IEEE Islamabad SectionActivities Report

Speaker: Dr. Aftab Maroof

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IEEE PakistanThree Sections◦ Islamabad Section◦ Lahore Section◦ Karachi Section

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IEEE Islamabad SectionRepresents northern area of Pakistan

River Jehlam serves as an informal boundary of Section

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Islamabad SectionHome of Gandhara Civilization

Civilization dating back to 3,000 years

The Gandhara city of Taxila was an important Buddhist and Hindu center of learning from the 5th century BC

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IEEE Islamabad SectionCradle of Buddhist Ghandhara civilization

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Modern day Islamabad

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Structural Organization of IEEE Islamabad Section

27 Student Branches in different Universities and Institutes

Division into 3 Zones

1 Student Activities Committee (SAC) Chair 

1 Student Section Representative (SSR)

1 Associate Student Section Representative (ASSR) for each zone

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Major Events

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SPARK

Pre‐university Education Programs

Supporting Peers, Reaching Kids

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IEEE Pakistan Student/WIE/YP Congress 2015

More than 430 students and professionals from all over Pakistan 

National and International Speakers

Technical Workshops, Leadership Enhancement Programs & Talk‐series to develop Congressional Engagement Skills

Annual Section Awards

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IEEE Pakistan Student Computer Society Congress 2016

Theme“Cyber Secure Pakistan”

More than 240 students from all over Pakistan 

Information Areas CoveredCyber Security Awareness, Information Security, Cloud Computing, Security Digital Forensics, Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security in Pakistan

CUST Branch

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IEEE Islamabad Section Congress 2016

Theme“Technology Trespassing Trammels”

More than 250 participants from more than 15 Student Branches & Institutes

More than 15 technical & non‐technical topics were covered in seminars, sessions and workshops

Annual General Meeting

Section Awards Distribution

Websitewww.isc.ieeepieas.com

PIEAS Branch

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ConferencesTECHNICALLY  CO‐SPONSORED  BY   IEEE   ISLAMABAD  SECTION

2015‐2017

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Conferences in 2015Conference Number

Conference Start Date

Conference End Date

Conference Title

34417 01/13/2015 01/17/2015 2015 12th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)

36452 06/10/2015 06/11/2015 2015 Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET)

37259 09/02/2015 09/04/2015 2015 Fourth International Conference on Aerospace Science and Engineering (ICASE)37505 10/19/2015 10/20/2015 2015 Symposium on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering (RAEE)

36771 12/14/2015 12/16/2015 2015 13th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)

36610 12/17/2015 12/17/2015 2015 National Software Engineering Conference (NSEC)

37380 12/19/2015 12/20/2015 2015 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)

37276 12/21/2015 12/23/2015 2015 12th International Conference on High-capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET)

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Conferences in 201637073 01/12/2016 01/16/2016 2016 13th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and

Technology (IBCAST)Islamabad

39705 10/18/2016 10/19/2016 2016 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) Islamabad

39556 11/01/2016 11/02/2016 2016 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (ICRAI) Rawalpindi

39748 11/23/2016 11/24/2016 2016 First International Conference on Computing and Communication (ICCC) Haripur

39790 12/05/2016 12/06/2016 2016 19th International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC) Islamabad

39021 12/19/2016 12/21/2016 2016 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) Islamabad

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Conferences in 201701/14/2017 2017 14th International Bhurban Conference on

Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)Islamabad Centre of Excellence in Science & Applied Technologies

03/09/2017 2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems (C-CODE)

Islamabad Bahria University

04/21/2017 2017 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)

Rawalpindi National University of Sciences and Technology

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Summary of Conference Activity (2015‐2017)

17 International Conferences Organized in Islamabad Section

100+ Foreign Speakers invited to give talks at the conferences

Over 500 foreign reviewers spread across 37 countries

Over 1500 national reviewers

Conferences attended by over 3000 professionals, academicians, students 

All conferences follow strict and double blind review process

Overall acceptance rate approx. 30%

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Accomplishments

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Rebates

Sr. No. Name of Student Branch Student Branch Code

1 PIEAS STB13621

2 IIUI STB14741

3 CIIT Atb STB09991

4 MCS NUST STB06181

5 Bahria University STB00091

6 CUST STB04991

7 CIIT Isb STB17241

8 GIKI STB60221

9 UET Taxila STB60871

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Accomplishments

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

70 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF COMPUTER SOCIETY

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Accomplishments

PES STUDENT CONGRESS DARREL CHONG AWARD

IEEE UET Taxilla SB

IEEE Bahria SB

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Accomplishments

AIYEHUM GRANT

I am Not Alone

Hifza Marij (IEEE FJWU SB)

WIE R‐10 GRANT

IEEE UET Taxila SB

WIE Islamabad

Richard E. Merwin Scholarship Branch Counsellor Award

• By IEEE Computer SocietyAmna Javeed (IEEE BahriaSB)

• Dr. Sajjad(IEEE CUST SB)

• Dr. Gulistan Raja(IEEE UET Taxila SB)

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Accomplishments

R‐10 Medium Section Award

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