Call for Proposals - 2024 CAS Emerging and Selected Topics for Industry Forums (CASIF)
Dear IEEE CAS Society Members,
We are pleased to announce Round Three of the Call for Proposals for the CAS Emerging and Selected Topics for Industry Forums (CASIF) 2024!
CASS is continuing its CASIF program on emerging and cross-discipline topics, where industrial speakers describe real-world challenges and academic speakers describe potential technologies that could address those challenges. For example, in past years, Alibaba, IBM, and Intel have co-sponsored forums on AI.
We are calling for proposals from CASS local chapters and companies to co-host a half-day or one-day forum with invited speakers (may include CASS Distinguished Lecturers, and international/local industry/academic speakers). The goals of these Industry Forums are to increase the interaction between academia and industry and demonstrate CASS technical leadership.
CASS will provide funding support for up to 50% of the expenses for each selected Industry Forum depending on the funding availability. (Some industry supports can be in-kind contributions, e.g., venue, logistics.)
Timeline
Deadline of Proposal Submission: 31 October 2024
Please note that all forums must be held before 15 December 2024 and awarded funding cannot be transferred to the next year.
You may submit proposals online here.
Guidelines
1. Maximum number of proposals
- 1 proposal per call per chapter
2. The following expenses are not supported by the CASIF fund. (Exceptions require a written explanation.)
- Honorarium
- Salary
- IEEE membership fees
- Conference registration fee
- International flight tickets of students
3. The following areas cannot be funded according to IEEE guidelines:
- University, private company, and individual research and development projects, including prototypes and testing products
- Venture capital for patent–able inventions
- Humanitarian activities typically funded through other IEEE mechanisms
- Overhead (general and administrative or indirect costs)
- Ongoing activities or operational costs of the applicant
- Construction or building renovations
- Lobbying or electioneering
- Commercial promotion activities
- Personal or commercial loans
- Grants with an individual as the sole beneficiary
- Endowments
- Participation of specific/individual teams at competitions or conferences
- Extensive travel and meeting expenses
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information or details.
Best Regards,
Hanho Lee, 2024 VP of Technical Activities
Yoshifumi Nishio, 2024 VP Financial Activities
Kea-Tiong (Samuel) Tang, 2024 VP Regional Activities and Membership
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society