IEEE REGION 10 CONNECT JULY 2021 CONTENT WELCOME MESSAGES ......................................................................................................... 4 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR ....................................................................................................... 4 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 NEWSLETTER CHAIR .................................................................................... 6 1. SPECIAL TRIBUTES COLUMN ........................................................................................ 8 TRIBUTES TO OUTGOING IEEE R10 DIRECTOR AKINORI NISHIHARA ........................................................... 8 TRIBUTES TO OUTGOING IEEE PRESIDENT TOSHIO FUKUDA ...................................................................... 11 2. R10 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH ....................................................................... 13 R10 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – SURESH NAIR ........................................................................................................... 13 R10 WIE PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – SUPAVADEE ARAMVITH............................................................... 15 R10 YP PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – TOYA KITAGAWA .............................................................................. 16 R10 STUDENT PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – MUZAMIL MAHMOOD ............................................... 17 R10 LIFE MEMBER PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – VR SINGH ......................................................................19 3. R10 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE MONTH .......................................................21 R10 LARGE SECTION OF THE MONTH – BOMBAY SECTION.................................................................. 21 R10 MEDIUM SECTION OF THE MONTH – THAILAND SECTION ..................................................................... 22 R10 SMALL SECTION OF THE MONTH – HIROSHIMA SECTION...................................................................... 23 R10 SUBSECTION OF THE MONTH - KUALA LUMPUR SUBSECTION .............................................................. 24 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA ........................... 24 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY (NSU) .......................................... 26 COVID19 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – GEROBOK REZEKI ...................................................................... 27 4. R10 TECHNICAL ARTICLES ......................................................................................... 29 COMPUTATIONAL AND LEARNING BASED APPROACHES FOR PRECISION MEDICINE .............................. 29 5. R10 UPDATES .................................................................................................................. 33 VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH IEEE R10 LEADERS ................................................................................................. 33 R10 SECTION/CHAPTER COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................................33 R10 LIFE MEMBERS COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................................... 35 R10 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AFFINITY GROUP OFFICER TRAINING MODULES ...................................... 36 R10 WEBINAR SERIES – R10TALK ........................................................................................................... 37 6. SECTION/SUBSECTION/COUNCIL ACTIVITIES ........................................................... 40 IEEE BAHAWALPUR SUBSECTION ......................................................................................................................... 40 IEEE HYDERABAD SECTION .................................................................................................................................... 41 IEEE ISLAMABAD SECTION ..................................................................................................................................... 41 IEEE JAPAN COUNCIL ............................................................................................................................................... 42 IEEE KARACHI SECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 43 IEEE KERALA SECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 44 IEEE KOLKATA SECTION .......................................................................................................................................... 44 IEEE MADRAS SECTION ........................................................................................................................................... 46 CONTENT 2 IEEE REGION 10 CONNECT JULY 2021 IEEE MALABAR SUBSECTION .................................................................................................................................................... 47 IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 IEEE PUNE SECTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 49 IEEE UTTAR PRADESH SECTION ............................................................................................................................................... 50 IEEE WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECTION .................................................................................................................................... 51 7. AFFINITY GROUP ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................... 52 IEEE YP GUJARAT ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 IEEE YP MALAYSIA ............................................................................................................................................................... 52 IEEE YP SRI LANKA .............................................................................................................................................................. 53 IEEE WIE SENDAI ................................................................................................................................................................ 53 IEEE LMAG KANSAI .............................................................................................................................................................. 54 IEEE LMAG SENDAI .............................................................................................................................................................. 54 IEEE LMAG TOKYO ............................................................................................................................................................... 55 8. STUDENT BRANCH ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................... 56 IEEE AIUB STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] .......................................................................................... 56 IEEE HIET STUDENT BRANCH [KARACHI SECTION] .................................................................................................... 57 IEEE IIT KHARAGPUR STUDENT BRANCH [KHARAGPUR SECTION].........................................................................58 IEEE SLIIT STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ................................................................................................ 58 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] .................................................... 59 9. OTHER ARTICLES ....................................................................................................................... 60 QUARTER TECH TALK TABLE 3.0 .................................................................................................................................................................. 60 TRIBUTE TO DR. RAM GOPAL GUPTA, PAST CHAIR - IEEE DELHI SECTION AND PAST CHAIR - INDIA COUNCIL ....................................................................................................................................................................... 62 10. AWARDS AND FUNDING ......................................................................................................... 65 LIFE MEMBERS AFFINITY GROUP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD .......................................................................................... 65 IEEE REGION 10 YP UP SKILL 2021 .............................................................................................................................................................. 65 CALL FOR PROPOSALS – IEEE HAC/SIGHT PROJECTS ................................................................................................. 66 CALL FOR PROPOSALS – IEEE EDS AND IEEE HAC PROJECTS .................................................................................. 66 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – YESIST12 JUNIOR EINSTEIN TRACK....................................................................................... 67 11. CALL FOR PAPERS ..............................................................................................................