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IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Nomination
The Committee of the Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) of the IEEE CAS Society invites all Society’s Technical Committees Chairs and Board of Governors to nominate Distinguished Lecturers. Group of 2013-2014 DLs will be selected among the nominees. The nominations shall be received by no later than 30th September 2012.
Criteria for the Selection of Lecturers are available at the following URL: http://ieee-cas.org/education/inviting-a-speaker
Also, policies and procedures of the program are detailed at the following link: http://ieee-cas.org/about/policies-procedures
The term for each Distinguished Lecturer is two years, non-renewable. Currently all terms begin and end at the turn of a calendar year.
Please note that the DLP Chair will later contact all nominees asking for short CV, Lectures description, and slides samples.
The Nomination Form can be form online at http://ieee-cas.org/distinguished-lecturer-nomination
Mohamad Sawan, DLP Chair
IEEE CAS Society BoG Election - Please vote by 10 October 2012
Important information regarding the 2012 Circuits and Systems Society BoG election follows. The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Bylaws provide that five new members shall be elected annually to the Board of Governors. Biographical sketches of the 16 nominees submitted by the Nominations Committee are provided within the online voting site by clicking the icon next to the candidate’s name. In addition the biographical sketches for all of the candidates are available on the CAS website at http://ieee-cas.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CAS-BoG-Election-Bios-2013_2015.pdf
You will need your IEEE Account username/password to access the ballot and cast your vote. This is the same account information used to access IEEE online services such as renewing your membership, myIEEE, and Xplore. Note: If you have transitioned your username to email address, you must use your email address to sign in. It is recommended that you test your account access at www.ieee.org/myieee to avoid any potential problems with accessing your ballot. If you do not recall your IEEE Account information, you may go to: http://www.ieee.org/go/forgotUsernamePassword to recover. You may also email contactcenter@ieee.org or call +1 800 678 4333 (USA/Canada) or +1 732 981 0060 (Worldwide).
Use the URL below to access the ballot and cast your vote now. Please make sure that your pop up blocker is off.
https://eballot3.votenet.com/IEEE_SE
Please vote for NO MORE THAN FIVE candidates and also identify the IEEE region in which you reside in order for us to capture the demographic of the voting constituency. Voting must be completed no later than 10 October 2012. Any returns received after this date will not be counted. The online voting site will close at 4:00 pm Eastern Time.
If you have any questions about the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society voting process, please contact ieee-casvote@ieee.org or +1 732 562 3904.
Athanasios G. Stouraitis, CASS President