IEEE Region 8 Student Activities Committee (R8 SAC)

Have you ever been involved in conflict in the work place?  Have you struggled with how to resolve issues amongst your colleagues, with your manager, or others in your professional environment?  As part of the Professional Development Webinar Program, IEEE GOLD is proud to host a two-part Webinar series on Conflict Management.  This special, in-depth Webinar series will help you understand and learn to manage conflict more effectively.  This two-part series will be held on Wednesday, 24 March, and Wednesday, 21 April, 2:00pm-3:00pm EST.  Register Now.

The RoboComp’2010 is a Robotics Competition organized by the IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS) Tunisia Chapter, in order to bring together researchers and robotics specialists working on mobile robotics and biped robots.

This event will be held in Tunisia at the National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS) from 23 to 25 April 2010. The goal of this event is to evaluate contributions in robotics control for classical and widespread problems.

The competition contains the four Tracks below:

• Innovation in robotics building
• Wheeled robots for line follow
• Wheeled robots for obstacle avoidance
• Biped robots for a walking race

Registration deadline was extended to 10 March 2010. More details are available on RoboComp’2010 webpage.

The IEEE Job Site is hosting a free Virtual Career Fair until 15 March featuring four employers: Argonne National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, and SRC. Visitors can search for jobs, apply for positions, and chat live with the employers online. Visitors to the virtual fair, cosponsored by IEEE-USA, can also register to attend career webinars that focus on the benefits of working at the sponsoring employers.

For more information, visit the Virtual Career Fair webpage.

The Sixth annual Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering – a live webcast and teleconference – will take place in Europe on Thursday March 11.

The Global Marathon is a free, 24 hour live webcast; Internet Chat and teleconference event themed ‘Launching Tomorrow’. It is managed by volunteer Chairs in each continent who arrange for four hours of live internet or telephone chat from their region as it follows the sun around the globe. Sessions will come from China; India; North America; South America; Africa and Europe/Middle East sponsored by companies such as Rockwell Collins; IBM; Motorola; BP; Verizon; DuPont and others but anyone anywhere can join any session to connect the world.

Topics included tips on heightening awareness of science, technology, engineering activities in schools and industry. Senior women in different sectors will discuss their achievements and challenges and examining issues such as retaining women in engineering programs and the workplace. The event will be hosted at the Big Bang Fair in Manchester which will be attended by 15000 schoolchildren; parents and teachers and will connect women everywhere.

Be Part of the big event. Click here to find more.

Students now have access to a wealth of information at an incredible half-year membership rate.  For only US$20, students can join both IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society and enjoy free access to the Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL).  Current IEEE Students can add Computer Society and get access to CSDL for US$7.  In addition to CSDL, Computer Society student members have free access to Microsoft development software, access to 600 online technical books, and access to 3,000 online technical and business courses.

Microsoft and IEEE announced a collaboration to empower students to reach their professional aspirations.  The goal of the Microsoft-IEEE collaboration is to increase the number of students engaged in technical pursuits with the long-term benefit of strengthening business and society through the use of technology. The collaboration will include five focus areas:

• Competitions Microsoft
• Software Access
• Internships
• Continuing Education

This collaboration between the two organizations will equip IEEE members with access to Microsoft student programs and technology and expose the benefits of IEEE membership more broadly to science, technology, and engineering students who are currently using Microsoft software and solutions. For detailed information, you can read the announcement at IEEE's website.

Microsoft Corporation has extended an invitation to IEEE Student members to participate in its Imagine Cup. The Imagine Cup is a technology competition, where students compete for cash and prizes, gain real life experiences, make new friends, and turn ideas into reality.

It is your chance to enter the competition and win a great prizes and recognition from your IEEE peers.

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The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation presents Campus Party Europe, a special edition of what is considered to be the biggest event for technology, creativity and digital culture online in the world, to be held during the Spanish Presidency of the European Union in Madrid, 14th-18th April 2010.

For four days, 800 young people from each of the 27 member states of the EU will participate in activities such as conferences, workshops nd challenges centered around three knowledge areas: Science, Digital Creativity and Innovation. Check it out online, register, and who knows, maybe you'll be selected to come for free to represent your country and your field at this event!

And there is more: if you happen to be in the Network Security Area, SecurityByDefault.com is  coordinating the activities related to this topic during the event. As part of these activities there will be a hacking challenge. Register to this challenge at campuseu_AT_securitybydefault.com before the 31st January to get a chance to:

• win free travel and accommodation to attend the Campus Party

• meet and interact with other experts of many nationalities

• attend lectures given by renowned speakers

• win a cash prize of up to 2,000€ for the winner of the challenge

• visit and enjoy the beautiful city of Madrid

More details on how you can register here.