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We have received a startlingly large number of individual requests for the extension of the paper submission deadline. In order to give all authors equal opportunities to participate, we are extending the submission period to 30 November 2012. Kindly pass this information along to your colleagues. For all details please visit our website www.eurocon2013.org. You can also follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn for important updates.

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EUROCON is a multidisciplinary conference, focusing on emerging technologies, and traditionally covers a variety of topics in the fields of Information and Communications Technologies, Circuits and Systems for Signal Processing and Power and Energy. We are also preparing an interesting networking and social program. Zagreb is well known for its hospitality, rich cultural life, numerous museums, theatres, concert halls and art galleries. We will do our best to provide you a memorable experience during your stay.

We look forward to your contributions! See you in Zagreb!

In celebration of the IEEE Day on the October 2nd, 2012, the Committee of the IEEE VTS & AESS Joint Greece Chapter visited the SOS Children’s Villages of Plagiari, Thessaloniki, Greece (http://www.sos-villages.gr/page/english). They offered a pc with a monitor, a full encyclopedia, and school material to the children hosted in the Village. The children and the Village officers accepted the charity with great joy.

Stay tuned with our events at http://ewh.ieee.org/r8/greece/avtc/.

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Dr. George Papadopoulos
Secretary, VTS & AESS Joint Greece Chapter
Supporting Team Member, Continuing Education works, Region 8

IEEEXtreme is one of many opportunities and benefits for members. In addition, IEEEXtreme is an educational experience for students around the world. This year, InterviewStreet was used as the platform of choice.
6 db severs, 90 webservers, 120 codechecker servers, 2 memcache servers = maximum limit on the Cloud. 150,095 total submissions = 5X load compared to last time ( 32K last yr).
While we apologize for the technical challenges and the downtime, there are many positives to take away from Xtreme 6.0. This year, we had the highest number of problems released. There were 20 problems distributed and each problem was solved. Xtreme 6.0 also saw a growth in participation rates with over 1,900 registered teams. Over 95% of registered teams participated in the testing phase and actual competition.

IEEE-Oman section on its continuing commitments to keep its members and the professional community at large abreast with the fast evolving technologies organized two technical seminars focusing on the  latest developments and challenges in the area of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Information Security Management System (ISMS) in industrial environments.

The seminars took place at the renowned National Oil and Gas Exhibition Center of the Sultanate of Oman on 9^th of October 2012. They were conducted in cooperation with the Oman Society of Engineers (OSE) and in partnership with TUV Rheinland, one of the leading global providers of technical, safety and certification services.

Mr. Anil Kumar, in-charge for TUV Rheinland business stream industrial services for West and North India regions, presented some of the pre-service and in-service plant inspection methods using the most advanced non-destructive testing techniques.

Dr. Ing. Oliver Weissmann, Vice President for Information Security of the TÜV Rheinland AG, tackled a very interesting topic that outlined all the mechanics of an information security management system directly applicable in industrial environments.

The event culminated with the awarding of the token of appreciation to the two invited expert speakers by Dr. Muhammad Bin Aref Abu-Zaki, one of the board members of OSE representing the transportation and communications sector and Dr. Ahmed Al-Naamany, IEEE Oman section Chairman.

The event was well received and attended by IEEE professionals and student members from various companies, colleges and universities all over the Sultanate Oman.

By Mr. Arnold N. Santos
ICT IEEE Student Branch Counselor

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Dr. Muhammad Bin Aref Abu-Zaki and Dr. Ahmed Al-Naamany presenting the Plaque of Appreciation to Dr. Ing. Oliver Weissmann

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IEEE professional and student members with Dr. Ing. Oliver Weissmann, TUV Rhienland VP for Information security

The IEEE EPICS Around the Globe Virtual Conference is a one day event that will be held on Saturday 27 October 2012 opening its virtual doors at 8:45 AM EST.  This conference will showcase the global reach of the EPICS in IEEE program and also provide a unique opportunity to see a new virtual platform in motion.

The IEEE EPICS Around the Globe Virtual Conference features knowledgeable speakers who are the cornerstones of the program from Purdue University and IEEE alongside IEEE student branches who have successfully developed and executed an EPICS project.

The speakers include:

Welcome: Dr. Michael Lightner, IEEE Educational Activities VP

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Moshe Kam, IEEE Past President

Plenary Session:  Dr. William Oakes, Director of EPICS, Purdue University

The conference features two tracks to allow registrants to participate in sessions based on their own experience and interest level (Beginner and Advanced), a trade show floor with booths from conference sponsors, IEEE entities, and Student Branches who have completed EPICS in IEEE projects, and meeting room space for opportunities to converse with fellow attendees.   Attendees can receive a Certificate of Attendance by submitting a request to [email protected].  Professional Development hours are also available with a nominal fee and can be requested on the registration page.

Registration

To register for this event, visit registration.ieee-elearning.org

Registration Fees Schedule:

*Pricing in US Dollars

IEEE Life Member:   $15*

IEEE Student Member: $15*

IEEE Member: $25*

Non-IEEE Member: $50*

Please direct any questions about the conference or registration issues to [email protected].

From 1 to 21 October 2012, the IEEE Job Site will host a free Cloud Computing Virtual Career Fair sponsored exclusively by Microsoft. The career fair will allow software engineers to conduct job searches and apply for open positions in Microsoft’s Server & Tools Business. Microsoft staffers will be available for a Live Online Chat during the week of 12 October.  Click here for more information – http://careers.ieee.org/vcf/careerfair.php or register at http://careers.ieee.org/cloudcomputing/

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We invite you to attend the IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2012 from October 14 to 17, 2012 in Berlin. More than 400 papers of over 50 countries were submitted to the conference. This great participation has resulted in a dynamic-comprehensive and high-quality program centering on new technologies, solutions and experience for energy and grid transformation.

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The exhibition, the evening reception at Charlottenburg Palace, and the dinner in the industrial monument of Postbahnhof close to the Berlin Wall offer excellent networking among attendees. The famous Festival of Lights in parallel with the conference will add to the unique Berlin flavor. Program and registration updates are on the conference website at www.IEEE-ISGT-2012.eu.

We hope the program inspires you to register and to forward this information to interested friends and colleagues.

Best regards,
Kai Strunz
Professor TU Berlin and Conference Chair

HISTELCON 2012
The origins of electrotechnologies
5 – 7 September 2012
Pavia, Italy

HISTELCON 2012, the 3rd in its series (after HISTELCON 2008 in Paris and HISTELCON 2010 in Madrid), is organized by IEEE Italy Section, IEEE Region 8 and the Research Centre CIRSTE operating in the Museum of Electrical Technology at the University of Pavia, in conjunction with the ninth Historical Conference held by the IEEE History Committee and the IEEE History Center.

Conference objectives
HISTELCON 2012 aims to increase the understanding of the origins and of the early developments of electrical technologies – in particular of telecommunications.

• Original and innovative contributions are invited in areas including, but not restricted to:
• Origins and early developments of electro-technologies
• Milestones in different fields of electro-technology, both early and modern
• Scientists and Technologists involved in the above
• Museum items and educational methods illustrating the above

Call for papers
Abstract Submission
Interested participants are invited to submit their abstracts for oral or poster presentations to the Conference Secretariat by electronically sending a 500 words abstract, written in English, with the title, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) in MS Word format. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Technical Program Committee. Presented papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. For each presented paper or poster, one presenter will have to register for the Conference. Guidelines for preparation of papers and posters will be provided in due time.

Special Sessions and Panels
Proposals to organize a special session and/or a Discussion Panel on a specific subject (e.g. related to an IEEE Technical Society) are welcome. Special session presentation abstracts will be reviewed in a similar way to regular presentations. The duration of a session or a panel discussion will be 90 minutes.

More Information at the Official Website