IEEE Standards Focus

 
July 2008
  

News Notes
IEEE China Office Inaugurated
The official inauguration of the IEEE China office in Beijing took place 21 January. In attendance were more than 150 representatives from industry, academe, government and IEEE. Local dignitaries included Kai-Fu Lee, Vice President, Google (IEEE Fellow); Yaqin Zhang, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft (IEEE Fellow); Yanchang Lu, vice president of the China Association for Science and Technology; Shang Yong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology; and Wu Hequan, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Ning Hua, Director of the IEEE China Office, played an important role in helping the CAG set up many of its recent activities in China, including three training seminars covering the international standardization process.

Corporate Standards Projects Going To Ballot:

  • IEEE P1149.7 - Standard for Reduced-Pin and Enhanced-Functionality Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture
  • IEEE P1800 - Standard for SystemVerilog Unified Hardware Design, Specification and Verification Language
  • IEEE P1801 - Standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits
  • IEEE P1902.1 - IEEE Standard for Long Wavelength Wireless Network Protocol
  • IEEE P1450.6.1 - Standard for Describing On-Chip Scan Compression
  • IEEE P1685 - IP-XACT, Standard Structure for Packaging, Integrating and Re-using IP within Tool-flows
Stay tuned for information and announcements about these upcoming ballots.

Upcoming CAG Meetings:

The Corporate Advisory Group has scheduled the following meetings in 2008:
  • 21-22 August 2008 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It will be hosted by Nortel.
  • 4-5 December, 2008 in Delray Beach, Florida, USA. Co-located with the IEEE-SA governance meeting series.
Plus, start planning now for the following 2009 meetings:
  • Week of 2 March 2009 – India
  • Week of 1 June 2009 –  Brittany, France
  • Week of 10 August 2009 – China
  • December 2009 – Florida, USA
Please email for information on meeting agendas or attending these meetings.

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Hundreds Attend First CAG Seminar in Japan

More than 250 people attended "Global Standards: Local Benefits," a one-day seminar organized by the IEEE-SA Corporate Activity Group (CAG). It was held on Wednesday, 14 May, at the global headquarters of Sony Corporation in Tokyo. The event attracted engineers and executives from the city and surrounding areas.

"We were overdue in doing an event in Japan," said CAG member James Williamson of Sony. "It went flawlessly."

The seminar opened with a welcome keynote from Sony's Keiji Kimura, EVP, Corporate Executive Officer, Officer in Charge of Technology Strategies, Intellectual Property and Electronics Business Strategies, Sony Corporation. This was followed by presentations from the Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

Later, Dr. W. Charlton Adams, Jr., President-Elect of IEEE-SA, provided an introduction to IEEE-SA, while Steven M. Mills, Chair of the CAG, followed with a look at IEEE-SA's IPR policy. CAG members Dr. Bilel Jamoussi and Dennis B. Brophy discussed the IEEE-SA Corporate Program and provided examples of the IEEE-SA entity standards development process.
The seminar also included a full afternoon of technical sessions, including presentations on battery standards, power line communications, cognitive radio standards, WiMAX and other topics.

"It was a very good event," said Brophy, who also serves as vice-chair of the IEEE-SA CAG. "I think it was a great introduction to the Standards Association for the Japanese community, and a chance for us to share the advancements we're making in the standards process at IEEE by developing the Corporate Program. We've had success with specific projects that the Japanese companies and community have participated in and demonstrated how the corporate program can be used to create market-driven and market-relevant standards."

The seminar was followed by a series of nine outreach meetings to Japanese ministries, associations and trade organizations. They included the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), Information Technology Standards Commission of Japan, and Nippon Keidanren, as well as the MIC and METI ministries.

"It was a pleasure to meet with everyone at our outreaches," said Brophy. "We were impressed by the openness and candor with everyone we met with, and we look forward to ongoing discussions on how we can forge the development of more standards with the Japanese community."

"I think it was a very productive trip for IEEE," said Williamson, "in that Japan is a developed country with a lot of companies. It's tailor-made for the Corporate Program. We plan to further solidify the overtures that were made over there and improve the membership of the Corporate Program."


Masao Matsumoto Steve Mills Kyoich Hirota
Masao Matsumoto
Steve Mills
Kyoichi Hirota

Chuck Adams Kenji Kimura
Chuck Adams
Kenji Kimura

 

Call for Candidates

Want to play a greater role in shaping the IEEE-SA Corporate Program? Now's your chance. The Nominations and Appointments Committee of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors is currently seeking candidates to serve on the 2009-2010 CAG.

There are six member-at-large positions available. Positions start in January 2009 and serve through the end of 2010.
In order to serve on the CAG, the following qualifications must be met.
  • The time commitment is four meetings in 2009, most of which involve international travel. Four meetings will also be held in 2010, some of which will involve international travel.
  • Your company must be a corporate member of the IEEE-SA (or willing to join) and have paid the appropriate membership dues.
  • Attendance is expected at all meetings, with the possibility of participation on additional conference calls, if needed.
  • Members must have an email address, web access, a laptop computer and a wireless card to bring to meetings.

These are non-funded positions. Members are expected to fund their own travel.

If you would like to be considered for the 2009-2010 IEEE-SA CAG, please provide a brief, one-page bio with contact information to Rona Gertz.


IEEE Signs MOUs with Israeli & South African Standards Bureaus

IEEE-SA has signed memoranda of understanding with two national standards boards, the Standards Institution of Israel (SII) and the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). The MOUs encourage IEEE-SA and the two organizations to share knowledge of each group's standards development activities and avoid technical duplication whenever possible.

"This agreement will allow us to use the IEEE-SA brand to strengthen the Israel national standards system," said Doran Tamir, SII Director General. The focus of the SII MOU is to link specific Israeli industry leaders, stakeholders and technical experts with IEEE’s technical standards committees to drive increased participation and knowledge sharing, as well as to promote the relevance of IEEE standards to Israeli regulatory needs.

"Our agreement will promote greater South African involvement in the IEEE standards development process," said Dr. G.R. Visser, Standards Executive, SABS, "and promote our nation's acceptance and use of IEEE standards."

"These new relationships will help to continue the international usage of vital IEEE standards and enhance interoperability of devices using these standards," said Terry deCourcelle, IEEE-SA Director, International Standards Programs. The MOUs are each effective for two years.


New Benefits for IEEE-SA Corporate Members

IEEE-SA Corporate Members now have access to agendas, minutes, and key presentations from past CAG meetings through a password-protected, members-only site.

In addition, members have also been given exclusive access to the presentations, speaker bios and other information from the four CAG outreach seminars conducted since 2005, including this year's event in Japan.

To access, the Corporate Advisory Group private pages, visit the CAG Meetings page and click on the "CAG and Corporate Members Only" link. You will need your Corporate Membership username and password to access the files.

To access the CAG outreach seminar files, visit the following pages. Use your username and password to access the individual files.

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