STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

Servicesand Activities

Prof. Marzuki KhalidRegion 10 RSAC

marzuki@utmkl.utm.my

IEEE Region 10 MEETING

Chiang Mai 26-27 March 2006

IEEE Student Activities Mission

To provide undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in the Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering or related professions with opportunities for educational, technical and professional development, emphasizing the value of continuing IEEE membership.

There are over 1,434 IEEE Student Branches established at universities and colleges worldwide 382 Student Branch Chapters, 60 Women In Engineering Student Branch Affinity Groups (as of 31st Dec. 2005) .

Presentation Contents

Student Memberships in IEEE Activities and Services What a Student Branch can do?

Student Membership-Who Qualifies?

• Undergraduate or Graduate students

• 50% of a normal full-time course of study (for part-time studies)

• Electrical, electronics or computer engineering, computer sciences

• An allied branch of engineering, engineering technology or the related arts and science

• Students can join online with a credit card, self-certify they qualify for student membership, have instant access to online services with an IEEE web account

Summary on GSM GSM has been implemented finally

IEEE Database at HQ Level will be ready to categorize GSM status as of July 2006

GSM still pay students fee but will be eligible to vote (as of Sept. 2006)

GSM will be able to hold (volunteer position) office at Section and Chapter Level

SAC Committee proposes to have GRSR (Graduate Regional Student Rep at the Region Level - to be proposed at Fall SAC Mtg)

Student Membership Worldwide

Student membership summary• 73,870 Student members as of 31 December

2005• 27,844 US Student members• 36,016 non-US Student members• REGION 10: 20,843

IEEE Geographic Organization

Number of Student Branches according to Region

(as of 31 Dec 2005)

Region SBs SB Chapters WIE Af Gr

1 82 42 1

2 75 20 0

3 93 33 1

4 60 28 1

5 83 30 0

6 72 32 0

7 56 18 5

8 236 36 16

9 238 100 23

10 439 43 13

Top Ten SBs In Terms of Membership

(as of 31 Dec. 2005)

INT'L INST OF INFORMATION TECH – PUNE (Bombay, India) - 440

VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Madras) - 430

CRESCENT ENGRG COLLEGE (Madras) - 341

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (Taipei) – 197

KOREA ADVANCED INST OF SCIENCE & TECH (Seoul, Korea) - 186

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (Singapore) - 173

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECH – KARNATAKA (Bangalore) – 162

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (Singapore) – 159

KJ SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGRG (Bombay) – 157

USHA MITTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Bombay) -151

WHAT STUDENTS WANT?

IEEE Student Membership - Overall Value

Q2: Indicate how valuable IEEE membership is to you overall? (Base = “total” (2563) US (425), Canada (562), Region 8 (597), Region 9 (563), Region 10 (415), Under Grad (1559), Grad (968))

Two-thirds of Student members consider their IEEE membership to be valuable overall.

Those in Regions 9 and 10 were most likely to place high value on their membership.

Letters used to denote significant differences at the 95% level of confidence.

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Very Valuable (5) "Somewhat" Valuable (4)Neutral (3) "Somewhat" Not Valuable (2) Not at all Valuable (1)

66%Valuable

Overall Value

By Region

US (1-6) A

Canada (7) B

Region 8 C

Region 9 D

Region 10 E

By Current Status

Under Grad F

Grad G

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IEEE Student Membership - IEEE Top 3 Reasons For Joining

Student members are most likely to have been motivated by reasons directly impacting their academic work (up to date information and publications) or future career opportunities.

Benefits such as discounts, activities, and awards were far less likely to be among the top three reasons for Student members to join IEEE.

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Get the latest information on new technologies

Obtain IEEE publications

Enhance my future career opportunities/networking

Be a part of a well-respected organization in my field of interest

Access information that would be helpful in my coursework

Join IEEE societies

At the suggestion of a faculty member or other student

List my membership on my resume

Discounts

Participate in local and regional IEEE activities

Meet other students with similar interests

Have the opportunity to compete for awards and scholarships

Q1: Please indicate the top 3 reasons you joined the IEEE to : (Base = total (2563))

IEEE Student Membership - Whether Met Expectations

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8%

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Exceed Expectations Met Expectations Not Met Expectations

Q4: Would you say that your IEEE membership to date has exceeded, met, or not met your expectations? (Base = “total” (2563))

Consistent with the reasons students joined IEEE and how satisfied they are with IEEE’s performance in these areas, the vast majority of Student members say that their membership has met their expectations.

Those in Region 10 and Under grads are significantly more likely to say that their membership has not met their expectations.

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By Region

US (1-6) A

Canada (7) B

Region 8 C

Region 9 D

Region 10 E

By Current Status

Undergraduate F

Graduate G

IEEE Student Membership - Interest in Student Branch Activities

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29%

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Meetings with keynote speaker on technology

When asked which Student Branch activities they would be interested in attending, a majority expressed interest in attending meetings with keynote speakers on technology and/or local engineers.

Least appealing are these activities that would require Student Members to offer their assistance. Those in Region 9 and Canada as well as under grads are more likely to express interest in

attending.

Meetings with local engineers

Meetings to discuss career topics

Meetings with local IEEE members

IEEE student member social gatherings

Meetings with recent grads

Volunteering at local IEEE conference

Working with HS students

Recruiting new members to IEEE

None

Q12a: Please check the items that you personally would be interested in attending. (Base = “Total” (2575 ))

Student Branch Activities% Personally Interested in Attending

IEEE Student Membership - Top 3 Most Useful Products and Services

Q14: Please select the 3 products and services that are most useful to you.

Letters used to denote significant differences at the 95% level of confidence.

Networking opportunities

Student paper competitions and awards

Under Graduate

Graduate19%

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Society Products

IEEE Spectrum

Technical workshops/seminars

Professional Awareness Conference

IEEE. Org alias

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In comparing under grads to graduate students, under grads are more likely to value the IEEE Spectrum, technical workshops/seminars, and networking opportunities. Graduate students are more likely to consider Society products and professional awareness conferences to be most useful.

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Student Memberships in IEEE Activities and Services What a Student Branch can do?

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Student Memberships in IEEE Activities and Services What a Student Branch can do?

Student Activities

IEEE Student Concourse Web site www.ieee.org/students– lists all Student Branches,– awards and scholarships– Regional Student paper contest– Student Branch Web site contest– benefits of membership– how to join, renew and add services on the web?– Career and job resources

• Entity Web Hosting - Student Branches can get free web hosting at http://ewh.ieee.org

Major Activities/Awards of R10 Students

(Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each year)

[1] Student Paper Contests Deadline: 28th February

(1). Undergraduate Contest (2). Postgraduate Contest (All Prizes for both categories will be provided by HQ except for PG Contest Winner USD1,000 Travel Grant)

[2] Student Best Website Contest Deadline: 15th March Two Levels: Region 10 and All Regions Region 10 Level (Prizes awarded by Region 10)

[3] Larry K. Wilson Award (best volunteer of the year) Deadline: 28th February

[4] Regional Exemplary Branch Award (best Student Branch

of the year Deadline: 28th February

Other Awards/Activities (Details are given to each Section Chair and SB Chair each

year)

Outstanding Student Branch Counselor & Advisor Recognition Award - $500 and a certificate, applications to HQ. Deadline 30th May, 2004. [Submit nomination form to l.durrett@ieee.org]

AT&T Award - for a Technical project - run by a Branch, funding up to US$1000 - applications to HQ deadline - 1 November, 2004.

Outstanding Student Certificate - 1 award per 100 members in a Section, on request from a Section SAC to the HQ.

Leadership WorkshopsCan be organized by a Section or a Group of Student Branches. (Apply for partial supporting fund from RSAC)

Students Professional Awareness Activities S-PAC: Student Professional Awareness Conference S-PAVe: Student Professional Awareness Ventures

Student Branch Financial Support

Increased in 2004• $50.00 or $100.00 allotment

• sent to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual plan of activities due 1 November

• $50 for membership <50 and $100 for 50 or more

• $2.00 per Student Branch member rebate and $1.00 per Branch Chapter member

• sent to Student Branch Counselor upon receipt of annual report of activities due 1 May

• In addition to the direct support to Student Branches, Sections receive a $3.00 rebate for Student members in the Section

• At Region 10 each new SB gets a $50 subsidy upon approval and another $50 if it has more than 20 members in the second year

• In addition Region 10 provides a $1 rebate for each member in a SB (cheque send to Section)

Student Services Staff

• Laura Durrett - Manager, Student Services• l.durrett@ieee.org

• Christine Eldridge - Administrative Assistant• c.eldridge@ieee.org

• Barbara Koenig - Staff Assistant• b.koenig@ieee.org• student-services@ieee.org• REGION 10• RSAC:marzuki@utmkl.utm.my [Marzuki]• RSR: kkun81@ff.f.dendai.ac.jp [Kazuyuki]• http://www.cairo.utm.my/r10students/

R10Website Contest 2006 At first 23 SBs submitted their intention to participate in the

Website Contest 2006

Eventually 19 submitted their URLs: India-14 Pakistan-2 Australia-1 NZ-1 Malaysia-1

Current Status – Reviewing Process at the Region 10 Level by 6 Judges

Results will be known by 15 April 2006

Top two from R10 will vie for the Inter-Regional Website Contest

IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor Award

10 Nominations: R3 (2), R4 (1), R7 (1), R8 (1), R9 (2), and R10 (3)

3 From Region 10 Dr. S. Balakrishnan (Mepco, India) Mohd. Amran Mohd. Radzi (Malaysia) Nisha Kuruvilla (Chengannur, India)

Winner will receive Prize Money (USD500 + Customized Cert + USD200 to SB)

Current Status – Reviewing Process

Results will be out by end of April 2006

New Activities for Students Coming Up!

DC Exemplary Students Activity Award RAB approved this Award in the Nov. RAB meeting First Submission: February 2006 This Award will be given to any Activity organized by any IEEE

Student Branch that is deemed beneficial or successful Criteria will be out soon Awards in the form of Plaque categorized as Platinum, Gold, Silver

or Bronze Also will be advertised in Virtual Hall of Fame on Student

Concourse Judges: Current and Past SAC Committee No limit to number of Awards Submit to getplatinum@ieee.org Criteria already available now

IEEEXtreme Programming Contest RAB has approved the Concept (USD20k approved) Global 24-Hour Programming Contest Open to a Group of 3 or 4 students (all must be IEEE Student

Members) Teams should register before a certain deadline Judging – Partly Automated Branch Counselor to certify Topics will be given online at 0 hour Prestigious

Significant publicity in promotion of event Significant publicity in presenting the Award

Many students will want to participate

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Student Memberships in IEEE Activities and Services What a Student Branch can do?

Organize a Proper Role for

Each Office Bearer:

STUDENT STUDENT BRANCHBRANCH

•ChairChair•Vice ChairVice Chair•SecretarySecretary•TreasurerTreasurer•Committee Member Committee Member

11•Committee Member Committee Member

22•Committee Member Committee Member

33•Committee Member Committee Member

44•Committee Member Committee Member

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Website

Membership Dev.

Contests/Awards

e-Newsletter

Special Projects

Industry Relations

Plan your SB strategically

Should organize a Strategic Should organize a Strategic

Planning Session to plan the Planning Session to plan the

following:following:• Long Term Plan (Up to 5 years)Long Term Plan (Up to 5 years)• Short Term Plan (Up to 2 yearsShort Term Plan (Up to 2 years• Necessary ActivitiesNecessary Activities

Important Points to look at in Long Term Plan

SOME EXAMPLE OF ACTIVITIES: Membership Dev. Activities GOLD + Affinity Programs Industry – University Projects / Events Community Projects with Schools Organize a Student Congress/ Conference/Exhibition at the

Regional/International level

Short Term Plan (Up to 2 yrs) / Annual

Organize a Students Career Fair Organize a Training Workshop/Class

MATLAB V.C ++, VB, etc. Flash, Dot-net, etc.

Leadership Workshop (organize together with other SBs) Technical Lectures/Talks:

Project Management (E.g. Research Methodology) How to carry out FYP effectively? Anything On Latest Technology

Annual Sports Activities (Eg. M’sia-S’pore, or within Sections) Annual Academic Contests/Awards (involvement of Faculty) Extra Website Contest Sharing of Websites – Technical Discussions/Chat, Exchange of

Information/Papers/Lecture notes, Source-codes, etc…

IEEE STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

R10 SAC COMMITTEE

Thank you for your Attention!