[This page intentionally left blank] 2 | P a g e CONTENTS WELCOMING MESSAGES ......................................................................................................................................... 5 MESSAGE FROM 2019-2020 IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR ................................................................................................................ 5 MESSAGE FROM 2020-2021 IEEE REGION 10 DIRECTOR ................................................................................................................ 6 MESSAGE FROM IEEE REGION 10 NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR .......................................................................................................... 7 1. SPECIAL REPORTS ON R10 FLAGSHIP EVENTS ........................................................................................................... 9 IEEE REGION 10 CONFERENCE 2020 (TENCON2020) ................................................................................................................... 9 IEEE R10 HUMANITARIAN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2020 (R10HTC 2020) ................................................................................. 12 IEEE R10 SYWL VIRTUAL CONGRESS 2020 (SYWL2020) ............................................................................................................. 17 2. TECHNICAL COLUMN ....................................................................................................................................... 26 NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ..................................................................................................................... 26 FROM IMAGE/VIDEO COMPRESSION TO MULTI-MODAL DATA ORGANIZATION FOR THE FUTURE IOT ERA ................................................ 29 3. R10 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH ...................................................................................................................... 33 R10 PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – ATUL NEGI ........................................................................................................................... 33 R10 WIE PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH –QIAOWEI YUAN ............................................................................................................. 34 R10 YP PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH –ARAVINDHAN ANBAZHAGAN ................................................................................................ 35 R10 STUDENT PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – INDHUMATHI GUNASEKARAN ...................................................................................... 36 R10 LIFE MEMBER PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH – A.G. HAREENDRALAL .......................................................................................... 37 R10 COVID19 PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH – C SUBRAMANIAM, SYUHAIDA ISMAIL AND WAN NURUL MARDIAH WAN MOHD RANI ...... 38 4. R10 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS OF THE MONTH ....................................................................................................... 41 R10 LARGE SECTION OF THE MONTH – HONG KONG SECTION ......................................................................................................... 41 R10 MEDIUM SECTION OF THE MONTH – TAINAN SECTION ............................................................................................................. 42 R10 SMALL SECTION OF THE MONTH - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (ACT) SECTION ...................................................................... 43 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH –UCET ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR ....................................................................... 44 R10 STUDENT BRANCH OF THE MONTH – BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY ................................................... 46 5. R10 UPDATES ....................................................................................................................................... 49 R10 SECTION INCENTIVES 2020 ................................................................................................................................................. 49 R10 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE UPDATE ...................................................................................................................... 51 R10 WEBINAR: A DIALOGUE WITH IEEE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL SPEAKERS ...................................................................................... 52 6. SECTION AND SUBSECTION ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 55 IEEE BANGLADESH SECTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 IEEE GUJARAT SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 IEEE HIROSHIMA SECTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 58 IEEE KARACHI SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 58 IEEE MADRAS SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 60 IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 61 IEEE SRI LANKA SECTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 62 IEEE TOKYO SECTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 63 IEEE WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECTION............................................................................................................................................ 63 7. AFFINITY GROUP AND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................... 66 IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AG BANGLADESH ......................................................................................................................... 66 IEEE WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AG SENDAI .................................................................................................................................. 66 IEEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AG SAPPORO ................................................................................................................................. 67 IEEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AG SENDAI .................................................................................................................................... 67 IEEE LIFE MEMBERS AG TOKYO ................................................................................................................................................. 68 IEEE LIFE MEMBERS AG SOUTH AUSTRALIA ................................................................................................................................. 69 IEEE EDS MALAYSIA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................................................... 70 3 | P a g e IEEE EMBS MALAYSIA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................................................ 70 IEEE PELS MALAYSIA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................................................. 71 IEEE RAS MALAYSIA CHAPTER ................................................................................................................................................... 71 IEEE SPS BOMBAY CHAPTER ..................................................................................................................................................... 72 IEEE MTT/AP/EMC ISLAMABAD JOINT CHAPTER ......................................................................................................................... 73 IEEE PELS/IES BOMBAY JOINT CHAPTER ..................................................................................................................................... 73 8. STUDENT BRANCH AND STUDENT CHAPTER ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 75 IEEE AIUB STUDENT BRANCH [BANGLADESH SECTION] .................................................................................................................. 75 IEEE UCET IUB STUDENT BRANCH [BAHAWALPUR SUBSECTION] ..................................................................................................... 76 9. OTHER ARTICLES ....................................................................................................................................... 78 IEEE INMIC 2020 .................................................................................................................................................................. 78 IEEE ICCCA 2020 .................................................................................................................................................................. 79 IEEE PES WOMEN IN POWER CONGRESS IN