In recent years, different areas have been explored, technical meetings have been organized (including special sessions in I2MTC, our Society’s main conference and workshops) to broaden analysis and discussion, and related communities have been aggregated in our Society. The committee also organized special sessions at other IEEE conferences to draw attention to specific areas of incubation and promote instrumentation and measurement principles, methods and technologies to other communities. Finally, the committee organized special issues in the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, the I&M journal, and other emerging area journals. These efforts have led to the creation of some technical committees in our company, such as intelligent measurement systems and fault tolerant measurement systems. In addition, the TC-6 also inspired the creation of other technical groups and committees.

The TC-6 was recently launched with a focus on autonomous vehicle measurement and quantum computing technologies. Autonomous vehicles (such as those that fly or are underwater) have become a popular and cost-effective tool for many sensing and measurement applications (such as infrastructure inspection and testing, environmental monitoring and mariculture or agriculture), combining time and space coverage and accessibility unattainable with other technologies. A new generation of rovers are engaged in space missions. There is a demand for the development of new and advanced instruments, as well as for their calibration and testing. Astronomical Observation Instruments That Measure the Earth ‘

For quantum technologies, TC-6 began studying to determine the main technical areas where experience and expertise in our measurement community could be useful to more efficiently support the development and implementation of quantum systems. Recently, there have been breakthroughs in the accurate measurement of atomic qubit states, which is a key step in the development of quantum computers.

The objectives of this Committee are:

• Stimulate the interest of researchers and professionals in emerging technologies in their application in the field of instrumentation, measurement and testing;
• Respond to the growing demand for emerging technologies in terms of performance and functionality;
• To disseminate the use and knowledge of emerging technologies in the I&M fields to the academic and scientific communities;
• Provide forums such as workshops and conferences where such new and emerging technologies can be discussed;
• Promote the use of these technologies in real applications;
• Maintain contact with other groups, companies and standardization activities operating in the same fields.