IEEE membership includes Student member (=S), Member (=M), Senior Member (=SM), Fellow (=F), and Life Fellow (=LF)For members of the IEEE, the notation in your example is a "shorthand" way for indicating when the author achieved a certain membership status within the For example,(S’73-M’76-SM’81-F’87)means that A N Author became a Student Member (S) in 1973, a Member (M) in 1976, a Senior Member (SM) in 1981, and an IEEE Fellow (F) in If you are not a member of the IEEE, then you do not use this shorthand in your