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The Fox Valley Subsection of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) serves engineering and computer professionals in the Western suburbs of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. As part of the Chicago Section, the Fox Valley Subsection provides a local interface to the worldwide network of the IEEE. In addition, the Subsection organizes technical presentations of interest to business and engineering professionals.
Our easy-to-remember URL: www.ieee.org/foxvalley.

Recent and Upcoming Events

See Events History for past meetings

SUB-SECTION MEETING:
27 January 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"Operating System Virtualization"

In this presentation Louis Giokas will briefly cover some of the history and the use of OS Virtualization in PC’s and servers and then move to the primary purpose of the talk, covering the use of OS Virtualization at the handheld device level.

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SUB-SECTION MEETING:
24 February 2010 (Wednesday), 6:30pm-9:00pm
(presentation begins at 7:00pm)
"United States Patent Office Accelerated Examination Program"

Patent application backlog at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) increased to almost 1,300,000 in 2008. Average pendency of a patent application is approaching three years. In response to some of these problems, the USPTO established procedures under which the examination of a patent application may be accelerated. Ron Andermann's presentation introduces the accelerated examination program and its requirements in an effort to make engineers and inventors aware of this option.

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NetSecure10: IT Security and Forensics Conference and Expo
4 March 2010 (Thursday), 7:30am-6:00pm
Illinois Institute of Techonology's Rice Campus
Wheaton, Illinois

The IEEE is co-sponsoring NetSecure, the 8th Annual IT Security and Forensics Conference and Expo. This multi-track technical conference is expected to attract 200+ IT professionals and will promote the open exchange of IT security, forensics, ethical hacking, steganography, policy and compliance, privacy, security of wireless and cloud computing, identity theft, and much more!

IEEE members get a discounted rate of $75 (normal price is $100) by using this link to register:

www.cpd.iit.edu/netsecure10

As you register, please use the registration type of "Society" to get your discount.
Questions: Contact - Scott Pfeiffer, 630.682.6001 or pfeiffer@iit.edu.
Student Attendee rate is $35 - see Fees tab at the above website

(Further details) Directions to IIT Rice Campus