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Power Electronics Society Doctoral Thesis Award
The Power Electronics Society (PELS) of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has facilitated and guided the development of power electronics technology for over 30 years. The UK and Ireland (UK&I) Power Electronics Chapter supports the objectives of PELS at a local level, serving the local community, industry and academia. In 2019, the UK&I Chapter launches a Doctoral Thesis Award to recognise significant achievements for PhD students conducting outstanding research in the general area of power electronics.
Call for Papers – 2019 IEEE Smart World Congress
IEEE SmartWorld 2019 aims to provide a high-profile, leading-edge platform for researchers and engineers to exchange and explore state-of-art advances and innovations in graceful integrations of Cyber, Physical and Social Worlds with Ubiquitous Intelligence.
Catchup – Watch Again the Inaugural Systemic Innovation Seminar
This seminar was the inaugural meeting of the Systemic Innovation Special interest group (SISIG) of the IEEE UK and Ireland and was jointly sponsored by the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University.
Call for Papers – 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference 2019
We invite you to submit your work to the 30th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2019, to be held in Maynooth, Ireland, on 17-18 June 2019. The conference is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE UK and Ireland Signal Processing Chapter and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society UK and Ireland and accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library subject to conference registration and attendance of at least one author and IEEE requirements (including authorship).
New Chair for Women in Engineering Affinity Group
We are delighted to welcome Dr Annabel Latham as the new Chair of IEEE UK and Ireland Section Women in Engineering Affinity Group. Annabel takes over from Dr Keeley Crockett who saved as Chair from 2014-2018. Dr Annabel Latham is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science in the School of Computing and Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Call For Papers – Cyber Science 2019 – Deadline Extended
Cyber Science is an IEEE sponsored event, in partnership with Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, and University of Derby. The event comprises four joint and co-located internationally refereed and reputable conferences, namely: Cyber Situational Awareness (CyberSA), Social Media, Cyber Security and Cyber Incident. A premier event featuring academia, industry and government.
Applications Sought for Blockchain Group Secretary
IEEE UK and Ireland Blockchain Group is a newly formed Group; the first Group in Region 8. It now has over 120 members. Applications are invited from suitably experienced and qualified UK & Ireland Blockchain members for the role of a UK & I Blockchain Group Secretary.
HISTELCON 2019 Website Launched
HISTELCON 2019 will be in the IEEE UK and Ireland Section, in Glasgow, Scotland on 18th and 19th September 2019. The primary theme is ‘historic computers’ with an aim to include papers on those inventions and developments which have not already been the subject of extensive historical publications, and to include the contribution special purpose processors have made to the development and use of advanced digital signal processing methods in many applications areas.
Control Systems Chapter Appoints New Chair
As the new Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Chapter, Professor Krishna Busawon intends to further promote and put Control Systems at the forefront of the Engineering discipline in the UK and Ireland, and encourage new prospective students to undertake control-engineering courses for their undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
US Honour for IEEE UK and Ireland Section Member Professor Tariq Durrani
Professor Tariq Durrani OBE, and IEEE Life Fellow has been elected as a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He is among 16 new Foreign Members elected to the Academy this year from throughout the world, and is the first person from Scotland to receive such recognition since the Academy’s foundation in 1964.