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GOLD at the 2013 IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Symposium

November 22, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Greetings, and welcome to GOLD EMC news! At the 2013 IEEE EMC Symposium in Denver, GOLDies were very busy between the Ice Cream Social, the Ethics in Engineering sessions, and all the raffles. I was delighted to see the majority of the GOLD members who attended the symposium stop by the GOLD table to say […]

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Region 8 GOLD Fall 2013 Recap

November 21, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

In July, the Tunisia GOLD AG of Region 8 was awarded a highly-coveted place in the IEEE MGA GOLD Hall of Fame for 2013. Congratulations to the Tunisia GOLD team for their remarkable work. This is the third time in a row that a GOLD AG from Region 8 has won this award. The Region […]

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GOLD at Eurocon 2013, Europe’s Flagship IEEE Conference

November 20, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

This year’s Eurocon conference saw around 400 IEEE members gather at the University of Zagreb in the capital of Croatia. Here, distinguished keynote speakers and numerous paper and poster sessions covered a variety of topics with a focus on the latest research. The Region 8 GOLD and Professional Activities (PA) committees teamed up to provide a special session […]

Readers' Forum

Being Successful in Spite of the Economy

November 18, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

“Sorry, but it’s a rough economy right now, so don’t expect a significant pay raise.” Since I began work five years ago, I have heard a chorus of such remarks almost every year – as have many other graduates of the last decade I suppose. Only the root cause of this economic uncertainty has changed: first the dot-com bubble in early 2000, […]

Continuing Education

GOLD EMC At Work In Chicago

October 14, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Hello! My name is Caroline Chan, the GOLD EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Society Representative, and I am proud to introduce Louann Devine who is another GOLD EMC member volunteering at the IEEE EMC Chicago Society. Louann Devine received her M.S. degree in electrical engineering with emphasis in electromagnetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in […]

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Region 8 GOLD at ISBC

September 24, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

As those in Region 8 may already know, the Iberian Student Branch Congress 2013 (ISBC) took place earlier this year in Porto, Portugal, with great success! Congratulations to the organizing team on a job well done. Elena, member of the Region 8 GOLD Committee, had the pleasure of attending the ISBC, enjoying the event and […]

MGA GOLD Committee

2013 IEEE GOLD Hall of Fame Award Winners

July 28, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

The IEEE GOLD Hall of Fame Judging Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 GOLD Hall of Fame award, presented yearly to the top three GOLD Affinity Groups worldwide. The recipients of the 2013 GOLD Hall of Fame Award are the following sections: Tunisia (Region 8) Nicaragua (Region 9) Toronto (Region 7) […]

Continuing Education

Greece IEEE GOLD AG Offers Summer School

June 10, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Last summer in the beautiful city of Pyrgos, Greece, the IEEE Greece GOLD AG sponsored their third annual five-day summer school covering six topics: Algorithms, Telecom, Hardware, Encryption, Networks, and Applications. Together these topics form the name of the school, “ATHENA.” This event was hosted by the Informatics and MM Department of the Technological Educational […]

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Branch Officer and Volunteer Training in Karlskrona, Sweden

June 10, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

On January 30, the “IEEE Branch Officers/ Volunteers Training Workshop 2013” was held in Karlskrona, Sweden to teach new branch officers and volunteers about IEEE activities. This event was jointly organized by the IEEE Sweden GOLD AG and the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) IEEE Student Branch. All IEEE members and graduate students from BTH […]

Entrepreneurship

Beating unemployment with entrepreneurship in Cyprus

June 10, 2013 By Eddie Custovic

Despite the challenging economic climate in Cyprus, the recent “Learn Startup” event proved that young Cypriots are willing and able to build their future through entrepreneurship activities. During the event, three young entrepreneurs presented their experiences of creating business and technology innovation, providing practical advice to an active audience. Also, the CEOs of three business […]