BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Colombo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T084407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+0530 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20060415T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3SA;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:+0530 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220222T192746Z UID:AD900332-A1E2-4498-AF4D-8BD5800DEF6A DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20220220T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Colombo:20220220T203000 DESCRIPTION:The Awareness Session on IEEE Computer Society was organized by the IEEE Computer Society Student Branch\, University of Ruhuna targeting the undergraduates\, especially the freshers\, who have just started thei r journey\, in order to let them know about IEEE and the Computer society. The main intention of the session was the awareness of the students on Co mputer Society about the benefits of getting the membership\, advantages f or the future career etc. The event was held on the 20th of February\, 202 2 at 07.00 pm via zoom platform. Students from many faculties at Universit y of Ruhuna joined the event. The event was a huge success with more than 100 participants on the zoom platform.\n\nThe resource person of the sessi on was Mr. Chamika Sudusinghe\, who is the current Chair of the Student Ac tivities Committee\, IEEE Sri Lanka Section. At first\, Mr. Chamika gave a brief introduction about himself and how he joined to IEEE and his experi ence on IEEE since the beginning of his career. Before conducting the sess ion on Computer Society\, he gave a brief explanation on IEEE. He denoted that\, since IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organiza tion dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity\, it’ s important to get to know about the society and being part of it or worki ng for IEEE is a rewarding experience for professionals from a variety of disciplines. Furthermore\, he evoked the importance of the IEEE membership for students’ careers.\n\nAfter the explanation on IEEE\, Mr. Chamika m oved into the topic of IEEE Computer Society. There\, he focused on the po ints in the annual reports of IEEE Computer Society and as same as\, exhib ited everyone how to refer to the website of IEEE Computer Society by keep ing awaking its projects\, research\, new technologies\, magazines etc. He elucidated the speciality of IEEE CS\, as it has some technical committee s that other societies do not have and denoted the students how they can b e a part of those committees. Moreover\, the speaker excerpted the scholar ships and awards that the students can apply through the IEEE CS.\n\nAfter wards\, the resource person emphasized the fund granting programmes in IEE E CS\, as to how everyone can be a part of the Chapter Startup Fund in ord er to initiate new chapters and then how to get offers in the Chapter Gran ts Program likewise. When talking about the memberships\, Mr Chamika denot ed that getting the membership of any IEEE society is not necessary and th e beginners can be a part of the student branch chapters at first and get the membership then if they feel free when moving forward.\n\nAfter that\, he winded up his session by thanking the organizing committee for invitin g him for this session and as same as for all the participants for being h anging with him throughout the session. It was a great session and the spe aker shared a lot of experiences that he has got from IEEE and Computer So ciety. Many participants were very interactive and discussed many question s with him. With the massive support of everyone\, this session became a g reat opportunity for everyone to get a clear awareness of the aspects\, ca reer developments and membership benefits of the IEEE Computer Society.\n\ nSpeaker(s): Mr Chamika Sudusinghe\, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/m/306046 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306046 ORGANIZER:viraj.dissanayake@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:SIGNON-The Awareness Session about Computer Society URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306046 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Awareness Session on IEEE Computer Soc iety was organized by the IEEE Computer Society Student Branch\, Universit y of Ruhuna targeting the undergraduates\, especially the freshers\, who h ave just started their journey\, in order to let them know about IEEE and the Computer society. The main intention of the session was the <strong>aw areness of the students on Computer Society about the benefits of getting the membership\, advantages for the future career</strong> etc. The event was held on the <strong>20th of February\, 2022 at 07.00 pm via zoom platf orm</strong>. Students from many faculties at University of Ruhuna joined the event. The event was a huge success with more than 100 participants on the zoom platform.</p>\n<p>The resource person of the session was <strong >Mr. Chamika Sudusinghe\, </strong>who is the current Chair of the Student Activities Committee\, IEEE Sri Lanka Section. At first\, Mr. Chamika gav e a brief introduction about himself and how he joined to IEEE and his exp erience on IEEE since the beginning of his career. Before conducting the s ession on Computer Society\, he gave a brief explanation on IEEE. He denot ed that\, since IEEE is the world&rsquo\;s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity \, it&rsquo\;s important to get to know about the society and being part o f it or working for IEEE is a rewarding experience for professionals from a variety of disciplines. Furthermore\, he evoked the importance of the IE EE membership for students&rsquo\; careers.</p>\n<p>After the explanation on IEEE\, Mr. Chamika moved into the topic of IEEE Computer Society.&nbsp\ ; There\, he focused on the points in the annual reports of IEEE Computer Society and as same as\, exhibited everyone how to refer to the website of IEEE Computer Society by keeping awaking its projects\, research\, new te chnologies\, magazines etc. He elucidated the speciality of IEEE CS\, as i t has some technical committees that other societies do not have and denot ed the students how they can be a part of those committees.&nbsp\; Moreove r\, the speaker excerpted the scholarships and awards that the students ca n apply through the IEEE CS.</p>\n<p>Afterwards\, the resource person emph asized the fund granting programmes in IEEE CS\, as to how everyone can be a part of the Chapter Startup Fund in order to initiate new chapters and then how to get offers in the Chapter Grants Program likewise. When talkin g about the memberships\, Mr Chamika denoted that getting the membership o f any IEEE society is not necessary and the beginners can be a part of the student branch chapters at first and get the membership then if they feel free when moving forward.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>After that\, he winded up his se ssion by thanking the organizing committee for inviting him for this sessi on and as same as for all the participants for being hanging with him thro ughout the session. It was a great session and the speaker shared a lot of experiences that he has got from IEEE and Computer Society. Many particip ants were very interactive and discussed many questions with him. With the massive support of everyone\, this session became a great opportunity for everyone to get a clear awareness of the aspects\, career developments an d membership benefits of the IEEE Computer Society.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR