Dear Readers, This is the first issue of the IEEE SMC Society (SMCS) eNewsletter for 2017. This issue is mainly devoted to our flagship conference that is now getting closer, IEEE SMC 2017. The IEEE SMC 2017 Conference will be held in Banff, Canada, October 5-8, 2017. In this eNewsletter we report all details regarding…
Dear Readers, Welcome to the first issue of year 2018 of the eNewsletter! As usual, the issue is packed with interesting information. Among much more, do not miss the messages from the President and Junior Past President, the information on the newly elected Board of Governors and Executive Committee, and the call for participation in…
Editor: Francesco Flammini, Chairman, IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security…
The biennial International Conference on Cybernetics (CYBCONF) provides a premier international forum for researchers and practitioners to report the latest innovations, summarize the state-of-the-art, and exchange ideas and advances in all aspects of Cybernetics. Apart of the main track it includes special sessions and plenary talks by invited eminent speakers. CYBCONF-2017 is organized by University…
September 11–13, 2017 • Ulm, Germany. Companion Technology is an emerging field of cross-disciplinary research that aims at a paradigm shift in human-technology interaction. It enables technical systems of any kind to smartly adapt their services to the individual needs of users, their current requests, situation, emotion, and disposition. Companion Technology covers and combines trans-disciplinary…
The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society invites nominations for Distinguished Lecturers for the term 2016-17. The primary purpose of the SMC Society Distinguished Lecturer Program is to help Society Chapters, Student Branch Chapters provide interesting and informative programs to serve the needs of members of the SMC Society and to enhance their professional vitality…
The purpose of this fund is to offer financial resources for supporting innovative ideas and projects that will benefit SMC community in general and members of the communities which are interested in SMC area research topics and attract new members. Examples of projects that the SMC Outreach Fund can support include: Outreach activities for promoting…
The Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) announces a nation-wide search to fill the position of Program Director for the Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE) Program. NSF Program Directors have an unparalleled opportunity and responsibility to ensure NSF-funded research is at the forefront of advancing fundamental knowledge. The IMEE program supports fundamental,…
