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The five papers in this special section are extended versions of papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM 2009), held in Malaga, Spain in April 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the highlights of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Barcelona, Spain. Total attendees at ICRA; ICRA 2005 award winners; IEEE RAS/IFR Entrepreneurs' Workshop and Innovation Awards; Robotics and Automation Society Awards.

This paper shows the results of a survey performed in Spain on the different functionalities of e-learning platforms. This survey was filled in by a group of teachers, experts in engineering education from across Spain, within the scope of the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Education Society. This paper presents their opinions on several aspects of e-learning functionalities, such as knowledge levels, levels of use, and usefulness, as well as describing the most commonly used platforms. One of the objectives of this work is to create a debate in the international community about the use of e-learning platforms and their main functionalities, the most frequently used standards, the implications for and the levels of support by institutions in their use of e-learning platforms, and in general, their advantages and disadvantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the fourth article in the series of eight, opened in September and published monthly in the Global Communications Newsletter, which covers all areas of IEEE ComSoc Member Relations. In this series of articles, I introduce the seven Member Relations Directors (namely: Sister and Related Societies; Membership Programs Development; AP, NA, LA, EAME Regions; Marketing and Industry Relations) and the Chair of the Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) Standing Committee. In each article, one by one they present their activities and plans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]