Malaysia - IEEE Region 10

IEEE Malaysia Section Report (2012)
PART A - SECTION SUMMARY
A.1 Executive Summary
A.1.1 The Section Executive Committee members for year 2012 being elected during the 22nd
Annual General Meeting on 7th January 2012 and their portfolio are as follow:
No.
1.
Portfolio
Chair
Member Name
Mahamod Ismail
2.
Vice-Chair /Membership/Chapter
Development
Mustafar Kamal Hamzah
3.
Hon. Secretary
Zuhaina Zakaria
4.
Hon. Treasurer
Suhaila Subahir
5.
Professional Activities/Industrial Relation
Zainal Abu Kassim
6.
Communication/Newsletter
Zainab Abu Bakar
7.
Educational Activities
Hafizal Mohamad
8.
Student Activities
Md Pauzi Abdullah
9.
Past Chair/Award and Recognition
Zaiki Awang
10.
Auditor
Christopher Chew
11.
Auditor
Norliza M Noor
A total of five executive committee meetings and two chapter chairs meetings were held during
the year of 2012.
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A.1.2 Section Highlights
A.1.2.1 IEEE Malaysia Section again successfully carried out a lot of activities ranging from
conferences and technical talks to social events. An increase in the number of members
indicates positive development in our effort to attract electrical engineering
professionals to IEEE. The section has also conducted two workshops to assist
members to elevate to Senior Member grade. As a result, the number of senior member
has increased from 143 in 2011 to 180 in 2012.
Another major event this year was Leadership Training Camp to provide the Chapter
Chairs comprehensive information to run the chapters.
The bulk of financial resources were spent on supporting Chapter activities through
grants and technical related activities. 2012 has also observed the formation of a new
Chapter, Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
A.1.2.2 Among the major conferences successfully organized in 2012 are listed below: Organizational
Unit
PE031
Date
Jun 2012
ED15
Sep 2012
PHO036
Oct 2012
3.
Conference
2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference
(PEOCO)
2012 10th IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics
(ICSE)
2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Photonics (ICP)
4.
2012 IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCAS)
CAS004
Oct 2012
5.
2012 IEEE Conference on Sustainable Utilization and Development in
Engineering and Technology (STUDENT2012)
2012 IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS)
SMC028
Oct 2012
C16
Oct 2012
CPMT021
Nov 2012
C23
Nov 2012
VT06/COM19
Nov 2012
IE13/IA34/PEL35,
PE031
Malaysia Section
Dec 2012
AP03/MTT17/EMC
27
EMB018
Dec 2012
1.
2.
6.
7.
2012 35th IEEE/CPMT International Electronics Manufacturing
Technology Conference (IEMT)
8. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and
Engineering (ICCSCE)
9. 2012 International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies
(ISTT)
10. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon)
11. 2012 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD)
12. 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics
(APACE)
13. 2012 IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
(IECBES 2012)
Dec 2012
Dec 2012
A.1.2.3 Mahamod Ismail and Mustafar Kamal Hamzah attended the 2012 IEEE Region 10
meeting on 3rd – 4th March in Kolkata, India.
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A.2:
Financial Report
As given in Treasurer’s report.
PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
B.1 Membership Development Activities
B.1.1: The objectives of the Membership Development Committee (MDC) of IEEE Malaysia are
as follows:
- To increase the number of professional and student members
- To retain as many members as possible
- To promote more members to Senior Members or even Fellow
- To set up more Society Chapters and Student Branches
B.1.2: The total number of active members as of 31st December 2012 is 2,880 with the trends
presented below.
Total Members of IEEE Malaysia SecJon 1663 2007 2052 1975 2008 2009 2302 2010 2464 2011 2880 2012 Figure 1: Total Number of IEEE Malaysia Active Members
2009 2010 2011 Affiliate Associat
Member e 2012 Student Graduat Member Senior Life Member e Member Member Member Fellow 2009 13 56 459 310 1089 124 0 1 2010 63 73 402 404 1231 128 1 0 2011 53 89 276 364 1535 143 3 1 2012 47 83 258 489 1820 180 2 1 Figure 2 : IEEE Malaysia Active Members by Grade (2009-­‐2012)
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In general, the number of IEEE Malaysia active members in 2012 increased by 17% compared to
2011 as shown in Figure 1. This is contributed from increases in the number of active members
in all grades (except Affiliate, Associate, Student and Life Member) as depicted in Figure 2.
B.1.3: The number of members according to the technical societies in 2012 compared to the last
three years are as shown below:
Code
Society
2009
AES010
Aerospace and Electronic Systems
31
2010
22
AP003
Antennas and Propagation
90
88
53
60
BT002
Broadcast Technology
28
14
5
6
C016
Computer
466
426
262
256
CAS004
Circuits and Systems
118
139
75
84
CE008
Consumer Electronics
48
40
13
19
CIS011
Computational Intelligence
48
78
53
63
COM019
866
760
388
363
CPMT021
Communications
Components, Packaging and
Manufacturing
50
44
CS023
Control Systems
89
85
66
70
DEI032
Dielectric and Electrical Insulation
22
25
20
19
E025
Education
42
70
43
42
ED015
Electron Devices
121
108
88
88
EMB018
Engineering in Medicine and Biology
38
67
56
75
EMC027
Electromagnetic Compatibility
41
37
21
25
GRS029
Geoscience and Remote Sensing
22
25
21
37
IA034
Industry Applications
58
65
35
32
IE013
Industrial Electronics
60
80
46
53
IM009
Instrumentation and Measurement
51
65
27
35
IT012
Information Theory
34
22
6
5
ITS038
Intelligent Transportation
9
9
3
3
MAG033
Magnetic Society
15
16
14
12
MTT017
Microwave Theory and Techniques
114
100
65
63
NPS005
Nuclear Plasma Science
5
6
-
3
OE022
Oceanic Engineering
8
20
19
12
PC026
Professional Communication
16
11
5
5
PE031
Power and Energy Society
168
159
141
137
PEL035
Power Electronics
41
68
67
56
PHO036
Photonics Society
75
73
50
47
63
4 2011
11
2012
11
40
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Code
Society
2009
PSE043
Product Safety Engineering
2
2010
3
2011
3
2012
RA024
Robotics and Automation
67
95
79
108
RL007
Reliability
29
21
13
10
SIT030
Social Implications of Technology
22
24
9
10
SMC028
Systems, Man and Cybernetics
35
55
42
35
SP001
Signal Processing
120
129
86
100
SSC37
Solid-State Circuits
62
44
29
31
UFF020
Ultrasonics, Ferroelectric
10
7
5
5
VT006
Vehicular Technology
30
44
19
15
WIE050
Women in Engineering
266
192
141
108
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B.1.4: Social Meetings and Membership Drives were carried out by Chapters at various
institutions/organizations through various ways such as promoting IEEE Membership
during conferences and workshops amongst others. As a result, the number of IEEE
members in Malaysia has increased for 2012. In addition, Malaysia Section continues its
effort to increase the number of Senior Member by organizing two Senior Member
Elevation workshops. In the workshop, assistance on the online application and list of
references was given to eligible members. This initiative was effective with 26%
increases in Senior Membership elevation for 2012.
B.2 Chapter Activities
B.2.1: There are four joint chapters, fifteen chapters, and two affinity groups under IEEE Malaysia
Section. The technical chapter and affinity group chairs are as shown in Appendix.
B.2.2: A new chapter Geoscience and Remote Sensing was formed in late 2012.
B.2.3: Most of the chapters were active and the less active chapters have been supervised by
Membership /Chapter Development portfolio.
B.2.4: Chapter Activities
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AP03/MTT17/EMC27
C016
CAS04
CE008
COM16/VT006
CPMT021
CSS023
E025
ED015
EMB018
GOLD
IM009
MTT-S/EDS/SSCS Penang
PE031
PEL035/IE013/IA034
PHO36
RA024
SMC028
SP001
WIE050
9
8
4
4
5
12
21
5
13
21
2
1
1
2
31
28
1
3
14
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
8
1
1
-
Non-technical
Technical-talk
/seminar
/Workshop
Conferences
/Symposium
Adm. meeting
The activities for chapters were summarized as follows:
25
16
4
3
6
4
1
-
7
12
3
10
54
10
10
5
18
20
13
1
3
21
-
5
2
16
1
1
24
1
1
5
-
(i) For details of each item, please refer to the chapter annual report in the respective chapter AGM.
(ii) The figures above are based on the L31 reported statistics from https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/main as
of 11.30 pm 3rd January 2013.
B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities
B.3.1 Professional Activities /Industrial Relation
B.3.1.1 Freescale Cup 2012 was organized by Freescale Semiconductor (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and
supported by IEEE Malaysia Section. This year it was held in UiTM as the host on the
1st December 2012. A total of 32 teams from 20 public and private universities
participated in the competition.
Winners for Freescale Cup Competition:
1st Place – Swinburne University of Technology (Team: Swinburne 2)
2nd Place – Swinburne University of Technology (Team: Swinburne 1)
3rd Place – Team T1 Monash University
Best Design Award – Universiti Malaya (Team: R.E.D)
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B.3.2 Educational Activities
B.3.2.1
Leadership Camp with the purpose of providing training and sharing experiences with
new chapter chairs, secretaries and treasurers on the running of Chapters. This was
held on the 24th March 2012 at Hotel Impian, Morib. This activity was aimed to
enhance leadership amongst the Malaysian Chapters. The speakers were Mahamod
Ismail, Zaiki Awang, Mustafar Kamal Hamzah, Zuhaina Zakaria and Suhaila Subahir.
B.3.2.2
IEEE Malaysia Section co-organized a talk titled “The Process of Outcome-Based
Education: Implementation, Assessment and Outcomes” with the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, UiTM on the 8th June 2012. The speaker was Prof Muhammad H.Rashid
from University of West Florida.
B.3.2.3
A workshop on Senior Member Elevation was held in UKM on the 14th July 2012. 62
IEEE members attended this workshop. On the 12th November 2012, a similar
workshop was organized in UniMAP.
B.3.2.4
IEEE Malaysia Section also supported Region 10 in organizing South East Asia (SEA)
Conference Organisers Leadership Workshop which was held on the 20th - 21st
October in Kuala Lumpur. About 50 participants representing the SEA IEEE
Sections attended the workshop.
B.4 Students Activities
B.4.1:
No.
1
There are 14 student branches under IEEE Malaysia Section. The name of Counselors
and Chairs for IEEE Student Branches as of 31 December 2012 is listed below:
Name of IEEE Student Branch
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM)
Counselor
Musse Mohamud Ahmed
2
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Saleh Javadi
Ramizi Mohamed
3
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Fatimah Ibrahim
4
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
5
Universiti Multimedia (MMU)
6
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
7
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
8
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
9
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)
10
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
Wisam Al fakhri
Rodery Samuel Anak
Terry Manak
Umair Ashfaq Bhatti
Muhammad Adil B.
Ismail
Mohd Akmal Mohd
Yusoff
Siti Nurhidayah Naqiah
Abdul Rani
Mohd Nazmin Syahmi
Zaini
-
11
Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten)
Aiman Ismail
Yasmin H Md Thayoob
12
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Hau Lee Cheun
Morris Abraham G Ezra
13
Monash University- Sunway Campus
YiXiong Chong
Madhavan Shanmugavel
14
Curtin University of Technology- Sarawak Campus
Esther Ling
Alpha Agape
7 Chair
-
Farrah Wong Hock Tze
Mohamad Yusoff Alias
Azura Che Soh
Mohd Rizal Arshad
Mazlina Esa
Anees Abdul Aziz
Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin
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B.4.2: There was no new student branch formed in 2012. Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
has shown interest to form IEEE Student Branch.
B.4.3: Student Activities
B.4.3.1
The 2012 IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (IEEE-SCORED
2012) was sponsored by UiTM IEEE Student Branch and co-sponsored by the IEEE
Malaysia Section. The conference was held at Parkroyal Hotel, Penang, Malaysia from
5th – 6th December 2012. The conference attracted more than 100 paper submissions
with 60 papers accepted for presentation. The 2013 IEEE SCORED will be hosted by
UKM IEEE Student Branch.
B.4.3.2
Workshop for IEEE Student Branch’s Chair and Counselors were held at Fakulti
Kejuruteraan & Alam Bina UKM on 14th July 2012. The aim of the workshop is to
provide information on the roles of student branch as well as sharing experiences
between student branches.
Representatives from seven IEEE Student Branches
participated in the workshop.
B.4.4: Student Branch Activities
Each IEEE Student Branch has completed a number of activities for the year 2012. The
summary of activities is listed in the Appendix.
B.5 Affinity Group Activities
B.5.1 Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD)
In 2012, IEEE Malaysia GOLD Affinity Group organized various activities which
involved GOLD members and students. In general, most of the activities carried out were
technical and social related activities. Prominent speakers from industry such as Intel and
Emerald Systems Design Center were invited for the technical activities. The number of
GOLD members, undergraduate and postgraduate students participating in this year
activities have been increased compared to previous years.
Nevertheless, due to time constraints among the committee members, several 2012
activities were postponed, in particular IEEE Gold Singapore visit, and Leadership
Career Development Program for IEEESB. It is hope that these activities can be carried
out in 2013.
B.6 Awards & Recognition Activities
B.6.1 Award constituted by the section
The Section gave away the following awards at the IEEE Malaysia Annual Award and
Appreciation Night held on 19th January 2013 at Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside. 8 IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION – ANNUAL REPORT 2012
i.
Best Volunteer Award - Dr Lee Yoot Khuan
ii. Best Chapter Award – PELS/IA/IE Joint Chapter
• 1st Runner Up – EMBS Malaysia Chapter
• 2nd Runner Up – AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter
B.7 Communication Activities (Newsletter, Home Page, E-mail etc.)
B.7.1 Newsletter
Communication/Newsletter Portfolio created IEEE Malaysia section Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/IEEE.my to provide alternative communication between
members. As of 31st Dec 2012, the number registered is 117.
B.7.2 Home Page
IEEE Malaysia Section’s homepage has moved to the new domain at
http://www.ieeemy.org. The Chapters, Student Branches and Affinity Groups may be
reached via the link on the homepage.
B.7.3 Other means of contact
The section also communicated via the following mailing-list/googlegroups with
restricted access.
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
PART C: OTHERS
C.1:
Relationship with National Societies
The Section has good relations with national professional bodies or societies. Several conferences
organized by the Section were either co-organized with these bodies or participated by their
members.
C.2
Problems to be Anticipated
The decrease in student numbers needs to be addressed more aggressively by all concerned. All
chapters also need to be more pro-active in attracting members by increasing their presence
through organizing more high-impact activities.
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PART D: GOALS AND PLANS
D.1
Continuation of Project/Activity in Progress and Their Implementation Plans
The Section will continue support all activities that already in the pipeline from the previous
years. The Section will monitor so that the implementation of all activity is according to the IEEE
By-laws and benefits the members. At the same time the Section will continue have activities that
will nurtures the IEEE Malaysia Student Branch so that they remain active and relevant to their
community.
D.2
Goals and Future Plans
The IEEE Malaysia Section goal is to be the leader of technical society for electrical and
electronic engineers in the country. We hope to increase the visibility of IEEE among the
public and to enhance benefits to members by providing members with access to high quality
technical information through lectures, short courses, workshops and conferences. We are
also putting more efforts in promoting community services Malaysian-wide by increasing
cooperation with the industry and society at large.
The Section also plans to attract more members and upgrade the membership status of its
members. Efforts to increase student members and student branches will be carried out more
actively.
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st
Financial Report for Year Ended 31 December 2012
st
Bank balance as at 31 December 2011
st
Cash in hand as at 31 December 2011
102,461.29
374.00
st
Total Bank balance and Cash in hand as at 31 December 2011
102,835.29
st
INCOME AND EXPENSE STATEMENT for year ended 31 December 2012
INCOME
1
RM
2011 Section Rebate from IEEE HQ (USD15,598.05)
Local Cheque
Award for GOLD
2011 Student Rebate from IEEE HQ (USD336)
47,752.81
400.00
1,448.53
950.24
Travel Allowance from R10
2
RM
Professional Activity (Conference/Seminar/Short Course/Society)
Surplus from RFM2011
Surplus from MICC/APCC 2011
Surplus from CET 2011
Surplus from ISIEA 2011
Surplus from ISWTA 2011
Surplus from ICSIPA 2011
Surplus from ISCI 2011
Surplus from ICCAIE 2011
Surplus from SHUSER 2011
Surplus from CHUSER 2011
Surplus from ISBEIA 2011
2,908.89
53,460.47
11,590.68
15,000.00
600.00
7,500.00
1,500.00
3,036.14
3,000.00
1,500.00
3,000.00
1,500.00
7,500.00
55,726.82
TOTAL INCOME
109,187.29
EXPENDITURE
1
Meeting and Social Events
93,841.44
93.841.44
2
Secretariat and Operating Expenses
4,800.00
4,800.00
3
Professional Activities
7,014.00
7,014.00
4
Conference Expenses
5,000.00
5,000.00
5
Miscellaneous
415.50
415.50
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
106,070.94
2012 SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)
3,116.35
st
SUMMARY OF BANK BALANCE AND CASH IN HAND as at 31 December 2012
Bank balance as at 31st December 2011
102,461.29
Cash in hand as at 31st December 2011
374.00
102,835.29
2012 Surplus
3,116.35
Total cash and Bank Balance as at 31st December 2012
105,951.64
REPRESENTED BY:
Bank balance as at 31st December 2012
Cash in hand as at 31st December 2012
105,812.64
139.00
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APPENDIX
List of Joint Chapters/Societies/Affinity Groups
Name
Chapter Chair
Joint Chapters
Antenna & Propagation (AP), Microwave
Theory and Techniques (MTT) and
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Mohd Kamal Abd Rahim
Communication (ComSoc) and Vehicular
Technology (VT)
Tiong Sieh Kiong
Power Electronics (PELS), Industrial
Applications (IA) and Industrial Electronics (IE)
Mustafar Kamal Hamzah
Electron Devices (EDS), Microwave Theory and
Techniques (MTT) and Solid-State Circuits
(SSCS), Penang
Jagadheswaran Rajendran
Power and Energy Society (PES)
Society
Izham Zainal Abidin
Computer Society (CS)
Mohd Rawidean Kassim
Electron Devices (EDS)
Ibrahim Ahmad
Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing
Technology (CPMT)
Lim Wee Teck
Signal Processing (SP)
Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi
Instrumentation and Measurement (IM)
Sheroz Khan
Photonic (PS)
Fairuz Abdullah
Circuits and Systems (CAS)
Maryam Mohd Isa
Robotic and Automation (RAS)
S.Parasuraman
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Control (CS)
Mohd Nasir Taib
Education (EduSoc)
Low Sew Ming
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)
Lee Yoot Khuan
Consumer Electronics
Abdul Rahman Ramli
System, Man and Cybernetics
Wang Xin
Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Affinity Group
Graduate of Last Decade (GOLD)
Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor
IEEE Malaysia Women in Engineering (WIE)
Titik Khawa Abdul Rahman
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APPENDIX
Summary of IEEE Student Branch Activities
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa
Malaysia (UIAM)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM)
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
(UMS)
Universiti Multimedia (MMU)
1
2
3
4
5
6
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM)
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM)
Universiti Teknologi Mara
(UiTM)
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
(UTP)
Universiti Tenaga Nasional
(Uniten)
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
(UTAR)
Monash University- Sunway
Campus
Curtin University of
Technology- Sarawak Campus
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Student
Member
Graduate
Student
Member
Total
7
12
19
24
10
2
-
1
18
19
-
3
3
-
3
27
30
36
1
3
-
10
4
14
8
42
13
55
21
1
4
4
11
28
39
-
-
-
-
3
19
22
15
10
14
14
15
71
86
6
8
4
-
59
29
88
-
-
-
-
1
14
15
2
4
2
1
2
12
14
6
-
-
14
60
2
62
3
1
3
1
8
7
15
10
9
9
-
7
2
9
14 Others
Non-technical
IEEE Student Branch
Technical
No.
Administrative
meeting
Membership as of 31 Dec 2011
[source: Annual statistics of IEEE]
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