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The IEEE LEADERSHIP WIRE is a report for top-level IEEE volunteers about IEEE affairs and organizational information. It is intended specifically for members of the IEEE Board of Directors, key Board committees and the six major operating boards. The newsletter is sent on or around the first of the month.
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2 February 2004
CONTENTS:
*IEEE 2003 Year-End Numbers
*One-Millionth Document Added to IEEE Xplore
*IEEE Email Alias Service Blocks More Than 1.8 Million Viruses
*IEEE Online Collections Achieve Record Sales in 2003
*IEEE Announces 2004 Exhibit Schedule
*IEEE/IEEE-USA Chair U.S. National Engineers Week
*IEEE-SA Launches Portal for African Standards Community
*'WHAT'S NEW' Subscriptions Rise Nearly 10 Percent
*Annual Faraday Lecture Explores Recording Industry Technology
*Section of IEEE Web Site Offers Information On IEEE Online Collections
*IEEE Launches New 'PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE' Ad Campaign
*Conference Fees Study Needs Participants
*In the News
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**IEEE 2003 YEAR-END NUMBERS**
The IEEE ended 2003 with

• more than 361,000 members in approximately 174 countries, almost 38 percent of whom are from outside the United States.
• nearly 64,000 student members.
• more than 30,000 society affiliates.
• 304 sections.
• 1,384 chapters.
• more than 1,200 student branches in 80 countries.
• over 300 student branch chapters.
• more than 130 affinity groups.
• 38 societies and 4 technical councils.

**ONE-MILLIONTH DOCUMENT ADDED TO IEEE XPLORE**
On 21 Jan., the one-millionth document was added to IEEE Xplore®. It was identified as "Novel Frame Buffer Pixel Circuits for Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon Microdisplays," which was published in the January issue of the IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS. For the last several years, this journal has typically been the most-often accessed publication in IEEE Xplore.

IEEE Xplore launched in May 2000 and has grown by more than 25 percent over the last 18 months. This includes more than 80,000 IEEE archival backfile documents from 1950-1987 added last year. A record 43.7 million full-text document PDFs were downloaded last year -- about 88 percent more than in 2002.

**IEEE EMAIL ALIAS SERVICE BLOCKS MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION VIRUSES**
The IEEE Email Alias Service protected IEEE members and staff from more than 1.8 million viruses in 2003. Last year, 14,723 new IEEE email aliases were created, bringing the total to 93,157. IEEE members can sign up for this free service at http://eleccomm.IEEE.org/.

**IEEE ONLINE COLLECTIONS ACHIEVE RECORD SALES IN 2003**
Sales of IEEE online collections totaled more than US$85 million last year, an increase of nearly 10 percent over the previous record set in 2002. Contributing were sales of more than US$50 million for the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, consortial sales in India and China, academic sales in the United States, and government sales around the world.

For more information, contact Jonathan Dahl, IEEE Sales & Marketing, at mailto:j.dahl@IEEE.org.

**IEEE ANNOUNCES 2004 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE**
The IEEE will exhibit at conferences in six U.S. states and five other countries this year. For a schedule, visit http://www.IEEE.org/products/onlinepubs/info/IEEEontheroad.html.

**IEEE/IEEE-USA CHAIR U.S. NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK**
U.S. National Engineers Week (EWeek) 2004 is 22-28 Feb. The 2004 program is chaired by IEEE/IEEE-USA and Fluor Corp. For more information and a list of EWeek activities, visit http://www.eweek.org.

**IEEE-SA LAUNCHES PORTAL FOR AFRICAN STANDARDS COMMUNITY**
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has launched StandardsAfrica™, a Web site for its African standards community. The site supports those who want to learn about, participate in and access technical standards, especially in the fields of IT, telecommunications, and power and energy. It also serves the needs of IEEE-SA volunteers who help create standards, as well as its members, customers and international partners.

Access StandardsAfrica at http://www.standardsafrica.net.

**'WHAT'S NEW' SUBSCRIPTIONS RISE NEARLY 10 PERCENT**
Subscriptions to the 10 WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE email newsletters increased 9.7 percent last year to total 158,233.

The WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE newsletters are free and contain news on IEEE activities, industry trends, career development and new IEEE products. The three largest newsletters are Communications (25,098 subscriptions), Computing (22,528 subscriptions) and Wireless (20,767 subscriptions).

To subscribe to a WHAT'S NEW @ IEEE newsletter, visit http://whatsnew.IEEE.org.

**ANNUAL FARADAY LECTURE EXPLORES RECORDING INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY**
The annual Faraday Lecture will take place on 4 Feb. IEEE Educational Activities and the Institution of Electrical Engineers sponsor this event each year in North America to promote electrical engineering among pre-college students and the general public.

The free lecture is available to all schools via satellite broadcast. This year's topic, technology in music making, explores techniques in making modern recordings sound vibrant.

For lecture details, visit http://www.IEEE.org/organizations/eab/precollege/faraday/. For more information, contact Celeste Torres, IEEE Educational Activities, at +1 732 981 3425 or mailto:c.torres@IEEE.org.

**SECTION OF IEEE WEB SITE OFFERS INFORMATION ON IEEE ONLINE COLLECTIONS**
A new section of the IEEE Web site provides information on IEEE online collections, publications, product features, and subscription options for libraries, members and others.

IEEE Publications Online includes:

• news
• training resources, such as free online seminars and OPAC linking instructions
• tips on encouraging organization-wide use of IEEE collections
• a product-comparison chart detailing features and benefits of IEEE online collections
• complete title lists for online collections of IEEE journals and conference proceedings
• testimonials from customers and users of IEEE information
• IEEE patent analysis and journal citation studies
• contact information for IEEE account managers, training and technical support

Visit IEEE Publications Online at http://www.IEEE.org/onlinepubs. For more information, contact Michael Spada, IEEE Sales & Marketing, at mailto:m.spada@IEEE.org.

**IEEE LAUNCHES NEW 'PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE' AD CAMPAIGN**
A new ad campaign for PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE began last month. The ads promote the value and history of the journal under the theme "Celebrating the Vitality of Technology."

The entire ad series is available to IEEE journals, magazines and other publications through the IEEE Online Promotional Library at http://www.IEEE.org/promolibrary.

A new PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE Web page promotes the contents of every monthly issue. The new page is located at http://www.IEEE.org/pubs/proceedings/current.xml.

For more information, contact Barbara Soifer, IEEE Sales & Marketing, at mailto:b.soifer@IEEE.org.

**CONFERENCE FEES STUDY NEEDS PARTICIPANTS**
IEEE Sales & Marketing is seeking participants for its annual study of registration fees for IEEE-sponsored conferences. Last year, the study compared the registration fees of 57 IEEE-sponsored events against industry-competitive conferences, concluding that IEEE conferences were priced lower in most cases.

To include your conference in this year’s study, submit the conference name and the names of three to four non-IEEE competing conferences by 6 Feb. to William O’Connor, IEEE Marketing, at +1 732 562 5313 or mailto:b.oconnor@IEEE.org.

Participants will receive a copy of the analysis, scheduled to be published in April.

**IN THE NEWS**
The IEEE, its members, and its products and services are mentioned frequently in journalists' reports on technology and the engineering profession. Here are just a few recent references.

24 Jan. -- THE KIM KOMANDO SHOW (http://www.komando.com) Web site showcased the IEEE Virtual Museum as the "Cool Site of the Day." The story said the interactive exhibits help users to visualize difficult concepts, and the article recommended the site as a destination for learning about the evolution of sound recording.

More than 400 radio stations worldwide carry the weekly show, and the syndicated column appears in more than 100 newspapers including USA TODAY. The Web story was carried in THE KIM KOMANDO SHOW email newsletters, which have more than 1 million subscribers.

20 Jan. -- INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY (http://www.investors.com) reported that IEEE Fellows surveyed in IEEE SPECTRUM predicted demand would grow for skilled professionals in the fields of wireless and optical communications, information theory, security applications and sensors. The article noted that the Fellows forecast biomechanical engineering to be the most promising field over the long term.

The IEEE SPECTRUM Fellow survey also was cited on TELECOMWEB.COM.

19 Jan. -- CNN.COM (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/19/cell.location.ap/) said Bell Labs unveiled a newly developed cell phone software engine at the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management that allows users to decide whether their location information can be shared with others. The story said although a U.S. federal mandate requires cell carriers to be able to pinpoint callers who dial 911 during an emergency, this service can be used by local businesses to send solicitations to the cell phone users in the area. The new technology is intended to protect cell users' privacy.

This story ran in more than 40 other media sources including ABC NEWS, CNET NEWS, THE GLOBE AND MAIL (Toronto, Canada), HINDUSTAN TIMES (India), THE MIAMI HERALD, THE WASHINGTON POST and USA TODAY.

13 Jan. -- MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com) described challenges faced by international, high technology companies aiming to market IEEE 802.11-enabled products in China. According to the article, as of 1 Dec., firms that import and sell the wireless equipment in China are required to use an encryption standard called Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI). The story noted the Chinese standard is not used anywhere else and that support for WAPI is not included in security specifications such as IEEE 802.11i.

Similar stories also appeared in KIPLINGER.COM, COMPUTER WORLD, INFO WORLD and MAC CENTRAL among others.

THE NEW YORK TIMES also ran a story on the same issue.