SSCS Committees & Membership

The Solid-State Circuits Society Awards Committee ensures that members get proper recognition for their achievements. Each year, it recognizes a number of outstanding PhD students in the field of Solid-State Circuits through the SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award. The Committee also administers the SSCS Distinguished Service Award.

If you have any questions, please contact the Awards Chair.

Chapters are at the heart of the Solid-State Circuits Society. Chapters organize local educational and professional development events for our members and help to attract new members to our society. We strive to create a vibrant networking community for our members that also provides them with learning opportunities and recognizes their accomplishments. The Chapters committee works with the Chapters chair to identify and share best practices, respond to suggestions from Chapter chairs and SSCS members to make each chapter more effective, and provide guidance on chapter subsidies and awards.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Education Committee is committed to providing quality educational content to SSCS members through its webinars, online tutorials, and its Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program. In particular, the DL program brings world-leading experts in the Society to regional chapter meetings to share their expertise through lectures and tutorials. DL events and webinars are open to all SSCS members free of charge.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Fellow Evaluation Committee encourages and reviews nominations of SSCS members for the grade of fellow. We thank the following members for their service to the committee: Domine Leenaerts, Pietro Andreani, Farinaz Koushanfar, Howard Luong, Mike Perrott, Ingrid Verbauwhede, and Ian Young.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Fellow Search Committee (FSC) is to increase the number of Fellow nominations from our membership. The Committee will provide help for nominators who contact the Chair.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Membership Committee’s core responsibility is to drive engagement and create pathways to value creation for our members; this goal is accomplished through the provision of technical information, creating networking opportunities, and development opportunities for SSCS members. Key activities within the Membership umbrella include Chapters, Awards, Women-in-Circuits, and other similar initiatives, as well as Young Professionals. To nurture and maintain a vibrant community spirit and social network, this Committee is constantly exploring new approaches and platforms to improve the experience of our SSCS members. If you have new ideas and suggestions as to how we can better deliver on the Membership Committee’s mission, please do not hesitate to contact the Vice President of Membership!

The Solid-State Circuit Society’s Nominations Committee has responsibility for proposing a slate of candidates for election to the AdCom each year, replacing one-third of the committee’s member-at-large representatives. Each Fall, the Society will present a slate of at least 8 candidates for the 5 retiring representatives.  Members can submit their name for consideration, or be placed on the ballot by a petition containing 2% of the society membership (~200 signatures would be required).  Persons interested in serving on AdCom should contact the Committee Chair or Executive Director to be considered. The Nominations Committee is also responsible for presenting candidates for the Vice President and President of the Society, who are elected by the AdCom.

Key Timetables in Society Elections:

• Nominations for AdCom received by the Society Executive Director: End of February
• Nominations Committee Selects Slate: End of April
• SSCS-wide Election: Fall
• SSCS Officers Election: Last AdCom meeting of the year

The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society publishes peer-reviewed technical journals, magazines, curated web-based content, books, and conference publications, in addition to online seminars and courses, conferences, career development services, and networking opportunities. The IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society publications are led and governed by the Publications Committee, which oversees each publishing line and reports to the SSCS Adcom.

The SSCS Publications Committee monitors and advises the Solid-State Circuits Society on sponsored periodicals and publications, both soft and hardcopy. The objectives of the Committee are to: monitor quality and timeliness, provide suggestions for improvements, consider new initiatives for dissemination of technical content to SSCS members and the technical community, ensure that SSCS-sponsored publications meet the policies and procedures for IEEE periodicals, conduct a financial ‘health check’ periodically, and make recommendations for changes, if required. The Committee also identifies overlapping fields of interest and assists the SSCS in resolving any disagreements regarding other IEEE periodicals. Important developments in IEEE publication policies that may impact the Society and its sponsored periodicals are monitored and reported to the SSCS Adcom.

The Solid-State Circuit Society’s Student Ad-Hoc committee’s goal is to fully engage students in all society organizing and leadership activities, with a focus on enhancing the student-member experience.

The Solid-State Circuits Society’s TC-OSE’s charter is to increase SSCS’s visibility as a key player in democratizing IC design and bootstrapping the open-source ecosystem for the benefit of our members and society.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Women in Circuits (WiC) committee’s goal is to increase female recruitment, retention, and advancement in SSCS. The WiC committee hosts networking events at worldwide SSCS conferences, promoting mentoring, work/life balance, negotiation, and interacting with successful women. The WiC committee also supports women’s events at local SSCS chapters and provides more leadership opportunities for women by increasing women’s participation in journal editing and technical program committee membership.

The Solid-State Circuits Society Young Professionals Committee is committed to helping young professionals evaluate their career goals, polish their professional image, and build the foundation for a lifelong, engaging professional network. Here you will find benefits specifically for younger Society members, announcements, and information essential for IC professionals and students in the early phases of their careers.