IEEE SMC Society, Board of Governors Member at Large, 
2015-2017
The results of the election of members of the SMC Board of Governors for the three year term 
2015-2017 are in. Congratulations to the elected volunteers.
Table of Contents: IEEE Transactions on Human Machine 
Systems
2014 Award Announcements
Norbert Wiener Panel Session at SMC2014
Contributed by Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso
The 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, held in San 
Diego on October 6-8, was dedicated to Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics, in honor of 
the 120th anniversary of his birth. 
To commemorate this anniversary, SMC 2014 featured the Norbert Wiener Panel Session in 
which recipients of the IEEE SMCS Norbert Wiener Award, the primary research award of the 
IEEE SMC Society, discussed a broad selection of society-related topics.
Congratulations to nine new fellow members of IEEE SMC 
who have been elevated to Fellow grade effective January 
1, 2015.
Call for Papers:  IEEE SMC Magazine
Article subjects include the integration of the theories of communication, control, cybernetics, 
optimization, systems engineering technology development, including problem definition 
methods, modeling, and simulation, methods of system experimentation, human factors 
engineering, as well as their application to the variety of systems including human-machine, 
biological, technological, ecological, socio-economic, and societal systems, data and 
methods, systems design techniques and test and evaluation methods, and system structure 
towards the formulation of a general theory of systems
Information for Authors - IEEE SMC Magazine
IEEE System, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine is published quarterly. Each paper submitted 
is subject to a thorough review process, and the publication decision is based on the 
comments and recommendations of the reviewers. Review management is generally under the 
direction of an associate editor. Often, reviews take 6 weeks but can take up to three to four 
months, occasionally longer. An additional several months is required for the publication 
process.
Invitation to apply for Senior Membership of IEEE
Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply. IEEE members can 
self-nominate, or be nominated, for Senior member grade.
To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must:
1.	be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-
designated fields;
2.	have experience reflecting professional maturity;
3.	have been in professional practice for at least ten years;
4.	show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional 
practice.