Minutes of the SSTC Meeting at ISCAS 2001
Sydney, Australia
May 7, 2001
1. Approval of Current Agenda
The meeting was opened for business at approximately 12:30 on May 7, 2001. The agenda was approved as written.
2. Introduction of Members and Attendees
The following people were present at the meeting:
M. Ahmadi, University of Windsor, ahmadi@uwindsor.ca
A. Hodge, NIST / University of Maryland at College Park, amhodge@glue.umd.edu and angela.hodge@nist.gov
M. Zaghloul, George Washington University, zaghloul@seas.gwu.edu
R. Etienne-Cummings, Johns Hopkins University, retienne@jhu.edu
C. J. Kuo, National Chung Cheng University, kuo@ee.ccu.edu.tw
G. Barrows, Centeye, Inc., geof@centeye.com
R. W. Newcomb, University of Maryland at College Park, newcomb@eng.umd.edu
T. Roska, Pazmany University, roska@sztaki.hu
Andre Van Schaik, Sydney University, andre@ee.usyd.edu.au
3. State of the Sensors and MEMS TC
For the ISCAS 2001 conference, the Sensors and MEMS track contained two regular sessions and two special sessions. Other than the organization of the ISCAS 2001 conference, there were no other significant accomplishments of the TC. Concern was expressed at the low activity level of the TC, relative to other CAS TCs. A number of possibilities (listed below in item #6) were expressed by the attendees.
4. Need to draft bylaws
It was discussed that the TC was currently operating without bylaws, which is unacceptable. It was moved and approved that the TC shall have a completed and approved set of bylaws within two months of the current date, preferably earlier. G. Barrows and R. Etienne-Cummings were assigned primary responsibility for this task.
5. Preliminary planning for ISCAS 2002
It was discussed that the TC should begin preparations for the upcoming ISCAS 2002 conference, to be held in Phoenix, Arizona USA, in May of 2002. It was agreed by the meeting attendees that the TC should set as a goal for the Sensors and MEMS track to have at least five sessions in addition to at least two special sessions. R. Etienne-Cummings and G. Barrows agreed to organize one special session. M. Zaghloul and A. Ahmadi agreed to organize another. It was also agreed by the meeting attendees that the TC should set as a goal to have 30 to 35 members by the time of this meeting.
6. Possible technical activities - discussion
A number of ideas were discussed on new technical activities that could be pursued by TC members. This includes:
Workshops: There is funding within the CAS budget set aside to help pay for workshops relevant to CAS. These monies could be used to fund a well-defined workshop to further the aims of the Sensors and MEMS TC, including by establishing links between the TC and complementary groups within other professional organizations (not limited to IEEE).
Outreach to non-CAS organizations: Members of the TC could establish connections with other sensors-related societies and conferences, especially that of the Hilton Head Sensors conference. These organizations should be made aware that the Sensors and MEMS TC exists. The members of the TC together have connections with a wide variety of organizations, both private and public, that would have an interest in TC activities.
Interactions with complementary CAS organizations: The interests of the TC are complementary with that of other CAS technical committees. For example, cellular nonlinear networks (CNN) and artificial neural network (ANN) techniques can be used to implement processing within smart sensors. Relationships with these and other technical committees should be explored through activities such as co-sponsoring workshops, special sessions, and journal special issues, participating in conferences, as well as other initiatives.
Special Issues: The TC could organize a special issue of TCAS (Transactions on Circuits and Systems) on sensors and MEMS for sensors.
Benchmarking Papers: The TC should assemble a set of papers that it believes represents the highlight technical achievements in areas relevant to the TC.
Web Site: The TC should put together a web site that describes TC activities and contains technical material to introduce new members to the Sensors and MEMS fields.
Continuing Education: The TC could put together a package of information comprising papers, viewgraphs, and summaries that could be used to educate interested professionals in the art.
Interactions with Industry: Because sensors serve as an interface between the physical real world and an engineered system, this TC has, perhaps, a greater element of practicality than that of the other TCs. This TC should therefore invite industry to participate in its activities.
It was unanimously approved that the TC should construct, within two months of the meeting date, a proposed list of activities for the upcoming year.
Members of the TC were invited to participate in the upcoming Biannual CNN conference.
7. Other business
None.
9. Adjourn
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