IEEE Nagoya Section

Annual Report 2005

December 23, 2005

PART A – SECTION SUMMARY

A.1 Executive Summary

● Section activity: A number of activities were organized during 2005 by the Nagoya Section. Total 15 events including 7 lectures in the areas of computer, communication, electric power, material development, automobile electronics and control engineering were successfully carried out. In particular as special program, we had 4 seminars for young researchers and school students.

● Membership activity: Nagoya Section has the following members: Fellow: 25, Senior Member: 33, Member: 703, Associate Member: 70, Student Member: 108, Total: 939.

● Section territory: IEEE Nagoya Section, one of the eight sections of IEEE Japan Council, is located in the city of Nagoya, central in Japan, and the section territory spreads out to Tokai Area (Aichi, Gifu, Mie, and Shizuoka Prefectures) and Hokuriku Area (Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui Prefectures) in Japan.

A.2 Financial Report

● Total receipts during the year 2005 were JY 4,511,730 including the rebate of JY 2,571,336 from IEEE HQ. On the other hand, the total disbursements amount to JY 2,433,718. In addition, at the end of 2005, an amount of US$694.00 or JPY 81,781.76 is distributed as an additional rebate. This amount is now kept as a check at the treasurer for activities in the year 2006.

A.3 Section Officers and Committee Officers (2005/2006)

Section Officers:

Chair:

Professor Dr. Osamu Fujiwara (Nagoya Institute of Technology)

TEL: +81-52-735-5421

FAX: +81-52-735-5442

e-mail: fujiwara@odin.elcom.nitech.ac.jp

Vice Chair:

Professor Dr. Shin-ichi Betsudan (Kanazawa Institute of Technology)

TEL: +81 76-294-6707 (ex.2424)

FAX: +81-76-294-6706

e-mail: betsudan@neptune.cisp.kanazawa-it.ac.jp

Secretary:

Professor Dr. Masayuki Nagao (Toyohashi University of Technology)

TEL: +81-532-44-6725

FAX: +81-532-48-7634

e-mail: m.nagao@ieee.org

Treasurer:

Professor Dr. Masaaki Katayama (Nagoya University)

TEL: +81-52-789-4430

FAX: +81-52-789-3173

e-mail: katayama@nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Auditor:

Dr. Yoshihiro Suzuki (NGK Insulators, Ltd)

TEL: +81- 568-76-6842

FAX: +81- 568-76-7261

e-mail: suzukiyr@ngk.co.jp

Standing Committee Chairs:

Nomination Committee:

Professor Dr. Ryosuke Matsuoka (Chubu University)

TEL: +81- 568-51-9431

FAX: +81- 568-51-1219

e-mail: matsuoka@isc.chubu.ac.jp

Membership Development Committee:

Professor Dr. Noriyuki Shimizu (Meijo University)

TEL: +81-52-832-1151

FAX: +81-52-832-1298

e-mail: shimizu@ccmfs.meijo-u.ac.jp

Technical Activities Committee:

Professor Dr. Toshifumi Sugiura (Shizuoka University) for 2005

TEL: +81-53-478-1328

FAX: +81-53-478-1333

e-mail: sugiura@rie.shizuoka.ac.jp

Professor Dr. Yoshihiko Kuwahara (Shizuoka University) for 2006

TEL: +81-53-478-1613

FAX: +81-53-478-1613

e-mail: tykuwab@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp

Student Activities Committee:

Professor Dr. Kazuya Takeda (Nagoya University)

TEL: +81-52-789-3172

FAX: +81-52-789-3629

e-mail: takeda@is.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Award Committee:

Professor Dr. Kenji Nakayama (Kanazawa University)

TEL: +81-76-234-4896

FAX: +81-76-234-4900

e-mail: nakayama@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

PART B – ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Programs

● Effort in Membership Development

Efforts were made to enroll new members, including the student grade.

● Evidence of Retention of Members

The number of members of the Nagoya Section as of December 22, 2005 is as follows: (The numbers in blanket are for 2004)

Fellow: 25 (25)

Senior Member: 33 (38)

Member: 703 (676)

Associate Member: 70 (6)

Student Member: 108 (75)

Total 939 (896)

(2005) (2004)

B.2 Professional and Continuing Education Activities

● Total 15 events including 7 technical lectures were carried out during 2005. In particular as special program, we had 4 seminars for young researchers and school students.

B.3 Students Activities

● Increasing student membership.

● A student awards were given for 8 excellent student presenters at Joint Convention of Institutes in Tokai Area related to Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering.

● A student branch was established in Nagoya University. The officers of the branch are as follows:

Chair: Mr. Yoichi TAGAYA (D1)

Vice-Chair: Mr. Tatsuya KATO (D2)

Secretary: Mr. Koji OBATA (D1)

Treasurer: Mr. Toru KITAYABU (M2)

Counselor: Prof. Dr. Masaaki KATAYAMA (Nagoya University)

B.4 E-mails and Home Page

● The website of Nagoya Section has been designed and set up on the internet. It provides necessary information for the IEEE members, such as the announcement from Section and the conference / workshop news, etc.

http://ieee-nagoya.org/

● The address and the e-mail address of Nagoya Section Office are the followings:

Chair: Prof. O. Fujiwara, Secretary: Prof. M. Nagao

c/o Nagoya University, Department of Electrical Engineering

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603 Japan

TEL: +81-52-735-5457, FAX: +81-52-735-7129

e-mail: officers@ieee-nagoya.org

PART C – GOALS AND PLANS

C.1 2006 Goals

● Enhancing the student activities

● Increasing the membership

● Nominations of members for Senior Member and Fellow of the Institute

● Organizing technical lectures and symposium, workshops on topics of interest, in some case as the collaboration with other institute

● Making close collaboration with other professional organizations related to Electrical Engineering and Electronics. The Nagoya Section will actively participate the 2006 Joint Convention of Institutes in Tokai Area related to Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering held in Autumn of 2006.

● Providing better services to the members

● Open the English Home Page

● Establish a New Chapter

● Promote the registration of potential organization in the IEEE REP list

C.2 Proposed Budget

● Based on the plans being finalized, annual expenditure of IEEE Nagoya Section for 2006 is estimated to be the order of JY 4,320,000.