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TCCN Meeting

Chair: Jianwei Huang

Secretary: Yue Gao

IEEE ICC, May 2017

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Officers (2016-2018)

• Chair– Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

• Vice-Chairs– Oliver Holland, Kings College London, UK (TCCN Vice-Chair Europe/Africa)– Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA (TCCN Vice-Chair Americas)– Lingyang Song, Peking University (TCCN Vice-Chair Asia Pacific)

• Secretary– Yue Gao, Queen Mary University of London

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Agenda

• Welcome and introduction • Attendance register • Approval of the Agenda • Approval of the GLOBECOM 2016 TCCN meeting minutes • Administrative matters

– Recertification, by Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong– Report on website, by Vijay Rao, Delft University of Technology– LinkedIn and Facebook, by Zhijin Qin, Imperial College London

• Reports on Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – Cognitive Network Security SIG, by K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of

Technology – Cognitive Radio for 5G SIG, by Diep Nguyen, University of Technology Sydney– New SIG: Data-Driven Cognitive Networks, by Li-Chun Wang, National Chiao Tun

University

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Agenda (Cont.)

• Reports on standards activities– IEEE DySPAN-SC/1900 activities, by Oliver Holland, King’s College London – IEEE 802.22 activities, by Apurva Mody, BAE Systems

• Reports on conferences – GLOBECOM 2017 Cognitive Radio and Networks Symposium, by Jianwei Huang,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong • Reports on publications

– Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, by Michele Zorzi, University of Padova

– TCCN Newsletter, by Walid Saad, Virginia Tech University• TCCN nominations• How to get involved in TCCN• Next TCCN Meeting

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TC Recertification

• Received the recertification request from ComSoc on Feb 28 2017• Collected inputs from TC officers (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018)• Submitted the recertification report to ComSoc on May 2017

• TCCN is very active in – Organizing ComSoc conferences (especially ICC/GC CRN Symposiums) – Serving as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, Guest

Editors of ComSoc journals– Nominating ComSoc Awards– Leading and participating ComSoc standardization efforts– Nominating members as ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers– Advancing members as IEEE Fellows and IEEE Senior Members– Active SIG activities and TCCN Newsletter

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GC’17 Cognitive Radio and Network Symposium

• Co-Chairs: – Jianwei Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong– Frank Yue Gao, Queen Mary University of London– K.P. Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of Technology

• TPC members: 166 + 8• Submissions: 88• Review assignments: 4 - 7 per paper (to reach 3 confirmed)• Paper notifications: July 25

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TCCN Nominations

• ICC/GC Symposium Chairs• ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers• IEEE Fellows

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ICC/GC Symposium Chair Nominations

• TCCN supports “Cognitive Radio and Network Symposium” in ICC/GC• Call for nomination from TCCN members• Decisions voted by TCCN Officers (after avoiding CoI)• Selection criterions

– Service record to TCCN– Research record– Service record

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ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers (DLs) Nominations

• TCCN nominates up to 4 ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers per year• Call for nomination from TCCN members• Decisions voted by TCCN Officers (after avoiding CoI)• Selection criterions

– Service record to TCCN– Research record– Public speaking record

• DLs can also be nominated by individuals (not TCs)

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IEEE Fellow Endorsements

• TCCN can serve as an endorser of IEEE Fellow nominations• Typically done by the TCCN Chair

– With consultations with other officers if necessary• Focusing on both the technical and service contributions to TCCN

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How to Get Involved in TCCN

• Many ways of getting involved– Organize Special Interest Groups (SIGs) (contact: Jianwei Huang, Lingyang Song)– Organize special issues for the TCCN Newsletter (contact: Walid Saad)– Participate in TCCN related standardization efforts (contact: Oliver Holland)– Contribute to the publicity efforts of TCCN (contact: Yue Gao)– Involve TCCN in ComSoc conference organization (contract: Lingyang Song) – Involve TCCN in ComSoc journal special issues (contact: Jianwei Huang)

• TC will reward excellent volunteers through various nominations and endorsements