Call for Papers and Participation
The 9th Learning and Technology Conference
“Learning by Design: Purpose, Art & Motion”
December 12-13, 2011
Moharam 17-18-1433 H
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
More Information Here: lt_2011-call_for_papers_v3.7
The 26th of July is one of the memorable days in the history of IEEE in Sudan, that date marked the celebration of the first IEEE body in Sudan. The event was attended by an around 330 people from both the industry and academia and bunch of Sudanese Icons in the fields of technology and engineering. Among the attendees was the Minister of Telecom Dr. Yahya Abdallah an number of students, IEEE members, media representatives as well as several company representatives, as a result the event was a melting pot people from all walks of technology and engineering in the country.
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the event was opened by a recitation of the holly Quran and the speech of the IEEE Sudan Initiative ( ISI) team representatives Mussab Mustafa giving a brief introduction to the work that went into having an IEEE body in Sudan, followed by a speech by Dr, Sherif Elfadul who’s has been a mentor to the team throughout the process, followed by an online speech Dr. Fanny Klett Responsible of IEEE Computer Society Region 8 then there was the spokesman for the diamond sponsor (Samasung) Mr. Kikwon Yoon, followed by a speech from the minister of Telecom. after the speeches a there were 4 mini seminars on current technological topics including Cloud computing, Smart grids, and and Mobile computing presented by some of the most distinguished minds the county has to offer as well as a sharing of a project experience followed by a great presentation about the importance of Fostering Innovation presented by Mohamed Tayfour Elbeily ,Systems Designer for Research In Motion (RIM) – Canada.
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But even with all this tech talk the event was not completely rigid there was plenty of time for the guests to network and socialize during the coffee break along with some soft music provide by a jazz band,.
The event was concluded with presentation of the IEEE Sudan dream book by Abdelkareem Badri and an award ceremony in acknowledgment of all those who helped make this dream a reality and some of Sudan’s senior IEEE members.
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Written By:
Nuha Alazrag (IEEE Sudan)
[singlepic id=1363 w=282 h=179 float=left]CEN/TC 287 Geographic information, in collaboration with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) will host a workshop: “Smart Grid and Spatial Data Infrastructure; interoperability challenges now and in the future” This meeting is part of the Enviroinfo week and registration is open.
MORE INFORMATION
CEN/TC 287 Geographic information and the Open Geospatial Consortium
Smart Grid and Spatial Data Infrastructure
Interoperability Challenges Now and in the Future
DG-JRC Ispra Italy 2011-10-6/7
Registration for speakers and participants:
http://www.ec-gis.org/Workshops/EnviroInfo2011/?page=register
Additional registration for speakers only attending this workshop:
https://jrc-meeting-registration.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Logistics:
http://www.ec-gis.org/Workshops/EnviroInfo2011/?page=logistics
The IEEE Annual Election opens 15 August 2011
The Annual Election is a direct mechanism where IEEE members – all over the world – get the opportunity to set the future direction of our great organisation and to direct the leadership toward the goals – favoured by the members. Please make sure that your voice be heard in this paramount event.
Among others, you will be voting for the 2012 IEEE President-Elect, who will automatically serve as the 2013 IEEE President. The candidates are:
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| Roger Pollard | Peter Staecker |
In addition to the two candidates above, there are 38 other volunteers running for important IEEE offices, including IEEE Technical Activities Vice-President, Division Directors and IEEE Standards officers. All details about the IEEE Annual Election, the full list of all candidates, their biographies and position statements can be found here:
http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/election/candidates.html. If you have questions about the election, send them to [email protected].
Do not miss the opportunity to exercise your influence on the priorities and the direction the IEEE will take in the next few years. Study the candidate platforms and their past activities, and select those whose track record, proposals and vision are closest to your own.
Please help IEEE by making your voice heard. Please vote and encourage others to vote.
Dear All,
R8 Strategic Planning Committee would like to refine/fine-tune the SWOT analysis previously conducted for the region. The committee thinks that it would be better to have a participatory approach in conducting the SWOT Analysis, and have therefore decided to automate the process and put on line.
We would very much appreciate if you could spare few minutes (estimated to be 11 minutes) in filling up the forms which will provide us with the necessary information to have an accurate SWOT Analysis, which is the base for the Strategic Planning.
We are also interested in hearing your views and comments which can be added in this form.
Best regards.
The Committee
Title: Leveraging the Power of Engineers …Engineering for Change
Presenter: Iana Aranda, Manager of Technical Programming and Development at ASME
Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Time: 10:00 am New York, EST
Register: humanitarian.ieee-elearning.org
(Note: This webinar is open to the general public. You do not need to be an IEEE member to attend)
Engineering for Change (E4C) LLC (see www.engineeringforchange.org) was founded in the spirit of engineers’ harnessing a common passion for designing and applying creative technical solutions to a broad range of significant humanitarian challenges.
E4C is a dynamic and growing community of engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates whose mission is to improve quality of life in communities around the world by facilitating the development of affordable, locally appropriate and sustainable solutions to the most pressing humanitarian challenges.
About the IEEE humanitarian technology webinar series:
Motivated by IEEE’s core purpose to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, this powerfully engaging webinar series is focused on applying technology to solve the world’s most pressing humanitarian and development challenges. Webinars are presented by renowned individuals in the field, and highlight new technologies, business models, and social entrepreneurship initiatives that help improve the livelihoods of the underprivileged. Focusing on the four major infrastructural needs for development (water, energy, transport and communication) and a variety of application areas (health, education, agriculture and innovation), the IEEE hopes to stimulate the growth of a worldwide community that places priority on developing technology for sustainable human prosperity.
Recordings of previous webinars are available for viewing at http://humanitarian.ieee-elearning.org/ .
This event is brought to you by the IEEE, the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
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IEEEXtreme 5.0 is scheduled for 22 October 2011. IEEEXtreme programming is a 24 hour programming competition for students across the globe. It is growing rapidly and with your help, it will become the world’s largest programming competition. As Project Lead, I am actively looking for volunteers and judges to participate.
Your contributions of time and talent to this important, high exposure event are deeply appreciated. Please see the web link below for more information. We thought you might be interested or that you would know of others who might volunteer. If so, please forward or re-post this request, thanks!
Please respond with your interest, feedback, or experiences to [email protected] by 8 July 2011.
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Web link: http://www.ieee.org/xtreme
The commitment expected from Judge:
· Create and submit two problems & solution ( at least in 1 langage) for inclusion in the competition ( Students can code in one of the following languages : C, C++, or JAVA )
· Review and test two problems submitted by other judges or validity and solution
· Spend a few hours on competition day judging the submitted problems
The benefits of participation:
· Your programming problems are tackled by thousands of IEEE student member
· Your name will be listed on the IEEE web site
· It’s fun!!! There were over 1500 students who participated in last year’s competition we expect more this year. The excitement generated by participant’s before/during/after the competition is infectious!
· This is a global on-line competition – judges can work from the comfort of their own home/work space during reasonable waking hours.
The problem difficulty in this year’s competition will consist of three levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Attached, please find some sample problems from previous competitions for your reference. Do not feel limited by these problems when developing your own – exercise your creativity and ingenuity.
On behalf of the 5.0 project team and Matthew Erickson, Immediate Past (4.0) Project Lead, we thank you for your consideration and support of IEEE’s student membership program and initiatives!
Best regards,
It is well known that through the last three years of establishment the IRAQ Section, the Majority of the student’s members belong to University of Babylon, especially in Computer Science Department. At the end of the first quarter of this year about 25 postgraduate students were signed for the petition of forming the Computer Society student Chapter.
The Section enhanced the students in most of the activities hold at Iraqi universities, such as:
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[singlepic id=1355 w=400 h=300 float=left]The Presidency of theUniversity of Babylon in cooperation with the IEEE IRAQ Section hold the Second Scientific Conference: ” The Applied Scientific Research in scientific Disciplines and it’s Role in Finding Appropriate Solution” in the (30-31 May 2011). The Conference accept 62 papers from the total received (76) papers. The accepted papers are divided into 6 tracks:
– Academicals Women in scientific researches.. Status and Problem solutions
– Security of Communication and Information Systems
– New Communication Systems and Industrial Applications
– Problems of Electricity and Power Sectors in IRAQ
– Quality of Higher education and E-Learning
– Computer Techniques and their applications.
The Keynote speaker of the Conference was the “Cellular Communication Advisor of Minister of Communication, Dr. Eng. Hayam Alyasiri”. She gave a lecture on the status of the new wireless Network systems in IRAQ after 2003, their status and the problems existing in such applications. Also there was an explanation about the status of the “Communication and Information Security in IRAQ”.
After the First Session of the opening of the Conference, there was a ceremony for the Magazines and Journals send by the IEEE Institute to the members of IEEE IRAQ Section, also there was a fair for the pictures of most of the activities hold by the section within the past three years.
Many Academics from (Sulimanya, Mosul, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Diyala, Baghdad, Anbar, Basra, ThiQar, Kufa, Missan, Kerbala and Babylon Universities and from Many Ministries were participated in this conference. This is the Second conference hold with the University of Babylon, the complete Group of the scientific Reviewer of the papers are nominated from the Section members within all Iraqi Universities.
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2nd International ICST Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare
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5-7 October 2011, Kos Island, Greece
Double Tree by Hilton Resort Kos, Helona
http://www.mobihealth.name
The objectives of MobiHealth 2011 are to advance medical diagnosis, treatment, and patient care through application of wireless communications, mobile computing and sensing technologies. It aims to provide an international forum to bring together researchers and experts from academia, healthcare organizations, research institutions, and industrial enterprises working in the field of wireless communication and health care to share ideas and discuss cutting-edge research, present experience with recent developments in healthcare delivery, and to provide practical guidance to policy makers and the setting of applicable standards.
Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge, understanding and practice in the interdisciplinary design of efficient protocols and technologies to help implement and provide advanced mobile health care applications.
The topics of interest include but are not restricted to:
Extended versions of high-quality conference papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
MobiHealth 2011 will be held in parallel with the 10th International Workshop on Biomedical Engineering
Paper Submission
The preferred length for initial submission is 4 pages. The papers must be submitted in PDF format. All papers will be double-blind peer reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee and related technical committees. The deadline for paper submission is 15 May 2011.
