INTRODUCTION
IEEE Sri Lanka section was officially formed
at the end of year 2004. As a fresh technical organization it is necessary to
obtain a good recognition among the technical community from both industry and
academic institutes in
PART A - SECTION SUMMARY
A.1 Executive
Summary
1. Conferences – Two international conferences
to be held in
a.
First
International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2006).
b.
8th
International Information Technology Conference IITC 2006
c.
International
Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA 2006).
2. Seminars and workshops – Six
seminars/workshops are planning to be organized by the IEEE Sri Lanka section
during year 2006. Six different issues in the field of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering which are more useful for the Sri Lankan industry will
be addressed by these seminars/workshops.
a. Lightning protection
b. Recent developments in Mobile Communication
c. Embedded system
d. Robotics
e. Energy saving techniques
f.
Sensor
networks and automation
3. IEEE monthly technical talk – Three
selected IEEE Journal papers from a certain research application will be
discussed.
4. Planning to form two chapters under
5. Initiating the IEEE Sri Lanka Section web
site
6. Initiating the IEEE Sri Lanka News letter –
This year we are planning to issue two news letters, one in June and the other
in December. After two years time, it is planning to be issued four news
letters per annum.
A.3 List of
Section Officer and Executive Committee Members
Chair – Dr.
Chandima M.B. Ekanayake
Vice Chair – Dr. Prasad Wimalaratne
Secretary – Dr. Thrishantha
Nanayakkara
Treasurer – Dr. Kasun De Zoysa
Assistant Secretary – Dr. A
Atputharajah
Assistant Treasurer – Dr. Sudath R. Munasinghe
Editor – Dr. Sisil Kumarawadu
Committee members – Mr. K.B.
Samarakoon
Mr. Vijith Senevirathne
PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
B.1 Membership Development Programs
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Effort in Membership Development
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Introducing a program to nominate suitable members
for Senior Member category. Under this program IEEE Sri Lanka section helps the
qualified Members to become SM.
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Active participation for local technical
exhibitions. This helps to aware the technical community about the importance
of joining with IEEE.
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Seminars for students to enhance the number of
student members.
Conferences –
Three international conferences to be held in
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First
International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2006) –
The conference will be held from 8 to
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8th
International Information Technology Conference IITC 2006 - This was first held
in 1998 as a key event connected with the declaration of 1998 as the Year of
IT. It’s success in 1998 led to its continuation as an extremely successful
annual event. This year the 8th International IT Conference (IITC2006) will be
held from 12th September to
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International
Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA 2006) – The conference is planed
to be held from 15 to
B.3 Students Activities
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Active Student Branches activity
During
this year we are organizing special activities for promoting the student
memberships which is the initial step for forming an active Student branch.
B.4 E-mail
and Newsletter Activities, Home Page
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Number of hard print Newsletter
Expected
to be released two hard printed Newsletters for the year 2006. The first one
will be released by the end of June and the second will be released by the end
of year 2006.
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Number of electronic Newsletters
In
parallel with the hard print an electronic version of the Newsletter will be
released.
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Section, Chapters and Student Branches Web Pages
A
committee has been appointed to prepare the section web page. IEEE Sri Lanka
section web page will be available before September 2006.
B.5 Awards
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Award program available
and the list of winner
No award programs will be
organized during year 2006.
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Summary of Chapter
Activities
During year 2006
necessary steps will be taken to form two chapters in Computer and Power
Engineering disciplines.
PART C - GOALS
AND PLANS
C.1 Goals
Introducing at
least 100 new members.
Forming a Student
Branch and Society Chapters.
Membership
promotion/ Student Branch and Society Chapters:
To increase the
number of student members several presentations showing the advantages of being
an IEEE member will be delivered in all major academic institutes. Student
members from each academic institute will be guided to form student societies
in institute level and later these groups will be led to form the student
branch of the IEEE Sri Lanka section.
For the workshops
an attractive discount will be given for the IEEE members, which helps to
enhance the number of memberships. IEEE Sri Lanka section will actively
participate in technical exhibitions where one can easily address the technical
community. Once the required number of members from the relevant societies is
available Section will guide the members to submit a petition to form the
Chapters.
PART D - OTHERS
IEEE Sri Lanka section is maintaining a
good relationship with some of the other national societies.
National Science Foundation (NSF) provides
financial support for one of the conferences organize by the IEEE Sri Lanka
section.
IEEE Sri Lanka Section may also have strong
ties with the National Investors Commission.
D.2 Special
Events
Apart from the events
described in the previous sub sections any other event hasn’t been planed yet.