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Events from Fall 2002 - Spring 2003
18 SEPTEMBER 2002 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: Effective, Cost-Effective SOHO Computer Security
Speaker: Bill Lidinsky, IIT Rice Campus
Abstract:
It's universally recognized that computer security has become a major problem.
We hear of incidents every few days, and the cost of recovering from viruses,
worms, denial of service attacks and other computer violations now ranges to
tens of billions of dollars annually. While the publicized problems tend to
focus on incidents involving large organizations and popular web sites, the
problem also exists for small organization and the home user.
Fortunately today
there are ways to dramatically reduce this vulnerability for little cost and
equally little effort.
This colloquium presents approaches that can be used to achieve effective
security for networked computers in a small or home office environment.
After describing types of attacks and vulnerabilities, some typical SOHO
configurations are identified and practical schemes are discussed for
achieving secure operation.
Dial-up, DSL, and broadband service are considered for single and
multiple LAN-based host configurations,
as well as the protection that ISPs might provide.
The security costs discussed include not only financial,
but also both initial and maintenance effort that is needed.
About the Speaker:
Bill Lidinsky is currently a Professor of Information Technology and Assistant
Director of Information Technology and Management at Illinois Institute of
Technology. During the previous 20 plus years he held the positions of Adjunct
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer
Science, and Senior Lecturer of Computer Science.
At IIT he has been involved in computer
networking, network simulation, network security, curriculum development and
course design.
He designed and instituted many of the graduate computer networking
courses currently offered, and has taught and done research in software-defined
networks, network security, remote collaboration, multimedia networking, and
Internet web traffic.
Time: (see top of page for directions to IIT Rice Campus)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Technical presentation
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection and
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional
Development (Rice Campus).
No reservations are required.
26 SEPTEMBER 2002 (THURSDAY), A Tour of Argonne National Laboratory (optional dinner precedes tour)
YOU'RE INVITED to tour the ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE (APS) at ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY on SEPTEMBER 26th, 2002.
The IEEE Chicago Section, our Fox Valley Sub-Section, and our Joint Chapter on Engineering
Management and Professional Communication, in conjunction with the Association of Energy
Engineers (AEE) invite you to a guided tour to show you some of the world-class research
being done at Argonne.
Please note the following restrictions based on Argonne's current security rules:
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Send e-mail to AEE's
Steve Krstulovich
with the name(s) of each
prospective visitor, his/her citizenship (and citing your IEEE affiliation),
no later than September 24th, 2002 so you may be cleared ahead of time.
Be sure to notify Steve ASAP so Argonne can arrange for a sufficient
number of guides.
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Note: Since the dinner (at a cost of $ 26 per person payable at the dinner)
will be optional, also advise Steve by September 24th how many of you plan to
attend this dinner, and their selection from the menu (see below).
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Visitors can enter (and leave) only via Argonne's eastern gate on
Cass Avenue just south (and west) of its intersection with I-55
(the Stevenson Expressway).
In summary: Send Steve email indicating
1) the names/citizenship/affiliation of each person in your party and
2) the menu selection for each person choosing the dinner.
And please do it before the September 24th deadline.
For additional information, directions, and the dinner menu choices
please refer to AEE's web page at
https://www.energyengineers.org/advance_photon_source.htm.
Tentative Schedule:
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5:30 pm-6:00 pm Networking and Social Time
Welcome to Argonne -- Dr. Robert Wunderlick, Argonne Area Manager, DOE
(formerly DOE's Project Manager for constructing APS; now serving
as the Administrator of DOE's APS contract with Argonne Labs)
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6:00 pm-7:00 pm Dinner
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7:00 pm-8:00pm Guided Tour of APS led by Dr. Wunderlick
16 OCTOBER 2002 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: Worldwide Safety Approvals
Speaker: John Allen, Product Safety Consulting, Inc.
Abstract:
Federal law requires that products be approved for safety. In the USA this is done
by Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs). Many other countries have
similar laws; this talk will cover the current state of approvals in the USA,
Canada, Mexico, Europe, and other areas of the world.
About the Speaker:
John Allen is the President of Product Safety Consulting, Inc., a Bensenville, IL
firm Mr. Allen established in 1988. PSC works with manufacturers, product developers
and designers to obtain worldwide product safety approvals from independent
certification agencies such as UL, Entela, ETL, CSA, VDE, TUV, etc. Mr. Allen
has spent over 15 years working in product testing and compliance for various
companies with a variety of products, including Small Electrics, Industrial Controls,
Machinery, Consumer Electronics and more.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Technical presentation
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection and
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional
Development (Rice Campus).
No reservations are required.
15 JANUARY 2003 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
(rescheduled from 13 November 2002)
Title: The Great Census of the Cosmos and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Speaker: Gary S. Ruderman, Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Abstract:
The science and significance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey for the
nonscientist. Nearly a decade ago, the Sloan Foundation backed the idea
of a photometric and spectrographic camera attached to new 2.5-meter
telescope to catalog 25 percent of the northern sky. This is the first
collaboration of its kind: more than 10 institutions around the world;
more than 100 scientists analyzing more than 10,000 laptops worth of
information...so far. The challenge is not only in the cosmos but also
down to earth in the new science of storing and evaluating the data.
About the Speaker:
Gary S. Ruderman is the newly appointed public information officer for
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Ruderman is a widely known reporter and
editor serving newspapers and magazines around the world. He has written
on science topics for the Chicago Tribune, i-Street magazine and other
online and off-line publications. Ruderman received his Masters degree
from Boston University in International Press, was president of the Headline
Club, the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and
a member of the International Press Institute.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Technical presentation
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection, Illinois Institute of
Technology's Center for Professional Development
(Rice Campus), and the Rice Student Association.
No reservations are required.
19 FEBRUARY 2003 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: Applications of Active Noise Control
Speaker: Sen M. Kuo, Northern Illinois University
Abstract:
Acoustic noise problems become more and more evident as increased
numbers of large industrial equipment are in use.
Active noise
control (ANC) is achieved by introducing a canceling "anti-noise"
wave through an appropriate array of secondary sources.
ANC is an effective way to attenuate noise that is very difficult
and expensive to control using passive means.
It has application to a wide variety of problems in manufacturing,
industrial applications, and consumer products.
This talk will briefly introduce the principle of ANC,
and focus on many real-world applications to automotive, appliances,
transportation, communications, entertainment, and a new snore control.
About the Speaker:
Sen M. Kuo is currently a Professor and Acting Chair at the
Department of Electrical Engineering, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL.
He is a founder and Chief Technical Officer of Creative DSP Solutions,
Buffalo Grove, IL.
In 1993, he was with Texas Instruments, Houston, TX.
He is the leading author of several books: "Active Noise Control Systems"
(Wiley, 1996), "Real-time Digital Signal Processing" (Wiley 2001),
"Digital Signal Processors" (Prentice-Hall 2003) and over 140 technical papers.
He has been awarded seven US patents. He received the IEEE first-place
transactions paper award in 1993, and a faculty-of-year award in 2001.
His research focuses on active noise and vibration control, adaptive echo
and noise cancellation, digital audio applications, and digital communications.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Technical presentation
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection and
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional
Development (Rice Campus).
No reservations are required.
19 MARCH 2003 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: Space Solar Power for Earth
Speaker: Jim Plaxco, National Space Society
Abstract:
An examination of a proposal, first made in 1968, to use
large orbiting solar arrays to beam energy to Earth for conversion
into electricity. The presentation will cover the system architecture,
the engineering challenges, and the costs/benefits of such a system.
About the Speaker:
Jim Plaxco is a NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador and a director of
the National Space Society. Mr. Plaxco has been writing and speaking
on the subject of space exploration and planetary science for 14 years.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Technical presentation
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection and
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional
Development (Rice Campus).
No reservations are required.
21 MAY 2003 (WEDNESDAY), 6PM - 9PM at IIT Rice Campus
Title: The Job Search for Electrical Engineers (Panel Discussion)
(preceeded by a brief business meeting to elect officers -- see Note below)
Panelists: Joy Dooley, Jim Fergle, Vickie Austin
Abstract:
A panel discussion about the current job search environment for
electrical engineers. There will be short presentations:
1. Joy Dooley will discuss "The Job Search as a Process."
2. Jim Fergle will discuss the resume, the 1st look, and which format is best, as well as
what the Illinois Training and Employment Center has to offer.
3. Vickie Austin will provide some practical advice on networking, beginning with the people you
already know (and who know you) in order to position yourself for career success.
The presentations will be followed by discussion and questions from the audience.
About the Panelists:
Joy Dooley has a B.A. in Communications from Marquette University,
a Master's Degree in Family Studies from Northern Illinois University,
and a degree in Addiction Counseling from the College of DuPage.
She is the Director of Adult Services for Lisle Township and has
been the facilitator of the Lisle Township Job Clubs for the last 12
years.
Jim Fergle is the Manager, Employment Services, DuPage Workforce Development
Division in the Lombard Illinois Training and Employment Center.
Jim is a former
U.S. Army officer and has worked as a Job Service representative at the
Illinois Department of Employment and Security; a personnel recruiter; and
as a veterans career assessment counselor and trainer for DuPage Workforce
Development.
He is a graduate of St. John's University, MN with a BS in
Government.
Vickie Austin has been coaching people through career transitions since 1997,
when she founded CHOICES Worldwide, a coaching and business development practice.
Committed to her mission of "creating a world in which everyone loves what they
do and does what they love," Austin is a frequent speaker and lecturer, and is
the host of "Career Coach Corner," a monthly book review at Borders in Wheaton, IL.
Since 1998, Austin has been a free-lance contributor to the career publications
of the Wall Street Journal, and she continues to contribute articles to CareerJournal.com,
StartupJournal.com and CollegeJournal.com.
A graduate of Arizona State University
and the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird), Austin
is a wife and mother, a singer, cellist, song-writer and poet in her spare time.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
6 PM: Networking time
7 PM: Panel presentation and questions from the audience
Note:
There will be a short business meeting preceding the panel to elect officers
for the Fox Valley subsection. Candidates are:
Chairman, Joe Weesner;
Treasurer, Hugh Edfors;
Webmaster, Al Varney;
Program chair, Jerry Kattke.
Other candidates for these offices or for the offices of secretary and
vice chairman
should contact the current Fox Valley subsection chairman, Jerry Kattke
g.kattke@ieee.org.
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection, IEEE Joint Chapter on Engineering Management,
IEEE Chicago Section,
and Illinois Institute of Technology's Center
for Professional Development (Rice Campus).
No reservations are required.
Open to the public; free.
28 MAY 2003 (WEDNESDAY), 7PM at IIT Rice Campus
STUDENT COLLOQUIUM on NETWORK SECURITY
Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional Development
and the IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection
will sponsor a Student Colloquium on Network Security at IIT's Rice campus
in Wheaton Illinois.
Intranets used in many corporate environments can employ firewalls and
control the operating systems and application software installed
on networked computers.
These measures substantially reduce the risk of both external
network attacks and malicious software on its machines.
In contrast, intranets used by universities and in other more
public venues can be described as open and transient.
Such intranets need to be remotely accessible by students and
faculty over which little control is possible.
Moreover, students, faculty, and others come to the university site
and frequently attach their own portable computers to the university
intranet for a few hours.
These computers are not vetted; they probably don't have the latest
operating system security updates and they may contain viruses
or other malicious software.
Students at IIT's Rice campus have devised and implemented several
systems for improving network security for intranets for such an open
and transient environment.
A goal in devising these systems was "stitch" together easily available
free or low cost software and commonly available hardware.
These project have all been implemented at IIT's Rice campus where
they are being evaluated.
The systems that will be presented and demonstrated at the student
colloquium are:
- DHCP Server Security on an Open Transient Local Network.
This system provides for authorization before portable
computers can attach to the intranet and obtain a DHCP address.
- A Real Time Scanning/ Reporting System.
One way to identify vulnerable computers and malicious code is
to continually probe networked computers for such vulnerabilities.
- An Intrusion Detection System in an Open Transient Switched Network.
Without firewalls, external attacks are readily possible.
While an IDS cannot prevent such attacks, it can quickly detect
an attack, alert administrators, and take other measures to
minimize the effects of the attack.
- An Automatic Discovery Topology System for a Switched Environment.
When an internal attack does occur, it is necessary to
determine its source topologically and physically so that the
attack may be stopped.
The colloquium will consist of an Introduction to Open Transient
Switched Networks followed by presentations of the four systems.
Following the presentations the systems will be demonstrated.
Presentations will be held in the Rice campus auditorium (room 166)
with demonstrations in an area adjacent to the auditorium.
Time: (Click for Directions to IIT's Rice Campus.)
7 PM: Presentations followed by demonstrations
Sponsorship
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Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for Professional Development
(Rice Campus), and IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection.
This colloquium is open to all interested parties.
No reservation is necessary.
6 JUNE 2003 (FRIDAY), 6PM - 9PM at Naperville Municipal Center
(note non-standard time and location)
Title: Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Speaker: Robert C. Elliott, professor emeritus at University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Abstract:
With the advent of off the shelf CCD cameras and computer controlled
telescopes, in the past few years many amateur astronomers have found a way
to make a valuable contribution to the field of Minor Planet and Comet
research.
A collaborative effort of professional and amateur astronomers
around the world allows the pros to keep tabs on a group of objects called
"Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" with the observations made and reported
by amateurs and their back yard observatories.
Large survey telescopes are
discovering more of these PHAs each month and the job of following up on
these new interlopers is largely left to the amateur.
A plan of action
will be presented that would allow an astronomical society to become
involved in this important work.
About the Speaker:
Robert C. (Bob) Elliott is a professor emeritus of the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he taught Physics and Astronomy and directed
the Planetarium and Observatory for 31 years.
He now spends his time as
President of the Friends of Beaver Creek Reserve, a nature center near
Fall Creek, WI and home to the Hobbs Observatory, which he helped build.
He has a BS in Physics from Michigan State and an MST in Astronomy from
Cornell with additional graduate work at the University of Arizona where
he started making astrometric observations of comets and minor planets in
1970.
Bob has co-authored several papers on Markarian Galaxy positions
and minor planet sizes and since retiring has submitted over 1500 comet
and minor planet positions to the Minor Planet Center; 653 of those are of
Near Earth Objects.
Time:
7:30 PM: Technical presentation
Location:
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Naperville Municipal Center, Aurora Ave. and Eagle St. in downtown
Naperville.
Directions and a map are at
https://www.stargazing.net/naa/map.htm.
Sponsorship
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IEEE's Fox Valley Subsection and the Naperville Astronomical Association
No reservations are required.
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