Section News
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.
Systemic & Systematic Innovation Seminar – Call for Papers
Colleagues interested to present a paper relating to any aspects of “systemic & systematic innovation “ are requested to submit their proposal including a titles and short abstract by 30th July.
Nominations for Wohlfarth Lecture Open
On behalf of the IEEE Magnetism Chapter you are invited to nominate this year's lecturer, who will be invited to talk at the Magnetism 2020 meeting which will be held in Sheffield. Nominations should include an outline of the contributions of the nominee and their significance, and explain why the candidate would make an excellent Wohlfarth Memorial Lecturer.
IEEE $1Million Challenge
The IEEE New Initiatives Committee (NIC) is looking for your help with the next big idea. IEEE is not looking for just your ideas; creative and potentially disruptive approaches are encouraged—IEEE wants your outside-the-box, groundbreaking, and world-shattering ideas and solutions.
Event Review: Cyber Science 2019
Cyber Science as a multidisciplinary and co-located event is gradually becoming a mainstream and notable conference, first, for its quality, second, for its uniqueness, and finally, for its structure, contributions and originality; something existing mainstream conferences do not normally possess.
Call for Papers: 9th International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP-2019)
The 9th IET International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP-19) aims to create an important networking forum in which participants can discuss the present and future of image-based technologies for crime detection and prevention. The conference takes place in December 2019 and has released a Call for Papers.
Official Launch of the IEEE UK & Ireland Blockchain Group – London 2020
The IEEE UK & Ireland Blockchain Group will be officially launched in an event in London in February 2020. The group was formed in November 2018, the first in Region 8 and since thennit has rapidly grown in numbers, with currently over 120 members. The aim of the Group is to serve members in creating a forum for professional networking, learning & development, and to educate members in the rapidly emerging Blockchain field and to organise events covering the start-of-the-art in Blockchain technology and applications.
Information Theory Chapter Invites Applicants for Awards – 2019
The Information Theory Chapter of the UK and Ireland Section is offering three category student awards ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate. The awards are based upon the evaluation of a draft thesis in an an information theory or related discipline.