IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 20081 IEEE Region 10 Meet 2 nd – 3 rd February 2008 @ Cambay Spa & Resort, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 2007 Special Project Coordinator

IEEE R10 ExCom Meeting 2008 1

IEEE Region 10 Meet2nd – 3rd February 2008

@ Cambay Spa & Resort, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

2007 Special Project Coordinator

Lance Fung

Chun Che Fung (Lance)

IEEE Region 10 Special Project Coordinator 2007-2008

Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Research)School of Information Technology, Faculty of Creative Technologies

and Media, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA PhD (AI in Electrical Power Eng) The University of Western AustraliaMEng (System Test Technology), BSc (Hon) (Maritime Technology)

University of Wales (UWIST), Cardiff, UKAdjunct Visiting Professor Rangsit University, Bangkok Thailand (2008)

Senior Member, IEEEChair, IEEE Computer Society, WA Section (2008)Membership Development, IEEE WA Section (2008)Research Interests: Intelligent Systems and Applications. Over 200

refereed publications


Outline

• Report on Activities and Expenses in 2007

• Goals, Activities and Budget for Year 2008


Special Projects are SPECIAL

• Learn from the past

• Recognise and record the special achievements

• Train a new generation of special leaders

• Encourage special ideas and initiatives for the future


Special Projects • Activities for 2007

– IEEE Region 10 History Project Development

– Section Congress 2008 Regional Coordinator

– Contributions to Region 10 Newsletters (March, July and September)

– Planning for Leadership and Training Workshop at 2008 R10 Meet


Region 10 History Project

• Web-based History Portal

• History of Region 10 Directors (Newsletter and Report – jointly with Dr Zia Ahmed)

• History of R10 Report (2009)


Region 10 History Portal

• Design and development of R10 History Portal by Dr Alex Chong, Ph.D. (Comp Sci), Bsc (Comp Sci) (Hons), Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist (SQL 2005), Microsoft® Certified Professional (.Net) and Associate Professor Ong Sing GOH

• URL: http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/history/ • Initial prototype demonstrated to Fanny and Prof

Lawrence Wong in August, 2007.• Outline of design concept given in September

Newsletter

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/history/

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/w_australia/history/history_browser.php


Data Management and technical aspects

• Portal developed with PHP and MySQL

• Written with Scripts

• Web-based and hosted at ewh.ieee.org

• Data in XML format

• Information arranged according to Section and Year


Design of Region 10 History Portal(Outlined in Sept 08 Newsletter)

• Three types of users:– General Public (anyone interested in

browsing and generate report from the information on the portal)

– Regular Admin (Person responsible for upkeep of information for individual section)

– Super User (Person who has overall access and control to all info, create and maintain accounts – APO, developer and History project coordinator)


Information for General Public

• View Events according to Section and Year

• Browsing Page

• Detail description

• Report Generation

• Committee Information


Detail Page

• By clicking any one of the events at the Browsing Page will lead to the Detailed Page.

• Information included:– Title– Date– Abstract– Description (Detailed)– Managing Unit– Documents (linked to source document)– Images (if any)


Admin Facilities

• Requires Log in• Different privilege levels for Regular Admin

(limited to section only) and Super User (access rights to whole portal)

• Change Password• Event Management• Committee Management• Add User (Super User only)


For Super Users Only

• User Management– Add– Edit– Reset Password


Status

• Final stage of portal development

• Testing and standardization of terms

• Avoid confusion

• Put in sample data and will provide Regular User Accounts to all sections after Region 10 Meet


2007 Expenses

• Budget USD2,500

• Payment for developer and assistant USD2,400


History of Region 10 DirectorsQuestions posted to past directors:a) What were the highlights or significant events during your

term of office as Region 10 Director? Please give us up-to 3 highlight/s events.

b) What advice or pointers do you have for our future leaders?

c) Would you like to share a couple of pictures taken during your term of office (if you should have any)?

d) Appreciate very much if you could also provide a more recent picture of yourself that we can post onto our Region 10 website and online newsletter : http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/


Number and Responses

• Sent out to 15 past directors

• Will be included in special sections in Newsletters and History Report


Region 10 History Report

1. To request write up from section/councils

2. Collect as much information from past regional directors and sections/councils as possible

3. Utilise information from R10 History Portal

4. Aimed to finalise in 2009


Section Congress 2008

• To be presented on 3rd Feb @ 0830-0845


Newsletter Contributions

• March 2007– Inauguration of Vietnam Section

• July 2007– Special Projects Update

– The Strategic IT Governance & Information Security Management Executives Workshop at Perth, Western Australia

• September 2007– Special Project on R10 History Portal


2008 Goals, Activities and Budget

• 2008 Goals– To launch R10 History Portal for data

collection– To prepare for release of the R10 History

report by 2009– To encourage active participation and follow

up of initiatives and lessons learnt from R10 Leadership Training and SC08.



• Planned 2008 Activities– Continuation of R10 History Portal Development– Data collection for compilation of R10 History Report– Dissemination of progress of R10 History portal and

relevant information via newsletter and emails– Work with APO to facilitate R10 committee members

to participate in SC08– To encourage sharing of lessons and best

practices from initiatives or ideas learnt from R10 Leadership Training and SC08.



• Deliverables– R10 Meet Leadership & Training Workshop– Launch of History Portal– Special Issue on History of R10 for

September ’08 Newsletter– Invitation to 3 sections to provide leading

examples and best practices– History report in 2009



• Timeline of History Project– Jan 08: R10 ExCom Mtg: presentation of update– Feb 08: R10 Meet

• Launch of History Portal• Request nomination of “historian” and submission of 1 page history• Invite sections to be part of pilot to provide samples of best

practices – Jul 08: One page history from section– Sep 08

• Special Issue on History of R10• Provision of best practices examples• Collection of Extended Details from Section

– March 09: Draft of History Report– July 09: Final Report


• 2008 Budget: USD 2,500– R10 History Portal

• USD 2,500 for ongoing development and maintenance

• Implementation of Backup and Security Procedure

– Incentive - Certificates and plaque for the most active contributors to R10 History Portal. (BIG and SMALL Sections)


What’s beyond the history project?

• IEEE R10 has to prepare for a new generation of DIGITAL NATIVES– Media and technology oriented– Demand democratic expressions– Social connected


What’s beyond the history project?

• Proposal for implementation of R10 Social Network using Web 2.0 technologies:– Photo Sharing (e.g. Flickr)– Video Sharing (e.g. YouTube)– Social Network (e.g. Facebook)– Knowledge sharing (e.g. Wiki)– Personal reflection (e.g. Blogs)


Thank you, all you special people for making your marks on IEEE History.