NEWSLETTER OF
THE
MAY 2006
The web site for the
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Signal Processing Society Meeting
Notice
2. Communications
Society Meeting Notice
5. COTS
Logging Information Exchange (CLIX) Workshop
1. Signal Processing Society Meeting Notice
Topic:
Speaker:
Dr. Donald JG Chiarella
MIS Section Chief
Date:
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Time:
5:45 PM: Snacks.
6:00 PM: Talk begins.
Location:
Historical
410-765-0230
Directions below
Please respond to ronald_aloysius@ieee.org if you are planning to attend this meeting. Also, let me know if you will be joining us afterwards at Ruby Tuesdays for dinner so I can make reservations. Again, only the speaker’s dinner is paid for. The rest of us need to pay our own way.
Description:
This talk will be on the Maryland CHART System. CHART stands
for Coordinated Highways Action Response Team. Chart is a part of the
Biography:
Dr. Chiarella has 35 years experience as a civil servant
for the Navy, GSA, and the State Highways.
He has 3 years experience in the DOD contract sector. He is an adjunct
professor in Data Communications at
Dr. Chiarella is a member of the MD T2 Center - civil engineering and ITS systems. He is presently the Homeland Security Manager for SHA Office of Traffic and Safety in Motor Carrier Division. Dr. Chiarella has written 10 books, which can be found at www.lulu.com/donchiarella. He has built over 20 major software systems for the government in ADABAS/NATRURAL, COBOL/ADAMINT, Clipper, DBASE II, III, IV, RBASE 5000, PL/SQL, HTML on IBM Mainframes and PCs. He is also an expert on Oracle. He is certified in Computer Security Management and Data Resources Management. He is a member IEEE, MAA, USNI, AFCEA and alumni orgs.
Directions to HEM:
The Historical Electronics Museum (HEM) is located near BWI airport. The address for the HEM is:
Historical
410-765-0230
The directions for the HEM are as follows:
From
Route
Take West Nursery Road exit, turn left
at light and go through four stoplights.
Museum is on the left, next to the
Marriott Hotel.
From
Route 97
Turn right at sixth light onto
Turn right at second light onto
Museum is on the right, next to the
Marriott Hotel.
From
Route
Take West Nursery Road exit, stay right
on ramp.
Go through three stoplights.
Museum is on the left, next to the
Marriott Hotel.
From Route 195
Route 170 North (
Left at first light onto
Left at light onto
Right onto
Museum is on the right next to the
Marriott Hotel.
From Interstate 95
Exit onto I95 East to 295 North and
follow directions from
2. Communications Society Meeting Notice
Topic:
Circuit over Packet and Unified Access Control Solutions
Speaker:
Rob Jaeger
Date:
Tuesday May 2, 2006
Time:
5:30 PM: Food.
6:00 PM: Talk begins.
Location:
Historical
410-765-0230
Directions are given above under Signal Processing Meeting Notice.
Abstract:
Rob Jaeger will be briefing on two new technologies, namely, the Circuit over Packet and the Unified Access Control solutions. Circuit to Packet has been successful in carrying critical government circuit based applications over a converged IP infrastructure. The Unified Access Control solution ties the user identity, network identity, and endpoint status with network and endpoint policies to control resource access.
Biography:
Rob Jaeger is a Senior Systems Engineer at Juniper
Networks. He currently works with the
intelligence community to build highly secure and assured IP networks that
protect mission critical information.
Prior to working at Juniper, Rob worked for the NSA for 17 years and
consulted for Nortel Networks researching the application of Active Networking
to security and quality of service. Rob
received a BS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, an MS in Computer Science
from Johns Hopkins, and completed the doctoral coursework in Computer Science
at the
3. IEEE EMC Expo 2006
EMC Design for Working Engineers and Advances in Spectrum Effects
A practical
seminar designed to improve your efficiency as an engineer, product designer or
technical manager where you'll learn EMC Design for working engineers, trouble
shooting tips and strategies and advances in spectrum effects from the experts
in order to improve your E3 engineering skills. There are two tracks to
satisfy the broad interest range of members in our area.
Seminar Location:
The Holiday Inn
800-645-8277
The hotel is
located some 40 miles south of the
Date:
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Time:
8:00 AM to 5 PM, reception 5 PM to 8 PM
Place:
Waldorf Holiday Inn,
Exit the
Online registration and seminar details can be found at:
http://www.wll.com/Jun6seminar.shtml
4. Robot Challenge
The Robot Challenge was held at the Baltimore Museum of
Industry on April 22 and 23. 46 teams participated from 12 schools, and the
students and the judges appeared to be having a wonderful time. All students
did well, but the teams with the leading scores were from
The Quality of the Robots, the Written Reports and the Oral Presentations seem to be improving year by year, and there is a trend for the schools to be selecting more of the complex robots than when the Section first started this event 10 years ago.
The key to the success of this venture is the enthusiasm of the many judges, mentors and associates needed to make it happen. This year we were blessed with many such volunteers, and we would particularly like to thank the following: Ron Aloysius, Diamond Bell, John Blake, Dave Boyd, Carole Carey, Noel Castiglia, Jim Chesney, Joe Day, M. Kirk DeBeal, John Dentler, Kate Dentler, Ginnie Dentler, Jeff Friedhoffer, Pat Galante, Jay Gamerman, Jerry Gibbon, Boris Gramatikov, Charles Granderson, Ruby Huggins, Jeff Ingle, Steve Jarosinski, Terri Kamm, Dave Kisak, Brett Kutscher, Kemi Ladeji-Osias, JF Mergen, Rich Merrits, Tzer Leei Ng (Charlie), Alex Patriciu, Mike Pleva, Robert Runser, Steve Satzberg, Brian Sequeira, Bill Semancik, Bruce Schmickley, Ilya Schwartz, Marian Titerance, Brian Vigna, Dave Weaver, Keith Wible, Rachel Jacobs, Jeff Weiss, Walt Willing, John Zhangy.
This is a great activity for the Section, and it feels good that we are having a positive influence on the lives of about 300 students a year, a number of whom will become the future engineers of the next generation.
5. COTS Logging Information Exchange (CLIX) Workshop
May 17, 2006
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
National
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sponsoring a workshop to bring together leading practitioners interested in developing a COTS logging information standard.
The standard will reflect heightened Federal Government needs of accountability to support trusted information sharing.
The workshop agenda topics will include input from standards bodies on relevant current activities, industry and government current and future plans to deal with standardization of COTS logging information, and technical issues in creating a standard. The workshop will also facilitate discussion of:
* Challenges in developing a COTS logging information standard
* Idea for criteria and procedures by which a standard can be developed and adopted at the correct level of specificity to enhance security awareness while facilitating adoption
* Role for NIST, if any, to assist in development of a standard
The registration fee is $90 per person and includes admission to the one day workshop, morning continental breakfast and coffee breaks, lunch, and the proceedings. Pre-registration is required and must be completed before May 10, 2006. On-line registration is available at:
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/confpage/060517.htm
The agenda is at:
http://csrc.nist.gov/CLIX/Program.html.
Additional information on the CLIX workshop is available at:
http://csrc.nist.gov/CLIX/index.html.
6. Continuing EE Education
We are re-running this request for interest in a continuing education program. This program will be in the format of seminars focused on a particular topic of interest. The seminars may run either during the week after work hours or possibly on Saturday. The idea for the program is described below.
Name of project: Continuing EE Education (“CEEE”)
Goal: A section-level program aimed at:
Updating the IEEE members on new developments in the EE field.
Familiarizing engineers with basic new tools, products and techniques as well as giving them the initial knowledge and skills to use them.
Inviting representatives from different vendors to present leading novel products.
Giving tutorials in new areas.
Helping IEEE fellow members become more competitive, especially in times of uncertain jobs, off-shoring and salary stagnation.
Facilitating networking.
Broadening the horizon of each IEEE member.
Fostering collaboration between members of different societies as well as generation of new ideas (“cross-pollination” element).
The program should be open to all IEEE members, including students. It is meant to be a cross-societies initiative, i.e. should not be limited to narrow topics serving the interests of a single chapter only. Emphasis should be placed on meeting with experienced experts from different fields. Critical comparisons between different solutions of EE problems are expected to be made, and trends should be discussed.
Potential topics of interest could include, but are not limited to:
Software tools:
Programming languages
Compilers
Real-Time Operating systems
Debuggers
Emulators
Hardware tools:
Novel electronic components
Single-Board Computers (SBC)
Embedded solutions
FPGAs
Printed circuit board design (schematics capture, layout)
Circuit simulation (PSPICE)
Portable devices
Signal and image processing (examples, tools, help)
Wireless devices:
Theory
Standards
Available OEM products
Trends
Internet-based methods and devices:
Standards
Available tools
Contemporary design tools (like AutoCad and Solid Works)
Reliability and Compliance issues
We plan to invite qualified speakers from academia, industry and governmental institutions. The speakers will be professionals who can give first-hand information and share front-line experience on the technology, methods and tools being presented.
We plan to organize 2-4 meetings annually. Each meeting is planned to last for 2 hours or more. We could meet on weekdays, or on Saturdays.
Please send us your suggestions and preferences regarding topics, time and place of meetings, the name/acronym of the program etc.
Boris Gramatikov
Chair,
Bgramat@jhmi.edu