To stimulate the development of relationships between the IEEE Computer Society and other organizations with similar or related interests for the purpose of benefiting the members of the IEEE Computer Society and the profession.
21.2Scope
The Intersociety Cooperation Committee, a committee of the Board of Governors, interacts with the entities within the IEEE and also with other national and international professionaland scientific organizations in the computer and related fields.The ICC coordinates policy for the society with the appropriate vice presidents, representatives to external organizations, and other volunteer leaders of the society.The ICC acts as a catalyst for cooperative activities that are agreeable to the responsible program boards and committees of the society.
21.3Membership
21.3.1The Committee shall consist of the past president as chair, president, president-elect, and the subcommittee chairs.The chief staff executiveand appropriate administration staff member shall be ex officio, non-voting members of the committee.
21.4Regional or Country Initiatives Committees
21.4.1The Intersociety Cooperation Committee may create subcommittees to undertake special projects and initiatives involving specific countries or regions of the world.Recent examples include Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and China.The chairs of such special initiative committees shall be appointed by the chair of the Intersociety Cooperation Committee and the members of the committees appointed by their chairs.The Intersociety Cooperation Committee shall propose budgets for such committees, if required, through the normal budget development process leading to approval by the Board of Governors.
21.5Classes of Organizations
The society interacts with a variety of societies and organizations, differing in size, membership composition, and purpose.These are categorized into the following two classes, with the current affiliations listed under each category.
21.5.1Affiliate Societies and Organizations
A.Affiliates with Cooperative Agreements
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Association Françoise des Sciences et Technologies de l’Information et des Systemes (ASTI)
- Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- China Computer Federation
- Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)
- Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im Verband Deutsher Elektrotechniker (VDE/ITG)
- Information Processing Society of Japan
- Institute for Systems Programming/Russian Academy of Sciences
B. Affiliates
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Mathematical Society
- Asociacion Espanola de Informatica y Automatica
- Association of Information Technology Professionals
- Associazione Italiana per I’Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico
- Australian Computer Society
- British Computing Society
- Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)
- Computer Engineering and Application Society of the CIE
- Computer Society of the Republic of China
- Hong Kong Computer Society
- Institute of Management Accountants
- Instrument Society of America
- Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
- Institution of Engineering and Technology, IET-UK
- Institute of Electronic, Information, and Communication Engineers of Japan
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- Computational Intelligence Society
- Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
- Koninklijkr Vlaamse Ingenieursereniging (Royal Society of Flemish Engineers)
- Korea Information Science Society (KISS)
- Mathematical Association of America
- Nederlands Genootschap voor Informatica (Dutch Computer Society)
- Osterreichische Computer Gesellschaft (Austrian Computer Society)
- Schweizer Informatiker Geselloschaft (Swiss Society for AI and Cognitive Science)
- Singapore Computer Society
- Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao (Brazilian Computer Society)
- Sociedad Chilena de Ciencia de la Computacion (Chilean Computer Science Society)
- Society for Computer Simulation
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
21.5.2Organizational Memberships
- Computing Research Association
- CSAB, Inc.
- National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
- International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
- International Association of Pattern Recognition
- Internet Society
21.6 OPERATIONS
21.6.1 The society's current representatives to all of the organizations listed under Organizational Memberships above, will make regular informational reports to the ICC on matters ofimportance to the society.
21.6.2The ICC is responsible for guaranteeing the periodic review of the relationships with each of these organizations and shall report to the Board the results of these reviews.Such reviews will be carried out on a time schedule as appropriate to the affiliated organization, but at least every 5 years.
21.6.3 The Admissions Committee (s sub-committee of the Intersociety Coopertion Committee), is charged withreviewing applications of the Affiliate Organization, and recommending these societies for affiliate status.This committee is also responsible for the periodic review of all affiliate relationships.
21.7INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING
Oversight of the IEEE Computer Society’s participation in the activities of the International Federation for Information Processing(IFIP) is vested in the president, and will be monitored by the Intersociety Cooperation Committee.
21.7.1IEEE Computer Society Representative to the IFIP General Assembly
1. The president will appoint the society representative to the IFIP General Assembly (GA).
2. The GA representative appointment term will be three calendar years.
3. Recognizing the importance of consistent representation for IFIP leadership, the president may reappoint individuals.
4. The IFIP GA representative shall be an ex officio member of the Intersociety Cooperation Committee (ICC).
21.7.2IEEE Computer Society Representatives to IFIP Technical Committees.
1. IEEE Computer Society representatives to the IFIP technical committees (TCs) will be made by the president after consultation with the GA representative, the Intersociety Cooperation Committee, and the IEEE Computer Society Technical and Conference activities board.
2.An IFIP TC Candidate Evaluation Committee consisting of the IFIP GA Representative, chair, the Vice President of Technical Activities (or designee), and the chair of the Intersociety Cooperation Committee (or designee) shall be convened whenever TC representative appointments need be considered, and shall provide counsel to the president.The committee may establish its own procedures for the conduct of its work.The role of the committee is advisory only.It shall make its recommendations to the president in confidence and the president shall have sole authority to appoint IFIP TC representatives.
3. IFIP TC representative appointment terms will be three calendar years.
4. TC representatives may be reappointed once.In special circumstances a particular representative’s service may be extended for a third or additional terms with the consent of the Board of Governors.
21.7.3The duties of the TC representative shall be as follows:
1. Serve as the conduit for information between the IEEE Computer Society and the IFIP TC.
2. Represent the IEEE Computer Society at the annual meeting of the TC.
3. Participate in other meetings and activities of the TC to the extent possible.
4. Recommend new members for the Working Groups (WGs) of the TC.
5. Promote TC/WG conferences and other activities (e.g., identify people for conference committees and to be speakers).Publicize these activities to the appropriate sponsoring society communities.
21.7.4Selection Procedure for each IFIP TC Representative
1. The president, designated member(s) of the Intersociety Cooperation Committee, and GA representative will identify each IEEE Computer Society TC that closely parallels the objectives and scopes of an analogous IFIP TC (and its constituent WGs) whose activities are deemed to be in the interest of the IEEE Computer Society.
2. The chairperson of each IEEE Computer Society TC so identified will be individually informed by the VP of TAB about the search for candidates for TC representatives and will be asked:
a. to provide background information on theIFIP TC and its constituent WGs,
b.to review the aims and scopes of the TC andits constituent WGs,
c.to review the memberships of the TC and its constituent WGs for initial candidates,
d. to discuss the responsibilities of aTC representative,
e. to discuss funding for travel for meetings,and
f.to recommend, within a specified period of time, a slate of candidates.
3.Upon consideration of the recommended slate of candidates for TC representative, and in consultation with the IEEE Computer Society TC chairperson, the president, designated member(s) of the Intersociety Cooperation Committee, and GA representative will contact the candidates to learn:
a.if they have been involved with the IFIP TC and/or their knowledge of it,
b.if they are interested in representing the IEEE Computer Society’s interests,
c.what they would attempt to accomplish, and
d.how they would identify IEEE Computer Society members for the WGs.
4.Final recommendations for TC representatives will be made to the president.
21.8COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (CRA)
Representatives to the Computing Research Associationwill be appointed by the President.
The length of term shall be for two years.A representative may be reappointed for multiple terms of office if deemed appropriate.If a representative is appointed for more than three terms, the Board of Governors must approve the fourth and any succeeding terms of appointment.The terms of multiple representatives will be staggered.The President or President’s designee shall serve as the alternate representative.
