VOLUME 41 • ISSUE 1 • MARCH 2017 • THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG 5G The New Wireless Frontier REGION NEWS REGION NORTHEASTERN I Student branch at University of Texas, San for Science and Technology, Mubarak Al- I Student branch at Universidade Fed- UNITED STATES Antonio, forms IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelec- Abdullah, Kuwait. eral do Rio de Janeiro forms IEEE Power & trics, and Frequency Control Society chapter. Energy Society chapter and IEEE WIE a n- I Student branch at New York I Student branch formed at Lebanese ity group. 1 City College of Technology forms University, Beirut. I IEEE Women in Engineering REGION WESTERN UNITED STATES I Student branch formed at Muscat Student branch at Londrina State (WIE) a nity group. I San Fernando Valley (Calif.) College, Oman. University, Brazil, forms IEEE Robotics Section forms IEEE Robotics and and Automation Society chapter. I Student branch formed at Shaheed 6 Automation Society chapter. 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BRIEFINGS REGION ASIA AND PACIFIC ■■Student branch at Bangla- desh University of Engineering 10 and Technology, Dhaka, forms IEEE WIE affinity group. ■■Student branch formed at Shahjalal Uni- versity of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. ■■Beijing Section forms IEEE Biometrics Council chapter and IEEE YP affinity group. ■■Harbin (China) Section forms chapters of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing and IEEE Vehicular Technology societies and IEEE WIE affinity group. ■■Nanjing (China) Section forms IEEE Vehicular Technology Society chapter. ■■Student branch at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, forms IEEE WIE affinity group. ■■Student branch at Wuhan University, China, forms IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society chapter. ■■Student branches formed in India at Amity School of Engineering and Technol- ogy, Bennett University, Christ College of Engineering and Technology, D.Y. Patil School of Engineering Academy, Jawaha- rlal Nehru Technological University, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology, Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Tech- nology and Management, PPG Institute of Technology, Punjabi University, R.L. Jalappa Institute of Technology, Sasi Insti- tute of Technology and Engineering, SCAD College of Engineering and Technology, Medal of Honor dation, 1999] is recognized as an Academy of Television Arts and Surya Engineering College, Vaigai College authoritative source. Sciences for his work on coding of Engineering, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Goes to Immink Immink left Philips in 1998 to optical formats. Siddhartha Engineering College, and Vetri LIFE FELLOW Kornelis launch Turing Machines Inc., in The IEEE Foundation sponsors Vinayaha College of Engineering and Technology. A. Schouhamer “Kees” Immink Rotterdam, Netherlands, which the Medal of Honor. Immink is to will receive the 2017 IEEE focuses on novel coding technology receive the award at the 2017 IEEE ■■Student branches in India at Bishop Jerome Institute, Guru Nanak Institute of Medal of Honor “for pioneering and signal processing for hard disk Honors Ceremony, scheduled for Technology, KCG College of Technology, contributions to video, audio, drives and solid-state memories. 25 May at the Palace Hotel in San Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, and data recording technology From 1994 to 2015 he was an Francisco. The ceremony is being Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial including compact disc, DVD, adjunct professor of mathematics held in conjunction with the IEEE Institute of Technology, Sastra Univer- and Blu-ray.” at the University of Duisburg- Vision, Innovation, and Chal- sity, and Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering form IEEE WIE affinity groups. Immink joined Philips Essen, in Germany. He also has lenges Summit. Research Labs, in Eindhoven, been a visiting professor at three —Amanda Davis ■■Student branches in India at ABES, Col- lege of Engineering Trikaripur, Mar Base- Netherlands, in 1968 and schools in Singapore: the Data lios Christian College of Engineering and conducted pioneering work on Storage Institute, Nanyang Techni- Technology, and Sastra University form optical videodisc recording. He cal University, and