Dear Colleagues: I am writing to seek your support for my candidacy for the Board of Governors (BoG), IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society for the term of January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. The voting will commence on November 21, 2017. Please find appended information about my candidacy.
As the General Chair for IEEE SMC 2021 in Melbourne, Australia, this will give me greater opportunity to work much closer with the Board of Governors members for 2021 planning. https://eballot4.votenet.com/IEEE<https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30979961/eballot4.votenet.com?p=eyJzIjoiZ0dWRGd4NlZWNnBjSGV1c3Y0R29lYkR1U2NRIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDk3OTk2MSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2ViYWxsb3Q0LnZvdGVuZXQuY29tXFxcL0lFRUVcIixcImlkXCI6XCIxMjU1MzFkNzI1ZDc0YmUyYjljNDRmOWM5NDZlMmIwMFwiLFwidXJsX2lkc1wiOltcIjI1ODJhMTk4ZTYwNjIxYzJlNjRhMDVkNTY1YzQ4YTE0MDQzMmQ2ZmNcIl19In0> Best regards. Saeid Saeid Nahavandi Alfred Deakin Professor, Chair in Engineering Director - Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) Deakin University, Australia http://www.deakin.edu.au/iisri Professor Nahavandi is a Senior Member of IEEE and is a member of the IEEE SMC Society in good standing. He has been actively promoting applied research and industry engagements through his involvements in various IEEE sponsored activities, conferences and in particular the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. This includes: General Co-Chair: IEEE SMC 2011, Anchorage, AK, USA, 09 Oct - 12 Oct 2011 Technical Committee Chair: IEEE SMC, System Science and Engineering, TC on Robotics and Intelligent Sensing (Since 2015) Technical Activities Committee member, IEEE SMC Systems Science and Engineering - 2015 Chair and founder: IEEE SMC Victorian Chapter, Australia - (Since 2014) Associate Editor: IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: SYSTEMS (Since 2013) Associate Editor: IEEE SMC Magazine (Since 2014) Member - IEEE SMC Society - Publications Ethics Committee (Since 2013) SMC Membership and Student Activities committee (2017) Co-Editor-In-Chief: IEEE Systems Journal (Editorial Board Member Since 2007) Associate Editor: IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics (Since 2014) Associate Editor: IEEE SMC Magazine (Since 2014) Member: IEEE Access Editorial Board (Since 2012) Member: IEEE Press Editorial Board (2008-2010), (2011-2013), (2017-2019) Professor Nahavandi has organized several Special Sessions on Human Machine Interface and Haptics for IEEE SMC 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and IEEE SMC 2017, IEEE RO-MAN 2014 and ICRA 2014. He served as technical committee member for IEEE SMC 2005-2009, 2011-2014, 2015, 2016, Associate Editor - The IEEE/RSJ 2008, IROS 2008, IROS 2009, IROS 2010, IEEE/ASME AIM 2009. In addition, he served as committee member for IEEE International Systems Conference 2008-2014. Dr. Nahavandi organised 15 and 13 special lectures for IEEE SMC Victorian Chapter in 2015 and 2016 subsequently. He received the IEEE SMC Outstanding Contribution Award for the Planning and Organizing of SMC 2011. Candidate Statement I would be deeply honoured to become involved with the IEEE SMC Board of Governors, and I welcome the opportunity to expand my service to the society through this position. I will work closely with other members of the BOGs and the SMC Society on the continued improvement of quality of SMC sponsored conferences. In addition, with over 25 years of experience in delivering applied research to industry I will devote my time to the development of strategies that encourage increasing the industrial participation of the Society. With a great passion for detail and believing in quality driven processes, I see myself as a dedicated person, eager to make a difference and serve in achieving the goals of SMCS and its membership. Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.
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