The annual conference of the IEEE Professional Communication Society is being held from 30 September to 3 October, 2007 in Seattle, Washington, USA. The conference, which encompasses a variety of aspects of professional and technical communication within the field of information and communication technology, will feature panels on usability, information design, software user assistance, health and environmental communication, along with many other topics. For more information about the conference, please visit

The deadline for paper submissions for the 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE InfoCom 2008, is 2 July 2007. Original papers are invited on recent advances in computer communications and networking. The conference is scheduled to take place 13-18 April 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. For submission details and information about the conference, visit

 
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In response to warnings of increased health risks to children in schools that use wireless networks, a growing number of U.K. scientists, health experts, and politicians all agree that more experiments are needed to verify the dangers associated with wireless networks, according to an article published in EE Times. Some critics are concerned about the growth of wireless technology in schools, claiming it has been installed without any investigation into the possible dangers of radiation given off by WiFi enabled computers and wireless routers. Experts, however, say experiments that supposedly reveal potential risks do not take into account basic fundamental measurements and that readings of radiation from wireless technologies are well beneath the U.K. government’s safety limits. Read more

 
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Six different IEEE Foundation grants, totaling more than U.S. $50,000, were awarded to a variety of interesting proposals. Helping students learn and preserving the history of IEEE were the two main themes running through the winning projects. The IEEE student branch at Middle East Technical University, in Ankara, Turkey, received $10,000 to support a nationwide pre-college website contest while the Clarkstown Central School District in Rockland County, N.Y., is applying a $7,000 grant to support a project geared towards educating young students about how math, science, and technology work together. The IEEE Egypt Section’s Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) group received $10,000 to support the Made in Egypt—Industry-University Linkage Program and the IEEE Education Society’s Student Activities Committee received $5,000 for organizing a student session at the Second International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided Language. IEEE Region 8 received $9,000 toward its program, Launching History Activities in IEEE Region 8, which supports members of the region who conduct oral history interviews with prominent technologists and scientists in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The sole individual grant winner, LeAnn Erickson, received $10,000 in support of an educational documentary called “Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WW II.”  To read more about the winning projects, visit

 
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In order to provide a more inclusive analysis of web operations performance, Coradiant and Splunk have joined forces to gain a greater understanding of how users experience their websites. Splunk’s system previously gathered data on networks, platforms, databases, and other entities, but will now collect user performance management information. This includes logs of the pages users accessed, outcomes of user sessions, and any difficulties users came across. Read more

 
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The IEEE and the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) are sponsoring the “Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and their Educators 2010-2020” International Conference to be held in Munich, Germany on 9-11 November 2007. The conference will bring together decision makers from industry, government and education to discuss and plan the preparation of future engineers and the people who educate them. The specific focus for the conference will be to analyze and address the lack of engineers and technical educators worldwide. Main objectives for the summit include establishing and expanding partnerships between the attendees, opening channels of communication, and developing action plans to ensure the proper recruitment and training of future engineers and engineering educators. Attendance of the conference will be limited to ensure quality interaction between participants. Deadline for early registration is 15 August 2007; late registration ends 17 October 2007. For more information about registration or the conference in general, please visit

 
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Although consumers and telecommunication officials are eager for the ability to communicate freely on any device, a true fixed and cell phone convergence is years from being achieved. At a recent convergence conference in Amsterdam, Holland, industry executives revealed the potential this blending of services may have, including providing new avenues of revenue. One area that shows the quickest potential for growth is the corporate sector, where many business clients are already seeking mobile and fixed services to help traveling staff. Read more

 
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While wireless data usage is expected to increase nearly 10 times by 2011, questions have risen over whether or not networks will have the capability of handling such an increase, according to research from iGR. The research group came to its conclusions by examining several different types of users ranging from light to medium and heavy data subscribers. Surfing the mobile web and sending/receiving mobile e-mail using a cell phone were the most common activities that iGR found during the course of its research. Read more

 
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A call for papers has been sent out for the “Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and their Educators 2010-2020” International Conference to be held in Munich, Germany on 9 - 11 November 2007, sponsored by the IEEE and the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE). The conference will bring together decision makers from industry, government and education to discuss and plan the preparation of future engineers and the people who educate them. The specific focus for the conference will be to analyze and address the lack of engineers and technical educators worldwide. Attendance of the conference will be limited to ensure quality interaction between participants. Deadline for proposed paper synopsis is 30 June 2007; the deadline for final paper submissions is 1 October 2007. For more information about submitting a paper or the conference in general, please visit

 
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At Interop, a business and technology conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA last month, a group of security companies displayed their latest products and services. Q1 Labs, a network security management company, revealed QRadar 2000, a program offering complete log management, security event correlation, and network behavior analysis abilities. Websense unveiled software designed to shield organizations from questionable websites. Citrix Systems, a company that specializes in application delivery infrastructure, debuted a software-based WAN optimization client, which is focused on extending LAN-like application performance to mobile employees. Read more

 
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This year, the IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, which is dedicated to identifying and solving the key issues necessary to field capable robots across a variety of challenging applications, is being hosted at the Istituto Superiore Antincendi in Rome, Italy from 27 to 29 September 2007. The fifth annual conference will address both the research challenges posed by search and rescue scenarios and the design of deployable robotic systems that satisfy user-defined requirements. More information about the conference can be found at

 
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