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Region 10 Hong Kong Section Report Format (Please replace above heading with your Section name)

Please use the following format to submit your Section’s annual report to Region 10.

Please note that the annual reports are used for selecting the outstanding Sections in the

region and reports submitted after the announced due date will not be considered for the

award. Please do not include more than 3 photographs and preferably put them on

additional pages attached to the report (please delete this paragraph in your report).

PART A - SECTIO� SUMMARY

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

• Section Executive Committee Member List

2015 Executive Committee

Post �ame

Chairman Chris Chan

Chair-Elect George H K Lau

Honorary Treasurer Y W Liu

Honorary Secretary Bonnie Law

Immediate Past Chair William cheung

Chapters Activities Committee Chair Stanley Wong

Conference Committee Chair Edwin K W Cheung

Educational Activities Committee Chair Rosanna Chan

External Liaison Edward Cheung

Membership Development Committee Chair Peter Tam

�ewsletter Editor & Webmaster Y W Liu

Professional & Career Activities Committee Chair Tim Woo

Public Relations Ray Cheung

Student Activities Committee Chair Wilson Chu

Technical Activities Committee Chair Ricky Lau

Industry Relations Committee Chair Joseph Choy

Awards & Recognition Committee Chair Patrick Liu

Chapters Chairs

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

Hau Wah Lai

CAS04/COM19 Circuits and Systems/Communications Joint Chapter Chair

Ray Cheung

CE08 Consumer Electronics Chapter Chair Bernard C Fong

CIS11 Computational Intelligence Chapter Chair Vincent Tam

C16 Computer Chapter Chair F L Wang

CPMT21 Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Chapter Chair

Chi Chuen Lo

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

Youfu Li

E25 Education Chapter Chair Kai Tai Tang

ED15/SSC37 Electron Devices/Solid State Circuit Joint Chapter Chairs Wing Man Tang

EMB18 Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter Chair Kai Tai Tang

EMC27 Electromagnetic Compatibility Chapter Chair Jeffrey Tsang

PE31/IA34/PEL35/IE13/ Power Engineering/Industry Applications/ Power Electronics/Industry Electronics Joint Chapter Chair

Eric Ma

IT12 Information Theory Chapter Chair C W Tan

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MAG33 Magnetics Chapter Chair Chi Wah Leung

PHO36 Photonics Chapter Chair Alan P T Lau

PSE Product Safety Engineering Chapter Chair Horace Lau

SMC28 Systems, Man and Cybernetics Chapter Chair Patrick Chan

SP01 Signal Processing Chapter Chair Ken W K Ma

TM14 Technology Management Chapter Chair Edwin K W Cheung

Young Professional Group Chair Sharad Sinha

Women in Engineering Lieny Jang

Honorary Advisors

�im Cheung

P C Ching

K M Luk

W C Siu

Jerome Liu

Student Branches Counselors

CityU Student Branch Counselor Ray Cheung

PolyU Student Branch Counselor H W Ngan

HKU Student Branch Counselor William SW Cheung

OUHK Student Branch Counselor Kevin Hung

HKUST Student Branch Counselor Tim WOO

CUHK Student Branch Counselor Tan Lee

• Section Highlights

The number of active members is remarkably increased in 2015. Hong Kong Section supported chapters, student branches and affinity groups in organizing activities. As a result, more than 100 technical and non-technical events were held in year 2015. Three members from Hong Kong were newly elevated as ieee fellows in 2015.

Tony Chan Hong Kong University of Science & Technology for contributions to computational models and algorithms for image processing

Henry Chung City University of Hong Kong for contributions to power electronic converters for lighting Jianwei Huang Chinese University of Hong Kong for contributions to resource allocation in wireless systems

• Major Events (International, National)

HK Section organized and sponsored several international conferences such as ICSPCC2015 and APSIPA ASC 2015 in 2015. We have 3 flag ship society conferences (ISIT2015, PIMRC2015 and SMC2015) held in Hong Kong in 2015 where some 5.5 million surplus has been recorded.

• Major Chapter Activities

See B2.

• Major Student and Affinity Group Activities

See B4 and B5.

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• Awards

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

• Summary (as per submitted L50)

The financial situation is very healthy at the moment. Two more chapters join the centralized account in 2015. The summary of 2015 Hong Kong Section finance report is as follows.

PART B - ORGA�IZATIO�AL ACTIVITIES

B.1 Membership Development Activities

• Total number of active members in the past 3 years.

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

As shown in the above figures, the membership number is significantly increased in the past two years.

B.2 Chapter Activities

• Total number of Chapters in the Section: 19

• Number of Chapters formed in the current year: 1, WIE

• Number of active Chapters (Chapters who have reported required number of meetings during the year): 19

• Summary of Chapter activities (Chapter wise with attachment table/information)

1 5G – Are You Ready? - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 15-Jan-15

2 iLight Workshop 2015 - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER 16-Jan-15

3 IEEE Hong Kong- Taiwan Joint Workshop on Information Theory and Communications - HONG KONG IT12 CHAPTER

19-Jan-15

4 4th AP/ MTT Joint Chapter Meeting 2014 - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 21-Jan-15

5 Seminar on Evanescent Wave Microscopy for Bioimaging - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

22-Jan-15

6 Seminar on Frontiers of Neurotechnology – From Neurochip to Cognitive Engineering - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

26-Jan-15

7 Visit to Datacenter - HONG KONG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AFFINITY GROUP 27-Jan-15

8 Seminar on Bio-inspired structure surfaces for energy and biomedical applications - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

29-Jan-15

9 1st Executive Committee meeting of IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing, 2015 - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER

30-Jan-15

10 IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter 2015 AGM - HONG KONG CIS11 CHAPTER 30-Jan-15

11 AGM AP/ MTT Joint Chapter Meeting 2014 - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 30-Jan-15

12 IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter 2014 Annual General Meeting - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

30-Jan-15

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13 1st EMB HK-Macau Joint Chapter Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

30-Jan-15

14 Certificated training on medical device good clinical trial and regulatory for new medical product development - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

4-Feb-15

15 The Wonderful World of Nonlinearity: Modeling and Characterization of RF and Microwave Circuits - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

4-Feb-15

16 On the Ideal Antenna and the Physical Aperture of General Antennas - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

9-Feb-15

17 Microwave Photonics - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 10-Feb-15

18 Seminar on Computational Neuroscience for Technology: Event‐ based Vision Sensors and

Information Processing - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

25-Feb-15

19 Seminar on A Biomimetic Approach to Non‐ Linear Signal Processing in Ultra Low Power Analog

Circuits - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

25-Feb-15

20 2015 IEEE Special Workshop on Robotics, Automation and Control Systems - HONG KONG CS23/RA24 CHAPTER

27-Feb-15

21 Research in Computational Electromagnetics and its Applications in Wireless Communications, Imaging, and Rough Surface Scatterings - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

2-Mar-15

22 Metamaterials and Composites: Electromagnetic Description and Unexpected Effects (Distinguished Lecture) - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

2-Mar-15

23 Seminar on Bringing together DNA aptamer‐ mediated molecular recognition, nanotechnology and 3D

printing for new approaches in medical diagnostics - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

5-Mar-15

24 Seminar on Modelling Electrical Activation of Excitable Tissues - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

6-Mar-15

25 Low-Power CMOS Integrated Circuits and Systems for Wireless Communications - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

10-Mar-15

26 2nd EMB HK-Macau Joint Chapter Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

11-Mar-15

27 IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter 1st Executive Committee Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

17-Mar-15

28 Sub-Wavelength Imaging Using Computational Electromagnetics Through Equivalent Sources - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

18-Mar-15

29 Application of Common Sense to the Study of Modern Wireless Systems - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

19-Mar-15

30 History of Wireless - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 27-Mar-15

31 Seminar on The Evolution and Potential Future of Microelectronics - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER

31-Mar-15

32 Seminar on The Evolution and Potential Future of Microelectronics - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER

31-Mar-15

33 Engineering Superoscillatory EM Waves - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 10-Apr-15

34 Geometric Phases and Topological Notions in Classical Waves - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

10-Apr-15

35 All about EMC Testing and Measurement Seminar – 2 - HONG KONG EMC27 CHAPTER 11-Apr-15

36 2nd Executive Committee meeting of IEEE Hong Kong Chapter of Signal Processing, 2015 - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER

13-Apr-15

37 Some Design Techniques for Broadband Circularly Polarized Antennas - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

14-Apr-15

38 HKIE Electronics Symposium - HONG KONG CE08 CHAPTER 17-Apr-15

39 Radiation Efficiency Enhancement of Low Profile and Electrically Small Antennas – Related Design and Measurement Techniques - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

21-Apr-15

40 Seminar on Biomechanical Measures for Plantar Ulcer Occurrence Prediction - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

23-Apr-15

41 Distinguished Lecture - Metal-CNT Contacts - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER 23-Apr-15

42 Fundamental and Recent Advances on Millimeter Wave Circuit Design in CMOS - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

8-May-15

43 Symposium on Biomedical and Symposium on Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

15-May-15

44 Computer App Programming (CAP Day) 2015 - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER 16-May-15

45 3rd EMB HK-Macau Joint Chapter Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

18-May-15

46 IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter 2nd Executive Committee Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

19-May-15

47 Seminar on The Dopant Fluctuation Issues of Trigate FinFETs - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER

22-May-15

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48 1st Chapter Meeting - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 22-May-15

49 GHz to THz Components and Microsystems Utilizing 3D Additive Manufacturing Technology - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

10-Jun-15

50 Nanosilver Joining for Power Electronics Integration - HONG KONG CPMT21 CHAPTER 12-Jun-15

51 HKU Workshop on Discursis - HONG KONG E25 CHAPTER 29-Jun-15

52 IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecture - HONG KONG MAG33 CHAPTER 29-Jun-15

53 Metamaterial-based Electromagnetic Space, Time and Spacetime Dispersion Engineering - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

6-Jul-15

54 App Inventor Programming Workshop - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER 20-Jul-15

55 Research Seminar on Teaching and Research on Biomechanics and Rehabilitation in Nanjing Institute of Sport - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

21-Jul-15

56 2nd Chapter Meeting - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 22-Jul-15

57 LECTURE SPONSORED BY IEEE SP HK CHAPTER - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER 24-Jul-15

58 LECTURE SPONSORED BY IEEE SP HK CHAPTER - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER 28-Jul-15

59 IEEE Magnetics Society Technical Seminar - HONG KONG MAG33 CHAPTER 29-Jul-15

60 Phase-sensitive FMCW radar for polar ice monitoring and imaging - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

3-Aug-15

61 Research in the Two Recent Electromagnetics Hot Topics- Metasurface Scattering and Orbital Angular Momentum Radiation - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

5-Aug-15

62 4th EMB HK-Macau Joint Chapter Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

5-Aug-15

63 Next Generation Packaging Technologies in the era of Cognitive Computing Devices - HONG KONG CPMT21 CHAPTER

10-Aug-15

64 Meeting to discuss how to host IEEE BPTU Student Branch - HONG KONG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AFFINITY GROUP

12-Aug-15

65 Research Seminar on Biomechanical Translation in Orthopedics and Rehabilitation − An Example of Hand and Upper Extremity Research - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

14-Aug-15

66 Research Seminar on Symmetry in Asymmetrically Impaired Individuals - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

18-Aug-15

67 The 21st IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2015) - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

19-Aug-15

68 The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Networks, and Applications (CPSNA 2015)ional Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2015) - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

19-Aug-15

69 IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter 2015 2nd AGM - HONG KONG CIS11 CHAPTER

22-Aug-15

70 IEEE EMBS Hong Kong - Macau Joint Chapter Student Paper Competition 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

22-Aug-15

71 IEEE (Hong Kong) Computational Intelligence Chapter: Postgraduate and Final Year Project Competition - HONG KONG CIS11 CHAPTER

22-Aug-15

72 Hosting of IEEE BPTU Student Branch - HONG KONG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AFFINITY GROUP 27-Aug-15

73 LECTURE SPONSORED BY IEEE SP HK CHAPTER - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER 28-Aug-15

74 Updates on International Standards of EMC and Product Safety - HONG KONG EMC27 CHAPTER 29-Aug-15

75 Seminar on Green Energy Enabled Mobile Networks - HONG KONG CAS04/COM19 CHAPTER 1-Sep-15

76 IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter 3rd Executive Committee Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

10-Sep-15

77 Visit to MTR Kowloon Station - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 11-Sep-15

78 Design of Antennas Through Optimization of Geometry - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 15-Sep-15

79 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC 2015) - HONG KONG CAS04/COM19 CHAPTER

19-Sep-15

80 Research Seminar on Probing the “Nano-bio” Interactions between DNA-based Nanostructures and the Cell - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

23-Sep-15

81 One-day Symposium on Advanced 3D Printing Technology and Innovative Applications - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

29-Sep-15

82 Seminar on Research in Microwaves at Technische Universität Ilmenau - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

5-Oct-15

83 Multiplexing Device for Microwave Imaging - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 7-Oct-15

84 Research Seminar on Functional Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

13-Oct-15

85 Competition on IoT Development for Smart City - HONG KONG CE08 CHAPTER 14-Oct-15

86 A Visit to the Hong Kong Science Park (HKSP) - HONG KONG CIS11 CHAPTER 14-Oct-15

87 CLASSICAL MUSIC APPRECIATION FOR ENGINEERS: AN INTRODUCTION BY AN ENGINEERING EDUCATOR - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

20-Oct-15

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88 New Considerations for Antennas Near Fields and Impact on Characterizing Antenna Systems and other Applications - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

23-Oct-15

89 The 16th IEEE (HK) AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 24-Oct-15

90 A PERSONAL OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCH ANTENNAS - 1st Lesson - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

28-Oct-15

91 Research Seminar on Application of Optical and Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biomedical Research - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

29-Oct-15

92 A PERSONAL OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCH ANTENNAS - 2nd Lesson - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

4-Nov-15

93 RF-MEMS Technology and PCM (Phase Change Material) Microwave and Millimeter-wave Control Circuits - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

5-Nov-15

94 Surface wave, goodie or baddie? - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 13-Nov-15

95 From Heterogeneous Integration to System in Package - HONG KONG CPMT21 CHAPTER 13-Nov-15

96 Seminar on Analog Design with Opamps, Gm-Blocks or Inverters? - HONG KONG ED15/SSC37 CHAPTER

13-Nov-15

97 5th EMB HK-Macau Joint Chapter Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG EMB18 (JT. HONG KONG/MACAU) CHAPTER

13-Nov-15

98 Seminar and Workshop Series in Digital Entertainment and Toy Computing - HONG KONG E25 CHAPTER

16-Nov-15

99 New Technologies and Materials for Reconfigurable THz beam shaping and control - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

17-Nov-15

100 Distinguished Lecturer Talk - MIMO Over The Air test for 4G Wireless Device - HONG KONG EMC27 CHAPTER

21-Nov-15

101 Harvesting Ambient Electromagnetic Energy through Emerging Rectifier Technology - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

26-Nov-15

102 Post-Moore THz Electronics, Circuits, and Modes - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER 27-Nov-15

103 Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Seminar - HONG KONG TM14 CHAPTER 27-Nov-15

104 Basic Researches on 300GHz-Band Millimeter-wave/THz-wave - HONG KONG AP03/MTT17 CHAPTER

27-Nov-15

105 Distinguished Lecturer Talk - Electrical Design for High-End Computer Systems - HONG KONG EMC27 CHAPTER

7-Dec-15

106 Campus Visit – Singapore University of Technology and Design - HONG KONG TM14 CHAPTER 9-Dec-15

107 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE 2015) - HONG KONG E25 CHAPTER

10-Dec-15

108 Nanopackaging: Nanotechnologies in Microelectronics Packaging - HONG KONG CPMT21 CHAPTER 11-Dec-15

109 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - HONG KONG SP01 CHAPTER 11-Dec-15

110 Chapter Meeting - HONG KONG TM14 CHAPTER 17-Dec-15

111 IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter 4th Executive Committee Meeting 2015 - HONG KONG C16 CHAPTER

21-Dec-15

112 HKUST EEE Electronic Winter Camp - HONG KONG E25 CHAPTER 28-Dec-15

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

A number of activities were organized and sponsored by Hong Kong Section and chapters. They are reported via the web. Here, some of the sample activities held in 2015 are listed as follows.

IEEE Distinguish Lectures: IEEE Distinguish Lectuer The Wonderful World of Nonlinearity: Modeling and Characterization of RF and Microwave Circuits Speaker: Prof. José Carlos Pedro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Date : 04 February, 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Venue : Room 15-202, meeting room of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,

15/F, Academic 3, CityU Website: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150204dl.pdf IEEE Distinguish Lecture

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Metamaterials and Composites: Electromagnetic Description and Unexpected Effects Speaker: Prof. Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland Date: 02 March, 2015 (Monday) Time: 04:00 pm – 05:00 pm Venue: Room 15-202, meeting room of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,

15/F, Academic 3, City University of HK Details: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150302dl.pdf

IEEE Distinguished Lecture Metamaterial-based Electromagnetic Space, Time and Spacetime Dispersion Engineering Speaker: Prof Christophe Caloz, École Polytechnique of Montréal Date: 7 July 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 10:30 am– 12:30 pm Venue: Room 15-202, 15/F, meeting room of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,

15/F, Academic 3, City University of Hong Kong Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150707se.docx IEEE Com Soc Distinguished Speaker Seminar Green Energy Enabled Mobile Networks Speaker: Nirwan Ansari, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology Date : 1st September 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 4pm – 5pm Venue : G6315, Academic 1, CityU Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150901dl.pdf IEEE Distinguish Lecture Weighted Fuzzy Rule Interpolation Based on GA-Based Weight-Learning Techniques Speaker: Prof. Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology,

Taipe DATE: 9 November 2015 (Monday) TIME: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm VENUE: Y6405, CS Seminar Room Academic 1, CityU, Kowloon Tong Details: www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/151209dl.pdf Seminars Seminar: New Technologies for Power Transformer Testing Speaker: Ms. GASTALDELLI MARIELLA, Instrumentation System Automation (ISA),

Italy Venue: Room HJ302, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Date: 23 July (Thursday), 2015 Time: 18:30-20:00 Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150723se.pdf One day seminar: 5G – Are You Ready? Date: 15 Jan 2015 (Thursday) Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm Venue: HK Science Park Charles Kao Auditorium (Golden Egg Auditorium) Seminar: Engineering Superoscillatory EM Waves Speaker: Dr. Alex M. H. Wong The University of Toronto Date: 10 April, 2015 (Friday) Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 noon Venue: Room 15-202, 15/F, meeting room of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter

Waves, 15/F, Academic 3, City University of Hong Kong Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150410se.pdf Seminar: Low-Power CMOS Integrated Circuits and Systems for Wireless

Communications Speaker: Dr Liang Wu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Date: 10 March, 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 02:00pm - 03:00pm

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Venue: Room 15-202, meeting room of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, 15/F, Academic 3, City University of Hong Kong

Details: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150310se.pdf iLight Workshop 2015 - Intelligent and Integrated Lighting and Display Systems

Themes: Material and Device Structure, Packaging, Driver Electronics, Novel Applications

Date: 16th January, 2015 Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Website: http://trsled.ust.hk/ilight2015/workshop.html Consumer Support for a Public Utilities Commission in Hong Kong Venue: Room Y303, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Speaker: Professor C.K. Woo, Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University Date: 19 January (Monday), 2015 Time: 18:30-20:30 Website: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150119se.pdf Conferences

IEEE International Conference on Identity, Security and Behaviour Analysis (ISBA 2015)

Dates： 23 March – 25 March 2015

Venue: Li Ka Shing Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Website: http://www.isba2015.org 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) Date: 14 Jun - 19 Jun 2015 Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_

ID=30130 IEEE 26

th Annual International Conference Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and

Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Date: August 30- September 2, 2015 Venue: Convention and Exhibitions Center, Hong Kong Detail: http://pimrc2015.eee.hku.hk/index.html 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC2015) Date: September 19-22, 2015 Venue: Ningbo, China Detail: http://www.icspcc.org/ 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Date: 09 Oct - 12 Oct 2015 Venue: City University of Hong Kong Detail: http://www.smc2015.org/ HK Internet of Things Conference 2015 Date: May 15, 2015 (Friday) Time: 9:00am – 4:40pm Venue: S 421, Level 4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, Detail: http://www.the-moxie.com/gs1IoT/index.php The 10th IET International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2015) Date: 8-12 November, 2015 Venue: Hyatt Regency, Tsim Sha Tsui. Hong Kong Website: www.apscom2015.org Cyber Security and Digital Forensics Conference Date: 1 December 2015 Venue: Lingnan University, 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun Detail: http://innoxcell.net/sme2015/

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Information Security Summit 2015

Date: 15-16 September, 2015 Venue: Convention and Exhibitions Center, Hong Kong Detail: https://www.issummit.org Technical visit

Visit to Cloud Computing Data Center Date: 27 January, 2015 Time: 2 pm – 4 pm Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150127vi.pdf Technical Visit to CLP renewable project on Town Island Date: 30 May, 2015 (Saturday) Detail: www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150530vi.pdf Visit to MTR Kowloon Station Date: 11 September 2015 (Fri) Time: 1045 -1200 Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150911vi.pdf

B.4 Students Activities

• Total number of Student Branches in the Section: 6

• Number of Student Branches formed in the current year: 1

• Section level student activities (student congress, paper and other contests, awards etc)

• Number of active Student Branches (Student Branches who have reported required number of meetings during the year) 6

• Sample activities organized for students:

Mobile Technology Festival Date: 12-21 January, 2015 Venue: Blue Zone AC1- 4F, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Road, Kowloon Detail: http://appslab.hk/mobfest/ The 16th IEEE (HK) AP/MTT Postgraduate Conference Date: 24 October 2015 Venue: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/16MTTAPSPGC.pdf IEEE HKUST Electronic Winter Camp for Form 4 to Primary 4 Students Date: 28-30 December, 2015 Time: 9 am – 5 pm Venue: Hong Kong University of Since and Technology, Clear Water Bay Detail: http://www.eca.hk/ust2015 Final Year Project Competition 2014-2015 Graduate Student Paper Competition 2014-2015 Organized by Computational Intelligence Chapter (IEEE Hong Kong Section) Detail: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~ayslam/cishk/cfp-2015.pdf http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~ayslam/cishk/contriDeclare-2015.pdf

The Hong Kong Section organizes the IEEE Hong Kong Section Student Paper Contest every year. The event involves all Student Branches which inform and encourage students to participate in the events

• Region 10 paper contest:

Total 4 papers were submitted to R10 contest and 3 student won prizes in this year.

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PG contest Bin Qian (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Paper titled "A Near BER-Optimal Decoding Algorithm for Convolutionally Coded Relay Channels" won the 1st winner in 2015 Region 10 SAC Paper Contest. Youwei Jia (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Paper titled "A Hybrid Approach for k-way Partitions in Smart Grid based on Laplacian Spectrum and Self-Organizing Map" won the 2nd winner in 2015 Region 10 SAC Paper Contest. UG Contest Ho, Yik Ham (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Paper titled "Indoor positioning algorithms for iBeacon" under the Category of Undergraduate (UG) won the 1st winner in 2015 Region 10 SAC Undergraduate and Postgraduate Paper Contest.

B.5 Affinity Group Activities

• Women In Engineering (WIE) A petition was raised by Ms. Lieny Jang and supported by IEEE Hong Kong section in the 3rd executive committee meeting of IEEE Hong Kong section. The WIE Group in HK was reactivated in 2015.

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

• Please list all Awards and Recognitions received by the Section, and members in the Section, from R 10 and IEEE HQ during the year 2015

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

• Newsletter (name and number of issues in the year)

There were a total of 12 issues of IEEE Hong Kong Section’s Newsletter (downloadable from http://www.ieee.org.hk/?page_id=10) in 2015. They were sent to the Section members by emails once per month.

• Home Page of the Section (give the URL and how often it is updated)

The home page is http://www.ieee.org.hk/. It’s updated monthly.

B.8 Industry Relations

• Membership growth and retention

IEEE Hong Kong Section successfully recruited a remarkable number of members from Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) in 2015.

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• Activities for/with industrial members

IEEE HK Section sponsors Innovative Technology Series (ITS) Training Workshops, which is jointly organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic Unversity(PolyU), Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) and Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP)

Innovative Technology Series Workshop 1:

Topic 1: Innovation: From Leonardo da Vinci to Modern Concept of Intellectual Property

Speaker: Prof. Michael Tse

Topic 2: Sensors for Healthcare: Electronic and Communication Need

Speaker: Prof. Mike Somekh

Date: 25 September 2015 (Friday)

Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm

Venue: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited

(ASTRI)

Workshop 2: Recent advances in video and imaging technology

Topic: Breakthroughs in Super-resolution Videos

Speaker: Prof. W.C. Siu

Date: 23 October 2015 (Friday)

Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm

Venue: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited

(ASTRI)

Workshop 3: A half-day workshop in advanced power electronics technologies

Topic: LED Lighting Systems

Speakers: Prof. Michael Tse, Dr K.H. Loo, and Dr S.C. Wong

Date: 13 November 2015 (Friday)

Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm

Venue: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited

(ASTRI)

Workshop 4: A half-day workshop in Advanced VLSI Design

Topic : High Level Synthesis

Speaker : Dr Benjamin Carrion Schafer, Assistant Professor, PolyU EIE

Date : 11 December 2015 (Friday)

Time : 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Venue : Room CF504, EIE Department, PolyU

Workshop 5: Recent advances in Machine Intelligence

Topic 1: Face Recognition from Low-resolution to High-resolution

Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Lam, Associate Dean and Professor, PolyU EIE

Topic 2: Speaker Verification under the Big Data Environment

Speaker: Dr M.W. Mak, Associate Professor, PolyU EIE

Date: 15 January 2016 (Friday)

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Venue: Conference Hall 1-2, G/F, Core Building 1, Phase 1, Hong Kong Science Park,

Shatin, Hong Kong

Besides, nearly all seminars organized by chapters and Section were open to industrial members.

PART C - OTHERS

C.1 Special Events

• Please briefly describe the importance of special events and the outcomes achieved

• Funding secured from the IEEE and external sources including sponsorships

13 A Forum was held in response to the Public Consultation on Future Development of local Electricity market.

IEEE Forum - Views in response to the Public Consultation on Future Development of

Electricity Market

Venue: Theater HJ302, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Date: 13 June 2015 (Saturday) Time: 14:00-18:00 Detail: http://www.ieee.org.hk/newsletter/event/150613fo.pdf

C.2 Relationship with �ational and International Societies and �on-Government

Organizations (�GO)

• Nature of relationship and details of any formal agreement signed

• Details of joint activities

• Benefit to IEEE members (for example discounts, access to technical information etc.)

• Benefit to Section (for example help in membership development, venue facilities, cost saving etc.)

Some sample events are listed as follows: The following event is cosponsored by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, APSIPA and IEEE Hong Kong Section.

2015 Asia-pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC’2015) Date: Dec 16-19, 2015 Venue: Hong Kong, China Detail: http://www.apsipa2015.org/

The following event is organized by GS1 HK and supported by IEEE HK Section.

HK Internet of Things Conference 2015 Date: May 15, 2015 (Friday) Time: 9:00am – 4:40pm Venue: S 421, Level 4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, Detail: http://www.the-moxie.com/gs1IoT/index.php

The following event is organized by APSCOM and IET and it is supported by IEEE HK Section.

The 10th IET International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2015) Date: 8-12 November, 2015 Venue: Hyatt Regency, Tsim Sha Tsui. Hong Kong Website: www.apscom2015.org All Hong Kong IEEE members are entitled to have a discount when joining these events.

C3. Collaboration with other IEEE Sections

• Support extended to neighboring Sections

• Joint activities with any other Section

The following event is cosponsored by IEEE Xian Section and IEEE Hong Kong Section:

2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC2015) Date: September 19-22, 2015

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Venue: Ningbo, China Detail: http://www.icspcc.org/

IEEE TENCON 2015 was held in Macau. We strongly promoted the event in Hong Kong and, as a consequence, Hong Kong is one of the few countries and regions from which the most attendees came.

C.4 Support extended to Sub-sections & Society Chapters within the Section

• Support extended for organising technical, educational and professional activities

• Joint activities for membership development

• Support extended for the formation of a Sub-section or transition of a Sub-section into a full Section

Please refer to the activities reported by individual chapters.

C.5 Best Practices of your Section (which you would like to share with other

Sections for the benefits of members)

C.6 Problems anticipated and suggestions for solutions, if any

Nil

PART D - GOALS A�D PLA�S

D.1 Continuation of project/activity in progress and their implementation

plans Nil

D.2 Goals and Future Plans

To continue to assist chapters to organize various technical activities for members

D.3 Any innovative ideas to make IEEE more creative and value added for

sustaining the membership retention and recruitment goals.

Nil