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Vol. 13 No. 7 Aug 2016
Message from Chairman
Dear Members,
Season’s Greetings
Welcome to the August edition of the newsletter. A review of the student branches has
been taken up by Dr. Elangovan and Mr. Mohan, which I request you all to pay
attention. Students are the pillars of IEEE. It is necessary for all members to support
student activities in some form or the other.
While every effort is taken up by Dr. Elangovan to revive student branches which are
not active, it is not his responsibility alone. It is the collective duty of all of us to support him to rejuvenate
student branches. My request to all of you is to identify dormant student branches near your work place and
take up supporting them in their activities. Student activities are unlimited. Sky is the limit. This may sound as
a repetition but I really would like to emphasize this once again.
Instead of conducting routine student activities like workshops, seminars and conferences, try some innovation
– say take up developing apps where in one could collect info on the weddings taking place in a locality and
identifying the amount food that is going unused, which could be linked with poor homes for distribution
among the needy.
One could also take up volunteering activity among youngsters who may like to spend their birthdays or
wedding anniversaries with the needy and downtrodden at old age homes and orphanages. Please understand
that many of us are living in real luxury and it is not due to ones brains or ability. It is due to providence and
for those who are believers due to grace of God. Hence it is our responsibility to give back to those who are not
so well bestowed like us. Hence my suggestion is to identify some projects which are of social relevance.
Many households have aged couple living alone without children abroad or far away. Some apps could be
developed to support in terms of daily chores and also support in case of emergency. Simple apps developed
could be made active and taught to them with simple operations so that they can use it on emergency. The app
being set so that a nearby hospital attached could assist in taking them to hospital. These are only some tips.
Please innovate and come up with new programs.
As you are aware the IEEE Day will be celebrated in our Section during Oct 2016. While we will be coming
with a programme schedule, to make it more relevant to your needs, please send us your suggestions and
events to be included in the IEEE Day celebrations.
Wish you all the best
Till next time,
Yours voluntarily
M A Atmanand
Chairman, IEEE Madras Section
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Prashant R Nair
Editor
ammasprashantnair@gmail.com
Message from the Editors
H.R. Mohan
Chief Editor hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com
Dear Readers,
This issue is abuzz with multifarious professional activities on account of the resuming of academic session in all
colleges and universities. We have included 32 college-level reports on activities which were held at Bannari
Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam; Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Coimbatore; Dr. Sivanthi
Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur; Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Erode; IFET College of
Engineering, Villupuram;Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore; Jeppiar Engineering College,
Chennai; Jeppiar Institute of Technology, Chennai; Kalasalingam University, Krishnakoil; Karpagam College of
Engineering, Coimbatore; Karunya University, Coimbatore; Kings College of Engineering, Pudukottai; Knowledge
Institute of Technology, Salem; Kongu Engineering College, Erode; KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Coimbatore; KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode; M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur; National
Engineering College, Kovilpatti; Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai; Rajalakshmi Engineering College,
Chennai; RMK Engineering College, Chennai; SA Engineering College, Chennai; Sri Sairam Engineering College,
Chennai; Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore; Sona College of Technology, Salem; Sri
Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore; SSN College of Engineering, Chennai; St Joseph Institute of
Technology, Chennai; St Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai;St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering,
Kanyakumari; SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
While this is an encouraging trend that IEEE Student Branches (SBs) are reporting their activities regularly, we note
that most of the above-mentioned institutions are 'regulars' in terms of sending reports. We reiterate the need to all
IEEE SBs to project and showcase their activities. As mentioned earlier, reporting in MAS LINK is tied to various
awards, incentives and benefits.
At this juncture, we need to spread the word among the academic community of the benefits of IEEE membership
and IEEE SB membership. Over 550 institutions are running engineering programmes in Tamil Nadu and the
number of active IEEE SBs is perhaps less than 100. This number has to change and we need to embark on a
membership drive and sign-up all colleges without IEEE SBs as also revive the dormant and inactive ones. With
many institutions finding the going tough to attract students and more than one lakh engineering seats lying vacant
in the state, IEEE SB activities, achievements and awards are yet another avenue to improve visibility and reputation
of the institution and get 'brownie' points for accreditation, ranking or affiliation.
The newsletter also carries brief reports on activities of chapters and affinity groups such as SIGHT, Control System
Society, Computational Intelligence Society, Information Society and Young Professionals.
We had compiled and presented a number of announcements which would interest the members and SBs to gain
maximum from IEEE and its offerings We are sure that members will find the references included in our regular column ”Information Resources” useful.
We look for contributions from all to make the MAS LINK a sought after publication from the Section.
The membership rates for the year 2017 have been announced. The new membership and renewals are open now.
September is the right time for enrolling as new member since by paying for 12 months one can enjoy the member
benefits for 16 months – till Dec 2017. SBCs are requested to encourage students to enrol as members and get
benefited. Professional members, pl. enrol your peers and friends and get “recruiter awards” under the Member-Get-
a-Member programme. Pl. refer https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/mgm.html
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Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam Workshop on MATLAB and its Application in Engineering
IEEE SB organized MATLAB workshop on 23rd
Jul, 2016
with Dr. B. Indu Rani and Ms. K. Rajalakshmi of EEE
department as coordinators. 110 students got benefitted by this
workshop.
Training on Electronics System Design & Manufacturing
(ESDM)
IEEE SB organized ESDM training byMr. Kamlash Kumar,
Applications Engineer from Entuple technologies, Bangalore on
25th
and 26th
Jul, 2016. . This programme was organized by
Dr. S. Valarmathy and Mr. S. Elango from ECE department.
ESDM tools used included Or CAD Pspice & PCB Suite
software.
Training on Energy Audit
IEEE SB organized energy audit training by Mr. Sampath
Kumar, Energy auditor and Consulting Engineer at PSG College
of Technology on 28th
Jul, 2016. Dr. S. Senthilumar,
Mr. S. Elangovan and Mr. K. Senthil Raja from EEE department
organized the programme in which 41 students and faculty
members attended.
Report by: Mr. R. Ashok Kumar, ashokkumarr@bitsathy.ac.in
The seventh edition of IEEE Day with the theme “Leveraging Technology for a
Better Tomorrow” will be celebrated globally on 4th Oct 2016 or any other date
closer to 4th
Oct 2016 and convenient to IEEE OUs. Members pl. await for formal
communication from the Section on the date and IEEE Day progrmme schedule.
Dr. N. G. P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
Report on career day programme
IEEE SBC, EEE and ECE departments organized career day
programme on 24th
June, 2016. Ms. M.Suganthini Sree,
Executive –HR briefed the qualities that an engineer should
have to get placed in a core industry. Mr. S.Jeganathan, Head-
Learning &Branding briefed the requirement of an industry and
how to become an industry ready professional. Secretary Dr.
Thavamani D Palaniswami, presided over the function. Mr. O.
T. Bhuvaneshwaran, CEO, KMCRET (Kovai Medical Center
for Research and Educational Trust), Dr. K. Porkumaran,
Principal and Dr.S. Jaganathan, Head/EEE offered feliciations.
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Report on Industrial visit to Roots India Horns Division
IEEE SB and Industry Institute partnership cell organized a
one-day industrial visit on 6th
July 2016 to Roots India Horns
Division, Thoppampatti, Coimbatore. Mr.N.Sampathkumar,
AGM,Training and Development, Roots elaborated on the
benefits that UG and PG students could gain on acquiring the
knowledge on PLC and SCADA. He demonstrated variuos
stage for making different types of horns with various decibel
ranges.
Industrial Lecture series on “Antilock Braking System
Development Process and Demonstration”
IEEE SB and EEE department organized Industrial Lecture
series on “Antilock Braking System Development Process and
Demonstration” on 16th
July 2016 in collaboration with
MELZCOSYS & KPN Systems, Coimbatore 100 students
benefited out of this lecture series.
Association Inaugural Function & Seminar on Industrial
Automation
IEEE SB organized its activites inauguration by Dr.P.Rajkumar,
Project Manager,Robert Bosch Engineering & Business
Solutions Ltd, Coimbatore on 30th
July 2016. He also delivered
a talk on “Industrial Automation ”.
Report by: Dr. K. Porkumaran, porkumaran@gmail.com
Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur
Report on Techno Quiz Contest
IEEE SB organized a Techno Quiz on 20th
Jul 2016. More than
50 students participated with following students emerging as
winners:
Prize Name Section
I A.Muthu Gomathi,K.Mounika II ECE A, B
II P.Arun,K.Sudalai Vadivoo II ECE A, B
Report on Group Discussion Event
IEEE SB organized a Group Discussion on 20th
Jul 2016.
Mrs.U. Lenin Marksia, AP/ECE judged the performance of the
participants, with following students securing prizes:
Prize Name Section
I M.Rajeshwari III ECE B
II N.Nagarani III ECE A
III V.Vino Shilfa III ECE B
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Report on Electro Quiz Contest
IEEE SB organized an Electro Quiz on 26th
Jul 2016. 28
students participated with following students securing prizes:
Prize Name Section
I K.Rathika III ECE B
II M.Maharaja III ECE A
Report on General Aptitude Contest
IEEE SB organized a General Aptitude contest on 29th
Jul 2016.
90 students participated with following students securing
prizes:
Prize Name Section
I J.Roselin Ramya IV ECE B
Report on Electro Games Contest
IEEE SB organized an Electro Games contest on 2nd
Aug, 2016.
28 students participated with following students securing
prizes:
Prize Name Section
I Karpaga Raja Setharaman II ECE A
II C.Shenbhaga Priya III ECE A
Report on C Twist Contest
IEEE SB organized an C Twist contest on 4th
Aug, 2016. 45
students participated with following students securing prizes:
Prize Name Section
I I.Ahamed Faize, M.Lininta IV ECE A
II S.Janaki,N.Sabrin Ramziya IV ECE A,B
Report by: Dr.R.Manjith, manjithkmr@gmail.com
Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Erode
IEEE SB activities inauguration and Guest lecture
The activities of IEEE SB were launched by Mr. K. Shankar,
Bala Gas Agencies, Bhavani on 12th
Jul 2016. He also spoke
on “Identification of Opportunities”, where he explained the
process by which an individual come up with an opportunities
for a new venture and how to make use of it. Mr. B.
Ragavendra, IEEE SBC introduced the office bearers for the
academic year 2016-17 in which; Mr. Sivaprakasam,
President; Mr. S. Sivananthan, Secretary; Mr. R.Mohanraj,
Correspondent; Dr. L. Boopathi, Principal and Dr. P.Selvan,
Professor participated.
Report by: B.Ragavendra, ragavendra.b@esec.ac.in
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IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram
IEEE Student Chapter Inaugural Function
The inauguration of the IEEE SB was done by Dr. N.Vijayan,
Senior Scientist, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
(CSIR). He also delivered an enlightening keynote address on
“How to write an innovative project proposal” and highlighted
the contributions of IEEE to all technical activities. Principal,
Dr. G. Mahendran; Vice Principal, Dr. S. Matilda; Dean
Placement/Students Affairs, Prof. J. Asha, and Head of Funded
Project Cell, Prof. P. Pugazhendiran graced the ceremony. The
event was coordinated by Mr. S.Jaisiva SBC and supported by
SB Chairman Mr. K.V.Raja & VC Mr. A.Mohamed Ilyas.
Lecture on Renewable Energy Sources and Grid
Integration
Mr. V Suresh Babu, Assistant Director, NPTI (PSTI) Ministry
of Power, Govt. of India – Bangalore gave a lecture on
“Renewable Energy Sources and Grid Integration” on 18th
July,
2016. He gave insights on the fundamentals of Grid integration,
its operations and to maintain frequency in Grid. He also
demonstrated how to generate power by using renewable
energy sources with various parameters & explained their
outputs, which helped the students to gain in-depth knowledge
about it. Event was coordinated by Mr.A.Mahendran, AP/EEE.
Report by: Jaisiva. S, jaisiva1990@gmail.com
Jansons Institute of Technology, Karumathampatti
IEEE SB Activity Inauguration
IEEE SB activities were inaugurated on 14th
July 2016 by Dr.S. Elangovan, IEEE SBC. Manish Chellamala Reddy,
SB Chair and Mr. Nandhakumar, Programme Committee chair proposed a list of activities planned for this academic
year. The list of activities planned for the odd semester of academic year 2016 – 2017 is as follows:
IEEE Leadership training workshop
IEEE Coimbatore Hub Congress cum India Strategic Initiative 2016
Spectrum Discussion ,Technical Workshop
IEEE Women In Engineering Inauguration
IEEE SIGHT workshop,Faculty Development Programme
Seminar cum workshop of Efficient Energy Usage
Awareness seminar on “IEEE membership benefits” to First year students etc.
IEEE Leadership Training Workshop
IEEE SB organized a leader training workshop on 18th
July
2016. Dr.S. Elangovan, IEEE SBC explained various roles and
responsibilities of student branch officers like Student Branch
Counselor, Student Branch joint counselor, Student Branch
Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and chairs of various
standing committees of the branch. He explained the various
opportunities available at IEEE and awards & recognitions at
branch level, hub level, section level, Regional level and MGA
level. He also shared the volunteering experience at section
level to motivate the student members.
Report by: Dr.S. Elangovan, elangoprt@gmail.com
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Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai
Design Hunt 2K16 The IEEE SB organized “Design Hunt 2K16”, on
1st July, 2016 as an avenue for student members to
pitch in their ideas and to create the awareness to
save our planet Earth. The theme for the poster
making competition was “Save water save earth”.
The best poster was designed by Aravind Raj of IV
BE CSE.
Arise and Shine
IEEE SB organized, “Arise and Shine”, a motivational talk by Ms. Sheetal Mary on 5th
July, 2016. She opened their
minds and gave valuable directions to find their own paths to success. The event also helped the student members to
interact with professionals and to know more about their lives and careers. IEEE SBC, Mr.Sella Kumar participated
in th event
Tech Write-Up 2k16
IEEE SB organized “Tech Write-up 2K16” on 10th
July, 2016. The theme for the write up was “Go Green” and
Danton Jesuraja emerged as the victor.
Wiz Quiz:
IEEE SB on association with IEEE Madras Section organized an online event "Wiz Quiz – An Online Aptitude
Contest" on 17th
July 2016 to test the student’s skills in solving the aptitude problems and logical reasoning. The
motto of this event was “Knowledge and Intelligence are of no use unless efficiently to solve the problem”.
Report by: Eugene Kingsley, connectwiteugene@gmail.com
Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai
Online Event – Aptitude Contest
IEEE SB organized an online aptitude contest series with events on Aptitude, Verbal and Reasoning for students
using their in-house developed website, Questbase.com from 5th
to 16th
July, 2016. The contest was tailored to
placement process of Wipro, Infosys and TCS. Another website (ewh.ieee.org/sb/madras/jit/onlinequiz.html) was
developed for the contest on 24th
June, 2016 using the bootstrap and Web program such that participants will
immediately receive the result analysis of their test.
WIE event – Women Entrepreneur Talk
WIE Student Branch organized a distinguished women
entrepreneur talk on 21st July ‘2016 by Dr. Srimathy
Kesan, Director and Educational Travel Evangelist of
Space kidz India. The speaker had won awards like
National Entrepreneurs Network, Women Entrepreneur of
the year etc. She inspired the students by saying "Life Is
Too Short, Make the most of it and also motivate the
Future Generation and Make India a Better Place to Live ".
Workshop on “Basics of Photoshop And Graphics
Design”
IEEE SB organized one-day workshop “Basics of
Photoshop and Graphics Design” on 2nd
August, 2016 by
Mr. Silambrasan.N, Webmaster; Mr. Susheel, Event
Organiser and Mr. Jamal Mohammad, Chairman of SB.
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R10 WIE Day Celebration
R10 WIE day was celebrated on 4th
August, 2016 with Ms.
Harini Vasu, Developer on Oracle - Siebel Customer
Relationship Management Technology. An active IEEE
volunteer, she had been part of the organizing team of IEEE
Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit at
Chennai and IEEE Women in Engineering International
Leadership Conference at San Francisco. In addition to benefits
of IEEE Membership and effective usage of social media
groups and communities, she gave a brief idea about
grasshopper Scholarship.
Inauguration of CS and RAS Chapter
IEEE CS and RAS chapters were inaugurated on 8th
August, 2016 by Director, Dr. N.Marie Wilson and
Dr. P.A.Manoharan, Chairman, RAS Madras Section. Newly elected chairpersons of RAS and CS, Mr. Benin Vijo
David S and Ms. Chandraleka also spoke. All members took an oath to uphold the IEEE Code of Ethics.
Report by: Mr.S.Selvin Pradeep Kumar, ieeesbc@jeppiaarinstitute.org
Kalasalingam University, Virudhunagar
Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Solar PV system
Using MATLAB
IEEE SB organized a two days Workshop on “Modeling and
Simulation of Solar PV system Using MATLAB” on 21st and
22nd
July, 2016. Dr. V. Saravanan, Prof/EEE, Thiyagaraja
college of Engineering, inaugurated the workshop. Other
resource persons included Dr. K. G. Punitha, HOD/EEE, PSRR
college of Engineering for Women and Mr. Sheik Mohammed,
AP, Dofhar University, Omen. The topics covered included:
Introduction to Solar PV system, Modeling Of Solar PV
cell/module, Simulation of Solar Cell and Module Using
MATLAB/Simulink, Power Converters for Solar PV Using MATLAB, Simulation of Power Converter, MPPT
Algorithm for Solar Energy System. In addition the participants were given hands-on training using MATLAB. Dr.
S. Shashi Anand, Director; Dr. D. Devaraj, Dean-Academics and Mr. S. Venkatesh, SB Secretary also addressed the
participants.
Workshop on Enjoyable Coding Tools
IEEE SB organized a one-day workshop on “Enjoyable coding
tools” on 4th
August, 2016 by Dr. Jeyakeseva Veerasamy,
Director, Centre of Computer Education And Outreach,
Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Dallas.
Dr. S.Saravana Sankar, Vice-Chancellor presided over the
workshop organized by Dr. D. Devaraj, IEEE SBC and team.
Dr. Jey explained about various tools developed by MIT
University to help the students to study programming languages
by creating games, stories and animations.
Report by Dr. D. Devaraj, deva230@yahoo.com
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Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore
Seminar on AUTO-CAD
IEEE SB and Karpagam Innovation Centre (KIC) organized a seminar on AUTO-CAD by Mr. Pandi Elavarasan M,
AP/Mech on 3rd
July, 2016. 50 students from various colleges participated in this seminar, organized by
Dr. B.Nagaraj.
Look @ Yourself
Dr. B. Nagaraj, Head/KIC & ECE conducted, “Look at Yourself”, a motivational event for the benefit of the
students on 5th
July, 2016.
CAD/CAM in Intelligent Engineering
Perspective
IEEE SB and Karpagam Innovation Centre
(KIC) organized skill development programme
on computer aided designing by
Mr. Pandi Elavarasan.M, AP/Mech on 11th
July, 2016. 100 students from various colleges
participated
Lecture on Influencing People
Dr. B. Nagaraj, Head/KIC & ECE delivered a
lecture, “How to Influence People”, for the
benefit of the students on 13th
July, 2016. The
session mainly dealt with three topics namely,
building up of healthy relationships,
establishing a good reputation and how to
actively guide other’s actions.
Seminar on Medical Image Processing
IEEE SB and ECE department organized a
Seminar on medical image processing using
hardware on 15th
July, 2016 by Dr.S. Natarajan
& Ms. V. Mithya, AP/ ECE. This session was
useful for the students to understand the
“Hardware interface with MATLAB”.
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Perfect Way To Write A Research Manuscript
IEEE SB organized a lecture on “Perfect way to write a Research
Manuscript” by Dr. Vimalathitian, Prof/ ECE on 17th July, 2016.
The lecture dealt with the various steps in writing a research
paper like, Getting ready with data, First draft, Structure of a
scientific paper, Selecting a journal, Submission, and Revision
and galley proof.
A Workshop on Raspberry Pi Utilization on IoT
IEEE SB and ECE department organized a workshop
on “Raspberry Pi Utilization for IoT by Mr.
R.Arunkumar, AP/ECE on 19th
July, 2016. 50 students
from various colleges participated in the program.
Skill Development Programme on Mobile Service
IEEE SB and KIC organized a skill development
programme on web designing by Mr. Ebin Ephrem
Elavthingal, AP on 20th
July, 2015. 25 students
participated in this programme. As an outcome the
students created their own website to complete the task
of creating business website and their own profile.
Meet up With Young Entrepreneur
IEEE SB and KIC organized a Meet up with Young
Entrepreneur, Mr. Naveen Krishnamoorthy on 22nd
July, 2016.
By offering exposure to a diverse set of skill and perspective-
building liberal arts courses along with hands-on learning
through a range of Experiential Learning Module (ELM)
projects, the meet up helped students to realize their leadership
and entrepreneurial potential.
Design, Elaborate, Talks (DET TALKS)
Dr. B. Nagaraj, Head, KIC organized a DET Talk on 23rd
July,
2016. An experimental design was utilized to examine the
effects of elaborative talk during and/or after an event on
student’s event memory reports. Twenty Members were
assigned randomly to one of four conditions that varied
according to a researcher’s use of high or low elaborative
during- and/or post-event talk about a camping event. To be
able to structure such behaviour, different kinds of techniques
have been proposed, such as patterns, reflection and open
implementations, generative programming, model-driven
engineering and aspect-oriented programming (AOP). This talk will elaborate on these approaches and identify their
problems. The talk will further focus on the desired first-class abstractions of the languages and argue that the
concept of "Design", "Elaborate" and "Talks" should outline the boundaries of computational units of languages.
Finally, these three concepts will be illustrated by a set of examples.
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Technical Computing in MATLAB for Future
IEEE SB and ECE department organized a workshop
on “Technical computing in MATLAB” by Mr.
R.Arunkumar, AP/ECE on 25th
July, 2016.
Skill Development Programme on Computer
Networking
IEEE SB and KIC organized Skill development
programme on Computer Networking Mr.
R.Arunkumar, AP/ECE on 25th
July, 2016. 30 students
participated in this programme.
Workshop on Advanced Signal & Image Processing
IEEE SB and ECE department organized a workshop
on Advanced Image Processing by Dr. B. Nagaraj on
26th
July, 2016.
Skill Development Programme on CAM
IEEE SB and KIC organized Skill development
programme on Computer-Aided Designing by Mr.
M.Pandi Elavarasan, AP/Mech on 30th
July, 2016. 50
students participated in this programme.
Report by: Dr.B.Nagaraj, nagarajice@gmail.com
Karunya University, Coimbatore
General Quiz
IEEE SB organized a general quiz competition on 28th
Jul,
2016. 104 students participated in the event, which was
coordinated by Dr.D.Nirmal and Mr.K.Vinoth Kumar
Report by: Dominic Mathew A.,
dominicmathew178167@gmail.com.
Kings College of Engineering, Pudukkottai
Guest Lecture on “Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility”
IEEE SB branch organized a Lecture on “Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility” Dr. P.S. Kannan,
Visiting Faculty/ECE on 15th
Jul 2016, where he covered basic theory of electromagnetic interference, History of
Electromagnetic Interference and Coupling mechanism of Electromagnetic Interference.. Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya
Selvi, HOD/ECE welcomed the gathering.
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Installation of New Office Bearers
The installation of Electing new office bearers for the academic year 2016 – 17 was held on 30th
Jul 2016 by
Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, IEEE SBC. The elected officer bearers are Mr. B. Madhavan, Chairman;
Mr. N. Sanjeev, Vice Chairman; Ms.R.Manimozhi, Secretary and Ms. V. Meena, Treasurer.
Report by: Dr. J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, vijayas_02@yahoo.co.in
Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem
Seminar on Networking – Top down approach
IEEE SB and WIN Club organized Seminar on “Networking –
Top down Approach” on 6th
July, 2016. Ms.C.Gomathi,
AP/ECE was the resource-person and she explained about the
role of Networking in day-to-day life.
SBC Interaction
IEEE SB organized IEEE Awareness Meet-2016 for
second year students by Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, SBC on
8th
July 2016.
Seminar on Introduction to Signals and Its
application
IEEE SB and SPARK Club organized a seminar on
“Introduction to Signals and Its application” by Mr. R.
Shanmugasundaram, AP/ECE on 11th
July, 2016.
Awareness program
IEEE WIE organized an awareness program for girl
students titled as “Promote Women in Leadership Role”
on 9th
July, 2016. Dr. N. Santhiyakumari, SBC
highlighted the importance of leadership skill in their
life. This event was coordinated by IEEE student
volunteers Ms.M.Divya, Ms.B.Gowsitha, Ms.R.Archana,
Ms.S.Priya and Ms.P.Vijayalakshmi.
IEEE Awareness Meet’2016
IEEE SB organized an awareness meet on “What and
Why IEEE” on 12th
July, 2016 by Mr. M.Bharanidharan,
IEEE SB Faculty Incharge and Ms.R.Hemalatha, IEEE
WIE Incharge. IEEE student volunteers
Mr.A.Gowthaman, Ms.S.Priya, Ms.P.Vijayalakshmi and
Mr.P.Nethaji shared their experience on the IEEE
Summer camp held at Thoothur, Kaniyakumari.
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IEEE BLP Feedback Session
IEEE SB organized a feedback session for the students
who attended the IEEE Blended Learning in VLSI
program on 13th
July, 2016. Mr. G B Venkatesh, IEEE
India Manager, Head – IEEE Blended Learning Program
in VLSI, interacted with students
Seminar on “Introduction to VLSI Design”
IEEE SB and PACIFIC Club organized a seminar on
“Introduction to VLSI Design” on 14th
July, 2016 by
Ms. M. Shenbagapriya, AP/ECE.
IEEE MAS Sponsored National Seminar
IEEE SB organized IEEE MAS-sponsored national
level seminar on “Emerging technologies for smart
nation” on 15th
July 2016. Speakers included Dr. N.
Santhiyakumari, Ms. M. Shenbagapriya, Ms.
Elakkiyapriya, Assistant Systems Engineer, Jasmin
Infotech Ltd, Chennai and Mr.PSS. Vignessh,
Organizing Head, Internet of Things Lab, NIT, Trichy.
Principal, Dr.PSS.Srinivasan offered felicitations.
Seminar on “Introduction to Analog Electronics”
IEEE SB – KIOT and FORCE Club organized a
seminar on “Introduction to Analog Electronics” and
Hands on training with 8051 Microcontroller
Mr.P.Shanmugasundaram, AP/ECE on 16th
July, 2016.
Pedagogy Program
IEEE SB organized a Pedagogy program for new
faculty members those who are having less than one
year experience on 18th
and 19th
July, 2016.
Dr.PSS.Srinivasan, Principal; Dr.K.Visagavel, Vice-
Principal; Dr.M.Thangavel, Director-Training;
Dr.P.Rajendran, Director-Placement;
Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, SBC; Dr. N.Suthanthira
Vanitha, Head/EEE; Dr.P.M.Shanmugavadivu,
Head/Civil; Dr.V.Kumar, Head/CSE and
Prof.M.Sathyanathan, Head/Mechanical addressed the
faculty members.
Awareness Program
IEEE SB and WIE along with Women Empowerment Cell organized an awareness program for women under the
title “Diet & Nutrition Demand to Adolescent and Hidden health profile of Millets” on 20th
July 2016. This program
was felicitated by Mrs.Vijaya Srinivasan, Executive Member, KIOT trust. Dr. Saraswathy Eswaran, Secretary,
Ramasamy Chinnamal Trust, Coimbatore was the resource person.
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Hands-on Training on “Introduction to Graphical
Programming”
IEEE SB along with VIDART Club organized hands-on
Training on “Introduction to Graphical Programming” by
Mr.V.Saravanan, Assoc Prof/ECE on 23rd
July, 2016.
Outreach Program
IEEE SB organized an outreach program titled “Current
trends in Engineering” on 27th
July, 2016. The IEEE
volunteers Mr.A.Gowthaman, Chairman, Ms.R.Archana, Mr.
K. Kowshick Sriram, Ms. S. Gowthama Priya interacted with
school students at Government Higher Secondary School,
Kullapanayakanur, Salem about upcoming technologies .
Technical Seminar on “Exploring Innovative Ideas”
IEEE SB along with Centre for Innovation and Product
Development (CiPD) organized a seminar on the title
“Exploring Innovative Ideas” by Mr.PSS.Srivignessh, who is
an MS in Computer Science Engineering, Arizona State
University on 2nd
August, 2016. Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, SBC
presided over the seminar.
Report by: Dr.N.Santhiyakumari, hod.ece@kiot.ac.in
Kongu Engineering College, Erode
Inaugural Report
The Inaugural function of the IEEE SB and WIE
affinity group were held on 12th
July, 2016. Mr.
Anand Balu was the chief guest and he gave a talk on
volunteerism in IEEE. Thiru.V.K.Muthusamy,
Correspondent of the college gave the presidential
address. Others who spoke included Prof.
K.Narayanan, SBC; Prof.K.Krishnaswamy, Vice-
Principal and student office bearers, Mr. C. Kiran
Chander, SB Chair; Ms. G.VijayaRagavi, WIE chair
and Mr. S. Sanjay Kannan, Treasurer.
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Photoshop and design tools Workshop
A one day Workshop on “Photoshop and design
tools” was organized by the IEEE SB on 16th
July
2016. 45 students attebded the workshop conducted
by Mr. R.Raj Kumar and Mr. Srinath
Inaugural Function of IEEE CS, IEEE PES & IEEE RAS Chapters
The inaugural function of IEEE CS, PES and RAS Chapters was held on 20
th July, 2016. Mr.H.R.Mohan, Vice-
Chairman, IEEE Madras Section was the chief guest. He presented a glimpse of all the Societies under the ambit of
IEEE, their potential role in the community, the extent to which the Societies can function at the Section as well as
the regional level. He also gave the gathering an insight on keeping technically current with the changing world and
technical advancement. Thiru.V.K.Muthusamy, Correspondent of the college gave the presidential address.
Mr.Joseph Auxilius Jude, Faculty Advisor, IEEE CS; Mr.Bobby Chakravarthy.B, IEEE CS Chair; Mr.Srinath, RAS
Chair; Mr.Rithubaran, PES Chair and Mr.Rakesh, Additional Treasurer, IEEE SB also addressed the gathering.
Canopus’16
IEEE CANOPUS 2K16 techfest was held on 30th
July, 2016. Various events were CANO-QUIZ,
CONNECTRONICZ, Debate and Informative tech
talk on Wireless Sensor Networks – Father of IoT by
Mr. Joseph Auxillius Jude, IEEE CS chapter Advisor
and Mr.V.C.Dinesh, IEEE Professional Member.
Report by: R.Rahul, r.rahul.2014@ieee.org
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore
Report on Research Opportunities and Challenges in Solar PV Systems Workshop
IEEE SB and EEE department organized a National Level
Workshop on “Research Opportunities and Challenges in Solar
PV Systems” on 16th
July, 2016. HOD/EEE and IEEE SBC,
Dr.V. Kumar Chinnaiyan welcomed the gathering and
Dr. K. Bommanna Raja, Principal, presided over the function.
The resource person for the workshop was Er. D. Devarajan
M.E., FIE, Managing Director, Dev Solar, Coimbatore
inaugurated the session and explained the importance of
renewable energy sources particularly about solar PV systems.
Dr. Albert Alexander, AP, Kongu Engineering College,
Perundurai briefed on PV technology, its types, overview of PV
power plant, inverter, cables and charger controller unit. Er. Ranjith Kumar, Electrical Engineer, Kavin Engineering
services, Coimbatore spoke about load list preparation, design sizing & calculation on various system, Solar
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Tracking & MPPT, Maintenance of Solar Panel and Battery, P.V Modules Standards & Losses in PV Plant, Site
Selection - Installation and Commissioning. 60 participants from various colleges attended the workshop. The co-
ordinators of the program were Dr. R. Uthirasamy, Assoc Prof and APs, Mr. S. Vivekanandan, Ms. B. Lalitha, Ms..
R. Revathi and Ms R. Jeevitha.
Association Inaugural and Guest Lecture on Energy Management
IEEE SB and EEE department inaugurated its Association and
Renewable Energy Club activities on 28th
Jul 2016.
Dr.S.Ramkumar, Dean (Academics & Administrative) presided
over the function in which the chief guest was
Er.B.Somasundaram, Manager - Plant Engineering &
Maintenance, ZF Wind Power Coimbatore Limited. The guest
spoke on Energy Management and conservation. The
association coordinator Prof.G.Saravanan introduced the
association office bearers and Renewable energy club members
for the academic year 2016-2017. The student secretary Mr. Ritesh G. Kothari presented the activity plan and Mr.
V.Gohul proposed the vote of thanks.
Report on PV Solar Power Plant Design and Optimization Workshop
IEEE SB organized a National Workshop on “PV
Solar Power Plant Design and Optimization” on 30th
Jul, 2016. The resource persons for the workshop
were Mr.S.Selva Kumar, Project Specialist Engineer,
ABB, Chennai & Mr. K. Ezhil Aniruthan, Senior
Engineer, Power Projects, Chennai. 130 participants
from various colleges attended the workshop. The
coordinators of the program were Dr.C.Krishna
Kumar, Prof/EEE and Ms.V.J.Vijayalakshmi,
Mr.P.Kamalakannan, Mr. A.Mohamed Ibrahim &
Mr.P.Varun Raj, APs/EEE.
Report by: Dr.V.Kumar Chinnaiyan, hod_eee@kpriet.ac.in
K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode
Training on Proposal writing
IEEE EMBS Student chapter conducted a training
programme on proposal writing on 21st Jul, 2016. 45
students attended the programme, which was an
encouragement for students to apply for grants,
internships and fellowships. One session was
focused on IEEE funded projects such as funding
opportunities of Madras section and IEEE foundation
grant.
National Workshop on "Modern Tools and Techniques in Biotechnology"
IEEE-EMBS Student chapter organized a National Workshop on "Modern Tools and Techniques in Biotechnology"
during 25th
and 26th
Jul 2016. The workshop covered topics such as analysis and applications of HPLC, Animal
handling and ethical clearance, Career opportunities in biotechnology, Project design and hands on training on
biochemical analyzer, Lyophillizer and ELISA reader. A total of 50 students from various institutions attended the
programme.
Report by: Dr.P.Ponmurugan, drponmurugan@gmail.com
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M.Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur Inaugural Function
IEEE SB inaugural function was held on 9th
Jul 2016. The chief
guest was Dr.R.Gnanadass, Prof/EEE, Pondicherry Engineering
College, who gave talk on Smart Grid. Mr. M.Yuvaraj,
Head/EEE introduced the office bearers of which Chairman,
Mr.K.S.Ganesh and Treasurer, Mr.P.Sai Ram addressed the
gathering.
Intra College Meet CSESTA’16
IEEE SB organized intra college meet which consisted of two
events namely Non Profit and Fun Cinema. 100 students
participated in the meet which was organized by
Mr.M.S.Vinoth Kumar and Mr.M.Vasanth Kumar of III year
EEE. Mr. G.N.Sachin Amreiss, AP/EEE presided over the
meet.
Report by: P.Sai Ram, sairamprakasamr@gmail.com
National Engineering College, Kovilpatti
National Level Project Expo for School Students
IEEE ITS-sponsored National Level Project Exhibition for school students was organized on 29 and 30 June, 2016.
Mr. B.Pradeep Nair, Head – Engineering Services, Sterlite Copper and Mr.B.Murali Head/CSE, PSG College of
graced the inaugural ceremony. 200 students from 40 schools exhibited their innovative projects related to science
and technology. The exhibition was visited by over 2200 students. Dr.S.Shanmugavel, Principal and
Ms.M.Bhuvaneswari, AP addressed the students.
Tech Talk
On behalf of IEEE ITS Madras Chapter, a technical talk on
“Embedded Engineers for Industries” by Mr.T.Devakumar,
AP/ECE was organized on 21st July, 2016. In his talk, he gave a
brief introduction to econ systems and logic blocks. He gave
insights on embedded companies and skill set needed for facing
recruitment in such companies. 25 students benefitted from the
talk.
Report by: Dr.B.Paramasivan, hodcse@nec.edu.in
Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai
Faculty Development Training Programme on EC6703-Embedded and Real Time Systems
IEEE SB and department of ECE organized Faculty Development Training Programme on EC 6703-Embedded and
Real Time Systems in association with ISTE, IETE and IEEE RAS during 1st to 7
thJune 2016. Dr.M.P.Chitra,
Head/ECE delivered the presidential address. FDP was as per the Anna university Embedded Real Time Systems
syllabus. Hands on session was given in association with Advantech Private Limited, Chennai.
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Seminar on Fundamentals of MATLAB Simulink
Software
IEEE SB & Dept. of EEE organized a Seminar on
“Fundamentals of MATLAB Simulink Software” on 2nd
Jun
2016 by Mr.P.Elangovan, AP/EEE. Seminar mainly focused
on Control Strategies for Power Electronics Converters
Mathematical tools and functions in MATLAB for Power
Electronic System Electrical Sources and Power Electronic
Components for Power Electronic Circuit Modeling
Measurement tools for Power Electronic Circuit Analysis
Development of Closed Loop Control System Modeling for
Basic Power Electronic Converter Demonstration of PWM
generation in Real time Hardware (TMS320F28335) using MATLAB.
Two Days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on
“C# & ADO.Net Programming”
Two days FDP on C# & ADO.NET Programming, in
association with ICTACT, CSI, IEEE SB & IEEE Computer
Society was inaugurated on 2nd
Jun 2016 by Mr. V. Benhar
Charles, Deputy Manager, ICTACT. Topics covered
included Introduction to C# covering topics of Overview of
.NET Framework, CLR, FCL, JIT, Visual studio integrated
development environment and implementing OOP in C#,
Events & Delegates in C#, Introduction to Windows Forms,
advanced Features in Windows Forms and Data Access
Using ADO.NET & Database Connectivity.
Workshop on “Grid and Cloud Computing”
Workshop on “Grid and Cloud computing”, in association
with IEEE Computer Society, ICTACT, CSI and
LinuXperts Chennai, was inaugurated on 6th
June, 2016 by
Mr. S. Baskar, Chief Executive Officer, LinuXpert Systems,
Chennai. 20 Staff members participated in the workshop.
IEEE Control System Society Inauguration Function
IEEE SB and EEE dept. jointly organized the
inauguration of Control System Society Student Chapter
on 23rd
June, 2016 by Dr. T.Jayanthy, Principal.
Lecture on Energy Conservation & Auditing
IEEE SB, IEEE CS and EEE dept. jointly organized a
Lecture on “Energy Conservation & Auditing” by
Mr.V.Sankara Narayanan Former Addi.Chief Engineer /
TNEB, Energy Auditor on 23rd
June, 2016.
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EMC2 International Certification Course on Data Science and Big Data Analytics
IEEE SB, CSI, Dept. of CSE & IT in association with
ICTACT organized a Six days EMC2
International
Certification Course 23rd
to 30th
June, 2016 on Data
Science & Big Data Analytics. Dr. T. Jayanthy Principal,
delivered the presidential address and motivated the
participants to do research in developing fields likeData
Science and Big Data Analytics. Course was handled by
the experts from ICTACT Academy. Mr.M.Karthik
Deputy Manager- T&D Department, ICT Academy of
Tamil Nadu, gave a brief discuss about Hadoop Eco
System, Hadoop Architecture and File system. 102
Students participated in the event.
Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on IP, Networking and Cyber Security
Dept. of ECE in association with BSNL Chennai, IEEE,
ISTE, IETE organized Short Term Training Programme
(STTP) on IP, Networking and Cyber Security during Jun
2016. Dr.T.Jayanthy, Principal inaugurated the STTP.
The sessions were handled by Experts from RTTC,
BSNL. Hands-on sessions were provided at RTTC,
BSNL. The topics covered included Networking
Concepts, TCP/IP &MPLS ,Router Architecture &
Routing Principles, Information & Cyber Security.
Training Programme
Career Development Cell, IEEE SB, ISTE, IETE in
association with Productivity Reach, Chennai organized a
Training Programme on:
Resume Writing Skill on 23rd
Jun 2016.
Communication Skill on 24th
Jun 2016.
Quantitative aptitude on 27th
Jun 2016.
Verbal and Vocabulary Skills on 28th
Jun 2016.
Logical and Reasoning on 29th
Jun 2106.
Group Discussion on 30th
Jun 2106.
HR Interview on 1st
Jul 2016
Volunteers at IEEE SIGHT Camp
Mr.R.S.Ezhilarasan, Mr.M.Saravanan, Mr.V.Lokesh, Mr.G.Pradeep Kumar, Mr.R.Roopan Raj, Mr.Ashok Kumar,
Mr.Manikandaprabu from III Year EEE, participated in the 5 days IEEE SIGHT Camp held at Eraviputhenthurai,
Thoothoor, Kanyakumari District from 26th
to 30th
June 2016. The students also received the “Best Volunteer”
award for this camp.
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Lecture Series & Industry Internship Training Programme
Dept. of EEE, IEEE SB in Association with Voltech Engineers Private Ltd as a part of Industry Internship Training
Programme organized:
Lecture on “Energy and its optimal usage in the recent
modern world with an eye opening session of Energy audit
and its importance” by Mr.V.Sankaranarayanan Former
Addi.Chief Engineer / TNEB, Energy Auditor on 23rd
June,
2016.
Lecture on “Harmonics Study Analysis & along with
Mitigation Technics” by Mr. M.R. Bharanidharan, AGM,
ATT & RLA, VEPL on 24th
June, 2016
Lecture on “History of Relays, Relays usage and how
Special Protection Devices Plays a Major role in the
Substations”. By Er.Sitaraman Relay Division, VEPL,
Manager, VEPL on 27th
June, 2016
Lecture on “Healthiness of Transformer” by Er.Bala.N,
Manager, ATT & RLA, VEPL on 27th
June, 2016.
Lecture on “Energy Auditing” by Dr.L.Ramesh, Addl
Dean, E&T, Dr.M.G.R Educational & Research Institute
on 28th
June, 2016.
Industrial Training at Voltech Solar & Relay Division on
29th
– 30thJune, 2016.Participants of the training programme
visited the transformer unit of Voltech Engineers Pvt.Ltd.
located at Pillaipakam, Sriperumbudur on 29th
June 2016
and Relay Division at kovur on 30th
June 2016. Mr.Prabhu,
Chief Trainer from Voltech Engineers Pvt.Ltd. explained
the process involved in manufacturing the transformers and
the maintenance requirements.
Seminar on various RF Antennas
Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE SB conducted seminar programme on “Design of various RF antennas”
Dr.S.Sathyamurthy, Prof./ECE on 1st Jul 2016.
Seminar on Role of PLC & SCADA in Industrial
Automation
IEEE SB and EEE dept. jointly organized the Seminar on “Role
of PLC & SCADA in Industrial Automation” by Mr.S.Arun
Kumar, Application Engineer, Technocrat on 12th
July, 2016.
He interacted with the students about conceptual as well as
practical knowledge of the Industrial Automation & latest
technologies being used to achieve industrial automation.
Seminar on Robotics Concept and its Prototypes Projects
Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE SB & IEEE RAS conducted seminar programme on “Robotics Concept and
Its Prototypes Projects” Dr.S.Sathyamurthy, Prof held on 13th
July 2016. He listed out the robotics project ideas
along with self learning robotics kits to help students in robotics research and motivate robotics development.
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Lecture on Recent trends in Digital Signal
Processing
Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE SB, IEEE SP,
IETE, ISTE organized a Guest Lecture Programme
on Recent trends in Digital Signal Processing By
Mr.A.Senthil, Director, Jasmine InfoTech, Chennai
on 20th
July, 2016. Mr.A.Senthil, highlighted the
Importance of signal processing in our Day today
Life. He also created an awareness about job
opportunities that are available in this field. The
session concluded with the Demo session on Audio
Compression.
Lecture on Programming & Data structures-II
A lecture on "Programming & Data structures-II" in
association with IEEE-SB, ICTACT and CSI
Department of Information Technology was
organized on 18th
July, 2016. 132 Students
participated in the Lecture by Dr. Michael Arock,
from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy.
This session enabled students to get practical
exposure in various concepts of OOPS and also to
write their own programs.
Aptitude Quiz contest
Dept. of ECE, IEEE-SB in association with IETE & ISTE organized an Aptitude Quiz contest on 18th
July, 2016.
Ms.Swathi of Third Year ECE Won the first Prize, Ms. Sravani Sushruta P of Second year ECE won the second
prize.
Lecture on Shaping your Future
Lecture on "Shaping Your Future" in association
with ICTACT and CSI was organized on 27th
July
2016 in which 123 Students participated. Mr.
Premkumar Narayanaswamy, Technical Consultant,
Cigna Health Insurance, USA was the resource
person. He shared the "10 Best Tech Jobs based on
current Trends "and inspired the students to pursue
career in different Technologies.
CSE Technical Quiz’16
Technical quiz contest held on 27th
July, 2016 in
association with IEEE Computer Society. The
coordinators for the quiz were Dr. Kalai Chelvi and
Mr. Mohana Prakash along with student coordinators
K.Vinitha, P.V.Suchitra, G.Kavitha. 40 students
participated in this event.
Seminar on the overview of Ultra Wide Band Technology
Dept. of ECE in association with IEEE, IEEE COMSOC conducted seminar programme on “UWB Technology” by
Dr.S.Sathyamurthy on 27th
July, 2016.
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Workshop on Enjoyable Coding
IEEE SB ,Young Professional, CSI organized a three days workshop on “Enjoyable Coding” by Dr.JeyVeerasamy,
Director, Center for Computer Science Education & Outreach, The University of Texas, Dallas, USA from 28 to 30
July, 2016. Dr.Jey introduced the students to the world of coding and explained how one can take it as a child play
rather than a tedious task. He explained how to code with a prototype model which raised the student interest. He
also talked on “Life as Software Engineer” spoke on the differences in the software projects before and now. The
workshop started with Scratch tool on day one followed by C++ &Java Concepts.
Workshop on FOSS
Dept. of ECE & CSE in association with IEEE
Computer Society, IETE & ISTE organized a one
day Workshop on FOSS by Sidharth Magesh and
Jebaraj,Santhosh,Chandrasekar of final year CSE.
on 30th
July 2016. Dr.M.P.Chitra, HOD ECE
delivered the welcome address and motivated the
students to develop interdisciplinary skills.
Dr.V.Subedha, HOD CSE distributed the
mementos to the students. The workshop covered
topics such as FOSS philosophy, Basic Shell
Scripting, EMACS ,RUBY ,Etc.,
Report by: Mr.M.Arun, arunmeieee@gmail.com
Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai
Workshop on GNU RADIO
IEEE SB organized a two-day Hands-on Training
Programme on GNU RADIO on 22nd
and 23rd
July,
2016. Dr.M.Palanivelan, IEEE SBC highlighted the
necessities of Software Defined Radio. And also
touched upon topics such as basic concepts of Scientific
Python (SciPy) Programming, implementation of
algorithms, modulation/demodulation schemes and
protocols using GNU RADIO. Dr.Baghya Lakshmi,
distributed certificates to 50 participants.
Report by: Dr.M.Palanivelan,
velan.research@gmail.com
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R.M.K.Engineering College, Chennai Mock Interview
IEEE SB organized a mock interview activity for its
members on 2nd
July, 2016. The alumni of the college
were invited to conduct the mock interview for the
students.
IEEE SB Activities Inauguration
IEEE SB activities for the academic year 2016-2017
was formally inaugurated on 27th
July, 2016 by Mr.
K.Balasubramanian, Global Head of Tax at Wipro
Technologies and Mr.Swaminathan Seetharaman,
DMTS – Senior member at Wipro. Both the speakers
briefed about industry and its current trends.
Report by: SuriyaThilipan S, thilipansuriya@gmail.com
S.A. Engineering College, Chennai
Lecture on Control Systems
The Department of EEE and IEEE SB jointly organized a
Lecture by Dr. J.Prakash, Head/Instrumentation Engg,
MIT Campus, Anna University on “Control systems” on
14th
July 2016. Around 120 students attended the
programme. Dr.S.Priya, HOD/EEE also spoke during the
seminar wherein the students were able to understand the
systems’ behavior specified to control systems and how to
apply control theory to solve real world problems.
Lecture on Digital Logic Circuits
IEEE SB organized a Lecture on “Digital Logic Circuits”
by Dr. S. Ganesh Kumar, Prof/EEE, College of
Engineering, Guindy, Chennai on 22nd
July 2016.
Around 120 students attended the programme.
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Lecture on Power Systems Analysis
IEEE SB organized a Lecture on “Power Systems Analysis”
Dr.P.Somasundaram, Assoc Prof/EEE, Anna University,on 25th
July 2016. Through the lecture, the students were able to
understand the behavior of the basic components of power
systems, compute power flow in transmission systems and
compute fault quantities, such as voltage, current and power in
transmission systems under normal and fault conditions.
Report by: R.Mahendran, mahendranr@saec.ac.in
Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai
Technical Lecture on “Technological
Challenge in Solar System”.
IEEE PES SB Chapter organised a Technical
Lecture on “Technological Challenge in Solar
System” on 4th
July, 2016 by Mr. R.S.S.
Manian, Max Solar Pvt.Ltd. The lecture
covered topics such as Solar Panel Types, Solar
Inverter and Charge Controller for Battery and
was attended by 120 Students.
One Day Industrial Visit to Ennore Thermal
Power Station
IEEE PES SB Chapter organised a one-day
Industrial Visit to Ennore Thermal Power
Station on 12th
July, 2016. 80 Students went for
the visit where they were educated about
Boilers, Coal Storage, Super Critical Heater etc.
One Day Industrial Visit to Tambaram
Railway Traction Sub-Station
IEEE PES SB Chapter organised a one-day
Industrial Visit to Tambaram Railway Traction
Sub-Station on 19th
July, 2016 for about 50
Students .The Students were introduced to
Traction Motor, Electrical Drives, Pantograph,
Power Converters etc.,
IEEE-PES Student Outreach Program
IEEE PES SB Chapter conducted Student
Outreach Programme on 25th
July 2016 at
SBIOA Model Matric Higher Secondary
School, Mogappair, Chennai. The program was
aimed at providing the students of grades 8 & 9
with the knowledge of the latest technological
developments in the field of Robotics, Internet
Of Things, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles and on
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Harnessing Solar/wind energy: Principle and its applications. A team of 19 IEEE students were led by Prof. A. L.
Kumarappan, HOD/EEE, Prof. Porselvi and Mr. Azhagu Murugan. R. Presentations, Working Models, Interactive
sessions, simulations, crossword puzzles etc were showcased to the students.
Technical Lecture on “Rocket
Technology and its Challenges”
IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter
organised a Technical Lecture on
“Rocket Technology and its
Challenges” by Mr .G.Meghanath,
Scientist/Engineer-SC, Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, Sriharikota. The Lecture
was attended by 120 Students.
IEEE-PES Student Outreach
Program
IEEE PES Student Branch Chapter
organized Student Outreach Program
on 4th
August 2016 at Sairam
Matriculation Higher Secondary
School, Poonthandalam, Kanchipuram.
The program was aimed at providing
the students of grade 8 with the
knowledge of the latest technological
developments in the field of Robotics,
Internet of Things, Electric and Hybrid
Vehicles and on Harnessing Solar/wind
energy:. A team of 19 IEEE students
led by Prof. A. L. Kumarappan,
HOD/EEE, and Mr. Azhagu Murugan. R, IEEE-PES accompanied the students.
Report by: Siva Subramaniyam C N, mr.siva.1995@ieee.org
Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore
A Short term Course on “Electronic Product Design”
IEEE SB in association with National Institute of Electronics and
Information Technology, Chennai conducted a one-month short
term course on “Electronic Product Design” from 6th
June 2016 to
1st July 2016. Dr.M.Karpagam, Professor /ECE inaugurated the
Programme. Dr.V.Nandalal, Assoc Prof /ECE and SBC conducted
the course, which was attended by 362 students.
IEEE Membership Initiation Programme
IEEE SB conducted “IEEE Membership Initiation Programme” on
21st July, 2016. Dr.S.Sophia, HOD/ECE inaugurated the
programme and delivered a lecture about the benefits in availing
IEEE Membership. The event was attended by 240 students from
various departments. The IEEE student members did various
presentations about the IEEE societies, trends and advancements.
Report by: Nandalal V, nandalal@skcet.ac.in
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Sona College of Technology, Salem
Technical Talk on “System Design Technology”
IEEE SB organized a technical talk on “System Design Technology” by Mr. S. Janarthanam, Scientist and Group
Head, VLSI and Embedded Systems, NIELIT, Chennai on 24th
June, 2016. An idea of how to design a real-time
system with embedded technology starting from the selection of elements, selection of micro controllers and
peripheral devices was clearly explained. 120 participants from various colleges near Salem participated in the
technical talk.
Report by: Dr. S.Padma, swanisha@gmail.com
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore
2015 WIE Student Branch Affinity Group of the Year Award.
IEEE WIE affinity group was a recipient of an Honorable Mention for the 2015 WIE Student Branch Affinity Group
of the Year Award. IEEE WIE honored for demonstrated dedication and service to women in engineering with this
award with the following benefits:
Subsidy in the amount of $250 USD for future WIE Affinity Group activities.
One (1) complimentary pass to attend the 2017 WIE International Leadership Conference
Financial support of up to $1000 USD to attend the 2017 WIE International Leadership Conference
Certificate of recognition.
Announcement of Office Bearer’s and the Ice-
Breaker Session
The IEEE SB activities meeting were held on 02nd
July 2016 to announce the office bearers for the
academic year 2016-17 and to welcome the new
members. Mr.K.Balamurugan, Counselor, IEEE
Student Branch welcomed the gathering.
Dr.S.U.Prabha, Head/EEE announced the Office
Bearers of both the IEEE and WIE for the academic
year 2016-17. Mr. N.Mohanraj Student chair gave a
plan of action followed by an ice-breaking session.
Annual Activities Meeting for the Academic Year
2016-2017
IEEE SB annual activities meeting were held on 1st
August 2016 with the IEEE & WIE office Bearers.
Dr. N.R.Alamelu, Immediate past Chair, IEEE MAS
and Principal interacted with members and discussed
the annual plan of activities. She highlighted the
benefits of being a member of professional body and
funding opportunities and opportunity to conduct
events like projects, seminars, workshops and
program developing skills like hackathon, and Code
rush.
Report by: K. Balamurugan, k.balamurugan.phd@ieee.org.
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SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
Talk on Acquiring independent learning skills through dissertation / research course
IEEE Comsoc Student Chapter and ECE dept. organized a talk
on "Acquiring independent learning skills through dissertation /
research course" by Dr. K.T.Selvan, Professor / ECE on 18th
July, 2016. PG students, Research scholars and faculty
members attended the event. Dr. Selvan encouraged students to
go the extra mile to discover what they really wanted and
challenge themselves to a higher standard of work. He
presented an evaluation tool “Rubrics”, which is a set of
guidelines used to promote the consistent application of
learning expectations, learning objectives, learning standards in
the classroom, to measure one’s attainment against a consistent set of criteria. The event was coordinated by Dr. S.
Radha and supported by student coordinator, Mr. N. Vivek Sivaraman
Seminar on Shannon Centennial Seminar on Information Coding Techniques
ECE dept., IEEE Information Theory Society and IEEE
Comsoc Student Chapter organized a seminar on "Shannon
Centennial Seminar on Information Coding Techniques " on
22nd
July, 2016. The aim of this seminar was to increase
awareness and improve the technical knowledge on basic
coding theory among secondary school students. In total 110
higher secondary school students from BVM Mat HSS, SVM
Mat HSS, BKM Mat HSS and faculty members attended the
event, coordinated by Dr. B. S. Sreeja and supported by student
coordinator, Mr. N. Vivek Sivaraman. Speakers for the seminar
were Dr. K. T. Selvan, Dr. K. Muthumeenakshi, Dr. R. Kishore
and Dr. R. Amutha.
Workshop on TelosB ,cMote Wireless Sensor Nodes
ECE dept., IEEE Information Theory Society and IEEE
Communication Society Student Chapter organized a workshop
on TelosB & cMote Wireless Sensor Nodes on 27th
July 2016.
92 members participated in the workshop conducted by Ms.
Aasha Nandini, a Research Scholar and IEEE ComSoc Student
member of Sri SivasubramaniyaNadar College of Engineering.
The event was coordinated by Dr. S. Radha and supported by
student coordinator, Mr. N. Vivek Sivaraman
Report by: Dr.R.Ramaprabha, ramaprabhar@ssn.edu.in
St. Josephs Institute of Technology, Chennai
IEEE WIE Affinity Group event
IEEE WIE organized Public speaking contest on Women
empowerment on 7th
July, 2016.
19 students participated in the event. The winners were Snigdha K
of IV A and Gayathri P of IV B
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IEEE RAS CHAPTER event
Technical seminar was conducted on 29
th June, 9
th and 20
th July,
2016.
39 students participated & Priyanka K of IV B and Kavya of II
B emerged as winners
INAGURATION OF IEEE RAS
IEEE RAS chapter was inaugurated by Dr.P.A.Manoharan, RAS
Chair, IEEE MAS on 28th
July, 2016 in the presence of
Dr.B.Babu Manoharan, Managing Director, St.Joseph's Group
of Institutions; Mr.B. Sashi Sekar, Chief Executive Officer and
Dr.P.Ravichandran, Principal. Mr.G.S.Uthyakumar, Secretary,
Mr.John Maria Vivian, Student Chair and Ms. N.S.Madhura,
Vice Chair of RAS also participated. Dr. Manoharan also gave
a talk on “Basic on Robotics” The student chapter has 90
members. INAGURATION OF IEEE WIE
IEEE WIE chapter was inaugurated by Dr. Vydeki Vijakumar,
Chair-WIE Chapter, IEE MAS on 28th
July, 2016 in the
presence of Dr.B.Babu Manoharan, Managing Director,
St.Joseph's Group of Institutions; Mr.B. Sashi Sekar, Chief
Executive Officer and Dr.P.Ravichandran, Principal. Ms.
M.Snigdha , Student Chair of RAS and Ms. Neerja , WIE
member also addressed the gathering
Report by: Dr. Gnana Kousalya C, eceieeeadvisor@gmail.com
St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai
Basic concepts of Robotics
IEEE RAS chapter conducted a workshop on, “Basics concepts
of Robotics” on 29th
June, 2016 by an Alumni Mr. Harish Ram
Mohan who is a Robotic Engineer at LEMA labs. 50 students
participated in the workshop. The students had a hands-on
training on how to make a line follower robot using simple
L293D driver IC and IR sensor.
Lecture on Interview Skills
IEEE SB organized a guest lecture on “Interview Skills” on 23rd
July 2016 by Mr. R. Rajasekar, corporate trainer in HTC Global
Solutions, 150 students attended the interactive lecture.
Report by: Jannath Nisha, nishajannath82@gmail.com
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St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Kanyakumari
Talk on ‘Google Applications for Education’
The first IEEE weekly meeting of the academic year 2016-2017 was organized on 5th
July, 2016. Ms.Panchami of III
CSE gave a talk on ‘Google Applications for Education’. The IEEE SBC, Prof. Bright Jose presided over the
meeting.
Talk on ‘Women Empowerment’
IEEE WIE SB Affinity Group organized a technical gathering on 12th
July, 2016. Ms.A.S.Karthiga of III CSE gave
a talk on ‘Women Empowerment’ followed by a talk on WIE activities by Ms. N. AsiyaBeevi of IV ECE.
Talk on ‘Success’
The Education Society chapter organized a weekly meeting on 19th
July, 2016, Ms. Beautlin Jenisha of IV EEE gave
a thought provoking talk on ‘Success’. A quiz was conducted to the student members by Ms.Shiney of IV EEE and
prizes were awarded to the winners.
Talk on IEEE
Mr. A. Arunkumar of IV EEE delivered a detailed talk on IEEE on 26th July, 2016, wherein he explained the student
members about the vision and mission of IEEE, benefits of IEEE membership and the various awards and
scholarships from IEEE
Report by: Ivana Bhagya, ivanabhagya@gmail.com
SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore
Lecture on “Recent Trends in Electrical & Electronics –
Industrial Automation”
IEEE SB and EEE department organized a Lecture on “Recent
Trends in Electrical & Electronics – Industrial Automation” by
Mr. B.Dinesh, Project Engineer and PLC programmer, Electro
Blitz Embedded Solutions, Coimbatore on 28th
July 2016.
Dr.T.Kannan, Principal, and. Dr.S.Thangaprakash, HoD/EEE
participated in the programme.
Report by: Dr.S.Thangaprakash, stp.pel@gmail.com
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Inauguration of IEEE System Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
Society
The IEEE SB in association with IT department organized the
Inauguration of its IEEE-SMC Society on 15th July, 2016 by
Mr. R.Arul Jothi, Senior Treasury analyst, Ford PvtLtd,
Chennai. The office bearers of 2016-2017 (Mr.KesavRajan
and Ms.Sharmilie), IEEE SMC SB Faculty Advisor
Ms.S.Karthiga, Faculty members of IT Dept and IEEE student
members attended the function.
IEEE Faculty Development Program on “Hands on Training on Hadoop”
IEEE SB organized IEEE FDP on “Hands on Training on Hadoop” on 15th and 16th July, 2016. Students and
Faculty members from various engineering colleges have attended the FDP organized by Dr.R.Suganya and
Ms.S.Karthiga,, AP/IT.
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Lecture on “Big data and Financial Modeling”
The IEEE SB organized a Lecture on “Big data and Financial
Modeling” on 15th July, 2016.
Report by: S Karthiga , skait@tce.edu
IEEE Madras Section Young Professionals
Skill Development Training Programme (SDTP) on “Share Trading”
IEEE Madras Section Young Professionals in association
with Government College of Technology (GCT) IEEE SB
organized a Skill Development Training Programme
(SDTP) on “Share Trading” from 23rd
July 2016 to 25th
July 2016 at GCT, Coimbatore. This programme was
financially supported by IEEE Region10 Young
Professionals. The participants were exposed to meaningful
equity, economic and technical research along with
financial modeling from a perspective of a trader, exposure
to live trading in equity, derivative, currency and
commodity. Various topics covered in this course included
Foundation of Capital Markets, Wealth Management,
Fundamental Analysis of stocks, Company Valuation using Financial Modelling, Fixed Income, Advanced
Technical Analysis: Art and Science of Trading, Options: Advanced Options Trader, Derivative Analytics, Currency
and Commodity Markets. The Programme was organized by Dr.S. Elangovan, Chair, IEEE MAS YP Affinity
Group. The photos are available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B26IGq38stVHd2RMSHVYdjZxYnc.
Coimbatore Hub Congress
IEEE Coimbatore Hub Congress cum India Strategic Initiative (2nd
edition)
IEEE MAS Students Activities Committee along with IEEE Madras Section Young Professionals, IEEE SB of
Jansons Institute of Technology and IEEE Women In Engineering conducted a two-day Coimbatore Hub Congress
2016 (CBEHC – 2016) on 30th
and 31st July 2016. Jansons Institute of Technology, Coimbatore hosted this
congress. The congress was a meetup of all the student and professional IEEE members to share their experience
and volunteerism with each other. This congress included the second edition of India Strategic Initiative of IEEE
MGA, with sessions on Internship preparedness and Entrepreneurship awareness. This congress was professionally
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and financially supported by IEEE Region 10, IEEE Madras Section, IEEE MAS YP and IEEE WIE. 102 students
participated. Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Immediate Past Chair, IEEE Madras Section was the chief guest for this event.
Other speakers included Mr. H.R. Mohan, Vice Chair & Chair, SAC, IEEE Madras Section; Dr. Amit Kumar, Lead-
MGA Internship & Entrepreneurship Subcommittee and Vice Chair (TA), IEEE India Council; Mr. Nivas
Ravichandran, IEEE Region 10 YP Coordinator; Dr. S. Elangovan, Chair, IEEE MAS YP and Dr. M. Ramalatha,
Past Chair, WIE Global Committee and Mr. Prasanth Mohan, Execom Member, IEEE MAS.
Various topics of discussion included benefits, opportunities, funding availability and awards and recognitions due
to IEEE membership; newsletter; internship opportunities and portal, Resume preparation; Roles and
Responsibilities of IEEE SBs; Student Project Funding by IEEE; Role of Women In Engineering and IEEE Xtreme
Competitions. IEEE MAS volunteers Ms. Alina Benny, Mr. Solomon Sagar, Mr. Vijay Srinivas and Mr.Vinod
Sharma shared their volunteering experience at various levels at IEEE.
Other distinguished speakers included Mrs. Hemalatha Annamalai, Founder, Ampere Vehicles, Coimbatore, who
gave an excellent presentation on ‘E-bike Revolution in Ampere Vehicles’; Mr.Vignesh Rengasamy, Founder,
Helper.in who shared his experiences as an entrepreneur and Mr.K.S. Divakar, Student Entrepreneur, SportWalk,
who spoke on ‘start up as a student’.
The Congress was coordinated by Dr.S. Elangovan and Mr.M. Mylsamy of Jansons Institute of Technology IEEE
SB and Mr. Bobby Chakravarthy Balakrishnan of IEEE Kongu Engg College SB. All the sessions were well
received by the participants.
.
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Some of the presentations made at the congress are available at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B26IGq38stVHZEJKSlpIbExIVGc and the select photos are available at
http://goo.gl/b5a4MY
Report by: Dr. S. Elangovan, elangoprt@gmail.com
IEEE Control System Society, Madras Section Chapter
Technical Lecture on “Controller Tuning for Non Linear
Systems”
The IEEE Control System Society- Madras Section, IEEE SB,
IIChE and Dept of Chemical Engineering of Arulmigu
Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering jointly organized a
Technical Lecture on “Controller Tuning for Non Linear
Systems” by Dr. I.Thirunavukarasu, Dept. of Instrumentation
& Control Engg, Manipal University on 12th
July, 2016. He
emphasized the need to know the safety and environment
cautious in handling Instruments as well as job opportunities.
Dr.R.Hariprakash, Chairman IEEE Control System Society-
Madras Section welcomed the gathering and explained the
importance of the Control Systems and its applications in
SCADA, Smart grid, RFID power control for automated
manufacturing industries. Dr. P. Palanisamy, Principal; Prof. S. Rajappa, Director and Prof .Prince Immanuel,
Prof/Chem Engg also addressed the gathering which consisted of 90 participants from various institutions.
Report by: Dr.R.Hariprakash, Rhp_27@ieee.org
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IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Madras Section Chapter
IEEE WCCI - CIS Canada Visit
The 2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEEWCCI2016) is the largest technical event in
the field of computational intelligence. It hosted three conferences: the 2016 International Joint Conference on
Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016), the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy systems (Fuzz-IEEE 2016), and
the 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016). 2016 IEEEWCCI was sponsored by the
IEEE-CIS. It was held at Vancouver, a magnificent city located in a privileged position on the northern American
coast of Canada, during 24 to 29 July, 2016. Some highlights of the event were 24 tutorials, 4 workshops, 15 plenary
speeches, 175 special sessions and 6 poster presentations. Nearly 1800 papers were presented. Dr. N Kumarappan,
Vice Chair, Chair IEEE CIS Madras Chapter , Madras Section organized and chaired special sessions on
“Computational Intelligence in Power System”. He also presented a paper titled “Optimal installation of multiple
DG units using competitive swarm optimizer algorithm”. He also attended the IEEE CIS Forum Meeting held on
25th July 2016 and presented an invited case study of IEEE CIS Madras Chapter, which was well received by the
CIS Chapter members
Report by: Dr. N.Kumarappan, kumarappan_n@hotmail.com
IEEE SIGHT – Madras Section
Science Carnival 2016
IEEE SIGHT and the Research and Development Cell of Annai
Vailankanni College of Engineering organized a Science
Carnival 2016, at the on 15th and 16
th June, 2016. Students
from various schools attended the carnival with their model
projects. IEEE ADSF SIGHT used this opportunity for
showcasing the second Solar Powered Tricycle. Mr.
RubertJothy, Deputy Director, Fisheries, Government of Tamil
Nadu introduced the vehicle on 15th
June 2016 in the presence
of the Principal and Dean of the college.
Report by: Mr.Vincent Jain, jain1.siffs@gmail.com
IEEE Information Theory Society, Madras Section Chapter
A technical talk on “Embedded Engineers for Industries” by Mr.T.Devakumar, Assistant Professor (Senior
Grade)/ECE, National Engineering College Kovilpatti was organized on 21st July 2016.
Report by: Paramasivan Balasubramanian , hodcse@nec.edu.in
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Student Technology Awareness Program (STAP) by IEEE PSES, PCS & COMSOC
IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, IEEE Professional Communication Society and IEEE Communications
Society of Madras Chapter joint organized a “Students Technology Awareness Program (STAP)” at Government
Girls Higher Secondary School, K.V.Kuppam, Vellore District on 9th
August 2016.
Smt. P. Dhanalakshmi, Head Mistress presided over the inaugural session and emphasized the need for the students
to update their knowledge in the developments in technology. She further motivated the students to participate
actively in technical events organized by professional societies to enhance the basic engineering knowledge.
Dr. S. Vijayakumar, Treasurer, IEEE PSES delivered a talk on “Path Towards a Green Earth – Eco Solutions to Find
the Way”. In this talk, he had explained how the air, water and environment get polluted as a result of adverse effect
from the technology usage and provided solutions to overcome these problems as well as make the earth pollution
free. He had motivated the students to utilize the technological advancements for an eco-friendly earth.
Shri. H.R.Moahn, Vice Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and Chair, IEEE PCS delivered a presentation on
“Communication Skills and Body Language highlighting the importance of oral communication with proper body
language. He had given examples and illustrations on what to do and what needed to be avoided in personality
aspects. He also briefly explained how the Information and Communications Technology are changing the way of
life through a video clip on Internet of Things.
About 100 students of plus two attended this STAP and benefited. The organizing societies – IEEE PSES, PCS &
COMSOC presented to the school, a ceiling fan, books for adding in to the library and a memento as a token of
appreciation to organizing the event beneficial to the students.
For select photos taken at the event, pl. visit http://goo.gl/7YRGnk
Report by: Dr. S. Vijayakumar, vijaysuresh1975@gmail.com & H.R. Mohan, hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com
Australian town to get its own solar power supply
The 300 residents of the Australian village of Tyalgum have backed a plan to switch off the national power lines and
set up their own solar power supply. If successful, the village will become the country's first community to have
24/7 electricity powered by 100% renewable energy.
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Information Resources Compiled by
H.R. Mohan
Vice Chairman, IEEE Madras Section
Chief Editor, IEEE MAS LINK
ICT Consultant & Former AVP (Systems), The Hindu, Chennai
hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com
Computing gives us tools to preserve disappearing languages: In 100 years, many of the world’s 7,000 languages
could be extinct. Hundreds of years of oral storytelling will disappear in the space of a couple of generations. The
knowledge and beauty locked up in these languages is irreplaceable. It goes beyond useful dot points about seasons
and cultivation and local medicines to untranslatable words and to an entire cosmology. Every language is a multi-
generational creative act. But the sounds, words and stories of all these languages are being captured online, for
example on community websites and on YouTube. Cyberlinguists of the future will have to devise algorithms to
decipher the recordings that were made before this mass extinction event.My collaborators and I want to determine
what language data must be uploaded to ensure that the world’s unwritten linguistic heritage is preserved and made
intelligible to all future generations. https://goo.gl/GKeOqJ
Apple is taking its first steps towards a more comprehensive post-PC world: Hands up if you’ve heard of Swift
Playgrounds? No, it’s not some new start-up providing quick playdates for bedraggled parents, although that might
be interesting. Swift Playgrounds is the new programming tool, introduced by Apple in June at its annual Worldwide
Developer Conference, based on the Swift programming language the company introduced a few years ago.What
makes Swift Playgrounds interesting is that it provides a first-party computer programming platform that can be run
entirely on an iPad, no computer required.While Apple has been slowly adding features to the iPad over the past few
years, this represents a pretty significant step change for Apple. https://goo.gl/klv28N
Study of top business innovators shows more is needed than being tech savvy: A lot of stress is placed on the
importance of science and technology skills for innovation in Australian enterprise and education. Innovation
actually demands a cross-range of technical and non-technical skills, even more so in an age where the value of tech
skills are diminished by the sheer number of people who posses them, a new report has found. The Skills and
Capabilities for Australian Enterprise Innovation report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies
(ACOLA), focused on human dimensions of innovation across every major sector of Australian economy and
society. The study interviewed 19 senior executives in organisations that were identified either by being recipients of
recent innovation awards or by their peers as leading innovators in particular sectors. The report emphasises that
innovation can play a greater role in tackling shared challenges of the Australian economy in the post-commodities
boom. https://goo.gl/hYT3MF
What makes Chinese maths lessons so good?: Chinese students begin learning their maths facts at a very early
age: maths textbooks begin with multiplication in the first semester of second grade, when children are seven years
old. In order to understand multiplication, pupils have to memorise the multiplication rhyme: “four times eight is 32,
five times eight is 40” and so on, which was invented by ancient Chinese scholars 2,200 years ago.Stemming from
this tradition, most classrooms have few concrete teaching materials for maths lessons. The cultural traditions of
Chinese maths education lead people to believe that routine practice is the most efficient way to learn. https://goo.gl/OAZAAT
Do students lose depth in digital reading?: Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print?
For both parents and teachers, knowing whether computer-based media are improving or compromising education is
a question of concern. With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open educational resources,
investigators have been trying to determine whether students do as well when reading an assigned text on a digital
screen as on paper.The answer to the question, however, needs far more than a yes-no response. https://goo.gl/1G1M2r
Eight amazing things you can do with the Android: Don't be satisfied with what you have on Android. You can
change, push, pull, rip apart and tweak almost anything to your heart's content. http://goo.gl/zm5aFm
Cyberwar: The smart person's guide: Armies around the world are gearing up for cyberwarfare: here's what it is
and what you need to know. http://goo.gl/tHB6dd
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Data backups: The smart person's guide: This guide is an entry-level summary of enterprise backup software. http://goo.gl/Ubk4jG
Data lakes: The smart person's guide: A data lake is a set of unstructured information that you assemble for
analysis. Deciding which information to put in the lake, how to store it, and what to make of it are the hard parts. http://goo.gl/zI0KN9
Far from bust: five ways MOOCs are helping people get on in life: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) –
free, short courses made available to everybody online – were expected to herald the end of higher education as we
knew it when they began. But the hype soon died away and critics bemoaned the fact that learners quickly lost
enthusiasm and dropped out in large numbers. After promising free education to those who couldn’t afford soaring
tuition fees, most people signing up to do free online courses were also already highly educated – 80% already held
a degree according to one study. And there were concerns that employers would not trust certificates from MOOCs
on CVs. https://goo.gl/Fl9rZv
An innovative form of cheating emerges in MOOCs: What if Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) aren’t
actually courses at all? Our research teams at Harvard and MIT have shown over and over again that MOOC
students look and act nothing like conventional students of either residential universities or online programs. With a
broader age distribution, a more diverse and international student body, wide variation in commitment, and a
surprising number of teachers, the MOOC “classroom” looks like no physical classroom on earth. Now, I and my
colleagues, Curtis Northcutt and Ike Chuang of MIT, have discovered a different novel behavior on the MOOC
frontier: a new form of cheating, that only MOOCs can enable. https://goo.gl/FY99OX
7 tools to help your company get started with big data: Across virtually every industry, businesses are
transitioning to a data-driven approach. But while many are good at collecting data, understanding it is tougher.
These seven tools can help. http://goo.gl/tOsNNO
Is social media messing with children’s morals?: We have all heard complaints that young people are spending
too much time online and not enough time in the “real world” – with studies showing that nearly three quarters of 12
to 15-year-olds in the UK have a social media profile and spend an average of 19 hours a week online. More
worrying, perhaps, than the amount of time spent online, are the findings that suggest social media use can actually
influence users' personality and character. Recent research, for example, shown that there is a link between social
media use and narcissism, and that the use of social networking websites may have an adverse effect on social
decision making and reduce levels of empathy. https://goo.gl/rkcj5N
Google DeepMind: The smart person's guide: Bought by Google in 2014 for 400 million pounds, DeepMind is an
AI platform best known for beating the world champion in the game Go. TechRepublic's comprehensive guide
explains how it works. http://goo.gl/JSQ9Mg
Tesla's Autopilot: The smart person's guide: Autopilot, Tesla's autonomous driving feature, aims to assist drivers
on highways through a system of cameras, sensors, and GPS. This comprehensive guide explains what the concept
really means. http://goo.gl/PYjnbD
New IBM lab-on-a-chip uses nanotechnology to detect cancer, Zika virus faster: A tiny chip can separate
bioparticles and diagnose diseases before symptoms emerge, which could revolutionize the treatment of ailments
from the flu to cancer. http://goo.gl/yve2tw
The future of wearables and their role in the workplace: Wearable technology has ceased to be a novelty and has
now become part of everyday life for many users, and expanding its use into the enterprise is the next logical step. http://goo.gl/gvKvTh
Executive’s guide to the business possibilities of 3D printing (free ebook): 3D printing may hold both promise
and peril, according to industry experts. This latest guide from ZDNet and TechRepublic looks at how this evolving
technology is being used, the benefits it offers, and the concerns it raises. http://goo.gl/Qh5qWJ
6 ways the robot revolution will transform the future of work: TechRepublic spoke to Alec Ross, author of The
Industries of the Future, about the global impact AI and robotics will have on the future of work. http://goo.gl/KxHYPX
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Forthcoming Events
Events Technically Sponsored by Madras Section and Madras Section Societies
2016 International Conference On Renewable Energy And Materials For Sustainability (ICREMS); 20 - 21 Oct
2016 at Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil.
2016 International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES); 21-22 Oct 2016 at PPG
Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. confyy.com/events/icces.php#
2016 International Conference on Engineering and Technology (ICET); 16-17 Dec 2016 at karpagam college of
Engineering, Coimbatore. www.oicget.com
2016 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC); 15-17 Dec
2016 at Agni College of Technology, Chnannai. http://itfrindia.org/2016ICCIC/
2016 International Conference on Design and Manufacturing (IConDM); 16-17 Dec 2016 at Indian Institute of
Information Technology, Chennai. www.iiitdm.ac.in/icondm16/callfor
2017 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO); 5-6 Jan 2017 at Karpagam College
of Engineering, Coimbatore. www.kceisco.com
2017 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI); 5-7 Jan 2017 at Sri Shakthi
Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. http://www.iccci.in/
2017 International Conference on Computer, Communication and Signal Processing (ICCCSP); 10 – 11 Jan 2017 at
SSN College of Engineering. icccsp.com/
2017 International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud); 10-11 Feb 2017 at SCAD
Institute of Technology, Palladam. http://ismac2017.com/venue.html
2017 International Conference on Algorithms, Methodology, Models and Applications in Emerging Technologies
(ICAMMAET); 16 - 18 Feb 2017 at Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai.
2017 Second International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT); 22-24
Feb 2017 at SVS College of Engineering, Coimbatore. www.icecct.com
2017 International Conference on Information Communication and Embedded Systems (ICICES); 23-24 Feb 2017
at S.A. Engineering College, Chennai. www.saec.ac.in/icices2017
2017 2nd International Conference on Computing and Communications Technologies (ICCCT); 23-24 Feb 2017
at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai. www.sairam.edu.in/iccct17
2017 4th International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems; 24-25 Feb 2017 at Karpagam
college of Engineering, Coimbatore. www.icecs.in
2017 International Conference on Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (ICICCT); 10-11 Mar
2017 at Ranganathan Engineering College, Coimbatore. http://icct2017.com/index.html
2017 4th International Conference on Innovations in Information, Embedded and Communication Systems; 16-17
Mar 2017 at Karpagam college of Engineering, Coimbatore. http://iciiecs.in/contact.html
2017 International Conference on Computation of Power, Energy Information and Communication (ICCPEIC);22-
23 Mar 2017 at Adhiparasakthi Engineering College. http://iccpeic.weebly.com
2017 International Conference on Telecommunication, Power Analysis and Computing Techniques (ICTPACT); 6-8
Apr 2017 at Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai.
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2017 International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICEI); 11-12 May 2017 at SCAD College
of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli. http://icoei.com/index.html
Other Events
ADCOM-2016: 22nd
annual International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications at Bangalore
during 8-10 Sep 2016. http://accsindia.org/category/adcom-2016/
ISC2-2016: 2016 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference. The flagship conference of the IEEE Smart Cities
Initiative, ISC2 will be held in Trento, Italy, 12-15 Sep 2016. http://events.unitn.it/en/isc2-2016 .
IEEE ProComm during 2-5 Oct 2016 at Austin, Texas. Theme: Communicating Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
http://sites.ieee.org/pcs/procomm2016/
All India Student-Young Professionals-WIE Congress 2016 (AISYWC), 7-9 Oct 2016 at LNM Institute of
Information Technology, Jaipur Rajasthan. Kindly register on or before 7th August, 2016. www.aisywc.in
The 5th IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE 2016) ; October 11-14, 2016 at Kyoto, Japan
http://www.ieee-gcce.org/2016/index.html
IEEE International Forum on Smart Grids for Smart Cities (SG4SC) that will be held October 16-18, 2016 at Paris,
France. http://www.ieeesg4sc.org/
2016 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS 2016) on the theme Disruptive
Technologies, Ethics and Global Development. 21-22 Oct 2016, Trivandrum, Kerala, India http://istas2016.org/
7th International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2016 is being held on 21-22 Oct 2016, ITC
Chola, Chennai along with 21st annual conference of ISfTeH (International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth).
As the IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter is a supporting organisations of this conference, a discount of 15%
is applicable on the registration fee to the members of IEEE. While registering for the event pl. enter the discount
code as DISCIEEE. http://www.transformhealth-it.org/
BIBE-2016: The 16th annual IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. Oct 31-Nov 2,
2016, in Taichung, Taiwan http://bibe2016.asia.edu.tw
IEEE India Council is Organizing 4th National Workshop on Cyber Security at Mumbai on 12th and 13th of
November 2016. http://events.hubilo.com/CyberSecurityWorkshop2016
TENCON-2016: The theme for TENCON 2016 is Technologies for Smart Nation and it will be held in Singapore
from 22-25 Nov 2016. Last date for paper submission: 30 May 2016. http://www.tencon2016.org
PEDES 2016: IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, 14-17 Dec 2016,
Trivandrum, Kerala, India. www.pedes2016.org
International Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC'16) at RGM College of Engineering and Technology, Nandyal,
Andhra Pradesh, India during 15-17 Dec 2016. Last date for paper submission: 15th Sep 2016
http://rgitnandyal.com/ICSC16/
INDICON-2016: 16-18 Dec 2016 at Bangalore. http://www.indicon2016.in
IEEE Bombay Section Symposium-2016 (IBSS-2016). 21-22 Dec 2016 at Vidya Pratishthan's Kamalnayan Bajaj
Institute of Engineering & Technology, Baramati. http://ibss2016.ieeebombay.org/
HTC-2016: Humanitarian Technology Conference. Date: December 21-23, 2016, Venue: Agra, India
http://www.ieeehtc2016.com
9th International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation -TIMA 2017 during 6th,7th &
8th - January, 2017. Last date for paper submission is 15th Nov 2016. http://tima2017.org/
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Announcements
IEEE MAS LINK congratulates IEEE Computer Society, Madras Section Chapter
for receiving the Outstanding Chapter Award for the year 2015 across the globe under the chairmanship of H.R.
Mohan. The nomination entry (for this award) sent in Nov 2015 can be seen at
http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/nomination-entry-for-outstanding-chapter-award-2015.pdf
The Outstanding Chapter Award (OCA) received from IEEE CS HQ was presented by Dr. M. Atmanand, Chairman,
IEEE Madras Section at the AGM of the Section held on 20th
Jul 2016
IEEE MAS LINK Congratulates Mr. Aravindhan Anbazhagan,
Computer Science & Engineering Graduate from Sri Muthukumaran
Institute of Technology (SMIT) for Winning the Prestigious "Larry K.
Wilson Regional Student Activities Award" for the year 2016.
Aravindhan currently serves as Fellow for Teach For India where he
mentors Pre-University students. He is an active volunteer of IEEE &
IEEE Computer Society. He serves as Chair for Student Ambassadors
Program of IEEEmadC. He is also a recipient of Richard E Merwin
Scholarship from IEEE Computer Society.
Larry K Wilson Award is awarded yearly to one Outstanding Volunteer in
Asia Pacific Region. Aravindhan is the first student volunteer from IEEE
Madras Section to win this award.
This annual award given in each Region of IEEE recognises the student
member most responsible for an extraordinary accomplishment associated
with student activities. This Award consists of a customized award
plaque, a digital certificate, and three years of complimentary
membership in IEEE.
IEEEXtreme Programming Competition
IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student members—advised and proctored by an IEEE
member, and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch—compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to
solve a set of programming problems.
For more info on IEEEXtreme: www.ieee.org/xtreme
IEEEXtreme 10.0 will be held on 22 October 2016. Save the date.
Registration for IEEEXtreme 10.0 is now open!. Register your team now..
Registration link: http://xtreme.vtools.ieee.org
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IEEE Computer Society Awards 2016 – Call For Nominations
Featuring Two Education Awards:
The Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education Award is presented for outstanding
contributions to undergraduate education through teaching and service.
The Taylor L. Booth Education Award is presented for an outstanding record in computer science and
engineering education as evidenced by achieving recognition as a teacher, writing an influential text, and
inspiring others to a career in computer science and engineering education.
Nominations for the Computer Entrepreneur Award and Computer Pioneer Award:
The Computer Entrepreneur Award honors the technical and entrepreneurial leaders who are responsible
for the growth of the computer industry.
The Computer Pioneer Award honors individuals whose contributions to the development of the computer
field occur at least 15 years earlier.
The Society is also seeking nominations for its achievement awards in Standards, Service, Computer Science
& Engineering:
The Harry H. Goode Award recognizes achievements in the information processing field, either a single
contribution of theory, design or technique, or the accumulation of important contributions.
The W. Wallace McDowell Award honors outstanding recent theoretical, design, educational, practical,
innovative contributions within the computing field.
The Technical Achievement Award is presented for outstanding and innovative contributions to computer
and information science and engineering or computer technology, usually within the past 10, and not more
than 15 years.
The Hans Karlsson Award is presented in recognition of out- standing skills and dedication to diplomacy,
team facilitation and joint achievement, in the development or promotion of standards in the computer
industry where individual aspirations, corporate competition, and organizational rivalry could otherwise be
counter to the benefit of society.
The Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service is presented for outstanding service to the
profession at large, including significant service to the IEEE Computer Society or its predecessor
organizations.
The Harlan D. Mills Award recognizes researchers and practitioners who have demonstrated long-standing,
sustained, and impactful contributions to software engineering practice and research through the application
of sound theory.
The IEEE-CS/Software Engineering Institute Watts S. Humphrey Software Process Achievement
Award (Joint Award by CS/SEI) recognizes software professionals or teams responsible for an
improvement to their organization’s ability to create and evolve software-dependent systems.
Full Awards List at https://awards.computer.org/ana/award/viewAwards.action
Nomination Deadline: 15th
Oct 2016
To nominate, pl. visit https://awards.computer.org/ana/award/viewHomepage.action
Details of Funds transferred from IEEE HQ to IEEE Student Branches through Madras Section
in Aug 2016
Sl. No College Name Amount (Rs) Remarks
1 St. Joseph's Institute of Technology 33,640 Fund for RAS chapter Inauguration &
Technical events
2 Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College 16,820 IEEE WIE student branch Affinity Group
Award
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Financial Assistance extended by IEEE Madras Section to SBs to organize events
SB College Name Event Date Topic Amount (Rs) Madras Inst. of Technology 15-17, Dec 2015 Seventh International Conference on
Advanced Computing - (ICoAC2015) 5000.00
Dr. M.G.R. Educational &
Research Institute 21-22, Apr 2016 Crossroads 2016, Innovations starts here
(National Level) 5000.00
IEEE Email Security Alert: Beware of Phishing Attempts Targeting IEEE Leadership Positions
Recently, IEEE has become aware of email scams or phishing attempts where IEEE volunteers are requested to send
money or to provide access to sensitive information which the attackers may then use to conduct fraudulent or
malicious activities.
Attackers may send you email that looks like it is coming from legitimate sources, using actual names and email
addresses of high-level IEEE leaders like Society Presidents, Section Chairs, and Conference Organizers. For
example, the attacker may pose as an IEEE volunteer and ask you to transfer money or to reply with bank account
information. In these situations, the email address used by the attacker may even look like it is coming from a
legitimate @ieee.org address or an address you may be familiar with.
To protect yourself against these types of attacks the IEEE IT Security and Legal and Compliance Departments
would like to offer the following tips and best practices:
Do not click on links or attachments received from unknown senders. Keep in mind that you could compromise
your computer system and any personal or business information stored in it.
Be familiar with and follow IEEE payment processes. If someone asks you to do something inconsistent with
these processes, do not do it.
Be careful of emails asking you to act immediately, especially if something sounds too good to be true. Think
before taking any action.
When verifying the sender, do not use the information in the suspicious email.
Trust your instincts. If a request appears to be coming from someone you know, but just doesn’t feel right,
contact that person using a different method (e.g. if the unusual request comes through email, call them on the
phone). Use the IEEE Online Roster for contact information. http://www.ieee.org/roster.
Be careful how much information you share on social media sites and do not share personally identifiable
information or passwords through non-secure communication platforms.
If you receive an email, call or text requesting that you take an action, even if it is consistent with the responsibilities
of your current IEEE leadership role, but you are unsure if it is legitimate, please notify your supporting IEEE
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For additional information about targeted email scams: please refer to the following Spectrum article: Fighting
Today’s Targeted Email Scams.
If you have questions about this mailing or need assistance, please visit our https://supportcenter.ieee.org to view
the FAQs on Phishing Attempts ~ or ~ reach out to the Contact Center where a service professional can assist you.
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IEEE Legal and Compliance Department
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Senior Director Security & Network Management
IEEE Information Technology
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2016 IEEE Annual Elections
The Elections process for the year 2016 is on and last date to vote is 3rd
Oct 2016. This time, along with the elections
for various positions in IEEE, a new item relating to constitutional amendments is included for voting by members.
This particular item appears to have opinions among a large cross section of IEEE members and society chapter
members. Members are getting emails from various IEEE OUs. As a specimen, we have included one such email
received from IEEE Communications Society to its member. We request our members to have a closer look at the
points and act judicially and vote without fail.
Mail from President-Elect, IEEE Communications Society to the members of IEEE COMSOC
Dear IEEE ComSoc Members,
First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude for your trust in electing me as your
future President. I can assure you that as your next President, I will do my very best to serve you while bringing the
most value to members.
Second and as you are likely aware by now, voting in the annual IEEE election has begun. Members are asked to
vote on a constitutional amendment that would fundamentally change IEEE. The matter has become quite
contentious within the IEEE leadership.
The overwhelming majority of IEEE's technical societies, 26 of them, including the Communications Society, plus
many sections, have expressed opposition to the constitutional amendment at the level of their leadership. Six past
IEEE presidents, among other leaders (see the signatories below) have also expressed their opposition.
During its 26 May 2016 meeting, the Communications Society's Board of Governors (BoG) carefully reviewed and
considered the proposed IEEE Constitutional Amendment change. As a result, the BoG unanimously passed this
motion:
"The BoG of the IEEE Communications Society opposes the proposed constitutional amendment and modified
board structure."
The reasons behind the position include the following:
1. The problem statement that the proposed amendment is attempting to solve is not well-defined and the
proposed solution adds complexity;
2. The existing IEEE Constitution offers alternative, less complex ways of accomplishing the intended
improvements;
3. The risk associated with a major constitutional change is not clearly outweighed by its possible benefits;
4. There are serious risks that the Bylaws changes induced by the Constitutional Amendments will reduce
the visibility and control of IEEE societies and geographical regions on key strategic decisions made by
the IEEE Board of Directors for the future of the IEEE.
5. There is a risk that the proposed changes, like the Constitutional Amendment, will shift too much power
from IEEE members to IEEE Corporate Staff.
Additional reasons for opposing the constitutional amendment and the proposed restructuring may be found at the
"Loyal Opposition's" website and at the Washington, DC Section's website. It is important that you are informed
about the possible consequences if this Amendment were to pass. The possible benefits of the amendment are
discussed at the amendment website.
We urge each one of you to read about the proposed changes, make up your own mind about them, and dutifully
exercise your right to vote to influence IEEE's future.
You can access the ballot here.
Best Regards,
Dr. Khaled B. Letaief
President-Elect, IEEE Communications Society
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IEEE R10 Awards – Call for nominations
You are aware that the IEEE Region 10 has a strong Awards and Recognition Program, which has evolved over the
years.
Nominations for 2016 R10 awards were invited in March 2016. Selections were completed for 14 of these awards,
and the awards were presented on 25th
August 2016 in Bengaluru during the inauguration of R10 Golden Jubilee
Celebration.
You can still submit Nominations for the NINE awards, which includes three Student Activities Awards, listed
below.
In case you have already submitted a nomination for any of these awards in response to the earlier Call For
Nominations issued on 22 March 2016, please note that you need not submit nomination again; and your earlier
sent Nomination will be considered.
You are invited to submit completed nomination forms for these nine awards before 15th October 2016
1. R10 Outstanding Small Section Award Plaque & US$ 1000
2. R10 Outstanding Sub-Section Award Plaque & US$ 500
Submission Guideline for the above awards:
Nomination form can be found at: http://www.ieeer10.org/activities/awards.html to be submitted directly to
R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair, Dr. Prasad Kodali, kodalivp@gmail.com and cc. Ewell Tan at
ewell.tan@ieee.org
Note: For the Outstanding Sub-Section Award, use the nomination form which is used for Outstanding
Section Award; but clearly identify that the nomination is for Outstanding Sub-Section Award
3, 4, 5. R10 Student Activities Awards
- R10 SA Student Branch Award Plaque
- R10 SA Outstanding Student Volunteer Award Certificate
- R10 SA Outstanding Volunteer Award Certificate
Nomination form can be found at: http://www.ieeer10.org/activities/awards/sac-awards.html , to be submitted
directly to R10 Student Activities Coordinator, Dr. Rajesh Ingle, ingle.rb@gmail.com and R10 Student
Representative, Ms. Mehvish Zahoor, mehvish@ieee.org, and cc. Ewell Tan at ewell.tan@ieee.org
6. R10 LM Affinity Group Award Plaque
Nomination form can be found at: http://www.ieeer10.org/activities/awards/life-member-awards.html , to be
submitted directly to R10 Life Member Coordinator, Prof. V. K. Damodaran , vkd@ieee.org and cc. Ewell Tan at
ewell.tan@ieee.org
7. R10 EA Section Affinity Group Award Plaque
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Nomination form can be found at: http://www.ieeer10.org/activities/awards/ea-awards.html , to be submitted
directly to R10 EA Coordinator, Dr. Supavadee Aramvith, supavadee.a@chula.ac.th , and cc. Ewell Tan at
ewell.tan@ieee.org
8. R10 Outstanding Section for Industry Relations Plaque
9. R10 Industry Relations Outstanding Volunteer Award Certificate
Nomination form can be found at: http://www.ieeer10.org/activities/industry-relation.html, to be submitted
directly to R10 Industry Relations Coordinator, Mrs. Pamela Kumar , pamelakumar@ieee.org, and cc. Ewell Tan at
ewell.tan@ieee.org
Selections for the above nine awards will be made during the last week of October 2016. Please submit completed
Nominations by the deadline date of 15th October 2016.
Warm regards
Dr V Prasad Kodali
2016 R10 Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
ICT Quiz
The IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter along with IEEE PCS will be organising a ICT Quiz completion as a
part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of IEEE Computer Society. The Quiz will be held in six regional
centers namely: Chennai, Tiruchengode, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Trichy depending on the registrations.
While the top three regional winners will get cash prizes, the toppers (1st position) will participate in the finals which
will be held at Chennai. Attractive prizes for the winners and Certificate of participation to all team members are
planned. We are looking for SBs in the proposed regional centers to come forward to host the Quiz. The host SB
will be suitably recognized by IEEE CS & IEEE PCS. While the formal announcement regarding the Quiz will be
made in the first week of Sep 2016. The SBs interested to host the regional center quiz may pl. email to
hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com OR sakthi_velp@yahoo.com
IEEE PCS Workshops
IEEE PCS Madras Chapter proposes to organize a series of workshops covering Career and Communication Skills,
Employability, Interviewing techniques, Resume Preparation, SOPs for Higher Studies at various student branches.
These workshops will be for duration of about four hours in two sessions of two hours each. The SBs interested in
organising these workshops may pl. email their interest to hrmohan.ieee@gmail.com plan the series.
IEEE Day 2016 Celebrations
The IEEE Day 2016 at Madras Section will be celebrated in Oct 2016. In this connection, all the student branches
are requested to organize events/activities to popularize the vision and mission of IEEE in localities in and around
their SBs and send us a detailed report. The SBs organized the best activity will be recognized at the IEEE Day. All
members are requested to send their suggestions if any with regard to the celebrations and events to be organized
during the one day IEEE Day Celebrations to be held at Chennai. Please send them by email to
ieeemas@gmail.com with subject “IEEE Day 2016 suggestions”.
Further, IEEE Madras Section will recognize the members elevated to higher grades, SBs started the Society
Chapters and Affinity Groups, members received awards/recognitions from R10/HQ during the IEEE Day. Pl.
communicate about your elevation, SC/AG starting and awards/recognitions to IEEE Madras Section office by email
to ieeemas@gmail.com with subject “IEEE Day 2016 Recognitions”
Workshop on 'The Art of Persuasion'
IEEE Region 10 Young Professionals along with IEEE Madras Section and IEEE PCS Madras will be organising
the above workshop with Mr. Anson Ben, Founder – WinnersOrbit as resource person. The participants will learn
the Secrets to Persuasive Conversations, Powerful Presentations and Cracking any Interview in this workshop. The
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key elements the workshop will cover: 1. Persuasive Conversations and Presentations; Answering the Most
Common Questions in an Interview; and 3. Research About Interviewing Companies. Pl. await for the formal
communication.
Forthcoming IEEE Madras Section Events
IEEE MAS Student Paper Contest
IEEE MAS Student Branch Officers Meet
IEEE MAS Entrepreneurship Summit
Please await for the formal communications relating to these events in Sep 2016
IEEE India Initiative for Entrepreneurship Activities Funding
The IEEE India Initiative for Entrepreneurship Activities will fund the following student branches with INR 4000
each for organizing entrepreneurship activities.
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
S A College of Engineering, Chennai
B S Abdur Rahman University, Chennai
Sona College of Technology, Salem
Contacting IEEE MAS LINK
Pl. send all your contributions, feedback and communications relating to the newsletter IEEE MAS LINK by email
to ieeemaslink@gmail.com
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IEEE Geographic Unit Formation Policies and Petitions
http://www.ieee.org/societies_communities/geo_activities/forms_petitions/forms_petitions_index.html
Student Branch Officer Responsibilities and Administration
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/officers.html
IEEE Student Branch Manual and Counselor Guide (PDF, 285 KB)
http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/students/student_branch_manual_14.pdf
IEEE Member-Get-a-Member (MGM) Program
https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/join/mgm.html
Member Grade Elevation: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/grade_elevation.html
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Reports on activities to be sent within a max of six weeks of the activity. Reports received late may not be
considered.
The matter may be in doc / rtf / txt format. Other formats including in pdf, jpg, zip will not be considered.
Use SINGLE column format.
DO NOT embed the photograph in the document relating to reports. However, images referred in articles
may be embedded at appropriate places in the article document.
Send ONE photo per activity. Send the photo separately even if the photo is embedded in the report.
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the email.
Send the matter by email with the subject “Report on <Event Name> held on <date of the event> at
<College name in short>” For Example: Report on Symposium held on 6th
Feb 2016 at KSRCT. Another
Example: Report on TAP held on 9th
Feb 2016 at Kongu. One more Example: Report on Tech Talk held
on 5th
Feb at NEC.
Send the matter to the email at ieeemaslink@gmail.com Pl. note that the matters sent to other email ids
may not be considered.
Submit the matter by 10th of the month to facilitate inclusion in that month’s issue of LINK.
We may ignore the submitted materials, if they do not follow the above guidelines.
IEEE Madras Section membership status as on 1st August 2016
Affiliate 15
Associate Member 54
Fellow 4
Graduate Student Member 687
Life Member 5
Life Senior 11
Member 2009
Senior Member 177
Student Member 4029
Total 6991
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IEEE MAS LINK Newsletter of the IEEE Madras Section
Vol. 13 No.7 :: Aug 2016
Editorial Team
Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chief Editor
Mr. Prashant R. Nair, Editor
Mr. M. Arun, Dr. M.A. Atmanand, Dr. N.R. Alamelu, Dr. P.A. Manoharan, Mr. A. Ashok Vardhan
IEEE Madras Section
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