IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) at GLOBECOM09 Joe Touch (USC/ISI) Sonia Fahmy (Purdue Univ) Xiaoming Fu (Univ Goettingen) TCCC chaired by Tilman Wolf

Agenda CCW09 Status Election Recent results – Endorsement procedure TCCC re-cert Upcoming events – Membership advancement – DL nominations – INFOCOM10, CCW10, etc April 21, 20092

Computer Communications Workshop day, panel-based Held at various times, organized as: – a medium-attendance workshop, with groups of technical presentations as panels – a small-attendance retreat, with groups of position presentations as panels April 21, 20093

CCW09 Status Held in Lenox, MA, Oct 21-23, technical sessions w/ 21 presentations Plus 3 invited presentations ranging from semantic web, middleware, to e-science 24 participants Look to expand next year – CCW 2010: CA, Oct ??, co-chairs: Joe Touch, … – Contact Joe April 21, 20094

Election Current officers started in office since 10/2008 Term: 2 years Next term 10/2010 – 09/2012 – Volunteers for new officers welcome – Nomination committee to start in INFOCOM10 – Voting begins early 09/2010 April 21, 20095

TCCC Endorsement New approval procedure: effective since 08/31/2009 – TAC suggests the general guidelines & procedure – Considering adopting process from ITC, TCHSN Key requirements : – In-scope – Largely peer review (3 reviews) – Appropriate TPC – Appropriate accept rate history – Prior to submission deadline – Visible, nonprofit budget April 21, 20096

7 When an Event Expects to Receive TCCC Endorsement… Must have a representative who reports to TCCC Reminders of IEEE policy that must appear in the meeting material: – Submitted papers must be unpublished, original material and must not be currently under review for any other publication or conference. – Manuscripts that are not compliant with the submission requirements may be rejected without review – IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. AUTHORS MUST BE NOTIFIED IN THE CFP April 21, 20097

Supporting Member Grade Promotion IEEE has various member grades: – Student, Member, Senior Member, Fellow – Senior = member + appr. 10 years of professional experience (incl. graduate study period) + visible contribution – Fellow = Senior + distinguished contributions (<X%) – Require letters of support at/above new grade TCCC will provide clearinghouse for support – Anyone can volunteer to be visible – Coordinate areas of contribution April 21, 20098

Senior Member Requirements: – Work on IEEE related fields – 10 years professional experience: 6 years for a baccalaureate degree in an IEEE-designated field; 4 years if you hold a baccalaureate and masters degree; 5 years if you hold a doctorate. – 5 years of significant performance, e.g.: Substantial job responsibilities such as team leader, task supervisor, project leader Publication of papers, books or inventions Faculty developing and teaching courses with research and publications Need to be referenced by 3 Fellows/SMs, one of which could be a section or chapter (as nominator) instead TCCC is willing to nominate 3-6 senior members per year More: possible as long as qualifications are satisfied and active in TCCC April 21, 20099

10 Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) TCCC may propose distinguished lecturer candidates every year – 2009 a bit late for the process – Interested candidates contact us ASAP for 2010 DL April 21,

Upcoming Activities Meetings at ComSoc major conferences: – INFOCOM10, San Dieog, CA, Mar – CCW10, CA: session proposals solicited (contact Joe) SM and DL programs – Suggestions input April 21,

Our role… TCCC is here to represent you – to the ComSoc – to our publication and conference boards – to the IEEE as a whole What issues would you like us to address? April 21,

Contact Us Officers individually: – Chair: Joe Touch (USC/ISI): – Vice Chair: Sonia Fahmy (Purdue U.): – Secretary: Xiaoming Fu (U. Goettingen): All officers: Conference Coordinator: – Joerg Ott (Tech U. Helsinki/TKK):