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= Section History<br> =
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{{Section
|Established date=1979/12/21
|IEEE Region=8
|Geographic region=Austria
|Region area=Europe
|Principal cities=Vienna
|Home page=http://www.ieee-austria.org/
|SPO ID=R80037
}}


The IEEE Austria Section was formed on the 21<sup>st</sup> of December 1979 and is active since the 1<sup>st</sup> of January 1980 with Kurt Richter being the first Section Chair. As of 2010 the IEEE Austria Section has a total of 1318 members. <br>
== How it started in 1979 ==
The idea to establish an IEEE Section in Austria came up in the years preceding 1979. After these plans have been detailed the [https://www.ove.at/ OVE (Austrian Electrotechnical Association)] set the formation process in motion. As part of these activities the OVE nominated a representative, Heinrich Pangratz, who led preparatory talks with the IEEE headquarter. Finally, in 1997 a number of motivated OVE members (helding an IEEE membership too) formally started the formation process of the IEEE Austria Section. During the early years the IEEE Austria Section was heavily supported by the OVE and today, there is still a strong cooperation between these two associations. The figure below shows the form that has been used to report the first section officers to the IEEE headquarter (Kurt Richter/Graz University of Technology, Robert Genser/ÖBB Austrian Federal Railways, Andreas Sethy/Arsenal Research Center and Franz Voggenberger/Schrack).
[[File:First IEEE Austria ExCom .jpg|center|First IEEE Austria ExCom|alt=|frame]]
The official approval date of the IEEE Austria Section is December 21, 1979. Upon approval the first meetings have been organized. Below is invitation of the first section chair, Kurt Richter (who was professor at Graz University of Technology during that time) to the IEEE president.
[[File:Invitation Letter 1980.jpg|center|Invitation Letter 1980|alt=|frame]]
Starting with 60 members in 1980, the number of IEEE Austria Section members raised from 370 in 1990 to 1.300 in the year 2010. Today, the IEEE Austria Section is a strong player in the area of electrical engineering and related fields with members from both academia and industry in Austria. All the work in the manifold society chapters, student branches and affinity groups of the section is done by highly motivated section officers on a pure voluntary basis.


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== Membership Development ==
|+ List of Section Chairs
The followig figure provides an overview of the membership developments over the time:
[[File:Membership Development.png|center|thumb|500x500px|Membership Development]]
 
== 40th Anniversary in 2019 ==
In 2019 the IEEE Austria Section was celebrating the 40th anniversary of the section in Graz as part of the IEEE International Conference of Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE). The photo below provides an impression of this event.
[[File:40th Anniversary IEEE Austria.jpg|center|40th Anniversary IEEE Austria|alt=|frame]]The photo shows (from the left to the right): Margaretha Eriksson (Past Director IEEE Region 8), Ernst Bonek (Chair IEEE Austria from 1985-1990), Kurt Richter (founding member and Chair IEEE Austria from 1980-1985), Peter Rössler (Chair IEEE Austria from 2012-2014), Michael Heiss (Chair IEEE Austria during 2017 and 2020) and Reinhard Pfliegl (Chair IEEE Austria from 2018-2019).
 
More information about the achievements during the first 40 years of the section are provided in the corresponding [[Media:Austria Section 40th Anniversary Booklet.pdf|40th Anniversary Booklet]].
 
== Executive Committee ==
The following list shows all the members of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the section since its formation in 1979:
{| class="wikitable" width="1050" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|+
|-
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Chair
!Vice Chair
!Treasurer
!Secretary
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Year<br>
|01/1980 - 01/1985
! scope="col" | Section Chair<br>
|Kurt R. Richter
|Robert Genser
|Franz O. Voggenberger
|Andreas Sethy
|-
|-
| 2010&nbsp;– current<br>
|02/1985 - 12/1990
| Jan Haase<br>
|Ernst Bonek
|Robert Genser
|Franz O. Voggenberger
|Gerhard F. Doblinger
|-
|-
| <br>
|01/1991 - 12/1995
| Andreas Kaindl<br>
|Ingeborg J. Hochmair-Desoyer
|Max Kowatsch
|Franz O. Voggenberger
|Manfred K. Susts
|-
|-
| <br>
|01/1996 - 12/2001
| Dietmar Dietrich<br>
|Michael Muhr
|Franz J. Seifert
|Franz O. Voggenberger
|Edgar R. Trummer/Christoph F. Strnadl
|-
|-
| <br>
|01/2002 - 12/2005
| Christoph Strnadl<br>
|Christoph F. Strnadl
|Bernd Kopacek
|Matthias Hülsemann
|Christian G. Diskus
|-
|01/2006 - 12/2008
|Dietmar Dietrich
|Thilo Sauter
|Andreas Kaindl
|Franz Pirker
|-
|01/2009 - 12/2009
|Andreas Kaindl
|Franz Pirker
|Thilo Sauter
|Jan Haase
|-
|01/2010 - 01/2012
|Jan Haase
|Franz Pirker
|Thilo Sauter
|Peter Palensky
|-
|02/2012 - 12/2014
|Peter Rössler
|Margit Gelautz
|Thilo Sauter
|Peter Palensky
|-
|01/2015 - 12/2016
|Peter Palensky
|Michael Heiss
|Thilo Sauter
|Thomas I. Strasser
|-
|01/2017 - 12/2017
|Michael Heiss
|Reinhard Pfliegl
|Thilo Sauter
|Thomas I. Strasser
|-
|01/2018 - 12/2019
|Reinhard Pfliegl
|Michael Heiss
|Thilo Sauter
|Torsten Andre
|-
|01/2020 - 12/2020
|Michael Heiss
|Thomas I. Strasser
|Thilo Sauter
|Torsten Andre
|-
|01/2021 - 12/2023
|Thomas I. Strasser
|Werner R. Drexel
|Thilo Sauter
|Torsten Andre
|-
|01/2024 -
|Werner R. Drexel
|Daniel Watzenig
|Thilo Sauter
|Norbert Eidenberger
|}
|}


== Membership Statistics  ==
== Events and Activities ==
 
The following list shows an overview of past and future events and activities of the section:
[[Image:Austria-member-statistics-pie-chart.png|700px|Austria-member-statistics-pie-chart.png]]<br>Source: [http://ieee.ict.tuwien.ac.at/files/users/101014_tagungsband_2010.pdf http://ieee.ict.tuwien.ac.at/files/users/101014_tagungsband_2010.pdf]<br>
 
= Chapters<br>  =
 
The chapters “RAS (Robotics &amp; Automation)” and “IAS/PELS/IES (Industry Application Society, Power Electronics Society, Industrial Electronics Society)” are in course of formation (2011).<br>
 
In March 2010, a chapter of the [[IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society History|IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society]] was established.
 
[[Media:IEEE_Geographic_Unit_Organizing_Document-Austria.pdf|IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Austria]]
 
== EdSoc (Education)<br>  ==
 
The chapter was founded in 2005 and is operating in the framework of the IEEE Education Society.<br>
 
*2010: Three day workshop “iLab”: Initiative of MIT to develop a network of through the Internet accessible lab experiments for teaching.<br>
*2009: Summerschool “Remote Systems” in Maribor and Villach (together with EdSoc Chapter Slowenia)
*2007: “22. Österreichischer Automatisierungstag“, 24.10.2007, Graz
*2006: Going Green - CARE INNOVATION 2006, 13.–16.11.2006, Vienna<br>
 
== COM/MTT (Communications/Microwave Theory and Techniques)<br>  ==
 
The chapter was founded in 2004 with the goal to nationally bring together the Austrian activities and IEEE members, promote international visibility and provide a forum for mutual exchanges on the topic of telecommunication and microwave technology. It currently (2009) has 187 members.<br>
 
*2009: 4<sup>th</sup> IEEE UWB Forum on Sensing and Communications, 15.04.2009, TU Wien
*2009: Organisation of IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID, 24. – 25.09.2009, Cavtat, Croatia<br>
 
== EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)<br>  ==
 
It was founded in 1992 by H. Garn (Seibersdorf), W. Bittinger (Bosch), W. Müllner (Seibersdorf) and G. Horak (Alcatel-Lucent). The aim of the chapter is to provide a platform for knowledge transfer and networking within the EMC community in Austria and with national and international organizations.<br>
 
*2010: 8<sup>th</sup> Austrian IEEE EMC Symposium, Seibersdorf
*2009: 7<sup>th</sup> Austrian IEEE EMC Symposium, 23.04.2009, TU-Graz
*2008: 6<sup>th</sup> Austrian IEEE EMC Symposium, 17.04.2008, Seibersdorf
*2007: 5<sup>th</sup> Austrian IEEE EMC Symposium, 12.06.2007, TU-Graz
*2006: 4<sup>th</sup> Austrian IEEE EMC Symposium, 04.05.2006, Seibersdorf
*2002: EMC Practical Seminar 2002, 23.01.2002, Seibersdorf Research Center<br>
 
== TMC (Technology Management)<br>  ==
 
The society provides educational programmes which highlight proven management techniques used at successful companies and new “leading edge” management theories and techniques. TMC aims to promote research in and development and exchange of new management theories and techniques.<br>
 
*2010: Co‐Organisation “Going Green ‐ Care Innovation 2010”, 08.–11.11.2010, Vienna
*2010: Co‐Organisation “25. Österreichischer Automatisierungstag”, 08.10.2010, University Klagenfurt
*2009: 20<sup>th</sup> ISPIM Conference - The Future of Innovation, 21.–24.06.2009<br>
 
Source: [http://www.re-use.net/sat/IEEE-TMC/past_activities.html http://www.re-use.net/sat/IEEE-TMC/past_activities.html]<br>
 
== CAS/SCC (Circuits &amp; Systems/Solid state circuits)<br>  ==
 
The chapter was founded in 2008 and has about 100 members. Its goal is to nationally bring together the Austrian activities and IEEE members, promote international visibility and provide a forum for mutual exchanges.<br>
 
*2010: Austrochip, 18<sup>th</sup> Austrian Workshop on Microelectronics, FH-Kärnten
*2010: Workshop AACD (Advances in Analog Circuit Design), TU-Graz
*2009: Austrochip, 17<sup>th</sup> Austrian Workshop on Microelectronics, October 2009, TU Graz
*2007: Austrochip, 16<sup>th</sup> Austrian Workshop on Microelectronics, 11.10.2007, Graz
*2006: Austrochip, 15<sup>th</sup> Austrian Workshop on Microelectronics, 11.10.2006, Vienna
*2001: European Solid-State Circuits Conference ESSCIRC, 18.–20.09.2001, Villach<br>
 
== CS/SMCS (Computer Society/Systems, Man &amp; Cybernetics Society)<br>  ==
 
*2011: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), 22.–26.08.2011, Vienna
*2010: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Krakow, Poland
*2009: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Fukuoka, Japan
*2008: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Barcelona, Spain
*2007: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Vienna
*2006: International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Vienna<br>
 
= Student Branches<br>  =
 
*Graz University of Technology TU-Graz
*Vienna University of Technology TU-Wien
*University of Applied Sciences FH-Wels
*Johannes Kepler University JKU Linz
 
= Major Activities of the Section<br>  =
 
The first newsletter was electronically dispatched in December 2008. It aims to inform about IEEE events in Austria, about symposia and offer insight to the section officers’ work. It is made public on a yearly basis and can be obtained on the [http://ieee.ict.tuwien.ac.at/main/newsletter-der-section-austria.html IEEE Austria Section Website].<br>
 
== Conferences<br>  ==


Local conferences and listing of major conferences held in the section area:<br>
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/past-events/range.listevents/- Past Events]
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/future-events/range.listevents/- Future Events]


*2007: 1<sup>st</sup> International Engineering &amp; Neuro-Psychoanalysis Forum, 23.07.2007, TU-Wien, Vienna
== Chapters, Student Branches, and Affinity Groups ==
*2007: 5<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Industrial Informatics, 23.–26.07.2007, TU-Wien, Vienna
The following list provides an overview of different groups of the section:
*2007: 4<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Knowledge Management, 27.–28.08.2007, Vienna
*2007: International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communication, 13.–14.09.2007, Salzburg
*2007: First International EURASIP Workshop on RFID Technology, 24.–25.09.2007, Vienna
*2007: International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, 25.–28.09.2007, Vienna
*2007: International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication (ISPCS) 2007, 01.–03.10.2007, Vienna
*2007: FH Science Day 2007, 24.10.2007, Wels
*2007: Integrated Transport System (ITS) Austria Conference, 07.–08.11.2007, Vienna
*2007: Testmethoden und Zuverlässigkeit von Schaltungen u. Systemen, 24.–26.02.2008, Vienna
*2001: International Symposium on High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelelectronic Applications (EDMO), 15.–16.11.2001, TU-Wien, Vienna
*2000: International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology (ITT), 11.–22.09.2000, Tyrol<br>


Source: [http://ieee.ict.tuwien.ac.at/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=55&categid=3&func=shcatev2 http://ieee.ict.tuwien.ac.at/index.php?option=com_eventlist&amp;Itemid=55&amp;categid=3&amp;func=shcatev2]<br>
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/chapters Chapters]
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/student-benefits-and-branches Students Branches]
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/young-professionals Young Professionals]
* [http://www.ieee-austria.org/index.php/wie Women in Engineering]


== Awards<br>  ==
==Links and Archival Documents==
The following list proivdes important links and documents related to the section and its foundation:
*[http://www.ieee-austria.org/ Austria Section Website]
*[[Media:Region 8 - Austria Section.pdf|Austria Section Petition Documents]]
*[[Media:Austria Section 40th Anniversary Booklet.pdf|Austria Section 40th Anniversary Booklet]]
*[[Media:IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document-Austria.pdf|Geographic Unit Organizing Document Austria]]


2009: “Chapter Achievement Award 2009” of the Communications Society for COM/MTT chapter.[[Media:Austria-member-statistics-pie-chart.png|<br>]]<br />[[Media:Austria-member-statistics-student-share.png|Austria-member-statistics-student-share.png]]
[[Category:Sections|Austria]]

Latest revision as of 09:30, 15 January 2024


IEEE Austria Section History
Established date 1979/12/21
IEEE Region 8
IEEE Council
Geographic region Austria
Region area Europe
Principal cities Vienna
Home page http://www.ieee-austria.org/
List of Subsections in this Section

How it started in 1979

The idea to establish an IEEE Section in Austria came up in the years preceding 1979. After these plans have been detailed the OVE (Austrian Electrotechnical Association) set the formation process in motion. As part of these activities the OVE nominated a representative, Heinrich Pangratz, who led preparatory talks with the IEEE headquarter. Finally, in 1997 a number of motivated OVE members (helding an IEEE membership too) formally started the formation process of the IEEE Austria Section. During the early years the IEEE Austria Section was heavily supported by the OVE and today, there is still a strong cooperation between these two associations. The figure below shows the form that has been used to report the first section officers to the IEEE headquarter (Kurt Richter/Graz University of Technology, Robert Genser/ÖBB Austrian Federal Railways, Andreas Sethy/Arsenal Research Center and Franz Voggenberger/Schrack).

First IEEE Austria ExCom

The official approval date of the IEEE Austria Section is December 21, 1979. Upon approval the first meetings have been organized. Below is invitation of the first section chair, Kurt Richter (who was professor at Graz University of Technology during that time) to the IEEE president.

Invitation Letter 1980

Starting with 60 members in 1980, the number of IEEE Austria Section members raised from 370 in 1990 to 1.300 in the year 2010. Today, the IEEE Austria Section is a strong player in the area of electrical engineering and related fields with members from both academia and industry in Austria. All the work in the manifold society chapters, student branches and affinity groups of the section is done by highly motivated section officers on a pure voluntary basis.

Membership Development

The followig figure provides an overview of the membership developments over the time:

Membership Development

40th Anniversary in 2019

In 2019 the IEEE Austria Section was celebrating the 40th anniversary of the section in Graz as part of the IEEE International Conference of Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE). The photo below provides an impression of this event.

40th Anniversary IEEE Austria

The photo shows (from the left to the right): Margaretha Eriksson (Past Director IEEE Region 8), Ernst Bonek (Chair IEEE Austria from 1985-1990), Kurt Richter (founding member and Chair IEEE Austria from 1980-1985), Peter Rössler (Chair IEEE Austria from 2012-2014), Michael Heiss (Chair IEEE Austria during 2017 and 2020) and Reinhard Pfliegl (Chair IEEE Austria from 2018-2019).

More information about the achievements during the first 40 years of the section are provided in the corresponding 40th Anniversary Booklet.

Executive Committee

The following list shows all the members of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the section since its formation in 1979:

Year Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary
01/1980 - 01/1985 Kurt R. Richter Robert Genser Franz O. Voggenberger Andreas Sethy
02/1985 - 12/1990 Ernst Bonek Robert Genser Franz O. Voggenberger Gerhard F. Doblinger
01/1991 - 12/1995 Ingeborg J. Hochmair-Desoyer Max Kowatsch Franz O. Voggenberger Manfred K. Susts
01/1996 - 12/2001 Michael Muhr Franz J. Seifert Franz O. Voggenberger Edgar R. Trummer/Christoph F. Strnadl
01/2002 - 12/2005 Christoph F. Strnadl Bernd Kopacek Matthias Hülsemann Christian G. Diskus
01/2006 - 12/2008 Dietmar Dietrich Thilo Sauter Andreas Kaindl Franz Pirker
01/2009 - 12/2009 Andreas Kaindl Franz Pirker Thilo Sauter Jan Haase
01/2010 - 01/2012 Jan Haase Franz Pirker Thilo Sauter Peter Palensky
02/2012 - 12/2014 Peter Rössler Margit Gelautz Thilo Sauter Peter Palensky
01/2015 - 12/2016 Peter Palensky Michael Heiss Thilo Sauter Thomas I. Strasser
01/2017 - 12/2017 Michael Heiss Reinhard Pfliegl Thilo Sauter Thomas I. Strasser
01/2018 - 12/2019 Reinhard Pfliegl Michael Heiss Thilo Sauter Torsten Andre
01/2020 - 12/2020 Michael Heiss Thomas I. Strasser Thilo Sauter Torsten Andre
01/2021 - 12/2023 Thomas I. Strasser Werner R. Drexel Thilo Sauter Torsten Andre
01/2024 - Werner R. Drexel Daniel Watzenig Thilo Sauter Norbert Eidenberger

Events and Activities

The following list shows an overview of past and future events and activities of the section:

Chapters, Student Branches, and Affinity Groups

The following list provides an overview of different groups of the section:

Links and Archival Documents

The following list proivdes important links and documents related to the section and its foundation:

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