[This page intentionally left blank] 2 | P a g e CONTENTS WELCOMING MESSAGES ......................................................................................................................................... 5 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR .................................................................................................................................. 5 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR .......................................................................................................... 6 2020 NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. SPECIAL REPORTS ON IEEE R10 MEETING ................................................................................................................. 9 2020 IEEE REGION 10 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ................................................................................................................ 9 2020 IEEE REGION 10 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ..................................................................................................................... 11 2. R10 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH ...................................................................................................................... 22 R10 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – JONG CHANG YI ..................................................................................................................... 22 R10 WIE PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – TAKAKO HASHIMOTO ...................................................................................................... 23 R10 YP PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – KURNIANINGSIH ................................................................................................................ 24 R10 STUDENT PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – MOHAMMED HUSSEIN SALEH MOHAMMED HARAM ....................................................... 25 R10 LIFE MEMBER PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – ALAN L. HARVEY ................................................................................................ 26 3. R10 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE MONTH ....................................................................................................... 28 R10 LARGE SECTION OF THE MONTH – KERALA SECTION ................................................................................................................ 28 R10 MEDIUM SECTION OF THE MONTH – NAGOYA SECTION ........................................................................................................... 30 R10 SMALL SECTION OF THE MONTH – KHARAGPUR SECTION .......................................................................................................... 31 R10 SUBSECTION OF THE MONTH – VIZAG BAY SUBSECTION ........................................................................................................... 33 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – IEEE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH STUDENT BRANCH .......................... 35 4. OTHER ARTICLES ....................................................................................................................................... 37 INTERVIEW WITH TEAM BEND, WINNER OF IEEE R10HTC 2019 PROJECT COMPETITION ..................................................................... 37 IEEE PESGRE2020 ................................................................................................................................................................ 39 CONFLUENCE2020 .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 ICISCT2020 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 43 ICOMET2020 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 IEEE PRESIDENT ELECT 2021 – K J RAY LIU .................................................................................................................................. 45 IEEE PRESIDENT ELECT 2021 – S K RAMESH ................................................................................................................................ 46 IEEE APP: YOUR GLOBAL GATEWAY TO IEEE ................................................................................................................................ 48 COVID-19 RELATED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES FREE TO ACCESS IN IEEE XPLORE® ....................................................................... 49 5. SECTION AND SUBSECTION ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 51 HYDERABAD SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 51 MADRAS SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 52 SRI LANKA SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 53 DELHI SECTION ........................................................................................................................................................................ 54 TOKYO SECTION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 55 GUJARAT SECTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 55 HIROSHIMA SECTION ................................................................................................................................................................ 56 NAGPUR SUBSECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 57 SABAH SUBSECTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 57 6. CHAPTER AND AFFINITY GROUP ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................... 60 IEEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SRI LANKA ...................................................................................................................................... 60 IEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY SRI LANKA CHAPTER ............................................................................................................ 60 IEEE ELECTRONIC DEVICES SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................. 61 IEEE DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTER ..................................................................................... 61 IEEE POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY SRI LANKA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................. 62 IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTER .................................................................................................................. 62 IEEE SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTER ............................................................................................... 63 3 | P a g e IEEE AP/MTT BANGALORE JOINT CHAPTER, ................................................................................................................................ 64 IEEE AP/MTT/EMC ISLAMABAD JOINT CHAPTER ......................................................................................................................... 65 7. STUDENT BRANCH AND STUDENT CHAPTER ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 67 IEEE UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ........................................................................................ 67 IEEE UCET - THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR STUDENT BRANCH [BAHAWALPUR SUBSECTION] .............................................. 67 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ........................................................................................ 68 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING (UCSC) STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ............................................. 69 IEEE BMSIT&M STUDENT BRANCH [BANGALORE SECTION] ........................................................................................................... 69 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA STUDENT BRANCH [SRI LANKA SECTION] ............................................................................................. 70 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA STUDENT BRANCH [MALAYSIA SECTION] ............................................................................................. 70 IEEE UET TAXILA STUDENT BRANCH [ISLAMABAD SECTION] ............................................................................................................ 71 IEEE UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA