Shikoku Section Report
PART A - SECTION SUMMARY
A.1 Executive Summary – (Please follow the format given below)
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Section Executive Committee Member Listo Chair: Tetsushi Ueta (Tokushima University)§ ueta@tokushima-u.ac.jp
o Vice Chair: Yuichi Tanji (Kagawa University)§ tanji.yuichi@kagawa-u.ac.jp
o Secretary: Kazuhiko Kinoshita (Tokushima University)§ kazuhiko@is.tokushima-u.ac.jp
o Treasurer: Ryota Nishimura (Tokushima University)§ nishimura@is.tokushima-u.ac.jp
o Membership Development Chair: Hirohisa Aman (Ehime University)§ aman@ehime-u.ac.jp
o Student Activity Chair: Kazunori Ueda (Kochi University of Technology)§ ueda.kazunori@kochi-tech.ac.jp
o Nominations Activities Chair: Keiko Sato (Kagawa University)§ sato.keiko@kagawa-u.ac.jp
o Professional Activities Chair: Yukio Mitsuyama (Kochi University of Technology)§ fujimoto@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
o Past Chair: Masanori Hamamura (Kochi University of Technology)§ mitsuyama.yukio@kochi-tech.ac.jp
Section Highlights
o Held 6 technical meetings and 2 lectures for student education including chapter activities
Major Events (International, National)o SJCIEE 2022: Shikoku-section Joint Convention of the Institutes of Electrical and related
Engineers (National, hybrid)o MAW 2022: IEEE Metro Area Workshop 2022 (National, hybrid)
Major Chapter Activities
Major Student and Affinity Group Activities
AwardsA.2 Financial Report – (Please follow the format given below)••

Summary (as per submitted on NetSuite)o Income 3,765,118 Yeno Expense 586,606 Yeno Balance 3,178,511 Yen
Any other financial activities

PART B - ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
B.1 Membership Development Activities
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Total number of active members in the past 3 years.
212 (Sept. 24, 2022)
219 (Sept. 25, 2021)
222 (Sept. 26, 2020)
Summary and evidence of work done to improve the value of membership, which leads to retention andgrowth of members
Campaign for upgrade to senior member. 6 members done.
[Annual General Meetings]
Sep. 24, 2022, Tokushima University and Online (Attendance: 14, attendance by proxy: 12, totally 26)
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[Administrative Meetings](1) May 19, 2022n
Executive Committee Meeting of SJCIEE 2022 (Online)(2) July, 2022n
Executive Committee Meeting (by e-mail)(3) August, 2022n
Executive Committee Meeting of SJCIEE 2021 (by e-mail)(4) Sep., 2022
nSection Executive Committee Meeting (by e-mail)[Technical Meetings](1) Cyber Security Symposium Dogo 2022
nDate: June 30 - July 1, 2022nPlace: MatsuyamanAttendance: Members & Guests: 1,075(2) 2022 Shikoku-section Joint Convention of the Institutes of Electrical and related EngineersnPapers are published on the web.
(3) IEEE Metro Area Workshop (MAW) 2022
nDate: October 7, 2022nPlace: Tokushima University and OnlinenAttendance: Members & Guests: 72

B.2 Chapter Activities••••

Total number of Chapters in the Sectiono 1 (CAS)o 1 (EMB Joint Chapter with Fukuoka and Hiroshima Sections)
Number of Chapters formed in the current yearo 0
Number of active Chapters (Chapters who have reported required number of meetings during the year)o 2
Summary of Chapter activities (Chapter wise with attachment table/information)
CASS Shikoku Chapter
11 Technical Meetingsoooooo1. CASS Shikoku Chapter Student Design Competition§ Date: Jan. 14, 2022
§ Place: Online
2. IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Signal Processing (NSP'22)§ Date: Feb. 10, 2022
§ Place: Online
3. IEEE CASS Shikoku Chapter YP Event: Doctoral thesis introduction event by seniors whohave Ph.D degrees§ Date: Mar. 22, 29, and 31, 2022
§ Place: Online
4. IEEE CASS Shikoku Chapter Student Members Event: AutoCAS Satellite Workshop at
Tokushima Univ SBC§ Date: Jun. 15, 2022
§ Place: Hybrid (Tokushima University)
5. WiCAS Meeting Series§ Date: Mar. 9, Jun. 13, Jun. 20, and Aug. 25, 2022
§ Place: Tokushima University
6. IEEE CASS Shikoku Chapter YP and Student Member Meeting§ Date: Nov. 8, 2022
§ Place: Hybrid (Naruto University of Education)
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7. IEEE CASS Shikoku Chapter Student Members Event: Try to Attend InternationalConference in Hawaii§ Date: Nov. 14, 2022
§ Place: Tokushima University
8. IEEE CASS Shanghai and Shikoku Chapters Joint Workshop on Circuits and Systems(SSJW'22)§ Date: Nov. 21, 2022
§ Place: Hybrid (Tokushima University)
9. Taiwan and Japan Conference on Circuits and Systems (TJCAS'22)§ Date: Nov. 26, 2022
§ Place: Online
10. IEEE Workshop on Nonlinear Circuit Networks (NCN'22)§ Date: Dec. 9-10, 2022
§ Place: Hybrid (Shikoku University)
11. IEEE CASS Shikoku Chapter Student Branch Chapter Event: Networking with other CASS
Student Branch Chapters (with Chiba Univ)§ Date: Dec. 13, 2022
§ Place: Online

2 CASS-Sponsored Administrative Meetingsoo

1. Chapter Executive Committee Meeting§ Date: Feb. 24, 2022
§ Place: Tokushima University
2. Chapter Executive Committee Meeting§ Date: Dec. 26, 2022
§ Place: Tokushima University

B.3 Professional and Continuing Education Activities
Summary of continuing educational activities including conferences, technical activities, training courses, anddistinguished lecture programs with attachment table / information[Distinguished Lecture Programs]
1. IEEE Shikoku Section Lecture
Lecturer: Mamoru Tanaka (Sophia University)
Title: 3D Space Reception and Display Technology
Date: Dec. 9, 2022
Place: Kagawa University
Attendance: Members & Guests: 40

B.4 Students Activities
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Total number of Student Branches in the Sectiono 2 (Kagawa University and Tokushima University)
Number of Student Branches formed in the current yearo 0Section level student activities (student congress, paper and other contests, awards etc)
o 1. Ehime University§ Date: Sept. 2, 2022
§ Lecturer: Kei-ichi Endo (Ehime University)§ Place: OnlineoNumber of active Student Branches (Student Branches who have reported required number of meetings
during the year)o 1
Summary of Student Branch activities (Student Branch wise with attachment table/information)3o

1. Recruitment of student members§ Shikoku Section recommended the students who came to the student paper contest at
Shikoku section Joint Convention of the Institutes of Electrical and related Engineers(SJCIEE) to be student members.

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B.5 Affinity Group Activities•••

Young Professional (YP)Women In Engineering (WIE)
Life Member (LM)B.6 Awards & Recognition Activities••

Award constituted by the Section
Please list all Awards and Recognitions received by the Section, and members in the Section, from R 10and IEEE HQ during the year

B.7 Communication Activities (Newsletter, Home Page, E-mail etc.)• Newsletter (name and number of issues in the year)• Home Page of the Section (give the URL and how often it is updated)Ø http://www.ieee-jp.org/section/shikoku/² (updated several times in a year)
Ø IEEE CAS Society, Shikoku Chapter:² http://ieee-scas.is.tokushima-u.ac.jp/
Ø IEEE EMBS Society, West Japan Chapter:² http://www.ieee-jp.org/section/fukuoka/embwj/² Kagawa University Student Branch Web site:² http://www.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp/~ieee_kgw/
Ø Tokushima University Student Branch Web site:² http://ieee-sb.is.tokushima-u.ac.jp/• Other means of contacts with section members² E-mail: shikoku@ieee.org• Other means of contacts with Section members including social media

B.8 Industry Relations••

Membership growth and retention
Activities for/with industrial members

B.9 Humanitarian Technology Activities••Humanitarian Technology related activities supported by the Section including collaboration with otherOUs.
SIGHT Activities

B.10 Community Activities•IEEE Social activities (Family day, IEEE day, Engineers Week)

PART C - OTHERS
C.1 Special Events4

• Please briefly describe the importance of special events and the outcomes achieved• Funding secured from the IEEE and external sources including sponsorships

C.2 Relationship with National and International Societies and Non-Government
Organizations (NGO)• Nature of relationship and details of any formal agreement signed• Details of joint activities• A technical convention with IEEJ, IEICE, IPSJ, IEIJ, ITE, SICE, IEIEJ• Benefit to IEEE members (for example discounts, access to technical information etc.)• Benefit to Section (for example help in membership development, venue facilities, cost saving etc.)

C3. Collaboration with other IEEE Sections• Support extended to neighboring Sections• Joint activities with any other Section

C.4 Support extended to Sub-sections & Society Chapters within the Section• Support extended for organizing technical, educational and professional activities• Joint activities for membership development• Support extended for the formation of a Sub-section or transition of a Sub-section into a full Section

C.5 Best Practices of your Section (which you would like to share with other Sections
for the benefits of members)
C.6 Problems anticipated and suggestions for solutions, if any

PART D - GOALS AND PLANS
D.1 Continuation of project/activity in progress and their implementation
plans
Support extended for organizing technical, educational and professional activities
1. Committee Meetings
6 meetings
2. Annual Meetingsat Kagawa University, Takamatsu
3. Technical Conference/Meetings
Technical Convention
2023 Shikoku-section Joint Convention of the Institutes of Electrical and related Engineers
at Tokushima University, Tokushima
Technical Meetings
Meetings in cooperation with domestic societies in Japan
4. Membership Development
Encouragement of upgrade to senior members
Promotion of IEEE student membership
Cooperation with CAS Shikoku Chapter and EMB West Japan Chapter
5. Student Activities
Promotion of IEEE student membership5

Encouragement of English presentation
6. Nominations
Support to upgrade fellow or senior Member

D.2 Goals and Future Plans
Our goal is to make the dissemination of IEEE Shikoku section using the Internet effectively and support
the promotion of student branches activities.

D.3 Any innovative ideas to make IEEE more creative and value added for sustaining
the membership retention and recruitment goals.
D.4 Business Plan for Sustainable Growth and Financial Stability.

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