Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Washington Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 6:30 pm
Place: Allie's American Grill, Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Rd., Bethesda, Md.
Directions: From the north, take 270 South to Route 355 and exit at Wisconsin Ave. From the south, take 495 exit 34 (which is Wisconsin Ave.) to Pooks Hill Rd.
More info: All interested IEEE members are welcome to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter 703-803-8701 or nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Speaker: Comdr. Jim Hiles, U.S. Navy
Sponsor: Consultants Network, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; speaker at 7:00 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
More Info: See Diamond story, below.
Contact: Sai Chiang at 703-203-0771 or creativesystem@ieee.org.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Northern Virginia Section Administrative Committee Meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Corner 7 Café, Tysons Corner Marriott, 8028 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
Directions: From the east or I-495, take Route 7 West, turn right on Towers Crescent Drive, then immediately right into the Marriott parking lot. From the west on Route 7, turn right onto Old Gallows Road just opposite the Marriott, proceed around to the left until you have completed almost a full circle, and turn left into the Marriott parking lot. Free parking.
More info: All interested IEEE members are invited to attend.
Contact: Jackie Hunter at 703-803-8701 or
nca-admin@ieee.org. Please include the term IEEE in the subject line of your e-mail.
Sponsor: Consultants Network, Washington and Northern Virginia Chapter
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; meeting at 7:00 pm
Place: Dinner at Seven Seas Restaurant, 8503 Baltimore Blvd. (Route 1), College Park, MD. Meeting at University of Maryland, A.V. Williams Building, Room 2460, College Park, MD.
Directions: From the north or I-495, take Route 1 South. The restaurant is approx. 1.5 miles on left. Approx. 0.5 mile beyond that (2 miles total), turn right onto Campus Drive, then immediately take Paint Branch Drive and the A.V. Williams Building will be on the right. Park in Lot G or just beyond the building on the right.
See http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap.
More Info: Come prepared! We’ll discuss ideas for group marketing projects that we can collaborate on in 2005. We’ll talk about things that have worked in the past, and what you will need to do to make these projects succeed.
Contact: Sai Chiang at 703-203-0771 or
creativesystem@ieee.org.
Sponsor: Communications Society, Northern Virginia Chapter and Washington Chapter
Speaker: Mark McHenry, Shared Spectrum
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm; speaker at 6:45 pm
Place: Mitre Corporation, Building 2, 7515 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA
Directions: Off Route 123 in Tysons Corner. See http://www.mitre.org/about/locations/mitre2_map.html.
More Info: See Diamond story, below. To learn about Shared Spectrum, go to
http://www.sharedspectrum.com.
Cost: Free
Contact: Please RSVP to Fred Seelig
at fseelig@mitre.org.
Sponsor: Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (W/NV)
Co-sponsors: Communication Society (W); Optical Society of America (National Capital Section)
Speaker: Dr. Irl Duling, Chief Technologist, C-COR
Time: Light refreshments at 6:00 pm; lecture at 6:30 pm; optional dinner following the lecture with the speaker at a nearby restaurant.
Place: University of Maryland, A.V. Williams Building, Room 2460, College Park, MD
Directions: From the north or I-495, take Route 1 South. Approx. 2 miles south of the Beltway, turn right onto Campus Drive, then immediately take Paint Branch Drive and the A.V. Williams Building will be on the right. From the south on Route 1, turn left onto Campus Drive, and follow above directions. Ample parking is available after 4:00 pm. See http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap.
More Info: See Diamond story, below. For more information about LEOS activities, go to http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/wash_nova/leos.
Contact: Dominique Dagenais at 301-951-7095 or dominique_dagenais@avanex.com; Doug Holly at or 240-404-1601 or doug.holly@acterna.com; or Eric Shettle at 202-404-8152 or shettle@nrl.navy.mil.
Sponsor: Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (W/NV)
Speaker: Hugh H. Faust, Naval Research Laboratory
Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Place: Naval Research Laboratory, Bldg. 60, Room 101, Washington, DC
Directions: See http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content.php?P=DIRECTIONS. As you enter at the front gate, please proceed down the "Mall" (Cooley Rd.). You will notice a grassy area to the left. From there most of the available parking is just before you get to the building, especially on the opposite side of the mall. Parking is not a problem but do not park in a reserved spot.
More Info: Mr. Faust will discuss research in both hardware and signal processing techniques to control spectral side lobes and spurious emissions in RF power amplifiers used for radar applications. For information about the speaker, see Diamond story, below. This will be a lunch meeting with food provided free for pre-registered attendees and you are encourage to come early and socialize with fellow society members. The chapter's proposal for hosting the 2010 International IEEE EMC Symposium will also be discussed at this meeting.
Cost: Lunch (subs and beverages) is free for pre-registered attendees. Non-Registered guests will be asked to pay $5.00.
Contact: To register, please call (or fax) Washington Labs at 301-417-0220 by Jan. 20 if possible. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT! The military base would like us to give them one week notice. Without being "on the list" you'll have to park, go into visitor control, wait in line, then go back to your car and proceed. By registering it will cut down on lost time for you, and make entry to the base much easier. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Diamond Stories
SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) made electronic procurement of engineering, technical and programmatic support services at NAVSEA a reality. The Navy Virtual SYSCOM (VS) Commanders (NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVSUP and SPAWAR) are leveraging the successes and efficiencies of the SeaPort-e business model by designating SeaPort-e the vehicle of choice for future engineering, financial, and program management contractor support services. This decision emphasizes the Navy Virtual SYSCOM’s focus on implementing cost-effective and integrated business practices. SeaPort-e expansion to include all VS activities as ordering offices is being accomplished via rolling admission, a process by which additional primes may be added to this multiple award contract. Additional information on SeaPort-e and the rolling admission is available at www.seaport.navy.mil.
Comdr. Jim Hiles is the chief of the contracting office at NSWC Dahlgren Division, located in Dahlgren, VA. He leads a contracts team responsible for SeaPort-e PCO functions.
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Access to radio frequency spectrum has been in high demand for many years. With the advent of low cost RF devices, the Internet, and low cost computation devices, spectrum demand is growing exponentially. For example, the military is developing robotic vehicles, extensive information management systems, and distributed sensors that will require enormous amounts of spectrum. Microsoft, Intel and others are developing many new consumer wireless devices that will connect people and laptops to the Internet. Vast sums and effort have already been spent to acquire spectrum via auctions and by political/regulatory processes. It would appear that the spectrum shortage is going to be a major roadblock to these types of systems.
However, the actual level of spectrum use is low, and the perceived spectrum “shortage” is caused by 1930’s spectrum access technologies that predate the transistor. Newly developed dynamic spectrum sharing technology is poised to correct this problem, and it will make 10 times more spectrum available to users in the near future.
This talk will cover several areas related to dynamic spectrum sharing, including the results of spectrum occupancy conducted at a period of maximum usage (in New York City during the 2004 political convention), examples of spectrum sharing “behaviors,” and a review of the regulatory and policy issues.
Dr. Mark McHenry has extensive experience in military and commercial communication system design. In 2000 he founded Shared Spectrum Company, which is developing automated spectrum management technology and high dynamic range, multi-band transceivers. He was also a co-founder of San Diego Research Center, Inc., a wireless research and development company currently developing a spectrally efficient, multi-function, range communications system for the DoD Test and Evaluation Ranges. Previously he was at DARPA, and managed multiple programs including the SUO Program, an advanced tactical, broadband, ad-hoc networked, soldier wearable wireless communications system, and the WolfPack Program, a distributed communications and radar-jamming program.
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The architecture of a cable television network is significantly different than those used in either telecom companies or enterprise networks. Understanding the fundamental differences in both technology and philosophy are crucial for anyone trying to develop systems for that space or trying to sell existing systems into those networks.
Irl Duling is currently a chief technologist at C-COR, where he acts as an expert in system design, product strategy, and business development. Until recently, he was chief scientist and cofounder of Optinel Systems. At Optinel, Dr. Duling was instrumental in driving the vision, design and development of the Optinel PLEXiS optical transport product. Both companies market their products primarily to the Multiple System Operators (MSOs) of the cable television (CATV) industry.
Prior to founding Optinel, Dr. Duling directed work in ultra high-speed data communications and optical networks at the Naval Research Lab. Dr. Duling attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned his S.B. from MIT and Ph.D. in optics from the University of Rochester. He has published numerous articles in technical journals and frequently speaks at industry forums. He was named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) for his contributions to fiber lasers, soliton transmission and communication systems, optical fiber devices and properties and ultrafast phenomena.
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Hugh Faust has worked in radar for 30 years beginning in 1975 with the Target Characteristics Branch in the Radar Division at the Naval Research Laboratory. He has worked in the area of target ID since 1979 providing support and signal processing improvements to the F-18 Radar, and SARTIS. He has also worked on the SPN-43C MTI upgrade, the NSSMS SDP signal processor upgrade, and currently on SPY-1B/D. Currently, he is the Section Head of Doppler Techniques section in Target Characteristics branch at NRL. He received a BSEE (1972) and MSEE (1973) from George Washington University.
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