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IEEE AFRICON 2015 - CFP deadline extension

2015-03-19 07:45

IEEE AFRICON is IEEE’s flagship conference of the African continent and provides a platform for academics and industry professionals, from all over the world, to share ideas and present their latest research.

IEEE AFRICON 2015 will be held on the historic UNECA Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, from 14–17 September 2015. The theme of the conference is “GREEN INNOVATION FOR AFRICAN RENAISSANCE” and the event will feature a comprehensive technical program with distinguished keynote speakers and a vibrant social program.

Important dates for paper:

Call for nominations: Chair CS23/RA24

2015-02-04 19:39

The Control Systems & Robotics and Automation joint chapter has been dormant for some time now.

The section chair has nominated Dr Benjamin Rosman for the position of chair of the joint chapter. As such, the IEEE South Africa Section is seeking any additonal nominations for the position of joint chapter: Control Systems & Robotics and Automation chair. The deadline for submissions is Friday 6 February. Click to submit nominations.

SAIEE-IEEE Joint Award nomination deadline extended

2015-02-02 21:01

The deadline for submissions of nominations for the SAIEE-IEEE joint distinguished volunteer award has been extended to Friday 6 February.

Lebogang Madise appointed as Region 8 Student Branch Coordinator

2015-01-15 19:48

The South African Section proudly congratulates Lebogang Madise on being appointed as the Region 8 student branch coordinator.

We wish her all the best for this new role.

Elon Musk Honorary Member

2014-11-25 06:49

24 November 2014: The IEEE South Africa section is proud to announce that Elon R Musk has been selected to become an IEEE Honorary Member in 2015.

Region 8 Young Professionals Award

2014-11-13 07:34

Region 8 Young Professionals Subcommittee have decided to give David Oyedokun of the South Africa Section a special recognition to acknowledge his achievements regarding IEEE Young Professionals .

For the first time of the Young Professionals Exceptional Volunteer Award the IEEE decided to award two special distinctions for all the great work David and his Affinity group is doing for the South Africa (Southern Region)

Twitter account

2014-10-03 08:12

We have a twitter account.

Please follow us on @IEEE_ZA (Tech South Africa).

Please contact us to notify our followers should something of importance arise.

Media Committee

2014-09-26 12:15

The IEEE South Africa media committee has been formed.

David Kyereahene
David Hislop
Alex Mhungu

We are looking for you to send us interesting information about your subsection!

SA Innovation Summit

2014-09-08 12:46

The 7th South African Innovation Summit, September 2014, Cape Town. This year’s theme – Local Innovation, Global Conversation - showcases South Africa’s wealth of creativity, originality and ingenuity for developing solutions to unique challenges.

IEEE ZA Workshop

2013-10-07 21:47

27 Feb 2014: A workshop was held at UCT to discuss and plan activities for the next year. Alayne Reesberg (Cape Town World Design Capital) and Prof John Webb (UCT Mathematics Department) were keynote speakers.