Section News
IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Chapter Award for Scottish Chapter
IEEE UK and Ireland Section is delighted to announce that after rigorous selection, this year’s award has included the Scotland Section of the Joint AP/MTT Chapter.
Call for Participation | 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC 2021)
IEEE IHTC 2021 wishes to invite submissions for Full Paper Presentations and Short Paper Presentations by 31 July and nominations for thematic reviewers by 30 June.
IEEE Electron Devices Society Offers Sponsorships Towards Industrial Placements
As a result of a second year of funding from a new initiative, sponsorship opportunities are available for current and newly graduated students to spend time in industry in any of the upcoming areas of quantum technologies, neuromorphic computing/accelerators of AI, compound semiconductors (GaN and SiC),5G/IOT and renewables.
Watch Again | Challenges and Opportunities – Towards a Better WIE Future
In the “Challenges and Opportunities: Towards a Better WIE Future” workshop, female engineers tell us about the challenges they faced and how they overcame them.
Former Section Chair Appointed as IEEE Global Public Policy Committee Chair
The UK and Ireland Section is delighted to announce that former former Chair professor Mike Hinchey has been appointed as IEEE Global Public Policy Committee Chair.
Watch Again | Structuring Light with Extreme Metamaterials
Materials are often used to manipulate waves. Metamaterials have provided far-reaching possibilities in achieving “extremes” in such wave-matter interaction. This talk will present some of the ongoing work on extreme material platforms for metaphotonics, and will forecast possible future research directions in these paradigms.
Watch Again | Risk-averse Model Predictive Control – Theory and Algorithms
Dr Pantelis Sopasakis from Queen's University Belfast gives a talk on new advances in Model Predictive Control.
UK and Ireland PELS Chapter Announces Joint Sponsorship of 6th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference SPEC2021 in Africa
The UK and Ireland chapter of PELS is pleased to be the joint sponsor of the 6th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference SPEC2021 which will be held at Kigali Marriott Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda from Monday 6 December 2021 to Thursday 9 December 2021 in hybrid form.
UK and Ireland Section Invites Applicants for the Role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
IEEE UK and Ireland Section Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer is expected to collaborate with the Section leadership and to collect and track diversity metrics and best practices across the Section.
Section Volunteers Recognised at AGM
The inaugural United Kingdom and Ireland Section Volunteer Recognition Awards were presented at the 2021 AGM in recognition of members who volunteered their time and made a significant contribution to the success of the section activities and mainly to the three top priorities set for 2020-2021.