A student branch chapter is a geographically based unit of the SMC Society and the Region. They represent and fulfill the needs of student members at specific universities.
Student branch chapters provide student members with valuable opportunities to meet face to face and host local activities. They operate similar to a regular society Chapter.
Establishing a SMC Society Student Branch Chapter
A SMC Society Student Branch can be established at any location where there’s an IEEE Student Branch. If an IEEE Student Branch doesn’t exist at your university, speak with an adviser to find out how to create one. The process for starting an IEEE Student Branch can be found on IEEE.org.
SMC Society Student Branch Chapters
Australia
University of Technology, Sydney Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2015
- Officers:
- Changxing Ding, Chair
- Dacheng Tao, Advisor
- Recent Activities:
- Invitation of Prof. Jimeng Sun from Georgia Institute of Technology for academic seminar and communication
- Join the KDD conference together which was held in Sydney
- Volunteer activities for the Australasian Data Mining Conference which was hosted by UTS
- Future Activities:
- Regular academic workshops by chapter
- Contact: Changxing Ding
Brasil
Vacant.
Canada
Simon Fraser University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2015
- Officers:
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Zach Spencer, Chair
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Ljiljana Trajkovic, Advisor
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- Chapter Website
- Recent Activities:
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Our three sub-teams (Electronics, Mechanics, and Software) have each been working hard to move though the design process of our autonomous soccer playing robots. These robots are being designed for international competition in the B league of Robocup. Each sub-team has weekly meetings to discuss progress, delegate new tasks, and tackle difficult challenges as a group. Additionally, our outreach team hosted a workshop in May of 2023 for grade 9 and 10 students from the community to learn about robotics and engineering. During this event we introduced the students to Arduino programming with multiple interactive activities.
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- Future Activities:
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In the coming months we hope to prepare our robots and software to a competition ready state. Once our robots are ready to compete we hope to play some matches with other local Robocup teams. After we have had the opportunity to test our systems in a match environment we will focus on qualifying and then competing in an international Robocup competition which are held annually all around the world. In addition to these goals, we also plan on continuing to hold outreach events for grade school students interested in engineering.
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- Contact: Zach Spencer
China
Chongqing University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2007
- Officers
- Yuan Yan Tang, Advisor
- Recent Activities:
- Organizing seminars:
Participation in different Distinguished Lecturer activities
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- Future Activities:
- Organizing seminars:
Participation in different Distinguished Lecturer activities - Strong IEEE SMC recruitment activities
- Organizing seminars:
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2012
- Officers
- Recent Activities:
- Supported IEEE SMC 2015 conference which was held in Hong Kong in October
- Organize some technical talks given by invited guests
Hungary
Óbuda University Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2015
- Officers
- Bruno Krasnyanszki, Chair
- Samuel Lerant, Vice-Chair
- Reka Csizmadia, Secretary
- Kender Viktor, Treasurer
- Gyorgy Eigner, Gabriella Simon-Nagy, Advisors
Italy
University of Cagliari Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2014
- Officers:
- Rita Delussu, Vice Chair
- Grigoriou Elisavet, Secretary
- Michele Scalas, Treasurer
- Giacinto Giorgio, Advisor
- Marco Melis, Webmaster
- Chapter Website
- Recent Activities:
- Organizing seminars:
– Basics of LateX
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- Future Activities:
- Organizing seminars:
– Basics of LateX
– Poster sessions for PhD student on annual conferences
– Computer vision seminar
- Organizing seminars:
Mexico
Vacant.
Pakistan
IEEE U C E T – The Islamia University of Bahawalpur IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2018
- Officer
- Qaiser Ijaz, Chair
- Mudassar Irshad, Secretary
Taiwan
National Chung Hsing University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2009
- Officer
- Ching-Chih Tsai, Advisor
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2007
- Officer
- Yuan-Lin Wen, Chair
- Recent Activities:
- Regular Computational Intelligence Reading meetings
Taiwan Ocean University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2007
- Officers:
- Yuan-Lin Wen, Chair
- Mu-Der Jeng, Advisor
Yuan Ze University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2008
- Officers:
- Chao-Ming Chung, Chair
- Chih-Min Lin, Advisor
Tunisia
National School of Engineers in Sfax Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2009
- Officers:
- Officers:
- Asma Kharrat, Chair
- Abid Abir, Vice Chair
- Ilhem Kallel, Advisor
- Malak Chniter, Treasurer
- Chapter Website
- Officers:
- Chapter Website
United Kingdom
City University of London Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2009
- Officers:
- Panos Liatsis, Advisor
United States
Long Island University Student Branch Chapter
- Established: 2012
- Officers:
- Ping-Tsai Chung, Advisor
- Chapter Website