WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE IEEE
THE NEWSLETTER OF
THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERS, INC
SOUTH AUSTRALIA SECTION
PO Box 53, Elizabeth, SA 5112
October 2003
ARBN 078 576 495
http:// http://ewh.ieee.org/r10/s_australia/
Chairman’s Column
IEEE-SA ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING The
South Australia Section of the IEEE will be holding their Annual General
Meeting on Tuesday, 2 December 2003, in the new premises of the
Electronics Industry Association, 7 Glen Osmond Road, Eastwood (just south
of Greenhill Road) The
AGM will commence promptly at 6:00pm and will be preceded by a light meal
at 5:30pm Returning
Officer: Mark
Pszczel: mark.pszczel@dsto.defence.gov.au
Dear Colleagues
IEEE Region
10
The IEEE R10 Meeting was held 10-11
Oct 2003, in Penang, Malaysia.
Adelaide has been invited to host
the 2004 R10. The R10 meeting is usually held in April, but the delay in
selecting Adelaide has placed some pressure on availability of suitable venues.
The R10 Director, Dr. Jung-Uck Seo, Korea, sought an Australian host
Section. After consultation with the
IEEE Australia Council, IEEE SA expressed interest, with strong support from
IEEE VIC, who recently secured the 2005 TENCON. Andrew Piotrowkski and Zia Ahmed are leading the
local arrangements.
The main issue discussed at the R10
meeting was the reporting arrangements for Student Branches that currently
report separately from Sections (and twice yearly). The view of the meeting was
that SBs should report in the same way as Chapters and Affinity Groups.
IEEE
Australia Council (IEEE AC)
The IEAust Electrical College Board will meet
in Adelaide 20 Nov 03 and IEEE SA will represent IEEE AC at this meeting. A
visit by the Electrical College Board is a rare event and discussions are being
held with IEE about a possible "tripartite meeting" to be held at
that time.
There are continuing concerns about
the legal status of IEEE in Australia, and the implications for IEEE
volunteers. Andrew Parfitt (NSW ... well know to many) and Erik Lensson (ACT)
will make further enquiries.
South Australia
Considerable progress has been made
towards the formation of a Retired Engineers Group (REG),
Joint Technical Program, in the mould of the existing Electrical JTP. This is
being driven by Em. Prof. Bob Bogner who established the IEE REG about 25 years
ago. IEAust is represented by Kim Read AO, and the recently formed IEAust REG
covers all IEAust engineering interests.
I attended an IEAust Breakfast
Briefing 16 Oct 03, Hon. Trish White, Minister for Education and Children's
Services "education initiatives to encourage increased student
participation in engineering and science careers". The Minister (an engineer
herself) is seeking involvement from professional associations for these
initiatives.
Dr Michael E. Evans
Chair, IEEE South Australia Section
Electronics
Industry Association (www.eiaa.asn.au)
The Electronics Industry Association (EIA) in South Australia has recently moved to new premises located at 7 Glen Osmond Road, Eastwood 5063. The new site is close to Adelaide city centre and is in an easily accessible location with excellent parking.
EIA members can use the new office boardroom facilities free of charge on a booking basis. Equipment available consists of a whiteboard, overhead projector and video and monitor on a mobile trolley. A data projector can be organised (cost involved). For more information contact Rhonda Grill rhonda.grill@eiaa.asn.au at the EIA
T 08 8272 5222, F 08 8272 5277
RADAR
2003
Conference attendance exceeded 300, combined tutorial involvement exceeded 120 (all offered tutorials were delivered). The international participation (36%) was very pleasing. The Buckland Park and Barossa Tours were both very popular. Costs were contained to budget levels. Some accounts payable and receivable remain. The conference website will be transferred to CSSIP and a detailed final report will be available there in due course. A professional audit is required under IEEE rules and remains to be done. Final winding up will occur early in 2004. An excellent result and many thanks to the committee for their work.
Dr Don
Sinnott, Chair, RADAR 2003
Section
Committee Officers for 2003
Chair: Dr Michael Evans
Vice Chair: Dr Zia Ahmed
Secretary: Dr Tim Ferris
Treasurer: Dr Andrew Piotrowski
IP Chair Dr Bevan Bates
Membership Development Andrew Udina
andrew.udina@dsto.defence.gov.au
Professional Activities Bruce Vyden
bruce.vyden@dsto.defence.gov.au
Awards Dr Zia Ahmed
Educational Activities Prof. Harry Green
harry@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au
Publications Dr Andrew Piotrowski
Chair SP/Comms Chapter: Dr Peter Shoubridge
peter.shoubridge@dsto.defence.gov.au
Chair AP/MTT Chapter: Dr Hedley Hansen
hedley.hansen@dsto.defence.gov.au
Chair C/AES Chapter: Dr Mark Pszczel
mark.pszczel@dsto.defence.gov.au
Chair Computer Chapter: Dr Fred Brown
Chair IT Chapter (SA/ACT) Dr Alex Grant
UofSA Student Branch: Nimrod Lilith
nimrod.lilith@postgrads.unisa.edu.au
Branch
Counsellor Dr Kutlu Dogancay
kutluyil.dogancay@unisa.edu.au
UofAdelaide Student Branch: Leonard Hall
lthall@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au
Branch Cousellor: Brian Ng
Flinders U.
Student Branch: Sherry Randhawa
sharmil.randhawa@flinders.edu.au
2003 IEEE Distinguished Lecture
Mr Ric Smith AO, Secretary of Defence, will
deliver the 2003 IEEE South Australia Section Distinguished Lecture, Friday, 21
Nov 03, 7:00 for 7:30pm, Lyrics Room, Festival Centre.
Under the title Defence Challenges for
the Future, Secretary Smith has been invited to address his "impressions of [his] new post, in
relation to what the future holds for Defence, and in particular [his] vision
of the role of DSTO within this future," with "special reference ...
to the DSTO South Australia context: electronics/IT, DSTO, defence industry
"
It will be apt timing after
nearly 12 months in the position for the Secretary to reflect on this subject,
and we look forward to his address.
Seating is limited, and you are advised to book early using the Registration form enclosed.
Dr Michael E. Evans
Membership
|
|
30 Aug 02 |
30 Aug 03 |
|
Members |
296 |
307 |
|
Senior Members |
29 |
30 |
|
Fellows |
1 |
2 |
|
Affiliates/Others |
53 |
37 |
|
Students |
59 |
67 |
|
TOTAL |
438 |
443 |
Congratulations to Salim Bouzerdoum (now Assoc.Prof. at ECU, WA) who was elevated to SMIEEE this month. Many will remember Salim from when he was an active Section Committee member.
Have you ever wondered just how many members there are world wide in the IEEE? As of August 2003 membership totalled 340,338, a 5.2% decline since the same time last year. SA Membership, (which includes Members, Senior Members and Fellows), has grown nearly 4% since August last year. Worldwide, student membership has dropped by 10.4% (and in R10 student membership has dropped by 22%) whereas our section has been able to realise a 13.5% rise in student membership. As SA section’s total membership numbers have increased we are doing well in comparison to the global trend.
Membership
breakdown by IEEE Society
|
Soc. |
# |
Soc. |
# |
Soc. |
# |
|
AES |
29 |
EMB |
13 |
NPS |
1 |
|
AP |
22 |
EMC |
2 |
OE |
9 |
|
BT |
2 |
GRS |
11 |
PC |
2 |
|
C |
220 |
IA |
11 |
PE |
16 |
|
CAS |
27 |
IE |
2 |
PEL |
3 |
|
CE |
2 |
IM |
10 |
RA |
7 |
|
COM |
90 |
EM |
14 |
RL |
1 |
|
CS |
27 |
EMB |
13 |
SIT |
3 |
|
DEI |
2 |
IT |
18 |
SSC |
14 |
|
E |
3 |
LEO |
14 |
SMC |
8 |
|
ED |
2 |
MAG |
2 |
SP |
75 |
|
EM |
14 |
MTT |
23 |
VT |
8 |
Above is a breakdown of the active membership by IEEE society. Those IEEE societies for which SA has chapters are highlighted.
Andrew Udina
Membership Development
2002 IEEE
Student Awards
The IEEE Student Awards were established in 1992 to recognise and encourage excellence in the study of electrical and electronic engineering. They are awarded annually at each of the universities in South Australia to a second year student enrolled in courses with an electrical and electronics emphasis.
In selecting the recipient of the IEEE Student Award each of the three universities has chosen a different approach, but in each case the practical and professional side of electrical/electronic engineering is emphasised.
The 2002 IEEE Student Award
recipients are:
1. Ms. Jennifer McIntosh (Department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide) for her work in the
degree course, Practical Electronic Design 2;
2. Mr Andrew Lammas (School of Informatics
and Engineering, The Flinders University) who distinguished himself in the
overall experimental engineering components of the topics: 'Electrical
Networks', 'Signals and Linear Systems', 'Analogue Signal Processing',
'Electronic Circuits', and 'Digital Circuits and Microprocessors';
3. Mr Scott Richard Carr (Faculty of Engineering, The University of South Australia) for his work in the subject 'Signals and Systems'.
The
2002 IEEE Student Award certificates and cheques were presented during the
annual "Student Paper Night" held in Engineers House, Bagot Street,
on Tuesday 28 October 2003. The meeting was part of the Joint
Technical Program in Electrical/Electronic Engineering arranged by a committee
of the IEEE, IEE, TSA, and IEAust.
Zia Ahmed
Vice-Chair, IEEE South Australia Section
Convenor, IEEE Awards Committee
Chapter News
IEEE GOLD - Young Professionals
The GOLD petition has been processed and
accepted and the GOLD affinity group will be chartered later in the year.
Andrew Piotrowski is Interim Chair until the Inaugural AGM is held.
Congratulations to Andrew and his team on their success (Editor's note)
IEEE SA GOLD Affinity Group at DSTO is
organizing a talk by Gordon Frazer from ISR Division. The topic of the talk will be "How to successfully manage
your career" on 10 November 2003 at 12.00. The talk is open to everyone and is
followed by pizza lunch.
If you are an IEEE member who graduated with
your first professional degree within the last ten years, you are automatically
part of IEEE GOLD!
IEEE recognizes that you are a key to the future
of the technical profession. IEEE GOLD can empower you to make the most of your
developing career and to help you find your place in the world of technology.
Make a connection with your peers and colleagues - a GOLDen opportunity awaits
you!
If you
want to take part in this GOLDen action contact:
Andrew, Andrew.Piotrowski@ieee.org
or
Sebastien, Sebastien.Wong@dsto.defence.gov.au
GOLD Steering Group
Antenna Propagation
Microwave Theory
&Techniques Chapter
The free one day course on
modelling and simulation of HF radar systems delivered by Professor Levent Sevgi from T.C. Dogus
University, Istanbul, Turkey, at the University of Adelaide was a great success - I've had
several people contact me by email, including RAAF and DSTO people, saying how
much they benefitted from attending. We had 25 people attend.
Dr Stuart Anderson
for AP/MTT Chapter
Control, Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Chapter
Prof. Bob Bitmead, (IEEE CSS DL) "Model
Predictive Control, State Estimation and Coordinated Vehicles" is
scheduled for 29 Oct 03, 5:30 for 6:00pm, S112, Engineering South Building,
University of Adelaide.
The invited lecture T‑Wing UAV Project
(a tailsitter) (Dr Hugh Stone) has been deferred to next year.
Dr Mark Pszczel
Chair, C/AES Chapter
Communications and Signal Processing Chapter
We are holding a seminar at DSTO, 24 October
2003 titled "Australian Defence Satellite Communications Capability."
Contact the Chair for details.
Dr Peter Shoubridge
Chair, C/SP Chapter
Information Theory
Chapter
Dr Alex Grant
Chair, IT Chapter
http://www.informationtheory.net
NEWS
AGM Nominations: Section for 2004
The following Section office positions
are open for election. All positions (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer)
are for a one-year term.
Nominations for these positions
should be forwarded to:
Returning Officer:
Dr Mark
Pszczel, mark.pszczel@dsto.defence.gov.au
Those members who need to CHANGE
CONTACT INFO on file with the IEEE, including email addresses, should do so at:
http://www.ieee.org/membership/coa.xml
Those members who need to UPDATE
THEIR IEEE EMAIL ALIAS, may do so by going to:
Eighth IEEE
International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications
30 August - 2 September, 2004, Sydney
5th Biennial Asian Control
Conference
Melbourne, 20-23 July 2004
Sponsored by IEEE (SA, NSW, QLD), IEAust,
U. of Melbourne
28th October STUDENT
PAPERS NIGHT
Host IEE Students from our three universities present their final year projects whilst competing in the IEE Australasian Student Prize Competition. IEEE Student Subject prizes will also be presented at this meeting.
18th November TIME TBA VISIT: HOLDEN LIMITED,
ELIZABETH
Host TSA Take a look
around the plant that produces the new Monaro!
Numbers will be limited so please register early by emailing
marek.kwiatkowski@dsto.defence.gov.au.Chapman Hall, Engineering House, 11 Bagot
Street, North Adelaide, Light tea commences at 5:30 pm and the meeting at 6:15
pm
Conference Schedule
|
Date |
Conference |
City |
Website |
|
3-5 September, 2003 |
Australian International
Conference on Radar (RADAR 2003) |
Adelaide |
|
|
20-23 July, 2004 |
5th Biennial Asian Control Conference |
Melbourne |
|
|
30 August - 2 September, 2004 |
8th IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques, Applications (ISSSTA) |
Sydney |
|
|
4-9 September, 2005 |
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) |
Adelaide |
IEEE Australia
Council Members, R10 Meeting, Penang, 9-10 October, 2003
Clockwise from Left
Harry McDonald, WA, Imm. Past AC Chair, R10 Newsletter Editor
Douglas Chai, WA Chair
Peter Wills, AC Sec/Treas, VIC Chair
Andrew Parfitt, NSW Chair
Erik Lensson, ACT Chair
Michael Evans, AC V-Chair, SA Chair
Mal Heron, NQ Chair
John Robinson, NSW, AC Chair
Renatte Sitte, QLD V-Chair.