R4 Conferences Report

S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Conference Coordinator (hossein.mousavinezhad@ieee.org)

IEEE Region 4 Meeting

January 27-28, 2007

Marriott Hotel, Chicago

In the late 1990s, there was a decision to sponsor R4Annual Conferences

First Electro/Information Technology (e IT) Conferencestarted in June 2000 in Chicago

There are other conferences organized by sections in theRegion 4

Technical Sessions, Professional Track, Exhibits,Workshops, Tutorials, Keynote Presentations

• IEEE R4, East, Central, West Areas

• We are Networking the World!e IT Conferences:• 2001: Rochester, Michigan• 2003: Indianapolis, Indiana• 2004: Milwaukee, Wisconsin• 2005: Lincoln, Nebraska• 2006: E. Lansing, Michigan• 2007: Chicago, Illinois• 2008: Iowa State University• 2009: University of Windsor• 2010: Twin Cities?

ECE Applications in IT• Wireless Communications• Telemedicine• Signal/Image Processing• Soft Computing• Reliability, Ethical/Social Issues• Power Electronics• Nanotechnology, MEMS• Intelligent Control Systems• Professional Development

Workshops

Keynote Speakers include:

Brian Halla, National Semiconductor

Kirstie Bellman, Aerospace Corporation

Lotfi Zadeh, UC Berkeley

Mark Smith, Purdue, Georgia Tech

Martha Sloan, Michigan Tech

Hojjat Adeli, Ohio State

Vasundra Varadan, NSF ECS Div.

Laurence Wolfe, CIO, NIH

Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology

Suggested Topics for eit PAPERS:

Soft Computing, Wireless Communications, Wavelet Transforms, Micro Electromechanical Systems & Mechatronics,

Reconfigurable Systems, Middleware Architecture in the IT World, Power Electronics,

Electronic Design Automation, Solid State, Consumer Electronics (including Automotive), Intelligent Control Systems,

Mathematical Modeling, Error Reduction, Reliability Issues, Telemedicine, Nanotechnology. 

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