Service to IEEE and LEOS/PhoS

Silvano Donati  IEEE M,’75, SM’96, F’03, LF’09

 

Services to LEOS/Photonics Society

 

1996 Founder, IEEE LEOS Italian Chapter

1997-1998 and 1999-2000 Chair, IEEE LEOS Italian Chapter

1998 Co-Chair, WFOPC’98 1^st LEOS Workshop on Passive Fiberoptics Components, Pavia, 18-19 Sept. 1998

1999, Sept.: Guest Editor, IEEE J.Selected Topics Quant. Electr, Special Issue on “Fiberoptics  Passive Components”

1999 Chair, ODIMAP-II Leos Conf. on Distance Measurements and Applications, Pavia  20-22 May 1999

2001-2003 Secretary, IEEE LEOS Italian Chapter

2000 Co-Chair, WFOPC’2000 Leos workshop on passive fiberoptics components, Pavia  8-9 June 2000

2001 Chair, ODIMAP-III Leos on Distance Measurements and Applications, Pavia  20-22 Sept 2001

2001-2003 Counselor, Pavia IEEE Student Branch

2002, Sept.:  Guest Editor, IEEE J. Quantum. Electronics, Feature Section on “Optical Chaos and Cryptography”

2004- 2006 and 2006-2008 Treasurer, IEEE LEOS Italian Chapter

2004-2006 Counselor, Pavia IEEE Student Branch

2004, Sept.: Guest Editor, IEEE J.Selected Topics Quant. Electr, Special Issue on “Photodetectors”       

2002-2004  IEEE LEOS VicePresident, Region 8 Membership

2005-2007 Member, LEOS Technical Committee “Photodetectors”

2007- 2008 Treasurer, IEEE LEOS Italian Chapter

2007  Co-Chair at IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting: Special Session on “Single Photons Photodetectors”  

2007 co-Chair, WFOPC’07 Leos workshop on passive fiberoptics components, Taipei, 9-11 Dec.2007.      

2006-08  CLEO Europe LEOS Representative

2005-2007 Elected Member, IEEE LEOS Board of Governors

2007  Chair, LEOS Engineering Award Committee

2008  Chair, LEOS Engineering Award Committee

2008  Member, LEOS Aron Kressel Award Committee

2007/8  LEOS Distinguished Lecturer

2008/9 LEOS Distinguished Lecturer 2^nd term

 

1998-2008: successful (and total  #) nominations of

18 (18) Senior Members,

3 (6)  Fellow,

3 (4) LEOS BoG members,

2 (3) LEOS Engineering Award        

5 (8) LEOS Distinguished Lecturers

 

Several articles contributes to LEOS (now Photonics) Newsletters and Region 8  News,

e.g.:

LEOS Newsletter  Aug.1999 p.17 LEOS Italian Chapter

LEOS Newsletter  Dec 2001 p.14  Chapter Highlights

LEOS Newsletter  Feb 2002 p.10 Leos profile

LEOS Newsletter  Dec 2004 p. 24 VP interview

Region8 News  Sept 2003 p.13  LEOS is CotY

LEOS Newsletter Oct 2005 p.47 WFOPC is back !

LEOS Newsletter Oct 2008 p.31 LEOS CotY

Region8 News Jan 2009 p.6 LEOS is CotY

Photonics Newsletter Feb 2009 p.34-35 LEOS is CotY

Photonics Newsletter Apr 2009 p.16-18 Donati’s DL tour

Region8 News Aug 2009 p.3 Venice welcoms R8 Comm Meet

Region8 News Aug 2009 p.10 i3Poli Celebrates 125^th Annivers.

Photonics Newsletter Oct 2009 p.27 Award and Recognitions

Region8 News Dec 2009 p.1-2 Mult events Hail double Annivers

Region8 News Dec 2009 p.6 Compeng to address Complex Theory

 

Proceedings edited under the LEOS Publisher logo and Special issues edited:

1- S. Donati (Editor): "Proceedings of WFOPC’98", 1st International Workshop on Fiber Optics Passive Components, Pavia 18-19 Sept. 1998 (48 papers). A volume of VIII+176 pages, published by IEEE-LEOS, ISBN 8887-237-07-7, Sept.1998.

2- S. Donati (Editor): "Proceedings of ODIMAP II", 2nd Conference On Distance Measurements and Applications, Pavia, 20-22 May 1999 (61 papers). A volume of XI+410 pages, size 17x24, published by IEEE-LEOS, May 1999.

3- S. Donati, T. Tambosso (Editors): ‘Proceedings of WFOPC 2000 - 2nd Workshop on Fibers and Passive Optical Components’, IEEE-LEOS, 2000. A volume of XII+288 pages, size 16x24, Pavia, June 2000.

4- S. Donati (Editor): "Proceedings of ODIMAP III", 3rd Conference On Distance Measurements and Applications, Pavia, 20-22 Septr.2001  (65 papers). A volume of XI+445 pages, size 17x24, published by IEEE-LEOS, Sept. 2001.

5- S. Donati, K. Okamoto, T. Tambosso (Guest Editors): "Fiberoptics Passive Components" (31 papers). Special Issue of: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. STQE-5 (Sept-Oct.1999), pp.128-228.

6- S. Donati, C.Mirasso (Editors): ‘Optical Chaotic Cryptography’, Feature Issue of: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. QE-38 (Sept 2002), pp.1138-1184.

7- M.Itzler, S.Donati, M.S.Unlu, K.Kato: "Photodetector and Imaging", Special Issue of the Journal Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol.10 (July/Aug.2004), Introduction: pp.665; 21 papers, pages 668-840.

 

Other Services of S. Donati to the IEEE Institute:

 

2004-2006 Counselor, Pavia IEEE Student Branch

2006-2007 Vice Chair, IEEE Italy Section

2007 Coordinator of the IEEE TAB/RAB delegation visit to Italy (12-18 Sept. 2007)

2006-2008 Member, IEEE Prize Paper/ Scholarship Awards Committee

2008     Member, Nanotechnology Council Fellow Selection Committee

2008-2010   present Chair, IEEE Italy Section

2009  organizer of the Spring R8 Meeting, Venice April 24-26, 2009

2010 Member of the IEEE Technical Awards Panel