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September 2004
Volume 51, Number 3
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:
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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
September
2004
Sept. 1 – “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.
Sep. 8 – “The Legislative Side of The Engineers’
Career - What the Heck Is Congress Thinking?” - 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” bellatlantic.net).
Sep. 9 – “GPS
Applications for CDMA Digital Cellular Technology” - NJ VTS Chapter, 7:00
PM (pre-meeting buffet at 6:00 PM), Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd,
Whippany, NJ. Arthur Greenberg (973)
386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
Sept.
10-11 – “5th
Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems” –
IEEE MTT-S, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. http://www.emarket.gatech.edu/silicon.
Sept. 14 – “Invertible Data Hiding: Algorithms and Applications ” - 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).
Sept.
19-22 – “IEEE
International Symposium on Electrical Insulation” – IEEE Dielectrics and
Electrical Insulation Society, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. http://www.deis.nrc.ca/isei2004.htm.
Sep. 21 – “Adaptive Product Management” - NJ Computer
Chapter, 7:00 PM (pre-meeting buffet at 6:00 PM), Lucent Technologies, 67
Whippany Rd, Room 3C-210, 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).
Sep. 22-Dec. 1 – “Project Management” – North Jersey Section, North
Jersey Section, Wednesday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00 PM, NJ International
Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey City, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula
“AT” computer.org).
Sep.
23 – “Insurance and the Independent Consultant”
- NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM-10:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Sep.
26 – “North Jersey Section 50th Anniversary Spirit of
NJ Harbor Cruise” – NJ Section, 7:30 PM, Port Imperial Marina, Pershing
Circle, Weehawken, NJ.
Howard Leach (hhleach “AT” aol.com).
Sep. 27-Dec. 6 – “Advanced Java Programming” – North
Jersey Section, North Jersey Section, Monday Evenings, 10 sessions, 6:30-9:00
PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor,
Jersey City, NJ. Bhanu Chivakula (b.chivakula “AT” computer.org).
Sep. 29-Oct. 1 – “North East Sustainable Energy Association
Conference (NESEA)” – North Jersey Section, Trenton, NJ. IEEE members are needed to meet with their
state legislatures at a Reception on Thursday evening, September 30. Russell T. Harrison, Legislative
Representative - Grassroots Affairs, IEEE-USA (r.t.harrison
“AT” ieee.org), (202) 530-8326. Keep
alert for further E-Mail information.
Sep. 30 – “An Introduction to CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO” - NJ VTS
Chapter, 7:00 PM (pre-meeting buffet at 6:00
PM),
Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ. Stephen Wilkowski
(973) 386-6487 (swilkowski “AT” lucent.com) or Arthur
Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
Upcoming
Meetings
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.
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.
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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NJ
Computer Chapter:
Adaptive Product Management
On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, the IEEE North Jersey Section Computer
Chapter will host a presentation titled “Adaptive Product Management” by Vincent
Socci.
About the Talk
New product development
engineers promote adaptive prototyping as a method to manage unpredictable
engineering development. However,
project managers reject the business challenges, risks and uncertainties of the
adaptive development environment.
Adaptive Product Management (APM) bridges the gap between unpredictable,
adaptive technology development and predictive, practical product management
techniques.
The technical merits and
management challenges of using adaptive development in today's customer-centric
business environment are discussed. APM
forces a product development paradigm shift from execution of known constraints
to learning of unknown product potential.
A "pull" development strategy creates a lean, value-add product
development cycle. APM uses time-phased
product demands to map development. APM
implementation strategies, best practices and performance control warnings are
outlined. Participants will learn how to
effectively deploy APM in their organizations and new technology development
applications.
About the Speaker
Vincent Socci
is a product manager and cross-disciplined engineer (systems, HW, SW). His technology expertise includes embedded
systems, sensors and signal processing, power control systems, and
diagnostics. Mr. Socci
has over 15 years of experience in aerospace, automotive and defense
systems. He facilitates business and
technology courses for the State University of New York and the University of Phoenix. Mr. Socci holds an
MBA in technology management, and MS and BS degrees in electrical
engineering.
As Principal of On Target Technology Development, Mr. Socci
supports clients with technology planning, program management, systems
engineering and new product development.
He has applied the safety-critical design concepts presented in this
paper in aerospace, automotive, locomotive, marine, utility and medical
applications. He can be contacted at vsocci “AT” ontargettechnology.com.
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, Tuesday, September 21, 2004.
Pre-meeting buffet starts at 6:00 PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Room 3C-210, 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:
Insurance and the Independent Consultant
On
Thursday, September 23,
2004, the IEEE Consultants’ Network of Northern NJ
(CNNNJ) will host a talk on “Insurance and the Independent Consultant.”
About the Talk
Operating without a corporate
or employer’s umbrella, independent consultants need to understand well the
available options, particularly insurance options, to secure their business and
personal assets and provide for their healthcare. A panel of engineering consultants and
representatives from the insurance industry will discuss critical business,
liability, and health concerns and necessary insurance protection from the
viewpoint of the independent consultant.
The discussion will include:
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Which consulting businesses need insurance?
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What kinds of insurance do I need for my business?
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What options are available for
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Business property insurance?
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Business liability insurance?
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Health insurance?
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Where can I find group coverage?
The panel will take questions
from the audience.
About the
Panel
Engineers from the
Consultants Network of Northern NJ with successful consulting businesses will
speak on their experiences in purchasing and using insurance. Representatives from insurance firms will
explain the insurance options available in today’s market.
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, September 23, 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:
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 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.
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 Section PACE/GOLD/SAC:
The Legislative Side of The Engineers’ Career - What the
Heck Is Congress Thinking?
On
Wednesday, September 8,
2004, the North Jersey
Section PACE/ GOLD/Student Activities Committee will meet to discuss
Congress. IEEE-USA is coming to New
Jersey.
Russell T. Harrison, IEEE-USA Legislative Representative is up from Washington
to be our guest speaker.
About the Talk
What
the Heck is Congress Thinking?
IEEE-USA’s
Washington Lobbyists Russ Harrison will lead the discussion on Congress. He’ll explain what’s going on in Congress
today, and what engineers should expect in 2005. In particular, he will focus on H-1B visas,
immigration and other jobs issues.
The
business community is gearing up for a major effort to increase the number of
H-1B visas next year. IEEE-USA is
getting ready to fight back. Attend this
meeting and see how, and what the Section and individual engineers can do to
help.
About the
Speaker
Russell Harrison is a veteran
lobbyist with more than 9 years of experience influencing legislation in Washington.
He is the Legislative
Representative for Grassroots Activities for IEEE-USA and has spoken at the
PACE workshop, focusing on government affairs and activities that PACE
committees can organize.
In this position, he is
responsible for helping Sections and Members of IEEE-USA interact with, and
ultimately influence elected officials.
Prior to IEEE-USA, Russell directed
grassroots programs at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the American Iron and
Steel Institute. In these positions he
also raised over $300,000 in campaign contributions through the associations’
political action committees. He has also
represented the recycling and steel industries on Capitol Hill and in state
capitols on a variety of issues as a professional lobbyist.
Russ is presently working
with the Seattle, San Francisco and New Jersey Section PACE
committees on government relations. (See
Calendar for September events)
Russell has a BA in Political
Science, with minors in History and Communication, from Allegheny College, and a Masters in Public
Policy from the University of Maryland.
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/
Time: 6:30 to 9:00 PM, Wednesday, September
8, 2004. Free 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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2004-2005 Student
Activities Kickoff
Welcome
back to the beginning of a new year of student activities for the North Jersey
Section. This year promises to be filled
with new activities and events. We hope
you and your student branches will be participating in all of these events
throughout the 2004-2005 academic year. Also since the year is just getting started,
it is a good time for a refresher on what your branch must be doing to be
recognized by the IEEE. Information
about IEEE, student branch bylaws and forms to fill out is available on the
website given below.
To
start off with, if you have not had elections yet, it would be a good idea to
hold them and report to IEEE with the officer election form. Also coming up is a leadership workshop that
new (or potentially new) officers can attend to get essential training on
running a branch.
Your branch should fill out an annual plan of events in the fall and an
annual report in the spring. Part of the
reporting is on membership which qualifies the branch for per member
rebates. Its free money for turning in
the right forms by the right time.
Speaking of money, your branch should also plan fundraisers for basic
expenses. If you really want to get
started right, host one of these leadership workshops to learn the basics. Contact the organizer below.
So
what's happening this year? Lots of
things! Details of the event's exact
location, date, time, directions, and registration will become available on the
SAC website below. Free Student
Leadership Training Workshops in October, and
Professional Skills Development Workshop in November. Instead of just holding single workshops,
multiple individual workshops will be held at each university who wishes to
receive formal training at their local branch for this and upcoming year's
students. This holds true for both the
leadership and professional skills training.
If you would like to host these events then contact the organizer
below. The annual Paper Presentation
Contest is also planned for mid February/early March. This is a chance for students to showcase
their hard work on different projects worked on during the year. It is open to both graduate and undergraduate
students.
Last,
but not least, the SAC and GOLD committees are looking for volunteers who might
be graduating soon and would like to help out in the North Jersey Section. To find out how you can help, contact Amit Patel at a "DOT" j "DOT" patel "AT" ieee
"DOT" org and visit the new website at
http://ewh.ieee.org/r1/north_jersey/sac
You will find the latest
information updated there or you can
also join the mailing list to get regular reminders of different events.
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NJ
Signal Processing Chapter:
Invertible Data Hiding: Algorithms
and Applications
On September 14, 2004,
the IEEE North Jersey Section Signal Processing Society Chapter along with NJIT
will host a presentation on "Invertible Data Hiding: Algorithms and Applications." The speaker will be Dr. Yun
Q. Shi.
About the Talk
By lossless or invertible data hiding, it is meant that the
marked media can be inverted into the original media with no distortion at the
receiver after the embedded data are retrieved.
The techniques have been used for invertible
authentication, and is expected to have applications in the biomedical
and law enforcement fields, where distortion is not allowed for some legal
consideration. We first review the state
of the arts in this research area, and then classify all the techniques into
three categories. One is developed for
fragile authentication, one is for semi-fragile authentication, and the third
one is for large data embedding capacity.
A few most advanced algorithms in each category are introduced and their
applications and discussed.
About the
Speaker
Dr. Yun Q.
Shi has been a member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ since 1987, and is currently a
professor there. He obtained his BS
degree and MS degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; his MS and PhD degrees from the
University of Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include visual signal
processing and communications, digital multimedia data hiding, applications of
digital image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition to industrial
automation and biomedical engineering, theory of multidimensional systems and
signal processing. Some of his research
projects are currently supported by several federal and New Jersey State funding agencies. He is an author/coauthor of more than 160
papers (among which 50 are journal papers), a book on Image and Video Compression, and three book chapters on Image Data
Hiding. He holds two US patents and has other five US patents pending. He is an IEEE senior member, the chairman of
Signal Processing Chapter of IEEE North Jersey Section, an editorial board
member of International Journal of Image and Graphics, a member of IEEE
CASS Technical Committee of Visual Signal Processing and Communications as well
as Technical Committee of Multimedia Systems and Applications, a member of IEEE
SPS Technical Committee of Multimedia Signal Processing, an Associate Editor of
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II.
He has served as a guest editor for several special issues in some
journals. He was an IEEE CASS
Distinguished Lecturer, a co-general chair of IEEE 2002 International Workshop
on Multimedia Signal Processing, a formal reviewer of the Mathematical Reviews, an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing in the area of
Multidimensional Signal Processing.
Time: 4:45
PM
(refreshments and pizza available at 4:30 PM), Tuesday, September 14, 2004.
Place: New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT), Room 202, ECE Center, Newark, NJ. Directions are available at www.njit.edu.
Information: 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).
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VTS Chapter:
GPS Applications for CDMA Digital Cellular Technology
On Thursday, September
9, 2004 the Vehicular Technology Society will host a presentation
entitled “GPS Applications for CDMA Digital Cellular Technology” by Charles
Meyer.
About the Talk
The
Global Positioning System (GPS) has become an international resource with many
civilian applications. Although used
primarily to determine precise position information, it is also used in many
civilian applications for precise frequency control, time transfer and time
synchronization. CDMA digital cellular
technology is an example where GPS is critically used in this way. Additionally, some wireless emergency 911
services have recently begun to use mobile assisted GPS to locate mobile
users. This presentation explains some
of the fundamentals of GPS and how it has become a critical resource to the
wireless telecommunications industry.
About the
Speaker
Charles J. (Charlie) Meyer is
a Research and Development Member of the Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies
Bell Laboratories and a Senior member of the
IEEE. He has worked at Lucent on CDMA
digital cellular and GPS technologies for 10 years and has been awarded two US patents. Prior to Lucent, he worked on HDTV at the
Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC), and Boonton Electronics. He has presented papers on Peak Power
Measurements and Digital Communications at the Wireless Symposium, the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB), and the IEEE Broadcast Technology Symposium.
All Welcome!
Free admission. You do not have to be a member of IEEE to
attend. Pre-registration is
requested. Contact Arthur Greenberg at
(973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com) for reservations.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 9, 2004. Pre-meeting buffet will start at 6:00 PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981.
Information: Arthur Greenberg (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
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VTS Chapter:
An Introduction to CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO
On Thursday,
September 30, 2004 the Vehicular Technology Society will host a
presentation entitled “An Introduction to CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO” by Gabriela Abramovici.
About the Talk
1xEV-DO
is a CDMA2000 technology that provides wireless subscribers with high speed
data access. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is “data
optimized” and it is an approved 3G standard already deployed internationally
and in the US. The talk will explain the basics of the
1xEV-DO technology, its evolution plans and the integration with the Wireless
IP networks.
About the
Speaker
Gabriela Abramovici is a Member of
Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies Wireless System Engineering organization
in Whippany, NJ. She has an MSEE from the Bucharest Technical
Institute and had been with AT&T/Lucent Technologies since 1985 working in
5ESS switching and wireless access technologies. Gabriela had been involved in developing the
cdma2000 standards and Lucent products for both 3G-1x
and 1xEV-DO technologies.
All Welcome!
Free admission. You do not have to be a member of IEEE to
attend. Pre-registration is
requested. Contact Stephen Wilkowski at (973) 386-6487 (swilkowski
“AT” lucent.com) or Arthur Greenberg at (973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com)
for reservations or directions.
Time: 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 30, 2004. Pre-meeting buffet will start at 6:00 PM.
Place: Lucent Technologies, 67 Whippany Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981.
Information: Stephen Wilkowski (973) 386-6487
(swilkowski “AT” lucent.com) or Arthur Greenberg
(973) 386-6673 (ahg1 “AT” lucent.com).
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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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Immigrant Worker Debate
Remains a Hot Topic
The refueled debate over
immigration has some thinking that corporations may press Congress for another
H-1B increase. With the H-1B visa limit
now set at 65,000, concern is growing about companies that seek talent from
other countries misusing the L-1 visa program to make up for the smaller H-1B
pool. Professional organizations and
interest groups are divided on the visa caps issue.
http://www.todaysengineer.org/mar04/debate.asp
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U.S.
Lifts Restrictions on IEEE Publishing
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
ruled on 2 April that the IEEE's publishing process is exempt from OFAC
regulations and licensing requirements for scholarly papers submitted by
authors from Cuba, Iran, Libya, and Sudan.
For more information about the ruling, visit
http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=newsinfo&file=OFACruling.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
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IEEE-USA Testifies for Balance
in Copyright Policy
WASHINGTON
(22 July 2004) - Copyright owners should not be permitted to restrict the
development of technology having non-copyright-infringing uses, unless the developer
actively and independently induces a copyright infringement, Andrew C.
Greenberg testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
Greenberg,
vice-chair of the IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) and an
attorney with Carlton Fields, P.A. of Tampa, Fla., testified on the Inducing
Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (S.2560). IEEE-USA believes that neither the bill nor
the status quo adequately balances the interests of those who create digital
copyrighted content and those who create the technology to deliver, or
otherwise make use of that content.
"We
are mindful that new technologies may be misused to infringe a copyrighted
work, and some will promote that to their own benefit," Greenberg
testified. "At the same time, we
are concerned that the Copyright Act must not be changed in ways that would
inhibit research and development of novel technologies before their social
value can be demonstrated."
IEEE-USA
believes that it should not be an indirect infringement of a copyright to
manufacture, distribute, or provide a hardware or software product or process
capable of substantial non-infringing use, unless the manufacturer, distributor
or maker actively induces the infringement of a copyrighted work by another.
"The
challenge facing the Senate is to find a solution that allows the true
copyright infringers to be dealt with in the legal system, while not
restricting leading-edge technologies that might be used in making copies, both
infringing and non-infringing," said Glenn Tenney,
chair of IEEE-USA's IPC. "At the
same time, non-infringing copying must be allowed to continue."
IEEE-USA, in the appendix of its
written testimony, proposes substitute language for S.2560 to achieve these
goals. For more information, go to
http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/policy/2004/072204.html.
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President's Column
John
W. Steadman
2004
IEEE-USA President
IEEE-USA
recently joined with leading scientific, engineering and higher-education
organizations in a statement to federal policymakers urging them to address
problems with the nation's visa-processing system that are adversely affecting
international scientific and technical collaborations.
The
statement, in part, said: "We strongly support the federal government's
efforts to establish new visa policies and procedures to bolster security;
however, we believe that some of the new procedures and policies, along with a
lack of sufficient resources, have made the visa-issuance process inefficient,
lengthy and opaque. We are deeply
concerned that this has led to a number of unintended consequences detrimental
to science, higher education and the nation."
With
heightened security following 9/11, the IEEE (and IEEE-USA) began receiving
increased requests from non-U.S. IEEE members for assistance with problems
traveling to and from the United States, including:
·
Delays in visa processing that make it difficult
for IEEE members abroad to participate in U.S.-based conferences.
·
Denial of entry visas on various
discretionary grounds, often without explanation or opportunity to appeal.
·
Decisions by student members in the U.S. not to travel abroad to
visit family or participate in international technical conferences because of
concerns they might not be allowed to return to school.
These
situations are affecting the IEEE's ability to function as a volunteer
organization. They have created an
incentive to move IEEE technical conferences and standards development
activities out of the United States to facilitate
international participation, with lost benefits to the U.S. economy. And most importantly, they are contributing
to the increasing perception that our nation is a less-attractive destination
for scientific and engineering training and research collaborations. This has negative implications for our
country and its ability to remain technologically competitive in a global
economy.
The
General Accounting Office (GAO), at the request of Congress, investigated these
problems and released a report earlier this year: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04371.pdf. The GAO
confirmed significant processing delays because of various problems, including
a lack of computer-system interoperability used by different federal agencies
in the screening process. The GAO
report, highlighted in a February hearing of the House Science Committee,
recommended that "the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Director of the FBI and the Secretary of Homeland Security, develop and
implement a plan to improve the security check process."
We
hope these improvements will help increase our homeland security by eliminating
incompatible systems and streamlining processes that consume limited resources
without adding a discernible security benefit, and by providing visa screeners
with the information they need on a timely basis to make informed judgments
about scientific and technical visitors.
In short, a more efficient system is a more secure system.
One
concept not addressed in the statement, but now being discussed in Washington, is creation of a new
special visa for foreign scientists and engineers of stature in the research community,
who are employed in well-established international research activities, and who
need to make multiple visits to the United States for that purpose.
A
number of our members have asked me how this statement squares with IEEE-USA's
position on the H-1B non-immigrant visa, which calls for limits and safeguards
to ensure that temporary workers are paid prevailing wages and not used to
displace U.S. high-tech workers. We view these as two distinct issues. The visa-processing statement relates to
improvements needed in the systems for screening of non-immigrant scientific
and technical visitors to the United States, such as non-U.S.
members seeking to attend U.S.-based IEEE technical conferences. It would not affect the issuance of H-1B
visas, or expand the number of H-1B workers permitted to enter the country for
employment.
You
can read the multi-society statement on-line at: http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/POLICY/2004/051204.pdf.
We
welcome your feedback on the statement and on other proposals such as special
visas for "trusted" scholars.
We'd also like to hear about your own visa experiences as you travel in
the U.S. and abroad. Send your comments to president “AT”
ieeeusa.org.
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High-Tech Employment Shrinks in
Second Quarter, Despite Positive Signs on Unemployment Rates
WASHINGTON
(26 July 2004) - The number of employed computer professionals dropped from the
first to second quarters, according to data compiled by the Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
At the same time, high-tech unemployment rates also fell.
BLS
reported a decline of 131,000 employed computer software engineers in the
second quarter vs. the first quarter (725,000 vs. 856,000). Employed computer scientists and systems
analysts have fallen 51,000 (621,000 vs. 672,000) during the same period, while
computer hardware engineers dropped 3,000 (83,000 vs. 86,000). Computer programmers experienced a fall of
16,000 (575,000 vs. 591,000).
Bucking
the trend, the number of employed electrical and electronics engineers (EEs) rose by 24,000 from the first to second quarters
(351,000 vs. 327,000). The increase,
however, is still below the 363,000 quarterly average
in 2003.
"The
EE employment figure is encouraging, and we're interested to see if the trend
continues," IEEE-USA President John Steadman said. "But we're most concerned with our
shrinking high-tech workforce, much of which is attributable to the offshoring of high-tech jobs."
BLS
reported the EE unemployment rate, which stood at 5.3 percent in the first
quarter, was 0.8 percent in the second quarter.
While the increase in EE employment would indicate a falling unemployment
rate, sampling errors could account for the substantial quarterly decrease,
according to statistical consultant Richard Ellis of Ellis Research
Services. A rate for computer hardware
engineers wasn't reported because no one in this job classification among the
survey population claimed to be unemployed last quarter.
The
unemployment rate for computer software engineers fell from 3.3 percent in the
first quarter to 2.9 percent in the second.
For computer scientists and system analysts, the rate went from 6.7
percent to 4.0 percent; for computer programmers it fell from 9.5 percent to
5.7 percent.
"Sadly, part of the
unemployment improvements might be because some technical professionals have
become discouraged and are leaving the field," Steadman said.
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IEEE North Jersey Section Newsletter Advertising
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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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FOCUS: CURRENT TOPICS IN RF AND MICROWAVE
COMMUNICATION
Thursday,
October 7, 2004
Prime
Hotel & Suites (formerly Radisson Hotel Fairfield)
690
Route 46 East, Fairfield NJ (973) 227-9200
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- 9:30 AM TO 6:00 PM – Mini-Show
Featuring Latest Products (Approx. 30-40 Exhibitors)
- 9:00 AM TO 5:30 PM -
Technical Sessions
·
10–12 Lectures Featuring Speakers from Leading Companies
with Emphasis on Military
Electronics, Wireless Technologies and Microwave Communications.
Details of the schedule, speakers and topics can
also be found at the IEEE North Jersey Section Homepage:
http://web.njit.edu/~ieeenj/NEWSLETTER.html
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).
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM OR SHOW
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North Jersey Section 50th Anniversary Spirit of
NJ Harbor Cruise
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of
the North Jersey Section of the IEEE, the Executive Committee has agreed to
provide a $25.00 subsidy per ticket for members and one significant other for
the Spirit of New Jersey Harbor Cruise on Sunday, September 26th.
The Spirit of New Jersey leaves
Sunday evenings at 7:30 PM on a three hour dinner cruise from
Port Imperial Marina, Pershing Circle, Weehawken, NJ.
It travels down the Hudson past the Statue of Liberty, up the East River under the Brooklyn Bridge, and then returns. The cruise features live entertainment, a DJ,
and an all-you-can-eat buffet that includes beef, poultry and seafood with
fresh vegetables, salad, rolls with butter, and dessert. For more information, refer to: http://www.spiritcitycruises.com/NewJersey/index.html.
Boarding starts one hour before the 7:30 PM cruise. Directions to Port Imperial are available on
their web site at: http://www.portimperial.com/directions.htm. Currently,
parking fees are $8.00 per vehicle.
Two tickets can be purchased by each
IEEE member of the North Jersey Section who would like to attend up to 50
tickets at this time. To purchase your
ticket(s), fill out the following application.
The current full price is $64.00 per person. You can purchase them for $39.00 each. The Section tickets will be picked up and
passed out during September 26th boarding.
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50th North Jersey Section
Anniversary Cruise Application for tickets:
Name(s):____________________________________________________________
IEEE Membership number:_______________________________________________
Address with zip:______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________ Email for ticket
confirmation: _______________________
Number of tickets: _____ Check amount either
$39.00 (1) or $78.00 (2): ____________
Please make
checks payable to: IEEE North Jersey
Section
Note, no refunds unless your tickets are purchased by other
members.
Applications must be received no later than
Thursday, September 16th.
Send
completed application to
Howard
Leach
11 Beech Drive
Morris Plains, NJ
07950
For additional
information, contact Howard Leach at h.leach “AT”
ieee.org or (973) 540-1283.
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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
·
Wiring methods, materials and protection
·
Equipment for general use
·
Special occupancies and conditions
·
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_______________
Add
$25 late fee after Oct. 15
Mail to:
Kenneth Oexle
11 Deerfield Road
Whippany, NJ 07981
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
Project
Management
Wednesday
Evenings, September 22, 2004 through December 1, 2004
(No class on November 24)
10
weekly classes (September 22, 29 ,October 6, 13, 20,
27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 2004)
NJ
International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey
City, NJ
(Checks should not be mailed to this address)
The North Jersey Section IEEE is offering an evening
course entitled "Project Management".
Dice.com lists 1500+ 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 2003 software, you
will learn to accomplish various project plans.
In addition, it will greatly enhance your business, communications and
interpersonal skills.
The IEEE certificate of completion will be given to
you when you complete the course. You
may wish to take two Certification exams, one in Project Management administered by Project Management Institute and
the other in IT Project+ by CompTIA Inc.
Instructor:
Donald Hsu, Ph.D., has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an
experienced trainer. Since 1999, he has
trained 230+ people in IT Project+, MS
Project 2003, and Project Management courses in six 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
Class size will be limited to
a maximum of 25 with a minimum of 15.
Early registration is recommended.
Phone reservations will NOT be accepted.
Reservations accepted after September 10, 2004 will require a late fee
of $25. No reservations will be accepted
after September 15, 2004.
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WHERE:
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NJ International Bulk Mail
Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey City,
NJ. (Checks should not be mailed to this address)
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WHEN:
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10 Wednesdays, September 22,
29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, December 1, 2004, 6:30-9:00
PM.
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COST:
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With textbook or notes:
IEEE (& affiliate) members $375; Non-IEEE members $475.
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CONTACT:
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Bhanu Chivakula -email b.chivakula “AT” computer.org
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REGISTRATION: Project Management
Please send checks payable to
"North Jersey Section IEEE" with filled in registration forms to
Bhanu Chivakula, Chair - Education Committee, IEEE North Jersey
Section, 19 Prestwick Way, Edison, NJ 08820
Name: / Mr. /
Mrs. / Miss / Ms. / _____________________________________________ _________________________________
˙ Non-member Çemail addressČ
˙ 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
Registration status will be
mailed after September 15, 2004. Phone
inquiries concerning registration will NOT be honored. In general, the effective date of the
application corresponds to the date when BOTH a fully completed
application/registration and payment are received.
˙ Tuition receipt will be mailed only if this box is
checked Signature:___________________________________________
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IEEE North Jersey Section Course
Advanced Java
Programming
Monday Evenings, September 27, 2004 through December 6, 2004
10 weekly classes (September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25,
November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 2004 (No class on Nov. 29)
NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey
City, NJ
(Checks should not be
mailed to this address)
The North Jersey Section
IEEE offers an evening course titled "Advanced Java Programming”. 2.5 million Java Programmers are currently
working on all types of commercial projects in the world, ranging from cell
phone/PDA, to UNIX server, to mainframe data-warehouses. This course covers various server side
programming techniques. The prerequisite
for this course is any programming language (Cobol, C,
C++, Java, Visual Basic, etc).
Instructor:
Donald Hsu, Ph.D., has been a corporate manager for 11 years and is an
experienced trainer. Since 1997, he has
trained 250+ people in Java Programming and Advanced Java Programming courses
in six organizations.
TOPICS
1.
Explain the concept of Multithreading and Collections
2.
Distinguish different types of Java Servlets
and Networks
3.
Define the use of Java Database Connectivity and Remote Method
Invocation
4.
Identify the details of Advanced Swing and Advanced AWT
5.
Construct Enterprise Java Beans and Cold Fusion
6.
Analyze Firewall Security and Internationalization issues
7.
Contrast ASP vs JSP, Corba
vs Dcom, Jini, Soap, J2ME
8.
Build XML, Apache and advanced Multi-tier Web Servers
9.
Employ SunOne Studio, IBM WebSphere,
Bea WebLogic
10.
Complete Server projects using development tools
11.
Present real-world Server projects
Class size will be limited to a maximum of 25 with a
minimum of 15. Early registration is
recommended. Phone reservations will NOT
be accepted. Reservations accepted after
September 15, 2004 will require a late fee of
$25. No reservations will be accepted
after September 20, 2004.
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WHERE:
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NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd,
Class Room #2, 3rd Floor, Jersey City, NJ. (Checks
should not be mailed to this address)
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WHEN:
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10 Mondays, September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25,
November 1, 8, 15, 22, December 6, 2004, 6:30-9:00
PM.
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COST:
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With textbook or notes: IEEE (& affiliate)
members $380; Non-IEEE members $450.
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CONTACT:
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Bhanu Chivakula -email b.chivakula
“AT” computer.org
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REGISTRATION: Introduction to
Java Programming
Please send checks payable to "North Jersey
Section IEEE" with filled in registration forms to
Bhanu
Chivakula, Chair - Education Committee, IEEE North Jersey Section, 19 Prestwick Way, Edison, NJ 08820
Name: / Mr. / Mrs. / Miss / Ms. / _____________________________________________ _________________________________
˙ Non-member Çemail
addressČ
˙ 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
Registration status will be mailed after September 20, 2004. Phone
inquiries concerning registration will NOT be honored. In general, the effective date of the application
corresponds to the date when BOTH a fully completed application/registration
and payment are received.
˙ Tuition receipt will be
mailed only if this box is checked Signature:___________________________________________
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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:
·
Use "Use Cases" to capture the customer expectations for a
system
·
Use CRC cards(1) as a tool to capture the object-oriented design
entities: classes, their attributes and methods
·
Create "Class Diagrams" to define the classes that make up
the essence of the system
·
Recognize that a library of Patterns already describe most common
situations
·
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
·
Show how the definition of Contracts is the essence of detailed design
and how OOD concepts carry over naturally to C++, Java and C#.
·
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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