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Past Events
Postgraduate research project
presentations — 11 December 2007
| When: |
Tuesday,
11 December 2007, 4:00 pm
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| Venue: |
Ag-Hort Lecture Block, Massey University,
Palmerston North campus |
The IEEE New Zealand
Central
section as a part of the technical activities has organized
presentations of engineering post-graduate research work.
This provided the post-graduate students pursuing their higher
studies in the
area of engineering and technology in any university in New Zealand to
a chance present their research work and share their knowledge with
other
fellow-students and peers. Each presentation was limited to only 10
minutes and 2 minutes for discussion.
The presentations were followed by an ample supply of refreshments
consisting of beer and pizzas.
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ATNAC Conference —
December 2007
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First
week of December 2007
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| Venue: |
Christchurch |
The Central section
has
worked closely with members from North and South sections to hold the
Australasian Telecommunication, Networks and Applications Conference in
Christchurch during the first week of December this year. Over 100
excellent technical papers have been accepted for this event and it is
was a great opportunity for an update in research and
development in the field of ICT.
For more information see https://atnac2007.massey.ac.nz/
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Telecom Network Integration
Laboratory & AGM —
Thursday, 22 November 2007
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Guide: |
Mr Mike Gunn |
| Time: |
6:00
pm
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| Venue: |
Telecom
Centre, Network Integration Laboratory at Tory Street in Wellington
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A guided tour was
given by the manager of the
laboratory: Mr Mike Gunn. There was an outline of the latest technology
being both evaluated and implemented by Telecom
New Zealand.
The event began with an introduction to the Network Integration
Laboratory, followed by the tour. Then we held our AGM. Following
the AGM there was some nibbles and networking. This was a
memorable event.
The 2008 year should be an exciting one with
our new status and new opportunities to engage the membership in our
region. In particular we will be putting considerable focus on
attracting new members to our ranks through both local industry and the
local engineering schools. |
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Old Robots and New Robots —
Thursday, 2 August 2007
| Speaker: |
Professor Gurvinder Virk |
| Time: |
6:30pm
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| Venue: |
Victoria
University, Lecture Theatre GBLT2 located behind the former Government
Buildings on Stout St, Wellington
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Professor
Gurvinder Virk, a recently arrived professor with the
Institute of Technology and Engineering at Massey (Wellington) with
expertise in many different forms of robots. Extra
biographical Information.
Abstract
The area of robotics is widening to meet the needs of the aging
society. Here the need for developing and adopting robotized solutions
in new non-industrial applications where human-robot interactions are
central to achieving the requirements needed. The emerging applications
demand new type of “service robots” rather than the
traditional and available “manufacturing robots”
for
“industrial environments”. The differences in the
traditional robots and new service robots of the future and their
respective operational environments will be highlighted. Some case
study examples of innovative service robots that have been developed
will be presented. The drivers for achieving the new robots and the
barriers to be overcome will be discussed. These are leading to new
standardization and ethical activities and the presentation will
include the latest activities being carried out under ISO in developing
standards for robots in personal care. |
| Of intrest to those who attened, the da
Vinci system - A medical robot - was mentioned in passing. That evening
Radio NZ also had an item about this robot. |
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Outgoing Telecommunications
Commissioner — Wednesday, 20 June 2007
| Speaker: |
Douglas
Webb
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| Title: |
Investment in
Telecommunications Networks: a Perfect Storm? |
| Time: |
Breakfast
Meeting, 7:30am - 9:30am
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| Venue: |
James
Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor,147 The Terrace, Wellington
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There
were about 75 people at the breakfast meeting. The presenter Douglas
Webb titled his presentation "Investment in Telecommunications
Networks: a Perfect Storm?". Douglas Webb is the outgoing
Telecommunications Commissioner. This presentation "book ended" his
role as Commissioner. This was his last public presentation as
Commissioner and matching that, his first public presentation as
Commissioner was to the same forum 5 years earlier.
Douglas Webb discussed the investment challenge and the role of
regulation in promoting investment in network infrastructure. There was
an outline of the current state of fixed network infrastructure. Also
outlined was a list of what kinds of things will need to change to meet
the government's Digital Strategy and increased demand for
telecommunications services from business and residential consumers.
The amount of investment required to meet the strategy and
demands was then presented. The analogue of the boat facing the wave in
the movie "Perfect Storm" was applied to Telecom facing the need to
invest in upgrades and expansion of it's networks.
After the presentation there was a good question & answer
session.
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Software Engineering
Guidelines —
Thursday, 17 May 2007
| Title |
Best
Practice Guidelines
for Software Engineering in New Zealand |
| Speaker: |
Duncan
Hall |
| Time: |
6
pm
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| Venue: |
Victoria
University, Lecture Theatre GBLT2 located behind the
former Government Buildings, Wellington
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New
Zealand's economic development relies on good practices in developing
and operating software intensive systems. The guidelines are a step to
establish the standards that are required to be followed in order for
New Zealand to maintain competitiveness as a software developer. The
guideline is a compilation of both international and national standards
which the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry
needs to be able to demonstrate that standards are being
followed during the development of their software and systems.
This was a repeat of the workshop given by Duncan
Hall on 29 March. |
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Software Engineering Guidelines
Launch — 29 March 2007
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This event was orgnised by
IPENZ
| Title |
Best Practice Guidelines
for Software Engineering in New Zealand |
| Breakfast guest Speaker: |
Hon David Cunliffe,
Minister for Information Technology. |
| Time: |
Breakfast from 7:30am.
Workshop 9:15am – 1:00pm Lunch provided
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| Venue: |
Duxton Hotel
Wellington, 170 Wakefield Street, Wellington
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New
Zealand's economic development relies on good practices in developing
and operating software intensive systems. The guidelines are a step to
establish the standards that are required to be followed in order for
New Zealand to maintain competitiveness as a software developer. The
guideline is a compilation of both international and national standards
which the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry
needs to be able to demonstrate that standards are being
followed during the development of their software and systems.
Following the breakfast launch, a workshop will be held to encourage
dialogue between tertiary institutions, industrial sector and
government bodies to address the issues facing New Zealand’s
ICT
industry and how best to move forward. The workshop is intended for
those who are involved in the training of software engineers and
management of the development of software and systems.
RSVP by Friday 23 March to aclark@ipenz.org.nz for Breakfast and / or
Workshop
For more information contact Andrew Clark, IPENZ Engineering Services
Manager, on phone 04 474 8986
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Rats, Diggers and Fibre Optic Cables
— 22 March 2007
| Presenter: |
Richard Harris (Massey
University)
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| Title: |
How to Plan Reliable Next
Generation Telecommunication Networks |
| Time: |
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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| Venue: |
Victoria University,
Lecture Theatre GBLT2 located behind the Government Buildings which
house the Law School (opposite the cenotaph, Lampton Quay), Wellington
CBD |
Eftpos and online services crashed, mobile phone
services were overloaded and trading on the NZX was halted when
Telecom's main communication network was broken in two places in 2005,
sparking news of this event around the world. More than 100,000 people
and businesses were affected by the outage.
Situations like the severing of a fibre-optical cable at Taranaki or
the gnawing of the eastern pipeline cable by a rat are typical problems
experienced by telecommunications companies around the globe as they
strive to maintain fully reliable services to their customers. To
experience two such failures almost simultaneously in such a way as to
cause a significant network outage is much rarer, but not an impossible
event.
Now that we are so totally reliant upon super-networks that carry every
conceivable type of communications traffic, how do we ensure that these
networks are as reliable as possible? The talk will consider some of
the challenges and approaches being taken to try and ensure that our
future networks and services are resilient to failure.
Discussions can continue at the nearby "Backbenchers" after the
presentation for those wishing to avail themselves of this opportunity.
PDF flier
has extra information on parking.
Location map: https://www.vuw.ac.nz/home/about_victoria/gfx/pipitea_map.gif
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Sun Developer
Day — 20 March 2007
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Presented by Sun Microsystems
| Presenters: |
Matt Thompson, Director
of Technology Outreach and Sun's Open Source Programs Office, Sun
Microsystems
Angela M. Caicedo, Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems |
| Topics: |
Next 10 Years: What is
going to happen in the Computer Science/Computer Engineering areas and
how to be prepared for it?
Developing Java ME applications using Sun's open source platforms
Sun University Program: Objectives and Benefits of participation |
| Time: |
11am-1pm. A free lunch
served at the talk.
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| Venue: |
Massey University,
Wellington, Block 5, Level C, Room 12 (5C12) - Entrance A, Wallace St |
Speaker biographies avalible as PDF flier
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