1、IEEE-SPS Chapter Activities,Prof. Fu Li, Ph.D., P.E Chapters Coordinator Chair of Chapters Chairs Committee,Organizational Structure,Chapter officers: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer Chapter officers term: one year but could be re-elected Joint chapters with other societies,Organizational St
2、ructure (Cont.),Chapter Coordinator: contact point for chapter activities Chapters Committee: Chair: Chapters Coordinator Members: one each to represent Regions 1-6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Volunteers are welcome! Info: http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/chapter.html,Distinguished Lecturer Program,The
3、Distinguished Lecturer Program provides means for chapters to have access to individuals who are well known educators and authors in the fields of signal processing, to lecture at Chapter meetings. While many IEEE Societies have similar programs, the SPS provides financial support for the Chapters t
4、o take advantage of the service. http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/dlinfo.html,Distinguished Lecturer Program,The Distinguished Lecturers are Nominated by all technical committees Elected by the Signal Processing Education Technical Committee Approved by SPS ExCom Appointed by Chapters Coo
5、rdinator Input on topics and nominations are welcome from chapters,Terms of Distinguished Lecturers,The Term for each class of Distinguished Lecturers is January 1 December 31 Each class of Distinguished Lecturers will be available for International Lectures until June 30 of the following year due t
6、o the difficulty of planning the international trips,Eligibility for DL program,Signal Processing Society Chapters Only Not eligible: Non SPS chapters Sections Universities Labs,Eligibility for DL program,IEEE-SPS chapters in active status: Held two technical activities a year Filed the Annual Repor
7、t http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/Required_Reporting/ If your chapter falls into inactive status, please reactivate it,Eligibility for DL program,The request to host a DL trip must be originated from Chapter Chair of record The record is at http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/society/sp/chapte
8、rspage.html If the record is out of date, please update it by proper reporting http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/scs/Required_Reporting/ or notify the Society Office at sp.infoieee.org,To Request a Speaker,Chapter chair should: Contact directly the desired Distinguished Lecturer to set date and n
9、egotiate travel expense; Contact Program Coordinator for pre-approval of expense; Re-contact Distinguished Lecturer to confirm expense/arrangements.,Speaker Expenses,For approved Society Distinguished Lecturers, Chapters may qualify for up to $1,750 per year from the Society Distinguished Lecturer P
10、rogram subsidy in addition to up to $1,750 per year from the Society Chapters account to defray Lecturer travel expenses. For speakers who are not Society Distinguished Lecturers but who are pre-approved by the Program Coordinator, up to $1,750 per year from the Society Chapters account may be avail
11、able to help defray speaker travel expense.,Speaker Expenses,Joint chapters are only eligible for the partial funding: If a chapter is joint with another society, SPS pays only half of the expenses If a chapter is joint with another two societies, SPS pays only a third of the expenses Travel costs E
12、conomic (coach) flight fare Advanced planning and booking for lower fare IEEE travel agency,Speaker Expenses,Hotel For the nights necessary to deliver the lectures onlyMeals For the meals of the DL only Not for other people Not for food/drink that may be provided during the lecture,Speaker Expenses,
13、The DLs will pay all the costs pre-approved by the IEEE/SPS Chapters Coordinator, and get the reimbursement from the society The IEEE Expense Report is required for the reimbursement All the original receipts are required for the reimbursement,To better use this resource,Contact the adjacent chapter
14、s to share the same DL trip (especially for international trips) Find a co-sponsor for the DL trip,IEEE Electronic Distinguished Lecturer Program,IEEE Electronic Distinguished Lecturer Program is Available on CD-ROM from the Lending Library at http:/www.ieee.org/organizations/tab/cha/dlmain.html,Con
15、tact and Support,Chapter Coordinator: Prof. Fu Li Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Portland State University, 1900 SW 4th Ave, #160-10 Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA (P)503-725-3824 (F)503-725-3807 (E) fliece.pdx.edu Business Manager: Theresa Argiropoulos (P)732 562 5592 (E) t.argiropoulosieee.org Administrative Assistant: Deborah A. Blazek (P)732 562 3888 (E) d.blazekieee.org 445 Hoes Lane, PO Box 1331 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 (F)732 235 1627,
