Prof. Huijun Gao, our IES Vice-President for Workshop Activities is the recipient of the IEEE 2023 Norbert Wiener Award for significant contributions to research in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and/or cybernetics. Congratulations! 

According to the recent JCR report released this year, the very first Impact Factor of our IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society (OJIES) for the year 2022 is 5.2 (61st position in IEEE 2022). A remarkable success for such a young journal!

Join the 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society held 3-6 November 2024 in Chicago! IECON is focusing on contemporary industry topics ranging from electronics, controls, and manufacturing to communications and computational intelligence. 

The Industrial Electronics Society Administrative Committee has recently approved two pioneering projects. The first aims to leverage Artificial Intelligence for advancing research in industrial electronics, while the second seeks to offer data-driven insights for the strategic decision-making needs of our Society. 

This paper presents innovative strategies in modular converter technology, focusing on variable-angle carrier-based PWM. These approaches effectively minimize unbalanced power distribution among cells, improving the harmonic quality of output waveforms and significantly extending the lifespan of output filters and related components.

By Dorin O. Neacsu, University of Iasi, Romania – June 2023

This presentation was recorded at IEEE ISIE 2023 in Helsinki. (Video duration: 1:35:10)

By Wenbin Dai (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) – 21 September 2023

Industrial internet and edge computing bring lots of new opportunities for traditional industrial automation systems. With massive computing, storage, and communication resources available on field devices, a new low code/no code development must be investigated to handle multiple applications on multiple edge devices simultaneously. In this talk, we discuss automatic code generation in industrial edge applications based on IEC 61499 and MTP.

By Hiroshi Fujimoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan) – 28 September 2023

Novel advanced motion control and autonomous driving for electric vehicles are introduced to improve safety, driving comfort and energy efficiency. Then, a new type of in-wheel motor receives electric power through wireless power transfer. This motor can also receive power directly from underground coils for dynamic charging.