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The IEEE established the IEEE Sensors Council in 1999 for the purpose of creating a professional society focus for sensor activities. The Council has 26 member societies, with a combined membership of 260,000.
The Sensors Council's field of interest and activities are the theory, design and application of devices for sensing and transducing physical, chemical, and biological phenomena, with emphasis on the electronics and physics aspects of sensors and integrated sensor-actuators. The purpose of the Council is to advance and coordinate the work in the field of Sensors, and, as such, is exclusively scientific, literary and educational in character. The activity of the Council includes sponsoring Sensors related conferences and conference sessions, publishing appropriate periodicals, sponsoring IEEE Press publications, maintaining an IEEE Sensors website, and engaging in any other activity within its field of interest. The Council shall exist for the benefit of the member societies. Dr. John Vig, J.Vig@ieee.org , is the President of the Sensors Council.
The website of the IEEE Sensors Council is up and running, https://www.ieee.org/sensors . The next objective for the new Council is to launch the IEEE Sensors Journal. The field of interest statement of the journal reflects the variety of phenomena studied and includes mechanical, thermal, optical, magnetic, radiation, microwave, chemical, and biological sensors. Also of interest are packaging, interconnects, telemetry, characterization, noise, CAD, and, of course, applications. The IEEE Sensors Journal has a broader scope than many other IEEE publications. It gives it an opportunity to bring together a wide range of expertise thus favoring inter- and multi-disciplinary activities.
The inaugural issue of the IEEE Sensors Journal is scheduled for June 2001. It will consist of a collection of review papers covering a wide range of sensor technologies. A detailed call-for-papers, and other relevant information can be found on the Sensors Council website. The subscription price will be $19 per year for IEEE members, $10 for student members, and $395 for non-member (institutional) subscribers. Professor Vladimir Lumelsky, vlumelsk@nsf.gov , is the first Editor in Chief of the IEEE Sensors Journal.
The Sensors Council plans to co-sponsor conferences, and organize topical symposia and sessions at related domestic and international meetings. The Sensors Council will have an exhibition booth at the Eurosensors, The 14th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers, to be held 27-30 August 2000, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Sensors Council will also be represented at the forthcoming SensorsExpo, September 19-21, 2000 in Detroit.
EMC Society Board of Directors member Dr. Andrew Podgorski is the EMC Society Representative to the Sensor Council. For more information, please contact Dr. Podgorski at a.podgorski@ieee.org . EMC