Award and Recognition Committee Report

Rob Reilly, Ed.D.Chair, ARC

February 2012

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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

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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. 

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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.”  

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A Prime Concern at all times…

1. Quality control2. Quality control3. Quality control

the good name of the IEEE Computer Society

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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

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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 31st

• too few applicants• one student chapter is 4-time winner

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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)

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• 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

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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 recipientso 2010 – 7 recipientso 2009 – 1 recipiento 2008 – no awardo 2007 – no award

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• 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 31st

• low number of applicants

UPE/CS Award Academic Excellence

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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

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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 31st

• typically very few applicants

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Lance S. Larson Student Scholarship • Up to 4 awards – 1 with funding

o 2111 – selection process has just beguno 2010 -- 2 awards o 2009 – 1 award o 2008 -- 0 awardso 2007 – 4 awards

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• 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

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• 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 investmento quality control – IEEE CS’s good name

Member Visit Program

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A Prime Concern at all times…

1. Quality control2. Quality control3. Quality control

the good name of the IEEE Computer Society

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• 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

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• no award applications in some years

• e.g. Larson Awardo chronically low

• Member Visitor Program (MVP)• choke point• general process

o quality control – IEEE CS’s good name

Goals for 2012

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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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.

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Goals for 2012Pursue sponsorship for student contests from:

Pursue co- sponsorship for student contests with:

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the beginning…