Welcome
to the first edition of SMCS e-Newsletter for year
2004. No need to specifically mention that our readers
surely not be happy with the frequency with which
the Newsletter is being posted. There are no many
reasons for the difficulty of regular posting of a
quality Newsletter but only a single reason that we
are not receiving adequate contributions to this important
publication. Therefore, I would like to repeatedly
encourage our readers, SMCS members or not, to actively
contribute to your Newsletter and to make the best
use of it. “Activity Reports” section
of this Newsletter is an ideal column for you to publish
your new endeavors and for your research center to
get to be known more among the research community.
You may also take part by writing a guest editorial,
reporting recent activities at your SMCS local chapter.
If you are yet to become an IEEE member, I encourage
you to apply for the membership, and take this opportunity
to join SMC Society and actively involve in our society
activities. Half-Year-Dues-Period for this year that
allows you to join IEEE or one of the societies pay
just one half the normal dues rate is in place starting
from this month.
We have successfully concluded the 2004 IEEE International
Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC’04)
in Taipei. As the General Chair of this inaugural
conference fully sponsored by SMCS, I take this opportunity
to convey my gratitude to every individual who enthusiastically
volunteered including the track chairs and reviewers
for their constant dedication, time and efforts, and
for many other related tasks. For an inaugural conference,
it was a highly successful program. Technical papers
covered a wide breadth of information from research
to applications. ICNSC’05 has been planed to
be held in March, 2005, in Tucson, Arizona, with conference
theme being “Intelligent Networking and Systems”.
SMCS’s flagship conference for this year will
be in The Hague, Netherlands – October 10-13.
To check out for more information about SMCS sponsored
and in-cooperated conferences, please go to the section
“Conferences” within this Newsletter and
use the links therein.
I
eagerly expect your contributions, comments and suggestions
to the IEEE SMCS e-Newsletter as it is your input
that is most vital for the furtherance of this publication.
