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IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Activities, IEEE ComSoc Asia Pacific Activities, 20102010 and Nowand Now

Naoaki Yamanaka, AP DirectorKeio University, Japan

Email: yamanaka@ics.keio.ac.jp

http:// http://www.comsoc.org/~apb/

March 2011

• Activities for 2010– 5th Asia Pacific Young Researcher Award• Upper age limit of 35• Selected and will awarded at ICC 2011– 3 DLTs for 2010 have already approved• March 8th – 16th by Prof. Arun Somani (Singapore, Taiwan,

Taipei)• July 8th – 19th by Prof. Bhumip Khasnabish (Bombay, Hydevabad,

Kharagpur, Calcutta) • 9-13 Dec 2010 Qian Zhang (KL, Malaysia)– DSP#1: Heather E. Hudson

• 30 Aug 2010 lectured in Wellington, New Zealand Central

Total budget in 2010 is US$5,000.– AP Newsletter, No.39, June 2011– AP Home page www.comsoc.org/~apb

Activities(1)

• Activities for 2011– 3 DLTs for 2011 have been approved• October 12th – 29th by Dr. Weihua Zhuang (Beijing, Xian,

Shanghai and Nanjing)• August 14th – 18th by Dr. George Rouskas (Sri Lanka) • August 21st – 26th by Prof. Qian Zhang (Australia)

DSP#1: Jin Li• 18th April 2011 lectured in Shanghai• 22th April 2011 lectured in Beijing

Activities(1)

APB 2010-2011 StructureAdvisors: T. Aoyama, K.C. Chen, D. Hong, N. Kuroyanagi, B.G. Lee, N. Ohta, I. Sasase, D. Taylor, T.T. Tjhung, Z. Niu

Advisors: T. Aoyama, K.C. Chen, D. Hong, N. Kuroyanagi, B.G. Lee, N. Ohta, I. Sasase, D. Taylor, T.T. Tjhung, Z. Niu

Liaison ComSoc Seung-Woo Seo (Seoul National U., KR) Tomohiko Taniguchi (Fujitsu, JP)AP Office Fanny Su Beh Noi, Serena Dhing

Liaison ComSoc Seung-Woo Seo (Seoul National U., KR) Tomohiko Taniguchi (Fujitsu, JP)AP Office Fanny Su Beh Noi, Serena Dhing

Eiji Oki(UEC, JP)Eiji Oki

(UEC, JP)Hajime Nakamura

(KDDI, JP)Hajime Nakamura

(KDDI, JP)

ISC Chair: Kohei Shiomoto (NTT, JP)VC(Newsletter): Jae-Hyun Kim (Ajou U.,KR) Phone Lin(National Taiwan Univ.)VC(Website): Yoshihiko Uematsu (NTT, JP) Xinbing Wang(Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.CN)Secretary: Takaya Miyazawa (NICT, JP)

ISC Chair: Kohei Shiomoto (NTT, JP)VC(Newsletter): Jae-Hyun Kim (Ajou U.,KR) Phone Lin(National Taiwan Univ.)VC(Website): Yoshihiko Uematsu (NTT, JP) Xinbing Wang(Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.CN)Secretary: Takaya Miyazawa (NICT, JP)

CCC Chair: Qian Zhang (HKUST, HK)VC: Miki Yamamoto (Kansai Univ., JP)VC:Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National U., KR)

CCC Chair: Qian Zhang (HKUST, HK)VC: Miki Yamamoto (Kansai Univ., JP)VC:Sunghyun Choi (Seoul National U., KR)

MCC Chair: BORHANUDDIN MOHD ALI (Malaysia)VC: Joonhyuk Kang (ICU Korea)VC: Nei Kato (Tohoku Univ. JP)

MCC Chair: BORHANUDDIN MOHD ALI (Malaysia)VC: Joonhyuk Kang (ICU Korea)VC: Nei Kato (Tohoku Univ. JP)

MDC Chair: Li-Chun Wang(NCTU, Taiwan)VC: Jia-Chin Lin (Taiwan)VC: Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong Univ. HK) 　

MDC Chair: Li-Chun Wang(NCTU, Taiwan)VC: Jia-Chin Lin (Taiwan)VC: Mounir Hamdi (Hong Kong Univ. HK) 　

TAC Chair: Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya Univ., JP)Co-chair: Wanjiun Liao (N. Thiao-Tung Univ, TW)VC: TAC Kun Tan (Microsoft China)VC: Tee-Hiang Cheng (Singapore)Secretary: Hiyoshi Shigeno (Keio Univ., JP)

TAC Chair: Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya Univ., JP)Co-chair: Wanjiun Liao (N. Thiao-Tung Univ, TW)VC: TAC Kun Tan (Microsoft China)VC: Tee-Hiang Cheng (Singapore)Secretary: Hiyoshi Shigeno (Keio Univ., JP)

Director

Vice Director Vice Director

Secretary/Treasure Secretary

Naoaki Yamanaka(Keio University, JP)Naoaki Yamanaka

(Keio University, JP)

Kwang Bok Lee(Seoul National U., KR)

Kwang Bok Lee(Seoul National U., KR) Abbas Jamalipour

(U. Sydney, AU)Abbas Jamalipour

(U. Sydney, AU)Tomoaki Ohtsuki

(Keio Univ.ersity, JP)Tomoaki Ohtsuki

(Keio Univ.ersity, JP)

Vice Director

MDC Report

Prepared by COMSOC APB MDC Chair

Dr. Li-Chun WangNational Chiao Tung

Universityhttp://lichun.cm.nctu.edu.tw

Statistics in 2010

• Total IEEE Members: 407, 541• Total COMSOC member: 50,218 • COSOC Member Statistics in

R10 : 9754 (higher grade) 1398 (student)

ComSoc Sister Societies in AP

COUNTRY SISTER SOCIETY HOME PAGE

China China Institute of Communications (CIC) http://www.china-cic.org.cn/

China The Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) http://www.cie-china.org/

IndiaThe Institute of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers

(IETE)http://www.iete.org/

India Communicarions & Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI) -

JapanThe Institute of Electronics, Information & Communication

Engineers (IEICE-CS)http://www.ieice.org/cs/index.html

Korea The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS) http://kics.or.kr/english/english.asp

Malaysia The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) -

Singapore Singapore Computer Society -

Taiwan Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE) http://www.ciee.org.tw

Vietnam The Radio & Electronics Association of Vietnam (REV) http://www.rev.vn/Site/News/

Mailing list used for AP meeting

announcements & minutes• apb-announcement-

request@ieee.org

Technical Affairs Committee (TAC) Report

Prepared byTakaya Yamazato

TAC Co-Chair

APB Young Researcher Awards

• APB sponsors “IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award”. This award honors researchers who have been very active in IEEE ComSoc publication and conference activities over the last 3 years.

• ONE Best YRA with a certificate and US$500 and SEVERAL Outstanding YRAs with a certificate and US$250

• Eligibility criteria: researchers who are ComSoc members in AP, younger than 35 (include), and have been very active in ComSoc publication and conference activities over the last 3 years

• Each applicant must send the application form to IEEE ComSoc APB TAC chair before the deadline.

• Application form should include the followings – Applicant’s biography– A list of publication and conference activities over the last 3 years. – Description of main topics/thesis of the applicant over the last 3

years. (A4 1 page) – The cover page should contain the applicant's name, affiliation,

address, telephone, fax number and e-mail address.

• Important date – July 1, 2011 : Application submission due– October 1, 2011: : Announcement of awardees– December 2011 : Award ceremony in Globecom 2011.

• Each application must be sent to the following address by e-mail.

APB Technical Affairs Committee:apb-officers-2010-2011-tac@ieee.org

APB Young Researcher Awards

5th AP Young Research Awards

Nomination by the selection committee

Best award winner:Wei Chen (China)

Outstanding award winners:Peter Hong (Taiwan)Bang Chul Jung (Korea)Ting See Ho (Singapore)

AP Best Paper Award (proposed )

• All authors’ affiliation must be from AP region.• Nominated papers from AP members . No self-

nomination.• Selected by AP best paper award sub-

committee.• Paper are limited to IEEE ComSoc Journals

and conferences in recent 3 years.• Best paper author will receive 500USD• One award per year• Award ceremony will be held during ICC-APB

ISC report

June 6, 2011Kohei Shiomoto, ISC Chair

IEEE ComSoc APB General Meeeting ICC2011, Monday June 6

ISC members• Chair

– Kohei Shiomoto, NTT, Japan

• Vice Co-Chairs (Paper-media: Newsletter)

– Jae-Hyun Kim, AJOU University, Korea

– Phone Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

• Vice Co-Chairs (Electronic media: Homepage, ML)

– Yoshihiko Uematsu, NTT, Japan

– Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

• Secretary

– Takaya Miyazawa, NICT, Japan

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Paper media:AP Newsletter

• publish AP Newsletter No. 39 2011

• Message from AP Director, Naoaki Yamanaka• The Fifth IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award• Report from Distinguished Lecture Tour (DLT)• Relocation of IEEE Asia Pacific ComSoc Office• Global Communications Newsletter• AP homepage• Upcoming conferences calendar

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Electronic media:Activity Statistics

(December 2010-May 2011)

• AP Homepage Updates– Number of updated items: 3

• Call for Papers for the World Telecommunications Congress • Update of the location of APB Support Office • Upcoming conferences in AP region

– Number of site visitors: not yet measured

• APB announcements mailing list– Number of subscribers: 162– Number of mails: 4

MCC Report

Prepared by Borhanuddin Mohd Ali,Chair, MCC (2010-11)

INTRODUCTION

• MCC is tasked to promote participation of AP region in ComSoc Conferences and Meetings,

• In this report, we highlight AP contributions in ICC2011 in terms of paper contributions and authorships.

Authors of Accepted Papers by Countries in

AP RegionCountry Authors %

PR China 602 17.5

Japan 283 8.2

Australia 117 3.4

Taiwan 102 3.0

Korea 95 2.8

Hong Kong 93 2.7

Singapore 73 2.1

India 52 1.5

Pakistan 13 0.4

Thailand 7 0.2

New Zealand 6 0.2

Summary of Authors of Accepted Papers all Regions

Region Authors %

Asia/Pacific 1443 42.0

Europe, Middle East, Africa 1001 29.1

United States 630 18.3

Canada 327 9.5

Latin America 34 1.0

All authors of accepted papers are counted, regardless of whether they are first, second, ... author. Authors that submitted more than paper are counted once for each paper.

APNOMS 2011

• 21-23 Sept, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan.• Total： 168, however, 36 of them

have not uploaded papers• Statistic by Country:

– Taiwan(73), Republic of Korea(29), Japan(23), P.R. China(20), Republic of China(9),

– Thailand(3), India(2), Germany(2), USA(1), Russia(1), Malaysia(1), Australia(1), Sweden(1), Brazil(1), Hong Kong(1)

About IEEE ICCC2012

• The first IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC2012) will be held in Beijing, China, from 18-21 September, 2012, under the theme “Communications for a Sustainable Future”. This is a newly incubated international conference by IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) aiming at realistic globalization by extending ComSoc reach to fast-growing regions.

POCO 2011POCO 2011 Registration Now Open !!

• The registration site for the 6th annual Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO) has just opened.  2011 POCO will be held 21-23 July 2011 in Beijing, PRC and is the first in Region 10.  It presents organizers with an excellent opportunity to gain valuable knowledge about organizing international conferences meet colleagues and learn more about IEEE conferences.

• If you have questions, have a topic for discussion or want to present some ideas, please contact Kevin Hanft (k.hanft@ieee.org). Registration will be open through 15 June 2011, on a space available basis. Don’t delay!

• To register for POCO, please visit:  http://guest.cvent.com/d/2dqggx/1Q

For additional information on POCO, please visit:  http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/organizers/poco/index.html

The Fifth IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Young Researcher

Award• There were nineteen high-quality submissions

from many countries. • The award selection committee was composed

of all TAC members, including Takaya Yamazato (Nagoya University, Japan), Wanjiun Liao (National Taiwan University), Kun Tan (Microsoft, China), Tee-Hiang Cheng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), and Hiroshi Shigeno (Keio University, Japan). Comprehensive review was done for three months.

The Fifth IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Young Researcher Award

Best Young Researcher: • Wei Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

Outstanding Young Researchers: • Y.-W. Peter Hong (National Tsing Hua University,

Taiwan)• Bang Chul Jung (Gyeongsang National University,

Korea)• Ting See Ho (Nanyang Technological University,

Singapore)

Award ceremony will be held at the award luncheon of IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan (APB will)

AP DLT #2: 8th – 19th July 2010Lecturer: Bhumip Khasnabish

Bombay: 9th July 2010 (Friday)Hyderabad: 13th July 2010 (Tuesday)Kharagpur: 15th July 2010 (Thursday)Calcutta: 17th July 2010 (Saturday)

Dr. Bhumip and DL attendees in Bombay

AP DLT #3: 9th – 13th December 2010

Lecturer: Qian Zhang

Malaysia - Suruhanjaya Komunikasi Dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM), 10th December 2010 (Friday)Malaysia - Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), 10th December 2010 (Friday)Malaysia - Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 11th December 2010 (Saturday)

AP DLT #1: 12 – 29 October 2011 Lecturer: Weihua Zhuang

1. Beijing – 17th October 2011 (Monday)2. Xian – 19th October 2011 (Wednesday)3. Shanghai – 24th October 2011 (Monday)4. Nanjing – 25th October 2011 (Tuesday)

AP DLT #2: 14 – 18 August 2011 Lecturer: George Rouskas

1. Sri Lanka - University of Colombo - 15 August 2011 (Monday) 2. Sri Lanka - University of Moratuwa - 16 August 2011 (Tuesday)3. Sri Lanka - University of Peradeniya - 17 August 2011 (Wednesday)

AP DLT #3: 21st-26th August 2011 Lecturer: Qian Zhang

1. Brisbane - 22 August 2011 (Monday) 2. Canberra – 24 August 2011 (Wednesday)3. Sydney – 25 August 2011 (Thursday)

Distinguished Speaker Program 

Lecturer: Heather E. Hudson

 Date: 30 August 2010

New Zealand Central ComSoc Chapter

The lecture was sponsored by three organizations:(1) IEEE Joint Chapter of Communications, Signal Processing and Information Theory(2) IEEE New Zealand Central Section(3) The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Wellington Network.

The topic of “Bridging the Broadband Divide: Strategies for Rural and Developing Regions” was presented.

Distinguished Speaker Program 

Lecturer: Jin Li

 18th April 2011 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

22th April 2011 - Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics

The topic of “Utility Maximization for P2P Applications and its Application in Optimizing Multi-party Conferencing” will be delivered.

Global Communications Newsletter

One of the missions of ISC is to provide a liaison to or publish some article in the IEEE Global Communications Newsletter (GCN). Takaya Miyazawa and Kohei Shiomoto, two members of ISC, wrote the report of the APB general meeting which was held at Cape Town in conjunction with ICC2010. The report was published in the IEEE GCN in September 2010. This article introduces the contents of the APB general meeting, missionsor action plans of each APB committee, and so on.

Regional Awards(TBD)• AP Outstanding Achievement Award (APB-SC)

– To recognize ComSoc members in AP Region for their outstanding achievement, both technical and career, during the past 10 years

– Every TWO year to award 1-2 person

• AP Outstanding Paper Awards (APB TAC)– To recognize ComSoc members who have published high-quality papers in

ComSoc Journals or ComSoc-sponsored conferences held in AP region during the past 3 years

– Every year to 3-5 papers and each applicant is requested to submit ONE his best paper to the committee

• AP Outstanding Contribution Awards (APB MDC)– To recognize ComSoc members in AP Region for their service activities

and contributions for the success of their local chapters and regions

– Every year to award 3-5 persons

• AP Young Researcher Awards (APB TAC)• Chapter Achievement Awards (APB CCC)

Discussions on AP Regional Awards

• AP Outstanding Achievement Award?– Naming?– Criteria? – Nomination process?– Selection process?– Awarding? – Frequency?

• Goal ?– To recognize ComSoc members in AP Region for their

activities and contributions for the success of their local chapters and regions

• Process ?– Nomination by AP regional chapters– Selection by the AP Awards Committee

42 ComSoc Chapters In Asia Pacific Region(as of 30 March 2011)

1. AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY – Formed 28 Apr 98 (Joint Chapter – SP001)

2. BANGALORE – Formed 5 Jun 00 (Joint Chapter – EM014 & C016)3. BANGLADESH – Formed 18 Aug 104. BEIJING – Formed 21 Dec 875. BEIJING (Shenzhen) – Formed 25 Oct 086. BOMBAY – Formed 3 Dec 997. CALCUTTA – Formed 13 Oct 038. DELHI – Formed 1 Aug 979. Gujarat – Formed 30 Mar 0910.HONG KONG – Formed 3 Aug 88 (Joint Chapter – CAS004)11.Hyderabad – Formed 4 Mar 10 (Joint Chapter COM 019/ SP 001)12.INDIA Council – Formed 8 Jul 91 (Joint Chapter – AES010 & LEO036) 13.INDONESIA – Formed 1 Oct 0114.ISLAMABAD – Formed 13 Oct 1015.JAPAN Council – Formed 26 Mar 73

IEEE ComSocAsia Pac

IEEE ComSocAsia Pac

16.KANSAI – Formed 5 Dec 0617.KARACHI – Formed 1 Jun 0118.KERALA – Formed 15 Oct 0419.LAHORE – Formed 1 Aug 0320.MACAU – Formed 1 Aug 05 (Joint Chapter – CAS004)21.MADRAS – Formed 26 Apr 0722.MALAYSIA – Formed 9 May 06 (Joint Chapter – VT 006)23.NANJING r – Formed 200724.NEW SOUTH WALES – Formed 11 Aug 89 (Joint Chapter – SP001)25.New Zealand Central – Formed 15 Jun 09 (Joint Chapter – COM

019/ SP 001/ IT 012)26.NEW ZEALAND NORTH & SOUTH – Formed 21 Sep 9827.Northern Australia – Formed 9 Jul 01 (Joint Chapter – MTT017)28.Pune – Formed 19 Feb 11

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42 ComSoc Chapters In Asia Pacific Region(as of 30 March 2011)

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42 ComSoc Chapters In Asia Pacific Region(as of 30 March 2011)

IEEE ComSocAsia Pac

29. QUEENSLAND – Formed 27 Nov 01 (Joint Chapter – SP001)30. Republic of Philippines – Formed 4 Mar 10 (Joint Chapter C 016/ COM 019)31. SEOUL – Formed 4 Dec 9232. SHANGHAI – Formed 22 Aug 0733. SINGAPORE – Formed 29 may 8634. SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Formed 15 Jun 96 (Joint Chapter – SP001)35. Sri Lanka – Formed 22 Feb 1036. TAINAN – Formed 15 Dec 0337. TAIPEI – Formed 15 Jul 9038. THAILAND – Formed 11 Nov 9439. VICTORIA – Formed 4 Apr 8440. VIETNAM – Formed 30 Oct 0841. WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Formed 26 Aug 9642. XIAN – Formed 16 Jun 08

Calcutta received Chapter Achievement

Award

On 1st Nov 2010 : IEEE announced its relocation of its branch office in Singapore to Solaris@Fusionopolis. Staff Fanny Su and Ewell Tan will continue to provide support services to the Communications Society.

IEEE President Pedro Ray cutting the ribbon and unveiling the IEEE signage for the new office

AP-RCCC at ICC 2011

• 9 June 2011 Room B-2, max 22 members In Kyoto.

Approved by BoG.Now all preparations are under going by

Fanny and Dr. Yamamoto, CCC vice chair.Visa problems are almost solved by E-side

company support.Budget is under controlled by Dr. Oki Treasurer of APB and Fanny.

Thank You for

your attention