The IEEE Newsletter 
A Publication of the IEEE North
October 2002 Newsletter
North Jersey Section Activities
Proposed Slate of Officers for the 2003 IEEE North Jersey Section
Congratulations to Our New Senior Members
NJ EDS, C&S Chapters: Requirements for High Performance RF/UHF ICs and Possible Solutions
NJ Section PACE: Manpower Issues
PES/IAS: National Electric Code and Uniform Construction Code Updates
NJ Computer Chapter: Future Chapter Activities
NJ Computer Chapter: Introduction to Context Aware Computing
North Jersey Student Activities Committee and GOLD Seek Volunteers and Speakers
Advance to Senior Member Grade
Protective System Relaying Seminar
Registration: Protective Relaying Seminar, 11/22/2002
Princeton/Central Jersey IEEE MTT/ED/AP Chapter Meeting
WITI at ITEC's Massachusetts Technology Showcase: Next Stop, Boston
Symposium on Information Security and
Assurance
October
2002
Volume 49, Number 4
Publication No: USPS 580-500
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SECTION
OFFICERS
Chairman: Dr. Nirwan Ansari,
mailto:nirwan.ansari@njit.edu (973)
596-3670
Vice-Chairman-1: Rodney Cole, mailto:rgcole@ieee.org
(973) 299-9022 Ext. 2257
Vice-Chairman-2: Har Dayal,
har.dayal@baesystems.com
Treasurer: Durga Misra, mailto:dmisra@njit.edu (973) 596-5739
Secretary: Wayne Owens, mailto:wowens@crestron.com
(201) 767-3400, ext. 226
Members-at-Large:
Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula@computer.org)
Naz Simonelli (naz@sprynet.com)
Dr. Richard Snyder (r.snyder@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 Wayne Owens at (201) 767-3400, ext. 226, or mailto:wowens@crestron.com
IEEE North
October 2002
Oct.2-"NJ Section Executive Committee
Meeting" -
Oct. 2-Dec. 18-"JAVA Programming" -
North Jersey Section, Wednesday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, Ramada Inn
Clifton, 265 Route 3 East, Clifton, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula at b.chivakula@computer.org.
Oct. 3-"2002 MTT/AP
Symposium and Mini-Show" - MTT-S/AP-S Chapter,
Oct. 8-"Research in Nanofabrication at
the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility" - MTT-S/AP-S Chapter,
Oct.
9-"Manpower Issues" - NJ PACE,
Oct.
9-10-"WITI (Women in Technology International),
Oct.
10-"Requirements for High Performance RF/UHF ICs and Possible
Solutions" - EDS/C&S Chapters,
Oct.
17-"National Electric Code and Uniform Construction Code Updates" -
NJ IAS/PES Chapters,
Oct. 17-"Future
Chapter Activities" - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM, Conference Meeting
Room, Morris County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ. Howard Leach (908) 255-1634
or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Oct.
18-"Power Transfer Switch Seminar" - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00 AM to
3:00 PM, Automatic Switch Company,
Oct.
22-24-"Symposium on Information Security and Assurance - Guarding Your
Business: An Architecture for Security", Howe
Center, Stevens Institute of Technology,
Oct.
24-"Using Visual Programming Languages for Data Acquisition and Hardware
Programming" - NJ Consultants' Network,
Upcoming
Meetings
Nov. 6-"NJ Section Executive Committee
Meeting" -
Nov. 6-"Semantic Information Processing
of Spoken Language - How May I Help You? (sm)"
- NJ Communications Chapter,
Nov. 6-"Introduction to Context Aware
Computing" - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM, Public Meeting Room, Morris
County Library, 30 E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ. Howard Leach (908) 255-1634
or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Nov. 22-"Protective
System Relaying Seminar" - NJ IAS/PES Chapters,
Mar. 15-2004 IEEE Fellow
Nominations Due.
Members
and Non-Members Welcome
PLEASE POST
Using
Visual Programming Languages for Data Acquisition and Hardware Interfaces
On Thursday evening, October 24th, IEEE
Consultants' Network of Northern NJ will hold its monthly general meeting,
featuring a presentation by William Koch of Kochworx,
Ltd. and Walter Heger entitled "Using Visual
Programming Languages for Data Acquisition and Hardware Programming."
About the
Talk
Component designers are often required to
provide a demo interface or test harness for the hardware components they
design. Using Visual Programming tools,
such as Microsoft Visual Basic, a designer can quickly create an interface to
visually model or control these components.
William Koch will share his experience with Microsoft programming tools
and his insights during the presentation.
Walter Heger will discuss programming in C++,
C#, COM/OLE and Java.
Some of the topics Mr. Koch and Mr. Heger will address include:
* Building hardware interfaces with Visual
Basic
* Creating virtual control panels
* Component control over RS-232 and other
interfaces
* Future directions for visual development
tools
About the Speakers
William Koch of Kochworx,
Ltd. (http://www.kochworx.com) is a
Software Engineer with over 15 years of industry experience, catering to
Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Financial, Banking, Transportation,
Consulting, Accounting and Insurance industries. William has been developing solutions for business
using Microsoft visual development tools since 1993. William may be contacted at mailto:wkoch@kochworx.com.
Walter Heger (http://wheger.tripod.com/
consult.htm) has over 18 years of Software Development experience working
at General Electric Advanced Electrical Systems, Raytheon, and MIT Lincoln
Labs. Currently, Walter is implementing
algorithms in statistics and Stochastic Differential Equations.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE or
of the Consultants' Network to attend.
Networking after the meeting is encouraged. There is no charge for admission. Bring your friends.
Time:
Place:
KDI Triangle,
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.kditriangle.com/directions.htm.
Proposed Slate of Officers for the 2003 IEEE North
Chair: Dr. Durga Misra
1st
Vice-Chair: Rodney Cole
2nd
Vice-Chair: Har
Dayal
Treasurer: Ted Byrne
Secretary: Vittal Rebbapragada
Members-at-Large:
Bhanu Chivakula
Naz Simonelli
Dr. Richard
Snyder
Congratulations to Our
New Senior Members
February 2002
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Sweldens, Wim
Zeger, Linda M.
Zhu, Yu
March 2002
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Chen, Yisong
Kinget, Peter R.
Mastrapasqua, Marco
May 2002
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Ghosh, Sumit
Ho, Tin Kam
Reibman, Amy
Widjaja, Indra
June 2002
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Michalopoulou, Zoe-Helen
August 2002
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Brender, David T.
Testagrossa, Paul A.
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
Requirements for High Performance RF/UHF ICs
and Possible Solutions
On
About the Talk
One of the most difficult situations is the
operating mode of a base station. As it
gets bombarded with signals, it emits a lot of power at the same time. This paper addresses the key problem areas,
which are mixers, amplifiers, and oscillators and shows some possible IC-based
solutions.
About the Speaker
Dr. Ulrich Rohde is President of
Communications Consulting Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of Ansoft Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he is
Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corp., Paterson, New Jersey; and a partner of
Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany, a multinational company specializing in
advanced test and radio communications systems. Previously, he was the
President of Compact Software, Inc.,
Dr. Rohde has published more than 60
scientific papers in professional journals.
He is a member of the following:
Fellow Member of the IEEE, Invited Panel Member for the FCC's Spectrum
Policy Task Force on Issues Related to the Commission's Spectrum Policies, ETA
KAPPA NU Honor Society, Executive Association of the Graduate School of
Business-Columbia University, New York, the Armed Forces Communications &
Electronics Association, fellow of the Radio Club of America, and former
Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board at New
Jersey Institute of Technology.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Refreshments will be served.
Time:
Place:
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
Information:
Dr. Richard Snyder (973) 492-1207 (RS Microwave), Dr. Durga Misra (973) 596-5739 (mailto:dmisra@njit.edu) or Dr. Edip Niver (973) 596-3542 (NJIT).
Manpower Issues
Your Professional Activities Committee will
meet on
About the Meeting
High on the list of subjects is unemployment
and the displacement of American citizens by foreign workers imported under the
H-1B legislation. This year the legislation increased the number of H-1B
workers to about 200,000 while citizens have been disregarded. Check this site http://www.senate.gov/legislative/vote
1062/vote_00262.html
And, please do not confuse this as an
"immigration" issue. This is about
money, wage busting and depriving IEEE members of employment and skill enhancement
opportunities.
New events and issues present themselves
every day. You may bring information and
solutions to some of our problems or bring us closer to success.
The PACE meeting is open to discuss our
members' professional needs. PACE provides
IEEE members with the opportunity to meet, address, discuss and perhaps improve
the professional aspects of the engineering profession. Members should take
advantage of the opportunity to have a place and time to meet with their
associates to discuss the issues.
While checking with PACE Leaders, I found
high on the list of IEEE-USA goals this year "Employment Assistance and
Career Development due to the worsening economy." More on these projects can be found at mailto:www.ieeeusa.org.
Any suggestions may be emailed to Richard F.
Tax at mailto:rtax@bellatlantic.net.
Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Members of other professional
societies and engineering disciplines are always welcome.
Time:
Place:
Information:
Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954, mailto:rtax@bellatlantic.net.
National Electric Code and Uniform
Construction Code Updates
On
Time:
Place:
Information:
Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
Deadline:
Recognizing the achievements of its members
is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. The IEEE grade of Fellow is conferred upon a
person of "outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in
IEEE designated fields, and who has made important individual contributions to
one or more of these fields." The
total number of Fellows selected each year does not exceed 0.1% of the total
IEEE membership.
Any person, including nonmembers, is eligible
to serve as a nominator with the following exceptions: members of the IEEE Board of Directors,
members of the IEEE Fellow Committee, IEEE Technical Society/Council Fellow
Evaluating Committee Chairs, members of IEEE Technical Society/Council
Evaluating Committees reviewing the nomination, or IEEE staff. The deadline for nominations is
The candidate must be an IEEE Senior Member
at the time the nomination is submitted, and he/she must have completed 5 years
of service in any grade of IEEE membership.
All the necessary material to assist you in
the nomination process is available on the IEEE Web site: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/fellows/fellows.htm. If you prefer a hard copy, please send an e-mail
to mailto:fellow-kit@ieee.org. Include your name, street address, city,
state/province, postal code, country, and telephone/fax numbers.
Future
Chapter Activities
On
Meeting
Agenda
Howard Leach, the current chair will give a
brief overview of recent activities and future plans. He will also explain the budgeted section support. He will then outline some of advantages of
membership in the Computer Society which include:
* Distance Learning Courses,
* On-line Technical Reference,
* Certified Software Development Professional
Program.
He will then focus on getting the Chapter
organized in the following areas:
* Chapter volunteer positions,
* future meeting
topics,
* Distinguished Visitor Speaker Program,
* resources
available for creating our own web site.
This is your opportunity to get involved in
the Computer Society activities at the Section level. New volunteers are welcome. Come and become a part of the North Jersey
Section Computer Chapter steering committee.
Help steer the Chapter toward holding technical meetings with topics in
your particular field or interest.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends.
Time:
Place:
Conference Meeting Room,
Information:
Howard Leach (973) 540-1283 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Introduction to Context Aware Computing
On
About the Talk
Context Aware Computing is about to enter the
mainstream of computer based gadgets and with no doubt will become part of
mainstream computing. Certain future
applications will be expected to perform tasks related to context.
The presentation covers the following:
* Introduction to Context Aware Computing
* Early examples (with side bars for
clarification)
* Taxonomy and classification of Context
Aware Computing
* General, legal, and ethical issues with
Context Aware Computing
* Examples of ongoing Context Awareness related
research
* Exploring theoretical limits
* Conclusion
About the Speaker
Mr. Rohn is the
Managing Member of Rohn Consulting LLC, an
outstanding IT consulting firm. He has
published two technical books and over 30 professional articles. Mr. Rohn, who
started as a programmer, has over 18 years of experience with Information
Technology, ranging from mainframes to wireless computing. In addition, Mr. Rohn
is an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology,
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends.
Time:
Place:
Public Meeting Room,
Information: Howard Leach (908) 255-1634 or mailto:h.leach@ieee.org.
Semantic Information Processing of Spoken
Language - How May I Help You? (sm)
On
About the
Talk
The next generation of voice-based user
interface technology will enable easy-to-use automation of new and existing
communication services, achieving a more natural human-machine
interaction. By natural, we mean that
the machine understands what people actually say, in contrast to what a system designer
expects them to say. This approach is in
contrast with menu-driven or strongly-prompted systems, where many users are
unable or unwilling to navigate such highly structured interactions. AT&T's 'How May I Help You?' (HMIHY)(sm) technology shifts the burden
from human to machine wherein the system adapts to peoples' language, as
contrasted with forcing users to learn the machine's jargon. We have developed algorithms which learn to extract
meaning from fluent speech via automatic acquisition and exploitation of
salient words, phrases and grammar fragments from a corpus. In this talk I will
describe the speech, language and dialog technology underlying HMIHY, plus
experimental evaluation on live customer traffic from AT&T's national
deployment for customer care.
About the
Speaker
Allen Gorin is a
Technology Leader in AT&T Laboratories, with long-term research interests
focusing on machine learning methods for spoken language understanding. In recent years, he has led a research team
in applying speech, language and dialog technology to AT&T's "How May
I Help You?" (HMIHY) (sm)
service, which has been deployed nationally for long distance customer
care. He was awarded the 2002 AT&T
Science and Technology Medal for his research contributions to spoken language
understanding for HMIHY.
He received BS and MA degrees in Mathematics
from SUNY at Stony Brook, and a PhD in Mathematics from the
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE to
attend. Bring your friends.
Time:
Place:
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202,
Information:
Dr. Nirwan Ansari
(973) 596-3670 (nirwan.ansari@njit.edu),
Amit Patel (mailto:a.j.patel@ieee.org), or check http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/comm.html
for the latest updates.
The NNJ IEEE SAC and GOLD are seeking new
volunteers to help conduct business at the section level for the benefit of
students in the
If you would like to speak on professional
topics ranging from career development, time or project management, engineering
experiences, and many more, or have specific technical topics and developments
you would like to contribute, or even have some pet topics of your own, please
contact the organizer below.
Additionally, the NNJ SAC is seeking
volunteers to get involved at the section level to help organize local events
for students and the GOLD membership in the NY-NJ Metro area. If you would like to help out even for short
periods of time or maybe take on leading a committee in the section, please
contact the organizer Amit Patel (mailto:a.j.patel@ieee.org ) to find out
more and come to a section business meeting.
Advance to Senior
Member Grade
To become a Senior Member, you need 10 years
experience. A Bachelors Degree counts
for 3 of those years and Masters and Doctorates each count for 1 year. You don't have to be an IEEE member for 10
years. The dues for Senior Members,
Members and Associates are the same.
Senior Member applications are evaluated by the Application &
Advancement Committee that meets most months at different locations.
The IEEE will send each new Senior Member a
wood and bronze plaque.
To get information and an application to
advance to Senior Member Grade, contact:
Don Weinstein, Kulite Semiconductor,
The IEEE is conducting a Member-Get-A-Member
Program. It will run from
MGM New Members Recruited Voucher Prize A chance to win 1 year of
free IEEE membership
for
2004
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1-2 $5
Awarded to 1 recruiter
3-5 $10
Awarded to 2 recruiters
6-9 $20
Awarded to 3 recruiter
10
or more Awarded to ALL recruiters
in
this category
You can get the 2003 membership application
forms from: Don Weinstein, Kulite Semiconductor Products,
Please include your mailing address and the
quantity of application forms.
You must enter your name and your member
number in the green Member-Get-A-Member Recruiters box on the application.
Protective System
Relaying Seminar
A One-Day IEEE Seminar
Presented by the
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a
one-day seminar covering the fundamentals and application of protective
relaying principles and applications for industrial and utility systems. The seminar leaders are members of the IEEE
Power System Relaying Committee and will address relaying topics specific to
utility, substation and industrial distribution systems. Topics to be covered in the session include:
* Fundamental Relay Concepts and Definitions
* Relay Types and Basic Operating Principles
* Relay and Fuse Coordination
* Bus and Transformer Protection
* Distribution Feeder Protection
* Transmission Line Protection
* Motor and Generator Protection
LOCATION:
JCP&L Building (former
GPU Energy),
Directions:
Route 287 to Route 124 Exit in
COST:
The registration fee for this seminar prior
to November 8th is $175 (non-IEEE members), $125 (IEEE Members), and $50
(students with valid ID). The fee will be waived for IEEE Life Member Grades
with verification at the seminar.
Registrations after November 8th must include an additional late fee of
$25. The seminar fee includes lunch,
refreshments and handouts. Non-members joining IEEE within 30 days of the
seminar will be rebated 50% of the IEEE registration charge.
INFORMATION:
R. V. Rebbapragada,
Washington Group, International, 510 Carnegie Center,
Registration: Protective Relaying Seminar,
Register via US mail to:
K. Oexle,
Register via US mail to:
K. Oexle
Name___________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email _________________________
IEEE #_______________ Student
@________________ Non IEEE____ Life member____
Payment Enclosed $_______________ Add $25
late registration after
Make Check payable to North Jersey Section
IEEE
Princeton/Central
Location: Sarnoff Corporation Auditorium
"Research in Nanofabrication at the
Cornell Nanofabrication Facility"
Dr. Alexander Pechenik
Associate Director of CNF
ABSTRACT
Cornell Nanofabrication Facility (CNF) is a
National user facility - a part of the National Nanofabrication User Network
(NNUN) supported by the NSF and its users . The goal of CNF is to facilitate and support
research of others. Accordingly, NO COLLABORATION AND
NO SHARING OF PROPRIETARY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY is requested from hundreds of researhers from academia and industry, who come for assistance, training, process development
and other help to CNF. With nearly $30M
worth of equipment and 20 members of technical support staff, skillful in most
nanofabrication techniques and processes, CNF services a rapidly growing
U.S.-wide research community. This year, 700 users (300 new users) performed
nanofabrication-related projects at CNF.
Most of these projects required training, assistance, and, occasionally,
design and process development help from the CNF technical staff.
This talk will give a brief overview of CNF
facilities and give numerous examples of recent projects performed here. Research from the fields of nanoelectronics, nanophotonics,
optoelectronics, nanomechanics, and biology will be
presented with the emphasis on the unique manufacturing capabilities available
to our local and outside users, who regularly perform the nanofabrication part
of their reserch projects at CNF.
BIO
Dr. Alexander Pechenik
is the Associate Director of Cornell Nanofabrication Facility. He graduated from
DIRECTIONS
Time: 7 P. M. -
Place: Sarnoff Corp. Auditorium, Entrance is
left of main entrance, off
Further Info:
Contact Walter Curtice, mailto:wcurtice@aol.com, (215) 369-0193
IEEE Membership is not required for
attendance.
WITI at ITEC's
At a time when challenges are great and
resources are limited, you can't wait for opportunities to come your way - you
have to make them happen! Whether you're a CEO or beginning your career, it is
the professional network you build that makes the difference - now and in the
future.
As an attendee of WITI at ITEC's
Massachusetts Technology Showcase, you will have an exciting day filled with
interactive sessions concluding with the invitation-only Taste of Technology
Reception.
After a day of meeting smart, talented,
professional women you will have the opportunity to gain the information you
need and the connections you want at "Taste of Technology" designed
to expand your professional network in an informal, friendly setting.
"Participating in the recent panel,
Successful Professional Women, in
- Deborah Johnson, President and CEO,
Infinity I/O
Join WITI in
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When:
Where:
Time:
Reception:
Oct. 9,
For program and registration information, go
to: http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/boston/
or call: 1-800-334-9484. If you're interested in speaking
opportunities for this program or any future programs, please contact Susan Frate: mailto:susan@corp.witi.com. If you'd like to volunteer, please contact mailto:shannon@corp.witi.com. For any sponsorship opportunities, please
contact Cynthia Roe, mailto:cynthia@corp.witi.com.
Symposium
on Information Security and Assurance
"Guarding Your Business: An Architecture
for Security"
October 22-24.
Howe Center Stevens Institute of Technology,
The Stevens Institute of Technology will be
holding a symposium on information security and assurance "Guarding Your
Business: An Architecture for Security", October 22-24. The symposium is co-sponsored by IEEE ComSoc, CSO, ISSA, and AT&T.
The symposium examines the threats and risks faced by organizations in the post September 11 era, provides
an overview of the latest security technologies, and presents an information
security vision that shows how corporate assets can be protected by using a
combination of technical and organizational approaches to security management.
The speakers include: Sallie McDonald,
Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Information Assurance and Critical
Infrastructure Protection in the Federal Technology Service, GSA; Susan Brenner, Associate Dean and Professor
of Law, University of Dayton; Daniel Schutzer, Vice
President & Director of External Standards, e-Citi,
CitiGroup Financial Services Technology Consortium;
Audrey Dorofee,
Senior Member of Technical Staff in the
Networked Systems Survivability Program at SEI; Charles Blauner,
Global Head of Technology Risk Management, Deutsche Bank.
For more information and registration please
visit the MOT website http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/motsymposium/
or contact Professor Ted Stohr, Howe School of
Technology Management, mailto:estohr@stevens-tech.edu,
201-216-8915.
