March 2009
Issue #26
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Xizhao Wang
Dean and Professor
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hebei University, China.

IEEE SMC Society Baoding Chapter

The IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Baoding Chapter in China was formed in 2005. Baoding is located in the Province of Hebei in Northern China. The establishment of the SMC Chapter marks a milestone for the SMC Society since it is one of first two SMC chapters in China. It has 27 founding members from Hebei University, North China Electric Power University, Agricultural University of Hebei, Yanshan University, and Harbin University of Science and Technology, and others.

Long before the establishment of the Baoding Chapter, many of its new members have been active in IEEE SMC Society activities. Since 2002 they were serving the Society as organizers for the International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), which has become one of the premier international annual conferences in China. This annual conference is technically sponsored by the SMC Society and is actively supported by the Society leadership. Through ICMLC many Chinese researchers and particularly graduate students have learned about the SMC Society. The founding Chair, Professor Xizhao Wang of Hebei University, was recipient of 2004 SMCS Outstanding Contribution Award for his visionary leadership in founding and managing this major event, and was recipient of 2005 SMCS Best Associate Editor Award for his editorial work on IEEE Transactions on SMC(b). Moreover, based on the ICMLC2006 best papers, Prof. Xizhao Wang has been working as a guest editor on publishing two special issues of international Journals Information Sciences (IS) and Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence (PRAI).

An important goal of the Baoding Chapter during 2005-2006 is an SMC membership drive. While hosting the 4th and the 5th ICMLCs, we will have invited lectures and a large number of sessions to encourage conference participants (students and professionals) to join IEEE and SMCS.

Chapter Chairman Prof. Xizhao Wang is also chairing the SMC Technical Committee on Computational Intelligence and organized a special session under the Large Margin Learning theme for the Annual SMC Conference in Taipei October 2006.

The founding officers (designated) for the Baoding SMCS chapter are: Chair: Prof. Xizhao Wang
Vice-chair: Dr. Junfeng Tian
Treasurer: Qiang He
Secretary: Qiang Hua

Other founding members of the Baoding Chapter are Minghu Ha, Junfeng Tian, Fang Yuan, Junhai Zha, Dazeng Tian, Xuedong Tian, Qiang He, Qiang Hua, Feng Zhang, Yan Zhan, Suyun Zhao, Juan Sun, Jianhui Zhang, Min Wang, Luwen Qie, Youliang Fang, Jihui Ding, Fachao Li, Degang Chen, Yaoquan Yang, Guifa Teng, Dongmei Huang, Lishe Wang, Aibing Ji, and Jiadong Ren.