IEEE Robotics and Automation Society:
Technical Activities Board (TAB)
Duties of Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Every 2 years, the incoming RAS President appoints TC Co-Chairs. The
next term begins in 2010. Most TC Co-Chairs serve from 4-6 years.
One Co-Chair, the Corresponding Co-Chair, is primarily responsible for
prompt communication with the Society and with current and potential
members of the TC.
Duties:
- Serve as a reliable point of contact for the TC via email
- Maintain the TC website at
IEEE RAS Technical Committees.
- Define and annually update the TC scope
- Coordinate and promtly submit semi-annual reports to the VP-TA (Vice-President of Technical Activities).
- Post an updated single slide on TC Technical Progress (see Appendix
IV of Charter) in January each year.
- Maintain the TC membership list (including email addresses)
- Recruit new members
- Communicate at least twice a year with TC members via group email
- Encourage research in their area
- Advise junior researchers in their area
- Track major developments in their area
- Promptly respond to inquiries from fellow researchers and the press
- Alert VP-TA about major research developments
- Evaluate new results and initiatives when requested by the VP-TA
- Recommend reviewers when requested by EICs
- Attend or appoint a representative from the TC to
go to the semi-annual TAB meetings (or sending a representative)
- Attend or appoint a representative from the TC to
participate in GOLD events (Graduates of the Last Decade) at major RAS
conferences (ICRA, IROS, CASE).
- Coordinate and promtly submit Triennial TC self-evaluation
reports (once every 3 years).
If a TC Corresponding Co-Chair will be away from email for more than 2
weeks, he or she shall set up appropriate auto-reply messages and
appoint a Co-Chair to handle communication during this period. TC
Chairs can be replaced after a 4 week warning by the VPTA if they are
unresponsive to communication.
Ken Goldberg
Vice President of Technical Activities (2006-2009)
goldberg@berkeley.edu
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