link to IEEE’s Volunteer Resources page where the activities of many IEEE Boards can be located.
This year, using our SSCS Constitution and Bylaws, we’ll be developing an AdCom members Manual especially useful for those taking up new jobs in AdCom or as chairs of standing committees. The manual will include job descriptions, resources, periodic reports and staff services available to those executing the named job title. Besides a copy from the Remote Geo-sensing Society, the Executive Office is looking for other models. Current chairs of standing committees will be asked to review the sections they have experience in, along with the officers of the society.
The August AdCom is scheduled to meet with the ISSCC Executive Committee, Monday August 27, 2001 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 480 Sutter Street, San Francisco. Committee chairs will coordinate to insure mutually convenient committee meetings.
In addition to the 2001 budget already approved, additional expenses for 2001 as well as items for the 2002 budget were reveiwed and confirmed by AdCom:
$ 20K -- Matching funds for student travel to sponsored conferences '02
$ 10K -- Chapter Chairs travel to ISSCC for Chapters Meeting '02
$130K-- To digitize VLSI Circuits Symposium making available on a DVD with JSSC/ISSCC
...............~ 4,500 units. '01 and '02
$ 25K -- for an MTT special issue to SSCS members '01
$ 15K -- History Project oral interviews '01
$205K - Total expenseMotion 10: To confirm the inclusion of all of the above expense elements separately approved during this meeting, in Society budget for 2002. The motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Asad Abidi, Secretary, SSCS AdCom
Draft 7 May 2001, Anne O'Neill, Executive Director SSCS
Attachments provided 15 June 2001