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The Publications Committee strives to:

Be in the forefront of publishing material in the I&M field;
Provide the most comprehensive and high-quality publications to our members and related professionals;
Actively facilitate the publication of milestone archival publications in the I&M field;
Disseminate knowledge and promote the growth of I&M culture;
Foster and maintain effective communication with the membership;
Be the visible brand for the IEEE I&M Society.

For more information, please contact Kurt Barbé, VP Publications of the I&M Society.

The IMS Publications and Education Committee periodically features a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement or IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine as best representing to the general public the research fields of our members.

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VP Publications

Kurt Barbé

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

Belgium

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Biography

Kurt Barbé (S’05-M’09-SM’16) received the Master degree in Mathematics and the PhD degree in engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium, in 2005 and 2009 respectively. Presently, he is a professor at the VUB at the faculty of Medicine. He is furthermore a co-founder of the research group Digital Mathematics (DIMA) holding a strong expertise in applied mathematics for engineering sciences and beyond. At VUB, he is the founder of the interfaculty centre for data-processing and statistics providing statistical and methodological support to the university community at large. Dr. Barbé is a former research fellow of the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) and VUB-coordinator of FLAMES – the Flemish inter-university training network on research methodology and statistics. His current research interest is in the field of numerical methods and computational statistics applied to biomedicine.

Dr. Barbé has served as an Associate Editor since 2010 and Associate Editor in Chief in 2018-2019 for the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. Since 2017 he has served as secretary of the royal Belgian statistical society. Finally, since 2019 he has joined the editorial board for the journal Fractal and Fractional as well as Sensors. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society in 2011 and the Andi Chi Best Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement in 2013. Two PhD students received the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Graduate Fellowship award under his supervision in 2012 and 2017.

Affiliation(s)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

Belgium

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Transactions on I&M

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IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Papers are sought that address innovative solutions to the development and use of electrical and electronic instruments and equipment to measure, monitor and/or record physical phenomena for the purpose of advancing measurement science, methods, functionality and applications. The scope of these papers may encompass: (1) theory, methodology, and practice of measurement; (2) design, development and evaluation of instrumentation and measurement systems and components used in generating, acquiring, conditioning and processing signals; (3) analysis, representation, display, and preservation of the information obtained from a set of measurements; and (4) scientific and technical support to establishment and maintenance of technical standards in the field of Instrumentation and Measurement.

About TIM

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Editor-in-Chief

Ruqiang Yan

Xi'an Jiaotong University

China

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Open Journal of I&M

IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement

The IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement publishes papers on the science, technology and application of instrumentation and measurement.

Instrumentation and measurement, in the current context of the IEEE IMS community, consists of methods, instruments, systems, and applications for measurement, detection, tracking, monitoring, characterization, identification, sensing, estimation, recognition, or diagnosis of a physical phenomenon; or metrology and measurement theory including measurement uncertainty, instrument precision, calibration, etc.

About OJIM

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Editor-in-Chief

Shervin Shirmohammadi

University of Ottawa

Canada

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Shervin Shirmohammadi

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Shervin Shirmohammadi received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2000 from the University of Ottawa, Canada, where he is currently a Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is the Director of the DISCOVER Lab, doing research in measurement methods and Applied AI for networks and multimedia systems. The results of his research, funded by more than $27 million from public and private sectors, include over 400 publications, 3 Best Paper awards, over 70 researchers trained at the postdoctoral, PhD, and Master’s levels, 30 patents and technology transfers to the private sector, and a number of awards. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement, was the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement from 2017 to 2021, the Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine in 2014 and 2015 and is currently on the latter’s editorial board.

He has been an IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) AdCom member since 2014, served as the Vice President of its Membership Development Committee from 2014 to 2017, and was a member of the IEEE I²MTC Board of Directors from 2014 to 2016.

Dr. Shirmohammadi is an IEEE Fellow for contributions to multimedia systems and network measurements, winner of the 2019 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, winner of the 2021 IEEE IMS Distinguished Service Award, a Senior Member of the ACM, a University of Ottawa Gold Medalist, and a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.

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University of Ottawa

Canada

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I&M Magazine

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IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine

The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine has the goal of providing readable introductions and overviews of methodologies, technologies, and applications in the field of Instrumentation and Measurement to a wide engineering audience. To such aim, many special issues are dedicated to specific hot and challenging topics in the Instrumentation and Measurement framework.

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Editor-in-Chief

Bruno Andò

University of Catania

Italy

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Biography

Bruno Andò is currently Associate Professor in Measurement Science at the Department of Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering (DIEEI) of the University of Catania, Italy.

He received the M.S. in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1994 and 1999 respectively. From 1999 he performs research in the fields of sensor and instrumentation at the DIEEI of the University of Catania.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Bruno Andò leads a group of researchers working in the following fields:

Smart Sensing Systems and Readout Electronics;
Assistive Technologies;
Nano and Micro Sensors, µ-fluidics, Bio-Sensors;
Inkjet Printed Sensors and Flexible Sensors;
Sensors exploiting innovative materials (ferrofluids, ferroelectrics and multiferroics);
Sensor Networks;
Smart signal processing and nonlinear techniques (including stochastic resonance and dithering) to improve performances of sensors and bio-receptors.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Since 1997 he is member of IEEE, and since 2013 he is a Senior Member of IEEE.
He is the Chair Elected of the IEEE SAS Advisory Board, 2017-2019.
He belongs to the following Technical Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society: TC-18 “Environmental Measurements”, TC-37 “Measurement and Networking” and TC-13 “Wireless & Telecommunications in Measurements”.
He is a member of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurements Faculty Course Development Award Committee for years 2016, 2017.
Since 2010 he is a member of the AitAAL (Italian Association on Ambient Assisted Living) and since 2004 he is a member of the Italian Group of Electric and Electronic Measurement “GMEE”, Italy.
Since 2015 he is the Chairman of the National Research Activity on “Sensors and Transducers for Measurement” of the Italian Measurement Group (GMEE).
He is delegated of the “Sicily (Italy) District on Micro&Nano Systems”, to the Italian Cluster on “Technology for Life Environments (TAV)”, as an expert in the field of "Technology for Assisted Living".
He belongs to the List of supporters of AALOA (AAL OPEN ASSOCIATION-www.aaloa.org/).
In 2011, 2013 he was with the Technical Program Committee of “EvAAL (Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking)” competition organized by AALOpenAssociation on “Indoor Localization”, Valencia.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2017 Outstanding Reviewer

ACTIVITY IN JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS

He is Associate Editor of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society - Video Tutorial.
He is Associate Editor in Chief of the IEEE Magazine on Instrumentation and Measurement.
He belongs to the editorial board of the Journal of Sensor Technology (Scientific Research Publishing, SCIRP).
He belongs to the editorial board of the Journal of Sensors (Hindawi).

He acted as a columnist of the IEEE Magazine on Instrumentation and Measurement.

CONFERENCES, PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS

He has an active role as Organizer, TPC, Publicity Chair and Session Chair, for several National and International Conferences, the latest: IEEE I2MTC (2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), IEEE M&N 2013, 2015, 2017), IEEE SAS (2016, 2017, 2018).
He is the scientific coordinator of several international and national research projects.
He has co-authored more than 8 patents and 200 scientific peer-review papers.
Detailed information are available: http://www.dees.unict.it/users/bando/index.html

EXPERT AND REVIEWER TASKS

He acts as an external expert and reviewer for the following institutions:

Research Executive Agency: H2020-MSCA-IF, H2020-MSCA-ITN, H2020-MSCA-RISE.
the National Centre of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.
National Centre for Research and Development, Poland.
Czech-Norwegian Research Programme CZ09.
Italian Research Ministry (MIUR), National Research Programs.
Italian MIUR, evaluation panel for the assessment of research quality in Italy (VQR).

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Since 1999, he has taught several classes in measurement and sensors science.
Since 2011 he teaches the English class, ”Sensors and advanced measurement systems” of the degree in Automation Engineering and Control of Complex Systems: http://masterinautomation.ing.unict.it/
Since 2013 he teaches the English class, “Electronic Measurements” of the degree in Electronic Engineering.
Bruno Andò has tutored several Master Degree and PhD thesis.

Affiliation(s)

University of Catania

Italy

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Quarterly Newsletter

IMS publishes a quarterly newsletter filled with news and information about the activities of the society. It is delivered directly to member inboxes, or it can be viewed on the website at the link below.

Current Newsletter

Editor-in-Chief

Melanie Ooi

The University of Waikato

New Zealand

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Melanie Ooi is an emerging researcher and engineering specialist in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Computer Engineering and Computational Intelligence. She is currently an Associate Professor at The University of Waikato, New Zealand. While working in close collaboration with several leading multinational electronics companies, she has developed new testing techniques and test data processing methodologies that have been adopted by the industry partners. In the recent years she has also successfully researched on new measurement uncertainty evaluation approaches and frameworks with application to a multitude of science and technology areas (medical research, structural design, mechanical systems modelling, etc.). Her research competence and capability are evident from the extensive and fast growing list of publications, research grants and projects, as well as successfully supervised postgraduate students.

In addition, Associate Professor Ooi was particularly successful in the area of undergraduate and postgraduate education. She introduced several innovations and a well-structured education program enhancing key professional skills and thus increasing work-readiness and employability of engineering graduates that were successfully adopted and implemented by Monash University and RMIT University in their Southeast Asian campuses. They have been strongly supported by multinational electronics companies such as Intel, Freescale Semiconductor and National Instruments.

Her high professional achievements have been acknowledged by several prestigious awards including the Outstanding Young Engineer Award of the Year 2014 from the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, 2014 Excellence Award from the International Education Association of Australia, 2011 Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council to mention a few.

She is Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of the IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (I&MS); I&M AdCom (2019-2022)|| Young Professional Program Representative (2018)|| Distinguished Lecturer (2016 - December 2017), Distinguished Lecturer and Secretary of the Technical Committee on Fault Tolerant Measurement Systems (TC-32) of the IEEE I&MS. She is also Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and UK Chartered Engineer.

Affiliation(s)

The University of Waikato

New Zealand