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IEEE Xi’an Section Report （2012）
PART A - SECTION SUMMARY
A.1 Executive Summary – (Please follow the format given below)
 Section Executive Committee Member List
Chair: Jianguo Huang, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Vice-chair: Xiaohong Guan, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Treasurer: He Xiang, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Technical Activities Committee Chair:Prof. ZHOU Xingshe, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Awards & Recognition Committee Chair, Prof. JIAO Licheng , Xidian University
Educational Activities Committee Chair, Prof. GAO Feng, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Membership Development Committee Chair: Prof. GAO Xinbo, Xidian University
The society chapters of Xi’an section have been very active during the year. We organized 25
technical meetings and lectures in the Xi’an region of China.
 Major Events (International, National)
In September, 2011, collaborating with the IEEE Hong Kong Section, we hosted “2011 IEEE
International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing” in Xi’an. More
than two hundreds of specialists and scholar from America, French, Japan, Australia, India, South
Korea, etc. attended this conference.
In Jan. 7, 2012, we held the IEEE Xi’an Section annual report & new year celebration. More than
100 members attended.
A.2 Financial Report – (Please follow the format given below)
 Summary
In 2011，the total receipts of XI’AN SECTION is about $26799.09(USD). It includes the balance
of 2010 about $2497.16, the financial assistance of Northwestern Polytechnical University about
$18900.00, the rebate (contains the interest) from IEEE about $5387.10 .
The total 2011 expenses of XI’AN SECTION is about $24543.42 . The expenditure mainly refers
to the academic activities including conference hall, the conference reception, the conference
transportation, the conference material printing, as well as the Xi’an Section website management,
etc.
The balance of 2011 for IEEE Xi’an Section is about $2255.67(USD) .
 Any other financial activities
Extra financial support mainly comes from the Northwestern Polytechnical University.
PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
B.1 Membership Development Activities
By Jan, 10th, 2012, the total amount of active members of IEEE Xi’an Section is 673, while the
number was 553 for the year 2010 and 451 for the year 2009. It increases 22% and 49% than the
members in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
In 2012, we continue our effort to increase membership, especially the student members. …
B.2 Chapter Activities
By 2011, there are 7 chapters in Xi’an Section, all of which are active. The chapters are as follows:
IEEE Xi’an ED Chapter
IEEE Xi’an SP Chapter
IEEE Xi’an COM Chapter
IEEE Xi’an CIS Chapter
IEEE Xi’an Computer Chapter
IEEE Xi’an MTT Chapter
IEEE Xi’an SMC Chapter
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Society Chapter Meetings
Communication Society
No.
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Date
13/06/2011
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19/08/2011
3.
19/10/2011
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07/01/2011
Topic
IEEE DLT Talk By Prof. Arun K. Somani, Iowa State University in
Xidian University
Talk By IEEE Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford
University in Xidian University.
IEEE DLT Talk by Prof. Zhuang Weihua, Waterloo University, in Xidian
University
Prof.Ding Zhi, the IEEE Fellow, visited Xidian University and gave a talk
on Frequecy Spectrum Access Control in Cognitive Network.
Signal Processing Society
No.
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Date.
14/09/2011
2.
18/12/2011
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17/12/2011
4.
09/07/2011
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04/05/2011
02/11/2011
Topic
2011 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing,
Communications and Computing
IEEE Fellow Alex Chichung KOT visited the SP chapter for two days and
gave technical reports about the biometric data safety.
IEEE Fellow Zhi DING visited the SP chapter and gave technical reports
about the future of the wireless communication.
IEEE Fellow Rick Blum visited the SP chapter introducing the work of his
groups on the sensor network detecting.
Sino-Germany Workshop on Image Processing Technology
Prof. Alan V. Oppenheim Paid a visit to Xidian University. The main topic
is the history, Today and Furture of Digital Signal Processing.
Computational Intelligence Society
No.
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Date.
03/03/2011
Topic
Prof. Chichung Alex Kot, the Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. on
Multimedia, gave a talk on “Can This Photo Be Trusted”.
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
No.
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Date.
17/03/2011
Topic
Prof. Lawrence O. Hall, the IEEE Fellow, the winner of Outstanding
Contribution Award of IEEE SMC Society gave a talk on “Scaling Soft
Clustering to Very Large Data Sets”
Electronic Devices Society
No.
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Date.
28/04/2011
2.
17/06/2011
3.
20/06/2011
Topic
The Distinguished Lecture talk included the progress in 3C-SiC on 150-mm
and 200-mm Si wafers, the characteristics of 3C SiC/Si heterojuction, and
the applications of 3C-SiC/Si in memories, LED, NEMS/MEMS and
Power devices. The most significant contribution focused on the epitaxial
growth of 3C-SiC on big diameter silicon wafers of 150 mm and 200 mm
with very low interface states and without a buffer layer between 3C-SiC
and Silicon. The I-V characteristics of 3C-SiC/Si heterojunction and C-V
of MOS capacitor demonstrated the high quality of 3C-SiC/Si. This is an
attractive progress.
Excellent lecture that introduced the unique property of SiC, the
development history of SiC power devices, including the first 4H-SiC BJT,
the first SiC normally-off VJFET, and the first SiC power IC reported by
SiCLAB of Rutgers University, and the widespread potential applications.
Prof. Joseph Y. Hui delivered the development of Solar cell and Energy
Systems of Electric Vehicles. Also he introduced the trends and market of
renewable energy sources. The emphasis of this talk was put on a new
Proton Capacitor which is applied to store energy. This was an excellent
talk and received great interests and was highly appreciated.
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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
B.4 Students Activities
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By 2011, there are 3 student branches in IEEE Xi’an Section. No new student branch is formed in
2011.
IEEE Xidian University student branch.
Oct, 20th~ 24th , 2011, The Academic Activities in the autumn is organized by “Key Laboratorary
of Intelligent Perception and Image Understanding of Ministry of Education”aims to strengthen
academic exchanges. There were more than 30 scholars Participate in this activities and 50
academic reports in this activities.
IEEE CSC2011 was held in Beijing by IEEE GUCAS Student Branch. This conference aim to
share their experience in the management and activities for each IEEE Student Branch in China.
Firstly, Norman Mariun, the member of IEEE PES, and Song Lingyang of Peiking University
were invited to give technique reports. Then Lawrence Wong, the Chairmen of Region 10, and
Jamie Moesch, the member and the chief inspector of MGA development strategy introduced the
activities of the IEEE Region 10 and IEEE Student Branch, repectively. At last, the students from
different IEEE Student Brunch shared their experience about their Brunch work .
IEEE Northwestern Polytechnical University student branch.
The student members are very active in the ICSPCC 2011 as the conference volunteers.
B.5 Affinity Group Activities
There is currently no affinity group in IEEE Xi’an Section.
B.6 Awards & Recognition Activities
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Award constituted by the section
Award(s) received from R10
Award(s) received from IEEE HQ
B.7 Communication Activities (Newsletter, Home Page, E-mail etc.)
Home page : www.ieeexian.org, updated about every three months.
IEEE Xi’an Section normally contact with its members directly with Emails, informing them when
there is some activities or some important information. We also provide support to students who
present papers at international conferences.
B.8 Community Activities
B.9 Other Organizational Activities
PART C - OTHERS
C.1 Relationship with National Societies
The Xi’an section registers in Northwestern Polytechnical University. Office of International
Cooperation , Science and Technology Association supply the aid of human resource and material
support.
C.2 Special Events
C.3 Problems to be Anticipated
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C.4 Best Practices of your section (which you would like share with other
sections for the benefits of members)
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Regular Faculty Development Programmes in different location in the state to benefit good
number of faculty members.
Funding for the student projects submitted by the student branches of the section to motivate
student membership and also to improve the quality of the student Projects at undergraduate level.
PART D - GOALS AND PLANS
D.1 Continuation of Project/Activity in Progress and Their Implementation
Plans
The second International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing will
be held in Hong Kong in 2012, Sponsored by IEEE Xi’an Section IEEE Hong Kong Section and
Northwestern Polytechnical University. The goal of the conference is to bring together leading
engineers, researchers and academics from the world to discuss novel theories, technologies and
applications in the areas of signal processing, communications and computing.
D.2 Goals and Future Plans
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To spread the technical activity organized by the section, introduce more scientists, engineers and
students to our section.
Sponsored or co-sponsored more international conferences.
To organize more Distinguish Lecture and talk in selected areas
Reform and perfect the project and operational mechanism of the Xi’an section in 2012.
To promote membership in Xi’an, both university and industry. New chapters is under
consideration.
Prof. Jianguo Huang
Chair of IEEE Xi’an Section
Northwestern Polytechnical University
jghuang@nwpu.edu.cn