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Speaker News - Prof David Wallom: Big data analytics for smart power networks

On 8th November we have our Big data analytics for smart power networks seminar which is being held at our flagship venue IET London: Savoy Place Our next speaker highlight focuses on Professor David Wallom: About the speaker: Prof David Wallom is Associate Professor and Associate Director – Innovation of the Oxford e-Research Centre, where he leads two separate research groups Energy and Environmental Informatics and Advanced e-infrastructure & Cloud Computing. He has led over 45 research projects in areas such as Energy Analytics, Cloud computing, Smart Grids, Research data management, Green IT, cybersecurity and institutional repositories. He is a member of the GCHQ recognized University of Oxford Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security and the academic Board Member of the HEFCE…

Joanne Longton
Those Magnificent Men And Ladies In Their Flying Machines

With our Addressing Ageing Aircraft Sustainment Issues Seminar coming up on 26 October, one of our volunteers has started this list of Aircraft Clubs/Trusts in relation to Vintage Aircraft, some of which are still airworthy. Apart from the wellknown ones like: Shuttleworth Collection at Biggleswade, Beds IWM Duxford , Cambridge Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset Vulcan to the Sky Trust , Doncaster He also came up with the following: Vintage Aircraft Club Aims and History. The present Vintage Aircraft Club has evolved from the Vintage Aircraft Group, which was originally formed in 1964. The change of name in 1974 reflected the expanding membership and scope of the club. The aim of the Vintage Aircraft Club is to provide a focal body for owners, pilots and enthusiasts of vintage…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Could Robots Replace Human Employees?

A report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) earlier this year claimed that the rise of robots and artificial intelligence will wipe out 7.1 million jobs by 2020 , with the greatest losses in white-collar office and administrative roles. These losses will be partially offset by the creation of 2.1 million new jobs - mainly in more specialised areas such as computing, mathematics, architecture and engineering - but this still equates to 5 million net job losses. - Daily Mirror The IET’s Paul Davies talks to the Daily Mirror about the rise of robotics and AI following a report from the Science and Technology Committee Read more...

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IET Brunei Network YPS Committee 2016 - 17

YPS Chairman Ong Boon Jing YPS Vice Chairman Tay Shieh Cherng YPS Secretary Lo Yuan Sheng YPS Treasurer Onn Hui Jin Committee Member Onn Hui Jin Committee Member Ms Tieng Chwei Peng Committee Member Khairul Anwar Bakar Committee Member Ak Mohd Abd Aziz Pg Hj Hassan Committee Member Muizz Alipah Committee Member Hj Muhammad Noor Azmi Hj Suhaimin Committee Member Mohd Khairuddin Jaya Committee Member Freddie Tong Committee Member Tan Kah Wee

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IET Brunei Network Committee 2016 - 17

Honorary Chairman Simon Leong Kian Ann Honorary Vice-Chairman Lt Col (U) Schufin Hj Brahim Honorary Secretary Hj Jailani Hj Buntar Honorary Assistant Secretary Major Wan Farhan bin Hj Ibrahim Honorary Treasurer Pg Hj Masle Pg Hj Hamid Committee Member Hj Amrinal bin Hj Amir Committee Member Md Khairul Anwar Committee Member Freddie Stephen Tong Committee Member Dr. Tang Shi Siong Committee Member Dr. William Voon Committee Member Lim Sam Lee Committee Member Muhd. Aminuddin Mohd. Yusof Committee Member Tan Kah Wee Committee Member Mohammad Hilmi Hassan YPS Chairman Ong Boon Jing

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IET Victoria Network Committee 2016

Chairman: Mr Arthur Baoustanos Vice Chairman: Mr Raj Ranasinghe Secretary: Dr Priyantha Karunadasa Treasurer: Ms Michelle Zhao YPS Chairman: Evan Barrett Committee Member: Mrs Maria Vukovic Committee Member & IPRA: Mr Mr Jananthan (Jana) Ratnasabapathy Committee Member: Mr Mahinda Wickramasuriya Committee Member: Mr Weibin He (David) Committee Member: Mr Robert Tatton-Jones Committee Member: Mr. Peter Reven

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Ada Lovelace Day Photos

Ada Lovelace Day 2016 was held at the newly refurbished IET Savoy Place building. IET Vice President gave the opening speech to the event. View the images

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Images from the Robot Wars Best Female Role Model Award

Professor Noel Sharkey launch a new award, sponsored by the IET Women's Network, Mentorn Scotland and in association with Responsible Robotics, to celebrate the Best Robot Wars Female Role Model. View images

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IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Newsletter

The latest newsletter is now available as a flip book. Click the link to see the newsletter on-line:- Newsletter

Rob McDonald
Big Data Analytics For Smart Power Networks - Speaker Update

Today, I have another speaker update for you for our Big Data Analytics for Smart Power Networks event coming up on 8th November. Douglas Wilson, PhD; Chief Scientist WAMS, GE Grid Solutions About the speaker : Douglas is Chief Scientist for WAMS with GE Grid Solutions. He is involved in strategic innovation projects within GE and with industry partners worldwide. He joined Psymetrix Limited at its startup in 1998, and was Chief Technical Officer up to the company’s acquisition by Alstom Grid in 2011. Douglas was involved in creating and applying the world first real-time oscillation management system. Douglas was designated a Senior Expert in Alstom Grid, and received awards in the Alstom’s Innovation programmes. Douglas has been involved in various consulting projects with customers,…

Joanne Longton
Presentation at G C School of Careers (Elementary and High School)

Another succesful event was held yesterday, at one of Cyprus' schools (G C School of Careers). Dr. Alexis Polycarpou and Mr.Alkis Spyrou presented and introduced Engineering and the IET to students of the private school in Nicosia. The students (ranging from elementary up to high school and graduates) were very keen to ask questions about engineering and the IET. These events have been organised annual by the Cyprus Network in order to inspire young students on engineering. The next event will be held at Pascal English School.

Alkis Spyrou
Railway YP Group Going Underground!

The Railway Network YP Group organised a visit to the new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf on the 20 September. We arrived to the Crossrail headquarters in the heart of Canary Wharf and met the rest of the group – a chatty bunch of about 20 early-mid career professionals, from a range of career backgrounds and industries. The visit started with a presentation from Terry Morgan (Chairman, Crossrail). The presentation included an introduction to the background of Crossrail and some of the company’s initiatives. The particular highlight was understanding how Crossrail have developed and influenced skills development and the growth of apprentices across the whole industry. After the presentation, the group got kitted-up in orange Crossrail-branded PPE (there was no way we were getting lost…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Call To Action For Young Railway Professionals

The IET Railway Network Young Professionals Group is looking for more volunteers to join our enthusiastic community of rail engineers from across the globe. We need your help to influence our strategy and events, as well providing ideas, support and discussion for furthering the aims of the IET. The IET Railway Network YP Group sets the IET’s program of events and activities for young professionals. Being part of the group increases your awareness of industry hot topics and events as well as broadening your professional network. Being part of the YP group means being part of an active and sociable network that is passionate about the industry and furthering the aims of the IET. We are especially looking for volunteers who will help us to develop our online presence as well as help to organise…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
ARTS TPN - All Revved Up And Ready To Go!

Welcome to the 2016-17 session, which we're starting with a change in Chairman for the TPN. Pete James from Lyra Electronics Ltd, has recently stepped down after a three year period of office and has handed the role over to Matthew Clarke from Atkins, I recently had a meeting with the ARTS Executive team volunteers when we started to develop the activity plan for this session. There are some good ideas in the plan around Big Data, Innovation in Transport and Connected Corridors, and we’ll be having further meetings/conference calls to progress these activities in the next few months. Two of the activities that we are making good progress include an Electrification in Motorsports daytime seminar in Coventry on 2 February 2017 and we’ve got some excellent speakers lined up for the event…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Elaborate Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall kit includes three boxes – and gloves

Samsung appears to be taking no chances with its potentially explosive Galaxy Note 7 – supplying customers with an elaborate kit to use when returning their phones. The safety precautions include a static shield that needs to be put inside a box, inside another box, inside a final flameproof box – and a pair of gloves for handling the protective materials involved - The Guardian Learn more...

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Top 10 Movie Scenes That Feature Trains!

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) A young Indiana Jones (played by River Phoenix) steals a priceless artefact from a gang of criminals and then escapes via a circus train. During the chase he fights off the criminals, almost gets impaled by a rhino, develops a life-long fear of snakes and acquires his iconic whip and hat. 2. From Russia with Love (1963) A brutal fight scene between Bond (Sean Connery) and SPECTRE agent Grant (Robert Shaw) in a cramped carriage on board the Orient Express. With a gun turned on him and the realisation that Grant is an imposter, Bond utters the immortal line: "Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something." 3. The General (1926) Classic Buster Keaton film that features nearly every stunt imaginable on a train, including a chase…

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IET Vice President; Virginia Hodge Helps to Support the #9PercentIsNotEnough Campaign

Vice President and Fellow of the IET helps to promote the #9PercentIsNotEnough campaign before giving the opening speech at Ada Lovelace Day, which was held at IET London:Savoy Place. The event was an amazing success!

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New ITS Evaluation Guide, Published By IET Launched In Melbourne On 10 October 2016

International Benefits Evaluation Community’s ( IBEC ) new ‘Evaluation of Intelligent Road Transport Systems: Methods and Results’ handbook was officially launched at this week’s 23 rd ITS World Congress taking place in Melbourne on 10-14 October at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. After more than three decades of development and deployment of ITS, decision makers would like to know the impacts; researchers would like to study the new methods used and compare the results in different countries; industry partners would like to know the state of the art and the trends. Until now, there has been no book that provides such knowledge and insights. Its editor, IBEC vice-chair Dr Meng Lu, who is Strategic Innovation Manager at Netherlands-headquartered Dynniq, has orchestrated global…

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Need a brief graphicomical introduction to Ada Lovelace?

Today is Ada Lovelace Day and we are very excited to be the venue sponsor for the evening. The event will start at 18:30, at IET London: Savoy Place, where IET Trustee, Virginia Hodge will give the opening speech! We hope to see you there! To the comic!

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Speaker Update: Big Data Analytics For Smart Power Networks

We've got two more fantastic speakers to tell you about today, Samuel Jupe and Xing Wang. So, firstly Samuel Jupe MEng(Hons) PhD CEng MIET About the speaker : Dr Samuel Jupe is the Network Innovation Manager for Nortech Management Limited – a company that specialises in monitoring and control systems. Prior to this, he was a Senior Engineer with the consulting firm, PB. Over the past ten years, Samuel has been delivering innovation projects on behalf of UK DNOs, working with Scottish Power Energy Networks, Electricity North West, Western Power Distribution and UK Power Networks. Most notably, Samuel worked with Western Power Distribution to secure £17m funding for FlexDGrid and £13m for Network Equilibrium, both projects are demonstrating technological advances in UK power systems. Samuel…

Joanne Longton
Request your #9PercentIsNotEnough - Stickers

We’re encouraging woman engineers from all fields of engineering to put their hands up and be counted, on social media as part of the nine percent. Join us by sharing a picture with '9%' on your hand, using the hashtag #9PercentIsNotEnough , so that we help to highlight that engineering is a realistic career aspiration for girls. Request your stickers here

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Ada Lovelace Day - Takes Place tonight at Savoy Place London

Ada Lovelace Day is an annual celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Ada Lovelace Day Live! is our flagship ‘science cabaret’ event which this year will be held at The IET on the evening of 11 October. Playing host to the UK’s most fabulous women in STEM, ALD Live is an entertaining evening of geekery, comedy and music suitable for everyone over the age of 12. Read more...

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The Long Night of the Museums 2016

The Long Night of the Museums 2016 Last year the IET Germany Network visited the Lange Nacht der Museen ( or Long Night of the Museums or LNDM) in Munich. This was a lot of fun for those involved (please see last year's blog ) and so Andy Sinharay will be doing it all again this year. Here are some more details from Andy: The plan is to meet at Café an der Uni on Leopoldstr (nearest U-Bahn being Universität on the U3/U6) at 1930 on Saturday 15.10.16 Participants should buy their tickets for the event individually. Andy would appreciate it if you could contact him by Wednesday 12th. October if you would like to join the group. Howard Gray

Howard Gray
#9PercentIsNotEnough - Micro-site

Your image and quote will show up on the micro-site, once you have posted it to #9PercentIsNotEnough View the micro-site

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