Yearly Archives: 2012

IEEE EPICS Around the Globe Virtual Conference

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The IEEE EPICS Around the Globe Virtual Conference is a one day event that will be held on Saturday 27 October 2012 opening its virtual doors at 8:45 AM EST.  This conference will showcase the global reach of the EPICS in IEEE program and also provide a unique opportunity to see a new virtual platform in motion.

The IEEE EPICS Around the Globe Virtual Conference features knowledgeable speakers who are the cornerstones of the program from Purdue University and IEEE alongside IEEE student branches who have successfully developed and executed an EPICS project.

The speakers include:

Welcome: Dr. Michael Lightner, IEEE Educational Activities VP

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Moshe Kam, IEEE Past President

Plenary Session:  Dr. William Oakes, Director of EPICS, Purdue University

The conference features two tracks to allow registrants to participate in sessions based on their own experience and interest level (Beginner and Advanced), a trade show floor with booths from conference sponsors, IEEE entities, and Student Branches who have completed EPICS in IEEE projects, and meeting room space for opportunities to converse with fellow attendees.   Attendees can receive a Certificate of Attendance by submitting a request to [email protected].  Professional Development hours are also available with a nominal fee and can be requested on the registration page.

Registration

To register for this event, visit registration.ieee-elearning.org

Registration Fees Schedule:

*Pricing in US Dollars

IEEE Life Member:   $15*

IEEE Student Member: $15*

IEEE Member: $25*

Non-IEEE Member: $50*

Please direct any questions about the conference or registration issues to [email protected].

Cloud Computing Virtual Career Fair

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From 1 to 21 October 2012, the IEEE Job Site will host a free Cloud Computing Virtual Career Fair sponsored exclusively by Microsoft. The career fair will allow software engineers to conduct job searches and apply for open positions in Microsoft’s Server & Tools Business. Microsoft staffers will be available for a Live Online Chat during the week of 12 October.  Click here for more information – http://careers.ieee.org/vcf/careerfair.php or register at http://careers.ieee.org/cloudcomputing/

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R8SAC September Chat Session: SB Membership Development

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September is usually the month when many new students start their university life. This gives the branches the perfect opportunity to attract new members by introducing them to the world of IEEE. Therefore, tthis month we’ll be covering student branch membership development in our R8SAC chat session.

The session will start at 4pm GMT on September 19, 2012, and will be given by Aleksandar Szabo and  Jan Verveckken. Aleksandar is part of the R8 Membership Development sub-committee and will cover student branch membership during the session. Jan is the MGA Chapter student representative and will cover branch chapter student membership. Both of them have been involved in membership development for quite a while now and will present ways to attract and retain members.

The event URL is:  https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/onstage/g.php?d=251779159&t=a

This link will become active half an hour before the session time.

We are looking forward to see you at the session!

Blue Marvel – Ocean Mysteries

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In a collaboration of the US National Science Foundation and the Group on Earth Observations, the NSF-funded Ocean Research Collaboration Network is proud to announce the first webinar in the series “Blue Marvel – Ocean Mysteries.”  The series will look at the ocean and its impact on us – from life in the ocean to human life on Earth.

Whether it is food, disease, climate change or recreation, oceans affect us directly or indirectly. But we know little about the oceans. There are parts of the oceans that are more mysterious than the surface of the moon. The series will look at the mysteries and impacts of the ocean – the Blue Marvel – and how research and a broad spectrum of scientists, from engineers to chemists, microbiologists to archaeologists play a role in finding the answers.

The first of these web-based seminars, “Oceans, Climate and Human Health: the cholera paradigm” will be presented by Dr. Rita Colwell on Tuesday the 16 October at 10AM EDT/14:00 UTC. For more information and access to the webinar, go to www.oceanmysteries.net after September 18.

Dr. Colwell was the 11th director of the United States’ National Science Foundation from 1998 to 2004 before becoming Chief Scientist at Canon U.S. Life Sciences. Dr. Colwell is an internationally recognized authority on cholera and infectious diseases and has remarkable understanding of the complex interplay of the “Earth system.”

The webinar series will continue on a monthly basis the first Tuesday of the month except December with presentations from leaders in ocean exploration and research.

Jay Pearlman, Ph.D.,  Fellow IEEE
Chair, IEEE Committee on Earth Observation 2007-9
Telephone:  +1 206 713 7991 (mobile)

IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2012, 14 to 17 October 2012, Berlin: Register Now

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We invite you to attend the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2012 from October 14 to 17, 2012 in Berlin. More than 400 papers of over 50 countries were submitted to the conference. This great participation has resulted in a dynamic-comprehensive and high-quality program centering on new technologies, solutions and experience for energy and grid transformation.

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The exhibition, the evening reception at Charlottenburg Palace, and the dinner in the industrial monument of Postbahnhof close to the Berlin Wall offer excellent networking among attendees. The famous Festival of Lights in parallel with the conference will add to the unique Berlin flavor. Program and registration updates are on the conference website at www.IEEE-ISGT-2012.eu.

We hope the program inspires you to register and to forward this information to interested friends and colleagues.

 

Best regards,
Kai Strunz
Professor TU Berlin and Conference Chair

2012 Clementina Saduwa Award Winner

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The winner of 2012 Clementina Saduwa Award is Dr. Wejdan Abu-Elhaija, for her professional and personal achievements.

Dr. Wejdan Abu-Elhaija from the Jordan Section, is a professor in Electrical Machines and currently, she is the Dean of King Abdullah II School for Electrical Engineering at her University at the Princess Sumaya University for Science and Technology.  The award ceremony took place during the IEEE R8 Committee meeting that was held in Berlin on March 31st, 2012.

R8 Election – OpCom and N&A SubCommittee

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Dear R8 Committee Members,

As you know,  OpCom and N&A SubCommittee elections will be held during the Region 8 Committee meeting in Tallinn.
I have a pleasure to inform you that the R8 Nominations & Appointments SubCommittee has approved the following Slates of Candidates:

R8 Treasurer
1. Brian Harrington (UK&RI)

R8 Secretary
1. Ali El-Mousa (Jordan)
2. Hafidh Al-Samarrai (West Saudi Arabia)

Vice Chair – Member Activities
1. Christopher James (UK&RI)
2. Aleksandar Szabo (Croatia)

Vice Chair – Technical Activities
1. Carl Debono (Malta)
2. Elya Joffe  (Israel)

Vice Chair – Student Activities
1. Pablo Herrero (Germany)
2.  Jan Verveckken (Benelux)
 

N&A SubCommittee (3 places)
1. Goce Arsov (Macedonia)
2. Pierre Borne (France)
3. Mourad Loulou (Tunisia)
4. Irina Naidionova (Lithuania)
5. Elias Nassar (Lebanon)
6. Maciek Ogorzalek (Poland)
7. Thanos Skordas (Greece)
8. Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh (Iran)
9. Nicolae Tapus (Romania)

All candidates satisfy relevant requirements and have confirmed their willingness to run.

Additional candidates may be added to the slates by petition, signed by a minimum of 15 R8 Committee members eligible to vote in the election (voting members:  56 Section Chairs and  8 OpCom  members). Petition must be submitted to R8 Director (Marko Delimar) or Secretary (Costas Stasopulos)  before the deadline of September 8, 2012.

Bios and satatements of all candidates will be sent to you before September 22

Best regards
Jozef Modelski 
N&A SubCommittee Chair

IEEE Annual Election – Polls just opened

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Dear IEEE Region 8 members,

The polls for the IEEE Annual Election are open from 15 August to 30 September 2012. Your participation will only take a few minutes and is paramount for the future of the IEEE.

The Annual Election gives you a unique opportunity to set the direction of our organisation. Do not miss the opportunity to exercise your influence on the priorities the IEEE will take in the next few years. Please study the candidate platforms and their past activities, and select those whose track record, proposals and vision are in line with your own vision of the future of IEEE.

Among others, you will be voting for the 2013-2014 IEEE Region 8 Director-Elect. The candidates are:

Candidates’ official biographies are here: http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/reg8.html.

In addition to the two candidates above, there are several other volunteers running for important IEEE offices, including IEEE President, IEEE Technical Activities Vice-President and Division Directors. All details about the IEEE Annual Election, the full list of all candidates, their biographies and position statements can be found here: http://www.ieee.org/elections. If you have questions about the election, send them to [email protected].

To access your ballot now, follow this link http://www.ieee.org/elections (you will need your IEEE account username and password for authentication).

Please help IEEE by making your voice heard. Please vote!

Thank you and best regards,

Marko Delimar
IEEE Region 8 Director