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PRODUCED BY THE LONG ISLAND SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS
THE
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OF LONG ISLAND
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
� New Member Welcome
6
� April 2016 Calendar of Events
� Long Island’s Electronic History
7
8
� Feature Article: Landing A Job In Big Data
� Lectures and Seminars
10-14
� Region 1 Award Nominations
� Conferences
16-20
� Call For Life Member Articles
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VOL. 63, NO. 4
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CHAIR’s MESSAGE
The main objective of the IEEE Long Island Section is to provide its Members with technical
training and services to enhance their professional expertise. One of the major initiatives of the
Section is the Long Island Systems, Applications, and Technology (LISAT) conference.
The twelfth conference is going to be held on April 29, 2016, at Farmingdale State College.
I am extremely happy to announce that this year LISAT has invited two distinguished experts
as the invited speakers who will present on the latest research in biomedical engineering.
In addition, a selected group of high-quality research papers will be presented that have gone through a rigorous
review process. One of the main attractions of LISAT is the exhibition where almost all the major industries in the
region will showcase their recent technological products. I hope you will consider attending this great conference.
A couple of other conferences are also being co-sponsored by the Section, including the Long Island MTT Symposium
& Exhibits on April 14, 2016, New York Scientific Data Summit (NYSDS) on August 14, 2016, & the Center for Excellence
in Wireless & Information Technology Conference on November 2-3, 2016. The organizers of the NYSDS conference is
looking for volunteers as Reviewers and Session Chairs. Please contact us if you would like to serve the conference.
The Section is also offering a number of technical activities, including specialized workshops, and seminars. Please
support these initiatives by joining the events.
All the activities and accomplishments of the Section have only been made possible by significant contributions from the
volunteers, Engineers, and industries. The Section has always been grateful to all of them. As a token of appreciation, the
Section has organized the Annual Awards Banquet on March 31, 2016, to recognize some of them in the forms of
IEEE Region 1 Awards, IEEE Long Island Section Awards, and volunteer recognition awards & certificates. I would like to
take this opportunity to thank all the supporters, volunteers, & attendees for helping to organize a successful banquet.
The Section has just launched a new website which will run in parallel with the old one during the testing period.
Please visit the new website and let us know your experience and comments for future developments.
The Section has taken another great initiative in creating a database of expertise to support the community. Whenever
there is any need of technological opinion or advice on any issue, the Section can direct to the appropriate expert.
A recent appearance of Dr. M. Nazrul Islam on two news channels for commenting on cell phone hacking triggered this
initiative. Please add your name and expertise to the database.
As always, the Section welcomes comments and suggestions from the Members. Please let us know at [email protected]
how we can better serve you & help the growth of technology in the region. Hope you enjoy the nice weather in Spring.
Thanking you,
M. Nazrul Islam, PhD
Chair, IEEE Long Island Section
[email protected]
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2016 IEEE LI SECTION SOCIETIES/CHAPTER OFFICERS
AEROSPACE & ELECTRONIC
SYSTEMS SOCIETY (AES)
ANTENNAS AND
PROPAGATION SOCIETY (APS)
CIRCUITS AND
SYSTEMS SOCIETY (CAS)
COMMUNICATIONS
SOCIETY (COMSOC)
Chair: Dave Mesecher
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Bryan Tropper
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Chair: James Colotti
Vice Chair: Alex Doboli
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Lawrence Hausman
Vice Chair: Arnold Stillman
Email: [email protected]
ELECTROMAGNETIC
COMPATIBILITY SOCIETY (EMCS)
ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE
& BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBS)
INSTRUMENTATION AND
MEASUREMENT SOCIETY (IMS)
Chair: Santo Mazzola
Vice Chair: Bob DeLisi
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Glenn Luchen
Vice Chair: John Vodopia
Email: [email protected]
Chair: Joe Jordan
Vice Chair: Nikolaos Golas
Email: [email protected]
MICROWAVE THEORY AND
TECHNIQUES SOCIETY (MTT)
NUCLEAR AND PLASMA
SCIENCES SOCIETY (NPS)
PHOTONICS SOCIETY (IPS)
Chair: Saikumar Padmanabhah
Vice Chair: Eric Darvin
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Chair: Shaorui Li
Vice Chair: Graham Smith
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Vice Chair: Greg Sachs
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Chair: Howard Edelman
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The Long Island Section of IEEE has 17 Chapters. Each Chapter is a
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Society. The Chapters, as well as the Section, are always welcoming
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
APRIL 2016
April 6, Wednesday
LICN Meeting
Methods & Tools for the Accomplished Consultant
Briarcliffe College,
Room Babylon 6, Bethpage, LI
6:30 PM - Refreshments, 7:00 PM - Meeting
April 12, Tuesday
IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program
Non-contact Charging For
Vehicle Electrification
By Grant Covic
SUNY Farmingdale, Farmingdale, LI
5:45 PM - 8:00 PM
April 14, Thursday
MTT Symposium & Exhibits
Trends in Microwaves - 2016
Upsky Hotel, Hauppauge, LI
1:00 - 9:00 PM
April 12, Tuesday, April 19, Tuesday
April 29, Friday
Engineers Club Meeting
Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY
Lupton Hall, Room 130A
5:00 to 7:00 PM
April 19, 26, Tuesday
Signal Processing Society Workshop
CENG-40 Digital Signal
Processing For Practitioners
By Babak Beheshti
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
April 25, Monday
EXCOM Meeting
Telephonics, Farmingdale, LI
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM - Dinner
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM - Meeting
April 26, Tuesday
SPS and WIE Lecture
Solution Feedback Systems
& Circuits w/Signal Flow Graphs
SUNY Farmingdale,
Farmingdale, LI
April 20, Wednesday
Computer Society Meeting
NYIT, Old Westbury, LI
6:30 PM - Pizza
7:00 PM - Presentation
April 21, Wednesday
AES and AIAA Lecture
Nasa Mars Space Program
Bethpage Public Library, Bethpage, LI
5:45 PM - Dinner
6:15 PM - Meeting
April 23, Saturday
Computer Society Workshop
CENG-21 Advanced C Programming
For Embedded Systems
By Babak Beheshti
NYIT, Old Westbury, LI
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
April 29, Friday
Long Island Systems,
Applications, & Technology
Conference (LISAT)
SUNY Farmingdale,
Farmingdale, LI
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM - Dinner
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM - Meeting
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LONG ISLAND’s ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC HISTORY
Long Island’s Electrical and Electronic History
By Jesse Taub, IEEE Long Island Section Historian
We are now looking at Pulse issues from the latter part of 1985. The topic for the October Section meeting was “Preservation of
Your Purchasing Power”. The speaker was George Stieger of EF Hutton. I was surprised that this type of talk was selected perhaps
because inflation was much higher then than now.
The MTT and Computer Society Chapters had a joint meeting on “High-Speed Digital IC Performance Outlook”. The speaker was
Dr. Paul Greiling of Hughes Research Laboratories. He described chips based on gallium arsenide with clock rates as high as 2.5GHz.
While this was cutting edge at the time, there have been major advances in placing many more transistors on a chip and higher
speeds by having gates as short as 10 nanometers. Furthermore, silicon-based devices are now competing with gallium arsenide.
The Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) sponsored a meeting with three speakers on “New Computers Architectures:
The Impact on Embedded Computer Systems”. The rapid advances in the number of gates that could be put on a chip raised many
questions as to what changes in architecture would be required for the future design.
The talk at the November Section Meeting was held jointly with the Artificial Intelligence Committee. The topic was “An Expert
System for Automatic Spoken Language Classification”. Dr. Russ Ives of Grumman was the speaker. He described a program that
can, with a five-second spoken sample, identify the language that was spoken. Speech recognition techniques were beginning to
be developed in the 1980’s. They are so common now that it is refreshing to sometimes talk to a real voice when you make a call.
The Communications Society presented a talk on “Design Consideration in Single-Mede Fiber Optic Systems” given by Raj Dave of
Data Bit/Siemens. Fiber optics had just emerged from research state and were starting to be manufactured. The talk highlighted
the lower attenuation of single-made fiber and some systems applications.
“Computers in Engineering Education” was the topic at the Computer Society’s meeting. The speaker was Dr. Melvyn Drossman of
New York Tech. He described how his school was adding VLSI design and CAD workstations to the curriculum. Computer engineering is by now a well-established course of study at many engineering schools but it was still evolving in the mid-1980’s.
The December Pulse highlighted a talk by a computer pioneer, Commodore Grace Hopper. It was organized jointly by our Section
and the Association for Computer Machinery. Dr. Hopper, who invented the COBOL programming language, gave a 40 year
perspective on the computer field and some suggestions for the future.
Other talks in December included “The Evolution of Packet Switching” by Vincent Julien of Databit/Siemens and “Low Sidelobe
Phased Array Antennas” by Helmut Shrank of Westinghouse.
It is clear from the above, that our members had the opportunity to keep up with many exciting mid-80’s developments including
fiber optics, high-speed computer chips, speed recognition, antenna arrays packet switching and computer education. This, to me,
is a big part of what the IEEE is all about.
As always, I think Rod Lowman, our former Historian, for saving these Pulse issues and James Colotti, our webmaster for posting
many of them.
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FEATURE ARTICLE
bigdata
LANDING A
JOB IN
Charles Plecktiatis, the Chair of our Section’s
Employment Assistance Committee, brought our
attention to the article by John R. Platt, published
by IEEE on September 2014 as a part of the special
report on Big Data. Big Data is a big field today,
and the article may be relevant. We are offering
a shortened version here.
THE FIELD REQUIRES THE RIGHT SKILLS & MIND-SET By JOHN R. PLATT, 8 September 2014
BIG DATA NEEDS YOU
Searches for big-data job openings on several major career sites
revealed thousands of job postings, and that number is only expected
to grow. McKinsey, a consulting firm, predicted a shortfall of hundreds
of thousands of big-data employees in the United States alone.
“Every field has to redefine itself in this new era, where you can collect
so much more data and use it to improve your competitive advantage,”
says IEEE Fellow Manish Parashar, founding director of the Rutgers
Discovery Informatics Institute. IEEE Fellow Francine Berman, a professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, sees the
application of big data creating “new industries and new ways of doing
things. Becoming literate about data, getting interested in data, and
knowing how to handle data will be prerequisites for just about
everything.” She is also chair of Research Data Alliance/US. The organization is developing the global infrastructure needed for data sharing
and exchange among diverse research areas, including tools, code,
institutional policy, and best practices.
A TRIO OF SKILLS
Three important skills are needed if you’re to be effective in handling
big data, points out Dennis Shasha, associate director of NYU Wireless
at New York University. First is an understanding of databases and
how they manage large amounts of data. Next is knowledge about
machine learning and data mining, which allows inferences to be
made from the data. Last comes statistics, so you can estimate the
reliability of your conclusions.
It also helps to have an inquisitive personality—a cross between that
of a detective and a journalist, says Shasha. “The more questions you
ask, the more you’ll learn from the data.” Add to that the ability to take
questions about data sets and translate them into insight and knowledge. “It’s important to understand the field in which the data is going
to be used,” he continues. “This allows you to ask the right questions
and design the right experiments to produce additional data.”
Working with big data also requires data literacy. “You need to know
when the data does or does not make sense, whether the data is
pertinent to the point when the data supports the conclusions, and
when that data is likely to be faulty,” Berman explains.
She also advises people not to be afraid of the mathematics they’ll
have to use. “You don’t have to be a professional mathematician to
navigate in a data-driven world, but understanding and having an
affinity for how things work quantitatively is really important,” she says.
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Employees will also be needed to deal with cybersecurity, formulate policy
and regulations, and research issues involving long-term storage and who
can access the data. “A lot of research needs to be done into how to
manage the large data volumes and rates, and how to process it in an
efficient and scalable manner,” says Parashar, “as well as how to provide
enough bandwidth, throughput, computing capability, and storage capacity
for handling it all.”
Issues regarding the stewardship and preservation of data both now and in
the future must be worked out, Berman notes. This is especially true in the
scientific realm, where large data sets like the Worldwide Protein Data
Bank, a collection of 3-D structural data of proteins and nucleic acids used
by researchers around the globe, will be important to the field for decades
to come. Finally, there is the ability to act on the information gathered.
“You have to incorporate big data into your business plan,” says Parashar.
“It’s going to change the way you do things.”
GETTING IN
Many doors can lead to a career in big data, according to Berman. That’s
because every industry is generating its own data, and data-driven professions require multiple kinds of expertise. “It’s a really broad space,” she
says. “You enter through your own interests.”
Big data has applications in every field and every industry. Parashar notes
that people already working in electrical engineering, computer science, or
any other high-tech field could move their career in that direction by adding
data-science skills to their knowledge base.
If you’re interested in a big-data career, there are numerous online
resources to consult for information, including a series of big-data videos
from the IEEE Computer Society. So far, these cover the ethics of big data,
the ways sensor data is being used, and the challenges posed by the vast
amount of data in electronic medical records. There are also the tutorials
and workshops given at IEEE conferences.
Only a relatively small number of people will work at specialized data
companies. Instead, most should consider an industry they’re already
familiar with and look for open positions there, according to Shasha. His
own work at NYU has been as varied as studying which genes might govern
certain behavior of plants, predicting housing prices in Los Angeles, figuring
out whether a bank’s systems could prevent fraudulent transactions, and
determining the best way to deploy wireless base stations for mobile
devices. “The skill set for big data is generic,” Shasha says. “I’ve had
students who started in a field like biology, then went off to work in the
financial industry.”
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IEEE DISTINGUISHED LECTURER PROGRAM
PELS LONG ISLAND SECTION and RESC at FSC PRESENT
NON-CONTACT CHARGING FOR
VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION
DATE:
SPEAKER BIO:
TIME:
April 12th, 2016
VENUE:
Farmingdale State College
2350 Broadhollow Road,
Farmingdale, NY 11735-1021
Gleeson Hall, Room 104
5:45 PM Networking/Beverages
6:15 PM Speaker introduction
6:30 PM Lecture starts
8:00 PM End of Lecture
SPEAKER:
Grant Covic
ABSTRACT:
The ability to provide power without wires was imagined over a
century ago, but assumed commercially impractical & impossible
to realize. However for more than two decades the University of
Auckland has been at the forefront of developing and commercialising this technology alongside its industrial partners. This
research has proven that significant wireless power can be
transferred over relatively large air-gaps efficiently and robustly.
Early solutions were applied in industrial applications to power
moving vehicles in clean room systems, roadway lighting, industrial plants, and in theme parks, but more recently this research
has helped develop technology that has the ability to impact us
directly at home.
The seminar will describe some of the early motivations behind
this research, and introduce some of the solutions which have
been developed by the team of researchers at Auckland over
two decades, many of which have found their way into the
market. It will also describe how the technology has recently
been re-developed and is evolving to enable battery charging of
electric vehicles without the need to plug in, and alongside this
how it has the potential to change the way we drive in the future.
REGISTRATION LINK:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_registration/register/39051
Co-Sponsored By:
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Grant Covic graduated with a BE (Hons)
in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
at the University of Auckland (UoA) in
1986. He then began his research
career as a master’s postgraduate which
was later converted to a PhD in power
electronics. At completion, he took up
a UoA full-time lectureship. He was
appointed a senior lecturer in 2000, an
associate professor in 2007 and to full
professor in 2013. In the mid 90’s he began working with Prof.
John Boys to develop the technology of highly resonant inductive (contact-less) power transfer (IPT) and in the early 2000’s
they began jointly leading a team focused on AGV applications
for traditional markets, and redeveloping EV charging solutions.
Today Grant’s research and consulting interests are focused on
industrial solutions using IPT. Over the past 15 years, he has
published more than 100 international refereed papers in this
field, worked with over 40 postgraduates and filed over 40
patents, all of which are licensed to various global companies in
specialized application fields.
In 2010, he co-founded (with John) a new global start-up
company “HaloIPT” focusing on electric vehicle (EV) wireless
charging infrastructure and was joint head of research from
formation until sale. During this time, HaloIPT received the
Clean Equity Monaco award for excellence in the field of
environmental engineering and two NZ clean innovation awards
in the emerging innovator and design and engineering categories. Grant and John have been awarded the New Zealand Prime
Minister’s Science Prize, the Vice Chancellors commercialisation
medal and the KiwiNet research commercialisation awards for
scientific research which has seen outstanding commercial
success.
Grant is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of both the
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, and the Royal
Society of New Zealand. Presently he heads inductive power
research at the UoA and co-leads the interoperability sub-team
within the SAE J2954 wireless charging standard for EVs.
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
THE IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION, THE IEEE LONG ISLAND SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY,
AND THE IEEE LONG ISLAND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY PRESENT:
CENG-40 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
FOR PRACTITIONERS
DATES:
Tuesady, April 19, 2016
Tuesady, April 26, 2016
Tuesady, May 3, 2016
TIME: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(9 hours)
PRESENTED BY:
Babak D. Beheshti, PhD,
Professor and Associate
Dean of School of Engineering &
Computing Sciences, NYIT
LOCATION:
For groups of 10 or more attendees from
the same company, the course venue may be
moved to the company premises upon request.
REGISTRATION:
E-mail: [email protected]
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop is intended for engineers and managers involved in DSP applications, entry level
engineers intending to master basics of this field,
and practicing engineers planning to utilize DSP in
their designs. Individuals with a basic understanding
of analog signals and systems can benefit from this
workshop.
COURSE SUMMARY:
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is an area of science
and engineering that has developed rapidly over the
last 30 years. Using computer technology to store,
change and communicate data and multi-media is one
of the most significant achievements of the late 20th
and early 21st century. DSP has very quickly found its
place in the fields of communications (as in wired and
wireless systems), Internet and the World Wide Web
applications, medical instrumentation, consumer
audio and video, digital control etc. It is inevitable for
the practicing electrical engineer of today to encounter DSP in one form or another. Yet many engineers
and managers never had the opportunity to be
introduced to this relatively young field. The intent of
this workshop is to clarify some of the most
fundamental concepts in signal processing and digital
filter design and usage without resorting to the
rigorous mathematical theory typically found in DSP
textbooks. This seminar is tailored to be practical and
application oriented.
contact: [email protected]
SPEAKER BIO:
Babak D. Beheshti, PhD (http://bbeheshti.wix.com/main)
is Professor and Associate Dean of School of Engineering & Computing Sciences at NYIT, and President of
BDB Consulting. Babak has a BE and an MS degree in
Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University, and
a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth. A 25-year embeddedsystems veteran and expert, he has designed systems as
well as managed and participated in joint R&D
programs with many Asian, European and US companies including Qualcomm, Siemens Mobile, Nokia,
Samsung, KDDI and LG. Babak's areas of interest
include wireless sensor networks, embedded real time
systems, wireless and cellular systems, and digital
signal processing.
PDHs:
The workshop has been approved by the IEEE Educational
Activities Board to carry 12 PDHs (IEEE Continuing Education
Units: www.ieee.org/web/education/ceus). Professional
Development Hours (PDHs). In the United States, many
states require professional engineers to obtain
Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for maintaining
licensure. Through IEEE's continuing education offerings
professional engineers can earn PDH certificates that can
be used as evidence of participation in these courses to
help meet their requirements. One IEEE PDH is equal to
one contact hour of instruction.
REGISTRATION FEES*
REGISTER BY
4/1/16
4/15/16
Non-Member
IEEE Member**
IEEE Student Member
$475
$375
$200
$525
$425
$250
COURSE CONTENTS
DAY 1
• Review of fundamentals
• Applications of DSP
• Benefits of digital processing
• Discrete time systems and signals
• Sampling theorem
DAY 2
• Aliasing
• Effects of quantization
• Frequency domain representations of
sampled signals and systems
• Processing sampled signals
• Design of Finite Impulse Response(FIR) digital filters
DAY 3
• Fixed Point and Floating Point Arithmetic
• Number Ranges vs. Precision
• Use of commercially available DSPs,
development tools
• Program samples
• Optimized coding techniques:
Loop unrolling, Coding for SIMD (vector)
architectures
• Do’s and don’ts, future trends
For groups of 10 or more attendees from the same company, the course venue may be moved to the
company premises upon request.
*Fees will be refunded in full if the seminar is canceled or the registrant cannot be accommodated due to
capacity limitations. Other refunds will be considered.
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IEEE AES / AIAA JOINT MEETING
NASA'S MARS SCIENCE PROGRAM
DATE:
Thursday,
April 21, 2016
PRESENTED BY:
Bob Gershman
Principal Engineer,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LOCATION:
Bethpage Public Library,
47 Powell Avenue,
Bethpage, NY, 11714
TIME:
6:00 PM
Social Time
6:30 PM
Pizza
7:00 PM
Presentation
COST:
Members
and Guests:
$5.00
Students: Free
ABSTRACT:
SPEAKER BIO:
Mars exploration attempts started in the early 1960’s with a
number of unsuccessful missions by the USSR followed by
NASA’s 1965 Mariner 4 flyby, which gave us the first up-close
pictures of the red planet. Over the next 50 years, many
missions to Mars, both successful and not so much, were
launched and returned extraordinary pictures and scientific
data about the planet and its atmosphere. NASA’s Mars
science program is currently riding a wave of successful
missions including the long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers,
the highly capable Curiosity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. So what’s next? This talk will provide an
update of recent findings and describe plans for the next
decade.
Bob Gershman is a Principal Engineer in the Systems
Engineering and Formulation Division at JPL, supporting the
Mars Exploration Program. During his 37 years at JPL he has
served as Assistant Program Manager in the (Human) Exploration Systems Engineering Office, as Planetary Advanced
Missions Manager, as Deputy Manager of the Galileo Science
and Mission Design Office, and as Supervisor of the Mission
Engineering Group. At McDonnell-Douglas, he designed
propulsion and life support systems for Skylab and the
Saturn launch vehicle and was a Launch Team member for
three Apollo missions, including Apollo 11. He holds a BS in
Chemical Engineering from Caltech & an MS in Aerospace
Engineering from UCLA & is a recipient of NASA's Exceptional
Achievement & Exceptional Service Medals.
Directions: The library is west of Route 135 in Bethpage.
Take Route 135 to Exit 8, then West on Powell Ave. for about
0.25 miles. The library is on the south side of the street. Park
across Powell Ave., opposite the library.
RESERVATIONS REQUESTED RSVP BY
April 20, 2016 to: David Paris at:
[email protected] or (516) 458-8593
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
THE IEEE LONG ISLAND SECTION & THE IEEE LONG ISLAND COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESENT:
CENG-21 ADVANCED C PROGRAMMING
FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
DATES:
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
TIME: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
PRESENTED BY:
Babak D. Beheshti, PhD,
Professor and Associate
Dean of School of Engineering &
Computing Sciences, NYIT
LOCATION:
NYIT, Old Westbury
Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center,
Old Westbury, NY 11568
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: [email protected]
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The course is designed for engineers and developers
who are familiar with the C programming language, or
who have taken the first of the two-course sequence
(CENG-20), and who wish to cover the real-time
programming concepts in more detail.
COURSE SUMMARY:
This course continues coverage of the C programming
and advanced topics of programming in C in real-time,
micro-controller based embedded systems. The course
covers topics including Dynamic Memory Management;
type safety: Conversions, promotions, truncation;
Concurrency and multi-tasking; and design for testability. This course is the second of a two-part sequence.
PRE-REQUISITES:
• Experience with C programming, or
having taken CENG-20
COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To understand the Dynamic Memory Management,
run-time memory allocation and its pros and cons
• To understand data type safety, and its ramifications
to program correctness
• To understand parallelism and concurrency and
programming paradigms to accomplish concurrency
• To learn use of Real-Time Operating Systems
(RTOSes)
• To design code for testability
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REGISTRATION:
SPEAKER BIO:
Babak D. Beheshti, PhD (http://bbeheshti.wix.com/main)
is Professor and Associate Dean of School of Engineering & Computing Sciences at NYIT, and President of
BDB Consulting. Babak has a BE and an MS degree in
Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University, and
a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth. A 25-year embeddedsystems veteran and expert, he has designed systems as
well as managed and participated in joint R&D
programs with many Asian, European and US companies including Qualcomm, Siemens Mobile, Nokia,
Samsung, KDDI and LG. Babak's areas of interest
include wireless sensor networks, embedded real time
systems, wireless and cellular systems, and digital
signal processing.
PDHs:
The workshop has been approved by the IEEE Educational
Activities Board to carry 12 PDHs (IEEE Continuing
Education Units: www.ieee.org/web/education/ceus).
Professional Development Hours (PDHs). In the United
States, many states require professional engineers to
obtain Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for
maintaining licensure. Through IEEE's continuing
education offerings professional engineers can earn PDH
certificates that can be used as evidence of participation in
these courses to help meet their requirements. One IEEE
PDH is equal to one contact hour of instruction.
REGISTRATION FEE:
REGISTER BY
4/5/16
4/18/16
Non-Member
IEEE Member**
IEEE Student Member
$475
$375
$200
$525
$425
$250
For groups of 10 or more attendees from the same company, the course venue may be moved to the
company premises upon request.
* A 10% discount will be applied if registering for both CENG-20 and CENG-21
** Proof of IEEE membership is required
Fees will be refunded in full if the seminar is canceled or the registrant cannot be accommodated
due to capacity limitations. Other refunds will be considered
COURSE CONTENTS
DAY 1
• Structures
• Big & Little Endian
• Unions
• Using structures to access I/O devices
• Bit-field structures
• Interrupts
• Internal & External interrupt control
• Nested Interrupts
• Priorities & Masks
• Software Interrupts
• Device Interaction & Synchronization
• Polling devices
• Serial peripheral programming
• Structures and Unions
• Dynamic Memory Management
• Malloc and free
• Issues (leaks, fragmentation, etc.)
DAY 2
• Concurrency and multi-tasking
• Scheduling strategies
• Context switching
• Task synchronization and communication
• MMU and memory protection
• Concurrency and libraries
• Using a RTOS
• The Standard C Library
• Target Specific Considerations
• Language features affecting portability
• Assembly language interfacing
• What happens at power-on?
• Implementation Examples
• State Machines
• Programming for SIMD Digital Signal Processors
• Optimizations
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LECTURES AND SEMINARS
The Long Island Chapter of IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)
in collaboration with The Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group
and Educational Activities Chapter presents the following lecture:
SOLUTION OF FEEDBACK SYSTEMS &
CIRCUITS WITH SIGNAL-FLOW GRAPHS
DATE:
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
PRESENTED BY:
Alan Lipsky
LOCATION:
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
Lupton Hall, Room 247
TIME:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
COST
This lecture is free and all are invited .
Free Pizza will be served.
ABSTRACT:
SPEAKER BIO:
Signal-flow graphs facilitate finding transfer functions for linear
systems, both mechanical & electrical. They provide an intuitive
understanding. Integral differential equations are solved in the
Laplace domain. Using Mason's gain formula the transfer
function is found easily from the signal-flow graph. The resulting
transfer function is the ratio of polynomials in powers of 'S', the
complex frequency variable. They are less general than state
variable formulations since they are useful for solving linear
equation only and do not consider initial conditions. In contrast
with signal-flow diagrams, the state variable formulation is ideal
for computer solutions of multiple input-output systems Flow
graphs, however, yield a better intuitive grasp of the system.
Unlike block diagrams, which ignore interactions between the
output of one block and the input of the following one, flowgraphs are an accurate representation. In the lecture, the rules
for signal flow graphs are introduced and Mason's gain formula
stated. A number of Op-Amp circuits and simple mechanical
systems are solved. After stating Bode's criteria for stability, the
graphs are used to illustrate why Op-Amps oscillate with
capacitance loads
Alan Lipsky specializes in feedback controls & high-frequency
power conversion. He taught courses in grounding, feedback
controls, and power conversion. His recent design experience
includes a 500-waft off-line power supply for an ultrasonic
generator, and 6 KW degaussing power amplifier. He holds a
patent for a sonar signal processing equipment. His degrees
consist of a Master's degree from MIT, and a Bachelor's degree
from RPI where he was elected to beta-cappa-Nu and
Tau-Beta-Pi.
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LECTURE COORDINATORS:
Jessica Donaldson,
Chair, SPS, IEEE Long Island Section, [email protected]
Mihaela Radu,
Chair, WIE, IEEE Long Island Section, [email protected]
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2016 IEEE REGION 1 AWARDS NOMINATIONS
NOMINAT IONS SOL I CI TED F OR
2016 IEEE REGION 1 AWARDS
by JESSE TAUB, AWARDS CHAIRMAN
IEEE REGION 1 AWARDS
PURPOSE: The purpose of the Region 1 Awards Program is to publicly recognize professional and technical
excellence and major accomplishments and contributions made by Region 1 IEEE members.
Region 1 of the IEEE gives awards to its members in a variety of technical, managerial and professional categories
which are described below. Nominations forms and other instructions can be found on the IEEE website:
www.ieee.org and then ask for “Region 1 Awards” in the search box.
AWARD CATEGORIES: There are six categories for the Region 1 Awards:
1A.
NEW TECHNICAL CONCEPTS
IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
1E.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
For significant patents, for discoveries of new
devices or applications, and for significant
reductions in components or processes.
For managerial excellence in organization,
leadership, design, and development.
1B.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PROFESSIONALISM
For personal, high-level leadership in research
and design performance in support of all phases
of the Electrical Engineering Profession.
1C.
PROMOTION OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT FOR
PRACTICING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
By arranging courses, seminars, and tutorials
to enhance the educational level and the
competence of practicing electrical engineers.
1D.
ENHANCEMENT OF IEEE IN INDUSTRY
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
For outstanding service to the IEEE at the
Chapter, Section, Region, and national level,
and for major contributions to the industry
and the community.
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1F.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT
FOR STUDENT ACTIVITIES
For improving communications between the IEEE
and a Student Branch or Student Group; for support
and service to a Student Branch or Student Group;
for service and leadership to the student community.
1G.
THE WILLIAM TERRY DISTINGUISHED
LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
This award is intended to recognize those whose
personal efforts have provided leadership, creativity,
guidance, hard work, and inspiration in a wide
range of IEEE activities over a long period of time.
Please send your nominations to Jesse Taub,
the Section’s Awards Chair at [email protected].
They will be reviewed by the Section’s Awards
Committee. Nominations must be received on or
before May 15, 2016. If you have any questions,
please call 631-420-1564.
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CONFERENCES
LONG ISLAND MTT SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITS
Trends In Microwaves - 2016
Engineers, Managers, Students & technical professionals
interested in the latest trends in Microwave, Millimeter
wave & RF Technology are all invited.
Date: 2016 April 14
Location: Upsky LI Hotel, Hauppauge
SPACE IS LIMITED
This event is free for attendees.
Pre-register online at:
www.ieee.li/mtt2016
or scan the QR code.
EXHIBITORS
L3 Narda-Miteq, Mini-Circuits, RFMW,
ATN, GM Systems, Eltech Sales, Keysight,
Micross, Microcom Sales, RF Alliance,
RF Sales, Tekmar Sales, WJB Sales
SPONSORS
Special thanks to our silver sponsors:
L3 Narda-Miteq, Mini-Circuits and RFMW.
All Microwave Products/Services
Exhibits are available from 1:30-6:30 PM
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1:00-1:15 PM
Welcome & Registration
1:15-1:30 PM
Keynote Address: Past/Present/Future of µW, Jesse Taub
1:30-2:15 PM
Reflection less Filters Improve Linearity & DR, Dr. Zhao Li
2:15-3:30 PM
What's New in Digital PRE-Distortion, Dr. John Wood
3:30-3:45 PM
Refreshment Break
3:45-5:00 PM
RF Aspects of MRI, Dr. Robert Caverly
5:00-6:15 PM
Switchable/Tunable Ferroelectric Devices, Dr. A Mortazawi
6:15-6:30 PM
Acknowledgments & Closing Remarks
6:30- 7:00 PM
Networking with Industry & Colleagues
>Directions
7:00-8:00 PM
(or scan QR code)
Complimentary Dinner
Organized by the Long Island Chapter of
the IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques
Society, www.ieee.li/mtt.
For more information: [email protected]
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CONFERENCES
LISAT
12 TH ANNUAL IEEE LONG ISLAND SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016
7:30 AM (sign-in) 8 AM start
ROUTE 110, FARMINGDALE, NY
THREE ALL-DAY PARALLEL TECHNICAL TRACKS
See LISAT website for updates regarding content: www.ieee.li/lisat
SYSTEMS
APPLICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
PAST TECHNICAL TRACKS HAVE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
•
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Networking
Wireless Sensors
Quantum Computing
Image Processing
Signal Processing
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Motion Detection
Micropower Sensor Networks
Advanced Surveillance
Wireless Spectrum Sharing
Next Generation Health Care
EXHIBITS HALL
CEU/PDH TRACK (6-HOUR)
0.2 CEU (2 PDH) credits available
for each of the topics in this track.
Pick & choose the topics of your interest.
See the LISAT website for more details:
www.ieee.li/lisat
Exhibits from Local OEMs, Manufacturers,
Component Suppliers, Universities,
Competition Winners, Local Associations
and Professional Societies
PRODUCT APPLICATIONS TRACK
PRESENTING LATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY.
This track offers applications oriented presentations.
Contact Jaime Lima, [email protected] or Steve Alford, [email protected]
Subjects may include new technologies, new techniques, software, development tools.
REGISTRATION AND OTHER INFORMATION AT LISAT WEBSITE:
www.ieee.li/lisat
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CONFERENCES
GENERAL CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
August 5, 2016 12:00 AM
2016 NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC DATA SUMMIT (NYSDS) DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY
Led by the Computational Science Initiative’s at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), the New York Scientific Data Summit
(NYSDS) aims to accelerate data-driven discovery and innovation by bringing together researchers, developers and end-users from
academia, industry, utilities and state and federal governments. Jointly organized by Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL),
Stony Brook University (SBU), New York University (NYU), and IEEE Long Island Computer Society (IEEE CS). The theme of this
year's conference is "Data-Driven Discovery." With keynote speakers from industry and international big-science projects, the 2-1/2
day conference is organized into five sessions.
Co-hosts include BNL, the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at SBU, the NYSTAR High-Performance Computing
Consortium (HPC2), the New York University Center for Data Science, the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment, and IEEE Long
Island Computer Society Chapter.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FOR
RESEARCH PAPERS AND POSTERS
If you are interested in submitting an
abstract for a research paper or poster
presentation, please submit it by 4/11/16.
Begin submission here, or scan the code.
EVENING EVENTS
Registered attendees are invited to attend the sponsored
welcome reception and conference dinner; free of charge
for registered participants.
WELCOME RECEPTION: New York University
Grand Hall
Sunday, August 14, 2016, 7-9 PM View Map
PROGRAM
Sunday, August 14
7:00-9:00 pm Sponsored Welcome Reception
Monday, August 15
9:00-12:30 pm Session 1: Streaming Data Analysis
2:00-5:00 pm Session 2: Long Term Data Storage, Curation & Sharing
5:00-6:00 pm Panel Session
Tuesday, August 16
9:00-12:30 pm Session 3: Experimental Data
2:00-5:00 pm Session 4: Industry Solution Challenges for Big Data
5:30-6:30 pm Poster Session
7:00-9:00 pm Dinner
Wednesday, August 17
9:00-12:30 pm Session 5: The Conversion of Data and HPC
TUESDAY NIGHT DINNER: New York University
Rosenthal Pavilion
Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 7-9 PM View Map
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CONFERENCES
THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO ON EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SMARTER WORLD (CEWIT2016)
November 2 & 3, 2016, Melville Marriott Long Island, Melville, New York
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
We cordially invite you to submit your contribution to the 13th International Conference & Expo on Emerging Technologies for a Smarter World (CEWIT2016).
Originally known as the International Conference on Cutting-Edge Wireless & Information Technologies, this conference is organized by the New York State Center of
Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) located at Stony Brook University in New York. CEWIT2016 is the premier international forum on the
applications of emerging technologies in infrastructure, healthcare, and energy, which are three of the most critical components of a smarter global environment.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
AREA 1:
THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Intelligent Sensors/Devices
- Collaborative Signal/Image Processing
- IoT Applications and Services
- Device and Circuit Design for IoT
- Architecture & Systems Design for IoT
- Interface and Control Systems for IoT
- IoT Data Analytics -Mobile IoT
- IoT Testbed and Standards
AREA 2: CYBERSECURITY
- Mobile Security
- Internet of Things (IoT) Security
- Defenses against Zero-day and
Targeted Attacks
- Defenses against Insider Threats
- Online Privacy and Anonymity
- Vulnerability Analysis & Software
Protections
- Digital Forensics
- Privacy Enhancing Technologies
- Anonymity Domain Abuse &
Trademark Dilution
AREA 3: HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES
AND MEDICAL DEVICES
- Advanced Medical Imaging
- Computer-Aided Diagnostics
- Wireless Telemedicine
- Noninvasive Health Monitoring
- Teleradiology
- Personal Medical Devices
- Implantable Sensors
- Medication Adherence
- Asset Tracking and Monitoring
- Mobile Diagnostics
- Implantable Prosthetics
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AREA 4: BIG DATA ANALYTICS
AND VISUALIZATION
- Model Driven Data Analysis
- Data Mining in Business Intelligence
- Text Mining & Sentiment Analysis
- Visual Analytics
- Biomedical & Healthcare Informatics
- Distributed Robotics and Real
- Time Data Analytics
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Immersive Interface
- Tiled Displays
- Human Computer Interaction
- GPU Clustering
AREA 5: SMART URBAN SYSTEMS
- Securing the Transportation
Infrastructure
- Transportation Infrastructure Sensing
- Traffic Simulation & Visualization
- Interaction between Vehicles & the
Environment
- Integrated Management Technology
for Ubiquitous City
- Sensor Network for Water and
Electric Utilities
- Urban Pollution
AREA 6: SMART ENERGY
- Distributed Sensor Networks for
Smart Grid
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Energy Efficient Computing
- Advanced Sensor and RFID
Technologies
- Smart Grid Interoperability
- Simulation and Modeling
AREA 7: INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
- Worldwide Economic Impact of IT
- IT in Education
- IT as the Job Creation Engine
- Social Media
- Information Dissemination
- Global Impact
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1
Notification of Acceptance: June 1,
Camera-Ready Paper and
Presentation Materials: July 1
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information about
CEWIT2016, visit www.cewit.org or
contact the conference general chair
Dr. Shmuel Einav or the program
committee chair Dr. Rong Zhao at
+1 631-216-7000 or email
[email protected].
VENUE
CEWIT2015 will be held at the Melville
Marriott Long Island. The Melville
Marriott is conveniently situated just 20
miles from Islip Airport, 30 miles from
JFK Airport and 30 miles from
LaGuardia Airport. For more
information please visit
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel
/nycml-melville-marriott-long-island/
WWW.CEWIT.ORG
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
CEWIT2016 is primarily interested in
serving as a venue for the discussion of
technical contributions highlighting
end-to-end technical solutions,
applications and systems, even if
available only in prototype form.
Therefore, we strongly encourage authors
to submit abstracts describing their
contributions in an application-oriented
context. Abstracts will be evaluated by
conference program committee members
and external reviewers. Submissions will
be judged on validity, originality,
technical strength, practical significance,
quality of presentation, and relevance to
the conference topics. We encourage
submissions from a variety of fields
where in-depth application-centric ideas
addressing important challenges related
to the conference theme are discussed.
Authors of accepted oral presentations
may submit a full paper to be included in
the conference proceedings.
In addition to the oral presentations,
we encourage participation in the poster
session to present on-going research
and innovative application projects.
A judging panel of industry and
academic experts will evaluate the
posters and determine the winners of
Best Poster and Best Student Poster
Awards. Please submit your abstract
electronically at www.cewit.org.
Submission guidelines and other
information will be provided on
the conference website.
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BROOKLYN 5G SUMMIT / LIFE MEMBER ARTICLES
The Brooklyn 5G Summit
sponsored by
Live Video Stream
21-22 April 2016
WATCH THIS LIVE
Find out how you can experience this
$350 streaming event for free.
HEAR LEADING EXPERTS EXPLAIN AND DISCUSS:
- 5G System Design across sub 6GHz to 100 GHz bands
- Propagation & channel modeling to appropriately model 5G systems
- 5G IoT: Automotive Industry
- 5G IoT: Ehealth and Virtual Reality
- 5G Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Systems
The Section is inviting you to record your stories
and histories in our monthly publication, the
Long Island Pulse. An article of approximately
300 – 350 words is recommended.
LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
Send your article to: [email protected]
c.c. Life Member Chair: [email protected]
life
member
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Adam Koeppe, VP Network, Verizon Wireless
- Seizo Onoe, CTO, NTT DoCoMo
- Luke Ibbetson, Chief Engineer, Vodafone
- Tom Keathley, EVP, AT&T
- Vida Ilderem, VP & GM, INTEL
- Onur Altintas, Toyota Fellow, Toyota Research
REGISTER AT:
https://register.comsoc.org/bklyn5g
SEE THE AGENDA AT:
http://brooklyn5gsummit.com/Agenda
IEEE LIFE MEMBERS
Write for Pulse!
The IEEE Long Island Section has held meetings with many of our Life
Members and Senior Engineers, in recent months. Your stories and
histories in engineering are interesting, inspiring and should be recorded
for future generations. You have served your profession for many years,
many have served our country in the military, many as engineers fighting
the Cold War. The many contributions are the legacy to this new digital
age, space age, environmental age and beyond.
WE WANT YOUR STORIES
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CS CALL FOR SPEAKERS / R. E. MERWIN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
Share Your Experience
PRESENT YOUR WORK TO IEEE
Working on an interesting project? Or have an interesting topic to talk about?
A startup ready to spread a word, or in need of beta testers with computer knowledge?
Computer Society Chapter invites you to present your project or your experience.
For one of the upcoming meetings we’d like to mash technical and social, and have several
presenters presenting interesting computer-related topics in a shorter timeframe, fostering
conversation. This is an opportunity to meet each other, learn about our work and possibly
identify opportunities for collaboration.
Contact IEEE Computer Society Chapter at [email protected] with your suggested topic.
RICHARD E. MERWIN
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Graduate students, and those in the final two years of an undergraduate
program in electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or a
well-defined computer related field of engineering who are active members of a
student branch or chapter are eligible.
IEEE Computer Society is offering $40,000 in student scholarships from $1,000 and up
to recognize and reward active student volunteer leaders in student branches or
chapters who show promise in their academic and professional efforts. This
scholarship was created in honor of the late Richard E. Merwin, past president of the
IEEE Computer Society, to recognize and reward student leadership.
IEEE Computer Society membership is required. (Note: Students applying for the
award should have a minimum one year in which to complete their degree, or
be considering or enrolled to immediately start further study upon completion.)
Applicants are required to have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 / 4.0 (or
exam marks of at least 60%), and be a full-time student as defined by his or her
academic institution during the course of the award. Student winners of the
Computer Society's Richard Merwin or UPE/CS award for the previous year (13
months) are not eligible.
The selected winners of this award will have the opportunity to serve as IEEE
Computer Society Student Ambassadors for the particular IEEE region to which they
belong. Duties as Student Ambassadors will include collecting and disseminating
information to student branches or chapters in their region and serving as a liaison
between the IEEE Computer Society Member and Geographic Activities Board
(MGAB) and student members in their region. Over a dozen scholarships of $1,000
and up are available, for one academic year (approximately 9 months).
THE MERWIN SCHOLARSHIP NOW HAS 2 APPLICATION DEADLINES:
30 April and 30 September of each year (you may apply only once per year).
CRITERIA?
Evaluation criteria include participation in student IEEE branch/chapter activities
(30%), academic achievement (30%), extracurricular activities (10%), letter of
recommendation from student branch/chapter advisor (20%), and quality of Student
Ambassador vision statement (10%)
TRANSCRIPTS
For your transcripts, your minimum GPA requirement is 2.5 / 4.0. If your GPA is
based on percentages and NOT a 4.0 grading scale, you must include mark
sheets to notate how your GPA is calculated.
APPLICATION
Click the link below to download the application. Complete and email the final
copy as a PDF or WORD file (Typo on application do NOT send ZIP file) to
Eric Berkowitz: [email protected]
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS:
The current deadline for application submissions: 30 September 2015
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COMTECH PST NEWS
COMTECH PST INTRODUCES THE LATEST
IN X-BAND SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIERS
Comtech PST, a division of Comtech Telecommunications, is excited to announce
the availability of its latest X-Band Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) for use in
civil, military and commercial weather radar applications. This newly developed
solid state GaN based pulsed amplifier product line can be used to upgrade local
1 kW SSPA
Doppler and National Weather Service radars. The use of a solid state transmitter
in today’s radar supports greater image resolution enabling meteorologists to
improve their accuracy in predicting storm patterns and intensity models.
Comtech PST utilizes GaN based X-Band pulsed SSPA technology to replace aged
TWT and Magnetron tube transmitters with more reliable, lower cost and integration friendly leading edge solid state technology.
Our engineers employ novel circuit topologies from the device to high power RF
combining techniques to achieve the ultimate output power. Comtech combines
eight of our model BMC928958-1000 1 kW SSPA Pulsed Amplifier Modules to
attain 8 kW of power model BMC928958-8000. Both products are ECCN-3A999
designated.
“This is just one of several new product developments that our Engineers are
achieving with the latest in RF & Microwave technologies” commented Michael
8 kW SSPA System
Hrybenko, President of Comtech PST, on a recent award for this latest X-Band radar
transmitter.
ENGINEERING
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Comtech PST, located in Melville NY is a leading designer and developer of solid
state high power amplifiers and control components.
Engineers, Aides and
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our career opportunities at
www.comtechpst.com
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