IEEE Tech Talk: Academic Research in International Standardization
In many international standards, theoretical knowledge is needed to define requirements and give test procedures to prove that the requirements are fulfilled. Academia at universities, institutes, or test laboratories are contributing their research work to support standards development. This webinar provides an overview of the important role academic research plays in the standards, as well as examples from two IEEE Societies on how academia contributes to standardization for benefits on both sides.
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Edward Au of Huawei Technologies Canada Co. Ltd.
Biography:
Dr. Edward Au is a Distinguished Engineer with Huawei Technologies Canada Co. Ltd.
He is the Vice Chair of IEEE Technical Activities Board Committee on Standards (TAB CoS), Chair of Policies and Procedures of the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board, a member of IEEE Educational Activities Board/Standards Association Standards Education Committee.
He is the founding Chair of the IEEE 802.11 Task Group AY, which is aimed at developing an amendment for next-generation unlicensed millimeter wave technologies for Wi-Fi, and a co-editor of the IEEE 802.11 Task Group MD, which is chartered to develop revisions for the IEEE 802.11 standards.
He currently serve as a Senior Editor for IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. He was an Editor for Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, a leading Guest Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine on a few occasions, and a Lead Track/Tutorial/Industry Forum Co-Chair of multiple IEEE-sponsored conferences. He was awared the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Top Editor Award in recognition of outstanding performance for paper reviews in both quantity and quality for the journal in 2013 and 2016.
Sakis Meliopoulos of Georgia Institute of Technology
Biography:
Professor Sakis Meliopoulos received a Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University in Athens, Greece in 1972, his Master in EE (1974) and PhD (1976) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. He join the faculty of ECE at Georgia Tech in 1976 where he is presently the Georgia Power Distinguished professor.
He is actively involved in education and research for improved safety and electromagnetic compatibility of electric power installations, protection and control of power systems and the application of new technology in these areas. Since 1999 he is the Georgia Tech Site Director of PSERC, an NSF I/URC. Since 2016 he is the associate director for cyber-physical security of the Georgia Tech Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP).
In 1993 he was elevated to IEEE Fellow. He was IEEE Standards Association board member in 2003-2007 and chair of the IEEE PES Substations Committee in 2018-2010. He has contributed to many IEEE Standards including: substation safety (Std 80), ground testing (Std 81), lightning shielding (Std 998), substation structural design (Std 605), centralized substation protection (Std C37.300), microgrid protection (P2030), and others.
He has received the Sigma Xi Young Faculty award (1981), the outstanding Continuing Education Award, Georgia Institute of Technology (twice 2002 and 2014), the 2017 D. Scott Wills, ECE Distinguished Mentor Award, he received the 2005 IEEE Richard Kaufman Award and the 2010 George Montefiore international award. In 2019 he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by his alma matter, the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
He holds 3 patents, he has published three books, a chapter in the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers and over 400 technical papers.
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Presented by: Edward Au, Ph.D., Herman Koch, Ph.D. and Sakis Meliopoulos, Ph.D.