05:02PM Sep 19th 2009 author:Admin

On September 19th, at the invitation of Chengdu Sectioin, IEEE Chairman and CEO 2008 Lewis Terman, Executive Director James Prendergast、Matt Loeb and China Chief Representative Hua Ning came to Chengdu to take part in the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the establishment of IEEE. At the same time, two new technical branches, VT and IT branches were founded.

Lewis Terman addressed a lecture of The Status and Development of IEEE. He gave a brief introduction to the history and relevant situation of IEEE and the great contribution that IEEE has done in the recent 125 years to promote the development of global information and technology development. At last he praised highly of the positive role Chengdu Sectioin has played in promoting the activities in relevant professional fields of southeast area. In the celebration, Southwest Jiaotong University president Professor Chen Chunyang, vice-president Professor Fan Zhiping, IEEE executive director James Prendergast and Matt Loeb gave speeches one after another. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China vice-president Professor Wang Houjun gave a theme speech of IEEE Chengdu Section—Facts and Visions. At the same time, IEEE VT Chengdu Branch and IT Chengdu Branch were announced to launch. IEEE CDS members and the executive committee took part in the celebration. Representatives from universities as UESTC, SWJT, SU and SWSTU took part in the celebrations as well.


Figure-IEEE Executives with IEEE CDS EXCOM Members