IEEE Malaysia Section Report (2010-2011)

IEEE Malaysia Section Report (2010-2011)

PART A - SECTION SUMMARY

A.1 Executive Summary

A.1.1 The section executive committee members for year 2011 being elected during the 21 st

Annual General Meeting on 15/1/2011 and their portfolio are as follow:

Portfolio Member Name1. Chair Mahamod Ismail2. Vice Chair/Membership/Chapter

DevelopmentMustafar Kamal Hamzah

3. Secretary Low Sew Ming4. Treasurer Maryam Mohd Isa5. Professional Activities/Industrial

RelationZainal Abu Kassim

6. Communication/Newsletter Kalai Selvan Subramaniam7. Educational Activities Hafizal Mohamad8. Student Activities Yasmin Hanum Mohd Thayoob9. Past Chair/Award and Recognition Zaiki Awang10. Auditor Zainab Abu Bakar11. Auditor Low Pik Jian

Most of the activities planned in 2010 is executed by the previous executive members are as follows:

Portfolio Member Name1. Chair Zaiki Awang2. Vice Chair/Membership Development Mahamod Ismail3. Secretary Zuhaina Zakaria4. Treasurer Maryam Mohd Isa5. Professional Activities/Industrial

RelationZainal Abu Kassim

6. Communication/Newsletter Lau Ngie Ung7. Educational Activities Low Sew Ming8. Student Activities Iqbal Saripan 9. Past Chair Mohd Nasir Taib10. Auditor Kalai Selvan Subramaniam11. Auditor Suhaila Subahir

A.1.2 Section Highlights

In 2010, IEEE Malaysia Section joined Kharagpur (India), South Australia, and Queensland (Australia) Sections in celebrating its 25th year anniversary. Over the 25 years we have held many major events including international IEEE conferences in Malaysia. From these activities, the presence of IEEE in the Malaysian public has been enhanced tremendously.

IEEE Malaysia Section again successfully carried out a lot of activities ranging from conferences, technical talks, Distinguished Lecture Programs (DLP), industrial visits and social events. An increase in the number of members indicates positive development in our effort to attract Electrical Engineering professionals to join IEEE Malaysia. 2010 has also observed the formation of a new student branch and chapter, i.e. UNITEN Student Branch and Systems, Man, and Cybernetics chapter respectively.

Against the backdrop of economic uncertainties of 2010, the Section took steps to streamline its operations and be more prudent in its spending. A major bulk of the financial resources was spent on supporting chapter events through the chapter grants and giving priority to technical-related activities. Steps were also taken to increase revenue by taking a more direct involvement in Section-owned activities such as SCOReD and others. This has resulted in a much better financial health than

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previously. It hoped that this effort will continue in the future, so that more activities can be delivered to its members.

Among the major conferences successfully organized in 2010 were:

(i) 2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2010) organized by AP/MTT/EMC

(ii) 2010 IEEE International Conference on Power & Energy jointly organised by PES and PELS/IA/IE

(iii) 2010 IEEE Conference on Open Systems organized by Computer Society(iv) IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronic (ICSE2010) organised by EDS(v) International Conference on Photonics 2010 (ICP2010) organised by PS(vi) 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APPCAS 2010) organised by

CAS(vii) International Conference on Engineering Education 2010 (ICEEDU2010) organised by

EduSoc(viii) IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences organised by EMBS(ix) IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development 2010 (SCORED2010) organised by

IEEE UNITEN SB

A.2 Financial Report

A.2.1 Summary

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION BUDGET FOR 2010

INCOME RM RM

1 2010 Section Rebate from IEEE HQ (USD14,638.10) 47,099.07

Seed money SCORED 2009 5,000.00

Seed money from ISIEA 2009 5,000.00

Seed Money from SCOReD2010 5,000.00

Seed Money from APCCAS 2010 5,000.00

Seed Money from ICSIPA 2009 3,000.00

Seed Money from PECON 2010 5,000.00

HQ support (USD500) 1,664.00

76,763.07

2Professional Activity (Conference/Seminar/Short Course/Society)

Surplus ICSIPA 2009 5,732.35

Surplus ISIEA 2009 7,500.00

Surplus ICEDSA 2010 2,000.00

Surplus SCOReD 2009 3,000.00

Surplus EMAP 2009 700.00

Surplus ICSE 2010 2,095.93

Surplus ICEED 2009 6,577.00

Appreciation Dinner 2010 19,370.00

46,975.28

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3 Student Activities

SCOReD 2010 Income 64,973.

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Student Activitiy Rebates 616.

48 65,590.02

TOTAL INCOME 189,328.37

EXPENDITURE RM RM

1 Travelling, Meeting and Grant

AGM / Travelling / R10 / Food 32,070.84

Societies/ Chapters (Grants) 31,944.50

64,015.34

2 Secretariat and Operating Expenses 7,200.00

7,200.00

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Conference/Seminar/Short Course/Talk/Congress/Society)

SCOReD2010 Expenses 28,297.00

Conferences Seed Money 22,500.00

Appreciation Dinner 2010 18,670.00

Leadership Camp Seminar 4,071.60

Surplus ICEED 2009 6,577.00

80,115.60

4 Student Activties 600.00

600.00

5 Miscellaneous 1,156.29 1,156.29

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 153,087.23

2010 SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 36,241.14

Bank balance as at 31st December 2009 52,633.36

Cash in hand 31st December 2009 164.58

52,797.94

Total cash and Bank Balance as at 31st December 2010 89,039.08

REPRESENTED BY:

Bank balance as at 31st December 2010 88,667.50

Cash in hand 31st December 2010 371.58

89,039.08

A.2.2 Any other financial activities

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Nil

PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Activities

B.1.1: The objectives of the Membership Development Committee (MDC) of IEEE Malaysia are as follows:- To increase the number of professional and student members- To retain as many members as possible- To promote more members to Senior Members or even Fellow- To set up more Society Chapters and Student Branches

B.1.2: The total number of members according to membership status as of December 2010 is presented below.

The above figures indicate the number of members in all categories (except Student Member) has increased from 2009. Accordingly, the total number of IEEE Malaysia members in 2010 increased by 12% compared to 2009.

B.1.3: The number of members according to the technical societies in 2010 compared to 2009 and 2008 are as follows:-

Society 2008 2009 2010

AES010 Aerospace and Electronic Systems 22 31 22

AP003 Antennas and Propagation 64 90 88

BT002 Broadcast Technology 15 28 14

C016 Computer 329 466 426

CAS004 Circuits and Systems 89 118 139

CE008 Consumer Electronics 37 48 40

CIS011 Computational Intelligence 35 48 78

COM019 Communications 587 866 760

CPMT021Components, Packaging and Manufacturing 49 63 50

CS023 Control Systems 58 89 85

DEI032 Dielectric and Electrical Insulation 17 22 25

E025 Education 43 42 70

ED015 Electron Devices 89 121 108

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EM014 Engineering Management 43 64 41

EMB018 Engineering in Medicine and Biology 47 38 67

EMC027 Electromagnetic Compatibility 34 41 37

GRS029 Geoscience and Remote Sensing 14 22 25

IA034 Industry Applications 46 58 65

IE013 Industrial Electronics 55 60 80

IM009 Instrumentation and Measurement 58 51 65

IT012 Information Theory 24 34 22

ITS038 Intelligent Transportation 6 9 9

MAG033 Magnetic Society 11 15 16

MTT017 Microwave Theory and Techniques 94 114 100

NNS011 Neural Networks Society 1 - -

NPS005 Nuclear Plasma Science 5 5 6

OE022 Oceanic Engineering 7 8 20

PC026 Professional Communication 13 16 11

PE031 Power Engineering 130 168 159

PEL035 Power Electronics 47 41 68

PHO036 Photonics Society (formerly IEEE LEOS) 53 75 73

PSE043 Product Safety Engineering 1 2 3

RA024 Robotics and Automation 66 67 95

RL007 Reliability 19 29 21

SIT030 Social Implications of Technology 21 22 24

SMC028 Systems, Man and Cybernetics 30 35 55

SP001 Signal Processing 91 120 129

SSC37 Solid-State Circuits 37 62 44

UFF020 Ultrasonics, Ferroelectric 8 10 7

VT006 Vehicular Technology 30 30 44

WIE050 Women in Engineering 125 266 192

B.1.4: Social Meetings and Membership Drives were carried out at various institutions in order to attract more professionals and students to join IEEE and enjoying the benefits of a member.

i) A series of membership drive was organized by AP/MTT/EMC joint chapter at UTM, Unisel, UMP and Naval Base, Lumut as shown below.

No Date Venue Speaker

1 7 January FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

2 20 January UNISEL Suhaila Subahir

3 23 January UTM KL Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

4 8 March Naval Base, Lumut Cdr Franklin Joseph

5 7 April FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

6 21 May FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

7 12 July Naval Base, Lumut Cdr Franklin Joseph

8 19 July FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

9 UMP Yusnita Rahayu

10 4 August FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

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11 2 September FKE UTM Prof Dr Mazlina Esa

ii) Penang MTT/EDS/SSCS Chapter organized a talk on Introduction to IEEE and Member Benefit by Boon Leng Lim on 24th June 2010.

iii) Two Membership Development Programs were organized by UTAR SB and were conducted by Mr Teoh Boon Yew at Setapak Campus.

iv) Control System Society organized a membership Drive at International Islamic University Malaysia on 29/07/2010. The event was conducted by Prof. Dr. Mohd. Nasir Taib, Dr. Tin Win and Dr. Musse Mohamad Ahmed.

v) One membership drive was organized by PELS/IA/IE at Unisel on 24 th March 2010. This event was conducted by Mr. Gobbi.

vi) IEEE UKM SB organized a talk on promoting IEEE on 13th October 2010 at UKM. The talk was presented by Dr. Ashrif A. Bakar

vii) A membership drive was conducted by Dr Arosha Senanayake from IEEE RAS.

B.2 Chapter Activities

B.2.1: There are four joint chapters, fourteen chapters, and two affinity groups under IEEE Malaysia Section. The technical chapter and affinity group chairs are as below:

Joint ChaptersAntenna & Propagation (AP), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

Mazlina Esa

Communication (ComSoc) and Vehicular Technology (VT) Hafizal MohamadPower Electronics (PELS), Industrial Applications (IA) and Industrial Electronics (IE)

Mustafar Kamal Hamzah

Electron Devices (EDS), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) and Solid-State Circuits (SSCS), Penang

Lim Boon Leng

SocietyPower Engineering (PES) Ismail MusirinComputer Society (CS) Mohd Rawidean KassimElectron Devices (EDS) Zaliman SauliComponents, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT)

Azhar Aripin

Signal Processing (SP) Mohd Faizal Ahmad FauziInstrumentation and Measurement (IM) Tin WinPhotonic (PS) Ahmad Fauzi AbasCircuits and Systems (CAS) Wan Zuha Wan HassanRobotic and Automation (RAS) Arosha SenanayakeControl (CS) Mohd Nasir TaibEducation (EduSoc) Low Sew MingEngineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS) Fatimah IbrahimConsumer Electronics Abdul Rahman RamliSystem, Man and Cybernetics Tan Ching Seong

Affinity GroupGraduate of Last Decade (GOLD) M Iqbal SaripanIEEE Malaysia Women in Engineering (WIE) Zuhaina Zakaria

B.2.2: Only one new chapter was formed in 2010, i.e. SMC028 Systems, Man and Cybernetics.

B.2.3: Most of the chapters are actives and the weakest one been coached by prominent society/chapter.

B.2.4: Chapter Activities

The activities for chapters can be summarized as follow:

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(i) Antenna & Propagation (AP), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Joint Chapter

We successfully organized two major events, one being a new initiative. The success story of the series of APACE, IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, continues with its 4th appearance this year. It was held on 9-11 November 2010, at the green Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson. APACE 2010 was graced with the presence of world reknown expert; Prof. Dr Atef Z Elsherbeni, an IEEE Fellow, of The Univ. of Mississippi, USA, who delivered a Keynote Presentation and complimentary Tutorial. The conference received over 150 preliminary manuscripts from 67 organizations in 16 countries; 55 academic institutions (39 international, 16 local), and 12 industries (7 international, 5 local). Papers were presented in 11 technical Sessions that spread over parallel tracks. In addition, a newly introduced session known as Industrial Applications Session was held after the Plenary Session. Speakers representing two exhibitors delivered their presentations on latest products.

The year 2010 has seen the birth of the newly initiated major event, i.e. 2010 Indonesia-Malaysia Microwave Antenna Conference (IMMAC 2010), thanks to the close collaboration between the IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Malaysia Chapter and the IEEE MTT/AP Indonesia Chapter. It is the inaugural international cooperation between two Nusantara countries, which is also the first event for the IEEE MTT/AP Indonesia Chapter, the local Secretariat. IMMAC 2010 was held at Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 11-12 June 2010. It has managed to attract a total of over 100 manuscripts from Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and Iraq. A total of 90 accepted papers have been presented in 16 technical and poster sessions. The conference was graced by the presence of IEEE Fellows; Prof. Shiban Koul (India) and Prof. Takashi Ohira (Japan), who delivered Keynote Presentations. In addition, there were four Invited Speakers from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

The Chapter sponsored plaques and certificates for the second IEEE Malaysia & Freescale Smart Car Competition 2010 held on 4-5 Dec 2010 at UKM. The Chapter plans to carry out more activities in the following year, with volunteer representatives from industries, academic and research organisations.

The following is the list of technical, educational and professional activities organized by the chapter.

No. Date Title Presenter/ Venue Category / (Attendance

)P-1 23/2/2010* Benefits of Professional

ActivitiesProf Dr Mazlina EsaUTM Skudai

Professional (23)

P-2 19/3/2010* Tips for Graduating Engineers

Prof Dr Mazlina EsaUTM Skudai

Professional (20)

P-3 19/7/2010 Unmanned Remotely OperatedVehicles Competition 2010

Ir. Mohd Fouzi Yaakob &Cdr Franklin Joseph, atPutrajaya MaritimeCenter

Professional (90)

P-4 23/07/2010 Benefits of Professional Activities


Professional (18)

P-5 4/10/2010* Guide to good seminar presentation


Professional (25)

E-1 30/11/2010 Educational Visit Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), at The City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Educational (25)

E-2 7/12/2010 Educational Visit Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), Venue: ISAS, JAXA, Kanagawa, Japan

Educational (15)

E-3 20/4/2010 Educational Visit Assoc. Prof. Dr Ahmed Elbarsha (Gouryanis Univ., Libya) at FKEUTM

Educational (5)

E-4 29/5/2010 Leadership Camp Education Bureau, Malaysia Section, in KL

Education (2 ExComs attended)

T-1 20/01/2010 Microwave Passive Component Design Using

Dr. Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh, (FKE UiTM)

Technical (10)

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CAD SoftwareT-2 27/1/2010* Innovation in Microwave

Test and MeasurementsATM Solutions Sdn Bhd UTM Skudai

Technical (25)

T-3 17/2/2010 Seminar on Pre-Thesis Proposal

Suhaila Subahir, UNISEL

Technical (23)

T-4 24/02/2010 Training; Satellite Training System

Dr. Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (FKE UiTM)

Technical (10)

T-5 09/03/2010 Antenna Simulation Using CST Design Environment

Dr. Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh, (MTC, UiTM)

Technical (25)

T-6 18/03/2010 Microwave Design Using AWR Design Environment

Francis Leong, AWR (FKE, UiTM)

Technical (10)

T-7 22/3/2010 Impedance Matching Principles


Technical (20)

T-8 24/03/2010 Technical Report Writing Dr. Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh, (FKE UiTM)

Technical (10)

T-9 6/4/2010 Fundamentals of Microwave Filters


Technical (18)

T-10 14/04/2010 Research Progress in Microwave Engineering

Dr. Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh (FKE UiTM)

Technical (5)

T-11 19/4/2010 RF and Microwave Devices Prof Dr Mazlina EsaUTM Skudai

Technical (13)

T-12 26/4/2010 Principles of Radar Cdr Franklin J. Joseph, Naval Base, Lumut

Technical (42)

T-13 28/4/ 2010 Seminar on Final Year Project

Suhaila Subahir, UNISEL

Technical (50)

T-14 22/6/2010* Workshop; Microwave Communication System


Technical (6)

T-15 21/7/2010* Workshop; Microwave Antenna System


Technical (6)

T-16 3/8/2010* Distinguished Technical Talk: (i) Plasmonics and Applications(ii) Malaysian Imperial Doctorate Programme (MIDP)

Dr Naim Abdullah @ Anthony Centeno (Imperial College London, UK), UTM Skudai

Technical (15)

T-17 6/8/2010 PG Technical Talk: Error Concealment using Lapped Orthogonal Transform (LOT) & Multiple Description Image Coding (MDC)

PG student: Ali FarzamniaSupervisor: Assoc. Prof Dr Sharifah Kamilah Yusof, UTM Skudai

Technical (25)

T-18 2/9/2010 Basic Filter Characteristics Prof. Dr Mazlina Esa, UTM Skudai

Technical (19)

T-19 30/9/2010 Presentation on Stabilized OpticalTracker

Cdr Franklin J. Joseph, Naval Base, Lumut

Technical (36)

T-20 7/10/2010 Distinguished Technical Talk: WiMAX & LTE AdvancedPG Technical Talk on WiMAX & LTE Advanced

Prof. Dr. Norsheila FisalPG students: Siti Marwangi, Faiz Ashraf, Joshua, Ali Farzamania

Technical (25)

T-21 18-20/10/2010

Training on PCB Prototyping

Azhar (Hakko Malaysia), FKE, UiTM

Technical (25)

T-22 9-11/11/2010

2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2010)

General Chair: Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (120)

T-23 9/11/2010 Tutorial; Efficient Use of the FDTD Technique for Antenna Design

Prof. Dr Atef Z Elsherbeni (Univ. of Mississippi, USA), Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (40)

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T-24 10/11/2010 Plenary Session: Keynote; The Role of Computer Graphics Cards in Advancing Electromagnetics Education

Prof. Dr Atef Z Elsherbeni, Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (100)

T-25 10/11/2010 Industrial Applications Session; Axomic (M) Sdn Bhd

Hunt Ng, Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (100)

T-26 10/11/2010 Industrial Applications Session; CST

Dr Linus Lau, Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (100)

T-27 30/11/2010 Distinguished Technical Talks;(i) Microwave and Antenna Research in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(ii) Engineering Education Accreditation Experience at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia:Efforts towards EAC Accreditation in 2009 - Direct Assessment of Program Outcomes

Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), at The City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Technical (25)

T-28 7/12/2010 Distinguished Technical Talk; Antenna and Rectenna Research at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: Past, Present and Future

Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), at ISAS, JAXA, Kanagawa, Japan

Technical (10)

T-29 11-12/6/2010

2010 Indonesia-Malaysia Microwave-Antennas Conference (IMMAC 2010) at Universitas Indonesia (UI)

General Chairs: Profs. Dr Eko Tjipto Rahardjo (UI, Indonesia) and Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM, Malaysia), UI, Jakarta

Technical (100)

T-30 11/6/2010 Keynote Paper 1: Micromachined, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuit Design

Prof Dr Shiban K Koul, (FIEEE, IIT Delhi, India), UI, Jakarta

Technical (100)

T-31 11/6/2010 Keynote Paper 2: Maxwellian Approach to Secret Key Generation for Wireless Information Security

Prof Dr Takashi Ohira, (FIEEE, Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Japan), UI, Jakarta

Technical (100)

T-32 12/6/2010

Invited Paper 1; Compact Microwave Devices with Embedded Harmonic Suppression

Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM, Malaysia), UI, Jakarta

Technical (30)

T-33 11/6/2010

Invited Paper 2; Analysis of Serrated Coupling Microstrip Antenna

Prof. Dr Monai K Krairiksh (King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladrakabang, Thailand), UI, Jakarta

Technical (28)

T-34 11/6/2010

Invited Paper 3; Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Terminals Operating at 5 GHz Band

Dr Elyas Palantei (Univ. Hassanuddin, Indonesia) UI, Jakarta

Technical (25)

T-35 11/6/2010

Invited Paper 4: Research on Antennas to Facilitate Fast Growing Wireless Data Communications

Dr Adit K (Indonesia) UI, Jakarta

Technical (25)

T-36 23/11/2010 ISC ISAP meeting during ISAP 2010, Macau, SAR

Prof Dr Mazlina Esa Technical (30)

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T-37 24/11/2010 R10 APS CCM meeting during ISAP 2010, Macau, SAR


T-38 24-26 /11/2010

Training on Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) - Fundamentals

Srini Bommana (Agilent Singapore), Venue: FKE, UiTM

Technical (20)

T-39 8/12/2010 R10 MTTS CCM meeting during APMC 2010, Yokohama, Japan


T-40 9/12/2010 ISC APMC meeting during APMC 2010, Yokohama, Japan


T-41 10/12/2010 General Discussion with MTTS Delhi and MTTS Singapore Chapter Chairs

Profs Dr Mazlina Esa, Dr Shiban, Dr Michael Ong

Technical (4)

T-42 10/12/2010 EMCS DLP (online);(i) EMC/EMI issues in biomedical research(ii) Design/modeling for periodic nano structures for EMC/EMI

Prof Dr Dr Ji Chen, Univ. of Houston

Technical (15)

(ii) Communication (ComSoc) and Vehicular Technology (VT) Joint Chapter

In year 2010, 18 technical programs, including DLP (6), technical talk (5), industrial visit (3), short course and educational (4) have been conducted throughout the year.

Two series of distinguish lecture programs (DLP) session featuring two speakers; Prof. Tad Matsumoto from Oulu University / Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and Prof. Qian Zhang from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The following is the list of technical, educational and professional activities organized by the chapter.

No Date Title Presenter (Venue) Category (Attendance)

T-1 24-Jan-10 MIMO and WiMAX Development

Dr. Nordin Ramli, MIMOS ( IIUM)

Technical Talk (200)

T-2 24-Mar-10Mobile Broadband and Capacity Optimization

Mr Bonie ErwantoVice President, Operational Excellence and Performance Management, Axiata Group Bhd (IIUM)

Technical Talk (18)

T-3 22-Apr-10 Fibre to the Home (FTTH)

Prof. Khazani Abdullah, Adjunct Professor UNITEN (UNITEN)

Technical Talk (20)

P-1 28-Apr-10Genetic Algorithm and Artificial Immune System

Dr. Tiong Sieh Kiong, UNITEN (UNITEN) Professional (15)

T-4 12-May-10 Frequency Domain Turbo Equalization

Prof. Tad Mastumoto, Fellow IEEE, Professor, JAIST, Japan

DLT (18)

T-5 13-May-10

Frequency Domain Turbo Equalization for Single Carrier Signaling and its Information Theoretic Considerations

Prof. Tad Mastumoto, Fellow IEEE, Professor, JAIST, JapanUniversity of Oulu, Finland (UPM)

DLT (27)

T-6 13-May-10 Frequency Domain Turbo Equalization for Single Carrier Signaling and its Information

Prof. Tad Mastumoto, Fellow IEEE, Professor, JAIST, JapanUniversity of Oulu, Finland (UTeM)

DLT (37)

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Theoretic Considerations

T-7 9-Jun-10Competition and Technology: Friend or Foe?

Mr. Abu Saeed KhanStrategy Analyst, Ericsson South East Asia (MMU)

Technical Talk (16)

P-2 23-Jun-10Fuzzy Logic and Particle Swarm Optimisation


E-1 22-Jul-10 Technical Visit Scientific & Technical Products Sdn. Bhd. Industrial Visit (12)

E-223-Jul-10

Wireless Broadband: Past, Present and Future

Dr. Hafizal Mohamad, MIMOS (UIAM)

Technical Talk (190)

E-3 4-Aug-10 Technical Visit to MAXIS MAXIS Industrial Visit (15)

P-3 25-Aug-10Support Vector Machine and Ant Colony


E-4 22-Sep-10

Round Table with YTL Communications' COO, ALI TABASSI

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd, WiMAX Data Centre, Lot PT 189, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan, Sentul West, 51100 Kuala Lumpur

Talk and Industrial Visit (16)

15 10-Dec-10Advances in Cognitive Radio Networks

Prof. Dr. Qian ZhangProfessor, Hong Kong University of Technology (SKMM)

DLT Talk (75)

16 10-Dec-10Cooperation in Cognitive Radio Networks

Prof. Dr. Qian Zhang Professor, Hong Kong University of Technology (UKM)

DLT Talk (31)

17 11-Dec-10Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications

Prof. Dr. Qian Zhang Professor, Hong Kong University of Technology (UPM)

DLT Talk (32)

18 14-Dec-10

Important Things that were not Taught in School and University

Dr. Hafizal Mohamad / IEEE Malaysia Student Conventions (MSC) (UPM)

Educational (18)

(iii) Power Electronics (PELS), Industrial Applications (IA) and Industrial Electronics (IE) Joint Chapter

The chapter has been awarded with the best IEEE Malaysia Chapter and has also been awarded with the IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Small Joint Chapter Award for activities carried out in 2009.

In year 2010, the joint chapter PEL/IA/IE has co-organized successfully seven major conferences/symposia; the ICEDSA2010, ISIEA2010, ICIAST 2010, ICCAIE2010, ICOS2010, ICCAIE2010 and PECON2010. A total of 1072 technical papers are presented and will be included in the IEEE Database.

In addition there are 16 technical, 1 major professional and 3 membership development events. In 2010 the joint chapter was involved in co-sponsorship of the Region 10 IAS Chapters Leadership and Industry Applications workshop.

The inaugural ICCAIE2010, CSSR 2010 and ICOS2010 were developed in conjunction with the IEEE theme of Advancing Technology for Humanity with the integration of Humanities Tracks providing an interdisciplinary platform for networking. The combined event has a total of 420 technical papers from over 700 full-paper submission with participants from 35 countries. It was also graced with 9 parallel tutorials and 3 keynote sessions. The following is the list of technical, educational and professional activities organized by the chapter.

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No. Date Title Presenter/ Venue Category / (Attendance)

C-1 25/4/2010 – 27/4/2010

2010 International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications

Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Conference (116)

C-2 15/6/2010 – 17/6/2010

International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

Conference (187)

C-3 3/10/2010 – 6/10/2010

2010 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA 2010)

Park Royal Hotel, Penang

Conference (140)

C-4 29/11/2010 – 1/12/2010

2010 IEEE International Conference on Power & Energy

Sunway Hotel Conference (209)

C-5 5/12/2010 – 7/12/2010

2010 IEEE Conference on Open Systems


Conference (20)

C-6 5/12/2010 – 7/12/2010

2010 International Conference on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics (ICCAIE 2010)


Conference (137)

C-7 5/12/2010 – 7/12/2010

2010 International Conference on Science and Social Research (CSSR 2010)


Conference (263)

P-1 22/11/2010 – 23/11/2010

2010 Region 10 IEEE IAS Chapters' Leadership Workshop


Professional (25)

T-2 22/11/2010 – 23/11/2010

2010 IEEE Region 10 Technical Seminar on Industry Applications


Technical (35)

(iv) Electron Devices (EDS), Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) and Solid-State Circuits (SSCS), Penang Joint Chapter

Year 2010 witnessed the significant engagement of Penang MTT/EDS/SSCS Chapter in the Distinguished Lecturer Program. This is the year with highest number of Distinguished Lecturer with total of 5 invited in the expertise area of Device modeling and Circuit Simulation.

Among the experts were Professor Mitiko from Hiroshima University in Japan (the inventor of HiSIM Model) and Dr Marcel Pelgrom from NXP in Netherland (the inventor of famous Pelgrom Theorem). This helps to enhance the local exposure and knowledge in Device Modeling and Circuit simulation and establish connection with the world well recognized expert of the Device Engineering.


T-1 19/01/2010 Global Navigation Satellite System

Andrew Addy from Spirent Communication/PSDC

Technical (26)

T-2 10/3/2010 X parameter; What are they and what are they good for

Mihai Macru from Agilent Technologies/PSDC

Technical (19)

T-3 27/4/2010 Introduction to LTE Technology

Sonali Sarpotdar from Agilent Technologies/PSDC

Technical (8)

T-4 6/5/2010 CMOS Device Technology and Scaling challenges in FPGA

Dr Jeff Watt from Altera Corporation/PSDC

Technical (15)

T-5 14/7/2010 Ballistic Quantum Transport in Nano Devices and Circuits

Prof Vijay Arora from Wilkes University/PSDC

Technical (32)

T-6 4/8/2010 New Driving Force for Electromigration in ULSI Interconnection

Dr Tan Cher Ming from National Technology University/PSDC

Technical (9)

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and Its Implication to IC Layout

T-7 24/8/2010 Compact Modeling for Nano Transistors from Circuit Simulation Perspective

Prof Mansun Chan from HongKong University of Science and Technology

Technical (22)

T-8 12/10/2010 Difference Faces of Variability

Dr Marcel Pelgrom from NXP

Technical (30)

T-9 23/11/2010 Surface-Potential-Based Compact Modeling for Accurate Prediction of Circuits Performances

Prof Mitiko Miura-Mattausch from Hiroshima University

Technical (40)

(v) Power Engineering Society (PES)

The chapter has been very active in organizing and sponsoring various activities throughout the year 2010. The chapter received the High Performance Chapter Program (HPCP) for 2009 and this year it continues the tradition of providing its members with various activities for technical knowledge and professional development and social networking. The activities are summarized in the table below:

No. Date Title Presenter/ Venue Category / (Attendance)T1 13/01/2010 1-Day Technical Talk on

‘Energy Efficiency’Dr. MusseVenue: IIU

Technical (25 participants)

T2 27/01/2010Technical Talk on Trends

in Power System Research

Prof. K. L. LoVenue: UiTM, Shah

AlamTechnical (30 participants)

T3 05/02/2010

IEEE PES/CIGRE/CIRED/DLP Workshop on Smart Grid

Initiatives in the Asia Pacific

Venue: APS, Shah Alam


T4 15/05/2010CIGRE/PES Colloquium on Lightning Protection

and Power Systems

Venue: Berjaya Times Square, KL


T5 23/06/2010

4th Int. Power Eng. and Optimization Conference (PEOCO2010), Technical

Co-sponsor

Venue: Grand Blue Wave Hotel, Shah

Alam

Technical (About 120 technical papers presented

in two days)

T6 23/06/2010

Innovative Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT)

Technology for Future Applications

Dato Dr Mohd Yusof

Othman/Venue: Grand Blue Wave Hotel, Shah Alam


T7 24/06/2010 Power System Stability Issues and Research

Dr Sallehudin Yusof/ Venue:

Grand Blue Wave Hotel, Shah Alam


T8 08/07/2010Technical Talk by Prof

Saman on Green Computing

Venue: UiTM, Shah Alam


T9 08/07/2010

Technical Talk by Dr Halgamuge on Biological

Effects of Radio Frequency and Extremely

Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field

Venue: UiTM, Shah Alam


T10 13/07/2010 Technical Talk/DLP on Smart Grid

Prof. Peter Crossley Venue: UPM

Technical (60 participants from industry and

academia)

T11 28/09/2010 Workshop by Prof. Dommel

Venue: APS, Shah Alam

Technical participants from industries and universities

T12 27/10/2010 DLP/Technical Talk on Prof Dommel Technical (50 participants

13

Switching Surges Venue: TNBRfrom industry and

academia)

T13 29/11/2010 IEEE PECON 2010Venue: Sunway

Resort, hotel & Spa, Sunway

Technical (About 180 technical papers presented

in three days)

T14 08/12/2010 Workshop on T&D Asset Management

Venue: Chorus Hotel, KL


T15 17/12/2010 Technical Talk Prof AkagiVenue: Uniten


P1 23/06/2010

Talk on “Power Engineering, an Enabler of the New Economic

Model (NEM) of Malaysia- A Sharing of

Experiences and Concerns of the

Developing World”

Datuk Dr Ahmad Zaidee Laidin

Venue: Grand Blue Wave Hotel, Shah

Alam

Professional (90 participants)

(vi) Computer Society (CS)

The chapter successfully organized IEEE International Conference on Open Systems 2010 (ICOS 2010), 5 -7 Dec 2010, in Seri Pan Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

There were also two DLP Talks by Prof. Dr. Zhang from Hong Kong University and Prof. Dr. Chua Tat Seng from National University of Singapore (NUS). In addition, addition, the chapter was Technical Co-Sponsor for CAMP 2010 (Mac 2010), ITSim 2010 (June 2010), ICCCE 2010 (May 2010) and i-USEr 2010 (Dec 2010) conferences.

(vii) Electron Devices Society (EDS)

No. Date Title Presenter/ Venue

Category / (Attendance)

T-1 Dec 2010 IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS 2010)

Sri Pan Pacific Hotel, KL

Technical (40)

T-2 Mac 2010 DVP Talk, “Web-based search engine”

Prof. Dr. Chua Tat Seng National Univ. of Singapore (NUS)

Technical (30)

T-3 June 2010 DVP Talk, “BioMetrics: Current & Future Trends”

Prof. Dr. Zhang (University of Hong Kong)

Technical (40)

E-1 Dec 2010 IEEE-Freescale Smart Car Competition

UKM, Bangi Educational (25 teams)

T-4 Mac 2010 CAMP 2010 Conference, Technical Sponsorship with UiTM

SACC, Shah Alam

Technical (100)

T-5 May 2010 ICCCE 2010 Conference, Technical Sponsorship with UIAM

Prince Hotel, KL

Technical (120)

T-6 June 2010 ITSim 2010 Conference , Technical Sponsorship with UTP

KLCC, KL Technical (300)

T-7 Dec 2010 I-USEr 2010 Conference, Technical Sponsorship with UiTM

UiTM, Shah Alam

Technical (80)

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The major event for the year is ICSE2010 conference held in Holiday Inn Melaka where we successfully published about 94 papers in IEEE Explore. Six keynote speeches were given by international and local speakers. The chapter also successfully organized five professional short courses both for industry and academic members. These short courses were also educational in nature as some students were permitted into the course free of charge.


S-1,T-1 06/02/2010

ED-Excom meeting/Retreat 1

Holiday Inn Melaka Social/Technical(13)

T-2 12/03/2010

ICSE2010 committee meeting

JKEES Meeting Room, UKM

Technical (12)

T-3 09/04/2010


JKMB Meeting Room, UKM

Technical (13)

T-4 30/04/2010


JKEES Meeting Room,, UKM

Technical (10)

T-5 04/06/2010


JKMB Meeting Room, UKM

Technical (13)

T-6 27/06/2010


Holiday Inn Melaka Technical (18)

T-7 29/06/2010


Holiday Inn Melaka Technical (17)

T-8 16/07/2010

ED-Excom meeting 2 JKEES Meeting Room,, UKM

Technical (12)

S-2, T-9 17/08/2010

ED-Excom meeting 3/Buka Puasa event

Residence Hotel@ Uniten Social/Technical (12)

T-10 28 -30/06/2010

IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronic (ICSE2010)

All Ex-Comm membersHoliday Inn Melaka

Technical (100)

P-1 IEEE Malaysia Leadership Camp

PM Dr Zaliman,Shah Alam

Professional (20)

E-1/P-2 06 -08/07/2010

Profesional Short Course on Taguchi Method for Product and Process Optimization

Prof Dr PR Apte, IIT Bombay & Prof Ibrahim/Puri Pujangga UKM

Profesional/Educational (20)

E-2/P-3 28 -29/10/2010

Profesional Short Course on Optical Measurement and Analysis

Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari/Bilik Latihan TEA UKM


E-3/P-4 22-23/11/2010

Intensive Course on Photonics Technology Part I



E-4/P-5 30/11/2010

Short Course : Quantum Nanoelectronics & Nanoscale Characterizations

Prof Madya Dr Manaf/UTM


T-11 01-03/12/2010

2010 International Conference on Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano 2010)

Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

Technical (100)

T-12 22-24/12/2010

Intensive Course on Photonics Technology Part II



(viii) Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT)

In year 2010, the major highlight for CPMT Chapter is the International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT 2010) Conference which was held on November 30 th-December 2nd, 2010, at Renaissance Hotel, Melaka. A core team member group, which consists of 19 volunteers from the industry and universities, was formed, to plan and organize the conference. This 3-day event was well attended by professionals from industries and academic institutions throughout the world. Through a careful one-year planning, the conference was very successful in attracting total of 91

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high quality papers, 15 poster papers, 8 keynote addresses and 4 short courses. In all, over 300 people attended the event. The conference has been able to attract people from more than 17 countries.

No. Date Title Presenter/VenueCategory/

Attendance)

1 Nov 30, 2010 State-Of-The-Art and Trends in 3D IC/Si Integrations and WLP

Dr. John Lau Prof (220)

2 Nov 30, 2010 Advanced Copper Wirebonding

Dr. Ho Hong Meng Prof (220)

3 Nov 30, 2010 Past, Present and Future of Packaging

Mr. Joe Fjelstad Prof (220)

4 Nov 30, 2010 Flip Chip Technology Dr. Yutaka Tsukada Prof (220)

5 Dec 1, 2010 Heterogeneous Integration - A Key Enabling Technology

Dr. Rolf Aschenbrenner

Prof (220)

6 Dec 1, 2010Innovation and Collaboration - Keeping up with Market Demands And Transitions

Mr. CC LeeProf (220)

7 Dec 1, 2010Current Technology Barriers and Future Direction for Packaging

Dr. Yutaka Tsukada Prof (220)

8 Dec 1, 2010 The Practice of Engineering in The Year of The Tiger

Dr. William Chen Prof (220)

9 Dec 1, 2010Automotive Electronics – Packaging As Enabler Technology

Dr. Knoblauch Andreas

Prof (220)

10 Dec 2, 2010Packaging Trends in Mobile Electronics, Towards Wafer Level Packaging

Mr. Xavier BaratonProf (220)

11 Dec 2, 2010 Importance of Reliability In Electronics

Mr. Joe Fjelstad Prof (220)

12 Dec 2, 2010 Small Signal Electrical Testing in Package Engineering

Mr. YC Ng Prof (220)

13 Dec 1, 2010 Ultra Low CTE (0 ppm/C) Polyimide Film and Its Potential Application

Dr. Yutaka Tsukada Prof (60)

14 Dec 1, 2010Integrated Wafer Level Packaging - An Emerging Synergism

Mr. John Hunt Prof (60)

15 Dec 2, 2010 DFMEA/PFMEA : What They Never Teach You In Formal School

Mr. Shankar Shridhar Prof (60)

16 Dec 2, 2010Miniaturization Innovation Evolution of Electronics Packaging – What’s Coming Next …?

Mr. Amir Nur Rashid Wagiman

Prof (60)

(ix) Signal Processing (SP)

This year the chapter managed to organize various activities ranging from membership drive, workshops, technical talks, technical visit, competition, conference technical co-sponsorships, social activities as well as administrative meetings.

Four workshops, including one fully sponsored by the chapter, were conducted (OFDM at MMU, Matlab GUI at Uniten, image processing at MMU and IPIARTI at UTM KL). Eight technical talks were also held in four locations (MMU Cyberjaya, AIMST Kedah, UTP Perak and UTM Skudai). The chapter also had a technical visit to several labs in UTP as well as running a logo design competition for ICSIPA2011.

Even though there was no any conference organized this year, SP collaborated with four conferences (cooperative sponsor for IWAIT2010 and SCORED2010 and technical co-sponsor for ISSPA2010 and SITIS2010). A couple of social activities were also held in conjunction with our UTP technical

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visit. Finally four administrative meetings and a membership drive were also held in 2010. The educational, professional and technical activities are summarized as below.


E-1 15th May 2010 Workshop on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with MATLAB Practical Sessions

Dr. Mohamad Yiusoff Alias /MMU

Educational (10)

E-2 16th June 2010 Intensive One-day Workshop on Building a GUI using MATLAB

Syed Khaleel Ahmed/ Uniten,

Educational (5)

E-3 19th June 2010 Intensive One-day Workshop on Image Processing using MATLAB

Dr. Fazly Salleh Abas ( MMU,

Educational(8)

E-4 16th December 2010

Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Workshop

Various, UTM, Kuala Lumpur.

Educational(80)

E-5 13th, 14th, 27th, 28th Nov, 18th

Dec 2010

NI Labview Programming Workshop

Kelvin Tang,MMU, Selangor

Educational(26)

E-6 18th December 2010

Briefing on EDAS Conference Management System

Mustafar Kamal Hamzah (UITM), MMU, Selangor.

Educational(5)

T-1 24th February 2010

Deploying Textual Mathematics on Real-Time Embedded Hardware with LabVIEW MathScriptRT Module

Ken Ng (National Instruments),MMU, Selangor

Technical(5)

T-2 22nd April 2010

ANN Detection for Liver Disease

Dr. R. Logeswaran (MMU), AIMST, Kedah

Technical(72)

T-3 22nd April 2010

Time-Frequency Signal Processing in Biomedical Applications

Mahendra V. Chikuluri (MMU),AIMST, Kedah

Technical(72)

T-4 22nd April 2010

Technology and Application of Micro CT Scan

Catherine Ong (Hi-Tech Instruments),AIMST, Kedah

Technical(72)

T-5 22nd April 2010

Recent Advances in Biomaterials

Prof. Zainal Arifin Ahmad (USM), AIMST, Kedah

Technical(72)

T-6 28th June 2010 Blind System Identification (Deconvolution) for Thermocouple Sensors - A Research Area Involves Signal Processing for Sensor Application

Prof. Sean McLoone (National University of Ireland), UTM, Johor

Technical(42)

T-7 3rd December 2010

Disease Detection Using Artificial Neural Network

Dr. R. Logeswaran (MMU), UTP, Perak

Technical(39)


Statistical Multivariate Technique for Some Image Analysis Problems

Dr. Omar Mohd Rijal (UM), UTP, Perak

Technical(39)

T-9 22nd April 2010

Campus Tour of AIMST University, Kedah

AIMST, Kedah Technical(NA)


Technical Visit to UTP’s Intelligent and Signal and Image Processing Lab (ISI) and 3D Fire and Gas Mapping Lab

UTP, Perak Technical(12)

P-1 11th -12th

January 2010 International Workshop in Advanced Image Technology 2010 (IWAIT2010)

Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Professional(NA)

P-2 10th – 13th May International Conference on Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Professional

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2010 Information Sciences, Signal Processing and Their Applications 2010 (ISSPA2010)

Lumpur (NA)

P-3 15th – 18th

December 2010

International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems 2010 (SITIS2010)

Impiana KLCC Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Professional (NA)

P-4 13th – 14th

December 2010

IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development 2010 (SCORED2010)

IOI Palm Garden, Putrajaya

Professional (NA)

P-5 December2010 – March

2011

ICSIPA 2011 Logo Design Competition

Local Universities Professional (NA)

(x) Instrumentation and Measurement (IM)

There were two EXCO meetings held and one membership drive held at IIUM on 29 July 2010 with 95 attendees.

Although the Microbike Competition was intended to do in 2010, the rules need to be changed due to the level of difficulty in balancing on two wheels. The new rules were not drawn yet and the competition has to be delayed until mid 2011.

(xi) Photonic (PS)

The stable continuity provided by the previous committee enabled IEEE Photonics Society to continue its agenda and mission for the year 2010. One major achievement of 2010 was the International Conference on Photonics 2010 (ICP2010). Held in Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia, ICP2010 was the first international conference organized by the society. About 112 paperds were accepted for the conference with attendance of 93 presenters worldwide.

Topical Meeting on Photonics 2010 (TMP 2010) held in June 2010 in UPM marks a new type of conference co‐organized by the society and IEEE GOLD. Only invited speakers were involved in presenting their research outcome. This meeting successfully invited 15 speakers from various field ranging from optical fiber communications to material and devices research in the field of photonics..Other major achievements by the society include a formation of independent optical sensor group within the society. The members handled their own meetings and organised visits to other labs to look for collaboration opportunities with others (which are not IEEE members) in optical sensor research and development.

Distinguish lecture series (DLS) and photonics lecture series (PLS) are continually organized by the society. One DLS done in March represent Prof JohnDudley from France talking about Linear Fiber and its future. On the other hand, PLS were done in parallel with membership drive to promote photonics as well as membership of IEEE Photonics Society in Malaysia. The society hopes to continue DLS and PLS programmes as part of spreading the benefits of photonics as well as promoting the society to the public in 2011.


E-1 29/01/2010 Two-photon excitation microscopy in evaluating semiconductor materials

Dr Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor / Dewan Seminar UPM

Educational (42)

E-2 12/02/2010 Self-mixing technique based on VCSEL for biomedical applications

Ahmad Ashrif Abu BakarUKM

Educational (11)

E-3 04/03/2010 -linear fiber - new technology, new opportunity

Prof John DudleyDewan Seminar UPM

Educational (35)

T-1 16/03/2010 Postgraduate Progress Meeting

Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abas BK 12 UPM

Technical (11)

E-4 19/05/2010 L-Band Brillouin-Erbium Assoc Prof Dr M Educational (18)

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Fiber Laser Utilizing Brillouin Pump Pre-amplified Technique

Hayder Almansoori UNITEN

T-2 14/06/2010 (2-day event)

Topical Meeting on Photonics 2010

Dewan Seminar UPM Technical (65)

T-3 17/06/2010 Le Croy Talk UPM Technical (5)T-4 05/05/2010

(4- day event)

International Conference on Photonics

Holiday Villa Beach Resort Langkawi

Technical (96)

T-5 23/07/2010 Sensor for Environmental Monitoring, Medical Diagnostic and Food Quality Control

Assoc. Prof Dr Norazah Dewan Taklimat UPM

Technical (33)

T-6 29/07/2010 Digital High Speed Oscilloscope. What are the Issues?

Dr. Martin Miller BK 6

Technical (38)

E-5 02/08/2010 Single Crystal Semiconductor Nanostructures for Energy Conversion Devices on Flexible and Non-crystalline Surfaces

Dr. Logeeswaran Veerayah Jayaraman Dewan Seminar UPM

Education (50)

E-6 17/08/2010 Fiber Inspection Probe Photonics Laboratory UPM

Education (8)

E-7 30/11/2010 Visit to Prof Azah Laboratory by Optical Sensor group

Fac of Science UPM Education (7)

E-8 02/12/2010 Advanced optical modulation and multiplexing formats

Assoc Prof Dr Amin Malek Mohammadi BK 17 UTeM

Education (21)

(xii)Circuits and Systems (CAS)

IEEE Circuits and Systems society, Malaysia (CAS) has completed a number of activities for year 2010. The chapter has successfully organized the main event of the year, the 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APPCAS 2010) on 6th-9th Dec 2010 at Hilton and Le Meridien Hotel, KL. Almost 350 papers were presented and more than 400 participants have attended the conference.

Another main activity, jointly organized by IEEE CAS Malaysia and MIMOS Berhad was the Workshop on Smart Sensor 2010 (WSSS2010). 70 participants nationwide have attended the workshop. Other activities such as distinguished lecture programs (DLP), membership drives, tutorials and small workshops have also been carried out throughout the year.


E-1 20-21/04/2007

-Market Analysis and Market Space for USN-Current R&D status in Bio Sensors Technology-Trend & Development in Physical Sensor and MEMs Technology-Biochemical Sensors for Medical Applications-WSN research trends & activities in NEST

-Review & Implementation of

Ahmad Hilmi Halim/ Mimos Mr David Khor / MimosProf Dr Mohd Noor Ahmad/ MimosProf Dr Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis/ Mimos

Prof Dr Lee Yook Heng / Mimos Dr Fadlee A Rasid/ MimosDr Mohd Nizar Hamidon/ Mimos Mohd Shahiman Sulaiman/

Educational (70)

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Advanced Analog-Mixed Circuit design for USN

-Microwave-Based Sensors Technology & Applications-Optical-Based Sensor Technology and Applications

MIMOSAssoc Prof Dr Tun Zainal Azni bin Zulkifli/ MimosProf Dr Kaida Khalid/ Mimos

Dr Faisal Rafiq Bin Mohamd Adikan/ Mimos

E-2 04-05/08/2010

2 Days Workshop on Making Mobile Robot

Wan Zuha Wan Hasan/ UPMKhairul Hamzani Hamid

Educational (45)

E-3 09/12/2010 Tutorial Design of indoor 60GHz Multi-GBPS Wireless Baseband Transceiver

Prof Shyh-Jye Jou/ Penang Educational (20)

E-4 10/12/2010 Tutorial on VLSI Architectures for DSP and Communications

Prof Gerald Sobelman/ Penang

Educational (30)

E-5 06/12/2010 Phase-Locked Loops: Principle and Some Topics Fuminori Kobayashi/ KL Educational

(20)E-6 06/12/2010 Digital Microfluidic Biochips:

A Vision for Functional Diversity and More than Moore

Krishnendu Chakrabarty/KLEducational

(15)

E-7 06/12/2010 From Nano-Devices to Nano-Circuits and Nano-Systems on chip

Maciej Ogorzalek and Giovanni DeMichelli/ KL

Educational (30)

E-8 06/12/2010 DC-DC Conversion Dr. Alan L. Harvey/KL Educational (10)

T-1 07-09/12/2010

-Fun with Injection Locking-Column-Parallel A/D Converters for CMOS Image Sensors- Analysis of Internet Topologies-Conventional Wisdom: Benefits and Consequences of Annealing Understanding of Engineering Principals-New Technologies and Their Measurement Challenges-From Hardware Power to Software Power- a layperson’s views-The semiconductor industries: the challenges & emergence of a new business model-Embedded and Communications Group (ECG)

Ramesh Harjani, USA/ KLShoji Kawahito, Japan/KL

Ljiljana Trakovic, Canada/KL

Randall Geiger, USA/KL

Mike Kawasaki, Agilent/KL

N R Narayan Murthy, India/KL

Jordan Polaski, Malaysia/KL

Eric WP Chan, Malaysia/KL

Technical (400)

T-2 10/12/2010 Core SoC Technologies for indoor 60Ghz Multi-Gbp Wireless Baseband Transceiver

Prof Shyh-Jye Jou/Penang Technical (20)

T-3 13/12/2010 Design of Over GIGA bit Wireless LSI systems: Next Generation Wireless Communication System

Prof . Yoshikazu Miyanaga Technical (70)

(xiii) Robotic and Automation (RAS)

2010 has been an active year for IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS), Malaysia chapter. Three discussion forums to promote research collaboration with overseas institutes have been organized. There were four technical activities and five professional development activities organized in 2010 as presented below The chapter organised one AGM and one EXCO meeting and two social meetings in 2010.

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The social meetings involved meeting with Professor Minoru Sasaki from Gifu University, Japan and Professor Muhammad Arif from Air University, Pakistan. The chapter signed an MoU with the 4th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization in Kuala Lumpur, April 2011 organised by International Campus of UTM and the chapter will be the technical co-sponsor for the same.


T-1 22/02/2010 Underwater Robotic Research: Current and Future Trends

A/P Mohd Rizal bin Arshad Monash University Sunway campus

Technical Talk (20)

T-2 19/07/2010 National Technical Seminar on Underwater System Technology 2010

Putrajaya Maritime Centre Technical Event (100)

T-3 30/07/2010 Robot Control Systems Using Bio-potential Signals

Prof. Minoru SasakiMonash University Sunway campus

Technical Talk (15)

T-4 23/06/2010 Future Research directions on Bio-Inspired Robotics Devices for Sports (BIRDS)

Dr. Arosha Senanayake at MOSTI

Technical Talk(11)

P-1 17/06/2010 Discussion forum on bio-mechanics research

Prof. Muhammad Arif, Air University, Pakistan at Monash University Sunway campus

Professional (6)

P-2 30/07/2010 Discussion forum on cross-discipline research between Engineering and Medicine

Prof. Minoru SasakiTan Sri Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine, Monash University Sunway campus

Professional (8)

P-3 31/07/2010 Discussion forum on bio-engineering research

Prof. Minoru SasakiMonash University Sunway campus

Professional (6)

P-4 09/09/2010 Proposal to organize IEEE 2012 International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI,2012) during MFI2010 at Salt Lake City, USA

Dr. Arosha Senanayake Professional(13)

P-5 10/09/2010 Discussion on research student exchange between , Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, US on Robotics and Automation and IEEE RAS chapter

Dr. Arosha Senanayake Professional(8)

(xiv) Control Society (CS)

The 2010 activity’s year witnesses several events cutting across education, technical, and professional. Also, the chapter executive committee was able to interact regularly to plan and deliberate on chapter’s progress. Membership drive was also conducted to recruit new members especially the students. The major events for this year include: Training on Matlab programming CSPA 2010 Conference ICSGRC Postgraduate seminar IEEE Membership drive in conjunction with IIUM,IEEE SB

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E-1 10/03/2010 A half day seminar on Matlab application for engineering

Safanah RaafatUiTM Shah Alam

Educational (65)

C-1 21/05/2010 CSPA 2010 Melaka, Malaysia Conference (110)

P-1 04/06/2010 ICSGRC Logistic Dr. Mohd Nasir Taib Professional (8)T-1 12/06/2010 ICSGRC Paper Reviewing Shah Alam,Malaysia Technical (9)T-1 21/06/2010 ICSGRC Shah Alam,Malaysia Tecchnical (30)T-1 12/12/2010 CSIP Review Shah Alam, Malaysia Technical (7)T-1 17-

19/12/20102010 Control, Signal and Image Processing(CSIP) Research Seminar

Janda Baik, Malaysia Educational (50)

(xv) Education (EduSoc)

This year we successfully made the chapter more active than before through the many activities organized. This includes four exco (administrative) meetings, three workshops, two conferences (one organized by the Chapter, and another as technical co-sponsor), one technical visit, as well as social activity and technical talks.


T-1 20/2/2010 ICEEDU2010 meeting Uniten, Kajang Technical(6)

T-2 11/3/2010 Workshop on simulation software

Dr. Low/Monash University Sunway

Technical(38)

T-3 16/3/2010 Workshop on Bode Plot

Dr. Low/Monash University Sunway

Technical(52)

T-4 3/4/2010 ICEEDU2010 meeting UiTM, Shah Alam Technical(8)

T-5 5/4/2010 Technical Visit to KLIA Tower

Mr.Ng/KLIA Technical(6)

T-6 23/7/2010 Seminar on “How You Can Win the Nobel Prize”

Prof. Rob Reilly /Monash University Sunway

Technical(28)

T-7 25/9/2010 ICEEDU2010 meeting Monash University Sunway

Technical(5)

T-8 29th –30th

Sept. 2010 International Conference on Engineering Education 2010 (ICEEDU2010)

Melia Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Technical

T-9 30/9/2010 Workshop on “Introduction to LateX”

Syed A Khaleel/ Melia Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Technical(15)

T-10 8th – 9th

December 2010

International Congress on Engineering Education 2010 (ICEEDU2010) organized by UiTM – Edsoc Chapter as technical co-sponsor

Sunway Resort Hotel, Sunway

Technical(NA)

T-11 8/12/2010 Dr.Low chaired the session, “Double Degree Program between UKM and UDE – Rationale, Implementation and Experiences” during

Prof. Axel Hunger/ Sunway Resort Hotel, Sunway

Technical(33)

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ICEEDU2010T-12 9/12/2010 Dr.Low chaired the

session “Theory of Incentive Problem Solving/Systematic Innovation in Malaysia” during ICEEDU2010

Dr. T.S.Yeoh/ Sunway Resort Hotel, Sunway

Technical(30)

(xvi) Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)

It has been a remarkable year for IEEE-EMBS Malaysia Chapter in 2010. The chapter successfully organized the 2010 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES 2010) from 30th November to 2nd December 2010 in the Grand Millennium Hotel. This event is a major milestone of the chapter that is established in year 2008. The conference attracted nearly 120 participants from both international and local researchers to exchange knowledge in the world of biomedical engineering and sciences.

No Date Activities Attendance Category

T1 10/03/2010 BioMEMS technical talk at MIMOS Malaysia. 20 (Member) Technical

T2 10/03/2010 Technical Visit to MEMS Laboratory, MIMOS Berhad.

20 (Member)1 (Guest) Technical

10/03/2010 Membership Drive 10 (Exco. Members)20 (Guests)

T330/11/2010

– 02/12/2010

IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and

Sciences.120 Participants Technical

T4 30/11/2010 Technical Talk by Prof. Nigel H. Lovell, UNSW. 120 participants Technical

T5 30/11/2010 Technical Talk by Prof. Toshiyo Tamura, Chiba University. 120 participants Technical

T6 01/12/2010 Technical Talk by Prof. Y. T. Zhang, CUHK. 120 participants Technical

(xvii) Consumer Electronics

Despite the fact that elected Executive Committee has only about seven months to plan, organize and carry out activities for the year, the IEEE Consumer Electronics –Malaysia Chapter (IEEE-CE Malaysia) has had another moderate year organizing activities for the benefit of members, professionals and students. This year’s activities were mainly technical talks with topics on embedded systems in consumer electronics and smart home environment. IEEE-CE Malaysia successfully organized two (2) technical talks by subject matter experts in the field mentioned. The chapter will continue to organize activities and becoming co-sponsor for several conferences in 2011 and shall continue in providing opportunity for professional education and training to members.

B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities

B.3.1 Professional Activities


T-1 03/09/2010 Introduction to Embedded Linux

Dr Chui Yew Leong Technical (12)

T-2 24/11/2010 Interoperability Framework for Smart Home Environment

Thinagaran Perumal Technical (18)

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The IEEE Malaysia & Freescale Smart Car Competition 2010 was held at DECTAR Hall, UKM Bangi, Selangor on 4 and 5 December 2010. This event was jointly organized by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Twenty four teams participated in this competition and nine teams qualified to the final round. UMS A has succeeded to come up as Winner with 25.56s taking away MYR 5K. 1st Runner up went to UMS B with 30.24s (MYR 3K) where 2nd Runner up was Supernova from Monash University with 37.68s (MYR 1.5K). Best Design award (MYR 500) went to Supernova where Technophobe managed to grab the Best Technical Report award (MYR 500).

Overall, the competition was a great success. Few participants did mention how happy they were to be given the opportunity to experience and learn on the Freescale S12 microcontroller. They also looked forward to participate in the next competition.

B.3.2 Educational Activities

IEEE Malaysia Section has organized two educational activities as described below:

(i) Leadership Camp with the purpose of providing training and sharing experiences with the chapter chairs and secretaries on the running of IEEE Chapters. This activity aimed to enhance leadership in Malaysian Chapters. This was held on 29th May 2010 at Holiday Inn Kuala Lumpur Glenmarie, and the speakers were Prof Norman, Prof Mohd Nasir, Prof Zaiki and Dr Zuhaina.

(ii) “The dilemma of OBE Implementation in Engineering Education” was held on 30 th

November 2010 at Auditorium 1 of Monash University Sunway Campus. The speaker was Prof Ramesh Singh, who is an active panel member of EAC. As OBE is to be a benchmark for the accreditation of the Malaysian Universities (in particular the Engineering Faculty), this seminar aimed to provide an insight to the academics in their implementation of OBE.

B.4 Students Activities

B-4-1: There are 13 student branches under the Section:

Student Branch Student CounselorIIUM Khaizuran AbdullahMMU Mohamed Yusoff AliasMonash University S.Veera RagavanUiTM Anees Abdul AzizUKM Azah Mohamad (from Dec 2010 - Ahmad Ashrif A. Bakar)UM Fatimah IbrahimUMS Farrah WongUPM Mohd Nizar HamidonUSM Mohd Rizal ArshadUTAR Ezra Morris Abraham GnanamuthuUTM Mazlina EsaUTP Fawnizu Azmadi HussinUNITEN Yasmin Hanum Md. Thayoob

B-4-2: There is only one student branch (UNITEN) formed in 2010.

B-4-3: Student Activities

The first activity for 2010 was IEEE SB Counselors Round Table Discussion held on the 6th of March 2010 at Universiti Putra Malaysia. The objective is to share experiences in planning activities for IEEE SB in the respective universities. The IEEE SBs who participated in this event were IEEE SB UPM, IEEE SB UiTM, IEEE SB MMU, IEEE SB UTAR and IEEE SB UKM.

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The second activity organized was IEEE Malaysia Student Convention (IEEE MSC) 2010 held on 14th and 15th of December 2010. IEEE GOLD Malaysia and IEEE SB UPM were the main co-organiser in this event. Among the activities included in this program were

Special Talk by Dr. Hafizal Mohamad (Chair, IEEE ComSoc) Social Activity: Horse riding(Equine UPM) Special Talk by Dr. Alyani Ismail (Head, Dept. Of Computer and Communication Systems

Engineering) Exchanging of experiences : Forum (panels from IEEE Gold)

All IEEE SBs were invited however only the following accepted the invitation: IEEE SB UPM, IEEE SB UiTM, IEEE SB UKM, IEEE SB IIUM, IEEE SB Monash University, IEEE SB MMU and IEEE SB UTAR

B-4-4: Student Branch Activities

The SB also organize various Technical, Educational and Social Meetings (Short Courses/Seminars/Technical Talks/Tutorials)

i) MMU SB has organised the following technical talks and educational meetings:

ii) Monash University SB sent two teams to participate in IEEE Smart Car Competition organized by

Freescale and also participated in IEEE Malaysia Student Convention 2010.

iii) IEEE UiTM SB organized activities as follows:



E-1 27-01-2010

Research Scholar Program

Prof. Tou Teck YongDr. Hairul Azhar Abdul Rashid, FOE MMU (NMES Lab, FOE)

Educational (24)

T-1 03-03-2010

Sharing Session on How to build a website

Mr Fazri Nuha Yusof (Interactive Lab, FCM)

Technical (42)

E-2 09-06-2010

Talk on `Competition and Technology: Friend or Foe?

Abu Saeed Khan, Strategy Analyst, Ericsson South East Asia (NMES Lab, FOE)

Educational (9)

E-3 22-07-2010

Green Technology Talk

Mahendra V. Chilukuri,Multimedia University (FIT XR0001)

Educational (26)

T-2 06-08-2010

Assembly Language Workshop

Dr. Tan Wooi Haw, MMU (Microprocessor Lab)

Technical (18)

T-3 09-08-2010

MATLAB Workshop

Nasrin Sadeghianpour (AR 3007, FOE)

Technical (39)

T-4 12-08-2010

C++ Programming Workshop

Vishnu Monn Baskaran (AR 2006, FOE)

Technical (35)

P-1 19-08-2010

Public Speaking Workshop

Azrena Binti Mohd Noor,Multimedia University (FIT XR0001)

Professional (24)

T-5 23-11-2010

Joomla Workshop Ahsan Raza SheikhResearch Officer FOE (AR 3007, FOE)

Technical (11)

E-4 24-11-2010

Robotic Talking Hand

Mr. Saqib Munawwar (Post Graduate Student, Hamdard University, Karachi Pakistan) [FIT XR0001]

Educational (17)

T-6 25-11-2010

Google Android talk

Yap Wen Jiun, MMU (CR 1026, FOE)

Technical ( 38)

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E-1 30/07/2010(2 days)

Kursus Pengurusan Organisasi FKE

Bagan Lalang Beach Resort

Educational (100)

P-1 23/2/2010(2 days)

Engine's Union (EU) Engineering Carnival

UiTM -FKE Professional (100)

T-1 16/3/2010 EndNotes Talk Dr. Zuhaina Zakaria/UiTM

Technical (58)

T-2 4 -5th Dec Participated in IEEE Freescale Smartcar Competition

UKM Technical

iv) IEEE UKM SB has organized one educational activity, 2 professional development activities, 3 technical activities and 2 social events as shown below. Every activity has been well participated by students, lecturers and professional personnel. In terms of financial status, UKM SB has good support from the university management and we believe that all future activities can be organized successfully.


E-1 23/2/2010Introduction to Artificial Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic

Dr. Hussain Shareef & Mr. Ahmad Farid Educational (30)

P-1 5/3/2010 Visit to Tasik Kenyir Hydro power plant Ms Afida Ayob Professional (40)

P-2 10/12/2010 Talk on Cooperation in Cognitive Radio Network Prof. Dr. Qian Zhang Professional (35)

T-1 22/12/2010One day workshop on Basic Microcontroller (Theory & Practical)

Dr. Nasharuddin Zainal Technical (20)

v) IEEE UM SB has organised the following technical talks and educational meetings:

vi)

The following are the activities organised by IEEE UMS SB in 2010:

vii) IEEE Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Student Branch has successfully organized the Exhibition and Conference on IEEE SusTainable Utilization and Development in ENgineering and Technology 2010 (IEEE STUDENT 2010) between November 20 th and 21st 2010. Student

No. Date Title Presenter/ Venue

Category / (Attendance)

P-1 10/3/2010

Industrial Visit to Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Department Laboratory, MIMOS Bhd.

MIMOS Bhd. Professional (15)

T-1 10/3/2010 Presentation from MIMOS research team MIMOS Bhd. Technical (15)

S-1 10/3/2010Exco meeting between MIMOS research team and IEEE UM SB

MIMOS Bhd. Social (15)

T-2 30/11/20101/12/2010

Volunteer in IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (IECBES 2010)

Grand Millenium Hotel,

Kuala LumpurTechnical (98)


P-1 9/4/2010 IEEE Design Project Exhibition 2010

Ir. Chong Kon Ming/ Campus

Professional (30)

P-2 9/9/2010 Field Trip to Serudong Power Plant, Tawau

Power Plant Manager/Tawau

Professional (30)

S - 1 16/10/10 Club T-shirt President Social (15)S - 2 October

2010LAN game tournament Committee Member Social (15)

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members from various countries including China, Singapore, Pakistan and Malaysia have presented their research papers and exhibited theirs projects in this international event. 11 members from UTAR Student Branch have also presented their papers in the conference and participated in the exhibition. An exhibition team has won the prize of second runner-up and 3 papers from our members are shortlisted in Best Paper Award.

vii) The year 2010 has been another busy year for the UTM SB, though we did not organize any major event. Several student members involved as subcommittees of IEEE Malaysia AP/MTT/EMC Chapter major event, APACE 2010. Several members have papers presented at IEEE major R10 APS and MTTS conferences held in Macau, and Yokohama, respectively. ExComs and several members attended the Workshop held for IEEE Malaysia & Freescale Smart Car Competition 2010 on 17 July at Freescale Semiconductor, together with three UTM teams and advisors. The SB organised an exciting industrial visit to a newly operated power station, Tanjung Bin Power Station, in Pontian, Johor. ExComs and members participated at the international student visit Global Outreach Program (GOP) organized by the class of Bachelor of Medical Electronics (SEP), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and UTM, to Korea, 10-23 December.


P-1* 23/2/2010 Benefits of Professional Activities

Prof Dr Mazlina, UTM

Professional (23)

P-2* 19/3/2010 Tips for Graduating Engineers


Professional (20)

P-3* 4/10/2010 Guide to good seminar presentation


Professional (25)

T-1* 27/1/2010 Innovation in Microwave Test and Measurements

ATM Solutions Sdn Bhd at UTM Skudai

Technical (25)

T-2* 22/6/2010 Workshop; Microwave Communication System


Technical (6)

T-3* 21/7/2010 Workshop; Microwave Antenna System


Technical (6)

T-4 28/7/2010 Seminar on Aviation Course

Career Development Unit, UTM Skudai

Technical (several students attended)

T-5* 3/8/2010 Distinguished Technical Talk: (i) Plasmonics and Applications(ii) Malaysian Imperial Doctorate Programme (MIDP)

Dr Naim Abdullah @ Anthony Centeno (Imperial College London, UK), UTM

Technical (15)

T-6 9-11/11/2010

2010 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2010)

General Chair: Prof Dr Mazlina Esa (UTM), Tiara Beach Resort, Port Dickson

Technical (1 ExCom. and

students participated)

E-1 22/3/2010 Industrial Visit to Tanjung Bin Power Station

Prof Dr Mazlina EsaSiti NurhidayahChai Pei Keon

Educational (ExComs, 16 students and Counselor

participated)

E-2 17/7/2010Workshop on IEEE Malaysia & Freescale Smart Car Competition 2010

Freescale Semiconductor

Educational(ExComs, and


E-3 20/7/2010 Roadshow/Briefing on Schneider Electric's Univ. Challenge 2010; “Green The World @ my campus”

Schneider Electric at FKE UTM

Educational(ExComs assisted)

E-4 4-IEEE Malaysia & Freescale Smart Car

UKM Educational(9 students

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5/12/2010 Competition 2010 participated) E-5 10-23/

12/2010Gobal Outreach Program of 4 SEP UTM Students to Korea

Korea Educational (4 ExComs and


viii) IEEE UTP SB organised the UTP-IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Seminar 2010:a. Liver Disease Detection using Artificial Neural Networks by AP Dr. Logeswaran Deputy

Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University.b. Statistical Multivariate Technique for Some Image Analysis Problems by Assoc. Prof Dr.

Omar Mohd Rijal from Institute of Mathematical Science, Universiti Malaya. Both speakers were invited by Dr. Vijanth on behalf of IEEE Signal Society Malaysia

B.5 Affinity Group Activities

B-5-1 Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD)

This year marks a very good year for IEEE GOLD Affinity Group Malaysia Section. GOLD organized most of its usual event such as IEEE Bowling 2010 (with free t-shirts) and co-organized the IEEE Dinner and Appreciation Night together with IEEE Malaysia Section and IEEE WIE. GOLD was fortunate to have a guest from GOLD Region 5 coordinator for Houston, Texas, USA and gave a talk on Opportunity within IEEE GOLD. His valuable experience and understanding of what IEEE GOLD and IEEE as a whole can provide to graduates of EE are much appreciated.

Malaysian Student Convention was held as the event closure for the year 2010. Held in UPM with IEEE Student branch representatives, the convention achieved its objective to provide student branch members with valuable information and knowledge as well as social networking opportunities for them to survive after their graduation. Hopefully the momentum will continue in 2011.


E-1 08/01/2010 ALUMNI UPM – A Success Story

Izuardi Ibrahim and Izman Haidi

Educational (108)

T-1 06/05/2010 IEEE GOLD Colloquium

UPM Technical (41)

T-2 14/06/2010 (2-day event)

Topical Meeting on Photonics 2010

UPM Technical (65)

T-3 18/08/2010 Introduction to Medical Imaging

UPM Technical (16)

E-2 20/10/2010 The continuous benefit of IEEE after student life

COIT UNITEN Education (16)

E-3 26/11/2010 (2-day event)

BENGKEL PENYELIDIKAN & PENGAJARAN BERASASKAN PENYELIDIKAN

Legend Water Chalet Port Dickson

Education (123)

T-4 08/12/2010 Reconfigurable Multi-core Baseband Processing Architecture for SDR

UPM Technical (17)

E-4 14/12/2010 (2-day event)

Malaysian Student Convention

UPM /UNITEN Education (30)

B-5-2 Women in Engineering (WIE)

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The highlight of this year’s activity is organizing the IEEE Annual and Appreciation Night 2010 on the 6th November 2010 at Grand Bluewave Hotel. A summary of other activities conducted by WIE in 2010 is as follows:


E-1 16/3/2010 Using EndNote in writing thesis

Dr Zuhaina Zakaria 50 students

T-1 1/7/2010 Trends in US Engineering Education and ABET Accreditation Requirements

Prof Muhammad Rashid 30 participants

T-2 9/7/2010 Workshop on "Doing Research Innovatively

Prof Saman K. Halgamuge ,

30 students

S-1 6/11/2010 Organising IEEE Malaysia Annual and Appreciation Dinner 2010

Grand Bluewave, Shah Alam

230 participants

B-5-3 Life Member

There are no particular activities planned and held for Life Member during 2010.

B.6 Awards & Recognition Activities

B.6.1 Award constituted by the section

The Section presented the following awards at the IEEE Malaysia Annual Award and Appreciation Night held on the 6th November 2010 at Grand Bluewave Hotel, Shah Alam:-

i. Outstanding Volunteer Awarda. Prof. Borhanuddin Mohd Alib. Zainal Abu Kassimc. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatimah Ibrahim

ii. Best Chapter Award - PELS/IA/IE Joint Chapter

B.6.2 Award(s) received from R10Nil

B.6.3 Award(s) received from IEEE HQNil

B.7 Communication Activities (Newsletter, Home Page, E-mail etc.)

B.7.1 NewsletterThe section do not have official newsletter. All informations are disseminated via section/chapters websites and mailing-lists/groups.

B.7.2 Home Page

Currently, the URL for IEEE Malaysia Section web is http://www.ieeemalaysia.org. In 2010, the webmaster facilitated in setting up domain, FTP account database and MySQL database for EMBS and Comsoc/VT.

The Chapters, Student Branches and Affinity Groups may be reached via the following addresses:-

Computer Society www.cs.ieeemalaysia.org

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Communication Society www.comsoc.ieeemalaysia.orgPower Engineering Society http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/malaysia/ Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technologies Society

www.cpmt.ieeemalaysia.org

Antennas & Propagation / Electromagnetic Compatibility / Microwave Theory & Techniques Joint Chapter

www.aps.ieeemalaysia.org

Electronic Devices Society www.eds.ieeemalaysia.orgSignal Processing Society www.sp.ieeemalaysia.orgCircuits and System Society www.cas.ieeemalaysia.orgPower Electronics / Industrial Applications/Industrial Electronic Joint Chapter

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/malaysia/ie_ia_pel/

Instrumentation and Measurement Society www.ims.ieeemalaysia.org

Robotics and Automation Society www.ras.ieeemalaysia.org

Electron Devices / Microwave Theory and Techniques / Solid-State Circuits Society Joint Chapter in Penang

http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/malaysia/mttedssc/

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society http://www.embs.org/

Education Society www.edsoc.ieeemalaysia.orgPhotonic Society (formerly LEOS) www.leos.ieeemalaysia.org

Control System Society http://groups.yahoo.com/group/css_member/Universiti Putra Malaysia Student Branch www.upm.ieeemalaysia.org

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Student Branch www.ukm.ieeemalaysia.org

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Student Branch www.utm.ieeemalaysia.org

Universiti Teknologi Mara Student Branch www.uitm.ieeemalaysia.org

Universiti Teknologi Petronas Student Branch www.utp.ieeemalaysia.org

International Islamic University Student Branch www.iium.ieeemalaysia.org

Multimedia University Student Branch www.mmu.ieeemalaysia.org

Universiti Malaysia Sabah Student Branch www.ums.ieeemalaysia.org

Monash University http://www.ieee-monash.org/sb/GOLD www.gold.ieeemalaysia.org

The home page is regularly updated at least weekly.

B.7.3 Other means of contact

The section also communicates via the following mailing-list / googlegroups to specified members.

[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]

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B.8 Community Activities TBD

B.9 Other Organizational ActivitiesTBD

PART C - OTHERS

C.1 Relationship with National Societies

C-1-1: The Section has good relations with national professional bodies or societies. Several conferences organized by the Section were either co-organized with these bodies or participated by their members. Furthermore, the Section encourages the event organizer/chapter to ensure that the participant can get equivalent hours for their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Trainings Program approved by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) or Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).

C.2 Special EventsNil

C.3 Problems to be Anticipated

The decrease in student numbers needs to be addressed more aggressively by all concerned. All chapters also need to be more pro-active in attracting members by increasing their presence through organizing more high-impact activities.

C.4 Best Practices of your section (which you would like share with other sections for the benefits of members)

PART D - GOALS AND PLANS

D.1 Continuation of Project/Activity in Progress and Their Implementation Plans

The Section will continue its activities and plans for organizing conferences, technical workshops involving both students and professionals have already started.

The following are some major events planned for 2011. However, more activities are expected to be held by the technical societies after the formation of the new committee.

Event Organiser Tentative dateElectric Power System Simulation Competition (EPSCOM2011)

PES TBA

Series of Workshops on C Programming for PIC, PCB and Mobile Robot

CAS Feb-Oct 2011

ICSIPA2011 Conference SP November 2011ICEEDU2011 Conference EDUSOC June 2011IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (IEEE-RSM2011)

EDS 28-30/09/2011

DVP Talk - Embedded systems, smart home, audio and video technology

CE 15/08/2011

1st IEEE Indonesia-Malaysia Conference on Control and Systems

CSS July 2011

Asia Pacific Communication Conference (APCC) COMSOC/VT October 2011

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2011

2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Application (ISIEA 2011)

PELS October 2011

2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics (ISCI2010)

PELS March 2011

IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference (RFM 2011)

AP/MTT/EMC 27-29 Dec 2011

D.2 Goals and Future Plans

D.2.1: The IEEE Malaysia Section goal is to be the leader of technical society for electrical and electronic engineers in the country. Thus, IEEE Malaysia Section is gearing itself to assist members by providing more hands-on skills training, technical competency courses and seminars. We are also putting more efforts in promoting community services Malaysian-wide by increasing cooperation with the industry and society at large.

D.2.2: The Section also plans to attract more members and upgrade the membership status of its members. Efforts to increase the number of student members and student branches will be carried out more aggressively.

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