IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine - Summer 2017 - 5

PRESIDENT'S CORN ER

Jan Van der Spiegel

Summer Reflections

I write this column as I am returning
their lives and careers. Afterward,
from the IEEE Custom Integrated Cirother Senior Members and SSCS leadcuits Conference (CICC) in Austin, Texers offered their advice, and a producas. The conference was a great success
tive networking event ensued. You can
with more than 300 people in attenread about this event in the "Society
dance. With a wide array of technical
News" column of this issue.
sessions, a riveting plenary session,
We also filmed a series of videos
and networking, the meeting was
at CICC called CICCx Circuit Insights.
the perfect blend. I'd like to conThese will be short 10-min videos on
gratulate the members of the Orgathe topics that were covered at the
nizing and Technical
conference. The vidProgram Committees
eos will be posted on
for putting together a
our newly launched
I am pleased
first-rate conference.
SSCS Resource Center
to report that
Yo u c a n r e a d m o r e
(resourcecenter.sscs
the SSCS is
about the event in the
.ieee.org). The SSCS Recontinuing to have
"Conference Reports"
source Center is a hub
a strong year
column in this issue.
of educational content.
of membership
One of the highlights
You can find past wegrowth, service,
of CICC was a very sucbinars, tutorials, short
and activity.
cessful Young Profescourses, and open-acsionals (YP) Mentoring
cess papers on the site.
Event held by IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Please keep your eyes open for the
Society (SSCS) YP Chair Emre Ayranci.
launch of the CICCx videos.
Our YP program has now evolved into
As I reflect back on the midpoint
a high-end mentoring event. At the YP
of my second year of presidency, I am
Mentoring Event at CICC, we had two
pleased to report that the SSCS is conprestigious luminaries from Silicon
tinuing to have a strong year of memLabs speak at the event and provide
bership growth, service, and activity.
the future generation of the Society
We have made great strides in setting
with solid advice that they can carry
forth a number of new initiatives and
with them as they move forward in
benefits. These include the following:
■ In Education, we had multiple design contests for both students and
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line courses such as CICCx, and the
continuation of the growth of our
widely popular SSCS Webinar and
Distinguished Lecturer Programs.
■ In Membership, programs include
the development of the SSCS mobile
app to engage our future workforce
and a series of planned membership
campaigns. One of these include
a senior membership campaign. I
encourage you to apply to become
an IEEE Senior Member if you are
eligible. Details are outlined on
the SSCS website: http://sscs.ieee
. o r g / m e m b e r s h i p/ b e c o m e - a senior-member.
■ In Publications, the Society will be
launching a new publication called
SSCS-Letters, a fast-paced publication
of original contributions emphasizing transistor-level design of integrated circuits. The planned launch
for this publication is early 2018.
We are tracking to be a landmark
year in 2017. We will continue to deliver
on the promise of our mission and excellence, focused by our strategic plan,
to provide membership service with
dedication and efforts to support the
Society, while continuing to build a
strong future for our members.
As always, please feel free to contact
me with your ideas and comments at
president-sscs@ieee.org.

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