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Now .. Its your chance to show your self and get the award!!!!

Participate in Clementena Saduwa Award for all IEEE Region 8 members. Don’t Miss the chance.

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Hurry Up .. Deadline is approaching.

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6th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition

As the 6th IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition entitled “For Sustainable Ubiquitous Technology” which will be held from 19th till 22 February 2011 in Dubai – The United Arab Emirates is approaching, i would like to invite you and welcome you all to actively participate and submit a paper in the Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Forum that will be held on the 19th February 2011. (www.ieeegcc.org/gcc/wiestf2011)

The Forum is going to be a one day high quality event parallel to the conference. It will attract a prospective audience of more than 200 delegates, from a diverse range of engineering, science and technology professions, academia, industry and students as well as women entrepreneurs. Participating in the Forum will provide you an opportunity to discuss innovative engineering and research, sustainability, women in volunteering and showcase women leaders.

Regards,

Bashayer Al-Awwad
WIE R8 Coordinator

The submitted papers are accepted for the following tracks.

Tracks

1. Women Entrepreneurs

2. Women in the Engineering and Technology Workforce
· Making Engineering and Technology more attractive to women
· Women Engineers in research.
· Women in E-services. (E-society)

3. Women in Education and Industry

4. Women and Sustainability Issues
· Corporate social responsibilities
· Environmental awareness

5. Women Volunteers in Engineering and Technology

Target Audience

The target audience for this forum is women in science and engineering from academic institutions, engineers from large/small corporations, government agencies, and manufacturers in addition to female students. Diverse specialties and levels of expertise are welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract (300 words) on their original work to: Dr. Lana El Chaar ([email protected])

Important Dates

Submission Deadline:      November 25, 2010
Acceptance Notification:  December 15, 2010
For more information please email the Forum General Secretary at secretary at: [email protected]

December 4, 1948 the USSR State Committee for the introduction of advanced technology in the economy gave
Professor I. Brook and engineer B. Rameev patent on the invention of “an automatic digital computing machine”.
This day is traditionally celebrated as the birthday of Russian computer science.
This day is celebrated as the birthday of Russian computer science. Greetings and congratulations are gratefully
accepted 🙂
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The 95th Region 8 Committee Meeting was held in Prague, Czech Republic from the 8th to the 10th of October 2010, following the invitation of the Czechoslovakia Section.

The honorary guests of the meeting were IEEE President-Elect Moshe Kam, IEEE Past President John Vig, VP Educational Activities Tariq Durrani, Executive Director & COO of IEEE James Prendergast, and Region 10 Director Yong-Jin Park.

IEEE Region 8 Director Jozef Modelski gave a presentation on Region 8, giving an account of the key events that happened in our Region these past months, explaining the strengths and the opportunities of our Region and giving the future events coming up.

On Friday night October 8th the award ceremony took place where some awards were given and a surprise cake was presented by the Czechoslovakia Section to celebrate IEEE day.

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During the meeting elections were held with the following results:

Secretary: Costas Stasopoulos
Treasurer: Brian Harrington
Vice Chair Technical Activities: Saurabh Sinha
Vice Chair Membership Activities: Ali El Mousa
Vice Chair Student Activities: Elias Nassar
Region 8 Nomination & Appointment  Committee: Terje Gjengedal , Samir Shaheen

One of the most important parts of the meeting was the Section Workshops on four very interesting subjects:

• SWOT Analysis for the Sections
• Improvement and enhancement of Region 8 Electronic Communications
• Criteria for the Best Section Award
• Increasing joint region-society conferences and improving the quality of R8 conferences

It was a very interactive process where some very interesting ideas and conclusions were drawn.

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The meeting ended with a standing ovation for the outgoing Director Jozef Modelski. The Director Elect Marko Delimar thanked him for his hard work and dedication to Region 8 and wished him good luck for the future.

You can find all the presentations and reports of the meeting here

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The 95th Region 8 Committee Meeting will be held in Prague, Czech Republic on the 8th and the 10th of October 2010, following the invitation of the Czechoslovakia Section. One of the most important parts of the meeting is the Section Workshops on four very interesting subjects:

• SWOT Analysis for the Sections

•  Improvement and enhancement of Region 8 Electronic Communications

• Criteria for the Best Section Award

• Increasing joint region-society conferences and improving the quality of R8 conferences

The Sections will be divided into 5 groups and with the help of Coordinators there will be discussions and presentations. The honorary guests of the meeting will be IEEE President-Elect Moshe Kam, IEEE Past President John Vig, VP Educational Activities Tariq Durrani, Executive Director & COO of IEEE James Prendergast, and Region 10 Director Yong-Jin Park. During the meeting elections for the Region OpCom will be held for the positions of the 3 Vice Chairs, Secretary and Treasurer.

More information on the meeting, the reports and the agenda can be found here.

One new IEEE Student Branch has recently been established in the Greece Section. It is created under the umbrella of the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications Engineering (http://www.icte.uowm.gr/), University of Western Macedonia (http://www.uowm.gr/). This is the 9^thStudent Branch established in the Greece Section. The Interim Chair is Peter Sideris and the Counselor is Dr. George Papadopoulos. Up to now, the Branch counts 22 student members, and willing to grow into the next year.

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The Branch creation was inspired and given all the necessary guidance by Prof. Niovi Pavlidou, who is serving as the IEEE VT & AES Joint Greece Chapter Chair, and as the Membership Development responsible in the IEEE Greece Section Committee.

The Branch has already its own website, which you can visit at http://ieee.uowm.gr/ to learn more about us. From there you can be informed about the past and the upcoming events of our Branch. You can also get in contact with us at [email protected].

Dr. George Papadopoulos
Counselor, UoWM SB
Secretary & Webmaster, VT & AES Joint Greece Chapter

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Based on the huge success of the First IEEE Middle East Student Branch Congress (ME-SBC) hosted by Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) in Jordan, IEEE Student Branch in Texas A&M University at Qatar is honored to host the Second IEEE Middle East Student Branch Congress in Doha, during the period from March 15, 2011 to March 18, 2010. Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ).

With three active Student Branches of IEEE in Qatar: Texas A&M University at Qatar Student Branch,Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Student Branch and Qatar University Student Branch, as well as the presence of Dr. Prasad Enjeti as an IEEE fellow, and a diverse Executive Board of 3 juniors and 4 seniors of different nationalities along side with the enormous accomplishments that started since 2005 with the establishment of Texas A&M University at Qatar, the Second IEEE Middle East Student Branch Congress will provide more than 120 delegates and participants from more than 12 countries with authenticated learning, career enhancement, and exhibition opportunities in the engineering sciences, research, and many other technology areas. The Congress will also feature many distinguished speakers, technical presentations, tutorials, workshops, seminars, etc.

Meanwhile, the congress will introduce the youth to the slogan of Qatar Foundation: “Unlock Human Potentials” through active interactions with other participants who come from different backgrounds, and through multidisciplinary workshops that will expose them to a well engaged society that is heavily involved with research and has the latest technologies, that students can later use in their future careers.

Contact Person: Sinan Sabeeh’11
TAMU-Q Student Branch Chair
E-mail: [email protected]

The IEEE Joint VTS & AESS Greece Chapter supported the Summer School on “Cellular Technologies and Solutions” (http://www.athenasch.gr/) that was held during 19-25 of July 2010, at the Department of Telecommunication Systems and Networks (http://www.tesyd.teimes.gr/en/), Technological Education Institute of Messologgi, Nafpaktos, Greece. The Summer School was co-organized by the IEEE Greece GOLD Affinity Group. It was a very successful event, with an audience of about 50 attendees (non-IEEE members), including about 10 speakers.

The Chapter was represented by two members of the dissemination committee, Dr. Dimitrios Efstathiou (Vice-Chair) and Dr. Athanassios Iossifides (IEEE Liaison), who both served as speakers on “BTS-GPS Synchronization”, “WCDMA for UMTS” and “HSPA evolution” subjects. A special informative lecture on the Chapter activities and more generally on IEEE organization, scope and activities was given as well by Dr. Efstathiou, who received a lot of questions on the IEEE community. Pencils and notebooks with the Chapter logo were given to the attendees.

More events, in various capital cities of Greece, are being planned by the dissemination committee of the Chapter. For more information visit us online at http://ewh.ieee.org/r8/greece/avtc/.

With almost 300 attendees, this year’s R8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress seems to be the most successful so far! With the presence of almost all important IEEE officials and staff amongst the 268 student branch and GOLD representatives, Leuven became the unofficial IEEE Headquarters for 5 tremendously busy days…leaving Piscattaway a ghost town.

From 4 to 8 August, 268 young engineering students and young professionals from all over the region gathered together in the small city of Leuven (Belgium) for what would become the 7th edition of the biannually held SBC. Here, they had the chance to network, learn more about the IEEE and to discuss present and future engineering challenges. The organizers were very honoured with the presence of a large number of highly ranked IEEE officials, including past president John Vig, president-elect Moshe Kam, both presidential candidates and the entire Region 8 Opcom, whose presence highlighted the importance of this student event within IEEE.

In total there were 334 registrations of which 292 were able to attend. Out of this total number, there were 238 students and 30 GOLD representatives from 46 countries. With 32 participants, the Turkish delegation showed to be the largest by far even outnumbering the local organizing members. The price for the longest travel distance went to the R10 Student representative coming all the way from Australia.

The congress started with a guided tour through the historic city of in the afternoon, taking all participants to the city hall in the evening for the opening reception. With plenary sessions starting early in the morning and interactive workshops about new branch activities, networking and soft skills for tomorrow’s leaders (over 40 different topics in total!), the congress had a lot of useful experiences to offer. Together with the visits and lively evening activities, the congress program offered all activities that can be expect at a SBC. Highlights in the program were the elect the president debate, the highly explosive and inspiring session of ‘mad scientist’ John Cohn, the gala dinner in the heart of the city and a guided tour on the Leuven High-Tech campus ending with a live band supported barbecue in the green surroundings of the engineering campus. The most highly expected activity by far was the multi-cultural evening, where all participants could meet, drink and eat each others’ culture after having experienced a part of the Belgian culture during the brewery visit. For some participants, a ‘multi-cultural hangover’ was one of the side effect of this evening activity, which resulted by far in the largest drop of breakfast attendees one could ever expect the morning of the last congress day. After the closing sessions and the visit to Brussels, all congress participants returned back to their home countries, student branches and affinity groups, with a bag full of stories and experiences, counting the days until the next SBC…

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The IEEE Region 8 would like to invite its members to submit proposals for the first IEEE Region 8 Logo Contest.

The best logo will be selected by a jury of five IEEE volunteers from IEEE Region 8. The winning logo and author(s) will be announced at the IEEE Region 8 Meeting in London in March 2011 and invited to attend the Region 8 Committee Meeting in London in March 2011. The winning author will also receive recognition in the Region 8 News, and in the official Region 8 Website.

Download the Call for Proposals (which includes the official contest rules) here. And don’t forget to join us on Facebook.