IEEE Instrumentation And Measurement Society Research Articles

Women in I&M: The Women Side of Diversity in the IMS

The elimination of the barriers related to gender that influence participation in technical and professional activities and the active pursuit of gender diversity and inclusivity is one side of the rise of diversity, equity and inclusion in all forms in IEEE and in the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS).

From the Society

The last few years have been a time of great change for the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). I know that's said frequently now, but I think our story deserves a bit more detail. Outside forces created extraordinary challenges for the IMS Administrative Committee (AdCom). New strategies were required for nearly everything we do. Fortunately, we had the people and procedures in place to adjust our strategy.

The IEEE Technical Committee 10-The Waveform Generation, Measurement, and Analysis Committee: Update 2021

The IEEE Technical Committee 10 (TC-10), the Waveform Generation, Measurement, and Analysis Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), supports the advancement of industries and other entities that research, develop, manufacture, and use technologies and instruments that generate or acquire signals. These signals are ubiquitous and used in many technologies, such as, but not limited to, communication, computing, transportation, medicine, entertainment, manufacturing, and agriculture. The TC-10 work, therefore, impacts everyone. Because the TC-10 is a developer of documentary standards, the TC-10's goal is achieved by fulfilling, as best as possible, the global need for standardized terms, test methods, and computational methods that are used to describe and measure the parameters that describe the performance of signal generators and waveform recorders and analyzers. The TC-10 has developed and maintains the following documentary standards: IEEE Std 181–2011, Standard on Transitions, Pulses, and Related Waveforms [1]; IEEE Std 1057–2017, Standard for Digitizing Waveform Recorders [2]; IEEE Std 1241–2010, Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters [3]; IEEE Std 1658–2011, Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Digital-to-Analog Converters [4]; IEEE Std 1696–2013, Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Circuit Probes [5]; and IEEE Std. 2414–2020, Standard for Jitter and Phase Noise [6]. Additional information on these standards and the TC-10 can be found in [7], [8].

IMS Technical Committee TC-3: Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Instrument

This article provides an overview of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) Technical Committee TC-3 on Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Instrument. TC-3 aims at serving as a platform for scientists and engineers involved in the field of condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, with a focus on potential applications in the industry.

Guest Editorial Special Section on Sensors Applications Symposium

The Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) 2020 was the 15th edition of the flagship professional event in the sensor technology and application area organized by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). It brought together sensor developers, innovators, and users, providing a forum for the exploration of new ideas, developments, implementations, and applications in the field. SAS 2020 was scheduled to take place on March 9–11, 2020, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. However, the outbreak of the Covid-19 lead to the sudden and necessary decision of converting the event to a virtual conference. Indeed, IEEE SAS 2020 was arguably the first IMS and one of the first IEEE conferences that took place in that way, thus acting as a model for subsequent events. Nonetheless, the 2020 edition of the IEEE SAS has drawn significant professional interest worldwide leading to receiving 96 submissions of which 73 were accepted for the presentation at the virtual event. The review process of the symposium was designed to ensure the high quality of accepted papers authored by specialists from all over the world. Accepted papers were divided for presentation into ten virtual Oral Sessions and one large virtual Poster Session available for online access by the attendees during the three weeks of the virtual event.

Needing measurements and instrumentation within the nanotechnology world: IEEE IMS TC-34 experience

Nanotechnology is, first of all, an issue regarding dimensional aspects that have an impact on all the other considerations. Depending on the interest area, the impact of nanotechnology is observed in design, fabrication process, and utilization. To cope with certification procedures, for instance, and their performance, measurements and instrumentation are key points of this complex mosaic. The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) developed a technical committee to strongly deal with nanotechnology in instrumentation and measurements called TC-34. Its activities are introduced here, along with a description of its spinoff event called NANOfIM which is a conference with an insight into the nanotechnology world. The first NANOfIM was held in 2015 in Lecce (Italy).

The documentary standards of the IEEE technical committee 10

Global trade relies on the ability to reproducibly and accurately communicate the performance of products and to support these attestations. This standardization is essential for accurate, reproducible, reliable, and communicable characterization of the performance of these devices, to support technology and product advancement, product comparison and performance tracking, and device calibration and traceability. Standard terms and definitions, reproducible test methods, and accurate computational procedures are necessary for this communication and facilitate economic growth and technology evolution through the common understanding of technology. The IEEE Technical Committee 10 (TC-10), the Waveform Generation, Measurement, and Analysis Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), fulfills the global need for standardized terms and test and computational methods for describing and/or measuring the parameters that describe the performance of signal generators and waveform recorders and analyzers. The TC-10 has developed and maintains the following documentary standards: IEEE Std 181-2011, “Standard on Transitions, Pulses, and Related Waveforms” [1]; IEEE Std 1057-2017, “Standard for Digitizing Waveform Recorders” [2]; IEEE Std 1241-2010, “Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters” [3]; IEEE Std 1658-2011, “Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Digital-to-Analog Converters” [4]; and the IEEE Std 1696-2013, “Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Circuit Probes” [5]. In development is the IEEE Draft Std P2414 “Draft Standard for Jitter and Phase Noise.” The TC-10 comprises an international group of electronics engineers, mathematicians, professors and physicists with representatives from national metrology laboratories, national science laboratories, component manufacturers, the test instrumentation industry, academia, and end users. The status of the TC-10 standards is described herein.

Special Section on the 2019 IEEE Measurement and Networking Symposium, Catania, Italy, July 8–10, 2019

The IEEE Symposium on Measurements and Networking (M&N) is a conference sponsored by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). It is a privileged forum for discussing the emerging trends in the areas of measurements, communications, computer science, wireless systems, and sensor networks and fostering a debate with engineers and researchers from academia, government, and industry on the crucial role of measurements for networking and networking for measurements.

Society news

The mission of Technical and Standards Activities Committee (TSAC) of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is to enable and promote Technical Committees (TCs) as the Society's "Centers of Expertise," and support and promote participation of individual IMS members in Standards Activities. Over the past years, the TSAC has managed 22 active TCs and supported the development of 18 IEEE Standards. The TSAC has worked closely with other committees in the IMS to promote various activities. For example, the TSAC works tightly with the Conference Committee to engage in the organization of various conferences and workshops. To date, our TC-25 fully sponsors the IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements & Applications (MeMeA), TC-37 sponsors the IEEE International Symposium on Measurements and Networking, TC-17 and TC-19 sponsor the Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), and TC-13 and TC-37 sponsor the International Symposium in Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era. Since 2017, our TCs have been actively involved in promoting our flagship conference: IEEE International Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). Every year, some of the TCs propose special sessions that are related to their technical expertise and attract many attendees to join the I2MTC.

Society news: I2MTC 2019

The IEEE I2MTC—International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference—is the flagship conference of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) and is dedicated to advances in measurement methodologies, measurement systems, instrumentation, and sensors in all areas of science and technology. I2MTC acts as a catalyst to promote interactions between industry and academia. These features make I2MTC a unique event and one of the most important conferences in the field of instrumentation and measurement. A wide spectrum of research results was presented, with potential practical applications in current industrial technology, as well as industry and application driven developments. There were 413 delegates from all over the world who participated in the 2019 conference, making it the largest ever conference in Australasia in the field of instrumentation and measurement. It was also the first time ever that this conference was held in Australasia!

Society news [IEEE measurement and networking symposium, 2019 (M&N 2019) & 14th IEEE MeMeA Symposium

IEEE Symposium on Measurements and Networking (M&N) is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). M&N 2019 presented a forum for researchers and practitioners from industry, academia, government and standardization committees interested in the areas of measurements, communications, computer science, wireless systems, and sensor networks and fostered discussion on the role of both measurements for networking and networking for measurements.

Society news: SAS 2019

IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). SAS brings together sensor developers, innovators and users, providing a forum for the exploration of new applications in sensor technology. The conference focuses on sensors, sensing methodologies, sensor fabrication technologies, and sensor applications. This year's conference, which was the 14th in a series for this global event and involved Europe, USA, and Oceania, was held in Sophia Antipolis, France from March 11–13, 2019.

2016 Faculty Course Development Award: application-oriented IM teaching based on industrial electronics and instrumentation at the University of Trento

Measurement science and technologies play a key role in a variety of disciplines of Engineering. Even though the fundamentals of instrumentation and measurement (I&M) definitely require general and fully dedicated courses, there are situations in which, for context-specific educational needs or constraints, it is of primary importance to emphasize how the I&M body of knowledge is related to a given application domain. This is, for instance, the case of interdisciplinary degree programs (e.g., in Mechatronics Engineering) whose students are required to gain skills in a wide range of subjects squeezed into a limited number of credits and within a relatively short time. In this kind of situation, courses dealing only with I&M topics could be regarded as useful but not essential for the main goal of the degree program, and consequently, they could be perceived to have a marginal role. However, in the authors' experience, such risks can be greatly mitigated if educators create a strong relationship between the I&M body of knowledge and the application field in which measurement instruments and techniques are supposed to be used, e.g., to describe physical phenomena, to explain the behavior of specific systems and devices or to analyze their performance. The teaching module Industrial Electronics and Instrumentation, which received the Faculty Course Development Award by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) in 2016, is indeed based on this paradigm. The rationale of the course stems from the educational needs of industrial electronics [1], which is also one of the key priorities for the development of next-generation smart manufacturing (usually labeled as Industry 4.0 in Europe). The course has been officially included in the educational offering of the M.S. degree program in Mechatronics Engineering of the University of Trento, Italy since Academic Year 2016-2017.

IEEE Fellow Yahia Antar Speaks at Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE [Around the Globe

The College of Engineering at Al Ain University of Science and Technology (AAU), in conjunction with the IEEE United Arab Emirates (UAE) Section, IEEE UAE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S)/IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IM-S) Joint Chapter, and the IEEE AAU Student Branch, organized a technical talk at the Abu Dhabi campus (Mohammed Bin Zayed City).

New Year, continuing the journey [President's Message

Greetings and best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year from the Instrumentation and Measurement Society! As engineers we often are faced with problems, and our first step is to assess the resources available to help us solve them. The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) faces many of the same pressures and problems of the IEEE as a whole. As the new President of the IMS, I am greatly encouraged by the resources we have to solve them. It amazes me that people of such high caliber are dedicated enough to their profession to volunteer significant amounts of their valuable time. As members of the IMS, you have elected some wonderful people to provide leadership on the Administrative Committee (AdCom). I am truly honored to be serving as President of your society in 2018, and I believe I am well equipped through the talent on the AdCom to address our needs as a profession.

The IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society has revamped educational video tutorials [Society News

The Instrumentation & Measurement Channel on IEEE TV at https://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/ims has been updated and better focused on the scope and field of interest of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). Also, the Educational Video Tutorial section of the IMS website found at http:// ieee-ims.org/evts/tutorials is now showing the new video tutorials.

Instrumentation and measurement in medical, biomedical, and healthcare systems

Proper measurement is crucial in the medical, biomedical, and healthcare fields because it forms the basis of medical diagnosis, prognosis, and evaluation. In fact, it is known that measuring is the cornerstone of medical research and clinical practice [1]. Medical professionals such as doctors or clinical laboratory scientists must have confidence in the results reported by their instruments or their measurement methods to make the correct decision for their patient. While in many industries incorrect measurements would simply lead to customer dissatisfaction or loss of money, in the medical field incorrect measurements could be fatal and lead to loss of life. Hence, we can say that proper instrumentation and measurement is vital in the medical field. In this article, we take a look at the latest biomedical topics from the perspective of Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M), and we summarize the latest medical I&M topics published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM), to familiarize medical practitioners and researchers in how to achieve a proper medical I&M paper. We also briefly introduce the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society's (IMS) main medical conference, the IEEE Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (IEEE MeMeA), which promotes the I&M aspects of the medical field in general, and we present guidelines on the I&M aspects that are useful for authors with primarily biomedical backgrounds who would like to publish in IEEE TIM.

Welcome to IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2016 [Presidents' Message

On behalf of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS), I want to welcome you to IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2017 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois! This conference provides outstanding opportunities to learn about the newest automated testing technologies being developed and implemented, as well as to meet with colleagues and make new acquaintances. We know you will enjoy your experience as one of the many attendees at this conference.

Women in the Instrumentation and Measurement society [President's Message

It is wonderful to have the June 2016 issue of the I&M Magazine highlight and celebrate the many contributions and achievements of the women members of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). Most of us are aware of the continuing challenge to increase the number of women in the science and engineering professions and to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment in which both they and the profession can thrive. We are very pleased to see both the significant growth in the number of women IMS members and the active manner in which they are participating in so many of our Society's activities.

I&M Society Chapter Chair Summit 2014

The Second IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) Chapter Chair Summit was held on May 12, 2014 at the Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Uruguay. It was in conjunction with the I2MTC 2014 meeting. As of October 2014, there are 49 chapters and 2 student branch chapters active in instrumentation and measurement technical fields. In 2014, the IMS chapters grew by adding the Kolkata, India Section IM09/CS23 Joint Chapter. There was a thorough revision of the Chapter Policies of the Society between 2013 and 2014.