"For exceptional support of the Society's publications:
in holding editorial board positions; facilitating numerous
innovative programs; and advancing publications-related
issues within the Board of Governors".
Curtis
Siller
 Curtis
A. Siller, Jr. received the B.S.E.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees
in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. He joined Bell Laboratories after graduation, where
he remained until April 2001, fulfilling a 30-year career.
He is currently Chief Technology Officer with Cetacean Networks,
Inc., where he oversees work related to delivering real-time
services via IP networks. Siller has: authored nearly 50 publications;
been awarded eight patents; edited a popular book on SDH/SONET
and contributed to two other reference texts; and been an
invited speaker at a variety of international events. He is
the recipient of numerous corporate awards and is both a Bell
Labs Fellow and IEEE Fellow.
Siller's
volunteer activities in the IEEE Communications Society span
20 years. He has facilitated more than 30 conference venues,
served as an officer of three technical committees (chaired
two), and served on the board of four publications, including
Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Magazine and Guest
Editor on five occasions. He was subsequently appointed Director
of Magazines and elected to two Vice Presidential terms (Membership
Services and Technical Activities). He is currently Director
of Related Societies, serving a second term on the Nominations
and Elections Committee, and chairing the IEEE Transactions
on Multimedia Steering Committee. His contributions were recognized
with the Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award and
IEEE Third Millennium Medal. Curtis Siller will be President-Elect
of the Communications Society in 2003.
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