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IEEE RAS welcomes 2010 with new officers
Effective January 1, 2010 the officers and adcom members of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society: President: Kazuhiro Kosuge President Elect: David Orin Secretary: Kevin Lynch Treasurer: Xiaoping Yun Past President: Bruno Siciliano Vice President for Publication Activities: Peter Luh Vice President for Conference Activities: Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos Vice President for Technical Activities: John Hollerbach Vice President for Member Activities: Stefano Stramigiol... read on »
David Orin is RAS President Elect 2010-11
The RAS Administrative Committee has selected David Orin of The Ohio State University to serve as President-Elect in 2010-2011 under incoming President Kazuhiro Kosuge. Orin is a longtime RAS member who has served on the AdCom, as Secretary and as Treasurer and Vice President for Financial Activities. He will succeed Kosuge as RAS President in 2012. Kosuge has appointed Tamas Haidegger, a graduate student at the Technical University of Budapest (Hungary), has been appointed t... read on »
Congratulations to 2010 IEEE Fellows
Congratulations to the following new IEEE Fellows, which were announced in December 2009. Nancy Amato Stefano Chiaverini Greg Chirikjian Kevin Lynch Larry Matthies Robin Murphy Lynne Parker Daniela Rus Jeff Trinkle ... read on »
Kumar, Siegwart, Xiao, Kragic, Laumond and Durrant-Whyte Elected to RAS AdCom
Robotics and Automation Society members elected six new Administrative Committee members to serve a three-year term on the Society's governing body. The new AdCom members are: Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, USA elected at large Roland Siegwart, ETH Autonomous Systems Lab , Switzerland, elected at large Jing Xiao, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, USA, elected from RAS Geographical Area 1 (IEEE Regions 1-6, 7, and 9) Danica Kragic, KTH, School of... read on »
Nominations for IEEE-RAS Student Activities Committee Co-chairs
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is seeking applications for two cochairs of the Student Activities Committee (SAC), who will serve a one year term. They will work together with the chair of the SAC. The IEEE-RAS Student Activities Committee promotes student participationin the Society activities in cooperation with all Society Boards, Committees and Working Groups, especially with Membership Activities Board (MAB). The mission of the committee includes, for example, working... read on »
Sebastian Wrede named Best Reviewer for RAM 2009
The Editorial Board of IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine has named Sebastian Wrede as the Best Reviewer for 2009. Wrede is with the Applied Computer Science Group, Bielefeld University, Germany. Stefano Stramigioli, Editor in Chief of the magazine, noted that the recognition was 'to value Wrede's work and time investment for the good quality of the magazine." Robotics and Automation Magazine, which is included with member dues of theIEEE Robotics and Automation... read on »
New IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
The new IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing seeks original manuscripts for publication. This new online only journal will publish cross disciplinary and international archival results of research on the design of systems that can recognize, interpret, and simulate human emotions and related affective phenomena. The journal will publish original research on the principles and theories explaining why and how affective factors condition interaction between humans and technology, on ho... read on »
IEEE Transactions on Haptics -Editor in Chief
The Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Professor Edward Colgate, is currently standing for reappointment to a second three-year term. The Management Committee of the Transactions invites comments upon his reappointment. Please send comments to Peter Luh , Chairperson of the Management Committee, by February 15, 2010. ... read on »
Cast your ballot for new RAS AdCom members!
All voting members of IEEE RAS should have received either a paper ballot or an invitation and instructions for casting their ballot electronically to elect six new members of the Administrative Committee. While the candidates are listed on the ballot according to their geographical area of residence --The Americas; Europe, Africa and Middle East (IEEE Region 8); and Asia, Austrialia and Pacific -- all members may vote for candidates from any region. Thanks to all the vol... read on »
Toshio Fukuda to receive IEEE R&A Award
The IEEE Board of Directors has announced that Professor Toshio Fukuda of the University of Nagoya, Japan will receive the IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award for leadership and pioneering contributions to Intelligent Robotic Systems and Micro and Nano Robotic Systems. Fukuda has been working in the area of intelligent robotic systems for over 30 years. He and colleagues and students working under his direction at his University of Nagoya laboratory are recognize... read on »
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