Ray Liu’s Fond Memories As 2022 IEEE President

The Institute requested IEEE Previous President Ray Liu to share parting remarks he made to the IEEE Board of Directors on 21 November on the Assembly Sequence, held in Washington, D.C.

I need to thank every one in every of you in your time, your assist, and your imaginative and prescient, as we labored collectively all through the COVID-19 pandemic for the skilled dwelling that we worth a lot. I need to say from the underside of my coronary heart that I’m so proud that IEEE is my skilled dwelling.

I made a decision to pursue the IEEE presidency in 2021 as a result of I needed to pay again the IEEE group, which has performed a lot for me. It has been my pleasure and honor to serve our members.

If you happen to have been to ask me what I worth most about IEEE, I might say it’s the many alternatives to construct friendships with folks from all over the world who come from completely different cultures, backgrounds, and methods of life. Everybody has their very own distinctive knowledge to supply. I’ve additionally been impressed by IEEE’s core mission: “Advancing expertise for the good thing about humanity.” It was the very purpose why I got down to be a scientist and technologist.

“If you happen to have been to ask me what I worth most about IEEE, I might say it’s the many alternatives to construct friendships with folks from all over the world who come from completely different cultures, backgrounds, and methods of life.”

As a result of I like IEEE, I needed to show that the group is really various and inclusive. I used to be the primary East-Asian president of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. I used to be the primary Asian vp of the IEEE Technical Actions Board. And I used to be the primary IEEE president of Chinese language descent. I say this not for my private glory however to show to the world and our members that in IEEE, people from completely different backgrounds and cultures can play a significant function and make an ideal affect.

I’ll treasure my many fond recollections of you. Most significantly, I’ll treasure the friendships I’ve made with all of you. We share a typical technical language, mutual passions, and knowledgeable dwelling that defines who we’re.

We’ve achieved rather a lot collectively. However every little thing will come to an finish. It has been a humbling expertise and an honor to work with you. It’s time to bid farewell as my time period as previous president has come to an finish. If I can put my ideas into one sentence, it’s: “Previous troopers by no means die—they only fade away.”

This outdated soldier will proceed to contribute to IEEE in significant methods. I’m merely passing the torch to all of you. I’m certain with you; IEEE could have an ideal future.