Standing Committee Reports
Frequency Control Standing Committee Meeting, July 2017
Byline: Sheng-Shian Li, Newsletter Editor – Frequency Control
Doubs River view in Besançon
The Standing Committee Meeting of Frequency Control took place on the first day (July 9th) of 2017 EFTF-IFCS in Besançon, France. Besançon is a lovely small town located in the east of France with a beautiful river view (the Doubs River). It is also famous for its micro-technology and watch industries. With its reputed timing tradition, the conference has been hosted here for its second time (first time in 2009). The meeting was held in the Micropolis Conference Center in the evening right after the conference reception. There were 15 Standing Committee members attending this meeting with Dr. Clark T.-C. Nguyen (UFFC President) and Dr. Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb (UFFC President-Elect).
EFTF-IFCS’17 status report presented by the TPC Co-Chair, Dr. Liz Donley.
The meeting was opened by Dr. Aaron Partridge’s (Vice President for Frequency Control) welcome speech followed by a round table instruction. First, the minutes of the Standing Committee Meeting on January 26th, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada was approved with some extended discussions on taking other conferences into IEEE-UFFC. Next, Dr. Liz Donley presented the current status of EFTF-IFCS’17. The Proceedings policy of the IFCS was finalized at the previous meeting after a long debate and was re-stated in this meeting. Full-paper submissions are due two weeks after the conference.
General discussion.
Finally, Dr. Partridge brought out a few important topics for a general discussion. The focused topics of discussion included (1) how to bring the current six groups in IFCS closer, (2) how to bring other MEMS/Transducers relevant conferences into UFFC since there is a significant research overlap, (3) how to encourage young generations (scholars and students) to join UFFC. All of us shared our own experiences related to these points while Dr. Bassiri-Gharb also shared her point-of-view in terms of her ISAF as well as UFFC positions. She urged us to encourage our students to participate in the UFFC Society and do volunteer work since they are our future!
1st TPC Meeting to Plan for IEEE IFCS’18
IEEE IFCS’18 1st TPC meeting in Besançon, France on July 11th 2017.
The first TPC meeting of IEEE IFCS’18 was held on July 11th 2017 at the joint EFTF-IFCS in Besançon, France. Dr. Aaron Partridge, General Chair for IFCS’18, and Prof. Dana Weinstein, TPC Chair, animated the meeting.
Location, location, location
Dr. Partridge reported that IFCS’18 will be held in Squaw Creek Resort, Lake Tahoe from May 21st to 24th, 2018. Bringing all the attendees to a relatively isolated location aims to intensify communication among the participants both at the meeting and during the social events.
Assuring top content
The organizers expect to have around 220 attendees. Prof. Weinstein presented the meeting outline including (1) symposium timelines (2) potential candidates for plenary and invited speakers and (3) special session proposals from all six groups of IFCS.
The IFCS planners then split into six groups for detailed discussions concerning candidates for plenary and invited talks and possible special sessions. For example, Group 1 of the IFCS TPC has proposed :
- new topics: opto-mechanical resonators, 2D material based resonant systems, piezoelectric and high electro-mechanical coupling resonant transformers, resonators for harsh environments;
- plenary talks: the possible invitation of a speaker from DARPA to talk about “Ultra low power RF and sensing applications for resonant MEMS and systems”;
- invited talks: acoustically driven antennas, underwater sensing systems and applications, ferroelectric materials, high power and harsh environment resonant systems;
- special sessions: resonators and MEMS devices for IoT and short range communication applications and resonators and MEMS devices for bio-sensing applications.
Save the date
With such a great location and exciting program in the works, start making your plans for IFCS’18!
