The
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers
IEEE
Palm Beach Section
eCommunicating to
1000 IEEE Members in
Palm
Beach,
Martin,
St.
Lucie,
Okeechobee,
Glades,
Hendry,
and Highlands,
Counties
eBulletin
UPDATED
Vol. 21, No 6
June 2004
CONTENTS
MEETING
INVITATION-SECTION EXCOM
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What:
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Section
Executive Committee Meeting
Discuss section activities.
Light meal will be served.
This meeting is open to all members
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When:
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Tuesday, July 13,
2004
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Room location is to be
determined. Check at school office.
Look for IEEE signs.
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Where:
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Boynton Beach
CHS
4975 Park Ridge Blvd
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Visit: www.mapquest.com
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Directions:
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*From I95, exit at
Gateway Blvd (Exit 59) and drive west to first
traffic signal.
This is High Ridge Rd. Turn left and drive 1 mile
through industrial park and enter campus. Campus
entrance is through metal gates and office is on
left.
*From western county areas, drive east on Gateway
Blvd and past Congress Ave for 1 mile to High Ridge
Rd. Turn right and drive 1 mile through industrial
park and enter campus.
Campus entrance is through metal gates and office
is on the left.
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RSVP:
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Reserve on-line,
www.weiquality.com/palmbeach
or email Richard Seibel
(561) 375-8079, by July 12.
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IEEE
2004 ANNUAL ELECTIONS
The
candidates for the election have been announced and the
offices and candidates are posted on the following website.
Please visit and view the names and each candidates
statements.
Ballots will be mailed September 1 and must be returned by
midnight October 31.
http://www.ieee.org/corporate/elections/candidates.xml
SOUTHEASTCON
2005 UPDATE
This conference is the annual IEEE Region 3 (Southeast US
and Jamaica) for Technical, Professional and Student
communities. It will be held in Ft Lauderdale from April 8
to 10, 2005. It is being cosponsored by the IEEE Broward
Section and Nova Southeastern University.
The conference committee is now issuing a "Call for Papers"
in 10 track programs. Visit the website at:
http://sec05.nova.edu
for further details. Authors Submission Deadline is November
1, 2004.
Program questions of a general nature can be directed to the
Technical Program/Proceedings Chair, Dr. Yair Levy,
WORKSHOP
ON WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA-CALL FOR
PAPERS
IEEE Sixth International Symposium on Multimedia Software
Engineering will be held from December 13 to 15, 2004 at
Florida International University, Miami, FL. MSE 2004 is an
international forum for researchers and practitioners in
multimedia and software engineering. In conjunction with
this conference, Florida Atlantic University Department of
Computer Science and Engineering will sponsor the "Workshop
on Wireless Multimedia" on December 14.
Topics of interest are: Multimedia over 3G Networks, Content
Adaptation and Multicasting in Wireless Environment.
There is also a call for papers (CFP). Submit an e-version
of the paper by June 10, 2004 to: wwm04@cse.fau.edu
Visit the conference website: www.cs.fiu.edu/MSE04
Visit the Workshop website: www.cse.fau.edu/~hari/wwm04
There is also a PDF CFP on the section website
homepage.
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE-CALL FOR
PAPERS
The 16th International Conference of Tools with Artificial
Intelligence (ICTAI 2004) will be held in Boca Raton from
November 15 to 17, 2004. A call for papers has been issued
for areas of artificial intelligence technology and the
deadline is July 2, 2004.
Visit the conference website:
www.cse.fau.edu/~ictai04/
POWER
ENGINEERING SOCIETY CONFERENCE-ELECTRICAL
INSULATION
IEEE International Symposium on Electrical Insulation 2004
(ISEI 2004) will held in Indianapolis, IN from September 19
to 22, 2004. This conference will focus on practical
applications of electrical insulation.
Visit:
www.deis.nrc.ca/isei2004.htm
IEEE
MEMBERSHIP
The IEEE is a non-profit, technical professional association
of more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175
countries. It produces 30 percent of the world's published
literature in electrical engineering and computers. Please
ask a colleague or friend to view these membership
opportunities by visiting this
website:
http://www.ieee.org/services/join/
SENIOR
MEMBERSHIP UPGRADE
The section is issuing two calls for this membership
benefit.
*If you are a member and seek to upgrade your level, please
send an email to the Membership Development Chair, Richard
Wu. He will be able to start the process. Please be patient.
This is not an instantaneous process
Visit the Senior Member home page for complete details.
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html
Please include Palm Beach Section as the nominating entity,
where applicable.
*If you are a Senior Member of Fellow and can act as a
nominator or reference for candidates, please send an email
to above.
FELLOW
PROGRAM
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred upon a person with an
extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE
fields of interest. If any member recognizes someone who has
demonstrated outstanding proficiency and distinction, please
consider or have someone else his or her nomination.
Visit the Fellows Program home page:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=about/awards/fellows&file=fellows.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
ASSOCIATE
AND AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
UPGRADE
If you are an Associate member or a Society Affiliate, you
can upgrade to Member status.
For Associate, visit:
http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/memelv.htm
For Affiliate, visit:
https://swww8.ieee.org/membership/Affiliate/affiliate.htm
IEEE
CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATE
Members can manage their personal profiles including email
address changes. Visit:
http://www.ieee.org/coa
SOUTH
FLORIDA SCIENCE MUSEUM MARS
EXHIBIT
The South Florida Science Museum is currently presenting an
exhibition called "Destination Mars".
Call (561) 832-1988 or visit:
www.sfsm.org
APHORISMS
The world seems to be full of people ready to share their
wit and wisdom in the form of aphorisms. Whether in the
workplace, in business or education, there always seems to
be one phrase or another to read and comprehend.
This section will not be a steady stream of such
communication. But cyberspace has provided a solution.
Visit "Aphorisms Galore" http://www.ag.wastholm.net/home/
EMPLOYMENT
RESOURCES
IEEE, Palm Beach section
and IEEE Region 3 have a number of resources available for
those seeking employment opportunities. As an example,
Florida Atlantic University recently offered its assistance
through the Career Center.
Contact James Watson
(561) 297-3536 or email,
For a complete list of
contacts, send an email to
SECTION
WEBSITE
Visit the section website: www.ieee.org/palmbeach
Updates are also being added.
Visit the Florida Council website: www.ieee.org/floridacouncil
This site lists IEEE activities for the twelve Florida
sections and also contains a calendar for meetings in other
sections which members can attend when traveling.
SECTION
EMAIL ADDRESS
Send an e-mail with feedback, suggestions or
subscribes/unsubscribes:
VOLUNTEERS
Please help the section and volunteer your time. There are
several openings including Secretary/Treasurer and Awards
and Recognition Chair.
Urgently needed are volunteers for Society activities. The
Computer and Signal Processing societies have had few
meetings this year. If you would like to give your time and
energy, these societies will accept volunteers for Co-Chairs
and other officer positions. The Power Engineering Society
also needs your help.
Send and email to the section chair.
or call (561) 375-8079.
MEETINGS
Meetings are open to both members and non-members. Please
take some time out of your busy schedule and come to one
meeting. Bring your spouse or a colleague from work. There
is generally no charge, except for tutorials and credit
courses. Please post meeting invitations at work; print a
copy of this eBulletin and distribute to colleagues.
ADVERTISING
Advertisements for companies seeking employees or
advertising products and services can be placed in the
eBulletin or on the website. Send a e-mail to the section
address. Members can also place an ad on the website gratis.
AND
FINALLY
From the New High-tech Dictionary 2.0, here are some
industry buzzwords.
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Fully
Compatible:
Upwardly Compatible:
New and Improved:
Beta:
Alpha:
Announced Date:
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Same old
features.
Lots of new bugs.
Totally incompatible.
Software that is not quite ready.
Software even the beta testers will not
install.
The date on which the product manager was hoping to
go on vacation.
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Courtesy, Valley of the Geeks.com
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