GOLDRush
JUNE 2010
The quarterly newsletter of IEEE GOLD for young professionals
WELCOME FROM THE 2010 MGA GOLD CHAIR William Sommerville Dear IEEE GOLD members,
IN THIS ISSUE Readers’ Forum
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GOLD Member Profile
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GOLD News
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IEEE GOLD Affinity Group Profile
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Peer-Reviewed Contributions
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Notices
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GOLD Committee
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HIGHLIGHTS IEEE GOLD MGA Meeting
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IEEE GOLD & WIE New Hampshire AG Profile
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Breaking into IT Security
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Do we still need data compression?
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THz Waves: Possible Sources for Endoscopic Ultrasound Medical Imaging
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It is said that 99% of the people in the world want to do a good job. People go to work, go to school, and interact with their families with good intentions and not always good results. It can be tremendously frustrating when hard work leads to failure and when sincere efforts lead to hurt feelings. I suppose that this helps us appreciate our wins even more when we are successful. Failure is not a sign of weakness, in fact quite the opposite. As one of the world greatest leaders, Sir Winston Churchill once said “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” We, the IEEE Graduates of the Last Decade, are at a difficult time in our lives in part because of the inevitable failures we must encounter as our careers develop. I have had my share of failures before – and frankly I am thankful for them. Every failed relationship, failed job, and failed opportunity has given me the humility, wisdom, and patience that I need to advance myself both personally and professionally. These mistakes have certainly not made me into a failure – but rather they have allowed me to become successful. One of my favorite aspects of the GOLDRush newsletter is the opportunity to gather wisdom from people all over the world who
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are not so different than me. We are a community of young professionals and graduate students with similar interests, goals, and a shared vision of a better world. We are looking for opportunities to make a difference in the world and use our technical skills for good purposes. So what makes an engineer or an academic good? How can we make that positive impact? How do we get our names known? Some people might say that we need to fight for a good cause, like alternative energy or fighting diseases. My contention is that we simply need to learn from our failures
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“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” - Sir Winston Churchill and become as good at our jobs as we can possibly get. A good, competent engineer will create more jobs and generate more value in the world than a mediocre engineer fighting for a good cause.
This is why I am involved with IEEE and why I read every edition of GOLDRush. My goal is to become as good as I can be as an engineer and as a person so that I can do more and make a bigger impact in the world. They say 99% of people want to do a
good job, but eventually I intend to be doing a fantastic job. Will Sommerville 2010 MGA GOLD Committee Chair
United Through Diversity By Timothy Wong, IEEE GOLDRush Editor
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elcome to the June edition of the IEEE GOLDRush newsletter. One of the things that have continued to amaze me about the IEEE as a worldwide professional organization is the diversity found from within. When I think about it, the world is really made much smaller by the IEEE community and is an exciting organization to be a part of because of the people, one of its greatest assets. I am constantly and fondly reminded that our world is not homogeneous. The world is made up of this colorful spectrum of diverse people from all walks of life. Through this, I find myself constantly empowered to strive for excellence and to dare to dream and dare to not stop dreaming. As an organization we need to embrace this diversity if we are to continue to prosper, grow, support and learn from each other.
and the world around us. The power is in our hands to advance the profession, society and technology for the benefit of mankind. With all of this comes the responsibility of ensuring that we make the wisest decisions. The world
volunteers who attended this meeting came from all walks of life and different parts of the world including Australia, Bolivia, New Zealand, India, The Netherlands, South Africa, South America, Singapore, Canada and the USA. There was a buzz of excitement and intent within the meetings, which resulted in a united front in the strategic planning sessions, aimed at achieving the very purpose of IEEE GOLD. The main purpose of this meeting was to plan the direction of GOLD to continue to better serve IEEE members. There was certainly that warm fuzzy feeling from volunteers who have sacrificed many hours of their spare time to make IEEE a better place for its members and the world. Through the times, many IEEE volunteers have become close friends. They laugh and cry together, celebrate their successes, learn from their failures and support each other through the
“The slogan „Networking the World‟ once again continues to apply” IEEE is a truly fantastic organization when it comes to embracing and supporting diversity. It has a worldwide presence with a strong membership base of over 380,000 members in 160 countries which is continuing to grow. Of this, there are over 50,000 young professionals who belong to IEEE GOLD. This is truly something we should be proud of and celebrate. As young professionals we are the future of the organization and agents of change. The decisions we make today will no doubt affect the IEEE, our future way of life
is counting on us to make it a better place. We should aim to look both outwards as well as inwards in our day to day decision making to ensure that we make the most informed and best choices possible. On May 22-23, the joint Member and Geographical Activities (MGA) GOLD and Student Activities Committee (SAC) meetings were held in New Brunswick in the state of New Jersey, USA. This meeting united both IEEE staff and volunteers of various diversities from the different IEEE regions. The
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times. This meeting reminded me of how we as professional volunteers are united through altruism and diversity through the IEEE. Altruism is a common trait among volunteers who have an unselfish devotion and concern towards serving the wider community. At this meeting new friendships were formed and old friendships strengthened among the IEEE staff and volunteers. The spirit of volunteering was well and truly alive and only became stronger. The slogan
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IEEE GOLD around the world. I am pleased to announce that from this edition onwards, we will be profiling a GOLD affinity group from the different worldwide IEEE regions. In this edition we take a look at the New Hampshire joint GOLD and Women In Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group, reader’s forum, GOLD News around the world and three peer reviewed articles, which have been selected by our editorial team. We hope that you enjoy reading what this edition has to offer. We are always interested in hearing from you about your thoughts on GOLDRush. If you have any suggestions or comments on the content or direction of IEEE GOLDRush, please send your feedback to timothy.wong@ieee.org. Timothy Wong 2010 IEEE GOLDRush Editor In Chief
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“Networking the World” continues to apply as many new friendships are made around the world through networking within the IEEE. Be sure to take a look at the featured article on the GOLD meeting in this edition of IEEE GOLDRush. There has been a working group established for IEEE GOLDRush at the MGA GOLD meeting to develop our strategic direction with the vision that “GOLDRush will be the leading source of information for young IEEE professionals”. It is our very mission to ensure that GOLDRush continues to provide relevant information to empower, enlighten, and engage young professionals. With the ever changing environment in which publishing occurs, IEEE GOLDRush must and will continue to evolve to engage you, our valued reader. It has been an exciting past three months since the last edition of GOLDRush, with many ground breaking events happening in
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READERS’ FORUM Your questions and opinions
A young researcher in the 21st century will find themselves faced with a lot of challenges in today’s dynamic world. Global issues relating to the economy, environment and terrorism make media headlines and this raises many questions in the mind of the young researcher. With so many other issues taking up media and political attention, a young researcher has many reasons to believe that commitment towards research and development is lacking from authorities. However, they will probably soon realize that it has always been like this. The researcher finds themselves to be a “problem solver” and not a “problem maker”. With this belief they set out and take on the challenges in solving problems in a highly dynamic world. They look around and see many who are in the same position as them. There are people who have trodden the path of research and development and have much more experience than them. The timeline for career progression through research and development has always been there. They realize that those who have trodden this path have made a significant difference in the world and left a legacy for their successors, who subsequently realize this fact and see the evidence for themselves. A sense of respect arises, in the mind of the budding researcher, for all who have lived their lives as the “problem solvers”. The budding researcher realizes that they carry on the legacy of their predecessors and will eventually build upon what previous researchers have already discovered. The young researcher realizes that there are many others like them trying to solve a problem. This problem they are solving is generally part of a bigger problem. Every researcher sees a part of the whole problem and tries to find optimal solutions for it, thus, in a way contributing towards finding a
solution to the bigger problem. It is just like a cartwheel wherein everyone contributes little by little and with the joint effort makes the wheel turn. Suddenly the realization of responsibilities and expectations dawns in the minds of the young researcher in the 21st century. They find themselves to be an
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The Young Researcher in the 21st century
Express your opinions on GOLDRush articles and ask questions to the authors by submitting a letter to the GOLDRush Readers’ Forum. Send your submissions to GOLDRush@ieee.org before 6 August 2010 for inclusion in the September 2010 edition. Submissions must be no more than 200 words and may be edited if necessary. We look forward to hearing your thoughts!
inventions of preceding researchers and to their great surprise finds that most of the tools are inspired from nature or are nature’s gifts. They realize that every problem is just like a big puzzle whose solution is waiting to be unravelled in nature. A sense of curiosity arises in the heart of the young researcher which had till now been hidden in a plethora of confusion and dismay. The young researcher is inspired to unlock the hidden mysteries and decipher the puzzle, and so focuses on devising new innovative solutions to solve problems. The researcher learns from predecessors and then creates new innovative algorithms for solving complex problems. The young researcher knows that their hard work will make a significant impact in the lives of people. They find that their toolbox is full of sophisticated equipment that is not only being inspired by nature but also developed by their predecessors in order to face the challenging problems affecting society. In the end, they feel lucky to be a part of the global IEEE research community who continuously decipher and solve problems for the better of mankind. Dr. Manish Kakar
integral part of the future. A future which they have the power to shape and influence. It gives them a sense of pride and honor to take forward the legacy of their predecessors for the progress and empowerment of mankind. The next question arising in the mind of the budding researcher is what their contribution in the field is and what kinds of tools they have. They look around at the discoveries and
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MEMBER PROFILE Aisha Yousuf
Career description: I recently graduated from the University of Michigan – Dearborn with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering and my bachelor’s in EE is also from the same university. I will be starting my new position with GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY at the end of June 2010. I love research in Artificial Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision and the most exciting thing about this field is its wide applicability. During my research at grad school I worked on projects such as intelligent vehicle power management, implementation and detection of watermarks in images, and multi-modal biometrics. While in school, I also had a chance to work on some fun and challenging internships. At Charles River Analytics in Cambridge, MA I worked on hidden target detection using LADAR for Air force. While at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, I designed their very first automatic ultrasound quality evaluation system that uses intelligence to find targets of interest in ultrasound images and applies various evaluation methods to
determine how well the objects of interest are depicted in the ultrasound image. I am looking forward to exploring many exciting new research opportunities and challenges at GE and also pursuing a PhD in a few years. What are your personal interests (i.e. hobbies)?: I love swimming and I try to swim at least twice a week. I also enjoy reading a lot although I mostly prefer fiction. Travelling and being outdoors is another one of my passions. While travelling to far and exotic places is always exciting, I really think that you don't always have to take long expensive vacations to relax and have fun and you never know what you might find in your own "backyard". I also collect postcards from places I have been to. How has IEEE helped your career?: I got involved in IEEE as a student and IEEE has helped in all aspects of my career. I gained leadership skills from starting an inactive student branch to hosting my first student professional awareness conference. In addition, I gained many other skills such as proposal writing and getting funding; skills that are vital to a research career. I also got my first internship (with a leading research role) through the IEEE jobsite. I make sure to read IEEE articles or attend webinars that discuss topics not taught in schools such as how to negotiate a salary and ways to ensure that employers see your resume. IEEE has been essential in connecting me
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to people who have helped shape my career and also many professionals that I now consider friends. Having a global IEEE presence and a network of people world-wide also helped when moving to new places for work. And most importantly, I use IEEE to do almost all my research and to stay up to date with new research and technologies. Any words of advice for young professionals?: Being a recent grad and having gone through many interviews, I would really like to emphasize the importance of IEEE involvement to young professionals. Employers do ask about professional and leadership activities in interviews. During one of my interviews, one of the managers was very impressed with the fact that I was the publicity chair for one of IEEE's international conferences, a kind of experience that he said that even he didn't have. Another employer mentioned that they also look at professional activities when considering promotions for their current employees. So IEEE is beneficial for not only getting job but getting ahead in your career as well. Having IEEE volunteer experience really counts as it gives you skills that most other young professionals don't have and puts you one step ahead. Most importantly you build your professional networks, something that you won't be doing sitting at your desk at work. Getting involved in IEEE is one of the many ways your IEEE membership works for you and you should make the most of your IEEE membership.
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GOLD NEWS From around the world
Mind the Gap By Greg Hovagim (New Hampshire WIE/GOLD Joint Affinity Group) The New Hampshire Women In Engineering (WIE) /Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) affinity group held three University Graduation Luncheons to support the graduating students in their transition to young professionals and to encourage younger students to get and stay involved with the IEEE. Each luncheon was a success and we believe that our efforts to “mind the gap� between student membership and the larger IEEE Community will be fruitful. The luncheons were held at local restaurants near
IEEE Hyderabad STEP By Prashant Venkatasubban (Secretary, GOLD Hyderabad Affinity Group )
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he IEEE Hyderabad GOLD affinity group hosted the Student Transition Elevation Partnership Program (STEP) at NIT Warangal and DIET Vizag on the 27th of May 2010. Both of the STEP events were largely interactive with a good number of students showing up. The STEP events were conducted with the objective of helping students transition to a professional life ahead of their student days. The event mainly focused on 2 topics of interaction: 1) Crafting a successful engineering career 2) Entrepreneurship as a viable career option The speakers for both of these topics were IEEE Section Members who have been largely successful in their career. All of the speakers stressed the importance of IEEE
Pictured: Graduating students enjoying lunch with the New Hampshire WIE/GOLD affinity Group. the universities where over twenty six (26) students discussed their post-graduation plans and learned about GOLD. Events were held on April 22, UNH Manchester & Daniel Webster College; April 30, Dartmouth College; May 2, UNH Durham. This is the sec-
ond year that graduation luncheons were hosted by NH WIE/GOLD, and we hope this will continue as an annual event. Best wishes to all new graduates!
Membership and how it could help fuel the right career growth. The speakers gave many inspiring examples from their own experiences and those of their colleagues of how IEEE membership could be useful. STEP Event at NIT Warangal The event had two guest speakers which included Mr. H. Niranjan, a Senior Engineer from Google India and Mr. B. Satyam, cofounder and Managing Director of Neo-Silica. The near 100 strong audience were mainly senior year students with a mix of junior and sophomore year students from 5 different colleges in the Warangal zone. Both IEEE members and non-members were in attendance. The event kicked off with high tea where the students, speakers and student branch counselor had an informal interaction and got introduced to each other. This was followed by a presentation by Mr. U Niranjan from the GOLD team welcoming the audience and delivering the introductory speech. The first speaker, Mr. B. Satyam enthralled the audience with an interactive and
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Pictured: STEP Event at DIET Vizag. informative session on entrepreneurship. He showed the audience ways to develop the "attitude of an entrepreneur" and the importance of entrepreneurship in a developing country like India. The second speaker, Mr. H. Niranjan presented on "Transitioning from student life to professional life". His humorous remarks and anecdotes from his life experiences turned out to be very informative for the senior year students. Both of the speakers were also IEEE members and they spoke about the importance of continuing IEEE
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GOLD NEWS From around the world membership for senior year students entering the professional world. The speakers were impressed with the turnout and quality of interaction, with the students enlightened and hopefully, convinced to continue with their IEEE membership. STEP Event at DIET Vizag Around 180 students from the different colleges around Vizag attended this event. Dr. Nagarajan of CouthIT, the founder of a successful start-up in 1999, spoke on Entrepreneurship as a career option. He led the crowd with a presentation that encouraged interaction through series of questions and answers. The perspective of an Entrepreneur was propagated among the crowd. He spoke about the ideals of risk taking, listed the simple rules of entrepreneurship and shared his
Pictured: One Section of the Audience - STEP at NIT Warangal. experiences during the start-up stage of his firm. The students were excited with the idea of entrepreneurship and many of them wanted to choose the path as a career. Asankhaya Sharma, the former Chair of the Warangal OpenSolaris Users group who is
currently working as the Lead Developer for one of the internal products of Microsoft IT at Hyderabad, enthralled the participants with his presentation on Crafting a Successful Engineering Career. He spoke about the experiences gained by an engineer in a new and well established product firm. His suggestions about choosing the work place suited to one’s career choice was well received. Finally, Prashant Venkatasubban, the Secretary of the GOLD Hyderabad Affinity Group educated the students on how GOLD will help graduates with their engineering career and those who would like to take entrepreneurship as a career. He presented GOLD’s plan for young professionals and informed about other interactive activities that GOLD would be conducting for members this year.
What is IEEE STEP? STEP stands for Student Transition and Elevation Partnership and is an initiative that was developed to provide a standardized yet localized program for facilitating the transition from student member to young professional, by introducing the opportunities and benefits of IEEE membership during the onset of a career. The IEEE STEP Program Objectives are:
Identify a local IEEE entity beyond the student branch for members to contact Plan a joint Section and GOLD event to introduce local IEEE resources Illustrate IEEE member benefits appropriate for young professional members Identify recent IEEE Student members who have graduated with an undergraduate or graduate degree; help retaining members by capturing any change of address, email or other contact information
Funding is available for STEP activities including a graduation reception for groups holding an event with a minimum of 10 recent graduates. Basic funding will be provided up to the amount of $500 and additional funding may be available if the number of additional recent graduates attending exceeds 25. IEEE will provide each STEP sponsor with a package of supplies to help make your workshop a success. The resources included in the STEP Kit will assist you in organizing and executing a Student Transition Event, as well as a successful IEEE membership campaign to help retain student members as young professional members and keeping them actively engaged with IEEE. For more information please visit: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/gold/step.html
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Region 8 GOLD News By Salima Kaissi (Region 8 GOLD Committee) During 2010, IEEE R8 GOLD has been aiming at continuously increasing the visibility of GOLD around IEEE. The committee started the year by making a GOLD Book, which shall be distributed on the R8 GOLD website. The idea of this book is to gather all the activities organized by each AG in our R8 in the previous year, failed and successful stories as well. After this, our committee launched the "R8 GOLD Outstanding Activity Award" for the first time as a form of recognizing GOLD members for their efforts towards the GOLD vision. Currently we are in the selection phase. Apart from this, several ideas have been brainstormed and a few have started to take shape. For instance, the IEEE Day is an idea that was recently born and aims at defining a date in the year to celebrate all
together around the world, the achievements of IEEE. The details are being worked out and proper deliverables will be available by the end of the year. Apart from the new ideas, the R8 GOLD committee continues engaged in supporting as much as possible all the activities running in the several Affinity Groups. Focus has been given to the creation of new affinity groups, owing to their major role in retaining student members and showing them that IEEE can continuously support them during their professional careers. The Portugal GOLD affinity group, chaired by Joao Canas (joaoluiscanas@hotmail.com) was established. Furthermore, we continue committed on helping the affinity groups organize the STEP (IEEE Student Transition & Elevation Partnership) program (www.ieee.org/ membership_services/membership/gold/ step.html）
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（www.sbcleuven.org） that will be held from 4 to 8 of August in Leuven – Belgium. This Congress is the opportunity for us to meet GOLD delegates in each section and help them in leading their mission by proposing a rich program of sessions and workshops. By R8 GOLD Committee r8gold@ieee.org
activities
（www.ieeehtn.org/htn/index.php/ IEEE_Humanitarian_Workshop）.
ing an IEEE member, the humanitarian workshops, on the other hand, aim to encourage young engineers to become involved in activities for the benefit of humanity and is delivered in the form of a workshop. Last but not least, our committee is very involved in the organization of the Student Branch and GOLD Congress
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the STEP program aims at delivering a message to students tailored in a framework created to better help them transition to becom-
MGA GOLD Achievement Award for the R8 GOLD Coordinator
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oao Figueiras is an active IEEE volunteer since 2006 and is currently the Region 8 GOLD Coordinator. He received the 2009 MGA GOLD Achievement for outstanding contributions to the public visibility of IEEE by creating the “GOLD Around the World” video. This innovative idea was one of the most common events in 2009 to celebrate the IEEE 125th anniversary around the world by “sending and displaying” the logo in the video from a country to another. Joao received his award from Barry L. Shoop, IEEE Vice-President, MGA and Eva Lang, R8 Vice–Chair, SAC, during the last R8 Meeting that was held in Riga – Latvia in May 2010. Several countries participated in this project and the final version of the video will be published on IEEE TV in the coming weeks.
Pictured: Joao Figueiras (center) being presented with the MGA GOLD Achievement Award by Eva Lang (left) VP MGA Barry L Shoop (right).
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IEEE GOLD Sundowner By Timothy Wong (IEEE GOLD Western Australia Affinity Group Chairperson)
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he IEEE GOLD Western Australia Sundowner was held on 7 May 2010 at the Grapeskin Bar in Northbridge. The objectives for this event were to recruit new IEEE members and to provide current
Pictured left to right: Members enjoying a Friday night out at the Grapeskin Bar. IEEE members an opportunity to network. Finger foods were provided during the relaxing Friday evening as the sun went down. As part of the ongoing strategy to engage with the Student Branches and the Section, student and section members were invited to attend this event. This event was attended by approximately 15 GOLD and student members from a number of different
Congressional Day Visit By Gloria See (IEEE WIE/GOLD Affinity Group New Hampshire)
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n April 28th and 29th, I had the opportunity to fly to Washington, D.C. for the 2010 Congressional Visits Day (http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/ cvd/default.asp). Nearly 300 engineers from a range of professional societies joined IEEEUSA to speak to Congressmen and Senators about the importance of federal research and development budgets. We spent Wednesday working on our statements and discussion points with our groups to prepare for Thursday’s visits. New Hampshire was paired with Colorado, so I had the chance to visit the representatives from both my current and former home states. There were also briefings from the Department of Energy, House Appropriations Committee, and the Federal R&D Office of Science and Technology Policy. Representatives from each of these groups briefed
Pictured: Colorado and New Hampshire contingents with the capital building in the background. attendees about the current status and future plans of their organizations so we would be better prepared for the next day's meetings. If you’re interested in the budget information from Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) it’s available at: http:// www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ fy2011rd%20final.pdf and the AAAS is at: http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/. We wrapped up the evening with a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the laser. It was a great time, various universities and companies displayed the different stages of laser technology development and how they
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industries. In the past, this event has resulted in student members obtaining gainful employment from the professional networks which they formed during the evening. Due to the success of this event, plans have been made to hold it on a regular basis in the future. This will allow for additional professional networking opportunities alongside other events to enhance the value of IEEE membership for both GOLD and student members. were used. I was fortunate to run into two friends from my undergraduate university, one representing the Materials Research Society and another from the Optical Society of America. It was a fun reunion and it was wonderful to see so many technologically diverse groups coming together in pursuit of the same goals. Our meetings with the Congressional and Senatorial staffers filled up Thursday. The group I was with had very broad experiences and interests. Between just the five of us, we had college professors, college students, recent graduates, and experienced engineers. Work experience branched across the defence industry, electronic security, network systems, education and start ups. Our diverse experiences and backgrounds gave us a great range of issues to bring up in support of federal research and development budgets. Our conversations focused on the America COMPETES Act Reauthorization, which had come up in the House the day before our meetings. Our discussions with the staffers included the importance to each of our fields of interest of both the America
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COMPETES Act funding and the support of other research and development initiatives. One of the most common themes was the impact that technology research has on the job market. This was brought home by the recent 50th Anniversary of the Laser, which illustrated many technologies take a long time to mature before becoming ubiquitous in our everyday lives. Without making early investment in research and development, all the innovation, entrepreneurship and small business opportunities that pay off later would not exist. Another concern was for education. Technical education needs to be emphasized in order to have new technology research take place. This education should be taking place at the K-12 level to bring student interest so that the first technical exposure students have isn’t once they get to college.
MGA GOLD Meeting By Timothy Wong The annual IEEE Member and Geographical Activities (MGA) Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) meeting was held from 22nd to 23rd May 2010. There is an old saying that “if you fail to plan then you plan to fail.” The IEEE GOLD meeting was focused on operations, strategic planning and volunteer development. This meeting bought together enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative young IEEE volunteers and staff from around the world. The volunteers came from a diverse range of backgrounds and countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ecuador, Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Uruguay, India, Zambia, Germany, Israel and South Africa. A lot of time and effort was spent on volunteer development. Each volunteer received an information package containing all of the presentation slides and an array of different IEEE member promotional brochures. The day began with an activity called “Your IEEE” exercise where each group was
Pictured: The New Hampshire Team in front of Congressman Hodes's Office. We received a varied response from the staffers. Some were very knowledgeable and supportive of research and development. Other staffers were unfamiliar with the America COMPETES Act. All were very interested in the discussion that our group brought to them and planned to look it up for future presented with a hypothetical situation which current IEEE and prospective IEEE members could find themselves in. The task was to as a group formulate a response to the question, “What could IEEE membership offer to this person?”. The next two days of the meeting included presentations from various senior IEEE staff on topics to equip the IEEE GOLD volunteers with the knowledge and skills to continue the IEEE GOLD mission. There was a joint meeting with the Student Activities Committee (SAC) for the first half of Sunday 23rd May (day two). The SAC is charged with the responsibility for student programs and benefits and making recommendations to the MGA board. The SAC
Pictured: Informal get together with GOLD and SAC committee members.
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reference and to take the information back to the Senator or Congressperson that they were representing. Not all promised support for America COMPETES specifically, but everyone gave a very enthusiastic response towards research and development and treating it as priority in the future. The jobs that develop, quality of life improvements and changes to our infrastructure that result from research and development are long-term. Not making that investment now will have ramifications for years to come. If you’re interested in having an impact, write to your Congressperson or Senators and emphasizing your support for the American COMPETES Act Reauthorization or any other research and development funding that you think is important. Come to next year’s Congressional Visits Day, or one of the other policy fly-ins that IEEE-USA supports.
Pictured: Aisha Yousuf (Region 4 GOLD Coordinator) presenting on the findings of the “Your IEEE” exercise. provides a voice and forwards important viewpoints and information of over 80,000 IEEE student and Graduate Student Members (GSM). There is a logical association between IEEE GOLD and SAC. When Student members graduate they automatically become a member of IEEE GOLD. In the case of the GSM, they are both a student and
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MGA GOLD Meeting (Continued) GOLD member. We cannot afford to underestimate the importance of having a working partnership and relationship between the SAC and GOLD committee. Many GOLD members were once Student members at one stage of the career. A number of working groups were established to focus on target areas within IEEE GOLD. The second half of day two was spent in the working group breakout sessions brainstorming and working on the mission, vision, goals and strategy for the working group. Each of the working groups operate under the guidance of the working group leader. These include:
Member Value Working Group #1 (Events)
Member Value Working Group #2 (Webinars)
Member Value Working Group #3 (STEP Program)
Pictured: IEEE GOLD and SAC members enjoying the IEEE Operations Center Tour.
Awareness & Promotion Working Group #4 (Brochures, Web Content)
Awareness & Promotion Working Group #5 (GOLDRush)
IEEE Operations & Partnering Working Group #6
Volunteer Development Working Group #7
The meeting was followed by a tour of the IEEE operations center in Piscataway,
IEEE GOLD Induction Dinner By Ruchi Vyas (IEEE GOLD New Zealand North Affinity group)
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he IEEE New Zealand North Section GOLD Affinity Group gathered for its first event on the 23rd of April 2010. The event was an induction dinner, organized at a popular Auckland restaurant to promote an informal atmosphere for current and prospective IEEE members. Members conversed over topics ranging from emerging technologies to fiber optics broadband, consulting and sales engineering over delicious food. The GOLD committee organizes regular events ranging from social to professional activities for its members throughout the year.
New Jersey, USA. The IEEE operations center is spread across three separate buildings and staffed by over 650 people. This tour included an insight into the IEEE contact center where dedicated staff are available to assist IEEE members with their enquiries. There was a brief welcome and thank you speech to the volunteers by Vice President of the MGA, Barry Shoop. The next stop along the tour was the IEEE command center where the volunteers got to witness firsthand the monitoring operations of the IEEE. The computer servers and building are constantly monitored around the clock to maintain the integrity of IEEE operations. Overall the MGA GOLD meeting was an overall success with many of the working groups being formed and the strategic plan being developed to bring IEEE GOLD forward into the future. The quality and dedication of volunteers within IEEE GOLD should give all members the confidence that the future of IEEE is in safe hands.
Pictured above: IEEE and prospective members enjoying dinner with the IEEE GOLD New Zealand North Section Affinity Group. Some of the activities run in the past included site visits to the Auckland Sky Tower, Lion Nathan Brewery and the Auckland Traffic Control Centre as well as workshops on top-
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ics such as time management, leadership and career development. A list of past events can be found on http://www.ieeenorth.org.nz/ gold/?page=past_events. This year, the focus will be on enhancing the social interaction between GOLD members and providing quality workshops and presentations on topics such as project management, leadership and career advancement for the budding professionals. The primary purpose of IEEE GOLD is to help students make a smooth transition from academia into the professional world. It aims to aid the members’ professional development by offering training in areas such as leadership, time management and providing mentoring. Finally, it seeks to provide and foster a friendly environment where recent graduates can network with people of similar ages coming from a wide variety of career paths.
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IEEE GOLD AFFINITY GROUP PROFILE IEEE GOLD & WIE New Hampshire Fast Facts Date Founded: 2008 Chairperson: Brian Roberts (brian.roberts@ieee.org) Member Count: 166 Committee Members: 9 History The IEEE New Hampshire Women In Engineering (WIE)/Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) Joint Affinity Group (AG) was started in 2005 as a WIE AG . In 2008, the NH GOLD AG was formed and combined with the NH WIE AG into a Joint AG. Given New Hampshire’s small WIE and GOLD population it made sense to combine forces as a Joint AG. This strategy has worked well for the AG as it has had a steady volunteer base and been one of the most active GOLD AG’s in Region 1 since its inception. Mission The mission of the New Hampshire WIE/GOLD joint affinity group is twofold:
Pictured: IEEE WIE/GOLD Joint Affinity Group Committee. cruit, develop and nurture volunteers. Why volunteer The New Hampshire WIE/GOLD volunteers gave the following reasons for being involved in the AG:
To gain professional awareness through networking.
WIE - To inspire, engage, encourage, and empower IEEE women worldwide.
By serving in an affinity group I can make a difference in some capacity for the members of IEEE and its branches.
GOLD - To develop and foster relationships to provide tangible value to members; Promote the GOLD program to students; Re-
Among some of the personal reasons provided by the volunteers for becoming involved in the NH GOLD/WIE Affinity Group
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“I volunteer with WIE/GOLD because I believe IEEE is a great organization, but needs more diversity, both in age and gender. I enjoy the events and meeting other people who are passionate about engineering.” “I like meeting new and interesting people, and getting a chance to be exposed to things I didn't know about.” “I am a member of IEEE WIE/GOLD because I enjoy networking with other young professionals and participating in events.”
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IEEE GOLD AFFINITY GROUP PROFILE workshops, and/or conferences. In 2010, we are planning a seminar on public speaking and presentation skills in collaboration with the Toastmasters Club. Joint Regional Events – This event gives an opportunity for NH members to collaborate with other sections in the region on an event. By collaborating with other sections NH members increase their social and professional networks. This year, a joint whitewater rafting trip is planned.
Pictured: IEEE GOLD and WIE members enjoying white water rafting.
“I enjoy giving back to my profession and interacting with other people in my field.”
fessional engineers, and promoting GOLD and WIE to possible new members
Events
Tea with WIE/GOLD – At this PACE event, a respected and accomplished engineer is invited to have an open casual discussion with the WIE and GOLD members over tea. This event supports the group’s missions by inspiring members and fostering relationships between members.
The New Hampshire joint WIE/ GOLD Affinity Group runs a variety of events to serve and support its members including: Committee Meetings – At these monthly dinner meetings the committee discusses plans for future events and shares other information about IEEE/ professional events. University of New Hampshire Student Luncheon – This STEP event brings together graduating engineering students with working engineers. The events supports both the WIE and GOLD missions by engaging students about to enter the engineering field, developing relationships with pro-
Networking Events – These events allow members to come together in a fun social environment, which gives great opportunities for building members networks. Past events have included whitewater rafting, skiing, and batting cages.
Conferences and Other Events – The group also sends members to conferences and events for volunteer development and to represent the AG on a Regional or higher level. These events include: IEEE-USA Annual Meeting, Congressional Visit Day, MGA GOLD Annual Meeting, Sections Congress, and Regional Board of Directors Meetings. Visit our website: http://ieee.org/ go/nhwiegold Join our Facebook Group: http:// www.facebook.com/ref=logo#!/ group.php?gid=148694602738 Would you like your GOLD Affinity Group to be profiled? Contact us at GOLDRush@ieee.org
Professional Development – This event provides tangible value to members by through seminars,
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PEER-REVIEWED CONTRIBUTIONS Breaking into IT Security By Dustin L. Fritz (CEO, The Computer Network Defense Group LLC )
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ho is the greatest cyber threat? Did you say China or Russia? China's estimated military spending was $55.9 billion and Russia's estimated military spending was $44.3 billion in 2007.1 Where does the money go? In March of 2009 MSNBC reported that "a cyber spy network hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries."2 CBS News reported weeks later that "the Pentagon announced they had spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems."3 So who is protecting cyberspace? CIO Digest Online Extra “Cyber 9/11” by Alan Drummer reports that "85% of the Internet's infrastructure is privately owned." With the majority of the Internet's infrastructure being privately owned can we trust the status quo? Or just expect more exploitation and possible disruption to key resources? The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defines key resources as being water, agriculture and food, energy, transportation, banking and finance. All key resources link directly to a physical infrastructure (power plants, server rooms, etc), which is connected to a cyber infrastructure (Email, DNS, Web 2.0, etc). Those computer networks of networks, called the Internet. The "...federal cybersecurity workforce is significantly challenged by serious shortages of highly skilled cybersecurity specialists..."4 This was a point made in a Booz Allen Hamil-
ton study which examined the state of the federal cybersecurity workforce. The Center for Strategic and International Studies leads a consortium sponsoring the U.S. Cyber Challenge. The goal of this challenge "...is to find 10,000 young Americans with the interests and skills to fill the ranks of cyber security practitioners, researchers, and warriors."5 DoD, NSA, and DHS are trying to hire thousands of professionals to support their growing cybersecurity efforts.6 Many private and public organizations are recognizing the need for IT security specialists. All around the hiring spectrum you can find postings for IT security related jobs. The demand is high. Are you ready? Here are some examples. Odinjobs.com collects information on over a million jobs from 50,000 companies. Using their Job Market Overview tool and looking just at IT security jobs you will find the median salary is about $64,000 annually. Their IT Security Salary & Job Demand map shows that California, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida with the highest demand for IT security positions. As far as the highest salaries within the US are concerned, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, North and South Dakota, Louisiana, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts top the list. Therefore, the jobs are out there but are you ready? So how can you break out among your peers and get an IT security job? Here is an easy 5 step methodology to help you start 1“World
your career in IT security. All you have to do is B-E-G-I-N. 1) Blog yourself into a job. The greatest resume is someone googling your name and 76,500 results appear. Yes the paperless resume has arrived! Well not entirely. I do recommend a strong written resume to go along with your googlized resume. 2) Experience is priceless. If you’re in between jobs, spend your time with a non-profit or open-source community to stay engaged and show your initiative. 3) Googlize your career. Take advantage of Google, and other search engines [optimization features] to turn your resume, professional affiliations, conference attendances, career interests, Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace and Twitter accounts into a sphere of supporting influence of credibility. Own a presence on the Internet. Remember, "content is king." Get your face out there. Watch your web presence, saturate the indexes of Google. 4) Interview for anything. Interview with any organization that relates to your field of choice and do it as often as you can! 5) Network with everyone. Be proactive and correspond with people in your field of interest. Find your niche. Intrusion detection, firewalls, security programming, network security engineering, information assurance, incident response, information security manager, etc. Invest in learning new tools, procedures, and policies that surround your career field of choice. Taking the first step does take a bit more than technical expertise and leadership, it takes passion.
War III: A Cyber War has begun”, October 2007 by The Technolytics Institute
2http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29935591/ 3http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/07/tech/main4926071.shtml?
source=RSSattr=SciTech_4926071 4http://www.boozallen.com/consulting-services/services_article/42415933 5 http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/cyber/The%20United%20States%20Cyber% 20Challenge%201.1%20(updated%205-8-09).pdf 6http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/06/12/DHS-infrastructure-unit-hiring-621-more-workers.aspx; http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090727_2075.php
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PEER-REVIEWED CONTRIBUTIONS Do we still need data compression? By Fei Nan (IEEE Senior Member )
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recently came across a colleague and was asked whether we still need data compression as data storage is becoming more and more affordable. The floppy drive, first invented in 1976, became a popular and ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange in the mid-1970s to the late 1990s. There were hundreds of, if not thousands of, data compression programs available back then to reduce file size and improve disk usage on the 1.44 MB floppy disk. Nowadays, people can easily purchase a terabyte scale hard drive from any electronics store down the street. Is it still necessary to use data compression programs to zip data and to save the extra few bytes? To answer the question, we have to know what data compression is about, and what it can bring to us. Then we will understand why we still need compression. We need compression a lot more than ever. We need data compression because it can help reveal hidden structures and recognize patterns which had never been disclosed before. The fundamental theory behind data compression is to search repetition and use reference links to point at those repeats. The reference links are abstract conceptions. In implementation, it would be a dictionary like data structure such as array lists, etc, which save the starting and ending positions for each occurrence of the repeat. Each entry in the dictionary is considered as a standalone segment. By following the reference link dictionary, the compression program only records the verbatim repeat once. All the fol-
lowing occurrences are labelled with reference links, which are readily accessible for a program to look up. The reference links are merely two integer numbers which are trivial in size, thus giving positive compression gain. The data compression helps pattern recognition by building a dictionary for fast retrieval. The dictionary is a pre-arranged management system and data exchange for those repetitious segments from the input. If one segment or one portion of the segment contains some patterns of interest, it is effortless to follow reference links in the dictionary in order to retrieve all occurrences of the pattern from the input. This is a lot more efficient than directly searching the original input to track down the patterns of interest. Because the chance of finding a match is much higher in the dictionary, the pattern matching algorithm can start off searching for patterns in the dictionary first, before extending to the remaining parts. This will significantly optimize the search operation and reduce the search latency. During the process of compressing data, some long-range tandem structures will be
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Dr. Fei Nan is an IEEE Senior member and currently a senior research engineer at the Samsung Mobile R&D lab in San Jose, CA. revealed. Repetitious structures will have more meaning to input data. By tracing down the repetition, it will undoubtedly help expose key components. This feature is widely applied on computational biology, biomedical imaging and bioinformatics. When properly used on protein or DNA sequences, most researchers are able to uncover some biologically meaningful segments, or exons.
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THz Waves: Possible Sources for Endoscopic Ultrasound Medical Imaging By Andrew Nguyen (IEEE Member)
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erahertz (THz), the upper end of the electromagnetic spectrum between 300 GHz and 3 THz, is a relatively untapped resource for biomedical applications. As compared to other radio waves at lower frequencies, THz waves have several unique advantages, including applications in extremely small medical devices, extraordinarily fine spatial resolution, and radiation in very small beams. The extremely narrow radiation beam allows energy to be focused on tiny spots and minimizes the spreading of unwanted radiation into nearby tissues. Just like other radio waves, THz radiation is non-ionizing, avoiding hazards such as cancer production, chromosome breakage, and tissue damage. The ultrasound technique has been used for various medical imaging applications for at least 50 years and is considered as one of the most widely used diagnostic techniques in modern medicine. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) or echoendoscopy is a particular ultrasound technique for medical imaging. It is an endoscopic procedure implementing “endoscopy” and “ultrasound technology” to obtain images of the internal organs such as abnormalities in the digestive tract. Endoscopy is a procedure using an endoscope instrument to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ for imaging purposes. For instance, an endoscope can be passed through the mouth and advanced through the oesophagus to the suspicious area to make images for detecting
abnormalities. The EUS scope is similar to the traditional endoscope, but is fitted with an ultrasound transducer similar to that used in the conventional ultrasound technique. Through the scope, the transducer can be placed close to the body’s organs and uses sound waves just like in the traditional ultrasound technique. Essentially, EUS is an ultrasound technique specifically applied to the internal organs. It has been used to examine, through detailed images, the oesophageal and stomach linings as well as the walls of the upper gastrointestinal tract, consisting of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum, and the lower gastrointestinal tract including the colon and rectum. EUS can also be used to obtain images of abnormalities in other organs near the gastrointestinal tract, including the lungs, liver, gall bladder and pancreas. It was found that the acoustic wave, which is the basic wave used in constructing images in the ultrasound technique, in the heads of animals and humans, can be generated from an illuminating pulsed radio wave. Using radio waves to generate acoustic waves for imaging of biological tissues was reported. Recent work has shown that fine imaging of biological tissues using the radio wave-induced ultrasound technique, demonstrating its usefulness for medical imaging applications. The radio wave-induced ultrasound technique possesses unique features of non-contact, deep penetration, fine imaging contrast, and good spatial resolution. It also has similar imaging speed as that of the conventional ultrasound technique since the ultrasound is excited almost instantaneously as the radio wave is incident upon the biological tissue. The reported radio wave-induced ultrasound technique, however, can only focus energy in relatively large beams due to the relatively low frequencies used. This would prevent it from being effective for certain medical applications under particular conditions – for instance, examining biological tissues on a microscopic scale. The THz wave would overcome this shortcoming. THz waves can be focused in extremely narrow radiation beams. It is this unique tiny beam radiation that makes THz an attractive
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Andrew Nguyen is a recent graduate of the University of California, Irvine. candidate for use as a radio-wave source in the EUS technique to generate the acoustic waves needed for ultrasound imaging in microscopic areas such as the internal organs. Radio-wave medical imaging possesses high imaging contrast yet poor resolution. On the other hand, ultrasound imaging has fine resolution but with poor imaging contrast. Using radio waves in the ultrasound technique can potentially resolve the problems of poor imaging contrast and resolution. Particular implementation of THz waves in the endoscopic ultrasound technique allows possible examination and imaging of microscopic areas and tissues, such as micro tumors in the internal organs with enhanced imaging contrast and resolution. This implementation is promising substantial advantages in our quest of seeing “farther, wider and clearer” into the internal organs of patients.
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NOTICES GOLD volunteer to join IEEE staff
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here will be a younger voice on IEEE’s Corporate Strategy team! Helene Fung, currently the Region 10 GOLD Coordinator, will commence as IEEE's new Senior Strategic Planning Manager in late June, reporting to Matt Loeb (Staff Executive, Corporate Strategy and Communications). She will initially work from home in Perth, Australia, but will be relocating to the Singapore office before December. Helene’s educational background in engineering, her professional work in management consulting and strategy, and her 10 years of volunteer experience and knowledge of the IEEE has successfully differentiated her from the rest of the candidates who applied for the job. Combined with that, her origin from Region 10 makes her a welcomed addition to the staff, at a time when IEEE is focused on capitalizing on opportunities in Asia. Helene’s involvement with the IEEE started in her university days, when she restarted the University of Western Australia student branch in 2000. She became the R10 Student Representative in 2001 and 2002, and has served on a number of committees such as the IEEE and RAB Nominations and Appointments (N&A) Committees, EAB Continuing Professional Education Committee and Volunteer Leadership Development Ad-hoc Committee. She has been on the MGA GOLD committee since 2008 as R10 GOLD Coordinator. However, to avoid any real or perceived conflict of interest, taking up the new role as an IEEE staff means Helene cannot continue to hold office as a volunteer. She will work with the Region 10 Director and Director-
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Pictured: Helene with “Father of the Internet” and Google VP, Vinton Cerf, at a recent IEEE workshop on the future of information held in Washington, DC (which she attended as “new strategy staff”). Elect on transition plans once a successor has been appointed. Helene would like to thank everyone very much for their support in previous years, and she looks forward to continue working with you for years to come, just in a different capacity!
MyDesktop Begins myIEEE‟s Charge into Customization
Choice of several technology-based themes to further personalize the page RSS tools to import feeds from IEEE or content sources outside of IEEE. Members can log in to myIEEE, www.ieee.org/myieee, select the “Customize” tab and begin personalizing the myDesktop page. The Volunteer Desktop will have similar customization capabilities in the next myIEEE release in Q4 2010.
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emberNet introduced a new enhancement with the addition of memberNet Messaging. This improved e-mail messaging capability facilitates member-to-member communications, while insuring member privacy. Send a message to another IEEE member by selecting the “Send a Message” button on the member’s profile. Only members who have optedin their email address will be able to receive messages.
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reat News. The capabilities of myIEEE has expanded at an exponential scale through the introduction of "myDesktop," a customizable
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GOLD COMMITTEE 2010 Chair William Sommerville Past Chair Adrian Pais TAB Representatives to GOLD Elya Joffe Roelof Swanepoel Gim Soon Wan MGA Representatives to GOLD Gustavo Giannattasio Guruprasad Madhavan Megha Joshi Regional Coordinators Region Overseer Jeffry Handal Region 1 Uri Moszkowicz Region 2 Michael Pearse Region 3 Wah Garris Region 4 Aisha Yousuf Region 5 Kheng Swee Goh Region 6 Gigi Lau Region 7 April Khademi Region 8 Joao Figueiras Region 9 Salomon Herrera Region 10 Helene Fung
GOLD Representatives on IEEE Societies Society Overseer Matthias Reumann Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Mike Roberts Antennas & Propagation Society Ryan S. Adams Broadcast Technology Society Heidi Himmanen Circuits & Systems Society Sunil Pai, Delia Rodriguez de Llera, Martin Di Federico, Pui-In (Elvis) Mak Communications Society Angela Yingjun Zhang Computational Intelligence Society Justin Zhan Computer Society Carlos Rueda-Artunduaga Consumer Electronics Society Tom Wilson Council on Electronics Design Automation David Atienza Education Society Aju Thomas Electron Devices Society Ravi Todi Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Matthias Reumann Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society Shannon Brown Magnetics Society John Nibarger Microwave Theory & Techniques Society Sergio Palma Pacheco, Jenshen Lin Photonics Society Lianshan Yan
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GOLD Representatives on IEEE Societies (continued) Power & Energy Society Glen Tang Robotics Society Agostino Desantis Society on Social Implications of Technology Emily Anesta Solid-State Circuits Society Sean Nicolson Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society Ferit Sahin and Wing Ng Technology Management Council Marisa Bazanez-Borgert Vehicular Technology Society William Sommerville IEEE GOLDRush Volunteers Editor Timothy Wong Immediate Past Editor-In-Chief George Gordon Editorial Assistants Stuart Bottom Claudio Camasca Lara Fast (MGA Staff) Kheng Swee Goh Lori Hogan Kristi Hummel Lisa Lazareck Sabarni Palit Michael Pearse Brian Roberts Rajnish Sharma Agusti Solanas Mohnish Tuladhar Aisha Yousuf Graphic Designer Alex Wong Assistant Graphic Designer Kenny Wong
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NOTICES Call for Articles: GOLDRush September Edition
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EEE GOLDRush invites you to submit an article for publication in the September 2010 edition. The article topic(s) shall be of interest to young professionals, the primary readers of the publication. Articles must be strictly no more than 700 words and should be sent to the IEEE GOLDRush editor at GOLDRush@ieee.org on or before 6 August 2010. Please feel free to include captioned photos or pictures with your submission. All articles and photo(s) will be peer reviewed and edited if necessary. Full submission guidelines must be adhered to and can be found at http://www.ieee.org/web/ membership/gold/newsletter/goldrushPolicy.html
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Upcoming GOLD Webinars Perspectives on Smart Grid from Generation to the Meter and Into the Home
People Skills in a Competitive Environment
This webinar, presented by Dr. Alan Mantooth, will describe many of the Smart Grid concepts that people have espoused starting with generation and transmission, progressing into distribution, and onto the meter. The description will delve both into the home and workplace describing cool features consumers may see in the coming months and years.
This professional development webinar, presented by Joe Lillie will help individuals working in technical fields by providing useful knowledge on people skills and other topics not included in the engineering educational environment. Participants should expect to learn more about the competitive environment and how to maximize professional opportunities through development & use of people skills.
Webinar Date: Thursday, 24 June 2010 Time: 2:00-3:00 pm EDT Register: https://icm3.ieee.org/ eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp? eventcode=jqs Copyright Microsoft
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