Yearly Archives: 2017


How to form a Section WIE Affinity Group?

To form a Section AG, please follow these steps:

  • Visit Petition Form.
  • Go to “Forming an IEEE Geographic unit”.
  • Click on “Access Petition Form” button.
  • A new tab opens; sign in with your IEEE credentials.
  • Follow the steps and let us know if any assistance is needed.
  • You may benefit from up to 200 USD in start-up funding! Please fill the form on Affinity Funding.
  • Additional resources may be found on How-To.

After forming your AG, do not forget to report your officers, meetings, and activities! Visit Officers Reporting and Events Reporting. Do not hesitate to ask us any question you may have 🙂

We will be happy to support your Affinity Group and its activities. Please keep us in the loop of the petition process so we can follow it up, and be in touch with us for any assistance or inquiries! Please send us an email on [email protected] or write us on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.


The IEEE Region 8 Educational Activities Subcommittee (EASC) is looking for a Digital Marketer

The IEEE Region 8 EASC is looking for a volunteer to promote our activities and manage relationships with external parties. The position will provide the candidate with a chance to improve their soft skills and to also create new contacts. The responsibilities of the volunteer will include:

  • Writing press releases in English language;
  • Contacting possible sponsors;
  • Manage our social media accounts;
  • Liaising with the print and electronic media;
  • Coordinating with all branches of the EASC team

The candidate shall:

  • Be an IEEE member;
  • Be fluent In spoken and written English;
  • Have experience managing social media accounts;
  • Have negotiation skills;
  • Be creative;
  • Be productive;
  • Have the ability to work under pressure.

In order to work in harmony and cover the position demands, 2 hours of availability per week are required. During an event organization, more volunteer time may be needed.

To apply, please send a covering email with your IEEE membership number and a description of your experience to Mr.Stamatis Dragoumanos, the IEEE Region 8 EASC Pre-University Works Committee Chair, at: [email protected]

The submission deadline is 5/3/2017


HISTELCON 2017

HISTELCON 2019 will take place at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland on 18-19th September 2019

website:  www.histelcon2019.org

Tony Davies 2019 Feb 18th


 

 

HISTELCON 2017 will take place in Kyoto, Japan, in August 2017.

During HISTELCON 2017 it is expected that the location and date of HISTELCON 2019 will be announced.

Therefore, bids to host HISTELCON 2019 should be submitted as soon as possible to the R8 Secretary, and must present a realistic indication of how, where and when the conference would be held, including indicators of support or co-sponsorship.

Tony Davies, 2017 Feb 19th


How to form a Student Branch WIE Affinity Group?

To form a SB AG, please follow these steps:

After forming your SB AG, do not forget to report your officers, meetings, and activities! Visit officers.vtools.ieee.org, meetings.vtools.ieee.org, and http://ieee.fluidsurveys.com/s/wie-event-reporting. Do not hesitate to ask us any question you may have 🙂

We will be happy to support your Affinity Group and its activities. Please keep us in the loop of the petition process so we can follow it up, and be in touch with us for any assistance or inquiries! Catch us by email ([email protected]) or on Facebook and Instagram.


20 openings for fully funded research positions at the KIOS Research Center

The KIOS Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks at the University of Cyprus has recently been upgraded to a European Research and Innovation Center of Excellence through a TEAMING project, with significant funding in excess of 40 million euros over the next fifteen years. As a result, we have multiple (20) openings for fully funded research positions at all levels, including PhD scholarships and post-doctoral research positions. Successful candidates are expected to carry out fundamental or/and applied research in one or more of the following areas: control systems, computational intelligence and machine learning, autonomous systems, optimization and networks, embedded systems, fault diagnosis, cyber-security, reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance, transportation networks, water networks, power and energy systems and telecommunication networks.

The applications should be submitted as soon as possible, but not later than Tuesday, 28th February, 5:00pm. The evaluation of the applications will begin immediately. For more information please contact the KIOS Research Center, by phone at +357 22893450/51 or via e-mail at [email protected]

For details please see the following link:

http://www.kios.ucy.ac.cy/employment/KIOS-CoE-positions.pdf


IEEE Region 8 Awards call for nominations

The Region 8 Awards submission portal is open for the following awards:

  • The Region 8 Volunteer Award
  • The Region 8 Outstanding Section Awards (categories: Small, Medium and Large)
  • The Region 8 Chapter of the Year Awards (categories: Small/Middle and Large)
  • The Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year Award
  • The Clementina Saduwa Award (Women in Engineering)
  • Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award
  • Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group of the Year Award
  • Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Section Volunteer Award
  • Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Student Volunteer Award
  • The Region 8 Young Professionals Exceptional Volunteer Award
  • The Region 8 Outstanding Young Professionals Affinity Group Award

Please nominate outstanding individuals and organisational units!

The portal http://ieee-r8.fluidreview.com/ will remain until 15 June 2019.

Additional information on IEEE Region 8 Awards can be found here.


Alexandros Osana is a panelist at the Brain Fuel plenary on February 10th

Alexandros Osana, Chair – Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee IEEE Region 8, will be one of the three panelists at the plenary session, “Brain Fuel: Issues, opportunities and challenges facing young technology professionals in industry”.

For people attending the IEEE Meetings Week in New Orleans, they can attend the session on Friday, 10 February at 5:30-7:00 PM in the Celestin Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans. For those who cannot attend in-person, they can watch Alex live on ieee.tv and IEEE Collabratec™.

The Brain Fuel web page may be found at www.ieee.org/brainfuel and the registration page for the livestreaming event may be found at http://ieeetv.ieee.org/live_event/brainfuel.


PhD Position – Formal methods in control (Munich, Germany)

We invite applications for a doctoral researcher position in the field of formal methods in control. The successful candidate is expected to advance theory of as well as computational methods for abstraction-based controller synthesis, to a degree that facilitates routine, fully automated, practical application of the approach to nonlinear continuous-state plants and complex specifications.
The focus is on synthesis algorithms that are both efficient and formally correct.

The project involves theoretical work, algorithm and software development, and, on a small scale, experimental work. There is no teaching requirement and no coursework to be completed. Competitive salary is offered according to the tariff “TVOeD Bund, E 13”.

Required qualifications:

  • MSc degree (or equivalent, giving access to doctoral studies) in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field. Students about to complete their MSc will also be considered.
  • Excellent academic record, showing a strong theoretical/mathematical background and a strong interest in dynamical systems.
  • Proficiency in programming (C or Ada/SPARK).
  • Excellent communication skills in English (CEFR level C1).

In addition, experience in one of the following fields would be a plus: Set-valued or validated numerics; dynamic programming; formal methods in control; reactive synthesis; professional-grade software development.

Your complete application consists of the following documents, which should be sent as a single PDF file to the email address given below (deadline: Feb 15, 2017): CV with photo; one-page cover letter (clearly indicating available start date as well as relevant qualifications, experience and motivation); university certificates and transcripts (both BSc and MSc degrees); contact details of up to three referees; possibly an English language certificate and a list of publications. All documents should be in English, with the exception of university certificates and transcripts, which may also be in German. The position is open to applicants worldwide; no special security clearance necessary.

Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Gunther Reissig
Email: [email protected]
Subject: PhD ref 1777
http://www.reiszig.de/gunther/

University of the Armed Forces Munich
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Institute of Control Engineering
Germany