March 2009
Issue #26
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Hossam A. Gabbar
Okayama University, Japan
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IEEE SMC Society Japan section, Hiroshima Chapter

The IEEE Hiroshima, Japan Section, Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter has been formed on November, 2005. Chapter activities include research, education, industrial, and social collaboration in the area of computational intelligence and its applications. There are several topics that have been discussed, such as human factors, energy process engineering, and intelligent systems.

Activities

Till to date, the chapter organized and sponsored the following activities:

  1. 1st International Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Hiroshima, 23-Jan-2006
  2. Invited IEEE Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Bill Gruver (SFU), "Distributed Intelligent Systems", 23-Jan-2006
  3. Invited Lecture, Prof. Mohamed Kamel (Waterloo), "Current Research in the Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence", 23-Jan-2006
  4. Initiate Green Supply Chain Work Group, Okayama, Jul-2006
  5. Quarter SMC Chapter meeting, Okayama, 25-Aug-2006
  6. Organized Two Special Sessions on "Advances in Process Control & Safety", at the SICE International Conference, Korea, Oct-2006
  7. SMC Chapter group discussions about SMC 2006, Taiwan, Oct-2006
  8. Invited Lecture, Organized Technical Meeting at Okayama University, Oct-2006
  9. 2nd International Workshop of Computational Intelligence, Distinguished Lecture, Okayama, Dec-2006

Objectives

The intermediate and long term aims of the Chapter are:

  • Actively introduce this Chapter and IEEE, and recruit new members, in particular, student members.
  • Organize industrial collaboration seminars and technical talks to promote science and engineering practices in real applications with the industry.
  • Form work groups with industry to address critical issues, such as product design, industrial safety, environment, and social systems.

Organizing Committee

The IEEE SMC Chapter - Hiroshima Section Committee is as follows:

  1. Prof. Hossam A.Gabbar (Okayama University, Japan), Chair
  2. Prof. Manabu Sano (Hiroshima City Universit), Vice Chair
  3. Prof. Hideki Katagiri (Hiroshima University), Secretary
  4. Prof. Hisashi Handa (Okayama University), Treasurer

Events

1st International Workshop on Computational Intelligence

Workgroup on Green Supply Chain Management (WG-GSCM)