Systems Council Chapters Report 9/24/2012 Stephanie White, Secretary

SC Chapters IEEE Connecticut Section Chapter Chapter Chair: Theodora SaundersTheodora Saunders IEEE Tainan Section Chapter Chapter Chair: Hsiang-Cheh HuangHsiang-Cheh Huang Chapter not found; no response IEEE Italy Section Chapter Chapter Chair: Paolo CarbonePaolo Carbone IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Chapter Chapter Chair: Henry YehHenry Yeh IEEE Toronto Chapter Chapter Chair: Alexei Botchkarev IEEE Toronto Chapter

IEEE Connecticut Section Chapter Aerospace and Electronic Systems (AES)/Systems Council Chair: Theodora Saunders (Acting) A meeting co-sponsored by the ASME and the IEEE Connecticut AES/Sys Council chapter planned to take place on Feb. 29 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the University of New Haven (UNH), was cancelled due to the bad weather forecasts. The meeting was rescheduled and took place on April 17 th A mini conference is being planned for 10 th November 2012 – Coordinated with UNH Dean’s office for facilities – We secured a Technical Fellow from Sikorsky – Working to secure an outside speaker (possibly) from NASA – Theo will give a presentation on Systems Engineering Title : Defense Aerospace Sector Challenges and Opportunities A combined AESS/Sys Council & MTTS lunch and learn being planned at Sikorsky Participated in the IEEE-USA WIE annual Capitol Hill Day IN Washington, DC USA. – The event brought together 60 or so women engineers from around the country for a day discussing ways to increase diversity in the STEM workforce, and then a day on Capitol Hill discussing STEM diversity issues with Congress – Provided input to WIE magazine and to the WEB content Participated as a reviewer of all the SEBoK v1.0 Release and all prior versions along with many other SE practioners from industry and academia.

IEEE Italy Section Systems Council Chapter (ISSCC) Chapter Chair: Paolo Carbone website: 1) main activity: organization of EESMS IEEE Workshop onEnvironmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems Perugia, Italy, 28 September ) involvement in the organization of BIOMS2012: IEEE Workshop on Biometric Measurements and Systems for Security and Medical Applications Salerno, Italy, 14 September ) diffusion of the call for papers for the next IEEE Systems Conference 4) Start of process for the election of new officersPaolo Carbonehttp://ewh.ieee.org/r8/italy/sysc/

IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Chapter Chapter Chair: Henry YehHenry Yeh Major Annual Activity: IEEE Workshop on Green Energy Production and Adaptive Power Distribution 2010 Presentation slides: : IEEE Green Energy Forum/Workshop: A System Level Discussion on Renewable Energy Production and Electric Vehicleshttp://sites.ieee.org/clas-sysc/green-energy/2010-2/ Over 100 attendees Presentation slides: 2011: : the annual IEEE Green Energy Forum/Workshop at CSULB on Nov. 19, Title: “Renewable Energy and Micro-grid Applications” Theme: A system Level Discussion on Renewable Energy and Micro-grid Applications, including Electrical Vehicles Website is under construction: IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series and Seminars Dr. B. Sklar, “Defining, Designing, and Evaluating Digital Communication Systems,” 11/09/11, VEC 325, CSULB. MATLAB Seminar on “Parallel Computing,” 3/1/11, ECS 304, CSULB Re-Elected 2012 Chapter Officers Chair: Dr. Hen-Geul (Henry) Yeh Vice Chair: Dr. Chit-Sang Tsang Treasurer: Dr. I-Hung Khoo Co-Secretary: Sandra Hernandez Co-Secretary: Duc Tran

IEEE Toronto Systems Council Chapter Chapter Chair: Alexei Botchkarev Toronto Systems Chapter is a relatively “young” Formation approved by IEEE MGA Board on February 19, 2011 In July 2012, the chapter was transformed into a joint chapter of the Systems Council and System, Man and Cybernetics Society. The Systems Chapter has organized several high-quality seminars: “Competition and Cooperation in Societal and Technological Systems of Systems” by Dr. Keith Hipel, Professor of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. IEEE Distinguished Lecture. (Feb. 16, 2012) “Who's flying this ship? Systems Engineering for Planet Earth” by Dr. Steve Easterbrook, Professor of Computer Science, University of Toronto. (Dec. 1, 2012) “The Development of Defence Electronics Systems - A Personal Perspective” by Robert Inkol, Senior Scientist, Defence Research and Development Canada (May 9, 2011) Also, the chapter co-sponsored an event organized by the Aerospace and Electronics Systems chapter: “Cooperative Control Synchronization and Games on Communication Graphs “, Dr. F. L. Lewis, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA. (Apr. 12, 2012) The chapter maintains its website at