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November 2004
Volume 51, Number 5
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
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Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ
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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 (410) 778-2768
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
November
2004
Nov. 3 –
“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.
Nov. 3 – “Rapid Prototyping of a Line-of-sight
Pointing and Stabilization System for Communications On-the-Move” - NJ
Control Systems Society, 5:00
PM, NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT”
njit.edu).
Nov. 4 –
“Nanoscale
Computing Circuit and System Design” - NJ Signal Processing Chapter, 4:45
PM
(refreshments at 4:30 PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center,
Newark, NJ. Dr. Yun Shi (973)
596-3501 (shi “AT” njit.edu), Dr. Alfredo Tan (201) 692-2347 (tan “AT”
fdu.edu), Dr. Hong Man (201) 216-5038 (hman “AT”
stevens-tech.edu)..
Nov. 8 –
“Life
Grade Luncheon” – (RESERVATIONS CLOSED) 11:30
AM,
Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932. Ken Oexle (973)
386-1156.
Nov. 10 – “Innovative
GPS-Based Methods for Extremely Precise Navigation and Time Synchronization”
- NJ Control Systems Society, 5:00
PM, NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Professor Timothy Chang (973) 596-3519 (changtn “AT”
njit.edu).
Nov. 10 – “The Engineers’ Career - North Jersey and
Career Development Activities” - NJ
PACE/GOLD/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”
AEA.org)..
New! Nov. 10 – “A Career in the Telecommunications Industry”
- NJ Communications and EMS Chapters, 7:45 PM (dinner at 7:00 PM), New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan
Ansari (973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari
“AT” njit.edu) or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj
for the latest updates.
Nov. 13
– “Professional Skills Development
Workshop” – Student Activities Committee, 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM (Free lunch
to start), Graduate Student Lounge in Busch Campus Center on Bartholomew Road,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Sameer Kalra (skalra
“AT” ieee.org).
Nov. 18
– “RF Power Amplifiers and Transmitters for
Wireless Base Stations” - NJ VTS & MTT-S/AP-S Chapters, 7:00 PM, Lucent
Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ.
Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com)
or Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599
(kdixit “AT” microcomsales.com).
Nov. 18
– “Co-Simulation of Microwave Networks” –
EDS/C&S, 7:00 PM (buffet at 6:15
PM),
NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS
Microwave), Dr. Durga Misra
(973) 596-5739 (dmisra “AT” njit.edu) or Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542
(NJIT).
Nov. 18 – “Northern NJ Engineering Networking
Event: The IEEE and the New Millennium
Engineer in New Jersey” - NJ Membership Development, 6:00 PM, Yesterdays
Tavern, Passaic/Main Ave, Clifton, NJ, adjacent to Clifton Commons Shopping
Mall. Gary Hojell, ITT SSD, (973) 284-2493 (gary.hojell
“AT” itt.com).
Nov. 19 – “Considerations
for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers Seminar” - NJ IAS/PES
Chapters, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, PSE&G Training Center, 234 Pierson Ave,
Edison, NJ. Ronald Quade,
PE, (732) 205-2614 or rwquade “AT” ieee.org.
Nov. 22 – “Trustworthy Software for Today and
Tomorrow” - 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, (973) 285-6930. Seth Jakel
(973) 731-1902, (sgjakel “AT” comcast.net) or Vivek Shaiva (908) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org).
Nov. 23 – “Digital
Processing of Kirlian Images” - NJ SMC Society, 7:00
PM
(light refreshments at 6:45 PM), Clifton Memorial
Library , 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein (973) 471-0721 (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org).
Upcoming
Meetings
Dec. 2 – “Annual Planning Meeting & Workshop”
- 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.
Dec. 7 – “Reduced-Rank
Multi-User Detectors for CDMA Systems” - NJ Communications Chapter, 6:15 PM
(refreshments at 6:00 PM), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj for the
latest updates.
Dec. 9 – “Distributed
Generation Using Gaseous Fueled Reciprocating Engine-Generators” - NJ
IAS/PES Chapters, 7:00PM (buffet at 6:30
PM),
Eaton Electrical, 690 Rahway Ave, Union, NJ. Ronald W. Quade,
P.E., (732) 205-2614 (RWQuade “AT” IEEE.org).
Feb. 22-Apr. 19 – “Marketing Research” – North Jersey Section,
Tuesday Evenings, 8 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center,
80 County Rd, Jersey City, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
Members and
Non-Members Welcome
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NJ Communications and
Engineering Management Societies:
A Career in the Telecommunications Industry
On November 10, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications
Society, Engineering Management Society, IEEE NJIT Student Chapter along with
NJIT will host a presentation on “A Career in the Telecommunications
Industry.” The speaker will be Celia
Desmond.
About the Talk
Celia
Desmond will review her own career in industry, and also her career in
IEEE. She will give an overview of the
present environment of voice, data and multimedia communications industry. The current state of industry, the market
environment, and the regulatory environment for basic services, the Internet
and emerging services is briefly discussed.
Celia will comment on what graduates need today to have a successful
career in telecommunications engineering, and on the value that IEEE
involvement can bring to a career. All
information is presented at a high level so that background in
telecommunications is not necessary to understand the material. The attendee will gain a view of the overall
industry, and the direction it is moving, and what is required to stay afloat
in this industry.
About the
Speaker
Celia Desmond is President of World Class -
Telecommunications. Celia provides training
in management skills in business and telecommunications engineering
environments. She was instrumental in
creating a Masters Program and a Certificate Program at University
of Toronto. She has lectured internationally on Programs
for Success in Today’s Changing Environment.
At Stentor Resource Centre Inc. she was
instrumental in establishing the Stentor culture and
processes, and in obtaining buy-in from the employees to adopt and grow the new
organization. She developed and
implemented processes for service/product development and for project
governance within SRCI. As Director –
Industry Liaison, she was the external technical linkage to the Stentor owner companies, their customers, and the
international technical community. In
various positions at Bell Canada,
Celia provided strategic direction to corporate planners, ran technology and
service trials, standardized equipment, and issued guidelines for the member
companies. In Celia's previous line
positions, her groups provided technical and project management support to
large business clients.
Celia was the 2002-2003 President of IEEE
Communications Society. She is the 2004
Chair of the IEEE Transnational Committee which serves as a resource for IEEE
in serving members around the world. For
2000-2001 Celia was President of IEEE Canada, and served her second term on the
Board of Directors of IEEE. She was
1997-1998 Division III Director. She has twice served in the IEEE Audit
Committee, and actively participated in numerous other TAB, RAB, IEEE and
Society committees. Celia was awarded
the Donald J. McLellan Award for meritorious service
to IEEE Communications Society, the Engineering Institute of Canada John B.
Sterling Medal in May 2000, and the IEEE Millennium award. In 1993, she was made a Senior Member of
IEEE.
Celia holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering
from Carleton University,
a B.Sc. in Mathematics & Psychology from Queens University,
an Ontario Teaching Certificate and a Project Management Professional (PMP)
certification. Celia has taught
kindergarten, high school, and graduate courses at three universities, Ryerson
School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, and University
of Toronto.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends.
Time: 7:45 PM (dinner starts
at 7:00 PM), Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
Information: Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari “AT” njit.edu) or check
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj for the latest updates.
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NJ Communications Society:
Reduced-Rank Multi-User Detectors for CDMA Systems
On December 7, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Society
Chapter along with NJIT will host a presentation on “Reduced-Rank Multi-User
Detectors for CDMA Systems.” The speaker
will be Dr. Hongya Ge.
About the Talk
Due
to the high dimensionality of the measurement data sets as well as the changing
dynamics of wireless communication systems, computationally efficient reduced-rank
solutions are preferred to their full-rank counterparts in applications such as
channel estimation, system synchronization, multi-user detection, and adaptive
beam-forming.
This
talk introduces the framework of designing reduced-rank multi-user detectors
for wireless DS/SS CDMA systems. With
the notion of expanding subspaces, we construct the reduced-rank multi-user
detectors progressively using the simple structure of filter banks (analysis
filters and synthesis filters) – the discrete-time filter vectors contained in
the expanding Krylov subspaces. We further provide computationally efficient
iterative methods for implementing the reduced-rank multi-user detectors along
with the geometric interpretations on the filter evolution and error reduction. We prove the existence (sufficient and
necessary conditions) of warp convergence in the reduced-rank multi-user
detectors for designed CDMA systems, as well as in the adaptive beam-former for
multi-sensor array systems. Finally,
application examples are presented to demonstrate the enabling capability of
the warp convergence in designed communication systems, i.e. the reduced-rank
solution delivers the full-rank performance.
About the
Speaker
Hongya Ge received her BS degree
from the University of Electronic
Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China; MS degree
from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Nanjing, China; and PhD
degree from the University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, RI, in 1982,
1985, and 1994, respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 1986 to 1990, she was with the
Department of Information and Electronics at the Zhejiang University, as a
lecturer, teaching and researching in Radar Signal Processing, Communication
Theory, and Numerical Analysis. Since
1995, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, where she
is currently an associate professor.
During the academic year of 2000-2001, she was a visiting scientist in the
Applied Research Department of Telcordia
Technologies, Inc., NJ, working on broadband wireless
access, MIMO transceiver systems, and wireless network security projects. During the academic year of 2003-2004, she
spent her sabbatical leave with the Colorado State University and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests are in the general
areas of Statistical Signal and Array Processing, Transceiver Design for
Wireless Communications and Reduced Rank Adaptive Subspace Methods for
Detection, Estimation, Synchronization, Tracking, Adaptive Beamforming
and Interference Suppression.
Dr. Ge has published 70+
technical papers in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. She currently serves as a member of the IEEE
Technical Committee on Sensor Array and Multichannel
(SAM) Signal Processing, the Editorial Board of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless
Communications and Networking, and the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions
on Signal Processing. From 1998-2001,
she was the Vice Chair and Chair for the Chapter of Communications Society of
IEEE North Jersey Section. Since 1999,
she has been on the Planning Committee for the Annual Wireless and Optical
Communications Conference (WOCC). She
was the Chair for the Wireless Program of the WOCC-2003.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your friends.
Time: 6:15 PM (refreshments
start at 6:00 PM), Tuesday, December 7, 2004.
Place: New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark,
NJ.
Directions are available at http://www.njit.edu/University/Directions.html.
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