The history of the Polish Society of Sensor Technology

At the end of 1991, on the initiative of professors Ryszard Jachowicz and Władysław Torbicz, a team of 27 Polish scientistic developed in February 1992 a report on the state of development and applications of sensors in Poland. This report was submitted to the Committee for Scientific Research. Sensory topics received support from various KBN bodies. This team was an initiative group for the establishment of the Polish Sensor Society. The formal formation of the Society took place at its Founding Meeting during the Conference Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors (COE'92) in Zegrze on 27 May 1992. On 5 November 1992 PTTS was registered under number Rst 1953 in the Provincial Court in Warsaw. The first president of the Society become prof. dr inż. Edward Stolarski, who held this position for four consecutive two-year terms until his death on March 18, 1999. It is worth emphasizing the great involvement of the President of the Society in the initial phase of PTTS's activity. The next Presidents were:

prof. Władysław Torbicz for the term of 1999-2004,
prof. Tadeusz Pisarkiewicz for the term of 2004-2012,
prof. Ryszard Jachowicz for the term of 2012-2016,
prof. Jan Dziuban for the term of 2016-2018.

The most important goals of the Society at that time included developing and propagating knowledge in the field of sensor technology through:

initiating and conducting research,
developing cooperation between science and industry,
organizing and participating in seminars and scientific conferences,
cooperation with domestic and foreign scientific societies,
supporting initiatives for publishing books and magazines in the field of sensor technology,
editing the PTTS bulletin.

PTTS bulletin was 4 page insert titled “Sensor technology” published in the monthly journal "Elektronika" since 1993. It contains scientific and technical articles, information about new products in the field of sensor topics and information about the Society. The Bulletin was sponsored by the Scientific Research Committee for many years.

The tradition introduced by the first President, prof. Stolarski, become organization of open meetings of the PTTS Main Board in various research and development centers. Representatives of the hosts took part in the meetings. The meetings were accompanied by scientific seminars where members of the Board and hosts gave speeches on selected topics related to sensors.

For many years, PTTS has been supporting the publication of books devoted to sensor related topics. For example:

W. Torbicz, Z. Brzózka, "Chemical sensors and biosensors" (1995)
E. Stolarski, "Electronic sensors" (1997)
R. Grodecki, E. Stolarski, "Optoelectronic sensors - photoemiters and photodetectors, electrical and optical parameters" (1999)
W. Torbicz, L. Filipczyński, R. Maniewski, M. Nałęcz, E. Stolarski (red.), "Biomeasurements" as volume 2 of the monograph "Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering". The editorial committee of this monograph was an honorary member of PTTS - Maciej Nałęcz and PTTS members - Władysław Torbicz and Ignacy Zawicki.

The published books were sponsored by the Scientific Research Committee.

PTTS was a co-organizer of the following international Scientific Conferences:

26th European Conference on Solid State Transduces EUROSENSORS XXVI - Cracow 9-12 September 2012. Chairman - prof. Jan Dziuban. Main organizer - Wrocław University of Technology.
11th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers EUROSENSORS XI - Warsaw 21-24 September 1997. Chairman - prof. Ryszard Jachowicz. Main organizer - Warsaw University of Technology.
12th International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, IVMC Darmstadt – Wrocław 6-9 July 1999. Co-chairman - prof. Jan Dziuban.

PTTS mailing address:

WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Polish Sensor Society
ul. Nowowiejska 15/19
00-665 Warszawa

email: biuro [at] ptts.pl

Scientific Conferences of the Polish Sensor Society

The Polish Sensor Society holds the scientific patronage over the preparation of the Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors (COE) taking place in even years. The chairmen of these conferences are members of PTTS. The PTTS Board Members and the PTTS Audit Commission are members of the Scientific Committee of this Conference.

Until 2014, the COE conference was a national conference, despite the participation of many invited foreign guests. Since 2016 COE has adopted its character to an international conference and from now on the official language of the conference is English.

Previous conferences organized by PTTS:

16^th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors COE' 2020
Kraków, March 29^th - April 2^nd 2020.
COE'2020 - short information, COE'2020 - conference agenda
19^th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications PowerMEMS 2019
Kraków, December 2^nd - 6^th 2019.
PowerMEMS 2019 - short information, PowerMEMS 2019 - conference agenda
15^th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors COE' 2018
Warszawa, 18-20 June 2018.
COE'2018 - short information , COE'2018 - conference agenda, COE'2018 - poster session agenda

14^th International Conference on Optical and Electronic Sensors COE' 2016
Gdańsk, 19-22 June 2016.
COE'2016 - short information, COE'2016 - conference agenda, COE'2016 - poster session agenda

XIII Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2014,
Łódź, 22-25 June 2014.
XII Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2012,
Karpacz, 24-27 June 2012.
XI Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2010,
Nałęczów, 20-23 June 2010.
X Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2018,
Poznań, 22-25 June 2008.
IX Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2006,
Zakopane, 19 - 22 June 2006.
VIII Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2004,
Wrocław, 27 - 30 June 2004.
VII Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2002,
Rzeszów, 5-8 June 2002.
VI Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'2000,
Gliwice, 13-16 June 2000.
V Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'1998,
Jurata, 10-13 May 1998.
IV Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'1996,
Szczyrk – Orle Gniazdo, 13-16 May 1996.
III Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'1994,
Zegrze - Ośrodek Wojskowy WSOWŁ, 22-25 May 1994.
II Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'1992,
Zegrze - Ośrodek Wojskowy WSOWŁ, 26-28 May 1992.
I Scientific Conference on Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors COE'1990,
Waplewo k/Łyny - Ośrodek Wojskowy

Polish Sensor Society Board Members for the term of office 2018-2020

President:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Jan Dziuban, Wroclaw University of Technology

Vice-president:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Piotr Jasiński, Gdańsk University of Technology

Secretary:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Zakrzewska, AGH University of Science and Technology Cracow

Treasury:

Dr inż. Grzegorz Tarapata, Warsaw University of Technology

Board Memebers:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Dorota Pijanowska, Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS
Dr hab. inż. Rafał Walczak, prof. nadzw. PW, Wroclaw University of Technology
Dr hab. inż. Artur Rydosz, AGH University of Science and Technology Cracow

Audit Committee:

Chairmen:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Anna Górecka-Drzazga, Wroclaw University of Technology

Board Members:

Prof. dr hab. inż. Anna Cysewska-Sobusiak, Poznan University of Technology
Prof. dr hab. inż. Tadeusz Pisarkiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology Cracow

Polish Sensor Society Board Members for the term of office 2020-2024