March Hawaii Section Newsletter

Aloha and Welcome to the March issue ofthe IEEE Hawaii Section Newsletter!

In this issue:

1.  New Members Welcome!
2.  Calendar of Activities
3.  Additional News and Links

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1. Welcome New Members and Members New to Hawaii:

Matt Kuker, Ian Anderson, James M. Burnett, Jr. Corey Kenji Chang,
Ian Duncan, Kishore Erukulapati, Ryan Gough, Waiho Lam, John Libby,
Keith Owens, Stefan Press, VincentAkiraChagoyRapoza, Traci Shimomi,
Jason Tharp, Brock Wong, Jasmine Wong, Christina Yee, Landan Yoshida,
Weicong Li, Yiheng Xiao

2. IEEE Activities:

1 April 2013 - Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting 5:30pm

7-9 April 2013 - 56th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair Our
Vice Chair Chris Russell, chris@archinoetics.com, is the POC if you
can help judge.

15 April 2013 - Computer Society Meeting/Tech Talk 6pm Please join
us at TheBoxJelly, come early for pupus and networking.
For more info and to register:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/17906

17 April 2013 - Business Card Exchange at UH-Manoa 5:30pm Come join
us for dinner and share your professional experiences with the
students. Also, consider inviting representatives from local
companies to network and meet the students.
For more info and to register:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16415

4 May 2013 - U.C. Davis, Central Area Meeting with Micromouse
Competition, Papers and Projects

3-4 May 2013 - MATE ROV 2013 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge Ocean
Observing Systems Location: University of Hawaii - Duke Kahanamoku
Aquatic Complex. Mark Rognstadt, mrognsta@hawaii.edu, is the POC if
you wish to help judge.

6 May 2013 - Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

1-4 August 2013 - Portland, Ore. IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and SusTech
2013

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013, Silicon Valley,
San Jose California USA (October 20-23, 2013)

IEEE is the lead for Engineering Week 2014. The theme is Drive the
future: Turning ideas into reality

IEEE Sections Congress 2014 will be held 22–25 August 2014, in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the Rai Convention Center.

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Section Excom Meeting and TechTalk at Zippy's on Vineyard - 5:30pm

This is our monthly executive business meeting together with a
technical talk. It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests.
Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join in
the discussion.

The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817. Map:
http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.

The meeting agenda will be posted on the Chair's blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Please register for the meeting via the announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/17593

Questions to john.camery@ieee.org.

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3.  Additional News and Links

Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

The Chair's blog: http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Hawaii Section's Website: http://ieee-hawaii.org

Hawaii Computer Chapter's Website: http://computer-hawaii.org

Hawaii Communications Chapter's Website:
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH06255

Hawaii Section on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391

Computer Chapter on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

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March 2013 IEEE Membership in the Hawaii Section

We currently have 651 members in the Hawaii Section.

We are currently running an outreach to members who have not yet renewed there membership for 2013.

New Members and Members New to Hawaii

We want to welcome Matt Kuker,

Ian Anderson,  James M. Burnett, Jr. Corey Kenji Chang, Ian Duncan, Kishore Erukulapati, Ryan Gough, Waiho Lam, John Libby, Keith Owens, Stefan Press, VincentAkiraChagoyRapoza, Traci Shimomi, Jason Tharp, Brock Wong, Jasmine Wong, Christina Yee, Landan Yoshida weicong li, yiheng xiao

April IEEE Hawaii Section Meetings

IEEE Hawaii Section-- Excom at Zippy's on Vineyard, April 1, 2013, 5:30pm - It is the first Monday of the month as usual.

This meeting, which starts at 5:30 pm (1 ARP 2013) at Zippy's on Vineyard, is our monthly EXCOM meeting together with a technical talk.  It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests. Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join in the discussion. The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817. Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.  The meeting agenda will be posted on this blog.  It is OK to come late or leave early if you have schedule conflicts.

Link to register: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/17593

Our Annual Business Card Exchange with the

 Students at UH-Manoa

 We are hosting our annual Business Card Exchange at the UH-Manoa Campus Center Cafeteria 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm on 17 April 2013. Please note the date change.

Link to register: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16415

Detailed directions for those not familiar with the campus: click here

Come join us for a light buffet and share your professional experiences with the students. Also, consider inviting representatives from local companies to network and meet the students.

Update on the free IBM Symposium

Please join us for our IBM Rational® Systems and Software Engineering Symposium.

Date:                March 12th, 2013
Time:                9:00AM – 5:00PM (registration and breakfast starts at 8:30AM)Reception to follow
Location:                Waikiki Marriott  Resort  & Spa
Address:                2552 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu,  Hawaii 96815 

Register Today 

Below are the topics covered:

• Top Ten Tips for Systems Engineering
• Designing for Innovation: Systems Engineering in the Ecosystem
• Tackling the increasing complexity of systems lifecycle data: Introducing Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager (RELM)
• Applying Enterprise Architecture to your Organization
• Case Study: Leveraging the power of the RUP and IBM Rational tools to increase quality and value for a mission critical DoD application
• IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution  
• Agility in Complex Systems Development
• The Rational Solution for Systems and Software Engineering
• DOORS for Requirements Management - Today and in the Future
• Model-Based Systems Engineering with SysML
• Automating Document Generation: Rational Publishing Engine
• The Rational Solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Rational System Architect – DoDAF 2.0
• Best practice for Writing requirements

Register Today 

February Newsletter

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

In this issue:

1.   New members - Welcome!
2.   *DATE-CHANGE* Business Card Exchange - now April 17th
3.   Calendar of Activities
4.   We test meeting virtually
5.   Additional News and Links

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1.  New members - Welcome!

Members who moved to the Hawaii Section this month

We wish to welcome Thomas Shefchick, Chris Lewis, David Kleeman,
Margaret Chiang, Steven White, and Randy Shimabukuru to the Hawaii
Section. Please come to our meetings and meet our community.

New Members

We wish to welcome May Chen, Ian Dacanay, Ryan Gough, Ryan Inouye,
John Libby, Ivan Mago, Keith Owens, Stefan Press, Aihong Rogers,
and Courtney Won to the IEEE.

Membership Promotions

A member can earn a $15 credit up to $90.00 per year for each
professional member that they recruit. The person they recruit must
provide the membership number of the one who recruited them.

Student members have a great deal being able to join both the
Computer society and IEEE for just $40.00.

Awards

All members of the Hawaii Section are encouraged to go to our
website, www.ieee.org/go/hawaii, click on "Files" at the top and
download the information on making award nominations. Honoring our
members and supporting organizations is one of our major roles.

Members who have more than ten years of significant professional
experience in their field are due to be elevated to Senior Member
status. If you have the experience and have not been elevated to
Senior Member status contact one of our officers so we can help you
achieve this distinction. We want to schedule a Senior Member
elevation event, but we need to locate members who need to be
elevated.

2013 Section Elections

John Borland is the POC for nominations. Please inform him,
johnoborland@aol.com, if you would like to nominate someone or
would like to run yourself. We need nominees for Chair, Vice-Chair,
Secretary and Treasurer. If you do not want to run in the elections,
 consider serving with John on the nominations committee. Contact
John Camery, john.camery@ieee.org, if you interested in serving on
this or other committees.

Announcement: Hands-on training 2013 Rational Software Open Lab
IBM still has training slots available.
March 13 and 14, 2013 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM   - Free and open
to students as well as professionals at the IBM office, 1240 Ala
Moana Blvd. Suite 400 Honolulu, HI 96814 For further details go to
website, www.ieee-hawaii.org, select the files tab, and download
the flyer.

IEEE Budget for Humanitarian Projects

The Special Interest Group for Humanitarian Technology is looking
for projects to finance. There is $160,000 for Class A projects
which are those in the $40,000 grant size. There is $100,000 for
those in the $2000- 40,000 dollar range. Finally, there is $90,000
for grants less than $2000.

Does anyone have an idea for a project to benefit the under-served
elements of our society either here in Hawaii or the third world?

IEEE Activities:

4 March 2013 - Section EXCOM Meeting 5:30pm - Zippy's Vineyard Link
for info and to register (optional):
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/17091
Come and volunteer to help out with our activities. Note: see WebEx
info below to join the virtual-meeting

1 April 2013 - Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting 5:30pm

7-9 April 2013 - 56th Hawai‘i State Science and Engineering Fair
Our Vice Chair Chris Russell, chris@archinoetics.com, is the POC if
you can help judge.

2.*DATE-CHANGE* Business Card Exchange - now April 17th

17 April 2013 *DATE-CHANGED* Business Card Exchange at UH-Manoa
Campus Center 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Link to register:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16415
Come join us for dinner and share your professional experiences
with the students. Also, consider inviting representatives from
local companies to network and meet the students.

3.   Calendar of Activities

4 May 2013 - U.C. Davis, Central Area Meeting with Micromouse
Competition, Papers and Projects

3-4 May 2013 - MATE ROV 2013 Hawaii Underwater Robot Challenge
Ocean Observing Systems Location: University of Hawaii - Duke
Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex. Mark Rognstadt, mrognsta@hawaii.edu, is
the POC if you wish to help judge.

6 May 2013 - Hawaii Section EXCOM Meeting

1-4 August 2013 - Portland, Ore. IEEE-USA Annual Meeting and
SusTech 2013

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2013, Silicon Valley,
 San Jose California USA (October 20-23, 2013)

IEEE is the lead for Engineering Week 2014. The theme is Drive the
future: Turning ideas into reality

IEEE Sections Congress 2014 will be held 22–25 August 2014, in
Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the Rai Convention Center.

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4.  We test meeting virtually

Section Excom Meeting and TechTalk at Zippy's on Vineyard - 5:30pm

This is our monthly executive business meeting together with a
technical talk. It's an open meeting for IEEE members and guests.
Come out and help plan activities for the upcoming year and join in
the discussion.

The address is 59 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96817.
Map: http://zippys.com/live/locations/vineyard/.

The meeting agenda will be posted on the Chair's blog:
http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Please register for the meeting via the announcement:
https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/16411

** WebEx ** We'll be "testing" our virtual abilities, please feel
free to join the beta-test Mar 4th ExCom meeting via WebEx. Event
address for attendees: https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/
ieeemeetings/onstage/g.php?d=592923689&t=a To receive a call back,
provide your phone number when you join the event, or call the
number below and enter the access code. Call-in toll-free number:
1-866-2030920 (US) Conference Code: 407 559 5511

Questions to john.camery@ieee.org.

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5. Additional News and Links

Links for further information about IEEE Hawaii:

The Chair's blog: http://hawaii-ieee.blogspot.com/

Hawaii Section's Website: http://ieee-hawaii.org

Hawaii Computer Chapter's Website: http://computer-hawaii.org

Hawaii Communications Chapter's Website:
https://webinabox.vtools.ieee.org/wibp_home/index/CH06255

Hawaii Section on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4790391

Computer Chapter on Linkedin:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4821808

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