Yearly Archives: 2011

120 attendees at HISTELCON 2010

 in News 2010

HISTELCON 2010, the second Region 8 Conference on the History of Electrotechnology was held in Madrid, Spain on 3-5 November 2010, with the theme of “A Century of Broadcasting”.
 

The Conference, organized by the IEEE Spain Section in cooperation with the Spanish Society on History of Science and Technology had a strong support of “Telefonica”, the Spanish Communications Company and collaboration of many technical and Media partners.

 

Out of 85 technical papers received, 60 papers were presented during 12 Sessions to an attendance of 120 participants, preceded by greetings by Region 8 Director Josef Modelski and by a keynote lecture on “The Origins of Radio Broadcasting” by Dr. Tapan K. Sarkar and finalized by the launching 0f HISTELCON 2012. All were held at the prestigious Auditorium Room provided by Telefonica.

 

The presentations covered Broadcasting activities in Italy, Cuba, Turkey, Israel, Brazil, Africa, Cyprus, US, UK, Thailand , Russia, Croatia, Portugal. Siberia, Japan, as well as developments inside Spain. Special sessions dealt with Pioneers of Electro-Technology and with Stellar Moments in the History of Broadcasting.

 

The Conference attendees were received and greeted by the Deputy Mayor of the City of Madrid, Ms Ana Botella Serrano and visited the Spanish Institute of Radio and Television, to learn about the Digitalization Process of Audio and Video Archives.

 

Conference Chair, Olga Pérez Sanjuán, of AEIT, Spain and Technical Program Chair, Antonio Pérez Yuste, of UPM, Spain, set up an excellent program, including the Welcome Cocktail Reception at Madrid’s Old City Hall, the Gala Dinner at the Real Gran Pena Restaurant and terminated by a Guided tour through the charming streets and plazas of Madrid Old Town.

 

All participants felt the excellent athmosphere that reigned during the three days of the Conference and many friendships and professional cooperations resulted from this event.

 

HISTELCON 2010 set a very high standard towards HISTELCON 2012, to be held in Pavia, Italy in September 2012.

 

By Jacob Baal-Schem
Region 8 LM & History activities coordinator

NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENT (N&A) SUBCOMMITTEE

 in Elections

According to the IEEE REGION 8 OPERATIONS MANUAL – p. R8-6.1.2:

MISSION
The Region 8 Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Subcommittee shall identify qualified candidates for elected and appointed positions of Region 8 and its Committees including candidates for the Director-Elect slate.

COMPOSITION
The Region 8 Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Subcommittee shall consist of the following members:

  • Region 8 Director
  • Past Region 8 Director
  • Director-Elect
  • Three members elected for a period of 2 years renewable, by the R8 Section Chairs.

Candidates must fulfill one of the following criteria at the time of their election:

  • be a Section Chair in office
  • have been a Section Chair within the past 3 years
  • have been a Section Chair and currently holding an elected or appointed position of the R8 Committee.

STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY
The Region 8 Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Subcommittee shall:

  1. Submit to the Region 8 Committee, to the Director of Region 8, or to the Region 8 Vice-Chairs as case defined in the IEEE, MGA Board, Region 8 Bylaws or Operations Manuals, a list of candidates recommended for election or appointment on 1 January of the following year, in time for election or appointment before 31 December or as otherwise called for in the Region 8 Bylaws or this Operations Manual.
  2. Submit to the Board of Directors, after the approval of the R8 Committee, a slate of at least two and not more than three candidates for Region 8 Director-Elect In the case of the election process involving more than one candidate, the Region 8 N&A Subcommittee slate of candidates, including biographies and position statements, shall be made available to all members of the Region 8 Committee at least twenty-eight days (28) before the Region 8 Committee meeting at which the election shall take place or the slate approved. The order of names for each position will be randomised.

Each candidate for a Region 8 Committee-elected position may have a Committee Delegate as an advocate. The advocate will present the candidate’s background and qualifications to the Region 8 Committee.

When a meeting is convened to make the recommendations for the R8 Director-Elect slate, the current Director-Elect shall take no part in that aspect of the meeting.

A member of the Region 8 N&A Subcommittee who does not resign from that Subcommittee by 1 May is not eligible to be nominated by the Region 8 N&A Subcommittee for any position to be filled by the Region 8 Committee. Candidates for the office of Region 8 Director-Elect are exempt from this provision.

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2011 – 2012 MEMBERS

  • Józef Modelski (Poland) – Chair
  • Marko Delimar (Croatia) – ex-officio
  • Martin Bastiaans (Benelux) – ex-officio
  • Terje Gjengedal (Norway) – elected
  • Samir Shaheen (Egypt) – elected
  • Tunde Salihu (Nigeria) – elected

Student projects conference in Serbia (Niš)

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IEEESTEC – 4th International Student’s Projects Conference was held on 30 November 2011 at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš, Serbia. Hosted by EESTEC LC Nis, IEEE Student Branch Niš and Faculty of Electronic Engineering Niš, the conference offered a platform for students of electrical and computer engineering to discuss and exchange research ideas and projects.

The event was supported by IEEE Electron Devices/Solid – State Circuits Chapter, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Chapter. The conference was dedicated to the 40th anniversary of IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section, which supported the conference, too.

The opening speech was delivered by Danijel Danković, chairman of the conference, Vera Marković, secretary of IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section and Zoran Perić, the vice dean of Faculty of Electronic Engineering Nis. The conference was very successful, gathering an audience of about 200 students and academic staff.

The conference schedule contained a total of 34 papers which covered a wide range of topics.The member reviewers selected the best projects for the three top prizes. After students briefly orally presented their projects, all participants had the opportunity to show demonstrations of their projects. This year, Gold Paper Award was assigned for hundredth paper from the beginning of the conference.

The full-day event ended with the handing of the special awards for best project according to the choice of the authors of papers. The conference was helped by many sponsors. For more information about IEEESTEC Student’s Projects Conference, please go to http://ieee.elfak.ni.ac.rs.

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Humanitarian Technology Webinar: AIDG Product Development for the Other 90%

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Product Development for the Other 90%: Lessons Learned

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Presented by: Peter Haas, AIDG Executive Director

Date: Thursday, 15 December 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m. New York, EST

About this Webinar:

Peter Haas is the executive director of AIDG, which helps small and medium sized companies providing infrastructure related products and services for emerging markets. From 2004 to 2010 AIDG ran an R&D division working with universities and other engineering groups on developing new products for the other 90%. Results of this work got featured in Discover, NPR, wired and other news outlets This webinar will delve into product development for the poor, what works, what doesn’t, and what are the common pitfalls?”

How well can you withstand Life’s Greatest Risks? : Take the Survey

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How many people depend upon your income to afford housing or education?  How would you recover if your property was destroyed by a natural disaster?  If a job opportunity led you to live abroad, would your home country insurance scheme follow you? These are some of the questions IEEE members ask themselves on a daily basis. To better support our members throughout their career and global assignments, IEEE is working in cooperation with Clements Worldwide, to conduct a risk and resilience assessment of the IEEE membership. This assessment will help ascertain what types of risks members face, and their potential impact on their lives. This initial survey will focus on members based in the Asia Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

IEEE has engaged Clements Worldwide, the leading provider of insurance solutions to the international community, to conduct the Acuity Risk Assessment of IEEE members. The survey focuses on the types of risks members may face and their ability to withstand the effects of adverse events.

IEEE members are encouraged to take the Acuity Risk Assessment, a confidential and anonymous survey, so that we may gather some preliminary data for product development purposes.

Please access the confidential Acuity Risk Assessment by clicking HERE.

The risk assessment will be available online until 19 December 2011.

Please send your questions or comments to [email protected].

Survey URL: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MXV6CWD

Ad-Hoc Coordinator: Technical Publications Coordinator [PC]

 in Technical Publications Coordinator

Coordinator: Stefano Zanero (Italy)

General Aims:

  • Establish closer relationships with some IEEE Business Units, for example IEEE Sales and Marketing (International Sales Team), as well as IEEE Publications Service and Products Board (PSPB).
  • Fostering strong relationships, and synergistically couple IEEE Region 8 to mentioned IEEE business or organizational units.
  • Deliver a greater level of IEEE access such as via IEEE products: IEEE/IET electronic library (IEL), IEEE eLearning library, etc
  • Develop closer relations between our own journals, perhaps high-quality journals of national societies, where IEEE has a formal relationship, etc to the wider IEEE, perhaps even via electronic and mobile dispensation via IEEE Xplore.

Action plan:

  • Getting in touch and creating a reference map of IEEE Sales and Marketing + IEEE Publications Service and Products Board (PSPB) staff members
  • Getting in touch with Section chairs following up to R8 meeting in London. The process can work also the other way round so if you are a R8 volunteer with a need that may fall in my goals please get in touch via e-mail!
  • Get in touch with national associations of chartered engineers to see if there is a possibility to offer them access to IEEE/IET electronic library (IEL) or IEEE eLearning library
  • Try to develop better (and cheaper) ways to make the IEEE eLearning library available to members and professionals in developing economies of our region (by talking with the relevant Section chairs).
  • Collect names of highly respected journals of national societies, where IEEE has a formal relationship, to begin to explore interest for diffusion within the wider IEEE, perhaps even via electronic and mobile dispensation via IEEE Xplore.

Ad-Hoc Coordinator: Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committees [TC] Liaison

 in Technical Activities Board

Coordinator: Vladimir Katić (Serbia and Montenegro)

A new AdHoc appointment within IEEE Region 8 TA:

Champion our links to “new” committees established within the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB).

Aim:

Develop synergy between “higher level” TAB committees and Region 8 organizational units, including sections.

IEEE Standards University

 in Standards Coordination

Designed for educators, students, engineers, or anyone interested in standards, IEEE Standards University brings a better understanding of the value and impact of standards in business and manufacturing. Participants can draw from a variety of materials that build a practical understanding of standards and the innovation derived from standards development. The varied resources may help improve team working and collaborative skills invaluable to career success, while enhancing understanding of standards in fields such as electrical and electronics engineering, computing, and many others.

The IEEE Standards University offers Standards courses including a MOOC and eLearning modules, numerous Standards video , an extensive library as well as student grants, an e-zine and a game.

IEEE Standards University Student Grants

The purpose of the IEEE Standards University Student Grants is to facilitate students studying and implementing industry technical standard in projects. IEEE Standards University Student Grants offer US $500 per project for students, and US $300 for faculty mentors for design, development or research projects in which one of more industry technical standard was studied or implemented to complete the project.

Examples of such projects include designing and creating hardware and/or software to implement an existing industry technical standard, analysing the performance of an industry technical standard in a particular situation, testing compliance with, or alternatively adapting or extending an industry technical standard to fit a new scenario. Projects are expected in include a significant component working on the industry technical standard, projects which simply make use of industry technical standards through modules or libraries without significant design input will not be eligible for an award.

IEEE Standards University e-zine

The IEEE Standards University offers a freely available e-Magazine, with a worldwide audience of educators, students, and practicing professionals interested in technical standards and standards development. Feature topics in 2017 included Robotics, Conformity Assessment and Compliance, Consumer electronics, and Ethically Aligned Standards.

IEEE Standards University Game

Educators, students, young professionals looking for a fun and effective way to learn more about working in teams, negotiating and, consensus building need look no further. Mars Space Colony: A Game of Standardization is designed to teach about technical standards and standards development while developing team and negotiation skills. Topics include the importance of standards to industry, fundamentals of standards development, and a case study on standards. Players participate as members of standards working groups, incorporating roles that reflect the economic, political and technical realities of standards development.

Accessing Standards

 in Standards Coordination

IEEE Standards can be purchased electronically through the IEEE Standards Store. With the support from the IEEE-SA, industry sponsors, and government, there are however a number of standards that are made available at no cost through the IEEE Get Program™. Some examples are provided below, for a full list please see the IEEE Get Program web site.

GET 802® Standards: IEEE Local and Metropolitan Area Network (IEEE 802®) standards are made available at no charge in PDF format after they have been published for a period of six months.

GET Design Automation Standards: IEEE Design Automation standards are made available at no charge in PDF format.

GET 1622 Standard: IEEE Standard for Electronic Distribution of Blank Ballots for Voting Systems is made available at no charge in PDF format.

GET 1680 Environmental Assessment: IEEE 1680 Environmental Assessment standards are made available at no charge in PDF format.

GET C95 Standards: IEEE standards for Safety Levels with Respect To Human Exposure To Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields are made available at no charge in PDF format.

GET 2600 Standards: IEEE standards for Hardcopy Device and System Security are made available at no charge in PDF format.

News

 in Standards Coordination

This message is being posted on behalf of Paul Nikolich, TAB Committee on Standards (CoS) Chair.

Society/Council Standards Volunteers:

This is the second call for 2021 to provide seed funding for projects initiating innovative standards efforts. As before, we are looking for proposals from Societies and Councils (S/Cs) that currently have little or no standards activities. However, we will consider proposals from other S/Cs that describe innovative approaches. (See Q. 1 of the FAQ in the attachment for more explanation.)

Because of continued uncertainties and IEEE travel restrictions, this call requests proposals for projects that can be initiated immediately and performed without travel.

To submit a proposal, please complete the attached Funding Request Form and send to Patrick McCarren ([email protected] ) and Paul Nikolich ([email protected] ) by 11:59 pm in your time zone, July 1, 2021.

In preparing the proposal for submission, please pay careful attention to the guidance embedded in the Form and to the FAQ appended to the Form. Please note the requirement that the proposed objectives must have particular characteristics, i.e., that they be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Oriented. (See Section 1 of the Form and Q8 of the FAQ).

Thank you in advance.

Paul Nikolich
Chair, TAB CoS