"Introduction of IEEE: Its Vision and Role“

Nicos Michaelides, IEEE Cyprus Section Chair

IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

▸ The world’s largest professional association for electrical, electronic, computer engineering and related areas of science and technology.

▸ Mission - IEEE's core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.

▸ It was formed in 1963 in USA and it is a non-profit organization

▸ It has more than 420,000 members in around 160 countries.

▸ 350 sections in 10 geographic regions worldwide

▸ www.ieee.org

IEEE by regions

IEEE - main activities ▸ Major publisher of scientific journals( in electrical and electronics

engineering and computer science fields). IEEE online digital library (IEEE Xplore)

▸ Standards development organization (IEEE Standards Association) development of industrial standards for electric power and energy, biomedical technology and healthcare, information technology, information assurance, telecommunications, consumer electronics, transportation, aerospace, and nanotechnology.

▸ Organizer of conferences, seminars and workshops. The IEEE sponsors more than 1,600 annual conferences and meetings worldwide.

▸ Provides learning opportunities within the engineering sciences, research, and technology.( IEEE e Learning Library the Education Partners Program, Standards in Education & Continuing Education Units

IEEE member grades

▸ Student Members

▸Graduate Student Members

▸Members

▸ Society Affiliates

▸ Senior Members

▸ Fellow Members

▸Honorary Members

▸ Life Members, Life Senior Members and Life Fellows

▸ It was started as a Subsection of the Greek IEEE Section. The Cyprus Section was created in 1993 with the support of Prof. Basilis Papadias (NTUA). The first Chair of the Cyprus Section was Mr Antis Constantinou, Senior Manager of EAC.

▸ the Cyprus Section belongs to

▸ and organised: - the Region 8 Committee Meetings in 1998 and 2015

- the IEEE Region 8 Flagship conferences: MELECON 2000 & 2016, MEDICON 2016 and ENERGYCON – June 2018 in Limassol

IEEE Cyprus Section

▸ 300 members (including students)

▸ IEEE Cyprus Section Executive Committee

▸ Chapters in five Societies - Power and Energy Society. - Computer Society. - Communications Society. - Computational Intelligence Society. - Engineering Medicine, Biology and Signal Processing society

▸ Student Branches in five Universities - UCY, EUC, UNIC, ΤΕΠΑΚ, FREDERIC

▸ Affinity Group - Young Professionals

▸ Entrepreneurs Network & Women in Engineering groups

▸ MOU with Cyprus Computer Society & ETEK

▸ www.ieee.org.cy

▸ Facebook

IEEE Cyprus Section - Structure

IEEE Cyprus Section - Objectives

▸ Keep Cyprus society up to date about technological developments

▸ Organize and support conferences and seminars in area of engineering.

▸ Establish a network between the industry and the academia.

▸ Support activities in education and professional development.

▸ Participation in IEEE Region 8 meetings & events

▸ Conferences, seminars and workshops (new technologies, Databases, etc).

▸ TISP – Teachers in Service Program

▸ Action For Industry Initiative (Internships/Jobs/Mentoring)

▸ Student competitions (robotics, IEEE XTREME)

▸ Educational visits.

▸ Social events.

IEEE Cyprus Section - Activities

MELECON 2016 18TH MEDITERRANEAN ELECTROTECHNICAL CONFERENCE

INTELLIGENT & EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES FOR THE CITIZEN APRIL 18 - 20, 2016, LIMASSOL, CYPRUS

MELECON 2016, April 2016

Action for Industry Progress in R8 - 2016

2017 Participating companies in Cyprus: Utx, CYTA, XM, PHOEBE, 4W4U, CyRIC, SignalGenerix

UCY SB IEEE Day, October 2016

TISP (Teachers In Service Program), October 2016

IEEE Cyprus supported the 1st ROBOTEX organized by CCS, June 2017

IEEE Region 8 Outstanding Small Section Award 2016 to Cyprus Section

▸ Participation in Region 8 meeting (Athens March 2018)

▸ 2 TISP workshops in High Schools (during Region 8 TISP week, October 2017)

▸ Participation in Hellenic SYP Congress in Athens (NTUA) - November 2017

▸ Sponsoring Infocom 2017 (28/11/2017)

▸ Workshop in Smart Cities & IoT in cooperation with CYTA, ETEK, CCS and municipalities. (December 2017)

▸ Visit to CYTA’s Makarios Satellite Earth Station and Hellas Sat Earth Station (November & December 2017)

▸ Actions for industry - 2018 initiative.

▸ Support 2nd Robotex 2018

▸ MoU with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

▸ IEEE International Energy Conference ENERGYCON 2018 Limassol (3-7 June 2018).

2017 – 2018 activities

Regards to

▸ UCY IEEE SB

▸ Co-Organisers - IEEE CYPRUS SECTION

- CCS

▸ Sponsors - KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (UCY)

- DJI CYPRUS

▸ Contributors - UCY – Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

- UCY – Department of Computer Science

- UCY – Computer Science Club

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