The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announced that Nita Patel, P.E.—who is Senior Director, Engineering Lead Design Center-Farmington at Otis; an IEEE Foundation director; and a mentor for several IEEE Women in Engineering summits—has been voted IEEE CS 2022 president-elect (2023 president).
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Patel is active with multiple IEEE CS committees, the IEEE Industry Engagement Committee, several IEEE Women in Engineering committees, and the IEEE New Hampshire executive committee. She will serve as the 2023 IEEE CS president for a one-year term beginning 1 January 2023. The president oversees IEEE CS programs and operations and is a nonvoting member of most IEEE CS program boards and committees.
Patel garnered 3,277 votes, compared with 1,791 votes cast for Dimitrios Serpanos, who is a professor at the University of Patras and the president of the Computer Technology Institute, Greece. The 2021 election had a 14.01% turnout with 5,238 ballots cast. The turnout percentage was lower than the 2020 election, which had a 16.36% turnout (6,620 ballots cast), and the 2019 election, which had a 15.10% turnout (5,949 ballots cast).
2022 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Riccardo Mariani—Vice President of Industry Safety at NVIDIA and IEEE CS first vice president chairing the IEEE CS Standards Activities Board—was re-elected first vice president with 2,866 votes. David Lomet—founder and retired manager of Microsoft’s Database Research Group—garnered 2,150 votes.
2022 SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
David S. Ebert—Associate Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Gallogly Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and director of the Data Institute for Societal Challenges at the University of Oklahoma—was elected second vice president with 2,919 votes. Ramalatha Marimuthu, PhD in electrical engineering who retired after 34 years in teaching at Kumaraguru College of Technology, garnered 2,098 votes.
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