IEEE Miami Section Report to Region 3
And the Florida Council
October 15-17, 2004
Atlanta, GA

Accomplishments and Activities
1. The section cosponsored a very successful conference on Nanoscale
   devices and System Integration with more than 110 presenters from
   around the world and 150 attending. There were 19 sessions and
   several exhibitors. The section is also sponsoring several future
   conferences
2. The section also continued its sponsorship and participation in
   running the Florida regional competition of the National Engineers
   Week Future City Competition. This year we had 45 schools from
   around the state participating. The regional competition was held
   January 17th, 2004 with more than 400 students, teachers,
   engineers, volunteers and parents participating in a very nice
   atmosphere. The regional winner was "Westminster Academy" who
   represented the State in Washington, DC in the National Finals.
3. The section will again conduct the 2005 Future City
   Competition, we have received a number of school registrations already
   and we expect 40 or more schools from all over Florida will participate
   in the competition. The 2005 Competition is scheduled for January 15,
   2005.  The FIU student branch is working on the Southeastcon 95 in
   Fort Lauderdale. They will have at least three teams with three
   different hardware entries having internal competition in February
   and the winning team will go to the conference to participate in
   the hardware competition. They will also participate in the paper
   and software competitions.
4. The section is in the process of creating a chapter of the
   Neural Network Society
5. The section submitted all its annual reports (meetings, officer and
   financial) before the deadline. All society Chapters are active and
   continue to report on activates. The section has conducted many
   activities this year. The following is a status of the society
   chapters in our section
   - EMBS will organize two technical events in next three month
   - PES conducted several activities and will have a distinguished
     lecture in October
   - IAS Chapter has organized two events and has two more planned
     in the next three month
   - COM/VT chapter is planning two significant events in the next
     two month
   - Computer Society is also planning two events by the end of this
     year
   - The section has done several significant activities and is
     planning few more in the next three months
   - The Student branches are also active and report several
     activities

The section will continue to be very active status and will participate
in many activities that benefit the members and enhance our interaction
with the community. We will also continue to seek organizing conferences
that will benefit our members and our profession.


Respectfully Submitted;


Osama Mohammed
Miami Section Chair
September 30, 2004

Miami Section Current Officers
CHAIR: Dr. O. A. Mohammed (o.mohammed)
VICE CHAIR: Dr. Shuo Liu (shuo.Liu -- fiu.edu)
SECRETARY / TREASURER: Dr. Kang K. Yen (yenk -- fiu.edu)
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Dr. O. A. Mohammed
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. Kang K. Yen
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Dr. O. A. Mohammed
AWARDS: Dr. Kang K. Yen
COM-19/VT-06 Chapter: Dr. Kia Makki
PE-31 Chapter: Mr. Juan Farah
EMB-18 Chapter: Dr. Malcolm Heimer
IA-34 Chapter: Dr. O. A. Mohammed
C-16 Chapter: Dr. Alexander Perez-Pons
EM-14 Chapter: Ms. Malathi Palaniappa
FIU STUDENT BRANCH CHAIR: Maryuri Franco