Strengthening Technical Activities

Dr. Jacek Zurada2013 TAB Chair Elect

ITS BOG MeetingIstanbul, July 7, 2013

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IEEE Governance Organization

MEMBERS

Board of Directors

Assembly

PSPB

IEEE-USA Board

Standards Assoc. Board

Educational Activities Board

Regions & Sections

Technical Activities Board

Tech Cmtee

Societies & Tech. Councils

Member & Geo Activities Board

Technical Activities in IEEE

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TAB-a conglomerate of 38 Societies and 7 Councils that promotes growth of technology, profession in the FOI of IEEE and serves the humanity

Long list of successes, both recent and present

Many of our journals top the ranking lists

Conferences are at its peak of popularity

Increasing membership

Societies prosper

Vibrant and growing chapters

Challenges

From the private sector

Digitization and globalization have deeply changed the landscape…, more to come

Key Thrusts of TAB Among Long Term Objectives

Appeal for Industrial Practitioners

Future (Technology) Directions Building Technical Communities All three intertwined…. Globalization Leveraging education in TA

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PUBS:Digitization and Globalization have created new conditions

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Classic, journal-centric model disappearing Journals subscriptions replaced either with package subscriptions by institutions, or by metered downloads by individuals

Most read just PDF/HTML downloadsNew Virtual Journals appear

Journals quality metrics change (IF to EFS to AIS to Altmetrics)

Open Access is with us to stayChallenges ahead (income distribution algorithm)

Open Access Launch in 2012/2013

Open Access: IEEE success story

$1st million income realized Yet issues persist

• Readers demand access• Authors want visibility• Pressures from ‘budget’ OA journals• Expectations from the legislature

Editing, reviewing, curating the e-content is not a free lunch

OA business model still unstable

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IEEE faces a challenge of delivering content and services to the global body of engineers and researchers when– the rapid growth is outside

Regions 1-7 – its most customers are also there

How to better serve and embrace the global community?

Global Growth in TA

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Membership changing

Region 7: CanadaRegion 8: Europe, Africa, Middle EastRegion 9: Latin AmericaRegion 10: Asia & Pacific(from GP AdHoc 2012) Report)

U.S., 50%

Region 7, 4%

Region 8, 18%

Region 9, 4%

Region 10, 23%

U.S., 28%

Region 7, 3%

Region 8, 20%

Region 9, 8%

Region 10, 40%

All members (416,000) Student Members (108,000)

~50% our All Members are in R7-10~50% our Student Members are in Asia & Pacific or Latin America

Global variation on activity: IEEE Publication Activity

Region 7: CanadaRegion 8: Europe, Africa,

Middle EastRegion 9: Latin AmericaRegion 10: Asia & Pacific(from GP AdHoc 2012 Report)

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

EiC Authors Xplore downloads

Region 10

Region 9

Region 8

Region 7

U.S.

Sub-regional Technical Activities Workshops

Entry barriers exist in some countries to become a qualified volunteer/leader

Higher barriers for some nations due to the rapid growth from agrarian to industrialized societies

Sub-regional TA Volunteers workshops free for Authors, Reviewers, Associate Editors, Technical/Program Chairs of Conferences are planned

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Educational Activities in TA

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Our members change jobs 7 times in their professional careers, so….

How TA respond to S/C members’ and customers’ educational needs wrt. content delivery and level of service?

How to generate, curate, and offer a wide variety of S/C educational products to S/C members and customers?

Potential new business scenarios (how to progress), possibly linking with EAB

On-going work on Education in TA

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Create an inventory of Society and Council offerings

Identify ways to align TA and EAB education efforts to mutually leverage and collaborate on educational activities

See if a platform (one or more) or a new hardware/software infrastructure is needed

Thank you for your attention

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Questions?