Trevor Clarkson

Candidate's Statement

ComSoc is respected for its technical journals, magazines, and conferences in the IEEE community, but there are many more people who can benefit from ComSoc membership and participation. The perception that ComSoc activities are mainly of interest to academics needs to change. Thus ComSoc penetration into the industrial sector must be strengthened and the business-related content in our magazines and conferences should be further increased. ComSoc will provide a two-way benefit for industry and academia, by bringing together like-minded professionals who can share new technologies, research, and system developments. Our magazine and conferences should become ever more stimulating and indispensable as a result.

ComSoc needs to be financially secure. This can be best achieved by focusing on growth. Key products and services must have priority, with other activities restructured where necessary, to ensure their efficient delivery.
The excellent work in providing Web-based services and electronic journals will be further developed so that ComSoc-authored products are more frequently cited and accessed.
I have participated in ComSoc at many levels since 1990, from active participation in the local Chapter and IEEE Section, serving on technical committees and organizing major conferences for ComSoc, and finally, serving six years on ComSoc's Board of Governors.

Biography

Trevor Clarkson received his B.Sc. (Eng.) and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from King's College London, United Kingdom. He has been head of the research unit in the United Kingdom's communications regulator since 2002. He joined the Department of Electronic Engineering at King's College London in 1985, became a full professor in 1995, and was head of department (2000–2002). He has carried out research in radio systems, spectrum management, video technology, intelligent communication systems, and high-speed digital systems. He has published over 120 papers and has four U.S. and five European patents.
He has served a total of three terms on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society as Vice-President Membership Development (2002–2003); Director, EAME (2000–2001); and Director, International Societies (1998–1999). He has also served as Director, International Conference Policy Board (1997–1998); TAC member (1996–1997); and SPCE Technical Committee Chair (1996–1997) and Secretary (1993–1996). Within IEEE, Trevor has been the UK&RI Communications Chapter Chair (1997–2001) and Secretary (1991–1997), a member of the IEEE Member Conduct Committee Hearing Panel (2000–2002), and Chair, IEEE UK&RI Neural Networks Regional Interest Group (1994–2001).

He has participated in the organizing committees of numerous conferences including GLOBECOM '96 and PIMRC 2000. He is a Fellow of IEE and a Chartered Engineer.