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Mo Jamshidi
General Chair
International Conference on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics
Email: moj@wacong.org
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IEEE SMC 2005 -
Conference Progress Report
by Mo Jamshidi

IEEE SMC 2005 is dedicated to Professor
Andrew P. Sage for his outstanding contributions to
systems theory, decision support systems and for national and international
leadership in systems engineering.
CONFERENCE PROGRESS REPORT
IEEE 2005 International Conference on Systems,
Man and Cybernetics
October 10-12, 2005, Waikoloa Hilton Village, the Big Island, Hawaii,
USA
Location:
The 2005 IEEE SMC international conference will be held on the Big Island
of Hawaii, USA. The venue is Waikoloa Hilton Village, arguably the best
resort hotel in the State of Hawaii. The premises includes a monorail
system and a boat, by which guest can check into their rooms. The famed
Big Island’s active volcano and the continuous arrival of melted
lava into the Pacific Ocean at night is a spectacular scene not to be
missed.
Theme: System of Systems
Engineering
Call for attendance: SMC 2005 provides
a world-class forum for all aspects of Systems Engineering. The role
of this field in all aspects of science, technology, security, education,
etc. will be covered. Also covered are human-machine systems and emerging
cybernetics, computational intelligence and soft computing. The theme
of the conference has attracted many papers, panel sessions and some
exhibitions from the aerospace industry. The following are the keynote
speakers:
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Professor Andrew P. Sage, George
Mason University, USA
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Dr. Firouz Naderi, Deputy Director,
NAS AJPL and former Manager of US Mars Program, USA
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Professor James Tien, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, USA
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Dr. Michael Lazaridis, CEO, Research
In Motion, Ltd., Canada
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Professor George Bekey, University
of Southern California, USA
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Professor Lotfi Zadeh, University
of California at Berkeley, USA
Stay tuned for all details and further information
with the Conference Web Site: http://ieeesmc2005.unm.edu
Personal Point of Contact: Mo Jamshidi,
IEE SMC 2005 General Chair, ECE Department and ACE Center, the University
of New Mexico, USA, moj@wacong.org
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Congratulations
to the following members of the SMC Society who were elevated to the
IEEE Senior Member grade at the last meeting of the IEEE Admission
and Advancement Review Panel on 14 May 2005 in Vancouver, Canada. |
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Kristine
E. Matthews
Lynne Parker
Chung-Shi Tseng
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