Dear R10 Committee Members,

IEEE Region 10 WIE Most Inspiring Engineer Award is given to individual or a team (maximum two members per team) of IEEE R10 WIE members that involved in the development and completion of a project(s) or activity(ies) which are directed to fulfill one or more of the goals and objectives and which have left an undeniable imprint on the fabric of WIE operations through service to society.

This year, the R10 WIE Committee received five nominations, and after careful consideration, the Committee has selected Prof. Riri Fitri Sari and Ms. Agnes Irwanti of Indonesia Section as the winners of 2011 IEEE R10 WIE Most Inspiring Engineer Award.

Prof. Riri Fitri Sari is a Professor of Computer Engineering at the Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia, Jakarta. Ms. Agnes Irwanti works as the Business Strategic and Development Director at Multikom Global Mediatama Company, Jakarta. They have initiated various activities to raise the awareness for women in engineering. Especially they’ve supported women and young people by imparting technical training, and implemented the PROGRESS project as the promotion campaign for the use of IT by women and young people in rural societies. Their activities using Information and Communication Technology have been significantly recognized domestically and internationally.

Congratulations on your achievements, Prof. Riri Fitri Sari and Ms. Agnes Irwanti!

Takako Hashimoto
R10 WIE Coordinator

Proudly we also congratulate Prof. Riri Fitri Sari and Ms. Agnes Irwanti for their excellent contribution for the profession, and the achievement. Thank you!

Venue:
Ruang Kuliah Biomedika
Ged. LabTek VIII, lt.3
Kampus ITB, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung

Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 09.00 – 11.00

The topic includes

• Introduction to IEEE & Professional Societies
• Student Membership & Membership Benefits
• How to Establish A New Student Branch in Your Institute/University
• Student Member Registration

The seminar is free, but seats are limited. To reserve your seat, please register before 19 November to Dini (dini@biomed.ee.itb.ac.id ) or Yus (yus_hara@yahoo.co.id) at Tata Usaha Teknik Biomedika, or call 022-253-4117.

Venue:
Ruang Rapat Kelas. Gedung Asta Gatra Lt III.
Lemhanas RI (National Institute of Resilience)
Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan no.10, Jakarta Pusat – 10110

Saturday, 19 November 2011, 10.00 – 14.00

This lecture discusses the basic concepts and development of multiport interferometer techniques (six-port in particular) and demonstrates their applications in the design of both ultra-wideband and carrier-based transceivers at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. Such emerging techniques can be extended to the design of transceivers over terahertz and optical ranges. Various architectures of the multiport circuits are discussed with respect to different applications. Practical implementations under different technological platforms are described with simulated and measured results for QAM and UWB applications. In particular, the equivalence between the multiport junction and mixing circuit is highlighted for direct frequency conversion and translation. It is shown that the proposed multiport technique is very promising and flexible for the low-cost design of microwave and millimeter-wave systems such as software-defined and cognitive radio architectures.

Prof. Ke Wu is the Tier-I Canada Research Chair in RF and millimeter-wave engineering at Ecole Polytechnique (University of Montreal). He has been the Director of the Poly-Grames Research Center and the Founding Director of the Center for Radiofrequency Electronics Research of Quebec. His current research interests involve substrate integrated circuits (SICs), antenna arrays, advanced CAD and modeling techniques, microwave photonics, and development of low-cost RF and millimeter-wave transceivers and sensors. He will be the General Chair of the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. He was the recipient of many awards and prizes including the first IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the 2004 Fessenden Medal of the IEEE Canada and the 2009 Thomas W. Eadie Medal of the Royal Society of Canada (The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada). Prof. Wu is an elected IEEE MTT-S AdCom member and served as the chair of the IEEE MTT-S Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Committee. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Due to a limited space, we could only provide 30 free seat for IEEE members, and 30 paid-seat for nonmembers. Fee for non-members is Rp 75.000,-

For registration, please contact: Catur Apriono / catur@ee.ui.ac.id / +62-813-8835-2190

So this week we planned, arranged, and carried out the event titled IEEE Day Lectures on LTE Development. The event was organised by the IEEE Indonesia Section and the IEEE Comsoc Indonesia Chapter, supported by IEEE Student Branch University of Indonesia and IEEE Student Branch Telkom Institute of Technology.

The venue was at @America. @America is a public room owned and managed by the US Embassy in Jakarta. Located in a business centre just in the centre of Jakarta, it is a high-technology cultural centre where people can explore, experience, and express their interests in fresh and exciting ways. In its physical and virtual spaces, the visitors can experience cool and cutting-edge technology, interactive games, and live events designed to generate interest and create communities.

In 2009-2010, the Comsoc Chapter has carried out a series of lectures, seminars, and technical meetings discussing the aspects of 4G Mobile Networks. In 2011, some network providers have started to implement some of the technologies discussed. The IEEE Day Lectures was to start the discussion of current implementation of technologies related to 4G Mobile in Indonesia. It commenced a series of discussion about many aspects, including the LTE Deployement, WiMAX positioning, IPTV implementation over 4G, cognitive radio, policies on spectrum, context-aware applications, etc.

The IEEE Day Lectures itself presented the speakers:

1. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Introduction to IEEE, and 4G Mobile Technology
2. Anto Sihombing, Digital Video Broadcast over LTE Network
3. Hazim Ahmadi, Lesson Learnt from LTE Trial in Indonesia
4. Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Regulatory and Industry Aspects of LTE

The aim is to update the public about the development of LTE, which is previously introduced in our lecture and seminar series titled Opening The Gate to 4G Mobile Networks. The lecture offered to inform the public about the current implementation of LTE in Indonesia, its regulatory and industrial aspects, its planned and projected applications, etc.

• Venue: @America, Pacific Place Level 3, Jakarta
• Date: Thursday, October 6th 2011
• Time: 18:45 – 20.45 (UCT+7)

Speakers:

1. Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, Introduction to IEEE, and 4G Mobile Technology
2. Anto Sihombing, Updates from LTE Forum
3. Hazim Ahmadi, Lesson Learnt from LTE Trial in Indonesia
4. Arief Hamdani Gunawan, Regulatory and Industry Aspects of LTE

The event is opened for public, freely.

2011 Region 10 Annual General Meeting at Yogyakarta

In remarks quoted on Sunday (03/06/2011) election of Indonesia as the host have very strategic influence in increasing awareness of the players advanced industrial presence in Asia to Indonesia. Particularly related to the technological advances that have been achieved by Indonesia in connection with research activities in the field of technology for human welfare, which involves the universities in Indonesia.

Organizations that have the tagline “advancing technology for Humanity” It consists of more than 407 thousand engineers around the world and is committed to its vision to increase technological advancement for the benefit of mankind.

Previously, the IEEE has stood for the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineer. But with the deepening development of the field, the IEEE is now no longer use it stands for, and simply called by the IEEE only.

People are more familiar with the IEEE of the various standards that have been publication, such as IEEE 802 to serial data communications (Ethernet, WiFi, Zigbee, WiMax, etc.), IEEE 1900 for future wireless communications, IEEE 1363 to cryptography, IEEE 1003 for the operating system, and others. Actually the IEEE is not just a standards body. This institution synergize research and other cooperation between the engineers worldwide to be able to design, implement, hold, and maximize various technologies for the benefit of mankind.

The number of IEEE members in Indonesia, numbering about 500, who collected in IEEE Indonesia Section. This year IEEE Indonesia Section is headed by Muhammad Ary Murti.

Present at the IEEE meeting in Yogyakarta is president-elect of the IEEE Gordon Day, Chairman of the IEEE Region 10 Lawrence Wong, the whole range of IEEE Region 10 of the entire Asia Pacific, and representatives from all member countries with a total audience reach 122 people.

From Indonesia, sent 12 people were members of the delegation, namely M. Ary Murti, MT (IT Telkom), as head of the delegation, Dr. Wahidin Wahab (UI); Prof. Dr. Ir. Riri Fitri Sari, MM, MSc (UI); Dr. Fitri Yuli Zulkifli, ST, MSc (UI); Arief Hamdani Gunawan, ST, Msi (PT Telkom); Kuncoro Wastuwibowo, MSc (PT. Telkom); Dr. Suryadiputra Liawatimena (Binus); Agnes Irwanti, SE (Multikom); Aryo Wibowo (IT Telkom), Ainun Jariyah (UI) and Satriyo Dharmawan, Msi (Menara Jakarta).

Strategic issues are reviewed in this annual meeting include, IEEE interest to expand activities with more giving attention to the local technology experts, activities involving students and recent graduates (GOLD, graduate of the last decade), the role female engineer (Wie, women in engineering), and increasing the role the insyinur, whether working in academia or in industry.

Download the instruction.

The organiser of the conference is the Industrial Engineering Department of UIN Sunan Kalijaga. IEEE Indonesia Section will support with technical co-sponsorship.

The keynote speakers of the ICIEBM 2010 are :

1. Professor Amin Abdullah, UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Indonesia
2. Dr. John Chelliah, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
3. Associate Professor Kuan Yew Wong, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
4. Ir. Made Dana Tangkas, Director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia and Chairman of the Industrial Engineers Association of Indonesia (ISTMI), Indonesia.
5. Professor Mudrajat Kuncoro, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Papers are invited to address any of the following aspects, but are not limited to:

• Decision Analysis and Methods
• E-Business and E-Commerce
• Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
• Ergonomics
• Facilities Planning and Management
• Global Manufacturing and Management
• Information Processing and Engineering
• Innovation Management
• Intelligent Systems
• Manufacturing Systems
• Operations Research
• Production Planning and Control
• Project Management
• Quality Control and Management
• Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
• Safety, Security and Risk Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Modeling and Simulation
• Technology and Knowledge Management

For more information, please visit: http://iciebm.com/

Summary:

1. The financial report, officer and activities reports are already submitted to IEEE R10.
2. New student branches are reported. Now we have three student branches:
   • University of Indonesia Student Branch, chair: Arriyadhul Qolbi
   • Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November Student Branch
   • Institut Teknologi Telkom Student Branch, chair: Aryo De Wibowo M. S
3. Some of previous activities:
   • 9 January 2010 @ Bandung: 1st (Educational) Section Meeting >> Section
   • 16 January 2010 @ Jakarta (Binus): Opening the Gates to 4G Mobile : LTE and WiMAX II >> COMSOC Chapter
   • 23 January 2010 @Bandung : Opening the Gates to Digital TV >> COMSOC Chapter
   • 28 January 2010 @Bandung (TELKOM RDC): (Technical) Opening the Gates to Mind Mapping >> Section
   • 30 January 2010 @Jakarta (Binus): Opening the Gates to Digital TV >> COMSOC Chapter
   • 13 February 2010 @ Bandung (IT TELKOM): Opening the Gates to 4G Mobile : LTE and WiMAX II >> COMSOC Chapter
   • 20 February 2010 @ Surabaya (UPH): Opening the Gates to 4G Mobile : LTE and WiMAX II >> COMSOC Chapter
   • 12 Maret 2010 @ Jakarta (TELKOM) Officer Meeting >> Section
   • 15 Maret 2010 @ Bandung (ITB) Officer Meeting >> Section
4. The meeting share IEEE conference management files from 2008, IEEE Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO). The results could be delivered in IEEE Educational Activities. The conference management might be presented to member and coordinated with Dr. Marzuki Khalid by M. Ary Murti.
5. The potential technical meeting for the section are
   • Mind Mapping by Dr. Suryadiputra Liawatimena
   • Control/Robotic by Dr. Wahidin Wahab
   • Artificial Intelligence by Marzuki Khalid
6. The potential next Education Meeting and Technical Meeting @ Student Branches (Jakarta-UI, Surabaya-ITS and Bandung-ITB) and Yogyakarta.
7. Regarding to the R10 Meeting 2011 @ Yogyakarta; Indonesia Section Gift Sponsorship Proposal and distinguished lecturer hosting are opened to student branches, chapters and universities.
8. TENCON 2011 will be held 21-24 November 2010 and is opened for sponsors, co-sponsors, and supporting institutions.
9. Next meeting will be held in the beginning of July 2010

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Formerly known as DFMA (Distributed Framework for Multimedia & Applications), DFmA (Distributed Frameworks & Applications) is the series of annual Franco – Malaysia Conference on Multimedia that has already initiated in 2005 by the University Franche-Comté and the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to provide a forum for researchers in computer science from both countries and to promote interaction with researchers from other regions as well. DFmA is an international conference born from the collaboration between Network Research Group, School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia and the Laboratoire d’Informatique de l’Université de Franche-Comté, France. DFmA is technically co-sponsored by IEEE. The first conference was held in Besançon, France in February 2005, and the latest conference (DFmA) was held in Penang on 21-22 October 2008.

Papers are invited on all aspects of multimedia, but particularly sought are those addressing aspects of the theme. An indicative list of such aspects includes:

Multimedia

• Biomedical Visualization and Applications
• Distributed and Parallel Systems
• Distributed Systems Modeling
• Distributed Algorithms and Protocols
• Virtual Collaborative Environments
• High-speed Communications
• Image, File and Audio-Video Compression, Coding and Encryption
• Intelligent Multimedia Signal Processing
• Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
• Multi-agent Systems
• Multimedia Communications and Systems
• Multimedia Database and Retrieval
• Multimedia Industrial Applications
• Multimedia using Web Services
• Multimedia sensor networks
• Multimedia over mobile peer-to-peer networks
• Wireless Multimedia systems
• Network Quality of Service
• Ontology for Multimedia
• Security and Privacy
• Virtual Reality

Artificial Intelligence

• Adaptive Systems
• AI and Creativity
• AI Architectures
• Artificial Life
• Autonomous Systems
• Intelligent Agents, Multi-agent Systems
• Intelligent Distributed Systems
• Intelligent Information Retrieval

Data Mining

• Parallel and Distributed Data Mining Algorithms
• Data Streams Mining
• Graph Mining
• Spatial Data Mining
• Text video, Multimedia Data Mining
• Web Mining
• Security and Information Hiding Data Mining
• Data Mining Algorithms
• Agent Technology for Data Mining
• Legal Aspects for Data Mining
• Social Aspects for Data Mining

Applications

• Cultural Heritage Preservation, Curation and Presentation
• Autonomous Tour Guide Agents, Both Robotic and Virtual
• Entertainment, Computer Games, Storytelling
• Semantic Web

More information: http://dfma2010.cs.ugm.ac.id