Monthly Archives: May 2017

Region8 MD Team Workshop

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The Region8 MD Team has recently organized an Membership Development Workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia on May 19-20.
The Workshop was very well attended with 25 participants from 20 countries within the Region 8 and the post event feedback suggested an extremely positive outcome! The participants were welcomed to the venue on Friday afternoon. That first day sessions included basic introduction to R8 and Membership development, with the host section presentation. Later the team was guided to a beautiful city tour followed by an exquisite networking dinner. The second day was filled with MD focused presentations, interactive sessions and brainstorming sessions. Everyone participated to the fullest and managed to learn from each other. Towards the end, a comprehensive joint action plan was generated which all the MDO’s agreed to take it to their respective sections and implement according to their own needs and customized requirements.
Current MDW was an amazing and a successful event that will go long ways in ensuring enhanced membership with the region, many thanks for all attendees and congratulations for the Czechoslovakia Section, that done a great job hosting MDW!
More similar workshops will be planned next years as well, so please consider the opportunity to join us in future!

Warmest wishes on behalf of R8 MDSC!

The First IEEE GCC SYP Congress | 2017

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The word congress is originated from the Latin word congressus, which is an off-spring of the word congredi; con- meaning together and -gredi meaning walk, giving us “walk together” or “meet”. And On the 7th and 8th of May, 2017, IEEE’s youth of the GCC got to “walk together” in to the huge halls of Gulf Convention Center, Bahrain, where the first of its kind in the region, IEEE GCC SYP Congress, was held in conjunction with the 9th IEEE-GCC Conference & Exhibition.
It all started when a group of bright individuals being the UOB and KFUPM IEEE student branches, and both the Young Professionals of IEEE Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Sections, decided to join powers and be a part of organizing an event that will gather youth of the area together. Their hard work paid off eventually, when it was time for the event to come through.
The 2-day event was targeted at the students and young professionals of the region but was gladly unbounded by that target. The congress was a welcoming host of more than 300 students and professionals that are focused outside the GCC as well, which added variety to what the congress was offering. It was admirable as well as delightful to see young minds come together to share ideas, success stories, future plans and a lot more with such passion and enthusiasm.

The congress, with open arms, offered a long-awaited platform for youth to engage in conversation and present new ideas that revolve around building a better future and improving the present. Over the two days, attendees also got the chance to participate in organized competitions in the fields of Technology, innovation and Robotics, which all-in-all, displayed excellent technical skills and great sportsmanship.
The congress was also honored to have 2 of the most respected figures in IEEE as guest speakers; The first being the past IEEE R8 Director, Mr. Costas Stasopoulos, and the second being the current R8 Director of IEEE, Ms. Margaretha Eriksson. Both took part in multiple interactive sessions, gladly answered the attendees’ questions and admired the effort put in each individual session.
These were not the only speakers joining us from the R8, as we had multiple sessions being led by R8 representatives. One of the sessions was headed by an R8 SAC representative Mr. George
Papadimitriou, discussing student activities. Another session was entirely about the young professionals and their role and was also headed mainly by another R8 YP representative, Mr. Skander Mansouri.
More than 15 sessions, 3 workshops and 3 competitions took place over the span of the two days. Panel discussions were organized to discuss extremely important topics like women’s role in the field of engineering, entrepreneurship and youth’s participation, which encouraged dialogue and debate from the attendees, which was, what an engineer would call a “desired output.”
Do not be fooled, though. Just like all the workshops and panel discussions took place during the day, social events and dinners took place during the evening hours. Moreover, tours of the country took place in between breaks during morning sessions, to give the attendees of the congress the full experience and to create a friendly air.
The closing ceremony brought many, organizers and attendees, to tears as it was emotional to see all the hard work unfold before their eyes: organizers seeing what they have been working on coming to an end, and participants hearing out competition results.

All of this, of course, would not have been so wonderfully organized if it wasn’t for the organizing team behind the success, headed by Dr. Mohammed Al Muhaini, the congress chairman, under the constant guidance of IEEE veterans like Mr. Muhammad Al Dhamen, Mr. Jaafar Al Ibrahim and Dr Ibrahim Elamin.  An appreciative thank you goes out to all who got involved in bringing such an important event about.
Hoping that this IEEE SYP GCC congress has set the way for many to come in the future, bringing our youth together, to work on a better today and an even brighter tomorrow

Internships Offered In 2016

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Territory Location and Contact Type of Internship / Hire Funding Open

/Filled
Company
Africa
Cedric Cloud Company Kenya

Send your CV to [email protected]

 3 Internships for 3 months

Thereafter opportunity to be recruited by the company.

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 Funded Open
IBM Kenya Kenya

Contact John Matogo [email protected]

 Two Internships offered.

Requirements: Candidates must be certified in an IBM Technology.

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 Funded Open
Schneider Electric Kenya Draft MoU awaiting approval Not Yet Open
Philips Kenya Philips requested documentation. Awaiting response. Not Yet Open
Europe North
Intel Corporation Ireland

Contact:

[email protected]

Job Opportunities

AMAZING WORKS HERE

No one else sees the world like you do. We’ve been looking for that.

Innovation happens when unique perspectives work together. Join us.

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Watch this company for new opportunities

 What We Offer You

At Intel brilliance pays. You work hard, we return the favour.
Intel Corporation Several locations in

Apply Online: EMEA. Main locations:

Germany: http://career.intel.com/RxCvm

Poland: http://career.intel.com/RxCvw

Ireland: http://career.intel.com/RxCw6

UK: http://career.intel.com/RxCwQ

Russia: http://career.intel.com/RxCwG

Several internship levels at various locations in Europe.

Types of positions:

  • Internships
  • Working student
  • Bachelor/Master Thesis
  • PhD thesis

Personal Skills:

  • Student of relevant engineering field
  • Good communication skills
  • Self-motivated
  • Problem solving skills
  • Ability to take personal ownership to maintain an incident and injury free environment
  • Excellent teamwork capabilities

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 Duration: 3-12 months.

All student positions are paid.

  • Further learning opportunities
 Open
nextmarkets GmbH Cologne

/Köln, Germany

Dominic Heyden [email protected]

Internships

Conversion to permanent contract possible.

Company: nextmarkets is an innovative e-learning / Fintech company founded in 2014.

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 Contract and Salary are individually negotiated Open
NEC Heidelberg, Germany

http://www.neclab.eu/jobs/

Internships and Job Vacancies.

Details and application contacts are on the NEC labs website:

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 Details on NEC labs website Open
Starcom

Media and Marketing

 London, UK

Shah Auckburaully. [email protected] ([email protected]).

 London-based IEEE member who just graduated in maths or who has high degree of numerical skills.
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Texas Instruments Freising (Munich), Germany

Send CV directly to : [email protected]

Internship Masters / subsequent hiring.

Requirements: Highly motivated and talented Engineers who have passion for Analog Integrated Circuit designs.

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Please apply ONLY if you fit the description.

 Stipend provided Open
VSL, Dutch Metrology Institute Netherlands

Contact: Gert Rietveld [email protected]

Internships. 3 to 9 month internships and/or thesis projects

Only for EU nationals (because of Work permit and visa requirements)

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 Funding: we offer

480 € / month coverage of costs

 Open
ABB in Germany Germany Negotiations in hand Not Yet Open
NATS in the UK UK Negotiations in hand Not Yet Open
RSTJ Systems Ltd UK Negotiations in hand Not Yet Open
Nokia Finland Negotiations in hand Not Yet Open
Philips Finland Negotiations in hand Not Yet Open
Texas Instruments Germany Job offer pending Not Yet Open
Europe South
Altiria Madrid, Spain

Contact: Juan Pedro López ([email protected]), reference: JDE IEEE

Java Developer Engineer.

Altiria has got a position to hire an Engineer with at least one years experience

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 6 month trial period and subsequent conversion to permanent contract. Filled
Analog Devices, SLU Valencia, Spain

Send your CV, marks and motivation letter to [email protected]

Please submit by 22nd December 2016

Internship 6 to 9 months

Analog Devices, ADI, is a world leader in the semiconductor industry. You will work in a highly co-operative environment and be integral part of an integrated circuit design team. Working language is English.

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 €1,166 monthly full-time. Support Bachelor or Master project. Open
GMV Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

[email protected] with the reference ‘Robotics Intern IEEE’.

Robotics Internship

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 Opportunity to learn from a high-level technical team Open
GMV HQ: Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

[email protected] with the reference: ‘GNSS IEEE’

Junior GNSS Engineer

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 Permanent contract and attractive package Open
Lector Vision Madrid, Spain

[email protected]

An intern is needed in the Research & Design department

To execute Artificial Vision developments. It is expected that scholar will join the company after a few months (depending on the calibre of work).

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 from €300 to €600 /month, Open
Lector Vision

Madrid, Spain

[email protected]

 An intern is needed in the Research & Design department

To execute software testing: testing protocol development and testing execution, software configuration and installation

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 from €300 to €600 /month, depending on candidate Open
Melcox Madrid, Spain

http://melcox.com/en/contacto/

Technical Sales Specialist Internship (for a Young Professional)

Possibility of aspiring to a permanent full time position in the company

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 6 month remunerated internship Open
Ingemation Spain Company has signed MoU.

Being finalised

 Not Yet Open
Vicomtech-IK4 Spain Company has signed MoU.

Being finalised

 Not Yet Open
Ansaldo-STS Naples, Italy

Contact:

Francesco Flammini

 Three Internships offered. Duration: 6 to 12 months

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 Bachelors and Masters unpaid.

Grants available to PhDs

 Open
ST Microelectronics

Advanced System Technology

 Agrate Brianza, Italy

Please contact:

Danilo Pau;

[email protected]

 Three Internships

Duration:

Up to 12 months for undergraduate MSc and PhD students

6 months for MS graduates

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 Salary will be discussed at interview Open
InfoTrip Greece

Contact: Mr. Topalidis

CV to [email protected] Reference: Software Developer Position -IEEE

 Software Developer

InfoTrip specializes in Intelligent Transport Systems.

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 Salary to be discussed with applicant Open
SBOING (www.sboing.net) Thessaloniki, Greece

Please, send CV or ask for more info at: [email protected]

 Employment: Looking for a very experienced security application developer to work part-time or full-time on a network security project for a period of 10-12 months, starting Dec. 2016.

Local presence is desirable, but not required.

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 Expected full-time compensation €1500-2500 p.m.
XM Limassol, Cyprus

Send CV and academic transcripts to [email protected], by Friday, 10th June 2016.

 Internships

Will recruit as many good engineers as they identify.

  • Must be eligible to work in Cyprus

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 Salary: € 480 for 6 weeks Filled
UTX Limassol, Cyprus

Application Deadline 14th August 2016

[email protected]

and cc [email protected].

 4 Job Positions: Electrical or Computer Engineers

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 Salaried Employees Filled
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) Nicosia, Cyprus

[email protected]

10 Internship Positions

Internships are for 3 months

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 100 euro per week or unpaid. Open
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) Limassol, Cyprus

[email protected]

7 Internship Positions

Internships are for 3 months

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 100 euro per week or unpaid. Open
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) Paphos, Cyprus

[email protected]

8 Internship Positions

Internships are for 3 months

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 100 euro per week or unpaid. Open
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) Larnaca, Cyprus

[email protected]

2 Internship Positions

Internships are for 3 months

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 100 euro per week or unpaid. Open
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) Ammochostos, Cyprus

[email protected]

3 Internship Positions

Internships are for 3 months

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 100 euro per week or unpaid. Open
CyRIC Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus

Antonis Hadjiantonis [email protected].

One Internship. Duration: 8 weeks

Working on FLOBOT (Floor Washing Robot for Professional Users) EU project.

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 Paid Filled
CyRIC Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus

Antonis Hadjiantonis [email protected].

One Internship

Long Range Wide Area Networks.

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 Paid Filled
SignalGeneriX Ltd Limassol, Cyprus

Mr. Konstantinos Michail [email protected]

3 Internship positions

SignalGenerix is a Cypriot R&D company doing cutting edge research and development in the fields of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Communications.

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 Not funded. Filled
IBM Cyprus Company has signed MoU.

Internships available late 2016

 Not Yet Open
MTN Cyprus Will sign the MoU

MTN intends to recruit an engineer. The position will be listed here.

 Salaried position Not Yet Open
Middle-East
Vodafone Egypt Egypt only

Cairo and Giza.

Contact IEEE Industry Ambassador Mohamed Amin [email protected]

 Summer 2016 internships

– for good calibre students.

Various

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 135 IEEE students applied Filled
Vodafone Egypt Egypt

Contact IEEE Industry Ambassador Mohamed Amin [email protected]

 Select from highly qualified student applicants to be ‘Vodafone Guru’.

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 Funded Filled
IBM Egypt

Contact IEEE Industry Ambassador Mohamed Amin [email protected]

 Internships for 3 months

Training and shadowing existing IBM projects.

Internships.

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 Funded Open
Loyac Organization Jordan

Contact IEEE Industry Ambassador Mohamed Amin [email protected]

 Summer internships

Arranged by IEEE Jordan Section YP AFG for IEEE engineering and IT students, in collaboration with Loyac Organization through a program called “Darb”.

80 candidates from IEEE will start their 2 months internships on July 2017 until September 2017

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 Funded

2 Months duration

 Filled
Tunisia Training Internships Tunisia One month, training offers.

Being finalised

 Not Yet Open
Morocco Morocco Negotiations Underway Not Yet Open

Mind The Gap is here again!

 in Mind the Gap!

Dear IEEE Region 8 Students,

This is your opportunity to CROSS the line!

Mind the Gap is a contest challenging IEEE students in Region8 to come up with a project proposal describing an idea that helps reduce the gap between generations and bring them together. It should be feasible, useful, and beneficial to all generations.

The first, second, and third prizes amount to 750, 500, and 250 USD, respectively.

Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] not later than May 22nd, 2017. Any team of 1 to 5 students is eligible to participate, and three winning teams will be announced by June 22nd. Show us what you can do!

Connect with us!

 

What is the generation gap?

The term “generation gap” describes the sociological and psychological differences between people belonging to different generations: differences in values, lifestyle, attitude, even opportunities. Sociologists differentiate between three generations: Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), Generation X (1965-1984), and Millennials (also known as Generation Y, 1985-2010).

The biggest gap exists between Millennials and their predecessors. Millennials grew up in a time where everything they needed to know or wanted to know was at their fingertips thanks to the advancement of technology. This innovative need to know, want, and do more led Millennials to obtain a skill set that is infinitely scalable compared to previous generations, mostly in terms of the ability to use technology efficiently and absorb information rapidly. However, what they lack most is what their predecessors abundantly have: experience.

 

Guidelines

The project idea shall

  • Bring older and younger generations together, upon its implementation
  • Be beneficial to both older and younger generations, and reflect positively on society
  • Be realizable, i.e. implemented and transformed into reality, within a 6-month period
  • Be realizable, within a budget of no more than 10,000 USD

The proposal shall include

  • A project idea that helps reduce the generation gap (as described above)
  • A development of the idea, discussing the positive impact on the different age groups, and on society
  • The potential challenges that could be faced during and after the project implementation
  • A detailed budget estimation
  • A Gantt Chart showing the project’s milestones and their estimated time of completion
  • No more than 10 pages

 

Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] not later than May 22nd, 2017. Any team of 1 to 5 students is eligible to participate, and three winning teams will be announced by June 22nd. Show us what you can do!

For more information, please visit facebook.com/MtGR8SAC, mtg.ieeer8.org, or send an email to [email protected]. Looking forward to receiving your ideas!

 

All the best,

Your IEEE R8 SAC Team