Officers (2013-2014)
Chair: Tarek S. El-BawabDepartment of Computer Engineering
Jackson State University
JSU Box 17098
Jackson, MS 39217 - USA
Tel. +1 601-979-1752
Email: telbawab@ieee.org
Vice Chair: Michael Devetsikiotis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7911 - USA
Tel. + 1 919-515-5253
E-mail: mdevets@ncsu.edu
Secretary: Ahmed E. Kamal
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011 - USA
Tel. + 1 515-294-3580
E-mail: kamal@iastate.edu
Standards Liaison: Frank J. Effenberger
Access R&D department
Network product line, Futurewei Technologies
400 Crossing Blvd, 2nd floor,
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 - USA
Tel. +1 908-670-3889
Email: feffenberger@huawei.com
TAOS Hall of
Fame (past
officers),
since 1976
Charter and Scope
The IEEE Communication-Society’s (ComSoc) Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical Committee plays a leading role in promoting, sponsoring, organizing, and advancing numerous technical activities in areas of interest to TAOS’ community. The following technical areas are of interest to this community:- Digital and analog transmission systems and equipment
- Technologies, architectures and protocols for optical transmission systems
- Subscriber access systems and equipment (twisted pair, coaxial, optical, wireless, and combinations thereof)
- Medium access control protocols for optical, metallic, and wireless media
- Architectures, performance, and testing of wired and wireless access systems and networks
- SDH/SONET transmission systems
- Network synchronization
- Inductive coordination and electrical protection of wired media
- ComSoc conferences and symposia (including our flagship ICC and GLOBECOM conference)
- ComSoc Workshops and Tutorials
- ComSoc-sponsored conferences and workshops
- Journal/magazine special issues
- Standards activities
- Promotion of industrial contribution to ComSoc technical activities
- Facilitation of exchange of technical ideas, innovations, and news among our global community (academic and industrial)
- Nominations for IEEE Fellow grade
- Nominations for Distinguished Lecturer program
- Nominations for IEEE/ComSoc Awards
- Collaboration with other TCs and other constituencies and
organizations of our global community