IEEE Expert Now Editorial Board Update Tamer Başar February 2008

Editorial Board Members l Tamer Başar, Editor-in-Chief l Maja Bystrom l Edwin Chong l Kapil Dandekar l Phillip Laplante l Joe Lyding l Vincenzo Piuri l Litsa Micheli-Tzanakou

l Started as a new initiative in 2003 l Aimed to exploit intellectual property provided in IEEE Conferences l …but not yet captured in the conference proceedings l Objective: create a library of on-line modules for self-paced learning on state-of-the-art topics presented in IEEE tutorials and workshops l Sell to corporations as a package l Created 25 modules with NIC funding

l In 2006 societies started financing the modules l $20K per module l $610K in 2006 l $600K in 2007 l In 2007 an Editorial Board was created l Reviewed all existing and proposed modules l Considers enhancements and changes l Will be looking into the ability to run MATLAB/Simulink on line simulations

Number of Courses l Currently 70 courses are available l 32 courses are under development l Will bring the library to 100 modules by the end of 2008 l 31 new courses are planned l SME signed up or SME contract in negotiations

Subscribers l Currently 8 corporate subscribers l Mostly in telecommunications and aerospace l One consortium l IEEE members have rented 189 courses

IEEE Expert Now: 2007 Overview l Improved Processes l Product Enhancement l Launch of Member & Institutional Sales Within IEEE Xplore l Increased Sales l Increased Promotion & Outreach l Increased Technical Society Participation

IEEE Expert Now Society Funding Note: A number of Societies allocate additional funding in the second half of the current year that they did not originally commit to in their initial budgets.

The Future of the Product

Feedback from subscribers l The library is too small l We need modules, not l Library needs more depth l Need series of modules from introductory to in depth l We are currently conducting market research to understand the economics l What is the projected surplus if we invest in massive development of modules

The future of IEEE Expert Now l Option A: the current model l A slowly growing product providing moderate surpluses l Source of IP: societies – based on availability of SMEs and interest in investing in the product l Option B: increase content by an order of magnitude l Market research is underway to understand the economics l Source of IP: SMEs for hire based on directions from market research and editorial board

General Outline – Option B l Ramp up number of modules to 1000 l 100 new modules in 2009 l 150 new modules in 2010 l 200 new modules every year thereafter l Increase staff l 8 FTEs between 2009 and 2013 l Acquisitions l Production l Editorial

15 Feb 2008 Meeting Highlights l Course library l Identify gaps in the library l Course categorization l Work with IEEE Abstracts & Indexing l Evaluation of current courses l Review and update/sunset older titles l Course surveys l Develop feedback surveys for all courses