IEEE Luncheon at London Online: Reserve Your Seat Today!
IEEE invites you to its annual Customer Luncheon at London's Online Information 2008. Come learn about IEEE's new ideas in technical research, hear about IEEE online collections and receive updates on the IEEE Xplore® digital library. Both IEEE customers and those interested in obtaining access to IEEE online publications are invited to attend. Space is filling up fast—reserve your seat today!
Date: Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Time: 13:00-14:30 PM
Place: Hilton London Olympia, Tower Room
Registration is required. To reserve a seat, please email p.buchta@ieee.org.
Library Advisory Council Provides IEEE with Critical Feedback
The IEEE Library Advisory Council (LAC) hosted their annual meeting last month in New York City, New York, USA. The meeting allows this group of international corporate, academic and government librarians to discuss important issues and influence the development of IEEE products and policies.
IEEE welcomed two keynote speakers for the event: Glenn Zorpette, Executive Editor, IEEE Spectrum and Siva Viadhyanathan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia (USA). Zorpette detailed the innovative approaches that his small, dedicated staff uses to cover the world of technology with varied media, while Viadyanathan shared his views on “The Googlization of Everything” and how one corporation can impact cultural and information democracy.
Other discussions focused on the future of usage reporting, authentication systems, engineering certification, continuing education and search technologies. Paige Lucas-Stannard, NASA Glenn Research Center, and Helen Josephine, Stanford University (USA), looked at next generation discovery tools and customized information solutions. David Alsmeyer, British Telecom, and Fran Tollenaar, Royal Philips Electronics, discussed issues and opportunities posed by different user tracking systems. The group also reviewed the latest IEEE Xplore® enhancements and those planned for 2009.
See photos from the LAC meeting
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Industry Specific Sheets and Presentations Help You Communicate Value
Show how IEEE content brings value to your organization with presentations and information sheets tailored to your specific industry. Profiling specific publications, conferences and individual key words, these tools highlight the quality, depth and value that your users can expect from the IEEE Xplore® digital library in the Aerospace and Defense, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Medical Devices, Semiconductor and Telecommunication industries. Find these presentations and flyers on the IEEE Client Services Web site.
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Visit IEEE at Upcoming Conferences
Stop by the IEEE booth at the following conferences to learn more about the benefits of subscribing to IEEE information and share tips on making the most of your current subscriptions.
International Conference of Asian Special Libraries
India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Dehli, India
26–28 November 2008
Jay Bhatt from Drexel University, USA, a member of the IEEE Library Advisory Council, will speak on the future of special libraries.
Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting
McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 November–5 December
Booth #7025
Military Libraries Workshop
Monterey, California, USA
8–12 December 2008
Booth #649
Join IEEE, the premiere sponsor the Military Librarian's Division of the Special Librarians Association, in celebrating its 125th anniversary at the opening reception on Monday, 8 December.
2009 ALA Midwinter
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
23–26 January 2009
Booth #519
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Save the Date: IEEE Customer Meeting in Germany
IEEE will hold a regional IEEE Xplore® user group and customer meeting on Thursday, 26 March 2009 at Technische Universität München (TUM) in Germany. Engineers, students and technical staff who use IEEE Xplore, and who would like to provide feedback on IEEE Xplore developments should plan on attending this special meeting.
The conversation will be conducted in both English and German with several bilingual participants in attendance. Invitations will be sent in early 2009 with event details and reservation instructions. If you have any questions, please contact:
In English
Ruth Wolfish
IEEE Client Services Manager
E-mail: r.wolfish@ieee.org
In German
Uwe Jungfer
SAM- STANDARDS AND MORE... GmbH & Co. KG
E-mail: uwe.jungfer@standardsandmore.com
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New IEEE Expert Now Course Looks at Type-2 Fuzzy Sets
Another new course has been added to the IEEE Expert Now portfolio of continuing education. Introduction to Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems, taught by Jerry Mendel and sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, provides an overview of type-2 fuzzy sets (T2 FSs) and systems. The course locates type-2 fuzzy sets and systems in an educational taxonomy; explains what a T2 FS is and why it is needed; provides careful definitions and pictures of the new terminology of T2 FSs; and discusses important representations for a T2 FS. Using a T2 FS in real-time applications and how obstacles can be overcome is also covered.
More information about this course—and IEEE Expert Now, the online education resource that provides the latest information on emerging technologies—can be found on the IEEE Expert Now Web site. Flexible pricing is now available for any size organization! Learn more
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IEEE Seeks Volunteers for Humanitarian Technology Challenge
The Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) is a partnership between IEEE and the United Nations Foundation designed to bring together technical professionals and humanitarians to develop technological solutions for pressing challenges facing humanity. The program is offering a unique opportunity for those experienced in systems engineering to work directly with prominent humanitarian volunteers to address these initial challenges:
- Reliable Electricity – Availability of power for electronic devices
- Data Connectivity of Rural District Health Offices – Capability of exchanging data among remote field offices and central health facilities
- Local Management and Tracking of Supply Distribution – Ensure that supplies are getting to the people that need them in order to maximize the impact of assistance
- Incident Tracking – Determine locations and extent of medical problems in order to focus resources
- Patient ID and Tie to Health Records – Maintain consistent patient records, including when patients visit different clinics and when they relocate.
For more information, visit the HTC Web site. Interested individuals should contact Harold Tepper, IEEE HTC Project Manager, at h.tepper@ieee.org
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IEEE 125th Anniversary Site Helps Customers Plan Their Own Celebration
Customers can help IEEE celebrate 125 years of engineering the future by hosting their own events throughout the year. In 2009, IEEE is asking its members, customers and students to join the IEEE 125th Anniversary Celebration with local events that help benefit humanity or highlight technologies that have made a difference, contributions to online message boards and participation in online contests on the anniversary Web site.
Promotion & Event Planning Action Packs have been posted to the anniversary site to help get you started—with everything from event ideas and budgeting tools to tips on involving the media and promoting your activities. Templates are simple to use, easy to download and will help make the most of your event. All of the materials can be adapted to suit your local needs.
Learn what else you can do by visiting the IEEE 125th Anniversary Web site
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Proceedings of the IEEE Looks at Distributed Smart Cameras
The October issue of Proceedings of the IEEE considers the future of distributed smart cameras—real-time distributed embedded systems that perform computer vision using multiple cameras. Thanks to a confluence of demanding applications and the huge computational and communications abilities enabled by Moore’s law, this new interdisciplinary field—based upon techniques from computer vision, distributed computing, embedded computing and sensor networks—is rapidly growing. This special issue of Proceedings looks at three categories related to distributed smart cameras: Architecture and Networks; Distributed and Collaborative Image Processing; and Applications and Security Issues. To learn more, please visit the Proceedings of the IEEE Web site.
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In Brief: Now Available on the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
More than 200 journal issues, conference proceedings and standards have been added to the IEEE Xplore digital library in November. Some of the highlights include:
IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Magazine, October 2008
Features a special tribute to NASA’s 50th Anniversary with articles on the first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, post WWII technology, the Apollo computing evolution, unmanned satellites, and satellite communications.
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, November 2008
Highlights include an evaluation of telemedicine-based services, recursive fuzzy granulation for gene subsets extraction and cancer classification, detecting differences between contrast groups, image diffusion using saliency bilateral filter, and detections of arterial wall in sonographic artery images using dual dynamic programming.
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, November 2008
Contains articles on injection-locked fractional frequency dividers, SiGe receiver front ends for millimeter-wave passive imaging, stability and passivity enforcement of parametric macromodels, and mixed quantum-classical methods for molecular simulations of biochemical reactions.
2008 EUROMICRO Conference on Digital System Design Architectures, Methods and Tools
Conference Proceedings
2008 International Workshop on Robotic and Sensors Environments
Conference Proceedings
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