The IEEE Leadership Wire
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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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CONTENTS:
*Subscriptions to IEEE Member Digital Library Total Over 3,300
*Call for Papers Web Pages Now Available
*2004 EAB Award Nominations Due 30 April
*'Proceedings of the IEEE' Wins Award for Best Single Issue
*IEEE Job Site Wins User's Choice Award
*More Than 1.5 Million People View Faraday Lecture
*Volunteers Sought for Q&A Activity
*Upcoming Workshop Designed for Engineering Faculty
*IEEE Computer Society Redesigns Web Site For 'Computer' Magazine
*In the News
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**SUBSCRIPTIONS TO IEEE MEMBER DIGITAL LIBRARY TOTAL OVER 3,300**
The IEEE Member Digital Library ended its first year with 3,335 subscribers in more than 85 countries.
Introduced in January 2003, the IEEE Member Digital Library provides subscribers with full-text online access to up to 25 IEEE articles and papers from IEEE Xplore(R) per month.
For more information, visit http://www.ieee.org/ieeemdl or contact Barbara Soifer, IEEE Sales & Marketing, at mailto:b.soifer@ieee.org.
**CALL FOR PAPERS WEB PAGES NOW AVAILABLE**
The Call for Papers Web pages are now accessible from the Conference Module portion of the IEEE homepage. The list includes paper submission deadlines, links to conference information and, if available, direct links to the conference??s Web site.
For more information, contact IEEE Conference Services at +1 732 562 3878 or mailto:conference-services@ieee.org.
**2004 EAB AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE 30 APRIL**
The IEEE Educational Activities Board is accepting nominations of IEEE members for the following annual awards:
- Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities
- Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education
- Major Educational Innovation Award
- Pre-College Educator Award
- Meritorious Service Citation
- Employer Professional Development Award
- Section Professional Development Award
The deadline for nominations is 30 April.
For award descriptions, honorarium details, and nomination packets, visit http://ieee.org/organizations/eab/arc/awards/callnominations.htm. For more information, contact Rae Toscano, IEEE Educational Activities, at mailto:r.toscano@ieee.org.
**'PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE' WINS AWARD FOR BEST SINGLE ISSUE**
The October 2003 issue of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE has received an honorable mention for the "best single issue of a journal" from the Association of American Publishers' Professional Scholarly Publishing Division (AAP/PSP). The issue covered emerging technologies in the medical imaging field.
The AAP/PSP awards recognize excellence and innovation in professional, scholarly, reference, book, journal and electronic publishing, with awards in more than 40 categories.
For more information, visit http://www.pspcentral.org/ or contact Jim Calder, Publishing Operations.
**IEEE JOB SITE WINS USER'S CHOICE AWARD**
The IEEE Job Site has received a 2004 Weddle's User's Choice Award.
Weddle's is a research, publishing, consulting and training firm specializing in online employment resources. It received more than 8,000 entry ballots for more than 100 employment Web sites for the competition, which recognizes "the best in the online recruitment industry" by actual users. The voting was open to anyone throughout 2003; the thirty sites with the most votes received the award.
For more information, visit http://www.weddles.com.
**MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE VIEW FARADAY LECTURE**
More than 1.5 million people in North America attended the 2004 Faraday Lecture via satellite broadcast on 4 Feb. Among them were individuals from pre-college schools, universities, educational channels, companies, communication groups and cable consortia.
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. This year's topic, technology in music making, explored techniques in making modern recordings sound vibrant.
**VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR Q&A ACTIVITY**
The organizers of Excellence in Science, Technology and Math Education Week are seeking volunteers to answer questions posed by students, parents and educators during the "Ask a Scientist or Engineer" activity, taking place 15-20 March.
All questions will be asked and answered online; a clearinghouse will distribute the questions to volunteers according to their expertise.
For examples of questions that were asked during last year's program, visit http://nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/ask_sci/. To participate, contact Blythe Bennett at mailto:blytheb@vrd.org or Janell Richardson at mailto:jrichard@nsf.gov.
**UPCOMING WORKSHOP DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY**
Engineering faculty of all disciplines and experience levels may sign up for the three-day ExcEED Teaching Workshop, 25-27 March, at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calif., USA. Participants will prepare and teach short topics; presentations will be videotaped and assessed by master teachers and workshop participants.
IEEE members will receive a 50 percent discount on the US$300 registration fee, which includes all workshop materials and scheduled meals. Visit http://www.asme.org/education/prodev/teach for complete program information.
**IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY REDESIGNS WEB SITE FOR 'COMPUTER' MAGAZINE**
COMPUTER magazine has redesigned its Web site. In addition to its new look, the site now offers improved navigation and access to free articles, columns and more. IEEE Computer Society members receive COMPUTER, in print and downloadable form, as part of their membership package. Online visitors can access a limited set of free articles or purchase print back issues or individual article downloads at various prices.
Visit COMPUTER online at http://www.computer.org/computer/.
**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.
19 Feb. -- THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (http://www.chronicle.com) explained some of the challenges IEEE is facing in dealing with restrictions on publishing imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury??s Office of Foreign Assets Control. This is one of several new articles about this issue in response to an announcement by the American Chemical Society that it had ended a temporary moratorium on publishing articles from authors in embargoed countries. The article reported that ACS made its decision after attending an IEEE-initiated meeting of scholarly publishers in Washington, D.C., where OFAC??s chief of licensing answered questions. Unlike some other stories on this topic, which have contained inaccuracies, the CHRONICLE correctly reported that the IEEE has continued to publish articles from authors in Iran (that meet its publishing standards) without editing.
Other articles about IEEE's OFAC experience recently appeared in NATURE, THE SEATTLE TIMES, THE STAR-LEDGER (N.J.), among others.
8 Feb. -- THE BOSTON GLOBE (http://www.boston.com/) reported that the IEEE is a co-sponsor of U.S. National Engineers Week (EWeek), "Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day," held worldwide on 26 Feb. The article noted that participants in the event encourage girls to consider a career in engineering by asking their organizations to open their workplaces to female students. In the United States, participants from 125 organizations and more than 11,000 female engineers will target 1 million girls for the day, said the story.
29 Jan. -- THE TIMES OF INDIA (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-450744,prtpage-1.cms) described efforts of IEEE Women in Engineering Committee members to teach pre-college students about engineering concepts. The story said WIE sent engineering professors and students to rural villages, with special emphasis on girls' schools, since women in rural areas are the primary consumers of energy and need to be taught about energy conservation and alternative energy sources.
13 Jan. -- SPACE.COM (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moonbase_science_040113-1.html) cited an article in "IEEE Potentials" magazine that proposes a lunar-based system to supply solar power to Earth. According to the story, the article predicts that if companies were funded to build solar power bases on the moon, within 15 years, Earth could shift to sustainable lunar solar electric power.
The story also ran in YAHOO! NEWS.
