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Attendees of the EDS Region 10 Chapters Meeting in Singapore (left to right): Renuka P. Jindal, Yean C. Ng, M.K. Radhakrishan, Bing-Zong Li, Fu-Jiang Liao. |
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Attendees of the EDS Region 10 Chapters Meeting in Singapore (left to right): Renuka P. Jindal, Yean C. Ng, M.K. Radhakrishan, Bing-Zong Li, Fu-Jiang Liao. |
The Electron Devices Society held its 3rd Biennial Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) Chapters Meeting on 8 July 2001, in conjunction with the International Symposium on Physics and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA) at the Westin Stamford Hotel in Singapore. The meeting provided a forum for the Chapter Chairs to meet one another as well as the IEEE staff and EDS AdCom members. It is an opportunity for the chapters to share their experiences and practices, as well as express their needs and concerns to the AdCom members.
This year's meeting was co-hosted by Hiroshi Iwai, EDS Regions/Chapters Committee Chair, and Kwyro Lee, SRC-AP (Asia-Pacific) Chair. Representatives of 13 chapters out of 15 in Region 10 attended the meeting. They were Australia, Beijing, Bombay (India), Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kansai (Japan), Korea, Malaysia, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, and Thailand. In addition, Professor Bing-Zong Lee of the newly formed Shanghai Chapter (EDS' 16th Region 10 Chapter) attended. Hiroshi Iwai initiated the meeting with an explanation of the Subcommittee for Regions and Chapters and its role in the rejuvenation of the SRC/Chapter Partners Program. The re-introduction of the Chapter Partners Program has occurred with the reassignments/reconfirmations of partners by the SRC Committee.
Arlene Santos, Vice-Chair of SRC-NAE (North America East), Nino Stojadinovic, Vice-Chair of SRC-EAM (Europe, Africa and Middle East), and Juzer Vasi, Vice Chair of SRC-AP (Asia Pacific) presented reports concerning their Regions' recent activities and future plans on how to utilize the SRC Committee and Partners Program.
All 13 representatives of the chapters gave their plans and expectations on the newly started Chapter Partners Program as well as yearly reports of their activities. Finally, Kwyro Lee, SRC AP Chair, moderated an open discussion among the participants. There were several comments, questions and requests regarding the SRC/Partner activities, Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program, STAR Program, and Membership Fee Subsidy Program and many suggestions for improvements were given. The chapter representatives were strongly encouraged to contact their partners or SRC Chair/Vice-Chairs regarding any individual questions/ problems or suggestions.
Under the new SRC/Chapter Partners Program all chapters have been assigned a minimum of one partner, with the Asia-Pacific chapters having two partners. Every partner for Region 10 has been asked to meet with their chapters at least once every two years and to assist in setting up Distinguished Lecturer talks. Furthermore, the SRC Chair and Vice-Chair will arrange tours of a group of distinguished lecturers for a mini-colloquia around neighboring chapters. Thus, there will be a significant increase of DLs as well as meetings and exchanges between chapters and partners.
Hiroshi Iwai,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yokohama, Japan
Kwyro Lee,
KAIST University
Taejon, Korea
Juzer Vasi
Indian Institute of Technology
Mumbai, India