O. Stukach, "Activities of the Tomsk IEEE ComSoc Chapter in 2010". In Global Communications Newsletter, January 2011, p. 3-4.

Tomsk IEEE Chapter is part of the IEEE Russia Siberia Section and the IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle-East and Africa region). Chapter has been initially established in Tomsk after approval of the Russia Section on January 1, 2000. The Chapter is created as part of the following Societies: Electron Devices (ED), Antennas and Propagation (AP), Communications (COM), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).

Efforts to increase the level of IEEE activities in the Siberia and Far East regions of Russia are in progress. There has been significant progress in the last several years. A good example is the International Siberian Conference on Control and Communications SIBCON which was technically co-sponsored by IEEE, was attended by 300 participants from 8 countries. The unique opportunity to meet and to hear the views of different participants was of great value and an excellent forum for focusing on the many common technology issues.

In the first half of this year, the Tomsk Joint Chapter has held two technical meetings and we plan to hold another four meetings by the end of the year. In April, we presented seminar "Join the ComSoc" to our students and plan to extend this direction of our activity. This experience contributes to motivate us to continue working hard for the ComSoc community.

We really appreciate the opportunity of sharing ideas via the ComSoc hosting of our website http://chapters.comsoc.org/ tomsk. It will encourage us to increase Tomsk Chapter member's activity as well as all Russian ComSoc members and expand our projects especially Web project "ComSoc in Russian" http://chapters.comsoc.org/tomsk/comsoc/comsoc.htm

Currently, the chapter programs are focused on three main aspects: an effort to increase membership by participation of scientists and students in IEEE activities, SIBINFO student paper contest, and cooperation in organizing international conferences covering various aspects of electronics, radar, communications etc. We are proud that Tomsk Chapter has been selected as one of the four winners of the 2010 Chapter Achievement Award. We will continue to make efforts to include our specialists in the scientific and educational process worldwide; and in this respect, count on further precious assistance of IEEE ComSoc.