Monthly Archives: March 2022

IEEE Students Awards

 in Awards for Students and Student Branches

Larry K. Wilson Regional Student Activities Award

  • Why? Recognize, annually, in each Region of the IEEE, the Student member most responsible for an extraordinary accomplishment associated with Student Activities.
  • Who? IEEE Student Volunteers
  • Visit official website >

 

Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award

  • Why? Provide public recognition of exemplary IEEE Student Branch operations. Awards will be presented to those Student Branches that are found to be operated in a manner consistent with the goals of IEEE.
  • Who? Student Branches
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The Darrel Chong Student Activity Award

  • Why? Change the mindset of our student groups, from being number-driven to becoming value-driven and to acknowledge exemplary student activities around the world. The goal is to improve the quality of activities and to foster knowledge sharing among students.
  • Who? Student Activities
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Outstanding Branch Counselor and Branch Chapter Advisor Award

  • Why? Aware of the unusual and dedicated efforts of Student Branch Counselors and Branch Chapter Advisors, the Regional and Technical Activities Boards sponsor a cash award to each of the approximately 20 outstanding Counselors and Advisors around the world.
  • Who? Student Branch Counselors and Chapter Advisors
  • Visit official website >

A Step-by-Step Guide for Student Branch Chapters

 in Student Branch Cookbook

Step 1. Host your first Chapter Committee meeting

  • Who could attend?
    • You can invite the Advisor to the meeting
    • Important chapter officers should attend
    • SB Representative (e.g. Chair, Chapter Coordinator) could also be invited
    • Your meeting could be open to all Chapter members or entire SB members
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of your Chapter officers according to your Student Branch Constitution following your Student Branch and its Chapters reality.
  • Schedule your meeting dates according to your needs
  • Plan your events and your overall activity
  • Prepare your action plan for your Chapter Chair to present it at the SB ExCom meeting

 

Step 2. Participate and organize events

  • Participate in your SB introductory event and explain “What is your Society? Why did we join  and why should YOU?”
  • Co-organize events with your Student Branch and participate in your SB events like:
    • IEEEDay 
    • IEEEXtreme 
    • Student Paper Contest
    • IEEEduino
  • Learn about other activities related to the society and organize related events:
    • Distinguished Lecturer Program
    • Society-driven contests and competitions
    • Seminars and workshops on society-related field
    • Team-building activities for your Chapter members to strengthen useful connections with others
  • Advertise and encourage participation:
    • Take attendance list and photos for the event
    • Report your event on vTools “Important”
    • Share it on social media

 

Step 3. Establish useful connections to your SB chapter

  • Create connections with the other SB chapters inside your University
  • Create connections with similar SB chapters in your Section, your Region or even globally
  • Keep in touch with the SSAC and SSR in your Section
  • Keep in touch with the related chapter committee in your Section
  • Keep in touch with Student Activities officers of your Society

 

Step 4. Half-year membership season

  • Recruit new members (1 March – 15 August) at a 50% discounted price in comparison with full-year membership
  • Get a discount on the renewal fee by recruiting through IEEE Member-Get-A-Member program

 

Step 5. Call for nominations for new officers

  • New committee elections day
    • This is encouraged to be the same with your Student Branch elections
  • Report new officers on vTools
  • Report your activity back to your SB ExCom and your Society according to its standards

IEEE Region 8 Awards

 in Awards for Students and Student Branches

Student Branch of the Year Award

  • Why? Identify the Student Branches that have conducted quality events, workshops, projects, etc. for the benefit of students.
  • Who? Student Branches

 

Outstanding Student Branch Website Award

  • Why? Recognize those student websites that provide information about the activities, latest tech updates, learning opportunities, IEEE Benefits etc. through creative digital efforts aimed to make it easy for students of their student branch to obtain the information.
  • Who? Student Branches

 

Student Branch Membership Growth Award

  • Why? Recognize the essential work of the student branches in Region 8 regarding student membership growth, and also to promote and encourage student branches to work in that direction.
  • Who? Student Branches

 

Section Student Membership Development Award

  • Why? Recognize the essential work of the sections in Region 8 regarding student membership development, and also to promote and encourage sections to work in that direction.
  • Who? Sections

 

Student Branch Chapters of the Year Award

  • Why? Recognize outstanding performance of the nominated chapter, reflected by the completed nomination form and supporting documents.
  • Who? Student Branch Chapters

 

Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group of the Year Award

  • Why? Recognize activities and achievements for a WIE Student Affinity group from Region 8 within the past year.
  • Who? Student Branch Women in Engineering Affinity Groups

 

Outstanding Women in Engineering Student Volunteer Award

  • Why? Recognize an outstanding WIE Student volunteer who has been devoted to promoting WIE activities and spearheading events within their Student Branch AG
  • Who? IEEE Student Volunteers

 

Outstanding Student Branch SIGHT Group of the Year Award

  • Why? Recognize the essential work of the existing student branch SIGHT groups in Region 8, but also to promote and encourage student branches to create SIGHT groups.
  • Who? Student Branch SIGHT Groups

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IEEE Region 8 Student Activities Committee mission is to deliver a common, high quality IEEE experience for lifelong, professional success through IEEE membership for students in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Student Paper Contest 2022: 1st Phase Results

 in Announcements / Latest News and Updates / SPC 2022

This year there were 15 submissions in total, from which 13 submissions were accepted as valid. The submissions were from the following student branches:

  1. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  2. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  3. University of Maribor, Slovenia
  4. Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingenieurs, Morocco
  5. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  6. Qatar University, Qatar
  7. University of Niš, Serbia
  8. Bogazici University, Turkey
  9. Moi University, Kenya
  10. Imperial College London, UK
  11. University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibra, Oman
  12. Onaizah Colleges, Saudi Arabia
  13. Linkoping University, Sweden

 

This year, the members of the SPC international jury are:

  • Prof. Paul Micallef from Malta
  • Prof. Giambattista Gruosso from Italy
  • Prof. Mike Hinchey from Ireland
  • Prof. Vera Markovic from Serbia

 

The jury has anonymously selected the following five papers (listed in alphabetical order) for the Regional Oral Finals: 

  • Emilija Ćojbašić, University of Niš, Serbia, “Machine learning as an aid to predicting clinical outcome after stroke”
  • Kristjan Cuznar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, “Optimization of cold rolling process recipes based on historical data”
  • Lorenzo Lagostina, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, “Design of Low-power Arithmetic Logic Circuits for 45 nm CMOS Technology”
  • Matthieu Brabant, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, “Homomorphic Encryption for Privacy-Friendly Augmented Democracy”
  • Zixuan Huang, Imperial College London, UK, “Beam-switching Circularly Polarized Antenna Array for Cold-chain Tracking RFID Applications”

 

Congratulations to the authors of the top five papers and branches where the finalists come from! Many thanks to all participants in the SPC 2022!

IEEEDuino

 in IEEEDuino

 

IEEEDuino is a student-focused hardware contest to inspire student members in Europe, Middle East, and Africa to design, build, test, and demonstrate an innovative project on an Arduino microcontroller. Innovators, makers, and developers across the region, an opportunity to take part in a hardware design and build competition and compete against others in IEEE Region 8 and win great prizes for both winning and participating!

 

 

 

 

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Student Awards

 

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R8 SAC Programs

Meeting schedule – Warsaw

 in 2022-April - Warsaw

Friday 1 April

 

All meetings are open except if noted otherwise.

Time Baltic 1 Baltic 2 Baltic 3 Nysa Grand Ballroom
8:00-8:15 Welcome
8:15-10:00 SAC YP SPC Orientation
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:30 MD AfI CCT / SYP Orientation
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:50 ChCSC Awards & Recognitions FinCom Open session for Section Chairs
on R8 programs and initiatives
14:50-15:30 Special humanitarian initiatives in current conflicts
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 DEI PEA CoCSC N&A
(for committee members only)		 P&C
17:00-18:00 Entrepreneurship LM and HA CoCSC OpCom (for committee members only)
18:00-19:00 Poland Section presentation

 

Saturday 2 April

 

Time
8:00-15:55 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link
15:55-16:45 Breakout sessions:

  • Humanitarian efforts in current conflicts, Room Baltic 1
  • Conference organization, Room Baltic 2
  • Financial reporting, Room Baltic 3

Sunday 3 April

 

Time
8:00-13:15 R8 Committee meeting (Agenda), Grand Ballroom
WebEx link

Poland Section presentation – Warsaw

 in 2022-April - Warsaw

Friday 1 April

1) Introduction (general information about the activities and achievements of Poland Section), presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
2) Memory of 50 years of Poland Section history, presentation by Ryszard Jachowicz
3) Information about activities of Chapters and Affinity Groups of Poland Section, presentation by Marek Jasiński
4) Information about Professor Jan Czochralski, the Polish pioneer in microelectronics technology and the IEEE Milestone winner, presentation by Adam Dąbrowski
5) Industry presentations (coordination by Marcin Ziółek):
Intel
Graphcore
QWED

Call for Nominations – 2022 MGA Awards

 in News

Nominations for Outstanding Section Awards – Deadline 15 May 2022

Each year, the MGA Outstanding Section Awards are presented to one large, one medium, and one small Section (across all Regions), to recognize their excellent work and successful efforts in fulfilling the educational and scientific goals of IEEE for the benefit of the public.  The recipient Sections are acknowledged for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting the Student Branches, Technical Chapters, and Affinity Groups within their geographic boundaries. 

Three awards are presented, as follows:

  • Large Section = 1,501 or more members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year;

  • Medium Section = 501-1,500 members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year;

  • Small Section = 500 or fewer members (including Students) as of 31 December of the prior year

To nominate your Section for the MGA Outstanding Large, Medium, or Small Section Award, please

CLICK HERE

Nominations for Friend of IEEE MGA Awards

These awards are designed to specifically recognize support provided to IEEE and its members by firms, divisions of firms, or individuals (non-members). Nominators can submit individuals or organizations for a Friend Award at the supporting or sustaining level. Nominations for this award may be submitted at any time during the year.

To learn more about the Friend of IEEE MGA Awards CLICK HERE

To submit a nomination for the Friend of IEEE MGA Award CLICK HERE

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