Representatives from thirteen SSCS chapters in the Americas and Canada
attended the Society’s annual Chapter Chair Luncheon and Meeting in San
Francisco on 5 February 2008. Another nine represented eight chapters in Europe
and the Far East.
According to SSCS Membership Committee chair Bruce Hecht, the Solid-State
Circuits Society is a “vibrant community” that continues to grow,
with recent additions of chapters in New York City and Taegu, South Korea bring
the total to 64 local groups. “Over the past 11 years, Jan Van der
Spiegel has been a great champion of the chapters program and a dedicated
mentor to many chapter leaders. In recognition of the dedication and personal
warmth which he has contributed to the success of these programs, the AdCom
presented Dr. Van der Spiegel with a special award of recognition on behalf of
the Society," Hecht noted.
The Society provides seed funding and other subsidies to chapters for
hosting distinguished lectures and organizing exciting technical chapter
meetings, local workshops and conferences, and other educational activities, he
said.
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From the Americas - In front, left to right: Pascal Nsame (Green
Mountain); Shahriar Mirabbasi (Vancouver), Dan Oprica (Santa Clara Valley),
Willy Sansen, SSCS President, Jan Van der Spiegel, SSCS Chapters Chair, Bruce
Hecht (Boston; SSCS Membership Chair), David Gubbins (Oregon State University
Student Branch). In back, left to right: Gabriel Rincon-Mora (Atlanta),
Wilhelmus Van Noije (South Brazil), Huawen Sin (Dallas), Jacob Rael (Los
Angeles), Peter Kinget (New York), Dustin Dunwell (Toronto), Anas Hamoui
(Montreal), Bruce Doyle (Denver).
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From Europe and the Far East - In front, left to right: James Howarth (New
South Wales, Australia), Kwang Yoon (Seoul), Willy Sansen (Benelux), Jan Van
der Spiegel, Chapters Chair, Akira Matsuzawa (Japan). In back, left to right:
Kaveh Hosseini (Ireland), Chulwoo Kim (Seoul), Wei-Zen Chen (Taipei), Andrea
Baschirotto (Italy), Svante Signell (Sweden).
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Presenters at the Chapter Chair meeting were SSCS President Willy Sansen,
Chapters Committee Chair Jan Van der Spiegel, Treasurer Rakesh Kumar,
Membership Committee Chair Bruce Hecht, Awards Chair Bill Bidermann,
Education/DL Program Chair Ken Yang and attendees from the Dallas, Denver,
Green Mountain, Ireland, Santa Clara, Seoul, South Brazil, and Taipei chapters.
ISSCC Executive Director Tim Tredwell also spoke. Jonathan David, a founder of
the Santa Clara Valley chapter, C.K. Wang, SSCS Region 10 Representative, Jan
Craninckx of Benelux, and Mark Hooper, the Vice-Chair of Santa Clara Valley
also attended.
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SSCS Region 10 Representative C. K. Wang (right) delivered the
Chapter Committee’s certificate of appreciation to Shen-Iuan Liu, past
Chair of SSCS-Taipei, “in recognition and appreciation of his outstanding
service as Chair of the Taipei Chapter of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Society 2005-2008.”
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Katherine Olstein, SSCS Administrator
k.olstein@ieee.org
