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May 2010
Volume 56, Number 10
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.
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SECTION OFFICERS
Chair....................................................... Amit
Patel
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“AT” ieee.org
Vice-Chair-1............................. Dr.
Sanghoon Shin
s.shin
“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Vice-Chair-2.............................. Dr. Naresh
Chand
naresh.chand
“AT” baesystems.com (973) 636-7408
Treasurer................................................... Vacant
Secretary.......................................... Russell
Pepe
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“AT” ieee.org (201) 960-6796
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Dr. Katherine Duncan (kduncan “AT” ieee.org)
Dr. Mengchu Zhou (zhou “AT”
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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 Russell
Pepe (201) 960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
May 2010
May 2 – “NJ Section Awards
Reception” - 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the Birchwood Manor, 111 North Jefferson Rd,
Whippany, NJ. Anne Giedlinski (973)
377-3175.
May
3 – “Optimized
Design and Management of Overlay Networks” by Dr. Anwar Walid, NJ
Communications Society, 6:00 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973)
596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.
May
4 – “Outdoor
ITE-Global Deployment” by Don Gies, NJ IMS,
6:30 PM, Alcatel-Lucent, Oak Room in the Main Alcatel-Lucent Building, 600
Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ.
Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
May
4 – “Information
Forensics: Steganalysis, Tampering
Detection, and Others” by Dr. Yun Qing Shi,
NJ SP, 6:00 PM, Auditorium M105, Muscarelle Center, Fairleigh Dickinson
University, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ.
Alfredo Tan, tan “AT” fdu.edu, (201) 692-2324, and Hong Man, hman “AT”
stevens-tech.edu, (201) 216-5038.
May
5 –
“NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton
Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
May
5 – “From
Deep Trenches to Skyscrapers: A walk
down Memory Lane” by Dr. Subramanian
Iyer, NJ EDS/C&S, 7:00 PM, New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection
between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Edip Niver, (973) 596-3542, Dr. Durga
Misra, (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu),
Har Dayal, (973) 633-4618
(har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com), or Kirit Dixit, (201) 669-7599, kdixit “AT”
ieee.org.
May
12 –
“Engineers Meet: The Upside of Downsizing” by Diane Young, NJ
PACE, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton,
NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130
“AT” aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
May
12 – “An
Indoor Positioning System Based on Global Positioning System Signals” by Professor Ibrahim
Tekin, NJ EDS/C&S, 7:00 PM, New
Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection
between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT”
njit.edu), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr. Richard Snyder (973)
492-1207 (RS Microwave).
May
26 – “Harnessing
the Power of Words and Social Media - as Part of a Marketing Plan” by George Sierchio, NJ
Consultants' Network, 6:30 PM, Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Avenue,
Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker, (973)
728-0344, or visit www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Upcoming
Meetings
June
2 –
“NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton
Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
June
9 –
“Engineers Meet: For a Members Social”, NJ PACE, 6:30 PM to
9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com, Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, rtax “AT” aea.org.
Sep.
14 –
“Selecting the
Appropriate Environmental Test Chamber for Renewable Energy Applications” by Mark R. Chrusciel,
NJ IMS, 6:30 PM, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE
Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Russell C. Pepe, 201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT”
ieee.org.
Oct. 9 – Dec. 4 – “Project
Management” by Donald Hsu, PhD,
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM, NJIT, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Oct. 20 – Dec.
15 –
“C# .NET Programming” by Donald Hsu, PhD,
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, NJIT, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ. Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com.
Members and Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Communications Society:
Optimized
Design and Management of Overlay Networks
On Monday, May 3, 2010, the IEEE North Jersey
Section Communications Society Chapter will host a presentation entitled
“Optimized Design and Management of Overlay Networks” by Dr. Anwar Walid.
About the Talk
A
myriad of networking services have emerged in response to growing technological
and social needs which are facilitated by building hierarchical overlays on
existing network infrastructures. Examples of such overlays include content
distribution and peer-to-peer networks, IPTV and virtual private networks. In
addition to providing QoS and security features, network overlays are also
important internetworking models for converged technologies such as IP over
Optical. Ensuring service quality and efficient operation require optimization
of the topological design, the cross-layer interfaces and the control and
management functions. I will review work on designing optimized overlays which
enable autonomic capabilities for select applications and converged
technologies..
About the Speaker
Anwar Walid is a Distinguished Member of Technical
Staff with the Mathematics of Networks and Communications Research Department
at Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ. He joined Bell Labs in
1992 after receiving the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia
University, New York. He developed theory and algorithms for network control
and resource management for several products and has eight issued patents and
six pending. He received the Best Paper
Award in ACM SIGMETRICS. He contributed to the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF), wrote RFC's and helped in creating the Traffic Engineering Working
Group. He is editor of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and IEEE Network
Magazine. Dr. Walid is an IEEE Fellow, and an elected member of Alcatel-Lucent
Academy, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society and IFIP Working Group
7.3.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend.
Time:
6:00 PM, Monday, May 3, 2010, refreshments will be available starting at
5:45 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren &
Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Directions
are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari (973) 596-3670
(nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or Yanchao Zhang (973) 642-7817. Also check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html for the latest updates.
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NJ Consultants’ Network:
Harnessing the
Power of Words and Social Media - as Part of a Marketing Plan
The May 26, 2010 meeting of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Northern
NJ features a presentation by George Sierchio, founder of Action Business
Partners. The talk explores marketing methods utilizing power of social media.
About
the Talk
Education is king. When you teach and inform people, you and your
company become an expert. Putting your knowledge into words, such as in an
article, allows for mass distribution to those seeking that expertise. And the
internet is the key distributor.
Our discussion will go over how anyone can put together a comprehensive
written piece in an hour or less and use various types of social media for
quick and massive distribution as part of a comprehensive marketing plan. No
writing skills are required.
About the
Speaker
After owning several successful technology consulting businesses for 11
years, George Sierchio, the Consultant’s Coach, founded Action Business
Partners, Inc. in 2003 to tackle the needs of engineering and IT business
owners. His focus is on coaching and advising these business owners to make
them true entrepreneurs by structuring their companies top to bottom for
maximized profits now, the ability to grow rapidly in any economic condition
and adding business value to reach an exit strategy of profitable retirement in
the future.
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.
All
Welcome!
Members and non-members are welcome.
Time:
6:30-8:30 PM. Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
Place:
Morris
County Library, 30 East Hanover Avenue, Whippany, NJ. Directions are available at www.mclib.info.
Information: For
up-to-date meeting status, call Robert Walker, 973-728-0344, or visit our
website, www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
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NJ EDS/C&S:
From Deep Trenches to Skyscrapers: A walk down Memory Lane
On May 5, 2010, the IEEE NJ Section Electron
Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute
of Technology will host a talk titled “From Deep Trenches to Skyscrapers: A walk down Memory Lane." The speaker will be Distinguished Lecturer,
Dr. Subramanian Iyer.
About the Talk
Memory technology and the memory business has
for many years been the engine that powered technological innovations in the
semiconductors especially in the area of lithography and innovative
micro-structural engineering. While
stand-alone memory itself has been commoditized, when embedded in high
performance logic it provides incredible leverage for high performance
processors, network and mobile appliances, and almost every application. In this talk, we will explore the course of
memory in systems, especially DRAM, integration of deep trench technology into high
performance logic, the value it brings as well as the collateral advantages it
has brought about in power management, noise decoupling, autonomic chip repair
and its potential evolution into 3-dimensional chip technology.
About the Speaker
Subramanian S. Iyer is a Distinguished
Engineer and Chief Technologist for the Semiconductor Research and Development
Center, IBM Systems
& Technology Group, and is responsible for technology development strategy,
embedded memory and 3 Dimensional Integration.
Until recently he was Director of 45nm CMOS Development. He
obtained his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, and his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the
University of California at Los Angeles.
He joined the IBM T. J.
Watson Research Center in 1981 and was manager of the Exploratory Structures
and Devices Group till 1994, when he founded SiBond LLC to develop and
manufacture Silicon-on-insulator materials.
He has been with the IBM Microelectronics Division since 1997. Dr. Iyer has received two Corporate awards
and four Outstanding Technical
Achievement awards at IBM for the
development of the Titanium Salicide process, the fabrication of the first SiGe
Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor , the development of embedded DRAM technology and the development of eFUSE
technology. His current technical
interests and work lie in the area of 3-dimensional integration for memory
sub-systems and the semiconductor roadmap at 22nm and beyond. He holds over 40 patents and has received 22
Invention Plateau awards at IBM and is a
Master Inventor. He received the
Distinguished Alumnus award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in
2004. Dr. Iyer has authored over 150 articles in technical
journals and several book chapters and co-edited a book on bonded SOI. He has served
as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University,
NY. Dr. Iyer is a Fellow of IEEE and a
Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE and Chair of the mid-Hudson chapter of the
Electron Device Society.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Wednesday, May 5,
2010. Free buffet will begin at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Edip Niver, (973)
596-3542, Dr. Durga Misra, (973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu), Har Dayal,
(973) 633-4618 (har.dayal “AT” baesystems.com), or Kirit Dixit, (201)
669-7599, kdixit “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ EDS/C&S:
An Indoor
Positioning System Based on Global Positioning System Signals
On May 12, 2010, the IEEE NJ Section Electron
Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters together with the New Jersey Institute
of Technology will host a talk titled “An Indoor Positioning System Based on
Global Positioning System Signals."
The speaker will be Professor Ibrahim Tekin.
About the Talk
The Civil Global Positioning System (GPS) has widespread use in many areas including location
based services in wireless communication, traffic management and medical
emergency services. Owing to the latest technological advances, with an error
of only a few meters, GPS
receivers are able to successfully locate themselves outdoors. However, in
indoor environments, the GPS signals are attenuated by the walls, windows, metallic
infrastructure of the buildings such that, it is not possible to decode GPS signals
for location finding.
In this talk, an indoor positioning system
based on GPS infrastructure will be presented to solve indoor
coverage problem. The proposed indoor positioning system consists of
directional GPS
antennas, RF GPS repeaters and a GPS receiver
with improved positioning algorithms. The design and measurement of the
directional GPS antenna and the GPS repeater
will be discussed in detail. All the RF system components are integrated with
improved algorithms for the evaluation of the overall system performance at an
indoor site. Results of the experiments show that the proposed system can be
used for indoor positioning and hence continuation of the GPS service can be expanded indoors with hardware
(antennas + repeaters) additions to buildings and a software update to the
standard GPS receivers
where indoor coverage is needed.
About the Speaker
Dr. Ibrahim Tekin received his B.S and M.S
degrees from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Middle
East Technical University (METU) in 1990 and 1992, respectively. From 1993 to
1997, he was with the Electrical Engineering Department of the Ohio State
University (OSU) where he received his Ph.D degree in 1997. During 1990-1993 he was a research
assistant at METU, and from 1993 to 1997
he worked as a Graduate Research Associate at the ElectroScience Laboratory,
OSU. From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a researcher in Wireless Technology Lab of
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. He has been with the Electronics Engineering program at Sabancı
University, Istanbul since 2000. His research interests are in RF and microwave
circuit design, UWB antennas and circuits, RFID antennas, GPS antennas, RFIC components such as power amplifiers,
LNAs, VCOs, Software Defined Radio reconfigurable antennas and circuits. He is
involved in various projects including linear RF power amplifier design, RFIC
design for WLAN systems, RFID systems and time domain UWB Radar. Dr. Tekin is
on his sabbatical leave at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark and NYU
Poly, Brooklyn, USA. He is a member of the societies of IEEE Antennas and Propagation and IEEE
Communications.
All Welcome!
You do not have to
be a member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Wednesday, May 12,
2010. Free buffet will begin at 6:15 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),
Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren & Summit Streets),
Newark, NJ. Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Dr. Durga Misra (973)
596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT), or Dr.
Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave).
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NJ IMS:
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is hosting
a talk entitled, “Outdoor ITE-Global Deployment.” The presenter will be Don Gies, MTS,
Alcatel-Lucent Global Product Compliance Laboratory.
About the Talk
This talk explores aspects of IEC 60950-1,
enclosure test standards (UL 50, CSA C22.2 No. 94, NEMA 250, IEC 60529, IEC
60950-22), and global electrical codes and wiring methods that impact outdoor
ITE, and provides insight on how to juggle, compromise, and reconcile
conflicting international requirements.
About the Speaker
Don Gies has been a
Product Compliance Engineer for over 23 years.
Since 1989, Mr. Gies has worked at AT&T-Bell Laboratories/Lucent
Technologies/Alcatel-Lucent as a Product Safety Engineer, responsible for
obtaining product safety certifications for his company’s telephone and
information processing equipment from domestic and international product safety
organizations. Mr. Gies has become a
leading subject matter expert for his company in the field of global product
safety compliance, working primarily with Alcatel-Lucent's wireless base
station equipment. Mr. Gies is a member
of the Alcatel-Lucent Technical Academy.
Prior to working at AT&T, Mr. Gies was a Tempest Engineer for
Honeywell-Signal Analysis Center, where he worked on various secure
communications projects for the US Army Communications -Electronics
Command. Mr. Gies, a lifelong resident
of the Jersey Shore, graduated from Rutgers University - College of Engineering
as an Electrical Engineer. He is an
iNARTE Certified Product Safety Engineer.
All Welcome!
Free
admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30
PM, Tuesday, May
4, 2010. Free buffet will be provided at
5:30 PM.
Place: Alcatel-Lucent, Oak Room in the Main
Alcatel-Lucent Building, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ.
Information: Russell C. Pepe,
201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ IMS:
Selecting the Appropriate Environmental Test Chamber
for Renewable Energy Applications
On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, the IEEE
North Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) is
hosting a talk entitled, “Selecting the Appropriate Environmental Test Chamber
for Renewable Energy Applications.” The
speaker will be Mark R. Chrusciel.
About the Talk
Properly defining your Environmental Chamber
requirements will insure your best return on investment. An emphasis will be placed on the renewable
energy markets, including a way to save up to 54% on your operating costs. Discussions on the effect of air flow on
product temperature and ensuring all DUT’s experience the same temperature
gradients will be reviewed. With most
solar panels carrying 20 year warranties, short cuts in testing could cost
significant warranty dollars or damage to your company’s reputation. The importance of safely processing hazardous
materials will also be discussed.
About the Speaker
Mark R. Chrusciel
has approximately 30 years of experience with environmental chambers and ovens
and currently serves as Director for Cincinnati Sub Zero. His many years of experience in the quality,
reliability and laboratory markets enables him to design, select and implement
the proper thermal processing equipment for the application. Mark has a BS in Natural Sciences from Xavier
University; has served on the board for the last 4 years of the ASTR conference
(Accelerated Stress Test and Reliability); and is a senior member of the Institute
of Environmental Science and Technology (IEST).
All Welcome!
Free
admission. Members and non-members
welcome.
Time: 6:30
PM, Tuesday,
September 14, 2010. Free buffet will be
provided at 5:30 PM.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center (Intersection between Warren &
Summit Streets), Newark, NJ. Directions
are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/visit/gettingtonjit.php.
Information: Russell C. Pepe,
201-960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org.
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NJ Section PACE:
Engineers Meet:
The
Upside of Downsizing
On Wednesday, May 12, 2010 the North Jersey
Section Professional Activities Committee and Graduates of the Last Decade will
host a meeting to host a meeting to discuss the “The Upside of Being
Downsized.” Our speaker will be Diane
Young.
About the
Meeting
If you have been downsized or fear that you
may be, then you will want to attend this informative and thought-provoking
seminar.
You will learn: How to turn a challenge into an opportunity
by changing your outlook.
Through experiential exercises, how to set
and achieve goals. Tips on how to
survive and thrive in a down economy.
This is a discussion group that is designed
to be fun and interactive. Handouts will
be given so you may apply what you have learned long after the seminar has
ended.
About the
Speaker
Diane Young is a
certified professional coach who focuses on both relationship and career
transition coaching. She completed her
studies at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), a
renowned training program accredited by the International Coach Federation
(ICF).
The LYF Experience
is the name of Diane’s coaching practice and LYF stands for Love Yourself
First. Diane has learned that success
begins with self-love and self-acceptance.
She works closely with her clients to help them let go of self-defeating
thoughts and behaviors, discover their potential, take action and achieve their
personal and career goals.
In response to this
challenging economic climate, Diane founded and facilitates a support and
networking group called The Unemployed Optimists where participants can connect
and feel inspired and motivated during their transition. Feature stories on this group have appeared
in The Record, The Star Ledger and Herald News and on News 12 NJ.
Diane’s practice
includes individual, couples and group coaching. She may be reached at diane@thelyfexperience.com.
All
Welcome!
Members and students from all professional
societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have
attendees from IEEE, ASME, NSPE, ASCE and
AEA. For information about these groups
see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care
www.ieeeusa.org
www.programmersguild.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE is the
Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are
interested in public policy. To help and
for information go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, May 12,
2010. 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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NJ Section PACE:
Engineers Meet:
For
a Members Social
On Wednesday, June
9, 2010 the North Jersey Section Professional Activities Committee IEEE
Members, students and guests will meet for a Social, with Pizza, soda &
refreshments.
About
the Meeting:
This meeting is
about getting members of the Section together for a light evening of discussion
and hospitality. Basically we can hold a
brainstorming session to discuss future meetings and activities. This is a
continuation of the past meeting’s lively discussions. All are invited. We shall encourage North Jersey Section
Ex-Com officers to attend. When they do,
our Section membership will have an opportunity to meet with them on a first
name basis. You can learn about what
goes on at our Section Ex. Com. Meetings.
Bring your
associates, friends and spouses for a relaxing, friendly meeting for our
engineers.
About
the Speaker:
Everyone will have
an opportunity to express their views about the profession, jobs and
opportunities or whatever.
All
Welcome!
Members and students from all professional
societies and engineering disciplines are welcome. We now have attendees from IEEE, ASME, NSPE,
ASCE and AEA. For information about these
groups see:
www.aea.org
www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care
www.ieeeusa.org
www.programmersguild.org
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
CARE is the
Congressional Advocacy Recruitment Effort CARE is a voluntary network of IEEE members who are
interested in public policy. To help and
for information go to www.ieeeusa.org/policy/care/.
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, June 9,
2010. 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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NJ SP Society:
Information Forensics: Steganalysis, Tampering Detection, and Others
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the IEEE North
Jersey Section Signal Processing Chapter will host a presentation entitled
“Information Forensics: Steganalysis,
Tampering Detection, and others” by Dr. Yun Qing Shi.
About the Talk
Information forensics has become an active
and formal research filed in our digital age.
In this talk, the concepts and research on image steganography and
steganalysis are first introduced, followed by that on image tampering and
detection of image tampering. Finally
some other issues in information forensics are discussed.
About the Speaker
Dr. Yun Qing Shi
(M’88–SM’92–F’05) obtained his BS degree and MS degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, Shanghai, China; his MS and PhD degrees from University of
Pittsburgh, PA. He has been part of the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of
Technology since 1987, and is now a professor there. His research interests include digital
multimedia data hiding, steganalysis, forensics and information assurance,
visual signal processing and communications, motion analysis, theory of
multidimensional systems and signal processing.
He is an author/coauthor of more than 200 papers, a book and four book
chapters. He holds six US patents and
has more than 20 US patents pending.
Dr. Shi is the
founding Editor-in-Chief of LNCS Transactions on Data Hiding and Multimedia
Security (Springer), an associate editor of journal on Multidimensional Systems
and Signal Processing (Springer). He
served as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (II), an associate editor of
International Journal of Image and Graphics, and a guest editor of special
issues for a few journals, a distinguished lecturer of IEEE CASS 02-03, the technical program chair of ICME07, co-technical chair of
IWDW06, 07, 09, MMSP05, co-general chair of MMSP02. He is a member of a few IEEE technical
committees, and a Fellow of IEEE.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend.
Time: 6:00 PM, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Free refreshments will be provided at 5:30
PM.
Place: Auditorium M105, Muscarelle Center, Fairleigh
Dickinson University, 1000 River Rd, Teaneck, NJ, http://www.fdu.edu/visitorcenter/directions/teaneck_map.html.
Information: Alfredo Tan, tan “AT” fdu.edu,
(201) 692-2324, and Hong Man, hman “AT” stevens-tech.edu, (201) 216-5038.
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IEEE Region 1
Southern Area Entrepreneur's Day on May 8th
The IEEE Southern Area Region 1 in collaboration
with Monmouth University's 'School of Science' & 'Center for
Entrepreneurship' is proud to announce the planning of the event - 'IEEE
Entrepreneurs Day' on May 8, 2010, to be held at Monmouth University
auditorium. The seating capacity of the
hall is about 300 though we are initially targeting a limit of enrollment at
200.
Given major restructuring of the industries we
serve and the associated job cuts due to closing down of plants by major
employers such as Bell Labs, Avaya, Ft. Monmouth (by 2011) in the Southern Area
many engineers employed or otherwise are learning to be entrepreneurs entering
into new areas of opportunities. With
our federal government’s focus on innovations in areas such as renewable energy
and Bio Technology to get us out of the current economic conditions the
question is how can our engineers plan to get a bit out of some $200 billion
dollars of stimulus money not yet spent.
The IEEE Entrepreneur's day will be of various
seminars that will provide attendees to learn as to:
· How to leverage available resources from federal and state level
· What successful CEO/CTO did in making entry in
these new areas
·
What
the government is trying to do from our Government leaders.
Invitations are
being extended to Governor's office of NJ for his attendance as well as Congressional
Representatives like Dr. Rush Holt who represents this area in Monmouth County.
Initially the event
is open only to IEEE members with very nominal and non-refundable cost to cover
lunch and coffee breaks, etc. The best
way for non-members to assure a seat is to become a member and/or they
participate once space is available.
This collaboration with the departments of Monmouth University is a
unique event bringing together Industry and Academic professionals in
sponsoring a very high value activity.
More information
will be available shortly. Contact: TK
Srinivas at: tksieee@gmail.com.
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Elevate to Senior
Member Grade!
To get information and an application to advance to Senior Member
Grade, see http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/senior-members/. For further
information or to find potential references, contact Mario Ogava, Membership
Chair, at m.ogava “AT” ieee.org.
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A Professional Certification in Wireless
Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) from IEEE
Are you part of the vibrant and ever‐growing
Mobile & Wireless Industry? If you
are, then you confront continuous business innovation, technology evolution and
new applications daily. Every trade show
and publication brings news of smartphones launches, introductions of wireless
virtual reality, self‐organizing
networks, higher order modulations, and machine‐to‐machine
communications to name a few.
These fast‐paced
changes require of industry professionals to constantly learn, renew and review
their skills, and refresh industry know‐how. The IEEE WCET credential is here to help
those professionals who wish to distinguish themselves in the marketplace, gain
recognition by current and/or prospective employers and develop reputations in
their professional networks as possessing up‐to‐date
top‐talent
experience.
WCET is global in scope, and vendor‐independent,
and identifies those who are certified as having demonstrated competence and a
thorough understanding of different key technologies in the wireless arena, local market
implications of wireless communications, and new technology / standards
development.
Behind WCET stands a high‐caliber
Core Team of IEEE experts, industry veterans, and technology innovators who
developed WCET and keep it current. WCET
is also guided by a very strong international Industry Advisory Board with
representatives from top‐tier
OEMs, operators, and other industry players.
Make a 2010 resolution to accept the challenge to document your skills and to accelerate
your professional development by takig the WCET exam in the Fall 2010. Details about candidate requirements, exam
dates, registration, the practice exam, and many resources such as on‐line
tutorials, webinars, training, and articles to help you prepare for the exam
are posted on our website ‐ www.ieee-wcet.org.
For questions and more information, contact Elena M. Neira, CET Core
Team, WCP Liaison, IEEE ComSoc, at elenaneira@comsoc.org or www.linkedin.com/in/elenaneira.
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North Jersey
Section Seeks Committee Chairs and Volunteers
The North Section is
seeking new volunteers to help conduct business for the benefit of its
membership. There are a variety of
volunteer positions open and available.
They range from long-term to short-term, from technical to
non-technical, leadership or just participatory. For Society Chapter Chairs, you must be a
member of the corresponding IEEE Society.
You must be an active IEEE member to hold an elected office at the
section level.
If you would like
to become involved with volunteering in some of these efforts or positions or
just become more informed about what is happening at the North Jersey Section,
please contact Dr. Chandra Gupta at c.gupta “AT” ieee.org. You are welcome to attend the Section
business meeting held the first Wednesday of every month to find out more and
other volunteer activities that require some help.
Some committees
needing volunteers include the following.
Please contact the person indicated for additional information.
· Power Electronics Society Chapter Chair - contact c.gupta below.
· GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Affinity Group Volunteers and
Committee members needed - contact northjerseygold “AT” ieee.org
· WIE (Women in Engineering) Affinity Group Volunteers and Committee
members needed - contact kduncan “AT” ieee.org
· EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) invites new members
and volunteers – contact RaquelPC@njit.edu if you are interested.
· Membership Development Committee Chair and Volunteers - contact c.gupta
below.
· Student Activities Committee volunteers and committee members needed -
contact jignasa.ray “AT” ieee.org.
Additionally, if
interested volunteers would like to get more general information about the
Section, including a complete listing of all chapters and committees, visit the
North Jersey Section website http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/, or contact Dr. Chandra Gupta c.gupta “AT” ieee.org.
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Region 1 Award
Nominations
Nominate a colleague.
Region 1 of IEEE offers a variety of awards to recognize the engineering
accomplishments of members. Specific
award categories include: technological innovation, engineering organization,
academic teaching, enhancement of IEEE image in the public or industry and
sustained IEEE service. To obtain
additional information about these categories visit the Region 1 website
www.ieee.org/r1
Once at the site click on Section Information on the
far right column. On the Section page
click on Region 1 Awards Information. We
will assist you. To nominate a qualified
individual prepare a 200-word summary (including the individual’s name, IEEE
number and IEEE US postal mail address) specifying the accomplishment of the
candidate.
Send the summary to our Awards Chair Ken Oexle, 11 Deerfield
Road, Whippany, NJ 07981, prior to May 1.
The North Jersey Awards Committee will review the summary; suggest any
changes; complete the nomination form; and forward it to the Region 1 Awards committee
with a Section endorsement.
Award nominations
are evaluated and approved at the Region 1 Summer Meeting and plaques are
presented at the following North Jersey Section Annual Awards Reception.
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From the North Jersey Section’s Education
Committee: Hot courses can enhance your
position in the job market
IEEE North Jersey
Education Committee ran programming and management courses since 1993. 236 IEEE members and non-members completed
these courses. Benefits: Some got jobs at AT&T and Microsoft
Corporation.
We need hot
courses, instructors and classrooms. If
you can teach a hot course (any course that can get people jobs), email your
one-page abstract and your resume. If
your NJ firm can provide a conference room, evening or Saturday morning,
contact Donald Hsu, Chair, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com. Thank-you and act NOW!
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News from IEEE-USA:
Employment Up for U.S. Electrical Engineers
and Computer Professionals
Washington (27
April 2010) - In what could be a positive sign of recovery for the U.S.
economy, employment in three high-tech job categories -- electrical and
electronics engineers; software engineers; and computer scientists and systems
analysts -- returned to levels last seen in 2008, according to data released
this month by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For electrical and
electronics engineers (EEs), employment grew 7.8 percent from the fourth
quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2010, and now stands 16.1 percent above
its historical low in the first quarter of 2009. Software engineering employment was
essentially unchanged quarter to quarter, but remains 5.3 percent above its
first-quarter 2009 low.
For computer
scientists and systems analysts, first-quarter employment grew 4.7 percent and
is now 14.5 percent above its second-quarter 2009 low.
The unemployment
rate for EEs has fallen from a high of 8.6 percent in the second quarter of
last year to 4.6 percent in the first three months of 2010. In the other job categories, joblessness grew
despite the stable or positive employment numbers.
For software engineers, the unemployment rate
went from 4.1 percent to 5.5 percent quarter to quarter. During that same time, joblessness for
computer scientists and systems analysts rose slightly (5.2 percent vs. 5
percent). This trend might indicate that
displaced employees in these areas are again seeking jobs.
"As we watch
for signs of recovery, we think it's important to focus on the employment
numbers," IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt said. "Re-employed engineers, scientists and
other technology professionals will help create more jobs and ratchet the
economy forward."
Unemployed and
at-risk IEEE members can find help at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/help/. Career enhancement resources are available at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/.
IEEE-USA advances the
public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than
210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of
IEEE. http://www.ieeeusa.org
Contact: Chris McManes
IEEE-USA Public
Relations Manager
202-530-8356
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
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The 33rd
IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/princeton-centraljersey/2010_Sarnoff_Symposium/
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Call for
Papers - LISAT2010
http://ewh.ieee.org/conf/lisat/cfpLisat2010rev5.pdf
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The National Computational
Science Institute
and
New Jersey Institute For Modeling and
Visualization
present
A
Kinder, Gentler Introduction to High Performance Computing Applications
3rd Annual Week-Long Workshop for Researchers and
Educators
Kean
University, Union, NJ
June 28 - July
2, 2010
Cost: FREE
Do
you want to provide your students experiences with modern computational tools
in your discipline? Do you want to explore research projects in high
performance computing for your undergrads? Do you want to learn more about how
common computational tools in your field run on large clusters? Do you want to
explore visualization for datasets large and small?
Do
you want a week of intensive learning away from your office, department
meetings, and other work responsibilities?
The
New Jersey Institute of Modeling and Visualization, in partnership with the National
Computational Science Institute, is hosting a week-long workshop on
high-performance computing (HPC)
applications at Kean University from June 28th to July 2nd.
Our
goal is to catalyze the infusion of HPC
into all aspects of the undergraduate curriculum. An abiding interest in bringing the HPC
paradigm to the next generation of engineers, mathematicians and scientists is
the only essential prerequisite for attendance.
The more diverse the backgrounds and interests of the workshop
participants are, the richer the experience will be for everyone.
Accordingly,
we anticipate having sessions that include everything from a focused
introduction to supercomputing to breakout sessions in application areas
determined by participant interest to advice about and support for building
tools in widespread use among the scientific computing community.
This
workshop will focus on helping faculty with the process of moving problems in
their research, classroom, and student advising from the Desktop to High
Performance Computing systems. With a
focus on applications, participants will gain experience using a variety of HPC
tools on a 130 node, 1040 core cluster and advanced visualization hardware.
Much
of the content will be cross-disciplinary, focusing on the details of running
problems on HPC
hardware (technical issues related to logging on and executing programs,
schedulers, and realistic expectations of speedup,) as well as visualization
tools and cross-disciplinary mathematical tools.
Participants
are encouraged to bring their own problems to the workshop as well, and we will
poll participants ahead of time with regards to discipline specific programs
that should also be demonstrated.
Familiarity
with either C or FORTRAN programming is encouraged, but not essential, as the
focus is on software tools. Participants
are encouraged to have undergraduates enroll in and attend the workshop
alongside them as part of a faculty-led team.
Additionally,
specialized content will be selected based on applicant interest in a variety
of parallel sessions, using domain specific applications in computational
chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering.
This
tutorial workshop is *FREE*
(except you have to pay your own transportation costs to and from the workshop
venue), and we'll feed you and house you at no charge.
For more
information, contact Prof. David Joiner (djoiner@kean.edu)
For registration:
http://www.computationalscience.org/
Also be sure to check out other great workshop opportunities in the NCSI 2010
Summer Series at
http://www.computationalscience.org/
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IEEE North Jersey Section
Course
C# .NET Programming
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
through December
15, 2010
Eight weekly classes (October 20,
27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, 2010)
Location: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey 07102 (Checks
should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE North Jersey Section thanks
New Jersey Institute of Technology, for sponsoring this course.
The IEEE North Jersey Section is offering a course
"C# .NET Programming". Since 2004,
C# .NET has generated significant headway in Fortune 1000 enterprise
development systems. Dice.com lists
1000+ C# .NET jobs in the New York tri-state area daily! This course will cover the
fundamentals of C# language, the .NET framework, window and web-based applications, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and XML. It will be useful for
anyone to develop applications based upon these tools.
You will receive the IEEE Certificate of Completion
when you finish the course. Microsoft
Corp. has MCAD and MCSD certifications.
You may wish to get certified by taking the necessary Microsoft exams
with the knowledge gained from this course.
Instructor: Donald Hsu, PhD, has been a corporate manager for 11 years
and is an experienced trainer. Since
2004, he has trained 850+ people in C++, Java, WebLogic, Database, XML, and C#
.NET courses in 8 organizations.
TOPICS
1.
Compare the enterprise
development tools using Java to C# .NET
2.
Define Visual Studio .NET Version 2008
3.
Identify C# syntax, data
type, control structures and common language runtime
4.
Distinguish methods, arrays,
object-oriented programming
5.
Build graphical user
interface, multithreading, files and streams
6.
Explain the benefit of using
extensible markup language (XML)
7.
Select database, SQL server,
and ADO .NET
8.
Choose ASP .NET, web forms,
web services, advanced topics
9.
Present student Projects
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WHERE:
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New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Newark, NJ
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WHEN:
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Eight evenings, October
20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, 2010, 6:30 to 9:00 PM.
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COST:
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IEEE (& affiliate) members
$500; Non-IEEE members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald Hsu, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: C# .NET Programming
Please mail the
completed registration with a check (payable to “North Jersey
Section IEEE”) to:
Donald
Hsu, Chair Education Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, P.O. Box 2093, Fort
Lee, New Jersey 07024.
Name:
_____________________________________________ Email address
_________________________________
˙ Non-member
˙ IEEE
Member Member #:_________________________ Member of ________________________
technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home
Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day)
telephone #:___________________________________ Home telephone
#:________________________________
Please enclose
required fee payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as the
completed registration form and the payment are received, you are officially
registered for this course.
Registration status
will be confirmed by email.
˙ I wish to receive IEEE
Completion Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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IEEE North Jersey Section
Course
Project Management
Saturday Mornings, October 9, 2010 through December 4, 2010
Eight weekly classes (October 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20,
December 4, 2010)
New Jersey Institute Technology, Newark, New Jersey
(Checks should not be mailed to this address)
IEEE
North Jersey Section thanks New Jersey Institute Technology for sponsoring this
course
The North Jersey
Section IEEE is offering a course "Project Management". Dice.com lists 4,000+ Project related jobs in
the New York tri-state area daily! This course will help you to break down a
master project into manageable tasks, pinpoint possible solutions, and provide
information to keep the project under control.
Using Microsoft Project software, you will learn to accomplish various
project plans. In addition, it will
greatly enhance your business, communications and interpersonal skills.
You will receive
the IEEE certificate of completion when you finish the course. You may wish to take two Certification exams,
one in Project Management administered by
Project Management Institute from the knowledge that you learned in this
course. (This is not an
exclusive PMP-PMI examination prep course. No PDUs are issued for PMP eligibility. CEU credits would be given by IEEE).
Instructor: Donald Hsu, PhD,
has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an experienced trainer. Since 2003, he has trained 900+ people in
Contract Procurement, IT Project+, MS Project, and Project Management courses
in eleven organizations.
TOPICS
1.
Explain the need for a
project manager
2.
Define SOW, PERT, GANTT, CPM,
and Scope of the project
3.
Identify the team members,
resources and plan for the strategy
4.
Calculate schedule, budget
variances, and monitor project progress
5.
Manage changes, estimates,
and communications
6.
Set a baseline, import tasks
from MS Excel, export Project files to MS Word
7.
Create and modify custom
reports, templates and combination views
8.
Share resources and create a
master plan loaded to Project Server
9.
Approve updates and conclude
a project plan
10. Analyze global
E-Commerce and present student Projects
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WHERE:
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New
Jersey Institute Technology, Newark, NJ.
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WHEN:
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8
Saturdays, October 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 2010, 9:30
AM - 12:00 noon.
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COST:
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IEEE
(& affiliate) members $500; Non-IEEE members $550.
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CONTACT:
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Donald
Hsu: yanyou “AT” hotmail.com
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REGISTRATION: Project Management
Please mail the registration form with the check (Checks payable to “North Jersey Section IEEE”) to
Donald Hsu, Chair Education
Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, P. O. Box 2093, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Name:
_____________________________________________ Email address
_________________________________
˙ Non-member
˙ IEEE Member
Member #:_________________________
Member of _____________________________ technical society
Employer:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Employer
Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Home Address:______________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business (day) telephone
#:___________________________________
Home telephone #:________________________________
Please enclose required fee payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
As soon as a completed registration form and the
payment are received, you are officially registered for this course. Registration status will be notified by
email.
˙ I wish to receive IEEE Completion Certificate
Signature:___________________________________________
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