2024 Member-at-Large - Europe, Middle East, Africa Region Candidate
Position Statement
As a researcher in the field of communications, IEEE member for 28 continuous years, and contributor for more than 20 years to the organization of ComSoc conferences, technical activities and journals, I regularly attend ComSoc events and meetings as an active participant. As a dedicated volunteer, I always take action points seriously and deliver timely the agreed inputs.
I intend, if elected, to focus on advancing existing and creating new services and activities to meet the needs of the ComSoc members, from industry, academia and governmental organizations, around the world.
Topics that I find very interesting and important include: fast and timely online publications on emerging techniques and innovative approaches, industry perspectives, opportunities for societal contributions from engineers and students, recognition of members, attractive conference formats for participants from industry and academia, affordable publication costs, opportunities for young promising members and enhanced collaboration between ComSoc and the other IEEE Societies.
Biography
Filip De Turck obtained the MSc and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University, Belgium in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Based on many collaborations with international partners from industry and academia, he built expertise in the domain of network operations and management, high quality video delivery over wired and wireless networks, softwarized networks and cloud infrastructures. He is currently a professor at Ghent University-imec, Belgium.
He contributed for more than 20 years to the organization of ComSoc conferences, technical activities and journals. Filip served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Chair of the ComSoc Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management, and currently serves as ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer and Steering Committee member of several ComSoc conferences.
In 2021, Filip received the ComSoc Dan Stokesberry Award for particularly distinguished technical contributions to the growth of the network operations and management field. He is an IEEE Fellow.