DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS PROGRAM

The IEEE/NPSS Distinguished Lecturers Program provides support to NPSS chapters by providing high quality scientific and technical lectures by distinguished experts from the NPSS technical communities. These lectures are provided at no cost to our chapters. Additionally, these excellent speakers are available to other IEEE groups, as well as to outside organizations such as universities, at their own expense, as a means of technical outreach from the NPSS. Being appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer provides an opportunity for NPSS members to be recognized as leaders in their technical communities, while providing a valuable service to the broader educational, scientific and technical community. This program was reestablished by Charles Neumeyer in 2006, and is now fully up and running. For 2008, the NPSS has appointed 16 Distinguished Lecturers, each nominated by the Chair of one of the NPSS Technical Committee or by the Transnational Committee, and these Lecturers are currently offering 28 different lectures. The lecture titles and abstracts, as well as biographical information on each lecturer, can be found on the NPSS Distinguished Lecturers website, http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/ NPSS_DLP.html. Also posted there is a procedural document with an explanation of how the program works.

Steven Gold, NPSS Chapters and Local Activities Chair and Distinguished Lecturers Coordinator, can be reached by e-mail at steven.gold@nrl.navy.mil.