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December 2011 - Outstanding student branch counselor award for Joos Vandewalle: Professor Joos Vandewalle has been awarded the "2011 Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award". Professor Vandewalle is the counselor of the KU Leuven branch.

December 2011 - Fellow Class of 2012

This year the Benelux section has proven once again that we have an outstanding technical society: 3 of our senior members have been granted the grade of IEEE fellow! Congratulations to the new IEEE Fellows of the Benelux Section:

Geert Leus - Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
for contributions to signal processing for communications
Dominique Marcelle Marie-Paul Schreurs - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
for contributions to nonlinear vectorial measurement-based experimental design and modeling
Rudy M. Lauwereins - IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
for contributions to data flow models in real-time prototyping

The complete list of all new fellows can be found here.
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us and/or our membership elevation officer prof.

Martin Bastiaans 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 2012.

New IEEE senior members of the Benelux section

The following members have been granted the grade of IEEE senior member in 2012.

Baltus Peter
Blondel Vincent
Charbon Edoardo
Craeye Christophe
De Keersmaecker Roger
De Turck Filip
Desmet Jan
Ding Jianguo
Forouzan Amir Reza
Govoreanu Bogdan
Guenach Mamoun
Hamdioui Said
Houssa Michel
Huang Li
Kaymak Uzay
Kuipers Fernando
Leroux Paul
Maes Frederik
Maes Jochen
Martinez Alfonso
Meijerink Arjan
Peeters Michael
Pietquin Olivier
Reynaert Patrick
Rijmen Vincent
Ruan Da
Schomaker Lambert
Smolders Adrianus
Snoek Cees
Van der Aalst Wil
Van Hamme Hugo
Verhelst Werner D
Wambacq Patrick
Winkler Michael
Witvliet Benjamin

Congratulations to all new senior members! For more information on becomming a senior member, have a look at our own site or the IEEE official page. If in doubt, mail us

Benelux awarded at the sections congress

This year, the IEEE awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the IEEE Sections Congress in San Francisco. During this prestegious event, two Benelux members and a Benelux company were awarded for their contributions to our field.

Two Benelux laureates: Ingrid Daubechies and IMEC (represented by CEO Luc Van den hove).

Ingrid Daubechies (former professor at VUB): Pioneer of Wavelet Transforms, to Receive 2011 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal

Ingrid Daubechies with the Benelux representatives (from left to right: Jef Beerten, Jan Verveckken, Ingrid Daubechies, Martin Bastiaans and Dirk Van Hertem).

Willy Sansen (Professor KUL): IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award by the Solid State and Circuits Society (SSCS). (this award was presented at a society event, and not the sections congress.

The prestegious IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition 2011 goes to IMEC

Luc Van den hove (CEO) accepting the IEEE corporate innovation award for IMEC

Student paper contest 2011

At the Eurocon conference which was held in Lisabon in April 2011, the Student Paper Contest finals were held. The winner of this years edition is from our section, from the Leuven student branch:

Shailesh Kulkarni: "Design of a Ka-band Upconverter for Satellite Communication

Prestegious IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition 2011 goes to IMEC: We have been informed that (IMEC is the recipient of the IEEE Corporate Innovation Award. The award will be presented at the sections congress in San Francisco later this year.

Update on the IEEE milestone in Leiden
: For an update on the report of the milestone event, please have a look at the report of the IEEE technical council on superconductivity.

Martin Bastiaans (TU Eindhoven) ran for Region 8 Director-elect, and WON!

Also Cor Claeys (IMEC) has been elected to be Division 1 director-elect.

The IEEE annual elections resulted in an excelent result for the Benelux section. Our past-chair Martin Bastiaans has been elected to be 2011-2012 director-elect of Region 8, and 2012-1013 Region 8 director (Martin's webiste).

At the same time, Cor Claeys (IMEC), IEEE Benelux chairman 1999-2001, has been elected to represent division 1 at the IEEE board of directors as director-elect and director in 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 respectivily.

With this it is clear that the Benelux section provides global leadership within the IEEE.

Student paper contest 2010

At the Melecon conference which was held in Malta in April 2010, the Student Paper Contest 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.

December 2010 - Fellow Class of 2011

This year the Benelux section has proven once again that we have an outstanding technical society: we can welcome 8 new IEEE fellows! Congratulations to the new IEEE Fellows of the Benelux Section:

Kristin De Meyer - IMEC
for contributions to exploratory complementary metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors
Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois - ESA ESTEC
for contributions to understanding of radiation effects on electronic devices
Dirk M Klaassen - NXP Semiconductors
for contributions to semiconductor device modeling and simulation
Jean-Paul Linnartz - Eindhoven University of Technology
for leadership in security with noisy data
Kofi Makinwa - Delft University of Technology
for the development of precision analog circuits
Erik Jan Marinissen - IMEC
for contributions to modular testing of core-based system chips
Robert Puers - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
for contributions to implantable microelectromechanical systems
Wouter Serdijn - Delft University of Technology
for contributions to integrated circuits for medical devices and wireless communications

The complete list of all new fellows can be found here.
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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 2011.

November 29, 2009 - Martin Bastiaans has been awarded: 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)

May 29, 2009 - Eindhoven (CEDA - ES)

Official inauguration IEEE Benelux CEDA chapter on embedded systems
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

May 20 2009 - St. Petersburg, Russia Benelux students win 1^st and 3^rd 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.

May 13, 2009 - Antwerp (Benelux section)

50^th anniversary of IEEE Benelux section: read more on this page.

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 50^th anniversary. The Benelux section is together with Italy the oldest European section of IEEE and the 5^th largest section within region 8 (after UKRI, Germany, Italy and Spain).
The official date of the 50^th 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.”

March 6, 2009 - First IEEE Milestone in the Benelux (Eindhoven)

IEEE Milestones recognize the technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Each milestone recognizes a significant achievement that occurred at least twenty-five years ago in an area of technology represented in IEEE and having a large impact. To date, more than seventy-five Milestones have been approved and dedicated around the world. Initiated by the IEEE Benelux Section, the IEEE dedicated a Milestone to N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, with the following citation:

On 8 March 1979, N.V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken demonstrated for the international press a Compact Disc Audio Player. The demonstration showed that it is possible by using digital optical recording and playback to reproduce audio signals with superb stereo quality. This research at Philips established the technical standard for digital optical recording systems.

March 2009

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**The official plaque**

**IEEE president John Vig uncovering the plaque with Hans Noordanus and Martin Bastiaans**

13 February 2009 - IEEE Student paper contest: two Benelux papers accepted for the finals

The jury has selected two papers from the Benelux for the finals of the IEEE Region 8 student paper contest. The oral finals will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Eurocon conference in May. More information on the SPC webpage. The two Benelux candidates:

Jef Beerten - K.U.Leuven, Belgium,
Comparison of three-level torque hysteresis controllers for Direct Torque Control
Ralph Hermans - Eindhoven University of technology, the Netherlands,
Low-complexity model predictive control of electromagnetic actuators

21 January 2009 - New Executive Committee officers elected

At the IEEE Benelux Section General Meeting in Eindhoven, 21 January 2009, three new Executive Committee officers were elected:

Chair: G.G.E. (Georges) Gielen, KU Leuven
Vice Chair: W.C. (Wim) van Etten, retired U Twente
Secretary: D. (Dirk) Van Hertem, KU Leuven

two officers were re-elected:

Treasurer (B): D.H. (Dirk) Rabaey, Alcatel-Lucent, Antwerpen
Treasurer (NL): J.W.M. (Jan) Bergmans, TU Eindhoven

and the previous Chair and Secretary became automatically the Junior Past Chair and Junior Past Secretary, respectively:

Junior Past Chair (ex officio): M.J. (Martin) Bastiaans, TU Eindhoven
Junior Past Secretary (ex officio): R.W.C.G.R. (Ralph) Wijshoff, TU Eindhoven

For the complete list of Executive Committee officers, please check the Committee and Contacts web page.

3 December 2008 - Fellow Class of 2009

Congratulations to our 5 new IEEE Fellows of the Benelux Section:

Cor Claeys - IMEC - Leuven, Belgium,
for contributions to semiconductor device physics, defect engineering, and low frequency noise characterization
Piet Demeester - Ghent University - Gent, Belgium,
for contributions to optical communication networks and technologies
Jean-Pierre Hermand - Université libre de Bruxelles - Bruxelles, Belgium,
for contributions to geoacoustic inversion techniques for adaptive signal processing in ocean acoustics
José Pineda de Gyvez - NXP Semiconductors and Eindhoven University of Technology - Eindhoven, Netherlands,
for contributions to defect oriented testing of integrated circuits
Sabine Van Huffel - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Leuven, Belgium,
for contributions to total least squares fitting and computational biosignal processing

The complete list of all new fellows can be found here.

The deadline for Fellow nominations is 1 March 2009.

28 November 2008 - IEEE MGA GOLD Achievement Award

The 2008 IEEE MGA GOLD Achievement Award has been given to Adrian Pais, TNO Information and Communication Technology, Den Haag, Netherlands, for extraordinary leadership and valuable contributions to the development of the IEEE GOLDRush newsletter.

6 May 2008 - Ajaccio, Corsica, France Benelux students win 1st and 2nd prize in the Student Paper Contest

At the oral finals of the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest, which was held during MELECON 2008, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, 6 May 2008, Geert Hellings won the first prize with his paper "AlGaN Schottky diodes for detector applications in the UV wavelength range" and William Vandenberghe the 2nd prize with his paper "Analytical model for a tunnel field-effect transistor". Both students are from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. For more information, see the SPC web site.

27 November 2007 - IEEE Frederik Philips Award

The IEEE Frederik Philips Award - sponsored by Philips Electronics NV - has been given to Dr. Gilbert J. Declerck (F'IEEE), President and Chief Executive Officer, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, for leadership in the creation of international R&D alliances in semiconductor technologies.

21 November 2007 - Fellow Class of 2008

Congratulations to our 6 new IEEE Fellows of the Benelux Section:

Peter de Maagt - European Space Agency - Noordwijk, Netherlands,
for development and application of electromagnetic band gap materials and terahertz components and systems
Benoît Mathieu Macq - Université Catholique de Louvain - Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium
for contributions to visual communication technologies
Bram Nauta - University of Twente - Enschede, Netherlands,
for contributions to integrated analog circuit design
René Peter Paul Smeets - KEMA T&D Testing - Arnhem, Netherlands
for contributions to high-power switching technology
Rajan Srinivasan - University of Twente - Enschede, Netherlands,
for contributions to importance sampling and distributed detection in radar and communications
Paul M.J. Van den Hof - Delft University of Technology - Delft, Netherlands,
for contributions to system identification for control systems

The complete list of all new fellows can be found here.

The deadline for Fellow nominations is 1 March 2008.

11 September 2007 - Warsaw, Poland 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 2007, Warsaw, Poland, 11 September 2007, Wilm Decré won the first prize with his paper "Application of a generic constraint-based programming approach to an industrially relevant robot task with geometric uncertainties" and Jan Verveckken the 3rd prize with his paper "Design of inverse controller with cross-coupling suppression for UPFC series converter". Both students are from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. For more information, see the SPC web site.

10 April 2007 - Eindhoven Visit of president-elect candidate Marc Apter to the Benelux Section

Marc Apter will visit the Benelux Section on 10 April 2007 and will present a talk entitled "Computer Security, Explaining it to Managers and Executives". His presentation is preceded by a gathering with the Benelux Student Branches, and followed by a presentation by ASB-Security. After the presentations, there will be a reception during which IEEE Members can speak with Marc Apter in a casual atmosphere.
More information, especially for Student Branches, can be found on this web page.
If you want to attend, and meet and discuss with president-elect candidate Marc Apter, please send an email message to the Section secretary

. Marc's presentation starts at 16:00 hours.

Two Benelux finalists in the 2007 IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest

Two students from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Wilm Decré and Jan Verveckken, have been selected to present their papers entitled "Application of a generic constraint-based programming approach to an industrially relevant robot task with geometric uncertainties" and "Design of inverse controller with cross-coupling suppression for UPFC series converter", respectively, at the orals finals of the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest, which will take place in Warsaw, Poland, as part of IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2007, the International Conference on "Computer as a Tool" (9-12 September 2007). More information can be found on this web page.

19 January 2007 - New Executive Committee officers elected

At the IEEE Benelux Section General Meeting in Eindhoven, 19 January 2007, three new Executive Committee officers were elected:

Chair: dr.ir. M.J. (Martin) Bastiaans, TU Eindhoven
Vice Chair: prof.dr.ir. G.G.E. (Georges) Gielen, KU Leuven
Secretary: R.W.C.G.R. (Ralph) Wijshoff, B.Sc, TU Eindhoven

two officers were re-elected:

Treasurer (B): ir. D.H. (Dirk) Rabaey, Alcatel-Lucent, Antwerpen
Treasurer (NL): prof.dr.ir. J.W.M. (Jan) Bergmans, TU Eindhoven

and the previous Chair and Secretary became automatically the Junior Past Chair and Junior Past Secretary, respectively:

Junior Past Chair (ex officio): dr.ir. D. (Damien) Macq, AMI Semiconductor, Vilvoorde
Junior Past Secretary (ex officio): dr.ir. E. (Edgard) Laes, AMI Semiconductor, Vilvoorde

For the complete list of Executive Committee officers, please check the Committee and Contacts web page.

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