Monthly Archives: April 2017

The industrial internet quest

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A 1-month online program for software developers and engineers to access untouched data, build predictive applications on Predix, and get a chance to be rewarded with 30K euros in seed money.
A real opportunity to create new apps, to go from a prototype to a start-up!

SEED MONEY

30K to win
15K – first prize
10K – second prize
5K – third prize

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Gain exposure, showcase your app at GE Minds and Machines Europe, and increase your visibility with IEEE.

TECHNICAL COACHING

Receive coaching and technical support on the Predix GE Industrial Internet Platform to build an app faster and at a lower cost along the way.

GREAT DATA

Get various untouched datasets and make your predictive apps real.

Do you accept the Challenge? IEEE Region 8 and GE are proud to bring to you this Industrial Internet Quest. A real opportunity to create new apps, to go from a prototype to a start-up. Don’t miss this!
To register follow this link: http://iiotquest.bemyapp.com/

SAC – Student Paper Contest 2017 Finalists

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SAC announces the names of this year’s finalists for the Student Paper Contest.

The five Student finalists are:

Lucija Brezočnik,  ‘ Feature selection for classification using particle swarm optimization‘, SB Maribor, Slovenia,

Elly De Pelecijn, ‘ High Speed Time-multiplexed Continuous Time Sigma-Delta Converters‘ SB KU Leuven, Belgium

Mathieu Jadin , Gautier Tihon , ‘Securing MultiPath TCP‘, SB Université  Catholique de Louvain , Belgium,

Tim Thielemans, ‘ A Capacitive Gearbox DC/DC Converter enabling Skyscraper CMOS with Dynamic Voltage Scaling‘, SB KU Leuven, Belgium,

IstvanTaczi, ‘ Enhancing Power System Stability with Synthetic Inertia‘, SB Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), Hungary

The five students will present their papers to the jury members in a special session at EUROCON2017, Ohrid, Macedonia, on July 7, and the papers will be included in the EUROCON2017 conference proceedings.

The best three papers will also be awarded $800, $500 and $200 for the first, second and third placed papers respectively. Furthermore, the Region 8 Student Activities Fund offers $250 as the “Dick Poortvliet Award” to the branch where the winner comes from.

One must not forget all the other participants for their effort and initiative in sending in a paper.

Soon it will be time to think for SPC2018, so to all students finishing theses at undergraduate or masters: we would like to see your contributions next year. Perhaps your name will be on the corresponding list next year to come to Melecon 2018!!

Best wishes.

2017 Clementina Saduwa Award Winner

 in Clementina Saduwa Award Recipients

Dr. Daniela Danciu, winner of the prestigious Clementina Saduwa Award 2017

Dr. Daniela Danciu from IEEE Romania Section is an IEEE Senior member and a member of IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS). She is the Chair of the Craiova local division (since 2012) of SRAIT (the Romanian Society of Automation and Information Technology) – the Romanian NMO of IFAC.
 
Dr. Daniela Danciu received the engineer degree (equivalent M.Sc. degree) in Automation and Computers as well as the PhD Cum Laude degree in Automatic Control from University of Craiova (UCV), in 1990 and 2003, respectively. In 2000, she joined the Department of Automatic Control at UCV as a Lecturer. Dr. Daniela Danciu is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Automation and Electronics at UCV. Her research covers different aspects in the area of qualitative analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems including time delay systems, systems with multiple equilibria as well as recurrent neural networks.A rather recent research interest considers neural computing for solving Partial Differential Equations with non‐standard boundary conditions which model distributed parameter systems (DPS) arising from science fields and engineering applications.She is the author of two monographs (in Romanian) and the author/co-author of more than 65 scientific publications in international journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.
 
Dr. Daniela Danciu considers that, in order to encourage and support young women in developing  their engineering carrier, some simple and efficient actions for any academic member and/or researcher can be: self-example, involving them within research projects teams (as graduate/doctoral students), counseling in the difficult moments of their path to a professional carrier as well as in their professional life (individual advice, but also through organized activities).
 
The message of Dr. Daniela Danciu at the award ceremony (March 25, 2017 during the 108th IEEE Region 8 Committee meeting gala dinner in Stockholm – Sweden): “In memoriam of Clementina Saduwa, I would like to dedicate this prize to all the women from the IEEE community for their roles in professional environment as well as in society. I thank to all the valuable people that I have met in my life and who shaped my personality and the will to become better. I would also like to thank to the IEEE Region 8 award committee for deciding to award this prize to me – it was my best ever present for the International Women’s Day. Thank, you all! Let us be better!”