IEEE Northern VA Section Newsletter for February 2016
IEEE Northern VA Section Newsletter, February 2016
In This Issue
- Section Report
- Open Positions
- Call for Volunteers
- Upcoming Events
- Congratulations
- Acknowledgements
- Survey
Section Report
There were several excellent IEEE technical presentations last month. Dr. Jon Ward’s COMSOC presentation on “Base Station Anonymity in Wireless Sensor Networks” on Tuesday, January 12 started with an explanation of why an attacker may want to identify which node of an ad hoc network acts as a base and some link and network layer techniques to hide it. He then presented simulation results showing how distributed beamforming could prevent a passive attacker using evidence theory from reliably identifying the base station. Download his slides at https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_site_files/index/CH02009.
On Thursday, January 21, Howard Cox made his case for a dialog between law enforcement and industry on support for access to stored encrypted communication on mobile devices. Drawing on examples from past cases and parallels between the physical and digital worlds, the former CIA Assistant Inspector General with nearly four decades of federal service and current instructor and GWU adjunct professor spoke at a Computer Society talk jointly sponsored by the Northern VA Information Systems Security Association.
Though you can read about both topics online you miss the perspectives that come from audience questions and comments. See the Upcoming Events below for ones postponed due to snow and new ones for February. You can also visit the calendar on the emerging IEEE Northern VA Section website, http://sites.ieee.org/nova/, for later months.
Marty Schulman
2016 IEEE Northern VA Chair
Open Positions
Our section’s Professional Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE) Chair promotes professional activities for section members and interfaces with the region and IEEE-USA. Activities include everything from reviewing matching funding requests for eligible events to organizing professional development, employment assistance, and government relationship projects. Projects and other links at https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/ for more details and contact Marty Schulman, schulman@ieee.org, if interested.
The Electron Devices Society (EDS) Chapter and the Nanotechnology Council (NTC) hold technical meetings and provide professional networking opportunities. Members are invited to run for Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. Contact j.h.smith@ieee.org for EDS and nfhaddad@aol.com for NTC.
If you’re interested in any of these roles but lack experience, come to the National Capital Area IEEE Leadership Training event from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 6 in Crystal City. Some of the most seasoned members from Northern VA, Washington, and Baltimore will present everything you need to know about the IEEE’s practices and tools, but you must register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37854.
Call for Volunteers
The following activities need volunteers for all or part of a single day; please email or call the contact in advance.
Wednesday, February 3, 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Alexandria City Public Schools Science Fair needs category Judges
T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, VA
Sign up at http://goo.gl/forms/8RmPK9ZssQ
Friday, February 5
Washington Academy of Science needs 7th and 8th Grade Science Fair Judges
St. Ambrose School, Annandale, VA
Contact Kevin Brogan, kjbrog@gmail.com
Monday, February 15, 7:30 am – 2:30 pm
Future City Competition – Nationals Finals Preliminary Judging
Capital Hilton, Washington, DC
Contact Maggie Dressel, maggie@discoverE.org or 703-684-2889
Saturday, February 27, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm (all or part)
Discover Engineering Family Day IEEE-USA Booth
National Building Museum, Washington DC
Contact Chris McManes, c.mcmanes@ieee.org
Upcoming Events
Following is a list of events in January brought to our attention that may be of interest to members. Inclusion in this list does not imply section involvement and registration may be required. Follow the link for details.
Saturday, February 6, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm
National Capital Area IEEE Leadership Training
DeVry University, Crystal City, VA
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37854
Saturday, February 6, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Drones – Principles, Components, Design and Control
National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, MD
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37478
Saturday, February 6, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
HayMaker STEM EXPO (postponed from January 23)
Battlefield High School, Haymarket, VA
http://drake.iliterobotics.org/
Monday, February 8, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Women in Security SIG Monthly Webinar
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37521
Wednesday, February 10, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Northern VA Section AdCom
Teqcorner, McLean, VA
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37923
Wednesday, February 17, 2:25 pm – 3:25 pm
Nextgineering Program needs engineers to talk about their jobs
Langston Hughes Middle School, Reston, VA
Contact Marni Kasprowicz, kasquad@gmail.com
Thursday, February 18, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
When Tools Lie – Fighting the False Sense of Security
Oracle, Reston, VA
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37570
Friday, February 19 – Sunday, February 21
Big Data in Computational Intelligence:
From Fundamental Principles to Complex Applications
Computational Intelligence Society Winter School
University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC
http://www.udc.edu/winter_school/IEEE_Cis_winter_school.htm
Tuesday, February 23, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
ASQ 509 SW SIG and IEEE-CS Monthly Meeting
MITRE-2, McLean, VA
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37608
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
ASQ 509 LSS SIG and IEEE-CS Monthly Meeting
Teqcorner, McLean, VA
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/37625
Congratulations
Once a year, IEEE Senior Members who demonstrate exceptional accomplishment in any IEEE field of interest are promoted to the grade of IEEE Fellow. Nominations for 2017 close March 1st – see http://www.ieee.org/fellows for details. In the meantime, please join me in congratulating the 2016 IEEE Fellows in the Northern VA Section:
- Edward Baranoski
- Robert Commisso
- Charles Holland
- Luis Kun
- Jaynarayan Lala
- Lamine Mili
- Professor Dimitrios Pavlidis
Acknowledgements
Arranging meeting space in Northern, VA for a large group is a huge challenge. The IEEE Northern VA Section sincerely appreciates DeVry University’s Dean Valerie Senatore and Faculty Chair and Professor Barry Douglass for allowing us to use their well-equipped classrooms on numerous occasions.
Survey
Last week’s newsletter asked for the type of section activities in which you were interested. There were not enough responses to present meaningful results, so we’ll put it back into the question pool and move to February’s short monthly survey about Social Media. It should take only a minute or two and may help our section keep you informed.
http://ieee.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/R20049/2016-february-member-survey/