IEEE Young Professionals

Technology

Robotics and Automation Society Young Reviewers Program

October 25, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Young Reviewers Program The Young Reviewers Program (YRP) is intended to introduce the Robotics and Automation Society’s young members to the best practices in peer-reviewing of scientific papers. This is achieved by establishing a mentor–mentee relationship in which Senior Reviewers (SR) give reviewing assignments to the Junior Reviewers (JR) and […]

Mentorship

Why your Network is your Net Worth

October 12, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

Networking is one of the most powerful and useful acts an individual can undertake to advance their career. Your network can help you build visibility, connect you with influencers, and create new opportunities. However, as professionals who work in technology development and management we often overlook the importance of this attribute. Given that I was born in […]

Entrepreneurship

Startup in Focus: Hand in Scan and Tamas Haidegger

October 1, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

Tamas Haidegger is the CEO/CTO of Hand-in- Scan & Adjunct Professor at Obuda University in Hungary Budapest. He is highly active within IEEE through the Robotics and Automation Society and currently representing Young Professionals. We interviewed him today to find out more about his research and his startup product Hand-in-Scan. Here is what he had to […]

Community

Young Professionals, Microwaves and a Regional Gathering

August 27, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

The third edition of the prestigious IEEE Region 10 Student/ Young Professionals/ Women in Engineering Congress 2015 was held Colombo, Sri Lanka from 9th July to 12th July, 2015. The congress began on a high note with the first ever IEEE Cricket league played between different sections. This fostered a sense of healthy competitive spirit […]

Technology

Tech Update: Bacteria eating and breathing electricity

August 18, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

How do we use bacteria that can eat and breathe electricity using renewable resources to produce something we can use? This could potentially be very powerful here in Australia as we have abundance of land, sun and wind but in areas that aren’t populated” says Dr Ashley Franks. Dr. Ashley Franks is a researcher at […]

Humanitarian

The Nepal Earthquakes: Engineering, Volunteering and Technology

July 22, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

It’s 11:56am on Saturday 25th April 2015, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal from within and brought the landmark Dharahara Tower to rubble within seconds. So many of us, oblivious to the aftermath of such a powerful earthquake went about our daily lives, giving no thought to one of nature’s most disastrous events, killing […]

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Startup Weekend in Chennai

July 1, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over […]

Inspiration

Who am I? Qualcomm, Motorola, IEEE and San Diego

June 14, 2015 By Eddie Custovic

Today we have the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Xun Luo, a research staff member at Qualcomm Inc, an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, and a distinguished guest professor at Tianjin University of Technology, China. Dr. Luo is also a Program Evaluator for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. In […]

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Startup Weekend in Chennai

June 12, 2015 By Eddie Custovic