IEEE Columbus Section Executive Committee Meeting

Thursday, December 17, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

City Barbeque in Reynoldsburg
5979 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg, OH 43213
Phone (614) 755-8890

Their meeting room has been reserved from 7 to closing (9-9:30 pm) on Thursday December 17th.

The buffet includes three meats (chicken, pulled pork and Texas roast beef), mashed potato and baked beans, cake, and drinks from the drink bar.

Cost is $12.50 per person (There is no charge for IEEE members).

Restaurant: http://www.menusandmorecolumbus.com/CityBarbeque/Reynoldsburg.htm

Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=5979%20East%20Main%20Stree...

MEETING AGENDA
1. Welcome by the Chair
2. Treasurer's Report
3. Secretary's Report
4. Membership Chair's Report
a. Senior Member Drive Results
5. Region II Representative's Report
6. PACE (IEEE USA) Report
7. GOLD Report
8. Society Reports
a. AP/MTT, CS, Photonics (formerly ED/LEO), EMB, PE, SP,
C/COM (Computer/Communications)
9. Student Branch Reports
a. Robotics Project Proposal by the Ohio University IEEE Student Branch
b. DeVry University, Ohio State University, Ohio University, Zane State College
10. Old Business
a. ByLaws Review
11. New Business
a. Date & Location of the next EXCOM meeting
b. Banquet Committee members for the 2010 Spring Banquet
12. Adjourn

Please register for this IEEE Columbus Section meeting. Registration is requested by December 15.

Please join us for this interesting presentation by our partner organization the Columbus Chapter of the ACM:

The Past, Present, and Future of Supercomputing
by
Paul Buerger

Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM

Location:
Upper Arlington Main Library, Meeting Room A
2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington 43221

Abstract:
Whether you call it supercomputing or high-performance computing or high-end computing, it is an interesting niche of the computing universe. This talk involves a casual stroll through some interesting computer hardware of the past forty or so years with some speculation about future directions.

The principal application has been technical computing. That is, computation in the interest of science and engineering. Large computing systems have been used in finance for a few years and we have seen where that led.

Early supercomputers were just the fastest systems around. However, from early on parallelism has played a major role. From vectors to clusters, parallelism at some level has been involved. Currently, supercomputers consist of thousands of PC's or game computers. Future supercomputers may consist of millions of elements designed for cell phones or other hand-held devices.

Dr. Buerger has been involved with computational science and scientific computing for over forty years. For much of that time he was supporting scientific researchers in his roles in technical support at Ohio Supercomputer Center. He has served COCACM in several roles.

Reservations Requested
To make a reservation send e-mail to cocacm@acm.org by Wednesday, December 16.