IEEE Portugal Section History

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Overview

The IEEE Portugal Section covers the entire territory of continental Portugal and its islands, and belongs to Region 8 of IEEE (Europe, Middle East and Africa). It was established in 1981.

• IEEE Portugal Section Website

Section establishment

• Petition letter with list of petitioners, dated 1981, requesting the establishment of the Portugal Section of IEEE.
• Congratulatory letter from IEEE confirming the establishment of the section

Section Executive Committees

2014

• Chair: Nuno Borges de Carvalho (Universidade de Aveiro/IT)
• Vice-Chair: Ana Madureira (Instituto Politécnico do Porto)
• Vice-Chair: Ana Sofia Gomes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
• Secretary: José Pedro Silva (Critical Manufacturing S.A.)
• Treasurer: Pedro Manuel Afonso (Instituto Superior Técnico)

2013

• Chair: Rui Santos Cruz (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / INOV)
• Vice-Chair: Ana Madureira (Instituto Politécnico do Porto)
• Vice-Chair: Jorge Miguel Soares (Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR / EPFL)
• Secretary: Diogo Mónica (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / Square)
• Treasurer: Bruno Gonçalves (Novabase)

2012

• Chair: Rui Santos Cruz (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / INOV)
• Vice-Chair: Ana Madureira (Instituto Politécnico do Porto)
• Vice-Chair: Jorge Miguel Soares (Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR / EPFL)
• Secretary: Diogo Mónica (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / Square)
• Treasurer: Bruno Gonçalves (Novabase)

2011

• Chair: Rui Santos Cruz (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / INOV)
• Vice-Chair: Ana Madureira (Instituto Politécnico do Porto)
• Vice-Chair: Jorge Miguel Soares (Instituto Superior Técnico / ISR / EPFL)
• Secretary: Diogo Mónica (Instituto Superior Técnico / INESC-ID / Square)
• Treasurer: Bruno Gonçalves (Novabase)

Student Branches

• ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
  • ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa CS Student Chapter
  • ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa RAS Student Chapter
  • ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa WiE Student AG
• Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
• Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
• Instituto Superior Técnico
  • Instituto Superior Técnico IAS Student Chapter
  • Instituto Superior Técnico CS Student Chapter
  • Instituto Superior Técnico RAS Student Chapter
  • Instituto Superior Técnico WiE Student AG (est. 2011)
• Universidade da Beira Interior
• Universidade de Aveiro (est. 1989)
• Universidade de Coimbra
• Universidade de Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro
• Universidade do Minho
• Universidade do Porto
• Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Affinity Groups

• Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), est. 2010
• Women In Engineering (WiE), est. 2010

Technical Chapters

• Communications Society Chapter
• Computational Intelligence Society Chapter
• Computer Society Chapter
• CE/CAS/BT Joint Chapter
• Education Society Chapter
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Chapter
• Technology Management Council Chapter
• IE/PEL/IA Joint Chapter
• MTT/AP/ED/SSC Joint Chapter
• Power Engineering Society Chapter
• Robotics and Automation Society Chapter
• Vehicular Technology Society Chapter

Student Activities Timeline

• 2009: The Iberian Student Branch Congress was first organised. It was born out of a cooperation between the Instituto Superior Técnico and Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco Student Branches. It brought together for the first time the student branch volunteers from Portugal and Spain, as well as attendees from Region 8 and beyond, for a total of around 90. Since then, the event takes place every odd year, being alternately hosted by a Portuguese or a Spanish student branch.
• 2010: 16 people from Portugal attend the SBC 2010 in Leuven, Brussels, making it the third largest delegation.
• 2010: The first Portuguese Student Branch Congress was organised by the Universidade de Aveiro Student Branch. It's the yearly event for branch leadership in the Section. The follow-up event took place in Lisbon, October 2011, hosted by the Instituto Superior Técnico Student Branch.
• 2012: 28 Portuguese representatives attend the SBC 2012 in Madrid, Spain, making it the second largest delegation. Delegates attend in diverse roles, including a full event recording team from IEEE-IST TV
• 2014: The first edition of the IEEE Portugal Student Branches Leadership Camp takes place in Carcavelos, hosted by IEEE-IST

Major Events

2009

• IEEE Region 8 Committee Meeting, Lisbon
• 1st IEEE Iberian Student Branch Congress, Lisbon

2011

• Eurocon 2011, Lisbon