Membership Structure and Operations | Center for Embedded Systems | SIU

INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD (IAB)

• Base membership provides one seat on the IAB
• Recommends research initiatives
• Evaluates research projects and votes on them for funding
• Advises on short-and-long-term needs of industry members
• Collaborates during in-person Center meetings twice per year

PROJECT PROPOSALS

• 1-year research proposals, with an option to extend through IAB vote
• IAB recommends research priorities for each member company
• Proposals submitted by faculty; evaluated and voted upon by IAB

RESEARCH PHASE

• Ongoing collaboration between interested industry members and researchers
• Mid-term updates on all proposals via interactive poster sessions
• Final research reports published and presented to IAB