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The
goal of the Biomedical Circuits and Systems (BioCAS)
Technical Committee is to foster research, development, education and
industrial dissemination of knowledge relating to the emerging field of
microelectronics and nanotechnology in biological and medical applications.
The activity is genuinely multidisciplinary, drawing upon knowledge and
expertise from fields such as lifesciences,
medicine, nanotechnology, in addition to areas more traditionally
associated with the CAS society such as analog and digital circuits and
systems.
Membership
Membership
of the BioCAS Technical Committee is open to any
IEEE member. Membership is approved by a majority of active members present
at any of the Committee's general meetings. Membership is by recommendation
and by majority vote of the members present at a meeting. A member is
removed from the committee if he/she does not attend three consecutive
annual committee meetings. Members are expected to participate in the
review process of the CAS sponsored conferences.
At any time, the Committee shall have four officers: the Chair, the
Secretary, the Vice-hair and the Past Chair. All officers serve two-year
terms.
Meetings
The annual meeting
of the committee will be held at the International Symposium of Circuits
and Systems (ISCAS). Any business requiring Committee approval will be
transacted at the annual meeting. Outside of the annual meeting, the three Officers
can, upon a majority vote, undertake unplanned business on behalf of the
Committee, provided that these activities do not require formal committee
approval and that they be reported to the Committee at the next meeting.
Duties and Election
of Officers
Chair
The Chair presides over committee meetings and is responsible
for all interactions with the CAS Society. With the assistance of the
Secretary, he/she is responsible for reporting the activities of the
Committee to the CAS Board of Governors on a timely basis. The Chair is
also responsible for recommending Associate Editors for the CAS
Transactions.
The Chair is not directly elected, but assumes the
chairmanship immediately after the ISCAS following his/her two-year term as
Vice-chair. The Chair must be a member of both the Committee and of the
Circuits and Systems Society. The Chair serves a two-year term.
Past Chair
The Past Chair is
responsible for organizing any and all BioCAS
Technical Committee-sponsored special sessions and workshops at ISCAS.
He/She is also responsible for assisting the Chair in transacting the
business of the committee.
The Past Chair is
not directly elected, but assumes his/her position immediately after the
ISCAS following his/her two-year term as Chair. The Past Chair must be a
member of both the Committee and of the Circuits and Systems Society. The
Past Chair serves a two-year term.
Vice-chair
The Vice-chair is
responsible for organizing any and all BioCAS
Technical Committee-sponsored special sessions and workshops at ISCAS.
He/She is also responsible for assisting the Chair in transacting the
business of the committee.
The Vice-chair will
be elected by majority vote of the members of the Committee present at the
annual meeting falling in the first year of the term of the current chair.
The Vice-chair must be a member of the Committee and of the Circuits and
Systems Society. He/She assumes the Vice-chair position immediately after
the ISCAS of his/her election and serves a two-year term. The Vice-chair
assumes the chairmanship of the Committee after the ISCAS following his/her
two-year term.
Secretary
The Secretary, who
will also act as the Treasurer for the Technical Committee, will record the
minutes of the yearly meeting and maintain the roll of the committee. The
Secretary will be the contact point for the Committee's nominations for CAS
Society awards and for nominating transactions papers in the field of
Biomedical Circuits and Systems for the Best Paper Awards.
The Secretary will
be elected by the membership of the Committee present at the annual meeting
falling in the second year of the term of the current Secretary. He/She
will serve for a two -year term commencing immediately after the ISCAS of
his/her election. The Secretary must be a member of both the BioCAS Technical Committee and the Circuits and Systems
Society.
Activities
The Committee will
be responsible for nominating individuals for the various CAS society
Awards, and for nominating deserving papers in the area of BioCAS for each of the CAS Society's Best Paper Awards.
Every active Committee member will be solicited by the Secretary to submit
potential nominees. The Officers will decide the names to be submitted to
the CAS Award Committees from the names submitted by the members.
The Committee will
aim at organizing a special session and/or workshop at each ISCAS. The
Vice-Chair or Past Chair will be responsible for organizing this activity
at the ISCAS following the annual meeting where he/she assume his/her
position. The Chair is expected to assist in the organization, but final
responsibility lies with the Vice-Chair or Past Chair.
The Committee will
recommend new Associate Editors for the Transactions of the Society in the
fields relating to BioCAS to the Editorial Board
of the CAS Society. The Committee will accept nominations for these
positions and review them at an annual meeting preceding the term of the
incoming editors. The Chair will be responsible for learning when each
Editorial Board will be formed and for soliciting nominations from the
Committee membership in a timely manner.
The Committee may
engage in other activities such as editing reprint books, the organizing of
special issues of an IEEE publication, workshops, conferences, and other
publication activities in the area of BioCAS.
Amendments
Future amendments to
these bylaws will be by a majority vote from the Committee members present
at an annual meeting or from majority of the members at large through mail.
Any bylaw amendment can be introduced at the Committee meeting, provided
that at least one of the three Officers has been notified at least one
month prior to the Committee meeting. Approval by the three Officers is not
necessary, but notification is required. An approved amendment will take
effect the day following the conclusion of the annual meeting where it was
approved.
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