IEEE Activities (S'70-M'76-SM'82-F'92)

OFFICES: Vice President, Regional Activities, 1994-95; Board of Directors, 1992-95; Executive Committee, 1994-95; Region 7 Director, 1992-93

COMMITTEES/BOARD: IEEE Honorary Member Selection Committee, 2006-; IEEE Teaching Awards Committee Member 2006-07, Chair 2007-08; IEEE Student Activities Committee (TAB Representative), 2006; IEEE Spectrum Editorial Board 2005-06; Strategic Planning Committee, 2002-; Meeting and Services Committee Chair, 2001-02; Evolutionary Task Force Committee, 1998; Corporate Communications Advisory, 1995; Audit Committee, 1992-93;Technical Activities Board, 2000-02; Publications, Products and Services Board Wireless Periodical Working Group, 2000-01; Regional Activities Board: Chair-N&A Committee, 1997; Chair. 1994-95; Executive Committee, 1994-95; Finance, 1994-95; Advisory Committee, 1992-95; Regional Activities Board, 1992-95; RAB/TAB Transnational Committee, 1992-95; RAB Regional Conferences Committee, 1991; Educational Activities Board, 1992-93;

REGIONS: Region 7: IEEE Canada Foundation Member 2004-06; IEEE Canada Audit Committee Member 2005, Chair 2006; Conference Advisory Committee Chair, 2002-; Committee Member, 1998-02, 1986-93, 1980-81; Awards and Recognition Committee Chair, 1999-01, 2003-2006; Executive Committee 1988-94; Committee Chair, 1992-93; Western Canada Council Chair, 1988-90;

SOCIETIES:
Communications Society: Director of Journals, 2010-; Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2007-2009; Nomination and Election Committee, 2005-2006; Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2004-; Member-at-large, 2002-04; Operations Committee, 2002-2004; Editor, IEEE Trans. on Communications, 2001-03; Editor, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 2001-06; Conference, 1995-96; Distinguished Speaker, 1995-; North America Conference Board, 1998-99; Chair-Steering Committee on Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 1997-99;

Information Theory Society: Distinguished Speaker, 1996-; Board of Governors, 1992-02; President, 2000; Shannon Award Committee Chair, 2000; Membership and Chapters Chair, 1998;

SECTIONS: Victoria: Section Chair, 1998-99,1986-87;

Montreal: Section Chair, 1981-82; "Current Phase Courante" Editor/Editeur, 1977-78; Secretary, 1976-77;

CHAPTERS: Victoria, Section Computer Chapter Chair, 2000-; Montreal Section Information Theory Chapter, 1982-83; Montreal Section Communications Chapter Chair, 1976-77;

STUDENT BRANHCES: Concordia University Counselor, 1976-78;

CONFERENCES: Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE’07), General Chair; Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC’06) TPC; International Conference on Communications (ICC’06) TPC; Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2002) Chair, 2002; International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (ICPWC): Co-Chair, 1999 and 2000; Co-Chair and TPC Chair, 1997; Co-Chair and TPC Chair, 1996; Co-Founder and TPC Chair, 1994; International Conference on Communications (ICC'99) TPC Chair, 1999; Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing: Chair, 1999; Chair and TOC Chair, 1997; TPC Chair, 1989; Founding Chair, 1987; International Symposium on Information Theory and ITS Applications (ISITA'96),1996; International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT): Co-Chair, 1995; Vice Chair and Chair-Local Arrangements, 1983; Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE): TPC Chair, 1989,1993; Founding Chair & TPC Chair, 1988;

IEEE AWARDS: IEEE Canada's Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, 2010; IEEE Canada’s Fessenden Medal, 2007; IEEE ComSoc TCPC Recognition Award, 2006; IEEE Victoria Section’s establishment of three scholarships named as IEEE Pacific Rim Vijay Bhargava Scholarships, 2006; IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Avant Garde Award, 2004; Graduate Teaching Award, 2002; Third Millennium Meal, 2000; Harden Pratt Award, 1999; RAB Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award, 1996; IEEE Canada's McNaughton Gold Medal, 1995; IEEE Fellow, 1992; Centennial Medal, 1984; Best Chapter Chair Award, Montreal Section, 1977.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PREVIOUS IEEE POSITIONS:

1. Played a major role in establishing the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).

2. While serving as President of the IEEE Information Theory Society, worked on the establishment of Shannon Park in Gaylord Michigan, the town where Claude Shannon spend the first sixteen years of his life. A statue commissioned by the Society was presented to the city. It was unveiled on October 6, 2000. Shannon, the father of Information Theory is one of the people most responsible for ushering in the digital age.

3. While serving as VP RAB (now MGA), worked with the board to develop Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) to help young professionals to transition from being a student to entering the professional world.

4. Assisted IEEE Presidents Troy Nagle and Thomas Cain in negotiating sister society agreements in India, Japan and Russia.

5. While serving as Director of Region 7, initiated negotiations that lead to the creation of IEEE Canada and to bring the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering into IEEE umbrella.