E-Scientia in Context

Moshe Kam

IEEE President and CEO

6 July 2011

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Outline

A Brief History of IEEE

Key Activities, Products, Services and Trends

How does E-Scientia fit?

Goals and expected outcomes

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It all starts in Philadelphia… AIEE

In 1884 the Franklin Institute organized the International Electrical Exhibition in Philadelphia

The Operator, 15 April 1884: “The…exhibition would be attended by foreign electrical savants, engineers, and manufacturers...it would be a lasting disgrace to American electricians if no American electrical national society was in existence to receive them with the honors due them from their co-laborers in the United States." Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin Houston, and Edward Weston

AIEE’s First Technical Meeting 7-8 October 1884, the Franklin Institute

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Early Presidents

Alexander G. Bell Elihu Thomson Charles Steinmetz Frank Sprague

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A few more recent Presidents

Leah Jamieson

Joseph Bordogna

Michael Lightner

Pedro Ray

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AIEE IRE

Established 1884

An American Organization

Representing the establishment

Rooted in Power Engineering and communications

First computers working group– Now the Computer Society

Established 1912

An international Organization

Open to students, young professionals

Quick to adopt advances in radar, radio, TV, electronics, computers

Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers (January 1913)

1963: Merger of AIEE and IRE to create IEEE

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IEEE Today

MEMBERS400,000+

COUNTRIES160

CONFERENCES1000+ per year

SOCIETIES/COUNCILS

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World’s largest technical professional society

Standards1,300 Active Standards

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Advancing Technology for Humanity

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R9 – 16,931 (4.2%) R8 – 73,297 (18.0%)

R10 – 90,593 (22.2%)

R1 to 6 – 209,765 (51.4%)

R7 – 16,955 (4%)

IEEE Membership By Region31 December 2010

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 407,54110

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Membership -- Age

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Membership -- Age

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IEEE’s age distribution remains more or less the same because we are geographically diverse

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Membership – Occupation

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Membership – Occupation

In 15 years ‘industry’ and ‘government’ went down from ~75% to ~55%

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IEEE Revenues From Operations1

1 Does not include Investment Returns

2010 Operating Revenue ~$367.1 Million

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IEEE Revenues From Operations1

1 Does not include Investment Returns

2010 Operating Revenue ~$367.1 Million

The value of membership to IEEE is not directly in income

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IEEE volunteersKey to IEEE success – About 40,000 individuals who give at

least 4 hours a week to the organization Local Section Chair Associate editor of a Journal Member of the Financial Committee of a

Major Board Chair of a committee that develops a

Standard

The organization is run by volunteers– From the President and CEO to the local

Section Chair, major decisions are made by volunteers

– An attempt to quantify the work done by volunteers each year: an estimated $2bn-$3bn

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Technical Activities

Technical Activities Board Standards Association

Initiation and coordination of technical activities, including IEEE technical societies, conferences and content development for IEEE publications

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Publications

Technical Activities Board Standards Association

Production and dissemination of IEEE publications and other products

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A few of IEEE’s Technical Societies2010 Membership

Computer Society 75,156Communications Society 50,218Power and Energy Society 28,158

Circuits & Systems Society 10,346Computational Intelligence 6,892Product Safety Engineering 964

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Our main publication vehicle: IEEE XPLORE

Nearly 3 million articlesMore than 7 million downloads a month

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U.S. patent references from the top 25 patenting organizations in 2009 to top publishers Based on number of references to papers/standards/conferences from 1997-2009 33% of the sci-tech citations by the top 25 patenting organizations are to IEEE

Source: 1790 Analytics 2010

IEEE

Download the full report: www.ieee.org/patentcitations

Technology Patent References to STM Publishers

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Member and Geographic Activities

Board of Directors

Management of geographical units such as local Sections and Student Branches

Member and membership development

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IEEE USA

Technical Activities Board

Professional activities for members in the United States

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Standards

Board of Directors

Member and Geographical Activities IEEE-USA

Publications Services and Products

Development, maintenance and dissemination of technical standards

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IEEE Standards Are PervasiveA broad spectrum of technologies

Aerospace Electronics Broadband Over Power Lines Broadcast Technology Clean TechnologyCognitive RadioDesign AutomationElectromagnetic CompatibilityGreen TechnologyLAN/MANMedical Device CommunicationsNanotechnology

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National Electrical Safety CodeNext Generation Service Overlay NetworksOrganic ComponentsPortable Battery TechnologyPower ElectronicsPower & EnergyRadiation/NuclearReliabilityTransportation TechnologyTest Technology

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Education

Coordination and development of educational programs in IEEE’s fields of interests

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IEEE Educational Activities

Pre-university Education

University-level education

Continuing (post-university) Education

Public understanding of Engineering Computing and Technology

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Preparing IEEE volunteers to work with school teachers

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Teacher In-Service Program (TISP)

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E-SCIENTIA

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E-Scientia – General A new platform for education of young people using an attractive environment and hands-on experience– Suitable for museums, universities and

community centers

Represents a new field of activities for IEEE

This is the first serious attempt of IEEE in decades to work with science and technology museums and community centers

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General historyThis is roughly a two year project

It was initiated by the IEEE Uruguay Section with backing of the IEEE Educational Activities Board

It was conceived in cooperation of a local museum of science and technology (Espacio Scientia) and a local technological development entity, LATU

So far two prototypes were created– One for Montevideo and one for Hyderabad

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Inauguration – July 2010

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E-Scientia in IEEEThe idea came from the IEEE Uruguay Section (a geographical unit)

The IEEE funding came from the IEEE Educational Activities Board, IEEE New Initiatives Committee, and the IEEE Foundation

Additional financial and in-kind support came from corporations in Uruguay

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Local Support

IBM Interamericana de Computos S.A.;Analisis de Sistemas Markel Engineers

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Basic Attributes

A non-threatening engaging and clean hi-tech environment– The concept of a space ship– “Having fun”

The flavor of a guided tour for a small group of studentsOption for a large number of tour scenarios and activitiesOpportunities to adapt the content to the needs of different groups and student agesModular, transportable structure

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What are we trying to achieve in this meeting…Introduce E-Scientia to a group of IEEE volunteers and science/technology museum personnel Share the experience gathered in Montevideo Discuss the possible uses of the platform and further development needsGauge interest in developing duplicates for additional sites Discuss logistics, operational environment and costsPlan the expansion of the E-Scientia exhibit

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The world before E-Scientia

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The world after E-Scientia

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Questions and comments