Curtis Siller

Biography

Curtis Siller received his B.S.E.E., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he majored in applied mathematics, plasma physics, and electromagnetic theory. After graduation he joined Bell Laboratories, working in the areas of: antenna, propagation, and communication theory, digital signal processing, Synchronous Transfer Mode, video-on-demand, packet network architectures, and cable-modem and wireless standards. After over 30 years with Bell, he became CTO at Cetacean Networks and Rivulet Communications. He also founded an active consulting practice, Enginnovation, which focused on intellectual property. Curtis has published extensively, including: nearly 80 refereed papers, co-editor of a book on synchronous optical networks, and contributor to four other reference texts. He was awarded eight patents, is an AT&T Bell Labs Fellow, an IEEE Life Fellow, and has received numerous industry and professional awards. He has helped organize over 30 conferences and has given invited talks at numerous international venues, notably as a Bell Labs Technology Forum speaker.

IEEE Activities

Committees/Boards

Member, IEEE TAB/PSPB Products and Services Committee, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018;
Corresponding Member, IEEE History Committee, 2013 - 2016;
Member, IEEE PSPB Publishing Conduct Committee, 2013 - 2016;
Member, IEEE Standards Association Standards Board New Standards (NesCom) Committee, 2012 - 2015;
Member, IEEE-USA Committee on Communications Policy, 2006 – 2022
Member, IEEE Career Services Committee, 2011;
Member, IEEE Standards Association Standards Board Procedures Committee (ProCom), 2011;
Member-at-Large, Publications Services and Products Board (PSPB), 2010-2012 (3-year term) and 2013-2015 (second 3-year term)
Member, IEEE PSPB Strategic Planning Committee, 2010-2012;
Member, IEEE Spectrum Editorial Advisory Board, 2010;
Member, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) Standards Board (IEEE SASB), 2010, 2011;
Member, IEEE SASB Standards Revision Committee (RevCom), 2010;
Member, IEEE Conferences Committee, 2008-2009;
Member, IEEE Conference Publications Committee, 2008-2009;
Member, IEEE Board of Directors (BOD), Division III Director and Assembly Delegate, 2008-2009;
Member, IEEE Awards Board, 2009
Member, IEEE Tellers Committee, 2009
Member, IEEE BOD, Division III Director and Assembly Delegate-Elect, 2007-2008;
Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) (as IEEE Communications Society President), 2004-2005;
Member, IEEE TAB – Periodicals Committee, 2004-2005;
Member, IEEE TAB – Finance Committee, 2005-2006;
Member, IEEE TAB/Regional Activities Board (RAB) – Section/Chapter Support Committee, 2006.

Sections/Chapters

Program Chair, IEEE Boston Section – Merrimack Valley Subsection, 1990-2002;
Treasurer, IEEE Boston Section – Merrimack Valley Subsection, 1991-2002.

Student Branches

Vice-Chair, University of Tennessee Student Branch, 1965-1966.

IEEE Communications Society

Member, IEEE Communications Society History Committee, 2022-2025
Member, IEEE Communications Society Governance Committee, 2016-2018;
Member (and Treasurer), COM/Access Core-SC (IEEE Communications Society Access Core Standards Committee), 2017-2022
Member, IEEE Communications Society Industry and Standards Award Committee, 2016
Member, IEEE Communications Society Fellow Evaluation Committee ad hoc, 2015-2016
Member, IEEE Communications Society, Global and Member Relations Council (renamed from Member Relations), 2014 - 2017
Director – IEEE Communications Society Sister and Related Societies, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Member, IEEE Communications Society Standards Development Council, 2014
Advisory Member, IEEE Communications Society Standards Development Board (CSDB), 2012 – 2016
Member, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Board of Governors, 1997- 2011, 2014 - 2017
Director of Standards, IEEE Communications Society, 2010-2011 (term)
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Standards Board (CSSB), 2010-2011
Member, IEEE Communications Society Nominations & Elections Processes Committee ad hoc, 2009-2016
Vice Chair, IEEE Communications Society CSSB, 2008-2009
Member, IEEE Communications Society CSSB, 2006-2007
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Nominations & Elections Committee, 2006-2007; member 1996-1999
Past-President, IEEE Communications Society, 2006
President, IEEE Communications Society, 2004-2005
President-elect, IEEE Communications Society, 2003
Steering Committee Chair, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2002-2004
Director of Related Societies, IEEE Communications Society, 2002-2003
Vice-President, IEEE Communications Society Technical Activities, 2000-2001
Vice President, IEEE Communications Society Membership Services, 1998-1999
Co-founder and Member of Advisory Editorial Board, IEEE Communications Letters, 1998-2009
Co-Chair, ComSoc/Society of Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Joint Technical Committee on Cable-based Delivery and Access Systems Technical Committee, 1997-1998; Vice-Chair 1995-1996
IEEE Communications Society Director of Magazines, 1997
Senior Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine, 1996
Member of Editorial Staff, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 1994 - 2016
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Communications Magazine, 1993-1995
Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine, 1987-1993
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Transmission Systems and Access Technical Committee, 1995-1996
Chair, IEEE Communications Society Signal Processing and Communication Electronics Technical Committee, 1988-1992.

Conferences

Steering Committee Member, First IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC) 2012 Workshop on Telecommunications: from Research to Standards, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012
Invited keynote speaker, 16th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, 29 June 2011, Corfu, Greece
Member, IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshops Steering Committee, 2011;
Co-Chair, IEEE Portable 2007
Member, Organizing Committee (and Co-founder, 2004), IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2004 - 2015
Member, Technical Program and Organizing Committees, Fourth IEEE Workshop on Network Appliances, 2001
General Chair, IEEE International Workshop on IP Operations and Management, 2004
Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), 1986-1988, 1997
Co-Chair, IEEE/SCTE HFC’97, 1997; and Member, Steering Committee, 1996
Co-Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Applications, 1993; Member, International Advisory Committee, 1992
Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), 1990.