ieee hong kong section 2012 report

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IEEE Hong Kong Section 2012 Report

This report was prepared with the collective efforts of

the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s volunteers.

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2012 Report for the IEEE Hong Kong Section PART A - SECTION SUMMARY

A.1 Executive Summary – (Please follow the format given below)

• Section Executive Committee Member List IEEE Hong Kong Section Executive Committee 2012

Chair Henry Chan Chair-Elect Norbert Cheung

Honorary Treasurer S.W. Cheung Honorary Secretary Eric Ma Immediate Past Chair / Nominations & Appointments C Y Chung Chapters Operation/Promotion Coordinator Stanley Wong Educational Activities Rosanna Chan External Liaison Coordinator Edward Cheung Membership Development Peter Tam Newsletter Editor & Webmaster Y W Liu Student Activities Wilson Chu Technical Activities Coordinator Ricky Lau Professional & Career Activities Tim Woo Public Relations Ray Cheung Chapter Chairs

AP03/MTT17 Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques Joint Chapter Chair

Hang Wong

CAS04/COM19 Circuits and Systems/Communications Joint Chapter Chair

W H Lau

CE08 Consumer Electronics Chapter Chair Bernard C Fong CIS11 Computational Intelligence Chapter Chair Chi Wing Wong C16 Computer Chapter Chair Y T Yu CPMT21 Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter Chair

Joseph P Choy

CS23/RA24 Robotics and Automation/Control Systems Joint Chapter Chair

Wei-Hsin Liao

E25 Education Chapter Chair Rosanna Chan ED15/SSC37 Electron Devices/Solid State Circuit Joint Chapter Chair

Ka Nang Leung

EMB18 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter Chair

Alfred Cheukhang Yu

EMC27 Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter Chair Leung C Fung IA34/IE13/PE31/PEL35 Industry Applications /Industry Electronics/Power Engineering/Power Electronics Joint Chapter Chair

Eric Z Ma

IT12 Information Theory Chapter Chair Chandra M Nair MAG33 Magnetics Chapter Chair Philip Wing Tat Pong PHO36 Photonics Chapter Chair Chun-Kit Chan PSE Product Safety Engineering Chapter Chair Hing K Lau SMC28 Systems, Man and Cybernetics Chapter Chair James Liu SP01 Signal Processing Chapter Chair Lai-Man Po TM14 Technology Management Chapter Chair Edwin King W Cheung

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IEEE Hong Kong Section Student Branches

Post Name HKU Student Branch Counselor S W Cheung CUHK Student Branch Counselor Tan Lee PolyU Student Branch Counselor H W Ngan CityU Student Branch Counselor Ray Cheung HKUST Student Branch Counselor Tim Woo OUHK Student Branch Counselor Kevin Hung

IEEE Hong Kong Section Honorary Advisors

Name Affiliation Nim Cheung The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute

(ASTRI) Paul Cheung Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

The University of Hong Kong P C Ching Vice President

The Chinese University of Hong Kong P S Chung Department of Electronic Engineering

City University of Hong Kong K P Wong Department of Electrical Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University W C Siu Department of Electronic & Information Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jerome Liu Legal Advisor

• Section Highlights 2012 was a special year for the IEEE Hong Kong Section as we celebrated our 40th anniversary1. In the past 40 years, many Innovative, Enthusiastic, Energetic, Efficient, Hardworking, and Kind (IEEE-HK) volunteers have made significant efforts and contributions for the IEEE Hong Kong Section, laying our foundation and paving our way. We are also committed to collaborating with the IEEE Headquarters, IEEE Region 10 and other IEEE organization units to achieve the mission of IEEE. Indeed, several chapters of the IEEE Hong Kong Section have received awards and recognitions in recent years, such as the Best Chapter Award (from the IEEE Photonics Society) by the Photonics Chapter in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Chapter of the Year Award by the Joint Chapter of Robotics & Automation and Control Systems in 2012 and 2008; and the Chapter Achievement Award (from the IEEE Education Society) by the Education Chapter in 2012. In 2012, 14 IEEE senior members in Hong Kong have been elected as IEEE Fellows and they received the fellowship certificates from the IEEE President in January 2012. Recently, a student member of the IEEE Hong Kong Section has won the 3rd prize in the IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Competition. Hong Kong was honored to be the venue for the IEEE Board of Directors (BoD) meeting in early 2012. To mark this important event, we organized the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception in January 2012, celebrating our 40th anniversary with the IEEE BoDs, including the IEEE President 2011, IEEE President 2012, IEEE President 2013, IEEE Region 10 Director and other important people. Hundreds of IEEE members and other important guests joined this successful event. This event has also greatly promoted the image of IEEE. During this special year, IEEE Hong Kong Section’s representatives have visited IEEE Asia Pacific Office, IEEE Beijing Section, and IEEE Beijing office with the aim of strengthening and enhancing our relationship with other IEEE organization units. In 2012, IEEE Hong Kong Section has also launched two important conferences in collaboration with other IEEE organization units. In August 2012, the IEEE Hong Kong Section launched the first IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) into the Asia Pacific with the IEEE Education Society. TALE is intended to complement the other two IEEE education

1 While the IEEE Hong Kong Section was formed in December 1971 according to the IEEE record, it was formally registered in Hong Kong in 1972. Therefore, we celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2012.

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conferences, namely Frontiers in Education in IEEE Region 1-7 and EDUCON in IEEE Region 9. To support the IEEE Headquarters’ Cloud Computing Initiative, the IEEE Hong Kong Section also actively participated in organizing the IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress in November 2012. The congress was launched successfully in Shenzhen by the IEEE President. To support the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative of the IEEE Headquarters, the IEEE Hong Kong Section has set up the IEEE Hong Kong Section Cloud and Testbed with the industrial sponsorship from Citic Telecom CPC in 2012. We welcome collaboration with other IEEE organization units through this testbed. Furthermore, to support the IEEE SIGHT initiative, the IEEE Hong Kong Section has formed the IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT, which was launched in 2012 with the IEEE President-Elect. Last but not least, the chapters of the IEEE Hong Kong Section have organized many technical activities. Please refer to the following sections for the details. Furthermore, attached please also find a special booklet for the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th anniversary. This booklet gives an overview of the recent and past activities of the IEEE Hong Kong Section to support the vision of IEEE. In the years to come, we look forward to continuing our collaboration with other sections of the IEEE Region 10 and with other IEEE organization units for advancing technology for humanity.

Summary

• Celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2012 with the IEEE Board of Directors

• Organized the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception in January 2012

• Received the Best Chapter Award (from the IEEE Photonics Society) by the

Photonics Chapter in 2009, 2010 and 2011

• Received the Chapter of the Year Award by the Joint Chapter of Robotics & Automation and Control Systems in 2012 and 2008

• Received the Chapter Achievement Award (from the IEEE Education Society)

by the Education Chapter in 2012

• 14 IEEE senior members in Hong Kong were elected as IEEE Fellows

• A student won the 3rd prize in the IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Competition

• Visited IEEE Asia Pacific Office, IEEE Beijing Section and IEEE Beijing Office

• Launched the first IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment,

and Learning for Engineering (TALE) into the Asia Pacific with the IEEE Education Society in August 2012

• Launched the first IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress in November

2012

• Set up IEEE Hong Kong Section Cloud and Testbed with industrial sponsorship

• Set up IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT (launched with IEEE President-Elect)

• Organized many technical activities by the chapters

(Please see the special booklet in the appendix.)

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• Major Events (International, National) In January 2012, we organized the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception. We were honored to have the IEEE Board of Directors (BoD) join our celebration while in Hong Kong for their BoD meeting. The honorable guests for the banquet included Mr. John Tsang (Financial Secretary, Hong Kong), Dr. Gordan Day (IEEE President 2012), Dr. Moshe Kam (IEEE President 2011), Dr. Peter Staecker (IEEE President 2013)), and other important people.

IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception

In June 2012, representatives of the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s Executive Committee visited the IEEE Beijing Section and the IEEE Beijing Office. The Chair of the IEEE Hong Kong Section also visited the IEEE Asia Pacific Office. These visits aim to strengthen and enhance our relationship with other IEEE organization units.

Visit to IEEE Asia Pacific Office

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Visit to IEEE Beijing Section

Visit to IEEE Beijing Office

In August 2012, the IEEE Hong Kong Section co-sponsored the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2012 with the IEEE Education Society. TALE is intended to complement other IEEE education conferences (e.g., Frontiers in Education in North America and EDUCON in Europe/Middle East/Africa). Hong Kong was honored to host the first TALE conference in the Asia Pacific region.

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Launch of IEEE TALE 2012 by IEEE Director and Vice President (Educational Activities), IEEE Education Society Vice President for Conferences, and Other Important People

In support of the IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, the IEEE Hong Kong Section participated in co-organizing the IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress 2012 in Shenzhen in November 2012. The congress was launched by Mr. Biao Chen (Vice Mayor, Shenzhen) and Dr. Peter Staecker (IEEE President 2013). With the sponsorship of Citic Telecom CPC, the IEEE Hong Kong Section Cloud and Testbed was also launched at the congress.

Launch of IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress by IEEE President-Elect and Other Important People

After attending the IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress 2012, Dr. Peter Staecker (IEEE President-Elect) visited Hong Kong and met with representatives of the IEEE Hong Kong Section. He also helped us launch the IEEE Hong Kong Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). We would like to give our most sincere thanks to Dr. Peter Staecker for his help and support.

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Meeting with IEEE President-Elect

• Major Chapter Activities Chapters of IEEE Hong Kong Section have organized various activities such as:

• IEEE Photonics Society (HK Section) Postgraduate Student Bi-monthly Seminar Series

• The 19th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC2012), co-organized with ACM HK Chapter

• IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecture: “Robust Hashing and Its Applications to Content Identification”

• IEEE Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Cary Y. Yang from Santa Clara University

• Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter: “Making the Picture

of the Early Universe: Bayesian Image Processing for Cosmology”

• IEEE Winter Electronic Camp by the ED/SSC (Hong Kong) Joint Chapter

• Postgraduate Student Research Paper Competition by the Computational Intelligence Chapter

• Technical Visit to CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre by

the IEEE-EMBS Hong Kong-Macau Joint Chapter

• Major Student and Affinity Group Activities

Like previous years, IEEE Hong Kong Section organized the IEEE Hong Kong Section Student Paper Contest. One of the winners received the third prize of the IEEE R10 Student Paper Competition. To support IEEE SIGHT, IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT was launched in 2012 with IEEE President-Elect. The objectives of IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT are:

• To support IEEE SIGHT initiative • To conduct HT-related projects, particularly in Hong Kong • To collaborate with other IEEE SIGHTs

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Launch of IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT with IEEE President-Elect

• Awards • IEEE Hong Kong Section Photonics Society has received the Best Chapter Award from

the IEEE Photonics Society in 2009, 2010 and 2011. • IEEE Hong Kong Section Joint Chapter of Robotics & Automation and Control Systems

has received Chapter of the Year Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2012 and 2008.

• IEEE Hong Kong Section Education Society has received the Chapter Achievement Award from the IEEE Education Society in 2012 in recognition of its contribution to provide exemplary technical activities, membership services, and societal activities to its members.

• The following student has received 3rd prize in the IEEE R10 student paper competition:

Tianxiang Bai (City University of Hong Kong), "Robust and Fast Visual Tracking Using Constrained Sparse Coding and Dictionary Learning"

Furthermore 14 IEEE senior members in Hong Kong have been elected as IEEE Fellow in 2012 and they received their certificates from the IEEE President in January 2012.

Presentation of IEEE Fellowship Certificates by IEEE President

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A.2 Financial Report – (Please follow the format given below)

PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Activities

• Total number of active members in the past 3 years

Year Members

(excluding student members)

Increase (%)

Student Members

Increase (%)!

Total Increase (%)!

2012 2567 2%! 100 28%! 2667 3%!2011 2518 1%! 78 7%! 2596 1%!2010 2495 ! 73 ! 2568 !

• Summary and evidence of work done to improve the value of membership, which leads to retention and growth of members

Over the years, the IEEE Hong Kong Section and its chapters have conducted many technical activities for membership development. As mentioned, three chapters of the IEEE Hong Kong Section have received achievement awards. Another example was the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception in January 2012, which was attended by many members.

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B.2 Chapter Activities

• Total number of Chapters in the Section: 19

• Number of Chapters formed in the current year: Nil but IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT was formed.

• Summary of Chapter activities chapter wise with attachment table / information Chapter: Photonics

Date/Month

Technical Activities

Dec 8, 2012 The Thirteenth IEEE Hong Kong Photonics Society Postgraduate Conference, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Dec 18, 2012 Silicon Photonics without Compromise: Linear, Nonlinear and Quantum Applications, Prof. Shayan MOOKHERJEA (University of California, San Diego, USA)

Nov 9, 2012 Integrated Nano- and Micro- Photonic Technologies for future Networking and Computing Systems, Prof. S. J. Ben YOO, (University of California, Davis, USA)

Nov. 2, 2012

IEEE Photonics Society (HK Section) Postgraduate Student Bi-monthly Seminar Series held at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ! Title: Epitaxial III-V-On-Silicon Waveguide Butt-Coupled

Photodetectors, Speaker: Mr. Shaoqi Feng, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

! Title: Optical Time-Stretch Confocal Microscopy For Biomedical Applications, Speaker: Mr Terence Wong, The University of Hong Kong

! Lab tour at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sept 7, 2012

IEEE Photonics Society (HK Section) Postgraduate Student Bi-monthly Seminar Series held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ! Title: OSNR Monitoring For QPSK And 16-QAM Systems In

Presence Of Fiber Nonlinearities For Digital Coherent Receivers, Speaker: Mr. Zhenhua DONG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

! Title: Oversampled Random Bit Generation Using an Optically Injected Semiconductor Lasers in Chaos, Speaker: Mr. Xiaozhou Li, City University of Hong Kong

! Lab tour at Photonics Technology Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sept 4, 2012

Evolution of Telecommunications and The Great Broadband Transformation - Impact of Photonics R and D, Prof. Chinlon LIN (Guest Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, and National Sun Yet-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

July 31, 2012 Polarization in Fiber Optics, Prof. Lianshan YAN (Southwest Jiaotong University, PRC) [IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE]

July 30, 2012 All-optical signal processing in polarization-division-multiplexing systems, Prof. Lianshan YAN (Southwest Jiaotong University, PRC)

July 6, 2012

IEEE Photonics Society (HK Section) Postgraduate Student Bi-monthly Seminar Series held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong ! Title: Silicon-on-Insulator Multimode Interferometer

Waveguides Array Optical Tweezers for Two-Dimensional Microparticle Trapping and Manipulation, Speaker: Mr. LEI Ting, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

! Title: Optical Physical-layer Network Coding: Principle, Demonstration, and Research Problems, Speaker: Mr. LIU Zhixin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mar 8, 2012 Tight Focusing of Light Beams With Polarization and /or Phase Modulation, Prof Jixiong PU (Huaqiao University, Fujian, PRC)

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Jan 11, 2012 Analysis and Selection Of High-Speed Network Services For Scientific Data Movement, Prof. Malathi VEERARAGHAVAN (University of Virginia, USA)

Chapter: Computer

Date/Month


21 February 2012

Distinguished Seminar by Professor Barbara Kitchenham, co-organized with PolyU Department of Computing

19–23 March 2012

The 8th International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing (ARC 2012) and workshops, co-organized with CAS/COM Chapter

1 November 2012

Distinguished Seminar by Professor Andrew K.C. Wong, co-organized with IEEE HK SMC Chapter and PolyU Department of Computing

4–7 December 2012

The 19th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC2012), co-organized with ACM HK Chapter

The Computer Chapter also co-organized, sponsored or supported the following activities:

Date Activity details 1. Year 2011–12

[Supporting organization]

BCS Mentorship Programme 2011–12 - Organized by The British Computer Society (BCS) Hong Kong

Section 2. 12–13 January

2012 [Supporting organization]

First Workshop of Software Radio Implementation Forum - Organized by Institute of Network Coding (INC), The Chinese

University of Hong Kong

3. 13 January 2012 [Co-organizer]

Section’s 40th Anniversary Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Reception Dinner - Organized by the Section.

4. 14 January 2012 [Supporting Organization]

Information Technology Forum for Hong Kong Industries 2012 - Held by the Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section,

IET Hong Kong 5. 10 February 2012

[Co-organizer] 資訊及通訊科技界 2012聯合春茗 - Held by Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council

(HKITJC) 6. 6–7 March 2012

[Supporting Organization]

First World Internet Developers’ Summit - Held by Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK), Cyberport

and Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks 7. 14 March 2012

[Supporting Organization]

Information Security Seminar “Build a Secure Cyberspace (資訊保安公開研討會：共建安全網絡)” - Held by Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team

Coordination Centre (HKCERT), the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF)

8. 24 March 2012 [Supporting Organization]

Symposium on Risk Management and Business Intelligence (RMBI) 2012 - Held by HKUST

9. 15 May 2012 [Supporting Organization]

ICT CEPA Forum - Organized by ICT Energy

10. 18 May 2012 [Supporting Organization]

Information Security Seminar “Combating Cyber Attacks” - Held by Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team

Coordination Center (HKCERT), OGCIO and the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF)

11. 12–15 August 2012 [Supporter]

2012 International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC 2012) - Helped the Section to organize ICSPCC 2012

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Date Activity details 12. 29 August 2012

[Supporting organization]

2012 LegCo ITFC Election Candidate Debate Forum - Co-organized by eleven IT associations

13. 4 & 5 Sep 2012 [Supporting organization]

Forum for LegCo ITFC Election Candidates - Held by Hong Kong Computer Society

14. 17 September 2012 [Co-organizer]

HK IT Sector National Day Celebration Gala Dinner - Held by Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council

(HKITJC) 15. October 2012

[Co-signing Organization]

Cosigning the “Statement of Accelerating the Establishment of the Technology and Communications Bureau (TCB)” - Initiated by Dr Elizabeth QUAT and Ir Dr LO Wai Kwok,

Member-elects of the 2012 Legislative Council Election for Geographical Constituency (New Territories East) and Functional Constituency (Engineering), respectively

16. 15 October 2012 [Represented Organization]

Press Briefing on “Call for the Re-establishment of Technology Bureau” - Initiated by Charles Mok, member-elect of the 2012 Legislative

Council Election for Functional Constituency (Information Technology)

17. November–December 2012 [Supporter]

IEEE HK Student Paper Contest 2012 - Helped the Section to review papers

18. 8 November 2012 [Represented Organization]

ICT Action Committee - Organized by Legislative Councillor (ITFC) Charles MOK.

19. 14–17 November 2012 [Supporter]

IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress (APCloudCC) 2012 - Helped the Section to organize APCloubCC 2012 which took

place in Shenzhen, China 20. 20–21 November

2012 [Supporting Organization]

Hong Kong International Computer Conference (HKICC) 2012 - Held by Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS)

21. 24 November 2012 [Supporting Organization]

Multimedia Technology Forum 2012 - Held by Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section

(MIES), IET Hong Kong 22. 17–18 December

2012 [Technical Sponsor]

The 2012 International Conference on Computerized Healthcare (ICCH 2012) - Organized by PolyU Department of Computing

23. Year 2012–13 [Supporting Organization]

BCS Mentorship Programme 2012–13 - Organized by The British Computer Society (BCS) Hong Kong

Section

Chapter: Education

Date/Month


Jan - June Visited local secondary schools teachers and students to gather information about engineering and technology education in local school settings

Jan – Dec (through out the year)

Conduct educational research with researchers and faculty members from HKU (Faculty of Education) and CUHK (Faculty of Engineering) about Hong Kong engineering education and secondary school students’ career choices

20 – 23 August

Assisted IEEE Hong Kong Section and IEEE Education Society in conducting IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering 2012 (TALE2012)

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Chapter: Product Safety Engineering Chapter

Date/Month


5 May 2012

As the organizer:

“Technical Seminar on Caliper Checker and Flow Calibration” held on City University of Hong Kong

15 Dec 2012

As the organizer:

“Technical Seminar on Recent Safety Update of Toys and Blinds” held on City University of Hong Kong

3 Nov 2012

As one of the supporting organizations:

“Seminar on Testing and Certification as a Profession” organized by the Open University of Hong Kong

9 Nov 2012

As one of the supporting organizations:

“Technical Seminar on Surface Roughness Measurement” organized by the Institute of Measurement and Control (Hong Kong Section)

Chapter: Joint Chapter of Robotics & Automation and Control Systems Society (RACS)

Date/Month


13 January

The 40th Anniversary of IEEE Hong Kong Section, Banquet and AGM

25 February Exco meeting 10 May Exco meeting 1-3 July Workshop 21 December Exco meeting 20 March, 6 June, 25 October and 8 November Seminars 28-29 November Distinguished Lectures

Chapter: Signal Processing

Date/Month


21 March 2012

IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecture: “Data Driven Analysis and Fusion of Medical Imaging Data” Prof. Tulay Adali, The University of Maryland Baltimore County Venue: Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon

24 Sep. 2012

IEEE SPS Distinguished Lecture: “Robust Hashing and Its Applications to Content Identification” Prof. Pierre Moulinthe, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA Venue: College Conference Room B6605, 6th Floor Blue Zone, Academic Building City University of Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong

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Kong

20 Feb. 2012

Half-Day Tutorial “Robust Statistics for Signal Processing” Prof. Abdelhak M. Zoubir, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Venue: B6605, 6th Floor Blue Zone, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

16 Mar. 2012

Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Implicit Trajectory Modeling Using Temporally Varying Model Parameters” Dr. Khe Chai SIM, National University of Singapore Venue: Classroom 5510, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

11 April 2012

Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Robust and Secure Content-based Image Retrieval” Dr. Lei Ye, School of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Wollongong Venue: B6605, 6th Floor Blue Zone, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

19 April 2012

Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Asymptotical Efficient Estimators for Coupled Circle and Ellipse Fittings” Prof. Dominic K.C. Ho, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Venue: Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon

10 May 2012 Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “An Effective Method for Protein-ligand Docking Based on 3D Pattern Matching” Prof. Hong Yan, Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong Venue: Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon

10 Aug. 2012 Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Making the Picture of the Early Universe: Bayesian Image Processing for Cosmology” Dr. Ercan Engin Kuruoglu Institute of Science and Technology of Information (ISTI), "A. Faedo" Italian National Council of Research (CNR) Pisa, Italy Venue: College Conference Room B6605 6th Floor Blue Zone, Academic Building 1, City University of Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong

14 Aug. 2012 Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Recent Progress of 3D Video Coding” Prof. Yo-Sung Ho, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea Venue: Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon

6 Nov. 2012 Technical Seminar Sponsored by the SPS Hong Kong Chapter “Content-Based Image Retrieval Using MD-PSO Kernel Classifiers” Prof. Moncef Gabbouj, Department of Signal Processing1 Tampere University of Technology Tampere, Finland Venue: Room CD634, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon

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5 – 8, Dec. 2012 Conference Sponsorship “8th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2012)” City: Hong Kong Country: China

Chapter: Information Theory Chapter

Date/Month


21/April

Post Graduate Student Day

14/December

Distinguished Seminar by Prof. David Tse

Chapter: SMC

Date/Month


15-18 Jul 2012 Participating in ICMLC2012 conference in Xi’an China

14 Aug 2012

Sponsoring and organizing a research seminar given by Prof Yo-Sung Ho

October 2012

Has created a Student Branch Chapter

04 Oct 2012

Sponsoring and organizing a research seminar by Prof. Dr. Xiaoyi Jiang

14-17 Oct 2012 Participating in IEEESMC2012 conference in Seoul Korea

01 Nov 2012

Co-sponsoring with HKSCC for organizing a research seminar given by Professor Andrew Wong

10-13 Dec 2012

Sponsoring and supporting IEEE IEEM2012 conference in Hong Kong.

21-22 Dec 2012

Sponsoring and organizing IEEE Distinguished Lecture Talk given by Prof Chen Shyi-Ming

25 Jan 2013 GEM meeting

Chapter: ED/SSC (Hong Kong) Joint Chapter

Date/Month


IEEE Distinguished Lecture by Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao from IIT Bombay

4 May 2012

IEEE Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Cary Y. Yang from Santa Clara University

29 Jun. 2012

Co-organization of IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Masahiro Yamaguchi from Tohoku University

14 Mar. 2012

Co-organization of IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Gerrit Bauer from Tohoku University

20 Nov. 2012

Meeting with IEEE SSC President Dr. Rakesh Kumar in Hong Kong

3-5 Dec. 2012 Technical co-sponsor of EDSSC 2012, Bangkok Organization of EDSSC 2013, Hong Kong, 3-5 June, 2013

General Co-chairs: Prof. Charles Surya and Prof. Philip Mok Apr. 2012 Electronic Engineering Learning Kit Provided by IEEE Hong Kong

ED/SSC Chapter to encourage Science and Engineering Studies 1. Participants: local students of age 9 to 12 2. Activity: provide opportunities to play with electronic

components such as resistor, capacitor, lamp, speaker and ICs

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27-29 Dec. 2012 Organized the IEEE Winter Electronic Camp at HKUST 1. Participants:

" 67 local students of age 9 to 15 " 3 ECE students of HKUST as instructors " 28 ECE and CSE students as student helpers

2. Activity: understanding electronic components and construct various circuits including running light, infra-red counter and electronic piano

Chapter: Computational Intelligence

Date/Month


25 Aug, 2012

2012 Final Year Project Competition

25 Aug, 2012

2012 Postgraduate Student Research Paper Competition

12 March, 2012

Seminar about Turing Award Year (2012)

28 Oct, 2012

Technical Co-Sponsorship of ISCID 2012

27 Nov, 2012 Technical Co-Sponsorship of CIS 2012 30 Oct, 2012

Technical Co-Sponsorship of ICDSC 2012

Chapter: IEEE-EMBS Hong Kong-Macau Joint Chapter

Workshops and Conferences:

Date Location Title Role 31 Mar 2012

Hong Kong COMSOL in Medical Engineering and Microfluids

Organizer

12-13 Apr 2012

Hong Kong Asia Pacific Radio Spectrum Conference 2012

Supporting Organization

18 May 2012

Hong Kong Symposium on Innovative Biomedical Imaging 2012: Cutting-edge Technologies for Advanced Application

Co-Organizer

28-30 May 2012

Macau IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology


5-7 Dec 2012

Hong Kong BME2012 Biomedical Engineering International Conference


Seminars:

Date Location Title Speakers Joint with 9 Feb 2012 PolyU 4G Wireless Telecare

Networks - Extending Reliable Healthcare Service with High Mobility

Bernard Fong

IET-HK

6 Mar 2012 PolyU The Use of Advanced Electronic Techniques and Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare - 20 Years of e-

CP Wong IET-HK

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Health Development in Hong Kong

27 Apr 2012 HKUST Fostering Translation and Commercialization of Medical Device Technologies

Various Panelists

HKUST Tech Transfer Center

17 May 2012 PolyU Value of Contrast-Enhanced Sonography with Quantification in Evaluation of Tumor Targeted Therapy

Anhua Li PolyU

25 May 2012 PolyU Real-Time Ophthalmic Imaging with High-Frequency Annular Arrays

Jeff Ketterling

PolyU

30 May 2012 PolyU Applications of Reverse Iontophoresis, Electroporation and Bioimpedance for Non-invasive Medical Diagnostics

Congo Ching

PolyU

23 July 2012 PolyU High Density Surface EMG and Applications in Neuro Rehabilitation

Ping Zhou PolyU

28 Aug 2012 PolyU New Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersection of Biomedical Engineering and Nanotechnology

Paras N. PRASAD

PolyU

18-19 Oct 2012

PolyU Distinguished Lectures on Neural Engineering & Scientific Publishing for Biomedical Engineering

Various Speakers

PolyU

15 Nov 2012 PolyU Automated EEG-Based Diagnosis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Hojjat ADELI

PolyU

Study mission

Date Location Theme Participation 14-17 July

2012 South Korea Health and Beauty Care Technology in South

Korea Supporting

Organization 11-14 Sep

2012 Singapore Medical and Healthcare Devices in Singapore Supporting

Organization Technical visits: Date Location Theme Participation

28 Dec 2012

Hong Kong Technical Visit to CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre

Organizer

Student development activities:

Date Location Title Participation 10-13 July

2012 Macau Summer Camp on Science Express Camp – A

Kick Off of Biomedical Engineering Organizer

24-27 July 2012

Macau Summer Camp on Science Express Camp – A Kick Off of Biomedical Engineering

Organizer

11 Aug 2012

Hong Kong IEEE EMBS Hong Kong - Macau Joint Chapter Student Paper Competition 2012

Organizer

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B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities Summary of continuing Educational activities including conferences, technical activities, training courses, and distinguished lecture programs with attachment table / information

Apart from the aforementioned technical activities and distinguished lectures, IEEE Hong Kong Section and/or its chapters were involved in the following conferences:

Conference : The 8th International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable

Computing (ARC 2012) Date : 19 - 20 (Workshop) & 21 - 23 March 2012 (Conference)

Location : The Chinese University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong

Details : http://arc2012.hk/

Conference : 15th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power

(ICHQP) Date : June 17- 20, 2012 Location : Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong Details : http://www.ichqp2012.org

Conference : 2012 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing,

Communications and Computing, ICSPCC 2012 Date : August 12-15, 2012 Location : The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Details : http://www.icspcc2012.org

Conference : IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning

for Engineering 20 Date : 20–23 August 2012 Location : The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Details : http://www.tale-conference.org/tale2012 Download(Login Required)

Conference : IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress Date : 14-17 November 2012 Location : Shenzhen, China Details : http://www.apcloudcc.org/

Conference : The 19th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2012) Date : 4–7 December 2012 Location : Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers, Hong Kong Details : http://apsec2012.comp.polyu.edu.hk/

B.4 Students Activities

• Total number of Student branches in the Section: 6

• Number of Student branches formed in the current year: Nil

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• Section level student activities (student congress, paper and other contests, awards etc) In recent years, the IEEE Hong Kong Section has been organizing the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Student Paper Contests to encourage IEEE student members in Hong Kong to apply their engineering knowledge to research projects in electrical and electronic engineering and to present their work concisely and coherently. Papers by undergraduate students and postgraduate students are evaluated separately by technical experts. The authors of the best papers are awarded the First, Second and Third Prizes. Furthermore, the best papers may be selected to join the IEEE Region 10 Student Paper Contests if they meet the contest criteria.

• Summary of Student branch activities student branch wise with attachment table / information

Month


Feb 2012 Volunteer service at The Hong Kong Blind Union for their publicity and e-book campaign

March 2012 Career Talk

- Invited speaker: expert who works in the HK government - Skills in preparation of CV’s & interviews

September 2012

Promotion at Orientation Camp for Engineering Students

- Collaborated with the Engineering Student Society at OUHK - Promoted IEEE among potential student members - 42 participants

October 2012 Members’ Night

Relaxing occasion where students get to network with each other. Sharing by 4 graduates about:

i.) Experience in applying for and studying postgraduate degree ii.) Sharing about their work in various fields

Promoted IEEE among potential members

January 2013 Electronics Workshop

Technical workshop in which students (especially Year 1 students) get to build a portable headphone amplifier. 30 participants.

January 2013 Technical Visit to China Aircraft Services Limited

(CASL)

The visits to enhance the students’ understanding of the aircraft maintenance in Hong Kong and the job opportunities

B.5 Affinity Group Activities

In support of the IEEE SIGHT, IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT was formed in 2012. It was launched with the help of the IEEE President-Elect. The objectives of the IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT are as follows:

• To support IEEE SIGHT initiative • To conduct HT-related projects, particularly in Hong Kong • To collaborate with other IEEE SIGHTs

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Initially, we plan to focus on the following areas:

• Computing and information technologies for disabled people • Special education • Service learning • Biomedical engineering • Special projects

B.6 Awards & Recognition Activities

• Award constituted by the section IEEE Hong Kong Section Student Paper Contest

Undergraduate Contest

First Prize: HK$2000 Certificate of Merit and Trophy Second Prize: HK$1000 Certificate of Merit Third Prize: HK$500 Certificate of Merit Postgraduate Contest First Prize: HK$2000 Certificate of Merit and Trophy Second Prize: HK$1000 Certificate of Merit Third Prize: HK$500 Certificate of Merit

• Award(s) received from R10

The following student has received 3rd prize in the IEEE R10 student paper competition:

Tianxiang Bai (City University of Hong Kong), "Robust and Fast Visual Tracking Using Constrained Sparse Coding and Dictionary Learning"

• Award(s) received from IEEE HQ • IEEE Hong Kong Section Photonics Society has received the Best Chapter Award from

the IEEE Photonics Society in 2009, 2010 and 2011. • IEEE Hong Kong Section Joint Chapter of Robotics & Automation and Control Systems

has received Chapter of the Year Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2012 and 2008.

• IEEE Hong Kong Section Education Society has received the Chapter Achievement Award from the IEEE Education Society in 2012 in recognition of its contribution to provide exemplary technical activities, membership services, and societal activities to its members.

Furthermore 14 IEEE senior members in Hong Kong have been elected as IEEE Fellows in 2012 and they received their certificates from IEEE President 2012 in January 2012.

B.7 Communication Activities (Newsletter, Home Page, E-mail etc.)

• Newsletter (name and number of issues in the year) In 2012, there were 12 issues of IEEE Hong Kong Section’s Newsletter (i.e., once per month). They were sent to IEEE Hong Kong Section’s members by emails.

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• Home Page of the section (give the URL and frequency which it is updated)

The homepage of IEEE Hong Kong Section can be found at: http://www.ieee.org.hk/ The homepage has been updated regularly by the webmaster, whenever required.

• Other means of contacts with section members

IEEE Hong Kong Section also maintains communications with section members through emails and through its chapters.

B.8 Community Activities

IEEE Hong Kong Section and its Chapters have also conducted various community-related activities such as:

• Visit to local secondary schools teachers and students to gather information about

engineering and technology education in local school settings (by Education Chapter)

• Volunteer service at the Hong Kong Blind Union for their publicity and e-book campaign (by Open University Student Branch)

We are also planning to conduct various community-related activities through IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT.

B.9 Other Organizational Activities

To facilitate planning and communication, IEEE Hong Kong Section has also organized regular executive committee meetings and other ad-hoc meetings. Furthermore, an annual general meeting has also been organized.

PART C - OTHERS C.1 Relationship with National Societies

The IEEE Hong Kong Section has good relationship with other associations or societies in Hong Kong. We regularly serve as supporting organizations for each other. For example, the aforementioned TALE 2012 conference was supported by the following organizations: • Association for Computing Machinery (Hong Kong Chapter)

• British Computer Society (Hong Kong Section)

• Communications Association of Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute

• Hong Kong Computer Society

• Hong Kong Cyberport

• Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council

• Internet Professional Association

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C.2 Special Events

As mentioned, we organized the IEEE Hong Kong Section’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Banquet cum IEEE Board of Directors Dinner Reception in January 2012. Furthermore, in collaboration with other IEEE organization units, we launched two important conferences: the first IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE) and the first IEEE Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Congress.

C.3 Problems to be Anticipated Nil. C.4 Best Practices of your section (which you would like share with other sections for the benefits of members)

Over the years, many IEEE HK volunteers have made significant efforts and contributions to the section, laying our foundation and paving our way. Their efforts and contributions are greatly appreciated. These IEEE HK volunteers are:

• Innovative • Enthusiastic • Energetic • Efficient • Hardworking • Kind

PART D - GOALS AND PLANS D.1 Continuation of Project/Activity in Progress and Their Implementation Plans

Ongoing work is being conducted for the newly established IEEE Hong Kong SIGHT and the IEEE Hong Kong Cloud and Testbed. We welcome collaboration with other IEEE organization units.

D.2 Goals and Future Plans

• To continue to support IEEE Headquarters, and IEEE R10 activities and initiatives • To continue to organize various technical activities for members

• To enhance collaboration with other IEEE organization units

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Appendix

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IEEE Hong Kong Section 40th Anniversary BanquetCum

IEEE Fellow Certi!cates Presentation Ceremony

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