Introduction to the IEEE SMC Beijing Chapter
by Jian Chen and Daniel Yeung

The Beijing Chapter is one of the first two IEEE SMC chapters established in China. It is strategically located in the Capital city of China. The twenty six founding members represent many leading universities including Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Science, Peking University, Renmin University, Chinese Institute of Electronics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Beijing Jiaotong University.

The IEEE SMC Beijing Chapter is committed to advance the research and applications of the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society in China, especially in the area of system engineering, as well as serving as a bridging channel for SMC to reach out to the potentially huge Chinese IEEE community.

The Chapter’s recent activities include

The Chapter has the following (designated) founding officers:

  Chairman: Jian Chen Tsinghua University
  Vice-Chairman: Sifeng Liu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Treasurer/Secretary: Yan Zhu Tsinghua University

Other founding members of the Beijing Chapter are Hanfu Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yu, Chen, Renmin University; Yuliu Chen, Tsinghua University; Haitao Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Biqing Huang, Tsinghua University; Zhiwu Li, Chinese Institute of Electronics; Kejun Liu, Peking University; Sifeng Liu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Chundi Mu, Tsinghua University; Qiuqi Ruan, Beijing Jiaotong University; Fei Sha, Beijing Jiaotong University; Chunlin Shen, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Xiaofang Tang, Beijing Jiaotong University; Yang Xiao, Beijing Jiaotong University; Liangliang Xie, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zongze Xu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Geng Yang, Tsinghua University; Shiyuan Yang, Tsinghua University; Baozong Yuan, Beijing Jiaotong University; Changshui Zhang, Tsinghua University; Jifeng Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yisheng Zhong, Tsinghua University; Donghua Zhou, Tsinghua University; Jie Zhou, Tsinghua University; and Zhu, Tsinghua University.