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October 2004
Volume 51, Number 4
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
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Jersey Section. Periodicals-class
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1076-3732).
NEWSLETTER STAFF
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Saracinello
Business
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791-4067
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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” 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
October
2004
Oct. 6 –
“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.
Oct. 7 – “2004
MTT/AP Symposium and Mini-Show” – MTT-S/AP-S Chapter, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM,
Prime Hotel & Suites (formerly Radisson Hotel Fairfield), 690 Route 46
East, Fairfield, NJ. Kirit Dixit (201) 669-7599, Willie
Schmidt (973) 492-0371, Har Dayal
(973) 633-4618, or George Kannell (973) 386-4170.
Oct. 7 – “Network
Utility Maximization: General Frameworks
and Recent Advances” - NJ Communications Chapter, 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.
Oct. 13 – “The Engineers’ Career - What Are the
Members Thinking?” - NJ PACE/GOLD, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT”
aol.com) or Richard F. Tax
(201) 664-6954 (rtax “AT” bellatlantic.net).
Oct. 14 – “Computational Support for Dynamic
Parallel/Distributed Applications” - NJ Computer Chapter, 7:00 PM
(pre-meeting buffet at 6:00 PM), Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Room TBA,
Whippany, NJ. Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902, (sgjakel
“AT” comcast.net), Vivek Shaiva
(908) 229-6125 (vshaiva “AT” computer.org), or Arthur
Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
Oct. 14 – “Progress and
Challenges in materials for new generation of Optoelectronic Devices” - NJ
LEOS Chapter, 5:00 PM
(pre-meeting buffet at 4:45
PM), NJIT, 202 ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Professor H. Grebel, NJIT ECE Department, (973) 596-3538 (grebel “AT” njit.edu).
Oct. 19&20 – “IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation & Measurement
Conference” – IEEE METSAC, IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center in Palisades, NY. http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r1/metsac/LTWV.htm.
Oct. 21 – “The Life of James Clerk
Maxwell” – EDS/C&S, & MTT-S/AP-S Chapters, 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).
Oct. 22 – “The 2002 National Electric Code
Seminar” - NJ IAS/PES Chapters, 9:00AM – 12:45 PM, Punch Bowl Room at Jersey
Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07962.
Oct. 28 – “Thermal Loading in Electronic
Devices and PCs” - 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.
Oct. 28 – “A
Study of Waveband Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Multi-Granular Hybrid
Optical Networks” - NJ Communications Chapter, 6:15 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.
Upcoming
Meetings
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. 8 – “Life Grade Luncheon” - 11:30 AM, Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175
Park Ave, Florham
Park, NJ 07932. Ken Oexle (973)
386-1156.
Nov. 18 – “Amplifiers for Base Station
Applications”, NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00
PM, Lucent Technologies, 67
Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ. Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT”
lucent.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. 23 – “Digital
Processing of Kirlian Images” - NJ SMC Society, 7:00
PM,
Clifton Memorial Library , 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Dr. Mike Liechenstein
(973) 471-0721 (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org).
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.
Fall 2004 – “Introduction to .NET and C#” -
North Jersey Section, 1 Day Course,
Time, Date and Location TBA. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula
“AT” computer.org).
Fall 2004 – “Object-Oriented Design Training” - North
Jersey Section, 1 Day Course, Time, Date and Location
TBA. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula
“AT” computer.org)
Members and
Non-Members Welcome
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Proposed Slate of Officers for
the 2005 IEEE North Jersey Section
Below is the list of proposed
officers for the 2005 IEEE North Jersey Section as presented by the IEEE North
Jersey Section Nominating Committee. If a North Jersey Section IEEE member in good
standing would like to run for an office, please contact Keith
Saracinello by November 2nd at k.saracinello
“AT” ieee.org or (908) 791-4067 for details.
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Chair:
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Har Dayal
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1st Vice-Chair:
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Bhanu Chivakula
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2nd Vice-Chair:
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Kirit Dixit
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Treasurer:
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Dr. Sanghoon Shin
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Secretary:
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Russell Pepe
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Members-at-
Large:
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Dr. Nirwan Ansari
Gary Hojell
Dr. Richard Snyder
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NJ Communications Society:
Network Utility Maximization:
General Frameworks and Recent Advances
On October 7, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Society
Chapter along with NJIT will host a presentation on “Network Utility
Maximization: General Frameworks and
Recent Advances.” The speaker will be
Dr. Mung Chiang.
About the Talk
Network utility maximization
has provided an increasingly powerful framework for resource allocation in the
Internet TCP/IP suite and various layers in wireless networks over the last few
years. Compared to the traditional
network linear flow problems, this framework utilizes many of the advances in
nonlinear optimization theory and distributed algorithms. This talk presents a brief overview of the
key applications of network utility maximization, a summary of some of the very
recent results in this area, and an approach of ‘layering as optimization
decomposition’.
About the
Speaker
Mung Chiang is an Assistant Professor of Electrical
Engineering at Princeton University. He received
a BS degree (Honors) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, MS and PhD
degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and has worked as a consulting systems engineer at three telecom
startup companies and as a Principal Member of Technical Staff in Network
Systems Engineering at SBC Communications.
Professor Chiang conducts
research in the areas of nonlinear optimization of communication systems,
architectures and algorithms for broadband access networks, and information
theoretic limits of data transmission and compression. He has been awarded as a Hertz Foundation
Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellow, NSF Graduate Fellow, and received Stanford
University School of Engineering Terman Award and SBC
Communications New Technology Introduction Contribution Award. Professor Chiang is the Lead Guest Editor of
the IEEE Journal of Selected Area in Communications Special Issue on ‘Nonlinear
Optimization of Communication Systems’ in 2006, a Guest Editor of the IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory Special Issue on ‘Information Theory and
Networking’ in 2006, and the Program Co-Chair of the 38th Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems in 2004.
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), Thursday, October 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.
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:
A Study of Waveband Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Multi-Granular
Hybrid Optical Networks
On October 28, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Communications Society
Chapter along with NJIT will host a presentation on “A Study of Waveband
Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Multi-Granular Hybrid Optical
Networks.” The speaker will be Dr. Aleksandar Kolarov.
About the Talk
Waveband routing and
wavelength assignment (WRWA) has only recently attracted attention from the
optical networking industry for its practical importance in reducing the
control complexity and cost of optical cross-connects (OXCs). In this paper, we study WRWA tasks in hybrid
hierarchical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks with OXCs that can route multiple granularity
(wavelengths and wavebands) at the same time.
We first develop an integer linear programming (ILP) model with the
objective to minimize the cost of optical-electronic-optical (OEO) and all
optical (OOO) ports used. This is the
first waveband switching ILP model developed for hybrid OXCs. Since the optimal ILP solution can only be
obtained for networks of smaller size, we also develop a heuristic waveband
routing and wavelength assignment algorithm.
The proposed algorithm shows near optimal performance for networks of
smaller size. In our heuristic approach,
we solve the waveband routing and wavelength assignment sub-problems as a
single problem, rather than separating them into two separate problems. The algorithm is solved by using Dynamic
Programming, sequentially on one lightpath request at
a time. We comment on the WRWA
performance under various traffic scenarios.
Our results demonstrate a significant cost reduction that could be
achieved by employing hybrid hierarchical OXCs
instead OXCs with opto-electronic
fabric that can process a single granularity only.
About the
Speaker
Aleksandar Kolarov (S'89-M'93)
received BSc and MSc
degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, from the University of
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1984 and 1987, respectively. He received a PhD degree in electrical
engineering from Rutgers University, NJ, in 1993, for his research in dynamic routing in
multi-service communication networks.
From 1984 to 1989, he was a Research Engineer at "Mihajlo Pupin" Institute in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Since 1993,
he has been with NEC Laboratories America in Princeton, NJ, where as a Senior
Research Staff Member, is responsible for design and implementation of IP-based
network architectures and protocols including quality-of-service, control and
management.
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), Thursday, October 28, 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 Computer Chapter:
Computational Support for Dynamic Parallel/Distributed Applications
On Thursday,
October 14, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey
Section Computer Chapter will host a presentation titled “Computational Support
for Dynamic Parallel/Distributed Applications” by Manish Parashar.
About the Talk
Adaptive and interactive
simulations yield highly advantageous ratios for cost/accuracy and can enable
accurate solutions to realistic models of complex physical phenomenon. However their efficient implementation on
widely distributed, highly heterogeneous and dynamic execution environments such
as the computational Grid presents significant challenges in
computer/computational science. In this
talk Manish will present computer science solutions that enable efficient and
scalable implementations of these applications.
Specifically, Manish will address distributed and dynamic
data-management, adaptive load-balancing and runtime management, interactive
monitoring and control.
About the Speaker
Manish Parashar
(M'89-SM'03) is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Rutgers University, where he also is director of the Applied Software Systems
Laboratory. He received a BE degree in
Electronics and Telecommunications from Bombay University, India in 1988, and
MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University in
1994. He has received the NSF CAREER
Award (1999) and the Enrico Fermi Scholarship from
Argonne National Laboratory (1996). His
current research interests include autonomic computing, parallel, distributed
and Grid computing, networking, scientific computing, and software engineering.
Manish is a member of the
executive committee of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
Parallel Processing (TCPP), part of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished
Visitor Program (2004-2006), and a member of ACM. He is also the co-founder of the IEEE
International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC). Manish has co-authored over 130 technical
papers in international journals and conferences, has co-authored/edited 5
books/proceedings, and has contributed to several others in the area of
parallel and distributed computing.
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
Registration
Recommended
Registration
in advance is recommended with full name, affiliation and nationality so that
an admission badge will be available for you on arrival.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday,
October 14, 2004. Pre-meeting buffet starts at 6:00
PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Room TBA, Whippany, NJ.
Information: Seth Jakel (973) 731-1902,
(sgjakel “AT” comcast.net), Vivek
Shaiva (908) 229-6125 (vshaiva
“AT” computer.org), or Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
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NJ Consultants'
Network:
Thermal Loading in Electronic Devices and PCs
On
Thursday, October 28,
2004, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ
(CNNNJ) will host a talk on “Thermal Loading in Electronic Devices and
PCs.” The scheduled speakers are Peter
K. Schutz, P.E., and Chris Mesibov.
About the Talk
Thermal loads in electronic
devices, including PCs, can cause unexpected problems for consultants. Two veteran members of the IEEE Consultants
Network of Northern NJ will explain the effects of thermal loading and proper
design techniques.
Chris Mesibov will discuss
thermal management concerns and techniques for PCs, including temperature
monitoring, vulnerable and underrated PC components, airflow control, and
dissipation products.
Peter Schutz will address
general thermal management design issues in electronic products, including
types of cooling, knowing which type is being used and the importance of air
flow.
About the
Speakers
Peter K. Schutz, P.E. has been
developing new products since 1985. A
mechanical engineer and specialist in mechanical components and systems, his
business includes thermal design and analysis and packaging of electronics. Peter is Vice Chairman of the Consultants’
Network.
Chris Mesibov specializes in
Cypress PSoC design, RF testing, programming, and automated test equipment
design; embedded and power systems. He
has learned about thermal problems in PCs the hard way.
All Welcome!
Everyone
welcome. No registration needed. Free admission.
About the
Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE
Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of
independent technical consultants by business and industry.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, October 28, 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:
Annual Planning Meeting & Workshop
On
December 2, 2004,
the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ) will host their Annual
Planning Meeting & Workshop.
About the
Meeting
In a combined
November/December meeting, the IEEE Consultants Network of Northern NJ (CNNNJ)
will plan the network’s direction and activities for the year 2005. We will discuss ideas and set expectations
for the various network functions.
Network members and any consultants considering joining the network are
welcome to attend and participate.
Results of the annual
election of officers will be announced at this meeting.
Traditionally, this working
session is an open, informal forum to determine what the IEEE-CNNNJ is doing
right, or wrong. The floor will be open
to suggestions for improvements, recommendations of new network directions and
activities, and proposals for new feature topics for the general meetings.
The functions performed by
the IEEE Consultants Network throughout the year include:
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Monthly General Meetings – Suggested feature topics will be discussed.
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Member Networking – Member presentations and alternate formats to
improve networking.
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Group Marketing & Image Building – CNNNJ website, tri-fold
and postcard mailing, CNNNJ’s free consultant
referral service, and alternate publicity methods.
We will have our end-of-year
networking party, with refreshments, at the close of the session.
All Welcome!
Everyone
welcome. No registration needed. Free admission.
About the
Consultants’ Network
Founded in 1992, the IEEE
Consultants Network of Northern NJ encourages and promotes the use of
independent technical consultants by business and industry.
Time: 7:30 PM, Thursday, December 2, 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 EDS, C&S
& MTT-S/AP-S Chapters:
The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
On October 21, 2004, the IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and
Systems Chapters together with MTT/S/AP-S and the New Jersey Institute of
Technology will host a talk on “The Life of James Clerk Maxwell." The speaker will be Dr. James C. Rautio.
About the Talk
James Clerk Maxwell stands
shoulder to shoulder with Newton and Einstein, yet even those
of us who have spent decades working with Maxwell's equations are almost
totally unfamiliar with his life and times.
This presentation, from the viewpoint of a microwave engineer, draws on
many sources in providing an understanding of James Maxwell himself. What was Maxwell like as an infant? What was the tragedy at eight years old that
profoundly influenced his life? What
unique means of transportation did young Maxwell use to escape a cruel
tutor? What happened to Maxwell on his
first day at school? When did he publish
his first papers, and what were they about?
What did Maxwell have to do with the rings of Saturn? Why did he lose his job as a professor? Why did he have a hard time getting another
job? What was his wife like? What is Maxwell's legacy to us? The answers to these questions provide insight
into Maxwell the person and add an extra dimension to those four simple
equations we have studied ever since.
About the
Speaker
James C. Rautio received a
BSEE from Cornell in 1978, a MS in Systems Engineering from University of
Pennsylvania in 1982, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Syracuse
University in 1986. From 1978 to 1986,
he worked for General Electric, first at the Valley Forge Space Division, then
at the Syracuse Electronics Laboratory.
At this time he developed microwave design and measurement software, and
designed microwave circuits on Alumina and on GaAs. From 1986 to 1988, he was a visiting professor
at Syracuse University and at Cornell. In 1988 he went full time with Sonnet
Software, a company he had founded in 1983.
In 1995, Sonnet was listed on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing
privately held US companies, the first microwave software company ever to be so
listed. Today, Sonnet is the leading
vendor of 3-D planar high frequency electromagnetic analysis software. Dr. Rautio was elected a fellow of the IEEE
in 2000 and received the IEEE MTT Microwave Application Award in 2001 and is an
adjunct professor at Syracuse University.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a
member of the IEEE to attend.
Time: 7:00
PM, Thursday, October 21, 2004. Free
buffet will be starting at 6:15 PM.
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. 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).
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NJ
LEOS Chapter:
Progress and Challenges in materials for new generation of Optoelectronic Devices
On October 15, 2004, the IEEE NJ Laser and Electro Optics Chapter,
together with the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a talk on
"Progress and Challenges in materials for new generation of Optoelectronic
Devices." The speaker will be Professor
Abdallah Ougazzaden.
About the Talk
In this talk, Professor Ougazzaden will focus on new approaches to integrate
optoelectronic devices and on implementation of new materials for opto- and nanoelectronics. The current activity of Professor Ougazzaden is in the field of selective growth and
processing of Nitride-based compounds.
About the Speaker
Prof. Ougazzaden
is an expert in the field of MOVPE growth of compound semiconductors. For many years he was leading Materials
Growth Departments at ALCATEL, French Telecom, Bell Labs, and Agere Systems.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a
member of the IEEE to attend. Bring your
friends and network during the free pizza and soda starting at 4:45
PM
Time: 5:00
PM, Friday, October 15, 2004. Free free pizza and soda starting at 4:45 PM.
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: Professor H. Grebel,
NJIT ECE Department, (973) 596-3538 (grebel “AT”
njit.edu).
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NJ Section PACE/GOLD:
The Engineers’ Career - What Are the Members Thinking?
On Wednesday, October 13, 2004 the North Jersey Section PACE/GOLD, will
meet to discuss your concerns.
About the Talk
What
is going on with PACE? The North Jersey
Section’s PACE committee has been mentioned in E.E. Times, noticed in the IEEE-USA
office in Washington
and honored by the Region 1 Ex. Comm. We
have set the example and standard for PACE meetings and activities. For two years straight our North Jersey
Section PACE has received the Region 1, “Alex Gruenwald
PACE” award. Sorry, but you must have
known Alex Gruenwald to appreciate the honor
associated with this presentation.
Our
Section Members who have attended our PACE meetings are the ones to be
applauded for our success. We have held
PACE meetings every month for more than two years and we will, with your help,
continue to do so.
But
now it is your task to help us continue.
This meeting will review past meeting subjects and need your input to
provide the subject material for future meetings. Please come and bring your spouse or
associates. Bring your concerns to
PACE. Attend this meeting and see how,
and what the Section and individual engineers can do to help.
About the Speaker
Open to the attending
members. Graduates of the Last Decade
(GOLD) are especially welcome.
All Welcome!
Guests, members and students
from other professional societies and engineering disciplines are always
welcome. We now include members from IEEE, ASME and AEA. For more
information about these groups see:
www.aea.org
www.asme.org/sections/northjersey
www.ieeeusa.org
web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/
www.Congress.org
Time: 6:30
to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, October 13, 2004.
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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Student Leadership Workshops
and Professional Skills Development Workshop - Fall 2004
It
is that time of the year again. Is your student
branch holding new activities this fall?
If you have not done it yet, we encourage holding your officer elections
and reporting them to IEEE HQ.
Additionally, if you have a new branch counselor, it is also time to
report that to IEEE HQ. Last, but not
least, the fall annual plan of activities must be turned in soon. Branches reporting their
plan has the extra benefit of receiving a rebate if they are turned in
correctly and on-time. Forms for all of
these reporting requirements are available at the website below.
Didn't
know about all these forms and what to do by when? Well, then your branch might be an excellent
candidate for holding a student branch leadership workshop this fall. What your branch should do is host this
workshop to learn how to run your branch operations and organize events. If you can't host yourself, attend a
neighboring school's workshop. You can
find out who is hosting when on the website below.
The
Professional Skills Development Workshop (PSDW) is also coming up. This November, the workshop will return and
is being co-sponsored by the three sections of New
Jersey.
This year's theme is on Project Management and Starting Your Own
Company.
The
half-day workshop will include a free lunch and interactive lectures given by
dynamic speakers. The exact date, time,
and location are to be announced. Attendees are required to pre-register for
the event in order to account for lunch.
For any additional questions contact Sameer Kalra, skalra AT ieee DOT org. The final agenda and
timeline will be posted on the website below, but a preliminary
agenda is:
Time: 11:30
AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday,
November 13, 2004 (free lunch to start).
Place: Rutgers University,
Building TBD, Room TBD.
Register: see
website below
Want
to get regular reminders of on-going student events? Join the mailing list; instructions are
available at http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac/ieee.html.
North
Jersey SMC Society:
Digital Processing of Kirlian Images
On Tuesday, November 23, 2004, the NJ Systems, Man and Cybernetics
(SMC) Chapter will host a talk on “Digital Processing of
Kirlian Images.”
The speaker will be Xanadu Halkias.
About the Talk
In 1890, while experimenting with the mysteries of
electricity, the renowned engineer, Nikola Tesla,
became the first person to obtain a partial imprint of the electromagnetic
field surrounding all objects, referred to as their “auras.” Fifty years later,
two Russian scientists, Semion and Valentina Kirlian, developed a
practical way of capturing auras. The
process is known today as Kirlian photography and is
recognized both for its artistic appeal as well as for its controversial role
as a diagnostic tool.
Unfortunately, most research on Kirlian
photography deals with the origin, means of capture,
and interpretation of the images without the aid of an automated approach. The idea behind this talk is to use image-processing
techniques to provide some insight into whether and how the existing practice
might be amenable to a mathematical/ computational process. As discussed, by a careful choice of
descriptive features, a “diagnostic” system can be trained based on the
presentation of a Kirlian image. The desired characteristics can be
subsequently classified into three categories: size, color, and
morphology. In the speaker’s
implementation, these categories are represented by the extraction of so-called
“Regions of Interest” using Watershed segmentation and the computation of
salient features using texture and curvature analysis. This provides a novel, first approach to the
analysis of Kirlian images using the tools provided
by the broader field of Computer Vision.
About the
Speaker
Xanadu Halkias is currently pursuing advanced studies at Columbia University in signal
processing and statistical pattern recognition.
She received her MS degree from National Technical University of Athens,
Greece. Her thesis, Digital Processing
of Kirlian Images, was completed under Prof. Petros Maragos in 2002, along with the companion paper
which appeared at the 2004 International Conference on Signal Processing in Beijing.
All Welcome!
You need not be a member of IEEE to attend,
and there is no charge for admission.
Light refreshments will be served starting at 6:45 PM.
Time: 7:00 PM (light refreshments at 6:45 PM),
Tuesday,
November 23, 2004.
Place: Clifton
Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave,
Clifton,
NJ,
(973) 772-5500. (main
floor; left turn from entrance & proceed to conference room).
Contact/RSVP: Dr.
Mike Liechenstein, (973) 471-0721, (m.liechenstein “AT” ieee.org). Please also check electronic newsletter for
any possible changes in room, etc.
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Interested in Being a North
Jersey Section Officer?
The North Jersey Section
Nominating Committee will soon begin to consider candidates for section
officers for next year. We request that
those who are interested in a section office submit their name, office sought,
and qualifications to the Committee Chair, Dr. Fred Chichester, by mail at
56 Gordonhurst Ave
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
For further information, you
may telephone him at (973) 744-7340 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM.
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Conference Rooms Needed!
The
North Jersey
Section (Education Committee) is looking for conference room facilities to hold
their training seminars. The seminars are
being held on one weeknight from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. In return for providing the conference
facility for free, the organization can get free registration up to three
members in the course/seminar. Please
contact Bhanu Chivakula, Education Committee Chairman, at b.chivakula “AT” computer.org for suggestions or
discussions, if interested.
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SPAM Or Not To SPAM
IEEE-USA
cannot send you email information unless you request email information from
them. Why? IEEE-USA is prohibited from SPAMMING you, but
they can send you information if you request to be put on their email list.
To
request this information, contact Russell T. Harrison, Legislative
Representative – Grassroots Affairs, IEEE-USA. r.t.harrison “AT” ieee.org, (202)
530-8326.
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Membership Drop Not
Complete Surprise
At first glance, a 5.6 percent drop in IEEE
membership might seem alarming. However,
the 21 000 decline to 361 138 members in 2003 was not totally unexpected. Find out why at
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=institute_level1_article&TheCat=2201&article=tionline/legacy/inst2004/apr04/4w.featuremembership.xml
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Contract Engineering: A
Viable Career Alternative
While many engineers still
seek permanent, full-time employment, others are turning to contract
engineering as an alternative. What is
contract engineering; what are the benefits; and what are the challenges?
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/contract.asp
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IEEE-USA Pulse:
Engineering Equality as Important as Job Availability
While much talk surrounds the
question of whether or not an engineering shortage actually exists, many
believe an issue just as worthy of debate and action is engineering
equality. What is IEEE-USA doing to
encourage young women, minorities, people with disabilities and the disadvantaged
to consider engineering a viable career choice?
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/equality.asp
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Take
Me Out to the Ball Game!
Who
says that engineers don't have fun? On
Sunday, August 22nd, 94 IEEE members and their guests traveled to
Bears Stadium to see the Newark Bears, with one time major league great Rickey
Henderson, lose a close game to the Bridgeport Bluefish. The perfect weather added to the pleasure of
the day and all those who were there said they had a good time. Between innings there were on-the-field
events for children and the section was recognized both by throwing the opening
pitch and having some of the children competing in the events.
The section would like to hold more family events in the future and if
anyone has a suggestion, please contact Durga Misra by email at dmisra “AT” njit.edu.
NJ Section Newsletter
Editor Keith Saracinello (center) throws out 1st pitch
Future engineers Jake and
Amanda enjoy an
autographed baseball
NJ Section Secretary Sanghoon Shin (right) and family enjoy the game
Former Major
League great Rickey Henderson
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Life Grade Luncheon
The PES Chapter and the IEEE North Jersey
Section will sponsor a luncheon for North Jersey IEEE Life Grades (Members,
Senior Members and Fellows) on Monday November 8 at the Hamilton Park Conference Center, 175 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932. The
luncheon will begin at 11:30 AM in the Terrace area. Cost is
$5.00 per person.
Advance registration is required prior to October 29. We can accommodate only 30 people. Registrations will be processed in the order of
receipt and will be confirmed by return mail.
Please complete the following registration form and include a check
Payable to the North Jersey Section IEEE in the amount of $5.00 per person.
Reservations cannot be accepted at the door. For additional information
contact Ken Oexle (973) 386-1156.
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IEEE Life Grade Luncheon Registration NJ Nov 8 2004
Name_________________________________________
Address_________________________________________
Phone
_________________________________________
IEEE #______________ Life Grade ____Yes
Return to:
Ken Oexle
11 Deerfield Rd
Whippany, NJ 07981
Prior to October 29 and enclose a $5.00
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THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS, INC.
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IEEE NORTH JERSEY SECTION
MTT-Society and AP-Society
Joint Chapter
PRESENT
19TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM AND
MINI-SHOW
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Thursday, October 7, 2004
Prime Hotel & Suites
(formerly Radisson Hotel Fairfield)
690 Route
46 East, Fairfield NJ (973) 227-9200
The
conference presents a series of 12 lectures describing the state of the art in
Microwave, RF, Optical and Wireless,
technologies
by leaders in their respective fields.
Presentation Schedule (9:20AM to 5:30PM)
MINI SHOW FEATURING LATEST PRODUCTS - (10:00
AM TO 5:30 PM)
For further information contact Kirit Dixit (201-669-7599),
Willie Schmidt (973-492-0371), Har Dayal (973-633-4618), or
George Kannell (973-386-4170).
ALL ARE WELCOME (IEEE Membership not
required).
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE
SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW.
FREE BREAKFAST / LUNCH INCLUDED FOR ALL
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NJ Power Engineering
Society/Industry Applications Society Seminar
Considerations
for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers
The PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a free one-day
seminar covering considerations for the design of critical telecom and data
centers. The session will be held on Friday, November 19, 2004 at the PSE&G Training Center, 234 Pierson Ave, Edison, NJ.
About the
Seminar
The seminar will cover the basics of
design and hardware required by today’s critical facilities, which demand 7 x 24 availability of precision environment and power
infrastructure. While
environmental and monitoring issues will be discussed, the emphasis will be on
design of the power system. Among the
topics to be covered are:
·
Sizing
the systems, including projected load densities and so called “extreme
densities”
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Configurations
to ensure 7 x 24 availability, and maximum redundancy
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Providing
maximum flexibility
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Hardware
details, including UPS, power distribution, surge suppression, etc.
·
Specific
discussion of battery systems, including:
types, environmental considerations, maintenance, and battery
alternatives
·
Point-Counterpoint
discussion of DC power systems vs. traditional AC (UPS)
About the
Instructor
The primary instructor will be Len Giuliano, PE.
Len has a diverse background of technical experience primarily in the
electrical power industries, including design, management and technical sales
and support. Specific areas include
utility substation design, generator design, power plant switchgear, and UPS
and related products. More recently, Len
has been dedicated to issues involving critical facilities.
Len has a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University; is a registered PE; has authored a
nationally published article “Solutions to Computer Room Power Problems”; and
is a past Vice President and Program Chairman of the Delaware Valley Power
Quality Group.
______________________________________________________________________
If desired, IEEE Continuing Education
Units will be offered for this course. A
small fee of $15 will be required for processing. A total of .6 CEUs
will be offered. Please indicate if
desired below.
There will be no charge for this
seminar but space will be limited.
Advanced registration is required by November 5th.
______________________________________________________________________
Registration: Considerations
for Design of Critical Telecom and Data Centers 11/19/2004
Register via
US mail to: Ronald W. Quade, PE
Eaton
Electrical
379 Thornall
Street
Edison, NJ
08837
Name____________________________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________________________
Phone__________________ Email____________________________________________________________
IEEE #_________________
Student @________________ Non IEEE_____ Life Member______
Continuing Education Units: Yes $15 No
If CEUs
are chosen, please include $15 processing fee made payable to North Jersey Section IEEE
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The
2002 National Electric Code Seminar
The
PES and IAS Chapters will sponsor a one-day seminar providing an overview and
discussion of recent changes incorporated in the 2002 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE (NEC). The session will be held
on Friday, October 22nd, from 9:00 AM – 12:45 PM, in the Punch Bowl Room at Jersey
Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave Morristown, NJ 07962.
The instructor is Won Kim, PE.
Participants are encouraged to bring their NEC book to the seminar. It can be ordered at www.NFPAcatalog.org. (Request the
current NEC 2002 edition)
About the
Seminar
The
National Electrical Code is revised every three years by National Fire
Protection Association as NFPA 70, and is adopted by most of the States as the
State’s Electrical Code. The purpose of
the Code is the practical safeguarding of persons and property from hazards
arising from the use of electricity. The
seminar will cover the major changes in the code, and the topics will include
the following:
·
Relationship to Uniform Construction Code of New
Jersey and Electrical Safety Code (NESC) published by IEEE
·
Enforcement of the Code by the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) and the municipalities
·
Relationship between electrical
engineers/designers, electrical contractors and electrical inspectors
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Wiring methods, materials and protection
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Equipment for general use
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Special occupancies and conditions
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Communications Systems
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WHERE:
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Punch Bowl Room at Jersey Central Power and Light, 300 Madison Ave Morristown, NJ 07962.
Directions: Route 287 to Route 124 (Madison Ave Exit).
Head toward Madison. Jersey Central building is on the left
about 1.5 miles from the exit.
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WHEN:
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Friday, October 22nd,
9:00 AM – 12:45 PM
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COST:
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Non-IEEE members $100;
IEEE (& affiliate) members $75; IEEE GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade)
Members $50; IEEE Student Members $25; IEEE Life Members – Free. All Registrations after Oct. 15 must
include an additional late fee of $25.
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CONTACT:
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Kenneth Oexle (973) 386-1156
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Registration - North Jersey IEEE PES/IAS NEC Seminar, Friday, Oct. 22, 2004
Name___________________________________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________________________
Phone_____________________ IEEE #______________________ Payment
Enclosed_______________
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$25 late fee after Oct. 15
Mail to:
Kenneth Oexle
11 Deerfield Road
Whippany, NJ 07981
Please enclose required fee
payable to: North Jersey Section IEEE
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
Introduction to .NET and C#
Abstract
This
is a one-day Owner's manual for the .NET environment and for its preferred
programming language, C#. It is an
introduction, intended for programmers who want to create software to operate
in the .NET environment.
Microsoft
has created .NET as its path to future software development. .NET is a complete package of developer
capabilities that runs on, and creates programs for, the recent MS Windows
operating systems. Microsoft's
programming language of choice for the future is clearly C# but they realize they have to support
evolution. So .NET
also supports Visual Basic, C++, Java and many other minor languages. But .NET is more than programming
languages. It also supports: an improved ADO database technology, an improved ASP to
allow high level Web development, XML to tie together all the pieces of
software, SOAP and COM+. C# is an
Object-Oriented language of course. It
is more powerful than VB but still allows simple programs to be created in the
VB drag-and-drop tradition. It is
simpler than C++ but still allows efficient programs with more obvious code.
Target Audience
This
is not a course in how to program computers.
It is intended to extend the capabilities of those who are already
programmers so a familiarity with foundation programming concepts will be very
helpful. But O-O programming is still
programming so the course will cover concepts, implementation and practical
aspects of using C#. The course has a
practical, “how-to-do-it” approach.
Course Topics
- What is the programming
environment today: Why did Microsoft create .NET and the new C#
programming language and where do they expect them to go.
- The .NET environment
and how its parts fit together.
Common language runtime.
Other actors in the game: XML, COM+, SOAP, ADO, ASP.
- Classes and
Objects: how to define,
instantiate, initialize and interface.
Fields and constructor and other methods, Visibility. How classes encapsulate the real world
and its characteristics.
- Major features of the
C# language: Names, data types, operators and keywords, Expressions and statements,
Control mechanisms for branching and looping, How everything is a class, Value and
reference types, Boxing.
- More on C# and
comparisons to other languages:
Inheritance and derived classes:
Use of library classes, Some special
classes such as String, Namespaces, Other object interaction. Delegates, properties, Overloading
methods, Aspects, Interfaces, For each,
Containers and enumerators.
- The .NET development
environment: Mechanics of program
creation: Compilers, emulators, jit. Formatting, layout, debugging, and
testing. Documentation and
comments, O-O design, UML, development tools.
- Building a console or
forms application: Main, Elementary input and
output, Static members. Building a
Windows application: events and handlers, Use of
the mouse, the large Forms library, Commonality between console and
Internet. Examples of windows
programs. Building an internet
application.
- Summary and references:
Engineering issues. Garbage
collection. Unmanaged code. Attributes, Finalize. Threads.
Ref and out. File I/O. Efficiency and real-time.
Duration and Resources
The
course duration is six hours, contained in one very full day. A downloadable command line compiler can be used, however the elegant visual .NET development suite is
much more powerful.
Time, Date and Location
This
course is planned for the Fall 2004. Exact time, date and location will be
announced in the October Newsletter
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
Object-Oriented Design
Training
Abstract
As
Object-Oriented programming has become more important, Object-Oriented design
has also emerged as a new way to conceptualize computer programs. The creation
and dissemination of the Unified Modeling Language, as a skeleton for all
phases of Object-Orientation, has aided this. This is a course in
Object-Oriented design using UML. It covers software requirements, design,
application and patterns, but it is not a programming course.
Target Audience
Software
project managers, customers, system designers and programmers who want to learn
the latest techniques of Object-Orientation using Unified Modeling Language.
Objectives
Upon
completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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Use "Use Cases" to capture the customer expectations for a
system
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Use CRC cards(1) as a tool to capture the object-oriented design
entities: classes, their attributes and methods
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Create "Class Diagrams" to define the classes that make up
the essence of the system
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Recognize that a library of Patterns already describe most common
situations
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Use Object Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams and
State Diagrams to push the design beyond the class level by capturing the flow
of operations within the system
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Show how the definition of Contracts is the essence of detailed design
and how OOD concepts carry over naturally to C++, Java and C#.
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Estimate project size, cost and schedule
Course Topics
1.
Introduction & Background
Problems with software development today
The Software Development Cycle: requirements, design
and implementation
What Object-Oriented design is
What UML is and where it came from
Using USE Cases to capture requirements
Exercise in creating USE cases
2.
Representing static software architecture with Classes
Characteristics and representation of classes
General concept of "Encapsulation"
Class attributes
Class methods and messages
General concept of "Inheritance"
Patterns: a rationale for Object-orientation
Expanded Use Cases
Using CRC cards(1) to
create the classes for a problem
Exercise in creating CRC cards(1)
3.
Objects as instances of classes
Characteristics within objects: names, birth,
death, multiplicity
Scope: public and private
General concept of "Abstraction"
Representations of relationships within and among
classes
Other characteristics: timing, triggers, clocks and
visibility
Concept of “Polymorphism”
Various development methodologies and how OOD fits
them
Exercise on relationships among objects
4.
Patterns in libraries for common class concepts
What is a pattern and anti-pattern
How to create useful (general) patterns
Some 23 common patterns
5.
Representing dynamic software behavior
State diagrams to capture and use history
Sequence & collaboration diagrams to capture
dependencies
Activity diagrams to capture design details
Databases, persistence and relation to
object-oriented design
How to estimate the staffing, schedule and cost of
an OOD project
Mapping OOD to C++ or Java
Special characteristics of real-time systems
Exercise on detailed design
6.
Using UML beyond design: package and other diagrams
Contracts to interface design with development
How to build testability into a design
How to gather customer data and use to improve a
system
How an Object-Oriented approach changes your
company
Introduction to Object-Oriented design tools
References
Note: If an OOD Software tool, such as Rational Rose
or Rhapsody, is available, it can be used instead of CRC cards.
Duration and Resources
The
course duration is seven hours, contained in one day.
Time, Date and Location
This
course is planned for the Fall 2004. Exact time, date and location will be announced
in the October Newsletter
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