Activity Report of the IEEE/CSS IAC to BoG
Eduardo F. Camacho
May 7, 2003
- The committee met in December, at the CDC
in Las Vegas with a good attendance . We discussed
mostly the issues of active groups in control, results of a meeting with
IMS officials during the b’02 in Barcelona and the country of the month
initiative.
- The idea of publishing a series of
reports about the state of control in different countries of the world to
be published in the IEEE CSS CSM under the heading of "Control
around the globe" (the heading was suggested by Tariq Samad) was
discussed. The results of the discussion was:
- The IAC believes
this idea is very important for the main objectives of the Committee.
- Several members of
the Committee (B. Pasik-Duncan, D. Atherton, E. Fernandez, L. Gerencser
and E.F. Camacho) would act as a Editorial Committee for the series
(seeking and tracking contributions, suggesting modifications ....)
- The reports were
going to be prepared by one or few authors rather than a chapter.
- The reports should
have a more journalistic approach than a mere description of groups,
people and research lines.
- The first report to
be commissioned to Alexander Frakov (Russia). This first report would
serve as a model for future contributions. A first draft of this report
has been produced and is now been circulated.
- There is some problem
for Iranian citizens in the IEEE as their memberships are being
cancelled. IEEE is following US Government Policy in cancelling those
memberships. Iranian "former" members are no longer qualified
for support for hotel/registration at the CCA in Turkey. A number had
applied for that support and are now being turned down. The implications
of this will be discussed at the next IAC meeting in Denver.
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