IEEE Region 10: Industry Liaison

Region 10 Industry Liaison Committee

Visions:

Promote IEEE activities of the industry.
Enhance academia-industry collaboration
Create benefits for academia-industry partnership to achieve innovations.
Recruit more members from industry

Activities:

IEEE Region 10 Historical Achievement Award
for outstanding technical achievement. (Nomination form; click here)
IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award
for outstanding academia-industry collaboration which has contributed to revolutionary technology progress. (Nomination form; click here)
MMI award: giving award to the section which has the most members from the industry. (Nomination form; click here)
MIMI award: giving award to the section, which has the most increasing members from the industry in one nearest year. (Nomination form; click here)

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IEEE Region 10 Historical Achievement Award &
IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award

The IEEE Region 10 has established the IEEE Region 10 Historical Achievement Award and IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award. The criteria of these awards are summarized as follows:

IEEE Region 10 Historical Achievement Award

The requirements for an achievement to be an IEEE Region 10 Historical Achievement Award are that not only it was performed in the field of electrical engineering and computing, but also

it must be at least 20 years,
it must have involved a unique solution to an engineering problem, and
it must have had at least regional impact.

This Award must be nominated and sponsored by an IEEE Region 10 Organization Unit (OU) - such as a Section, Society, or Chapter. A Nomination Form should be a detailed record of the historical significance of and evidence for the nominated award.

After recommendation by IEEE Region 10 Industry Liaison Committee and approval by the IEEE Region 10 ExCom, a bronze plaque commemorating the achievement would be placed at an appropriate site with an accompanying dedication ceremony.

The OU will take responsibility for organizing publicity, and plan & conduct a dedication ceremony. An IEEE Region 10 Officer can be available to attend the ceremony and represent the IEEE Region 10 ExCom.

A bronze plaque would be delivered to the OU within three months of placing the order. If an additional plaque is requested, the OU will pay the cost of the plaque. The plaque shall carry a citation of not more than 75 words describing the achievement that is being recognized. The plaque made from bronze metal, will be 45cm×30cm×3cm and weigh about 9 kg.

Call for Nominations: End of June
Nomination Deadline: End of September
Recipient Notified: End of March next year

IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award

The requirements for an academia-industry collaboration to receive an IEEE Region 10 Academia-Industry Partnership Award are that not only it was achieved in the field of electrical engineering and computing, but also

it must have accomplished a distinguished joint R&D project which contributed to an engineering innovation,
it must have implemented a new channel of academia-industry relationship by real time knowledge-sharing, and
it must have had at least regional impact.

This Award must be nominated and sponsored by an IEEE Region 10 OU. A Nomination Form should be a detailed record of the technological significance of and evidence for the nominated Award.

After recommendation by IEEE Region 10 Industry Liaison Committee and approval by IEEE Region 10 ExCom, a pair of plaques commemorating the achievement would be awarded to an academia-industry collaboration team.

An OU will take responsibility for organizing publicity and plan and conduct a dedication ceremony. An IEEE Region 10 Officer can be available to attend the ceremony and represent the IEEE Region 10 ExCom.

A pair of plaques will be delivered to the OU within three months of placing the order. If an additional plaque is requested, the OU will have to pay the cost of the plaque.

Call for Nominations: End of June
Nomination Deadline: End of August
Recipient Notified: End of December

The Industry Liaison Committee would like to encourage your Section and/or Chapters to nominate for the above two awards. Upon receiving the duly completed nomination form, the Industry Liaison Committee will review the nominated candidates for final approval.

We look forward to receiving your nominations.

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The Current Proportions of Academic and Industrial Members in
Each Section of IEEE Region 10

So far, there have been 56 sections and 65746 active members in IEEE Region 10. In the following table, we list the proportions of academic and industrial members in each section by analyzing members´ “mail addresses,” “affiliations,” and “work or school address lines” from their registration data. The IEEE Region 10 Industry Liaison office is constantly recruiting more members from academia and industries.

Section Name	ACT	Bangalore	Bangladesh	Beijing	Bombay
Total active members	389	3590	496	2856	4382
Academic members (%)	50.1	71.6	95.6	83.0	89.7
Industrial members (%)	49.9	28.4	4.4	17.0	10.3

Section Name	Calcutta	Changwon	Chengdu	Daejeon	Delhi
Total active members	1015	163	335	740	2384
Academic members (%)	80.7	84.0	87.5	72.8	82.8
Industrial members (%)	19.3	16.0	12.5	27.2	17.2

Section Name	Fukuoka	Gujarat	Harbin	Hiroshima	Hong Kong
Total active members	659	457	274	391	2284
Academic members (%)	81.0	80.7	90.1	86.7	47.2
Industrial members (%)	19.0	19.3	9.9	13.3	52.8

Section Name	Hyderabad	Indonesia	Islamabad	Kansai	Karachi
Total active members	2374	313	308	1954	452
Academic members (%)	85.1	78.0	88.3	61.1	91.8
Industrial members (%)	14.9	22.0	11.7	38.9	8.2

Section Name	Kerala	Kharagpur	Kwangju	Lahore	Macau
Total active members	2478	151	146	280	103
Academic members (%)	91.1	57.6	88.4	81.4	62.1
Industrial members (%)	8.9	42.4	11.6	18.6	37.9

Section Name	Madras	Malaysia	Nagoya	Nanjing	New South Wales
Total active members	6334	1514	1026	829	2179
Academic members (%)	92.1	74.4	68.1	89.5	40.9
Industrial members (%)	7.9	25.6	31.9	10.5	59.1

Section Name	Northern Australia	NZ Central	NZ North	NZ South	Philippines
Total active members	121	238	458	263	162
Academic members (%)	57.9	40.3	62.7	63.1	48.8
Industrial members (%)	42.1	59.7	37.3	36.9	51.2

Section Name	Queensland	Sapporo	Sendai	Seoul	Shanghai
Total active members	897	196	612	2087	589
Academic members (%)	47.6	91.3	83.8	71.3	68.1
Industrial members (%)	52.4	8.7	16.2	28.7	31.9

Section Name	Shikoku	Shin-etsu	Singapore	South Australia	Sri Lanka
Total active members	198	197	2531	487	414
Academic members (%)	90.9	66.5	62.7	39.8	51.7
Industrial members (%)	9.1	33.5	37.3	60.2	48.3

Section Name	Taegu	Tainan	Taipei	Thailand	Tokyo
Total active members	236	739	3068	500	7042
Academic members (%)	84.7	94.3	79.9	71.4	33.7
Industrial members (%)	15.3	5.7	20.1	28.6	66.3

Section Name	Uttar Pradesh	Victorian	Vietnam	Western Australia	Wuhan
Total active members	852	1584	54	715	243
Academic members (%)	84.4	47.9	77.8	50.8	91.8
Industrial members (%)	15.6	52.1	22.2	49.2	8.2

Section Name	Xian
Total active members	407
Academic members (%)	95.1
Industrial members (%)	4.9

(Last Revised on 31.7.2010)

Prof. Jhing-Fa Wan
Region 10 Industry Liaison Coordinator
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