IEEE Tallahassee PES Chapter Presentation
Title: How to Write an Effective Technical Paper
Presenter: Saifur Rahman, Ph.D., Joseph Loring Professor & Director, Advanced Research Institute
Virginia Tech, USA
President, IEEE Power & Energy Society 2018 & 2019; IEEE President-elect Candidate 2020
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM, Friday, August 14, 2020
Location: Join Zoom Meeting
https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93199532966?pwd=a2hVSTNTeXZrSUdkNGtvSmJYRDVqZz09
Meeting ID: 931 9953 2966
Passcode: TLHPES
Abstract
In this presentation, Prof. Saifur Rahman will highlight issues with paper structure, conference vs. journal papers, ethics, where to publish, open access, impact factor, etc. He will also highlight the IEEE publications business, the value and quality of IEEE publications, and the broad topical areas IEEE publications cover.
Bio of Professor Saifur Rahman
Professor Saifur Rahman is the founding director of the Advanced Research Institute at Virginia Tech, USA where he is the Joseph R. Loring professor of electrical and computer engineering. He also directs the Center for Energy and the Global Environment. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Millennium Medal winner. He was the president of the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) for 2018 and 2019. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He has published over 140 journal papers and has made over four hundred conference and invited presentations. In 2006 he served on the IEEE Board of Directors as the vice president for publications. He is a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Power & Energy Society and has lectured on renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, energy internet, blockchain, IoT sensor integration, etc. in over 30 countries. He is the founder of BEM Controls, LLC, a Virginia (USA)-based software company providing building energy management solutions. He served as the chair of the US National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering from 2010 to 2013. He has conducted several energy efficiency, blockchain and sensor integration projects for Duke Energy, Tokyo Electric Power Company, the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Energy and the State of Virginia. He has a PhD in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech.
