November Newsletter

Aloha and Welcome to the November issue of the
   IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!

In this issue:

1.  Elections for Computer Society
2.  Tech-talks: Robots, Penguins, and Lasers!
3.  New members - Welcome!
4.  News and Links

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1. Announcing Elections - Hawaii Chapter, Computer Society

Only members of the Computer Society residing in the Hawaii Section may vote in the Computer Chapter Election.

(The voting period begins December 7th, ends December 21st, inclusive)

VOTING USING THE IEEE ONLINE ELECTION TOOL - web login required.
 - A tutorial on voting can be found at:
   http://vtools.ieee.org/TUTORIALS/Voting/Voter/voter_short.htm

 - After viewing the tutorial, login here to vote:
   https://voting.vtools.ieee.org/

** Requirements of Chapter Office:

• Meet term limits, i.e., Consecutive period of service in any office shall normally not exceed four years and the maximum time limit one individual can serve in one position inany single unit is no more than six years in total
• Membership in IEEE
• Membership in the Computer Chapter
• Reside in the Hawaii Section
• Graduate Student, Member, Senior Member, Fellow, or Life Member

~ The term will be two years for each office,
  viz., Jan. 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2014.

** Slate of Candidates (blank = no one nominated):
 - Chair: David Morse

 - Vice Chair:
 - Secretary/Treasurer:
 - Webmaster:

~ Write in candidates are allowed - so please feel free to write in the full name of a current, qualified Chapter Member who wishes to serve.

The Hawaii Section EXCOM will inform the candidates, the section, and IEEE Headquarters of the results, as soon as practical after the voting period ends. We hope to announce the election results in the December newsletter. There is no longer a requirement to send out a postcard announcing an IEEE election. Using the vtools election tool there is no longer a requirement for a teller committee and it is a secret ballot. If any member has questions regarding the election procedures, they may contact the chair, John Camery, john.camery@ieee.org.

 2. Tech-talks: Robots, Penguins, and Lasers:

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Technical Talk and EXCOM meeting - Monday, December 3, 5:30pm, Maple Gardens Restaurant (rather than Zippy's).

Song K. Choi of UH-Manoa is our featured speaker. His talk will be on the subject of underwater robotics, hosted by the Ocean Engineering Chapter. Since we are limited to twenty people, please RSVP if you plan to attend. Only $5.00 for IEEE members, $10.00 for nonmembers. The address is 909 Isenberg, St., Honolulu, HI 96826.

(Map: http://www.maplegardenhawaii.com/contact_and_directions.php)

Questions and RSVP to john.camery@ieee.org.

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Technical Talk - Tuesday, December 4th, 6:15-7:45pm,
Castle High School Little Theater (45-386 Kaneohe Bay Drive):

This technical seminar hosted by the Computer Society presents two exciting topics at an introductory level, but with sufficient detail to be of interest to professionals. Additionally, there will be a brief synopsis of the Castle Complex Redesign, as well as an overview of upcoming STEM Club activities and competitions. Light refreshments provided. Free and Open to the Public.

• The Pengui-Phant in the Room: sneaky Linux at Home, School and Work.
• Fiber Optics in Today's Networks: Introduction to theory and practice.

Questions and RSVP to david.morse@ieee.org.

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3. New members - Welcome!

We would like to welcome the following new members:

John Patrick Barrett, Philip Bergen, Shane Clarke, james Matthew

Cumming, Gregory Guerrero, Michael Hadmack, Brandon Higashi, Michael

Hookano, Ryan Kim, Ryan Kim, Brian Chi Kit Lee, Bryant Lee, Daniel

Mariconda, Daniel Mariconda, Allen Overby, David Pena Jr., Kwong Tan,

Chad Tanaka, Ken Sasaki Wallace, Ronald Yim and Quynh le.

Thanks for joining. Please come out and join in our local activities!

4. News and Links:

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Website Contest: Thank you to all who expressed interest in re-designing our Hawaii IEEE site. As no participants completed their design submissions, the contest is being postponed for the time being. Please contact david.morse@ieee.org with your suggestions as we explore including non-members in a future competition.

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In other local news: Paul C. Yuen, a retired dean at the University of Hawaii College of Engineering and recipient of the IEEE's prestigious Centennial Medal, died Nov. 8, 2012 in Hono­lulu, Take a moment to honor his memory and read about his impressive achievements at:

http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/2012/11/remembering-dr-paul-c-yuen.html

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Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

A blog on the Hawaii Computer Chapter: http://hi-ieee-cs.blogspot.com/

A blog on Hawaii Section's Activities: http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

The Hawaii Computer Chapter's Website:

  https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH06216

The Hawaii Communications Chapter's Website:

  https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH06255

The Hawaii Section's Website: www.IEEE.org/go/hawaii

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Newsletter suggestions and questions david.morse@ieee.org.

Our Computer Society Chapter

Everyone uses computers these days. Keep up with the the activities of the Hawaii Computer Society by reading their blog. 

December Activities

December brings chapter elections and a event at Castle High School.

Technical Talk - Tuesday, December 4th, 6:15-7:45 pm,
Castle High School Little Theater (45-386 Kaneohe Bay Drive):

This technical seminar hosted by the Computer Society presents two exciting topics at an introductory level, but with sufficient detail to be of benefit to professionals   Additionally, there will be a brief synopsis of the Castle Complex Redesign, as well as an overview of upcoming STEM Club activities and competitions.  Light refreshments provided.  Free and Open to the Public.

• Topic 1:  The Pengui-Phant in the Room: sneaky Linux at Home, School and Work.
• Topic 2:  FiberOptics in Today's Networks: an Introduction to theory and practice.

Questions and RSVP to david.morse@ieee.org.

Remembering Dr. Paul C. Yuen

Paul C. Yuen, a retired dean at the University of Hawaii College of Engineering who promoted telecommunications and high technology in the Pacific, died Nov. 8, 2012 in Hono­lulu, Hawaii. He was 84.  Funeral services will be held at Hosoi Mortuary on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

Paul C. Yuen

He was a recipient of the IEEE's prestigious Centennial Medal in 1984. The IEEE Centennial Medal was a medal minted and awarded in 1984 to celebrate the Centennial of the founding of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1884. The medal shows 1884 in calligraphic writing and 1984 in an LCD font under which is written "A CENTURY OF ELECTRICAL PROGRESS". The medal reverse shows a map of the world and the name of the recipient. The number of medals minted was 1984, the same as the year of the centenary. The medals were award to illustrious individuals all over the globe.

IEEE Centennial Medal

Paul was born in Hilo on the Big Island and moved with his family to Honolulu, Hawaii where he was graduated from Roosevelt High School. He earned a B.S. from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Illinois Institute of Technology.  He joined the University of Hawaii faculty as an associate professor of electrical engineering in 1961 and served as dean of the College of Engineering from 1981-1999.

He pioneered a curriculum that focused on real world projects supported by strong technical skills. He developed a program encouraging native Hawaiians to consider engineering as a career. He was also called upon to serve as UH vice president for academic affairs, UH senior vice president, executive vice chancellor and acting UH president during his tenure at the University.  

Our December Meeting

Our December dinner meeting will be 5:30 PM, Monday,  Dec. 3, 2012 at Maple Gardens Restaurant rather than Zippy's.  Maple Gardens can provide us with a private room that seats 20 people and has a flat screen monitor. The atmosphere is more conducive to giving a presentation.  This is the same location where we had a panel discussion last April.  The address is 909 Isenberg, St., Honolulu, HI 96826. Map: http://www.maplegardenhawaii.com/contact_and_directions.php

Song K. Choi of UH-Manoa is our featured speaker.  His talk will be on the subject of underwater robotics. The technical talk will count for the Ocean Eng. Chapter. Since we are limited to twenty people, please RSVP to john.camery@ieee.org if you plan to attend. There will be a $5.00 charge for IEEE members and  $10.00 for nonmembers. 

November EXCOM Meeting

Date of Meeting: 5 November 2012 

Location: Zippy's on Vineyard

Attendees:

John W. Camery, presiding
Dave Morse
Eran Agmon
Eduard Tavares
John Borland
Al Toda

Minutes: 

We discussed plans for future meetings and ideas for revitalizing the section and chapters such as hosting conferences and working with local organizations.  Dave Morse is working on setting up a Computer Society Chapter meeting at Castle High School. Doug Zuckerman gave Al Toda contact information for Sonny Bhagowalla, the State of the Hawaii CIO. Al said he would provide Dave with the information so he could let Sonny know about our activities with the students. The chair will invite Song Choi to give a talk on underwater water robotics at a future meeting.  Grant Torigoe is helping to coordinate the scheduling of the Business Card Exchange.  We are still looking for a slate of candidates for Computer Society Election next month.  We discussed requirements for the elections. Eran Agmon expressed interest in acting as a liaison between the Hawaii Section with industry. Finally, Eduard Tavares of Verizon gave a talk on cell phone technology for the Communication Society / Sig. Proc. Society Chapter.  

Our November Monthly Meeting - Technical Talk and EXCOM:

We are holding our November meeting on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. This dinner
meeting will be at the usual place and time. That is 5:30PM at Zippy's,
59 North Vineyard Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96817. Map:
http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.

Technical Talk - This meeting will include a Communication Chapter technical talk and a short EXCOM meeting.  Everyone please come and join us for a great evening.

EXCOM Meeting Agenda

1. Schedule technical and professional talks and activities. We want to schedule our Business Card Exchange. Grant is coordinating this. The Business Card Exchange is an annual professional activity event held at UH-Manoa in conjunction with the student branch. We also are looking into arranging Ocean Engineering and Computer Society Chapter events. We are always looking for suggestions from our members about the types of technical talks we should hold.

2. We also need to find candidates willing to run for office in the Computer Society Chapter elections. The slate of candidates must be announced two weeks before the election.

3.  Doug Zuckerman has asked Al Toda and Tom Moore to point Sonny Bhagowalla, the State of Hawaii CIO, to opportunities in Hawaii to get involved in IEEE activities, especially those which will benefit young people. How can we help with this?