Please find attached our meeting minutes from the March ExCom Meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions.

--Jack

jfre...@ieeecolumbus.org

Greetings!

Below please find the following Treasurer reports for February 2010:

1. February 2010 Banking Summary - Overall expenses by category
2. February 2010 Net Worth - Overall financial situation (including investments)
3. February 2010 Register Report - Transaction level data
4. February 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

Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Refreshments: 5:30 to 6:00 pm
Meeting: 6:00 to 7:00 pm Earn one CPD Hour

Location: Emerson Network Power Systems Inc, 610 Executive Campus Dr # 120, Westerville, OH 43082

Title: Emerson Network Power Learning Center: The What, Where, and Why of building a service-centric training facility in the electrical industry.

Presenter: Mark Cousino, Manager of Technical Training for Emerson Network Power Liebert Services

Register with Jason Byerly by email to jmbyerly@aep.com by 4:00 PM March 29, 2010

Please find attached our meeting minutes from the February ExCom Meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions.

--Jack

jfre...@ieeecolumbus.org

Please see agenda below.

Please see the attached flyer for information on this event.

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

*** 1 PDH Certificate for Professional Engineers (PEs) Now Available ***

Title:
Evolution of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

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.

Bio:
Dr. Bhumip Khasnabish is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society. He has authored numerous patents and publications in a variety of areas related to converged services and new generation networking. He recently authored a Book Chapter (Chapter 4) entitled "Next Generation Technologies, Networks, and Services," for publication in "Next Generation Telecommunications Networks, Services, and Management," Edited by T. Plevyak and V. Sahin, Copyright 2010 IEEE, NJ, USA.

Location:
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH 43209
Room 8
(614) 253-7291

Google Maps:
http://is.gd/aZ63v

When
11 May 2010
5:30P to 7:00P

A light meal and refreshments will be served.

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.

Registration for next week's e-week luncheon is available here:

http://www.centralohioashe.org/100217_lunch.htm

Please see the attached flyer for more information.