IEEE and Technology Innovation in Greater Bay Area Nim Cheung ([email protected]) Chair, IEEE Hong Kong Section 29 August 2019 The Fuel of IEEE Who we are ▸Forward-thinking technology professionals coming together … to discover the next technological innovation, to develop international standards, to form communities, to share research and educate, in the spirit of collaboration. 1 IEEE at a Glance 417,000+ Members 160+ Countries Global Reach 46 Technical Societies & Councils 120,000 Student Members 2 Data as of 31 December 2017 IEEE at a Glance 1,800+ Annual Conferences 4M+ Technical Documents Technical Breadth 200 Top-Cited Periodicals 1,300+ Active Standards 3 Data as of 31 December 2017 IEEE at a Glance Global Public Policy Global Humanitarian Efforts Social Impact Continuing Education & Certification Ethics in Technology 4 IEEE: Engaged Membership of Technical Professionals R7: 16,211 (3.9%) R1 to 6: 180,952 (43.4%) R10: 125,707 (30.1%) R8: 76,168 (18.2%) R9: 18,391 (4.4%) TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 2017: 417,429 5 Data as of 31 December 2017 Global Solutions to Global Challenges Worldwide offices Brussels New York City Vienna Beijing Los Alamitos Piscataway, NJ Tokyo Washington, DC Shenzhen Bangalore Singapore 6 IEEE: An Organization of Communities Self-organizing communities ▸Geographic Sections - Local colleague community - Cross-and inter-disciplinary networking through local Section, Chapter, Student Branch activities - Local professional and technical activities ▸Global Technical Societies & Councils - International member coalitions of shared technical areas and fields of interests - Sponsor and organize conferences, workshops tutorials, seminars, etc. 7 - Develop publications IEEE Sections and Offices in the Great Bay Area ▸Major Sections and Office in the Great Bay Area - Hong Kong Section - Guangzhou Subsection of the Beijing Section - Macau Section - Shenzhen Office 8 IEEE Hong Kong Section -- Chair 9 IEEE Hong Kong Section – Vice Chair 10 IEEE Hong Kong Section – Secretary 11 IEEE Hong Kong Section -- Treasurer 12 IEEE Hong Kong Section – Member at Large 13 IEEE Hong Kong Section – Member at Large 14 IEEE Member Grades ▸Undergraduate Student Member ▸Graduate Student Member ▸Member ▸Senior Member ▸Fellow ▸Life Member ▸Life Senior Member ▸Life Fellow 15 Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui Technical Know-How that is Broad and Deep Access to ideas and innovations developed in other disciplines ▸Electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, and beyond: ▸Aerospace ▸Environment ▸Power and Energy ▸Biomedical Engineering ▸Industrial systems ▸Robotics and AI ▸Broadcasting ▸Information Technology ▸Semiconductors ▸Circuits ▸Internet of Things ▸Smart Cities ▸Communications ▸Life Sciences ▸Smart Grid ▸Computing ▸Nanotechnology ▸Transportation and Vehicles ▸Control and Automation ▸Optics ▸And more… ▸Electronics 17 2019 Symposium on 3rd Generation Semiconductor 26 September 2019 (Thursday) Grand Hall A, Hong Kong Science Park Symposium Jointly Organized by: Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Chinese University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology IEEE Hong Kong Section One day Symposium on the current status and future direction of wide bandgap semiconductor. Topics include, but not limited to, technology and applications of GaN, GaO, SiC, and photonic materials and devices For enquiry, Please contact Ms. Rica Fan at [email protected] or 852-3618 7676 New Technology Connections: Future Directions Fostering cooperative efforts in emerging topics among Societies, Councils, and industry 19 www.ieee.org/futuredirections 5th World Forum on Internet of Things at Limerick, Ireland (2019-4-18) Closing ceremony featuring Suga International of Hong Kong Professor Yu-Hsing Wang of HKUST 20 IEEE Standards Association ▸IEEE Standards drive the functionality, capability, and interoperability of a range of products and services that affect the way people live, work, and communicate. Individual membership IEEE 802.11 6,500+ individual members in 90 countries IEEE 1800 Corporate Memberships 187 member corporations in 23 countries IEEE 1547 Standards Developers ~20,000 participants; IEEE 7000 all interested parties are welcome 21 IEEE Publications A mainstay of cutting-edge knowledge ▸22 of the top 25 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering ▸14 of the top 15 journals in ▸IEEE Journals are: Telecommunications - #1 in Automation and Control, Artificial ▸3 of the top 5 journals in Computer Intelligence, Computer Hardware, Cybernetics, Information Systems, Science, Hardware & Architecture Manufacturing Engineering, Theory and Computer Science, Cybernetics Methods, and Telecommunications Automation & Control Systems Artificial Intelligence ▸2 of the top 5 journals in Imaging Science & Photographic Technology 22 IEEE Research Powers New Patents IEEE is the most-cited publisher in new patents from top patenting organizations ▸A study of the top 40 patenting organizations ranks IEEE #1 again - Over 3x more citations than any other publisher - Patent referencing to IEEE increased 896% since 1997 - The importance of sci-tech literature in patents is rising - IEEE research is increasingly valuable to innovators 23 1790 Analytics LLC performed an in-depth analysis of the science references from top patenting firms. IEEE GlobalSpec Engineering360 Platform Largest online destination for engineers and technical professionals ▸Business-oriented, content-rich marketing platforms that drives traffic and audience engagement ▸Provides advertisers with a multi-media platform to access and engage directly with the engineering community 24 www.engineering360.com www.electronics360.com www.datasheets360.com InnovationQ Plus Patent discovery and analysis ▸Indexes IEEE full text publications with one of the largest global patent literature databases in the industry - 3M+ documents from IEEE journals, conferences, and standards - Global database of 70M+ patents and applications - IP.com’s proprietary Prior Art Database - Invention disclosures of licensable technology from universities - Other non-patent literature including Pub Med and IETF 25 http://innovationqplus.ieee.org/ 26 https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org Industry and Academia Rely on IEEE Whenever technology happens, IEEE is there 27 28.