Top downloads in IEEE Xplore [Reader's Choice]

This issue's Reader's Choice contains a list of articles published by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) that ranked among the top 100 most downloaded IEEE Xplore articles from November 2007 to April 2008. The highest rank obtained by an article in this time frame is indicated in bold. The list is also available by point and click at http://apollo.ee.columbia.edu/spm/?i= external/readerschoice. Your suggestions and comments are welcome and should be sent to the Associate Editor Berna Erol (berna_erol@yahoo.com).     

Top downloads in IEEE Xplore [Reader's Choice]

This issue's Reader's Choice contains a list of articles published by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) that ranked among the top 100 most downloaded IEEE Xplore articles from November 2008 to April 2009. The highest rank obtained by an article in this time frame is indicated in bold. Your suggestions and comments are welcome and should be sent to Associate Editor Berna Erol at berna_erol@ yahoo.com.     

Membership notes [including newly elected IEEE Fellows]

Lists the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Members who are part of the IEEE Fellows Class of 2008.     

Top downloads in IEEE Xplore [Reader's Choice]

This issue's Reader's CHOICE contains a list of articles published by the IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) that ranked among the top 100 most downloaded IEEE Xplore articles from January to June 2009. The highest rank obtained by an article in this time frame is indicated in bold.     

R&D 100 [IEEE Spectrum's fourth annual survey]

This paper presents the results of the IEEE Spectrum's fourth annual survey of the world's top 100 R&D spenders. While the top three spots were captured by the automobiles and components sector, the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sector ranked as the second most research-intensive industry, just behind the software and services sector. Meanwhile, the trend in the technology hardware and equipment sector has been much more volatile, with its R&D intensity dropping 9 percent from 2000 to 2004. Like the auto industry, capital goods also had relatively low R&D intensity. However, the sector increased its share of the top 100 from 9 to 10 percent. Also increasing its share is the consumer durables and apparel sector.     

IEEE standards for communications and networking [Guest Editorial]

This is the third Feature Topic in the series on IEEE Standards for Communications and Networking. It follows the July 2008 and January 2009 issues. We refer readers to the first article in the July 2008 Feature Topic by Don Wright related to the ecosystem of IEEE standards development. That article may well serve as a prelude to every Feature Topic related to IEEE standards since it gives to the reader an understanding of the environment in which IEEE standards are created.     

A Capitol experience [IEEE Congressional Fellow, experience]

The author recollects the years he spent as an IEEE Congressional Fellow serving as a legislative assistant to a US senator. The author was assigned to two subject areas-transportation and the environment. The author discusses the things he had to learn to enable him to meet his job requirements and describes various aspects of his work