New IEEE Education Society President: Martín Llamas Nistal A Message from the President: The IEEE Education Society was founded in 1957 and is one of the oldest technical societies in IEEE. It is a worldwide society of professionals dedicated to ensuring high-quality education in science and engineering. Our members engage students each day, research and propose new theories in learning science, and innovate classroom practice. If you are not yet a member of the Education Society, we invite you to explore our website, especially our Society’s overview page, where you can see general information about our society, and our membership page, where you can see our Publications, Conferences, and Educational Activities. We invite you to join us; a worldwide community of professionals is waiting for you. If you are a member of the Education Society, we want to thank you for your contributions to our community. We hope that you continually benefit from the dialogue our Society helps to foster in the world of Engineering Education. Together, we are a dedicated group of skilled professionals working toward the goal of helping our engineering students and academic, government, and industry professionals build bright futures for themselves. We also encourage everyone to join our social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to stay current on all Society happenings. Martín Llamas Nistal IEEE Education Society President 2023, 2024 Martín Llamas Nistal atlanTTic Research Center, University of Vigo Spain 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) Email More About Martín Llamas-Nistal Biography Martín Llamas-Nistal (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, in 1986 and 1994, respectively. He has been a Faculty Member with the Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers, University of Vigo, Spain, since March 1987. He is the author or a co-author of more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed international refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has directed several national and international research projects in telematics and technology-enhanced learning fields. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, since its founding from 2008 to 2013, where he has been an Associate Editor, since 2014 to 2019. He has received several awards from the W3C, Highlight Paper in the WWW 2001, and Education Track Best Paper and Conference Best Paper Finalist in the WWW 2002, the 2007 Chapter Achievement Award for the Spanish Chapter as an outstanding model of technical activities, membership services, and professional development in Spain and Latin America, the 2010 Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award, the 2011 IEEE Education Society Chapter Achievement Award, and the IEEE EDUCON 2015 and 2018 Meritorious Service Awards from the IEEE. He was the General Co-Chair of IEEE EDUCON 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2018. He was the Co-Founder of the IEEE Latin-American Learning Technologies Journal (IEEE-RITA), in 2006, and has been the Editor-in- Chief since its founding to July 2021. He has been serving in different positions in the Education Society of the IEEE: member of the Board of Governors, since 2008, member of the Strategic Planning Committee, since 2009, Chair of the Publications Committee, from 2010 to 2018, Vice-President for Publications, from 2011 to 2018, Vice-President for Member and Geographic Activity, from 2019 to 2020, and President-Elect from 2021 to 2022. Affiliation(s) atlanTTic Research Center, University of Vigo, Spain Contact Information: Email: mllamas@ieee.org
