IEEE Benelux Section
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Latest News
- Martin Bastiaans is running for Director elect
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Thanks to the support of almost 500 IEEE Benelux members and many members from other sections, Martin Bastiaans, professor at TU Eindhoven and former Benelux section chair, is now on the ballot for the election of the next Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) director-elect. Congratulations Martin! Martin will compete against Gerhard Hancke from the South Africa section.
If elected, he would be the fifth director from the Benelux, after Herre Rinia (the very first director: 1963-64), Paul G. Jespers (1971-72), Frans Louis H.M. Stumpers (1975-76) and Dick C.J. Poortvliet (1979-80), and the region would celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013 during his term. The elections only start in August, we will keep you informed.
- Student paper contest 2010
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At the Melecon conference which was held in Malta in April 2010, the Student Paper Constest finals were held. The winner of this years edition is from our section, from the Louvain-la-Neuve branch:
- Maxime Taquet: "Feature-based error processing for robust surface registration in computer assisted orthopedic surgery", Catholique Univ Of Louvain (Jt. CAS-004/ED-015) Sb, Benelux Section
The SPC was again very successful for the Benelux section, with 5 out of the 28 papers being from our section (4 branches) and two participating papers in the finals.
The section wants to congratulate all Benelux participants, and in specific Maxime Taquet, the winner of the contest.
- Petition for Martin Bastiaans for IEEE Region 8 Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect, 2011-2012
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Dear section members,
Our previous section chair, Martin Bastiaans (http://www.martinbastiaans.org), from Eindhoven university, has started a petition to enter the elections for region 8 director. Next to be very active in the section and as counselor of the student branch of Eindhoven, he has also served as vice-chairman of the region 8 in 2007-2008. He has recently been elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow and is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award for his work for students. He has the experience and the vision needed to lead our region. We would like to ask you to support Martin's effort to get into the elections and sign his petition here or directly at http://www.ieee.org/petition. You can also spread the word to your IEEE colleagues outside the Benelux.
- November 2009 - Fellow Class of 2010
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Congratulations to our 4 new IEEE Fellows of the Benelux Section:- Martin J. Bastiaans - Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
for contributions to signal processing for optical signals and systems - Michel Defrise - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels, Belgium,
for contributions to computer tomography - Rodolphe Sepulchre - Université de Liège - Liège, Belgium,
for contributions to nonlinear systems - Edward Gulski - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands,
for application of partial discharges to diagnosis of high voltage components
Contact us
us and/or our membership elevation officer
prof. Jan Biemond if you know a potential
candidate for IEEE fellow. Fellows can be nominated in one of the
following four categories: application Engineer/Practitioner, Educator,
Research Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader. Not only professors and
researchers are potential candidates!
The deadline for Fellow nominations is 1 March 2010.
- Martin J. Bastiaans - Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
Congratulations to our previous chairman (and the previous region 8 Student Activities Vice-chairman) Martin Bastiaans. He has been awarded the prestegious MGA Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award. The official letter you can find here.
Don't forget to to nominate your IEEE colleagues that made a difference. Have a look at the IEEE Awards webpage and the IEEE Scholarships webpage.
- The Benelux Section and Early IRE/IEEE Activity in Europe
- (authors: Jan Biemond and Bruce B. Barrow)
Professor Jan Biemond and Bruce B. Barrow, one of the founding fathers of our section, have authored a paper on the history of the IEEE Benelux section. This paper has been presented at the IEEE conference on the history of technical societies. This conference took place in Philadelphia, USA. The conference is available through IEEE Xplore or directly from our website. The paper shows the interesting history of the section, and marks its role in the internationalization of IEEE roughly 50 years ago.
Summary:
This paper described the establishment of the Benelux Section by the IRE in 1959, covering Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and the establishment of IRE Region 9 in 1962 (now IEEE Region 8) in the context of the political and technical environment in Europe after the Second World War. It reflected on the merger of the IRE and the AIEE into IEEE in 1963, the international policy of the IEEE and the concerns raised by European Societies. Finally, it focused on the 50th anniversary of the Benelux Section on May 12, 2009, its professional highlights, and its celebration event in Antwerp.
- New advantage for IEEE members: Dell Discounts
Dell Computers now extends its Employee Purchase Program (EPP) to IEEE Members in Region 8 through the Financial Advantage Program. The EPP enables IEEE Members to purchase Dell Home products (Inspiron Desktop, Notebook, Mini, Studio, XPS, Printers, and Peripherals) at up to 10% discount off regular pricing. Plus, there are promotions and special offers that can be applied in addition to this member discount.
The EPP is currently available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Log in with your IEEE Web Account to access the member discount code and current promotions on the IEEE Home and Office Services Web page.
- November 27-28, 2009 - Ghent (GOLD, SSCS)
- 2nd IEEE Benelux GOLD weekend: Double workshop on career development/project management and IC design
Location: Ghent University
Contact: Gold Benelux
This event is divided into sessions where both soft skills and technical skills are
threated. Both are focussed on those needed by young professionals. In addition there are plenty
of social events and networking opportunities to bring those soft skills into practice.
Speakers:
IEEE R8 (EMEA) region professional activities workshop program co-founder Margaretha Eriksson, who is also a private consultant in Sweden will hold 2 interactive workshops called "Get a flying start" and "10 success factors in Project Management".
Researcher Cédric Mélange (UGent) will talk about Burst-mode IC design for
next-generation optical access. A second talk on IC design will be given by
Pravesh Kumar (ASML)"
There will be a reception, where we will welcome new graduates of Benelux section as a part of the IEEE STEP program and social activities such as city tour of Ghent.
For more information and registration: IEEE SB Gent
GOLD webpage.
The IEEE Benelux Section is proud to announce the establishment of a new (CEDA) chapter on Embedded systems, chair Prof. Dr. Ed F. Deprettere, Leiden University, vice-chair Prof. Dr. Koen De Bosschere, Gent University.
You are cordially invited to participate in the offical launch and take off of this new chapter, which is the first CEDA chapter worldwide.
- Venue and timing:
| date: | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| time: | 02:00 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. |
| venue: | Academisch Genootschap (Academic Society) |
| Parklaan 93 | |
| 5613 BC Eindhoven |
The full program and invitation can be found on the designated website
Benelux students win 1st and 3rd prize in the Student Paper Contest
At the oral finals of the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest, which was held during Eurocon 2009, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Ralph Hermans (TUe) won the first prize with his paper "Low-complexity model predictive control of electromagnetic actuators", and Jef Beerten (KUL) the third prize with his paper "Comparison of three-level torque hysteresis controllers for Direct Torque Control". For more information, see the SPC web site.
Also read the presidents letter to the IEEE Benelux members: Letter from IEEE president John Vig.
- April 25-26, 2009 - Venice (Benelux section)
- Benelux section recognised at Region 8 meeting
During the IEEE region 8 meeting in Venice, Italy, the Benelux section was recognised for their 50th anniversary. The Benelux section is together with Italy the oldest European section of IEEE and the 5th largest section within region 8 (after UKRI, Germany, Italy and Spain).
The official date of the 50th anniversary is May 13, 2009.Benelux representative Dirk Van Hertem (section secretary) receiving the official IEEE banner from IEEE president John Vig. (From left to right: John Vig, IEEE president; Dirk Van Hertem, Benelux secretary; Jozef Modelski, IEEE region 8 director; Silvano Donati, Italy section chair) 
- April 25-26, 2009 - Venice (CEDA - ES)
- Benelux section member Adrian Pais (Nl) gets prestegious MGA award at Region 8 meeting
Adrian Pais, Benelux Section, received the prestegious MGA award at the region 8 meeting in
“For extraordinary leadership and valuable contributions to the development of the IEEE GOLDRush newsletter.”
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