The Journal of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Special Issue on Women Engineers

Editorial Preface..............................................Hiroshi TAMURA   847

1.  Meaning of Gender Equality
  1-1  The Establishment of the Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and 
         Women in IEICE and Its Activities�FWhat Is Expected from the Survey Report
           .....................................................Kaoru ARAKAWA   848
  1-2  The Origin of Foundation and Activities of the Society Liaison Association Committee
         for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering
           ....................................................Kashiko KODATE   855
  1-3  U.S. Women in Engineering Programs: Challenge, Success and Re-Focus
           .....................................................Barbara BOGUE   861

2.  Discussion Meeting: Circumstances of Women Engineers
          Kohroh KOBAYASHI, Kaoru ARAKAWA, Mutsumi OHTA, Yasuyo KITA, 
          Hajime TAKAKUBO, Miyuki IMADA, Akiko AIZAWA, Rieko FUKUSHIMA, 
          Yuriko SUZUKI, Ayako MURAKAMI, Masako KASHIWAGI, and Yumi YOSHITAKE   868

3.  Women Engineers' Studies
  3-1  A Human Interface Researcher's Life at a Company............Miwako DOI   885
  3-2  Design of Novel Reconfigurable MEMS-based Structures by Using the State-of-the-Art
         Numerical Techniques..................................Michiko KURODA   890
  3-3  Accessibility Technology for Visually Disabled People:
         Realizing the Universal Design for Information........Chieko ASAKAWA   895
  3-4  Analog Integrated Circuit under Low Power Supply Voltage
           ...................................................Kawori TAKAKUBO   901
  3-5  Bilateral Neural Simulation�FReading the Motion from Inside the Human Body
           ......................................................Mihoko OTAKE   909

4.  Messages for Women Engineers
  4-1  Hommage to Gender Equality.............................Shun-ichi AMARI   914
  4-2  For Comfortably Workable Japan.............................Kenichi IGA   917
  4-3  Message for Women Engineers...........................Yoshikazu TOYAMA   921


News Analysis
Japan's First 128-bit Block Cipher "Camellia" Approved as a New Standard Encryption
 Algorithm in the Internet...................................................   923
Development of Smart Antenna Technique for WLAN Systems......................   925

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