Section News
Section Receives Award for Inclusive Multi-Sensor Platform for Autistic Kids that Encourages Social Interaction
The IEEE SIGHT Projects Committee has awarded the proposal submitted by our UK & Ireland SIGHT group called “Inclusive multi-sensor platform for autistic kids that encourages social interaction” with a funding amount of USD $9,815.00.
Applications sought for the Chair of the UK & Ireland Section, 2022-2024
Members of the United Kingdom and Ireland Section are invited to stand for election to the position of Section Chair from January 1st, 2022 following 2 years as Vice-Chair from January 1st, 2020.
IEEE UK and Ireland Industry Forum Meets
An IEEE UK and Ireland Industry Forum meeting was held with the President, Jose Moura on 16th September at Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
IEEE Milestone Plaque Unveiling – Standardisation of the Unit of Resistance
On 17th September 2019 we celebrated the work on the standardisation of the unit of resistance with an IEEE Milestone Plaque unveiling at the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University.
WESYP 2019 – Early Bird Registrations Extended to 5th September 2019 & Travel Grant Support Available
We are delighted to announce that early bird registrations for the West Europe Student and Young Professional Congress (WESYP) 2019 in Glasgow, UK from 19 to 21 September have been extend to 5th September 2019. Travel grant support is also available.
Call For Papers | 2nd Postgraduate STEM Research Symposium
The IEEE UK & Ireland Young Professionals and the University of Leeds IEEE Student Branch are collaborating to organise the 2nd Postgraduate STEM Research Symposium on 23rd October 2019 at the University of Leeds.
PES Chapter Awarded High Performing Chapter Status
IEEE UK and Ireland Power and Energy Society Chapter has been awarded the accolade of “High Performing Chapter” based on their performance in the year 2018.
Applications for Special Interest Group for Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) Chair Invited
The IEEE UK & Ireland SIGHT committee is looking for a new SIGHT Chair to support and coordinate its activities. The Section SIGHT committee chair is responsible for engaging and guiding Section members to submit their proposals, liaising with the Region 8 SIGHT committee and reporting on activities during Section meetings.
UK and Ireland Section Scoops 2019 IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award
The UK and Ireland Section Women In Engineering group are delighted to be named '2019 IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year'.
HISTELCON 2019 Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the 6th Conference on History of Technology - HISTELCON - which is being held in Glasgow on 18th and 19th September. This year the primary theme is ‘historic computers’ including papers on those inventions and developments which have not already been the subject of extensive historical publications, and the contribution that special purpose processors have made to the development and use of advanced digital signal processing methods in many applications areas.