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.
Please mark your calendars for this special event.
If you are tired of designing your software with a whiteboard, but you hate UML, then textual modeling might be for you. Ever wanted to 'just write some code' but didn't want to actually build the whole product? Just need a prototype, but want it to actually be stable? Then 'M' might be for you. Bill will eschew the slides, fire up ye old text editor and design a piece of software from his upcoming Wrox book on textual modeling. You will learn what 'M' is, what it isn't, and how it is going to help you design better software.
This special event with Bill Sempf a well-know author of several programming books. More details and registration will be available as the date approaches.
UPDATE: IEEE members get 10% off the registration fee!! Contact clau...@computer.org for more information.
Senior IEEE Member Jim Clausing is teaching an upcoming Intrusion Detection course. Jim is also a volunteer with the Computer and Communications Joint Society.
For more information and to register for the course, click here.
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Course Information
Mentor: Jim Clausing
Dates: Monday, February 22, 2010 - Monday, April 26, 2010
Meeting Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where:
AT&T
8372 E. Broad Street
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Mentor Bio:
Jim Clausing: Jim has over 25 years experience in the IT field (including system administration and security for most of that time). He has done research in parallel processing and distributed systems. For the last 12 years, he has focused primarily on network security including server hardening (primarily Unix/Linux), intrusion detection (host-and network-based), firewalls, perimeter defense, incident response, forensics and malware analysis. He holds the GIAC GCIA Gold, GCFA Gold, GREM Gold, GCIH, GCFW, GSIP, and GSOC, the CISSP, and Checkpoint's CCSA (now expired). He serves on the GIAC Advisory Board and the GIAC Board of Directors. In addition, Jim is a volunteer incident handler for the Internet Storm Center (isc.sans.org) and was a coauthor for the SANS Press book Securing Solaris 8 & 9 Using the Center for Internet Security Benchmark. He enjoys cycling and is an instrument-rated private pilot.
Jim has mentored the Security 502, 503, and 508 courses. In addition, he has taught numerous SANS Stay Sharp/STAR classes, the Security 601 Reverse-Engineering Malware, and Management 414 (SANS+S CISSP training) and is excited to bring Security 503, the SANS intrusion detection cours back to central Ohio.
Jim shares this about GIAC certifications and SANS Mentoring, "I've learned a lot from SANS courses, and the certifications are tangible proof of what I've learned. Plus, I've always found that I learn at least as much from attempting the cert as I do from the classes because the SANS/GIAC certs are the most demanding out there. I've gotten a lot out of my SANS certifications and this is an opportunity to give something back".
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.
Abstract:
Developing an innovative product or service can be challenging. Add unsolved technology goals, a fixed schedule, limited resources and budget, and the problem can seem overwhelming.
But somehow a small team with little funding or resources was able to place 12th out of 196 teams in an event created to advance technology in autonomous robotic ground vehicles... How did they do that?
The DARPA Grand Challenge and the DARPA Urban Challenge are events sponsored by the US Government to help promote the development of autonomous land robotic vehicles. The government is looking to meet a congressional mandate to have 33% of military ground vehicles operating unmanned by the year 2015.
This presentation will show how an ad-hoc team was able to compete in this international competition. Grayson will discuss technical obstacles, building a team, innovating on a fixed schedule with a small budget, utilization of an incremental development process, techniques used to accelerate technology discovery, mentoring, and the benefits of student participation. He will demonstrate with Grand Challenge pictures and video.
Speaker Bio:
Grayson Randall is president of Insight Technologies, Inc. (www.insightrobots.com), a North Carolina company which specializes in ground based robots for both commercial and military use. Insight Technologies, Inc. performs both research and development on control systems for autonomous robotic unmanned vehicles.
Mr. Randall led the Insight Racing team (www.insightracing.org) in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge series of races. Insight Racing’s most recent entry was a computer driven Lotus Elise which was developed in conjunction with NC State University. The Elise would drive through city traffic without a driver, remote control, or any human intervention whatsoever.
Mr. Randall is a “Distinguished Visitor” for the IEEE Computer Society. He received the Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE Region 3 at SoutheastCon 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia where Mr. Randall was chosen from among over 30,000 engineers in the Southeastern United States. Mr. Randall was also recognized by IEEE-USA in 2007 “for leadership that inspired pre-college students and college engineering students in the area of robotics.”
Grayson is chairman of IEEE Robotics and Automation chapter for Eastern North Carolina. He mentored a FIRST high school robotics team which won 1st place in the 2004 international FIRST competition as well as numerous other awards.
The Computer and Communications Society has grown by leaps and bounds this year. As a result, we need to branch out and begin getting more feedback from our Members, and staffing our offices.
Please join me to help identify some upcoming topics, events, speakers, and volunteers for the coming year.
This could be your chance to become more involved with the ever-growing IEEE Columbus C/Com Society. Volunteering is a great way to build your network of people in the industry and can help you get references for Senior Member grade.
Volunteer roles/offices that need staffed:
Vice-Chair(s)
Student Outreach Chair
Conference Chair
Collaboration Chair (with such groups as the ACM)
Our goal is to spread around the responsibilities to enable people to volunteer as much or as little as they can. We want to be mindful of our busy schedules.
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Arrivals, Social and Networking, Refreshments
6:30-7:30 Presentation, Q/A
RSVP:
Please RSVP by September 30th to Professor John Golzy at:
jgo...@devry.edu
PDH:
One PDH will be awarded to Professional Engineers attending this presentation upon request when RSVP.
Abstract:
Ethical Hacking is a controlled attack exercise against a company's network. Groups of Ethical Hackers, or Penetration Testers, are hired to perform attacks that hackers or those with malicious intent could perform. It's not all just about computers. Targets can range from wireless access points to phone systems. Want to find out how it works? Join us on October 1st.
Biographical Statement:
As a Security Analyst for MicroSolved Inc., Valerie Thomas performs hands on penetration tests and vulnerability assessments. Throughout her time with the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) she managed assessments for military branches, Department of Defense (DoD) Agencies, and public sector vendors. Many of these assessments were performed in conjunction with DoD and military exercises to improve the security posture of the military services and agencies.
During her time with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) she participated in multiple Developmental and Operational testing initiatives for Command and Control systems. Additionally she was a member of Technical Advisory Groups for software acquisition initiatives.
Prior to entering the Defense Industry she earned her Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology from DeVry University in Columbus, Ohio. While at DeVry she founded and chaired the DeVry Columbus Chapter of The Society of Women Engineers and was a member of IEEE and Tau Alpha Pi Honor Society.
Datacenter101 will be hosting a networking reception and tours of their state of the art facility located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Please join us for this dynamic networking opportunity.
SPECIAL GIVEAWAYS
Datacenter101 will be giving away the following special items during this event:
1. BlueJackets Tickets
2. Week-long Passes to the 2010 Muirfield Tournament
3. All attendees get 1 year of free web hosting!
Agenda
5:30 to 5:50PM (Corporate Office Suite) – Networking and appetizers
5:50 to 6:00PM (Corporate Office Suite) - Short Presentation “Overview of Datacenter 101”
6:00 to 7:00PM – (Datacenter) Tour Datacenter101 (Tour will be conducted in groups of 8 in 10 minute intervals – order will be based on order of arrival)
7:00PM – Guests are welcome to stay and meet with datacenter staff as desired (Q&A etc.)
Location
101 E. Town Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Google maps: Datacenter101
Complimentary Valet Parking
Abstract
While all datacenters are built under the premise of business sustainability, not all datacenters are equal. Location, accessibility, standards, network, infrastructure and budget are some of the considerations of a datacenter environment. However, when you engineer a facility to meet the standards for a 100% uptime facility, your approach to these considerations is paramount to your ability to deliver. Datacenter101 understands the significant role that standards play in the performance and future growth of datacenter environments.
Datacenter101 is a leading provider of state of the art datacenters in the United States. In this capacity, Datacenter101 provides strategic solutions for small to large end users and enterprises committed to ensuring the protection of mission critical operations. Focused on offering the industry a quality datacenter with an SLA for 100% guaranteed uptime, Datacenter101’s facility opened in 2008.
Datacenter101 invites you to tour their state-of-the-art N+1 facility located in the heart of downtown Columbus. Learn about their approach to infrastructure specifications, standards implementation and the challenges and successes the team faced on their journey to delivering a facility that is in tune with the complexities of high density computing environments.
Greetings and welcome to the IEEE Columbus podcast series.
This is our first podcast in the series, the recent GOLD event, "Be the expert: How to become known as the 'Go To' professional in your market" was recorded for the benefit of our Section members.
This is a result of our C/Com Chapter's endeavor to provide local IEEE resources and events to all of our chapter members unable to attend local events.
We are interested in your feedback about this, so please let us know at c...@ieeecolumbus.org
Please join C/Com for this extra special and exciting presentation from Ohio Homeland Security and tour of the Ohio Strategic Analysis and Information Center (SAIC).
Agenda:
10:00A - 11:00A - ODHS Presentation
11:00A - 12:00P - Tour of the SAIC
Location:
Strategic Analysis and Information Center
Ohio Homeland Security
2855 W. Dublin-Granville Road
Columbus, Ohio 43235
Abstract:
The Ohio Homeland Security Division contributes to the prevention, detection, deterrence and response to terrorist activities in a number of ways. Central to any successful interdiction of terrorists is the ability to effectively collect and share information from many different sources.
Vital links to build intelligence on terrorist operations come from traditional agencies and from non-mainstream information services. To this end, the Ohio Division of Homeland Security has created the Strategic Analysis and Information Center to facilitate effective terrorism-related information and intelligence sharing.
