[1] May 2007 Luncheon
The
Alaska Section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc. will hold its monthly luncheon
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Thursday, May 10th , at the
Sourdough Mining Co. Restaurant, 5200 Juneau Street.
Our
May Luncheon speaker is Dr. Alan Peabody. Dr.
Peabody will present Real-time Monitoring of Electric
Transmission Lines. He will discuss methods currently
available for real-time sag and temperature measurements of
high voltage transmission line conductors. Methods of
measuring wind and wind-on-ice loads on transmission
structures and some of the difficulties of measuring
meteorological parameters in severe icing environments will
also be discussed.
Dr.
Peabody has devoted over 30 years to research, design,
failure investigations, project management, and inspection
of high voltage transmission lines. His experience includes
design, analysis and construction management of transmission
and distribution lines of wood, tubular steel and lattice
steel towers in voltages ranging from 12.5 kV to 765 kV in
areas as diverse as Indonesia and Alaskas North Slope. Dr.
Peabody is Chairman of the subcommittee for Atmospheric Ice
Loads for ASCE 7 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and
Other Structures. He is also the U.S. Representative to the
International Advisory Committee for the International
Workshops on Atmospheric Icing of Structures.
The meeting is free and open to the public. The cost for a
buffet style lunch is $15 per person for IEEE members or $17
for nonmembers. Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 9th
to Steve
Kaleta, 762-4420 or e-mail
stevenkaleta "ąt" hotmail.com.
[3]
Robotics Presentation
May
3-4, 2007
On behalf of UAA's Complex
Systems Group, I would like to invite you to attend two
lectures by Dr. Hans Moravec on May 3 and 4, 2007. Dr.
Moravec will address the evolution of robots (history,
present and future) and the societal implications of this
evolution over the course of his two lectures.
Thursday evening's lecture
begins at 7:30 PM and focuses on the evolution of robots,
while the sociological, scientific and philosophical
implications of advancements in the robot world will be
addressed on Friday, May 4, at 12 noon. Both presentations
will be held in the UAA/APU Consortium Library Room 307.
As means of introduction, Dr.
Moravec founded Carnegie Mellon University's Mobile Lab in
1980, and developed techniques that let robots reliably
perceive their world in 3D and traverse it. He is formerly a
Research Professor and Director of the Mobile Robot Lab at
the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. His
academic work has been funded by, among others, the Office
of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. In 2003 he founded SEEGRID Corporation to
commercialize these and future developments. SEEGRID
currently markets warehouse tugger vehicles that memorize
and automatically retrace routes, based solely on 3D
stereoscopic vision.
Dr. Moravec has performed
consulting work for many companies, including: Apple
Computer, Westinghouse Electric, Daimler Benz, Orion
Pictures, and Digital Equipment. He has two patents
(5596260, 4897721) both commercialized by Apple Computer.
Dr. Moravec is also the author of two books, "Mind Children:
the future of robot and human intelligence" (1988) and
"Robot: mere machine to transcendent mind" (1999).
As always, our presentations
are free and open to the public, and parking is
complimentary on UAA's campus for our events. Do let me know
if I can provide you with additional information.
Best regards,
Cheryl Wright
UAA's Complex Systems Group
907.786.1344
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[2]
IEEE INFOCOM 2007
May 6-12, 2007
The Communications Societys INFOCOM 2007 (26th Annual IEEE
Conference on Computer Communications) is coming to the
Anchorage Hilton and the Egan Convention Center. The IEEE
Alaska Section is heavily involved, with Bob Baldwin serving
as General Chair and Ocie Mitchell as Local Activities
Chair. Alaskans are presented with a unique, local
opportunity to attend a premier international communications
conference.
Extensive international participation, coupled with rigorous
paper screening and a very low acceptance rate, has made
this a prestigious event. Each of the more than 1400 papers
submitted received at least three independent peer reviews.
The 250 papers selected for the Main Program will be
presented over a three-day period, in seven focused tracks.
Mini-Symposia, Tutorials, Panels, Demos, and Workshops add
important dimensions to the conference.
The Keynote Speaker, Dr. Don Towsley, will present an
overview of future advances in networking technology. He is
Distinguished University Professor in the Department of
Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, where he co-directs the Networking Research
Laboratory. His research interests include network
measurement, modeling, and analysis. He is a Fellow of the
IEEE and the ACM.
A highly successful IEEE INFOCOM 2001 was previously held in
Anchorage. For program and registration information visit
the conference website
www.ieee-infocom.org/2007/.
[4]
INFOCOM 2007 Volunteers Needed
The organizing committee for
InfoCom 2007 is looking for a few additional volunteers for
the conference. Besides being an excellent opportunity to do
some world class networking, this is an opportunity to be a
part of a prestigious international conference.
Duties are fairly light, and
might consist of working in registration, greeting attendees
and helping them through the registration process; acting as
session monitors, responding to technical difficulties with
A/V set ups; or staffing information desks, helping
attendees find sessions etc.
Payback is free registration
for the conference, proceedings of the conference, and
lunch. This conference is one of the best, if not the best,
communications conferences in the world.
If you are interested in
helping or if you would like more information, please
contact Ocie Mitchell; Infocom 2007 Local Arrangements
Chair; 271-1965;
rajuncajun "ąt" ak.net or Bob Baldwin; InfoCom 2007 General
Chair; akengr "ąt" yahoo.com.
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