The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Ohio University student branch has resurrected the formerly famous IEEE Winter Banquet! The banquet will be hosted in the rotunda of Walter Hall on Tuesday, March 9th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
Charles Alexander, author of our infamous EE 101 textbook, will deliver a presentation entitled "Engineering in the 21st Century"; William Timmons, a successful engineer and entrepreneur, will give a talk on "Engineering Entrepreneurship". In addition, awards for "Student Choice" EE and CS professors will be handed out during the event. These awards are given based on a student poll.
A wholesome dinner (more than your money's worth) provided by Baker catering will be served during the event. Door prizes will be awarded at random. Suggested dress is business casual. Tickets, $6 for students and $8 for faculty, will be on sale Friday afternoons near or in the ARC atrium; alternative ways to buy tickets will be in place soon. Please contact August Engstrom at AE25...@ohio.edu for up-to-date information on ways to purchase tickets. These tickets MUST be purchased in advance. For other questions, contact the event coordinator and fearless leader Sonja Abbey at SA11...@ohio.edu.
Bill Dixon
Event Publicist and IEEE Board Member
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Agenda
5:30 PM to 5:45 PM Tickets are taken guest are seated
5:45 PM to 6:00 PM Food is served
6:00 PM to 6:05 PM First Speaker Mr. Alexander is introduced
6:05 PM to 6:40 PM Mr. Alexander speaks on Engineering in the 21st Century
6:40 PM to 6:55 PM Professor Awards are given for EE and CS professors
6:55 PM to 7:00 PM Second Speaker Mr. Timmons is introduced
7:00 PM to 7:40 PM Mr. Timmons Speaks on Engineering Enterprenuership
7:40 PM to 7:55 PM Awards for SPAC chairs are presented
7:55 PM to 8:00 PM Door prizes are awarded
Abstract:
Commoditization of voice service has reached such a state that anyone with a server to provide registry and addressing (identification) functions can offer it to the Internet community using the voice over the Internet protocol (IP) or VoIP technology. Traditional client-server model has evolved to peer-to-peer and cloud models for near-real-time voice and multimedia (gaming, video, etc.) sessions.
Voice mail service is being replaced by Instant messaging (for presence-announced users), use of Star codes for advanced call/session feature activation is being replaced by Web based service-provisioning interface, and so on. Similar revolution is also happening in the areas of IP-based Television (IPTV) service development and distribution.
These are only a glimpse of what is possible with the new/emerging converged services paradigm. However, many issues related to reliability/availability, security/privacy, mobility, service provisioning and continuity, regulation, operations, and quality of service and experience (QoS/QoE) still remain open.
In this discussion, we will explore the current activities of the traditional service providers to find implementable and operable solutions to these problems in the evolving Next Generation Networks (NGNs). The objective is to support VoIP, IPTV, and other multimedia services /seamlessly /over a variety of interconnected networks using the emerging IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and service-oriented architecture/network (SOA/SON) based standards.
This is the February meeting of the IEEE Columbus Executive Committee. All are welcome to attend. This month's meeting will be held at DeVry University Columbus. The agenda is attached below.
Below please find the following Treasurer reports for January 2010:
1. January 2010 Banking Summary - Overall expenses by category
2. January 2010 Net Worth - Overall financial situation (including investments)
3. January 2010 Register Report - Transaction level data
4. January 2010 YTD Budget - All transactions to date compared to 2010 budget
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Jack Freund
IEEE Columbus Section Treasurer
trea...@ieeecolumbus.org
