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About the IEEE Systems Council Newsletter:
Engineers today start their careers with excellent technical skills and subject matter. The Systems Council Newsletter includes time sensitive news useful to its members and highlights content of the current issue of the IEEE Systems Journal.
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 Dear Member of the IEEE Systems Council Community,
This is still a hard time for everyone around the world due to the pandemic. For some countries the situation is improving, while for others it is still hitting very hard. I hope that you, your families and friends are doing fine. I really hope that the virus will be defeated soon and no more people will suffer. As Systems Council, we are working to support our scientific and professional community to stay on the leading edge of knowledge and profession. Even though we are missing the personal interactions and networking during the meetings in physical presence, we transformed our conferences to virtual events to allow people to share ideas and experiences in our field. We are working to reduce the revision and publication time for faster dissemination of quality knowledge in our publications. We are also working on a new educational program in the area of systems and systems engineering, including tutorials and lectures from distinguished speakers. We are planning for more initiatives to support underserved groups and areas, for example by promoting Chapters and Student Chapters as they are the local roots of our worldwide community.
Please visit our website frequently for detailed information about our activities. Our newsletter will help you to remain updated on our activities as well as other information relevant for our field. Past issues are available on our website.
If you have any comments, suggestions, recommendations, or criticisms, please do not hesitate to contact me. Everyone can help continuously improve our technical activities. We aim to continue to have live activities for our live community. With you, we strive to serve our community. Join us to make the difference in the world!
Looking forward to working with you for the benefit of our scientific and professional community and the entire humanity!
Ciao, Vin
Vincenzo Piuri
President, IEEE Systems Council
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The Systems Council has launched its Women in Systems Engineering (WiSE) page. Read more on our featured WiSE women like Somayeh Sojoudi, an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and how she got her start in the field of systems engineering.
Help us share your story to motivate women to consider Systems Engineering as their area of study and career by contacting WiSE Chair Stephanie White or Brooke Johnson.
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The IEEE Systems Council is proud to announce Mahnoor Mehmood as the recipient of the 2020 James O. Gray Scholarship for Graduate Students. The $5,000 USD scholarship is awarded to a graduate student in the field of process control systems engineering, plant automation, or instrumentation. Mahnoor is studying Mechatronics and Control Engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology - Lahore in Lahore, Pakistan.
Applications for the 2021 James O. Gray Scholarships – graduate and undergraduate – will be open soon. Check the website for future announcements.
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The New Space Video Series on YouTube is an initiative started by Skoltech Professor Alessandro Golkar. This series explores the phenomenon of New Space using technical and engineering-oriented lenses in a variety of formats such as lectures and interviews. The multidisciplinary content covers upstream and downstream New Space business segments. Watch the New Space Video Series here.
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IEEE SYSCON 2020 will now be held as a virtual conference on 24 August – 20 September 2020. Attendees will receive access to all of the presentations for the duration of the conference online. The papers of the approved authors will also be published on IEEE Xplore.
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IEEE ISSE 2020 will now be held as a virtual conference on 12 October – 12 November 2020.
This symposium seeks to create an interactive forum for the advancement of the practice of systems engineering across the multiple disciplines and specialty areas associated with the engineering of complex systems. The symposium will provide a venue for systems engineering practitioners, managers, researchers, and educators to exchange innovative concepts, ideas, applications and lessons learned.
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IGESSC will be held virtually on 2-3 November 2020. Visit the website for a program details and to register.
The conference brings together researchers and practitioners to present and disseminate ongoing research for smart systems, sustainable and green energy technologies. This year, the focus would be on the application of data science in smart grid and smart systems, Internet of Things, Sustainable and Secured Systems, Optimized Power Grids with Battery, Transportation Systems, Smart Satellite and Aerospace Technology.
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While we could not be together in person this year, we were excited to virtually bring together a community of people to address the convergence of cybersecurity, safety, and engineering with interest in the effective application of security principles, methods, and tools to complex systems such as cyber-physical systems, autonomous systems, transportation vehicles, medical devices, large IoT systems, and other systems of interest. In attendance was over 60 attendees from 12 different countries. We hope you enjoyed the virtual conference!
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Save the date! The 15th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada on 22-25 March 2021. Special Session submissions are due 10 September 2020. Abstract and full paper submissions are due 10 October 2020. Additional details, call for papers, and registration will be on our website soon.
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IEEE Systems Journal
The IEEE Systems Journal (ISJ) is the technical journal of the IEEE Systems Council. This publication provides a systems-level, focused forum for application-oriented manuscripts that address complex systems and system-of-systems of national and global significance. It intends to encourage and facilitate cooperation and interaction among IEEE Societies with systems-level and systems engineering interest, and to attract non-IEEE contributors and readers from around the globe.
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Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems (J-MASS)
The IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems (J-MASS) is a new technical journal devoted to covering the rapidly evolving field of small air and space systems such as drones and small satellites. These platforms offer new, low-cost ways to accomplish a wide range of sensing functions for applications ranging from agriculture to land use and ocean surveys.
In June 2020, J-MASS published its very first issue covering topics that ranged from the development and use of miniaturized platforms such as drones and CubeSats. Manuscripts must be submitted through Manuscript Central and should be original work within this scope. Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not have been published before and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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Recently, the Systems Council has been in communication with the IEEE Learning Network to determine how to establish tutorials and/or online courses for our Council participants and the community at large.
Call for Technical Committee Chairs
The Intelligent Transportation Design and Networked Systems Technical Committees are seeking individuals to fill their chair positions. If you are interested in applying for these positions, please contact VP of Technical Operations, Steve Holt.
In 2020, the Cyber Physical Systems Technical Committee organized four journal special issues, four conferences and workshops, published a book, released a newsletter, and actively collaborated with other societies within IEEE and beyond.
To learn more about the committee and their work, visit our website.
Desheng Wu, ARTC Chair, presided over the 5th IEEE Online Symposium on Analytics and Risk on June 23-24, 2020. Read more on the symposium here.
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Call for Papers
To learn more about the committee and their work, visit our website.
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Did you know the IEEE UK and Ireland Section has over 10,000 members and is part of Region 8 which covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa? The Section arranges keynote lectures and events, including the joint effort between the Systems Council and SIGHT committee. Read more on the section and their events in 2020 here.
Systems Council Chapter Creation
The Systems Council is currently looking to expand our chapters. Creating a Systems or Joint Chapter is easily done through a petition, submitted to IEEE. For more information on this process please visit the IEEE website or contact Marco Parvis, VP Member Services. A current list of the Systems Council Chapters can be found on the Systems website.
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View the full list of our Member Society Reps here.
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IES sponsors/cosponsors several peer-reviewed journals ranked at the top level in electrical and electronic engineering areas. Starting in 2020, the IES will sponsor two new journals.
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The AESS Distinguished Lecturer program will be available virtually beginning this fall! All Chapters and IEEE Sections are encouraged to take advantage of the AESS Distinguished Lecturer and Tutorial Program for their regular or special meetings, that allows them to select from an outstanding list of truly distinguished speakers who are experts in the technical fields of the society. Visit the website for more information and to submit a request to have a DL speaker at your event.
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The I&M Society Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) provides I&M chapters around the world with talks by experts that help disseminate knowledge in the I&M field. All distinguished lecturers are outstanding in their fields of specialty. The DLP will be available virtually this fall! More information can be found on the I&M Society website.
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ISCAS 2020 Updates
ISCAS 2020 is now a fully virtual conference during 10-21 October 2020. Holding ISCAS as a virtual event will impact the conference registration rates. Partial refunds will be offered to registered participants, and the registration rates for new participants will be reduced. More details on registration fees will be released in the coming weeks.
ISCAS 2020 papers will be made available via Open Preview on IEEE Xplore approximately three weeks before the conference. We invite you to explore the proceedings prior to the start of the conference and plan your ISCAS 2020 virtual experience accordingly.
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3rd Artificial Intelligence Compute Symposium – Presented by IEEE CASS, IEEE EDS, and IBM Research
The Symposium will bring together dreamers, thinkers, and innovators in cutting-edge research for a one-day forum to explore AI Compute challenges and future research directions. This symposium will be free of charge to participants. The symposium will feature talks from distinguished speakers as well as a student poster session. Students are encouraged to submit their poster abstracts during registration. The top student-submitted posters will be invited to submit their full-length papers to a special issue in IEEE Xplore. An award for best poster will also be given.
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Recent Publications
- 2020 IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM) | The current issue in July/August is focused on “Transportation Cyber Physical System (T-CPS)” can be found on IEEE Xplore.
- IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics | The August issue can be found on IEEE Xplore.
Conference Updates
- 2020 International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Berlin (ICCE-Berlin) | 9-11 November | Virtual
- 2020 International Symposium on Consumer Technologies (ISCT) | Postponed to 2021
- 2020 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (IEEE GEM) | Postponed to 2021
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