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August 2004
Volume 51, Number 2
Publication No: USPS 580-500
“The IEEE Newsletter” (North
Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by The Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue,
17th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5997. $1.00 per member per year (included in
annual dues) for each member of the North Jersey Section. Periodicals-class postage paid at New York,
NY and at additional mailing offices.
Postmaster send address changes to:
“The IEEE Newsletter”, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331.
USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).
NEWSLETTER STAFF
Editor........................................... Keith Saracinello
Business Manager...................... Keith Saracinello
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Deadline for receipt of material is the 1st of the month preceding the month of
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REPORT ADDRESS CHANGES TO:
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Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331, (732) 981-0060. It is not necessary to inform the North
Jersey Section when you change your mailing address. “The IEEE Newsletter” and other section mailings use a list
provided by IEEE’s national headquarters.
SECTION OFFICERS
Chairman....................................... Dr.
Durga Misra
dmisra “AT” njit.edu (973) 596-5739
Vice-Chairman-1.................................... Har
Dayal
har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com
(973) 633-4618
Vice-Chairman-2......................... Bhanu Chivakula
b.chivakula “AT” computer.org
(732) 718-3818
Treasurer........................ Dr. Edward (Ted)
Byrne
flatland “AT” compuserve.com
(973) 822-3219
Secretary................................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
s.shin “AT” ieee.org
(973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Members-at-Large:
Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu)
Naz Simonelli
(naz “AT” ieee.org)
Dr. Richard
Snyder (r.snyder “AT” ieee.org)
The North Jersey Section
Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays and
December) of each month at 7:00 PM.
Meetings are open to all members.
For information on meeting agenda contact Secretary Dr. Sanghoon Shin at
(973) 492-1207 Ext. 22, s.shin “AT” ieee.org.
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IEEE
North Jersey Section Activities
August
2004
Aug 4 – “NJ Section
Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton,
NJ. Dr. Sanghoon Shin at (973) 492-1207
Ext. 22 or s.shin “AT” ieee.org.
Aug. 10 – Reservation Deadline for Newark Bears Baseball Game
– Contact Art Greenberg at (973)
386-6673 or ahg1 “AT” lucent.com to reserve your seat.
Aug. 11 – “The Assault on
the Careers of American Engineers & What We Might Do About It” - NJ
PACE/SAC, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ. Paul Ward (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130
“AT” aol.com) or Richard F. Tax (201)
664-6954 (rtax “AT” bellatlantic.net).
Aug. 24 – “Digital Libraries: An Introduction” - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM (pre-meeting buffet
at 6:00 PM), Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave,
Whippany, NJ. Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902
(sgjakel “AT” comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 221-6125 (vshaiva “AT”
computer.org).
Upcoming
Meetings
Sept. 1 – “NJ Section Executive
Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Dr. Sanghoon Shin at (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
or s.shin “AT” ieee.org.
Sept. 10-11 – “5th Topical Meeting on Silicon
Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems” – IEEE MTT-S, Georgia Tech,
Atlanta, GA. http://www.emarket.gatech.edu/silicon.
Sept. 19-22 – “IEEE International Symposium on
Electrical Insulation” – IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Society, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://www.deis.nrc.ca/isei2004.htm.
Sep. 22-Dec. 1 – “Project Management” – North Jersey Section,
North Jersey Section, Wednesday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, NJ
International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey
City, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula
“AT” computer.org).
Sep. 23 – “Insurance
and the Independent Consultant” - NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30
PM-10:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany,
NJ. Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Sep. 26 – “North
Jersey Section 50th Anniversary Spirit of NJ Harbor Cruise” – NJ
Section, 7:30 PM, Port Imperial Marina, Pershing Circle, Weehawken, NJ. Howard Leach (hhleach “AT” aol.com).
Sep. 27-Dec. 6 – “Advanced Java Programming” – North
Jersey Section, North Jersey Section, Monday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00
PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor,
Jersey City, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula
(b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
Oct. 7 – “2004 MTT/AP Symposium and Mini-Show” – MTT-S/AP-S
Chapter, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Prime Hotel & Suites (formerly Radisson Hotel
Fairfield), 690 Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ.
Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599, Willie Schmidt (973) 492-0371, Har Dayal
(973) 633-4618, or George Kannell (973) 386-4170.
Oct. 19-20 – “IEEE Lightwave Technologies
in Instrumentation & Measurement Conference” – IEEE METSAC, IBM
Palisades Executive Conference Center in Palisades, NY. http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r1/metsac/LTWV.htm.
Oct. 22 – “The 2002 National Electric Code Seminar” - NJ
IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00AM – 12:45 PM, Punch Bowl Room at Jersey Central Power
and Light, 300 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ
07962.
Fall 2004 – “Introduction to .NET and C#” - North Jersey
Section, 1 Day Course, Time, Date and Location TBA,. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
Fall 2004 – “Object-Oriented Design Training” - North Jersey
Section, 1 Day Course, Time, Date and Location TBA,. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
Members and
Non-Members Welcome
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2004 Awards Banquet
From left - Durga Misra,
Section Chair, with Region 1 Award Recipients Richard Tax, Al Stolpen, George
Kannell,
Won Kim and Roger Sullivan,
Region 1 Director
From left - Kirit Dixit, Mike
Liechenstein and Art Greenberg share a moment at the Awards Reception
Jerry Minter (left) and
Willie Schmidt remember history of North Jersey Section over the last 50 years
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Reminder - Newark Bears Baseball Game
Tickets are now available for
the Sunday, August 22nd baseball game between the Newark Bears and
the Bridgeport Bluefish. It’s a good
chance to get out with your family and co-workers and enjoy the great American
pastime.
The game will be played at
Bears Stadium on route 21 in Newark. It
is a modern 6200 seat stadium which is easy to get to and has convenient
parking available. The game starts at
1:35 PM which makes it a great family outing.
The box seat tickets, which
normally sell for $9.00 each, are available to North Jersey IEEE members
at only $3.00 each.
To order your tickets, or for
more information, contact Art Greenberg at
(973) 386-6673 or by email at ahg1 “AT” lucent.com no later than
August 10th. Payment for
tickets must be received by August 14th.
For
information about the Newark Bears, the stadium, or directions, go to their
website: http://www.newarkbears.com/
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NJ Computer Chapter:
Digital Libraries: An Introduction
On Tuesday, August 24, 2004,
the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation titled
“Digital Libraries: An
Introduction” by Dr. Nabil R. Adam.
About the Talk
Research in digital libraries
has recently come into its own discipline.
This new discipline has been legitimized by the significant number of
funded research projects, and conferences, journals, and other traditional and
on-line publications dedicated to the study and advancement of digital
libraries. This tutorial will attempt
to provide a broad range of information about digital libraries, including an
overview of the area, key features, example applications and research projects,
and current related work that address research challenges in the area.
About the
Speaker
Dr. Nabil R. Adam received
his MS, MPhil, and PhD degrees from Columbia University. He is a Professor of Computers &
Information Systems and the Director of the Center for Information Management,
Integration, and Connectivity (CIMIC) at Rutgers University and member of the
Department of Computer & Information Science at NJIT. Dr. Adam is Editor-in-Chief of the
International Journal on Digital Libraries and serves on the editorial board of
the Journal of Management Information Systems and the Journal of Electronic
Commerce. He has co-authored/co-edited
nine books including one on Databases Issues in GIS, (Kluwer Academic
Publisher, 1997); one on Electronic Commerce (1996), two on Digital Libraries
(1995, 1996) and one on Advanced Databases (1993), all published as part of the
Springer Verlag Lecture Notes Series in Computer Science. He is the co-founder and current chair of
the IEEE Computer Society Task Force on Digital Libraries. He was General Chair of the 1997 IEEE
International Conference on the Advances in Digital Libraries (IEEE
ADL’97). He also serves as a consultant
to several organizations.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a
member of the IEEE to attend. Bring
your friends and network during the free pre-meeting buffet starting at 6:00 PM
Time: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, August 24,
2004. Pre-meeting buffet starts at 6:00
PM.
Place: Public Meeting Room, Morris
County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, (973) 285-6930.
Information: Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902, (sgjakel “AT”
comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
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NJ Consultants' Network:
Insurance and the Independent Consultant
On
Thursday, September 23, 2004, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ
(CNNNJ) will host a talk on “Insurance and the Independent Consultant.”
About the Talk
Operating without a corporate
or employer’s umbrella, independent consultants need to understand well the
available options, particularly insurance options, to secure their business and
personal assets and provide for their healthcare. A panel of engineering consultants and representatives from the
insurance industry will discuss critical business, liability, and health
concerns and necessary insurance protection from the viewpoint of the
independent consultant. The discussion
will include:
Ä Which consulting businesses
need insurance?
Ä What kinds of insurance do I
need for my business?
Ä What options are available
for
·
Business
property insurance?
·
Business
liability insurance?
·
Health
insurance?
Ä Where can I find group
coverage?
The panel will take questions
from the audience.
About the
Panel
Engineers from the
Consultants Network of Northern NJ with successful consulting businesses will
speak on their experiences in purchasing and using insurance. Representatives from insurance firms will
explain the insurance options available in today’s market.
All Welcome!
Everyone welcome. No registration needed.
Free admission.
About the
Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE
Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of
independent technical consultants by business and industry.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, September 23, 2004.
Place: Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany,
NJ. (Entrance at rear of building)
Information: For directions and up-to-date meeting status, call
Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or visit our website at www.TechnologyOnTap.org. To download a map to KDI, go to: http://www.mcekdi-integrated.com/directions.htm.
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NJ Section PACE/SAC:
The Assault on the Careers of
American Engineers & What We Might Do About It
On
Wednesday, August 11, 2004, the North Jersey Section PACE/Student Activities
Committee will meet to discuss conditions facing our engineering
professionals. Our guest speaker will
be Dr. Stephen H. Unger.
About the Talk
The careers of engineers in the US are being devastated by a
combination of outsourcing of work to countries with very low pay scales and
the importing of engineers from such countries. This is an integral part of the process that continues to
eliminate manufacturing in the US. We
need to think about the problem in a pragmatic way and to devise practical
solutions based on reality rather than on slogans involving such terms as free
trade or protectionism.
It is suggested that you come
with the concerns that you have as they relate to your profession and those of
your colleagues.
About the
Speaker
Dr. Stephen H. Unger is a Professor of Computer Science (and of
Electrical Engineering) at Columbia University. He has published many papers and given many talks on technology
policy issues, including engineering ethics, energy, and government imposed
secrecy.
Prior to Columbia University, Dr. Unger was with the Bell
Telephone Laboratories. He was a
founder, and later President of, the Society on Social Implications of
Technology. He recently served on the
Board of Directors of the IEEE, and was a member of the IEEE US Activities
Board, Publications Board, and Educational Activities Board. He was a member of the IEEE Ethics Committee
from 1995-98, serving as chairman from 1997-98. He received the IEEE Centennial Medal (1984), the IEEE USAB
Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award (1987), and the
IEEE Millennium Medal (2000). Dr. Unger
is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the AAAS. His degrees include: BEE (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn), MS
and ScD (MIT).
All Welcome!
Guests, members and students
from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are always
welcome. We now include members from
IEEE, ASME and AEA.
Time: 6:30 to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, August
11, 2004. Free refreshments will
be served.
Place: Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ, (973)
772-5500.
Information: Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT” aol.com),
Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” AEA.org).
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Interested in Being a North Jersey
Section Officer?
The North Jersey Section
Nominating Committee will soon begin to consider candidates for section
officers for next year. We request that
those who are interested in a section office submit their name, office sought,
and qualifications to the Committee Chair, Dr. Fred Chichester, by mail at
56 Gordonhurst Ave
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
For further information, you
may telephone him at (973) 744-7340 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
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Conference Rooms Needed!
The
North Jersey
Section (Education Committee) is looking for conference room facilities to hold
their training seminars. The seminars
are being held on one weeknight from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. In lieu of providing the conference facility
for free, the organization can get free registration up to three members in the
course/seminar. Please contact Bhanu
Chivakula, Education Committee Chairman, at b.chivakula “AT” computer.org for
suggestions or discussions, if interested.
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THE INSTITUTE OF
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
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IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION
MTT-Society and AP-Society
Joint Chapter
PRESENT
19TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND
MINI-SHOW
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FOCUS: CURRENT TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE
COMMUNICATION
Thursday,
October 7, 2004
Prime
Hotel & Suites (formerly Radisson Hotel Fairfield)
690
Route 46 East, Fairfield NJ (973) 227-9200
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- 9:30 AM TO 6:00 PM – Mini-Show
Featuring Latest Products (Approx. 30-40 Exhibitors)
- 9:00 AM TO 5:30 PM - Technical
Sessions
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10–12 Lectures Featuring Speakers from Leading Companies
with Emphasis on Military Electronics,
Wireless Technologies and Microwave Communications.
Details of the schedule, speakers and topics can
also be found at the IEEE North Jersey Section Homepage:
http://www-ec.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
For further information contact Kirit Dixit (201-669-7599),
Willie Schmidt (973-492-0371), Har Dayal (973-633-4618),
or
George Kannell (973-386-4170).
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
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North Jersey Section 50th Anniversary Spirit of
NJ Harbor Cruise
To celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of the North Jersey Section of the IEEE, the Executive Committee
has agreed to provide a $25.00 subsidy per ticket for members and one
significant other for the Spirit of New Jersey Harbor Cruise on Sunday,
September 26th.
The Spirit of New Jersey leaves
Sunday evenings at 7:30 PM on a three hour dinner cruise from Port Imperial
Marina, Pershing Circle, Weehawken, NJ.
It travels down the Hudson past the Statue of Liberty, up the East River
under the Brooklyn Bridge, and then returns.
The cruise features live entertainment, a DJ, and an all-you-can-eat
buffet that includes beef, poultry and seafood with fresh vegetables, salad,
rolls with butter, and dessert. For
more information, refer to: http://www.spiritcitycruises.com/NewJersey/index.html.
Boarding starts one hour before the
7:30 PM cruise. Directions to Port
Imperial are available on their web site at:
http://www.portimperial.com/directions.htm. Currently,
parking fees are $8.00 per vehicle.
Two tickets can be purchased by each
IEEE member of the North Jersey Section who would like to attend up to 50
tickets at this time. To purchase your
ticket(s), fill out the following application.
The current full price is $64.00 per person. You can purchase them for $39.00 each.
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50th North Jersey Section Anniversary
Cruise Application for tickets:
Name(s):____________________________________________________________
IEEE Membership number:_______________________________________________
Address with zip:______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________ Email for ticket confirmation: _______________________
Number of tickets: _____ Check amount either $39.00 (1) or $78.00
(2): ____________
Please make
checks payable to: IEEE North Jersey
Section
Note, no
refunds unless your tickets are purchased by other members.
Send
completed application to
Howard
Leach
11
Beech Drive
Morris
Plains, NJ 07950