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IEEE CASS Awards 2013
The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society’s annual awards program recognizes members’ achievements in education, industry, technological innovation and services. The following are the recipients for the 2013 CASS Awards:
Technical Field Awards
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award
Sanjit K. Mitra
For fundamental contributions to filter design and signal processing
Society Awards
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award
Eby G. Friedman
For technical leadership in circuit and Interconnect design techniques and methodologies in clock, power, and signal delivery for two- and three-dimensional integrated design
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Mac Van Valkenburg Award
Franco Maloberti
For capability to harmonize research on advanced analog and mixed integrated circuit design with future industrial needs
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Mac Van Valkenburg Award
Tamas Roska
For seminal contribution to the realizability of Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Cellular Nonlinear Network (CNN) dynamics through a seminal theorem, and extension of the class of CNN, and fundamental contribution to the establishment of a spatial-temporal, stored programmable computing and computer paradigm based on the CNN universal machine.
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Vitoid Belevitch Award
Alan N. Wilson, Jr
For fundamental research contributions to theory and design of electrical circuits and systems, and for contributions to engineering education and for the impact of these contributions to the electronics industry.
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Meritorious Service Award
Gianluca Setti
For extraordinary leadership in improving timeliness, technical quality, and the reputations of IEEE CASS Publications
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Meritorious Service Award
Tor Sverre Lande
For outstanding contributions to the Circuits and Systems Society through initiations in the emerging area of Biomedical Circuits and Systems
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Education Award
Luiz P. Caloba
For contributions to electrical engineering education in Brazil and to the innovative application of modern signal processing techniques to active filter design, instrumentation for nuclear physics, and neural networks
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Industrial Pioneer Award
Rajiv V. Joshi
For pioneering contributions to VLSI memory design and technology
Best Paper Awards
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
2013 Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award
Mauro Mangia, Riccardo Rovatti, Gianluca Setti
For the paper entitled “Rakeness in the Design of Analog-to-Information Conversion of Sparse and Localized Signals,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System I: Regular Papers, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1001–1014, May 2012
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Outstanding Young Author Award
Yang Zhao
For the paper entitled “Optimization Techniques for the Synchronization of Concurrent Fluidic Operations in Pin-Constrained Digital Microfluidic Biochips,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1132–1145, June 2012 (with K. Chakrabarty, R. Sturmer, V.K. Pamula)
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 BioCAS Transactions Best Paper Award
Reid R. Harrison, Haleh Fotowat, Raymond W.M. Chan, Ryan J. Kier, Robert Olberg, Anthony Leonardo, Fabrizio Gabbiani
For the paper entitled “Wireless Neural/EMG Telemetry Systems for Small Freely Moving Animals,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 103–111, April 2011
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 SCVT Transactions Best Paper Award
Gary J. Sullivan, Jens-Rainer Ohm, Woo-Jin Han, Thomas Wiegand
For the paper entitled “Overview of the High Efficiency Circuits and Systems for Video Technology,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1649–1668, December 2013
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 VLSI Transactions Best Paper Award
Jing Li, Patrick Ndai, Ashish Goel, Sayeef Salahuddin, Kaushik Roy
For the paper entitled “Design Paradigm for Robust Spin-Torque Transfer Magnetic RAM (STT MRAM) from Circuit/Architecture Perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 18, no.12, pp. 1710–1723, December 2010
CAS Society Student Recognition
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2012 Pre-Doctoral Scholarship 2
Meisam Honarvar Nazari
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Pre-Doctoral Scholarship 2
Sewook Hwang
Regional Awards
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Chapter of the Year Award
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Seoul Chapter
Myong Hoon Sunwoo, Chapter Chair
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Regions 1-7 Chapter of the Year Award
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Ottawa Chapter
Ramachandra Achar, Chapter Chair
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Region 9 Chapter of the Year Award
Chapter Rio Grande do Sul
Ricardo Reis, Chapter Chair
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
2013 Region 10 Chapter of the Year Award
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Tainan Chapter
Chung-Ho Chen, 2012 Chapter Chair

Call for Proposals ISCAS 2017
The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) is soliciting proposals for the organization of its flagship conference, the International Symposium for Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) in the year 2017.
According to the established regional rotation schedule, ISCAS 2017 is open for bids from the Americas (region 1-7 and region 9).
Proposals should be submitted electronically to Tor Sverre Lande, IEEE CASS Vice-President for Conferences, at bassen@ifi.uio.no with a copy to Heidi Zazza, IEEE CASS Executive Director, at h.zazza@ieee.org. The deadline for submission is April 26, 2013.
Proposal requirements and guidelines are specified as ISACS resources on the IEEE Circuits and Systems web-page: http://ieee-cas.org/conferences/guidelines-to-iscas-organizers. Please carefully comply to all requirements. For additional information please contact CAS on the above e-mails.
Tor Sverre Lande
CASS Vice President for Publications
CASS Call for BoG Nominations 2014-2016
Dear CAS Society Member:
Each year, the members of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) elect new Governors to serve the Society starting at the beginning of the following year. I am calling on you now to nominate candidates for this year’s Board of Governors elections.
CASS is a volunteer-based organization. It is essential that we elect energetic and engaged leaders who will organize activities that will meet your needs and who will guide our Society into the future. As a CASS member, you are in an excellent position to know the strengths of your fellow members and how they can best serve our Society.
As you consider potential nominees, please give specific consideration to those CASS members who are Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) members. GOLD members are those who have received their first professional degree within the last ten years. CASS, in concert with efforts by IEEE, is very interested in improving participation by these recent graduates. Please identify them in your nomination process.
Board of Governors
Five members of the CAS Society are elected each year by the Society membership at large to serve three-year terms on the Board of Governors. The four candidates receiving the largest number of votes are declared elected. If no GOLD candidate is among the four receiving the largest number of votes, the candidate from the GOLD seat nominations receiving the largest number of votes is declared elected. Otherwise, the candidate receiving the fifth largest number of votes is declared elected.
According to CAS bylaws, the CAS BoG must have at least one member from each region (R1-7, R8, R9, and R10). Based on the current BoG membership, all regions will be represented in 2014.
The Board of Governors represents the members of the Society and approves the Society’s annual budget and amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws, elects Society Officers, and authorizes the expenditure of Society funds. Members of the Board of Governors are expected to attend two annual meetings, one in the spring and one in the fall. Eligibility criteria, stated briefly in the CAS Society Bylaws at the end of Article III, Section 3.1, is: the nominee is an IEEE and Society member in good standing for at least 2 years and meets all other requirements of the Constitution and these Bylaws.
Complete Board of Governors nominations must be received at IEEE Headquarters by close of business (5:00 pm EDT) on July 19, 2013 in order to be considered.
Nomination Process
Candidates are added to the slate in two ways:
(1) One process is to be nominated by petition. The IEEE rule regarding the nomination petition process states: “For all positions where the electorate is less than 30,000 voting members, signatures shall be required from 2% of the eligible voters.” “The number of signatures required on a petition shall depend on the number of eligible voters, as listed in the official IEEE membership records, at the end of the year preceding the election”
For CASS in 2013, this implies that we need 194 signatures on a petition for a candidate to be automatically placed on the election ballot. Note: Signatures from student members and affiliate members are not allowed. Graduate student members are eligible to sign a petition as well as vote in the election.
In order to accommodate the petitioning process, IEEE has established a web-based petitioning system that will automatically authenticate petition “signatures.” The web address will be provided at a later date. According to IEEE rules, a candidate with a valid nomination by petition is guaranteed to be on the ballot.
(2) The second process involves the Nominations Committee, which may also place candidates on the ballot at its discretion.
Nominators should indicate if the name of the nominated candidate is to be placed on the petition site for collecting petitions and/or if the nomination is meant for consideration by the Nominations Committee.
Nomination Documents
A complete nomination must include
(1) Nomination Form
(2) Candidate Position Statement
(3) Candidate Biography
(4) Candidate Photo
(1) A completed Nomination Form is required. Eligibility criteria, stated briefly in the CAS Society Bylaws at the end of Article III, Section 3.1, is: the nominee is an IEEE and Society member in good standing for at least 2 years and meets all other requirements of the Constitution and these Bylaws.
(2) Candidate Position Statement. The candidate’s position statement is limited to 700 words. In addition, the position statement should include answers to the following five questions. (Each answer is limited to 100 words)
- What are in your opinion the three most important services that CASS should provide to its membership?
- Mention one large long-term initiative that CASS should undertake in the next two years and that you would help to establish if elected.
- Mention three ways for CASS to reach to young CASS members (students and recent graduates) so that they retain their membership after graduation.
- Mention three ways for CASS to reach/serve members from industry.
- What is in your opinion the single biggest challenge for our human society today and how can the field of Circuits and Systems help to address it?
(3) Candidate Biography. The candidate’s biography should be limited to 350 words
(4) An electronic photograph should be included
Nomination Submission
The Nomination Form, Biography, Candidate Position Statement and Photo must be submitted through the CAS Web Site.
The Nominations Committee greatly encourages you to recommend suitable candidates for these elections. Our strength as a society is not only in our engineering expertise, but also in our societal spirit including the sharing of information with each other. This we can do best when we have a strong organization with engaged members.
Sincerely,
Mani Soma
Chair, 2013 Nominations Committee
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society