Section News
Power and Energy Chapter Launches Best PhD Thesis Competition and Award 2023
The IEEE UK and Ireland Power and Energy Chapter invites video submissions for the PhD Thesis Competition Award. The goal of this competition is to showcase PhD projects to the entire power and energy community - both in academia and industry.
Event Report | Distinguished Lecture: Use of Energy Storage for Reliability Improvement of Renewable Generation
The presentation by describes the growth of renewables in worldwide electric energy production and introduces the contribution of renewable resources of the UK and Ireland. It then describes a mathematical method to determine the amount of storage required to meet a reliability target at a specific load point.
Watch Again | The Power of Data Analytics in Electric Utilities – An Industry Perspective with a Focus on Asset Management
This webinar presents data analytics as one of the hottest jobs today, hence why understanding data and its presentation is a highly desirable attribute in today’s industry.
Watch Again | Systems Council Systemic Data Analytics Special Interest Group Webinar – AWS CIS Foundation Benchmark: Philosophy and Use Cases
This presentation discusses the importance of the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark and the benefits of implementing it.
Event Report | 2nd Virtual Power and Energy Pub-Quiz
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Student Branch Chapter at the University of Manchester (UoM) hosted their 2nd Virtual Pub Quiz competition on Power and Energy.
Watch Again | Systems Council Systemic Innovation Special Interest Group Webinar – Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Liability
This webinar is aimed at active innovators particularly those pushing boundaries in new and exciting fields, leading business and industry leaders, researchers and academics who maybe interested to learn about the legal aspects of their innovative activities.
Watch Again | IEEE UK & Ireland Section Annual Christmas Lecture – An Engineering Profession Fit for the Future by Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CBE
The IEEE UK and Ireland Section traditional Christmas Lecture took place on 13th December at the iconic Regent Street Cinema at the University of Westminster. This year we had the honour of Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CBE giving a lecture on “An Engineering Profession Fit for the Future”.
Watch Again | IEEE RAS Chapter Prestigious Lecture – Intelligent Automation Methods for COVID-19 Recognition
This presentation describes intelligent automation methods, such as transfer learning, graph neural networks, attention neural networks and weakly supervised networks to label CT-based scans.
Event Review | University of Birmingham Student Paper Competition & Open Presentation Competition 2022
The University of Birmingham Student Paper Competition & Open Presentation Competition 2022 was held on the 23rd November at the School of Engineering, University of Birmingham. This event was organised by the University of Birmingham IEEE Student Branch (PES).
IEEE 2022 Student Awards Programme | Success for IEEE UK and Ireland Section Student Branches
The IEEE UK and Ireland Section Student Branches prospered in the 2022 Student Awards, with two student branches being presented the Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award, and a further two being awarded the IEEE Power & Energy Society High-Performance Student Branch Chapter Award.