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and brought the first Xplore-ready
to assist students with travel to
mobile reader to IEEE by exclusively
SSCS-supported conferences to aid
contracting with FirstIron to license
in their educational needs. AdditionBrowZine. BrowZine is a tablet and
ally, we have also implemented new
smartphone-based e-reader that proprograms, including the Society's
vides members with a convenient
massive open online course (MOOC)
and easy way to read articles from
series. The MOOCs were produced in
current and past issues of IEEE Jourconcert with our flagship conferences
nal of Solid-State Circuits and IEEE
and will help to build career awareSolid-State Circuits Magazine.
ness in circuit design. VLSIx was
Along with my fellow SSCS leadlaunched in 2016 and is now available
ers and the AdCom, our Society has
on the SSCS Resource Center. CICCx
worked diligently to build programwill be available later this year.
ming and services to enhance member
The SSCS Resource Center provides a
recognition and re centralized location
ward the loyalty of
to house all of the
our almost 10,000
Society's educational
Let me be the
members. In this magmater ia l, including
first to welcome
azine, you may have
short courses, tutor iour incoming
noticed a new feature
als, and webinars. These
president, Prof.
in the "People" column
resources are availBram Nauta, and
called "In Step with,"
able to SSCS members
pledge my support
in which we highlight
at no cost.
to his presidency
an SSCS member. This
The SSCS webinar
as he takes over
column has focused
program has grown
the reigns on 1
on profiles from Chapimmensely these past
January
2018.
ter chairs and AdCom
two years thanks to
members to young
the leadership of
professionals and stuMichael Perrott and
dent members; it is a way for the
his team of webinar coordinators-
Society to celebrate the individual and
Alvin Loke, Filip Tavernier, and
reinforce that all our member segHoi-Jun Yoo. Another exciting projments are valued.
ect was undertaken through a partUnder the stewardship of Emre
nership with Rivers Publishing to
Ayranci, our SSCS Young Professionlaunch a tutorial-style book series in
als (YP) chair, we have built a strong
conjunction with our flagship conYP program. SSCS YP mentoring
ferences. I'd like to thank Ali Sheikevents held at conferences have
holeslami, SSCS Education chair, for
provided the opportunity for our
his great efforts and continued inistudent and young professional
tiatives to bring more educational
members to connect with our more
resources to our members.
senior members. T he mentorOn the publications front, we are
ing event at ISSCC 2017 attracted
planning to launch IEEE Solid-State
more than 140 attendees, making it
Circuits Letters, a fast-paced publicaone of the most successful SSCS YP
tion of original contributions emphaevents ever held. At the 2017 Cussizing the transistor-level de sign
tom Integrated Circuits Conference
of ICs. The first issue is scheduled
(CICC), we were pleased to presto be available in 2018. Congratulaent two prestigious guest speaktions to John Long, SSCS Publicaers from Si l icon Labs at the SSCS
tions chair, for being the dri ving
mentoring event; they provided
force behind this new publication,
the future generation of the Society
and Behzad Razavi, who will be the
with counsel and direction for their
editor-in-chief. In 2016, we celebrated
career journey.
the 50th anniversary of IEEE Journal
In the area of education, we conof Solid-State Circuits and dedicated
tinued to provide student travel
an entire magazine issue to this celgrants and predoctoral fellowships
ebration. Please read about the 50th

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anniversary in the Fall 2016 issue of
IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine and
on the SSCS website.
The SSCS conference portfolio
remains a vital service and engagement activity for our global community and membership. Of particular
note was CICC 2017, held in Austin,
Texas. The conference was a great
success, with more than 300 people
in attendance. There was a wide array
of techn ic a l s ession s , a r ivet i ng
plenary session, and networking opportunities. The conference was a
perfect blend of information gathering and learning. Additional information about CICC 2017 can be found
in the summer issue of IEEE SolidState Circuits Magazine.
The progress made within our
Society is an indicator of our continued promise of delivering excellence
while serving our members and community faithfully. As one in a long
line of stewards that came before me,
I can look back with a deep sense of
admiration and pride at all we have
accomplished together. I would like
to take this opportunity to offer my
sincere thanks for the support and
dedication of our AdCom members
and Society professional staff.
In closing, let me be the first to
welcome our incoming president,
Prof. Bram Nauta, and pledge my
support to his presidency as he takes
over the reigns on 1 January 2018.
Many of you will know Bram from his
body of work, as a professor at the
University of Twente, and from having served the Society with distinction as editor-in-chief of IEEE Journal
of Solid-State Circuits (2007-2010). I
have every confidence that Bram will
continue the good work and progress gained from the foundation that
my predecessors gifted to me. I am
proud to hand off the presidency to my
good friend, Bram, knowing the Society is in excellent hands.
I wish you all the best in your
endeavors, both personal and professional. Thank you once again for
entrusting me with the great honor
of serving as SSCS president.

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