IEEE Communications Society

IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Communications Society
Type	Professional Organization
Founded	1952
Origins	Formation of IRE’s (the Institute of Radio Engineers) Professional Group on Communications Systems (PGCS)
Staff	Doug Zuckerman (President), Byeong Gi Lee (President-Elect)
Area served	Worldwide
Focus	Advancement of science, technology and applications in communications and related disciplines[1]
Method	Industry standards, Conferences, Publications, Tutorials, Webinars
Employees	30
Website	www.comsoc.org

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The IEEE Communications Society is a professional society of the IEEE. It is also known by the abbreviation ComSoc. The Society focuses on two principal areas: the science of, and education about, communications engineering with the goal of advancing the state of the field; and professional development so that the status of its members is raised along with the standards to which the profession is held.^[1]

[edit] History

Founded in 1952 with the formation of IRE’s (the Institute of Radio Engineers) Professional Group on Communications Systems (PGCS), IEEE Communications Society has evolved into a diverse group of global industry professionals with a common interest in advancing all communications technologies.

[edit] Publications

[edit] Magazines

The Communications Society oversees the publication of four periodical magazines^[2]:

IEEE Communications Magazine ISSN 0163-6804, flagship publication of the society
IEEE Network ISSN 0890-8044
IEEE Wireless Communications ISSN 1558-0687Three additional magazines are cosponsored with the IEEE Computer Society^[2]:
IEEE MultiMedia ISSN 1070-986X
IEEE Internet Computing ISSN 1089-7801
IEEE Pervasive Computing ISSN 1536-1268

[edit] Journals

The Communications Society oversees the publication of six scholarly journals.^[3]

IEEE Communications Letters ISSN 1089-7798
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials ISSN 1553-877X, electronically published
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ISSN 0733-8716
IEEE Transactions on Communications, ISSN 0090-6778
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management ISSN 1932-4537, electronic publication first issued in 2007
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking ISSN 1063-6692, a bimonthly archival journal sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society, the IEEE Computer Society, and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications ISSN 1536-1276, cosponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society

Co-sponsored Journals^[3]:

[edit] Newsletters

[edit] Books

[edit] Conferences

The Society organizes several conferences every year such as the International Conference on Communications and GLOBECOM,^[4] and operates close to 100 local chapters around the world.^[5] It coordinates the operation of several councils, task forces, and technical committees e.g., the Internet Technical Committee. The Society participates in educational activities (including distance learning) and in accreditation of higher education programs within its fields of interest (including Computer Science and Computer Engineering). It operates about a dozen working groups and committees on the development of industrial standards.

[edit] Portfolio Events

ATC - International Conferences on Advanced Technologies for Communications
IEEE ANTS - Advanced Networks & Telecommunication Systems
IEEE CCNC - IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference
IEEE DySPAN - The IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks
IEEE EDOC - IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference
IEEE GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Communications Conference
IEEE ICC - IEEE International Conference on Communications
IEEE ICME - International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
IEEE IM - IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management
IEEE INFOCOM - IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
IEEE ISPLC - IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications
IEEE ISCC - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
IEEE IWQoS - IEEE Workshop on Quality of Service
IEEE MOBILE WIMAX - IEEE Mobile Wimax Symposium
IEEE NOMS - IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
IEEE PIMRC - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
IEEE RFID - Radio Frequency Identification Conference Communications and Networks
MILCOM - IEEE/AFCEA Military Communications Conference
OFC/NFOEC - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

[edit] Committees

[edit] Technical Committees

The Communication Society's technical committees define and implement the technical directions of the Society. As a fundamental element of the Society all members are invited - and encouraged - to participate in one or more of its technical committees. These committees - networks of professionals with common interests in communications - usually meet twice a year at major conferences. Throughout the year, these committees also play a major role in determining which events (conferences, workshops, etc.) are technically co-sponsored by ComSoc.^[6]

Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks
Cognitive Networks
Communications & Information Security
Communications Quality and Reliability
Communications Software
Communications Switching & Routing
Communications Systems Integration & Modeling
Communication Theory
Computer Communications
Data Storage
Enterprise Networking
High-Speed Networking
Information Infrastructure
Internet
Multimedia Communications
Network Operations & Management
Optical Networking
Power Line Communications
Radio Communications
Satellite & Space Communications
Signal Processing & Communications Electronics
Tactical Communications & Operations
Transmission, Access, & Optical Systems
Wireless Communications

[edit] Chapters

Asia/Pacific Region
Europe, Middle-East, Africa Region
Latin America Region
North America Region

[edit] Notable leaders

Notable leaders of the IEEE Communication Society include Misha Schwartz, Robert Lucky and Paul Green.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "IEEE Communications Society - Constitution". IEEE Communications Society. pp. Article 1. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/documents/constitution/1. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "IEEE Communications Society Magazines". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/publications/Magazines. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "IEEE Communications Society Journals". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/publications/Journals. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "IEEE Communications Society Conferences". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/conferences/comsoc-conference-homepage. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "Chapters". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/chapters. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
^ "IEEE Communications Society Technical Committees". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/committees/Technical. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

[edit] External links

[constitution-0] "IEEE Communications Society - Constitution". IEEE Communications Society. pp. Article 1. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/documents/constitution/1. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[magazines-1] "IEEE Communications Society Magazines". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/publications/Magazines. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[journals-2] "IEEE Communications Society Journals". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/publications/Journals. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[3] "IEEE Communications Society Conferences". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/conferences/comsoc-conference-homepage. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[4] "Chapters". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/chapters. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

[5] "IEEE Communications Society Technical Committees". IEEE Communications Society. http://ww2.comsoc.org/about/committees/Technical. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

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