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January 2004
Volume 50, Number 7
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
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NJ 08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732).
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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” sprynet.com)
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
January 2004
Jan.
5-8 – “2004 IEEE Consumer Communications and
Networking Conference - Consumer Networking: Closing the Digital Divide” -
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. See http://www.ccnc2004.org/ for more details.
Jan.
7 – “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.
Jan. 14 – “Engineers Meet: Current Activities: NJ Legislative Action,
Victims Report” - NJ PACE, 6:30 – 8:30 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).
Jan. 20 – “Sound Cancellation Treatment of Monofrequency
Tinnitus” - NY/NJ/LI EMBS, 6:30 PM Reception, 7:30 PM Program, New York
Academy of Medicine, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY. Joel H. Levitt, (212) 479-7805 (24 hr voice
mail), jlevitt “AT” pratt.edu.
Jan.
27 – “Inside
Internet E-Mail” - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 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) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
Jan. 29 – “Web-Based and Email Marketing” - NJ
Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S.
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Upcoming Meetings
Feb.
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.
Feb. 16-Apr. 12 –
“Introduction to JAVA
Programming” - North Jersey Section, Monday Evenings, 8 sessions, 6:30-9:00
PM, Wessley Inns & Suites, 265 Route 3 East, Clifton, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT”
computer.org).
Feb.
18-Apr. 14 – “Project
Management” - North Jersey Section, Wednesday Evenings, 8 sessions,
6:30-9:00 PM, Wessley Inns & Suites, 265 Route 3 East, Clifton, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT”
computer.org).
Feb.
24 – “Model
Driven Architecture (MDA) - A Practical Perspective” - NJ Computer Chapter,
7:00 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) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT”
computer.org).
Feb. 26 – “A Modular Approach to Proposals” - NJ
Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S.
Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Mar.
18 – “NJ Energy
Auctions” - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 7:00PM, Eaton/Cutler Hammer, 690 Rahway
Ave, Union, NJ. Ron Quade (212)
833-0268.
Mar. 25 –
“Power Transformer Technical
Seminar” - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, time and location TBA. Details to follow in the February
Newsletter.
Members and
Non-Members Welcome
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Congratulations
To Our New Senior Members!
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George E. Georgiou
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Gail R. Lalk
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Lawrence Nagel
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Ruth Pennoyer
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Richard Steinel, Jr.
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Joseph A. Tarallo
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February:
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Jim Brinksma
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April:
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George F. Farris
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Eric H. Grosse
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Toshikazu Kodama
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Sven Loncaric
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Michael D. Riley
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Stephen B. Seidman
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May:
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Yunsong Yang
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June:
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Carl R. Davidson
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Ilan Golecki
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George E. Rittenhouse
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Ronald A. Schroeder
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Emina Soljanin
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Kurt Stern
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Harish Viswanathan
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October:
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John Ricky
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November:
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Jeff D. Bude
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Francis E. O'Brien
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Vinay A. Vaishampayan
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Adriaan J. van Wijngaarden
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Monte H. Wallenstein
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Walter Willinger
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Add your name to the list of Senior Members. All new Senior Members will receive an
engraved wood and bronze Senior Member plaque from the IEEE.
To get information and an application to advance to
Senior Member Grade, give your name and mailing address to:
Gary Hojell
ITT Aerospace Communications
100 Kingsland Rd
Clifton, NJ
07442
Telephone:
(973) 284-2493
FAX: (973) 284-4778
E-mail: gary.hojell “AT” ieee.org
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Newly
Elected IEEE Fellows
The North Jersey Section IEEE congratulates the following
members who were elected to the Fellow grade:
Dr.
Atam P. Dhawan
“for
contributions to optical imaging of skin-lesions and multi-modality medical
image analysis.”
Dr.
Spencer P. Kuo
“for
contributions to the understanding of electromagnetic wave propagation in
plasmas.”
Dr.
Wim Sweldens
“for contributions to
multiresolution methods for image and 3D geometry compression.”
Dr.
Stuart K. Tewksbury
“for
contributions to telecommunications and interconnections in high performance
digital systems.”
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2004 North Jersey Section Election Results
The votes have been tabulated and the North Jersey
Section Officers elected for 2004 are:
Chairman................................ Dr.
Durga Misra
Vice-Chairman-1.............................. Har Dayal
Vice-Chairman-2................. Bhanu Chivakula
Treasurer................... Dr. Edward (Ted)
Byrne
Secretary........................... Dr. Sanghoon
Shin
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Attention Life Grade Members (Life
Associate, Life Fellow, Life Senior and Life Members)
Each year many IEEE Life grade members are unnecessarily
removed from active member status.
Since Life grade members do not pay dues, many think they do not need to
fill out the membership renewal form.
By not filling out the renewal form in a timely fashion, IEEE will
update your membership status to arrears and eventually remove your name from
the membership list. Don’t let this
happen to you! Stay current, fill out
your renewal form.
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NJ Computer Chapter:
Inside Internet E-Mail
On Tuesday, January 27th,
2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation
titled “Inside Internet E-Mail” by Ed
Levinson.
About the Talk
This talk uses the Internet’s
first killer application, email, and its protocols to explore both the
technology and the organization that created it. You’ll see how the email protocols are built up from very simple
protocols to yield extraordinary versatility and adaptability. The talk also illuminates the structure of
the Internet Engineering Task Force, under whose auspices the protocols are
developed and approved. The IETF, a
volunteer organization, provides a model for co-operative distributed engineering. The success of the Internet speaks volumes
about the IETF and the talk will provide insights into its workings.
About the
Speaker
Dr.
Edward Levinson is the author of the email protocols that make it possible to
send web pages via email. He has managed
software development teams and served the US Army as a consultant for document
transfer and strategic planning. Dr.
Levinson started his career at Bell Laboratories and has also worked in small
and mid-sized companies. He studied
Electrical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and received his
doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
Currently,
Ed Levinson coaches technology professionals and business owners.
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, January 27, 2004. Pre-meeting
buffet starting at 6:00 PM in the Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library.
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 Computer Chapter:
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) - A Practical Perspective
On Tuesday, February 24th,
2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation
on “Model Driven Architecture (MDA) - A Practical Perspective” by Frank
Middleton.
About the Talk
MDA has the potential to
radically change the way software systems are constructed, enabling significant
reuse, eliminating defects, and dramatically reducing implementation and
maintenance costs. Join us for a survey
of the state of the art in MDA, looking at various standards and products, some
better known than others. The talk will
finish up with experience from the field using one of the lesser known (but
mature) tools used to implement a large commercial system.
UML based MDA is limited to
real time systems today, but there is no reason it can't be used for general IT
solutions, and it can be. We'll look at
the primary contenders for the MDA market and discuss limitations and benefits
of each, looking at UML2 and how apparently dissimilar methodologies map into
each other.
This talk should be of
interest to anyone who has project oversight for any system sufficiently
complex to require modeling.
About the
Speaker
Frank
Middleton is the President and Founder of Apogee Communications Technologies,
Inc., a 10-year old IT consulting services provider based in New Jersey that
specializes in reducing costs and improving productivity and security in small
to midsize companies by leveraging best of breed technologies, including process
management through MDA. For more
information, visit http://www.apogeect.com and also subscribe to his newsletter
by sending an email with subject "subscribe" to news-request@apogeect.com. Frank has many years of experience in IT at
various companies including Citibank and AT&T, a Masters in Computer
Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematics, NYU, and is a member of the
IEEE, the IEEE/CS, and the ACM.
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, February 24, 2004. Pre-meeting
buffet starting at 6:00 PM in the Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library.
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:
Web-Based and Email Marketing
On
Thursday, January 29, 2004, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ
(CNNNJ) will host a talk on “Web-Based and Email Marketing.” The speaker will be Ed McCauley.
About the Talk
It
is increasingly common today for those who have very specific needs to turn to
the Web in search for solutions. This is particularly true for technical
consumers with esoteric requirements.
Conversely,
those offering such services make their presence visible via web pages or email
marketing.
The presentation will explore
benefits and pitfalls of this strategy.
The interactive session will cover how Ed McCauley's company is learning
to leverage a combination of email marketing, technical web pages, and non-technical
web pages to market their services.
Topics will include such marketing issues as:
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Industry
trends
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Defining
goals and target audience
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Defining
the target audience
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Contact
database generation
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Content,
search engine issues
About the
Speaker
Ed McCauley is the President
and Founder of Bottom Line Technologies Inc. (BLT), a 15-year old electronic
design services provider based in New Jersey.
Ed started his career as part
of a startup team, which grew from the basement to over 300 people and an acquisition. Next, he joined another start-up, Xilinx, as
FAE covering the northeastern U.S.
After two years and their IPO, he left to start BLT.
Today he is primarily
responsible for Marketing, Sales, and Finance, although his engineering and
project management skills are often called upon to fulfill specific client
needs.
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, January 29, 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 Consultants' Network:
A Modular Approach to Proposals
On
Thursday, February 26, 2004, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ
(CNNNJ) will host a talk on “A Modular Approach to Proposals.” The speaker will be Paul Rota.
About the Talk
Paul Rota will present a
proven approach for creating effective written proposals.
The techniques for writing an
effective proposal are not necessarily self-evident. Some consultants acquired their proposal-writing skills from
previous employers, others through trial and error. All of us who struggle through the proposal process would welcome
a simple and accessible methodology or template.
Paul Rota will speak on the
modular approach to proposals (MAP), a uniform and organized process for
developing a document and easing the proposal-writing process.
Originated by the Defense
industry to ease preparation of written proposals for Federal Government
agencies, MAP has been successfully applied to technical reports, handbooks,
business plans, and project plans. The
methodology is highly structured but flexible enough to leave room for
creativity. It reduces the time and
cost to prepare a document and provides a genuine picture of what the document
will look like before a single word is written. Besides easing the writing process, MAP improves readability and
enhances the management of large documents.
About the
Speaker
Paul Rota has been an
independent computer consultant for 25 years, serving Fortune 500 companies and
smaller organizations. He recently
completed a six-year assignment with the NYSE and AMEX helping develop wireless
LAN systems. He specializes in systems
analysis, discrete system simulation, and in documenting user requirements,
functional requirements, and general design specifications. He has presented papers at national symposia
and private seminars. Mr. Rota
previously worked in the defense industry.
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, February 26, 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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NY/NJ/LI EMBS:
Sound Cancellation Treatment of
Monofrequency Tinnitus
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, the New York
Academy of Medicine's Sections on Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology
together with the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (New
York/LI/North Jersey chapter) of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers will host a program on "Sound Cancellation
Treatment of Monofrequency Tinnitus." The speakers will be Drs. Daniel Choy, Sujana Chandrasekhar,
Cheuk Tang, and Jack Vernon.
About the Talk
Tinnitus (hearing of endogenous sounds) is a
poorly understood disorder that affects an estimated 50 million Americans. It
is not well understood and has be