Result of Selection of the 2009 R10 GOLD Award
Dear R10 Committee Members,
This is to announce the result of selection of the 2009 R10 GOLD Award.
It is very unfortunate but no R10 GOLD Award will be presented this year.
We received one nomination but judged the nomination is not sufficiently qualified for the award in the review by the 2009 R10 Awards & Recognition Committee.
Thank you for your interest and nomination.
We hope we will be able to present this award next year.
With best regards,
Takatoshi Minami
2009 IEEE R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
Call for Nomination for Director-elect Candidate Slate for 2011-2012
Dear Section Chairs ,
Please see attached for the Nomination for Director-elect Candidate Slate for 2011-2012
Deadline for Nominations: 15 Dec 2009
Please submit your duly completed nomination form "Region 10 Director-elect
Candidate Slate for 2011-2012 " to Janina Mazierska (
)
and cc. 
before 15 Dec 2009.
With best regards,
Janina Mazierska
Call for Nomination for IEEE Region 10 Milestone Award/Academia-Industry Partnership Award
Dear Region 10 Council Chairs and Section Chairs,
R10 Industry Liaison Committee is seeking nominations of the following awards. Please see attached for the details. For more information, visit http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/ILC/ILCMain.html.
Call for Nominations:
a) 2009 Region 10 Milestone Award
b) 2009 Region 10 Academia-Industry Partners Awards
Deadline for Submission is 30 November 2009. Please return Nominations Form to 
We look forward receiving your nominations by the submission deadline.
Best Regards,
Dr. Jhing-Fa Wang
Region 10 Industry Liaison Coordinator
R10 EXCOM Meeting 2010 Announcement
The IEEE Region 10 EXCOM Meeting has been planned as follows:| Date | 10 January 2010 (Sunday) |
| Time | 08:30 hours to 18:00 hours |
| Venue | The Empire Hotel & Country Club (Brunei) Jerudong BG3122, Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| Venue Tel | +673 241 8888 |
| Venue Fax | +673 241 8999 |
| Venue Website | www.theempircomehotel. |
R10 Women in Engineering Affinity Group of the Year Certificate of Honour
Dear Section & Council Chairs, Section WIE Chairs,
The IEEE Women in Engineering initiative has been established to promote achievements of women professionals in fields of interest to IEEE. WIE promotes membership growth and elevation of its members. Also, WIE gathers and disseminates information on the status of women in technology and science.
To better nurture the enthusiastic minds to increase the visibility of IEEE in remote areas through innovative activities, R10 Women in Engineering introduced the honour certificate this year, requesting nominations by 1st of February 2009.
I am glad to announce that out of the six nominations received, R10 Women in Engineering Affinity Group of the Year Certificate of Honour goes to IEEE Japan Council Women in Engineering Affinity Group (WIE Japan) for the year 2008. The Affinity Group has organized several Educational and professional outreach activities for women and has shown a steady increase in membership. The award carries a certificate and a subsidy of $250 for future activities. Congratulations Japan Council WIE!
I thank all the participants for their enthusiasm and wish them well for their future WIE activities.
Ramalatha Marimuthu
R10 WIE Coordinator
Call for Nominations - 2010 Chairs of EAB councils, committees, etc.
Dear R10 Section and Council Chairs,
The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) Nominations and Appointments Committee invites recommendations for 2010 Chairs of EAB councils and committees and other EAB positions as listed below:
- Accreditation Policy Council (APC)
- Awards & Recognition Committee (ARC)
- ExpertNow Editorial Board
- Finance Committee (FINCOM)
- Nominations & Appointments Committee (N&A)
- Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee (PECC)
- Continuing Professional Education Committee (CPEC)
- Public Awareness Committee (PAC)
- Society Outreach Committee (SOOC)
- Section Outreach Committee (SEOC)
For more information about each committee, please see the EAB Operations Manual.
The EAB N&A values the following criteria for all EAB positions:
- Experience or high-level of interest in education
- Record of being an active volunteer and contributor
- Willingness to serve
- High skill level or interest expressed in area needed by the EAB position
If you wish to make a recommendation, please provide a brief position statement and bio to eab-admin@ieee.org by 1 November 2009.
Thank you.
Dr. Proadpran Punyabukkana
R10 STUDENT PAPER CONTEST RESULTS 2009
Dear Section & Council Chairs, Student Volunteers,
I am glad to announce the R10 Student Paper Contest Results 2009.
Congratulations to all the winners (dominated by Singapore and Hong Kong) and a big thank you to all the participants, Section SAC Chairs and the Reviewers.
The results with the paper titles etc are in the attached file. The prizes are sponsored by the IEEE Life member committee and the winners will get a customized certificate.
R10 Post Graduate contest Results 2009
First Position US$ $350.00
K.L.Lam, H.Y . Tung L.T. Lee
City Univ Of HK, Hong Kong hytung@student.cityu.edu.hk
Second Position US$300.00
Wu Yu Ming
National University of SingaporeYuming.wu@nus.edu.sg
Third Position US$ 200
Li Hu
National University of Singapore huli@nus.edu.sg
R10 UG Paper Contest 2009 Results
First Position $300.00
Ho Bing Kun
National University of Singapore u0509563@nus.edu.sg
Second Position $200.00
Yuan Fang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK, 05993983d@polyu.edu.hk
Third Position $150.00 (Shared)
a. Chen Hua
Chinese University of HK, HKukyoapple@gmail.com
b.Daniel Tan Yu Bin
National University of Singapore kulturny@hotmail.com
The detailed result sheet of all the participants will be made available on request.
Best regards,
Mini S. Thomas,
R10 SAC
IEEEXtreme: Programming Contest for IEEE Student Branches
Dear R10 Students,
IEEEXtreme is an IEEE MGA Student Activities Committee program, creating a worldwide 24 hour programming contest for IEEE Student Branches. It is the exciting and challenging competition which gives you an opportunity to compete with the students from other part of the world.
Every year IEEE Region 10 contributes significantly to this competition and we are the one who also holds the position in this every year. If you are into programming, this is the competition for you. This year competition date is October 24, 2009 and registration will start from September 1, 2009. Participation in this competition is very easy. Please visit http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/students/scholarshipsawardscontests/ieeextreme.html for further details.
Regards
Om Perkash Batra,
Regional Student Representative
Call for Nominations - 2009 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
The R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award aims to recognize those volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to a particular Region 10 section. For details of this award, please refer to the attaced file “090831-Call for Nominations (2009 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award).”
Please use the attached nomination form “090831-Nomination Form (2009 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award)”, complete and send it to Fanny Su, R10 APO Office at ieeeapo@pacific.net.sg
The nomination deadline is 31 October 2009.
- Should you need more information, please contact
.
Taking this opportunity, I also would like to remind you again of the following MGA Awards which are currently under "Call for nominations" and with deadline of 15 October.
- MGA Achievement Award
- MGA Innovation Award
- MGA Leadership Award
- MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award
- MGA GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Achievement Award
For details, please access the “Recognizing Outstanding IEEE Volunteers - MGA Awards” section in the “MGA SCOOP - June 2009” at the following URL:
http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/SCOOP/2009_june.html
With best regards,
Taka
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Takatoshi Minami
2009 IEEE R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
[Article] IEEE Global History Network Grows in First Year
Dear R10 Section & Council Chairs,
The IEEE Global History Network (GHN) is growing significantly in the first year!
“The GHN is designed to reach the global public and directly engage IEEE members and others with a stake in technological innovation. It allows users to discuss current activities in technology-as well as what will happen in the future-while linking to history.”
Please kindly take a few minutes to read the attached article “IEEE Global History Network Grows in First Year.”
This article has outlined the initial success of IEEE GHN and highlighted the accomplishments of GHN in the first year. You will find many exciting features of IEEE GHN coming along the way from the article!
The IEEE GHN serves as a platform for the OUs to input their historical content.
With the integration of myIEEE and IEEE GHN, the section are encouraged to contribute historical information to their local section history portal as very soon members will be able to access the historical content from myIEEE and receive historical information about the section. This will definitely help the new members to have a better view of how the section is growing and acknowledge a “job well done” from the past section committee!
Hope you enjoy reading the article! :)
Thank you for volunteering your time and your continually efforts to IEEE GHN.
Best Regards,
Ewell Tan
Project / Admin Executive
IEEE Asia Pacific Operations Centre/
Communications Society Office
2009 IEEE Student Branches / Affinity Groups in Region 10
Respected All,
This is to share with you the number of IEEE Student Branches (SB) / Affinity groups (AG) formed in year 2009 by July and their status. In total, 63 student branches (43) / affinity groups (20) are formed in Region 10 and majority of them are settling well. I contacted each and every SB / AG individually and provided them basic information to ensure they are well settling and I am happy to inform you that majority of them have already started student activities and some of them are going very well. Majority also had lot of questions regarding funding and possible activities but they are clear and know the basics. Below is the brief summary and attached is the detailed Summary for your information.
| Section | # of SB / AG |
| Delhi | 15 |
| Madras | 10 |
| Kerala | 8 |
| Bangalore | 7 |
| Hyderabad | 5 |
| Gujarat | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
| Taipei | 3 |
| Lahore | 2 |
| Nanjing | 2 |
| Bombay | 1 |
| Calcutta | 1 |
| Karachi | 1 |
| Shanghai | 1 |
| Total | 63 |
Please let me know if you have any questions on it.
Om Perkash
R10 RSR 2009-2010
Mobile: +61 430907550
New Student Member Package for 2010 Announced
Dear IEEE Member,
Please see the attached special offer by IEEE Computer Society for year 2010. Please visit http://computer.org for further details.
If you have any question and/or comment, please feel free to contact me < opbatra2kn@gmail.com > or Iwao Hyakutake at < IHyakutake@computer.org >
Regards
Om Perkash
IEEE R10 RSR 2009
Call for Nomination: MGA Achievement Award / MGA Innovation Award / MGA Leadership Award / MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award / MGA GOLD Achievement Award
Dear Section Chairs,
Recognizing Outstanding IEEE Volunteers - MGA Awards
You can help recognize the efforts of outstanding volunteers by nominating someone for one of the prestigious Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Awards < http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/index.html >. Each prestigious award has a unique mission and criteria and offers the opportunity to honor distinguished colleagues, inspiring teachers, and corporate leaders.
If you know someone who has made substantial Regional contributions through innovative projects, exemplary leadership, service, or by fulfilling the goals as related to transnational activities, consider nominating them for one of the following awards:
- MGA Achievement Award :
- http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/Achievement_awd.html
- MGA Innovation Award :
- http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/innovation_awd.xml
- MGA Leadership Award :
- http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/leadership_awd.html
- MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award :
- http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/lkwilson_awd.html
- MGA GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Achievement Award :
- http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/gold_awd.html
Regards,
Lawrence Wong
IEEE R10 Director-Elect
2010 IEEE Technical Field Award Recipients Announced
Dear IEEE R10 Committee Members,
As you might have been aware, the 2010 IEEE Technical Field Award Recipients were posted on the following IEEE Website at the beginning of July: http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/2010tfa_recips.html
There are many recipients from R10 as follows:
- [IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS AWARD]
- GRAHAM CLIFFORD GOODWIN (F'IEEE)
NSW,Australia - [IEEE JAMES L. FLANAGAN SPEECH AND AUDIO PROCESSING AWARD]
- SADAOKI FURUI (F'IEEE)
Tokyo, Japan - [IEEE GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF AWARD]
- HITOSHI WATANABE (LF'IEEE)
Tokyo, Japan - [IEEE WILLIAM E. NEWELL POWER ELECTRONICS AWARD]
- AKIO NAKAGAWA (SM'IEEE)
Kawasaki, Japan - [IEEE DANIEL E. NOBLE AWARD]
- SHINICHI ABE (M'IEEE)
Aichi, Japan
SHOICHI SASAKI (M'IEEE)
Yokohama, Japan
TAKEHISA YAEGASHI (M'IEEE)
Shizuoka, Japan - [IEEE JUDITH A. RESNIK AWARD]
- SURENDRA PAL (F'IEEE)
Bangalore, India - [IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD]
- TOSHIO FUKUDA (F'IEEE)
Nagoya, Japan - [IEEE FRANK ROSENBLATT AWARD]
- MICHIO SUGENO (M'IEEE)
Kyoto, Japan - [IEEE DONALD O. PEDERSON AWARD IN SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS]
- TAKAYASU SAKURAI (F'IEEE)
Tokyo, Japan
Congratulations to the recipients and their affiliated sections for receiving the prestigious IEEE Awards!!
For details including the recipients of the other 2010 IEEE Technical Field Awards, please access the above website
.For the descriptions of each of the IEEE Technical Field Awards, please access the following website: http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/tfalist.html
For the total description of the IEEE Awards, please consult the "IEEE Awards Board Operations Manual" at the following URL: http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/awards/OpsManual/complete_awards_board_operations_manual.pdf
With best regards,
Taka
2009 IEEE R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
(9.8.2009)
The IEEE Foundation granted funding on “Novel Screening Systems for Development Disorders.”
Congratulations!!
The IEEE Foundation recently reviewed grant applications and made a decision to provide following member in Region 10 with funding to be paid in 2009.
Mr. Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan from the Madras Section has been granted IEEE Foundation funding of upto $13,420 for his project "Novel Screening System for Development Disorders".
The activities will be posted on the R10 newsletter and website, and we hope for more IEEE Foundation Grants to Region 10 members next year.
For more information on How to apply for an IEEE Foundation grant: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/foundation/grants.html
(9.8.2009)Special offer on E-book “The Best of Backscatter from IEEE-USA Today's Engineers”
For a limited time only — July 23 through August 21, IEEE-USA E-Books is offering the new second volume of “The Best of Backscatter from IEEE-USA Today's Engineer -- Volume 2” for only 99 cents to IEEE Members.
Author Donald Christiansen wrote the essays that were first published as columns in “IEEE-USA Today's Engineer Online” and the print “IEEE-USA Today's Engineer Digest.” Written in an Andy Rooney type style, this collection of essays is fun, humorous and thought-provoking.
About his essays, Christiansen wrote that his reward is in the feedback he gets from readers – “often extensions of an argument, sometimes disagreements, occasional compliments. It's disappointing to write something and get no feedback.”
Christiansen is a former editor and publisher of “IEEE Spectrum,” an independent consultant, and a Fellow of the IEEE. He has written hundreds of essays, articles, editorials and columns over the years related to the engineering profession.
Topics in this second volume include: All in a Day's Work; Black on Black Design; Picking a Winner; The Hat Trick: Having It Both Ways; Credit Where Due; Ephemera for Engineers and Scientists; The Collyers and The Web; About the MBA; Getting on Prime Time – Mission Impossible?; Irreconcilable Differences?; Engineers – Mere Mercenaries?; and Ghosts.
You can purchase your copy of "The Best of Backscatter from IEEE-USA Today's Engineer - Volume 2" at www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks for the special IEEE Member Price of 99 cents(Nonmember Price is $19.95) until 21 August. After 21 August, the IEEE Member Price will be $9.95, and the Non-Member price will remain the same at $19.95.
To purchase IEEE Members-only products and to receive the Member discount on eligible products, Members must log in with their IEEE Web Account.
(9.8.2009)Award Announcements:
2008 MGA Section Sustained Membership Growth Award
2008 MGA Section Membership Growth Award
2008 MGA Student Branch Membership Growth Award
Dear IEEE R10 Committee Members,
We recently received the following announcements from the IEEE MGAB:
- IEEE Kerala Section selected as 2008 MGA Section Sustained Membership Growth Award Recipient for Region 10
- IEEE Wuhan Section selected as 2008 MGA Section Membership Growth Award Recipient for Region 10
- IEEE Kongu Engineering College Student Branch selected as 2008 MGA Student Branch Membership Growth Award Recipient for Region 10
Congratulatory letters to the above recipients are attached for your reference.
Congratulations to Kerala, Wuhan and Madras Sections for the excellent achievements.
The above announcements will be also posted on the IEEE MGA Web site by early next week, according to the MGAB.
For details on these awards, please access the Section 3 (3.5, 3. 6 and 3.7) of the "IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board Awards and Recognition Program Manual" at the following URL (Please note the formula in the "BASIS OF SELECTION" of 3.5 and 3.6 are outdated and to be updated by the MGAB): http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/awards_manual.pdf
Taking this opportunity, I also would like to remind you of the following MGA Awards which are currently under "Call for nominations" and with deadline of 15 October.
- MGA Achievement Award
- MGA Innovation Award
- MGA Leadership Award
- MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award
- MGA GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Achievement Award
For details, please access the "Recognizing Outstanding IEEE Volunteers - MGA Awards" section in the "MGA SCOOP - June 2009" at the following URL: http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/SCOOP/2009_june.html
With best regards,
Taka
2009 IEEE R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
(9.8.2009)
Call for Nomination - 2009 Region 10 GOLD Award
Dear R10 Section Chairs,This award is designed to recognize those substantive projects or achievement of a relatively short nature (one to three years) but which have left an undeniable imprint on the fabric of GOLD operations within Region 10. The award will be based on a selection that recognizes individuals involved with GOLD activities who are recognized for singular achievement in the development and completion of a project(s) or activity(ies) which are directed to the fulfillment of one or more of the Region's goals and/or objectives. The individuals nominated must be GOLD members at the time of nomination.
Please use this nomination form, completed and send to Fanny Su, R10 APO Office at
The nomination deadline is 31 August 2009.
Should you need more information, please contact taka.minami@jp.fujitsu.com .
Takatoshi Minami
2009 IEEE R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
The 2008 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award
Dear R10 Section Chairpersons,
The 2008 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award result has been worked out by the Awards Committee.
Three outstanding volunteers are selected as recipients of the Award. They are:
Deepak Mathur of Gujarat Section
Rajagopalan Kannan of Hyderabad Section
Hideyuki Sawada, Shikoku Section
Rajagopalan Kannan of Hyderabad Section will be invited to receive his award at the 2009 Region 10 Meet dinner banquet in Hanoi. His travelling expenses will be reimbursed by R10, The other Certificate will be posted to the Section Chairs for presentation at an appropriate Section event.
The competition was intense and all volunteers nominated have made great contributions to the IEEE family. For candidates not selected this time, it is because of the rule and limitation set in the Awards Program. Please do continue your good work and I am sure that your effort will be recognized very soon.
Congratulations again on a job well done by winners.
Y W Liu
R10 Awards Committee Chair
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