Monthly Archives: April 2016


IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2016 abstract due date extended to 16 May

The new extended deadline for accepting abstracts for the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) is 16 May.

GHTC will be in Seattle WA, October 13 – 16, 2016. Refer to the Call for Papers here for details. The abstracts should be 200 words max and additional information for authors is at http://www.ieeeghtc.org/author-central.

At GHTC multiple disciplines interact to identify, create and advance technology that benefits the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations of the world and help with improving disaster response. The conference’s focus is research, applied technology, and case studies pertaining to humanitarian technology and its application in the following areas:

  • Energy,
  • Healthcare,
  • Disaster management,
  • Connectivity & communication,
  • Humanitarian challenges & opportunities,
  • Water & sanitation,
  • Agriculture,
  • Education, and
  • Deployment.

Authors must submit an initial abstract for consideration to present in an oral session or interactive poster session; or a proposal for a case study, panel discussion, and workshop. We especially encourage the inclusion of case studies on topics that are appropriate for humanitarian technology. Submission of a full paper is mandatory for technical paper oral presentations and optional for posters and special workshops after initial abstract acceptance. All abstracts should be submitted online following the author guidelines at http://www.ieeeghtc.org/author-central.

Submission Schedule:

May 16    Abstract or proposal submission deadline
June 30    Full paper submission deadline
August 15    Final paper submission deadline


The Third International Conference on Digital Information Processing, Data Mining, and Wireless Communications (DIPDMWC2016)

The submission is open until June 6, 2016. Please consider submitting your papers to DIPDMWC2016.

****ALL registered papers will be submitted to IEEE for POTENTIAL inclusion to IEEE Xplore.****

The Third International Conference on Digital Information Processing, Data Mining, and Wireless Communications (DIPDMWC2016)

July 06-08, 2016 » Moscow, Russia
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)

Website: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/dipdmwc2016/

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Dates        Open from now until June 6, 2016
Notification of Acceptance    2-4 weeks from the submission date
Camera Ready Submission        June 26, 2016
Registration Deadline        June 26, 2016
Conference Dates        July 6-8, 2016

You are invited to participate in The Third International Conference on Digital Information Processing, Data Mining, and Wireless Communications (DIPDMWC2016) that will be held in Moscow, Russia, on July 06-08, 2016. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures.

DIPDMWC2016 welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) Digital Information Processing, Data Mining, Wireless Communications and related research topics.

SUBMISSION LINK:
http://sdiwc.net/conferences/dipdmwc2016/openconf/openconf.php

EMAIL:
[email protected]

IEEE DIPDMWC2016 - Russia Poster


IEEE Educational Activities Board Awards

2016 IEEE EAB Awards_Flyer Image (1)

IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Awards recognize and honor individuals and companies for major contributions to engineering and technical education. THE IEEE HKN Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments by students, professors, and industry professionals who make significant contributions to society and who exemplify a balance of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Please use this web site to complete a nomination for the following EAB and HKN Awards.

Types of Awards

EAB Awards are given for:

IEEE-EAB Scholarship Awards

HKN Awards are given for


‘Mind the Gap’ Regional Competition

Everyone knows about the generation gap… What are YOU going to do about it?
The long awaited MtG is finally here in its regional version!
This contest challenges YOU to come up with and idea that reduces the gap between older and younger generations and brings them together.
To know more, please visit http://mtg.ieeer8.org and contact us at [email protected] to ask us any question and to submit your proposals before May 15th.
Looking forward to your brilliant ideas!

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DEADLINE FOR IEEE STUDENT WEB SITE CONTEST

Dear students,

We want to inform you that we are approaching deadline for IEEE Student Web Site contest really fast. The regional deadline for web site submission is 22 April (annually). Be creative and submit your Student Branch Web Site.

All IEEE Student Branches and Branch chapters are eligible for the Student Branch Web Site contest. Each Student Branch may enter at most one Web site, regardless of the number of Branch chapters present. To enter your Branch, simply send an e-mail message to your Regional Students Activities Chair (RSAC), Regional Student Representative (RSR), and the contest administrator with the subject “IEEE Student Branch Web Site Contest.” Please include the:

 

  • URL of your Web site;
  • name of the Student Branch it belongs to;
  • IEEE region you are in;
  • e-mail address of the Web site contact or administrator;
  • name and e-mail address of Web site contact (if different from the above).

 

Also make sure that you follow the specific submission rules as outlined by your Regional Student Activities Chair (RSAC).

 

More information you can find at

https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/awards/site_contest.html?WT.mc_id=lp_st_com

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2016 IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium – TechSym 2016

2016 IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium
September 30 – October 2, 2016
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, India – 721 302
[http://www.techsym.in/]


TechSym 2016 – Call For Papers

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.

The 2016 IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium is organized by:

IEEE Student Branch, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
IEEE Signal Processing Society Student Branch Chapter, IIT Kharagpur
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Student Club, IIT Kharagpur
IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity, IEEE Kharagpur Section

IEEE Kharagpur Section

The 4th IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium (IEEE TechSym) will host oral and poster sessions showcasing original contributions from students and young professionals across a range of subjects, with subsequent submission to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Previously held in 2010, 2011, and 2014, IEEE TechSym 2016 includes cutting edge keynote talks and exciting opportunities to interact with some of the leading figures in academia and industry. The three-day symposium will also provide a unique platform for learning through various hands-on workshops and tutorials. This edition of the event also includes exciting opportunities in the form of Undergraduate / Graduate Project Displays, a Hardware Hackathon Competition and Technical Challenges for young engineers and researchers.

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The Organizing Committee of the 2016 IEEE Students’ Technology Symposium invites scholastic contributions in the form of articles for Oral / Poster presentations. Submissions are invited as full papers for presentations at the following tracks:

Tracks – TechSym 2016

Track 1 – RF Systems, Communication, and Computer Networks
Track 2 – Imaging & Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing
Track 3 – MEMS, Electron Devices, and Sensors
Track 4 – Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Track 5 – Power and Control Systems
Track 6 – VLSI Design and Automation
Track 7 – Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Track 8 – Human Computer Interaction

A full list of subject areas for each respective track is available at
[http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/kharagpur/iitkgp/TechSym2016/sub_track.php]

To encourage outstanding original contributions, the Organizing Committee of IEEE TechSym 2016 announces the following award categories:

Awards – TechSym 2016

Advancing Technology For Humanity Award
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Award
Industry-Ready Technology Award
Internet-of-Things (IoT) Award

Women in Engineering Award

Best Paper Award [1 Award per Track]

The complete list of awards and nomination criteria for each award is available at:
[http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/kharagpur/iitkgp/TechSym2016/awards.php]


Important Dates

Full Paper Submission Due: 10 May, 2016
Paper Acceptance Notification: 31 July, 2016
Camera-Ready Submission: 31 August, 2016
Early Registration: 14 August, 2016

Symposium Date: 30 September – 02 October, 2016


Author Information

Manuscripts for IEEE TechSym 2016 should be submitted through Microsoft CMT available at
[https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TECHSYM2016/]

All submissions should be formatted according to manuscript preparation guidelines available at
[http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/kharagpur/iitkgp/TechSym2016/sub_author_instruct.php]

IEEE TechSym 2016 Editorial Policies & Reviewing Guidelines

[http://ewh.ieee.org/sb/kharagpur/iitkgp/TechSym2016/sub_edt_polici.php]

Visit Us at [http://www.techsym.in/] and [https://www.facebook.com/IEEE.TechSym/]


Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

GHTC 2016 Call for Papers

Join your peers in Seattle, WA on October 13-16, 2016

To submit a paper abstract: https://edas.info/N22217

IEEE’s Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) is  IEEE’s premier humanitarian technology conference. It is where multiple disciplines interact to identify, create and advance technology to benefit humanity. The conference’s focus is research, applied technology, and case studies pertaining to humanitarian technology and its application in the following areas energy, healthcare, disaster management, connectivity & communication, humanitarian challenges & opportunities, water & sanitation, agriculture, education, humanitarian technology deployment and deployment.

Humanitarian technology is research and applied technology that benefits the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations of the world and improves disaster response.

Refer to the Call for Papers here for details and requirements for abstract submission.

The conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 13–16th 2016, will feature interactive sessions where attendees can share best practices and lessons learned that complement the workshops, panels, case studies, keynote speakers, posters, and technical presentations.

Submission Schedule:

April 18                Abstract or proposal submission deadline

June 15                 Paper submission for review

August 15            Final copy-ready paper submission deadline

Authors may submit the initial abstract for a paper or poster presentation; or a proposal for a case study, panel discussion, and workshop. We especially encourage the inclusion of case studies and topics that are appropriate for interactive sessions. Submission of a full paper is required after initial abstract acceptance. All submissions require an abstract for initial review and acceptance submitted online, and following the author guidelines at www.ieeeghtc.org/author-central.

The IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference is sponsored by IEEE Region 6, IEEE Oregon Section, IEEE Seattle Section, IEEE-USA and Society for Social Implications of Technology , and the following IEEE Technical Societies:  Consumer Electronics (CES), Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS), Power & Energy (PES), and Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTTS).

You can find and learn about the past years GHTC at the following:


10th IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements (WNM)

Call for Papers: IEEE WNM 2016

10th IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements (WNM)
http://wnm2016.csis.mtroyal.ca/

co-located with

41th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
http://www.ieeelcn.org/

November 7-10, 2016, The Address Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission:        May 23, 2016
Notification:      July 25, 2016
Camera-ready:      August 15, 2016
Direct EDAS Submission Link: https://edas.info/N22480

SCOPE
The 10th Anniversary Edition of  IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements is soliciting papers in the areas of computer network measurement, monitoring, security and privacy. We invite mature and early works using traditional and new methodologies, and especially works that challenge conventional wisdom in relationship between traffic monitoring, security and privacy.

We seek submissions that treat all aspects of measurement, security and privacy across the networking stack, distributed applications and services and especially encourage works that involve new and emerging systems, applications, and environments.

The importance of data increases from one year to the next, and we have witnessed significant changes in technologies related to generation, collection, transmission, analysis and storage of data, including virtualization and cloud technologies, big data processing and storage systems. The shear volume of data poses challenges to traditional measurement and monitoring techniques, as well as transmission into analysis systems, where so much data is generated that it cannot be copies, transmitted or stored before processing that includes downsizing.

As data becomes more important, more precise and detailed extraction from network traffic and applications is necessary. Often times, considerations for security and privacy preservation are lacking or come later as a secondary concern. A question arises how to build powerful measurement and monitoring systems that generate valuable data without compromising security and privacy of consumers, and increasingly IoT devices, that generate it. In fact, many measurement and monitoring systems do not have built-in privacy and security protection mechanisms and data is sanitized off-line or during post-processing. On the other hand, some systems are built with only security or privacy in mind so that effective measurement and monitoring of those systems is impossible.

We invite the measurement, monitoring, security and privacy community to contribute original submissions that cover a broad range of topics across wired and wireless networks, with and without security and privacy aspects:

*Measurement tools, techniques, design, and evaluation
*Measurement of new protocols such as HTTP/2, QUIC and similar alternatives
*Measurement of emerging modes of communication such as NFC and spontaneous interaction of devices
*Measurement for wearables and Internet of Things
*Measurement in Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking
*Building Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics from network measurements
*Measurement related to performance, security and privacy
*Preserving security and/or privacy in measurement and monitoring systems
*Preventing network intrusions and attacks on monitoring and measurement systems
*Detecting vulnerabilities in network systems
*Anonymization and privacy preservation
*Building secure and privacy-preserving monitoring systems and infrastructures
*Privacy enhancing technologies
*Privacy and anonymity in the Web, cloud systems, online social networks, mobile networks, P2P networks
*Privacy in identity management systems
*Design, performance, and measurements of privacy-preserving systems
*Design, performance, and measurements of secure networks
*Measurement methodologies for privacy and anonymity
*User profiling mechanisms
*Mechanisms for processing of private data
*Quantification of privacy threats and anonymity loss
*Privacy challenges in smart systems
*Current and emerging regulatory frameworks for privacy

PAPER SUBMISSION

The workshop seeks novel, previously unpublished papers, which are not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. All submissions should be in PDF for-mat, written in English with a maximum paper length of eight printed pages (IEEE Transactions style double-column format, 10pt font size), including figures. The paper should include a brief abstract of up to 150 words. The submission will be handled via EDAS. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be available via the IEEE Xplore website. Please refer to workshop website for details: http://wnm2016.csis.mtroyal.ca/

ORGANIZATION

Program Chairs
Aniket Mahanti, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Emir Halepovic, AT&T Labs – Research, USA

Web Chair
Mingwei Gong, Mount Royal University, Canada


About IEEE Region 8 Humanitarian Activities Committee


Mission and Goals

The IEEE Region 8 Humanitarian Activities Committee (HuAC) mission is to inspire and empower IEEE volunteers around Europe, Middle East, and Africa to carry out and support impactful humanitarian technologies and sustainable development activities. In particular, our goals include:

  • Building the optimal humanitarian team in the Region.
  • Mentoring existing SIGHT groups and prospective groups.
  • Supporting SIGHT groups activities and encouraging them to participate in Regional humanitarian activities.
  • Increasing visibility of Humanitarian Activities within the Region.
  • Raising awareness of ongoing HTB/SIGHT activities and encouraging submission of project proposals.
  • Encouraging reporting of activities via vTools by monitoring and reaching out.
  • Encouraging celebration of SIGHT Week across the Region.
  • Encouraging Student and Young Professional involvement in Humanitarian Activities.
  • Encouraging and highlighting the women involvement in humanitarian activities.
  • Organizing R8 Humanitarian Activities Congress and collaborating in organizing humanitarian conferences.
  • Collaborating with other IEEE OUs and with external organizations on humanitarian projects.
  • Recognizing exceptional SIGHT Groups and volunteers.

Composition

Theodoros
Abdullateef
Lavender
George
Lucija
Jan
Nour
Omar
Neemat
Lwanga
Simay
Miriam
Magdalena
Mohamed

Programs and Initiatives

  • Community Support Program: Provides support to R8 SIGHT Groups to implement community support projects to address local community challenges.
  • Connecting Humanitarian Experts: Webinars on humanitarian topics presented by an expert in the field.
  • Humanitarian Ambassadors Program: Supports and trains volunteers to share IEEE humanitarian opportunities across our Region and impact the local communities.
  • R8 Humanitarian Activities Congress: Brings together R8 SIGHT group members to share results, lessons learnt and experience with peers across the Region, and to discuss and address various humanitarian and community development projects, as well as to promote the use of technology for social good.
  • R8 Humanitarian Technologies Hackathon: Fosters competition amongst IEEE and SIGHT members, through their solutions to specific humanitarian challenges and targets tech proposals around specific UN SDGs.
  • SIGHT Groups Accelerator Program: Provides R8 SIGHT Groups with a seed funding for the new year activities based on their humanitarian efforts and activities of the past year.
  • SIGHT Groups Coordination Workshops: Provides support and guidance to R8 SIGHT Groups to overcome any operational or organizational issues and obstacles they face or could face in the future and to ensure their optimal functioning.
  • Humanitarian Voices: Delivers news articles regarding humanitarian activities and initiatives across our Region supported by photos on the field, and highlight the achievements of SIGHT groups and inspire volunteers.
  • Humanitarian Meets STEM Initiative: Targets to spread IEEE Humanitarian Efforts and introduce sustainable development goals to pre-university students.
  • Humanitarian Opportunities from Societies Initiative: Targets to boost collaboration an partnerships between R8 HuAC and Societies.


Current Opportunities and Upcoming Events

  • SIGHT Groups Regional Report: This form will be used to hear from R8 SIGHT leaders about their Groups and how we can improve our support in order to ensure their optimal functioning
  • Humanitarian Voices: SIGHT Groups can showcase and share their achievements in order to get published in R8 News and inspire volunteers across Europe, Middle East and Africa