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con ference reports

IEEE International Microwave, Electron Devices,
Solid-State Circuits Symposium 2017

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The success of the inaugural International Microwave, Electron Devices,
Solid-State Circuits Symposium (IMESS)
in 2016 motivated the IEEE Electron
Devices Society (EDS), IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
(MTT-S), and IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Penang Joint
Chapter and Penang Skills Development Center (PSDC) to coorganize the
second IMESS in 2017 with the support
of industry sponsors. The theme of
IMESS 2017 was "IoT and Industrial 4.0-
The Pathway to Smart Cities and Manufacturing." The conference was held
4-5 October 2017 at PSDC, Penang,
Malaysia. Around 200 people consisting of engineers and scientists attended
the conference.
The objectives of IMESS are
■ to promote IEEE activities among the
engineering community in Penang
■ to create a platform where engineers
can share their technical knowledge
among different IEEE Societies
■ to share and strengthen local science and engineering advancements
to the engineering community
■ to provide networking opportunities
and connect technical communities
■ to address the issue of polarization
in both industry and academia
■ to bridge the gap and synchronize
industry advancement and academia research.
The IMESS 2017 chair was IEEE Penang Chapter Treasurer Ir. Bernard Lim
Kee Weng. Four keynote speakers and

Wong Peng Wen presented a certificate of
appreciation to Chuah Hean Teik.

23 invited speakers from Malaysia,
Japan, the United States, Singapore,
and Hong Kong delivered technical
talks under ED, MTT, and SSC tracks
(Table 1). Among the speakers were
three IEEE fellows-Prof. Academician Dato' Dr. Chuah Hean Teik, Dr.
Vivek De, and Prof. Mansun Chan.
IMESS 2017 industry sponsors
in cluded Silterra and Tektronix (Dia-

mond); Genetron, Infineon Technologies, Keysight Technologies, Rohde
& Schwarz, and Tekmark (Platinum);
and Iridium (Gold). IMESS 2017 was
also supported by IEEE Region 10,
EDS, MTT-S, SSCS, The Institution of
Engineers Malaysia, invest Penang,
and student volunteers from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, and KDU Penang University College.
IMESS 2017 was chaired by Dr. Wong
Peng Wen and commenced at the PSDC
auditorium with a keynote address by
Teik, followed by Dr. Khoh Soo Beng.
Teik shared his opinion of the influence of industrial evolutions and
technology on the history of humanity, challenges ahead, and necessary
skills for future engineers. He also
highlighted the lack of interest in science by students at secondary schools
and called upon fellow engineers to
encourage more students to pursue
science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) courses. Teik
concluded his talk by sharing a story

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2018.2821468
Date of publication: 22 June 2018

The IMESS2017 speaker appreciation dinner.

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