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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 society. For
example,
(S73-M76-SM81-F87)
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 1987.
If you are not a member of the IEEE, then you do not use this shorthand in your
biography
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