IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine - Q3 2023 - 72

Ricardo Reis (CASS BoG R9 Representative) and
Ramiro Taco (Past Chair of CASS Ecuador Chapter)
IEEE CASS Tour Ecuador 2023
Abstract
The IEEE CASS Tour Ecuador 2023 was organized in February
22 and 23, visiting two cities, Cuenca and Guayaquil, the week
before LASCAS 2023 that was held in Quito, Ecuador. The tour included
technical talks, as well a special talk about the IEEE CASS
and opportunities provided by the society. The main goal of the
CASS Tour is to motivate professionals and students in Ecuador
to become active members of the society, as well to motivate
professionals and students to organize new CASS Chapters and
CASS Student Chapters.
I. The IEEE CASS Tour Ecuador 2023
T
he IEEE CASS Tour Ecuador 2023 was held in
February 22 and 23, with a set of talks in two
locations, Cuenca and Guayaquil. The set of
talks included technical ones, as well as a special talk
about the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and opportunities,
as well why to become a CASS member.
The talk related about CASS and opportunities, present
CASS activities such as conferences, workshops,
symposiums, seasonal schools, publications, student
design contests, the distinguished lecturer program,
pre-doctoral grants, student travel grants, and talks
promoted by CASS chapters [1]. It was also presented
the list of calls organized by CASS to support the organization
of CASS activities.
A main goal of the set of CASS Tour being organized
in R9 is to motivate professionals and students to be active
members of CASS, showing them a whole set of opportunities
and support provided by the society.
The CASS Tour Program in Cuenca was organized at
Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, and it included three
technical talks, the first one done by Ricardo Reis, the
second talk was done by Sergio Bampi (Figure 2), and
the third one was done by Ramiro Taco (past chair of
the CASS Chapter Ecuador). It was also done a presentation
about CASS and opportunities, by Ricardo Reis. See
Figure 5 for the full program at Cuenca. The picture of
Figure 1 was taken during the Tour in Cuenca, with part
of the participants.
In the evening, the speakers traveled to Guayaquil,
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Date of current version: 11 October 2023
the location of next step of the Tour. Next day, in Guayaquil,
the CASS Tour took place at the Universidad Politecnica
Salesiana, including four technical talks and
also the talk about CASS and opportunities as shown in
Figure 6. Figure 3 shows Prof. Mounir Boukadoum, from
Université du Québec at Montréal, Canada, giving his
talk, and Figure 4 shows the presentation of Prof. Marco
Lanuzza from University of Calabria. A photo showing
part of the audience in Guayaquil is shown in Figure 7.
The participants attended in person the talks in Cuenca
and Guayaquil.
Figure 1. Photo with part of the participants of the CASS Tour at the Universidad Politecnica Salesiana in Cuenca.
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