Welcome

Our local Twin Cities Chapter was officially approved by the IEEE headquarters in June, 2005. Those members of AES who are interested in either becoming Chapter Officers or being a potential speaker should contact Firooz Sadjadi at firooz.sadjadi@ieee.org.

Members of the Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society (AESS) of the IEEE are interested in the design, integration, test, and analysis of large, complex systems consisting of major subsystems that contain dissimilar electronic devices. Most of our members work on sensor systems (radar. sonar, optics, and navigation), communications systems, command and control centers, avionics, space systems, military systems, digital signal processing simulators, and software development. Some members work on robotics, energy, and transportation systems.

Future Events

December, 2008 -
Speaker: Dr. Nikos Papanikolopoulos
Title: Robot Teams
Abstract: Teams of robots equipped with communication, sensing, computation, and grasping capabilities have potential for tremendous impact on a wide range of applications such as search/rescue, surveillance, infrastructure protection, scientific exploration, and smart environments. In this talk, the development of a modular hardware and software infrastructure is discussed in order to investigate the relationship between the capabilities of individual units and the collective capability of the entire robotic team.
Place/Time: Lockheed Martin Corporation, 3333 Polot Knob Road, Eagan; 11:30-1:00pm; Wednesday, December 17th
Sponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society

Recent Events

October, 2008 -
Speaker: Dr. Ron Mahler
Title: A Radical New Paradigm for Multitarget Detection and Tracking
Abstract: Traditional multitarget tracking is based on a bottom-up, divide-and-conquer paradigm, in which multitarget scenarios are broken down into many parallel single-target problems. This presentation summarizes, at a conceptual overview level, a completely new top-down paradigm based on multitarget statistics. The approach has led to fundamentally new multitarget detection and tracking algorithms (the PHD and CPHD filters) which have attracted considerable interest around the world. The presentation also describes some of the applications (including real-time, real-data applications) which have been addressed using the approach.
Place/Time: Lockheed Martin Corporation, 3333 Polot Knob Road, Eagan; 12:00-1:30pm; Thursday, October 30th
Sponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society

Membership benefits

The Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society is the only professional society dealing with total integrated electronic systems and the enabling technologies. AESS pioneered large-scale integrated interoperable systems. We interact with all technical societies and organizations. Additional Benefits include:

Panel and committee membership
Conferences and symposia
Present papers
Prizes and awards for technical accomplishments
Benefit from our Distinguished Lecturer Series

All members receive Aerospace and Electronic Systems magazine and a discount on Transactions. Technology areas include: Command, control and communication systems; energy conversion; intelligent systems; navigation and tracking systems; radar; robotics; simulations and instrumentation; sonar and undersea systems; space systems; automatic test systems; vehicular systems; and modular integrated electronics.
AESS Affiliate status is available to those who do not wish to become IEEE members but wish to affiliate with the AES Society.

AES Publications

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems was the number-five journal in aerospace engineering in 2002, according to the annual Journal Citation Report (2002 edition) published by the Institute for Scientific Information. This publication focuses on the design, integration, test, and analysis of large, complex systems consisting of major subsystems that contain dissimilar electronic devices. Most of our members work on sensor systems (radar. sonar, optics, and navigation), communications systems, command and control centers, avionics, space systems, military systems, digital signal processing simulators, and software development. Some members work on robotics, energy, and transportation systems.

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine is a monthly magazine that publishes articles concerned with the various aspects of systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environments as well as news and information of interest to IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society members. Our goal is to inform the readers of technologies, state of the art, design trades, etc. so that they will gain insights into a field heretofore unknown to them. We want to introduce technical specialties to readers in the hope that something in the articles will give them some insight for their own fields of endeavor.