IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine - Spring 2016 - 5

President's Corn er

Jan Van der Spiegel

An Update on Our Strategic Plan

Welcome to the spring issue of IEEE
Solid-State Circuits Society Magazine.
We have an issue packed with great
articles that you will enjoy reading.
I am glad to inform you that
the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society
(SSCS) has had a successful start of
the year and is continuing to enhance
member benefits.
We had a very successful International Solid-State Circuits Conference
(ISSCC) in San Francisco in February.
The conference featured four outstanding plenary speakers (videos
will be available on the ISSCC website, www.isscc.org), a great technical
program with 200 regular presentations with each continuing to push
the limits of circuit techniques, and
over 2,900 attendants. As always,
ISSCC has provided a great avenue for
attendees to network and make new
connections and friends. I would like
to thank Technical Program Chair
Kevin Zhang and the many members of
the Technical Program Committee for
their amazing dedication. I also want
to thank Anantha Chandrakasan for
his leadership as the General Program
chair, who has continued to maintain
the highest quality of ISSCC and continued introduce new initiatives and
attendee benefits.
Debuted at ISSCC, the Society has
launched a new website and several
new membership benefits including
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■ increase the efficiency of operations
a first within IEEE Societies, Brow■ provide
transparency
and
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phone-based reader, which provides
Each of the goals is overseen by a goal
members with a convenient and
"guardian" whose task is to break the
easy way to read articles from curgoals down in new initiatives and manrent and past issues of IEEE Journal
ageable activities. I would like thank
of Solid-State Circuits on Android and
each of the guardians
Apple devices. Downfor their efforts, Stefan
load the app from the
R u s u (attract memdevice stores. The new
Our strategic
bers), Ali Shiekholeslami
website was launched at
plan (SSCS 2020)
(education), Bram Nauta
the end of January with
is coming
(serve), Bill Bidermann
a cleaner and easier to
along well.
(recognition), Bill Bownavigate interface. Be
hill (efficiency), and
sure to check it out!
Mike Beunder (efficiency
Our strategic plan
and accountability). I look forward to
(SSCS 2020) is coming along well.
exciting initiatives being proposed in the
The plan is the result of a year and a
next few months.
half of discussions and brainstormFinally, the Society is making strong
ing with a wide range of constituefforts to increase the participation of
ents, including Chapter chairs, young
women members. We have fantastic
professionals, Administrative Comwomen engineers and researchers domittee (AdCom) members, and voluning some of the most advanced circuit
teers. The process was spearheaded
design work. Unfortunately, we haven't
under the capable leadership of Mike
given sufficient visibility to their efBeunder, Society secretary.
forts. To change this, I have formed an
The underlying mission of the
ad hoc committee to bring in more festrategic plan is to serve and recogmale members in leadership positions.
nize professionals active in the field
I am pleased to announce that Wanda
of solid-state circuits and provide the
Gass, former ISSCC Technical Program
best career guidance and education
chair and SSCS AdCom member, has
for students and young professionagreed to chair this important comals. This resulted in the following
mittee. The group has already come up
six goals:
■ make the Society attractive to new
with several new ideas, and I am sure
and current members
you will hear more about these in the
■ provide educational activities
near future.
■ serve members
Enjoy this spring issue.
■ recognize members

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