IEEE Annual Election - Standards Association Board of Governors Member-at-Large

Herbert S. Bennett

HERBERT S. BENNETT
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

NIST Fellow and Executive Advisor
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
www.nist.gov/pml/semiconductor/bennett.cfm

 

Herbert Bennett has over 35 years experience in international standards and measurements for electronic, magnetic, and optical devices. He held management positions at NIST and U.S. National Science Foundation.

His research is archived in over 190 publications on diverse topics such as magnetic phase transitions, color centers, damage in laser materials, semiconductor physics, optoelectronics, video technologies, medical imaging, and nanoscale interfaces. He contributed to many international roadmaps for semiconductors and RF and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) technologies; co-founded the RF and AMS Technical Working Group of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, a global consortium.

An IEEE Life Fellow and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Bennett is a charter member of the US Senior Executive Service, recipient of the US Commerce Department’s Bronze Medal for superior Federal service and Maryland’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award. He received A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and M.S. degree from University of Maryland.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’72-SM’85-F’97-LF’05)

Member, IEEE-SA Committee 1650 on Carbon Nanotubes that wrote IEEE STD 1650-2005 "IEEE Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes," sponsored by the IEEE Nanotechnology Council.

Elected member, IEEE Electron Devices Society AdCom from 1995 to 2000; established EDS Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits Technical Committee, served as Chair 1997 to 2004.

Served on the IEEE Fellow Committee, currently serves on IEEE EDS Awards, Publications, Meetings, Optoelectronic Devices, and Technology for Computer Assisted Design Committees.

Guest editor of special IEEE issues on compound semiconductors (2003) [Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing] and on simulation and modeling of nanoelectronics devices (2007) and characterization of nano CMOS variability by simulation and measurements (2011) [Transactions on Electron Devices].

Chairman of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Processes and Devices (NUPAD-North America). Co-led the unification in 1996 of three international conferences called NUPAD, International Workshop on VLSI Process and Device Modeling (VPAD-Asia), and International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Devices and Processes (SISDEP-Europe) into one international conference called International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD). EDS sponsored NUPAD, VPAD, and SISDEP and continues to sponsor SISPAD.

With contributions from the IEEE EDS and Nanotechnology Council, led in 2008 the NIST-Energetics-IEC TC113 Nano-electrotechnologies International Survey to establish priorities for standards development and measurements for electrical and electronic products and systems. Over 460 international nanotechnology experts, including many IEEE members, participated in the survey. The survey identified those emerging nanotechnologies for which standards are needed now to accelerate their innovation and commercialization. Presented the results from the survey to the IEEE EDS, Nanotechnology Council’s Standards Committee and its Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap Initiative.

Co-led from 2007-2009 establishing Category D-Liaisons between selected workings groups of IEEE-SA and International Electrotechnical Commission TC 113 on nano-electrotechnologies.

IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer since 2002.

 

Statement

I will leverage my extensive experience in international standards, technology roadmapping, and working with IEEE units to help the IEEE-SA better meet the goals in its and IEEE’s strategic plans.

IEEE-SA can enhance its contributions to the IEEE motto “Advancing Technology for Humanity” by increasing its presence in the international standards community, especially for emerging technologies that affect our well-being and planet Earth.

Standards are catalysts for innovation and successful commercialization of technologies and require the best available engineering, science, and technology in which IEEE members excel. The IEEE-SA should:
 

• Strengthen its ties to our key resources by reaching out more aggressively to the IEEE Societies, Councils, Regions, Sections, and Chapters, and informing all IEEE members about the ways in which standards affect their careers and the industries in which they are involved.
• Continue to insure the integrity and openness of the global standards setting process for industry, governments, and consumers.

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Jim Hughes

JIM HUGHES
(Nominated by IEEE Standards Association)

Senior Standards Strategist
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Washington, USA

 

Jim Hughes became Microsoft’s principal representative in IEEE-SA governance when he joined Microsoft in 2005. Today, he is a member of the IEEE-SA Standards Board, the Corporate Advisory Group and Patent Committee, and he chairs both this year’s Procedures Committee and the SASB Revision Ad Hoc. He is currently the OASIS Treasurer and chairs the INCITS Procedures Committee, and is intimately familiar with ISO/IEC JTC 1 procedures.

Prior to joining Microsoft he was on the boards of groups such as The Open Group, Open Software Foundation, X/Open, WS-I, OASIS, Liberty Alliance, Enterprise Grid Alliance, Java Community Process and OMG - often serving as Treasurer. In his 35 years of experience in the software industry, he gained extensive experience in software standards organizations, particularly in dealing with organizational structure, finance and administration.

He holds an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado.

 

IEEE Accomplishments and Activities
(M’05)

IEEE Standards Association: IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) Member, 2008-2011; IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) Member, 2007-2011; IEEE-SA Review Committee (RevCom) Member 2007-2008; IEEE-SA New Standards Committee (NesCom) Member 2009; IEEE-SA Procedures Committee (ProCom) Member 2010-2011; IEEE-SA ProCom Chair 2011; IEEE-SA Patent Committee (PatCom) Member 2009-2011.

 

Statement

Although I started out as a Systems Programmer some 35 years ago and focused on MVS, VM/370 and UNIX Operating Systems development, I transitioned into standards consortia governance about 20 years ago. Since then I have not only helped found many consortia but have always served on several boards at the same time, often heading the financial and administrative activities.

I have now been an active member of all but one of the IEEE-SA SASB committees, and lead Microsoft’s participation in the Corporate Advisory Group. In my de-jure work in ISO/IEC JTC 1, I can offer support to the IEEE in international recognition and partnerships.
If elected to the IEEE-SA Board of Governors, I would bring not only my depth of prior non-profit board experience but also the perspective of the operating system platform vendor – and I believe this will significantly strengthen the Standards Association work in coming years.
 

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