1. Award and Recognition Committee Report Rob Reilly, Ed.D. Chair, ARC February 2012

2. 2 Awards & Recognition Committee Vice Chair: Rob Reilly DVP: Satish Babu MVP: Jo-Yew Tham, Jim Ziobro Student Awards: David Schultz, Subramanian Ganesan, Stephen Frezza, Rafael Bordini, Rocco Oliveto Chapter Awards: Rob Reilly

3. 3 MGAB Vice Chair for ARC plan, direct, and administer strategies for professional and student member engagement in the ARC, which includes: scholarships, fellowships, contests, member grade recognition, the Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP), the Member Visitor Program (MVP), and, shall promote member engagement.

4. 4 MGAB Vice Chair for ARC “In addition, the vice chair shall ensure that [member award and recognition] activities coordinate with the Member Development Committee and Geographic Unit Operations Committee activities.”

5. 5 A Prime Concern at all times… 1.Quality control 2.Quality control 3.Quality control the good name of the IEEE Computer Society

6. 6  Outstanding Chapter Award (student/profsnl)  Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship  Upsilon Pi Epsilon/CS Academic Student Award  Lance Stafford Larson Student Scholarship  Distinguished Visitor Program (DVP)  Member Visit Program (MVP) ARC area of responsibilities

7. 7 Outstanding Chapter Awards for chapter with best overall set of programs and activities one each – 1 professional and 1 student chapter $USD500 and certificate one free DVP visit deadline is October 31 st too few applicants one student chapter is 4-time winner

8. 8 Outstanding Chapter Awards 2011 – recipient w/b named in mid-March 2010 -- one recipient (student) 2009 -- no awards 2008 -- two awards (1 student 1 professional) 2007 -- no awards 2006 -- one award (2010 student)

9. 9 criterion and overview students submits a proposal works with professional mentor up to 20 scholarships - up to $2000 each one academic year 2010 and previous – 10-15 nominations 2011 – 43 nominations – 14 awards result of more advertising Richard E. Merwin Scholarship

10. 10 Richard E. Merwin Scholarship revise from 1 cycle/yr to 2 cycles/yr issues – academic yr & committee workload up to 20 awards annually: o 2011 – 14 recipients o 2010 – 7 recipients o 2009 – 1 recipient o 2008 – no award o 2007 – no award

11. 11 encourage academic excellence for students in the computing discipline up to four awards $USD500 & certificate UPE suggested change to two awards of $1000 each to encourage more applicants deadline is October 31 st low number of applicants UPE/CS Award Academic Excellence

12. 12 UPE/CS Award Academic Excellence 4 awards possible each year 2011 – 1 award 2010 – 2 awards 2009 – 1 award 2008 -- no awards 2007 – 4 awards

13. 13 Lance S. Larson Student Scholarship award is presented for the best student paper on a computer-related subject one award of $USD500 + certificate certificates to 2nd through 4th place deadline is October 31 st typically very few applicants

14. 14 Lance S. Larson Student Scholarship Up to 4 awards – 1 with funding o 2111 – selection process has just begun o 2010 -- 2 awards o 2009 – 1 award o 2008 -- 0 awards o 2007 – 4 awards

15. 15 brings top quality speakers to CS chapters somewhat rigorous process $USD1,000 for travel (increased in 2011) local chapter pays other costs quality control – IEEE CS’s good name Current status Concerns process itself 3-yr term limit for DVP listing Distinguished Visitor Program

16. 16 uses speaker’s own professional or non- professional travel. member arranges non-funded speaking commitment w/local chapter. Current status Concerns process & choke point(s) o return on investment o quality control – IEEE CS’s good name Member Visit Program

17. 17 A Prime Concern at all times… 1.Quality control 2.Quality control 3.Quality control the good name of the IEEE Computer Society

18. 18 Outstanding Chapter Award (prof & student) review method of selection synergy w/GUOC & MDC UPE’s recommendation two awards of $1000 each not 4 @ $500 recruit quality committee members primarily one assignment per person Goals for 2012

19. 19 no award applications in some years e.g. Larson Award o chronically low Member Visitor Program (MVP) choke point general process o quality control – IEEE CS’s good name Goals for 2012

20. 20 review all processes strategic review committee – all functions increase # of nominations by 10% increase DVP events conduct 5 DVP events in R10 conduct 10% more DVP events globally include the ACM in DVP collaborate w/ACM on 6 ACM DL Goals for 2012

21. 21 establish Senior Member Elevation Program publicize it not manage it req’d by mission statement establish Distinguished Chapter Leader award for 1-2 individual chapter leaders collaborate with GUOC to ID nominees review MVP process and purpose 20 MVP events globally Goals for 2012

22. 22 Merwin Award revise from 1 cycle/yr to 2 cycles/yr issues – academic yr & committee workload establish Distinguished Chapter Leader award for 1-2 individual chapter leaders explore leadership transition process vice chair of each committee becomes chair other options for leadership development Goals for 2012

23. 23 Goals for 2012 To develop innovative projects using Digilent products such as Digilent's FPGA boards, developed in environments such as Xilinx ISE WebPack or ISE Foundation, National Instruments LabView, etc. Microcontroller projects featuring Digilent's PIC- based embedded control boards, developed in environments such as Microchip MPLAB, MPIDE, etc.

24. 24 Goals for 2012 Pursue sponsorship for student contests from: Pursue co- sponsorship for student contests with:

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