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IAS Camp
IEEE ISI Student Branch
A hands-on camp where students work through industrial applications in teams and leave with certificates and new contacts.
IEEE Industry Applications Society · Tunisia Section Chapter
Where Tunisia’s engineers plug into industry.
Since 2010, IAS Tunisia has connected students and professionals who work on power systems, drives, automation and industrial electronics, through student branch chapters on campuses across the country, hands-on challenges and a national annual meeting.
- CH1 · IAS members
- CH2 · Student branch chapters
- CH3 · National annual meetings
- Time base · Established
What is IAS
The society behind the machines that make things.
The IEEE Industry Applications Society is one of IEEE’s technical societies. Its members design, build and run the electrical systems, drives, devices and controls that industry and commerce depend on, from a cement plant’s motors to a factory’s automation network.
Its work is organised in four technical departments
Process Industries
Petroleum and chemical, cement, mining, pulp and paper, metals: the electrical side of heavy industry.
Industrial Power Conversion Systems
Electric machines, power electronics and drives, the parts that turn electricity into motion.
Industrial & Commercial Power Systems
Designing, protecting and running power systems for plants, buildings and campuses.
Manufacturing Systems Development & Applications
Automation, controls and industrial communication on the production floor.
IAS Tunisia
Sixteen years in, the signal keeps getting stronger.
The IAS Tunisia Section Chapter brings the society to Tunisia. We support student branch chapters on campuses from Tunis to Sfax, run technical meetings, workshops and challenges with industry, co-sponsor IEEE conferences and host the national IAS annual meeting.
- Established
- 6 July 2010
- IAS members, 11 July 2026
- 1,716
- Student branch chapters
- 35
Active IAS members · Tunisia Section · by month
Jun2026 1,7142025 1,0632024 936
| Month | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1523 | 1578 | 2265 |
| Feb | 834 | 842 | 1562 |
| Mar | 867 | 978 | 1613 |
| Apr | 907 | 1027 | 1672 |
| May | 926 | 1052 | 1696 |
| Jun | 936 | 1063 | 1714 |
| Jul | 964 | 1082 | no data |
| Aug | 975 | 1088 | no data |
| Sep | 995 | 1102 | no data |
| Oct | 1129 | 2020 | no data |
| Nov | 1304 | 2136 | no data |
| Dec | 1591 | 2268 | no data |
+44%
members in January 2026 compared with January 2025.
+61%
members in June 2026 compared with June 2025.
Reading the trace
The count dips every February when renewals lapse, then climbs from October as new students join.
Activities
Less lecture hall, more shop floor.
Our student branch chapters run camps, challenges and industry days across the country, and our members take Tunisian work to the society’s global meeting.
Sfax
Innovation to Industry (I2I)
IEEE ISGIS Student Branch
Talks and sessions that take student ideas and test them against what industry actually needs.
Sfax
TechResolve Challenge
IEEE ISIMS Student Branch
A problem-solving challenge where teams tackle real technical cases, from AI models to system design.
Vancouver, Canada
IAS Annual Meeting
IEEE Industry Applications Society
Our members join the global IAS community at the society's flagship conference, and present what Tunisia is building.
IASTAM · IAS Tunisia Annual Meeting
Once a year, the whole network in one room.
IASTAM is our national congress for students, young professionals, academics and industry experts. Each edition is hosted by a different student branch chapter, with keynotes, workshops, challenges and a job fair.
“Space industry: building the future beyond Earth”
- 15–17 Oct 2026
- Tunis
- Hosted by IEEE IAS ISI SBC, with the IAS Tunisia Section Chapter
IASTAM 5.0 · Hammamet
Every edition so far
IASTAM 1.0
IASTAM 2.0
IASTAM 3.0
1–3 Jun 2023 · Sousse
IEEE IAS ENET'Com SBC
Job fair, a 24-hour computer vision hackathon and industrial visits.
IASTAM 4.0
13–15 Oct 2024
IEEE IAS ESSTHS SBC
Technical and non-technical challenges between student branch chapters from across the country.
IASTAM 5.0
2025 · Hammamet
IEEE IAS & IES & PES ESPRIT SB Joint Chapter
Power systems, industrial automation, robotics, smart grids and renewable energy.
IASTAM 6.0
15–17 Oct 2026 · Tunis
IEEE IAS ISI SBC
Space industry: building the future beyond Earth
IEEE IAS chapter awards 2026
Three of the society’s eight chapter awards went to Tunisia.
Every year IEEE IAS recognises its strongest chapters worldwide. This year, Tunisian chapters took more categories than any other country.
Chapter with Best Website
IEEE IAS Tunisia Section Chapter
Outstanding Student Branch Chapter
National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS)
Outstanding New Student Branch Chapter
Higher Institute of Computer Science & Multimedia of Sfax (ISIMS)
See the other 2026 winners
- Outstanding Small IAS ChapterIAS North Jersey ChapterUSA
- Outstanding Large IAS ChapterIAS Sri Lanka ChapterSri Lanka
- Outstanding Joint IAS ChapterKerala Section Joint ChapterIndia
- Continued Outstanding Performance SB ChapterBudapest Univ. of Technology & Economics Joint SBCHungary
- Student Branch Chapter with Best WebsiteMar Athanasius College of EngineeringIndia
Conferences
IEEE conferences we co-sponsor
We put the chapter’s name and support behind international IEEE conferences held in Tunisia.
- 20–22 Nov 2025
IEEE International Conference on Advances in Data-Driven Analytics and Intelligent Systems
Marhaba Palace, Sousse
- 2–4 Nov 2026
IEEE International Conference on Smart Innovations for Medicine and Engineering (SIME)
Sousse (hybrid)
- 2026
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Systems and Emergent Technologies
Hybrid
Executive committee 2025–2026
The people keeping the current on.
Volunteers from across Tunisia’s IEEE community who run the chapter, support the student branch chapters and represent IAS Tunisia worldwide.
Chair
Achref Selmi
Vice-Chair
Amira Tmar
Secretary
Yassine Aniba
Treasurer
Amir Zouenkhi
Webmaster
Iskandar Ghorbel
Student Representative
Eya Chaabene
What’s next
Where we are taking the chapter
Distinguished speakers
Bringing IAS Distinguished Lecturers and industry experts to Tunisian campuses to share what is moving in the field.
IASTAM, every year
Backing each edition of the national annual meeting and showcasing what student branch chapters build together.
SBC officers meetings
Regular meetings with student branch chapter officers to share playbooks and coordinate across all 35 chapters.
Get involved
Bring IAS to your campus.
Join IEEE and IAS
Student membership gives you IAS publications, competitions, scholarships and a place in a chapter near you.
Become a memberStart a chapter at your school
Your campus has an IEEE Student Branch but no IAS chapter? We will walk your officers through setting one up.
Email the chapterPartner with us
Companies host industrial visits, judge challenges and meet graduating engineers at IASTAM.
Talk to the committee