Tariq Durrani

Candidate's Statement

I hope to contribute to the following ComSoc activities:

• Promote effective international conferences based on having organized several major IEEE conferences as General/Executive Chair (ICC’07 with 1400 participants, IEMC’03 with 350 participants, EUA’05 with 650 participants, ICASSP’89 with 1650 participants), and stimulate greater participation from industry and industry relevant events (amply demonstrated in ICC ’07).
• Promote timely and rapid publications:  having served as IEEE TAB Chair of Periodicals Council, I have the experience and understanding to minimize time delays, maintain/improve quality.
• Member services:  improve local/global opportunities through more effective chapters,  link industry to academe, and improve professional development/educational opportunities through collaboration with EAB.

Biography

Tariq Durrani obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Southampton University UK.  He is Professor in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK since 1982.  He was Department Head 1990-94, University Deputy Principal (Provost equivalent) 2000-06 and supervised ~40 PhDs.  Tariq held visiting/external appointments at Princeton, University of Southern California, and Hong Kong.  He has authored/coauthored over 330 papers and six books.

Tariq was President of IEEE Signal Processing Society (1994-95); President of IEEE Engineering Management Society (2006-07); Member IEEE Technical Activities Board Management Committee (1996-97); Chair IEEE TAB Periodicals Review Committee (1998-99); and IEEE Periodicals Council (1996-97) with oversight responsibility for all IEEE Transactions, Journals, Magazines and Newsletters.  He was a member of IEEE Edison Medal Committee (1995-97), Jack Kilby Medal Committee (1996-99), IEEE Medal of Honor Committee (2005-08); and IEEE Awards Board (2006-07).  

He was a member of IEEE Spectrum Editorial Board (2002-04), Vice Chair IEEE Publications Board (1996-97), Chair IEEE Region 8 Conference Committee (2001-02), Vice Chair Technical Activities IEEE Region 8 (2003-04), member IEEE Education Activities Board (2001-05), and Chair of EAB Awards & Recognition Committee (2003-05).  Tariq was Executive Chair of the hugely successful ICC 2007 in Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.