Chair's Column: Making Progress. There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about the fact that many recent grads are either unemployed or underemployed in their fields. Of course, much of this is due to the recent downturn, but one cannot dismiss recent trends in employment either–many general studies find people are being left behind while technical degrees are in demand and go unfilled. [more]
Local IEEE Fellows Recipients Honored. On April 21, IEEE-Chicago held its annual Awards and Recognition Dinner to honor three new IEEE fellows. Opening remarks by IEEE-Chicago Section Chairman Bob Burke focused on the accomplishments and contributions of the 2012 class of IEEE Fellows. Members of the IEEE-Chicago Section, board members, friends, co-workers and family of the Fellows were on hand to congratulate the 2012 class. [more]
Soft Skills: A Global Work-In-Progress. My passion for information technology (IT) has led me to many countries, but none of the countries I visited so far paralleled my visit to Peru. They have not even come close. Peru, although a small country, has a big heart. The first stop was the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Monterrico. [more]
Chicago Section Reliability Society Re-Launch. The newly re-launched Reliability Society of the IEEE-Chicago Section is a group focusing on the design engineering discipline which applies scientific knowledge to assure reliability. Reliability is best described as product performance over time. This includes designing the ability to maintain, test, and support the product throughout its total life cycle. [more]
IT Security & Forensics Conference & Expo. IEEE recently co-sponsored ForenSecure ‘12, the 10th Annual IT Security and Forensics Conference and Expo hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Applied Technology. This multi-track, technical conference attracted 200+ professionals for discussion and debate on forensics, security, data/information governance, and cyber-crime. Also included in the discussion were sessions on ethical hacking, eDiscovery, cloud computing and forensics, steganography, policy and compliance, privacy, wireless security, and identity theft. [more]
NEMA Overview. The Technology Management Council (TMC) hosted a presentation at the Woodridge, IL offices of EN Engineering, this past month. Elaine Thompson of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) spoke on NEMA standards. Founded in 1926, NEMA is a Washington D.C. based trade association for the electrical manufacturing industry. With approximately 450 member companies, they represent product manufacturers in the generation, transmission, distribution, control and end use of electricity. [more]