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IEEE Academic, a innovative educational project launches its beta version

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IEEE Academic

In the past 18th September, IEEE Academic, a project that aims to deliver to students worldwide high quality educational contents in their own language, launched its beta version.

The goal of the project is “to create an online educational resource where students worldwide can access freely to contents developed in their own language, by professors in their Universities and Schools. We want to build the Wikipedia for multimedia educational contents, with contributions from student-branches and universities all over the world.”, quoting Rui Costa, founder and coordinator of the project.

In its offspring, the project will count with contents made by IEEE Academic initiatives from Portugal, Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Pakistan and USA that will have the first contents available until the end of October.

The website beta version has been launched already with contents from the IEEE Academic Portugal, and is seeking for feedback from all the visitors to improve the platform in order to cope with the needs of students and enthusiastic learners worldwide.

IEEE Academic is online at http://academic.ieee.org and all the updates will be announced in the social media at facebook.com/ieeeacademic and twitter.com/ieeeacademic.

Qualcomm Webinar

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On Monday, 30 September 2013 at 1:00 P.M. PDT (4:00 P.M. EDT), Qualcomm will be presenting the exciting career opportunities available at their company.

Qualcomm is the largest fabless design company in the world, generating over $15 billion in annual revenues from chipsets and royalties from intellectual property and is consistently ranked near the top of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to work for”.

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This webinar will feature Qualcomm’s System Validation & Emulation (SVE) team, which resides within the Digital ASIC Design organization.

To learn more about this Webinar, visit http://careers.ieee.org/qualcomm2013/Qualcomm_0913.php

[IEEE R8 YP] IEEE DAY 2013

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Dear R8 YP Members,

It is your day to spread out your motivation with the rest of the world as an IEEE member!
The day of sharing your excitement, visions and joy with all IEEE members worldwide!

You could organise any event, such as a social event, technical event, or, any activity that you consider appropriate. Please visit the IEEE Day webpage (http://www.ieeeday.org/) for more information and ideas.

If you are interested to participate, please submit your event visiting
http://www.ieeeday.org/local-events/submit-your-event/

In addition professional members who joined on IEEE Day will receive a US $30 discount off of their 2014 IEEE membership for 2014 by entering promotion code IEEEDAY13. Please visit the IEEE Day website for more information.

If you will run an event, please do not forget to record videos and take picture to upload to YP page and IEEE.tv channel.

Cheers,

IEEE R8 YP

 

Webinar: Qualcomm Digital ASIC Design: Validation & Emulation Engineering (System/Platform/Post-Silicon)

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Qualcomm will be presenting the exciting career opportunities available at their company.
There is webinar that will feature Qualcomm’s System Validation & Emulation (SVE) team, which resides within the Digital ASIC Design organization.
Date and Time: Monday, 30 September 2013 4:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)

Register at: http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?uid=IEEE_JOB&fid=37474&rtype=nonmm

For More Information: http://careers.ieee.org/qualcomm2013/Qualcomm_0913.php

Regards,
R8 GOLD

International blogging contest

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Dear All,

Greetings!

With great pride, we would like to inform you about the “IEEE Day International Blogging Contest 2013”, being organized by IEEE Kerala GOLD Affinity Group. The contest is a small initiative by us towards celebrating IEEE Day 2013 and spreading awareness about its theme – Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow.

A gist of the guidelines of the contest are as given below.

Theme: Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow (IEEE Day 2013 Theme). Contestants have to write a 300-500 word blog post (in English) on a presently non-existent/not-commercially-available technology which if developed, would have the maximum positive impact towards building a better tomorrow. The contest ends on 2359Hrs 19 September 2013 IST Eligibility – All active IEEE student, GSM and GOLD members around the world are eligible to participate in the contest. IEEE Kerala GOLD Execom Members forming the judging panel are prohibited from participating in the contest. The Blog Post must be in English Language. Entries would be evaluated based on quality of language, originality, appropriateness to theme, creativity, adhering to word limit and for being a good read. Regular updates of the event can be found on – https://www.facebook.com/keralagold

For more details on the guidelines for the contest, visit: http://ieeekeralagold.org/ieee-day-2013

Awesome prizes await the winner. The world is your audience, and your competitor this time!

All the Best.

We would kindly request you to share the news about the event in your respective OU’s and support us in ensuring widespread participation for this unique initiative. Thanks in advance for your help. In case of any queries you should have, please feel free to contact the undersigned.

Regards,
IEEE Kerala GOLD
[email protected]

IEEE ENERGYCON 2014

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13-16 May 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dear Friends, Partners, Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that IEEE EnergyCon 2014 will be hosted in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 13-16 May 2014. IEEE EnergyCon is the youngest of IEEE Region 8 flagship conferences and Dubrovnik, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, is chosen to host the third issue of this event. For details please visit our website www.energycon2014.org.

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TOPICS

ENERGYCON is dedicated to experts carrying out research focused to energy and power systems. It has already become one of the central events for discussion on the application of electronics, instrumentation, information and communication technology to the energy industry. Conference is divided into following tracks:

  • Future Power and Energy Systems
  • Low Carbon Distributed Energy Systems
  • Sustainable Transportation Systems
  • Advances in Energy Conversion
  • ICT in Energy
  • The Future of Gas in Power Sector

For a detailed list of topisc, please visit the www.energycon2014.org. Please submit your proposals for keynote speeches and special sessions at [email protected] This email is available for any enquires regarding the conference as well.

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Paper submission deadline – 1 December 2013
  • Acceptance notification – 1 February 2014
  • Final paper deadline – 15 March 2014
  • Early bird registration – 31 March 2014
  • Conference dates – 13-16 May 2014

VENUE

Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful and best preserved old cities in the world. The Old town, with its city walls and fortresses, numerous priceless churches, monuments and other historical objects, testifies to its glorious and rich history. As one of Europe’s most popular and most beautiful living monuments, Dubrovnik became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. We will do our best to prepare an interesting networking and social program including Welcome and Closing receptions, Gala dinner and several cultural and sightseeing tours. Rest assured we will provide you a memorable time in the astonishing city, surrounded by 2 km long beautiful stone walls.

For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us via email [email protected]. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for important updates.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Dubrovnik!

Your IEEE ENERGYCON 2014 Organizing Team

IEEE-X Academic UK&RI 2013

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The IEEE Student Branch of Bath organized the IEEE UK&RI Sectional Student Branch Congress 2013, held in Bath, from 6th to 8th of September. The aim of the congress was to present the innovative projects of IEEE, discuss all the activities performed by the student branches, and exchange ideas and knowledge.

IEEE-X Academic UK&RI 2013

Rui Costa, founder and coordinator of the IEEE-X Academic project and member of the Region 8  Educational Activities Committee participated in the congress presenting the IEEE-X Academic project, that will create an innovative useful educational resource, motivating Student Branches from UK&RI to participate in the project. An audience of almost 60 individuals attended the presentation, that focused on the advantages of this new educational resource for students as well as the role that IEEE and its Student Branches can have in the process, introducing for the first time in UK&RI Section the IEEE-X Academic project.

Several students showed great interest and a nice conversation about the project started during the Congress. This presentation marked the beginning of the work towards developing the IEEE-X Academic in UK&RI Section.

Rui Costa

International Conference on Computing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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(26-28th August 2013, Corinthia Hotel, Sudan Section)

RESEARCH MAKES A DIFFERENCE

The IEEE-Sudan Subsection has held its first conference, the International Conference on Computing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, during the period 26-28th August 2013, at Corinthia Hotel. The conference was technically co-sponsored by IEEE Region-8 , the University of Khartoum, Sudan University of Science and Technology and Eljazera University. It was supported by the Ministry of Science and Communications and the National Telecommunications Corporation. The conference was hailed a huge success by the organizers and attendees. It has attracted papers from 28 countries other than Sudan. A total of 341 papers were submitted and 138 were accepted.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Minster of Science and Communications, Dr. Eisa Bashari, the State Minster of Communications, the Chancellors of many Sudanese Universities or their representatives, deans of faculties of engineering and computer science of many universities, representatives of the industry.

The conference proceedings were attended by 500 delegates, from academia, researchers, postgraduate students and many undergraduates too.

The organizers are grateful to the 90 volunteers who worked day and night to make this conference the huge success it was. The conference has generated interest in research and publications.

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A number of Sudanese universities and research institutes have already shown interest in organizing conferences and requested the IEEE-Sudan to co-sponsor their conferences.

We are grateful to the following keynote speakers:

  • Professor Narayan Chandra Debnath, USA
  • Dr. Fanny Klett, Germany, Region-8
  • Prof. Dr. Hinghung Anthony Chan, USA

The conference event was reported on Sudan TV, Sudan Radio and various other local newspapers and media channels.

I am including a summary of the icceee13 Conference statistics  and the icceee13 Program .

Dr. Sharief F. Babiker
IEEE-Sudan Subsection Chair
Chairman, ICCEEE
University of Khartoum

Middle East Student Branch Congress

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American University of Beirut, Lebanon

MESBC - June 2013 - At the opening Ceremony

The IEEE – AUB Student Branch in Lebanon had the honor of hosting the third IEEE Middle East Student Branch Congress (MEBSC) between May 28th and June 1st, 2013 on the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) campus. Attendees and speakers, from Cyprus, Egypt, France, Jordan, Palestine, Poland, Sudan, Turkey, and Tunisia came to be part of this conference. The opening ceremony was addressed first by AUB’s Provost Dr. Ahmad Dallal followed by Dean Makram Suidan, Dean of the faculty of Engineering and Architecture at AUB, succeeded by Dr. Ghassan Shaban, IEEE Lebanon Chair. IEEE Region 8 representatives gave a few words as well: Ms. Simay Akar, R8 Student Chapter coordinator, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, TISP Global Team member, and Mr. Maciej Borowka, EPICS Global Team member. The opening ceremony ended with a speech by Mr. Yahia Sinno, MESBC committee Chair. The congress held several technical, professional, and IEEE workshops and lectures. In addition, participants attended many activities including an icebreaker barbecue and sightseeing of Beirut and Jeita grotto. At the Gala dinner, the name of the rally paper, FM TV competition and the traditional Delegation of Aspiration (DOA) competition were announced. The winning student branch of the DOA is An-Najah Student Branch (Palestine) and it will be hosting the next MESBC 2015.

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Below is the list of lectures, plenary sessions, and workshops that were given during the MESBC 2013:

 

Thursday 30 May 2013
Type Title Speaker Speaker Affiliation
Plenary Session Entrepreneurship Dr. Tarek Kettaneh American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Plenary Session IEEE Day Ms. Simay Akar IEEE R8 Student Chapters Coordinator, Turkey
Workshop Arabic Text Mining Mr. Jad Makhlouta American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Workshop Laughter Yoga Ms. Sabine Jizi Laughter Yoga Teacher and Leader, Lebanon
Workshop WIE Ms. Simay Akar IEEE R8 Student Chapters Coordinator, Turkey
Workshop TISP Mr. Muhamad Mustafa IEEE TISP Global Team Member, Jordan
Lecture EPICS in IEEE Mr. Maciej Borwka IEEE EPICS Global Team Member, Poland
Lecture How to find an online job in 10 simple steps Mr. Mohammad Hijazi Online Collaborative, Lebanon
Lecture Integration of RES in Power Systems Dr.Imad Mougharbel Lebanese University, Lebanon
Lecture Internet Security Mr. Khodor Hamandi American University of Beirut, Lebanon

 

Friday 31 May 2013
Type Title Speaker Speaker Affiliation
Plenary Session History of IEEE Mr. Costas Stasopoulos IEEE R8 Director-Elect, Cyprus
Workshop Unleash the speaker within you Mr. Hani Mashnouk& Mr. Mostafa Tamimi Toastmasters, Lebanon
Workshop Mobile Applications development Mr. Elie Nasr FOO, Lebanon
Workshop Make my Day with Your True Colors Ms. Pamela Doumit Marketing and Media Advisor, Lebanon
Lecture Imitating Nature to overcome medical and biological challenges Dr.Hala Zreiqat The University of Sydney, Australia
Lecture IEEE Region 8 student branch activities unchained Mr. Maciej Borowka IEEE EPICS Global Team Member, Poland
Lecture Future Trends in communications Dr. Youssef Nasser American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Lecture Discover GOLD Mr. Marc Chedid IEEE GOLD Affinity Group, Lebanon

 

MESBC - June 2013 - At the Gala Dinner